Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-09-26
VETERANS IN CHICAGO.
Points Of Interest Visited In Great Western Metropolis at
GA r. Encampment.
ny ADJOrANr rAooAHr.

Here Is a pen Of sheep; how innocent
they look. Little they know of their
doom, for on the morrow they will be
lamb chops. There is pen of calves
about eight weeks old. Veal for break
fast. This pen contains cows, with
their calves nursing. Yes, it's easier
than bringing them UP on bottle.
"Ahp See that pen of mammoth
steers; how noble they look. What
nice beef they will make. Give us
tender loin from one Of them, please.
Here is goat, all alone in his glory,
master of all he surveys, for he is
alone in that large pen. why, he is
here I know not. just look at those
hogs in that pen, they seem to be
selected all one size, black as coal
and weigh about four hundred and
fifty pounds each.
"What are all these saddle horses
hitched here for?' 1 asked police.
man. They belong to the stock buy,
ers. Each firm has a buyer and they
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man with a white coat on shouting
about? He is Armours man. He
wants the crowd to pass down that
street to their factory. He don't seem
to get many to go his way. They are
all heading for Swift's factory. l
suppose because it's in sight, while
Armour's lies way back from Swift's.
Here is another man. He has on a
white ulster. He is shouting to the
crowd, "Come right this way, ladies'
and gentlemen, and sample our beef
tea; it is free to all and the greatest
nourishment to man upon long
march," There is large boiler, shaped
like lard pail, on it, it says, "Swifts
er are four beautiful maidens handing
each conner a cup of beef tea. Was
it good? l should say so. 1 drank
three cups of it. On we go, all full OF
beef tea, and desire to see what's
coming next.
Here is another of those white ulster
chaps shouting: "Ladies and gentle
men. these young ladies surrounding
this tank, desire to quench your thirst
with a glass Of lemonade. Tt is free
too full Of beef tea and rather skeptical
to full of beef tea and rather skeptical
as to how the two ingredients, beef tea
and lemonade would mix and the re
suits therefrom. / concluded to stor
on my return trip and try the lemon
ade, which / did, and concluded II
was made from acids of some kline
and that they had omitted the sugar
One of the lady attendants informed
me that she had squeezed lemons al
night to make it. l said I was sorry
was not born a lemon instead Of az
orange-man.
Yes, this Is the entrance to the of
flee. We pass in. 1t is very larg'
room. Seven hundred and twenty
five clerks are busy writing and fgur
ing. Our guide says this is the "hol
hair" department. These 10 clerks lool
after the sales of the hogs hair. A rail
ing surrounds each department of tel
to twenty clerks. They don't ever
look up, as we pass lin review be
fore them. This way and we will se
the beef killing department. Ther,
is long row OF steers passing dowl
an alley. The alley is just wide enougl
for them TO pass through one at /
time. See him shut that gate behint
the head one. That man has strucl
him on the head with sledge. Dow
he goes. The floor tips and he slide
and rolls out onto the floor at tn
side There are three men waiting a
he rolls out. One cuts his throat. III
other two removes the hide. Fifteel
minutes have elapsed since he wa
struck by the sledge; now he glide
along by his hind legs in trolley ant
another man has removed the entrails
He is cleanly washed inside and out
and glides along on the trolley to tn
cooling room, and he is lost to view.
The guide says: 'I will show yol