Year: 1866




ter-honses Of Paris are very pleasant
places to visit, and yet this is true.--
The government, which extends its
fatherly care over every thing else IN
that city, does not disdain to see that
the, animals are properly provided for
They must be kept clean and neat
during their lives, must be executed
according to the forms of law, and
correctly disposed Of after death. j
do not mean that they are tried by q
Judge and twelve sad men shut up in
a box like ordinary criminals, but still
there are certain forms of law that
must be observed in order that the
citizens of Paris may eat their beei
and pork in legal and orthodox
manner To the pigs especial atten.
ton is paid, and in that city no one
but person legally authorized has q
right to kill one. This kind of muir
der must be done at one establishment,
and under the inspection of certain
officers appointed for that purpose
This is called the "AbattoU des COchc,is,' y
and is situated in spot some distance
from the center Of the city. 1t is SUR
rounded by a high wall inclosing a
square each side of which is about
one hundred and fifty yards long. AT
the center of one end is large and
handsome pair Of iron gates. On one
side is porter's lodge, where sits the
Cerberus that answers the bell.


We all know very well what SEN
sation attends the killing of pig in
our country. Piggy has no idea OF
" letting concealment, like worm in
the bud, prey on his damask cheek "
when he is dispatched He always
makes the most of the tortures that
are inflicted upon him, and uses them
as capital TO excite the sympathy and
horror of everybody that has ears to
hear for mile around, at least. His
dying squeals are fearful, and with
frightful accuracy proclaim to all the
world the progress of the atrocity that
some one is committing. At first a
-petulant noise-half grunt, half shrek
gives information that somebody,
somewhere, is trying to catch the in
offensive victim. Soon torrent OF
squeals shows that he is captured,
and he then proceeds TO appeal to his
friends somewhat in this fashion;


"They have caught me; they are
pulling at me; they have tripped me
up; they are dragging me by main
force along the ground; ruffian is
kneeling upon me-; 1 fear they are
going to make what they call pork Of
me; o dear! they have done for met


In Paris, however, it is different,
and piggy's last communications are
intercepted by the art of man. In the
center of the square, inclosed by the
walls above mentioned, is a large.
empty building, the floor of which is
covered several inches deep with
ieharred straw. AS we entered this
place, "A nice looking pig was brought
in. L say brought in, but / should
more properly say, he trotted in, for
he came forward little distance, and
then stopped as If he did not precisely
understand where he was. The spot
was obviously new to him., and he felt
something suspicious. But he did not
seem to think of anything tragical as
about to take place, and was. there
fore, entirely unprepared TO sqpeaI. =
So he rested a few moments, mistrust-
full Of the three or four people present
and these were his last, for while he
looked in innocent wonderment, man
approached him from behild--a man
unseen beforehand struck him one
blow, and only one, right in the mid
die Of his forehead. Alas, poor piggy
Without making the slightest noise,
he rolled over utterly senseless. Two
assistants stepped forward at once
one of them had in his hand knife
the other a sort of frying pan, which
he placed under the neck of the victim
His throat was then cut, and the blood
flowed forth into the pan, so that not
a drop was spilled. Thus completely
and quietly was this tragical deed per
formed, and no one would have i'm
agined that any animal whatever
would die 30 easily. q 1-0J oa1i4 a


From this place the body of the pig
was taken to a large, neat aud airy
building in yard. 1t was as higl
as church, as clean as "a dairy, anC
well lighted by numerous windows
In the middle was fountain playing
and water-cocks all around the walls
Hither all the slaughtered pigs wer'
brought as soon as they died. Her,
their bodies were cut up and thor
oughly cleaned and scraped till the,
became deadly white. They ar,
kept till the next night, when the,
are taken ia their respective owner
In the city.


Our young readers will thus clearl,
understand how desirable it is to hav'
some system in the management o
every thing, even in so trivial matte
as killing pigs. The poor animals ar
not maltreated, alf-frightend todeath
and then inhumanly killed. Tn
whole neighborhood is not annoye'
by the most disagreeable sights an,
sounds, but all things pertaining b
the matter are. done in The most or
derly and careful manner All prais
is due, therefore, to Louis Napoleo
and his police for their trouble In hay
ing the thing done properly.


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