Identifier: illustratedhisto01gran
Title: Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Grand, W. Joseph
Subjects: Union Stock Yard & Transit Company of Chicago Stockyards
Publisher: Chicago, T. Knapp Ptg. & Bdg. Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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REMOVING DEAD HOGS. considerably of some steers he owned. Well, saidBilly, after listening with interest, you go home andgive those steers all they can eat, get them in good con-dition and ship them on hereto Keenan, and if theyreworth the money Ill buy them. However, the storyI always like best about Uncle Billy is one which illus-trates his courtesy as well as his wit. He was walking as ILLUSTRATED HIStOftTT through a drove of hogs one morniDgwheii a black sowran between his legs and knocked him over. Billy gotup, brushing himself as he straightened up, and takingoff his hat he humbly apologized to the sow. But we had something beside jokes at the yards oncein a while. Sometimes we would have some genuinesport, particularly on Saturday afternoons, when the
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON. boys would get up bull-fights. A 2^en would be used fora ring and the best bulls in the yards would be turnedinto this arena^ the boys standing around and bettingtheir thousands on the combats. Talk about bettingon the derby I It wasnt in it with betting on impromptubull-fights 1 and Wilts Keenan rubbed his hands to-gether in gleeful appreciation at the recollection of OF THE UNION STOCKYARDS B9 staking thousands* on a bull which gored to deathan imaginary toreador. A history of the Union Stockyards would not be com-plete without a mention of the rules which govern dailyconduct in the different offices at the yards. Theywere formulated to meet the idiosyncrasies of everyday «conduct, and, therefore, it must not be imagined thatthey are the effort of a wit or satirist. Here they are: OFFICE RULES. 1. Gentlemen upon entering will forget to scrapethe mud off their boots; also leave the door wide open,or apologize. 2. Those having no business should remain all day,bri
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