. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. s on a stretch, his voiceand his energy never flagging, and his temptr and witnever failing. He can crack a joke and take one, but by the timethe farthest away of his auditors has commenced tolaugh he has made half a dozen sales. The shorthandwriter has not been born who could take down DaveiVIacfeats lightning streaks of language when on theolock, and the kinetoscope would be silly in a minutewith picturing his gestures. OF THE UNION STOCKYARDS 107 Off the block Dave is a hail-fellow-well-met
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. s on a stretch, his voiceand his energy never flagging, and his temptr and witnever failing. He can crack a joke and take one, but by the timethe farthest away of his auditors has commenced tolaugh he has made half a dozen sales. The shorthandwriter has not been born who could take down DaveiVIacfeats lightning streaks of language when on theolock, and the kinetoscope would be silly in a minutewith picturing his gestures. OF THE UNION STOCKYARDS 107 Off the block Dave is a hail-fellow-well-met whosekeen brown eye has always a cordial twinkle in it forevery man and woman who ever bought a horse of him,and whose heart keeps its warmest corner for everyfriend who hasnt. He is a nearly perfect Americanedition of the canny Scot, and like most of his ances-tors,hecan take a man in in the wink of an eye as wellas he can a horse. Dave is known from the Atlantic tothe Pacific, and is as popular an auctioneer as ever goton to a rostrum to cry, Gentlemen, start him up IWhatwillyougivemef orhim ?. DAN McCarthy and his goats. A THRIVING industry carried on at the stockyards,though not formally set down in the bond, is thatof Mr. Daniel McCarthy, who is in the goat businessDaniel is a very nice, respectable old Irish gentleman(and a bachelor)^ who breeds, buys and sells Angora andnative goats, at prices ranging from three dollars to tendollars each. He supplies quite a rushing demand forthese festive animals for childrens carriages, and hehas a number of Polish, Greek and Arab customers whohave other uses for Billy, the goat. The Poles usethem for tlieir milk, and the Greeks and Arabs esteemtheir flesh highly for food. A great many ladies call upon Dan upon the pretenseof wanting goats, but in truth it is only to s^eand talkto him. Dan is all right, and the greatest trouble hehas is to evade that stupid assessor we wot of who canmake no distinction between live stock and real est
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