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Details of a Obase After Rocky Idountain
Sheep and Goats.
UVEIY WINTER SPORT IN MONTANA
The Noolluk Gent and the \Vnry Sheep
-'nice of Smokeless Powder
llenurnstrnted-Comfort In
u Severe Cold ,
A midwinter bunt In the fastnesses of the
' Rocky mountains would probably not appeal
to the general run of aportsmen. Yet , If
ono knows how to do It , such a trip can ho
pleasantly and comfortably made , oven if
the thermotncter does go to forty degrees
below zero and the snow is six feet deep ,
writes a correspondent wt the Now York
$ un from Kipp , Mont. That , at least , is
-foie unanimous opinion of a party of us
.Jto made such a hunt last March. Wo also
learned to believe that the hardships of
the lClondlhers have been overestimated ;
the cold and snow of that far-oft region
would have no terrors for us , at least.
Our party was made up of two enthusiastic -
astic sportsmen from Troy , N , Y. , who came
all the way out hero in the winter holing
to kill a few goats and sheep , The three
others were Jack , Joe nod the writer , old
and seasoned Montaulans , When Mac and
George stepped from the Pullman early one
' rring at Bear Creek side track on the
Rent Northern railway and found them-
SO vas waist deep In snow , one would have
2ht their ardor would cool off consid-
erably. Rut it didn't ; they helped us dig
their trunks out of tha snow bank into
which the baggageinan had cast them and
take them Into the section house. But the
sight of two fashionably dressed men
+ -41aundoring about In the snow on time sum-
mit. of the Itockies had a visible effect on
the other passengers of the train , lfor they
all laughed and cheered as they started on.
' _ _ 41 The section house keeper kindly gave us the
use of a room and in a little while the new
arrivals had changed their flue clothes and
white shirts for warm woolen suits and
liannel shirts and were ready to strike out
Into the mountains. Jack , Joe and the
writer had gone up several days before and
1lready had camp made oh a little stream
! oven miles north of Bear Creek , and well
stored with provisions and bedding. So now
we had only to carry out the sleeping bags
and extra clothing of our friends.
The Start.
We strapped on our snowshoes about 9
o'clock and started for the camp at a leisurely -
urely gait , for George had never worn such
footgear before , but ho took to them like a
duck to water , without a fall or mishap. It
was not a very cold day , the thermometer
being about zero , and there was no wind in
the narrow , timbered valley we were tray-
cling through , but up on the mountains
which towered above us we could see the
show drifting in blinding clouds. Three
miles from Bear creek we came to the head
of the little draw we were following up , then
descended a long , steep hill to the creek ,
on which our camp was located tour miles
above. When we struck this creek there
were some old signs of elk. They had
made trails in the deep snow as they fed
about on the willows and were undoubtedly
nor far off , but as they had already shed
their antlers and would be useless as tro-
- ihles we did not molest them. in due time
ss'o arrived in sight of camp , which was
situated under some large pines at the
edge of a small prairie. We had shoveled
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ti away the snow to put up the tent and the
f banks thus thrown up completely hid it
until one stood directly over it. It looked
cold and cheerless enough outside , but inside
It was quite different ; our folding sheet-iron
stove gave out a genial heat alid kept us
q warm at all times. The stove had no bot-
. , i , , -"tom and was set upright on the ground.
A layer of atones on which it rested slowly
gave out the heat in the night which had
boon stored in themi during the daytime , so
that even on the coldest nights water did
I not freeze in t11e buckets. The back half of
time tent was our couch ; a soft and fragrant
Led of balsam boughs two feet thick had
been laid down and on this were spread our
Mullets and sleeping bags. Although still
early when we reached camp , it was blow-
lag too hard on the mountains to think of
hunting , so we put in the balance of the day
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loafing around , eating , smoking and read-
ing. We had not forgotten to pack along a
lot of novels and periodicals and by the light
of a generous supply of candles they helped
to while away many n long evening. Our
first night in camp was without event , but in
, he morning George complained that he had
s Opt rather cold. On investigating the matter -
ter wo found that Instead of slipping into
Ills fur sleeping bag ho had merely crowded
/between it and the thin canvas cover.
JlountnIn Climbing.
Immediately in front of our tent on the
north side of limo stream rose a very high
mountain. It was impossible to climb it
rlglit there , for it rose up from the valley in
a sheer wall flvo or six hundred feet high.
Further up thr valley , however. It was
A prnctlcable to climb up a sleep snowslide
and thence w orlc over to the top of the cliff ,
from which the counlain again arose in a
series of more or less steep benches to Its
t extreme height a mile away. The lower half
1 of the mountain was dotted here and there
witli clumps of stunted glues , affording ,
shelter and food for the goals we knew lived
upon it. This was selected for our hunt that
first morning , nail we were fairly afoot by 7
o'clock , In some previous winter the snow
1mil started from the summit of the moun-
' tale , and , gatberug ; force and volume as it
I w'eut , lied clewed a wide gash down the
steep Incline clear to the bottom of the 'al-
icy ; huge boulders , turf , brush and trees had
been tern from the side of the mountain std
piled in a mass at the bottom.Ve didn't
feel quite n9 sate as s'e might as we climbed
this slide , but hoped that the weather was
too cold to allow thu scow to 10030 Its grip ,
and ante r n half hour's perspiring 1 work we ,
finally reached a point where we could leave
It and work to the right among the pine
groves and shelves of rock ,
f , flu had not guru immure than 200 yards
front the slldo when we came upon the tracks
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of six goats , which had evidently passed
uloug there that morning , Just ( lien , lee ,
the Ivied began I0 blow auul In no time filled
up and obliterated the trails. Wo deter-
htlned to go on , lie vever , in time direction
the ttnrks led , but soon had to give it up ,
as the 11 liitl increased Ill violence aiui almost
' % , . blinded us with the snow svhlrled about. So
4 we retr'ueed our steps to the snowslide , amid ,
sitting down on our shoes , rapldly glided
down to the bottom and thence to camp ,
" -4 or time next three day's it blew Incessantly
111)011 the moutalus and we were ! arced to
remain In sump , Hut that was no great
lordship , although the hunters from Troy
svuru thirstlug for gore , The morning of the
fourth day broke cold amid clear ; there
wasn't a cloud in sight uud thu mountains
almost blinded one with their coat of gleam.
I mg white , George and Jack determined
alu to climb the mountain in trout of
nup , and Mae and Joe were to take the
next co beyond , The writer was to pass
thu day- cooking beaus and various other
staple articles of food which required time
and a hot tire. By some oversight our grocer -
cer had left out the baking powder and we
were obliged to make yeast bread , Think of
( lint , ye housewives , who nurse your yeast
w'itli every care ! Thiuk of making yeast la
a snow' bank and the thermometer thirty do.
grew below'1
Sighting the Billy.
About 2 o'clock the bread was baked and
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glass of thirty-flvo diameters , and strapping
on his snowshoes started out to look along
the mountains for goats. Not far above
camp a rocky point jutting into the valley
afforded a good view of the three nearest
mountains , hero ho eat down and with a
forked stick on which to rest his glass began -
gan to scan the nearest one , Almost at its
summit a lone biilygoat was discovered fy-
tng on a point which the wind had swept
clear of snow. Delow , and more to the
right of him , were four more in a group ,
slowly picking their way along the hillside -
side ; these were two nannies and their
kids. Still further down , about the center
of the mountain , was another billy , a very
large one , lie was lying on a narrow shelf
on which grew a few stunted pines , and
would occasionally reach up and take a
bite of the low-growing evergreens. After
a careful search no more goats were to bo
seen on this mountain , nor were there any
signs of Mac and Joe , who had started to
climb it. Twenty minutes or so were then
spent In looking over the next mountain ,
on which eight goats were Been , nil old bil-
lies , and each one by himself. Then , on
pointing the glass back at the first moun-
taln the writer saw that the old billy lying
under the pines was uneasy ; he got up out
of his bed and was alternately looking down
the mountain and then craning his short ,
thick neck to stare at the rocks above. He-
low him the mountain was very steep and
bare clear to the bottom of the valley , almost -
most half a tulle down. But further along
a deep water-worn coulee was gashed into
the side of it , and the man with the glass
concluded that Mac and Joe were iii this
and trying to get within shot of the goat.
What a queer looking animal a goat is ,
mmd what queer ways he has ! His body is
much the shape of a buffalo , mid Ilko the
buffalo his head Is set right onto his shoulders -
ders , theme being no neck to speak of , The
goat , too , has very long hair , which gives
him the appearance of wearing fringed
trousers and he has a long beard on the
chin. But unlike the bison he has a long ,
narrow , silly , dish-faced head , his hair is
snow white and his horns curve back like a
sclrnitar and are slender , sharp and black
as polished ebony. Naturalists tell us that
they are not goats at all , but true antelopes.
Be that as it may , they look like goats and
we mountaineers will continue to call theta
so. Their silly-looking face does not belle
them ; they are silly. Perched on a narrow
shelf a mile or so up in time air , or clinging
to a rocky wall where no beast of prey can
follow them , they imagine that they are safe ,
too , from the pursuit of man , They cannot ,
like the big horn or the prairie antelope ,
learn that a rifle bullet bridges chasms and
climbs through space. This blllygoat whin
the man with the glass was watching had
seem Mac and Jim several times where the
coulee they were following up was not deep
enough to conceal them. lie surely felt that
he ought to get out of there , else why did
he occasionally turn and look up the mountain -
tain ? Rut that particular shelf and group
of pines formed too comfortable a place to
bare mmd while he hesitated Mac's little
thirty caliber rifle barked out its summons
and all was over. No , not quite , for with
his last breath and strength he tried to
kick himself off the shelf , whence he would
roll and bounce down into the bottom of the
valley a mangled and shapeless mass. But
the bullet had struck a vital spot and just
as he reached the edge he died. Then Mac
and Joe came carefully over to him from
time coulee , punching holes in time hard snow
for footholds and at last they reached him
and grasping him by time hind legs drew
hint back to the level of the shelf.
\Vurv Game.
It was nearly 6 o'clock when Mac and Joe
returned to camp. Mac was tired , but happy ,
and Joe was , too. They brought in the skin
and head of the goat and a little of the
meat , but needless to say none of it was
ever cooked. The flesh of an old billy , especially -
pecially in winter-well , It isn't good. Half
on hour after the first arrivals George and
Jack came ht completely scorn out and thoroughly -
oughly disgusted. They had sighted seven
different goats early Lm the morning and
started niter an old billy which was feeding
about eh a ledge almost at the top of the
niouutain. The other ones were nearer and
easier to get at , but they wanted him , as
he was the largest. Time climbing was very
sleep and dangerous and in many places
they had to dig holes in time hard snow to
obtain footholds , where a single misstep
would have beet cerlaim death eu the rocks
far below. The goat had often been ht plain
sight of theft amid they were obliged to stop
at such times until he should disappear again
lit the beck part of the ledge. It was thus
very late s'lmen they at last got to the foot
of lho ledge , and , crawling up on it , George
found himself within twenty feet of the animal -
mal , The goat was lying down under a
spreading pine. He took a careful aim at
the animal and when ho pulled the trigger
the hammer clicked on the firing pin and
that was all , Then the goat got up and
started to lope off and the hunter successively -
sively tried every cartridge in the magazine -
zine , but none of them would explode. After
the goat was gone ho examined time gun and
found that the point or the firing pin was
broken off. It was a now rule fresh from
the factory and was supposed to be perfect -
fect , Row exasperating this was can be
lmagined by any hunter , Think of traveling -
ing 2,500 miles to kill a goat and then , when
within twenty feet of it , after a hard and
dangerous climb , finding your gun will not
shoot ! Words cannot do such a situation
Justice.
After dinner that evening it was decided
to move camp to the other side of the
range. We would return to Bear Creek ,
than take the train to the foothills and pack
in to Two Medicine Lake , where sheep were
plenty and goals were also to be found. A
firing pin for George's gun could be burrowed -
rowed of the section house men and the
hunt go on. We had planned to go to Two
Medicine anyhow , for sheep , after first hunting -
ing goats at our present camp. It was hard
work to pack everything out to the railroad
at ono trip , but we did it , Jack and Joe
carrying about 150 pounds each , the writer
100 std Mac and George each sevouty-fivo
pounds , The train did not arrive until 2
o'clock in the morning and an hour and u
halt later we left it at Elk sidetrack and
crawled into our sleeping bags unit slept mm
til daylight by our baggage piled up on the
right of way , We then went over to the
house of a nearby rancher and got our
breakfast and engaged him to take us to the
lake with his team and sleigh. It was not
snore than six miles there , but the snow was
very deep for the last mile or two , amid it
was quite dark when we finally had camp
up and in shape , in a lovely sheltered nook
among the pines and quaking aspens just
above the head of the lake , The snow was
even deeper here than it had been an the
other side of the range and fifty feet from
tlm tent only the ridge of the roof could
be seen ,
.1 Illon' lu the Itorldes ,
The wind always blows much harder on
the east slope of time Rockies than it ifoes
on the west , and for time first five days we
were obliged to remain about camp , as no
ono could stand the drlttiof , snows and icy
blasts up on the bare mountains , where the
hardy bighorn make their home , Trout ,
Marge and fat , awarnted in the lake , aqd by
cutting holes through the ice near the Inlet
we caught all we could use , One day we
tramped up to the falls on the stream between -
tween the two lakes , They are well worth
visitlog , for there is nothing like them ! n the
whole country so tar as the writer knows , A
short distance below the upper lake the
stream disappears among the rocks ; a couple
of mirlks still further down a high rocky wall
crosses the valley and about forty feet from
the bottom of this wall the stream burets
out of a jagged oval hole and falls into a
deep , wide pool at its base. It is certainly
a weird and ' Yaw -
sentinel about the pool , form a cold and forbidding -
bidding spectacle , snd yet there is a faselna-
tlon about the spot long to be remembered.
The first still day Mac and Joe went up
on Bough's mountain , so named the season
before after a friend who had killed a big
ram there , George and Jack went to the I
Upper lake , hoping to find some goats. The
writer , as usual , remained in camp to cook I
the inevitable bean and catch some trout for
dinner. It was quite dark when the hunt- '
era returned , tired and hungry. The goat )
hunters had seen two goats on top of a high
wall , but could not approach them on account -
count of the dangerous and icy climb , Mac
and Joe had seen forty-two sheep , but nil' '
except two were ewes and kids. They would
not shoot at these ; the modern sportsmen
will kill nothing which will lessen the game
supply. A few males more or less makes
no difference in the annual crop of young.
The two rams they had seen were on the
alert , as usual , and , sighting time hunters
when they just showed their bends for a
minute while crossing an exposed place ,
promptly lit out for parts unknown ,
Of all American game time bighorn are undoubtedly -
doubtedly the wariest and hardest to ap-
proach. They live altogether on the high ,
bare mountains amid during the daytime
choose the most open and exposed places
on which to rest , A lone sheep will then' '
lie down for only a few minutes at a time
lie always has his eyes open and is con
timually getting up to obtain a better view
of his surroundings. When there is a band
of them a few are always standing on watch
while time others rest. They are export
climbers and good jumpers , very quick and
agile in their movements. The goat , however -
ever , will go in places where the sheep
cannot. Slow and uncouth appenring as he
is , he is much mono sure footed and can
often be Been clinging to the wall of sonic
dizzy height where one would think nothIng -
Ing but a bird could venture. At such
times the hunter will often look closely at
the surroundings and think that he has
surely driven the game to a place where itl
cannot possibly escape him. Hut there is
always a way , and no goat has yet been
corralled on a mountain wall. Another peculiarity -
culiarity of the goat Is that whmi wounded
he will not hesitate to jumip off a cliff In
order to escape lda pursuers. The writer
has seen them deliberately cast themselves
off precipices something more than 1,000 feet
in height and strike the bottom a mangled
and shapeless mass ,
out of Ileaclm.
The next hunting day-the wind again
kept us ht camp for a time-all hands went
up the valley past Rough's mountain to another -
other one opposite the Rising Wolf , keep-
log well in the timber and out of sight of
the hills. Nine large ranns were finally
sighted , feeding along the shell rock quite
low down , but there seemed to be no pus-
sible way of approaching them undiseov-I
ored. The whole day was spent in watching -
ing them , in the hope that they would move
on to some other place where we could get
within range of them. Where they were
the wind had swept the mountain sldr bare
of snow and they seemed to have made up
their minds to stay right there on the grass
thus exposed. About d o'clock we were
obliged to leave then in order to reach
camp before dark. That evening George
declared that he would leave the baud of
rams to Mac and hunt goats only ; so for
the next three days Mac and Joa went every
morning after the rams and each night
came back to camp worn out. They saw
the game each day and once Mac crept
within 300 yards of them , but the wind was
blowing so hard he decided not to risk a
shot at that distance. On the fourth day ,
however , the rams were found higher up
on the mountain and there was a chance
to get close to them , provided a fairly open
place nearly half a mile wide could first be
crossed. This Mac succeeded in doing by
lying down and snaking himself along
through the snow , a few Inches at a time ,
and it took nearly five hours to do It. After
passing the open place he reached a little
grove of pines and from there the sheep
were only 200 yards distant. At the crack
of his gun one of them fell and the others ,
after looking in vain for the point whence
the shot cane-he was shooting smokeless
powder-rushed directly toward him and he
dropped three more of them as they passed.
Each one of theni was an old amid p3rfect
specimen of its kind and the massive horns
measured from fifteen to sixteen and one-
half Inches in diameter at the base.
It was a happy crowd in camp that night ,
for George had also managed to stalk a
band , killing two of the largest of them. '
It was no small task to get the heavy heads
and meat of these magnfflcemmt anunals into
camp , but the job was finally accomplished
and George , deciding to postpone tails goat
hunt , the ranchman came one day with his
team and hauled us back to civilization.
A recent letter from our friends , dated at
Camp Black , says they are suffering from
cold and insufficient bedding and that they
wisht I would join them with my camping
outfit and teach the soldiers how to be comfortable -
fortable ,
I'INGAPI'GCS AND IIANANAS.
'l'ime Proper Way to Eat Them to Ern-
Joy Them nt Their Ieest ,
\\'lien ono has lived where the pines grow ,
says the New York Sun , it always seems a
shameful sight to look upon the butchery
which overtakes the plneaimI ) before it gels
to the tables of those who d not know how
to eat time fruit. Its rind is ] hacked off , the
eyes are gouged out and the meat is cut in
slices , tlm juice runs away and is lost , the
flesh ! s fibrous and time core is always left
us at mmpleasaut celtrnl tact. And all this
ill treatment of a delicious fruit because the
rind and the eye hu particular can sting the
mouth like a nettle , though like the nettle
they are perfectly harmless it properly
handled , There Is but one proper wny to
deal with the pine and this is it :
Select one from small to medium in size.
for in these time flavor is best , but never
take one which has mint both stoma and crown ,
Remove the stem and throw it away , but
after twisting out the crown keep it for
future reference. In the shallow pit from
which the crown has been twisted drive two
strong skewers down through the central
core until they just come through at the
bottom , Then pull the skewers apart and it
will be found that the pine is split asunder -
der from crown to stein , Then it Is a simple -
ple matter to spilt the core so as to divide
agmmin each half of the fruit. A little ox-
perlence will bring the knack of thus dismembering -
membering a pine without squeezing out a'
tablespoonful of Its juice , Put time pieces to-
getimer in their natural position , tie with a
narrow ribbon , fasten the crown where it
belongs and the pine is ready to serve by
simply tmtying the bow of ribbon. It is
eaten by separating each of the little squares
of rind from the rest and ripping the flesh
to the core , By this means no juice Is lost ,
the fibre splits along the natural line of
cleavage and the dreaded rind and eye serve
as convenient and proper handles for conveying -
veying the fruit to time lips. Those who
wish the very fifth essence of the flavor of
the pine claim the crown for their portion ,
Pull oft all the leaves carefully to the very
heart and there will be found two dainty soft
white leaves In a spike about halt an inch
long , flip the tender end In a wee drop of
tabasco and the flavor of time pine will linger
on the palate for a day.
It may seem the easiest thing In the world
to eat a banana-just peel off the rind , eat
the flesh amid rid one's self of the outer coy-
ering either by throwing it down as a trap
for the pedestrian It no policeman ! s in
sight or else carrying it to some receptacle
for rubbish , as the law provides. Hut the
botanists have named the banana Musa
Saplenlum , by way of a hint that only the
wise know how to get the best out of the
fruit. Commonly the banana eater strips
oft the rind by pulling It down la ribbons
from the atom end , which never tails to
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to remove. If it is held necessary by a disordered -
ordered taste to peel the banana in strips
one should at least begin at the bud end ,
when it will be found that the fibre bands
come off with the rind and do not adhere
to the flesh. But the right way to get at the
edible portion of the banana is to begin in
the middle.
Every banana is a modified triangle in section -
tion , one side , the Inner face of the curve ,
being nearly fiat. hold the banana with the
stem end toward you and the flat side up-
permost. With the thumb nail make a little -
tle cut in the sharper edge at the left of
the fruit about its middle , a cut just deep
enough to secure a firm hold. Now a steady
pull will rip the rind from bud to stem
along the edge and continuing the pull the
rind will unwrap itself in a continuous piece
arounl S the fruit/ carrying with it ever Y
strip of inner fibre amid the tasteless pith
always found at the bud end. There will be
no dilliculty in doing that if the banana is at
the right stage of ripeness-that is , when the
fruit has become yielding to the touch.
Bananas to be cooked must be taken at
an earlier stage. If they are to be baked
they should be taken just when the green
color is beginning to change to the yellow
of ripeness. Remove the rind and bake in
a quick oven on buttered pans. For frying
they must be allowed to ripen until the rind
is all yellow but the flesh is still hard.
squeeze the fruit steadily from end to end
in the whole hand until something Is felt
to give evenly inside. Remove the rind
and the fruit can be separated in three longi-
tudlnal segments. Dip in white of egg and
plunge into a kettle of boiling olive oil.
This is a Philippine recipe and no one who
has ever tried it will be content with a banana -
nana cut into disks or strips and tried to a
greasy mush in a pan with butter.
Gnsolhie tlulurs.
The use of gasollne engines to operate
ndnhmg machinery has lately been discnsed
at a meeting of tibia engineers and hm a
very practical manner. Herelorore the use
of the gas engine m machine which emitted
a blaao has been considered dangerous in
a mine , but it mi pcnrs by time report of the
conmtit'ce. on this occasion , that niplicmilion
of time same to coal mlning in certain cases
has now been trade and successfully ; so
ninclt so , indeed , as to promise a positive
ri"al of steam , air nail electricity in mlning
operalieus. An illustration of time comparative -
tive advantage iii this respect is seen , for
example , in the case of a fan 7)mnp ) to be
located one ndle train the power plant.
lucre would br ne cetduct of stenos to
this point on account of time great conden-
satlon.Vilh compressed air the friction
would he enormous ; with electricity , while
the loss by resistance tad leakage would
be comparatively small , constant watching
of time motor would be necessary. Nothing
of this hind pertalns to n gasollue eugino ,
for , vlmou once started , it lakes care of itself ,
I using Its fuel in proportion to the load car-
red about all time allenllon required being
to start , stop aul oil it. An external flume ,
this repast says , should never he used , espe-
ciaily in a mimic subject to gas , tlmugh a
good electric Igniter , hi which the flame is
confined um the interior of tie cylinder , is
entirely snfe.
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To the Hammond Packing Co , is due the credit of establishing the first slaughter house at South Omaha
and as Omaha owes , in a great measure , her present commercial prestige to the packing industry , it will readily be
seen that the advent of the Hammonds was the turning point in the future of the city ,
Beginning in 1885 , in a small frame house , this Company has fully kept p ace with the growth of Omaha '
and the west. In 1888 it was found necessary to enlarge the old plant , and in 1892 the entire house was rebuilt of
z brick , six stories high. Under the management of Mr. A , H , Noyes , the Company has rapidly pushed to the front ,
and a few months ago was obliged to open an auxiliary plant at St. Joseph , Mo. , which is run in conjunction / with
the plant at Omaha , Branch houses are now located in all the principal cities of the United States and there is
hardly a hamlet in the country where the goods of the Hammond Packing Co , can not be found , Nor has the business -
ness been confined to America alone , but England , France , Germany , Scotland , Holland , Noeway , Belgium and
Japan are distributing points for large quantities of the Hammond Packing Co.'s products ,
The exhibit at the Exposition is characteristic of the enterprise of this Company , and is considered the most
unique and artistic display in the Manufacturers building. It consists of a plate glass revolving ice chest , seventeen
! )45 feet in diameter and thirty-five feet high , neatly finished in polishedoak. In this are displayed whole carcasses of
1 , beef , mutton and pork and various other products of the Hammond Co , An invisible three-horse power Northern
motor keeps the ice chest in constant motion and brings the different products to the view of the visitor in panoramic '
order. The novelty of the display attracts the eye of all and is generally considered the best on the ground.
