RECREATION. 



XXXV 



SLAUGHTER OF BUFFALO. 



Of the countless thousands of buffalo 

 reneath whose hoofs the plains once trem- 

 jled only a few score remain. Of these 

 almost all are in captivity. A pitiful rem- 

 nant still hide in the hills, and would be 

 slain by any hunter who could get a shot ; 

 this to the shame of the hunter. 



Last month at Helena, Montana, a dozen 

 of these noble creatures were butchered so 

 epicures might taste the meat. The act of 

 butchery was a wanton and indecent cruel- 

 ty, and the demand for the meat the evi- 

 dence of gross perversion. The meat of 

 the buffalo is fairly good to a hungry man, 

 but not to be compared with beef, being 

 coarse and tough. If buffalo were plenti- 

 ful and cheap it would be on the tables 

 of the poor, while the rich would scorn it. 

 The fact that a market can be found for 

 it is due to the same spirit of savagery that 

 sacrifices a song bird for soup, or for pur- 

 poses of ornamentation strips the heron 

 of its mating-time aigrette. 



Whether the epicures enjoyed their feast 

 has not been related. The hope may be 

 expressed that they did not, but acquired 

 an indigestion that caused a buffalo with 

 glaring, terrified eyes and a dripping throat 

 to trample their stomachs the livelong 

 night. As for the butchers who dragged 

 the buffalo to the shambles, the only re- 

 grets are that they made money by the 

 bloody speculation, and failed of having 

 been horned and noofed by the ; - •'ictims. — 

 San Francisco paper. 



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