The reason for its existence may be looked for in the feeding of pigs with skim milk, buttermilk, and whey from creameries, with the offal of the Abattoirs, with the household refuse generally, and behind tuberculous cattle.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
"Ah, madame, but you should hear them in their own clubs, where the ladies and gentlemen of the gutters, the barriers, and the Abattoirs discuss 'individual property,' 'the tyranny of capital,' and similar subjects which no doubt they are peculiarly fitted to discuss.
"The Maids of Paradise"
Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
I fear that I am too late, for they were to march from the Abattoirs at nine, and it is already nearly half-past.
"At Agincourt"
G. A. Henty