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Lindon House
Joseph Lindon
201 W
Main
Known
as the Mannegold or Old Lindon
House property,
at the
corner of West Main and Water streets,
became site for
Carnegie library.
1858
12 02 One of the institutions of our city is
the Beef and Pork Packing establishment of Joseph Lindon. Whoever may furnish Bacon for the mind, he
can supply bacon for the body to almost any extent, and that is the main thing
when men are hungry and shivering. Few
places of the size and population of Watertown can boast of the extensive
business institutions we have here—our grist mills, woolen factories, grain,
produce and meat establishments—prominent among the latter of which is Lindon’s, on the “West side.” During one week he bought over three hundred
hogs, the average weight of which exceeded three hundred pounds each. Mr. Lindon has
already this season purchased pork alone to the amount of twelve thousand
dollars. This speaks well for the
business of our city—present and prospective.
It also speaks well for the industry of the farmers and shows that they
have not been idle. The resources of the
country around us are rapidly developing.
Time will surely make all things right
WD ]
1859
01
27 Beef
and Pork Packing establishment of Joseph Lindon WD
1861
02 01 The Democrat says that Mr. Joseph Lindon
has already expended over $16,000 this season in buying pork. It would be a lucky thing for Watertown if
she had more business men like Mr. Lindon. He is one of our most enterprising citizens
and in the course of a year has very extensive dealings in the produce trade as
well as in that of beef and pork. WR
12 12 The Pork Trade
Previous to the late
thaw – which has given us almost spring weather in the middle of December, and
banished all traces of winter – there was considerable activity in the pork trade
in this city. The streets were filled
with loads of hogs, which was but the beginning of the business that is yet to
be done here this season. Both buyers
and sellers were plenty and the competition brisk, the prices ranging from $3
to $3.50 per hundred. Decidedly the best
lot we saw was a load of twenty-three hogs brought from Hustisford
by Ira Jones and purchased by George Peeples. They averaged 400 pounds a
piece in weight, were dressed with the greatest care and neatness, and
were an example of what can be done in rightly preparing pork for market when
proper pains are taken. They brought the
highest price that has yet been paid, and will be found worth all they cost for
packing and making prime pork. Farmers
should be sure not only to have their hogs in good condition when killed, but
should dress them in the neatest and best manner for the market. A cleanly dressed hog will always have a
great advantage over a slovenly half-dressed one, with bristles standing all
over its body. WD
12 26 Lindon’s Packing Establishment [before there
was a Johnsonville]
The extensive and well
arranged pork packing establishment of Mr. Joseph Lindon,
on First Street, is now in full operation for the winter. Mr. Lindon is in
the street daily, purchasing a large proportion of the pork brought here for
sale, and putting it up in the best condition for the eastern markets. A large part of his pork is packed in a
particular way for the British naval service, where it finds a ready sale. Other parts are cured for
bacon and finds its way to England in that form. This branch of business gives employment to
fifteen or twenty men, each having a certain work to do, the whole being
carried on systematically, and every thing done with
perfect exactness. Pork raising is an important item in the products of
Wisconsin. This season the hog crop
promises to be large and valuable, though the prices are not as high as they
have been some previous years. Pork is
now bringing from $3.00 to $3.50 a hundred. WD
1873
09 04 The Lindon
House.--Sometime this week we understand, Mr. Joseph Lindon
will withdraw from the management of the Lindon
House, and be succeeded by Mr. A. C. Beaurup who was
formerly its landlord, and won an enviable reputation for courtesy and
liberality, and the success with which he
promoted the convenience and comfort of his guests. With his enterprise and civility, he will
maintain the popularity and character of this hotel, and render, it as heretofore, a pleasant and favorite place of resort with
the traveling public. WD
1876
02 02 At
his packing house in this city, Mr. Joseph Lindon has
been preparing a choice and delicate article for the table. It consists of the side of the hog, with just
the right proportion of lean and fat, salted and smoked enough to make it sweet
and palatable. The way to cook it is to
broil it in thin slices, and when this is done to perfection it certainly
furnishes a rare and favored dish. WR
1911
10 05 Andrew C. Bearup of Evanston died on
September 29, 1911. His remains were
interred at Janesville last Sunday.
Deceased was a former resident of Watertown, having at one time been
proprietor of the old Lindon House. He was a son-in-law of the late Joseph Lindon, and will be kindly remembered by many of The Gazette patrons. WG
Cross
References:
Habhegger Slaughter House & Cold Storage
