The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-15

tive " disease I do not know more difficult |
TASK the assoc lation or the real scientist could
n ,. tian that Of proving The aiIirma-
i've ~ lhia question. while tile sksptic can !
readily pit oduee any amount of proof Of the
negative. Let us see.
A. A. \ eRattls the very bodies That ara in- |
| tered IN these cemeteries i'll direct contact
with hese come the nndertakers, the charity,
cartu ien the grave diggers, the sexton-a1l
cone erned i'll the business of interment, yet
the SO men are as healthy as any o. us ana
continue to pursue their business during ana
between apdemics with az much safety as No
those IT Va who may never go within, mil9
Of the cemeteries. And then, ms haye said
before, there is not only the absence OF proof
that the population Immediately afunnu LIZ
cemeteries IL sickened by the calculations
complained Of, but 1t requires proof TO snow
that that region Of the city Is not QUITE a.
healthy ~ any other That snnpaved.
10 the extent OF generation 81 disease III com
munities " the emptiest " TIC Wolld.
Ia the first place the term itself ls wnoliy
relative one. Nothing can be more Disagree
able, more offensive 70 The 9liaefotles IMAM
what L. commonly called musk ~ i.s purify
The original musk bag as cut rom Inc inn ,t
deer tmosehus mosehiferus) stinks teattully
: and yet musk is the basis q many q The
finest Of perfumes, and even ~ ITSELF put Tree
ly diluted, It ls exceedingly popular: SO,
also, is assafetlda substance OF ,l.i d1sa
eeahs 'an ~ ahe,s aaa pepps w1 ba .lRe
II around their neeks In little bags under the
: deuson that It wards off Or prevents infec-
tigus disease. Herein ~ en- Instance ~ ny
man credulity urging that STINK prevents
8 disease
! On q par with this wonderful delnsion, also,
~ that vt the carbolic actd mania little
what the French would call aa,f soMpeon.
pure e {. , ao,a + no, @ pu ~
Its Grade state, " ~ simply anbeHlng as tho,i-
sands Of our people know full we'll Ana yet
this shrinking stun has been used and extolled
ease Of course its virtues, u this regard
}. must have been attl1oune9 10 lis door. az
, otherwise II - known 70 be pteaerpattne o.
: disease germs, so-eailed as, ior instance 81
vaccine virus.
Look ut the garbage cartman. Jolly fellow
i he Ia. but he provokes me terribly | can
. hardly hold my breakfast when | pass his
cart, and yet envy him his rottndity az he
: sits on his heap OF nth. often wonder II ne
does not laugh u his sleeve when, ~ hls
, leisure Sunday mornings. he reatls In the
: papers OF the fearful danger OF his calling
and Of the scientific discussions Of the stinks
- amid which ne spends hls existence.
!: And so with the happy yidanEeur OF old-
: for now this class mas peeo'ne ailsbocfa.e In
!, comparison Win What ~ ms beah 4 ICY
!. years ago, and III all previous time, the vidan
:. geur aud all that pertained to hia, 'sineiled
to- Heaven, and like The owl, ne sought
!, his prey only , o. night. ,,t hhd f, who
Il has not awakened aG n'ght from
sweet slumbers, to hear the dull thug OF
/: the vidangenr's tub at his or his neighbor' g
q door, which, 70 use the smile 81 an irritable
old friend, Of mine. his oifaetories told hin,
Z, that Oh hadbroke loose But how changed
: Now the refined ExnAvatlng Company
sends its ''oiorless apparatus' To your door
: in polite sunshine hours, and whether pump
ors bucket be used, your otactoIies, az least,
y do not tell you u the nature N the visit
10 But who was heartieI than the vldangeur o.
old2 And was not the business handed
down from father to con, through generations
on generations go Tar back That "tha oldest
+ inhabtant" could not reeollect9 And don
we all know that the old vtdangeur must
like the offal cartman, have often laughed y
his sleeve when he would see the doctors
attribnting all epidemics to the gasses which
~ were his gloryf ,,,-.,
10 What ~ there more hlsaEreeahle " hosts
y, OF people than the odof dlreet OF inc raw
:. =, onion Yes, more disagreeabie 10 It's cousin
!. german, garlic. let nearly az 81 US eat lnuHs
,n things N our daily iood, l,ke thef, anu 10,
IN them wholesome some httie communities
!, Of people eas gafnc 70 excess, 50 that 10 I'M
q phtaaeulOgy " q sensitive friend, they .swea
W garlic" and then ! would prefer 10 s
Mt III Locust afove oe.nelaly ~ py o,. ..a
= nest, rather than by one q these. Ana ye
Y, these garlic eaters are the most ROBUST
Oh people,
Or But come down or mount upward, as yo,
IN please. from Lne garlic safer W 1ns Hbhum
of medicinecan the stenches 81 Locus
ee Grove Cemetery compare win those o1 TN
disseeting- Az once near Ile 'node,,
on doctor ery nut I'M put w htsnufch ~, MI, w
nfll 'Its. ~ VIZ y
" zine, with carponc, etc' anu we ueo,ot,he al'
disiniect them les they are ueonpilne.
he anh dislnieole', puC 'or ~ thas .le aissec'
or ing-room atnha.
=, But let US go bacR ilttle on the o'uen 'llne
:" when the aiuaeht, unlesa M "shehel VT
'e- very cold. must CUT rapuIy oI nv snpJec
ID wonid melt ana run OH the Ihnle. were Sues
ra classes nn'hpe,ng nnnu n,a 81,
I. ~ young ne, destIoyed ny dlseaser ~ enl
u denies DreaR OUT ahnon . eaem a an .' e'a y !,
.ls one eu'esesi ~. ,,' w. % w, so, ,.,
case of diafrhea ~ the case " aFreennorn,
u an occasional ulssec.ion wHuha ana wv ".
on any man eo,npa.a, Cnh spIea,ed @ ,' -,
Ii mosphcrs alonna No HocmsI 1tovo uen1e
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