Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-10-18
LET Us DEoDoR1zE.

LET Us DE0D0R1zE.
We believe it is not too much to say |
that every thoughtful mind ut Baton |
Rouge was filed with respectful amaze
ment at the prodigious capacity Of that
small town for the production and dcvel- |
opment Of bad smells. Situated as Baton |
Rouge is, upon bluffs overlooking the |
river, and inhabited as 1t Is, by q cul-
tured and patriotic community, the won
der excited in this particular is greatly
aggravated; but it remains none the less
a fact that the visitors to the future cap
ital, no matter from what quarter Of the
State they came, united with enthusiasts
tic unanimity in the verdict that for
striking and peculiar bad smells it bore
off the palm. No amount Of campaign
excitement--nOt even the nepenthe Of
abundant beer, availed todull the senses
to that awful fragrance. The sleek and
pampered aristocrat might well start tn
atfrightcd pain as he encountered the di-
abo]ical bouquet of the Baton Rouge gut
ters, but none the less did the most hard
ened and battered veteran rear his rag
ged head and make haste to pinch n
nose through which such novel agonies
were entering. Now, we submit in oil
friendship that Baton Rouge might do
we'll to bestir itself in this matter. We
have chosen that pretty and salubrious
location for the capital Of the State, and
she should sweep and garnish in pre-
paration. Those bucolic statesmen who
advocated Baton Rouge on the score of
it's resources in the way of buttermilk
and acknowledged chickens will but
slightly relish their primeval fodder II
they have to absorb along with it the
vast volume of the horrid Odors that
now pervade that neighborhood. What
will it profit any one to stow away the
latest capon that ever caught worm
and set quart Of richest buttermilk to
filtering through his sumptuous paunch,
if the serene siesta is to be poisoned by
thousand unntterable stenches 7 These
arc matters worthy of attention by our
Baton Rouge compatriots. We found
them eminently so.--N. o. Democrat.
Fumigate him. And it has come to
pass that q newspaper man from New
Orleans too, finds out that instead Of
the perfume of the rose that he breathes
in the atmosphere of the Democrat Of
| fee, his nasal chords have been often
siyely shocked by the bad odors that
the cutters of Baton Rouge evolved
! during his sojourn here. Goodness
gracious! The check of the fur famed
government mule sinks into insigniti-
canoe as compared to that Of this bold
haber dasher.
We might tell him that we have but
few cutters and that our bitches arc
always dry; that our city is on a hill
where none of that green looking stag
nant water eau be found as III some
places situated within radius Of one
hundred and thirty miles. That rs
further proof Of the healthfulness o.
our town the death rate here last veal
. during the epidemic was but seven pei
cent of the cases attacked. Suy any
thing you please about us, but DOM
! lay on the agony on that scoreY
The fact is that the gutter snipe o
the editorial corps of the Dcmocra
ought to have taken Che expression
that he speaks of as a "knock down
! hint, that lie alone was the walking
receptacle Of the nauseating Odols tia
G haunted his footsteps. They wer
brought here simultaneously with hi
coming, and disappeared when he EN-
l barked for the heath where he mag
It ines himself eDveloped in the fame
: of the "Otto of Roses.' What is
J fragrant aroma there astonisbed til
natives here, and we would voluntee
9 the advice that should he ever Wis
us again. he cause his clothes to h
: boiled in q solution of copperas al
u carbolic acid, after which they y
= subjected to a fumigation of burn
sugar and sulphur. Then the bystau
dcrs will not pinch their nostrils whe
u he is about.