Smyrna times., 1885-07-22
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A Bad Lnt-

MR.. EDITOR by custom. which
II not law, has made the practice com
mon, for the sunken lot at the corner of
North and Church streets and known.
as the " brick kiln " to be the dunn l,r
the rubbish, and much that is NOT of
nall OF the town. Whatever dies. or i
discarded, is taken there To G.stnr nm
under blazing Summer sun. As
mere rubbish there may be no danger
III pies OF all kinds of vines and tree
trimmings, wall scrapings, tin cans
enough to supply an army of tramps
win coffee pots, with here and there a
grlnnlng wire hustle, so MANY old
boots and shoes that could be con
Verted into embossed leather that
would charm ones very soul and adorn
the parlors of the houses they came
from carriage cushions, bulged and
battered heaps of coal ashes. grates.
CRATE and small long, wiry-lookinp
things called switches. switched ofi
here or their last siding walk; eoblets.
and 1t IS astonishing how little use a
goblet Is when his one and only foot is
Knocked of, can be found there bv the
dozen, as they are sold bits Of looking
glass, white and cleaning, doing what
Jney can to make sunshine in a ,h div
pace and then to see the old hats.
not all mems hats either, with tn,
usual RIP around the crown. but ladies
mats, not, however, of the high. couicli
inspirations now worn, that would he
nuts Tor II western tornado to iuup
into, but little things as bic as vour
hand, that may once have been the .
nf hn
chairs ut the Town Hall, on gala .
nights or been the cause of scatterin"
me earnings of some darkav al
: Hoogle camp meeting last Summer .
FROM sanitary point of view nothing .
so far enumerated, can be considered n .
nuisance pure and simple, but when to .
tins Is added an occasional dead hoo
and here it is well to remark that Nh"
word occasional limits the danger from
tins source, not that hogs do not die
frequently, but it is seldom so mnrb
good meat is permitted to be " frowed
away"
ASK any veteran railroad engineer
one whose hearthstOne, is the fo0tnIote
OF his engine, what obstruction he
tween the rails he most breads to meet
ana ne VIII at once say anything but a
nog the locomotive goes at il with
Ine usual rush, but the wheels snin
around and the faster the sand is fed
dOwn on the rails, the faster the hoo
,eeds grease. So in decaying. a dead
hog takes that "uneaten cake - fo,
smell. 1t pervades everywhere and
threatens everything with uunid
grease. The old lot knows what il i
10 receive chickens without numbar
100, due there more from neglect than
cholera, but the radius of their disfri.
3ulloh Is very small in comparison TO
ne Iul quota of cats and dogs. that
"y around with their tails in the air
'h the edge OF the hill. And thereby
lahgs tale Of how these same mauIprs
u sleep no doubt in nights apone
'aused some of us to be so reckless os ,
o cause madame in alarm to nud0p nc {
WIN the request to get up and say !
our ,! prayers over again, as there is nn I
eHIlng what may happen hefor, j
y Ilorhlhg and then in the middle of !
ne second series Of devotions to he ]
empted witha a shril cry, You sarah
1hhe = mingled with rink and b,cl-.
llderS. This is the sort of fomiI- l.
lrlty that is apt to breed contemnt u
ne same that is tolerated in France in !
he feeklng filth of the sewers of To,,-
'H' the same apologist for the T,oz-
.'rohe OF Spain, and the Padrone of s
,ht,,' NY VINO i've ON oflal, and in it. and
- neL' we nave all the essentials. as we
= - nave niaye' at times, as here stated ON /
ne ola brick kiln lot, it only needs i
eat ana moisture to make this snot 81
nc nome Of the disease breeding mi mi. F
.ooe' at orr very doors, and the worst EE E
II. IL Is we know of it but don't care. O.
Smyrna, DEL, JHEy 21sf 1885, Cl