Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-31
,.,srriIaNfous SELECTIONS.

MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS.
Tho.e Ohio ike oursclf, occasion
M !. a taIe ! pinch Of snuff, will reality
as:enf Is the following: BostOn Cour.
3. s~,,ry AND SsurrERs.We have |
so,,,ss;mes had our wonder excited in
rsasSf;ne on the temcrity and daring /
y 81 tt,at man who first boiled and eat Il |
lobster. and who, led on like Column
Ius. from one new discovery to anotn-
q. next opened and eat an oyster. The
,nfal ahacnce Of inkxiii0n in such ca- |
~. constitutes the claim to native da-
rinx.-But what shall we say Of him
who, asst were, cropping about among
ii,eweedsof the earth, selected at length
the most noxiious to an unused nose and
tongue, and pronounced It, commend
cd e, and in fact cstablishedit, as the
fling ITSELF to smoke, to chew, and
snuff!
With little effort of Imagination,
,yc can bring ourselves to believe that
The fragrance of good cigar may be
found agreeable to the nlfactnry nerves
Of some.we can imagine that man
may at times be SO circumstanccd, as
10 prefer the smell Of cigar to other
yillainous smells about him.
Chewing tobacco puzzles US more.
{ We can with difficulty conceive con-
4 slition Of the mouth that would be re-
lieved by the taste Of tobacco. We
know Of but one, and that can rarely
occur-itis that Of accidentally biting a
green olive for picked ofn-a face
tious trick sometimes practised in olive
countries.
But snuff and snn0ng completely
bring allour powers Of imagination and
comprehension to stand still, and we
are left in wonder and amazement. But
for the prevalence Of the practice, we
should regard snuffer as a living Curl
osity. .
We don't know why our nose should
differ SO widely from others-it rcjoi-
ces in rose-and is among the first
to detect, at remote distance, the ho-
ncyed fragrance Of the buckwheat field
and yet is so constituted as toregard
snuff among the most offensive Of vile
odors. Colnparcdwith snufftoour nose,
asssfntida IS eau de Cologne; and a
real New England skunk, otto ofrose.
And Dwhy this vile power should be
thrust in the nose, of all other OFFICES
the most inconvenient-for surely had
nature intended such uses Of the nostril.
she would have reversed its position.
We do not pretend to closer obscr.
Yatinn than our neighbors; but we ven:
turc to assert, that we can detect smut
fer as far as we can see him. His coun
tenance is as marked as that Of an OPT
UNI eater; snuff has entered into hi
very circulation. As he approaches
all doubt vanishcs; conviction points t.
the nose; the muscles ofandabout which
are palsied and swollen, and perhaps
besmcared with snuff; the voice inhar
E monious, and in many cases entirely
destroyed; the expression Of the coun.
tenance wo-begone, pallid, and alto
gcthcr snuffy; the nerves unstrung ant
irritable; digestion derangcd, and me
mory shaken. On this kaftsr point
we believe, on strict investig CATION.
real out and out sntN er would be to
tally incapable Of testifying accurately
to any past event. His memory is al
snuff. AT any rate, very large allow
anccs should be made for him, as also
for his powers Of reasoning for what
claim has one, who may be said to be
actually blowing liis brains out daily?
And then his breath!M phew!!!!! But
we forbcar.
We are willing that an old gentle
man or an old lady, very old and reti-
red, should be permitted to indulge in
any habit or practice Of theirs, when q
fancy may dictate -but the young and
busy, who mix and minglc in active
life--who cross eur tract, converse
with us--and whisperin our ear, should
dispense with practices that are obyi-
4 ouslyinjurious to themselves but may
be truly offensive te IN
fact remember, that although they may
hnvc abused and misuscd the organs
given to them for fard different purposes,
4 others, more grateful to the great Dis.
spencer Of good, have preserved theirs
IN all their native cnstgy md purity.
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NobIE C0uRAuE AND MEI.ANcHorv