The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-04-02
NO.

answered her by: putting out the eyes ots
an nnlucky dog, with a food#of tobacco
Juice. Il wisIr,'' said she.'Mr. A--Ethaa
a spit-box in his pew We fu"ted,ithaHse
in moody silence. wasssorry. my wife
had lost lie sermon. but how could help.
Fit? Theseawomen are so afcclionaic--...l
culifoundthem-no, don1 mean so. Bat
she might have known what was,he mat
ter with ne and kent hersea,. ~ >
Tobacco, o.. tobacco! But the deeds
Of thatday are notsall ioll yet. Aherthe-
|ronclusion fthe service, along came fars
mer Plnnglshare;> He; had seen me- 90 eiits
|"f church. and stnpped al the opeG wirdo@
where sat. sick to-day. q vi - p -7-
Rather inwelI,' Unanswered L and tbrre !
was another lie to be placed 10 the accpun.
|ofiobacco. We hadpowerfui preachins;
sdrry you had TO go cut My@ifeSasked
him inland in he came-she might have
knownhe would-but womeh mast beso
polite. But she was tho sufferer By it,
Compliments over. I gave linn my clair
by the. window. Down he sat, and fm-
bling in llis;pockeis, drew forth fnrmida.
bile plug of tobacco, and commenced I'M
|twistine Il. .t"Then you use tobacco, said
H. "A little occasionally said he, aas he
|tiepnsited9rom three to fourinches in his
cheek. "A neat fence that of yourn,' as
food after fant frrmzbis mouth besparies-
frdanewlyspainted white fence near the
lwimlow. Yes. said I, 'hul like a darker
color. Sod" L. answered Pnuahsharersss >
'and yallersni's my notion; il don't slows
dirt And he mnis,ened my carpet with
his favorile cnIor. 'Goodr lhoughtsI. wifes!
will ask him in again, guess. We werefi
new srmmoned. !. to dinner. Farmer
lRl1ughsl'are seated himself, saw his longs
fingers in that particular position in which
= tobacco chewer knows howsstn nut his
tdigits when aboat TO ::Inlabess He then,
threw them across his mouth. faremhled
FLOR The consequences, shnnldsshp~ throw
Isuchai ailnaduponthe .heaftlror' floor. Btt
lhe lad nn iIltrntipnihus to waste hisquidr
land-sshorking torelate--depnsitrdit besides
thisSplate, on my wits white damask table,
c1nsh - Il
This was too nnrh, Iplead sickness and
rnse. There was nnlie in the assertion
this time, WAS sick. Il retired from the:
table; but mydeparture did not tdiscompose<
Farmer Pl ughshare, who was uncon-;:
stious Of having done wrong returned in
season to see Farmer Ploughshare replace
his quid in his mouth TO undergo seconf
mastication,,and the. church bell oppor--
/ tunely ringing, called him away, before
he could use his plate for spit .hox,. for
such, am;pursuaded would have been his:
next motion. Iwent up stairs, and1hrow-.
ing myselfnn the bed. fell lasleep: Dreams.
OF finundalinns and floods and fire harrass-
ed me-. 1 thought was burning and
smoked like cigar. I,hen thought the.
!, Merrimack had burst its banks, and was,
about to overflow me with its. waters. /
could not escape-the water had reached
my cIin-I tasted tit was like tobacco
buice. Icoughed and screamed, and ava,
1kening, found | had fell asleep with quid
in my mouths My wife :entering at the
momeni, threw away the filthy weed
l.Huz, i'll were Won. would not use that
stnf' any more1 i WON'T said /. Since
Sunday last, I have kept$my word. Nei-.
ther Fig nor Twist, Pigtail nor -Cayendish
have passed my lips since then, nor ever
shall again. - ~ ~ ,e