The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1846-11-18
no TOBACCO CHEWERS.

We have sorrowful intelligence for the
lovers Of the weed. II has been consider
ed, fromtimc immcmoriul, That the luxury
OF chewing tobacco. .coult be enjoyed only
by man; that. no other living creature, with
the exception Of the tobacco worm, found
it at all agreeab,e.. Now, we can enjoy a
choice Havana as much as any persen;iI
is luxury, after the hustle and toll Of the
day, to sit down and puff ,"dull care away
lit is better plan thantrying 10 dro,on il
-bu, we arc much afraid that it is all oucr
hoo.
We have also, hitherto, been much al.
dictcd the more common mode Of con.
suming the Virginia slaple-as the shade
OF ofmany a departed Of "honcy dew" could
testify, if called up us evidence, and oft aud
ngain, with feeling akin to sorrow, have
we deposited the last delicious morsel in its
final resting place, and bitterly thought Of
Ia. morrow" and where the next was to
come from, butt is .allorcr n0ao. Well
do we remember the first chew, and the
second, and the third, and nota few Of the
boys about town.. know experimcntally
aohy we remember those ''trying scenes" !"
but what Of thall Wewerc trying to look
manly. We enyied boys Of bigger growth
around us, whonppeared SO manist, rolling
the Sguid from one side OF the mouth 10 the
other. and squirting ont the juice with such
self satisfied air, occasionally leaving
visible marks Of their advancement in life,
on the smooth dickics which the careful
mammns had done up SO nicely for the
young masters. We cnvied them we say,
and notwithstanding the unpleasant. feel
ings that apould forcc themselves upon us,
,vo stt ,vo c,,ccoctoI o,,L
then we fairly reve!lcd in The delights oi
masticalion but but it is oil oucr now.
Those halcyon days Of enjoyment, appear
now like dream too pleasan, TO last long;
we have awoke 10 terrible reality. Boys,
take warning, we assure you that this, our
leading article for 10 day, is no fiction
what wo are about 10 relate is veriiablc
occurrence, one which makes us feel now,
pretty much rs we fcl. when our first chew
has fuirly got under way, one which will
make you feel worse than we do, for we
were ignorant then Of the fact, but no mat.
ter-it is all oper noiO. friend Of ours
who still clings TO the d.fashioned habit Of
getting up earlier than is nov the custom,
wish he had oversight himself on this par
ticular morning,) was taking his usual
walk down street, when he discovered
something sitting on the pavement, quietly
enjoying ngoudsizcd chew oftobacco. lie
;ould scarcely believe his eyes, and deter
mining 10 ascertain the true state Of the
matter, he stopped down, and as the chew
was rather too large for the creature, he
caught hold Of the tobacco, hardly believ-
ing it possible, that the animal was actual
y chcluing-when 10 his utter amazement,
j. decamped with the greater portion Of
lhe quid." "Facls are stubborn things"
butlhat Of a-Frog chewing tobacco, has
brought us short up TO the conclusion, that
wo will be surprised at nothing. however
Improbable, that may happens We have
sad lorcbodinge, we are afraid it wont stop
here-we expect nothing else. but in the
twilight Of The beautiful evenings Of our
Indian Summer" to see lots Of young pic.
amy frogs, smoking their "colorndos" and
whilst tic sage croakers, their
grandsircs and grandpas, are at a dignified
distance, quietly whiting their Dutch pipes
but our pen refuses TO move another peg
--,he thought is too gloomy to dwell on
it has penned IN article it never dreamed
of in the widest flights of its Imagination
but its task is done, the record is made,
more il is true, in sorrow than in anger,
Tint a-Frog cIews tobacco.
Camden Journal.
MULE OplTuARY.-Dicd al Dlukely, in
Baldwin county, on tlc--inst. Ezekiel
X. Polk ngcd II yenrs,-four.h Corporal
by brevel, in company No. !, Of Marcy's
Mule regiment, stationed at that place.
His funeral obsequics were attended by the
whole Regiment, and he was buried with
military honors.
AS he lived beloved, so he died deeply
lamented by his military comrudcs.
Ono morn they MISS him OH the cnsom'd h
Along the heath and near his thvorite tlcc;
Another came; nor yet was he on drill,
Nor up the lawn nor at the wood was hc."
In his youth, during the revolutionary
war he was distinguished by his swflness
Of foot, and the ease with which he could
carry great weight toa very great distance.
lie bore of from North Cnrolinn, the seeds
Of our nations future cxallulion with IL ve.
locity and safety almos. incredible to the
present generation.
The distinguished family he served was
in retirement during the last war, on ,ha,
occasion, therefore, he could not exhibit
the great powers with which nature had
gifted him; yet even n, lhatpcriod, lie lived
not "''nknown 10 fame.".-for his political
sagaciiy still brilliantly shnnc, and shed .
lus,re around the family name.