Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-01-08
WHOLE NUMBER 6s7.

man calling himself gentleman with all
the outward appearance Of gentleman, and
every thing but the smell Of a gentleman, viii do
in your house, in your parlor. in the presence Of
ladies', things which ifnoi under the spell Of tobac
co, no money would tempt him 10 do. How
does this come about The god Of tobacco takes
the man in the grislle ofyouth, in the tender
age Of boyhood, while the chin is yet down.
ey like a young goslin, and while the brains
are only in that state Of forwsrdness which they
reach in monkeys. He points him 10 the Dig
nfed lawyer smoking in his Office, as he
thumbs the revised statues, and then gravely
knocking the ashes from the end Of his cigar de-
lyers the precions lore TO some consulting Client.
He points him 10 q number Of first chop gentle.
men smoking in the hotel, as the Stage stops
TO change horses and delivering at the same
time the most striking views Of their own i'm.
pouance. lie even goes soiar as 10 point him
10 some Reverend divine, who with great sancity
/ Of manner smokes and chews. Thus the young
man in the griste is taught that the hghes s,yeo Of
mortals do smoke or chew, or both. He sees
the great men smoke.
As to the great men who DO not smoke. thcr sx.
ample passes for nothing. of fcourse, for they may
smoke when he does not see them. lie never
hears them say mol boo! or whcw! toths business
Of smoking. II they don't smoke they are sno.
ked, and they don't resist. Their example and
influence are only negative. The youth is car.
ried away by the positive. That is something
| that is great. lha, is manly. Is there anything
which a noble and ingenious boy more desires,
, in his exceeding serdure, than 10 become a mani
, Does he not long for long.tailsd coail Doe:
5 he not sigh for whiskers and q razorl Is lher,
+, any drug, any deeieslable compound ofyilIainou
S tastes and smells which he would not chew anC
] roll as a sweet morsel under his tongue 10 be
I come mani No. Ifyou were TO soak wool
: en- rags in the common sewer, he would chey
e them with a serene face, 10 help him TO becom
e a man! He schools himseIfwll little nips oflh
is sickening narcotic, as his stomach can bear, an
e suffers like n martyr in secret. He smokes an
l. throwsaway the stumps at gentec length. F
= naly the rebellious nerves begin 10 give in an
G become manly. All smells and tastes begin l
= become alike, delightful quiclness, stupidity
r. and devil-may-care begins 10 creep over him.
il And along with it all comes the great price, III
y high sense Of being a complete man. And il
y soon wondrous to behold with what relish: sanG
n froid and matter of course manner the huma
d todPole will put on the frog in the ar Of using u
e his Havanas.
y Poor fellow! he little knows that god nor
g. cunning than all the heather diyInitirs put Il
In geIher, has bound him in his spell, aud that he
ep destined to be an everlasting stencil every wher
e. That he is fated 10 declare his love 10 the ang
a his affections, in the intervals of spewing up,
rs. the brass andirons, or into usrrious spiloon,
ss out Of the windew, and that she will submit to
't- salutations as to a dreadful cross which must
lit taken up for the sake Of the kingdom. He lii
vi thinks that he has taken upon his intellect,
ed imagination, his memory, his reasoning facultit
NJ a perpetual assoad of lead. But he has, al
rk there is no escape. He is to be dirty fellow
re spite of himself If tobacco got him down amor
a. the swine, robbed him ofevery cent of his mo
lie ey, and turned all his friends 10 enemies, as alch
n hol does, he might get out of its clutches. B
- wo to ii! 1t leaves him forever a respectful
ne nuisance of whom no one comPlains-except
a hind his back.