The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1850-06-06
Our Notions of Tobacco.

Some years ago the Messrs. Fowlers ask
ed In, Editor of The Tribune for a written
statement of his opinion of the use and eff.
ccls of Tobacco, which was given. Find
ing the letter in a neat twenty-five cent book
Just issued by them entitled ''ToBAcco: lis
History, Nature, and Effects on the body and
Mind, by JOEL SHEw, NJ. D. with the Opn-
ions of DR.. Mott, Rev. H. W. Beecher,,' &c,
&c. and finding it 10 express our present
sentiments on the subject, we make room
for ii. Cannot our young donkeys who are
Just learning 10 brutify themselves by the
vile weed be somehow induced 10 read and
think!
LETTERS TO MEssRs o. S. < TN. FOWLER.
| GENTLEMEN: You ask me for a statement
ol what know and think respecting tobacco.
| have had good deal Of experience on this
subject; in fact | once smoked nearly an
inch of cigar myself, 1t served me right,
and never stree lad any inclination to out
rage human nature and insult decency in
any such way. was then somo six years
old, and naturally aspirng1o the accomplish
ments Of manhood and genlility; but the
lesson ! then received will suffice for nv
| Whole life though it should be spun out to
the length of Methuscla's. have since en-
cured my share of the fumoations and kiu-
dEed determinations of tobacco, bu, | have in-
fic ed none.
wish some budding Ella, not slave to
narcotic senSualism, would favor us with an
essay on THE Natural affinties of Tobacco
with Blackguadism." The materials for ii
are abundant, and you have but TO open
your eyes Cor nostrils) in any promenade,
GLORIOUS Boston excepied,) in any village
bar room, 10 yourselfcontronted by them
Is Broadway sunny yet airy, with the atmos-
Phcro genial and inviting, so that fair mai
dens (and eke observing bachelors) throug
the woshlling sidewalk, glad TO enjoy and
not unwilling TO be admired ?--Hi!her (as
Satan into Paradise, but not half so gentle.
manly) hies the host Of tobacco-smokers. TO
1 puff their detcsied fumes into the faces ard
eyes OF abhorring purity and lovlness. to
! spater the walk, and often soil the costly
and delicate dresses OF the pronen aders
with thir vile expectorations And even
should the smokers folbear TO pollute the
outraged but patiently enduring the flag
stones with their foul saliva, the chewers
will not be far behind Gas the Revelator sa W
death on'the pale horse, and He'll follow.
ing ailer,') industriously polluting the lair
face of earth, as their precursors have pois-
oned the sweet breath Of Heaven. How
long, oh how long, must all this be suffer
edl
have intimated that the tobacco consul
mer ls--not indeed necessarally and newt
abyl, but naturally aud generally--a black
guard; that chewing or smoking obviously
tends 10 blackguardism. Can any man
doubt it? Let him ride with uncorrupied
senses in the stage or omnibus, which he
insists on deiiling with the liquid product of
his incessant labors, SEEMING unconcious of
lis utter offensiyeness; and when even the
smoker, especially ifpany or wholly drunk,
W IA "'c ii@iSt VIZ liito Il
lure Tophet by his exhalations, defying a
like the express rule of the coach and the
sufferers urgent remonstrances, il he can on
ly say, "Why there no lazy here" [No
ladies is his expression, but the plea is exec.
rable enough. though expressed grammati-
calIy.] Go into a public gathering, where a
speaker of delicate lung and an invincible
repulsion 10 tobacco, is trying TO discus
some important topic so that thousand
men can hear and understand him, ye
whereinto ten or twenty smokers have intro.
duced themselves, long-nine projecting
horizontally from beneath the nose of each
fire at one end and fool at the other, ant
mark how the puff putting gradually trans
forms the atmosphere (none too pure atbesi'
into that of some fonl and pesdlential cav
ern, choking the utterance of the speaker
/ and disractirg (by annoyance) the attention
of the hearers, until the argument is arreste,
or its effects utterly destroyed, he whc