The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1851-07-04


cred and marched into the field to rept
the invader. When the leaves are suff
:, cienlly ripe, the plant is cut below tb
lower leaf, and the stalk is split up an
hung across cord in the drying she'd
! The parent stalk again pits forth il
leaves, which are again duly cut secon
and third time. Ia.Texas il is cut fou
, or five times in season." = rn{r
: "Are not Americans" demanded KoI
ner, "more addicted TO The use ofiobacc
than any other people?" .lr.s s'i5
"lf by Americans" returned Commin
"ycu mean the citizens of the Unite,
States, they certainly use more tobacc
than any others in one way, chewing: bu
Tor smoking. many nations far excee'
them. The American Spaniards, evel
the ladies' all smoke. A 'Dutchman j
only half a Dulchman without his pipe
The Germans are quite as bad, and a
| this time'th civilized world seems com
pletely conquered by tobacco. As 70
the East, DIR. J.V. G. Smith, in his ac
count of Jerusalem, Palestine and Syria
in 1851, says, the majority of the inhal,.
itanis are idle: time is IF no account. A
very few do all the drudgery, aud the
rest smvke. Why, il is the gieat pursui
OF long life TO smoke. The richer the
Individual, the better the quality Of hi:
tobacco, and the longer the flexible stem
nargeleh. They smoke at births, a,
MARRIAGES, and in deaths there is more
smoke thar ever. One everlasting cloud oil
smoke, the product OF more pipes than
there are virtues in the possessions of the
twelve tribes, is perpeiuaIly rising toihe
zenith throughout the length and breadth
Of the land Of Promise" 81
81 have seen an estimate ofthe tobacco
used in England in ls43," said Quod; ;"i,
amounted 10 $40,OO0,000-but as the
majority there use an an article compare
lively inferior 10 that consumed here, and
The use Of il is not SO general as it is
with US, we must consider that the very
heavy duties imposed upon the weed
assist very much in making up SO impo-
sing an array of figures" 81 G
"Yss indeed" answered Commins" and
in consequence of these duties, snug.
Cling in tobacco is carried on very ex
tensively there. One OF our river light.
ermen, some twenty years since-when
tine impost was heavier than it is now
made fortune by single bold specula-
tioa. He had alieady made enough to
load his vessel with cheap manufactured
tobacco, This was put up in packs as
large as man could conveniently carry.
He had previously been smuggler, and
before his hazardous voyage was under
taken, went TO Ireland and made arrange.
ments to run the cargo. He crossed the
Atlantic safely in small lighter, Of per.
haps twenty tons, ran his vessel on shore,
secured all his cargo, but lost his boat, as
he could not get her away before the
revenue officers were upon her. Per-
haps he was willing to lose her, for hav.
ing made SO successful 'spec,' he valu
ed his life accordingly, and would
not have risked it again in SO frail a
craf.n NJ ..e
"Did you ever see the verses that
poor Lamb wrote" inquired Korncr,
"wben he was forced TO abandon the
weedg" n;
mo-" replied Commins; "repeat them
if you can" . ol-f,.
"He frst,n said Korner, "f1ies into a
violent passion and abuses il terribly, then
changes his note suddenly 10 the oppo-
site extreme - -
s"stihking's, OF the stnking Kind.
Filth ofthe mouth, and fog ofthe mind,
Africa that brnys her foyeon, .rt,-.
Breeds no such prodgious poison;
Henbane, nightshade, both together,
Heml0ck, aconte-- ..-. ,
Nay, rather
Plant divine Of rarest virtue, n rH 'a..
Blisterson the tongue would hurt you;
Twas hut in sortI bimed thee,
None eer prospered who DETAINED thee.'"