The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-09-28
Snuff-Taking,

Professor Miller, adverting, at meeting
in Edinburgh, recently, to the strength
which a bad habit sometimes acquires, mar
rated the following story, for which the
learned Professor must along be considered
responsible: l.,.... r...... ......... d..
A respectable clergyman had long failed
in an attempt to give up snuff taking, and
at last he preached sermon against it, but
was miserable all the week after. When
Sunday came round, he found he was get
ting on very languidly, and to make the
thing worse, an honest man of an elder sit
ting Immediately under the eye Of the min
lister, took out his 'mulI, tapped it on the
lid, and with the usual gravity took COM
Portable 'sneeshin.'s The minister could
stand this 10 longer-he stopped abruptly
in his sermon, and said,
John, for shame upon you, sir; how dare
you do that?' Il .5"a'a"' 1853 ''.. Z
The elder looked up in amusement. The
preacher continued If Hr6. ..q .... .ss
"Don't you remember what | said TO you
last Sabbath?" ....
But the elder could not yet fathom what
he had done to cause 'atfence. The minis
ters passion for snuff had in the interim
grown to such an intensity that it was case
Of life or dcath--he cGeiI retain it no long
er, and so addressing the elder, he said,
u Il will not psllute my lips by mentioning
what you did, bat | will show you what it
was; hand me that box Having got the
box. he gave it q certain number of taps
on the nd, and went throns sh the other forms
of snuff taking in imitation of what he OBJ
served the elder do, saying, as he went on,
"That is what you did, sir--and what is
more, you (taking a pinch) did A0t, to-"
gHA Poor Devil"
While passing down Market street a few
days since, our attention was attracted by
the shouting of a crowd of ragged little ur-
chns, who, appeared to be almost in ex!a-
cies. We turned to discover the cause OF
This merriment; and there it was. Leaning
against one Of the piers Of the Markcthouse
covered with dirt and filth, stood one who
AQd been made in the image Of God--bedst-
Iiy trunk! He was not an old man; but dis
ipation and its consequent exposure had
turned his Head completely grey; and he
stood like,
h.. "a blightad trunk uponaa cursed root
That but supplies fJeling TO decay"
Every attempt 10 move from his position
proved a failure; and evry failure was greet,
ed with shout of dersion by the band Of
urchins. Tryit again, old blue nose!P
shouted one. Take that brick out of your
hat" shouted another. "Bail out some of
the red deye" suggested athird. Amid all
this, the poor man stood most ptiable and
helpless object indeed. Renewing his at
tempts to walk, he lost his BALANCE, and
staggering forward a few steps, fell head
long into the gutter. This increased the
merrinegt of the boys; which attracting the
attention of one of the police olicers--=he
dispersed the crowd and with the assistance
of friend, succeed in conducting him 70
'jail. ''' b, "
/ AS we turned to leave the spot, ,aWc over
heard one of hiR sympathising friends re-
mark to bystander---"Poor Snlpps!-=-tiRe
fellow once--upder the weather now--plty
him 'pon honor-poor d-ll." !" .,,.,..g .y.g
I When we rcf1ct that this man was once
son, and sat upon a mothers hp-had
reioiced fathers heart, by his innocent
gambols; had felta brqther's affection and
asistcr's !oye;-when We reflect that le
himself, had been husband and a father
rand c0ntfastcd his condition then, with
his wretched, miserable and lonely con
dition now, indeed thought We, "pool
| d---" p .,,, .t. .,.,..,... rF.,s, -yl.r
h1nButh how came he thus? What made that
son, that husband, and that father, what he
Eis?1 Rum and its sabusel He sacrificed his
Ilhvehhood upon the alter of this Molock. and
cried--give me drink lie broke his moth
er's heart, and brought down the grey hairs
of his father, in sorrow, to the grave--fol
what? For Ram. lie killed his wife, ant
lbeggered his boy. that he,imight---dlink.- -
On this alter he sacrificed health, manhooG
and his hope Of salyaIion! Look 1at bin
FnoM-what il he? a wrcckan object 70
the gagged iarchius to hoot at upon TN
srteetse1a loathsomel putfeseneo--aR sinll
Tor everything thatiis neanl'and vlle--em
Bhat5icPlIyoa ii'poor ,l--lH,,zllSSttfsr Hers'd.
| G3"Wife, complainigly,) ii shawn
more than third OF the bed" ,s4 H
Husband, (triumphanty, -"Well, that