The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-11-03
TOBACCO CHEWING, &c.

We find the following caustc yet truthful
remarks in work entitled "Ffteen minutes
around New York" We regard tobacco
chewing, smoking, splitting, Sc, as national
evils, and it is certainly time they we.e aba
ted. No place is free from the foul stencil
arising from The nauseating weed. Thete
pie of God i deied by the saliva, and the
pure air of Heaven is poisoned by the filthy
smoke. There is another feature of tobacco
consumption, the hubi,ual use of snuff -
This, however, is confined to the "fair SEX"
almost exclusively, and we shall say nothing
Of it, except, that our remarks on chewing
and smoking, will apply with equal lcrce to
,"ruJbing snqf,"
"OId SptfoUt they say. is not so black as
lie is painted, but we declare tn at no one, mot
even Mrs. Trollope herself, has yet done full
justice to tie dctestablc habit of tobacco
chewing and splitting, in public places. 1t is
strictly speaking, an outrage OF common de-
cency for one 10 expectorutc at all, in the
presence of Others. This is function which
the natural human i"stinct places with those
which are to be performed in private. But
now, nothng is more common than to see a
whole bench atk kthe theatre, or IA pew in
lchurch, occupied bv nasty wrctchcs, all the
time chewing and twisting their jaws about
distortny their faces. and sauiriing their dis.
gusting saliva in all MISUNDERSTANDING pools
Iof liquid nastness under foot, for the fine silh
dresses and neut boots of the la dies to splasl
and draggle through. In omnbCses, cars
ferry bosts, &c., this habit is almost unver-
sal-and il appears to be especially affected
by our sot-disant fashionable young men. a
man who spits in company is all unmitigat e
vulgaran, and ought Instantly, on the first Of
fence, to be kicked out Of society.
"As to tobacco chewing, it Le(ouls tht
teeth, and corrupts the breath to So great {
degree that lady cannot, without siron!
effort TO overcome her rcpugnancc, approach
a man who INDUCES in this disgusting habit
though he may be ever so fond of him. AM
we verify believe that many cases Of conjuga
coolness and final estrangcment--perh
separation may be traced directly to the fee
It'd breath created by chewing tobacco bmo
king is bad enough, and drinking wine i
barely tolerable-but to come near n neat
sweet, balmy woman whose instincts al
spring from physical as we'll as moral puri
S ty, rocking with the yellow ooze of a tobacc
!, quid, is an abomiEation that no delicate an
sensitive woman can forgive.
, "BLt tspitting is an almost universal habit
even among those who do not chew. And
very dirty and injurious habit it is. TIL
d continual exciting Of the saivary gland
eventually leads to a quasi3 inflammation {
the mucous membrane Of the larynx and ira
chea,s and so goes downward to the substanc
9 of the lungs themselves, producing cough an
n consumption. 1t is only q habit-entirel
q unnecessary TO comfort or convcnience--an
K which II resolute will and decent ambtio
to be clean and respectable, can conquer i
three days. Try ii, OH perpetual spitter-
rt Whenever you feel an inclination to make
dsagreeable grunt and eject your saliva /
the presence Of others, keep it down, an
swallow glass of Croton. You will fin
o this cold water cure very easy and very eiiee
Il tual." .-