Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1854-06-20
MINNESOTA WEEKLY TIMES.
FRIDAY, JUNE l6, 1854.
TOBACCO-ITS EVIL EFFECTS.

TOBACCO-ITS EVIL EFFECTS.
o,,svuc fKv paper states that four hundred and th
t,our thousands hundred aad eighty dollars worth of to-
sold at that market since the Is of November
We know that this is not very popular sub
icct to write about, as almost every other man
VIC meet either smokes or chews the nauscous
weed. Still we cannot refrain from expressing
our utter adherence of the article, and our con-
demnation of its Only think! "Iouf nun
dred and thirtv-four thousand, seven hundred and
eighty dollars worth of tobacco sold III ono mar
krt, in little over seven months time "a suili-
ricnt amount of money to build a dozen churches
snd s..hocl-houseS, and maintain them for tn
wears. And vet this is a small amount compared
with the great .c;n of tobacco annually consuin-
ebv our Ebc,ty-ov;ng intelligent, civilized pco-
pie.
Tint tobacco is injurious TO the nervous sys-
t,m, those at all ccnyc:sant with lis d"lct"ro;,s
effects will readily admit. That il contains poi
sonouS properties, none can deny, Tor but small
portion of tobacco spi;t!c dropped into the mouth
af a snake will end its career as quick as nitric
a id. Let the boy swallow but very small piece
of the weed and dcathy Sickness will hnme Hate
" follow. In fact everything it touches, it with
tobacco werm) will partakc of its noxous quail
ties. Now if these facts, (anl they can be
fully provcn) why should not tobacco be niuri-
Gus to man: Why should it not permcatc his
system. get into his blood, niurc the coats of his
stomach, and prevent healthy digestion? Con-
tanning certain proportion Of oil poisonous nits
nature. why should it not affect his nerves, and
make him irritable? We verify believe that those
persons who use tobacco 20 excess. have little or
no control over either their nerves or their tenn
pers, and that disusc of the article would restore
them to health and equanimity.
4 Young and beautiful LADY, whose father was
tobacco planter at the South, injudiciously slept
in a room where the green plant had been left to
dry. In the morning she was dead. The phys-
clans were called to investigate the case, and were
unanimous in their decision that the death of the
young lady had been caused by the poisonous at
mospherc from the tobacco, exhaled into her
lungs. There numerous other instances on
record just ike this, going to prove that tobacco
is highly injurious to the human system, AMI that
while it excites, it insidiously works premature
decay. If then, tobacco is injurious to the health,
if it contains no nourishment, but on the contrary
stomach, why is ii not dispensed with? ? why will
the habit be persisted in by those whose know-
edge of the facts warns then, TO dcsist from using
the filthy weed?
The habit of using tobacco is useless. dirty
one. We have sought to demonstrate that the ar
ticle is of possible good to the system, and we
shall now endcavor to prove that the habit Of
using it, is of very Objectionable nature. For in
stance, hut short time since riding in
stage coach from Galena to Warren with Young
lady and several persons who laid claim to the IT,
tie of gentlemen, when one of them lighted Il
very rank cigar, and commenced putting it with
perfect nonchaancc. "Sir," said we, s.vour
cigar is very offensive to the lady, and you would
do her and myself favor by either removing it
from your mouth or removing yourself from the
stages lie paid no attention to remark, but
continued to smoke. We observed the lady grow
inc pale, and then insisted that he must either
dispense with his cigar should dispense with
his company. He excused himself on the ground
that it a habit, and that he would rather go
without his dinner than without his cigar. The
cigar, however, was thrown aside, and during the
remainder of the journey we found him an inter-
csting and pleasing companion.
sob, dear my new dress, is almost spoiled
Just look there,'' were the first words we heard
after taking place in the Observing
several ladies standing up in a seat Il tobacco
chewcr had but recently vacated, we moved along
to where they were, and true enough, the lower
portions of their dresses were besmearcd with the
nasty spittle of the nasty man who chewed the
nasty tobacco. If they were not sick at the stom-
,,al, -,
he could have seen the countcnanccs Of those la
dies, we feel sure lac never again would indulge
in the habit of chewing.
&c Husband, wish you would bring home three
four spttoons, for our costly paror carpet is
almost ruined by the tobacco juice which has
been spit on it 10y your friends. | can't see what
earthly use there is in men to be chewing tobacco
and splitting it around wherever they 60. just
walk into the parlor an see what an auful sight
oar carpet is,' and the good dame troted off fol-
lowed by her somewhat mortified husband
These occurrences are happening every day,
and fall within the notice of many of those who,
conscious of their habit, cannot break themselves
of it.
In pecnniary point of view using tobacco
draws heavily upon the purses of the consumers.
tH;tt ~ NTH Uses only tilrco
day, which costs him five cents piece. This
would be $l.05 per week. or ss54.G0 per year.
Now if there only one thousand cigar smokers
out of population Of 5000 inhabitants in our
city, the total amount for these useless articles
used in ST. Paul in one year, would he $4,000
sum su Efficiently large to educate all the children
in the Territory, build all the school houses. and
maintain all the ministers, for number of years.
This estimate does not include the amount paid
10y those who chew, that we can safely saw that
if one thousand Of oar citizens use the weed in
this city, an amount not less than SSl 900 is an
nually worse than usclessly thrown away. Here
is the sequel TO the $4,000 received for tobacco
in less than seven months, at one market.
We will suppose now that only one hour per
day lost in smoking. This for one person would
he six hours per week, and So hours per year,
For 1000 persons the loss per year would be 3l2,-
900 hours. Naluing the time at 10 cents per
hour, and we have total for lost time ss3l 200
This added to the estimate already made. and
there is a grand total of Sll3,l00! of time and
money squandered in using tobacco.
Tobacco chewer, smoker, user of the article in
any shape, ponder over these facts:
/. Using tobacco is injurious TO he.lth.