The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-11-02
SPLITTING.

viii the time ever come when the spittoon,
that disgusting reminder that people spit, viii
De removed IRON our parlorS, steamers and
cars Those who chew tobacco should feel
delicacy IN having this one OF the lower vices
made apparent by The use OF III case de tabdc, as
lew others rarely avail themselves OF this con-
renIeace. The nablt OF splitting is PROBABLY one
reason why the Americans are SO meager IN
person. 1uey spit themselves 10 death, and
Inen talk wonderngIy about ouf climate-Swell
the number Of those who die by consumption,
aud look like scare crows during the period OF
Their naioraI lie. Women and girls rarely spit
from an distinctive sense OF lis Iudellcacy,
bat look solemn, talk grave, and spit
They finish sentence IN conversation by
SPIT, just as We close paragraph Ia our edlto-
r,al with period. Boys, as soon as they are
Installed Intoa broad collar, spit. They prac-
tee IN order TO do this well-shooting forward
The body ard the underlip till they become mas
iers OF the art, and able 10 hit splttoon at the
greatest possible distance. Ii spnting must be
done, the pocket handkerchief is the only le-
gltiInate medium, and this can be used IN a
manner as little obvious 10 the spectator as pos
sible. Those VINO have this ha0t lnyeteIaleiy
established should carry an extra handkerchief
That the one ..wlsely kept for show" may be as
little Objectionable as possible.
Seriously, our secretIons, if healthtul, are
never offensive. and never In due quantities
the habit of casting the saliva from the mouth
causes an extra secretion which must in IFS turn
be ejected, and thus nature IS severely taxed TO
supply the waste the gums shrink, the teeth
fade, the throat Is parched-bronchltlS first, and
finally consumption, or some other decay OF
weak organ, comes IN TO close the scene.
An Arab would run d man through who
should presume TO spit in hiS presence. The
bird never spIts-the toad squaiS to the earth,
and the serpent secreteS saliva as deadly poison.
If We weep passionately the saliva is bltttr-it is
pungent aud scanty III the action OF the baser
motives, while love renders ii sweet and abun-
daut. The saliva is associated with our whole
animal economy, aud follows closely upon the
action oi ou: minds, ympathetcally, Intimate
ly with all IFS moods.
Sensitveness inclines US 10 swallow down
Four saliva, while disgust dlsposeS US to sPlt 1t
out. The scent OF rose molstens the lips more
than the tongue /; lemons cause the mouth to be
filled with saliva. The sight of one hateful 10
us dries the mouth, while, on the contrary, one
who is agreeable moistens 1t. Hence those
who weep much have dry lips, while those who
suffer without tears have not only dry lips, but
an acrid mouth. There is a beautiful pbioso-
ply in all this, and those who waste the secre-
tons by splitting, lose not only the action OF
these glands, but unqueslonably weaken the
| fine sensibilnles associated with them. Show
US a man who spits, and you show Us man Of
uncertain characteristics, and one whose sensi-
/ biIities are not to be trusted. Do away with
spi,toons, and nature will do her work genially
1 Tor man she will beaptlly him, whereas now