The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-10-06
VOL 3, NO.---6ll
SMOKING.

And by that token they are 30 much
better than their illustrions masters,
for they smoke against nature. You
can't meet gentleman (0 now q days
but what you would fain turn your
head when he speaks to you. We
wonder often of what young and deli
cate ladies can be thinking when they
tolerate the abominable habit in their
lovers; they must surely be aware Of
it. Love is blind. very blind; hecan,
not see, yen know, but we never yet
heard that he lacks the sense of smell
At any rate, friendship don't, nor, as
that matter, common acquaintainship.
O. universal Yankee nation! thy
name should be universal smokedom,
Turn where we will cigars and tobacco
are pre-eminent. Smoke, smoke.
Smoking! Smoking at the corners Of
the streets, in doorways. on steps Of
the meeting house, in the butchers
shop, the bakers shop, the grocer's
shop, in the attic, the cellar, the kitch-
en-. the parlor; at morning, noon and
night, when it rains and when it
shines; in sickness land in heath, be
fore dinner and after; BY boys Of six
and men of sixty; by millionaries,
loafers and dandies; masters and ap-
prentices; by editors and their Luci
iers; by black men and white men;
over their breakfast, under the news
paper, before eating:peaches, and after
eating ice e-creams-taugh
Chew, chew, chewing. Chewing in
stages and cars: in drawing rooms,
concertrooms and churches; at Armory
Hall and the Athenaum; in printing
and publishing offices; in the city, in
public houses, station houses, court
houses, school houses and meeting
houses; on birth days, burial days,
wedding days, holidays. Sundays and
all days.
O. ktobacco. LEI. thy devotees extol
thee, but thou art an utterly contemp-
tible, useless, demoralizing agent and
idol. and thy chief temple Is in AmeriJ
ca.-Lodtss Eaaterp1sse.
SPEAKING ouTIN CHURCH. A Young
lady Of this city. who is engaged and
will shortly be united to a gallant son
Of Neptune, visited the Mariners
Church on Sunday last. During the
sermon, the pastor discoursed eloquent
". and with much eaIncstness OF man.
ner on the trials, dangers and teinpts-
tions Of the profession OF a sailor; he
concluded by asking the following
question: is there one who thinks
anything ofhim who wears tarpanla
hat, blue jacket. or apair OF trowsers
made OF duck, in short. is there any
one who cares aught for the poor sail
orr" \ little girl. a sister Of this
young Lady, who was sitting by her,
Immediately jumped up, and looking
archly at her sister, said. in a tone
loud enough for any one to hear: Yes,
Sir. .Beck' does The audience were
eonvulsed with laughter, the minister
biz his lips, and concluded the servi
ces by requesting the congregation to
unite with him in prayer-Bah Sen
Enej
One of the most remarkable and
significant incidents which has trans-
pired during this campaign, happened
at Hales' Eddy on Saturday last. An
Immense number of Frenonters had .
gathered to have pole raising. The
pit was dug for the pole, but just as
the assemblage were abont to com
nnence the operation of raising, a
magnificently large Buck burst out of
the adjoining woods, and being confus-
ed at the unusual sight OF so many
mortal enemies. rushed into the throng
and fell with bullet in hi. heart ia
the very pit ding to set the Fremont
pole in. Such shout as the people
sent up at that termination OF the wild
Bucks race never before startled the
echoes of those sombre mountains of
the Delaware. The ifeiess Buck was
dragged from the pit, the pole raised,
and there it stands as monument of
the fate of James Buchanan Honss-
dale Dem. a~ Sa1t#t ID so