Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-04-02


we arc glad to see you take deep intercs,
in the reforms of the day; and think il will
not be out of place, to offer few thoughts
in your valuable paper, on the use of To
bacco.
Much is said on Intemperance--the theme
is exhaustess. The cry Of widows and
orphans moves to pity the benevolent Of
every land The wives of drupkards stand
in the front ranks of misery; not always so
considered.
All, me; no human eve ever fviiy read
Their published mannseripts,-
The wounds through which they bleedi
To legisate on the eviis of Intemperance
is apparently easy--to effect cure, difficult,
and often impossible-although the reclaim
cd one may sing in sweetest strain:
"oh take the maddening bowl away,
Remove the poisonous cup;
Ny soul is sicl-its burning ray,
Hafh drunk my spirit Hr"
Say not "Behold its ruddy huel
Oh press IL TO thy lips;
For 'tis more deadly than the dew,
That from the Upas drips"
Say not SIT hath spell to charm
| The soul in misery deep"
Go ask thy conscience II the bowl
"caH gire eterHoi slstP'"
But let us feel for the pillars and if VIC
should find stepping stone to the great
temple of Bacchus, in tho use of tobacco,
we need not be surprised: since it is in ac-
cordancc with the opinion Of some of our
best physicians.
Yes tobacco! Come out hero you vile
disgusting weed, and let us contemplate
your physiognomy for few moments
You dirty fellow; who can never be seated
in any tidy place without dcsecrating it
No, not even in the house of God taking
twenty, thirty, forty or fifty dollars from tho
pocket of tho young man every year, JUS
to qualify him for n constant usc of spit
toon, open door or window and this, only
for the gentcel ones! Most men use only
tho floor or carpet; and as for smoking, will
do that in your face while in cars--ever
in churches it is often difficult to find de
cent seat-and rs you pass one after another
you say, gentleman sat here, and I mus
look further. The very atmosphere is faint
ed with their breath Oh who can contem
plate its many evils both to mind and body
without painful emotion!
Wcrc they duly considered, it woul,
doubtless be abandoned-at least the youn
would be saved--and happy shall I be t
know, that these few thoughts imperfect
thrown together have tendency to awake
reflection on this important subject.
All drunkards, with scarcely an exception
use tobacco, and that to excess. Who shal
say that the use of ono, may not bc pre-
monitory of tho other?
When I see a young man using tobacco
I mentally say, dear young man! Th
fowler's snare is set. Happy will you be,
you escape the rocks of Scylla, though yo
arc sure to fall into the gulf Charybdis
Your pockets will be lighter,-your hcal
hcavier,-your face thinncr,-your brai
wcakcr,-your life shorter for all this.
When l see young man with tolerab
advantages of education and association
proof against tobacco, am almost sure h
: will continue temperate. The bloom
health will bo on his cheek,-tho light
: hopo in his eye,-his forehead fair,-h
e step irm,--his mind clear and cheerful, an
; gathering force as it meets the responsible
e tiles, and engages in the activities of lifo.
q GREEN VALE, March %. CUTHEREA.