The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-09-28
HILLsDALE, MICH, TUESDAY,

time may elapsc after the impression has
been impaired, that we become unable TO
trace the effect to its causa; and yet the re- |
lation of cause aud effect stands sure, how
ever ignorant or unconscious we may be of
it. As an illustration of this position,
shall mention case wnich'came under my
own observation. was once acquainted
with gentleman, who at eighty years Of
age was what would be called stout,
healthy, old fellow. He was certainly OF a
most robust constitution, and hadncyer ad-
dicted himself TO any habit "calculated to
shorten lifc,' as they say at the insurance
offices, saving and excepting that of taking
snuff We'll, il has been said TO me, "Sec
now your anti nicotian theory is set at de-
fiance by this hearty old fellow. If tobac-
co be slow poison, il must be, as was said
NJ nave Se" such eV an exemplary q oitogenarian as
this, "o'er all its ills victorious?' He has
been taking snuff all his life .imc, and yet,
you perceive, is nothing the worse of it,
Now, l did not perceive any such thing,
but wGs we'll aware that the contrary was
the case. was Of opinion, and am now
fully convinced Of the fact, that he suffered
cxtremoly-nay, intensely, from the habit,
without himself or Others being at all a
ware of it. DO not speak Of a nose and
face porpetually bogrimcd with snuf-or
waistcoat and inexpressible embrowncd and
powered all over with it-of the expendi-
ture of pocket handkcrchefs, and waste of
time in nose .blowing-everlasting snoczing
and coughing, &c, such matters are mere
trifes in the estimate Of your lrofessod
snuff. takers; but d. not speak Of an ha
bitual depression ol spirits, and frequently
an access Of the most miserable melancholy
to which this gentleman was subject, and
which l attribute to this inveterate habit
Of snuff taking, and 10 no other cause. He
would complain bitterly of his wretched-
ness on those occasions, and ascribe it to
the skyey infuences-the humidity Of our
climate, the fogs, and l know not what
besides; but it was nothing but 'the snuff"
Such intelligence would have doubtless
been very unwclcomo; for this very snuff
this actual .foas ct origo matorana, ay,
''more snuff"-was his most favorite reme-
dy and consolation under these distressing
visitations? So much for our ignorance Of
causes.
The late DR.. Adam Clarke was a great
enemy to the tobacco-leaf, and published a
strong paper in condemnation of it. He
taxes high ground upon the subject.
"That it is sinful to use it, as most dc"
he says ~ have no doubt-if destroying
the constitution, and vilely squandering
away the time and money which God has
given for other purposes, may be termed
sinful. have observed some whole fami-
lis, apSd .aY aYeY 1Sar ta3 sTha@a ha@ad daS6vqd
TEEN for more than half century. Now,
suppose Tho whole family, consisting Of four,
five, or six, to have used Is Cd worth a
week, then tho mere article Of tobacco
nearly f200 sterling is totally and irrecov'
erably lost in the course Of fifty years.
Were all tho attending expenditures, such
as appropriate implements, neglect o.
business, and other concomitants taker
into account, probably four times the sun
would be to small an estimate"
Captain Scott, in his interesting worl
"Rambles in Egypt and Candida" says:
"All the Arab race are addicted to tn
use of the pipe, and to this pernicious hab
it may be traced the origin Of most of thei
vices, and a great proportion Of their mis-
cry" And again, in a ncte, he observes
"Nothing tends so much as tho perniciou
and universal habit of smoking to retard al
improvement amongst the natives of tb,
East, producing habitual Incidence, and oc
, casioning an irreparable loss Of time" H
calls it elsewhere the predominant vice o
Mahomedanism."
{ Now, with such warning and such eS
, amples before me. own that cannot cor
] template the possibility of my countryme
: becoming nation of smokers, without tn
{ utmost pain. I would wish to put all pa
ties, but especially the young, on guar
: against the insiduoas and seductive al
o proaches of the habit. The elegant pip
s the splendid snuff-box, and all the curiol
S convcnences OF tube, light tobacco poucl
O and so on, are so many lures to the unw
y ry, and many by simple nibbling at the
: captivating bats, have been gradually le
= on and at last turned into confirmed col
o sumers. There is temptation in the furr
j. ture of our fashionable snuff and cigar sho
o -"divans," as they are called, which it
r. hard to resist 1t would seem almost wor
J. while to Consume" for the sake Of encor
Of passing one self with such beautiful toy
% but class all such resorts in The same CO
ID egory with tho gin-pa'aces Of London
= Look to the end--observe what confrr
n ed habit Of snuffing or smoking is--hC
at wasteful. how enervating, how every W
o, pernicious! The tyranny Of it is dreadf
,s, No man knows it thoroughly but he W
,r, has once been its slave. The craving
Of the nose once accustomed to be fed,
ep snuff-of the throat and fauces once sol
on oned to the use, for smoke--and Of [
u teeth and gums once used to be drawn,
he tho reiterate chew-oh it is dreadful
be and say there is no remedy against
at evil but toetotalism.
e. / have said nothing on those popu
a stimulants tea and coffee, for, as genera
,e- used, think they are both innocent,
10. they are certainly agreeable beverages.
of Let us not, my fair countrywomen, how
an er, when they indulge in tho "cup Il
he cheers but not incbriates'--I mean
in Howqua, or any other -mixture--ain
'n- celebrity for preparing il over strong; fol
,ut this state, like other stimulants that
he have been considering, I have no do
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