The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-27
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OF the three great stimulnnts, rum, tOl aCeO
and AWoarng, ] speak 81 tobacco which evil
article / imagine TO be the result of the 9th
~ two combined and, produced IN the form
Of vegetable, A spirit Of poison In body
NJ filth il this tobacco, the enemy and OPP
prossor Of man. liy nature he abhors Il, bat
nature suhducd, his loathing Is turned 10
1--we then Il makes him fool md slave,
pollntes his body and poisons his soul. A
Young man had better have both his jaws
broken than use them for chewing tobacco,
Disgust being first, the second impression
which seeing tobacco used makes upon the
mind IL that il u IN every respect barbar-
ous custom, and more like one Of the bad
habits Of painted say ige than the luxury
of civilized bring The history Of tobacco
ysiGes this idea Il having been first obtained
Of the North American Indians, as a sort Of
equivalent for the smallpox and several 9TH
cr similar diseases, introduced among them
| hy the whites from Europe. An things con
sidercd perhaps the whites had tho worst Of
/ the bargain. Even II tobacco wcrr not pare
/ poison, but food good for man, tho manner
/ Of is uts would seem enough 10 condemn il
-chcWcd all day. a mouthful of mire IN
smoke half swallowed and pukcd forth from
/ the mouth pulycrized and loaded into the
nose like powder into gun and these dis
] gushing NhNllA hplhHfA HFl9 " wv biN"NNfN
patience aud iong'suiicrng.
The tobacco ehewer is perhaps the most
disgusting of all Wherever hc is, nt home
or abroad his mouth. that would disgust a
ditch, filed with the loathsOiGc mass, which
I hc forever chows and A(gcats, his brains
| serving az his bowels, With gumboge teeth
/ and breath like svill barrel, splitting ns
| II his belly we're horse pond, the 7obaoco
chcwer N everywhere, disgusting aud dis
turbing everybody 4 bnr-room spttoon Is
a dagucrreotypc Of tobncco chcwcr's mouth
This fertile caIihis all poisoned by him,
the sea is yellow with his vomit. aud tho
gulfstrcnm rises in hls mouth. Many ren-
sons have been given for Natures covering
the face Of man with u beard some suppo'
sing il 20 be n protection for the throat and
lungs, others for ornament, Sc, &c, but the
simple reason is, Nature knew that in the
last days man would get TO chewing tobacco,
and in pity for him she put the beard on his
face TO cover up his dirty mouth, which
would not be- ft To bc seem A Law ought TO
hc established by which every tobacco chcwcr
should be i'm 3rsoncd, and fed upon nothing
but fried plug tobacco for week. hut the
smoker The atmosphere Of Pandcmonium
Il nlwpyo sVrmcd 60 mc must lie tobecco
smoke Who has not seen the smoker, like
burning volcano, vomiting forth smoke, and
splitting forth lava. Fuming and smelling
like a dunghill, his poor nose standing like -
pier ia the fog his head smoking as il it were
baking brck.kiln, he, the smoker, infests
this whole earth, walking up and down IN IL,
THE smoke streaming from his mouth 10 The
skies, bclching his filth upon everything, his
path J1riiHt5rsIs h-fuTe ssIr. i1ri1issriit,l4..
1t is tho Kills all the city shade trees. lie il
is who turns this foot.stuol into spittoon.
To live with him is like having a gas house
IN the ncighborhuod. Should the smoker
take the Indians poisoned arrows in his
mouth, perhaps he would be better suited.
Next is the sooty nose of the snufT-takrr,
When powdered, this ,abominablc stuff makes
a pepper Rt for the internal cauldron. The
nose converted into a dust-pan is loaded with
this dirt till il comes 10 look less like n nose
than some animal rafting in it, shelf or an
ink-buttlt with the bottom Knocked out
That delicate sense which loves the fragrance
of the fair flower is destroyed, aud the de
hauchcd. nose is stuffed with the fiery dust
till its appearance and experience are more
those of candle extinguisher than the hon
est nose II was first made.
4 mans mouth full of rotten tobacco and
his nose filled with snuff, always make me
think of n slop.pnil under n sink spout. Any
one of these habits ought certainly 20 satisfy
the dirtiest ambition but some there are so
devoted To all three that with chewing. smo-
king and snuiiing, they are stepped
through that the very toars come out Of
their eyes pure tobacco juice they get into
j society bearing upon them oil the odors of
The sJabfcj their hands turned uuug-forie-
with conveying 20 the nose and mouth the
uncean morsel and relieving themselves of
guilds, &c, so vile that the very dog wouldn't
lick them ito express what such men are
get some tobacco chewor to hold out his
/ tongue. Yet for all this the only reason cv-
or given is that tobacco is healthy. This is q
libel on Nature, but for the satisfaction Of
such as sincerely believe il, il will be allowed
that in some cases t,shacco has cured disease
! And so thcre vas a man in London thut the
plague restored TO perfect health.
The crow to it's carrion, the dog to his
vomit, and man TO his tobacco. This sweet
> meat of Satan holds half the whole world in
bondage Wherever man is there you'll find
, him chewing tobacco. II oils the oath in the
swearcr's mouthi the clergyman's lips are
touched with il as with coal of fire like n
fire beneath boiling pot, so is it to the brain
of the poet. Snuff is General on the field of
battle the Indian smokes il when the strife
is done--beautifully it is referred to as the
piping time of peace" everywhere. As has
been said "tobacco levels all distinctions,
; though the line tell but one-hali the TRUTH
= it should read tobacco levels all Stinks and
distinctions" Tobacco is an exotic, being
originally part of the devils botany, and
transplanted by him 10 earth, where it still
retains a strong flavor of birthstone, its ma
tive soil. In its cultivation here it requires
great deal of manure to bring it to.periec'
ton, which ] consider very significant fact
-Sprinafeld Republican.