Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-05-28

by the acton OF tobacco on the spinal nerves,
have often induced the doubt whether It's use,
and some other revolving vices, were not the
actual origin of so much unhappness in mar
ried life. If we have used a moderate share
Of intellect and very extensive observation
Alright, we can find no cause of sufficient pow
er except tobacco, capable Of producing the
wrecks Of manhood that often come under our
professional notice. The dull and lcadcn eye,
the trembling hand and insecure and unman-
ly step, the vacillating purpose and incapacty
to reason correctly on the most simple sub
iects, are too often seen connected with the
aroma Of the deadly weed, as the victim un-
folds in trembling accents his tale of blighted
prospects and chilled affections.
So far are we from doubling its power over
the moral and physical welfare of the race,
that we have not a doubt that it has infinitely
moro TO do with the physical impcrfection and
early death Of the children Of its votaries,
than its great associate, drunkenness itself
The local surgical and medical treatment most
effective in these cases proves conolusively
that il is to the dcbilitating and cxhausting in
auencc of tobacco that these sad consequences
arc due How, indeed. could il be that an
agent of such university of action on the
nervous and muscular systcm-one that at
first invariably produces vertigo and blind
ness, and throws its victim PROSTATE on the
earth in temporary death. should not reach
its climax in the sole Of its peculiar power, in
that mysterious system where nature has
chosen TO evolve redundant life What is
the period for this grand demonstration of
almighty power; What evidence docs the
Creator imdress upon the countenancc Of its
possession;
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tally young mans natural instincts would
awaken him to the discovery that some horrid
vampire was tanning him from mental sleep
to physical death. lie has before him every
day the bright eve, the elastic step. and the
1.-THE limbs of his companions he secs, but
seems not TO understand, the quickly averted
eve, the expressive and scornful face of in
suited woman, as she refuses to take his Of
lored but dcdlcd seat in the omnibus or rail-
car he permits her to open the window. and
expose her health to the chill air, to get lit
tie air untainted with the loathsome aroma of
his foul breath he is refused employment at
many gcntlemanly occupations by most saga.
cious men, aud yet he persists in debasing
himself; he must have his narcotic, his
"stupefer' A very good proof of its in
huencc on the dclicacy of a mans perception
may be found in the frequent appeal to his
opponents: look at me il has never hurt
me" This appeal is often made by men who.
from the associate habit Of beer or brandy
drinking, have become actually puffy with
soft fat, and their breaths redolent Of that in
descrbablc filthy and disgusting exhalation
from liquor and tobacco; drcnching the floor
in a circle, and defling your clothes with
their constant expcctoration, apparently IN
conscious of their iflthiness. and their Enbili-
tv to a biting or insulting replv.
Both smoking and chewing also produce
marked alterations in the most expressive
features Of the face The lins arc closed Inv
n circrlar r,psclo which cor,nlotp1v snrrop,ds
tbor, ,,d c,r,rs fboir r,l,v f,lross Nov
everv nnscle NJ the bodv ;s dcvolonad in rrc-
ciso ratio with IL. pso as most voun, men
lnow-tbov ondoovor to dovelon and Increase
tbsi, muscle in tbo gymnasium In spittinr
and boIding tbc cignr in tbo mouth this
muscle is in constant pse. bonce tho coarse
onroaroncc ana irrcg,,lor dcvclonrncrt or tho
Inns whom con,norcd 70 tho rest of tho G,-
t,,rcs in cbo,yors and smolors Tho cvo
loses ito natural fire and becomes dull and
lurid il is pnsnecplative and pnannrociotive
il answers not before the world its owner
razos vacantlv and often rcnels conversation
Nv his strniditv
Tho foulness of the breatb in most cbowers
and smokers nroves nositivolv that the oil or
tobacco. with all its deadly nowors Is carried
into the blood and peryades the whole sys-
tom il could not he continually thrown ont
from the lungs if it did not thus reach the
oir-colls and windnine il Is thrown ont thnre
with the noisonous carbonic acid Some ncr-
sons absorb the noison more freely than
others We have seen poralvsis of both the
unper and lowor extremit;cs in mon scarce
mast middle age A nerson who is saturated
with tobacco. or tobacco-noisoned. acouires n
soddon or dirty yellow hue two wbifs of
his breath will scent large room YOU may
nose him before he takes his seat. OF this
he is entirely unconscious: he will give YOU
the full force of his lungs. and for the most
part such people have great desire to ap-
proach and annoy YOU. We have been fol-
lowed round a large ofico-table by them.
backing continually to escape the nuisance.
on, r,ot;,.o ,,'as ,,o~oa;,od
In eat;ng tbe tobacco chowor must Ioso
doI;co,c annrec;otinn of aayor. wo hayo oh.
sorycd indded that no ;s vorv casiIy satisfod
by tho flby Ir;sh cookery 9nJ eyoasy ond
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