The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-07-08
D)ES IT PAY TO SMOKE.

! V.
all the arguments are not on one side ;
w" are inclined I" think tl,n, ont of the ;
thousand million people wh" inlaht this |
planet. th,."e are here and there II few inli. !
vtdu'l, wln'nn it 'i'"s pay TO s,n"k".
Crossing. the E.>; river the other after.
noon, II, ,Ial lnr when iln. ferry boats are
fullest. observed! 81 group al I.l"r"l> seat.
.. ,,p the forward .!eri, will, their ,linnr,
kettles ut their side anil II sh"rt pipe in
every one "f their m",l.s. The act at
smoking. ,ranuuilz,rl and rr.l,.l ll,">e ,i.r,i
!ir.i in our hearts t" t,.grl,!.r them lux
uiv so cheap. We hav. "!,i iHcn Ia whom
jhrr pipes was "n un>irak.hi. s"nrc. anl
apparently - l.rm,i g; Ia say ,I",i,rs If tl,.
/, "',ni old l;niirs in the country Who liE'.
nolhiEG better than 10 yet into the
chimney corner aud blow sorrows away III
qnir' c"nl.
Leave Ih,. kuo, oi l,i",rcrs enjoying ,hei,
pipes III tlir rv.ui,g lrrZ, a'.'i talk. II walk
iir:unh iha, harrow apartment nI the ferry
boat called the ',rrn,> Cnhin.' an "xprr>-
sion which >i.utis cal,,n in which smoking.
|. is rrrni,,-.l. AMI is >vlinnvmnl> with fill,
cabins. tao uu f,r |. I"s. Her.. Won >r,.
smoking unl..r annhcr ASPECT. L"n. ,"">
"f men. ct every >nii ali r"lrliii,,.,. all uni
i rr,l in Il r",ll,u"n element uf smoke. Some
times v"n may sec cigar in every n,"uth.
u rw>l'al"r in every hand, and all III"
' "",npsnv silen,lv rra'iin- AMI snt"kin-.
y Luckily tn" vnyn.- t" I'r"klyn i, short
i i"r III tiv- injuries the. ralin is .l.n-- aud
" foul will, mingled smoke and breath whil,.
,h. il.nr--,u think at rl,a, floor l., irrrii,!r !.
: Must of ,l'. lair ra"-r men who at ili>
:. h",fr line tn" smokers cabin. "rr hn>inrs>
II men Just released flun the store an count
: IN. rnrn,, VIII" hasten III the very moment
= Il liberty tu >li,n;.!a'r their ] .d-h minis
d with newspaper. How eagerly they seem
II t" read They look as ll,"usI, iir.,
= were going" ironklvn I" SAY their Irs~"r,>.
=. a,rl were giving them last desperate look
) over.
These are tie mcn-,l,r sc.irniav. ihr
nervous. the intr.igrnt-io wi"ln we '!r,.>>
y ,lr gu>t'un. Docs it pay t" snnk"? I'll"
writer "E these lines. a sln ,k,.r ,nr. hut NOW
- happily ",,anriu.Ir,I from the tyranny nt
" tha, habit. think, it docs not
Thc>, are some of the effects of smuking
! II iInI,rs The SENSE uf cleanliness Ii l,.>.
>-ns II ,nnn'< tirn,nrsS aul ,l"l;ra..y "f touch
II clogs anil rI,nis lhe in,r;L.rt. 1t dead
ems rl.. Fl n'I nerves of the palate. and sc
'l:ninishrs ,l. pleasures OF the table AN,
. induces Il cravir. for S,Irn- meats au.
, drinks. 1t is an nllv to nlLe: kinds Of self
in!u! ..nr.. AID brings them all an .om
fort. 1t destroys while it stimulates H.,
digestive urrn,i~ II certainly .i,nin>heS Vi
;, ,aIi'v. |, makes the t,r, raIii'l or yellow
- II pnisnnS The breath. Its LMl rxampl.
= ,n boys. 7, costs money.
:, Hut what we rhi"flv RELY upon Is th.
=. S,E"kng is u practice essentially unclron
=, 1t is an imI"..,t"ursS. n ha,lnIri-m. Ii nli"
-
=. ng..> "f lhr forest and the sava.cs Of tie
-. street. II h"rs. really and truly, 'hwrn'le
-. ,,,nn so il,a, h" IL" does not sn.,kr la
r II certain snI,"linriy to all who do anal j.. il
one iml"rtnni particular. more a g,.nl'c
- man--i> - plrasan'rr al. r.t /" see and t.
nl.pr'arh--is nearer ky one grand strr t.
H. 4.
- he.
~I Else. why 10 laIrs hate !: snl Lul",
vs nrrihe natural rfs,ol,a"s Of CLEANLINESS an
ct IT. fincrn, and truly they hold smoking il
tari"lL Cool tempered AMI sy'npatl'er
r- ir women often conceal illls feeling an.
~ f;.i=n n contrary one, satyin. +" lover or hn>
a l.a,nl that they like the smell "f u good .i
or gar. ,..ilin other kind ii!'s on the sul.j.ct
Believe them not. @ smoker
~ The rlrauv an'l the orderly wife hates i'
''r have her llsc tainted with i,lm.rn. an,
t. >hr knows from instinct hat the inliann
"' OF ilnt sm"ke is something Hhli"rr"nt Ia
II nn,nrr. The r"Ir>tnnt Of II g""i wife.is Ia
e. max. her person nnh her l"np. rl-nsing
u, |. i, dr is il not worth n husbands while
IL to rrrpr~afe ibis hy rendering hi,u>c!f NJ
~ agreeable "hj'rt-l" hsr? -sFur our part w
rs are slow t." l,.rvs i'll the gn"lness of any,
10 tting to which. the tastes a,a ;ius,inets .
wolnaph"od Msl"fposrd:N il -,i.sss:ep:. .sssss
q + ! UIhn tle Whole, ti,e,i. ~e are Of flst
pt- :opinip thai the 'n~sF 81 tobacco, one q
eS III .se kaLits With must AMI win pita way
,s l~t4rt advancing .dyiliz'liop; an! ,i,at ll,s
ssa,n.y. air, ,!ysnl give i, W. the better ilsi!I
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