The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-01-12

of the mind But then the man is ma
chine, and subject to mathematical calcu-
lations for the purpose of ascertaining its
mechanical powers. Occasionally there
is long, slab-sided Jonathan, whose
heart is so full of Polly Maria Ann, that
he cannot conceal the fact; and although
we may like to bother him abous it, still
if his hearts filled with holy love which
makes him better, we revere that Jona-
than. Bnt If we meet him on corner
of street, and hear him make remarks
that lead us to believe he has forgotten
that bis mother as well as Polly Maria
Am is woman, our faith in Jonathan
goes down to zero; we think that he has
made mistake about the filling of his
heart, and that which pleased him so
much was a gaudy winged fly, Matched
from a chrysalis state, and now turned to
loathsome worm, gnawing at the vitals
of his moral life. a slil- ss srs SIS
Putting this which is written, down
with that not believing that call
men are created free and equal"-that
boys will become twentyone years of age
in the course of human events, no pre-
venting providence, we conclude to write
few chapters of memoir of early and
later times in Wisconsin. IF my memory
does not serve me in this, just suppose
that my imagsnation-being under the
influence Of a cigar or its substitute
rows some other persons memory. 1t
may be useless to speak of the agency OF
tobacco in this matter, as most intelligent
people admit without argument that it is
the Alpha and Omega of intellectual life.
Yet for the benefit of the vulgar few who
do not accept this indisputable fact for
an article in their faith, I will make a few
remarks, in which l shall confine myself
strictly to showing that its use aids the
imaginative faculties. ss3q
Suppose there are two young men
equally endowed by Nature, having equi-
valent Quotations. Let one of them be
tobacco-user, and-it being positively ne
cessary under the present Administration
that every person have some habits-let
the othsr be addicted to eating candy.
Again: Let us suppose them both enga-
ged in paying their most devoted address
ses to some angel inscribed in cone of
indefinite base and attitude. ~g
NoTE.-I hope you will pardon me if
this offend any cf you; yet | like to be
precise in laying down the premises of an
argument; it saves much dispute.
Let them undertake to write sonnet,
piece "To their Mistress Eyebrow
Then which will succeed best? I think
we see them both at the same table wri-
ting,-the first driving his pen to form
beautiful characters expressive of the
many beauties of his theme--a gauzy
ribbon of pure smoke curls upwards from
his cigar-o occasionally he leans back,
takes vigorous puff and collects his
thoughts. The other sits sucking stick
of candy. Now every anti-snoker sucks
candy, or does worse, doing nothing is
excepted. There are no adjectives to
qualify cipher, except in the case Know
nothing. Hence, we have two parallel
cases before us, in which the use of the
weed either does or does not aid the ina
gination: comment is unnecessary. We
read that when Bay ard Taylor was jour
neying in India, his cart broke down,
whereat he lighted his pipe, and went on
foot, thus making cart and horse of his
smoking apparatus. If Bayard Taylor
has right to use his pipe as travelling
carriage physically, it establishes prece-
dent by which 1, having proper abilities,
may go short distance from home,
using, figuratively, cigar as my vehicle.