The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-04-04
Snuff Dipping.

Orleans to New York
In the seat before ne sat thin, parch.
men,-faced Young woman of abou, five
and twenty, section of stove pipe GOV
cred with blue and yellow calico and
bordered By half a yard more in a cane
upon her head, aud an althea stick in her
mouth. This white ,lthea stick, which
was about the size Of lead pencil, sic
had cEewed at one end until it was Ek. a
soft brush. This extempore brush she
would now and then dip into Town
paper OF Nluti which stood upon her lap,
and out q which, every once in while.
an old woman, between the forceps of
whose nese and chin a large hickory nut
could hare been firmly held, would take
n huge pinch and stuff into Ter toothless
mouth The young woman, however,
carried her dip sick full Of snuff to her
mouth, and commenced alternately eat.
ting it ald rubbing her dirt; teeth with
1t. Bal 1t nearly sjckencd ME to see
her! Ere long she began to look stupid
and tIpsy, and actually grew 50 drunk
that she would mouth aud loIl out her
tongue 1t the Old woman in trying to tell
her not 70 eat all her snuff up, but smoke
her pipe, some.
The critter, won't lie! me " she answer
ed, slIuding to the 'gen.Iemauly couduc
tor 'lle says nary body must smoke in
the kcar. So has TO eat snuff. chir -
When was young gal and had teeth,
could Dip AS well as YOU or nigh anv
woman | ever seed bui Old folks as cant
DIP has to chew or smoke. wonder
when we'll git to that breakfast cabin,
whar | can git out on the yesrth an light
up and smoke
Ah, what demon who hates woman be.
cause he lost Eve, apple and all, at last
thought OF d'Pp'ng and gave the athea
stick aud snuff pouch to the weaker sex
IN the Paradise Of the West lie was
willy devil He ,empts the men with
"hiskey, and by and by gets them soul
and hoGy but AS women are not, by ma.
tnre, given to 'msbiJing, and have hor.
ror Of old rye lie has tempted them in
the subtler form Of dipping
Although have hot seen, among the
hundreds of women who are under the
influence Of the tobacco intemperauce "a
worse in;oxIcation and dissipation for her
considering her sex, than run iutemper
ance on the part Of her husIand) but a
very few. whom good society would cal
ladies' who use the sthes stick, We, SC
prevalent is this custom among womer
who call ,hemteIves ladies. and would bt
ladies', but for this accursed and unladv
ike habit. cannot forbear EXPRESSING
here my abhorrence of the nasty custom
1t is vastly probable (vour paper la. SC
respectable circuation) that not on,
woman who will read this INDUCES in til,
Intoxicating bowl Of snuff yet should
by chance, there bs one, ! hope that sh,
will be benefited 10y these remarks; anC
believe the writer when lie says, that in
exp essing his disgust OF the thing. h,
expresses the opinion Of every gentleman
in the land
But Of all evils is the introduction 0
the aithea stick and snuff bladder int,
our female colleges and schools wlthuu
rehuke. Their use should be grav.
offence in al schools. No girl of an,
de!Icacy or refinement would be guilty o
It. firmly believe the habi; is formed
IN three cases out Of five at onr m.cclls \
neous schools. Because their mother,
dip, the daughters are no! excused ! Til,
age advances in refinement, or ought L
do so. recolIect an instance where
president of female college forbade ,
very clever girl IN his school the use O
the aIthea. with or without snuff, (for th.
last leads to the former) when she pertIl
answered, My mother and my grand III,
Dip! The girl reported st home tha
the teacher sad dipping was 'unIady like
and her parents took her away.
young and beautiful lady IN C
lenuessce, formed this habit at schoo
and concealed 1t CnstInctiveIy knowing i
was uigsr) from her husband until aite
marriage, when one day be found an al
thea.stICk upon her bureau. What, An
ma, do yon dip ! he cried with angry sur
PRISE. lis tone, his looks, all told how
ho abhored the nauseous custom and
with blush Of guilt. she, instead OF con
fesslng it, told him a faisehood .
No. was her reply. This must hav,
been left here by that old diveler, Mrs
-, who was here this morning Nov
anything which has 10 be concealed by 4
lie, is wrong!
i am glad to hear it, he answered
for ] said, before | was married, that i
| hsG wife who dipped, would appI!
for divorce from her tomorrow
Now the duty OF the lady would hay,
been, 10 have told the young merchant
her husband, the truth and promised L
abandon the low habit, which in wife il
far worse than drinking in husband
and Of anything can afford an apology
would be good excuse for his dram
drinking. But she felt she could no
give it up The habit was confirmed
What devices, arts, tricks, concealmeDt
she adopted after this to prevent betray
al What cosmetics, washes, perfumes
(faIsehoods in ordors) she used, to pre-
vent his discovery Other infamous secret
How utterly wretched she was! Her liz