The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-04-25

i've bu.ines. required thousands of
= hands, always given preference to
thosa that + knew avoided ram and
7"bacco, and my experience confirms
me in the opinion that tAi, tu. been
!. ''ue ~;seiom. Arrhs2s yed-, IF my act
toe orer siyht Of Jusin, S. ',to'one Of the
Pvph in our M o,<rcant;t'la;;insss ,t,it-1.
Among those, VITO served IN 4 & 4.
|. Is 'sfrre; nrc nott htarH yry-t ddcd
and rich all men, rh, are truly mcr
tchan. p: inc 81 therefore he adds Il
may well advise all lads to keep clear
fof lcam and Tobacco slavery
. Truly to ensure clear headed over
l'4iyht' Of business, one will best snccced.
i Nias practices on the principle, tha. alb
stinence from the pcrnicious weed is a
!, virtue.
IT i believed that Smoking nations
and families, are subject to continual,
though itmay beimpsrccp,iLle, aegen.
''eracv.
Geih1ans ARE -graatnsmoker.. And this
i i,lsas'tteeh Nell'si,gsesticd, is one reason
why Germans. with splendid scholar.
ships, have Of late become 50 spccula-
lie and impractical: and have in The
..ologv,y made slirwrccks of common
sense; and why Germany. once eloai-
"u, on land and water, has now SO lit
lie nationality among nations.
I'krss" sre- great 's,ni1kcrs They
i:sn>,ke ftein:1nalilin.td might Tn-key
i a ynfeanoe' If snr, Ike. ! Ana u nas Is
more rrove,Lisl than the stupidity Of
the Tux.
fisiial,s :ira great tobacco aesou.crs
And What src they, as an intellectual
race: and how difficult to bring u, to
any elevation mighty tribes so ,!own
20 leall,,'rn Stron. drink anil ',bhacco."
THIRD. + il virtue if tested hy is
css,' The cxpcnsiveness Of thin.
docs not'nceessarily condemn it. Not
{ wi.flstantling is coe,liness it may. in
st'me Way render full equivalent
Vice is always expensive and its COS,
is dead loss.
Every inlulsrncc.cf appetite which
rairers that appetite TO a grea;ercray
ing is an excess: and all tha, j. rcGuir-
eel to feed that craving is u ,e,'s,-
4 na'er;.l'dfrc'i,e does no, become
>csce>>isc,llbv .ifptdi irit.: indulgence.
The daily nse 'ef' wl,,st,b,ne I, OIL, FIR
! l,,.lf y ecnturvi'dsds htl'a rtHaAee a'erca.-
rerFcFdpii,S tjr f,odtkan was expeticnc
eel a, first. There is no increasing
fthiciicy; to excess. And what is re
qnired to meet that want, is 4 nccdful
ana Just expenditure.
!! The appetite for tobacco is who'll.
artificial It 'tl,,es"tiot exist I'll aftcr
Very severe struggle to induce it,
! THAT Weed IS NFtsca atif z yt'nist.
!, N+fsrsristsis ~ wa' II ali her fsowl,inc
's'biisranse. WHEN persi~tcn:ly over
. come, she yUbinis:s i; and then the ar
titicial relish becomes craving ever
requiring more 70 sa''sf, it; an! liable
to become actually beas,ly.
/ Now here is new and sterling wan,
to be provided for; and it mus, be done
at any cost. AZ men will sell their all.
and .lstres~sheit f'tmilies, to CRAFTY !
pampered appetite for ardent spirits; 40
g almost any extent, must the craving
for tobacco be gra,iicd, even il the last
cent is required.
Is this a ri.tne!? Very few, howev-
Ter, are aware Of the amouat thus ex-
pended.
We canslidly take the position
that it'sis an e:xtpas.lise ,ria5M an
sQuirolut.
The use Of tobacco is scarcely ever
seriously defended. even BY those who
are most IN love with it. Some indeed
claim that it is needtnl in their case, i.
'ntA'cif.e. B,t thersrvirce ;oe a1ilsl-
icine is to cure, AMI then be di,continu-
ed.
1t ha. been pcrtiant!y asked, "Why
'ssifdul.l a'nIanrr.'.at his medicine dali,
and hourly after he is cured And. If
one has taken tobacco f,r reintls for
nmc maladv, FIR series Of years, and
f>.iA',Eat 1nxla'ly>i is no, cured, is IL not
proof that. ne .ni-esken. the' .1reli !
cine.
/ sWt hN fs5met1ncs heard ofpersons
'slea.ihg ir'Sfr, and then been eurel.
/ 4 friend Of ini,r, 70 years oil, whom
had often aeon smoking regularly al
ter every meal to rc,ard the progress ot
cancer appearing on his lip, after
!, reading DR.. Muzzey's letter on tobacco,