Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-17
AlistGIlaup.
The Poor Whites.

dress bldLltTHO3 huh are tAbtbuillGlf sUN IN llef
u habits. Many Of them are clay or drt-eaers,
q which is said to cause their peculiar complexion.
Their children, at very early age, form this f.
"A hy and disgusting habit, and mere infants may be
found with their mouths filed with dirt The
mud with which they daub the nterstces between
the logs Of their rude domics, must be frequent
# yrenewed, as the occupants pick it all out in a
very short time, and eat it. This pernicious prac.
tee induces disease. The complexion becomes
m,e, similar to that occasioned by chronic ague
and fever.
Akin 70 this is the practice Of snuf.dipprg,
Fl which is not confined exclusively to females Of the
4 poor white CASTE though scarcely one in fifty Of
A this class is exempt from the disgusting habit.
a The method dis this: The female snufdpper takes
short stick and wetting with her saliva, dips it
e i.to her snuff box, and then rubs the gathered
4 dust all about her mouth and into the interhicss
Of her teeth, where she allows it to remain until
iustreaglh has been folly absorbed. O.hels hold
4 the stick thus loaded with snuff in ihe check,
. Ia qni o' tobacco, and suck it with decided
relish while engaged IN their ordinary aTocatons
while others simply hil the mouth With the snuff,
and initiate, TO a lnlen,s aul purposes, the chew
iag pr9penslies Of the men. 10 the absence Of
sauii, tobacco 10 The plug or eaf ls Invariably re-
4 sorted 70 "a o substitute. Oriental bete chewing,
4 and tie 4plnese fashion Of blsckng the teeth Of
: Marie ,ades are the hight Of elegance compared
4 with snultlippng. The habit leads to speedy
A decay ol the teeth, and TO nervous disorders Of
every kind. those who indulge 10 il b Jome
b.ggard at very early age.
The Petersburg Na) Express estimates the
a mum er OF women in thtt State as one hundred
aud twenty five thousand, one hundred thousand
. O.. whom lre snulfdpper Every five o. these
vii. use q two ounce paper Of snuff per dlyi that
IS, 20 the hundred thousand dppeu, two thousand
i've hundred pond, day, amounting, in one
4 YEAR to the enormous quantity Of nine hlndre.
anil twelve thousand pounds. This practice pre-
4 walls generally, i say, 4mong the poor vb.le5,
8 though some females Of The higher cilsseo ore
& gully Of e,
The poor whites obtain their subsistence, IS IA,
o, practicable, 10 the primitive aboriginal mode
4 w., by bunting and fishing When these meth
a cd,fl. 70 adIrI a supply, they cultivate truck
f patch and some of lhem raise a bale or Two or
f cotton, with the proceeds Of the sale Of which
tAey b4, whisky, tobacco, and a few necessary Ar.
. uctt When al. other methods fail, they resort
4 10 stealing, TO which many Of them are addicted
from choice, AS well as from necessity. They are
exceeding s.oveniy 10 their habits, cleanliness be
ins rare virtue. lnao.ence j. prevailing vice,
an4 is I,nrntaue effects are everywhere visible.
hey fully obey tHe scrp,url4 .pI -uctJui iaAe nl
thought .Jf iAe morrow. Apreseat supply, suH.
cent to satisfy na'ure's most urgen. dema1df,
being ob,Aued, t4er care eeases, arl they re,aps4
into .,ess iAsctiv.y. They hegl together upon
the poor and bids, tle refuse sud ol .ae county,
vi sh The rich STAKEHOLDER ui not purchase, u,
which ieiscu tbey are som mes called sll4.hr
err, and here ,ksy we, sid tG.r children, aa4
ther cAadter's gaulren, through suc.essivs gene
ratiors. 10 tho same depl1rabis condition q
vre,chedncss and degradation.
They are exceedingly gnoranti not one adai
in hGy cau write Dot ore iu twenty can read
Tney can scarcely be said to speak the Eog.Isi
language, using poto' which is scarcely u,e.
Ggbs. An old lady thus related a. incident o
Whch her daughter Sal vas the heroine. Ny
dnrer 81. Yesterday slI the .a.her TO the dam'e
Tree, aud chn up, and knocked some Of ,he nI
csst safest dam.el' ever seed 10 my born days.
once called 10 make sons inquiry about lh'
-otd, e a smsl, leg ttncmea,, Inhabited b! nnd
a.irrr and family A ,hes! Was banging upon lh'
wall, containing the portraits Of the Presidents o
The nted States. remarked to the .ady Of The
house. that those were, believed the piC,ures o
the Presidents.
Yes :" She replied they is, aad I've hrara
ie,l Of EN- ong time They must be gtua
might, old, ef sons Of ea aiut dead. That top
one she continued is GCer4l Washington
l'ye Leafn tell OF him ever seBce Nss gal liz
must be git.a up in years al he ait dead. lin
and Gineta. Jackson II, the British and Torres a
New Oaelns, aud whipped EN- too.
She seemed to pride herself greatly on her hs
toreal knowledge.
One ofihese genil8es once informed nae OF d
peculiar Mind Of book he'd hearn tell on iha
lae Yankees had. lie had forgotten It's name
but thus described IT, 1t told the day OF lh'
week the month come in. i told whsn We VA
gwiae to have rain, and what Kind Of weather W
was gwine to have in giueTal May be they ca,
it itraiu-booh.'
replied that had heard Of that book, and
believed il was called m Almanac
You've said il now, remarked the man. ri
q almuck, and I'd give hall is wuth to Agy one
Ia know when to take umberell, aud il | had
dent nary one, Ia no when ] could 20 hunIia
without gi,tiu' vet
Two OF those senisayages had resolved 70 re
move to the West, IN hope OF bstteting their con
djtion. Oae wished to remove TO Arkansas, th
other to Texas. The wife Of the former wshe'
to go to Texas, the latter TO ArkanSas. The hg'
bands were desrous of gratifying their spou'e'
but could devise no plan that seemed likely I
prove satisfactory, ill one day when hunting, hnd
iag game scarce they sat down upon leg, whe
the following dialogue took place
Kit, I'm sort o. pestered about Dilse. Sh
wars to Rlckensack she'll co. aud no vhar else
la'lers had a hankern' arter Texas. Plague tai.
Rackensark, say III man war thar, Ii
aysr a,d ,hn airih nuakes A shake him ont on
quicAer'n nothn."
When a woman's set on a gwine snywha
they're gwine. It's Jest no use to talk. Nv
coaxed Minnie moren a little to 60 long with m
to Arkonsas, and the more | coax the more sd
wont gon
"Wel, Kit, 'sposen we swap wemeRP"
"Well Sam, what trade Il We gnP'
"Oh gentleman's trade, Of course.'
"Shucks, Sam sposea had young flly, an
you a old mar ye wouldn't ax on even uadt
would yeW
No it 'ul bs too hard. tell you vha
II, do, Kit. Here's shot gun that's wulh te
dollars, ef it's wuth led. I'll give il and ,h'
ar b'ar-skin hangin' on the side OF my shanty t
boot, and say it's trade"
"Nuif sed, ef the womens agreed
Home they went and stated the case to the VIC
men, who after due dtliJerdtioR, Occeded TO tn
proposition, having also made satisfactory al
aangemout about the children, and they all wer
on their way rejoicing to their respective desIia'
tons in that
American, haven of eternal res,
fonn3 nult further West
The hon Furnace.
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