Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-02-19
Smokers Well Punished.

men, attending religious conventions,
who polluted the parlors of their kind
hosts with tobacco smoke, whose odor
remained for months. We have seen
well dressed mel claiming to be gentle
men, who nauseated the pure air by
smoking in stage-coaches and on steam
boats, making themselves offensive to
others dsliking the filthy weed. Here
is good story of company OF these
discourteous smokers, who received a
lesson they never forgot:
A few years since, being on urgent
business East, and the river in rather an
uncertain state, entered myself pass
enger in one of Neil Moore IL Co. S
stages to Columbus and Wheeling. A
party of young Kentuckians, apparent
ly fresh from College, made the princi-
pal part of my fellow travellers. As
soon as The next watering place afforded
the opportunity for the purpose, two or
three of the party referred to jump out,
bought cigars, and, having lighted them
resumed their seats, filling the stage with
cigar smoke, and myself with i'll humor,
for ! had little doubt, besides the annoy
ance of the thing itself, il would cost me
sick headache, as ii is apt to do in snch
cases. The weather was excessively
cold, and the curtains had been careful
ly buttoned down, to exclude the fresh
air. Two or three of these buttons
conirived to dislodge of their trust, and
by keeping the opening as wide as posi-
Bile, and my head out of the window,
succeeded in getting on the next stage
where | arranged the curtains so that |
could lean out with little other disadvant.
age than the cramprd and constrained
limbs to which an unchanged position for
ten miles doomed me. As soon as ]
reached Lebanon improved the brief
stay we made, By running over to an a.
pothecary's shop, where | selected an
unctuous piece Of asafetida of the size off
walnut, and hastily paying for it re-
gained my seat just in time. Ii was
now getting dark-the days were short
he curtains had been again fastened.
urihg my absence, so securely that il
'as difficult to dislodge them while the
age was on the rout For this how 1
7er. | did not care, being confident thai
g odor of the fragrant gum must over
'wer the cigar fumes.
30 soon as was well seated and under bot
ay and the stage filed with smoke, the Ff
mp was produced. and rubbed freely WI
the p"Nrns Of my hands, and soon the nor
'riume began to assume it's claims to " !
'cogn'tion, if not respect. A snuffine cor
'nerally began to pervade the passen- cas-
ers, and various satrical remarks and
onjectures were freely made. At last to
ne or two who could stand it no longer. sa
tier some time, made an effort, and un- 70
'uttoning the curtains, let in the keen. 4,
rosty air which soon banished the odors.
like OF the tobacco aud drug, and for -
'ome time the whole party enjoyed tn
Injury OF pure atsmosphere. After \
riding hall an hour in the cold air, the
curtains were put down again. and again
be perfume filled the stage. Two of A
he passengers now made for the roof
and the curtains being once more raised
we're kept up all the way to Xenia.
Here fresh supply of cigars was pro.
'ured, and the smoking, as soon as we
started, was resumed. All-alas for
Lhem--to no purpose. My principal diff
ieulty, during the last rout, had been To- r
preserve my gravity; for my past indig
nation had now been swallowed up in co
'ther feelings, and asked of my neigh, - !.
'or 1t anything was disturbing bin, n.
observed be could not sleep. C
Yes, replied he, there ia disturbance ge
nough, can neither sleep nor breathe. in
There setm to be a parcel of rotten egg. ia,
II onions in the stage. Dom; you smell Of
nything ? SIT
Nothing coolly replied, unless il :,
this lump Of aSafeiida, which alwav. TEL
AIRY in travelling, as a remedy for sick of
omaet, which the smoking of cigars i. Pc Pc
ways sure to give me- ing
The murder was out. I.poke with 50 ma ma
'uch simplicity and naturaluess that the crit
ian did not know what to say for a lite
''nute or so, BY way of reply. AT las, pen
ne who had been my chief tormento, d ih1
ith cigars, said it was exlraordiper, stat
let any gentleman would use what n, mai
ust know would make every body sick 4
no was present, and annoy the Who'll, tan tan
'ge in this way. Ii the cigar smok. for
as unpleasant, why didn't you say so /? Ii
simply replied that it i'll became those t Inc
talk of incommoding others, who Lad the the
plated all the rules of travelling by ill. II
close coach with tobacco smoke con- con-
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