Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-01-08
correspondence.
For tho Ellsworth ime.was.
Another Reason Against To.
bacco, or the Use Of it.

I neticc in tn, las, Amtric1n. of Dee.
2jth, Tim Bunker's reasons against tobac.
co. They are sonni anl COOL. He
urges, that it is RastV. We'll that
!, so. Why, | can hardly think of any
thing dirty, nasty enough to compare
It with. Tae sne'l, the sisas, the touch,
the taste, are all nasty" Among the
things that are .trause, passing strange to
me, is tha, some very der,nt, delicate
women can endure to live, ani "bel AMI
boarl" with an nvetcrate user OF tobae-
co. Why. | woull as soon live. anl
lodge with ssiac, AMI be tied -
emokc-s,ack,
Tim urges the rrpcsse, as another
reason. II is 4 good one, especially in
the cas-, Of the poor or those in moler-
ate cireumstances How base, how ua-
Just, how cruel, for man to s2snI
part Of his small earnings, all Of which
Is imparatiycly ncelel to furnish hi.wite
and ehillreu with seAnty supply OF fool
and clothing. f,r the ne leSs, '.tftg, sj,>.
~ wecl. ThAt is the way 10, tat msn5
are cheated cut ot thsir h9n,.t eu.s.-
The m,a,y is spent OR taha.ep, which n
ju,,ic. should {, to pay th,jr lab's.-
Some are always poor-hasc no money.
80 would Others BE-, /. they 50 i9olisaly
and vickc u thew away their money.
Hiajures the hralfb. is another of rlms
good reasons. Upon the, l vii onIy
say, tina, if any one, having tbs power
wished to destroy M heath. or Kill tn
outright, hardly know how thy could
do i. moro rca ily than by compelling mr.
to use toba 60; aul il | must b, Killed.,
save mc, o save me, from dying by the
use Of so foul an instrument. 1T is a
bad thing for ptorals," Tn says, AMI no
doubt says It truly lIe T2es on to say
that i, fosters the love Of c1eitem "a,
and so leads to incorporate ltinAias, aal
thus opens the way to al evil. That's
40. But then, aside from that, II is im
moral in itself 10 injaFe my health BY
the use OF tobacco, is shining against
natures God. 1t is slow, though pretty
sure way Of committing suicide.
IL, isa sin to take the Lords money,
and instead of apPropriatins it to some
good, and useful purpose, use it to abuse
ones self. anil iuftin,, upon the
rights of all around. Aud this leads me
to the other reason which | proposed to
name.
The use Of tobacco is a treSpass on the
rights of others, aud often a very grlevoas
ono too. The atmospheric air is the free
and most gracious gift Of God to all
1t is essential TO our life. There can be
no good health, or comfort without pure
air. 1t is alike, the privilege, the right
Of all TO have the free use Of 1t, pure as
the creator mauc IL. pht - - FD'iNN~''
grossly polluted wherever the stencil OF
tobacco comes.
Blu, come it must. and come it does
wherever the foul weed is used /; for 1t Is
no, possible for one to use it, AMI not to
carry the stencil -Mitb~A.s" IN all hts
movements The sight is offensive, the
.mell is disgusting, aud the feeling to a
delicate stomach is insuferablc. Such
il the trcspass committed by the users oil
tobacco, upon all With whom they chance
to associate. 1t is unavoidable; the
stencil adhcars 10 them they are satur-
atcl with tobacco within, and without
Their skin is tlnged either with juice, or
the smoke. their breath is miserably talnt-
cd, if they have the caution to keep the
.Iipe, the quid the juice, ami sie smoke
away from your nose, and your eyes
But too often, they are exceedingly
obtrusive, and become insuderably Often
.ive. While writing this article. lady
who chanced to come in, without know
jnr that was writing on the subJectl
remarked that a certain man came ihto
her parlor the other day, sat down. took
out, and lit his pipe, aud smoked oil the
while he remained. The room was hled
with smoke, and the fumes of tobacco 50
that she had need to 81 make haste to
open all the doors, aud wind VS., as soon
As h. had gone. to cleanse the room as
though some dirty brute had been there
Nor was thisa very uncommon case
Who Of US have not seen the like, ahd
suffered the same Inconvenience 7
How octen | have suffered oSCeeding ]