The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-03-14
Rich and Commendable.

zoo budI are praCCtceVs dln0St every
hour, which we do not believe tend to
add anything to our reputation as
gentlemen. OF all these the
most disgusting, it seems to US, is that
of sitting in church with the mouth so
full Of tobacco that the cheeks swell
out in manner which to the observer
indicates the existence of severe tooth
ache. But this impression is soon re-
moved when the stranger observes the
continual working of the jaws, followed
by the splitting of tobacco wine on the
floor. This production in turn evap-
crates in the air and is breathed by the
congregation. Oh how salubrious,
sublime and transcendently luxurious
it is But all men are ambitious to
leave some trace Of their existence, ,and
we suppose that the individual, who
leaves the floor of the pew where
he sat, covered with tobacco vomit
feels that he has erected a monument
to his memory, surely The following
extract from an essay of Benz. Frank
lin as to the origin of tobacco may be
Interesting to some readers. 1t is a lit
tie broad, but we feel that anything
he wrote will bear repetition.
A Swedish minister having assem-
bled the chiefs of the Susquehannah
Indians, made a sermonto them, ac--
quainting them with the principal his
torical facts on which our religion is
founded; such as the fall of our first
parents by eating an apple; the COM
ing of Christ to repair the mischief ;
his miracles, and shfferings, &c
tor stood up to thank him. "What
you have told us" says he. lis allvery
good. 1t is indeed bad to eat apples
1t is better. to make them all into cider
We are much obliged by your kindness
i'll coming so far to tell us those things
which you have heard from your moth
fers. sin return, wilf'tell you some of
those which we have heard from ours .
'.Ini the beginning, our fathers had
only the flesh of animals to subsist
on and if their hunting was unsuc-
cessful, they were starving. Two of
our young hunters having killed a deer,
made fire in the woods to broil some
parts of it. When they were about-to
satisfy their hunger, they beheld a
beautiful young woman descend from
the clouds, and seat herself on that hill
which you see yonder among the blue
mountains They said to each other,
it is a spirit that perhaps smelt our
broiled venison, and wishes to eat of
it; let us offer some to her. They
presented her with the tongue; she was
pleased with the taste of it, and said,
your kindness shall be rewarded
Come to this place after thirteen mo ons,
and you shall find something that will
be of great benefit in nourishing you
and your children to the latest genera
ton They did so, and to their sur
prise, found plants they had never seen
before; but which, from that ancient
time, have been constantly cultivated
amoug us, to our great advantage
Where her right hand had touched
the ground, they found maize
where her left hand had touched
it, they found kidney-beans and where
her backside had sat on it, they found
tobacco The good missionary, dis
gusted with this idle tale, said, "What
I delivered to YOU were sacred truths
but what you tell me is mere fable, fic-
ton, and falsehood." The Indian, of
Tended, replied, "My brother, it seems
your friends have not done you justice
in your education; they have not well
instructed you in the rules of common
civility. You say that we, who under
stand and practice those rules, believed
all your stories, why do you refuse to
believe ours ?'':4i 81 stF ~.