Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-12-17
10 Tobacco Chswero.-A Word
81 nuope.

From tie Xs.hsdist Home Journal, PAaa.
dstphia. Oct. IL, 1868.
a.r DEAR BRErnREs IL claim you as
sash. not only by the ties Of our Gem mcn
humanity, but By the genial force Of eur
common habit. l have word sf good
cheer for yeu.
Ysu and have often smiled st the esn>
ference resolutions, and the discussions IL
Preachers Meetings. and elsewhere, on the
tobacco question. Our friend will remem-
be- that ws never said word, in public, in
advocacy Of our habit, which We have
been willing to admit, when properly
questioned, is injurious and tlthy, or at
least useless they will remember, also,
that waile We have been denounced as first
cousins 70 the dranksrd, half brothers to
the opium eater, and at any rate sinners
and no gentleman" We have still kept
cur peace, though we have felt Justly in>
dignant. We never returned railing for
railing. am not able 10 say whether our
patience Is he resul, OF The sooihng in.
flsnce Of the quid, or tho benumbing in
husocs Of tbs ctgsr. We have been pa
ten, AMI yet are. We know that dsnun-
cistisn il ION nssnsical, and ths. argument 10
useless. OF we are satisfied that we can
wfite essaya, from our own experisnce,
which shall be as full Of fsrcs AZ any that
cns .dsfamers may wrts-aId All upsn
their side too.
We have often said to wife, . brother
or friend -" I'll quit and then we haYs
made an Effort, which has ended in Down
right failure, because either the taste was
too strong, ar the mania a ,7otdceo too se-
we're. Ia word, We could not sand the
prsssure-or AZ any rate, we have feared
that We could not. We have said that"
can stop At any time, OF course He 10
very weak who cannot" and then 10 pri.
va,s We have thought" wonder il
can" and a. last have been compelled 10
admit that We are diseased men, Just 40
much 40. though not 20 fsarfully. - the
poor drunkard. Now and thsn We see Q
man who has broken up his habit, either
because he had more resolution than We
have. or : cause he had no, become - en-
saved - ~ are, and We have snvisd him.
Even whom We have been laughing At tho
arguments of friends, and flushing at the
denuncia atoms Of mi udicious opponents, "
have bIushed as our our weakness, and have
sighed over the hopelsssnsss Of eur case.
Let me say that we may be free. Prayer,
- iu tH0 CUSw 81 kOvu OtOtu0S III Woon.
ing,on, whom knew we'll and prize highly,
10 very good, but prayer doss not cure dis.
eases generally. he labsrsd under Q habit
only, and was saved through prayer. You
and are laboring under diseases and med.
iclne will cure us, and such . med cine,
am happy to say, can be had.
For sixteen years vas . slave to tobscs
CO chewing or smoking nearly all the
time. Once made an honest effort 70 QUIT,
bu, suffered % much that l abandoned the
effort. Some two or three months age, |
saw, in IONS Herald, an advertisement OF
the Tobscce Antido,e, fer the sale of which
DR.. +. X. Abbott, Of Jerssy City. n. j., is
the agent. 1t occurred to me that it was
just as safe and mig ht be far mere practical
10 invest nfty cents in box Of the Antidots
as 10 pay the same amount for prize ess
say on the uso OF tobacco.
That was good investmsnt-ths only
one have made since came to the won
dsrful Wsst-and pays astenishingly. |
am now saving from $l5 to $50 per y year. in
money. and inca lculably otherwise. In four
days after commencing to use the Antidote
| iounl some relief, and in week or ten
days, WAS thoroughly cured OF the taste
and disease both. Never for . moment
sincs then have | had the least desire to
touch the unclean thing. The philos ophy
of the cure is very plain to my mind. but
need not take up your time in sxplana-
tions, any more than did the blind try to
show how he had been made 10 see. You
need net Ask, hsw this can be, Suffice il
TO say that hundreds Of psrsans who have
been saved, Join me in tsstifying TO the vir-
tue Of the compound. Aud love and sym-
pathy for Won, my dear brethren. induce ne
thu. 20 iIress you. We have been one in
filthy slavery us be one IN elsanlV
frf. iom.
Truly, your,
Hf~kY c. Wrsrwoop, u d.
onsha, Neb., Sept. 50, 1868.