The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-09-16
MORNING, SEPTEMBER Is, 1870. ####
Tobacco.
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DR.. Dio Lewis has been lecturing upon
tobacco, and this Is the way he talks:
Tobacco. In its ordinary state-'ths
plugs which you have In your pockets-is
q powerful poison. It will do what nc
other poison will do. do not speak oI
Z. the oil tobacco. do not speak OF nicotine,
single drop of which. put upon the
tongue of cat, will kill her In twenty
seconds; three drops of which, put upon
tho tongue of q bulldog, will kill him 90
quick that he viii hardly get out of your
arms In his struggles; and ten drops ol
which will kill q cow inside Of ten min.
utes. am talking Of tobacco In the form
of tho original plug i5-r..
I Now let me suppose an experiment. ~
call from this audience q boy ten years old
who has never used tobacco. 'Charle,
will you help US tn mako an experiment
here to-nightp' Yes SIR i will give
you fifty dollars If you will 60 through II
like plucky man. Il will SIR Tho ex.
pertinent Is this There Is q piece of to-
bacco, as large as pea. Put that In your
mouth; chew It; don't Jet ono drop e
down your throat; spit every drop Of the
juice into that spitoon; but keep on chew.
ing; don't stop; just chew steadily Be-
fore he has done with that piece Of tobacco,
rs large rs q pea, simply squeezing the
juice out of 1t, without swallowing a
drop, he lies here upon the platform In a
cold deathlike perspiration; no vomita
the contents Of his stomach; put your
finger upon his wrist, there Is no pulse !;
and so he seems for two or three hours as
though he were dying, or, perchance,
dead.
Now, gentlemen, go to your drug stores,
begin with the upper shelves, and take
down every bottle. and then open every
drawer and you cannot find single pois-
on (except some very rare ones that you
never heard OF which taken into the
mouth of that ten-yenr-old boy. and not
swallowed, will produce these effects. To
bacco, then. repeat In its ordinary state,
Is an extremely powerful poison.
Look into q mans mouth who chews to-
bacco. and see how red 1t 1t. The tongue
Is SO red that tho doctor no longer appeals
to It to determine the condition OF the mans
stomach. He can learn nothing of II by
examining his patients tongue, II he be a
chewer of tobacco. That congestion
which produces the redness, extends a lit
tie further down than you can see. and af-
fccts the speech. DR.. Cole and DR. Wa
terhouse affirm that they are never mis-
taken in undertaking to determine wheth.
or public speaker be a chcwer of tobacco
or not, so peculiar is its influence upon
the articulation. But let that pass.
Smoking Injuries the teeth; 1t produces
decay in the teeth. 1t produced decay In
two of my upper teeth, and one under
tooth, before had any other decayed
tooth In my mouth, by holding my pipe
or segar between them. 1t Is not remark
able that with the heat Of the tobacco
smoke and It's acrid poison. this injurious
influence should be exerted upon the teeth
But that Is nothing compared with the In.
fuence upon the lungs. Put your hand
over your eyes, fill your mouth with
smoke, and then blow that smoke up nn.
der your hand. Now look In glass. How
red the eye Is. ! ho tears run down the
cheek; what Is the matter? There has
been powerful poison in the eye. And
yot, men whose fathers and grandfathers
have died of ct assumption do not scruple
to sit down In room where there arc n
dozen smokers. and smoke until the room
Is all blue, taking in lungfnl after lungful
of that deadly poison. Ibelieve with DIR.
Waterhouse that II young men would
abandon cigars consumption would be
confined almost exclusively to women. and
In them be produced by their unhappy
state of dress. I believe the great Leibig,
who says that of the German males who
die between fifteen and forty, many die Of
smoking tobacco. .. uI 80
Pass on to snubing. In the first place,
snufiing spoils the voice. How strange
It Is that any man should willfully change
his voice, tho richest music this side of
heaven, into nasal snarl by taking snuff
into his nose! l tell you a man who
doubts the doctrine Of total doprayity
must be staggered by that fact. Besides,
1t prodnces headache and disease Of the
stomach which nobody can cure. III.
know do not echo the voices OF the
wise ones of tho world when say that
the use of tobacco paralyses and deadens
the moral sensibilities almost more than
any other habit in which civilized men
indulge. Gentlemen, advise you to
clean yourselves and quit. would give
It up. 1t Is o nasty disgusting. ruinous
habit. But somebody says:-"l can't
give It up, want to and have tried, but l
cant do It." CDnfyon? Thenl wouldn't.
But II you really are so enslaved that you
cannot get out Of your chains. / will help
you lite. Stop tonight; don't use any
tomorrow. The first day will not be SO
very hard. You can get on pretty well
the first day. rs every knows who has been
through the mill. rs have been. The
second day Is pretty bad. In tho alter
noon of the second day your memory Is q
little doubtful; You cant exactly say
whether II was two brothers Of three
brothers that came over; you can't exact
ly say whether your grandfather came
from tho East or the West when he settled
here. But be patient the second day.
The third morning comes the tug. Now
90 and take an old fashioned alcohol sweat.
Place an alcohollamp under your chair. put
d blanket over your shoulders, and sweat
until the skin Is fairly parboiled. Then
you will be Just as comfortable for one day
rs YOU could wish. There Is no dryness
Of the mouth, no disturbance OF the Sc
crctions. You are perfectly comfortable
for ono day. The next you arc In trouble
again, but not so bad as the day before:
Take another sweat; take even the third
or fourth one. Sweating does not hurt
people; sometimes II Is good for them:
Take three or four thorough sweats, and
then you will 60 OF under easy sail, and
will have no further trouble from your
enemy.
A recent visitor from Hartford, Conn.
to Marthas Vineyard camp ground, VINO
49,. -. r.. ovorythinv durinp