Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1871-09-30
Eaoies' department.
MEN, STICK TO YOUR RIGHTS.
"Breathes there man with soul So dead
Who never to himself hath said
This Is my own, my-perfect riyht ,"

iho iiShl' mean, 10 use tlat nealthful
tonic, toddcco! This is the right of true man.
hood. If this earth contains IL man who
does not know his highest good in this re-
spect to him would say, you know nothing
OF II true feast of reason and flow of soul :"
III you are wise you will begin ut once to at
tain this intellectual enjoyment Show YOUR
courage by sticking to it like man, even if
it is little tough ut first Keep in mind the
grand old truth, "There is no excellence
without great labor" In this department of
science the greatest labor will be in getting
good start, for the stomach will sometimes
act very disordcrly, and it will require no it,
tie effort to keep it quiet but never 'let on
as aunt Becky says, 'ifyou are awfllly rilcd."
Keep serene countcnance, and don't look
pale; you will conquer in tme never fear.
After you are once well started in this
good way you will never want to 20 back
fou will be n smart man. You will want TO
hurry up in the morning so you can get the
sweet morsel to roll under your tongue until
breakfast is ready-it will give you such
good appetite. Then you will hurry through
the meal so you can have time for Il good
smoke to begin your days work on. All
through the day, whenever you are tired, or
AFRAID OF becoming so, you have the sweet
comforter ever ut hand. Your nerves will
be steadler, your head cooler, your stomach
sweetcr-as well rs your dispostion-and
your breath purer. In fact, you will feel
yourself growing every day into IL more per-
feet man!
III you are so unfortunate us to have fool
ish wife who acts disguised with your attain
ment, just stick to it like hero in the face of
her irowns. Let her see that you will have
your rights. She will soon get over her
squeamishness, and, in time, become ecva-
ted to your ideas; she will be pleased with
the odor OF your sweet cigar, and think it an
honor to clean your fragrant spittoon. At
night when you go home from your hard
days work, and find baby crying and the
other little ones fretful and sleepy, Won can
quietly slip the little morscl into your mouth
anu take your paper and read amid the con-
fusion, with satisfaction known only TO
Those that part the hoof and chew the cud. ~
Ifyou are so fortunate as to have DARLING
little boys who look up to papa us the en-
podiment OF all virtues, you, surely ought to
stick to this habit, in order to set them n no.
BILE example. Let them early learn that Won
desplse disgusting excess in anything; that
you can chew tobacco without satlratino
your beard or spotting your shirt front; that
you can spit with precision and smoke with
an ease and elegance BETTING II gentleman
All, the little dears! it will not take long for
their sweet young lips to learn this science
to perfection; then what proud and happy
father you will be!
Ii you are young man and poor, trying to
work your way through college and up in
the world especially do you need this Door
mans comforter. Ofcourse it is EXPENSIVE
and the money spent for cigars and iine-cut
would pay your tuition, and perhaps buy a
good book or two. What of thatp Who
would be so dcluded us oprefer Longfellow.
Iennyson' Scott, or Shakespeare, to tobaccop
Perhaps you are married man and Door
What you spend for tobacco might buy many
nome comforts and luxuries maybe YOUR
wife sewing machine; at least, might en-