River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1872-12-27

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hsps you have sisters or cousins, to kiss,
from tender age. You hope to have
a sweetheart, Or perhaps have already
got one. Now II you dare TO insul. one
ofthsse blessed creatures BY kiss that
is compound Of nicotine, slabbsr and
putressent exhalatiop, you sughs to be
shot. 1t il the salute OF o skunk
Do you know tina. chewing tobacco il
a nasty, ,tiuking, disgusting habit
that it's faithful description would sx-
haus, ell the filthy sdjsctivss in the
language, aud spoil the adjectives
themselves for all further uses Yet
you sOW get in the hsbit OF chewing -
You will chew and squirt, and calculate
those horrible guilds, aad make your.
selves disgusting 70 all your scqusin.
tauees. You will smoke cigars snd
pipes until your bedrooms or your
workshops cannot be brsathed in, AID
until your breath is rsst like the breath
Of a foul beast, and your clothes smell
as ifthey had lain in the sewer over
night, and hung in the barn TO dry
Some of you take snuff --srsm the
ssry weed up your eostrils, to iitats
that subtle sense which raress flowers
were made TO feed in sll this working
against God, abusing nature. perver,-
ing sense injuring health, planting the
seeds OF disease. and insultisg the de.
eencies Of life and the masses Of the
world
So much FOR the habit. and I would
stop here, but for the fact ths, am
in earnest. and wish to present every
motive 10 my power to prevent young
men from forming the habit, or per
suade then to abandon i, The habi,
OF using tobacco is too expansive.
A clerk on = moderate sai,ry has no
right to be seen with 8 cigar in his
mouth. II is presumptive evidence
sgsinst his moral character. Did it
ever occur to you what you are, and
what you srs msde for,-whither Won
are goingY That beautiful bod of
yours, in whose construction Infinite
wisdom exha1sts the resources of its
ingenuity, is the temple OFFS soul that
shsll live forever companion of an.
gels, . sesrcher into the deep things
Of God, being allied ia essence TO tn.
divine. say the body is the temple,
or the tsbsrnsels Of such a being as
this, and what do you think Of stuffing
the door Of such building full OF the
mos disgusting weeds tina. you can
and, or settings slow match to it, OF
filing the chimney with snuff. 1t
looks to me like an endeavor to smoke
out the tenant, or " insult him in such
q manner as to induce him to quit the
premises. You really ought to be
ashamed Of such behavior. A clean
mouth, a sweet breath, and inoffensive
clothing-sre not these treasures worth
preserving Then throw away tobacco
and all thoughts Of il at once and for.
ever. BE man. Be decent, and be
thankful to me for talking SO plainly to
you"
This is strong language But, let
me ask, is there not an evident nece.si.
~ for its usss When we ook aronnd
Us and behold the wreck fhumsn DOW.
ers-the wrstehednoss and misery
which are the legitimate effects of the
use Of this althy nsrcotic, is it not time
to raise the warning voice in thunder
tones, and arouse from his letharcy
the unwsry, the unsuspecting slave OF a
perverted and depravsd appetite which
Is rapidly dragging him down to an uu.
slmely grave
IL is an ineontrovsrtible fact, that
the use Of tobacco is gross infringe.
ment upon the laws Of life and health.
and consequently upon the laws of God
IL derSnges the most important fune.