The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-12-24
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EaON SKiAs::S STOppEn
CHEWING TOBACCO.

said. lie hadn't use, tobarco b"I M
i Few years, and rarely Consumed
more lh"" IN ounce paper in :,
day. Bat he feared the hab;.
might get hold Of him and become
l%cd: and il there was anvth;ro
lhiC l:c ;;bhOrrcd it was to Sec :,
man become slave to a bad hail.
It. lie had used the weed some
10 De sure: but there had never
Oeen 4 time during the last ten
years when he could not stop ut
any moment. But 50 long Is he
dld not become habituaI in its
use he did not care to stop. Tie
could break off at any minute, and
IL was 4 great satisfaction to feel
so. Thompson he thought, was
an al. aGJcct slave to his pipe. He
pltlcd Thompson, for he bad seen
thompson try to stop smoking
several times, and failed ignomi-
nouS!y every time hc undertook; it.
Bat Smlkcs wanted to show his
wife how easy lie could quit. SO
one morning he remarked care.
less!y TO Samantha that he guess
ed he would stop using tobacco
Samantha said that she was GLAD
OF it, and added, impcteousiy,
What she had never said before.
that 1t was vile habit. Smikes
appeared i little nervous and con-
fused when Samantha said this,
and mumbled out something about
being glad be had never got into
it himself. In his agitation he
pulled out his tobacco box and
wos about to take a chew when he
recoliccted himself, and plunged
out OF the front door, forgetting
hlsUmbrciIa. About halt way to
the Office he met Jones, With
whom lie was having some busi-
ness transactions. While they were
talking the thing oyer Smikes got
a little enthusiastic, and he had
almost REACHED the Office before he
noticed that he was rolling an
ancommonIy plump quid around
his mouth like q sweet morscl.-
lie puzzled over that little thing
all the rest of the forenoon, and at
last he took it out Of his mouth
and threw it away satisfied that
he must have taken it while talk.
ing with Jones. Twice that after
noon Smikcs took out his tobacco
box and looked at it. Onco lie
took off the cover and smc!led OF
the tobacco. 1t smclt so good
that Smikcs felt impcled to re-
mark to himself that it was the
easiest thing in the world to stop
chewing. Hc congratulated him.
self again and again that day that
he did not become entangled in
the mcshcs Of the filthy vice, and
be alluded to the matter three or
four times that evening at the tea
table; till Samantha N arvelcd
greatly 1T til e frmnes OF
Smikes.
She had always heard. she said
that it was q hard thing tc leave
of. But Smikes had told her. and
Kept telling her that it was ':igst
is easy" and her reverence for
he vlrIIc strength and inIepen-
icncc Of character Of Smikcs grew
ike gourd. That night Sm!kcs
lad the nightmare. lie thought
hat 4 legion Of foul fcuds had
rot him up in a corner Of the back
ard and had rolled upon him
quid Of fine cut" as
argc around as cart wheel, and
hey were trying to force it into
lis mouth. SmiIzcs struggled Wig
'rously, and when Sama antha
hook him and asked him what
vas the matter his only reply
vas that anybody could stop
hcwing if they only made up
heir mind to it. The next day
;miIles was q little nervous. He
old everybody who came in what
simple thing it was to stop
hewing. The third day he harp.
d about it all day long. The
ourth day Smikcs heard that
hamomilc blossoms were some
ines used as q substitute for to-
acco, and just out Of curiosity he
evoured 4 couple ofounces ofthem.
Ic said to the druggist when he
ought them that it was easy
nough TO stop the use of tobacco.
IN the fifth day SmiIzcs got sick.
lis nerves gave out. That day
be devil whispered to Smikes
bat tobacco was really beneficial
, some tcmpcramcnts. Smikes
ad a temperament Of that kind.
he sixth day he felt like mur-
crcr. Smikes seemed to himself
} have become transformed into
ModVc. His mouth was drv
nd parchcd. And a stout healthy
ID gentleman came into Smikcs'
.iicc that day. lie was a friend
SmikcS, and as he drew forth
is silver tobacco box and daintilv
hook out a small portion Of the
ungent weed, Smikes felt his
louth water. He remarked to
lr. Johnson that he had not
hewcd any for six days, and that
c had refralncd so long just to
atisfy himself that anv vbody
ouId chew or let it alone. Mr..
ohnson said he had chcwcd roeu-
arly for thirty years and it had
lot injured him. Smikes took the
OK and accidentally rolled la:se
.uld into his left cheek, rcmarking
nat ne thought there was a great
Inference in some men. He was
atlshed that he couldsstop chew
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