Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-07-30
How Smlkes Stopped Chewing Tobacco.

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Smikes made up his mind TO stor
showing. He mover was much of
chewer, anyhow, he said. lie hadn
used tobacco but o few years, ant
rarely consumed more than an ounc,
paper in day. But he feared th,
habit might get hold of him and be
come fixed, and If there was anything
that ho abhorred 1t was to SEQ mar
become a slave to n bad habit. HI
had used the weed somo, to bo sure
but there had never been time dur
ing the last ten years whom be could
not stop at any moment. But so long
81 he did mot become zhabttuated tt
Fits use he did not care to stop. HI
could break off at any minute, and il
was q great satisfaction TO feel so.-
Thomson, he thought, was an abjeci
slave to his pipe. He pitied Thomson
for he had seen Thomson try TO STOP
smoking several times, and fail igno.
miniously every time he undertook it.
But Smikes wanted to show his wife
how easy he could quit.
So Monday morning he remarked
carelessly TO Samantha that he guessed
he would stop using tobacco. Saman.
tha said she was glad Of it, and added
impetuously, what she had never said
before, that it was vile habit. Smikes
appeared little nervous and confused
when Samantha said this, and mum,
bled out something about being glad
be had never got into it himself. In
his agitation he pulled out bis tobacco
box and was just about to take chew
whom be recollected himself and
plunged out of the front door, forget.
ting his umbrella. About half way to
the Office he met Jones, with whom
ho was having some business transac.
lions. While they were talking the
thing over, Smikes got little enthusi-
astic and he almost. reached the Office
before he noticed that be was rolling an
uncommonly plump quid around bis
mouth like sweet morsel How il
got there Snikes did not know. He
puzzled over that little thing all the
rest of the forenoon, and at last he
took 1t out of his mouth and threw ii
away, satisfied that he must have taken
it while talking with Jones.
Twice that afternoon Smikcs took
out his tobacco-bo and looked at it.
Once he took off the cover and smelled
Of the tobacco. Itsmelled SO good that
Smikes felt impelled to remark to
himself that it was the easiest thing
in tho world to stop chewing. He
congratulated himself again and again
that day that he did not become en-.
tangled in the meshes of the filthy
vice, aud he alluded to the matter
three or four times that evening at
the tea table, till Samantha marvcled
gsspily at the frmness Of Smikcs.
She had always heard, she said, that
it was a hard thing to leave of. But
Smikes had told her, and kept telling
her, that it was 'just as easy" and
her reverence for the virilo strength
and independence of character of
Smikcs grew like q gourd.
That night Smikos had the night.
mare. He thought that q legion of
foul ficnds had got him up 10 corner
of the backyard, and had rolled upon
his belly a monstrous quid of "fno-
cut" as largo around as a cartwheel,
and that thcy were trying to force it
into his mouth. Smikes struggled
vigorously, and when Samantha shook
him and asked him what was tho mat
ter, his only reply was, that "any.
body could stop chewing If ho only
made up his mind 10 it.p The next
day Smikes was q little nervous. lie
told everybody who came in what a
simple thing it was TO stop chewing.
The third day he barped about IL all
day long. He told ono man about it
three different times, and when that
mucb-informed individual vonturcd
the opinion that he would be chewing
again in lees than week, Smikes In.
calculated: "Mr. Jcnkins,
when ] mako up my mind TO thing
that is tho last Of itp
Tho fourth day Smikes heard that
camomilc blossoms were sometimes
used as substitute for tobacco, and
just Out Of curiosity he dcvoured
couple Of ounces Of them. He said to
the druggist when ho bought them
that it was easy enough to stop the
use Of tobacco. On the fifth day
Smikes got sick. His nerves gave
out. He snapped something at Sa-
mantha at the breakfast table, upset
his inkstand, burnt his fingers poking
somc cinders out Of the crate, and had
no appetite for dinner.
That day the devil whispered to
5mikes that tobacco was really benc-
fetal to some temperamcnts. Smikes
had temperament Of tho kind. The
lixth day Smikes felt like murderer.
He seemed TO himself TO have become
into Modoc. His mouth
was dry aud parched.
A stout, healthy-looking old gen
men came into Smikes' Office that day.
lie was q great friend Of Smikes', and,
rs ho drew forth his silver tobacco
box and daintily shook out small
norscl Of the pungent weed, Smikes
'elt bis mouth wator, lie remarked
70 Mr., johnson that he had not chewed
my for six days, and that ho had re-
Iraincd so long just to satisfy himself
hat anybody could chew or leave it
,lone. He was fully satisfied that IL
,ould bo done, but ho rather thought
hat his was one of those tempors-
nonts that arc really acted upon in
beneficial way by the temperate use
If tobacco. Mr.. johnson said he
thought 80 too, and as he handed
Smikos his box remarked that ho had
,bowcd regularly for thirty years, and
ldn't know as II had damaged him
my. AS Smikcs rolled large quid
pack into his left cheek he said he
.hought there was a difference In men.
IIo was satisfied that he could stop
at any time, but there were
'ome temporamcnts TO which q gentle
,arcotic or opiatc was really bless
ng.--Sdratogidn. atl " a"