Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-07-02
How SDikes Stopped Chewing Tobacco.

Smikes made up his mind to stop chew
ing. lie never was much of chewer.
anyhow, he said. He hadn't used tobacco
but few years, and rarely consumed more
than an ounce paper in day But he
feared the habit might get hold of him
and become fixed, and if there was any,
thing that he abhorred it was to see man
become slave to bad habit. He had
used the weed some, to be sure, but there
had never been q time during the last ten
years when he could not stop at any mo-
ment. But SO long as he did not become
habituated to its use he did not care to
stop. He could break off at any minute,
and it was great satisfaction to feel so.
Thomson, he thought was an abject slave
to his pipe He pitied Thomson, for he
had seen Thomson try to stop smoking
several times, and fail ANONYMOUSLY every
time he undertook ii. But Smikes want
ed to show his wife how easy he could
quit.
80 Monday morning he remarked care
lessly to Samantha that he guessed he
would stop using tobacco. Samantha said
she was glad of it, and added impetuous-
ly, what she had never said before, that it
was vile habit. Smikes appeared a lit
tie nervous and confused when Samantha
said this, and mumbled out something
about being glad he had never got into It
himself. In his agitation he pulled out
his tobacco-box and was just about to take
chew when he recollected himself and
plunged out OF the front door, forgetting
his umbrella. About half way to the of.
flee he met Jones, with whom he was hav
ing some business transactions. While
TO L IN ho :,
got little enthusiastic and he almost
reached the Office before he noticed that
he was rolling an uncommonly plump
quid around his mouth like a sweet NOR
sci. How it got there Smikes did not
know. de puzzled over that little thing
all the rest Of the forenoon, and at last he
took 1t out of his mouth and threw it
away, satisfied that he must have taken it
while talking with Jones.
Twice that afternoon Smikes took out
his tubacco-box and looked at it. Once
he took Oft the cover and smelled of the
tobacco, 1t smelt SO good that Smikes
felt lmpelled to remark to himself that it
was the easiest thing in the world to stop
chewing. He congratulated himself again
and again that day that he did not become
entangled In the meshes of the filthy vice,
ana he alluded to the matter three or four
times that evening at the tea-table, till Sa-
mantha marveled greatly at the firmness
OF Smikes. She had always heard, she
said, that 1t was hard thing to leave off.
But Smikes had told her, and kept telling
her, that it was Gust as easy," and her
reverence for the virile strength and indie
pendence of character of Smikes Grew
like a gourd.
That night Smikes had the nightmare.
lie thought that legion of foul fiends had
got him up in corner of the backward
and had rolled upon his belly monstrous
quld OF "fne-c cut" as large around as a
cart-wheel, and that they were irving to
force 1t into his mouth Smikes struggled
vigorously, and when Samantha shook
nm and asked him what was the matter,
MS only reply was, that anybody could
stop chewing if he only made up his
MIND to it, The next day Smikes was a
little nervous. He told everybody who
came IN what simple thing it was to stop
chewing. The third day he harped about
1t all day long. He told one man about it
three different times, and when that much
informed Individual ventured the opinion
that he would be chewing again in less
than week, Smikes Indignantly ejacu-
lated: "Mr. Jenkins, when [ make up nv
The fourth day Smikes heard THAT
camonile blossoms were sometimes used
as substitute for tobacco, and lust out
Of curiosity he devoured couple of
ounces OF them. He said to the druggist
when he 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
samantha at the breakfast table, upset his
inkstand, burnt his fingers poking some
clnders out OF the CRATE, and had no appe-
tite for dinner.
That day the devil whispered to Smikes
that tobacco was really beneficial to some
temperaments. Smikes had a tempera-
ment of the kind. The sixth day Smikes
felt like murderer. He seemed to him
self to have become transformed into
Modoc. His mouth was dry and parched.
A stout, healthy-looking old gentleman
came into Smikes' office that day. He was
a great friend of Smikes', and, as he drew
forth his silver tobacco-box and daintily
shook out small morsel of the pungent
weed, Smikes felt his mouth water. He
remarked to Mr.. Johnson that he had not
chewed any for six days, and that he had
RETAINED so long just to satisfy himself
that anybody could chew or leave it alone.
He was fully satisfied that it could be
done, but he rather thought that his was
one OF those temperaments that are really
acted upon in beneficial way bv the tenn
perate use of tobacco. Mr.. johnson said
he thought so too, and as he handed
Smikes his box remarked that he had
chewed regularly for thirty years, and
didn't know as it had damaged him any.
AS Smikes rolled large quid back into
his left cheek he said he thought there
was difference in men, He was salts
fed that he could stop chewing at any
time, but there were some temperaments
70 which gentle narcotic or opiate was
really blessing.-Sarat0gtan.
IEoPLE who are always wishing for
oOAlelnlng new should try aze,Lralgia