Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-18
NUFF-DIPPlNG.
The Filthy Practice Not Confined 20
the Southern states.

New York Times
The various modes Of using tobacco are
by shutting, chewing, smoking and dipping.
1t has been generally considered that tile
practice belongs altogether 10 the extreme
Southern and Southwestern States, but it
is not 50; it extends to a certain degree
throughout the entire length and breadth of
the land. Snut-dipping is so called per-
haps from the reason that it is used in
small quantities obtained from the bot e or
box, as the case may be, by dipping it out
with a stick Or smsll s3oOn. The
practice prevails TO a slight extent
IN the State Of New YORK, and to
a much gleater extent in the cities than
in the country. 1t originated among the
denf monde, and from them gradually
made its way to other classes of society.
Two kinds Of snuff are used by the dippers,
beth Of which, however, are known as
Scotch. The difference between them is
that n has a cer.ain amount Of table salt
mixed with it, and the other has none.
They are known as salt Scotch and fresh
Scotch. Fresh Scotch is prepared more in
this city than in any other part of the State.
The following is the manner Of dipping in
New York: The dipper is provided with a
small spoon, about half the size Of a COM
| IkOl tCdeHOOlA. Will " IAGl Sic UPS "a SNll-
Gent quantity of snuff from her bottle.
Then seizing the lower lip with the thumb
aud ~fOrefnger Of her left hand, she draws
it well forward and fills the cavity with
the bonnie bOuche contained in the
spoon. There she lets it remain until
it is gradually diffused through her mouth,
expectOrating the while, in a manner that
would do credit to a veteran. Sometimes
1 Il. 1,Ns1a.- - Iaf-fs1r~ a..wa1CnaI - Ena
piece of tissue paper and deposited in the
same place. In the Eastern States the Salt
Scotch is preferred, but it is not used in the
same way as in New York. There the
clippers use a small stick Of some very
fibrous wood, the end of which IL ehewed
until it assumes a mOp-like appearance
owing to the separation Of the fbres. This
is dipped into the snuff and then rubbed on
the gums and teeth. \ large quantity of
snuff is used by the factory girls in all the
Eastern States, aud il may readily be i'm
agined bow easily a habit Of that kind may
extend among people.
In the Southwest, that IS to say in Ten
ncSsee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana
and Texas, Scotch snuff is used exclusively
with 4 stick, IS m The Eastern States The
habit ; INDUCED in by all classes, in secret
~ the higher and openly by the lower. In
North and South Carolina "higi toast
snuff is the kind in demand. Il is pecu-
liarly strong and punseut, as il is made by
very much the same process as the Irish
BLACKBOARD, being dried on heated screens
before being ground. In Georgia ana Ala
hama Maccaboy snuff is the favOrite. 1t is
a strong, black snuff, sailed, and scented
with otto Of roses. In all the last men
| Fs.vaI LF-4.- FEa Haf.E- on s.,w-raE - NJ
they call 10, is employed. In Penn
~sylvania, Delaware, New jersey, Mary
land. and the Western States, there
is but little snui-dipping, but there, as
in all the other states, the habit Is steadily
Increasing. The Scotch Snuts above al
luded to are all Of a light coffee brown,
and are perfectly dry and ground as fine as
-four. The MaccabOy. which is almost
black, is coarse and quite moist. So far as
eXpectOration is concerned, the spoon dip
peTs are not exceiled by their sisters who
prefer The stick, either OF them being able
to compete with the celebrated Mr.. HsEni.
bal ChOllop the gentleman whom Mr.
Martin ChuZzlewit met at Eden during hi:
travels in America, who s.required tw,
foot in = Circ-lar direction and who ha,
: sgOus ten foot in a circ-lar Ill r%ectiOn' Of
: a wager.
, Dipping is apparently very beneficial t.
: the teeth, and it may be that the habit /
> often acquired from using snuff as q denti
frice. The writer of this article has trav
> eled extensively through the South an
the Southwest, and his experience ha
: been that wherever the practice prevaile,
: the teeth Of the women were beautiful
> white and s~iHgularly free from decay. tt
baccO possesses high antissptic and deter
gent properties, and must exercise . bene
T fetal influence in purifying she mouth.
In order 10 show 10 what an extent a
habit has obtained, It viii only benecessa
9 r. to say that in the year 1873, one Ne
: York firm alone, 5eSsrs. =. LOrilla-d I
! Co. sold i'm round numbers I6l, 900 pound
Of snuff, all Of which was Of the kind use
for dipping, besides more than 1905
: pounds Of tho regular mixtures for the oil
I fashioned shutters. Add to this eHOrmOU
{ quantity the large amounts manufacture
. I'm tire other cities. and some idea may
formed OF the extent To which dipping i
r. carried in the United States.