The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-30
SNUFF-UIPPING.

SNU FF-DIPPING.
The New York Times gives some
figures about the increase of the habit
of snuff-dipping among women. 1t
says: "It has been generally consid-
cred that the practice belongs alto
gether to the extreme Southern and
Southwestern States, but it is not so ; it
extends to a certain degree throughout
the entire length and breadth of the
land. Snuff-dipping is so called, per-
haps, from the reason that it is used in
small quantities obtained from the
bottle or box, as the case may, by dip
ping it ont with a stick or small spoon.
The practice prevails to q slight extent
IN the State of New York, and to a much
greater extent in the cities than in the
country. Two kinds of snuff are used by
the dippers, both of which, however,
are known as Scotch. The difference
between them is that one has a certain
amount of common table salt mixed
with it, and the other has none. They
are known as salt Scotch and fresh
Scotch. Fresh Scotch is prepared more
i'll this city than in any other part of
the State. The following is the man
ner. OF dipping in New York The dipper
is provided with a small spoon, about
half the size of a common teapoon, with
which she dip: a sufficient quantity Of
snuff from the bottle. Then seizing her
lower lip with the thumb and forefinger
of her left hand, she draws it well for
ward and ills the cavity with the bonnie
bOuche contained in the spoon. There
she lets it remain until it is gradually
ditfused through her mouth, ex%pectorat-
ing the while, i'll a manner that would
do credit to a veteran. Sometimes the
delicacy is daintily enveloped in a fine
piece of tissue paper and deposited in
the SAME place. In the Eastern States
the salt Scotch IS preferred, but it is
not used the anne way as in New York.
There the clippers use a small stick of
some very tibrous wood, the end of
which is chewed until it assumes a mop
like appearance, owing to the separa-
ton oil the iibers. 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 East
ern States, aud it may readily be i'm
agined how easily a habit Of that kind
may extend among a people. Dipping
is apparently very beneficial to the
teeth, and it may be that the habit is
often acquired from using snuff as a
dentrifice. The writer of this article |
has travelled extensively through the
South and Southwest. and his expert
enc has been that wherever the prac-
tice prevailed, the teeth of the women
were beautifully white and singularly
free from decay. Tobacco possesses
high ant,septic and detergent proper
l4tS, anu LibSL tACIClnC u DcutuClil III
.tiuence in purifying the mouth. In
order to show TO what ap extent the
habit has obtained, it will only be
necessary 70 say that in the year 1873,
one New York firm alone, Messrs. p.
Il Co., sold in round numbers
1Gl, 900 pounds of snuff, AL of which
was of the kind used for dipping, be-
sides more than 1901 600 pounds of the
mixture for the old-fashioncd
snuffers. Add to this enormous guam
tity the large amounts manufactured in
the other cities, ami some idea may be
formed of the extent to which dipping
is carried in the United States"
Hartford is now the sole capital of
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