The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1874-09-24
SNUFF
The Filthy Practice Not Confined TO the
southern States.
From the New York Timer

From the New York Timer.
The various modes of using tobacco
are by snutIing, chewing, smoking and
dipping. 1t has been generally consid-
cred that the latter practice belongs alto
gether to the southern and s%outhwes-
tern stares, but it is not so it extends
to q certain degree throughout the en-
tire length and breadth OF the land.
Snnlf.dipping is so called perhaps from
the reason that it is used in small
quantities obtained from the bottle or
box, as the case may be, by dipping 1t
ont with a stick or small spoon. The
practice prevails to a slight extent IN
The state of New York, and to a much
greater extent in the cities than in the
country. 1t originated among the dcmt
monde, and from them gradually made
ita way TO other classcs of society. Two
kinds of snuff are used by the dippers,
both of which, however, arc known as
Scotch. The difference between them
is that one has n certain amount OF table
salt mixed with it, and the other has
none. They are known as salt Scotch
and fresh Scotch. Fresh Scotchis pre-.
pared more in this city than in any
other part of the state. The following
is the name of dipping in New York
The dipper is provided with a small
spoon, about half the size Of n common
| teaspoon, with which she dips n snfli-
cient quantity of snuff from her bottle.
Then sciziDP the lower lip with the
thumb and forcingcr Of her left hand
| she draws it well forward and fills the
cavity with the honnG bOHchc contained
in the spoou. There she lets it remaln
until it is gradually diffnscd through
her mouth, cXpectoratinR the while, IN
Il mrnncr that would do credit to a
veteran. Sometimes the dcllcacy IS
dain,ily cnyeIoped in a fine piece OF
| tissue paper and deposited in the same
placa. In tho eastern states tho salt
Scotch is preferred, but it is not used
in the same way as in New York. There
the dippcrs use a small stick OF some
very librous wood, the end OF which Is
chowed unit it assumes n mop like APP
p]cafanca owing TO the separation OF the
hbrca. This is dipped into the snuil
and then rubbed on the gums and teeth.
A largo quantity Of the snuff is used by
the factory girls in all the eastern
states, aud it may readily be imagined
how easily a habit OF that kind may ex-
tend among II people,
In tho southwest, that Is to say IN
Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Lou,
igiana and Texas, Scotch snuff IS used
exclujiyely will "a stick, as in the east
ern states. The habit is INDUCED III
by all classes, in secret Ny the higher
and openly by the lower. In North ana
South Carolina "high toaSt' snnif #
the kind in demand. 1t il peculiarly
strong and puugcnt, as it is made ~
very much the same process "a the irlai
Blackgu ri, being dried on hcatet
screens before being ground. In Geor
gia and Alabama Maccaboy snuff ~ the
favorite. 1t is n strong, black snntl,
aaltcd, and scented with otto of rose
I'm oil the last.mcutioued states the stick
or " brush" as they call il, is employed
In PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware, New Jersey
Maryland, and the western states, there
IL bnt little snuff dipping, but there, a.
in all other states, the habit 10 steadily
increasing. The Scotch snUfls above
alluded to are all of u Light coffee brown
and are perfectly dry and ground n
frr 90 opnr, The Ma,cnbov, which i
,i,n,st LincL ID coarse and ante moist
Gn Far 90 ryncctorotion il concerned, TN,
snonn dinners ere not cycelled by thci
]sigtnrs w[n nrcger fine gtick, either o
tLn,, L,;no aka to comne,e with th
]cn,nhrotod Nv Hannibal Cbollop, tn
manunmon Whom Mr Cbuz2nlw wit met n
LEinn Inn;n" Iia trn,ol. in Amnrtco VIII
m]rnnnira1 twn ront in q ~circ.lar li-ret
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