The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-20

This went OH until finally 1 forgot
to spit those chews out.
Oh how fast the longing grew;
was actually slave to tobacco smok.
ed and chewed at the same time kept
my 'cudfn my mouth all night; al
most always smoking.
| couldn't see that it hurt me, though
my maternal grandmother insisted
that it would. She said l got thinner
every day.
On. B.-She said this for six consec-
utive years. 1 must haye grown thin
imperceptibly, or else l was pretty
stout when started.)
She said if old Mr.. Donnervedder,
who had died at the early age of eigh-
tv-six, had left tobacco alone, he would
have been nearly a hundred by that
time,
eyes, George, it will shorten your
life. Only yesterday" said she, "two
men were found drowned, and they
each had a paper of tobacco in their
pocket think of that" and the good
old lady sighed at the thought of hay
ing TO transplant me to my heavenly
home.
Then various young ladies got at me
one said it would keep me poor all my
life; another said ne girl would mar
ry me while chewed the awful stuff.
Then one girl said she never would
kiss any body who had tobacco in his
mouth, and l told her 1 didn't have
any in at that precise moment, and l
went for her,
But, seriously, l got ashamed of my
self; expectorated horribly.
smoked rywhere-except on
girl nights then l used to invest my
small change in bon-bons, lozengers,
and caramels, and she and used to
sit there on tete tete for hours, eat
ing philopena for kisses, until the vile
weed was forgotten.
Oh! those were joyous nights. With
such all adviser as her, think could
have qHit tobacco forever; but she
took to eating raw onions and salt,
and l reserted to tobacco. Pepper
mint lozenges were not strong enough.
Every girl called on was always
anxious to know ifI used tobacco
they didn't mind smoking, bless their
little souls, but l mustn't chew.
There was one pretty little girl by
the name of Rhoda. She talked sensi-
Bile; said my chewing didn't effect her
any, but she would like to see me stop
it.
"Soon you will be slave to it,
George, and then yeu will not be able
to stop; my father says he can't stop,
though he has often tried"
l laughed at her; a slave to it, in
deed! Why, was certain could stop
at any moment. All had to do was
to throw nay plug away and not buy
any more. 1t was very easy to think
about, but 1 found had to beg an &C.
casional chew; but 1 stopped, and did
not chew again for six months, though
all the time felt as if l wanted to,
and finally l commenced chewing
substitute for tobacco and from that
l wandered back to The genuine stuff.
Once again in the city of Chicago,
myself and several others made New
Years resolve sto quit chewing tobac-
co.. 70 make the thing binding, the
one first discovered using tobacco was
to pay each of the other three S5 as
forfeit
During the next thirty days 1 de-
voured about ten pounds of candies,
about a dollars worth of licerice root,
and had chewed the margin of every
newspaper l could reach. Then one
of the party was caught one night i'll
the theatre with chew of tobacco in
his mouth, and that broke the charm.
We all chewed again.
No Viola never expressed any dis
like to tobacco until after we had
been joined together for about n year.
Mrs. De We're always condemned
smoking and chewing. as she did
everything l done, but Viola never
grow led mntil after Harry was born:
she went for me INCREASINGLY, la
Caudle, until finally I would quit or
give her So. l was to start next morn
ing. After breakfast l pulled out
paper of 'Sunnyside,' but at a glance
from my wife, put it back again.
Thai l started down town. l pick
ed my teeth all the way down i'll the
cars, and at the office commenced to
chew on odds and ends of paper.
Finally l went to lunch, and then
chewed broom siraws until dinner. 1t
was the longest Thursday 1 eyer knew.
l bought some apples after dinner,
chewed the white margin from the
Evening Bullctine, and three times l
took cut my paper of tobacco, looked
at it, put it back and wished there
wasn't a woman in the world and, and
wished it was supper time. 1t camel
went home and told my wife had not
che ewed all day. She was delighted
so she said, though l knew she would
rather have the So bill.
l did not chew all that evening, and
went to bed very carly. The next
morning l arose very carly, ate my
break fast ana deliberately took chew
of tobacco.
Five dollars sir!" said Viola, dane
ing up and down in very unlady-like
manner. "Pay your tine!"
"What for? Didn't quit? 1 went
without tobacco all day yesterday,
simply to convince you that l could
do without it, and now l am going to
chew as much as 1 darned please.