, 1877-04-21

Heaven Hhln IASHtGA lnect DShHllWt uuHctt
Dcckrd thee III moacatJ, sweetness. aAd gfaeei
Mnds thee a bed IN Tho cool. shady bower:
aunbeams arc brighter while kissing thy face.
A1Hs. N. F. 8,
TOBACCO AGAIN. .i
10 M Editor af TAs Tsthunt.
DER CREEK, IT., April 17.-whcu I prepared
tho paper entitled ''slaugl,tsr Of the 1nnoeents"
pablsshed In your lssne Of March II, expected to
present all bad TO sny In one article. hut dncx-
pcetcdly to myself, something moro has been de-
1naudcd: and this week again ask place In Tho
Homo 10 continue Tho sunlcts, though lear i
shall not bo abfn 10 DO jNstsca 10 tho thsccfola
division Of It, coat, at,-contrass and curc,-in the
necessarily limited space ono person may occnpy
in 4 ne ewspaper. However, after thanking D. ".
NJ, Of Jacksonville. Virginia Hawthorne. ot
Racine, and others, for the incrtst manifested In
Tho discnssinn, proceed 10 do The best can.
Not long since l read statement In paper OF
The amount Of money spent In our own country for
what arc usually considered useless tndulgcnecs,
which rather surprised me. II gavo In unni!stak.
sblc Rgurcs, among other things, tho cost each
yrar Of intoxicating beverages. keeping dogs. and
Of tobacco. had always supposed that into1i'
eating drinks cost more shan anything eac OF this
nature, but the statement referred 10 garc nbout
twice a. much tor tobacco a. fos drink. a mo.
mcnt's reflection convinced MO that tho statement
tnuat tc true. For, every drinker II believe thoro
il not bingc c1ccpton) uses tobacco In some form
or other and ths Of itself would makc The amounts
spent for each about tho 4amc. Int beside ihcso
drinking consumers Of the weed, como the vast
nultltudcs, consumtng fully as much more. Of
,hoec who use tobacco, but who do not drink, Men
found In every walk Of lIfo and in every honorable
occupation, many OF them the ncknows'
edged md recognized temperance men, about
wl,oec ataadin: IN this respect there cau b. no
qucstfun,-tlo n,lnlsters,-thc protesting Chris
tlans,-ihc noted ph'anthroCiats, ,-tho very men
VITO lght battles for tho general good, and whose
dcnunc!atluns ringing forth In every community
naatnst tho sale Of Intoxicating beverages, md
whose acts and votes ever on the sfdc Of virtue
nnd right, arc all moral questions. They arc noble
,ucn, in no,c calngs. engaged in noble war.
fare, nil over Our country. for tho good order md
snbricty Of their communltles,-Trt, alas! are men
wl,o arc polluted Themselves with q flavtsh habit,
aud who poule by example and influence others
around them.
In addition 10 tho cost Of the weed itscl Its nfcra
uat haee articles for It's reception cGar -huders,
pouches, cases, pipes. and costly nccrachaHms.
greatly increasing thu expense Of Its use. "Sanl
has slain Lls thousands, md David Ills ten thou.
sands" Whisky requires thousnnds for tho
grntiAcation of its yptarles, but tobacco demands
ita ten thouspn1R.
But before proceeding further, lot me say, once
for ALL that engage In tais crusade. II y feeble
protest can bo dsgni1cd by a name 10 pondcFnus,
With no Intention Of comparing tho Two practices
n. rounl In cyI1 ofrcc,a. Tlmro ctn be no compar-
4"N' 49, - . s.ht .1.t - or..niv r,,,
lson as 10 'ho tu'n ospHs"t aooh. ~ uest' ~ NV
Tbs suffering TO parents. wives, ann eh'ufen. Iho
audnIRenco In tobacco does not 1ro the brain with
,hc mr. ~ drmcn. docs nut ehanoa mnn into
sans ,.a.to re,,.s,. NJ .,o.. ,iyn ..sc IN Nj.
Aeuo lnE8IhHte' ie"oesAs Nv oA' .te s"'o, ~ va
iufurlated presence, ~ docs whisky. II does
not 10 Immediately domoralizc q man ~
To mako him utterly regardless Of tho
sacred obligations Of husband. father,
md citizen, nor cause him 10 neglect oil bis inter-
.,ves ~ tho hot,ontc.a MI p,vo lin forutasta Of
..,.ssa.. "s ,.I.ss ,r,.h - ,n.ra ~ ..,.r.
Hs toEmenh. lnaeeo+ "tea ~ unse .lo as'St
tlons which arc not true to l'fc, and which canaos
be au.tained by weli.known facts. wish entire
, inrtIcc IN All md from Heart warmly enlisted IL
~ 80. ~. .,s -. .n.nr..n,.,. 49, .,n.t .ha
the VOTE OF hnm1n % a,.I ~ ", tamtt ~
tfntn, !no Wn9.s nutns nno omt ."o M ti,,
Maxo a9nen. y, '.M ~ Wy ~ ,,,,, y IN
nsutns =. ~" Gnpeet e.oe +, ~ i, t.t ~. -, !,
5ne te, 1cur i Losn, s. Me ,ns "a, ,x,n. .o IN,
-. antn sna' IT,, .oU nn - INV .nns
cease no ~nt1nte' Dat a!so mcan 70 ueht lung ~