Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1880-11-18
Talent and Tobacco.

Lord Bacon eulogizes tobacco, de-
claring that it oomforteth the spiri
and chs ,harg. tn WEAKNESS, which il
work,th partly by opening, but chiefly
by the opiate virtue which condcnseth
the spirits" Ben Johnson and Drum.
mond. and Fletcher. and Beaumon,
constantly renewed their friendships
over pipe. The greet DIR. Barrow
pronounced his pipe to be cure all,
his Panpharmacon. 81 Thomas Oven
bury calls smoking Sthat delectable
pastime." Boxhore, the great Ducth
scholar, smoked almost incessantly IN
his studio. SIR Isaac ewton not only
loved his pipe, but hsaa playful ana
somewhat unsallant way OF using the
fingers Of his lady friends for shoppers.
Steele wrote his splendid ESSAYS with :,
pipe In his mouth, and Addison sent
out his brightest things from a cloud OF
smoke. Dryden lnvee his whiif'' only
secon1 to / is ''pinch,' and Con5reve
was fcLd OF s'othilg long st..mm d
cI ay-the ''church warden q. the o'den
time. Daniel Defo ma lie his pipe his
nearest friend. All the hte: ary mea Of
Queen Anne's day appear wreathei in
fragrant clouds, and no period. surely ,
has given US great NUN er of great
writers. Charl S Lamb was long a
dev.tee OF the weed. before he wrote
his &C ebratesi IF lrewell to Tobacco, ,
in which he anathemctizcd it as
18th o. the mouth, fog O. the mind.
Coming down to later times. we find
the example O.; Sir Walter Scott, the
prince of romaEce-s, on the same side.
His move are full of toba co Ills
characters are c'ntInlal snuff lg" or
smok ny. Dominic Sampson heard
Meg Merrilies singing on he stairs
and groaned deeply, ''pufiag out he
tw. en- wh.les huge volumes oT tobacco
smoke" lie MAKES the old hag her
sell disci: lie OF the weed, introduc-
ing her to Henry B,rt.a;n = busi v en-
gagged with short black tobacco pipe"
She ley, Z gar Poe sad Tom Mo IRE
are rec modern poets who are TO be
Sc, dow, OIL the ether side as a'iti to-
baccoLlst,. Macaula>, We think, may
be added to the n,,inbcr
Il our own day Dick and Tenny
soa who sta "i. at least IN popular es
tlnatl ~. as tie In elisa lalteatcs of
prose and poetry respectively. are to
ne set down as ardent ioyels of nicotine
comfort. Spurgeon has preached some
cloque.t sermons lii defe:.ce of the
p. pe, declaring on ore occ..-ion that he
nai always smoked and always intenI
ID to '-slnuke to the glory of God
Jn .hi- side We think we shall not err
Ii set,iLg down Longte low, Lowell,
A drich aud clemens, at lie ,st, as dis
ipies OF Sir Wa ter Ra eigh. Oliver
" endel iIolncs, if he 10 lows his own
advice to young men. must be set iown
Is OF contrary mild. Mir. Beechcr is
lot attached to the weed, but Boston
clergyman. whose fame once almost RI
IA Ell that OF the BROOKLYN pastor, was
lie, pl, devoted 70 it. IF YOU want to
ind out if Mr.. -is IN his stu Y
on need not r1ng the bel, but Just
ook and see if the SMOKE is pouring
,ut OF the window" one OF his deacous
vas won, 70 say to people vino wanted
o him.
Bismarck once tod group of visi i
ors the + flowing sto. y: 'Ine value Of
good cigar salu he. lis best und r
stood wEen it is the last you possess,
md there is no chance Of getting an
,ther. AT koni g5gratl l had oniy one
:isar.