The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-02-18
TIE MAJ.0n's CIGAR.
The tsv,i rn.cts Of Tobacco on the Youus
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tcvctel.
GLOW are vou. qnartermasscr ~
"Well major j. thht your How are
you Pn
We met nt railway iUlolion, and he
had not spoken h's ] ,hnIld not have
recognized my Virginia conraae Of 'Gi.
II was not merely Inc disguise Of q silk
hat and ebaven ci.aefa blt-ss ! told
him after we bad chaited "a little about
each others ups end Gowns since the
war; was sure this was the first time
l ever saw him away from The table
without a cigar il lia mouth.
az haven smoked for five years,"
was his reply. I'm down on tobacco
as thoroughly as you ever WA"
Good Tell me about it
We locked arms and saUn cred up and
down the platform. Dropping the dia-
logue, this was in substance his story:
at wasn't n sudden conversion. ]
never was quite so easy in nina over
the habit-whcn you used to banter me
about it-as | pret to he. | in
tended nj. the time to taper off when
got home from the army, and not smoke
so much. And l did. Smoked less in
three weeks than | used in one. But
one summer | went off ON some business
for our company, which kept me up IN
.ile nloult,l.is' uuiOns .n0 49,, 10 - D,.'
puIne,s' Iulee o"Ss ciis'' III .li.,l 40,
pecUeu. go ouC % osuls' ,.'iN ~ 80,
sev ahg iUi w VI -, s,.tio
eisns nVu,S ~ No. n.1,,. 80 t.c &C l.;
.suu u ,is u's IN. ,,,'oJ ~, ID
Irishman's pipe. and tried to smoke 1t.
/ thought OF that miserable summer
which we spent crawling about the
trenches IN Virginia. and wished Twas
III i.',in 'V, - ,,iat si'a,,er
nei ~ S',ii " l.; 10 ma,
non'oSso g. 60 ~ e-.o.i Md
s en.o,, =, 49, .'i,.rl o,,4 ,,o,.,.o
LA S .,, III -, ',.e, ninclcd o.
- .',.,, ,,,'-i, ,-so,.,r, J,,,,,l-
r;r,,t s,o,,o 20 a has hrl.r urnery.r
80 oot,,.Ii.- ,,n6t for b,,.iorss for lsrk
oti. oiro,i II ,,odc vac mad et solf,
u a. a. al ,,,r.oit ~ ,,, .nt,,;l,
Ufs,o;,'v 49, tbe r,atfe,i a iftla mn
,ho,. s1,S,,,,d thot the money 7 had srcut
s sn a; gers in am venrs wonid have
"a o. nv, bc,,sa ard Furnished l..
ptr,o,,Id barc not ali ilo bila nj NV ~ a.
littIa enmnoer t,.;n ia Enrarn with me.
which has been her one air.cest.e SO
, Ionc CIV had actually smoked
p au,ev more noney dian I had aid out
for 0nr libvsrv. oi,. oeriodicals and our
;nteilec,uai ci,lr,re eenorallv. Cirars
had COST me nearly twice as much as /
had given IN church work. missions and
cboritv NV conscience rose IN nj TIC
record know | could not plead any
oou;yolont fo- tba outlav. IT, had moi
fed mo II had not strcngthe cd me. il
had sinonlv drucoed me. Every cical
had made The next cigar n little m,ir.
necessgrv IN NV comfort. 10 use th,
mildest word il had been n ugcl 81
8 exnenditurc.
:. INV detention, nm thern in tha ,,,o,1r..
to;ns was calculated fo ono, wv, o.,,- I,
d INV domcatic shorfoon,i,,os md So W
/. rs I never had before how sai6sblv nm
!. social toboeco had M 10 nm ~ hnc,e
. snoted haIore / 80 ,,,.r,..rd ooa ,,t
:. wifo never onfero1 INV rrotest or,i,, Z
# NV cigars ofrorv-a~d i51t Cr- ira,
:, bobv yyas a nc,v,,,,- tt,i,,rqn1 tho doc.
y for ioId mo If roni5 ncvcr do for IF +,
broothe tob9c,.' e,--olrs .,ot into tb,
wav nj shuttine rovseifun in the jibrorv
eveninrs aiter ench ,,e.i a. ariov W.,
cigara All IocL 81 IL nov. notlfng /.
moro absurd than In ali Il , cogis
habit. us n Moor nretnnsn ofsooiah;lit,
where mo-, IL sir,,i,, ;,,t o,1t C., IL, 90.
on;o1ment Nv v,iia oy-nq mn ,,n.,,
thot INV tohocco tainted brcs.b mn,
NV toboccn-s.tnrstei cjc,l,;ro ,rp,o al
xysvs r,oro M. less q t,{al In bar m,
satisfaction II loo o;va,, hcr 10 ba ,iJ "a
tobacco atoosnhSre and tbo thDr,it ~
nv contennntjblv ealieh indiff' rc,.rc i,
her con,foTt oI thoeo VOWS bave INN
bIed mo. I len Won, Ana yrori4ni
evchonce INV IN daiiv es,isfact;o,
nowadavs IL, heinz = clespcr ,ne,,-'.o,lt.
s;de and insido---i1r Inc doligtt yfod,
cots ont Of b;s c;c.,s
I'm one no;nt fhouob 7 baliovo III,
outhoTities a~ree M ono fenios no
If ia a demarine indnlgenoe Tor hos
II ,,1oo,S onod daai Nc, o,,,,.l. ;,'1. !,
torhidGo, 10 tbo r,,riie ~ 10
~ soSo11s ~ ~ .Cd H. iy,it,.-,
snSoois IN Cdrn,snv nnrelv ~, N--1,;eni,
orourds Tho GovefTr1e1fs 81 ~,
s,,,"i,i,,, ratiors arc 80 I;l-eir - l.,
n r,1 m That natter ut ;he ne,
Of tohancn bv s',,,. 4 T,,a,;oa,, hr,-s -,
yr,nng Non IL cvoossivc and sis2,1,;,' :,
I've onrLt 10 cove o,,r ,.;si,,-- c-er,orat;C,,
Tor boIf"r 10y do, No., cs',, ~ e. 10
haoco ssna The s.,.,T,',,l, ~ Zion, e,1-,-;-,
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do,,;, ~ - -, 60, ,-,,if ~
tbo to,s,,taTio, CO. 49,. - 60,
school alass If br;obt - -. 10
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