Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-10-03
AN ODE TO TOBACCO
| sing of tobacker,

/ sing of tobacker,
The principal factor
! With those who know best what to chew;
For sweet solace it brings
| To both peasants and kings
Ills rich, ah it's charIning-too-toO!
The smile of the maiden,
/ With beauty o'erladen,
Is sweet to the Lip and the gum;
choose sweet terbacker--
| Oh 1t Is delicious, yum yum!
You may boast of the sweetness,
The wonderful "tweetness,'
| OF taffy, tt,lu and sweet gum;
No gum or banana
Or Biblical mamma
Can equal my favorite .'crumb."
But to end long story,
Let's give all the glory
TO him who discovered the weed.
All how. often I've thought
TO what straits we'd be brought
If the world should but run out of seed.
-NeO York Tobacco Leaf.
A Washington letter to a Boston paper
says: Tobacco is gradually working its way
ito society, and in several swell residences
here cigarettes are handed round between
the courses of .sroast" and '.gaIne," a num-
Der of the lady guests taking a few whiffs of
the weed. At the recent meeting of the So
ciety of the Army of the Tennessee at Chi
cagO the question was raised whether the
veterans should smoke at the banquet A
member stated that the ladies desired to
state that for their part they did not wish
to infringe the right OF the officers to light
their cigars. A member moved thai a vote
of thanks be rendered to the ladies. Another
member Offered as an amendment that the
officers do not smoke. General SllefTn;tn
Strengthened himself up and said: at APP
pears to be the sentiment IF tllt- ineting
that we smoke at the banquet. IL there is
no objection l Will declare the motion car
riod." So at dinner the cigars We're lit.
Lancaster (Psl) New Era. A well-known
practical tobacco farmer this morning re-
lated a case To ~ which Serms to upset all
the existing theories as to the cause Of rust
in tobacco. One OF his raiSerS planted to-
bacco out of his own seed bed on three sep
arate farms along with other ,aiSerS. Every
one of the three had rust, while the tobacco
OH either side of his mad none. Even the
second growth of these three several patches
is developing much rust. This looks as IL
the germ was already present in The seed
bed, and is can certainly not be ascribed to
drouth or rains, as this second growth has
not had to encounter either. 1t is bringing
the source of the disease near the starting
point-either the seed or the seed bed all
from that bed, wherever planted, was at
tackled by rust, while other plants along
side, but from different seed beds, escaped
the rust. The heavy rain and sun blisterfng
theory will not apply to this second growth
tobacco, which has encountered neither.
and yet is developing rust badly in its i'm
mature condition.
Nashville American: The tobacco
crop has always been considered an
obstacle to agricultural improvement,
and this, not so much because it ex-
hausts the soil as because it is usually the
petted crop of the tobacco grower, receiving
all the supplies Of manure and ofour atten-
ton. If any crop is neglected, 1t is not the
tobacco crop. That must be cultivated and
fertilized, even though the corn is wrapped
in grass, or the hay crop suffers for want OF
cutting. The tobacco crop is certainly not
great exhauster of the soil, but occupying /
all the1aud that the planter can annually |
manure, it takes from the other fields what
is PAL fly their due and leaves them in
ffxxw.x CTR In hi hnC
established a bad reputation, but it Is the |
bad management OF the farmer himself that |
has brought about the exhaustion OF the
soil, end not the draugtitS made upon ii by /
the tobacco crop. If the fertility of the
tobacco lots were preserved by ploWing |
under clover, peas, or other green crops,
then the manure might be- evenly distribu-
ted over the farm with very different re-
SUITS AS so field tobacco is cut the
stubble should be dug up or plowed under,
suckers Will spring up an0 draw
largely upon the soil. 1t often occurs that
these crops of suckers are so rank that they /
do more 10 exhaust the soil than the regular
crop of tabacco. Besides this, they form a
refuge for worms which feed unchecked and
finally descend into the ground to bear
brood of worms for the ensuing year: THESE
suckers also are in the way OF dTllllng
wheat, and clog up the drill to such an ex-
tent that they greatly hinder the work OF
seeding wheat.
-l.oerhaay", of Holland, over two hun
dred years ago referred to tobacco as being
power 10 undergo severe eXertiOn and fati-
que, either mental or physical, is aided by
tobacco. s'sSuldierS of all nations use IL. IL
was standing injunction of Napoleon that
his troops should have tobacco, and 1t was
of great advantage in tho retreat from Mos
COW" (t'iSke.i During our late war tile sol
der would be- patient uIidsr very Severe
IL ne mad but Il cool supply OF
JobacrO to smoke or chew, and when on
picket duty would risk his life to strike
match for his pipe. Situations OF loneli-
ness are ALWAYS rendered more tolerabie by
and it is the constant companion
that of the herdsman or ranchman. AS /
much of every day is filed up with care, ]
our degree of comfort in this life will de- !
pend largely upon our ability to bear 1t I'M {
flat tobacco assists US to
10 this that it enables us TO look upon life
more complacently, must be the conclusion
IF every one who has experienced its influ-
snce. That it enables US to toll with less :
fatigue, is equally true. The readiesG wri-
ers generally use tobacco, and cannot ac-
somplisli the same amount OF work in the
anne time without ii. Before the discovery
If chloroform, tobacco served a very useful
purpose in the hands of the surgeon in
,ases of stTangulated hernia for obtaining
complete relaxation. Tobacco constitutes
most valuable addition to the ordinary
,oultice in local painful affections. 1t is an
id to mental work and help to reflection
md cOmplacency. 1t promotes sociabllity,j
nd in the words OF one OF its champions,
makes n man act more like Samaritan"
indeed, this comforting substance is so far
emoved from the idea of "A curse, that it
hould not be forgotten when we recount
he many blessings OF mankind.