Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-16

from the old homestead. and commenced
work at once. Nearly on the oppo.it'
side Of the road lived Mr.. r., the Oldest
Of whose children was a boy abou, iwo
years younger than myself. who answered
TO the abbreviated name Of Mont. lie
was . good steady boy. on the whole,
bu, had two bad habits he would o:ca,-
ionally take a glass Of o.be.rieh.and.
happy. and chew tobacco like an old
sailor And, as an excuse for 80 doing,
he would say they were habits he inher-
tied. especially the latter. Living so
near together. the proximity Of our ages
Of course often brought u, into each 9th.
er's company, when not at work. Capt.
s. also used the bitter weed. aud when.
ever he 70, ou, Of the article. would call on
Mon, for chew; and he would gener.
ally take from his poke, "ehunk," and
hand him. much resembling shor, piece
OF old rusty wheel tire. Thus things
wen, on for while, and my former prj-
udice began to wear away somewha, |;
seeing 30 much Of IL every day. began
10 look at |, as no, very dirty and bad
h,bl, after all. and haally came to look
al myself as leit out In the cold. or at
the best, as occupying back seat.
Amer thing, had gone on in this way
aboa, two months. circumstances seemed
TO be very favorable one day. Twas do
ing JOB Of work in the barn all alone,
when in came Mont. chewing bis eud as
usual. Now. though, I. i' the time to
begin TO learn to be Ia fashion. and so
arrive a, manhood much sooner than by
the slow process Of nature. So l said TO
Mont, "have you 70, some good tobacco
In your pocket," oval I hAve.-lo,s
Of lieoriec In it-swee, az honey" "le,
me have a chew" said I. feeling tha, I
had ,addenly grown the amour, Of one
year a, least. lie did 30. and ! bi, off a
big corner. "Now give me q little piece
10 finish getting used 10 IL" and be Gu,
me of aboa, a square inch. so you see
iha, however BAD Mon,'s habits were,
be was ssnerou, 10 fault. Well, so
far. so good; began to chew. pretty
soon the saliva began to form. and then
began TO spit; aud for 'hor, time
grew as fa., as ever Jacks beAn,tAlk did
AT least. IN my own estimation.
Ba, alas for worldly Agsrandirsmen,
and pleasure. when .Ough, after contrary
TO certain immu,Able lAws had no,
KEEP, the swee, morsel Ia my mouth long
before began 10 ds,sc, ,lish, psr,urb-
alton all through my system. Perpira-
ton began % start, aud = strange sensi.
ton seized the inner man. About this
time Moa, started for home, aud glad
va. TO see him 20. | had had enough
Of bis generosity. a, lea,, for one day.
Events ma,ured fast. Circumstances
concentrated rapidly. Things rushed TO
q eri,i, az never before. A few moments
more Of rollins..urging upheA,ing. and
thea. Oh. my-NY Reader. were you
ever lovs..iek. home-.iek and sea.siek all
q, the same time II so you know some
thing abou, how fel, a, ,hA, particular
time Bi, the whale undoubtedly Eel,
better after going through a certain or
deal caused by a reaction. aud % did !.
Wha, became OF the tobacco Well,
sometime during the performance, my
mind underwent a sudden change. +.
to IL. magical power Of doing certain
things. I. had supposed. aud. acting
under the impulse Of the moment, !,
wen, Gu, Of my mouth and poke, much
quicker than !, wen, in; and thA, was
the las, | ever handled TO ,hi. day. OF
ever shall
With regard 10 rum.drinking. ! have
been more fortunate. have lived 10 see
more than iifiy.hye years, aud no, a drop
Of .piri,uou' liquor ever passed my lips,
as a beverage. And thi. is all the more
remarkable, perhaps. from the fact ,hA,
went away from home young and mex
perieneed. as above stated. aud that large
majority Of the men ! worked for during
the nex, seven yeArs. were those who drank
more or less liquor. Ba, whA, has all tha,
10 DO with this particular day. Well. no,
anything. really. but what | am now CO.
INK TO tell you has. Our family beyer.
age with meals has always been tea twice
a day. and often three times; but three
years ago to-day Il occurred to me ,hs,
| WAS no, quite As temperate as ough,
TO be. ,h,, the tea drank did me more
harm than good 80 | made up my mind
to dispense with ",he cup that cheers but
no, inebriaies." for . while. and try cold
water alone. The eIperimen, has
worked like charm; since tha, time |
have no, tasted a drop Of tea, and but
very little coffee. now propose 10 carry
the plan . little further. aud dispense
entirely with coffee n we'll as tea
No, long since q sailor wen. into sa-
loon and called for something TO drink.
The keeper poured him on, a glass OF
cold water. with the remark that 1t was
the very bes, Of anything he had.
"wsll." said Jack. accepting the joke.
and taking the glass In his hand; 81
think rather favorably Of cold water my.
self; |, has done a good deal for na,isa.
ton" lie 20, il right. And will
venture to add that il has done much for
irrigation. and furnishes the bes. and
hsal,his., beverage for man !, is possible
to have. Hunah for cold water! i
made up my mind years ago, that what:
ever else might do or not do, l should
ero.s the "nanow sea" sober man. l
do no, wish to boast, bat will jus. say In
conclusion that there are those who have
taken the OXFORD DENocHAr longer than
I have; bu, II there is q man in the
County. OF my age, who has used less
strong drink than myself. l ask him to
step to the front. Until he does. shall
refuse to give up the "beli.