Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-07-16
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EDITED BY Mrs. L. V. Mil
Essay on Tobacco

Virginia, where it grew. and Aso was
cultivated before the discoverAof the
New World by Columbus. Thl plant
grows to the height of five Or sA feet,
has large luxuriant leaves, rose cNore,s
flowers, and looks wholly innoce\t ct
the evil it is capable of producinA
King James l. was an enemy tdthe
use of tobacco, and expressed him meif
in the strongest terms againstit. tie
words are. /" Smoking is q ,,.3sAa,ss,
loathsome to the eye, hateful to/the
nose, harmful to the brain, .nd/dan-
gerouss TO the lungs" (
!, When tobacco has undegone the
process necessary to make 1t into ci-
gars' plugs, cigarettes and huff, with
the adulterations, it become anoxious
compound of great impor; ;ance. Its
effect IS often like that Of opium; it
stimulates the system Of ome, stupe-
ties that of others, and poiscns The blood.
1t is assumed that its tendency is to
bring on cancerous humo.s, paralysis,
and incites q taste for intoXieants.
When tobacco is first used, the ston-
ach rejects it With contempt, thus
proving that the taste is an acquired
one, and like scared conscience, ceases
to rebel after frequent remonstrances.
There are three principal modss Of
using tobacco. One is by chewing it,
which. beside being obnoxious to the
surrounding people, is extremelyiniur-
ious. The saliyary glands are inlamed,
and in time cease doing their work.
The doctor can no longer determine
the condition Of the stomach by ap-
pearance Of the patients mouth. In
digestion is anothere evil attendant upon
chewing.
The speech is very apt to become af-
fected, and some physicians insist that
they can tell whether g public speaker
be cheWer Of tobacco or not.
1t permeates the system, carrying
the poison into the veins and remdtr
parts of the body +
Smokingis another method of using
tobacco. The teeth are injured by Its
practice, as would not be remarkable
when the heat and the acrid poisdl
of the cigarette comes in close contaEt
with them.
But the influence on the lungs Is
even worse than this. The smoke. after
being inhaled with the breath, passes
into those tender tissues of the lungs
impairing theirdelicate formation, and
in time producing shat awful and de,
strcyinc disease, consumption.
The eyes also are injured to a certain
extent by the smoke.
The cigarette mania has become
somewhat an alarming one among the
youth OF the country. The statement
about opium and the other drugs in
troduced into them may Or may not be
true, but the tobacco in them is tobac-
co, and it is strongly affirmed by phys
icianS that to those Of immature years,
whose brain and bodies are in forma-
tive conditions, it is very harmful.
Shutting and snuff dipping, the latter
prevalent in the South, form another
method of using tobacco, quite as
disgusting, If not injurious as the 9th
er methods referred to.
Those who have tested tobacco
through q series Of years are emphatic
in the ccmmendation of it, when adYis-
ing the yoyng, saying to them, Never,
never touch it,
What surer proof of it's harm car be
given than the testimony of those who
are addicted to its fumes and tasteSi
Elizabeth Cady Stanto in one OF
her lectures says she g can find nc pas
sage in the Bible that sustains the
chewer, the SIN oker, or the snutfer un-
less it be" Let him that is Glthy be
filthy still"
Granted for the sake Of argument,
that prohibitory laws will eventually
prevail and effect comparative sup
preston of the liqu or traffic. a stream
cannot rise higher than it's source OF
supply, and unless there is a sufficient
moral sentiment developed among the
people at large to maintain Laws, q ret
rograde movement will come sooner
or later. That moral sentiment can be
secured and maintained only by put
ting the question upon It's Bible basis
and that is the platform we stand on.
The sale OF brandy, either wholesale
or retail, is forbidden in Norway on
Sundays, and on other festivals, or on
their eyes. 1t cannot be sold on any
day before eight o'clock A. NJ, or to
apprentices.
Not withstandin8 the disapooint-
ments encountered which were OF no
little movement, the camp meeting
was q decided success. We trust the
good seed s0Wn viii behr abundant
harvest. Opportunities made, are as
good as given Mhen-the eneln% stands
around f0r "unnunfer,