The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-09
TIE NEW NECESSITY


Old Deacon Jones lived on an ancestral
farm up among the New Hampshire hills
Deacon Jones was man Of extreme iu-
heri ed Iiety, man who accepted without
hesitation the doctrines of his u-ch. By
a process OF UNCONSCIOUS growth, aided
partl by his greater interest in polite, and
partly by his devotion 70 those men whom
ne had become accustomed to regard as
leaders Indispensable to the iurse Of fe
and wise government, the deacOl's faith in
the Republican party had become fully as
intense as bis faith in the tenetS of his
church. At the death or retirement Of the
old lea 1erS of tie republicans he found
imseif-how, he himself could not explain
Il wvrshipper at tie shTi q of james @.
Blaine Him the deacon followed, trusted,
looked TO as TO an oracle; and with what
strange consequences | am about to relate
The gOoi old deacon Ell JIced at the def sat
of Grant in 1880, exulted IN the humiliation
OF Conklng IN 1881, grumbled at the princi-
pal &C of the Arthur administrati n cele-
brated the result of the Chicago convention
of 1884 with a weeks rejoicing, and tasted
for ten days after the ensuing lection. OF
course the good old man bad shed many
tears over the hardshirs of the emancipated
negro, had tremblei at the thought OF being
taxed to pay confederate debts aud had be-
come firm believer in and an excitable
defender of the system which, as we are
told, ma ,eS diversity of industries possible
this country, and prevents the ma icioLs
+ lglshman from covering our terra frnla
and poll lting our pure air with floods of
his cheap < DDS. OF course h, had shouted
for Harrison and Victory" and had de-
AIRED MS willingness to sacrifice Gut aud
BIut to compass the defeat of Cleveland and
Tnurma }. De con Jones hal taken coz
GIdafnhtA nf Of a., -
from Europe, although that able ampaign
speaker had frightened him considerably by
depicting TIE ia ger which, In the shape of
t Mills BILL lowered over NegV England
farmers. The deacon had ten very fine
cows, and the fear of the threatened de-
struc5ion Of our dairy interests taken
with his feeble health had kept him in q
state of terrible anxiety.
An unAealtl ~ New England deacon is a
rarity, and Deacon Jones had ALWAYS been a
strong, temperate, a d industrious ma "A until
last - lot.r, wAeu he received d shock from
which he never re covered. 1t was t a
shock of paralysis, but it was the saock of
learning that his oracle had cleared TO-
bacco necessity of life. 1t took away the
pleasure he should have received from read
| ing complete refutation and demolition of
the Presidents message. At first be thought
| 1t was all mistake; but no, there was the
| great message from Pa is, in his dear old
| Irt6une-a thirty years stand-byl And
| here was the deacon, who had not only ab-
| stained from the use Of tobacco for a life
| time, but had forbidden his bows to use il.
thus compelling them to smoke d chew on
! the sly! he tasted, prayed thought it all
over, and came to the conclusion that his
| oracle could make no mistake, but tba
| Deacon Jones had willfully aid i fully de-
| prived himself and his family Of the benefits
! to lie derived from the use of one Of the
most palatable and nourisuing of foods.
| he called his sons around him AID said :;
"B'ys, pve ben slnnin' agiu' We ever Sc ice
| you war k ee high to a toad. Now, tell me
truly b. s.did ever any on yeuse terbakkerm
Sc and Meme man hung their heads, but
| AblJah answered promptly: ''No, STRIP
| Deacon Jones continued: "You needn't be
ashamed ont, b'ys, for faint no sil.n AZ
| this remark, Seth and Nehemiah looked
| very much surprised, and said: "Ys, pa,
we've smoked Id cha we'd now nigh QUO
| five years" TIE Old man Jumped for j)y ::
for here were his two old est and stro gest.
who had u ed tobacco for years, and were
living witnesses to tue truth of ex-Secretary
Blalne's startling statement. 81 kuowed it,
kuowed it," CRED the good deaco ~
knowed jim Blaine never made no mis-
takes" the asUonished young men asked
what was meant. "B'ys," said their
father, "Pll tell you what makes
| y
rest of us, IFS wy you've
used terbakker all these years, an terbak-
ker is a necessity of life. You nee int look
so surprised, for Jun 81 une says sop
Nehemiah was amused, Seth was astonished,
but Abij q be- gan to fear tn Old maa vas
insane. However, the deacon explained it
all out to his children, ana conclu led:
Now, we'll begin tonight to use terb k.
ker, an plenty o. it; but mind ye don't tell
marm."
Acc )rdingly, tobacco became an article
of more freque 1t use on tae part OF toe
oldest boys although they s5lll kept the
secret from Mrs. j mes, and We're alw VS.
S mewhat embarrassed and ash med whea
they saw their pious fa5le attempt to
smoke or chew. The fact was, tae new
necessity didn't agree VITA old Deacon
Jones, .rong as was his faith in good
properties. Shaking m lde him dizzy and
nervous, while Chewing gave him
NAUSEA ard S oiled his appeute But
tine haoit seemed to agree with his hoys.
and the old MAI came to regard MS affiic-
tions as a righteous punish sn5 for ,he
g)rOus way, Doth IN work and IN ed in
which he hal fought tobacco all his life till
the last winter He hoped, an confidently
believed, that that pu islm MT would soon
C me to al end, and kept about his work
all winter. Il the spring and summer he
could chew with tut nausea, but his dizzi-
ness alu trembling grew worse, and i'll the
autumn he had to spend much Of his time
abei, and did no work beyond choriDp
around the house.
OF course his faithful wife knew the cause
of his illness, but, as he Tesoiu ely refu ed
to explain, she held her peace. Abij III,
who had always wante to caew, but had
been prevented by fear of the old mau. now
beca ne bold, and enjoyed the situa ion
m Chilly. Finally, h. was caught in the
act by his mother, and di closed the whole
secret. The good woman laborei witt her
husband, admonished him, scolded him
all to no purpoie AS with many other
Americans, hls ad niration of Blaine out
weighed all his loves. The POOR wife gave
up in despair, and relic yed her feelings by
pouring walls of wrath onto the
plumed knight. Toe knowledge th. 1t
the wife and mother was sor-
rowing over their habi s embarrassed
all the male members of the family, but
their embarrassment soon began to wear
away, and tobacco became regular article
of diet in the Jones household. The elder
boys diluted their tobacco with hard cider,
a ID were fat and contented. Abijah mixed
his with rum, and was poor but happy.
Even the gentle Mehitable began to take
snuff Still the poor old deacon grew worse,
and, though he still chung to EN-, his
hopes grew weaker. At last the crisis
ca ne.
Deacon Jones had followed Mr.. Blaine in
his sna4ch-rnakino tour had baliavad all that