The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-02-12
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Seeing that men who professed to be
servants OF the Most High and corrupted
themselves and become filthy and adomi-
nable, great and wise prophet stood up
and did prophesy these words Of truth
and .oberness: Then shall the kingdom
of Satau be likened unto . grain Of
tobacco seed, which, though ezce. dinghy
small, being cast into the earth, grew
exceedingly and became . great plant,
and spread forth its leaves RANK and
broad, so that the huge and vile worFua
with thorns on them, even on their taila,
came and formed babitations thereon,
and did crawl all over and leave their
slime and filth thereupon. And it came
to pass in those days that the sons of men
did iuok upon this rank and filthy plaut
and wero very much enamored Herewith,
and did think it was beautiful to behold,
aud plant very much to be desired to
make lads big and manly. Aud it fur
ther came to pass, that men claiming to
be nice men, did put forth their hands
and pulled the heads off these filthy
looking worms, and left their bodies still
sticking to the tobacco leaf, that the leaf
might be made rich by the juice thereof,
and having cut these filthy plants and
smoked them, even with an exceeding
great smoke, and cured, and slipped, and
priced and wrought the leaves thereof
into curious shapes and forms, and the
SONS of men gave gold and silver for it,
and did chew thereof. And some that
chewed thereof, it made sick at stomach,
and others, it made their heads t,fache
and still others, it made to spen and
yomit most flthily; but for all tbl.::fbcy
continued to chew thereof. And itcame
to pass that those who continued Z, chew
became exceedingly unmanly, and ex-
claimed: "We are enslaved and cannot
cease from chewing" And the mouths
of all who were enslaved became exceed
ingly filthy and foul; iusomuch that
they were seized with violent splitting,
and they did spit even in ladies' parlors
snd on their floors and carpets, and being
wholly abandoned to the use of the plant,
they even invaded the sacred precincts Of
the house of the Lord, and there, with
prayers on their lips and tobacco in their
mouths, they sang and prayed, and
preached, and squirted the filthy juice
on the floor of the Lords house and
under the pews and against the walls
and in the pulpit, and did drop their
guilds of tobacco all over the floor of the
most high God, and would return home
and say, "We have worshiped God to-
day."
But some of the Saints of the Most
High were not we'll pleased with such
conduct, but chewers cared not for any
of these things, but continued 10 chew
and aquirt where they pleased. And in
the course of time it came to pass, ;hat
this rank and filthy plant was ground
into dust, even the stalks and stems and
filth thereof, and was called snuff; and
it came to pass, that ladies, even beauti-
full and fair ladies, did make unto them.
selves brushes and mops and dipped the
same into the filth called snuff, and did
put these filthy mops into their mouths
and then rub and scrub nightly, and
spit and sneeze and squirt, and call the
same dipping.
And again it came >to pass, that the
leaves Of this filthy plant we're cunningly
wrought into little round rolls called
cigars, and the Sons of men did set fire
to one end thereof and did put the other
end into their mouths and suck nightly,
even as calves suck, and they did look
very grave and calf.ike, and the smoke
of their torment ascendeth forever and
forever. And the cultivation thereof
became mighty business in the earth,
and the merchants and Spectators waxed
rich thereby.
And it came to pass, that the Saints Of
the Most High de6led themselves there
with even the poor, who could not buy
bread nor shoes, nor religious newspapers
nor school books for their little ones,
would spend money for the filthy plant
and chew and squirt while their families
were suffering. And the Lord was
greatly displeased Herewith and said,
Wherefore do ye spend your money for
that which satisfied not, and wherefore
this waste? And why do these little
ones lack bresd and shoes. aud your
families do without religious papers, and
your children hace no school books.
Turn nos Jour tobacco fields into corn
and abest and cotton, and put I: IS evil
thing from you, and be ye separs'e aud
de6ls not yourselves; when I will bless
you and cause my face to shine upon
you," but almost unanimously the chew.
ers and dippers and snutfera and pufers
exclaimed: "We cannot cease from
chewing and dipping and snufing and
putting and sneezing and splitting and
squirting; We are slaves" ."-Eachange.