Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-08-11

wnlcn we clip from our contemporary
the East Washington, should be read
and digested by every user and lover
of the weed.
Seeing that men who professed to
be servants of the Most High had
corrupted themselves and become
filthy and abominable, a great and
wise prophet stood up and did prophesy
these words OF truth and soberness
Then shall the kingdom of Satan be
likened unto grain of tobacco seed
which, though exceedingly small being
cast into the earth, grew exceedingly
and became great plant. and spread
forth its leaves frank and broad, 60
that the huge and vile worms with
thorns on them, even on their tails,
came and formed habitation thereon
aud 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 look upon this rank
and filthy plant and were very much
enamored Herewith and did think il
was beautiful to behold, and a plant
very much to be desired to make lads
big and manly. And it further came
to pass that men claiming to be nice
men, did put forth their hands and
pull off the heads of these filthy look
ing worms and left their bodies still
sticking to the tobacco leaf that the
leaf might be made rank by the juice
thereof. And having cut these filthy
plants and smoked them even with
an exceeding great smoke, and cured,
and striped, and priced and wrought
the leaves thereof into curious shapes
and forms, the sons of men gave gold
and silver for it, and did chew thereof.
And it came to pass that those who
continued to chew became exceeding
ly unmanly and exclaimed: 1--WE are
enslaved and cannot cease from chew
ing"
And the mouths of all who were
enslaved became exceedingly filthy
and foul; inasmuch that they were
seized with violent splitting, and they
did spit even in ladies' parlors and 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
chewed and spurted 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 theil
guilds of tobacco all over the floor ol
the Most High God, and would return
home and say, 1--WE have worshipped
God today"
But some OF the saints OF the Most
High were not we'll pleased with such
conduct; but chewers cared not fol
any of these things but to continue
to chew and spit where they pleased
And in the course OF time it came tc
pass that 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 tina,
lsdies-even beautiful and fair ladies
did make unto themselves brushes
and mops and dipped the same into
the filth called snuff and did put these
filthy mops into their mouths, and
they would rub and scrub nightly
and spit and sneeze, and call the same
dipping.
And again it came to pass that the
leaves oil. the filthy plant were cunning
ly wrought into little rolls called
cigars and the sons of men did set fire
10 one end thereof and put the Other
end into their mouths and suck
nightly, even as calves suck, and
they did look very grave and cali-like
and the smoke of their torment
ascendeth forever and forever. And
the cultivation thereof became g
mighty business in the earth, and the
merchants and speculators waxed rich
thereby.
And it came to pass that the saints
of the Most High defiled themselves
Herewith; even the poor who could
not buy bread nor shoes, nor religious
newspapers nor school books for theil
little ones, would spend money for the
filthy plant and chew and spit while
their families suffered. And tho Lord
was greatly displeased Herewith and
said. Wherefore do you spend you,
money for that which satisfieth not
and wherefore this waste? And why
do these little ones lack bread and
shoes and your families do without
religious papers and your children
have no school-books? Turn now
your tobacco fields into corn and
wheat and cotton, and put this evil
thing from you, and be ye separate
and defile not yourselves, and then
will bless you and cause my face to
shine upon you" But unanimously
the chewers and dippers and snuffera
aud buffers exclaimed. "We cannot
cease from chewing and dipping and
snufiing and putting and sneezing and
spitting-we are slaves"
If your hens cease laying, the frs,
duty is to search for lice. II you find
lice, it is sufficient evidence that the
hens were annoyed so severely as to
debilitate them. Look in the poultry
house for mites and on the heads and
necks for large lice. II you find nc
lice, it means that your hens wan,
something that you do not give, and
that something is lean meat, fresh
and pounded bone. If the hens are
confined in yards they will also need
chopped grass. Feed meat and keen
down the lice and tho box. :,, -,