The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-06-01
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Seeing that men who professed to be
servants OF the Most High had corrupted
themselves and became filthy and abom-
Unable great and wise prophet stood up
and did prOphesy these words of truth
and s0berneSs: Then shall the kingdom
OF satan be llkened unto a grain of tObac-
co seed, which, though exceedingly
small being cast into the earth grew ex-
ceeGingly and became a great plant, and
| spread forth It's leaves rank and broad
so that huge and vile worms with thorns
on them, even on their tails, came and
formed habitatiOn thereon, and did
crawl all over and leave their slime and
filth thereupOn. And it came t. pass in
! those days that the sons Of men did look
upon this rank and filthy weed and were
; very much enamOred Herewith. and did
think it 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 bands and
pulled OFT the heads of these filthy look
ING worms and left their bodies still
! sucking 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 witt an exceel ling
| great smoke, and cured and stripped
| and priced and wrought the leaves there
OF into curious shapes and rms. and
the sons 0! men gave gold and silver for
II, and did chew thereof And some
, that cheWed thereof it ,naue sick at
stomach, and others it made their heads
I to swim, and still others to spew aud
! vomit most tilthily; but for all this they
| continued 70 chew thereof. And it came
| to pass that those who continued to
chew became exceedingly unmanly and
! exclaimed: 1--WE are enSlaYed and can
not cease chewing. And the mouths
of all who were ensl wed became exceed
ingly filthy and foul, in so much that
they were seized with a violent shifting,
and they did spit Ven in ladies' parorS
and on their floors aud carpets, and be-
! ing wholly abaud ned to the use of the
plant they even invaded the sacred pre-
cincts of the h use of the Lord, and
there, with prayer on their lips and to-
/ bacCO in their mouths, they sang and
prayed and preached and chewed, and
spurted t!le 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,
aud would return home and say owe
have worshlpped God today" But
some of the saints of the Most High
were not well pleased with such conduct;
but chewers cared not for any of these
things, and continued to chew and spit
where they pleased. And it came 20
pass that this rank and filthy plant was
ground into dust, even the stalks and
stems and filth thereof, and it was called
snuff; and it came to pass that ladies,
even beautiful and fair ladies, did make
unto themselves brushes and mops and
dipped the same into the filth called
snuff, and did put the filthy mOps into
their mouths and rub and scrub might
! ly, and spit and sneeze, and call the
same dipping. And again 1T came to
pass tina, the leaves of this filthy plant
were 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-iike;
and the smoke of their torment ascend
eth forever and ever. And the cultiva-
ton thereof became a mighty business
in the earth, and the merchants and
|
came 10 pass that the saints of the Most
High detiled themselves Herewith
Even the poor, who could not buy bre d
and shoes, nor religious papers, nor
school books for their little ones, would
spend money for the filthy plant and
chew and spit while their families were
suffering. And the Lord was greatly d s.
pleased Herewith and said: "Where
fore do We spend your money for that
which satistieth not, and wherefore this
waste? And why do these little mes
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 hing
from you, and be we separate and defiIe
not yourselves; then | will bless you and
cause my face to shine upon you" But
almost unanimously the chewers and
1ippers and shutters and buffers exclaim-
ed "We cannot cease chewing and
| dipping and shutting and putting and
sneezng and sputting-we are slaves y
To Cure Consultation Forever.