The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

/ NOES with ll2-lncn Dit INTO pretty SOLD
log, ana, asking my way, 1 next asked
him what he was doing. He had just Dor
ed the last OF a chain of hoes. three
inches apart. the full length of the log.
and with sparkling eyes he said I'm
show yer. stranger Going to a bark
lean-tO he brought out tobacco leaf and
jar of honey, dropped some tobacco in
each hole, rammed it down, dropped in
a chunk OF honey. more tobacco, more
honey, ramming all tight until the hole
was filed. when he put in a plug.
" Let 1t lay that way for a month or
so. turning twice a week he smiled;
heres a ripe one and Juggling out an
other log from the brush he drove chisel
and wedge in and split it from end to end,
displaying two dozen rude but appetlzing
plugs ready for use.
" Ne and the boys gets away with quite
a power during the winter nights. Try
bit
1T was the finest piece ever remember
ed TO have sampled, and never paid a
cent of tax. In another case a friend of
mine, a well-known dealer in Newark,
n. j.. in 1873 made a summer trip down
the Missouri river, and leaving Leaven-
worth, Kan. was advised to take plenty
of tobacco along, as it was better'n mon
ey' in that region. He did so, and traded
il right along the route for all he want
-four. a young pig, bait for catfish, a gal
Ion of homemade wine and a basket of
fine apples, all bought for three twists and
a deerskin pouch costing a quarter in ST.
Louis
Especially were the leading lawyers
and judges strong favorers of the chewing
brands, and mighty good judges, too. There
was a Southern firm that bought some
plug of a well-known Atlanta jobber and
T,fa to for tha dc 1a
plea being that the tobacco was damaged.
| The case came,up before the leading judge
of the region who listened gravely to the
arguments, and then asked that a sample
| be given him, of which he took a generous
bite, and sat in silence for nearly five min
utes chewing it, while counsel watched
the up-and-dOWn movement of his jaws.
Then the oracle spoke: Damaged TO the
extent of 10 cents a pound and judgment
for the plaintiff was given accordingly.
This was nearly equalled by an Scotch
judge, Lord Deas, who died some eight
years ago. He was once hearing a case
when the smell OF tobacco permeated the
room, and being in opposition to the rules,
search was made to trace the offender,
without avail. Finally the ushers said il
must come from the retiring room of the
lawyers. This his lordship secuted, say
ing;
NO SUCH lIllHBs Lac Sc uGdu " ten
me the gentlemen of the bar smoke COM
mon Limerick twist?' strange to say short
ly after an Irishman in court discovered
the pipe he had placed alight in his pocket
had set fire to the lining, and 1t was load
ed with Limerick twist The judge had a
good nose, and knew what he was talking
about.
1.-THE talk about the habit being injurious
is all nonsense. We had less dyspepsia
one chewed than there is to-day, with only
! smokers. Out of a dozen cases 1 could
give let us take that of Peter Coulter of
Russiavllle, Ind, who was actually kept
alive for seventy years by its use, begin
ming when a boy of IA, when he had
curious fever leaving a dangerous sore
on his side which would not heal. The doc
tor told him he must use tobacco or die.
| He smoked at first. but after the third
year chewed. The sore improved right
away. but if he ceased chewing it broke
out again, and this continued up to his
eighty-fourth year, in 1890 do not know
if he Is still alive or not
"a still more curious case Is that of a
man in Atlanta who began the use of to
| bacco at IA years, chewing so continuously
! that the uninterrupted flow of saliva
| caused chest troubles and threatened con-
sumption. The doctor ordered him to
| swallow the juice, and for sixty odd years
he has had no recurrence of the trouble.
He has not had a headache in thirty years
and no medical advice in over forty. A
great friend of his has eaten tobacco for
over fifty years and is a fine sDecimen of
| manhood to-day and a great hunter.
"Fine cut tobacco for chewing, once so
popular in this region, is now almost dead.
The oldest firm practically went out of
| business last week, passing its connection
| over to a very small house, comparatively
speaking. At one time all the then prom
| inent hotel cigar stands kept open pack
ages of the leading brands for customers
use without charge just as the bar has
cloves and coffee.
1.-THE Rev Dr. Tiffany of Minneapolis
was an inveterate Chewer of fA1e cut, max
| ing no secret Of 1t. A meeting was in pro-
gress once presided over by a. well-known
| bishop, also a tobacco user, and the chew
ing habit came up for discussion. Brother
after brother arose to condemn the habit
| Finally one of them asked for DR.. Tiffany's
views. The big doctor arose and said:
" Every one knows I chew tobacco, the
best / can get. Now, 1 would like all those
who do not use it to rise in their seats.
There was a general uprising. Remain
standing please he said, looking over the
| cadaverous group $50 he called them later
VIII those who use tobacco step up here?
and half dozen came forward, every one
as sleek as could be. Stand up bishop
you are in with us on this he said TO
the presiding officer, and then looking over
| both groups he said in his inimltable man.
ner, Brethren 1 think we are doing quite
wen' The argument was unanswerable.
Possibly il is well known that in the
I leading gold-working shops the American
workers never have the gold raw material
weighed out to them. 1t is a matter of
honor and old-time use. They take piece,
work it up-so much left, so much waste,
and that is all there is TO it. Wen, in
these very shops every man had either to
carry his plug in his trousers pocket or
! lock it up in his work table. 1t would not
be safe a minute"