1887 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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3F0B;^CC0 C6MMN. 



AN INCIDENT ; HOW THE FUMES OF TOBACCO 



FROM THE BKEATH OF A irSER CAUSED 



SICKNESS IN A COMPANION. 



1|p S I was reading Georg-e B. Morton's article on 

 gilk the use of tobacco, and how disagreeable 



j^K' the smell of the breath is of those who use 

 ■^^- it, it reminded me of a little experience I 

 had when a boy. My father sent me to mill, 

 and a neighbor rode along. He wasaj'oung man, 

 but he used a great deal of tobacco. I stood it as 

 long as I could, then I made some excuse and got 

 in the other end of the seat, so the gentle breeze 

 was in ray favor. Pretty soon we overtook an old 

 fellow, and asked him to ride; and as I was a little 

 fellow 1 had to sit in the middle, and it so happen- 

 ed that he was just about as full of whisky as the 

 other was of tobacco, and about this time we came 

 between two pieces of timber where there, was no 

 air stirring, and I soon got so sick that I vomited, 

 and could not drive, and had to lie down in the 

 back end of the wagon. Every thing was swinging 

 round and round. Oh dear! how sick I was! and 

 really I thought then it would kill me. They were 

 alarmed, and asked me what was the matter. I 

 told them I guessed I was drunk on tobacco and 

 whisky, riding between them. I did not get over it 

 in several days, and it makes me feel queer now to 

 think of it. Do all you can in this direction, and 

 may God bless you ! John Barlow. 



Sac City, la., Jan. U4, 1887. 



My wife has quit using tobacco, and says you 

 may send her a smoker. If she ever smokes any 

 more I will pay you for it. Wm. D. Titchenei.l. 



Pleasant Hill, W. Va., Jan. 13, 1887. 



Please accept this as my pledge to give up to- 

 bacco. I promise to pay you for the smoker if I 

 use the weed again. J. A. Brown. 



Bryantsville, Ky., Feb. 1, 1887. 



PA'S PROMISE. 



Pa says if you will send him a smoker he will 

 never use any tobacco in his life, and will use all 

 his influence against its use. F. A. Thomas. 



Morrilton, Ark., Jan. 23, 1887. 



ONE WHO POINTS OUT THE WAY OF LIFE QUITS 

 THE USE OF TOBACCO. 



My brother-in-law, George Malmsberry, has quit 

 the use of tobacco, and says he will agree to pay 

 ten dollars if he ever uses it again. He is a minis- 

 ter of the gospel, so if you think he is entitled to a 

 smoker, send one to him. G. Briggs. 



Garfield, O., Jan. 19, 1887. 



A USER FOR 30 YEARS. 



I was a habitual chewer for about 30 years. It 

 has been some little time since I discontinued its 

 use. If you see fit to send the smoker to my ad- 

 dress, I agree to give you $1.00 if I use tobacco 

 again. " F. A. Ktnnear. 



Lindenville, O., Jan. 27, 1887. 



HAS USED it FOR 20 YEARS. 



I understand that you give a smoker to each to- 

 bacco-user, if he quits the bad habit. I have used 

 tobacco for about twenty years; and I will quit 

 using it in any form, if you will give me a smoker; 

 and if I ever use the weed again I will pay you for 

 the smoker. W. J. Halton. 



Jordan Village, Ind., Jan. 8, 1887. 



THE effect of TOBACCO ON THE HEALTH. 



1 have been considering for a long time what to 

 do about quitting tobacco. To me, smoking, al- 

 though a filthy habit, is a comfort; but 1 know it 

 injures me. Five or six years ago I smoked so 

 much that I became very nervous and debilitated, 

 with a good dose of dyspepsia thrown in. Al- 

 though much better, I am not over it yet. Now, 

 as I am getting ready slowly to start in bee-keep- 

 ing, I think a smoker will do me more good than 

 smoking; therefore on receipt of a smoker, or 

 your promise to send one, I will pledge you my 

 word that I will use no more tobacco at any time in 

 the future. If I do break my pledge, 1 will forfeit 

 the price of smoker. T. Jennings. 



Rye, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1887. 



The following comes to hand later : 

 I received the smoker yesterday, and feel much 

 pleased with it, and thank you very much. 1 hope 

 I shall be deserving of it. I was working in the 

 barn, and just thinking about taking a smoke, 

 when my boy came in with the smoker, and said 

 the postmaster told him he thought it must be a 

 patent rat-trap. As soon as 1 saw it 1 knew what it 

 was, and came to the conclusion 1 had had my last 

 smoke. So now I am in for it. and hope I shall 

 be able to hold out. T. Jennings. 



Jan. 29, 1887. 



We hope sincerely it will be your last 

 smoke, friend Jennings. 



HAS used TOBACCO 45 YEARS, .\ND NOW TELLS 

 HOW HE WAS INDUCED TO QUIT. 



Friend Terry forwards the following good 

 letter which he received. As it may lielp 

 some brotlier who may be still a slave to the 

 use of tobacco, we give it to our readers : 



Friend Tiivry:— I have been a constant reader of 

 Gleanings for the 'ast five or six years past, and 

 within the last couple of months I have noticed 

 several very able and interesting articles from 

 your pen. (3neof the articles appeared in the above 

 journal, Dec. 15, 1886, and was headed, " Friend 

 Terry on Tobacco." I must confess that the above 

 article struck me very forcibly, and presented 

 the subject in a somewhat new light tome. I had 

 been using the weed for about 4.5 years, having 

 contracted the habit when about 1.5 years old, and 

 have used it ever since, without hardly stopping to 

 consider at least the impropriety of the habit, un- 

 til I became a reader of Gleanings, and ever since 

 that time I have been somewhat under conviction. 

 I felt that the use of the weed, to say the least 

 about it, was a very filthy and expensive habit, and 

 unworthy to be indulged in by any Christian being, 

 and a habit in whose favor not one good' word 

 could be said. When that is the case with any 

 thing, it should go down to oblivion never to rise 

 again, and there is just where mj' pipe and tobacco 

 have gone. The reading of your article above 

 leferred to did the business, and settled the ques- 

 tion in my case. It was the last feather that broke 

 the tobacco camel's back. I sincerely hope that it 

 may have the same effect upon a great numy more 

 who are indulging in the same habit. The first 

 thing 1 did after reading your article was to get up 

 and lay away the old pipe and tobacco for ever. 

 This was on the 2Sth of Dec. Is8(j, and 1 have not 

 tasted the vile stutt' since; and, by the grace of God, 

 I never will. Now, you and Mr. Koot may think 

 that I was a pretty tough customer to convert, if it 



