18S7 



GLEANIJ^GS IN llEE GULTUUE. 



ot)7 



q^oB^cce C^i^^MN. 



THE EVII. KFb'ECTS OF TOBACCO ON THE SYSTEM. 



T QUIT the use of tobacco more than three years 

 JR ajio, and I think it was the best tiling' 1 ever 

 Iff (lid. For the i>ast ten years my health was very 

 •^ bad. I had palpitation of the heart for about 

 ten j'ears, and for about three years I was 

 bothered with dyspepsia, weakness, trembling, and 

 nervousness. I never tboug-ht that tobacco was at 

 the foundation of all this trouble till something 

 more than three years ago, when palpitation came 

 very near ending my life. I had three of the best 

 doctors in the town of Hickoi-y, N. ('., and they said 

 there was but little chance for nie. Before I finally 

 recovered, the doctors said that it all came from 

 using tobacco, and they told me to quit the use of 

 it. 1 haven't used any since that time, and as a 

 consefjuence my health has been better for the past 

 three years than it had been for the past ten or 

 twelve years before. T had used tobacco for twenty 

 years or more, but 1 am very sure that I shall never 

 use another crumb as long as I live, as 1 have en- 

 joyed so much better health since. 



Hickory, N. C, July 1, 1887. .Tames Drum. 



Friend D., your letter reinimls me of a 

 certain relative who visited us about a year 

 ago. He kept a drugstore ; and when he 

 was Wiiiting tor customers he used to chew 

 jind smoke. Ills liealth l)egau to fail, and 

 no one thought of the re;ison until finally he 

 was taken one da\ on the street, with bleed- 

 ing at the lungs. " A long fit of sickness fol- 

 lowed, from whicli he just made out to re- 

 cover. Ilis physician then told him that 

 tobacco was the cause of it all. He broke 

 short off. and jtassed through a terrible scene 

 of mental suffering, much as intemperate 

 men do wlien they suddenly break off from 

 stimulants. At the end of one year, howev- 

 er, he became bright, happy, and well, and 

 now laments that a great part of his life was 

 made miseral)le and almost useless by being 

 a slave to tobacco^ 



I have quit the use of tobacco; and if I commence 

 it again 1 will send you the money for the smoker. 

 Beason, III., May 31, 1887. J. Hamilton. 



1 have quit the use of tobacco. If I ever resume 

 the use of the weed I will pay you for the smoker. 

 Danville, Ind.. May 22, 1887. (!. W. McPheeteks. 



I used tobacco for two or three years, but have 

 quit for over a year. If I break my promise I will 

 I)ay you for the smoker. C. F. Andkew. 



New Salem, III., May 10, 1887. 



I have been an occasional smokers of cigars, but 

 am going to give it up- If you send a smoker, I 

 will pay you for it, if 1 commence the habit again. 



Berlin, Wis., May 20, 1887. J. W. CoON. 



1 have used tobacco for the past thirty years, hut 

 will use it no longer; and if I do I will pay you the 

 full or double price of the smoker. 



A. W. Beckwith. 



l't)quoiioc Bridge, (joiin., .June 19, 1887. 



If you will send a smoker to me I will quit the 

 use of tobacco; and if I ever use it again 1 will pay 

 J.5.U0 for it. A. D. Benton, Jk. 



Benton, Ind., June .5, 1887. 



We need a smoker; and Henry says if you will 

 send him one he will (juit using tobacco; and if he 

 does not, I will make him pay for it. .1. IImmel. 



New Cioshcn, Ind., June 2, 1887. 



has used tobacco 40 YEA us. 



I smoked and chewed tobacco for over +0 years. 

 1 have (juit it altogether, and will stay quit, or pay 

 for the smoker, if you will send me one. 



Bolivar, Pa., June 7, 1887. W. Keynolds. 



I have quit the use of tobacco in all its forms. 

 Please send me a smoker; and if I commence again 

 I will send you the full price. 



Mks. S. a. Bowman. 



Wabbaseka, Ark., May 24, 1887. 



My husband used tobacco 16 years, and has quit. 

 Please send him a smoker. If he commences again 

 I will send you the price of the smoker. 



Mks. Walter McAlistek. 



Eden, TIL, May 27, 1887. 



I have quit the use of tobacco. If I ever again 

 commence the use of it 1 assure you T will send 

 you the 70 cts. for the smoker. But I don't think I 

 ever shall. E. Keich. 



Greensboro, (ia., June 6, 1887. 



I used to chew tobacco a good deal, but I have 

 given it up. T shall be very much obliged to you if 

 you will send me a smoker. If I begin to use it 

 again I will send you the price of it. 



Brightseat, Md., Apr. 6, 1887. W. Barkon. 



Friend B. F. Heashey has quit the use of tobacco 

 for over two years, and he thinks he is entitled to a 

 smoker. He says if he commences the use of it, he 

 will pay for the smoker. 



Ashland, (). 



My father has <iuit tobacco. He used it lor about 

 25 years. If you think he is entitled to a smoker, 

 please send him one; and if he commences again I 

 will pay for the smoker. J. K. Alexander. 



Alexandriana, N. (_"., July 4, 1887. 



I have (|uit the use of tobacco, and will promise 

 to pay for the smoker if I use the weed again. 

 There are other bees kept in this vicinity, to whose 

 owners I will recommend the smoker if I like it. 



C. M. Leonard. 



Bridgewater, Mass., June 11, 1887. 



1 have been a user of tobacco for years. Vou 

 have led me to see the folly of its use, besides the 

 injury it is doing me. If I use it again 1 will pay 

 for the smoker. J. D. Powell. 



Green Kidge, N. Y^^ 



Pa has quit using tobacco in every form, and is 

 trying to get everybody else to quit. He has two 

 stands of Italian bees, and if you will send him a 

 smoker I will see it paid for if he uses any more to- 

 bacco. J. i?. Brown. 



Kiver Side, N. C, June 1, 1887. 



In conversation with Mr. Silas Holley, of Locust 

 Grove, Fulton Co.. Pa., he told me that he had quit 

 using tobacco a short time; since. 1 informed him 

 that you would send him a smoker if he would 

 l)romise to never use tobacco again. He said he 

 would certainly promise. If you send Mr. Holly a 

 smoker I will see that you get your pay if he begins 

 again. I showed him Gleanincs. B. M. Starr. 



Washington, Md., June 11, J887. 



