26 A NTI- TOBA CCO. 



vation, thrist ; thrist, drinking ; drinking, the dram, — a log- 

 ical chain of iron, where every link draws his fellow. A 

 burning cigar or pipe heats the lips, dries the mouth, in- 

 flames the mucous membrane, parches the throat, and 

 demands relief by drinking. Not to supply the drain upon 

 the fluids of the system would cause intolerable dis- 

 tress. But for this want and craving, water, tea or coffee, 

 or soda would be but a vapid drink. It must be some- 

 thing more strong and piquant — rum, gin, brandy, or 

 whiskey, or at all events wine, beer, ale, or cider. As a 

 well-nigh universal rule, when a boy begins to smoke or 

 chew, he begins to drink liquors of some kind. Nor is 

 the social habit without its effect here. While one treats 

 his boon-companion to a cigar, his companion returns the 

 compliment by treating him to a glass at the bar. Cigars 

 and liquors are sold and used off the same counter, that 

 where one is used, the other may likewise be used, and 

 probably by the same parties. Such is the adroit foresight 

 of the dram-seller. 



Indictment Four. 



The use of tobacco is an indignity to the female sex, and 

 an outrage iipoji the cofnmon laws and usages of politeness. 

 I shall not discuss here the question whether a man can 

 be a gentleman, and smoke or chew. Suffice it to say 

 that every person conversant in society knows full well 

 that the customs of a truly polite and refined community 

 are often set at defiance ; that the offensive spittoon 

 corrupts the air of the sitting-room and parlor ; that, worse 

 still, the floors of churches, court-houses, cars, and 

 steamers reek with the filthy expectorations of the chewer 

 or smoker ; that the sweet air of heaven, in which all have 



