XVI TOBACCO. 



"A deacon in Hadley besought 113 not to lecture 

 against raising tobacco, because by raising it he 

 could give more to foreign missions. The deacon 

 reminds me of a man in Marlboro, who said to his 

 neighbor: 'Sir, I wish to sell you my conscience. 

 It is just as good as brand new, for I never used 

 it.' Tobacco fields and distilleries of liquid death 

 belong to the same category. When, oh when, 

 will Christian pulpits in that fat valley do their 

 duty? 



"A school-master caught his boys smoking. 

 'How, now! 'he shouted to the first lad; 'how 

 dare you be smoking tobacco?' 



"'Sir, I am subject to headaches, and smoke 

 takes off the pains.' 'And you? And you? And 

 you?' 



" One had a raging tooth ; another colic ; the 

 third a cough. 



' 'Now, sirrah ! ' shouted the master to the last 

 boy, 'what disorder do you smoke for?' 



"Looking up in the master's face, he said in a 

 whining tone, 'Sir, I smoke for corns.' " 



Then follows a characteristic report : 



"Ladies and Gentlemen: A few friends have 

 urged me to call you together to listen to a state- 

 ment of the doings of the American Anti-Tobacco 

 Society for the ten years of its existence, and to 

 give you an opportunity to adopt measures to ar- 

 rest an evil of great magnitude. 



"This society is not rich in names; still we are 



