. The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries. a blackguard who is not a lover of tobacco, and I will showyou two white blackbirds. Good enough for Horace. Now, admitting that there are gentlemen who smoke andchew on the streets, how are ladies, or the people, to knowthat they are such, since the loafer, the blackguard, thethief, the pickpocket, the profaners of Gods name (all), theblackleg, the murderers bear the same insignia of thei
. The funny side of physic : or, The mysteries of medicine, presenting the humorous and serious sides of medical practice. An exposé of medical humbugs, quacks, and charlatans in all ages and all countries. a blackguard who is not a lover of tobacco, and I will showyou two white blackbirds. Good enough for Horace. Now, admitting that there are gentlemen who smoke andchew on the streets, how are ladies, or the people, to knowthat they are such, since the loafer, the blackguard, thethief, the pickpocket, the profaners of Gods name (all), theblackleg, the murderers bear the same insignia of their pro-fession? At one time, every man incarcerated in the Con-necticut state prison was a tobacco-user: nearly all, also, atthe Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts prisons. It is quite lamentable to see how liable tobacco-using is toconvert a thorough gentleman into a selfish, dirty black-guard, who will promenade the streets, chatting with someboon companion, while the pair go recklessly along, blowingtheir offensive smoke directly into ladies faces, their ashesinto their beautiful eyes, and spitting their filthy salivadirectly or indirectly over costly dresses, thinking only ofself! 648 STREET 4\ THE CHEWER. The Man who chews. Behold the picture of the man who chews ! A human squirt-gun on the world let loose. A foe to neatness, see him in the streets, His surcharged mouth endangering all hemeets. The dark saliva, drizzling from his chin, Betrays the nature of the flood within. Where, then, O where, shall Neatness hopeto hide From this oerwhelming of the blackenedtide? Shall she seek shelter in the house of prayer? A hundred squirting mouths await her there. The same foul scene shes witnessed oft be-fore, — A solemn cud is laid at every door! The vile spittoon finds place in many a pew, As if one parfof worship were to chew ! Another Street Nuisance. Speaking of President Grantand his cigar, a writer says, — Not only do smoky editorstake advantage of this weaknesso
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