Indiana Republican, Volume 1, Number 42, Madison, Jefferson County, 27 September 1817 — Page 4

from tin Y Philadelphia Magazine, ON SMOKINGTOBACCO. It is not long since smoking was generally considered as a mark & privilege of men somewhat advanced in life. Scarcely a young man at that time considered it decent or found it pleasant to smoke till after he was married, when he assumed the pipe as an ensign or his dignity ; it was his sceptre as master of the house. Tobacco was then never ; smoked in mixed companies without first enquiring whether it was agreeable to the company, whether it offended the haies, or some such .compliment. Since th- introduction oi'segars, both propriety and politeness have been continu. ally violated by the consumers of this herb. When I walk out in the evening and -see a number of little fires moving about, alternately flashing and disappearing, like so many iire.fties in a meadow, when Tpass some of them and hear a parcel of infant voices squeaking about Anmstreet, and " datnnation," and the " devil," and other subjects of the kind, as familiarly as if they had been educated .in the infernal regions, 1 cast a thought upon the parents of these little' men under 14 1 think in what manner they are taking care of their education, and wh.it

sort of comfort they may expect from such children in their old When J see apprentices orser--vam's lounging about the streets with segars, I feel for them a:id .their. meters ; I cannot help believing fhat with persons or this description there is so;Hi connexion between a segar and a tavern, a gaming house, and other places and practices that I could mention. This ideal connection, I confess, is not logically, but is too practically true. Masters vvho permit journeymen or apprentices to smoke while - they are working, may consider the inconvenience of two things 'being carried on at once ; and aniong cavpenteis, joiners, and other dealers in combustible materials, a. third and ratal eonse- ' quence may happen ; witness some late lires. Evening conversations in places of lazy rendezvous, such as lumber-yards and unfii.ished buildings, which are too frequent aiLor.g the rougher class, aLCompanied by this portable lire, are likewise dangerous. To the young buck, whether at the vingtun table, or in the circle of female beauty, a segar is a piece of armor us necessary to him as his pantaloons and bootees. Fed Worthy, a young fellow of sense and gallantry, but unfortunately not fond of tooacco, tells me he is obliged, always before he sets out to visit the ladies, to perfume his breath with a few whiffs of the herb to give his breath the necessary flavor, without which it would be improper to attempt the freedom ot a whisper : provided with this cosmetic and arr empty segar box, he contrives toketp appearances. As - fcj such companies the segar forms

a considerable source of converstion, at the, proper time he pulls out his box finds it emptycalls himself a thoughtless toolborrows a segar and lights it, not at the candle, but at the mouth of the next gentleman oilers it

to one of the ladies pretend smoke a little-finds it does not draw well, or is not real Spanish - throws it into the tire & then proceedsintohiselemcnt sprightly, rational conversation: which he could not have dared to Introduce without the preceding formalities. Smoking is in itself not reprehensiole, and to aome may be beneficial-but let it be consistent with person, time and place, liy the family lire-side in the hour of relaxation, in the social circle or men, by those who may claim tnc respectable privilege ot age any ivlnrc, provided in all casts, tiut the practice be not offensive 10 any prc&ent. For myself, I am no enemy to smoking as an innocent indulgence, and in a company of my' friends, whom 1 generally see once a week, when pipes are introduced, 1 subscribe something towards raising thecloud, and li-d it very usetul m tcilmg a story by way of punctuation, or marking the proper pauses, as in writing : thus, a jingle puff serves for a comma puff, pnjf a semicou-n p"ff, puf Puj? colon f0lirPus a Jull point. I have even gone tan her : 1 suppose a pause, wnn the pipe kept in the mouth, to represent a too longer or shorter

in tonti uance : notes of admiration and interrogation, may be easily expressed on similar pi maples. Taking out the pipe and discharging all the smoke from the

Catharine Hagan, Libel for versus r Thomas II. Hagan. ) Divorce. On this day came the Piamtik by Alexander A. Meek her counsel, and filed her Libel lor Divorce, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that the'Defcndant Thomas H. Hagan is not an inhabitant of this State : It is therefore ordered, that the Defendant be and appear before the Jackson circuit court, to be hoiden in Brownstown, on the first Monday of November next, then and there to answer to the said complainant's hi 1; otherwisethe matter and things therein contained will be, decreed in hi absence ; and it is further ordered that a copy of this order be published in the Indiana Republican, or some other authorised news-paper in this state, for eight weeks successively. A Copy, Test, WILLIAM CRENSHAW, Clk. 34 Sw.

To "Subscribers. Those gentlemen who haver taken tlieir naners a wi i-..

uujcc, die jcapciuuuy req to call for them, as the - ft will not consider himself to keep a regular fiic, tube

year, inai mouc or uoing ness certainly was not conr"

ted, nor does the editor bJ .1 . : 1 . .

mat 11 is impiieu in tne condiui There are three subscribers , have not yet had any of ti pape:s, to wit : , W. A. Camron, Richard Hopkins.

mouth may be considered as trie conclusion of a paragraph, and knockirg out tne ashes, or, it a segar is the instrument, throwing it into the lire, is necessarily the end of a chapter. Imagination might still find much employment upon mis part ot the subject ; to imagination, then I leave it, desiring parents, guardians, and others, seriously to auena to the former part ; for it is connected with things of more importance than the mere burning of a leaf. 1 P. Clerk of this parish.

Aicilical horicty. AT a meeting cf the Censors for the third Medical District of Indiana, held at Lawrc.iccburg, on the 30th of Augus; last, tor the puipose of eximining and licensing to practice Medicine and Surgery, those phvMcians who should apply and be judged qual-ihed-the following gentlemen were licensed, viz : Joshua Martin, lames Hicks, John S. Fercival and Robes t Cravens. 'Ihe Censors and licensed Physicians, then proceed to organize a MedicaPSociety for the Distiict : Whereupon, the f ollowing gentlemen Were elected oihcers 01 the Society, and are to continue in oiEce until the next meeting of said Society, to be held at the house or Joseph H. Colbourn, in the town of Lawrence. urgh, on the first Monday in Nov. next at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. PERC1VAL, iVfi tRO: CRAVENS, Say 05s Treasfr. JOSHUA Ma la IN,) ?

J A MLS HICKS, H JOHN HOWLS, 3 ? The President is a Censor E::oilicio. B y order cf the Scetcfv. RO: CRAVENS, Sec'ry.' Sept. 6, 1817. .)8-9w

AM.JCnN . SCHOOL CLASH LOOKS, JUST VULLlSrUD JJu ti Uini'ua cy mm

At the office of the Westerns, . ) ) here ihey are vAd, The Juvemic or Universal Prl; And toe 'juvenile Opening They expect also 10 pubiisL a short time, as a coii.hijaai

the aame system ot scnuolaij

ibe Parent's Munun or U tntnii, ' 'I he juvenile Mcntir cr I Readings, TIjl juvtnLe Expositor, PuUfj GiOgrjfUical Grm Jc. it i3 intended to furnish n btaiA suppiv ot iheabvivcJj

Books ror the WcsLcin ud

markets.

1 ea'ciitrs are respectfully i ted tu examine tiie syateai-i

coiilidemiy beneveJ tae ui;i

il to be an tuipoi iam l- p:

incut tm the pescni. ui

elemental v lnbiiUwiiuii.

'h: .iivA't' n:)i.Ki are a su:

typed, except ihe ueoy

Li laii-ii.ar.

Ali ordeis for Louksv:

prmpliy tttended to. Litictttnaii, Aug. 5, 1S17.

A recent dialogue between a Nezv- The Editor of the "Plain

Dealer,'' Bmokvillc, is rcouested to give the above one or two insertions, and forward his account.

-s " lork JbEAV and an Irish lab on r.

Beau. Here you boy, hold my horse. Irishman. Arrah then k he hard to hold, Sir ? Beau. No ! not very hard. Irhhman. Does he take two to ho! 1 him? Beau. No !" Irishman. Then if he takes but one you may hold him your-self.

Maxims The most hudible ambition is to be wise, and the greatest wisdom is to be good. He who prays as he ought, will live as he prays. The Dutch have a good proverb. Thefts never enrich, alms never impoverish, prayers hinder no work.

N O T J C K. V ILL be Sold to the lowest bidder, in the town of Vernon, on the 3d day of November next (being court day,) 'I he building of a large brick Court-House," at which time the plan will be shewn, & terms of payment made known, &c. by JOHN VAWTER, Agent of Jennings County. Aug. 27. 1817 36 ts.

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The Stale of Indiana,; Idler son County, ss.

At a meeting of the t).x

Commissioners of 'til" H

aforesaid, on the 1 3th day iM

2S17. ( rev?c. hv the Commit

ihnt rJmif!' m iTiven to traeSti

of tnib count v, & th roadd

m'bbioneis, '1 icaaurers of

.1 wi-.;. the o4

aioresaid, that they atu-U next meetimr or the J3 ard,

held on the t-ccond

November next, at uc House in Madison, and )

all monies that may havc

In thru- l,:nuls bv VirlliC C

respective oilices. Ana!50tl ...

liver over all booKs, I'hiTlnriitncillH. that U'tf

... 1 l..r sald'1

Ui a'JUi lain w " " And u is further ordtftf.

in the Indiana Republic

weeks successively.

JiV OIUC1 Ol ,,1.

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uj various u?nas joy sate at (his Office.

Tor Sale at this Of'"'