TOBACCO TERROR
The following admonition was posted over the church door by an Austin, Texas pastor: You chewers of that noxious weed Which grows on earth’s most cursed sod Be pleased to clean your filthy mouths Outside the sacred house of God Throw out your “plug and cavendish” Your “pig tail,” “twist,” and “honey dew” And not presume to spit upon The pulpit, aisles, or in the pew. It was a common practice in the heat of some revivals for men to throw their tobacco pouches away. But a common saying was that the repentants usually remembered where they threw them.
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