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It is loose and dry and black, and looks like tea-grounds.
When the fire is applied it expands, and climbs up and towers above the
pipe, and presently tumbles off inside of one's vest. The tobacco itself
is cheap, but it raises the insurance.
- "Concerning Tobacco" |
 Ad from Punch, August 18, 1909 |
 Illustration based on Prince Albert pipe tobacco ad from the Dave Thomson collection |
How well I remember my grandmother's asking me not to use
tobacco, good old soul! She said, "You're at it again, are you, you
whelp? Now, don't ever let me catch you chewing tobacco before breakfast
again, or I lay I'll blacksnake you within an inch of your life!"
I have never touched it at that hour of the morning from that time to
the present day. |
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