Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-08

such extensive materials ~ Col. Thorpe possesses,
woald have turned them into comfortable Emo
In that article was given better history OF To-
hsppo than has yet been written, and the 'llastra
eions are worthy VI il, First, in irce-and-casy
group, We go ..rhs Smokers Of all Nations" Of
saksne sosssee, whisA mon essi 70 west
uesp - ~. psseso q ,hs Tsskmaa's rest
WhiA % the Heslesas .s.sas. divides
H .s :cs . ,:: ssis 3. e: ,s. n s.. sa'
TNosgA ma lss lovsd. N wsppsng or The strand.
Then came the 0iea, Spirit. smoking on mag
uiAssnt scale, his halowsd spear applied 10 moth
linz lea than volcano, which II uses as tobacc
Jpipe. Next, reveries OF cigar, with pleasant
pictures In the smokc-cioad which the young puff
ise was emitting. There. too. The Hindoo, with
.ambsr-tipped Hookah between tho lips; Mexican
lssslisses. playing On balcony with delicate
eiearstts; the rising generation, personal---very. old
al snmistaksably Ioafsrish, educating themselves
ins6 liking for The plant the bond Of sympathy,
exhibited by one stranger, In the street, giving
light 70 another from his own cigar the comfort of
ssnokine. - shown By On Hiberniao apple-woman,
With hsr STALL under lamp-pos.. indulging in the
uss Of that short clay-pipe. clssscally called a
dsdess. The illussratious are admirable, worthy
of the text, which 10 in Thorpe's happiest vein,
crowded with faets and sparkling with quiet hu-
mOe.
What Col Thorpe declined doing has been at
+ tempted in England-though by n noaus M com.
pletely executed as II Ac had done ii. There has
issaly been Published in London, with loo illus
tratioss BY the author, very handsome volume
Untitled tobacco; lis History and Associations:
Including an account Of the Plant and its manu-
fscturs: By r. W. Fairholt y. s. A.. author Of
"Costumes in England" II this book be reprint
cd here, we protest against tho omission of sin
gle one Of the engravings.
Mr.. Fairholt, Whom We know q. mn able artist,
diliesnt antiquarian. pleasing writer, and an
excslient srtcritic.) labors under ono great draw
back, ~ a writer upon Tobacco What shall be
said Of the holiness Of. man who actually writes
an illustrated octave upon Tobacco. aud yet nciih
or smokes, snuhs, nor chews! We should just as
soon expect volume on the history and manufac-
ture.cf Alcoholic liquors from the pen Of Profess
sor CHARLES d. Cleveland, who never drinks. Yet,
Mr.. Fairhols has some claim 10 write, though be
knows nothing of the flavor Of a genuine Cabana
or Of . pinch Of Lundyfoot His father was to-
90 warehouse, and old associations. no doubt, led
him TO write upon the subject At the same time,
though he eschews land does not chew Tobacco,
he 10 no controversialist and does not initiate King
James l., in giving "acounter blastc to Tobacco."
Over 28,000.000 pounds Of tobacco werc con-
sumsd in Great Britain In 1881, and, therefore,
the subject has great interest in that country.
We would judge, from the much greater use of tho
plant with ourselves, that for every pound of to-
bacco used In "the old country" ten must be con-
sumSd hero. With Us il goes of in smoking and
chewing. In Great Britain the latter use (nbuse y
10 rare, being chiefly confined to sailors. In Eng
land, tobacco 10 rs much snufed sm, ked. The
high duty Of two dollars per pound limiting tho
consnmptisn Of cigars to comparatively wealthy
people there, smoking 10 chiefly in pipes, Of all
sopts and sizes. You rarely, save among the
bwer classes," 10 they are miscalled. 6ud any
smokers under the full age Of manhood, aud. as a
general rule, an Englishman il twenty-five years
old ere he take TO smoking. In ireland aud in
Scotland, tobacco 10 most exclusively used for
smoking or snuf6ng-clay pipes. rather coarsely
made. being chiefly in request, in both countries.
In Scotland, every other man carries snuff box,
out Of which he takes what he used to call his
smeeshin.' In Wales, also, tobacco il largely
used. Each Of these countries has peculiar smut
Of its own. There is Scotch rappee and Welsh
high-dry. In England. there are many varieties.
One, which was popular many years ago. was call.
ed Prinos's Mixture, because George w., wheu
Prince Of Wales. "he rascalliest, sweetest young
prince" - Fallstaf said Of one Of his predece..
soss- took the trouble Of ce11podqiing Il. There
i . dark, moist sceots nom papgent
Tho Scctoh, Irish, an u are Asahy
dried. which rsnsss Man the Eng
one dss0ipsion ofsnu = kinss called "Irist
BleekgaaS1 z and sometimes Known as "Lundy
foot has obhined ~ ssmsil notoriety. Some six
q orssssnty Wars ago. . tobacconist named Lun
: " Foot aclfishsd II Dublin. He made largs
fostnne " biz business, with which he retired
md, having large landed estates, concluded hi,
eazsef vsry comfortably. ~ an Irish Squire free
however, non the debts and duns, protested note,
sand foreslcsing mortgages, which % sorely afict
= hat class bsfas she establishment Of the Irish
Eoonnbersa Eelnte5 Court. One of Foots work
-nen. iiteie ~ much addicted 10 imbibatons Of
49, erafnr Md neglected cast Of snuG, a. Il ID
cali1d, which was baking in the oven Lundy