The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-12

by Saint George-the foot of Pharaoh-ihe
OvUy erycb pi dointv oath, gentleman and soldier
take this same Nth ro,,,isb toi,ooco' 4bc fnest
~, nnu Cleanl,es,! " Nould do c man good TO see
@ one ,uiuI oOtlo nth out ats tonnes.' Trying TO
tTcbj Ill II a. % Jusy OF the suspicions 'ktely
NVD lvlls lne after he saw no one to be kissed,
u,G5S ,iS tIey Sould have kissed the post in the
n1iuVit nj W W no warehouse; or there lett them
~it ,.I3nt 2S tne tobacco, with plafSSe
c,,i she following more clearly elbows the
i aIeI,nF that existed against tobacco among the
tla.S tgs Of which Cob was stage representa-
''By gad'5 me, mar'l what pleasure or fell
,Ity they have in utng this roguish tobacco
It's GOOD Tor nothing but to choke man and to
1 I'LL him tull OF smoke and embers. Thtre were
| four died out Of one house, last weeS, with
! taking OF 1t, ard two more the bell went Tor YES
ternight; ono Of h"n, they say will ne'er 'scape
| it: he voided buGacl Of SCOT, Yesterday upward
| and downward Nv the stocks an there we're
no wiser men than J, ia have " present whip
| ping man or woman, that should but deal with
| tobacco pipe: vhv, il will stile them all in the
end, as many as use 1t; it's little better than rats
| bane or rUsaker'
| Of tobacco into the mouths of the gallants, or
| would-be Calante. and IFS dsprase to the credit
OF the poorer classes, showing distinctly that, If
| there was q fashionable party for, there was
| popular party against it, 1t is likely that the
latter as in such cases, were mainly antagonistic
| to that which they could not obtain-tobacCo
being an expensive indulgence If Shakespeare
did not wish to dsrlease either party, it Is even
more evident tha. JOnson desired TO please both.n
We have said there was remarkable Coinc-
derCe between Mr.. Thornbury's article of Janu
| ary, 1866, and Mr.. Savage's remarks of June,
| 1862. Indeed, there is even q striking similarity
not only in the general outline, but in the fill
| ing up.
The former shows, as does the latter that the
gallants and Lying 2dventurers, like 'Bobadi ~
boasted of the virtues of the weed and also
that the "shrewd watercmrier, Cob, ," rails at
roguish tobacco. Mr.. Savage says it is likely
NInAf ole tl,nV Ag1
"Cob,n were antsgonistc to the fashionable
party because they could not have similar enjoy
ments; and Mr. Tho1nbury says:--
'Tbe poor, on the other hand not disinclined
| to be envious and Getracting when judging rich
| mems actions, laughed" etc.
Many OF the same quotations are used by both,
| though in different manner, to the same end,
| as, for instance, Mr. Savage introduced pa. sage
| from noted dIama:-
SIN his AlciaH1ja, produced when King
| James had been some years on the throne, Ben
| Jonson suggests the arts and whole business of
the tobacconists of the period, where "Face"
| introduced ABLE Drugget" to Subtle" thus:-
"ihis Is my friend Abel an honest fellow;
He lets me have good tobacco, and he does not
Sophlshcate It with sack-iees or OIL,
| Nor washes 1t III muscatel and grams,
Nor buries it im Gravel, underground,
| wrapped up i'll Clca'y leather, or -clouts,
But keeps it IN fine lily pots that, opened.
Smell ike conserve of roses, or French beans.
He has his maple. Llock his silver tonss,
| Winchester pipes, and fire OF juniper"
Mr.. Thornbury uses this passage without any
alluslon to Ben JoneOn, or his play, as follows:-
| 1.-THE tobacco merchant was an important per-
| son In the London Of James the First's time
| with his Winchester pipes, his maple cutting
| blocks, his juniper wood charcoal fires, and his
| silver tongs with which to hand the hot char.
coal to his customers. although he was shrewdly
suspectedof adultelaling the precious weed with
| sacK-lees and oil. was his custom to wash the
tobacco in musoadel and grains, and to keep it
| moist by wrapping It in creased leather and
| oiled rags, or by bUrying it in gravel"
Where did he get authority for oiled rags !?
| 1t would seem that Mr. Thornbury had read
Mr.. Savages paper and in this instance had
been led INTO error by an omission in the sixth
line OF the above quotation. Any one who
refers to the first act OF The AlchyneiSt, will at
once perceive the reason of Dr. Savages
omission, and be led to believe that Mr..
Thornbury could not have described the tobacco
merchant with Ben Jonson before him. His
transformed description of the tobacconists
arts is similar to JCnson's, in that especial
particular omitted by Mr.. Savage; and for
which Mr. Thornbury substitutes "oiled rags, ~
which are not alluded to by Jonson, and we're
not used at all.
This is outside Of the Shakespearan bearings
of the subject but tends to prove that Mr..
Thornbury,in in reviving, this year, the query as
to the great dramatists silence on tobacco, and
the suggested reasons therefor, had Mr.. Sa,
vage's remarks on that subject, published three
and half years previous, in his minds eye.-
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