The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-08
LoriIlurd,s Tobncco gnnufnc.ory.

O!des. among the establishments of great merchant
princes Is the venerable house Of Lorard The odor Of
antiquity hangs around the musy edger In their counting
Chambers street. while the tobacco dust of at least
century accumulated in the chnks crevces of
factory Wooster Driven from France
the time of st. Bartholomew, Pierre Loril
lard the head of wealthy Huguenot family accompanied
by hts Pierre and George sought refuge in this
country, selecting their home About
the year 1850 Pierre the younger invested portion of
capital tobacco. The speculation proved profitable,
the business thus established has been carried by his
descendants from that time to this Tho business OF
the Lorlards shared marvellous growth Of the
city in which established, and their wealth has in
creased proportonatey with the of the country
adoption. Could Pierre the founder rise from his
grave and behold the glory of his house he would
probably astonshed grated the nursery
hero of giant killing notorey at tho astounding result
OF his little agricultural experiment The Lorlards Of the
present day may well be proud Of being the owners Of
ys' T yesr no %srs Su over
h e e TAX Bnd fS s s So
year amounted to ~ less sum than for
ss'srs sasaa r
al the goods By the house Among the snus
WITCH ground standing 81
s he bottle, -, s % the ds o sosesd %
age the may and he Is at all imaginative the
that he ns
n u
formed from the fact they annually three thou
se sce0n d1
s 4:
shall be Each sa Of nu pr0
head y the locks himself IN laboratory where
al With the enc sa
hs banda the mysterious preparation which gives Lornrds
The Iorisrds manuiscture largo variety Of smoking
sps osc
o paper The sales Of article something like
put up ION paper, IDEA oi .hs s1t.ni ri:
$4,000 worth OF fo paper used per month for this
TIE msnasc.oy Wooster street, consist.
extensive buildings Of which, the old factory Of
Kinds na and The osSer new factory used
a ss ..on he
would ~ goody snsd volume In the arst place there e
sGs ss sa
s wn S % By which s & is 50 a
the stem Gao BE easily e,racss In arss room on tn:
Su.iy engaged ss IN the ascsie Of srppns strip.
5 ss Tsn he S hs
aprons worn by become perfectly saturated with
ss Ss 90
% I Sa Of these @
bsc0 s'rpers would have seemed eligible FOR fsswng RSr
conveyed the cutting where fourteen powerful
Tses are sae the two factories The
motera Of course specially designed for the pqr,
machinery forth but the trade only In its
when old built and little dreaming that
would flourish amazingly aud attain such colossal
portions with its maorty The Industrious Pierre wisely built
tweed" proving nnprohtable the structure might
easily Into dwelling houses. II wise
caution but happily, 'weed" business hroye and
the old factory be called the cradle Of the tobacco
trade
To us Imprisonment the Dry Tortugas at Cayenne, 81
silver mine would be far preferable
free abor snun mandatory Fancy working through
brong July day perpeual simeon OF high toast or anti
eye blinded and nortrs choked, hair dusty and
wnk ermed with snuff Fancy additionto
ali he dcomfors having quantity OF the un qualed
Maecahoy piled the TOP OF your IKE snow on
ounce Of extra Scotch In every fold of your
garments, and you imagine, gentless OF resders
what sort Of 6gure you would present
Knowing imagination must necessarily fall Tar short OF
counterfeit presen,mens Of the In Loril
Iard's old factory rescmbled party we'll
preserved Egyptian mumes who had succeeded In bursting
their ba1isges and making Intellectual attempts TO
snuf manufactured almost exclusively from the ricb
vnn tobacco. After being loosenod
the chopped up short saturated with peculiar liquor
allowed 70 lie heaped In wooden bins until thor
appesance Of rich stable and smells II satu-
rated hashorn Al the expiration Of two months
or erebous taken from the BINS and dried The next
process grinding which II done Mt tho Loriard snuff
in badders until time rendered nt
when u put In bottles Jars labelled with the
woodcu that used In the days Of Pierre the
sold and rcsod, and thon OF ALL taken
tories the consumer, whence Il Is speedily and forciby
taking the liberty of tickling the inner membrane
Aa-rashoi and then dust TO dust