The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1869-04-03

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amosg the Indisns IN TIE oaribbses and Yuos.
tan, who were famous smokers, sad ScsIda aths
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nally II Is said 70 bs narcotic smstic and oahar-
to- dsp'adins 1cn - s.aastyy yses.snnw Il
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sesd" Il not - sbyiouG Hhs assssazy ,nssr.
snce, were We 70 sdmis the fast would bsyhs
tobacco in all shapes Or forms Of ia uss, sasle-
tsrious and injurious evil and only evil The
nti.Tobaccs Society, doubtless, religiously hold
this opinion; but like all dogmatists, their sxsg.
gsrated statements prove too nuch. The cases
they produce Of IT, dslsterisps sHscts sss isund
70 be results Of its use in sxciss, sad tested By
the same standard there u soarsslyas s.bsaasss
in the whole natersa MsElico that soald not b
szaggsratsd intos poisen.I Doubtless itsE worse
sfeots are observed in persons below puberty, in
whom its use even in sppsssut moderation il al.
ways attended with palpably injuFioss ,sascss,
- loss Of mental energy, "sallowns., d3misisAsd
sppetita palpitstioss, &s. In the anaturS m,
however, especially Of axeitabls ssmpesamsnt,
il soothing and modifying power h sdmistsd
% al hsnds, while there IL no doubt but . man
can bear greater amount Of hague in . given
tina with small amoant II food and . pips
than with the same amount Without his 'dbsccy." {"
I Our object, however, is mol 70 write an essay
on tobacco, but to lay before our readers few
facts in reference to the extent n the trade Ii
tobssco Of this city, and moro partieulsrly the
manufacture Of and trade in cigars -ti ss's =
| Up to about 1855 Ottsws had but enc or two
little tobacco shops. that did purely retail
trade, and if they manufactured dgszs at all, it
was only to retail at their own cosntsrs. Then
Mr.. Schneider came here, who began 70 manu-
facture on . larger scale, sad began 70 do .
wholesale business to country dealers in the
vicinity A few years later Abrahams Il Mayer
opened their shop. and farther expanded the
business; but it was not uEtil after Smith .
Rising opened their establishment in Dec 1906,
and commenced manufacturing On large scale,
that the business began 70 assume real impoe-
tance. Their expansion, 20 far from interfering
with the buainsss Of the othsrs, saly served 70
enlarge theirs also, and to invite others II, %
that we now have in Ottawa fosr or Ave heavy,
first class tobacco establishments We cannot,
howevsr, undertake to do" them all in detail,
and in what follows shall soaHne ourselves main.
ly to the establishment si Msssrs. Smith 4
Rising 81 Ssl
These parties, a. We have statsd, came 70 Of
tawa from New York in 1855, spsning n .
wooden building on Court street, esd a the
Court House. They commenced with . nedsr-
ate stock. relying mainly ID. proAts o. thsaan-
ufacturs Of cigars. They commenced work with
4 three hands, and Tor the Arse Afsw nonths were
BY no means overcrowdsd with orders Making
gsod cigar, however, and selling st low prices,
their business grew apace, until, IN Jaa. 1858,
they had some tan bands latswosls; wAsa ous
lhRht to their horror, . nsighboring bnila,ng
took frs, and the destroying element never
ceased IL ravsges until their entire sstsblish.
mont was lsvelsd with the ground. a good
part Of their stock, however, had bssa saysd, and
nothing daunted, while the smoke still asoendsd
from the burning building. they fsused the
room they ut present occupy in Woods block
and before two days were going ahead b Ss1al
! Their cigars began 10 got reputstioa - ~
trade, and about this time they got up brand
for their choicest article known d the "Blul
Seal and so high has become The reputation o.
the ",Blae Seals in the trade within Ne HI
year that they are rapidly running, ont AL stAsl
ane brands in the region traverssd By their trav
cling agent; and so, great H. the demand Il
them that they can now barely supply order
given two or three months ahead. =
4 Aside from the sale of cigars, they also do
heavy jobbing business in all other kinds 81 "a
bacco-smokiny tobacco, ohewins tobacco, snsi
pipes, cigar cases, tobacco boxes, pouches, 90.
Sea- branch inI vhicA Nessrs,:: Schneider
Mayer, Hess i Co., &C., also do heavy bust
ness, though we are unable to give thsir figure,
The sales Of Smith & Rising, aside from. cigars
I've believe smeuntts some 4c5O 900 : ystr. \ -sss