The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-19
blli II''li.
And I cllaws ~
Mnnii l,it almost cvcry Arkansas family
SMOKING TOBACCO.

would lit almost every Arkailsas lanl!tV.
SMOKING TOBACCO.
"vTiicrr is CHAR tobacco rai5ed:"
-" Connecticut, New York, Penns! lTanla
ONtr, Wisconsin, and Cuba
" + there's great diiirrcnc" IN the to,acct
r,i-,~t III these different StatcS:T
yes. There is Il great variation III price
For example, Cuba tobacco Is worth, on III
uyura.c, & per pound. FucNd A10yo Is th'
best il Cuba. and il is worth $l.O3; IGrttot
aaI P,mcdJos is worth 80 cents, and ldrd
which i raised in the rcEciilous district, J.
worth So
(Which State raises the best cigar Tobacco
il lie youn;rr:'
"Conncctcut raises the best cigar topacco'
The tobacco raised in Connecticut is generally
used for cigar wrappers, ana Is worth loiL1
81 - - cents per pound"
"Wig; State raises the next best ciIar &C.
bacco:"
New York. Her best tobocco is raised
between svracusc and Elinra, Oil what j,
called the Big Flats. II is worth . cents.
PENNSYLVANIA tobacco is worth - cents, ono
- c,Nts. and Wisconsin l. cents"
From what tobacco arc most Of or cigars
made"
"From Earo:ta filing, with Connecticut
v!~,ppcls. Havana wrappers arc too cN-
lcnsivc. They are worth 500 per pound"
"Whcrc are the best cigars smokcd:'
In New York"
"Mhcrc arc they nladc!'
!!crc in the city,
"What cirtys are made III Cuba ~
The Henry CiayS,'' CochaS,' and til"
'Ipmms.' which is the finest brand, but they
are aIl inflated here
g. tEha. arc p,rtrlrnS ~
"'t'..,y arc 4 cigar made by senior paTta@a.
IN Cui,a. They arc numbered l, =, and -;
that is first best, second best, and th.rd lest
Most ell the rartayas smoked N New York
ars made here. \ partaya Sd is about Il
go0ti ~ Il Partaga LIST, only 1t Is mlldcr ana
locks roUghcr externally.
"lNEst Uti.cr brands Ct Cuban cigars art
tAarr;"
"rnc breads called Cabann, NilEar, les
I.noia Ec-UIr britannia, CoIuettS, Figaro,
Mld EA'rican..'
"What makes Cuban tobacco the bcst:"
at is owing to the climate. II tobacco
plants are brought from Cuba, and SET out III
Connecticut, they will change their normal
state in few weeks. They will draw he"
juices from the ground and absorb new case
from til" air, and the tobacco will become IL
feiior. 1t will tccomc RANK
10 wh,t countries Ito we export TO-
bacp:"
w e send 10000 hogsheads to France. {
hcgs..cal is 400 pounds; l6,00o 10 SPAN
l0,Oo1 to Italy; 10000 to Germany; 3,ooo u
Austria; $4,000 to Australia; anu LOW u
England" :,
"iIow much tobacco do we consume i;
this country simply for chewing ana sn'l'
Eng?" ,.
heads. THIS, ut 10 cents per pound, Woul(
amount TO ST. ,0GO,0O0, which goes INTO tn
hands of the producer. Si0,0oh,D0o, shoult
sav, ~ocs TO the retail dealer. This for chew
ing and snuting alone; and that is only tn
commencement Of the story. You "ouls
despair st the smoking statistics"
"Well, how many cigars were smoked las
year,"
according to General Plcasanton, VIII
collected Tie tax OH them, there were ,332
$4,000 cigars used last year. This one Iii
lion three hundred and thirty-two million
and two hundred and forty-siN thousan
cigars We're undoubtedly rctied at 10 cent
Apiece. So we smoked up in this countr
LAST year Sl33, 224 600 worth of tobacco"
Good gracious !" said ], off l only hat
nv old Saratoga stati>tician here now, hoy
he would rcrel over these figures"
"sl33,22l, SEQ for cigars, you say, Mr.. Az
"Yes."
"uow much was spent for flour them"
go, suppose about $500, 100000"
"Now that little Sl33 ,2224 600 was only pait
out for ciglrs--how much would it be 70
chewing tobacco, snuff, and cigars z"
GAS near as ! can estimate il, about 800
0Oo,o0o."
.lThen tobacco beats flour, does it,"
"Flgures don't lie, Eli-havc cigarw
"No, sir. Pm done. I've smoked m,
last Partaga. No Henry Chys for me. Pie,
sonton can figure me out next year.
Lets see; what was old Pieasonton's Ia!
On these !, 49,, 246, 900 cigars:"
"Wcl,, at SIS per thousand the Government
tax was sG,GGl,:31, aud suppose for othe
tobacco about Sc, 900 more"
USED TO LIKE
To hide RIO In some deep and wood glen,
Par from unhealthy tlaunts Of sordid men
Aud smoke
To wander lonely on the oceans b-iuk.
And Of tic good old times 10 muse aud think
And smoke
To lie With half-closcd eyes, H. in a dream,
-IIuon the grassy bank of some calm stream
And smoke
To climb with daring feet solae ragged rock,
And pit alott TlIere suliS aud curleWS nock-
And smoke
TO l.nyer In some .airy-haupted vale,
While Eli about the falls tie moonlight pale.
And smoke
But Idon't any more.
(Ee.g York Commercial.
The Russian officers when dancing wit
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