, 1875-11-07
DO YOU SMOKE?
If So, You May Like to Read Some
thing Concerning Your Fay
orite Wee3.
The Cigar Business In Chicago,
and How It Prospers.

and How It Prospers.
A Community which Seems to Admire
Really Good Article.
A saunter Among the Best Estat
ishments.
1t ia no easy thing to enumerate all the man
virtues of good cigar. Writers have attempte
many times. They have told What consoler
Ia in affection. what comfort in sickness, wins
faithful companion in distress, but they in
variahly end With the broad gene1alisrn that it ,
balm to every grief and the partner OF ever
joy. To those Who have never experienced tn
| great pleasure there ia in the moderate use O
the fragrant weed, this tribute Of praise M
Seem e1travagant, but to the average smoker, q
he quietly enjoys his evening partag
aud lightly puns away tho cares IN,
! anxiety OF the day, no language aeems to-
| strong With which to pronounce it's euIpsy.
| 's hardly necessary tor as to add thRt there is
vast difference in cigars, md consequently
the articles afford. Aduiteration Of late yea,l
has entered into almost every article Of manu-
facture. SO much 30 that it is difficult to ohtair
| anything pure. The same may be said OF cigars
| Is OF ARTICLES Of food. Certain manufacturers
in order to reduce the price OF their cooda An,
| ploy tho poorer qualities OF tobacco in thu man,
Gfacture OF cigars, and. by means Of chemlcala
try to give them the appearance md favor oi
the best quality Of goods. There is certain
tst1te OF good taste that wiu buy thaso cigars BE-
cause they are che3p. To ths raise no objection
! although We will predict that these people who.
are content to smoke Door cjgess xonld find K
| economy Of health and doctors hiIla in Tho on5
it they we're to use oulv the beat brnnds tha. ia
| to say. the pure leaf-cigars. uucontarninated
with chemicals.
t % to the tune OF the great fire there waa yo~v
little done in this city in the vay of the adulter
tinent could boast more reputable ciear deaiars
OF better quality Of c1rara in thn mnryet 1,h,a
was because Chicago peopla had good inipment
and DISCRIMINATING tasto in snch mntters
They could tell q good cigar from a poor one on
sight. and il was rninons ro tha hnsi,aya at INV
dealer WHO wonId otter Tor sale ANYTHING heiog
the nopular standard OF tasto. Wbateye2 c;srars
were made here If an ;nfor;or onaitv xrara sant
to other citias for saia.
It ig NOT 40 now. Cnr rnarkat nov as orar ia
stocked with q most e.celent onolitv of cipars
rrobabiv batter than anv Western c;tv hmt tha
mania for cheap Gle ars which sal in last 1nne
has not vet run its course and eundrv estnb1ish.
ments, together with certain drug-gtores. whuse
1ntafeBE it tn nhyGic thu cnmmn1itn arn m.
doayorine tn ftoon tha ctr 1rith chaan tr.ah
Anybodv vim knowa tha valve ~ tohacco nnuet
know that il is impossible to make good ciesr
for cents. II tho refuse tobacco stalks ard
worthless stuff which is thrown aua7 by the RON
utabe manufacturer is made use OF aud secret
ed beneath fair-Iookine wrapper. it can
doubtless be sold tor s cents and
the manufacturer would probably be- making 3
good profit if be selg his stchsan" wares at nnv
price. And this ia lust wha. they do. Tha rafnse
tobacco, are worked over and colored up By some
process secret to ths manufacturers, aud gwen
an artificial flavor BY means Of chemicals; then
wrapped in a fa,r looking outside Ieaf to deceive
the oye. Reputable drug -etores, whose misy,on
i: il to heal Ruu cure should have too much re-
gard for the public health to be
way. The action Of certaln drug-stores is the
most SERIOUS phase OF the subject. EVERYBODY
has confidence in the goods sold BY drugstore,
for the very nature OF the business is such as to
dealers the case is different. The best class Of
custom will not pa:ronize them aoYway. Tho
fact that cigar-iexer sells 5cent cigars ia eyi-
dence in itself that ha is sccond-claEs dealer,
aud that his patrons are Of the same grade. 4
TRIBUNE representative has recently been. de-
voting some attention to tho subject, and he
herewith appends some individual mention Of
q humber OF leading tirst-claos c,cnr-deelers Of
Chicago, such as j. Il, Mora j. Co., OF No. So
Mldieon street Edwards Brothers, 275 Madison
gRocKwAY 1 scH.rryFR- |
The Grand Pacific Hotel has celebrity coex-
teus,ye almost with the circuit OF the entiro
pfobe Harf11v sacnnd in ren,1tntion tn the ho+a1
itaelf il the ciear tobacco antl news store con |
nected with It. Trsyelers speak OF It a1mir,nc- |
" and remember il kindly. while here in ChicaSo I
i has alwacs been kpown as tia n1aca ,ar eIcal-
lence for obtaining the choicest yarieties Of the
weed.
When Messrs, Brockvav j. scbntrner assumed
The contract to manage this dopaftuen. OF the
9rand Pacific they lleterroincd tn haya and |
maintoiu m establishment worthy az tha hotal
of Chicago. and Of themselves, They accord- |
ne(y fitted It m with an elegance meyer be.ore !
or since eeen. in any similar institution, and
stocked it With the pest Qualities Of goods to be
found in any market. This class Of |
,oods they hayo continued to sell
rom the start to tie present. at the yerv lowest
II PRICES, They also soil cigars bv the thousand
u The sjnela box a. cheauly AZ thew can be pres
.ured in America. TO endeayor TO mention the
iarious brands Of choice clears and tobacco sold
" them would be to catalogue every superb w.
iety made anywhere in the world. We win only
ay that nothlnr but parfec1 goods are ever to |
,e found inside their establishment. In brief
,ant. ]. ", Brockway and Col. Louis Scbaffner !