, 1875-05-08
EInrnsaa Cigars.

AfHFt"H4 HuHt H~ts
Cigar. arc not cigars. The original namo for
cigar was fabaco, a,,d tha original Inventors OF
modern cignrs vera tho tol hborfgines OF Cuba,
The nntyo appcllasion for tue plant out Of
picion tbat a4c., IL tlae case must have npr.1pY
np III tho minds Of all Intelligent peruons who,
IN examining a boz of fIAyAna cigars, disroy-
sred ca tho outsldc u 1t tho fact that tho cigars
wera n,ato inn ,fatrica de tn5aoos, whch-aa ev-
teybody knows Of docs not hnow-mcans man.
ufacsosy Of cigars, and, Of course, not d manu-
factory at tobacco.
Tho ane.t cigars that can bo had arc tho
Vigncras, which Gro nlhdo OF tho hncst loavoB,
right on thc spot ii. tha uegas, and wticl, are
rather expensive, and oven for my amount Of
money solllowlat lifslcalt I, procure. The Of
dinarY price for V,gmeras 1legalin Imporial-n
finch cigar-raugcs betwrcn F200 And $500 por
khousand-ne! In Non York. but in Cuph.
Nav England, arc sonewhat confused in regard
to tho proper Interpretation OF sosao Of tho
names thoy 300 branded into the colar bo1os.
People often fool quito conlident t!lat they buy
or soil . particular quality OF tobacco 10 tho
cigars whom they glvo them tho nano Of Rcgatia
Imperial ltcgAlIa, Loadres Dana, Entr'operas,
OF any other Of thin class. The fact, hoToyor,
ts thnt t1!cec names dengnato only the sizes OF
tho ciga1s. A 1togaiia Imperial lssoas,lros 7
inches, llogaia britannica ~ little smaller,
Londrcs III Of tho medium size, tho Damsa or
Entr'oEesaa arc quito thin aud s1nAll fit to DO
smoked In tho paaaos betwoeu the acts. at tho
loor-atepB, or In the nnioling-room Of b theatre.
Tic quality OF tho tobacco is indicated by tho
words supetfino fao, superior, bMes,o Tie
color aud strength Of cigars ia stamped on The
box with tnddaro for tho htrongest, osctro for
tho next In strength colorado Tor those 6f mo-
dunn atrcngth, aill cfaro for tho light ones. Tie
intermediate ahadoB Ut The ciCnrB aro indicated
by combining two Of these terms; thus colorado
tnaduro eigEios that tho cigar IA ltttls tarler,
and colorado caro TINT 1t is little lighter, than
u colorado should bo.
There are twn woEdn which mnst find place
lii tho totaeconist'a OVERWHELMINGLY, tho words
which ataro at you In eycry street of ayory town
!n tho world at moro than 800 oinhabItauts-regas
md Fttstta .4dGjo.
Tho mystery ut tue nord vegas is nothing but
Tho fact ihAt 1t 10 tho Cuban n41no for tobacco.
plantation, and Fuclta Abalo Is tho district In
which most Of tho plantations arc found. vuelta
Abajo Is low region Of Western Cuba, aoutl, oi
Marie,l,al 10 tlso Lay Of uuadians. Tho bcsi
regns lIe on tile bapk OF tho lsyer 0ayaauasa{e
on pieco Of land about so t1lles loug by !
deep, Al r.lc, a tobacco-pautatioa oontatut
only ous cabaitertn which is equal 10 about
o. acsca. Half uf ~ IL stoclied will
yarluus plants 10 shelter tho tobacco, And, never,
thelers, cabdleriu produces ns much HI 910t
pounds, averaging about &l00 par lou pounds.
As the tobacco-ctor IL to tho Cubanu nlattoi
ut not less than eco 900 600 year Ill tho people
ero willing to play for ; fies1 AaEteht. Wlei
tho npects peculiar to Tho tohacc0-plsnt seotn u
ba llttio thick, ut ouos regular uaya Of pfh5cl
lrs appointed, and the holy Martin, Tho saint d
tobacconi4ls lls TO- 600 nl1ses said In Its AouoE
70 mako him bless tho crop md pick Oh tbs III
tects,