The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-06
SNUFF AND SNUFF TAKERS.
MANUFACTURE or sNUFF AVID NOW
AND WHERE II Is UNED
some Interesting Facts about suffers and
Dippers-Ravorite brands aud How they
are Prepared -Secrets OF the trade,

lishment In this city, that Of p. Lorill ird & Co.
manufactures regularly two tons OF snun every
day, aud those Of @ all Il AK of Baltimore Gar
rett Of PHILADELPHIA, Dietrich Of st. Louis, Del
pit OF New Orleans. and the G. b. Miller Manu-
featuring Co. Of New York aggregate together
a production of about a. much more. The en-
tire amount OF snur made annuity in this
country falls a little short OF three million
pounds. on which the Government collects
tax Of about $4,000, half Of that sun being
paid bv the nrst-n entionod 6rm. In addition to
this small amount OF snun Is imported, mainly
sort OF coarse rappee called Lotzbeck,
brought from Lahr, Germ INV, worth hero about
tle0 per pound. Notwithstanding the apparent
magnitude OF this production, snun manufso-
turers aver that their ttrade Is gradually de-
ere sing, and presage that II will fall on to
almost nothing In years to come. until such
time as changeful fashion shall again bring
snufnDs into vogue "a II was little less than
two centuries ago. II Ia a very old custom, the
friar. Roman Paul-who accompanied Columbus
on bis second voyage IN 1ie4-bearing witness
that It was then INDUCED In by the Indians. In
Renious Appliances, too, the aborirines of those
days had to assist them In their snunine-tubes,
either single or forked like the letter v, ruiz
bling machines Of hard wood for puiveriElng the
tobacco, and even pouches ana boxes for hold
ing II, often Of valuable material and fanciful
uies'-n. ~ 81 .ness .e'uks. - svon as tus ptAo-
tted them, for then, be u UNDERWOOD, the CIV
,Lc INC, a. wei rs tne ss,aee snun tssot was Oh
OF time. Nc the fashion grew. tobacconists be-
sau y, appesf' anu 70 vaunt Iouu,y VIC oeyunM
excellence OF their Respective brands aud the
inferiority OF all others. Then the quantity de-
vised instruments with which me beaus used
to air their graces aud prepare their snun passed
out OF sight, aud to be curious In snun boxes
became tue mode.
PREsCRIBED NY ANCIENT PHYSICIANS.
Mt the Court Of Fr,nce in Iss2 sn,ItY wa dcamsd
,o.dicine. and used TO he. bv phys,cisos. prs
Which, we're n sppo.sd ,o WIN enbancs
and s,ernut,Vory o,taI,t,.s Penner. cubsbs
"ss ,,s sh o ,ns rSo sss%n
more tbinssrfor IecInes in iboss dsys wers
tSe 1o,.ceo e a. ~ i7o oS srs ,s MIN
ties of peTfumes and iragrant leaves were min
s. Gee with tobacco from which all toe strength
else might ns said Of their practice, snur takers
iS:o SSud scarcely DC said 70 poison sh.m.sis.s
From ~. a., ,,,roa,o,,o, 90 ooo,,.r 40.
snur was fruitful tSsme Tor ooptrovsr,v be.
tween doctors AID theoloeians. Some Of the
aud various disorders arising from cold. in tho
n ns.d, WINE Others declined on It's injurious
Effects "a The most slsrins eoiors, and de-
| nounced IL as a poison. But the tbeoloeians
were. as is their wont. most virul-nt ~ their
pros and cons 90 this topic. Urban Win, In
lo-f issued an anathema against any one daring
TO use II IN church, and Pooe Innocent XII. ex-
communicated all ptous snun takers VINO had
not AoJured their wicked practice bv the year
low The priests vanly sought to excuse It's
use oN pleholne that u possessed powerful anti
nowadays would be 10th TO nave nnd
general credsnce among their strons. But all
| the denunciations heaped upon a.. oil the warn
tngs OF DANCER from u uttered oy phvsicians. all
the curses iauucoed a. inst II by popss aud
Kings, ALI the satires upon It's use and ltmpoous
upon us ussrs. were powerless TO cheek Ia
rapid growth OF popularity. and during most of
the eishtesnth century, and tue earlier half OF
tho nineteenth. snun taking was universal
custom throughout Europe. i here were IN lIp
almost "a many various sorts oil snun. or at least
names Tor supposed varieties OF snuns, IA there
we're takers. a lew kinds, notably h.ppes,
the cp.rse BLACK, parent OF al rnuns, ara
,,,' Sco'cn, very s,ron. ana nney powdered
nRht SehoW GUST wore soiu ~ all
oesIefs 10 TINS commodiy ous after
tness easo necuhsr venasr naa MS hst OF iron
LOFTY 70 uty Aihus' eecn OF wnien Wa vaunteo
- cossessou OF some pHticuir value vr virtue
v sro arnei i,o% All ,ne rss. sno ,oshs
ny superior 10 al snuns SOLO .. ANYBODY eise.
fIves .nen i,msoo' 10 hnxI.nn aug fIanee,
srni sn% "ias n ncs p ~ ~, 10 .r,w ~,
ecot n anu iow h,ppee up 70 twentyfour
s"''phs p"' pouhu i"f '"o pes' nfAAi''
HOW OUR ANCESTORS CsED 1T.
| There do not sppear among the old reeorda
| relative to snuff-taktug any facts which lead
| 10 the suppusition that our ancestors a
| hundred years ago, knew snytning ABOUT
| and snunins IL up their noses ine praoti,e
| OF snun .aipping' did not exist then, Indeed
| there il reason 10 believe tint tina abomin. Ia
| fashion Of using tns weed ortsinale1 In ,he
| Southern Slaurs of thts country AZ a com oar.-
| tiyaly very date. In.ts al % diving al
IA many persons inasine Anun al n,,lns A. n.
! on the Increase A few wear. AGO M wa. r,r,
! eXcsrt ia tue West or south to aud a person
addicted to this VICE There In the cities lad, s
had nne, SOFT hrdshes made TO dip in their Law r
,p,ct. NJ c',,i'tss nir,s ssd H., 80 ~ ~ 81
! rsh.. - s,.ii",''.,,.J 80 ~, 49,, -. a ~
| Wood sttcks. n,,t shstssar Inc moan. m. snd
.,t ,as1N. .n,I Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. iS sli,,n,
n,cn'ins no,.nn'ns- - s,,,s ,md " =, 80
"anarsIIv s,',,,nf avan hv ,esnsc.,,n1a ,,o,
,rnn = A.. n,s.d =, d.,',t -, a.
~ 80. MI, 80 ansS ,,,da !, :. s,.'.,.,,'.. -,
IN Sv,s',' 49, 80 ~ 1900 - -, ri
| Rivsr ssr.nr ID,.su a"aSIiy tE,,a" ~, ni
n'n., E.s,srn ,oxns H. lac, IN. .,nrs a,s 49,
49, - -, - - -. 49,, - A.,
IN c',,ntrv ~ mo Scn,,.," n,y ,Dn,.h "a -
oniv I'm ,srJ Tor ,dinn,ns Il, A." my, nx 80
| NAM sasy ~ ,siI M ~ ,nanss xon'.n ~" "d,n
| To- .,,I ,.r.lx dpn,r 4, snd ~. ~ - ~,
nm, .,,,,,,, IN ~ .Sad ~: ,,' 80, - -, Il, ~.
snI tnen ons vii con,... 49, - n. ~, r
| 30 c,..n hsr ,satn - ~, :. a,anin I" - III
hs c.rf,I ~, 80 ""..h I'm. ,,' .o ~, !" ~
t,.."ih.I M neyr So,,id he ,,,iify ~ 4, ''Ae
| " ali sn,,1 ,ytll cis.n H., tast1, "a irsa,lv and
Ia ell, v.rv ,.nsr.iiy 40 o. ~, 49,,
| i.dt.. In a.. snufn Ia "a. ~, Ia ~. go
MI " 1,n mi 40 sxsr th A. a. 80 ~, 800, .
vrni,en.,b a ts.th hn, $1,000 81. s,,,','. ,y
s~s,a,,a ~. 49, RI c, 80, W.. ~
| b"w.vsr win nroxn strs ~ an IN. ~ ,
49,, ',,',,L lscl -l,'st,. 80 - $500 - =,
| smells ite An nId Law ni,,c an scs,cal. na ~,
f,rx..rd a. IN avidsyc- ~ mo 80 res,,ita' ~
! ~. nr.cttc- pi'vs,ri.n. dsslsra ihsI ~ ~,
o,H. nns, ~ - Ia tnns,.co ~, n'',t I'M - a, ~