The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-11
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From Chanlbers Joprnal.l
The fiist thing which Is pointed out
tOps isa chips lssiender v5iw hicl1, we
remind our readers, Is u block OF wood
witha ROBE attached, slupg over. tue
bows, t0 prevent the abrasion which
might p'be caused BY contact with
another vssseis e1his psrticular feud-
or, WAS found to be hollow, and to con-
tain several, pounds OF compressed
tobacco. The officer who Thought or
looking for this soothing weed III such
= receptacle must have been an ex-
tremely ':cutep Individual, But here
isH still more extraordinarily hiding
place, and ons which must have tn
volyed a,journsy aloft for Its detection
"a ships block, the shesfe or wheel of
which IL actually made OF solid tobac-
CO.. Here 10 an q ornameHtal pedestal
which once ,edOrnest the corner of q
eaptAip's cabin, aud would, perhaps
adbrh II still, had 1t not been found
gJSged wIthIcOntrabahd cigars. An.
other uc0mnlap der appears To have
been q more moderate smoker. for he
was content with only two pounds of
chef0ots, ? which ware found inside D
sham loaf on his break fast-table. Here
we have 2, number al, cigars knotted
singly on string, like q tail of a kite:
these were dropped between tile inner
and outer oeinlbers of ship's side:
whilst,hOles drilled in the ends fran
egg;bpx furnish lodging, for several
ADsoomstickr does not seem at first
sight to offer much srO0in fDr conceal
lnent, but here is, one, which, accident,
~ broken, revealed core of that rope
like comni0dity known to those who
chew rs r'pigrtail.Y Cakes Of tobacco
formesl to tit into the sole Of q boot
show Another ingenious mode Of dis
p0sal. But the prize for inventive tai.
emit must certainly be awarded the
clever rascal who compressed snuff
into slabs, and stamped them to ex-
actiy initiate the oil cakes on which
cattle are fattened. ~ snii0d .llii Nc
The ,stewardess ola Jersey steamer
Is delinquent who comes before
Odf notice. On various occasions the
petticoat has beeh found 10 be tiseftl
auxiliary to the smuggler, and the one
which, was taken from, this lady suf.
ficientiy prove the truth of our remark,
for twenty-seven pounds of tobacco
were hidden in its folds. Two more
garment sof the same. nature contain
ed, respectively, eighteen and twenty
pOhifds of cigars; whilst another, with
the help, ola number of fish. bladders
hanging from 4 her waistband, was
charged with several gallons of braa-
dy. Bladders Of cognac have also been
found attached'to " ships keel several
feet under wafer. Is is to be PRESUME
ed that the discovery Of these last was
not made in the Thames, the water of
THAT river not being celebrated for its
transparency. Artificial lobster pots,
thrown overheard With corks attached,
also afford favorable receptacles for
various articles. ~ - Ef'lt~s. -
An0thet sstewardess, in this case
belonging tO,a ROttendan boat, did a
little Ostensible trading with pigeons.
Here Is the box In which they were
cRgedj constructed with q false bot
tVm,, below which were hidden a few
pounds OF cavendish.d Il. IL Is aQuesti0n
whether birds ever. before SO well de-,
served to be called carrier pigeons.
The journey to ROttendam IL bat a
short one, so that although this lady
did not indulge In such wholesale do
ings as'her sister OF Jersey, she work
cd on the principle thai 'smany q little
makes a mickle', yrd 81; .lIt.h S..
Here is IN apparently, we'll bound
volume which d studi6us individual
cerried under his arm during the
transaction of Ills daily business at one
OF the docks. 1t was found to be
made Of glass, moulded into the form
ola book, and covered with leather.
That 1t was u, work Of much spirit was
proved from the fact that 1t was full of
eau de Vie. Another book was exhib-
tied, the leaves Of which are punched
through with holes, from coverito COW
er, for the reception Of watches irdi