The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-03-06
UP TO SNUFF.
Various Hi nCIs o. IhpT UsIIatfux Material
ana How They Made.

Various Kinds o. thrT I,TIatIuz Material,
ana How Thy aEe Made
TIE word snuff Is simply an irf ction
OF the Old~time verO - sniff " aai IL W. :
current as a term expressive OF strong
Inhalation through The nOstTils. OF OF
angry impatIence, long before the intro
dCCJIOn OI the su bStanCe 10 which II now
gives a name. Out OF the later siguIfi-
cation originated the CollUquial ex 5res>
sion OF iaT~O8CE times 10 g. snuf pepper, "
or TO . take IN snuff this last phrase.
il will be remembered, occurring in
Shakspeare's Henry ", in Immediate
cOnns ction with small box containing
perfume, as displayed by the cOurUier
vino enraged Hotspur:
90 He was prrlumed Ike miIliner:
AID, 'twiZt las hIg. ana his thumb, he held
A pUuuCeI- box, which ever and aucU
n gave nUse and took % way sgain;
no, lnerewlta angry, when II next came there,
zoos II N snUh.'
The word Pouuce, out of which Is
formed pOunceJ-bOx, Is supposed TO have
been remotely derived rom poinsonner
to prick or pierce--aud hence the
claws OF a hawk were called his pouHces ;
and pouncings, as term relating to
costume, we're regarded as ornaments
executed by roll Of points or in open
work. From the p0uncet-bOX the per~
fumes, whether moist or dry, were in
hailed into the nostrIls, but it was long
before tiUely gT8nulated tobacco became
common as pUngent perfume.
As Is !PmIliarIy known, snuff IS made
from the tobacco stalk alone, from the
Leaf alone. and from tFe stalk and Leaf
mixed according to the kind or grade to
be produced The pUTest kind or suuh,
probably. is that which is known 10y the
name OF Scotch II is either made entirely
of stalks, or of stalks mix d with a very
small portion of Leaf. There are many
binds OF snuff called "high-dsied,' - such
as the Welch and LUndy yioUt-the latter
beng named after celebrated manuiac>
tuTer-these owing their qualities Chi f ?
TO the circumstance that IhCy sre dried
so much as to require q slight fl tvCr or
scorchIng The snuff called Tappee j.
made chiefly from lea , 10 Which Is added
the small or broken tibres or tObsCCa,
which can not be smoked so conveniently
in a pipe; the dark color Is principally
produced by wetting the powdered
tobacco IN box, and allowing IL L,
remain q considerable time, turned
| occasionally with q shovel-the slight
/ fermentation which it thus uudergee.
giving rise to the distinction b=JweeI
| brown and black rsppee-
The original quality Of the Leaf, too, i:
! as much and important cons deratl9U
rs the subs. guent process, and wheTea'
/ some of the caoicest qualities OF Scotch
snuff are made from the stems OF dry
/ leaves, rappee and The darker .EUfs are
made rom the darker md rauker leaves
- cu-sa -he scent introduced by
manufacturers considerably affects the
/ quality OF tna various kinds Of snuff.
The celebrated variety kHOwu a
maTOcO l., when genuine. made by TAX
! ng i0rtv parts OF real Ssuth AmeFi. a.
/ S O uer tobacco, the same OF EuroPs AZ
! = Omer, and twenty parts o. termenteC
! Virginia stalk III .Owde the whole Ii
! ground and sifged, after which some tw,
aud a half pounds OF rose leaves are Gu
and mixed with powdered ViruinI,
sIalks, and to this are added TWO and ,
! hail pounds of rose wood in fin powder
mOistened with salt water, and the whole
well incorporated together; IL Is Fl ally
| worked up with one pound OF cream @
| tartar, two pounds of salt OF tartar anC
! tour pounds of table salt, and Is packed
in lead.
the famous lar 1e-grained Paris snuf
is comppst OF fifty parts o. Amersior
| leaves aud the same of the frst quality
james river leaves, coarsely ground anC
sihed In the process of manufacture
twelve pounds OF salt and four and one
half pounds of soda are dissolved il
twelve quarts OF boiling water; this i
boiled for half an hour in a quart of pun
water, two and a halt pounds O
tamarinds, one pint of red wine, tn
same of coguac brandy, four pounds o
syrup OF sugar, the whole being thel