The daily gazette., 1881-11-29
Ar E'0RTUNE FROM FINEcUT.
"a REEk OF JOHN ANDERSON
4 HE VETERAN TOBACCONIsT,
Pages from the Lrse Of IA MiIltou-
al re who Started dPenniIess-How
hen. Scott Introduced Tin
Foil Covers Tor Chewing
-. 49, Tobacco.

| ophi AiueiSOIlI tDe LODaCCODlst, WlOSe
name has been familiar to two genera
tlous Of New Workers, and who died
last Tuesday in Paris, after short ILL
Dest, was born New Yorker, starting
witt nothing but Scotch constitution,
a common school education, and no
idea OF amounting TO anything in life
except through hard work and frugal
hal its. He was 10 years old when lie
died, but those who saw him last sum
met climbing the hills around his coun-
| Try seat in larry and noted his
| bright eyes, tuddy cheeks, and elastic
steH, would not have deemed him fifty.
| lie retired from business years ago, but
returned and took the management of
| affairs for short time, when 1T seemed
to tim that ILLS experience was needed.
Beibre that and since, he has rested,
| having fortune Of sevesar millions and
fondness for travel. In Italy he was
almost as well known as at home. and
principally Tor his philanthropy. lie
gave literally to educational and eleemo-
| SYM Ary interests there. lie was friend
and companion of Garibaldl, the liberia
| tor, and 1t has leaked out through third
par les that the opu.ent tobacc0nist has
greatly enhanced the comfort OF the
Italian patriot OF late years.
| II is said tnat he gave Gen. Galibaldi
a regular annuity for some time pfevi-
GUS to the provision made for the Cen
| era by the Government. 1t is also un-
derttood that Mr.. Anderson gave Gen.
Are zzani, then IN New York, $4,000 to
enable him to join Garibaldl IN Ialy.
Mr. Anderson was an honorary presi-
| dent OF the Italian Society OF Union, OF
| the Italian Brotherhood, and of the Gar
ibal ldi Society OF New York. HIS gilt
of Penikese Island and fund of $780,
| 600 To Prof. Agassiz for founding the
aud liberal share in the cost of the
Ire monument in Tarrytown are
fresh in the public mind.
| When he was not abroad, Mr. Ander-
son was hardly ever absent from his
mabsion overlooking the Hudson III
Tatrytown. He spared no cost in max
ing it as perfect in his own view as
money could render 1t. 1t is surroun-
ded by great PARK, combining The rich
effects OF hill and dale, and grove and
greensward, and this park, more than
the house that adorned it, never ceased
to delight the eyes OF its owner. The
house Itself is built Of brick aud iron,
with twofold walls and double base
ment floor TO keep out the heat and the
COLI, and with q remarkable armament
of steel shutters and steel doors that
made fortress of it when the house
hold retired at the early hour which Mr.
Anderson prescribed. This was a sub
| a. n ,,,iilipHuipn "a nj did
moi often discuss, but his neighbors in
the little gossip loving community
around him credited him with consti-
tutEonal dread of burglars. The house
was never fully furnished, but the ap-
pointments tlat 1t did contain were all
remarkable for their cost and eleg'
aDGe.
| John Anderson made bis fortune
mainly from brand of fine cut chew
inc tobacco called Solace, which was first
| pre- dduced when splus" was The popular
form of chewing tobacco, Solace has
made other fortunes busides Mr.. Auder
sons. The millionaire tobacconlst was
loud of recalling the history oil this
brand, and it made an Interesting
tale.
Thirty or more years ago he Kept a
little tobacco shop in Wall street, CLOSE
to Broadway. II was so small that thret
men could not move freely before tht
counter, yet ii was haunted by the con
splcuous men about town. Gen. Win
field Scott, Col. Monroe, son OF tht
President; Mr.. Williams, the translate
of Eugene Sues works, Park Benjamin
of w hom Mr. Anderson used TO say tina
"he was the editor OF more papers thai
,hare were streets in that Ward," Z
Edwards Lester, WHO wrote, 9Th
Glory and Shame OF England" an
IN my of the fops, the merchant princes
and the politicians OF the mRtropoli
wdi among the frequent visitors there
Snuff taking was universal then, aa
many OF the young men felt privileges
to 20 behind the little counter and mi.
thb snuff to suit themselves.
One day Gen. Scott asked why /
WAS not possible to obtain specia
bra and of chewing tobacco better thai
that which was in general use, and o
course at higher cost. John Anderson
re piled that it was possible, il the
Would pay to have the tobacco spec
ially manufactured.
"How can it be done ?" asked Gen
Scott chow can you make Tobacco
better than tobacco ?'2
"pll tell you how," Mr.. Anderso
replied, and then he addressed Go
Monroe, adding, "And you, Colone
will understand me, because you az
familiar with tobacco. You know lha
tie top leaves of the tobacco plant al
always the finest, just as the fruit o
tile south side of tree is Away
better than that on the otht
side. Well, | would use none but I'll
top leaves, and those | would trea
with special care. You know thu
the tobacco leaf is always rid OF IL
central stem, woody tibrous stocl
containing properties tnat do not exli
elsewhere in the leaf. would ut
= OF ally take ort that backbone, but
would carefully cut out all the smaii'
ribs leading from it. | would brus
each leaf to i'd it of foreign particles
md all through the process Of prepf
ration | would use the utmost cal
without sparing expense"
The military men ordered this eS
pecial brand made, and 1t was M
long before it became the stahdar
tobacco among the officers OF IL
army, and thence 1T became -kho"n
the public generally. 1t was packe
. in big jars, which Gen. Scott ordered
and emptled rapidly, for he was
ihyeterate chewer.
"As it was mainly the fancy til;
tbey were paying more than othe