The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-04-11
Smoking for Twelve Hours.

an bet money 1 can do it." was the
remark made by a brawny Scot a few
days ago to a crowd of men represeut-
ing nearly all nationalities. The men
were standing in q saloon conversing on
the recent pipe smoking match in St.
Louis. The result of the talk was a
match being made for S25 q side. The
contestants are John Anderson and
Philip Cunif, native of the Emerald
isle. A room on Blue Island avenue
was selected, and yesterday morning at
ten O'Clock was the hour. The men
were to smoke for twelve hours, the one
scoring the greatest number. of refills
when time was called to be declared the
winner. William johnson was chosen
referee, and promptly at the appointed
hour the singular ma 'ch began.
Anderson selected alight-colored cut
plug tobacco and q French clay pipe.
Cunif chose a medium dark long cut leaf
tobacco and common clay pipe. Both
pipes held about thirty-six grains. An
derson had his pipe filed first, and
taking a match from his pocket, drew
1t quickly across his hip; the match
ignited. he applied it to the weed, and
began putting like locomotive, sending
out q small cloud of smoke Cunif's
first match broke, delaying him second
or two. He was more successful wi h
his second lucifer, and was soon under
way, and smoked all the faster to make
up lost time. In just twenty minutes
Cunif finished his first pipeful, and
loaded up the second time. Anderson
took plenty of time in using his pipeful,
drawing his last Whit minute after
Cunif had commenced his second.
10 Gr1nsf cforfod off tra raoh ok
the rate of pipeful every twenty min
utes on an average for the first two
hours. Between the sixth and seventh
pipes he to X q rest for eight minutes,
and thirteen minutes at the end of the
fifth hour. A longer rest was taken at
six o'clock to allow for supper, at which
time twenty-one minutes were con-
sumed. Hsuming after supper Cunif
puffed with greater rapidly for awhile,
but soon began to call for water, with
which he rinsed out his mouth several
times. His tongue was beginning to be
sore, but he uttered not q word of COM
plant until he had finished his twen-
tieth pipe, when he remarked that the
tobacco was too strong. He continued,
however, until the twenty-sixth pipe had
been smoked out, and threw up the
sponge at o'clock, 6S minutes and "a
seconds.
Cunif's tongue and roof of his mouth
were blistered badly, and he acted as
though he was sorry he ever attempted
the feat. Anderson, on the other hand,
smoked in an easy-contented manner,
never for a moment showing any signs
of nervousness or any desire to drink
He averaged twenty-four minutes pipe
for the first two hours, and, after filling
his pipe six times, rested for five min
utes. His next rest was at the end of
the fifth hour, and was for FIVE minutes; !;
continuing, he filed aud retilled his
French clay which had, at this time,
turned several shades darker than at
the start-until six O'Clock, when he
stopped for supper. After which he
joyously reseaied himself at the table
and filled his dudeen, cramming the to-
bacco down with all his might, and
scratched another match across his
trousers. This operation was continued
every few minutes. Having smoked in
cessantly for three hours and forty min
utes, he took q rest of twelve minutes.
Resuming, Anderson continued to puff
until It seemed as though he never
would stop. No complaints were made,
nor was there any water drank only at
the stops. The hands of the refe ee's
watch neared the hour of ten, but An
derson seemed totally oblivious of time
or anything else.. The thirtieth pipe
full was being burned when johnson
called out that the twelve hours were
up, and declared Anderson the winner,
after which he handed over the stakes.
This did not stop the Scotchman, how
ever, who continued smoking for twelve
minutes after the time had been called.
His tongue showed no blisters of any
kind. Al the close of the match Ander-
son said he could have smoked for
another twelve hours without feeling
any effect, and stands ready to compete
with any man in the country in similar
contest.-CAicaqo Neps.