Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-06-21
Cigar Smoking,

During the process of purchasing
some tobies and lighting one at cigar
store, nearly opposite Municipal Hall,
yesterday afternoon, the proprietor
became communicative and impaired
to Dispatch reporter some facts con-
corning the Gpalhy of the weed most
smoked in Pittsbug and what class
of men usually smoke the best cigars.
"There are more tobies smoked in
Pittsburg," said he than in any city
of its size in the UnitediStates. Smok.
ers here smoke poorereigars, too, than
than those of any other city"
Who are the best customers, or,
rather, who buy the best cigars?"
my best trade is transient, drum.
mers and the like. Very few people
to Pittsburg born smoke anything bet
ter than two.f five cigar, although
L have some customers who purchase
five and -centers, and a few, very
few, who 70 even higher than that"
Business men, such rs well.to-dO
manufacturers and the like, are your
best oustOmars, next to the travelling
pablic, are they not2"
mo, sir. Most of these smoke
tobies and two-for-fives exclusively.
Neither is it the mechanic, who earns
from $1S to $50 week. 1t is the
dude clerks, on salaries mostly from
S., to $15i week. Many of these
smoae tsn.cent cigars. How can they
afford ita Well, guess they don't
smoke more than one or two day"
Here the conversation was inter.
rupted by the entrance of young
man, stylisbly dressed, who purchased
Havana for dime. Following him
came an ordinary looking, middle
aged gentleman, who bought nickel's
worth of tobies.
THAT. young man clerks for SIS per
week, and; the older gentleman is
worth a few hundred, thousand" said
the dealer after they had departed.
"Another curious thing about most
men is that they smoke better cigars
on Sunday than on week days he
continued. Nov. l often sell 100
ten. cent cigars on Sunday, and. prob
ably not as many more of the same
hind during the balance of the week.
Whena young man drops bis working
clothes,he also drops tobies and buys
a five or ten.cent cigar. Then, again,
| can also tell when certain young men,
are going to see their girls, for on that
evening they purchase a much better
cigar than usual"
When asked how he knew Pittsburg
smokers were mott to up those Of other
cities in regard to taste, the dealer
said:
Because L Travelled for wholesale
cigar firm for years. 1t is almost i'm
possible to get toby in the East, and
in the West nothing less than five-cent
cigars are sold"
A weH-known revenue agent, now
connected withthe department in this
city, but lately of Chicago, where
millions of cigaretts are manufactured,
was spoken to on the subject of ciga-
rettes.
Il used TO be a confirmed cigarette
smoker, but now you could not induce
me to touch one of them," he said.
"Why, how's that?'
"Well, it's. because / went into
large cigarette manufacturing estab-.
lishment in Chicago on business one
day, and what |, saw there sickened
me on the imitation smokers. How
are they made, and Of whaty OF all
that is vile and injurious and mean.
Cigar butts, picked up from the
streets; harks of certain kinds and
tobacco stems and refuse are heaped
together in one filthy pile and there
saturated with opium, which gives the
cigarette that soothing effect so desir-
able to all smokers. l tell you, sir,
| II. all cigarette smokers could see, as
have seen, how one of the greatest
firms in Chicago manufactures cigar
cites, the trade in the same would
soon fail off or cease entirely-Pitts-
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