The Red Cloud chief., 1884-10-24
Cigar-SmOktnR.

During the process OF purchasing
some tobies and lighting one r: a cigar
store. nearly opposite Municipal hall.
yesterday afternoon, the proprietor be-
came'communicative and impaired to
q Dispatch reporter some facts concern
ing the quality Of the weed most
smoked 10 Pittsburg 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 United States. Smokers
here smoke poorer cigars, too, 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 a 2-for-5 cigar. although I
have some customers who purchase 5
and l0-centcrs, and a few, very few.
who go even higher than that"
business men, such as well-to-do
manufacturers and the like, are your
best customers, next TO the travelling
public are they not?"
mo. sir. Most of these smoke to-
bies and 2-for-5s exclusively. Neither
is it the mechanic. who earns from SIS
to $50 a week. 1t is the dude CLERKS.
On salaries mostly from IS to SO 4
week. Many of these smoke 10-ccnt
cigars. How can they afford it? We'll,
l guess they don't smoke moro than
one or two a day."
Here the conversation was interrupted
by the entrance of a young man. stylish
" dressed, who purchased a Havana
for a dime. Following him came an
ordinary-looking. middle-aged gentle
man; who bought a nickie's worth Of
tObies.
That young man clerks for 80 =
week, and the older gentleman is worth
. 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. Now, / often sell one
hundred l0-cent cigars on Sunday, and
probably not as many more Of the same
kind during the balance of the week.
When a young man drops his working
clothes he also drops tobies and BUYS =
b or 10 cent cigar. Then, again, | can
also tell when certain young men are
going to sec their girls. for on that
evening they always purchase a much
better cigar than usual"
When asked how he knew Pittsburg
smokers were not up TO those of other
cities in regard to taste. the dealer
said:
because l travelled for a wholesale
cigar firm for years. 1t is almost I'M
possible 10 get a toby in the east and
In the west nothing less than Scent
cigars arc sold"
A well-known revcnu AGENT. now
connected with the department in this
city, but late of Chicago, where millions
OF cigarettes are manufactured, was
spoken to on the subject of cigarettes. |
Il used TO be q confirmed cigarette
smoker, but now you could not induce
me to touch one of them." he said.
''Why, how's that?"
"Weil. it's because l went into q
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 what? OF all that
Is vile and injurious and mean. Cigar |
butts. picked up from the street; banks
Of certain kinds and tobacco stems and
refuse are heaped together in one filthy |
pile and then saturated with opium.
which gives the cigarette that soothing
effect desirable to all smokers. l tell
you. sir, If all cigarette smokers could
see. as l have seen. how one of the
greatest firms in Chicago manufacture
cigarettes, the trade in the same would
soon fall off or cease entirely."-RHs-
bur0 DISPATCH.