Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-04-17
CONGRESSIONAL SMOKERS.
Members of the Lower House Who
Are Slaves to the Weed-How Gen.

Members of the Lower House Whs
Are slaves to the Weed-How Gen.
sherman Lost a BOX of Fine Cigars
Mr.. Jennings, the young man who
has kept the cigar stand of the house
of representatives for years, writes
Carp to The Cleveland Leader, tells
me the following about the queer
habits of the members of the lower
house. Says he: Most of the rep
resentatives smoke and they generally
use costly cigars. Cassidy, of Nevada,
always has a cigar Ia his mouth, and
he smokes at least dozen day,
which cost him about Is cents apiece.
Budd, of California, smokes about ten
expensive cigars daily, O'Harra, the
colored member from Nortk Carolina,
smokes twelve 1o-cent cigars day,
and Serene E. Payne uses half as
many of a little better quality.
Haynes, of New York, has beautiS
fully colored meersckaum cigar
holder of which he is very proud. Sena-
tor Blackburn always has a cigar
| ia his mouth, and smokes the
strongest grade. He buys three for a
quarter, and will not take cigar that
is of ginger bread yellow. Then
there is Belford does not smoke, but
he chews vigorously, and his favorite
brand is the Gravely plug. He buys
two of these plugs at time, on the
same principle, suppose, that be
uses in drinking. Judge Belford says
he never takes less than two drinks at
a time on account of his innate polite
ness One drink he says, makes
him feel like another fellow, and then
he has to take second to treat that
other fellow"
E"Deuster, of Michigan, the young
man went on, is always after a
change. He will come to this counter
and say, 4 must have a change Have
you any new brands of cigarettes? 2
And then he will buy three packages
and go off and smoke them. Deuster
never smokes anything but cigarettes
Each package costs him from 10 to IS
cents.
"Gov. Curtia, of PenL ania,
always smokes two for a quart, and
he must always have an imported
cigar He smokes about six a day.
He never cuts the end of cigar off.
He merely bites into 1t with his teeth.
and says he learned the, habit n Cuba,
and that it makes the cigar better
smoker. Houck, of Tennessee, IS
another great smoker. He buys his
cigars by the box, and they cost him
25 cents for three. Flascock, of CALI
fornia, IS the greatest cigarette smoker
of the house. He gets away with
three packs at every days session.
Adams, Of New York, is always smok
ing, and he uses Il cent cigars. Tom
Bayne's cigare cost him 25 cents
apiece, but he is millionaire aud can
stand it. Mcmillan, of Tennessee,
smokes light 10 cent cigars. Phil
Thompson, of Kentucky, is not fond
of tobacco, and seldom uses it. His
favorite is a Henry Clay. Leopold
Morse, the millionaire Jew, smokes
imported cigars, and lots of them. His
fayorite attitude is with his hands in
his pockets and one of these cigars in
his mouth.
Tom Ochiltree never uses tobacco,
William Walter Phelps does not
smoke, and Perry Belmont neither
smokes nor chews Ben LIE Fevre
chews constantly Regan. of Texas,
likes good fire cut, and Speaker Car
Isle is fond Of the chewing tobacco
known as peach blossom.
"RosecranS used to smoke a great
deal, but he has practically sworn eff.
He only smokes now and then, and
when he does it is a mild cigar. He
is changable in his taste, and about a
year ago he was very fond of Wheel
nsnar Ic nnru
particular as to what he smokes. He
wants imported cigars with a Con
necticut wrapping. Col. Frank Wal
ford, of Kentacky, cares more for
oranges than tobacco, but he some-
times chews. Old Judge Poland oc
casionally smokes mild cigar,
but Judge Kelly neither ehews nor
smokes.
Dave Paige, of Ohio is a great
smoker, and he uses the best brand of
cigars. He has an especial good way
of keeping his cigars, which he gener
ally buys by the box. He has tin
box about the size of cigar box. He
gets box of cigar, puts them into
this and then lays piece of soft pa
per over the top of them. He next
vets piece of blotting paper, lets thc
water drip off of it, and lays this on
the top of the other. He then closes
the lid and puts the box in the cellar.
When he wants to use tsem he takes
off the top layer and gets at those be-
meath. This keeps the cigars moist
and fresh. and Paige never has yet
offered friend dry or a poor cigar.
He learned the scheme, he says, from
one of the most noted cigar makers
of New York, man who made mil
lion out Of tobacco, and who is thor
oughly posted on it,
"Arnott, of New York, is another
great smoker He buys his cigars by
the thousand, and always has the
finest. He is worth about $40, 900, COO
and he ecoulo smoke bank notes and not
make himself bankrupt.
Gen. Sherman was not much of a
smoker during the war. He liked to
chew cigar up but did not smoke it
down to the stub. Col. 4. III. Mark
land tells me the following story how
he once smoked up box of fine cigars
which were Intended as present for
Sherman. Ha says Sherman never
heard of it, and that he will be sur
prised il he sees the fact in print. 1t
was said he, when went to meet
Sherman at tho close of his march to
the sea 10 give his army their mail.
Capt. William M. Dunn, of Gen.
Rawlins' staff, accompanied me from
CITY Point TO Kings Bridge,.
where we met the army under
orders to report 10 Gen. Sher-
man. Before we left New York Capt.
Dunn's grandfather, Mr.. Lanier, the
great banker, had given him a box
of very fine cigars to present to Gen.
Sherman. This box of cigars was
placed in our state room, together
with some small packages belonging
to US. Shortly after crossing the bar
at Sandy Hook, Capt. Dunn became
fearfully seasick and took to his
berth, which he did not leave until
we reached Hilton head. l was proof
against seasickness and all the incl
dents thereto. / was also a ve..y great
smoker. Seeing this box of cigars,
a. supposing that it had been brought t
on board by Capt. Dunn for his own
use, and my cigars having been stow
ed away with my luggage below, /
thought it would make no difference
to the captain if used the cigars
from his box. l opened the box and
began te smoke. The aroma of the
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