The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-07-01

says the Baltimore Si1a, hence carry
ing ~ back b King POwhatsn and
has Indians. 10 ls doubtless for this
reason that the principal tObaceo
store IN Richmond displays 10 day in
its showcase two Of the chisfa teeth,
decorated with ribbons and duly m
seribed. "JEW tooth and front tooth
from the mouth Of King PUWhatau.h
Their EiEe Is one and three-Quarten
rinohes lQnE ard one f1ch aWidef one
ir|eh LRE. uaFfalfl q ell lgiee, re-
stectlVely. The owner Of this stock
OF dentistry, having been questioned
as 70 lie genuineneas, quickly replied (:
The identical spot where they were
found can be seen any day on the
WineOcocOmi or Nile road, not hF
from the battlefield Of Seven Pines,
aud know the man who picked 'em
up. admit they look rather large
but it h aid the king rarely used bis
club when his teeth were on edge,
and / suppose they got % big h0m
long pFaeiiee on his enemies." Pow
hatsn, fOF the rest, had slWays theen
largely q fegOHtes d rt1gtred4 %
tiriIins e6t,iuts u de ~ On aFst
Ut5jddag nh tbs Sofld klslIl tAsf old
savage chieftain,s name. Citizens
smoke "POwhatan" openly about the
streets Of Richmond. and are appaf
entity proud Ofthe act when 30 flRgrant-
~ caught TennysOn, lord and poet,
says be has tried many pipes, but he
never jet found one % equal the ga1-
uine red article expOrted form the old
dominion. 10
In the early days tobacco was ex-
clusively the currency used. EveH.
~ late ~ the time Of jefferson We
ind by the records lately exhumed
from the files Of yelloW psrchmeht
long stored away n1h q Bio house
garnet, that thai EeliIl eiz.sn. aceDTIi-
ing 10 q letter % aeEnoa dgelneht
from one Fitzgerald, purchased with
tolIaepo q oDpy q ~ flead's, the
eightpeqth esnlnry PailoeoPher's,
"Ehcy eiopedis7'- Wofh ahich, IN
itH OIigiuai influences, set him 10
rthlnkhls sbDut the Rights Of Man."
altifnatG & lea3ihg him up 10 writing
Ole Declatali Jon OF Independence. In
theUlder days still the tithes Of the
colonial parsons were paid In tobacco,
sheriff's ices were charged In tobacco,
goods were engaged indifferently "in
cash OF tobacco" wives freshly i'm.
ported from old England were pur.
chased, not on the auction block how
ever, ~ stated by some writer's, Ia To
baeoO-that n, the expense OF their
voyage was betrayed by the yielding
up Of \ certain amount Of the weed.
The marriage portion Ofa young lady
Of fortune was considered 20 be about
5000 pounds Of tobacco 81 from 20 s
CENTS per pound. nhere-that Is not
q matter Of dollars, 20 be sure. In
176O q hOgshead Of prime tobacco
fetched in Richmond Els, ioE quail
" ESQ. In l7T5 the export OF t9baeeO
FROM the colony was lOl ,628 ,6l7
pounds; In 1885 % was 233, 9Ol ,9i3
pounds, aud the traffic Ia the article
yielded so, 900, OOO, considered q hand
some revenue. The state pays 50. OOo-
90 In tobacco taxes TO the federal
Thk 5SlncI6al tbbaooO Ssnters or the
stslsi are RichulDnd, APelenburR,
Danvllle, and Lynchburg, each put
ting up the weed In lie various fOrLas
Ia large factories, worked by negroes.
The cake or plug tobacco Is the chief
manufseture-thes standby Of the trade
and is enclosed In boxes OF button
wood FROM Maine, the tree being pre-
fsrTed fnoiu the lacl thatits timber q
fires from taste and OdpT, % that Il
cnhnbf fEffecf. The caitenta.i i The /
tobacco belofe % is mada into cakes,
are shipped 10 Germany, where they /
are used In the manufacture OF snuff |
tor elderly people In France, Spain /
and Italy, where alone &c Is now fash /
iOnable for such elderly folks ITO /
snuff, tlle 7psopie of ID oiher cOun-
tries GhlelV tang he weed for chew /
ing or smoking. The Italian priests /
invariably "snuff." France and Italy /
are large purchasers Of tobacco lnithe
.Rlohm6nd tnarkst-thht ls'tO say, the
governments Of those countries, which Il
hold tobacco as q monopoly.
The Virginian historical society 81
Richnlond, in 0balge OF that well
posted gentleman, Secretary Brock,
has q collection Of precious relics and
curious brie-a-brae. The mace Of the
speaker of the. house of burfessea. tie
saIile before which Heary iaapeaeksd
George III, stands first on the list.
Then comes q specimen bTlck-that
e, q brick bearing this inscription
This brick was taken from The
ruins Of the house % which POca-
hOntas lived 81 the wife OF John Rolf,
q VAFiBnR In the county Of HenriOo
brought 20 RiohmOnd April lA, HS58,
hy Richard Randolph "One Df her Dc
scendants. IL Is q very good brick
its genulneness Is undisputed, aud q
sufficient number HE u would rear
an excellent house. Some Indian
bread, petrIfied, does not strike the
behOldeT as very appetizlng. The
colonial paper currency on SHELVES
look for the world like Bank Of Eng
land notes Of to-day, such is the SINH
larity OF style, print and paper.
England keeps up the colonial style
In many respeCts-ehe has not
changed Il 30 rapidly as Virginia
found it incumbent and profitable 10
do. A French bronze tablet hears the
inscription: "This tablet was pisced
as q mark Of the domain % King
Louis XIV, on the river OyO (OhiO),
us q memorial OF the taking Of pos. I
session Of the territory from the saw
ages In the kings name In 1872 A
nugget Of iron is surrounded with
more than usual intereat Rs being q
memorial from Failing Greek, on ,
James river, seven miles below Rich
mOnd, the site Of She 6rst Iron fur
macs In America, founded and OpeF-
atsd by Archibald Cary, known ~ !
"Old lrOnsides," from his pensever-
ing attempt ln starting this fizet Dir
mace In the new world, the precursor {
of the thousands that nov deck the Q
land. The iron nugget was some Of {
"Old IrDnsidesn make--an honor to .
him as the father Of such q potential &
great industrial branch. There are
relics Of Washington, Lafayette, etc,
and the collection IL extremely valua- Il
bic and Interesting to the historical I
student, especially the archives, and G
the unique set Of printed pamphlets. 4
It's souvenirs OF the late var are q
plentiful. =
In these archives are religiOusly
preserved land patents, state papers, n
public and private correspondents Of =
eminentl men, miscellaneous manu- n
scripts showing the customs and mar >
neFs Of the people from the frst set n
Element. To the modern reader, the n
inherited ecoentricities, the quAint- I,
ness Of style and language Of these
IL rather puzzllng, bot !,
they may be said 10 display consider y
able polish, II compared with those Of
the slDle age ~ the AncieRF EOn =
tongue before u had been sfiI0Othed
down By the Norman element and by 2,
slegant writers. A marked peCaliari- Z,
~ Of the epist0lary intercourse is y
l0und in the way the gentlemen OF
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