The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28

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Bassett's pocket and he prides himself
on the fact that the Van Buren, estate
still owes him this amount Bassett
learned to snuff himself by smelling
his fingers after carrying snuff to Henry
/ Clay. and when he had reached his fifty
years of service as q Senate employee
the Senators gave him solid silver
snuff-box. lined with gold. on the lid
of which was a testimonial to his
fidelity.
Jim Belford, of Colorado. is fond of
plug tobacco, and Holman, of
Indiana, likes the best of fine cut
Holman is an inveterate chewer and
Hendricks used to say that he carried
q cheap grade of ''pig-tsil twist" about
him to give to his farmer constituents.
but this is probably q SANDER.
Hendricks liked Detroit fine cut and he
was very fond of cigar.
Gov. Curtin is another cigar smoker
and he usually gets away with about
six day. He says it spoils cigar to
cut its end and that it should be bitten
into with the teeth, as is done in Cuba.
Representative Denster, of Michigan,
smokes cigarettes. and Mr.. Glasscock,
of California. during his Congressional
days was the great cigarette smoker of
the House. Speaker Carlisle's favorits
chew is of the tobacco known as Peach
Blossom. and Senator Harris, of
Tennessee. bites off his chews from a
plug. Senator Iugalls smokes OCCASION
ally. and he always has cigar for his
friends, and recent estimate showed
that out of the seventy-six Senators,
fifty-eight used tobacco in one form or
other, and fourteen were fond of chew
ing.
Senator Cockrell is said to smoke a
pipe at his home, and 1 have never
seen cigar in his mouth. One of the
best ways to compliment public man
is to refer to the good quality of his
tobacco, and this reminds me of an
office-seeking story which is told of
Gen. jackson. The office-seeker called
at the White House. and after chatting
with "Old Hickory" about the delight
of smoking and the sweetness of good
tobacco. he said, upon leaving:
''Mr. President, l want to ask favor
of YOU"
"And what place is that" said Jack
son, with a slight frown of disgust at
what he had thought to be friendly
call turned into an office-seeking visit.
"Ah!' replied the cringing Office
seeker. Il am not an applicant for a
position. At least, not now, but my
father is us fond of tobacco as you are,
and he told me it would be the proudest
day of his life if he could have a present
from you of one of your pipes" Jack
son at this time was smoking an old |
clay pipe, and he ordered his messen-
ger to bring fresh one. As this was
offered to the office-seeker, he replied:
mo, Mr.. President. l would like to
have the one you are using. Give it
to me just rs it is, with the ashes
smoking with in it. and you will receive
the everlasting thanks of my dear faith
err"
Jackson handed him the pipe.
"Oh! Thank you, thank you," he |
said, as he wrapped 1t carefully up in
silk handkerchief and bowed himself out. |
The result was that Jackson was de- |
lighted, and when the mans anne really |
came Up for Office some days later he
gave an important place in the Treas
ury.
Jackson was an inveterate smoker,
and it will be a surprise to many
to know how many cigars our
public men smoke daily. Grant
smoked fifteen a day. Leopold
Morse, of Boston, ALWAYS has cigar
in his mouth and Vice-President Colfax
smoked daily his fifteen cigars. David
Davis smoked all his life. Senator
Kenna is a great smoker. ex-senator
Conger smokes three cigars daily, and
Allison is by no means averse to a good
cigar. 2 .esE y
The Prince of Wales smokes cigars
and it is said that Gladstone smokes a
pipe Edwin Booth is pipe smoker.
and Tennyson, Thackeray and Bulwer
were always fond of the weed. Charles
Lamb is said to have used very poor
tobacco, and Isaac Newton lost his
sweetheart through his absentminded
ness in using her fingers as a tobacco
stopper.
Thomas Carlyle liked his pipe. Pope.
Swift, Bolingbroke and Congreve were
addicted to snuff and Frederick the
Great had snuff pocket made in his
vest to satisfy his. cravings. Gibbon,
the historian, was a confirmed snuff
taker. and Byron sang the praises of
tobacco. Milton. Locke. Raleigh,
Izaak Walton. Addison, Steele. Robert
Burns and walter Scott all used tobacco.
and Prescott was very fond of smoking
1t Injured his health. however, and
when his physician limited him to one
cigar a day he ran all over Paris to buy
the biggest one he could find.
Senator Vest used TO be a great
smoker. but he found it was injuring
his health and he swore of. Vice Presi.
dent Colfax stopped using the weed
for the same reason and there are a
number of public men who think to-
bacco is filthy and will not allow it to
touch their lips. Hoar. of Massachu-
setts though he once smoked, does not
now. Senator Blair is as much of a
tetotaller in tobacco as in liquors, and
Morgan and Pike are not users of tho
tobacco. Washington, Franklin and
Jefferson neither smoked nor chewed.
and Heine, Balzac and Goethe detested
tobacco. William Penn would not use
it in any form and Oliver Cromwell had
his soldiers tramp down tobacco crops.
In 1880 the Sultan forbade the use of
tobacco in Turkey. and those who
broke the law had their pipes thrust