Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1888-11-01

question which not only interests me,
but the American people almost equally
as much.
refer to a cigar which has been re-
Gently issued in the United States, en-
titled the Bill Nye Cigar, apparently
made under my own personal super
vision and at my behest To those
who may have purchased these weeds,
believing that / made them with my
own fair hands. desire to state that
they have been cruelty deceived.
Last winter was approached by a
cigar manufacturer and asked to make
terms with him for the use of my name
on brand of cigars which he then in
tended patting forth upon the market.
said that for good cigar 1 would be
willing to loan my nam :, but, on poor
one, no price could be set, or words to
that effect.
am now constantly receiving letters
from people in whose love and favor
felt secure, but who have since smoked
some of those cigars, and now assure
me that if they can be of any use to
Satan by carrying in wood, coal, kero-
sene, turpentine, and other infamma-
me in the future, they are ready and
willing to do so.
From all over the Union word is
coming ever and anon in relation to
these cigars. Judging by the tone of
those letters / conclude that the cigars
are of an inferior quality. i, therefore,
desire to caution the public agalnsU
using them to excess, and also to state
that the cigars are not prepared by me,
but at distan ,e from my Slosh at Slip
peryelmhurst. For this reason it fire.
auently happens that bits of wire, rub
ber, Madura overalls and other foreign
substances are introduced into their
manufacture
That is not all. The first edition of
! the weeds was not so bad. CraZed by
success, the manu- racturer has lowered
| the standard of excellence, and others
have adopted the name, in order to OBJ
tain speedy wealth at the expense OF
quality.
So it has come to pass that there is
now abroad in the land bearing my eff
fulgent name a species of cigar which
| is to all intents and purposes stencil
in the nostrils of the people.
/ know that tobacco is filthy weed
and does much harm in the world, but
that is no reason why cigar manufac-
turer should seek to carry on his bust
ness without using it. We con hardly
hope to abolish tobacco by making
cigars from an infer or grade OF flannel.
/ have steadily opposed all classes OF
frauds and limitations oil my life. Even
when my eyes were first open to the
wonderful truth that nobody had evel
known a goat to die natural death anC
that mutton continued to be plenty
even after sheep had disappeared,
went to my butcher and told him thai
the square, open way was the best way
and / feel that WY yet.
| To show the rec der how ! hive los
caste among my friends because M.
name is attached to cigar that Is II
bad odor, / give below a few letters
from those who once respected me:
EUFAULA. Ala.
Mr. Nye, New York;
DEAR SIR have been reader OF you
pieces in the papers for many years. an'
have certainly been greatly benefited b.
them. but you hurt yourself when you Wen
| to making cigars. i bought a box of tn
Bill Nye cigars week ago and that evening
smoked one In my study. 1 lost the use o
| INC STUDY LOT Two VI tnIcC uayo' uiu
wife has not yet come back.
What dc you put in your cigars. asid
from the rag carpeting and Roman candles
Did you invent the cigar or do you JUS
manufacture ii for the inventorp Our ply
sician says he thinks you get the cigar "a
out of your own head. but il does not seen
possible that your head is in that condition
II so / hope you will try to do something
for it before 1t is too late. SO no more a
present. From your true friend;
This letter pal led me very much
for it was written in such a gen
spirit by one who evidently had IN
best interests at heart. L began to b
alarmed, but thought that perhaps h
r had struck bad cigar, which HI
crept into the box without my know.
edge, while the rest were all right
/ Just then received the following:
STONE LAKE. Iowa.
) DEAR SIR-Your cigars have just reache
Western Iowa. We have had nothing liz
1t since the close of the war. L was Iu'
/ lighting one Of them yesterday when i
n contents fell out on the fioor, leaving I'll
: wrapper in my hand. After you have iii
9 ished your cigars you should put stops
r i'm the end to keep the debris from spillin
y out Do you get your cigar Innings troi
|. abroad? We have n curled-halr mnttres
|
Z with after you run short of scrap iron al
d retired cedar block pavement.
8 II YOU could afford to Toll down u fe
h mounds OF tobacco and pour the broth c
your cigars il would help to deaden the g
d feet of foreign substances and add flavor
: tobacco to the Manila wrapper you now us
h Generally do not go out OF my way
! give advice, but in this instance l feel that
q ought TO tell you that the best thing Tor yc
:. 70 do with these cigars is 10 use them 4
g home consumption. l would like to witne
10 few rounds between one OF these wee'
and long standing case OF home consuml
tion.
Possibly you have been wronged. hoy
over Last year l saw a horse that had be-
y named after you. and he did not resemb
you i'm any way. He was heavy-set hor
- and had considerable sense.
- II you are not making these cigars YOU
y self / will apologize for writing YOU abo
4 It, but. honestly, there are great many
~ your old friends who would not loathe "
- so much IL you would como out and STA
~ ~ that these cigars are not made under yo
eve. Yours truly, MCKEE LAWRENCE.
~ Many 9th + letters of a similar cha
G. acter have been received from vario
n. parts of the Union, all showing tn
n the promise made to me by the man
ID facturer has not been lived up to,
at that other manufacturers are getting !
lg u spurious article.
y now desire to wash my hands of b
or whole matter, at least, and to state ov
c. my own signature that unless it be
OF stenchless cigar, free from Stag
'' sediment, il is not genuine, and this
to warn the public to that effect.