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CIGARS THAT WERE CIGARS.
He Know What They We're Because He
Raised and Made Them Himself.

He Know What They We're Because He
Raised and Made Them Himself.
He was the conductor of a milk train
on the Erie railroad, and he sat on
can at luncheon hour smoking in a
reminiscent mood.
did you ever roll a cigar2" he asked
the brakeman.
Cant say 1 did, answered that
worthy, spearing piece of corned beef
from his dinner pail with case knife.
Il have" said the conductor. Il
had farm up country, and a man says
70 me, Hank, here's little terbacker
seed. See what you can do with it.
And when it sprouts look out how you
weed it, because terbacker looks terri
bly, like mullein.' So l planted the
seed, and when the plants got high
enough 1 transplanted most of 'em, and
every night I'd go out and spade
around and water the plants and pile
on the fertilizer. Inever saw anything
grow the way them terbacker plants
did. told the Teller that gave me the
seed how the plants was CROWN, and
he came over to get some sprouts. He
looked at the plants rather queer, felt
the leaves and says he, Hank, yer ter
hacker II make fine mullen stalks.
And blamed if I hadn't been diggin;
and waterin' whole mullen patch.
"Well, sir, he give ME some more
seed, and 1 raised that terbacker and
cut it. There was woman lived near
me that used to work in a cigar factory,
so I got her to show me how to roll
cigars, and then l went to work. |
reckon the first cigar l made had
enough terbacker in it to make five,
and when Lit it braced my feet agin
the mantelpiece and pulled till l
thought Id bust l had to bore that
cigar with a gimlet before it would go,
but after a while l got the hang OF
rolling, and I'd make up boxful at
time. l tell you they was mems cigars.
l never see anything since like the
strength of 'em. The way they'd burn,
too, was caution. The light would
wind all around one of them cigars
like a cowpath, and you never knew
how much smoke you had left.
81 used to go out with pocketful
and give 'em away, but l never seed a
Teller try one but once. was down at
the station one Sunday afternoon. We
was sittin' in milk car smokin', and
young teller came along I knew. He
had on a brand new suit, and he
wouldn't sit down on a milk can for
fear of grease spot. 1 offered him
one of my cigars, and he lit up. Just
about the fifth puff that teller sat down
on a milk can as slick as could be;
didn't mind the grease at all, and when
he finished half an inch blamed if he
didn't throw that cigar away, forget all
about his new clothes, and plump right
down in a heap on the dirty floor, with
a face on him as white as the milk in q
can Before that young Teller went
home we thought he'd throw up his
feet"
II tell you," said the conductor
thoughtfully. them cigars was hum
mers."
Didn't the. smoke smell badl" in
quired the brakeman with much inter
est.
The conductor knocked the ashes out
of his pipe and waved the engineer to
start up We'll" he replied diplomat
icalIy, Il didn't mind it."-New York
T;ihuna
Ar,rs-cisi vs.. Natural Ice.
The manufacture of artificial ice has
been begun in Reading, Pa, and the en-
terprise is already pronounced decided
success. The ice is made into cakes of
100 pounds each, and is declared to be
of the finest quality. The retail price is
the same as that of natural ice. Several
Of the big brewing companies of Read
ing have decided to manufacture arti-
fetal ice The Reading Brewing com
pany is now manufacturing artificial ice
by the ammonia process.-New York
Telegram.