Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-11-06
DIR. T4LM4GE'S FIRST CIGAR.
How il Tasted and How lie Felt After
Smoking II,

The time had come in our boyhood
which we thought demanded of us a
capacity to smoke. Tho old people of
the household could abide neither the
sight nor the smell Of the Virginia weed
When ministers came there, not by posi-
tive injunction but by sort Of instinct
as to what would be safest, they whitfield
their pipes on the back step. If the
house could not stand sanctiticd smoke,
You may know how little chance there
was for adolescent cigar putting.
BY some rare good fortune which put
in our hands three cents, we found
access 10 tobacco store. As the lid of
the long, narrow, fragrant box opened
and for the first time we owned cigar,
our feelings of citation, maniness, SUI
pcriority and anticipation can scarcely
he imagined, save by those who have
had the same sensation. Our first ride
on horseback, though we fell off before
we got To the barn, and our first pair Of
new boots real squeakersl, We had
thought could never be surpassed in in
lerest; but when we put the cigar 10 our
lips and stuck the lucifer match to the
end If the weed, and commenced to pull
with an energy that brought every facial
muscle to its utmost tension, our salts
faction with this world was So great our
temptation was never 10 want to leave
it,
The cigar did not burn we'll; it re-
quired an amount Of suction that tasked
our determination 10 the utmost. You
see that our worldly means had limited
Us to n quality that cost only three
cents But we had been taught that
nothing great was accomplished without
effort, and ~ We pulled away. Indeed,
W. had heard our 0lDlef brothers in their
Latin lessons .aY onnia yincet labor;
which translated means, ii you want to
make anything 90, you must scratch for
IT,
Withthezcspntiments VIC passed down
the village street nnd ont toward our
country hoae Our head did not feel
exactly rigm, ara the street hogan to
wck from i3c 1siae. 50 that II was nm
certain to Ills which side of the street we
were un. r0we crossed over, but found
uurself on lie same side that We were
"a before we crossed oyer. Indeed. we
Imagined that Nt Wrre iii Both sides al
the -gulc time sud several fast teams
driving hctwcru we met another boy
who asked us Why we looked 50 pale
aud weiod him we did not look pale
hi that he wa pale himself We sat
down under Tho bridge and hogan TO re-
feet on the prospect of early lecease
and on the uncertainty IT all eagthlyex-
peetatians We had determined to smoke
the cigar all MP and thus get the worth
of onrmoney Int We're Obliged IL throw
three lourths If II away, YET knew Just
where we threw it in case we felt better
thu next day.
Getting home, the old people were
frightened and demanded that we state
what kept lis 50 late and what was the
matter with vs. Not feeling that we
were called to " iuto particulars and
net wishing 10 increase our parents ap
prchenson that ~ were going to turn
out badly, We summed up the case with
the statement that We iclt miserable ut
the pit of the stomach We lad mus
| tard plasters administered and careful
watching for some hours, when Ne fell
asleep and forgot our disappointment
and humiliation in being obliged Ia
throw away three -fourthS Of our first
cigar