The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-02-26
DR.. 1ALMAcE,s EIRsr CIGAR,
How 1t Tasted and How He Felt After
Smoking 1t.

The time had come in orr b0vhood
which we thought demanded Of us a
capacity to smoke. The old people of
the household! could abide neither the
sight nor the smell of the Virginia
weed. When ministers came there,
not by positive injunction but by q
sort of instinct as to what would be
safest. they whitfield their pipe on the
back step. If the house could not
stand sanctitied smoke, you may know
bow little chance there was for Adde'S
gent cigar-puffing.
By some rare good fortune which
pnt in our hands three cents, we found
access To a tobacco store. As the lid
Of the long. narrow. fragrant box
opened, and for the first time we own
CD Q cigar, our feelings of citation,
manlinsss. superiority and aptiGipa-
EiQp gan scarcely be imagined. save by
those who have had the same sensa-
fion. Our first ride on horseback.
though we fell off before we got to the
barn, and our first pair of new boots
Ereal squeakerS), we had thought could
never lie surpassed in interest; but
when we put the cigar TO our lips and
stuck the lacifer match to the end of
the weed, and commenced to pull with
au energy that brought every facial
muscle to i.s utmost tension. our salts
faction with this world was so great
pur temptation was never to want to
leave it.
The cigar did NOT burn we'll; it re-
CURED an amount Of suction that task
81 our determination TO the utmost.
You see that our worldly means had
limited Us to quality that cost only
ihree cents. But we had been taught
that nothing great was accomplished
without effort. and so we pulled away.
Indeed. we had heard our older BROTH
ers in thgir Latin Lessons say, OnsniG
CjHcet td6OFy which translated means.
If YOU want to make anything 60, you
must scratch for it.
With these sentiments, we passed
down the village street and ont toward
oar country home. Our head did not
feel exactly right. and the street began
10 rock from side to side. so that il was
uncertain 20 us WHICH side of the stree.
ys wlag OH. So we crossed over. but
found 1urself on the same side that we
tTero on before we crossed over. In
deed, we Imagined that we were on
both sides at the Same time. and sew
eral fast teams driving between. We
met another boy who asked US why we
looked 81 pa Q. and we toI,l him we did
pot looE pale, but that re was pale
himself. We sat down under the
bridge and began to reflect on the
prospect Of early decease, and qi the
Uncertainty Of ill earthly eKpe0tations.
We had determined ~ snloko lIle cigar
alI up and Tins get The worth Of our
money. but we're Obliged to throw
ihrse-fourtlis Of it away, yet knew Just
where we threw it il case we felt bet
fer The next day. i.
Getting home, the old people were
frightened, and demanded that we
state what Kept us 50 late and what
was tho matter with US. Not feeling
that we were called to 60 into partic-
ilars, and not wishing 10 INCREASE our
pargits' apprehension that we were
going to turn out badly. We summed
Up the case with the statement that we
felt miserable ut tie pit of the STOMACH.
We had mustard plasters atEiHiuis-
Tered, aid caEeflll watching for some
bouFs. wtep we fell asleep and forgot
aHr disappointment and humiliation ii
being obliged 10 throw away three.
Iourths of our first cigar. z. De VIZ
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