The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-01-27
POOR JUDGES OF TOBACCO.
Lack of Knowledge Of tho Weed Pos
sessed by tho Average Smoker.

Lack of Knowledge Of the Weed Pos
sessed by the Average Smoker
II have come to the conclusion that
the average smoker is poor judge Of
cigars" remarked young physician
of prominence to Detroit Free
Press reporter, land to test the correct
ness of my view of the matter made a
test two or three days ago that strength
ened my conviction.
"While walking down Gratiot avenue
Saturday afternoon met small boy
who importuned me to buy some cigars
that he was carrying in box under
his arm. The urchin claimed that he
had been sent out to peddle the cigars,
but suspect he didn't come by them
any too honestly. However, exam
ined the weeds and finally made the
youngsters heart glad by giving him
thirty cents for fifteen of them. Just
out of curiosity ! lighted one of the
alleged cigars, and OIL my countrymen,
but it was rank! Concluding that /
liked cabbage boiled and served with
corned beef rather than rolled into the
shape of cigars l slowed my purchase
away in my various pockets and deter
mined to play practical joke on a
friend who prides himself on his epicu-
rean tastes, and who makes great pre-
tensions on being superior judge OF
liquors and tobacco Calling at'his Office
seated myself for chat, and after a
few moments desultory conversation
drew two of the cabbage conchas es-
pecialos from my cigar case-one a
which had carefully wrapped in tin
foil-and handing them to him, said:
Here are some cigars, Frank, that
q know you will enjoy. They were given
me by an acquaintance who has just
returned from Havana, and he assures
me that they are the identical brands
smoked by the wealthy Cuban gran
dees. The one in tin-foil, which by the
way would cost forty-fve cents in New
York If bought by the wholesale, is the
stronger Of the two, and would advise
you to keep that for an after-dinner
smoke. The other is thirty-fve cent
er: try that now
"My friend thanked me warmly for
my thoughtfulness in sharing my treat
with him and applied match to the
'milder' cigar. After he had puffed a
minute or two in silence he blew a
mouthful Of smoke full into my face
and rapturously exclaimed:
"'Ah, my boy, there is fragrance for
you'll Oh, how soothing such cigar Is
BY my faith, could spend all my work.
ing hours in smoking had but such deli
cious cigars as these at my command
"He continued talking in similar
strain until the cigar was consumed.
Placing the half-inch stub in a small
china receptacle he said:
"I'll keep this to remind me Of the
most satisfactory smoking experience
of my life, and after have dined l will
discuss the beauty wrapped in tin foil.
"Chuckling involuntarily bade my
friend good afternoon and left him to
gloat over the treat that awaited him
after dinner. Meeting him the next
morning he almost wrung my hand off
as he told me of the pleasure that he had
derived the night before as he inhaled
the 'highly-scented' smoke Of the tin
foil-wapped Havana
"'Why, do you know, my boy he
said, with sparkling eyes, 4 never
imagined that so much comfort, solace
and soul satisfaction could be extracted
from cigar as that ! fairly bathed In
last evening. That second cigar was
4 poem in richly-tinted tobacco that
sprang into life, blossomed and grew to
ripeness under the warm tropic sun Of
Cuba and absorbed as IT ripened all the
thousand and one delicious odors Of that
gem OF an island. II ever accumulate
a fortune, believe me, j will smoke
nothing else but those Havana beauties
such as the two your generosity has
enabled me TO enjoy
"Now, what do you think Of that
from a sensible, level-headed man?
Smokes some vile cabbage-leaf cigars,
and Just because he is told they are a
choice importation goes into all sorts Of
rhapsodies over them. 1t establishes
the correctness Of my proposition-that
the average smoker is poor judge Of
cigars, and demonstrates the power Of