Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-30

THE sSUFf DIFFER.
cause they are more apt 70 produce milk.
Corn should be housed and blowing
done. Here we have a light, calcareous
soil. which Is soothing 10 the bare feet Of
the peasant, and sometimes produces a
large green worm called the tobacco
worm.
lie Is not so plentiful in this state as
formerly. having gone farther south,
where be can get his tobacco cheaper.
Here, too. lie found a good deal Of com
petition. Tue tobacco worm has no
ether occupation on earth than 10 use
tobacco. Here he found that others had
already entered the field before him and
undertaken to sabsist entirely upon
tobacco and rest Therefore the tobacco
worm Is less plentiful now IN North
Carolina than formerly. Tobacco Is also
% per cent. less in quantity here this
fall than formerly. but OF good quality.
The brightest and most fragrant tobacco
for smoking Il grown in this state. IL
smells as sweet as clover and is not in
furious to health
Snuff Is not grown here. and so some
times when there Is a blockade or
washout on the railroad snuff cannot be
readily landed az our doors, and there
Is great deal OF suffering. Nobody nose
how much there is.
Snuff IL not administered up the nose
here. however. among those who use
II. but Is kept In a neat little bonbon-
Mere. or gOurd, and a small wooden
stick made Of birch, caewed into brush
at ose end, is ever and anon dipped into
the snuff and then chswed thoroughly
or rubbed back and forth over the
gooms.
Only the hoi polloi use snuff here
the hoi polloi lady. mean. If you
see her coming down a vista OF brilliant
autumn colorin2, q somber figure in the
CANDY perspective. you will notice that
she dexterously jerks something out OF
her mouth and eOnceals il in her apron.
trying a. you pass 10 look all wrapped
up in the con temptation of nature.
She has Just removed her snuff stick.
or. As may say, half in jest, the handle
Of the dipper il removed. Here one
finds among the peasantry children
hardly done with their milk teeth using
snuff IN this way So we have the Lit
tie Dipper and the Big Dipper
The snuff stick or brush IL left dan
Cling In the corner Of the mouth as lit
tie Young children IN the absence Of tho
mother bold corner OF cloth that has
ssen wrapped around a bit Of sugar.
"ard the same with intent To deceive"
Arden is not large place. but it is
good site for one. There are two gen
eral stores and a blacksmith shop. Late
" there Is a shooting scrape on Satur-
DAYS.
Since have been digging my well 1
have put a good deal OF money in circu-
lation This has made flush times in
western North Carolina. and some law
iessness Human hfs az one time was
SO lightly valued while this stream Of
gold WAS flowing in that | hsd 20 shut
down work on my well till times should
tighten up p little.
Lately have been putting in wind
mill a. the estate. This. too. has let
food Of wealth into the channels ~
trade Eggs went Up TO ga cents. and
-
hal been reading about windmills
and determined 20 buy one. A. first |
thought would buy one Of those dear
old windmilis Of Southampton and Eu-
rope which the artists rave about. but
this one will ~ dear enough b. the time
j get thrs ugh with it.
The mdi arrived last April and was
put on the ground early ia that month
A plumber from Ashevilla was EN-
pioved to put It up. Eight men were
sent aut here BY train 70 put the mill
M They diI net snow how 70 put up
= windmill. and ~ = preparatory school
had - b. opened here 60 give in
strnctions. paid The tuition. Special
trains carried my plumbers - and FROM
AShevilie Il was = pleasant sight 20
see those plumbers IN their way. with
bright. expectsnt faces. toward the place
where they we're learning how 81 plumb
AZ my expense.
The scheme Wa spoken ~ around
h..rs a. NJ = Fresh Air Fund Every
little while I cuula hear some one say,
There gnes the plumbers picnic
I i've fourteen miles FROM Asheville.
nu.i r-sn ont n tsrrapin one day This
,ans.1 much adverse comment among
she plumbers. and before II could "a
.,nctherest bv kind wor.s soue nightin-
gales touxues. with Al Jus on them. were
ss.ssehssi lirtle bv o'ir chef. and / could
$50 shat the plumbers IN a vel bred
~ wsre srrltate.i THIS grew iii TIE
fs,iisveinx week. when tseir discomfort
fe~arre q, r~asf shsf thev suddenly pus
No the rif.l aDd went away. I did MT
tank AZ irss that they would ever 2,
But they 6i3
Possibly taa wfrfnsiN also riav ~ ~
sorue day { t5surhs thst as soon a. The
plum hers stsot bach from it and gave Il
cir ~ might a.. bar it has not. A vel
kuown pavsicisn sns sriensist he~s savs
that - much IL Ere eiisnaa~ - re,1ui-sa