Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-13
sNUpr TAKING IN NEW YORK.


\ The Custom by No Means Ertinct bu'
Mostly Confined TO Foreigners.
little old man entered Broadway
cable car, picked his way gingcrly up tho
aisle and settled himself In scat. His
fare paid from one pocket, he dived into
the depths Of another and brought out q
small brown horn box, into which he In
serted the thumb and forcfngcr Of his
right hand and extracted few grains Of
dark powder with a somewhat furtlvo
motion he raised his hand to his nose and
applied the powder deftly to either nostril
In turn, replaced the box and continued
his ride with satisfaction unmistakably
written upon his rugged countenance.
The passengers watched the little panto-
mime with Interest, for 1t is not often now.
adays that one sees the process OF snuff
taking
II the ghost OF n man OF Queen Anne's
time could revisit this world in these days,
it is probable that he would DO not more
surprised by bis descendants advance in
material achievements than grleyed at the
general disappearance Of the snuTbox, that
Indispensable article in the equipment Of
every gentleman Of high fashion on which
lub hNdAlA VI hiH hAt tAh W hhoh 3aNNNNe
ing lavshed extravagant sums An in
quiry at the tobacconist's OF the old style
and thore are still fcw In New York
would reveal the fact that the community
OF tho snecze still exists among q not in.
considerable number of the moderns. If ho
chose to dip into the United States inter
nal royonue statistics, he would find that
the yearly production Of snuff in this
"a Ia nF,upub ~ inenEa IN aaRE
inhabitant a supply Of at least two ounces,
the total output Averaging about s, 000 900
pounds And Of snuifboxes, though those
OF his day are now to be found chiefly in
collections of antiquarlans he might yet
find good store in a little Sixth avenue
shop tho writer knows Of, not so elaborate
as his own, but offering him his choice Of
tortoise shell and papier maohe tastefully
inlaid with mother OF pearl, OF horn IRE
calling Sandy's "mull') and of beech-
wood, the latter carved in quaint designs
Ho might oven purchase tho gold and sill
yer receptaclcs n he found the right silver
smith, for some of them are still made
1--WE don't sell as many boxes as we used
to, !" said tho dealer, because the snuff
comes in such convenient packages, fact
which would agaln shock our eighteenth
AlAlNAAT EANNt hllh NuAlflhNb MN Nuhl io
had indeed fallen upon evil days Asa
matter OF fact, the principal consumers,
IN this city at least, are foreigners, the
Irish, Germans, French and Italians per.
hapa constituting the largest number.
In the dnys Of the fashion there were hs
many brands Of snuff as there are now Of
tobacco, but all that is changed now. Tho
varieties most IN demand are Maocoboy,
I ftndwfpnt Erauah avI . 90.
"They don't vary much In price, excepa
that Lotzheck, the only imported one, is
considerably higher priced, The Irish seem
to prefer Mnccoboy, perhaps from an idea
that tho name has an Irish origin, but 10
hasn't. It's corrupted from West In
dian word, Mncubao. Another of their
fayorites is Lundyfuot, known also as Irish
High-tonst and Irish Blackgunrd Iundy.
foot, according to the story, was a Dublin
tobacconist Some Of his snuff while being
dried In the kiln was Ecorchod, and he set
a tub Of 1t outside his shop for tho poor to
dip up rs thuy passed by So many found
tho high favor pleasant that the accidental
high drying mRde his name famous, for 1t
was applied TO the brand he nfterward
manufactured by that process Curlously
enough, tho Germans are fondest Of a
French snuff known as Gambotta. Ny
best customers aro worry rcticent about their
snuff taking Many Of them say they aro
buying it for others, and they make al.
sorts OF ridiculous excuses for buying. II
seems to DO habit people are ashamed Of
and l dare say some persons indulge It
without tho knowledge Of their families.
II have more women than mon among
my customera, nnd-yos, some OF them
'dip'-men as well as women Has snuff
taking any effect upon longevity We'll
don't know lost one customer by death
the other day, an old woman who had
bought snuif Of me for 81 years. have
-FOUR or i've customers Of 80 to 80 years
standing and at least 20 who have traded
with me over 20 years, New York Trib
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