The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-04

bring back to his mind something ious
forgotten Filled with pity for the on -
picturesque being in village devo.ei "
the effort of welding to Go ossrcantiie
hypocrisy and the spirit Of religion IN
jenkins, one may observe, had small ~. ~
ing for the tradesmen OF Pittsburgh
carter halted his ream, cl1mbea oom -
from the wagon, and, disregarding one
admonitory signals of the man OF uou'
who felt that he was about to conquer e
stubborn soul, handed to the burgess
queer looking brown and slender cyiinari-
cal object.
''It's to smoke" said Tom, as the pur.
gess's helpless gaze fastened itself on the
thing he had absent -mindedly taken DE-
tween his fat fingers. cts better'n q
pipe"
jenkins took from his pocket a counter
part of that which he had given to the
burgess. He bit off the end. the burgess
followed suit. Producing his flint ana
steel, or whatever they used in those days
instead of matches, Jenkins lighted MS
cylinder and handed the light to the bur-
CESS. All this time the elder preached,
and his arms flew in gesticulation IKE
fails. The burgess gave a few tentatlve
puffs, a.blissful smile stole over his race.
all his features lighted up, and looR OF
courage filled his eye. while Tom wills
pered, :. Pitch into him, Burgess. Fres-
emily words of import terrible to the eiuer
rumbled from the burgess's mouth, asanls
forgotten lore came back to him.
nd the ministering angel, ne Pc
gan. "flew up to heaven with the oatn,
and-perhaps I've forgotten some WORDS
in that passage, Elder-and blusheo Is ne
gave it in. but and the burgess gained
three inches in stature as he Strengthened
himself out in triumph, while the elder
hands went up in horror at what muso
surely be witchcraft resnrrectlng oatah,
tbut," the burgess continued, the
recording angel as he wrote 1T down,
dropped tear upon the word ana ploueeo
it out forever" The elder nea' us
mayed. 'BIotted it out forever, sir
shouted the burgess at his prosecutors
retreating figure.
"Tom,' said the burgess to the detlgnt-
ed carter, s'you have brought back my
Uncle Toby" and though Jenkins never
could understand the allusion he straight
way named the blessed instrument OF the
burgess's recovery of memory my Uncle
Toby.'' Time and familiarity has alb
breyiated the phrase to 'stoby' and such
it is and such it will always remain here
in Pittsburg.'
The two tobies that the burgess and the
carter smoked that day were the only
ones in Pittsburg, for jenkins was the
pioneer manufacturer and those were an
he had left. Now one firm alone IN THIS
city turns out 200, 000.tobies every work
day in the year. There are many brands
Of tobies or stogies, but there are but two
kinds. the "seed" toby and another that
is called here the "Wheeling" toby. The
latter is made of strong Kentucky tobac-
co. for which reason it is called in Wheel
ing the Kentucky stogie. They are
made mostly in Wheeling, whence the
name used here in Pittsburg. Tn, seed
4-l.1, ia ctrra6 from tobacco GROWN
from Bavana seed in Connecticut, Viz
ginia, and Lancaster county, Pennsyl-
yania. 1t is mild, and many moro of that
variety than of the Wheeling stogie are
smoked. OF course, seed tobies are also
made in Wheeling.
Local manufacturers say that the tobies
made here are superior to those from Lam
caster county, az the Lancaster tobies are
made of Lancaster tobacco only, whereas
those manufactured here are made chiefly
of the Connecticut and Virginia seed.
The seed tobies are subdiyided into
"lnould'' and Handmade In some
shops. it is feared mould tobies are made
from sweepings. but in 1.-THE better class
factories the tobacco for them is cut and
cleaned by machinery, and the crank
ness of the tobacco Is driven on by a hot
air treatment On account of the expense
of preparing the cut tobacco, mould tobies
are rarely cheaper than the handmade,
although the workmen who "rolP' the
latter receive better wages than tho girls
who make the mould tobies. One says
sscigarnakers, - but it would be heresy to
cali the toby makers anything else but
toby rollers Mould toby rollers earn
from SIS to 50 week. The average wages
of hand rollers are $15 to $lS a week.
The toby or stogie is not q fine cigar, as
the price. three and four for five cents,
makes evident, but they are made Q. real,
pure tobacco. No flavoring or coloring
extracts are used, as the tobacco is too
cheap to justify that. Cheap as they are,
they must be good. for how else could one
explain the wonderful spread OF the toby
in the last few years, and the magnitude
to which the industry has grown.