The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-30
SMOKERS OF WHEELING ST0GIES
Cur,ons Habit N~quired in Getting the
Lon, We as TO Burn.

prTTsBURQ "a. Sept. ia recent
! decision of a United States Court grant
ing to manufacturer OF wheeling, W.
Ma. the exclusive right TO Use the words
wheeling stOgies' on boxes containing
hat product, has stimulated the WhOle
| poprJation Of the Nail City 10 missionary
work in behalf Of their favorite smoke.
Matt McNabb Of Wheeling. comparauNely
young i'm years, yet far-famed as an adept
in the twin arts Of lighting and smoking
stogies, or tobies, as the P1ttsburg pro-
duet is still called. came W from nome
the other day, and. being out of stogies'
"a rare predicament for him stepped into
a Fifth avenue shop and called Tor a
stogie-A Wheeling stogie, mind you!
cautioned Mr.. McNabb.
.Do YOU call this q Wheeling stogie?
he said. as he drew from the box set be
fore him q long, black. reeking, cylindrical
object. apparently made Of a kind OF
tobacco.
That's a Wheeling stogie. fresh from
Wheeling. 100 miles down the Monon-
gahe.a River. sixty miles as the crow
flies" responded the dealer.
My friend" said the Wheeling man,
Chat is a Kentucky stogie. Now, don't
Interrupt me. Z know 1t wasn't made IN
Kentucky. II was made in Wheeling. all
IlEHN EAAUMHMs hNN II AH
stoeie. A Wheeling stogie, genuinely en-
titled to that fair name, is Of golden color
mild flavor, graceful shape.
Then how do you account for this?
retorted the tobacconist. fishing from the
rrawer a clipping from The Sun. being
"a letter signed "A. w. Arundel, Jr.,'
and containing a panegyric on the Pits
urg toby and the sentence.
"A Wheeling stogie is always strong
but q Pittsburg never
Just pure ignorance sand Mr. Nc
Vabb. with a plying shake OF the head.
let me tell YOU something. observe the
article which You tried TO palm on on me
8s a Wheeling stogie, thus OBTAINING my
native towns well-earned reDute IN the
matter Of stogies. The material-weh
for arguments sake III say the tobacco,
rom which IL was made, is grown in
kentucky. thence. when cured, 1t Is
lurriediy shipped to Wheeling, where 1t
swiftly rolled into the shape of a
tOgie. IT is promptly shipped 10 Pits
nfrg. where. ] am well aware, IL IS
Consumed by the upper classes. ken
lcky and West Virginia think SO little
Of that tobacco that it is allowed to re-
main but a short time within their Dor
lers. Here you love it: in Wheeling We
never smoke IT,. Now for the genuine
~ Nctlls HtpNlts 0tNh III HN 1870
state there stretch miles Of sunny hill
side. Of a soil thin. it IS true. but re-
spending bounteously to the skillful ap-
pllaation Of appropriate chemical food
for plant life. There dwell scientific to-
bacco culturists who with true Con-
n~ecticut foresight. annually draw from
the famous Nuelta Abajo district in
cuba pounds Of the best Havana seed.
They plant 1t and tend II, cure the green
plant and ship II, golden in color, TO
Wheeling, where 1t Is made into genuine
Wheeling stogies."
During the speech the tobacconist, so
he afterwards said eyed the Wheeling
man closely. When the stranger began
to speak he clasped both hands about the
back Of his neck, and presently. warming
up to his work. released his right hand
and continued talking. with his left hand
stiil pressed on the apex of the sDina
column. This is a habit. the tobacconist
SAYS. that every smoker OF Wheeling
siogies has. When he first lights a
he Immediately clasps both hands
10 the back Of his neck in the firm
conviction. apparently, that he thereby
force to the drawing power Of his
lips. When. In the course Of four or five
minutes. the stogie at last smokes freely
or comparatively so. the Wheeling adept
uses his right hand to convey the stogie