Word: tobacco
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Then came a fat man, smelling of tobacco. He had several volumes of Bohn's works under his arm. This one was a Bummer, and spoke as follows: "Old man, I admire your pluck. If you'll only pitch into the Faculty heavy, we'll all buy your paper. You see, the Advocate and Crimson haven't got backbone enough. You just publish these complaints about janitors and short vacations, and these suggestions about a lower grade of degrees and abolishing prayers, and I tell you what, the fellows will back...
...matter of pride to Rochester, N. Y., as well as to the firm directly interested, that yesterday a cable despatch was received stating that the French government had adopted the tobacco and cigarettes manufactured by Wm. S. Kimball & Co., of that city. We should explain, perhaps, that all tobacco sold in France up to this time has been manufactured by the government. Of late, the demand for other makes has arisen, and the government, to meet it, allowed English and American manufacturers to enter goods for competitive test with a view to the adoption of the best. The fact that...
...Princetonian has a tirade against smoking, and more especially against inhaling, and says "Vultures and wolves have been known to turn away from the dead body of a tobacco-user." This shows clearly that any person who uses tobacco does wrong, because he thereby deprives "vultures and wolves" of that which is, no doubt, their due. But as an argument against the weed its force will not be felt by any one who does not intend himself especially for wolf-meat...
...realities of life. There were two other booths in the gallery which attracted great crowds. One had this placard above the door: "New Course in Chinese and Japanese Antiquities"; the other, "Course in Oriental Life." From the latter booth delicious odors were exhaled, mingled with the fumes of Turkish tobacco...
Gentlemen, - Pray accept my best thanks for the package of Vanity Fair Tobacco which I found here yesterday. It is the best tobacco I ever smoked, and will be a great source of enjoyment to me on my Western trip...