Vulgar words in Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce (Page 1)

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"In the early times of the introduction of tobacco, smokers in many countries were condemned to infamous and cruel punishments; had their noses and their lips cut off, and with blackened faces and mounted on an ass, exposed to the coarse jests of the vilest vagabonds and the insults of the multitude.

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On the lid inside was painted the head of an ass.

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Benzo gives the following account of the manufacture of a cigar in Hispaniola:-- "They take a leafe from the stalks of their great bastard corn (which we commonly called Turkie--wheat) together with one of these tobacco-leaves and fold them up together like a coffin of paper, such as grocers make to put spices in, or like a small organ-pipe.

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White sand-stone, bastard soap-stone, or any other that does not contain flint.

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Moreover, there are what may be called bastard leaves, which grow after the leaves proper have been gathered.

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[79] Tobacco made from these bastard leaves is easily recognizable, the leaves being long and narrow, of a reddish color, and a bitter taste.

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