"WHAT A PIPE! 



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value by its historic associations. Taylor alludes to several 



made from the well known Glastonbury thorn. He says : 



" I saw the sayd branch, I did take a dead sprigge from it, 



TOBACCO STOPPERS. 



wherewith I made two or three tobacco-stoppers, which I 

 brought to London." 



Pipes and tobacco-stoppers have often been favorite testi- 

 monials of friendship and reward. Fairholt says : 



" It was the custom during the last century to present 

 country churchwardens with tobacco-boxes, after the faithful 

 discharge of their duties." 



The following lines from " The Tobacco Leaf," penned by 

 Borne favored one on receiving a rare pipe, are no doubt as 

 neat as the object that called them forth : 



" I lifted off the lid with anxious care, 

 Removed the wrappages, strip after strip, 

 And when the hidden contents were laid bare, 

 My first remark was : " Mercy, what a pipe ! " 



A pipe of symmetry that matched its size, 

 Mounted with metal bright a sight to see 

 With the rich umber hue that smokers prize, 

 Attesting both its age and pedigree. 



A pipe to make the royal Freidrich jealous, 

 Or the great Teufelsdrockh with envy gripe ! 

 A man should hold some rank above his fellows 

 To justify his smoking such a pipe ! 



