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FLAVORING THE SNUFF. 



as they (the ladies) would suppose, throw it away on a heap 

 of what would appear to them rubbishy dust in one corner 



of the snuff-room. Of 

 course the ladies would 

 consider the proper place 

 for it to be on the cambric 

 handkerchief, but this idea 

 would be about the last 

 to occur to your matter- 

 of-fact snuff-maker. 



" In addition to otto-of- 

 roses, the scent-room con- 

 tains great jars of essence 

 of lemon, French gera- 

 nium, verbena, oil of pi- 

 mento, bergamotte, etc., 

 all of which are used in 

 the various flavoring com- 

 binations. There would 



PERFUMING SNUFF. most likely also be a few 



hundred-weight of fine 



Tonquin beans, and one of these beans is generally presented 

 to any visitor who drops in, as souvenir to carry away in 

 his waistcoat pocket. Snuff is very extensively used in the 

 mills and factories of Lancashire. Those who toil long in 

 heated and noisy mills seem to require, and doubtless do 

 require, tobacco in some shape or other to keep them from 

 flagging ; and as chewing is not polite, and smoking in a 

 mill not allowed, the only resource left to the operative is 

 his snuff. A singular feature connected with this is, we 

 believe, the fact that spinners in very few instances use snuff- 

 boxes, they prefer having their supply of snuff screwed up 

 in a piece of paper. One retail shop-keeper in a busy spin- 

 ning town in Lancashire assured us that he retailed over four 

 hundred weight of snuff a week in pennyworths. 



" It is impossible to state the exact quantity of snuff used in 

 this country ; but, as far as we can arrive at it from statistics 

 at hand, we should say it cannot be less than five hundred tons 

 per annum. This seems an enormous quantity, considering 

 the comparatively small number of persons who now use 

 enuff ; but the great bulk of snuff seems to be consumed by 

 particular communities, such as the Lancashire operatives, and 

 the consumption of it is therefore not generally observable ; 

 and further it should be remembered that those who do take 

 snuff, individually use large quantities." 



