go SMOKERS' STORIES. 



able and laudable practice, and is produc- 

 tive of good. [Dismay and confusion of 

 the anti-tobacconists. Roars of laugh- 

 ter from the smokers.} There is no 

 more harm in a pipe than there is in a cup 

 of tea. You may poison yourself by/ 

 drinking too much green tea, and kill 

 yourself by eating too many beef-steaks. 

 For my own part, I consider that to- 

 bacco, in moderation, is a sweetener and 

 equalizer of the temper." [Total rout 

 of the anti-tobacconists and complete 

 triumph of the smokers} 



ROBERT BURNS' SNUFF-BOX. 



ROBERT BURNS was never happier 

 than when he could "pass a winter 

 evening under some venerable roof and 

 smoke a pipe of tobacco or drink water 

 gruel." He also took it in snuff. Mr. 

 Bacon, who kept a celebrated posting- 

 house north of Dumfries, was his almost 



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