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  of 
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  the 
  latter 
  place 
  their 
  exhibit 
  was 
  gotten 
  up 
  at 
  an 
  enormous 
  

   cost, 
  being 
  50 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  12 
  high, 
  and 
  was 
  a 
  remarkable 
  

   representation 
  of 
  skill 
  and 
  workmanship 
  in 
  the 
  multifari- 
  

   ous 
  varieties 
  and 
  manipulations 
  of 
  tobacco, 
  from 
  the 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  plant 
  to 
  rich 
  panels 
  and 
  other 
  devices 
  of 
  spun 
  and 
  plug 
  

   tobacco, 
  requiring 
  a 
  thread 
  of 
  spun 
  tobacco 
  thirteen 
  miles 
  

   in 
  length. 
  The 
  conception 
  of 
  the 
  design 
  of 
  a 
  fort 
  and 
  fleet, 
  

   all 
  made 
  by 
  them 
  of 
  tobacco 
  of 
  all 
  kinds, 
  shades 
  and 
  shapes, 
  

   was 
  a 
  fitting 
  and 
  novel 
  association 
  with 
  the 
  firm 
  and 
  their 
  

   origin 
  of 
  navy 
  tobacco; 
  and 
  so 
  artistic 
  was 
  the 
  execution 
  of 
  

   the 
  work 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  its 
  minutest 
  details 
  of 
  handsome 
  signs, 
  

   columns, 
  guns, 
  ship 
  monitors, 
  &c., 
  that 
  the 
  whole 
  justly 
  de- 
  

   served 
  and 
  received 
  most 
  favorable 
  delineations 
  and 
  com- 
  

   ments 
  from 
  the 
  leading 
  journals 
  of 
  Boston 
  and 
  other 
  cities. 
  

   It 
  is 
  almost 
  impossible 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  adequate 
  idea 
  of 
  this 
  won- 
  

   derful 
  piece 
  of 
  workmanship, 
  so 
  intricate 
  in 
  its 
  variegating 
  

   parts, 
  the 
  beautiful 
  and 
  harmonious 
  blending 
  of 
  colors 
  and 
  

   kinds, 
  all 
  worked 
  into 
  marvelous 
  shapes 
  and 
  designs 
  — 
  the 
  

   whole 
  must 
  be 
  seen 
  and 
  critically 
  examined 
  to 
  be 
  understood 
  

   and 
  properly 
  appreciated. 
  

  

  CHAPTER 
  II. 
  

  

  Brief 
  History 
  of 
  the 
  Types 
  of 
  Tobacco 
  Produced 
  in 
  

   Virginia 
  and 
  Maryland 
  — 
  Quality 
  of 
  Tobacco 
  — 
  

   Soils. 
  

  

  " 
  Dark 
  Shipping 
  " 
  was 
  the 
  original 
  and 
  prevalent 
  type 
  of 
  

   tobacco 
  among 
  the 
  planters 
  of 
  Virginia 
  and 
  Maryland. 
  For 
  

   many 
  years 
  the 
  laws 
  regulating 
  production, 
  especially 
  those 
  

   passed 
  by 
  the 
  Colonial 
  Assembly, 
  requiring 
  all 
  products 
  

   failing 
  in 
  quality 
  and 
  soundnes« 
  to 
  be 
  burned, 
  were 
  rigidly 
  

   enforced. 
  All 
  tobacco 
  was 
  raised 
  for 
  export, 
  the 
  only 
  market, 
  

   and 
  the 
  price 
  being 
  uniform, 
  whether 
  for 
  sale 
  or 
  as 
  a 
  cir- 
  

   culating 
  medium, 
  inspection 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  insure 
  uni- 
  

   formity 
  of 
  grade. 
  

  

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  YOUR 
  DWELLINGS 
  WITH 
  J. 
  SOUTHGATE 
  Sc 
  SON. 
  

  

  