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and to make a general restraint thereof as much as 

 in you is." 



In Prince's Annals of New England we find 

 that a similar public sentiment was embodied in 

 the laws of this colony. In 1632 it was " Ordered, 

 That no person shall take any tobacco publicly , and 

 that everyone shall pay a penny sterling for every 

 time of taking tobacco in any place." 



Two years later : " The General Court forbid any 

 person to use tobacco publicly, on fine of 2s. 6d., 

 or privately in his own dwelling, or dwelling of 

 another, before strangers, and they also forbid tivo 

 or more to use it in any place together." 



Such was the aesthetic view in the olden time 

 (the italics are modern.) Are we growing more 

 or less civilized? When will the sentiment of 

 this enlightened age require the affixing and the 

 executing of suitable penalties on this practice, so 

 far at least as it interferes with the rights, the com- 

 fort, or the health of others ? 



LIST OF BRANDS. 



Considering this habit merely in its relation to 

 good-breeding , a volume might be written. This 

 will be easily believed by anyone w T ho will glance 

 over the long list that follows of tasteful and appe- 

 tizing brands which I have sought to arrange artisti- 

 cally to suit my artistic subject. It will not be 

 expected of one unpractised to discriminate be- 

 tween the smoking, chewing, and snuffing brands, 

 as this involves nice points known only to the 



