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four quarts of Santa Cruz rum, two dozen pipes, 

 and two large papers of tobacco ! " 



In view of such usages, the ecclesiastical good 

 tokens that have been named are truly encour- 

 aging. A few in the secular line are no less 

 cheering. 



The enterprising firm of Jordan, Marsh, & Co., 

 of the New England metropolis, occasionally fur- 

 nish brief, practical lectures to their employees 

 in the large hall connected with their establishment. 

 In one of these lectures the tobacco-subject was 

 discussed ; and, as a result, every one of the 

 clerks, with a single exception, voted to abandon it. 



After the women of Massachusetts had been 

 admitted to vote on the education question, the 

 Commonwealth, in 1881, passed an act to aid in 

 preserving order at elections, of which the follow- 

 ing is the substance : — 



" During any town-meeting, held for the election 

 of national, state, county, or town officers, no 

 person shall smoke, or have in his possession any 

 lighted pipe, cigarette, or cigar, in any town-hall 

 where such meeting is being held. Any persons 

 violating any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of disorderly conduct, and the 

 moderator shall order the person to remove any 

 such pipe, cigarette, or cigar, or withdraw himself 

 from said place of meeting ; and, on his declining 

 to obey, shall order any police officer, or other 

 person, to take him from the meeting, and confine 

 him in some convenient place until the meeting 



