Random Pipe and Tobacco Facts and Factoids of Yesterday

 

(Pipes and Tobacco Magazine) ... “One may sing of the rival virtues of pure Virginia, Latakia, Turkish, Cavendish, Shiraz, Golden Cloud, Birdseye, Navy Roll, Rifle Cake, Old Judge, Golden Shag, Sun-dried, and all the multitudinous forms and qualities of the soothing weed. But each man loveth his own brand or his own blend, and is not to be converted from the belief that it surpasseth in excellence all others.” (“Concerning Pipes,” Charles Dickens, All the Year Round. A Weekly Journal, Third Series, Volume X, July 1, 1893, to Dec. 30, 1893, Sept. 9, 1893, 248) Continued