Show raising connecticut tobacco this lias has been so far a phenomenal year lor for the tobacco industry in new england an industry that probably many new englanders Engl andors hardly suspect exists nowadays in this part of the country the beauty ot of these northern tobacco fields la Is however a familiar spectacle to passengers on the trolley ears cars between hartford Har llord and spring gold for tho the cars run past mile alter after mile of 0 growing tobacco worth something like an acre millions of cigar smokers would perhaps thrill to realize that it was here something over a century ago that mrs prout at her husbands suggestion rolled leaves ot of connecticut tobacco in the first American cigars and peddled them about the villages of connecticut sold soldiers lers growing machine Z the see second 0 nd regiment massachusetts volunteer tn infantry fantry postponed the election for second lieutenant until george E burr a popular sergeant could add half bait an inch to his height to meet the prescribed in measurements and then it elected another man |