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Show About Buying Cigars. If, by chance, I happen to go into a strange cigar shop and the man at the case asks me if I want an imported cigar I make up my mind that he doesn't know his business or that he takes me for a fool. A man is supposed to know what sort of a cigar he wants and ought to say so at the start. An imported cigar, at the average cigar stand, at the common price, is a delusion and a snare. If I go into a place where I am not known and buy a cigar I am always particular to notice the box. If the cigar does not lit the box I know the seller has practiced some deception. He has put a different cigar in the box than the one called for . by the brand. If he is mean enough to do this ho is mean enough to palm off a poor cigar. I am not a cynic in anything; any-thing; but I have noticed one thing in my travels it is easier for a man to be swindled on cigars than anything that grows, runs or stands still. If the cigar man doesn't know you you get the worst of it. Chicago Tribune. |