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Show Pipe Lighter of Bygone Age. This strange thing of wood and Iron, with tho look of a combination chafing chaf-ing dish and sieve, Is a bl-motalllc throo-leggod stovo. It belongs to a collection of curios owned by a man in Tarrytown, and was used by tho old Knickerbockers to light thoir pipes. Thoy called It a "comforter." Filled with llvo coals, it furnished lights for many a curled-paper taper a century ago. It is mado of copper, with tho upper works of brass, and docoratod with nn applo seed pattern. |