PYTHAGORAS SMOKED 2000 YEARS AGO. Arthur Machen, arch-lover of tobacco in the pipe, whimsically attributes the origin of the philosophical custom of smoking to Pythagoras. That worthy philosopher enjoined his disciples to keep their practice a secret However, “it began to be noised abroad that there were certain men who inhaled the smoke of an herb which made them content with all things,” whereat the populace burnt down the club of Pythagoras and destroyed all the tobacco stored therein. And from that time no man in Europe saw tobacco for nigh two thousand years. “Content with all things” truly expresses the state of mind o'f a man smoking Dill’s Best Tobacco. Its friendly fragrance and good cheer will be enjoyed by him every day; its natural leaf has been perfected into one of the most satisfying tobaccos eve? madar—AdviS,
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 10
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139Page 10 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 262, 1 August 1929, Page 10
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