“ POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL.” Rodrigo Do Heretz, the mail whom Spaniards maintain boat Sir Walter Raleigh to the first pipeload of tobacco, is shortly to be honoured with a memorial tablet affixed to the house in which he lived in Argamonte. Rodrigo was denounced by his wife to the Inquisition as a sorcerer. She declared her husband a man who “ swallows fire, exhales smoke, and is surely possessed of the devil.” Rodrigo spent 17 years in prison on the charge. In these days no such terrors await smokers, but only delights, especially those about to try Edgeworth, one of 'the most delightful aromatic blends in the world.—Advt.
Such ol tho cable news on mis page as 19 so headed nas appeared In The Times and Is cabled to Australia and New Zealand by special permission. It should be understood that tho opinions are not those of The Times unless expressly stated to be so.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21254, 7 February 1931, Page 11
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