‘Snuff’ said: It’s hard to quit
‘Of all of the uses of tobacco, I believe the most unattractive way is in the use of snuff. I have watched people demonstrate their various uses of the weed, and a person must really be a slave to it when they allow themselves to snuff tobacco dust up the nose or wallow it around in the mouth. I have known many users of snuff, or snuff dippers, as we call them, and every one used it in about the same manner. »
It’s a sticky situation
Thirty three years ago, I started growing my first beard, and for the past thirty three years, I have kept it intact for better or worse. Two times in the past twelve months I have stood before the mirror and looked at that scraggly mess of hair on my chin and decided to shave it off before I get thrown in jail. »
Noted people of county
(The following story comes from Chapter 4: Noted People of Pulaski County 1907-2007, in Lloyd Mathews’ forthcoming book on the history of Pulaski County.)
When a person thinks of Pulaski County’s past, one of the first names that comes to mind is A.P. Whitman, longtime postmaster, Horseshow Association leader, farmer, land appraiser, historian, and teller of great stories about old Pulaski. »
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