Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1892 — A Smoker’s Delight. [ARTICLE]

A Smoker’s Delight.

N. 0. Barney, a retired Now York banker, has an interetlng Collection of pipes. One of them represents the trunk of an old tree, around which are grouped a party of sporting gentlemen with their guns and dogs, enjoying a hunter’s meal. One of the members of the party Is cleverly shown to be cutting with his Jackknife the name N. O. Barney on the trunk of the tree—to commemorate, no doubt, the occasion. Each figure is a correct likeness of an Individual member of the party. The owner’s name is also carved on each of the game-bags, and the delicate network around the game-bags Is true to nature. In this collection are also a few pipes that came from Alaska. They were made of walrus tusks by the Esquimaux. Another remarkable piece is a cigarholdcr on which is carved a Gordon setter, a favorite dog belonging to the owner. It is a perfect image of the dog, and from smoking the meershaum has acquired a brownish-red color, which is exactly the color of the dog.