Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 262, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1917 — Carlyle’s Long Clay Pipe. [ARTICLE]

Carlyle’s Long Clay Pipe.

Thomas Carlyle, whose memory will remain as a man who has given much to history, enjoyed his long clay pipes. They were made in Glasgow. ’ These pipes “^veremade with ldng~~gfeen glazed tips for the mouthpiece, and those‘who visited at his home say that he smoked a new pipe every day or perhaps oftener from the stock that he kept in a box. Usually the pipes were in a corner of the fireplace, within the fender, and ready for Carlyle’s further service. Here he stored also a half pound tin canister of his tobacco, w’hich was often replenished from his larger supply. The box'stood usually on the table, though at times, it occupied a place of honor on the mantlepiece.