Monday, December 23, 2024

 Time for a chaw and a puff or two

                                                                       Old advertising tin

Although not a frequent tobacco user, Grandpa Martin enjoyed lighting an El Producto cigar with one of Grandma's kitchen matches, reclining in his easy chair while he smoked. During other leisurely moments, he would retrieve his reliable Keen Kutter pocketknife from his overalls pocket to cut a piece from a Tinsley plug he kept in his shirt pocket. An empty Folger's coffee tin served as his spittoon. I am quite certain he was unaware, nor would he have had any particular reason to care, that El Producto was the preferred cigar of both George Burns and Elvis Presley.