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April 21, 1881
Crawford Avalanche
Grayling, Crawford County, Michigan
What is this article about?
Humorous anecdote of Scrubbs tricking a grumpy old gentleman in a pre-smoking-carriage train by lighting matches to create smoke, prompting the man to allow pipe smoking.
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"I KNOW THAT."
A London paper has heard of a case where a droll fellow named Scrubbs got into a first-class railway carriage, before smoking carriages were invented. In the carriage was seated a sour-looking old gentleman. After the train had started, Scrubbs took out his pipe.
"You mustn't smoke here," at once said the old gentleman.
"I know that," replied Scrubbs. He then calmly filled his pipe.
"Did I not tell you," said the o. g. again, "that you can't smoke here?"
"I know that," gloomily replied Scrubbs, taking out his fusee box. He lit a fusee, but now the wrath of the o. g. was dreadful.
"You shan't smoke here, sir!" he shrieked.
"I know that," added Scrubbs, allowing the fusee to exhaust itself, when he lit another, and another; the stench was awful, the smoke suffocating.
The o. g., coughing and spluttering, struggled for words. "You'd better smoke," said he.
"I know that," replied Scrubbs, applying the blazing fusee to the expectant pipe.
A London paper has heard of a case where a droll fellow named Scrubbs got into a first-class railway carriage, before smoking carriages were invented. In the carriage was seated a sour-looking old gentleman. After the train had started, Scrubbs took out his pipe.
"You mustn't smoke here," at once said the old gentleman.
"I know that," replied Scrubbs. He then calmly filled his pipe.
"Did I not tell you," said the o. g. again, "that you can't smoke here?"
"I know that," gloomily replied Scrubbs, taking out his fusee box. He lit a fusee, but now the wrath of the o. g. was dreadful.
"You shan't smoke here, sir!" he shrieked.
"I know that," added Scrubbs, allowing the fusee to exhaust itself, when he lit another, and another; the stench was awful, the smoke suffocating.
The o. g., coughing and spluttering, struggled for words. "You'd better smoke," said he.
"I know that," replied Scrubbs, applying the blazing fusee to the expectant pipe.
What sub-type of article is it?
Deception Fraud
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Railway Trick
Smoking Prohibition
Fusee Matches
Droll Fellow
What entities or persons were involved?
Scrubbs
Old Gentleman
Where did it happen?
First Class Railway Carriage
Story Details
Key Persons
Scrubbs
Old Gentleman
Location
First Class Railway Carriage
Story Details
Scrubbs enters a non-smoking railway carriage with a sour old gentleman, fills his pipe despite warnings, and lights multiple fusees creating smoke until the old gentleman suggests he smoke the pipe.