[Gutenberg 36283] • The Tobacco Tiller: A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields

Behold, friend, a multitude traversing a road shaded at its edge by mighty plants whose leaves are thick, broad, and rank in their odor, -the nicotiana tabacum. Who are they of the multitude? They are those who have had to do with the making of the history of the weed whose cousins are the thorn-apple, and the night-shade, from the time its existence came to be known to the civilized nations. Listen, friend, to the roll-call