The pipe, in fact, was the great organ of reflection and deliberation of the New Netherlander.

It was his constant companion and solace--was he gay, he smoked: was he sad, he smoked; his pipe was never out of his mouth; it was a part of his physiognomy; without it, his best friends would not know him.

Take away his pipe?
You might as well take away his nose! The immediate effect of the edict of William the Testy was a popular commotion.

A vast multitude, armed with pipes and tobacco-boxes, and an immense supply of ammunition, sat themselves down before the governor's house, and fell to smoking with tremendous violence.

The testy William issued forth like a wrathful spider, demanding the reason of this lawless fumigation.