Missouri meerschaum

It will flood again, as will the cornfields to its south, where corncobs are harvested and turned into Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipes.

From his coat pocket he produced a fragrant Missouri meerschaum, and although smoking was strictly forbidden in the church, he felt that he was entitled to certain indulgences, and accordingly filled and lighted it.

And as a return for such affection, the venerable Missouri meerschaum lent to its young master an air that was comfortably domestic and peaceable.

Loss of patience had menace enough, though the Southerner had not stirred from his lazy posture in the doorway nor overlooked a single contented puff from the Missouri meerschaum.

He saw a woman in a blue mother-hubbard dress leaning against the cabin of her low, yellow shanty-boat, a cap a-rake on her head, one elbow resting on her palm, and in the other a long-stemmed Missouri meerschaum.