Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1880 — Dipping Sheep. [ARTICLE]

Dipping Sheep.

Tfcaij(|cUl\| dip is to free the sheep fropiwll fext*mal parasites, as ticks, scab, etc., and skin diseases, the cause of some of ‘which are-not fully understood. A dip of twelve pounds of tobacco and six pounds of Hour of sulphur, to fifty gallons of water, is one that has been so generally used, that it can be recommended. Some add to this a little concentrated lye, a pound or so, and about the same quantity es Arsenic. If arsenic is used, proper caution should be exercised, and the poisonous nature of the mixture kept in mind. The sheep are dipped while the mixture is warm. Those who have had experience claim that the dip of tobacco and|snlphnr will dealt that can be accomplished by the use of arsenic. It may not be generally understood that sulphur does not dissolve in the dip; hence, in order that each sheep may get its share, the mixture, while in Use, should be frequently stirred np from ■the bottom, and the sulphur thus thoroughly diffused. —American Agriculturist. Old Superstitions.— lt used to be a common thing for sailors to reftise to go to sea on a Friday. We bear nothing of this in these steamboat days. Steam has made evwy day alike. It has been a very great changes, and in the matter of popular superstitions it has proved the great reformer. Wherever steam engines appear, superstitions disappear—ghosts, fairies and witclps are speedily forgotten. Who ever heard ot a ghost in a railway station, or of a bewitched cattle truck, or of a haunted saloon carriage ? The thing is impossible. The most expert seer couldn’t find a Amt in a first-class waiting room—could not even imagine such a thing. Ghosts like 4 4 lfler^nt , quarters—old honsea, wain*dred roomA, Secret passages, few visitors.

looks real easy and home-like to see ■MssatSsusß3»*alasses with its fingers. Mi**? -aid an old Wfy, kfttr a toejele *ud passed her, “just now I ‘«eed a wagon wheel ruanin’ away with a man. Yon km believe it or not. I wouldn’t-if I hadn’t seed it myself.” . »