Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1875 — Tallow Dips. [ARTICLE]

Tallow Dips.

A writer in Lippincott'a Magazine savs: “Seventy years ago,.when gas and kerosene were not, and wax candles were an extsfcvagac.ee indulged in only on state occasions, even by the wealthy, the tailowdip was an article of necessity, and ‘can-dle-dip day’ was as certain of occurrence as Christmas, though perhaps even less welcome than the equally certain anneal fast-day. Fancy an immense kitchen with fireplace in the center of one side. Over the blaze of backlog and forestick, and something like half a cord of 4 eight-foot wood,’ are swinging the iron cranes laden with great kettles of melting tallow. On tire opposite side of the kitchen two long poles, about two feet apart, are supported at their extremities upon the seats of chairs. Beside the poles are other great kettles containing molted tallow poured on the top of hot water. Across tlu; poles are tire slender caudle-rods from which depend ranks upon ranks of caadtewicks made of tow. for cotton-wick is a later invention. Little by little, by endlessly repeating the slow process of dipping into the kettles of melted tallow and hanging them to cool, the wicks take on their proper coating of tallow. To make the candle as large as possible was the aim. for the more tallow the brighter the light. When done the ranks, of candles still depending from the rods were hung in the sunniest spots of a sunny garret to bleach.” A TiTfsyn.L” philosopher is cudgeling his ounce of or ius in an attempt to -understand why a woman can, lal! in love with a man who Las a cork leg. Some-! body oughirfr* infonu him a; once that in j nine cases out of ten a cork leg is much the most intelligent and incorruptible part j of man. and there is now and then a i woman who comprehends the fact.