Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     A new trick has been played, says the Saratoga Sentinel of the 13th, by “the wooden nutmeg gentry.” A considerable demand existing in the southern part of this state for merino sheep, these witty knaves prepared a large number of English sheep, by clipping the ends of the wool, applying a hot iron to that portion remaining on the sheep in order to crisp it, and finally applied a composition of grease, tar and lampblack, to give it the greasy and smoky appearance of the merino. Thus accoutred, they were passed off at a considerable price for genuine merino.