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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 202, 29 September 1888, Page 3

The Ararat Advertiser is responsible for U}e following tall story Some years ago a gentleman resident in Melbourne, who had been suffering from acute sciatica for a lengthened period, came io visit some file ids in this neighborhood. He could only move about with difficulty on crutches; but one bright day he managed to make his way to the sheep dip, some distance from the house, where the men were engaged dipping. He stood at the edge of the pit, and though warned thatAhe boards were slippery, he endeavoured to push a refractory sheep in with his crutch, when his feet slipped and he plunged into the pit, being entirely submerged in solution of tobacco and sulphur. As soon as he came spluttering to the surface he scrambled up to the outlet race, and to the surprise of everyone scorned assistance, an 4 vaulting the sheep hurdles he shouted tbfct his involuntary bath had ddffipUtely cured bitn.”