Ask the Marshall

How did frontier explorers and residents deal with ticks and chiggers? Don Davis Show Low, Arizona Folks in the Ozarks say lye soap and cedar oil are the best old-time methods, so I’m sure that was the remedy during the days of the James-Youngers. Some say locals acclimated to them—but I doubt that. The old tried-and-true method doesn’t prevent the critters, but it will get them off. We used to light a match, blow it out and poke the hot stick into the tick to make ’em let go—and t