and fifty dollars. This you may think a big price, but Mr. 

 Dyer seemed satisfied. 



In June, 1888, I was paid sixty-five dollars to alter one 

 ridgling colt for Mr. E. Thorn, of Henderson, N. C. 



In August, 1888, I was paid seventy-five dollars to alter 

 one double number three ridgling horse for T. Dudley, 

 Topeka. Kan. 



The best I ever did was to alter six ridglings and two 

 plain yearlings at Bangor, Me., for one hundred and sixty 

 dollars, one afternoon, all easy work, and a pleasant crowd, 

 and plenty of sweet cider to drink. The most I was ever 

 paid for one operation, was eighty-five dollars, on a rup- 

 tured, heavy stallion, near Pittsburg, Pa. 



The most difficult operation I ever did on a fine bull, 

 was for rupture of the scrotum on one side, in Chicago. 

 One State Veterinary had tried to return the bowels with 

 his hand in the rectum and the bull on his back one hour, 

 and failed to return them, two weeks before I was called. 

 I split the bag, tunic, and all, and found adhesion of the 

 bowels all around in the tunic, which was very large and 

 hard. I broke down the adhesion and then replaced them. 

 Also put the testicle on that side in, rather than remove it, 

 and sewed all up, with anticeptic, in which Dr. Withers, 

 V. vS. , of the Veterinary College of Chicago, kindly assisted 

 me. 



The most surgery I ever did in one day with five helpers 

 and only one set of ropes, was to spay two hundred and five 

 large wild cows for J. \V. Iliff, of Denver, Col., and I 

 climbed a small pole about twenty-five times, besides, when 

 I was tired. I presume you would like to know what pole 

 climbing had to do with spaying cattle? It saved my life 



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