I have just met my most intimate friend; he is very anxious 

 to meet you. Won't you please dine with me today and 

 meet him? I took that letter to my room and in answer 

 said: Prof. Pritehard, yours of this a. m. at hand. As long 

 as the grub is as good as it was last night you can depend 

 on my company at any time. 



I rang the same bell at 6:30 and was taken to the family 

 room and enjoyed Mrs. Pritehard' s company for half an 

 hour, when I was introduced to Dr. T. W. Talbott, one of 

 London's best veterinarys. 



These two gentlemen were to me as brothers from then 

 'till now. Friends in need are friends in deed; I then 

 understood. 



Prof. Wm. Pritehard, head of the great Veterinary Col- 

 lege in London, took me four different days out in the 

 country; one time about eighty miles and introduced me and 

 saw me operate. He had over two hundred students in the 

 college. Prof. Pritehard always paid the bills at all times 

 and exacted the strangest favor of me you could think of. 

 If you are not tired I will tell all about it: These 2500 cir- 

 culars I sent to all Veterinarys and some Lords were offen- 

 sive there; many said, "The worst Yankee, the biggest fool 



and the liar of them all is in London now, pretending 



to cut ridgling horses; it never was done and how can he, 

 a farmer, be so smart?" I think it was our third day out 

 and eighty miles away; Prof. Pritehard introduced me to 

 ten rich veterinary gentlemen. Quite a lot of others col- 

 lected to see this American Farmer handle five large ridg- 

 ling horses; one seed only could be seen or felt. I soon got 

 to work and did two nicely at $25.00 each. I then said, 

 come gentlemen this is not fair, I am a cripple and this is 



