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now went to Danbury, Milford, and Stamford, Conn. 

 The weather was intensely cold, and the snow deep, 

 and we could not more than pay expenses. We 

 then went through the Eastern part of Jersey, lectur- 

 ing in a large number of small towns with poor re- 

 muneration. On this trip there was brought to me at 

 Windsor the meanest, most treacherously vicious ani- 

 mal I had ever met with. The remark of the Doctor, 

 to whom the animal belonged, was: " There, Professor, 

 take her and don't let me ever see her again; she is 

 too mean to live." I succeeded in doing more with 

 her than any other man had ever been able to do, and 

 with this animal started for Philadelphia; but we 

 gave no exhibitions there, as Newland had become 

 thoroughly convinced that there was no money in the 

 horse lecturing business, and, to tell the truth, I felt so 

 myself. So here we parted, Newland going home. 



IN THE " KEYSTONE STATE " AGAIN. 



My next visits were to Media, West Chester, Down- 

 ingtown, and Kennett Square, Pa., without doing 

 enough to pay expenses. In fact, I was "dead broke," 

 and was obliged to sell my horse, parting with him 

 without reluctance, for he was too ugly to learn any- 

 thing. I have since learned that this animal came 

 near killing the man who attempted to take care of 

 him. Going to Old Chester, I took in money enough 

 to carry me to Easton, where I billed the town and 

 took in considerable money during the ^ three days I 

 remained. Thence my road led over the mountains 

 to Bangor; tired, exhausted, and almost discouraged, 

 I concluded to give up " horse education" and go into 

 " horse doctoring." I found it was not an easy mat- 

 ter to cure spavins, ring-bones, etc., etc., however, and 

 consequently my "shingle" as Dr. O. R. Gleason, the 



