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shops in this place. Let us go and look Mr. Bennett's 

 stable of horses over, and see how we find them. In 

 a suffering condition ; in all stages of suffering. I 

 talked with Mr. Bennett. Explain, teach, all of the 

 time. He tells me to take them and fix them up. 

 What ails this horse in here? Sh ! He is gone up; 

 he can hardlv stand. He is strained, I think, across 

 the loin ; his water-works aie out of order all of the 

 time. "That horse and his mate,'' says Mr. Bennett, 

 "cost me eight hundred dollars not long ago." His 

 mate had a flattish foot. I shod him. He was in the 

 team at time we were talking. " What is so much 

 straw in here for?" I asked. 



"He can't stand on the ground." Let us get him 

 out of tliis straw so we can see his feet. Oh, horror! 

 this poor liorse was nearly ready to fall over back- 

 wai-d, as his eyes and general appearance showed the 

 intense suffering he was obliged to endure, too plainly 

 for anv man that had eves not to see. " Mr. Ben- 

 nett," said I, "do you know what is the matter with 

 that horse?" 



"No." 



"Well. I do. I can relieve him in a very short 

 time, and will if you will let me. It's a hard job for 

 him and me, too, but it must be done.'' 



This horse had not been able to work in a long time, 

 and had been crammed with all kinds of trash called 

 "medicine." He had shoes on and w^as higher from 

 the top of his hoof down to the point at his toe than 

 any other hoi-se I ever saw His feet were quite 

 straight up and down ; his fore legs stood about perpen- 

 dicular ; his breast was full, his shoulders nearlv all 



