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I ; " I can make a few dollars here at home." Then 

 he made another offer. *' If yon will come to Ithaca 

 I will build yon a shop." 



" I have a shop and house of my own here." 



"You could get more work up there.'' 



*'I have enouirh to kill four men here. I do not do 

 half the work that comes here. I can't stand so much 

 hard work. I am getting old and stiff myself." 



"Well, I am going to bring my horses here for you 

 to shoe." 



"That you had not better do. It is a long way to 

 come. I am full nearly all of the time. It might not 

 be so I could shoe them. I cannot cure your horses 

 by shoeing them." 



Another offer: "If you will cure this horse I will 

 make you a present." 



"I do not work for presents." 



" Well, I will give you ten dollars." 



" I would not do it for ten dollars. It is worth 

 more than that to cure anv stiff horse." 



" Will you shoe her?" 



" Yes." 



She interferes behind badly ; heels low, toes long, 

 contracted badly, and off her base on her forward feet 

 She had flat shoes on her forward feet. I commenced 

 to work ; he commenced to give orders how it should 

 be done. Those shoes were all right to go on again; 

 no ne\Y shoes must be used. I soon saw there was no 

 use trying to teach him anything. When a man has 

 got that far advanced he knows all there is — about as 

 far as a man can get — it is dangerous to try to get any 

 farther. He might supersede the great Jehovah. I 



