298 THE horse's rescue. 



saw I could do nothing for him. I shod his horse the 

 best I could. Then he began to talk cure horses 

 again. I told him, "If you will bring your horses 

 here, pay the keeping, and let me have full control oC 

 them, I will take cp.re of them, and cure the two for 

 fifty dollai's." lie drove off. That was the last I saw 

 of that generous, noble-minded man. 



While I was operating in this place, brother Oliver 

 stuck his stake in a nev/ place about twelve miles 

 from me, at Groton, there to try and start curing stiff 

 horses without medicine. I saw and talked w-ith him 

 many times to learn how the battle was going. He 

 said it was red-hot. He got horses and cured them 

 for all that. Some came from many miles away. 

 While I was operating at Lake Eidge something took 

 place that caused quite a racket. It was this: The 

 boys, I call them, but they were as big as they ever 

 would be, asked me to lecture. " What subject do you 

 want me to lecture on?"' " Oh, choose vour own." 



Whether they were in fun or not I did not know. I 

 rather thought they were. They said they would 

 furnish house, light it, and put up bills. I should be at 

 no expense or trouble. 



Notice was given out before the bills were up. I 

 saw they were not going to get the bills up, so I saw 

 to getting them printed, paid for them, and sent some 

 to different places, putting them up myself over the 

 country. The time came. I had quite a full house. 

 I lectured in an old deserted Baptist church. I told 

 them I was going to try and see how big a field I could 

 work and experiment on, talking or lecturing on scien- 

 tific principles, taking the whole Bible for the text or 



