• SOQ THE horse's rescue. 



what luck he would have in that place introducing 

 curino- horses there without medicine in brother 

 Joseph's shop; back in the rear of Joseph's hack, 

 livery, and boarding stable he commenced this busi- 

 ness, Joseph doingall he could to help him. It went 

 slow; no money to fall back on. He was soon 

 starved out, and was obliged to go to work by the 

 day for others in order to live, and thai was what I 

 found him doing when I sailed into this city from the 

 west. This is the third time I have lived in Auburr. 

 After getting settled I went to his place of business to 

 have a talk with him. He was at work for another 

 man, and at the same time curing stiff horses. He 

 had some on his hands all of the time caring for. He 

 continued on in this way. I was sick and unable to 

 do work of that kind. I did but very little work for 

 six months. After resting up for six months I began 

 to feel better. I decided to tackle the horse again. I 

 well knew I could not hold out long, for this is hard 

 business and poor pay, not enough to live. The first 

 thing to be done is to curtail expenses. I started out 

 to find a place. I found a small, new shop, with 

 rooms over the shop. It was deserted, empty, five 

 miles south of Auburn. I found this was for sale. I 

 bought it for four hundred dollars, and I rigged up 

 new ao^ain to try and introduce this great science. 

 This is where this work is written, over my shop with 

 a checker-board for my writing-desk, with a Scieniific 

 American spread over it. The first thing when I came 

 ill this place was to commence to talk this science^ 

 How could I introduce it unless I did ? No one knew 

 u.iything about it but me, and they never would un- 



