habit, when you once get a taste of it and understand it, it 

 is interesting, and where there is pleasure in doing a thing, 

 that by itself is a profit. For instance, I have said I am 

 lonely, and I am passing away the time after working hours 

 writing, it is some satisfaction to me to know that you will 

 read this. In that way, I break my silence with you because 

 my heart beats, my mind thinks, and, understand me, there 

 is a limit to this mental slavery, but when I know you are 

 interested in reading this little book, I will feel relieved. 



Take married life as a science, the point is to avoid 

 breaking the first thread in life of love. I am sure marriage 

 can be a heavenly state if we want to make it so. But the 

 trouble is with married man, they always have or make 

 something more interesting for themselves in life than their 

 wife, whether such is for good or bad, right or wrong, and 

 he expects that his concerns shall be the only interest of his 

 wife, which often causes dispute. Failures and disappoint- 

 ments are the results. Man must make a change, and, so 

 must you. It is like shoeing a colt, the first couple of shoe- 

 ings have much to do with the future of his feet and his be- 

 having in the shop. How a colt ought to be shod? The 

 shoe should be plain. Shoes made out of half round stock 

 are quite suitable. The feet should not be burned, not only 

 it isn't good for the foot, but the smoke from the hot 

 shoe may also scare the colt, and if we don't use any clips 

 we don't have to burn them to the foot to fit. Clips may be 

 necessary some time and can be used without injuring the 

 foot, if they are fitted with care, and you understand 

 the use and abuse of it. You may say if we don't use clips, 

 the shoes don't stay on as well. This sounds reasonable, 

 but the great trouble is, we hollow the feet out too much 

 and don't leave a proper bearing surface for the shoe to rest 

 on. The sole part next the wall should not be cut out; let 

 the shoe rest on it like it does on a wall. Only at times 

 when a horse has been neglected and his feet have worn to 

 the sensitive part of the sole, a shoe must then be concaved 



