Speaking of interfering and the guarantee to stop it, 

 let us reason together. Supposing you were a furniture 

 dealer, and supposing you were to adjust a chair to carry 

 weight on all four legs at the same time. You would fit 

 the chair to a level platform. When the furniture man has 

 done that, that is the end of it. When that chair is sold and 

 delivered, and the floor is not level, the chair will rock and 

 only carry weight on two or three legs, so the furniture man 

 can only guarantee a chair to carry weight on all four legs 

 at the same time on a level floor. Horseshoers can only hope 

 to stop horses from interfering when the footing becomes 

 firm and level. Aside from that, a horse must be in good 

 condition, he must not be driven until he gets tired and leg- 

 weary. If these conditions are not favorable, there is no 

 shoe of any description that will prevent interfering, and 

 the horseshoer's guarantee is without foundation. 



Always use a shoe as light as you can, but satisfactory 

 for wear ; and always try and find the cause of any irregu- 

 larities and don't get the habit of guaranteeing or money 

 refunded. If we are doing these things, let as stop it. 



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