The Ambler Gazette 18981103

              the ambler gazette vol xvi.-no 47 ambler pa november :*, 18hh si.25 a year norristown letter flirt k.ipiiii lr(f inlmi ll msjim ml rmafflm ahiin.l tntrimlk s.'xl.m l>:ni bit t.urko in kvprv i'lm ¦>' t'.illflrnl spii miiniit i fleet l.m appronrtic nnrrtatown < k"t siiy h:ii i honor ' ii l the flnei ' ¦ ( if jnntfre which the human mind 	 frumi . 1 iitcni each lurking frnlltj todlw i ¦ v ¦ nl v'li inl the n:iy n life fr 	 ii : lllti'tnl nr 1i1 ill than write the rrcntesl imrd.and ins ivnun will liv when all tli wrathful fnvv <•( the reptile m « nhntl hare lui - i — 1 1 < ¦* 1 in oblivion tiup mi t i 11 14 s when nil men must write foi the mp 1 it ( < f h l"'i bitnwi when rlirtetptii i must diwolve before duty impending im-i i all parties in tin late congr n siiimk hands and with one voice voted to mipporl mikinli'v thai unnnimlty sounded abroad and brotighi the atten tion f all nations in the itrength pow it mini integrity of the governmen of the united htates the nticienl and compart governments of the bbs had conceived thai 	 tnion wan i bundle of sticks sunn in fall to pieces distract < 1 mi i belligen nl ami only bound to t'ttlici for plunder and spoil and refhlv i<i be rent arandet ai tiny moment this idea was incnlcatetl by the conduct of the demagogues in this ronntry who too frequently decry men who have obtained to i minence or al least distinc tion in the affairs nf stale they bave rend the virulent abose thast men have heaped upon each otheri and seldom have seen the sublime sentiments of our real scholars poeta heroes and states men published in the great centres of the newspaper kingdom but when they saw thai in a common crisis in the stiitc men of every fnitli and creed fell into line with alacrity and absolute unity they trembled and ¦! 	 i in awe before the sublime spectacle <>(' patrio tism sn now through raliterable dissensions wicked words are being ut tered by ambitions office seekers thai will sound badly in foreign lands and foment discord and bad blood at borne 1 f there ever was a time when the re publican party should be united to sup port its principles now la the time and now in the hour let us deal with men honorablv honor and statesmanship go hand in hand and butli bunds together hold ins aloft the rag of the land and the flat of tin1 seas and the emblem of republicanism theguardian of liberty n sound and solid currency and a sett'e ment with our foreign fneb on princi ples of absolute honor to them to us and all men the lightning rod men have discover ed that a complete protector ngitii st huildinga being btruck by the electric fluid must have a positive and negative and also a circuit as it is the same way in polities our state tliis fall has furnished the people all three the re publicnn party has always been and now s the positive the pioneer the progressive following it is the demo cratic party which i the negative always disputing our uremia s and posi tion and now we have the circuit which would be of no use except from tin1 fact that the other two are in active vitality ami force and afford opportun ity for the plaj of the third function the two parties are taking their places ill line and one or the other is bound to win and of course the positive will lie the commanding power on monday the 7th our urfftunent court commences and on tuesday the 8th the election will take place all passion has subsided and noses have been counted there is no fear of the result the cut-throat system of war fare to which you alluded by which tin1 parties opposed to sexton were to slaughter him as a punishment for the recalcitrant threats of the bolters and factionists who left the county conven tion defeated in fair fight ha been aban doned us it would only result in dis aster and elect the free silver ticket of the bryan democrats that was the paramount danger that has brought nil serious men to their senses for the democrats have openly avowed and pro claimed that their men will bt marshall ed in solid phalanx for jenks and the whole ticket the traveling circus of tho prohibition party has no prospect uf success — all it can do in to assail when i wrote you on the 20th baying that danger lurked in everything es pecially in the highways 1 little thought that bo soon 1 should have my statement verified by a catastrophe in my own household who ever thought if a child seven years old heing knock ed down and almost killed by a falling tombstone planted in a graveyard '! yet last sunday as he was playing bide ami seek in the episcopal burying ground before the opening of the sun day school he caught the edge of a tall niaible slab over tiie grave of the late win willis of plymouth who died in 1*77 it fell upon him and crushed his little legs and he onlv miraculously escaped being killed i never had been to sunday school and wuh ignorant of the garnet they played having been reared in the si-bool of the friends and was surprised but i am informed the boys had mi im.-iiiiess to ihi v among the uiuiiuiuciits albeit they are but b 16v feet from the church edi fice i am only speuking of dangers and giving futi i am manna no com plaint against the church or the insen sible rock i hope my grandchild will keep clear of tombstones for many yeais to come even if he iiiih to miss sunday school for life a poll of the bar and business men ia norristown shows a very strong sen timent in favor of the re elect ion of judge weand by men of all parties and vcn it stronger sentiment in favor of ¦ in re-election of yvunger t i congress if'iti/.ens are apt to support men of ex perience in important places especially where they are qualified and have the hiiaviter in modo as well as the fortiter in re wagons were goint in and out of the conn house yard yesterday and today anil a stranger might think that we were moving the county seat to amb ler or soiiu other beautiful and invit ing borough but [ learned that the wa goners were only luu ling the machinery in the great election machine for the mth the ballot hills thai coit 1800 alone to print the return of the national l)ef i><ii i o its print iue position r>f opprwlllntl nf the ijpmotthtic rutfly and its noilry in thin rampnign and it parnwl sn«l nme plipport f t in1 l.'epuhlicali party is a cheering sign m these auspicious times ii was i.m''ii i the flllmore organ in ir5fl lint gradually lieranis n i'etiioci it 1c paper nn<l remained a powi i in t hai partv nnl :! tin1 death of the pmpriptfir the intf samuel i mi iffenrteln 1 '•¦! the lost t ime sines i wn ii.nn 1 believe norrietown has seen nci panel in it iniii a iiiii wlipre a governor wan to be i'lecte.l 1 1 maj be n sign nf hptt i ii ni,i in in powi i and loflu cure nc il m prnm it may ik apathy ; it may be n cpflcoti nf profonnh meditation and an o i.lince of n deep and all i i \ : i • 1 1 1 1 •_¦ thought iiui i confess i like to '!•!¦ the people im n otil on horseback in wrgntlp md nil in line inl'mi i \ . cavalrj . i1 h u drum and a lull band when the nhl mpptlngp were conducted in this iy ii w.i a delight a charm tn young oiks and n glory t.i the old i re 	 iniiri n meeting at ainblet in when we made thingfl lively and all the region gathered in unit thrivina place ami meetings all over till coiinty that vear lesiilled in a roinplele repub lican victory an i havp saiti bffore why should nol farmers meet their friends in the open air or under some expansive canopy to i 	 r the issnesriin nisscil 1 in these ilays dniiiments can be rend facts from history cited which will be new to many for no nne man farmer or mechanic can take all the papers or read all the books i learn many things from tbe ambler ia rette thai i do not see in other jonrn als there is nothing trnei than that homely maxim : you can learn some thing from every man you meet l rimless myself although i take two do en newspapers thai i never knew the truth about dr swallow's trial and conviction for malicious libel ami bis bill of costs amounting to 81300 or bo till i read the official report of it in the papers from the lips of governor hastings il was a fearful arraignment a terrible record then i ion henry y palmer f wilkesbarre swept what was left of the libeller into the sirocco hi |) friend jarre ttown autumnal services several jarrettown people braved last wednesday's storm with the purpose of viewing tiie civic parade in the city those wln went thursday and friday were well rewarded for the trip the illumination of the city hall and court nf honor at night was certainly tine reflected hashes of light from the great searchlight on the public buildings could he seen in the neighborhood the governor's proclamation of thanksgiving on last thursday was observed by closing tin1 township schools on tliat day the lad ten a id society held its month ly meetini mi tuesday evening of last week al the home of sir and mrs fred if i ley cold weather for ripening strawber ries hut sve found a few last week on our vines lioses continue to bud and bloom in the open air supervisor donat is finishing the usual fall work on the roads john french moved last week from mis becker's bouse on the turnpike to mr betus1 property on the muu dock hill road james shields lost two tine hogs re cently from some unknown cause director kirk svas a visitor at our schools last week political documents continue to bur leu the mails the thinking voter has ; decided before this time which candi date will receive his ballot the large number who want to vote for the win ner svill wuit to see which side makes the largest brags as to probable plurali ty a committee of the warminster fire tli mount rifmim t(:i|iti*t < hurili thanh for ilfiutitlfiil h-irvr-u ppr.t ri!lt llcrot iitfiin * m-i;|i mil*lr krt \ u-iillnr dtswi vnlunltlf l..'«-.,n the auluiiiiial iwauties and prmltli tl of held n|ii mill jarden were collect ed in the mount pleasant kaptiftl church of ambler last sunday inupwisl decorat im and appropriate pervioe were in-i.i ami valuable lesson drawn hy the paslot pev i i valentine in which thedceav of nstutr wa likened to the disappciiinni n and failure of • arthly joi • and pleasures when rom pared in trio spiritual life the brautifnl colorings of autumn leave shosved to advantage in the decora lions of fruit and product \ ihocs nl corn imd a sheaf of wheat with the sickle pampas l'i'mss etc adorned the platform while a plow made by jacob i onard decpnned,one of the constituent members of the church also found a place at the side nf the pulpit while evergreens and other decorations adorn ed the walls in tin morning after the usual in vocation by the choir the pastor led in prayer tin1 choir and congregation sang our helper ood we i'.less thy name the scripture lewon was read from mark iv l'li in which the king dom of god is likened to a grain of mustard seed and ii peter i a pray er of thanksgiving followed the offer ing was taken after the hvmn how tedious and tasteless the hours when lesus nn longer i see the choir sang thanskgiving and praise and rev mr valentine announced his text from ii cor iii b how shall the ministrations of the spirit be rather gloi inns '.'" by way of introduction mr valentine spoke of the impressions ami the truths suggested hy the seasons of the year as appealing to all our senses and to many nature's autumnal beauty is suggested at this season more strongly limn the idea of decay acd death the great truth revealed is that in autumn sve find the culmination of a process com menced in the spring and carried through summer to be followed by the season when nature seems to rejoice that she has brought forth to perfec tion in this development of nature it iihs been said that tin1 prevailing color is from green to golden this transition is also symbolical of tin process of grace in tin soul just as development is the law of life so in the christian that soul is not fulfilling its true mission wiiich is not stretching out and advancing towards its culmin ation it is contrary to the divine order of things for it to be otherwise the whole spiritual world is one great advance in progress toward the divine life the ideal type for when the work of grace is finished sve shall he like christ to attain this development there must be progress along every line too often a soul looks back to the joys of conversion anil sighs that the pleas ures are less in satisfying extent hut the development and realization of full manhood is happier and more godly in this development of christian ser vice mr valentine spoke of the plow as the svork of one of the pillars of the church here is a symbol of christian service just as truly as that christ came to minister and not to be ministered unto we should be like him to bestow largely of our talents and attainments in the development from one experience largely on one habits of thought and whether he « ill n1 irntttwrri with the heaulv or not i whether his mind will see tho beyond in the haul ships of winter the i»pbcoti certainlv has j m|i|,i dp the leases puttllll on the bright hues are abrml to fall and dis:ippe;u . lcflvlng the limighf and branclirs bare and cold in the simsss of i he next few month " the i.ni reference to the tree with fading leases suggests tin fading nt cart h '-¦ jo s ui bring to mind how soon they are succeeded hy badness and iw disappointment rome and : ion are blighted and fall to materialise the iree is bill a type of life's expei ii'iices sshicli we must re luemu r are hut transitory the of youth is follower by the summer of maturity and the old age of autumn ii rapidly snccpcdej by the frostn mil death of w inter the text refers to the fading of leaves immaturely and sna the inevitable tnmina nf ungodli ness the abnormal fading of the lerivep i bul the symbol of tin1 result nf indulgence in the joys of the world which combine in the drain on the to make the true pleasures fade and disappear the condition of rnan is capable of many pleasures such as the pleasures of sense which are en joy ed most in youth the intellectual pleas drea are indulged in during the older year and are more lafltlng and satisfac tory while the pleasures of the spiritu al senses abound even after mind and body are failing m iss johnson rendered the beautiful solo s ummer what hast thou t , slmw and the pastor offered a prayer which was followed by fade fade bach earthly joy and the audience was dismissed hv the benediction practical horseshoeing ' m l»r it k unn.l continues lll mttafl ¦ i qnotn i'niii«i>ut i lutiif.iiit lm ins ammtttflfm hi'»iill nf r.*|i€.|l<'ii<i \. i-l'imvl :< rol m:t.l i'lllllic rditor ' ¦ inhii i ( a/cii i'eai si i \'- i lllelltiolli cl ill my i ii i tif < in i'm thai the raw nf n n 111 ij ii'i nn n hil'il ion led me to mnsidei whcthei ni imi b good mrchan ie constituted a gnorl horawhorr it wotlld perhaps he as well in lieai thew in mind as ihev niiiy lotllrtlpiw prove of great service t those inti ed l we gtl mm in liscllss norwhl 	 1 1 1 !_¦ i d py ay to adjust tbe loss on the barn burned last week kenderdine the e expe develoi in nature are represented in the shock f wheat the headed grain gives proof of the transi tion from seed ti i the full product through the dangers of its growth just as the plant is brought to perfection by the sun so the christian reaches his divine ideal with the aid of the spirit of the sun of righteousness we are », n ,, vtl liu t-llll 111 ivltllh i'u-lirr l til l°'???.?.?s?t?!lm™dai°f^hj5 moulded by our awiations it is true but more truly by those present in our , p were insured in the montgomery mutual it will be rebuilt as soon as possible george willard made some temporary stalls for tbe horses and cattle last week additional blackboard surface is being placed in each of the jarrettown school rooms this week j thoughts affections and admiration mum institute this week our school teach i because g mr valentine then read a selection from stoddard in which the course of events is traced hack and interlinked so closely as to suggest the connection ue tween the master ainl the christian in conclusion he verv expressively said : let us remember that the frosts come and bring out the autumnal beau ty which is always the more gorgeous b f the dash of cold it is al en are at norristown young aineri ! ways the approach of winter that brings ca is having a glorious time and i guess : about this great change the full reali it does them good notwithstanding : zation of life is just the same frosts correspondent to the they loseintellectual on sunday evening exercise were held in the lutheran church connected with the reformation there were eight recitations by sunday school children the singing of special pieces by the choir and an address by pastor becker on behalf of the home missions of the church for which i collection whs taken an entertainment will be held in the reformed ehuvch on the evening nf nov ui in behalf of raising money for two organs — one for tho church and the other for the sunday school it will comprise music recitations etc the number of tickets sold last week for the jubilee at the l.ansdale station i was 786 there was the third baptismal service a i the baptist church mi sunday morn ing when there were two candidiates who were recipients of the ordinance leidy uener teamster for james brady the coal dealer was badlv in jured on friday inrirning last a fright • ned horse ran over him with a cart a part of one ear was torn oil and he was otherwise hurt ho that at one time his life was despaired of mrs hannah deihly will make sale of her goods in a few days preparatory tn removing to cnicago where a son and daughter are living an attempt was made to rob george boyle the stone mason ou saturday night he had 100 in his pocket and incautiously mentioned the fact before i crowd at the treinont llouue and also where he was going he was followed and in a lonely place near the catholic church was struck on the back of the head and knocked down he cried lustily for help and his brother william tame running to his assistance when his assailant tied there will have been 44 new houses built in lansdale before the close of the season as compared with i last year the public improvements are a large sewer on main street the l'o 000 electric light plant and the 14,000 school bouse 30 of the houses are in the baal ward and 14 in the west ward hnrftliaill lay megargee who is able to he about after his accident thanks his friends and neighbors for their kindness towards him miss bertha i homer of willow grove was the guest of miss megargee hint week superintendent jannej will move this week from 1 k hallowell's new bouse to neshiiininv which will be more convenient to his work s conard who occupied 1 from various standpoints vtlfl n inlnfj so sve i'ecl we ale nol ellero ,. i , i nlr ,,, any chip's liberty a when anythin mil ill exhibition people have ii jct i'ecl right to ci il icizc 01 coiiniii'ml.a t he i-i e may be hut i neither criticiise nor commend in this case but imply refer tn them in totnt of the mnarks i may make later on although i mud here frankly admit that ilie above mentioned cos 	 mtalns some shoe whose mission in life i ktiosv nothing of on what feel or for what dim-use of the feel they svoiild or could prose benertcial i know not and mtisl refer all reader yearning for thai knowledge sl to tiie mechanic who made them before going on to discuss what wi think the most correct way of shoeing or the anatomy of the feet the differ ent shoes and svavs of shoeing and the diseases cfli'sed hy h:nl shoeing and the diseases prevented by good shoeing also the diseases prevented by pertain shoes let us take a bird's eye view of the horse on his first appearance in the farrier's shop to receive his first shoes we svill not waste space by trving to describe his temperament nervousness restlessness etc on making his lir-t acquaintance with the farrier but suffice it to say that a great deal will depend upon the quietness and gentleness he receives from the farrier's bands wheth er he takes kindly to the shoeing or not experience bus taught that far more can be done with a horse by kindness especially at this time than by intro ducing his ribp to the farrier's hammer ir his stomach to the farrier's toe for foot perfectly level having done to lit bis shor in the foot and aboi e all never lit the h h.,i enongh to burn the foot the i 	 - 1 	 i.i ho i hat ghoe anil without calk h.cause with calk it's an mipossjim|j|y (,, giiow the frog to touch tli ground and a sm,ii ruthc frog i removed from the ground which l its ii in il | iiiiiii|ices to shrink and die md the i'm i sooner or later becomes contracted the fool in rtoutesl and trongp*t at the (..,. nnd gradually de itpi1wi in slreiilrlh and thickness to >• nrrl the heel and nue particular fact ii n which the farrier should carefully iboerve thai he imisl keep his nails i fai from the he i us prudence allow lo keep the slme in its place i maj hi re mention why i gh e !• reni i t the innchine-made slme wbfl sllilplv heeail-e till holes are pill up close to the he i ill'l the will rc . it not are your xurristown contrary what ly will be made u perhaps more they th l physically and will go back to d t the school room better fitted to grapple srith the problems of tho school than if they did not have the rest poor bunnies how they are falling before the gunners this reminds me that a number of the fanners of this neighborhood who formerly permitted gunning on their farms have notices up forbidding tresspawung the school at black horse thin town ship is vacant miss piigan having resigned a successor will be appoint ed on next monday there is a chance for some one who did not get a school at the beginning of the term the school is large and somewhat difficult to teach there being about 70 pupils and many of them italians there should be two teachers but we sup|k>se there are diiliculties in the way that prevent the school lioard from having them the entertainment at cold i'oint furnished hy kev mr wooleton was highly appreciated by the audience seven persons were baptized at cold i'oint on sunday night the pasta rev k b tilto'u it prarhlag it ore land this week onr soldier boss are mustered out they were*in the parade ut philadel phia on thurwjav jus matz has had a n«w stone crush er a much larger one put in his iiar ries at lancaster vills and is now pre pared to furnish crushed stone much more rapidly than formerly hallowe'en was highly enjoyed by uf our little onee hood's pills cure liver ills bll lousnes indigestion h»adn ey to take y to operate and changes come and the beauty and wonder of our spiritual life is revealed before the winter continues the exist ence on the other side what nature is to produce mutt be rcc unnhshed by that time for what is not li-ought to perfection then is irrevocably lost let this be the inspiration to the christ ian to make use of the opportunities talents and powers in his devolpment before the frosts of old age and the win ter of death prevent further labors miss margaret w johnson then ren dered the great harvest home kev m i richard jmstor of the up per dublin lutheran church then led in a prayer giving thanks for the bounties of nature and the copious blessings received from the hand of god the choir and congregation ren dered " l.ove divine all love excell ing and rev mr valentine nounced the benediction pro in the evening the church was well tilled with an interested audience the choir and congregation opened the ser vice with it ih well with my soul mr valentine read as the scripture lesson the hist psalm and i john ii 16 17 after which he offered prayer through all the hanging seasons of life was sung ami after the offering was taken miss johnson sang the lord will provide the choir sus taining her in the choius mr valentine look his text from isaiah i 30 for ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth and as a garden that haft i no water " he said autumn by some may he loked upon with pleasure in the delight of the beautiful colorings in nature and tin bracing atmosphere while other view the approach of winter as evinced in the autumn with apprehension then is a happy medi um between scat and cold but the general viewpoint of the aeasooi depends linford ls;uu season week j i comlv and j k hallowell have been busy the last few days hauling crushed stone for the repair of the trol ley road mrs horace geatrell was given a very pleasant surprise party on satur day evening last with a large number of her friends present he assured many horses have been ruin ed at this stal'e of their lives in 99 cases out of every 100 a colt presents to the furrier a healthy well developed foot without corns or contraction and above all a good sound broad healthy frog and why is this '.' because so far nature has been unmolested except where accident has happened the irog lias always been allowed to collie in contact with the ground the foot has not been cut and hacked anil muti lated to gratify the eve neither has it been used for the purpose of showing the adeptness of some farrier in wield ing his hoof knife or buttress neither has it het n subjected to hot iron held iil'iiinst il to draw out the moisture x'i so far il has escaped these malprac tices with the result that it is healthy and sound but if the aforementioned malpractices are indulged in how long it will remain healthy and sound is easily understood when tbe furrier tidies this healthy foot up to prepare it according to his idea for the shoe is it not a pity that when he starts cutting out the sole of the foot he does not know that nature does not require him to do that 1 what a pity be does not know that between tin1 construction of sole of tin1 foot and the wall of the foot there is a great difference and should he not know that when a foot is is a healthy condition the superfluous growth of the sole will lake off without any assistance from his knife i iocs he not know that when be cuts the bars of the foot and opens up the heels as be terms it ik1 is weakening the foot and giving a hearty invitation and extending the hand of fellowship to contraction now after having done all this he is ready to lit the shoe possibly a shoe of his own manufacture or what is known as a machine-made shoe the latter shoe 1 prefer in many eases reasons for this preference i will men tion later having now put cm the toe piece flat or otherwise anil turned up the heels the shoe is brought to the foot sometimes at a blond red heat and there held until the smoke almost chokes or blinds him when it is re moved and when the smoke has cleared away he possibly discovers then is certain place the shoe did not touch or burn to much as other'1 and not btop waner's house during the summer j ping ti i assure himself that his shoe is will move to german town this perfectly level the knife once more comes into operation and the humps and hills are hacked oil until the hot shoe has formed a bed all the way round and it is then considered fitted and one who sees it may truthfully nay the foot was fitted to the shoe and not the shoe to the foot does it not often happen and have we not often seen it that when the far rier has in some instances turned up the heel of the shoe the shoe has been too small and to have litteel that shoe to the foot as it should be would have been impossible but that is easily remedied by the farrier lie simply reverses the order df things and tits the foot to the shoe lie takes the the knife general hoy t mr john a wentz candidate for state senator wan looking after his friends in lower gwynedd on monday mr andrew blair and family moved to the city on monday william l cat heart and family re moved to new york for the winter on tuesday ( opf land hidenian and wife were the clients of relatives in philadelphia during last week miss hannah shoemaker is visiting her sister miss phoebe shoemaker centra sijuh ¦-¦-. the temperance meeting held at beth 1 m k church was well monday lust t ur schools attended on is close for a week thus giving the dovi time to go in aetirch of the cottou tails masqueiadcrs did very little here in our village on monday a few how ever had a great deal to say mrs elizabeth philips has moved to her new dwelling on state road a large number of our people attend ed the peace jubilee held at philadel phia on thursday lust •> george arp in painting one of his houses recently purchased i f murphy is engaged in hauling a large amount of tlag on the township roads ly an old piece of scythe and hammers a piece out of the foot anil in some in stances quite through the wall to the sole allowing tiie seat of the clip to press the sole and svhen the shoe is nailed on the knife and hammer are again employed to cut off the protrud ing edges of the wall of the foot which is easier than rasping it oft it is then clenched dosvn and the foot is rasped all the way round from top to bottom and as thu farrier moves asvay with his tools he looks at the foot and is satisfied with himself ; it's a boud job and possibly it may be mechanically speak ing but not from a veterinary or humane standpoint this is a rough sketch of the methods of many farriers of course admitting exceptions let ua nosv briefly state how a sound lot shuld be prepared and shod from a veterinary standpoint if you rtke the lirst place the frog should not cut or trimmed unless ragged the sole pieces should bg eui off in ie when the ole vli tiie bars of the fool should not be cut but the foot should hi leveled down with tbe rasp and the one object to he obtained by the farrier ihould i"-1 to gut placed at regular intervals from one an otlll r and lie pinnll and in accordance with the weigh and size of the shoe because t he mallei the nail the bettei lorthe fool and 1 i-i ret ion should be used by the farrlei in punching hi hand made shoe lor the size of the nan he is gointt to use in accordance with tho weight of the shoe and ilie ?!/¦¦ nl foot but svhen sse see hand-made s held up to public gaze with hole huge enough comparatively speaking for a len 	 ny nail and the boles at irregular intervals and the hist hole close up to the heel or much closer by far than it should he can sve nol be excused i'm our preference for the machine-made shoe ? the shoe should nol he let into the toe and allow the seat of the clip to press tin sole neither should tbe clip be hammered tightly dosvn with violent blows of the hammer as letting shoes loo far up into the toe and liaininei ing the clips too tight causes seedy toe a separation of the crust from the horns lamina and a perverted secretion of horn al thelosvci margin of the ospedls neither shoulit the foot under any con sideration whatever be rasped above the clenches hecaiise hv so doing we allosv the moisture of the foot to escape and the foot becomes brittle and hard tl.i shoe should be so lilted as to show the edge of tbe shoe all the way round i am speaking now of a bqliare-going horse with a svell-dcveloped foot sulli cieutly full at the heels not close and cramped in or corns svill surely be the result the shoe should he of that thickness at the heels that svhen sve lay the rule across it the shoe and frog should be level and when shod this way 1 feel itiite convinced sve should have fewer lame horses llian sve have now while they are propped upon stilts or so-called likings but when horse owners iu-i-l on having their horses shod with ul kings and farriers recommend ami uphold them such men must be taught us ir you taught them not and thing unknown as things forgot of course there are certain times of the year svhen sve must sharpen the shoes this sve admit is a necessary evil but for tunately it does not last a aufflcienl iciiu'th of time to cause much trouble ami 1 have known others like myself who have taken the shoes oil and sleigh ed with leas danger than with turned up sharp heels the svedgc-shaped frog grasping the ice in support of thin let me here give what prof w w williams i k v v s piesadent of the edinburg veter inary college scciunfid writes in speaking of the bat shoe he says this method of shoeing has been practised at the forge of the college with the most beneficial results for several years ami even in such a city as edinburg where the streets are so steep and slippery with the great advantage that horses slip less than when shod with turned-up heels hi without toes and calkings my horse ss ill slip that is the one defense put up for the caulkingsj they cannot believe but what the calkinj^s prevent the horse from slipping they will not be convinced by trying the hat shoe and consequently are not open to conviction but svhile the great majori ty claim they have the toes and calk ings to prevent the horse slipping and to enable him to pull with a better foothold we sometimes think from general observation that there is a little nigger in the woodpile and that is that toes and calkings last longer than a hat shoe and they are getting more service for their money besides we have casually noticed horses coming to the shops and on looking at the d.l shoes the toes and calkings had been worn flat a good while before the owner real ized his hone would slip or could not pull strange isn't it '.' hut it's true nevertheless to return to the hand-made and ma chine-made shoe i know a great many people prefer the former 1 gave my reason for preferring the latter in some cases and the only reason there are several objections to a machine-made shoe and when a hand made shoo is made as it ought to be made it certain ly has the preference and to make trio shoe and punch the holes correctly requires careful study of the horse feet in a flat shallow loot the toe nail hole must he rather coarse and well set in or it is an impossibility to get a good hold the next hole finer and one nearest heel finer still the heel nail should not be driven as high m into the hoof us tbe others while there may be seven holes punched in the shoe i am of the opinion that any op h p y driving horse or couch horse shod with a flat shoe requires no more than six nails a big heavy draught horse mat have seven which is sufficient al though eight are often sed the subject of making shoes has been widely discussed by different writers advocating the seated shoe that if concave at the inside of the shoe so that it ouls lestson the wall of the foot and a great many do bo at thu present time and some maintain that the horny foot is an elastic expanding and con tracting organ and that its elasticity shtuld be kept intact by cutina out the sole peculiar nailing on of the shoe and by keeping the foet as moist as possible by shilling ct others again suppose that a mechanical advantage can be given to its tendons and liga i continued on pug 8