. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. and give a pint twice a day. No. 4.—Liquorice, elecampane, wild turnip, fenugreek, skunk-cabbage, lobelia, cayenne and ginger, equal parts ofeach. Mix, and give a tablespoonful once or twice aday; if the horse refuses to eat it in feed, make it intoa ball and give. Contracted Hoof or Sore Feet—No. 1.—Take equalparts of soft, fat, yellow wax, linseed oil, Venice tur-pentine and Norway tar; first melt the wax, then addthe others, mixing thoroughly. Apply to the edge of thehair once a day. No. 2.
. Illustrated history of the Union Stockyards; sketch-book of familiar faces and places at the yards. and give a pint twice a day. No. 4.—Liquorice, elecampane, wild turnip, fenugreek, skunk-cabbage, lobelia, cayenne and ginger, equal parts ofeach. Mix, and give a tablespoonful once or twice aday; if the horse refuses to eat it in feed, make it intoa ball and give. Contracted Hoof or Sore Feet—No. 1.—Take equalparts of soft, fat, yellow wax, linseed oil, Venice tur-pentine and Norway tar; first melt the wax, then addthe others, mixing thoroughly. Apply to the edge of thehair once a day. No. 2.—Benzine, 1 ounce; salts of niter,1 ounce; alcohol, 8ounces; aqua ammonia, 2 ounces;Venice turpentine, 8 ounces. Mix. Apply to the edgeof the hair and all over the hoof once a day for tendays, then twice a week for a short time. No. 8.—Rosin,4 ounces; lard, 8 ounces; heat them over a slow fire,then take off and add powdered verdigris, 1 ounce, andstir well to prevent its running over; when partly cooladd 2 ounces spirits of turpentine. Apply to the hoofabout one inch down from the MY FIRST DOWN. THE MAN OF UPS AND DOWNS. Have you thought, in your nK^ments of triumph, O, 3^ou that are high in the tree,Of tlie (lays and tlie nights that are bitter— So bitter to others and me?When the efforts to do Avliat is clever Result in a failure so sad,And the clouds of despondency gather And dim all the hopes that we had? I MADE my debut on the stage of life at Stratford-on-AvoD. For the edification of those little childrenwho are told they came from heaven, I suppose I oughtto call this my first down. 310 THE UNION STOCKYARDS 311 My mother died ^yheD I was two years old, and myold Durse, Eliza, became my foster mother, taking mymothers place as well as she could. Some mensmothers do die when they are young, and I have alwayswanted to shake hands in sympathy with them, indi-vidually, for nothing that ever happens to them after-ward will be as bad as that. Not that I mean
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