He was a farrier as well as an ostler; he could bleed, remove lampers from the mouths of the horses, and was well instructed in horse medicines.

No one on the farm knew, so well as Old Barney, what to do with a sick horse.

But his gifts and acquirements were of little advantage to him.

His office was by no means an enviable one.

He often got presents, but he got stripes as well; for in nothing was Col.