This Buster Keaton classic has him as the village blacksmith's assistant, who is as bumbling in his work as the blacksmith is mean-spirited. When an argument between the two men causes the blacksmith to be placed in jail, it's up to the assistant to take over the business until the blacksmith returns. Helping the customers in his typical inept manner, the assistant manages to destroy a Rolls Royce while attempting to repair it as well as help shoe a kind girl's horse which results in him winning her over.