The boys are restaurant owners. In an attempt to pay off their business debts, they enter a cow milking contest.

Shemp has been ill with a toothache. The Stooges’ friend Claude (Matt McHugh), a self-proclaimed doctor, gives Moe and Larry some specific instructions on how to cure the toothache, which, of course, they misinterpret every which way possible. After finally yanking the troublesome tooth, Claude suggests they take Shemp on a camping trip for a little R&R. Since the Stooges do not own a car, Claude offers to sell them a car that turns out to be a “lemon.”

A series of adventures begins when Buster Keaton is mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the evil bad guy.