The chicken thieving of Rastus is discovered by Farmer Corntossel who pursues the thief through the haystacks. They have several encounters, but Rastus has peculiarly elastic legs and a strangely bullet-proof body. The farmer's shots roll off his back like marbles, but finally an axe lays Rastus low. He is buried in the garden, but is resurrected in the strangest manner by an explosion of dynamite. The sudden appearance of a ferocious white goat causes the two to forget their enmity and unite against the animal.
—Moving Picture World synopsis