The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-06-11

French Merino bucks. lie had sold seven
of them and received prices for them var,
ing from, 5000 10 $500 One of them b,
has been offered $500 for and refused he Of
fer. Although did no, see Ill Of thes
sheep sheared and the neeces weighed.
have the above facts on authority upon whc
place implicit reliance. | certainly would
not give them 10 the public in this shape I'M
less | had The fullest confidence in their
truth For part OF them can vouch from,
my own personal observation. Can these
sheep be beaten in the United States? !
believe lot, though do no, profess to be
" booked up" as perfect, a. some others IN
these matters At all events, if they tan
BE- beaten, this statement may serve to call
forth the proof.
While on the .ubieot OF Addison County
sheep. oul hi no. to fail TO mention, that
nv friend ). W. j welt, of Wey bridge. who
has been and is extensively known among
the wool growers Il the United States. has
lust returned from France with one hundred
bucks and ewes OF the French Mcrino breed,
and that he has now on the way another
hundred of the same stock have not yet
seen these sheep. but they are spoken oil as
noble specimens.
After the shcarihg was over ON the goth,
the Messrs. Blnghanis invited lhpir guests,
who were numerous. TO din with them, and
the company sat down 10 n most sunp uous
entertainment, including III the substdntials
and dciicncus OF he SEASON. recoll' Ct Of
Of hearing bu one toast given, and that was
-" The bingham festival of The Sheep
! Shcd,ng' MAY the entertainment and the
sheep never degenerate"
Among the guests ! met my friend David
Hill, Oi Bridpori, one OF The proprietors OF
the celebrated horse Bidck Hank who invi-
ted me- out to bis place to see the old horse
and his stock. ! could not decline such an
invitation, and few days since made HIM
a visit. The horse Black Hunk is now
about G years old, but no one would Judge
from his appearance, frou the animation and
splghlIiness Of his countenance, and from
his activity and energy of movement, that
he was past nine. This hor,e has been so
often aud so fully described by those who
arr perfectly au fat in such matters, that
shall attempt no description oil him. IL will
be sufficient for any purpose to say here
that hold him TO be worthy in every re-
spect of the highest eu.ogiums ever passed
upon him. II is one OF the most splendid
sights ever saw. TO see him move in the
nHTnPSs, III MS DOiu. las ANU SiiOhp CAV
His stock is unrvalled There are now IN
this vicinity some half dnzen Of hi- colts
four and five years old that can only be ri.
l vailed by their sire Persons from all parts
of the country -even { ON Nirginia--are
sending TO Bridport to secure some of mis-
stock. Mrssrs. Hills showed me tour year
old colt which they call the Post Boy Binci
Hank. his dam being Post Boy mare. He
is roan, but as fauiless in his proportion!
as the old horse He will be considerable,
larger than his sire, and will rival. if no
surpass him, in those qualities which make
the sock of horse mcsi desirable. But
was most pleased with a two veal old Blacl
Hawk colt owned BY them, for which the,
paid, last winter over 500. He is perfect
/ ly bla"k and perfectly symmetrical in hi
proportions, showing all the prominent char
a,.ierstrs, in his shape limbs, and move
, mint, of his sire, but found to be a NOR,
iaultlcss horse, when grown than he is. HI
, has the mos, bpautifu neck, head and ca
that ! ever saw. and such, believe. is III
oplnion of all who have seen HIM. Ii
worth Journey Of some hundreds Of mile
, to witness the horses | have above mention
I'd
+ But must close. have made this com
muncation a long one. ! trust II will no
. be unin eres'ing to the public;
Yours 4. p BARBER
Middlebury, May, q 1851.
Brandon Post