The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-10-18

West Salisbury. Sept. l3. 1854.
A Western Editor in Addison County.
The following correspondence of local
interest to our readers, we take from the
Ohio Farmer, weekly published at
Cleveland o. 1t is written by Thomas
Brown, Esq, the editor, from whom We
received flying visit, which VIC would
gladly have prolonged.
MDDLEDuRy, VT, Sept. IL,
After spending the sabbath at Bur.
ling,on, | left there this morning at A
o'clock for this point distant thirty.
three miles--on the Burlington and Rut-
land railroad The country through
which I have passed is level and fertile,
and equal to much of the best Of our
Ohio lands.
MlDDLEBuEY,
Is the shire town of tho rich county Of
Addison, altogether the richest in the
State. 1t contains population of 500.
and many fine residences. 1t is situated
on both sides of Otter creek, which rises
nearly one hundred miles South and
emptes into Lake Champlain twelve
miles North, near the beautiful village
of Vcrgennes. Here is the seat of Mid
dlcbury College, an old and popular
school, which numbers smong its alumni
many prominent men Of the country. and
is the home Of Gov. SLADE. Senator
PHELrs, &c.
ADDISON COUNTY.
l. the home of the Black Hawk and
Morgan Horses, and the Merino sheep
We have been among them today, and
now purpose to give our impressions in
the order in which they were made l
first visited
EDWIN. AND W. 4. HAMMOND.
They live about one mile East of the
village of Middlcbury. They stand, at
home and abroad, wherever known, very
high as breeders and gentlemen. Ep-
WIN. the younger of the two, is bctter
known than his brother. lie is fifty.
four years of age, heavy, robust, intel
ligent and compapionablc gentleman and
President of the Addison County Agri-
cultural Society. Their sheep are Span
ish Mernos of tke Atwood stock, aud
number 400. They get large prices at
home for their sheep. Last winter they
sold two ewes to two neighbors for 5000
each. They are making flock to snit
themselves, and do not depend on i'm
rortations to aid them. There is not in
Vermont flock better worth visiting
than the HAMMoNDs They have nice
farm of some GOO acres.
8. W. JEwETT,
next visited. lie lives in Weybridge.
three miles North West from Middle.
bury. No man save BINGHAM, is so we'll
known in the United States as q French
sheep importer and breeder. as SOLOMON
w. JEwETr JEwErr, by the way, is an
original" generous, impulsivc, bold
man, who docs things in his own way,
and is not balked by ordinary troubles
lie is steadfast " Dcmocrat.p and ran
for Congress on the Nebraska ticket
with about as much hope of an election
as he has Of being successor to Queen
Vic.
Near his house is a beautiful marble
monument erected to the memory Of
SlLAs WRiGuT, which cost $4,000, and
much Of which came out of his pocket
Here was the boyhood homo OF this pro.
minent Statesman. But to the stock
In addition to his 500 French Merinos,
JEwErr has four Suffolks, two black Es
sex, and chickens Of the different breeds.
all of his own importation, beside some
carrotty looking animals which are
known as the "Webstcr hogs" which
came originally from Portugal perhaps, |
but recently from the farm oe the late
DANIEL WEBSTER. They may be great
hogs, but if they are, they do not betray
it in their appearance. Mr.. JEwErr is .
now about fifty years of age, has a good |
farm, and lives as a gentleman should
live.
ALoNzo l., BINGHAM,
Lives in Cornwall about eight miles
from Middlebury. Unfortunatly he was
abseut when we called at his home. and
did not return until we were about leav-
ing. The location Of his farm is beau.
tiful. and it, and all the land in that
part of Addison county. lies well and is
rich, and surrounded by beautiful noun
tain views. Mr.. b. has 400 French
sheep, and is one of the best breeders
md feeders in the country. What
ALoNzo BINGHAM don't know about put
ting in marketable shape, is not worth
showing. His sheep are heavy bodied
md feeced, and there are those who OBJ,
ect to his sheep because the ordinary
breeder, when he purchases, cannot keep
hem to the point al which he gets them. +,
Mr.. BINGHAM, also breeds some fine
lorses and Durham and Devonshire cat. .
lie. His importations are all made
through Mr.. TAINToR, of Hartford CT 9
next visited, 4
DAVID hill AND BLACK HAWK. s
1t ought to be generally known that a
DAVID HUI, the owner of BLACK Hawk, I
ives in Bridport, Vermont, about twelve t
niles West from Middlebury. Black n
lawk Is the illustrious progenitor ofthe @
most celebrated raco of horses we have
yer had in America. For speed and
,offnn, fha ,,a.lJ H. .,..