The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-09

that took place at Springfield after he
removed to Lima, he being then some
four hundred miles from Springfield.
But it was soon learned that John Nor
gan, when he removed to Lima, left at
Springfield his Oldest son, of some five
wears; that he lived at Springfield at
his grandfather's house during his min
GRITTY; that he visited his father at Lima
before he was of age; that he removed
to Vermont in 1929, and lived there un-
til 1860; that he visited his father at
Lima while living in Vermont, and that
his father visited Springfield before
his son removed to Vermont.
The fact of Mr.. Morgan's son being
left at Springfield shows what desire
Mr.. Morgan and his family would have
had to hear from Springfield, and that
they would have heard quite often. 1t
is fact that people living one hundred
or a thousand miles away from place
may know more in regard to some
things that have taken place there than
some that were living there at the time.
News goes strangely and it travels fast.
No one can tell, when he has told a
thing, when or where it will stop. The
American people are remarkable for
wanting to hear and know what is CO.
ing on, and this is why editors take the
pains they do to give all the news that
they can. 1t is fact that people will
try and know in regard to what is in
teresting to them. Nv, what would
be more interesting for John Morgan
to know than that his relative and
neighbor, Justin Morgan, had taken to
Vermont True Briton colt to keep for
stock horse? Would not John Nor
gan have been interested to know in
regard 10 the stock of the horse he had
kept2 Most certainly he would. But
it is claimed that when John Morgan
and his son met the word horse was
never mentioned or thought of. There
is about as much to this claim as there
would be to a claim that the word mar
riage is never mentioned or thought of
by young people. John Morgan states ;
81 have always understood Morgan
kept the colt for stud at Randolph,
and that he was very celebrated for his
stock" This statement shows that
John Morgan had taken the trouble to
learn in regard to the True Briton colt
that Justin Morgan took to Vermont,
and the word "always" shows that he
had heard in regard to him more than
once. Now, how did he hear unless il
was in part through his son?
John Morgan Jr., lived at Windsor
VT; Justin Morgan Jr., lived at Stock.
bridge. The two towns are but thirty
miles apart, and it is reasonable to say
that the two men met, and that John
Morgan Jr., learnt of Justin Morgan
Jr. all he knew in regard to his father:
horse. Justin Morgan Jr. was quite 6
politician. lie served as senator in the
Vermont Legislature, and there cannot
be any doubt but that he was at the
great campaign meeting of the Wings
at Windsor, in 1910, the largest politi
cal meeting ever held in the State
One fact in regard to the Morgan
horses is not understood by some. Be
cause they were first bred in Vernon
and for while the popular blood, it il
supposed it was so throughout thu
State. This was not so. A breed o
' horses may be celebrated in one part o
!, State, and not much known abou
: them in another part of the same State
The Morgans were first bred in Yer
! mont, on the east side of the Greer
Mountains, and it was here that the.
, were the popular blood.
{ We will quote the graphic words 0
l.. b. Arnold to show the effect tn
I mountains have had in regard to tn
5 people of the two sections of the State
5 "The backbone of the Green Mountain
5 runs through the State near its middle
S and so eflectually cuts off communica
ton between the east and west side
e that the people living in either division
] mingle and know as little of each othe
/ as if they belonged to different States
Z The mountains reach down to the leve
, of the rest of the world, not by gradua
e slopes, but by a succession of mountain
S like hills of various heights, that ar
scattered, or rather thrown, along tn
= slopes of the mountain ranges in will
4 confusion, some high and some low
n some rough and some gently rounded
n The little streams and the highway
}. make very tortuous courses as the
0 wind their ever-curving ways betwee
:, and around these multitudinous elevf
!. tons, reminding one of the serpent
s track. 1T wires in and wires out ett
o In the intervals between these hills ar
e often found stretches of rich and con
n paratively level land, but on the NOR
(: elevated portions the soil is light all
i dry, and the grass not at all remark
n able Tor its luxuriance, but it has tn
quality of being sweet and nutritious.
n The Hambletonian horses were bre
a in Vermont on the west side of I'll
d mountains. 1t was in 1874 that Blac
Hawk was taken to Bridport, Vt. Til
t first State fair was held at Middlebur
: in 1851, the second at Rutland in 49,
8 and the third at Montpelier in 1856;
S The fairs brought the horses of the tw
It sections together. But there have bee
n but few Hambletonian and Blac
t Hawk horses kept on the east side {
: the mountains in Vermont and, too, br
n few Morgan horses (trom the WOOD
n bury and Bulrush branch of the Mo
It gans) kept on the west side of tn
d mountains.
+ 1t was claimed at first that True Bri
: on was not stolen from Col. James u
8 Lancey. Now it is claimed that Tru
V BritOn was not much of horse. Thi
{: is little amusing. 1t sounds like