The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-11


Eddy's, place in New Haven, on "Mun-
ger street. about mile below New
Haven Mills, That was in the early
days of the horse; his stock was too
coarse and people did not take to him.
A man by name of Remington-not
Jeremy Remington, but his brother, |
think owned him in Huntington and
worked him in team. Then his stock
got popular and he came back to new
life again and got into the hands of
Russell Harris, who owned him quite
number of years till his death. Harris
did not get him till he was quite along
| in years. He was a horse, | think,
some six or seven years old when he
came in. They got him about three or
four years after | went there. (Mr. III.
went there in 1920. They bought him
in Wallingford of-can't think of his
name; George Eddy of WalliDgford
recommended him and they went down
and got him. do not know whether
he ever went back to Wallingford. He
became very popular before he died.
He got few colts in Huntington; the
Hardness Horse which got the Walker
Horse and the Chilson Horse, all three
we're gray. Hardness Horse was a
handsome horse; l owned fine stylish
big gray gelding from the darkness
Horse. The Harris Horse got mean
looking colts. very slow in coming to
mat urity.
Amos and Samuel Eddy were to-
gether good deal, always helping each
other. William Hale lived with Uncle
John Eddy and had something to do
with the horse. The Eddy's never
stood hun here and there, all around,
like some. Samuel Eddy was mason
and had good deal OF business at Mid.
dlebury and would have been quite apt
to have the horse there. Amos was a
carpenter.
Samuel did not have the horse whom
he bought the hotel at Bristol. (The
records show that this was Dec. /,
1866. | know that worked for him
in 1884 and he did not have the horse
then and had not for years-three or
four years before that. They only had
him snort time, perhaps three to five
years. They did not get much for him.
In 1884 Samuel Eddy had another
young stallion-a vicious fellow. He
bought him in the winter of 1854 of
Sprague of Waltham John Sprague's
father. He got some stock while in
Eddy's hands, lie kept him not over
three years and had him about the time
he bought the hotel do not know
whose hands he went into"
INTERVIEWS WITH EZEKIEL IIANCHETr
ESQ, AND PORrUS W. ClIAMrLIN, ESQ.
Mr.. Ezekiel llanchett of Bristol, 8
venerable gentleman, who, though SUIT
fering with recently broken hip
cheerfully gave testimony, says thai
Harris IIambletonian, after he went into
the hands of Russell Harris and toward
the close of his life, went to or neal
Wallingford, he is certain for one sea
son.
Mr.. Hanchett also states that botf
the Walker and the Chilson Horse
were by the Hardness Horse, son of
Harrio' Ham hlatOnian
Mr.. Portus w. Champlin of East
Middlebury, a very accurate witness
, and one of our leading business men
says that he saw Harris Hambetonial
) when Mr.. Eddy first brought him int
, the county; he passed MIR. Champlin'
! fathers place with the horse. He il
quite certain this was in 1928. Mr.
Champlin saw the horse in 1929 whel
t he was clerking for Green & Walker o
New Haven Mills. In 1881 Mr.. Champ
/ lin clerked for ii. w. Nash and K. III
, Landon at the same place. He say
that Mr.. Eddy kept the horse at hi
3 place. about three.quarters of mill
= south of New Haven Mills on the Nun
4 ger street road. Thinks he may hav,
stood him some at Bristol, and that b.
D used to 20 round with him through tn
: towns of New Haven, Bristol an'
S Starksboro, but never knew him T.
= have the horse at Middlebury or sout
h of there. lie understood that Mr.. Ed
= dy got the horse in Wallingford. IL
Il owned him for number of years. Tn
: horse was not talked about much whe
e Mr.. Eddy owned him. Thinks he wa
: five or six years old when Mr.. Edd
j. got him.
e CLIFFORD AND OTHER MORGANS.
:. Mr.. Champlin also says that old Gil
e ford Morgan stood this side of tn
e mountain for two seasons previous t
e 1910. A horse called the Cook HORSE
also Morgan, was here at the sam
=, t;rna an1 lant h, ha aon,o man fRho