The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-04
The following letter is from the town
clerk of Salisbury:


clerk of Salisbury:
SALISBURY, VT, Nov. 3, 1885.
JOSEPH BATTELL.
Dear tr.-The farm where Edward
Leno now lives was purchased by 10.
siah Dart of Samuel NJ Burnside OF
Worcester. Mass, August 20, 1920, and
Josiah Dart sold the same to Erastus
Dart March %, 1922. Erastus Dart
sold the same to Reuben Harris, jr., OF
Sudbury, April IL, A. D., 1927. Reu-
ben Harris sold same to Moses p.
Kemp of Pittsford, Oct. 20, 1881.
Very respectfully,
l.. N. WATERHoUsE.
Town Clerk.
Mr.. Harvey Yale of Middlebury,
eighty-three years old, whom we saw
the next day, says:
"My first stallion was Arab. ]
bought him, colt, when l was 81
years old, of Mr.. Hawley of Corn
wall that lived on the road between the
three-mile bridge and & )rnwall street,
Arab was sired by the Bingham horse,
son of the Dey of Algiers. This Dey
of Algiers was owned by Epapf.
Jones, who, according to Weeks His
tory of Salisbury, page 27S, came from
Hartford, Conn, IN 1903, to Middle.
bury, where he was successful mer.
chant for several years. While at Mid
dlebury he introduced new kind OF
sheep afterwards supplanted by the
Merinos. In 1909, Mr.. Jones settled
on the west shore of Lake DuDmore,
where he built the glass factory and
carried on the same until the close OF
the war of 1872.
"The Bingham horse was owned by q
Mr.. Bingham of Cornwall, brother OF
Merrill Bingham's father. kept
Arab few years and sold him to Min
lister Bingham. Merrill Bingham took
him to Ohio. Arab was beautiful
dapple gray, about 900 lbs, little un-
der 10 hands, a good trappy traveller
but no trotter. He was horse of good
endurance and pleasant disposition
Dey of Algiers was white as milk and
his colts were mostly gray. Jones had
him about Middlebury several years
aud he was well patronized. He was 6
very foxy and rapid moving horse.
"The next horse got was Fox. HI
was handsome bay horse about the
size of Arab. Fox was the first Nor
gan brought into this region. lie was
by Sherman Morgan, foaled in 1913
bred by Col. Phinney of Shrewsbury,
bought him in 1925. He was wonderful
good horse. He would march on par
ade without rider. You could leave
him and he would stand bold as a lion
kept him the season of 1925 myself
and the next two or three seasons
he stood at Huntington in hands o
Charles ID. and Russell Stevens. ha(
him back and owned him several year
more, and am very sure sold him the
fall before | bought the Saxton farm
In those days | kept stallion ever,
season. Young Cock of the Rock wa
the first stallion bought after | SOLE
:, Fox. The spring | moved on to tina
farm | bought of young Smead the ba,
horse Young Cock of the Rock. hireC
that farm and went on to it in tn
spring and in two or three months
bought it. Clown records show tina
Mr.. Yale bought this farm in July
1884. Mr.. Yale found bill of sale o
Young Cock of the Rock datad May %
1884, signed A. Smead.)
81 bought Old Liberty about 1928 o
70. got him in Keene, over the lake
and think l owned him two or tire
=. years. He was an old horse, abon
!, twenty years old when 1 bought him
He sired good many colts Will
had him. l owned those thre
stations all at one time. / sol,
: Arab first. l hated to sell Fox but
had too many horses, so | sold him t,
minister in Huntington. sold Lib
Ollg W LCWlS hCDOudlu Vi NllUulc
bury. | sold Young Cock of the Rocl
to Mr.. Saxton-that is, traded him il
on the farm. The same fall | went t
Hartford, Conn, with lot of horse
and there bought Patriot Messenger
= said to be sired by old Messenger. (Mr
Yale produced the following bill O
sale; "Harvey Yale bought of Denni
= A. Parsons stud horse known by tn
u name of the Patriot Messenger. Re
u ceived one mare called the Hay mare
y one other mare called the Olivett
mare and $165 in cash.
u Received payment,
d Dennis A. Parsons. {
: Hartford, 18th Oct, 1884"
u ale was white as milk, about 900 t
925 lbs, thicky. stocky, smooth an
round, with nice name and tail, nc