The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-10-02

one thing ought to be in proportion to an
other. SELAH NORTON, East Hartford
April rs, 179l.
The above is from the Connecticut
C0urdnt for May 9, l6 and %. Ihe
CoWdm for June 6, 1871, states /:
"Beauliful Bay will not cover at East
Hartford this season." 1t must he I'M
derstood from this, that True Brton
made the balance of the season of 1871
at some other place than East Hartford
and as it is stated he did so well at
Springfield, he may have been taken
there.
March -, 1888, Mr.. Morgan sold his
place at West Springfield, which con-
sisted of house, barn and two-thrds
of an acre of land, to Abner Morgan,
for 1888, II shillings and pence, and
removed to Randolph. The month
that MIR. Morgan removed to Randolph
/ is not given. 1t was stated that it was
in the spring of 1888. 1t is claimed he
moved on an OK sled. That was the
way they mostly moved at that time in
Vermont. Some moved on horseback
and some with a wheel barrow and a
hand-sled. The roads were poor and
there were no wagons or horses. The
horses were mostly used at that time
in Vermont by riding them. They
were ridden when visits and journeys
had to be made and to the village, the
church and the mill. Winters they
were harnessed to the sled. AS Mr..
Morgan's name is not on the tax-list of
Randolph for 1888, if he arrived in
Randolph on or before the Goth of June
he had no taxable property. AT that
time all stock excepting sheep were
taxed. Clergymen and schoolmasters
were exempt from paying poll-tax,
and person to be taxed must be a res
ident of the place on the Goth of June.
If Mr.. Morgan arrived at Randolph
after the Goth of June, 1888, his name
would not be on the list for that year,
if he had taxable property. His daugh-
ter Nancy was born at Randolph, Sept.
), 1888. Mr.. Morgan's list in 1899 was
three pounds and fifteen shilings, with
deduction of one pound and sixteen
shillings; this shows that he may have
owned yearling colt that year. He
was chosen lister this year, and town
clerk from 1890 to 1893. March 20,
l19l, MIR. Morgan's wife Martha died
died and there can be no doubt
but it in the summer of this year
that he visited Springfield and he made
the journey on horseback. lie made
this visit to get money due him in
Springfield, and his sou saws instead
of getting money as he expected he |
had to take two colts, one a twD-year- |
old stud colt, and the other three
year-old geldilg colt. His son said,
too, that his father was very much op.
posed to taking the wo.year-old colt,
on account of his being SO small and |
scrubby, and it was only after the inter-
vention of the friends of the two par
ties that he consented to, and a lawsuit
was prevented. This is one of the |
cases that often happen where one has
to take "a ainst his wish what he don't |
want. and which hlrns ont in the end
blessing in disguise. Mr. Morgan lit |
tie thought at the time he did not want
to take the little scrubby colt that the
colt would be the founder of breed |
of horses that would be for time the |
popular blood, and that it would be
given his name. The fact that Mr.. |
Morgan owned and took the colt to
Vermont is all that causes his name to |
be mentioned at the present time.
Mr.. Morgan in taking the colt to
Vermont saw so many good qualities in
him that he was so taken with him that
he informed his friends on arriving
home that he was going to keep the
colt for stock horse. This his friends,
many of them, advised him not to do |
Oh account of his inferior size. In 1871 |
law was passed in Vermont that all |
stations two years old and upwards |
should be set in the list for 20 pounds. |
This fact speaks well for the colt. Mr.. |
Morgan, with his large experience with |
horses, would not have paid in his linn
tied circumstances this large tax on |
horse of low, obscure blood and ORR |
gin.
In 1892 Mr.. Morgan's list was %
pounds, Is pounds larger than IN 1871.
His wite's sickness and death and his
going to Springfield must have lessened
his property in 1871 several pounds,
yet his list the next year is IS pounds
larger. The only reasonable explana-
ton for it is that he was taxed for
stallion in 1892. The following is Mr..
Morgan's advertisement for the Figure
horse, from Spooner's Vermont Jour-
printed at Windsor, Vt.
NI ILL COVER THIS SEASON at Cap
w tain Elias Bissells stable in Ran
dolph, and at Captain Josiah Cleveand's
stable in Lebanon the famous Figure horse
from Hartford, Connecticut, at los. for the !,
season if paid down, or lSs, if paid in the
fall. IN cash or grain at cash prices Said
horses beauty. strength and activity the
subscriber tiatters himself the curious will
be best satisfied to come and see Said
horse will be in Lebanon the second Mon
day in May next, there to continue two
weeks and then return to Randolph, so to
continue at said Cleveland's and Bissell's
two weeks at each place through the sea-
son. JUSTIN MORGAN, Randolph, April
8, 1913.
This year, 1898, Mr.. Morgan sold all
of his real estate at Randolph and
broke up Keeping house. His children
were fou d homes at Randolph. His
sons and daughter Emily's home was
with Daniel Carpenter. In 1874 Mr..
Morgan's list, and the last one he has
at Randolph, is just 20 pounds, and
there can be no doubt but this 20
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