Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-05
THE DAM OF ETHAN ALLEN.
A. W. THOMSON SHOWS THAT SHE WAS
THE OLD RISING AND BALLOON MARE
THIRD ARTICLE.

A. w. THOMSON SHOWS THAT SHE WAS
THE OLD RISING AND BALLOON MARE
THIRD ARTICLE.
WOODSTOCK, VT. Aug. II. 1856.
W. II. BALLOON,
Dear Sir II have learned many valu-
able facts in regard to the mare from
Joseph G.. Balloon of Gardner. Mass. He
is very careful and accurate in his state
ments; they agree with the statements
of Justus b. Rising and other good wit
nesses. j. G.. Balloon says he lived at
Zeno Rislng's when small and that Ru-
fus Rising owned the little gray, half
hipped mare then. He remembers her
having a colt when Il. Rising owned her;
that she used to get in with Zeno's
horses was bad to catch: would jump,
and was afraid of buffalo robe behind
her in the sleigh He remembers George
Johnson's owning her; and Caleb Balloon
owned her, he remembers we'll. At first
he did not remember your owning her,
as he could not remember ever seeing
you drive any horse when he was at
Hague. After Il while he said he had
faint recollection of your having the
mare. He says he visited you several
times when he was at Zeno's; thinks you
were living on the Caleb Balcom farm in
y -
1871. Do you remember his visiting you.
and if so, can you remember anything
being said about the mare and her colts
when he was at your place? Do you re-
member taking him into the pasture or
yard to see them? You may remember
some facts in regard to them when he
was at your place that he will remember
when he hears it. If he saw the mare
when you owned her, he would have
been likely to have said something about
her on account of his knowing her when
Il. Rising owned her. Think it over,
and if you can think of anything being
said about the mare or her colts when he
was at your place or any facts that took
place in regard to them let me know.
Did you ride her any when YOU owned
her, or did any one and did you work
her on the farm any:
have had a letter from AnSel Potter,
son of Ambrose. He writes that his
father owned an old black mare in lS23
or u; thinks he got her in Hague: does
not remember her having IL colt. j. G..
Balloon remembers the Rising mare a
having very handsome ear, just as you
describe the ear your mare had.
| have written Dean Phillips to see if
he had the deed recorded when he bought
the farm. He does not answer vet.
Cannot you get at the time you bought
the farm by your age? If it was 1885.
YOU were % then. Were YOU married
then, and if so, how long before? Did
you buy the farm in the spring? You
bought the mare in the fall in foal, SC
you did not have to use but three stall
lions to raise the four colts. You have
spoken of gray stallion you used and q
bay one: do you remember using two
gray stations: understand that Calel
Balcom bred the mare to horse the fal
that you bought her: did you hear hin
say what horse the colt she brought the
spring after you bought her was by,
}. G.. Balcom remembers Asa Curtis ::
having span of gray horses; Bevin;
said one of them sired the Rising mare
the dam of Ethan Allen. | wish you tC
think it over and see if the mare bred
colt the summer before you bought her
that is, the same season. | think sh,
had "A colt the next year after Caleb Bal
com bought her. They said when | wa,
at Hague that Rising sold the mare t.
G.. johnson in the fall of 1884; that John
son kept her but short time. Calel
Balloon bought her that fall-the fall o
1S34-and it looks now as if you bough
her the fall of 1888.
Are you sure it was the next year afte
you bought the farm that you bough
the mare? Was it not the next fall afte
you bought the farm? Would YOU no
have wanted her then to eat up your sur
plus hay:
| will repeat some of my questions
Get the exact year you bought the farm
by your aye at the time or the year yOl
were married or the age of some of YOU
children, supposing you have had chill
dren. Do you think you used more thar
three stations: See if you can remem
Der her having a colt the season you
bought her. Did you work her an,
when you owned her; did you or an
one ride her any, and was anything sal
about her colts when j. G.. BalcOm vi,
tied you? How long did Phillips owt
the farm before you bought it: Was
your brother or Phillips brother tina
owned the farm with Phillips? Give tn
names of the stations you used or tn
names of the owners as near as you can
State what you had to pay each year 70
the services of the horses. 1t will be il
teresting TO know what was asked the
in Hague.
Your mare was the dam of Ethan A
len, sure.
Yours respectfully,
ALLEN w. THOMSON.
ANSWER.
About the mare having poke mark
about her neck and being breechy.
would not take long for starvation {
make her breechy and for a poke to max
marks on her neck. After | got her sh
had plenty to eat and had kind trea
mpnt sO she had no fear of hainor Inn,