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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
THE TARIFF QUESTION.

A correspondent of the Michigan Farm
er can not agree with the opinions set
forth by President Rich of the sheep
breeders association of that State in his
address at the annual meeting, and says:
"This address contains much valuable
information, including statistics of the
production and of the importation of
wool and wooden goods for the past five
years. He seems disposed in his COM
ments to take a hopeful view of the pros
poets of the wool industry, but I am
afraid some of his conclusions are not
well grounded. For instance, he says {:
SIN some instances the reduction in duty
has led to increased importations, but as
the aggregate value of woolens imported
has not increased, and the percentage of
duty remains the same, 1t would seem
has not been the canse of the low price of
wools." He further states that although
for the first year of the reduced tariff the
importations "were greatly increased, for
the second year of the reduced tariff the
amount imported was substantially the
same as before the agitation of reduc-
ton of duty on wool in Congress-" and
that sin the aggregate the reduction of
the tariff on manufactured wool has had
no visible effect" Also, that Judging
from information obtained the damage to
wool growers by the reduction of import
duties made by the act of March, 1888,
was only temporary, as the duty is still
high enough to keep out the bulk of for
eign woods which compete with the bet
ter class of wool grown in this country
Now | do not object to Mr.. Rich's
statistics, but do most decidedly object
to the conclusions he draws from them.
The amount imported is certainly no
measure of the damage to wool-growers
by the reduced tariff. The fact is that in
competition with foreign woods and wool
en- goods the prices of our own woods
have had to come down. Wool buyers
and manufacturers of course would only
take the home product when they could
buy it as cheap or little cheaper than
they could get the foreign article. OF
course any import duties are enough to
keep out the bulk of foreign woods if
prices at home come down below what
the foreign woods can be got for. The
increase of damage to woOl-growers is
not so much in the amount of foreign
woods imported as in the reduced prices
at which our own product has to be sold
1t is a fact too notorious to need a refer
ence to figures that woods have been
much lower since the reduced tariff
came into operation, even woods of the
better class"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
RIPTON (2:2e "a.

BY AMERICAN BOY, SON OF JOHN GILP1N, by
JACKsoN's FLYING CLOUD, son OF VERMONT
BLACK HAwK-A LETTER FROM HIS BREEDER
MoNRoETOwN, Pa, Dec, 1885,
Editor Register The horse Ripton was
foaled on the 9TH of August was sired by my
horse American Boy. Ripton's dam came
to me from New York and was claimed to be
by Greyhound, an imported running horse and
her dam Star mare Mr. A. C. Bentley of
Waverly, n. Y, brought the mare to me and
told me who bred her; but ! have forgotten.
The horse Jack Hart know nothing about. |
sold American Boy to c. NJ. Sanderson, now
of Scranton, Pa. He had him at Newark n.
j., and bred him to one or two mares, and
told me that one colt paced. BY writing him
at Scranton, Pa you may get the desired in
formation. did know who bred Mary Satter-
lee, the dam of American Boy, but can't re-
member. Dave Halstead of Middletown, n.
Y, of whom got the mare, might tell you
J. +. SATTERLEE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
MAID OF CLAY, AMAzoNlA, CHARLES KENT
MARE.


Randolph Huntington writes from Rochas-
ter, n. Y, Dec. 10:
Maid of Clay knew from foal. Her dam
was gray mare of no known breeding and
Maid of Clay was her thirteenth and last foal !;
and was the only one good for anything ex.
cept common farm work, Old Henry Clay
was owned by two friends of mine and stood
within two miles of my place when he cover
| ed Gray Jenny the dam of Maid ofClay. This
foal was her only one by Henry Clay. John
Peck owned iGray Jenny; she was foaled in
1894, and was got by horse of no known
breeding out of mare OF no known breeding.
know the entire thing,all the men and horses.
There was no more Dey's NJ Messenger and Bald
, faced Consul about Gray Jenny than there is
about this paper.
have publication, just out, which may
open the eyes of some, Prejudiced men pre-.
fer not to see, but intelligent men will get
hold Oft.
1t is entitled "Gen. Grants Arabian Horses
and their Sons" and is dedicated to his mem.
DRY and love for horses.
The strong hold that liars have in this pedi-
gree business, is in the fact that so many
men are dead who did know. For instance,
John Peck is dead, Amos Crandall is dead,
Captain skinner is dead and those three mem
knew all about the dam of Maid of Clay. Still
another, a Mr.. Whitmore, who owned the
horse that got Gray Jenny is also dead Then
on the other side old DR. Gregory and old Capt.
Dey are dead. The first managed Baldfaced
Consul and the other owned Deys Messenger.
Consul came into this country to run races
and died without covering mares. There
never was a more villainous lie about the
breeding of any mare than the recorded
breeding of Maid of Clay, except in case OF
Geo. Wilkes dam.
have 40 head of close bred (inbred) Clay's
wonder how they will be recorded some
day. bred close to old Henry and not one
| is registered.
Truly yours,
X. HUNTINGTON.
P.S. 1 can't tell when have written so
long letter, but your letter has stirred me
up. lfyou want to begin at fraud, begin with
the dam of old Abdallah. When l was a
young man, she was a COndstogd mare from
\ Pennsylvania. OF late years, when lies could
answer better she was n Messenger mare
Again, when Charlie Kent bought the dam OF
Rysdyk's bull she was in drove of horses
tied two and two to n long cable rope (for that
was the way they used to come into New York
| city, At that time she was from northern
New York and Dent paid $15 for her for his
meat cart. The stud books say she by
Bellfounder, but how, pray tell me, did that
old blind horse get out into western New York
to cover the mare that produced her Bell
founder stood down on Long Island and died
there. Lies are cheap in horses. Ten are
| told to-day where one was told 80 and 40 years
ago. That there will be an end to this lying
| believe.
Trulysyours,
RANDOLPH HUNTINGTON.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
"OLD" AUCKLAND.
From Cassell's Family Magazine.


Franks father was Canon auckland,
professor of geology at Oxford, and after
ward dean of Westminster. The home at
Christ church was the place to become
acquainted with unwonted visitors.
Stuffed beasts shared the hall with the
rocking-horse. There were cages of
snakes and green frogs in the dining
room; and sometimes callers, who did
not quite understand the peculiarities of
the MaisonI Buckland, would runscreaming
to the door as an escaped adder would be
found leisurely crawling down the stairs.
At table the talk was of natural history
of the Reliquie Deluviane and the
"Bridgewater Treatise" The sideboard
groaned with its load of fossils, and the
candles were stuck into the vertebre of
the ichthyosaurus in lieu of sconces.
Guinea-pigs were often scampering over
the table; and occasionally the pony,
having trotted down the steps from the
garden, would push open the dining-room
door and career around the table with
three laughing children on his back, and
then, marching through the front door
and down the steps, would continue his
course round Tom Quad.
In the stable-yard and wood-houses
were fox, rabbits, guinea-pigs and fer
rets, hawks and owls, magpies, jackdaws,
besides dogs, cats and poultry; and in
the garden was the tortoise and toads
immured in various pots, to test the
truth of their supposed life in rock-cells
Strange meats appeared at the Buck
land table. A horse belonging to his
brother-in-law having been shot, DIR.
auckland had the tongue picked and
served up at large luncheon party,
greatly to the satisfaction of the guests,
until they were told what they had
eaten. Alligator was a rarer delicacy.
! but puppies were enjoyed and mice freely
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
SHOULD INDIVIDUAL WEALTH BE
LIMITED BY LAW.
From John swinton's Paper.


Limitation of personal wealth in degree
is as reasonable as limitation in kind.
Where possession in kind is dangerous,
the law puts limits. Why shoulditnot put
limits where possession in degree is dan
gerous? | cannot keep dynamite in my
house, cannot sell gunpowder, cannot
keep pigs in my yard, cannot own chol-
era or small poX rags, | cannot own a
rickety house. In all these cases the law
will punish me, and take away my prop
erty. And justly, because l am an injury
to the community in holding it. Now, if
my holding an estate that is dangerous,
from its vastness, Is forbidden by law,
where is the injustice? all that must be
proved is its danger. Laws should be
made cautiously and no mere jealousy
should find place in them.
But if it can be proved that colossal for
tunes are perilous to the well-being of So
ciety, laws limiting fortunes would be
perfectly just That such fortunes are
perilous to society and the state is proved
priori, from the fact that they give a
controlling political power to men not
chosen by the people to exercise that
power. 1t is power to buy up legisla-
lures, to purchase immunities for outrages,
to defy public opinion, and to make JUS
tice impossible. And it is proved a pos
teriori, from innumerable examples in the
history of legislation in our own country
where gigantic monopolies have been fos-
tered, to the oppression of the poor, and q
system of "corners" has been maintained
by unrighteous laws and the failure tc
pass righteous ones.
1t is common cry with these rich meI
and corporations that the laws of trade
ETC., will take care of themselves. This they
cry when legislation for the poor is talked
of, when it is suggested that we should
have wages secured and cooperation sup
ported by law. But all the time they are
not leaving the laws of trade, ETC., to take
care of themselves, but they are filling
every State Legislature with their lobby
lists, and dining and wining the Legislators
and procuring legislation to favor theil
own greedy apd eXtortionate plans.
The land is full of this gross injustice
and the enormous accumulation of capita
in few hands is the cause of it.
1t is high time that wise and impartia
men should by careful study and counse
devise righteous plan to curb excessive
wealth for the sake of the country's peace
and prosperity. The reform should be ne
impulsive measure. Such remedy would
be as bad as the disease. The principle:
of justice should govern throughout. The
amount of wealth to be allowed one man
the method of avoiding trickery by which
several would hold property for one, tn,
right mode of preventing accumulation
and the exclusion of opportunities fol
mere spite and annoyance-all these would
be subjects demanding sober, honest, faith
full discussion; but they should not be ig
nored and neglected because of the Difficult
ties in them.
HOWARD CROSBY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22

| A. f. Fuller, Woodstock, Vt, to Chas. II
Whitman, Quechee, W.T. ram; to E.Perry No
Charlestown, n. H., ram; to F. Dana North
Pomfret, VT, ram; to f. Barber, Pomfret
VT, ram; to Elmer Emery, Pomfret, Vt, |
ram; to A. j. Mills, Pomfret, Vt, ewes
from his own flock and I from A. f. Perkins
flock; to f. Perry, North Charleston, Vt, s
ewes and ram.
j. A. Miller, Lebanon, n. H., to c. NJ. Jack
man, Bath, n. H., ram and eve to f. Blais
dell, Lebanon, n. H., ram; to w. F. Smith, n
H., ram from the flock of A. f. Fuller.
j. II. Hazen, West Hartford Vt, to G. II.
Brown, Maine, ram; to II. II. Hazen, Hart
ford, VT, ram; to ID. d. Hazen, Hartford
Vt, 3 rams; to c. s. Porter, Claremont, n. H., |
ram; to T. Claraine, Vermont l ram; to c.
Chadwick, Vermont, ram.
j. A. Bell, Ashley, o., to It. Ingraham, Tex,
2 rams.
c. C. Forbes, Shoreham, Vt, to VIM Moore
ShOreham, VT, ewes, from his own flock, 3
from flock of o. C. Martin and from flock OF
V. n. Forbes.
| c. NJ. Clark, Whitewater. Wis, to VIM.
Smiley, wisconsin, "a ewes.
w. e. Eycleshimer, Tomhannock, n. Y, to
M Wiley, Valley Falls, n. Y, ram; to c.
Cottrell, Johnsonville, N. Y, ram; to J. NJ.
Brandt, Ohio, l ram; to W. II. Crawford,
New York, l ram.
James Forbes, Shoreham, VT, TOD. @. Cas-.
well, Shoreham, Vt, ewes, from his own
flock and from flock of II. Witherell & Son.
C. C. Forbes, Shoreham, VT, to James
Forbes, shoreham, VT, eve from flock OF V
n. Forbes.
Geo. Campbell Sons, Westminster West
Vt, to C. S. White, Grafton, Vt, ram; to VIM
J. webb, Bellows Falls, VT, | ram; to C. S
White, Grafton, Vt, l ram; to G. l.. Cutter
| Springfield, VT, ram.
ii. Il. Sanford, Cornwall, Vt, to j. p. Doug
las, Mddlebury, VT, l ram; to j. A. Johnston
] Cornwall, VT, ram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
COMET, SAID TO BE BY BISHOPS HAM
BlETONlAN.

TINMoUTH, VT, Dec. IL, 1885.
Editor Register Your letter to my brother
Jas. X. Noble, who has been dead about IA
dozen years, has been handed to me. Comet,
by Bishops Hambletonian, is recorded in
Wallace's TrOtting Register. You will find that
he was foaled about 60 years ago, perhaps a
little longer. recollect his being kept in my
fathers stable, l think as much as "a or IS
years ago. He made three seasons here that
l recollect and went north from here. l
don't know what became of him. He was
raised in Granville, n. Y, and | think was
bred by Col. Ray of that place. His dam was
aChantileer mare and think she was thor.
oughbred. If you do not wish to take the es-
tablished record and history OF this horse but
wish to hunt it up for yourself, perhaps |. V.
Baker of Comstocks, n. Y, or some one in
Granville, n. Y, might give you some infor-
nation regarding him.
Yours truly,
HENRY ID. NOBLE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22

The sheriff of Forsythe county, Ga,
who levied on a circus, and whose inabil-
ity to manage the animals cansed much
amusement of the employees, has gotten
out of the predicament by disposing of
the menagerie at auction sale. An ele-
plant brought 81 300, other animals in
proportion down to parrots, which went
off at 81 each. Monkeys commanded so
apiece.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
CHERIFF,s SALE OF REAL ESTATE
GEORGE BRIGGS ! 7
Rutland County Court,
March Term, A. ID. 1885.

f. w. SYLVESTER March Term' A. d. 1881
Notice is hereby given that hold an execu-
ton tor collection issued upon judgment
rendered by said court in the above entitled
cause ut the March term thereof, A. ID. 1885, said
execution being in damages $223.37 and costs
$2463, and that have levied said execution
upon certain piece or parcel of land and
dwelling house and outbuildings thereon stu
ate and being in the town of Leicester, Addi-
son county, Vermont, and described as toll
lows, to wit: said parcel of land lying next to
and southerly of the highway leading wester-
ly from Leicester Junction so called, and KIT
to and east, and southerly OF the store premis-
es located n short distance to the west of said
Junction, now occupied by +. l.. Matot as a
store, said premises containing about one
acre of land more or less, and that will, (un-
less said execution is in the meantime paid
and satished), sell said premises, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said eX-
ecution, interest and costs, at public auction to
the highest bidder for the same at the said
store of the said Matot on the 25th day of Jan
uary, A. ID. 1886, ut nine o'clock in the fore
noon, to satisfy said execution, costs and in
terest in accordance with the provisions of
Act No l39 of the Session Laws of Vermont, A.
ID. 1884.
Dated this ed day of December, 1885.
Iva ID. L. PEABODY, sheriff
Rutland County.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22

from Jefferson county N. Y, and sold to w.
Leonard, a hotelkeeper of Ann Arbor, Mich.
He wrote several letters for information, but
could find out nothing. Parties are all dead.
She was n great roadster. She drew two men
in a top buggy 100 miles in 70 hours when sew.
en- years old. Truly yours,
ID. b. HTBBARD.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22

lions to be found. Lambertus l believe is the
coming stock horse. II you think am talk
ing steep, come over and give me a chance to
convince you as have others.
Yours truly,
JOHN W. PORTER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
BULLOCK HORSE OR NORTH AMERICAN
MORGAN HORSES,
PHiLLIPsBuRaH, p. Q, Dec. Ii,

PHiLLIPsBURaH, p. O.. Dec. Ii, 1885,
Editor Register The North American called
the Bullock Horse, was owned by a man by
the name of Bullock. He lived in Clarence
vile, twill write and get particulars and let
you know.
Sir Walter was thorough. bred, chestnut, 16
hands high and was imported and owned by
the Hon. Robert Jones of Bedford. He teft
fine large stock and all of his colts looked like
the sire. He established family of fine large
horses, such as the country now wants
As for Morgan horses-we had n horse by
the name of Billy Root, Jr., sired by old
Billy Root, about the time you speak of also
n Morgan horse owned by Robinson of Swan
ton: chestnut, sired by old Billy Root, after
wards purchased by DR.. Megs of johnson.
Another Morgan, owned by Warner of Swan
ton; sired by the same horse, called the War.
ner Morgan; another, owned by Thayer and
called after him, sired by the same horse.
They left great many colts in the country,
one an entire horse raised by and owned by
one Nelson Reynolds. They were n true type
of Morgans. l do not see many now. If l
know anything that will be of use to you let
me know.
Yours truly,
j. S. BRIGHAM.
FOREST KING (2:2D BY HONEST DAN.
GRANVILLE, n. Y, Dec. IL, 1885.
Editor Register: l received a letter asking
the pedigree of Forest Kingss DAM and when
foaled. He was foaled in ls69-,June. His
dam was by Wildair, "A horse owned in Hart.
ford, n VA Hambletonion horse. l do not
know his pedigree l sold Forest King to
George Haines of Melrose, n. Y, who now
owns him. have not heard of his trotting
since November, 1884, ut Sandy Hill, when he
won over two good horses; best time, 2:3l,
over slow track. He was not headed in any
heat and never left his feet in the race. He
sold for so cents in $40 pools. | expected to
have heard from him last fall, but haven't SO
far. Geo. Haines can give you what informa-
ton you want in regard to pedigree.
w. H. HoLLIsTER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
MYRoN PERRY t2:24 10 BY YOUNG COL
UMBUS.
LETTER FROM HIS BREEDER.

LETTER FROM HIS BREEDER.
CROWN POINT, n, Y, Dec. @, 1885.
Editor Register Yours received. In regard
to Myron Perry's dam haven't been able to
find her pedigree. The dam was lG years old
when Perry was tosled. Folks that knew her
say that she was Messenger and Abdallah.
The parties that owned her went to Lake Su-
perior. The woman was back some time ago,
but she could tell nothing about 1t.
Yours truly,
HORACE HEUsTIs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
GEN. MCCLELLAN, BY NORTH STAR, SON or
BULRusH MORGAN, THE GREAT CALI
FORNlA TROTTINc SIRE.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. II, 1885.
Mr. JOSEPH BATTELL, Middlebury, Vt.
Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 18th,
permit me to say that my information in re-
gard to the breeding of Gen. Mcclellan was de-
rived by direect correspondence in the neigh
borhood where he was owned and raised, Mr..
L. B.James of Pixies Station Wayne Co., Ohio,
being among the number The letters and pa
pers used in compiling the pedigrees for this
book have been packed up and stored away,
so that 1t might be the work of several days
to find just the ones connected with this horse,
but at the time of the compilation l was
as clearly and thoroughly satisfied of the cor
rectness of this pedigree as l was of any other
pedigree in the book. My own opinion is that
il is correct beyond n question.
Yours very truly,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-22
Sheep Jnterest.
SALES OF SHEEP

RECORDED IN THE REGISTER OF THE YER
MONT MERlNo sHEEP-BREEDERs' Asso-
OlATICN.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-19
Porse Department.

OUR work on MORGAN HORSES is progress.
ing rapidly, but there are yet many horses
that should be entered here whose pcdigrecs
we have not received. We want full pedigree
and history of every mcritorious stallion
descended in direct male line from Justin
Morgan, with name and residence of the
breeder of such horse and of the several dams.
Blanks Tor this information will be furnished
free by addressing THE REGISTER, Middlcbury,
VT Nd fee is required for this registration.
II will be perceived that we are publishing
large amount OF original information on
trotting pcdigrees, and historical matter on
the early horses of this country, which cannot
be obtained elsewhere; and we recommend
to our patrons to PREsEsvE THEIR FILRs OF
THE REGISTER, rs they will form, with the full
indexes thereto, II most valuable and avHila.
Bile cyclopcdia upon these matters. An index
will also be supplied for the Literary Depart
lncnt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-19
COOK HORSE, OR YOUNG PHOENIX
EIILR FROM CAPT. \. :. COOK.


BRANDON, VT, Jan. t. lsS6
Eddor Rcgister:-In answer to vour inut,i,v
relating to Young Phoenix: My father traded
sorrel mare for him with samuel Barker Of
fefu' y. Y, otherwise of Nergennes. VI. in
1876 ut Salisbury, VI. Soon after he gave him
to me. owned and kept him from I,3s IN
1872.
MI Bankers statement about his pedigree
nave hehrd, was; "Sircd by old PhrniX a
high-blooded horse; the mare, "A full.blood
Morgan which believe is true. He had all
inc points and marks of Morgan He has been
ridden on parade and at musters with Clifford
Morgan and others of the same breed: every
one would say there was no trouble but he
was Morgan enough. David Hill told me of
Black Hawk and said il Phoenix was no more
thtn ten years old, and he owned him. he
could make another fortune with him: ana
! have heard him say if there was Mor.rnn
blood in any horse il was in him. This j.
about all can tell about him. Wcncv.r
owned amy other stallion while in Salisbury.
|on ask if William Wainwright ever u.rd
this horse. VIII say that William wainwright
OF salisbury used PhuniN several time. o,.
years. | do not remember in particularabout
Locklin Wainwright'- mare. know Vain.
wright raised several very fine colts bv
IhUniN.
Yours truly,
y. :. Cook.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-19
LETTER FROM z. p sMlrn

WooNSOCKET, II. l., Jan. 6. 1ssG
H"'tor Heg'"r'-ln reply to yours of this
'ale can only say that left Middlebury in
Io''' knew Azor smead and Jonathan
wainwright, but nave no recollection about a
u'S summon owned by either of them Mr.
""ihWtlght was man that at times had Il
src"' many horses on hand. The firm r. a J.
wainwright wlhtercd three hundred and
"eh'N'ohe'the year before left,Nemont do
l"' KNOW that ever met you but when Il boy
! nave hshcd for trout all about your present
location many times.
Yours truly,
r. z. Shrn