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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
borse Department.

The Middlebury REGISTER now for more
than year has been giving much original
and valuable Information upon Morgan and
other celebrated horses. II intends to con
tinue publishing such information from week
to week, giving at least II page to its Horse
Depart lent when sufficient material has
accumulated we expect to place it in book
form, publishing first our volume upon
the Morgan Horse, and afterwards n Reg
lister OF the more distinguished sires and
performers. In the latter we hope to include
all 80 performers, with their breeding, so far
As can be asccrtaincd; also to distinguish be
tween things that are known and things that
are not known, in every pedigree. In all cas-
rs the evidence upon which the pedigrees are
based will be given to the public through the
columns of THE MIDpLEBURY REGISTER. This,
we are satisfied, is what the public wants and
ought to have. Many judgments are better
than one.
THE REGISTER by reason OF this extensive
information and this method OF giving it, is
rapidly becoming Indispensable to all breed
ers and horscmen. II should also be an ex-
ccllent medium tor advertisers, especially
those dealing in Morgan horses.
Preserve your files, tor they will form, with
available cVclopcdia OF horse matters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

ty. Having large number of horses on
hand and wishing to bring his business
to a close induces him to offer them low.
ZEBlNA CURTIS.
Windsor.
The same year these are advertised,
Jolly at Woodstock, sired by Bucepha-
lus; Sweepstakes. noted horse. in Hart
ford; James, a full-blooded beautiful
horse, at Windsor; The Leopard, 10
hands, at Hartford: Black and All Black
in Hartland; Young Sorrel in Hartford.
In 1902 appears the advertisement of
phenomenon, that beautiful full-blood-
ed stallion lately imported from England
in Cornish; fine chestnut, lG IL hands,
got by the famous Phenomenon whose
grandsire was the great Eclipse; dam
Recovery by Hyder Ali; grandam,
Perdity by Herod; great-grandam by
Sampson; $3.50 to $3.50.
Weasel is again advertised at Ludlow :;
Republican at Hartford; the noted horse
Silver Heels in Reading and Windsor:
Leopard at IIartland; the Trasli Horse at
Windsor: Sweepstakes at IIartland.
Ranger, Woodstock and Brdgewater, APP
pears again As clark bay. Ii hands. sired
by the noted Old Ranger of York at
Windsor
In 1903 Young Prince is advertised at
Windsor, sired by King William Horse.
Old Ranger breed. There are also adver-
tiSpd Silver Heels i'm Windsor. SWppp-
stakes in llartland and Bright Bay in
Hartford.
In 1904 Young Prince is advertised at
Windsor.
In lS05 Sweepstakes is advertised at
Lebanon and IIartland, and King Herod
at Iartland and Woodstock.
In 1906 the noted horse Bay Nation is
advertised in Montpelier; dark bay, Is
hands, sired by Old Bay Nation; grand
sire imported old Wild Deer, who was
sent home again on account of his fame
for stock and has since covered in Eng
land for 30 guineas. Dam by imp. Regu-
lus. He has stood a number of years
past in IIillsboro Co., y. II. VIM. Dus-
tin" Above horse for sale at 500.
In 1907 there are no horse advertise
ments.
In lS0S Young Sweepstakes is adver-
tiSed at Hartland.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
IN A ROW BOAT.

We're off for a row on the briny Atlantic,
In boat that's not "bonny." nor given to
clippings"
1t won't even "curtsey,n it isn't romantic,
And the waters harbor, filed up with
shipping
Yet what do we care for the "blue Danube
river"
For Venice, the Rhine, or Geneva's fair
The splash Of a blade, with its ripple and
culver,
Sings just the same music the universe DER.
And beneath this tall ship-house-peaked and
roomy,
And yonder old hulk without bowsprit or
mast,
We glide into shadows as graceful and
gloomy
As the Doge's palace itself can cast.
ferryhoat comes-she's thing of beauty!
See her colored lights on the waves shine
down
They are ONLY her signals doing their duty,
But they CLEAN like jewels in a monarch's
crown.
There is no "weird legend" in any quarter,
No 'malrigal" floats to the listening ear,
No mandolin" tinkles, but over the water
Come fresh, laughing voices, jolly and
clear.
And so on we go, in the deepening twilight,
Without any sentiment. romance or stuff
The same moon gds all, with its touches of
high light;
We're perfectly happy. and that is enough!
Bessie Chandler in Brooklyn Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
LADY SUFFOLK AND LADY SUIT
TON

a subscriber calls attention to the fact
that Lady Suffolk q :26 l-2). by Engineer
I'd. was retired from the turf in 1853.
hence could not have trotted race with
Gen. Butler in 1861. which is true. There
have been not less than four gray mares
called Lady suffolk. In the first race
which Gen. Butler ever won he beat a
gray mare called Lady Suffolk. which
trOtted several races on Long Island from
1850 to 1862. and gained a record of , 81 ..
She is mentioned in W. L. Chester'S valu-
able work a. by Lone star, he by Estey'S
Black Hawk. son of Vermont Black
Hawk. Our correspondent states that
Lady SutfOlk's last race was to wagon.
then about 100 pounds. Tacony beating
her in , 40 to , 30, Lady suffolk win
ming the fifth heat in 2;37. This was
in September, the 2ith, think, in ISL or
1852. She was then - years old. the date
of her foaling being 1888" This was Il
remarkable race for a trotter at her time
OF life, that had been upon the turf every
year for fifteen consecutive seasons.
Probably the greatest race of her life.
and the greatest that had ever occurred
at that time, was against Lady Suffolk
and Pelham, Aug. 3, 1919. The first and
second heats were won by Lady Suffolk
in 2:29 -. 81. Lady Sutton captured
third and fourth heats in 80, , 81 -.
The fifth and sixth were dead heats in
, :32, , 81, and the seventh taken by Lady
Suffolk in rs. Lady Sutton was an in
bred Morgan, being by Morgan Eagle,
son of Woodbury. Morgan; dam also of
Morgan descent. Lady Suffolk was an
inbred Messenger. Her sire was Engi-
neer I'd, son of Engineer, by imported
Messenger, and her dam by Don QuiXOte.
son of imported Messenger. Lady SUIT
ton never beat her record made in this
race.
The above is clipped from Horse Notes
in the American Cultivator. Mr.. Parlin
is doing a great deal of excellent work in
tracing pedigrees, and all the work done
by him is very thorough, careful and
trustworthy, and his conclusions are al
ways warranted by the evidence. But
when he speaks of Engineer as a son of
Messenger he draws upon very different
class of work. We do not hesitate to say
that Engineer was not the son of Messen-
ger, and we have yet to see the proof that
Don QuiXote was.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
Too MANY Orders

In a letter published in The London
Times on the subject of foreign orders
and decorations, "Medico" asks why the
royal family is perpetually breaking the
law in this matter. Nothing can be
more strict than the application of the
prohibition to distinguished servants of
the British crown, who have honorably
earned this slight acknowledgement on
the part of foreign potentates. And yet
the prince of Wales, who has never
heard a gun fired in warfare, who has
never saved life, who has never done
one single thing to qualify himself in
any way for the distinction thrust upon
him, is permitted to cover his manly
bosom with eagles and lions and lambs
with crosses and stars, until an I'M
knowing spectator would take him
either for Marshal Moltke or the ring
master at the Cirque d'Ete.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
FIGURE.

In the old Horse Advertisements pub
lished in the REGISTER of the Sd inst, in
the advertisement of the horse Nautilus,
his sire is called Figaro" 1t should
read Figure" This advertisement APP
peared in 1889, when Nautilus is called
four years old. 1t is noticeable that this
would make the time of his birth to cor
respond with the time Justin Morgan adj
vertised his horse Figure to stand at Lcb-
anon and elsewhere in 1874. We have
also advertised in the same journal in
1899 and 1900 by +. W. Ptllin, "the full
bred imported horse, Figure, to stand at
Hartford and Norwich, VT" The adver-
tiscment of Nautilus is very suggestive
of having been taken in part from the
aforementioned advertisement of Figure
by Justin Morgan. Query, was it Justin
Morgan's Figure that sired the horse
Nautilus, and was the Figure" adver-
tised by Pitkin the same horse advertised
by Morgan!
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
INQUlRlNo FOR MORGAN STALLION IN
MONTREAL ABOUT 1863.
BRADFORD. Me-. Nov.

'hAbroNbs -hS'. +NpN' -. lCco'
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESQ,
Dear SRI am trying to trace the
pedigree Of mare, and through the
Turf, Field and Farm | am referred to
you.
She was brought from Montreal to
Maine by Mr.. Hobart of Madison, Me-,
who is now dead. Hobart said she was
sired by Il noted Morgan stallion that
stood in Montreal in lS53.
This mare was dark bay: black points
near hind ankle white; star: stood II
hands high, and was IA great roader.
Hobart let Leonard Billings, Esq, of
StetsOn have her, who used her for "A
brood mare. Mr.. Billings can't remem-
Der what Morgan it was that Hobart told
him of, so | write to you to learn if there
was such horse as Hobart told of that
stood in Montreal in that year-lS53.
have one of this mares colts, now Il
years old, that | am breeding from.
shall be greatly obliged.
Yours truly,
X. +. MEADER.
Can any of our readers answer Mr..
Meader's inquirv?-ED. REGISTER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
OLD HORSE ADVERTISEMENTS.

The last instalment of old horse adver-
tisements which we published were from
Spooner's Vermont journal for the wear
1899. In the same publication, the same
year, appear advertisement of Weasel at
Hartford; bright bay, 10 hands Hyder
Ali again-beautiiul dapple gray, lG
bands-at Ludlow; and
True Brton at Pomfret: 81 and 81: IL
years old; dark bay, Ii hands. He has
been broken down running the heats.
which causes him To be lame. lie was
without doubt bred in old England in the
city of London.
JOHNSON STREETER.
May n, 1889.
IN $500 there is Young Reguus, Ii
hands, by Old Reguus; and James. Tn
der date of Wiliamstown, April IS. 1900.
&, Lynde advertises Henry Dundas at
WilliamstOwn, Berlin and Montpelier at
So to S4.
And again r. w. Pitkin advertises the
full-bred Imported horse Figure at Hart
ford and Norwich at 81 to So.
Bucephalus, Ranger, Badger, Slow and
Easy and The. Titman are all advertised
by u. Curtis, Windsor, at II IL Ito "a
cents.
The next week Bucephalus is advertis-
ed by Ellis q Smith, Woodstock, at So to
IS. The others are still advertised by Il.
Curtis, Windsor, at II II to "a cents Go
insure).
The next year OS0D occurs
A fine opportunity, gentlemen! The
subscriber offers for sale two or three ele-
giant stations and five or six likely breed
ing mares, which will be sold upon rea-
sonable terms and credit for good securi-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
The Music of the Cable.

l walked down Tenth avenue from
High bridge late the other night. 1t was
a warm, moist evening, with great
quiet brooding over the sparsly -settled
streets. The cable road cars came and
went by almost without sound, and
were quite startling in the suddenness
and silence of their progress. But as l
walked l was accompanied by constant
Ginning and monotonous, but by no
means unpleasant, melody. 1t was the
singing of the cable in the groove under
the road bed. The friction of the steel
wire over the clotted wheels kept UP a
perpetual murmur in which notes of mu-
sic could be clearly distinguished, and
now and then would come sharp chime,
as light blow struck on a ringing glass
AT places where there were no houses,
and the natural silence was profound,
the effect of this rivulet of melody run
ming in its hidden current under my feet
was indescribably weird and charming.
One of the claims the cable companies
make in favor of their cars is their noise
lessness. 1t seems to me that the noise
they make, or are the cause of, is the
prettiest if not the most useful thing
about them.-Alfred Trumble in New
York News
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
SleepY Hollow Gem eterY.

Sleepy Hollow cemetery, the burial
place of Washington Irving, directly
across the Hudson from Nyack. is SC
crowded that it has been found neces-
sary to enlarge the grounds by the pur,
chase of some adjacent property. The
addition to the cemetery will be made
on the north side of the beautiful
grounds, and will consist of forty-one
and one-half acres, purchased at cost
of $50 900. Sleepy Hollow cemetery is
visited by thousands of strangers every
year, who are drawn thither by the his
toric interest which centers there, and
the burial-place of Washington Irving
claims the attention of all.-New York
Cor. Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

Dr. Engram, of Buenavista, Ga Wis
tied negro woman who had a conges-
tive chill. He thought she would die
very soon, but prepared some brandy and
ammonia to inject hypodermically for
temporary relief. When he returned to
the patient she was pulseless, her heart
had ceased beating, she was dead. AS
an experiment, he says, with no expec-
tation of the results that followed, he
inserted the syringe directly over the
heart aud pressed it slowly until he
thought that it touched that organ, and
injected the brandy and ammonia.
Very soon the heart began beating
feebly, before long the pulse was per-
ceptible, and at last accounts the
woman was getting well.-New York
Sun
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
ROUGH AND READY, BY BLACK HAWK.

VERONA, Y. :, NOV. :, ISSU.
MIR. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Str:-ln answer to yours Of long
ago | will simply say did not answer
your letter asking for the history of
Rough and Ready after purchase by Har-
rison Bacon because | could not do so
fully and expected to go to Manlius then
in "A short time, where could find all you
need to know. knew the horse perfect
ly well, wintered him two winters, but
just what became of him cannot tell.
Allow me to refer you to Mr.. George
Barney Of Fayetteville, n. Y, who can
give you all the information needed.
Yours truly,
GEORGE BENEDICT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

Book peddler-Yes. Sir; of all the
states I've travelled through like Iowa
best. Omaha man-Make good sales
there, ell? We'll, no; don't sell so much,
but | like the people. l canvassed fifty
towns and was kindly treated every
where" well, I've often heard that
Iowa people have "a good deal of self
control. Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

This is the latest witticism with which
w. S. Gilbert is credited. ut il easy
enough for bishops to be good on a salary
of 5000 pounds sterling year." said the
satirical dramatist, looking round on a
select circle of literary friends, but we
have to be good for nothing"-a pause
and some of us are. The Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
The Flavor of Slang.

Slang, like swearing, is a protest
against Journalism, and perpetual eff
fort after directness and vigor of speech
But, after all, the flavor of slang is like
that of garlic or onions; very little of
it goes a great way, and even that little
can be dispensed with if the cook
knows her business. -Harper's Bazaar
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
Natural Gas and SILK Dresses.

1t is said that the introduction of nat
ural gas as fuel in Pittsburg has enabled
the ladies of that city to wear DELEGATE
silks that were out of the question when
soft coal was employed for this purpose
and SCOT and CRIME reigned supreme
New York Graphic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
Was Glad of It.

Spindler (quoting)-With half my APP
petite, good dame my leather doublet
would be feast indeed! Servant-Tm
glad you feel that way, sir, for missus
wanted me to tell you that she's lost the
mallet and the steak ant been pounded
quite so much as common.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
Bnt a Small Portion.

On first glimpse of the sea. "Aston-
ishingl Who would have thought there
could be as much water as that?" True,
and remember you only see what's on
top. It'd Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

was tempted to cheat my neighbor.
/ thought to gain dollar by hiding a
little of the truth; by giving bad meas
ure or poor quality. What l really
meant was to aim "a deadly blow at the
security and order of the universe.
Rev. Isaac ID. Rankin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

The path of duty lies in what is near,
and men seek for it in what is remote;
the work of duty lies in what is easy,
and men seek for it in what is difficult.
-Mencius.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

The Bartholdi Goddess of Liberty
with ice on her head in the morning after
being out all night, is not a pleasing
Spectacle New Orleans Picayune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

A deposit of blood agate, containing
stones large enough to be sawed into
slabs for mantels, has been found in
Utah, near the Grand river.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

Listy, br f.. black points, tail streaked
with gray: foaled May Is, 1855; sired by
Doc. Mclaughlin, No. 1914, record 30,
(sired by Morgan Messenger 1869, by
Fulton, by Hills Vermont Black Hawk,
by Sherman by Justin Morgan; his first
dam, Flora, by Getaway by Gossip Jones,
etc. first dam, Jane. a sorrel mare,
foaled 1873, sired by Morgan Messenger,
Jr. Morrison Horse, sire of Bronze
(2:2l ~, John Burk @ 81 pacer), Fleet
wood Messenger (2:27) and other good
ones second dam Black Bets, Cana
dian mare, breeding untraced. Listy's
first dam was bred by Jacob Latherberry
of Sugar Branch p. o., Switzerland Co.,
Ind. Listy was bred by l.. c. LathRr-
berry now of same place. Her tail and
name are very heavy.
DIR. j. +. LEsH.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

There are 725, 600 more females than
males in England.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

1t was once a superstition that I'M
usual mirth was a forerunner of ad-
versity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17
SUNDRY LETTERS, ETC.
COSHER, 2:3o.
SENECA. Kan. Nov. Is.

SENECA, Kan, Nov. Is. 1856.
Editor RcgjStcr:-As you are in quest
of Morgan-bred horses. | herewith send
you the breeding of my yearling tilly.
The Morgan blood is rather attcnuated
in this case, but the tilly is quite promis-
ing: has nice open gait. has good bones :
rather heavy with Il large head. She
stands about Is 81 hands. We also have
one horse. Goshen. that was trained at
this place. with a record of , 80. He is
owned by j. II. Trout of ANtel. Kan.
He was trained and driven by Gus b.
Lewis. He won the } 40 class at Empo-
ria, Kan, during the latter part of Sep
TENDER, lSNG. trotting the fifth heat in
80. The following is his breeding:
Goshen. b. h.. II 3-4 hands bred by
Mr. Sanborn of Sterling, H.. owned by
j. II. Trout, AXtel, kan: sired by Ca
poul (2:2S), first dam Lola, by Admins
traitor. etc.
May you live long and prosper is the
wish of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-17

[Can any of our readers answer MI
Meader's inquirv?-ED. REGISTER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-19
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, MAYBE 1885,

land rich. We know whereof we
speak. Why, six or eight. years
ago we took an old worn out heid
that was as sterile as that street, ana
TODAY we have wheat all over it that
reaches up to my. arm-pits. Grass,
clover and peas will do the work for
poor lands"
Mr.. H.. D. Poindexter said he be-
lieved that one hundred bushels
more of clover seed could have been
s)ld by our merchants if they had
kept them in stock. He thought the
low price of tobacco had greatly
stimulated the demand for seeds.
"You are engaged IN a good work.
Encourage the farmers in every way
to put more of their land in clover
and grass, and to plant less tobacco
and give it more attention, cultivate
it better and make it Of better quail
ity and thus make themselves more
independent"
We are glad to be enabled thus to
lay before our farmers the views OF
some of our leading business men in
regard to a most important branch
Of husbandry. Their sound views
show that they have given thought
to the matter. More grass and clio
YER means more and better cattle
and hogs, more and better horses
and colts, better i~andsyfeWer mort
gagess4essyuano, more ready money
in Nour pocRet, more Independence
ufore comfortable houses, and more
Try it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-19
DANGEROUS TO PRpJEcr WITH

Mr.. J. r. Randall, the able Wash
ington correspondent Of the Angus
ia, Ga, Chronicle, has the following
to say~about Senator Vance: There
isa conundrum going the rounds as
to her production of great men, but
while she has SO many useful cltr
zens, she can wait for dazzling gen
Jus. Is not Zebulon B. Vance a very
considerable man? / do not find
him equalled anywhere for wit, racy
Of the soil, and when aroused to the
combat he can hold his own with
any man, often vanquishing the
most redoubtable antagonists. As
General Hampton once said: !
don't know any one more danger,
Gus to project with than Zeb Vance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-19

-Ex-President Arthur's weight has
been reduced by disease from $50 to 100
pounds.
Senator Vance will deliver an adj
dress at the Oxford Orphan Asylum on
the oath of June.
The North Carolina editorial asso-
citation meets at Morehead City on the
18th of June.
The Richmond & Danville Railroad
headquarters are to be moved from Rich
mond to Washington.
Gen. John B. Gordon has published
a letter announcing himself a candidate
for the go%vernorship of Georgia.
Congressman Morrison says the tariff
bill will not be brought up until the APP
preparation bills are disposed of.
I'm the month of March last the
Blackwell Tobacco Company at Durham
manufactured 3,432,OOO cigarettes.
DIR. Samuel E. Bracken, a prominent
physician of Caswell county, died in
Danville, Va, on the Sth inst, aged
nearly u.
John Bright, pronounced the great
est orator in the English House of
Commons, in "A years old, but his voice
is still powerful and charming as in his
younger days.
A cyclone passed through a portion
of Rockingham county last Wednesday,
causing much damage in the country,
and damage to the amount of $4,000 in
Reidsville.
The Interstate Commerce bill
passed the Senate last Wednesday on a
vote of "a to 4, the four being Senators
Brown and Colquitt, of Georgia Morgan,
OF Alabama; and Ransom, of North
Carolina.
The Battleboro Headlight boldly pro-
claims its platform as follows: "We are
for home rule, home raised food for man
and beast, home patronage, and every
thing else that will cause us to prosper at
home"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-19
FARMERS ORGANIZING.

Send to the PROGRESSIVE FARMER,
Winston, n. c., and get a form of
Constitution and Bylaws for organ
izing Farmers Clubs. Mailed to you
free of charge. Every neighborhood
should have a we'll organized Farm
ers' Club.
State exchanges please copy the
above and we will most gladly re-
ciprocate the favor.