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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
DAM OF ETHAN ALLEN.

With the letters of Mr.. Thomson, pub
lished in the last issue, we have given
nearly all the information yet obtained
in regard to this mare.
From two witnesses-One a son, the
other consin of John Glazier-it appears
that she was bought by Mr.. Glazier when
three years old, previous to his marriage
in 1927. IIoyt johnson testites that he
hired this mare of Mr.. Glazer in 1926 to
visit his old home near Bennington, VT.
This date he fixes from the fact that he
first moved to Hague in 1925, was mar
ried Gas recorded in family Bible) in 1927
and knows that it was the intermediate
year that he made his first visit back to
his old home with this mare. He thinks,
too, that this mare might have been the
gray filly colt foaled the property of An
drew Bevins, his wife's father, in 1920 or
1921, from a bay mare that Andrew Be
wins traded for in Vermont, when he
went peddling the winter previous to her
foaling this colt, the colt being foaled in
the spring. He says this decidedly, having
known both animals well. We have not
yet found witness to the transfer of the
colt from Andrew Bevins to John Glaz-
Ter, but the apparently wel-authentcat-
ed story has existed in Hague for many
years. that the dam of Ethan Allen was
brought into Hague. either in its dam or
following its dam, by man named Be
wins. Mr.. Cusbman of Thomson. H.. Sc
years old and said to be very reliable.
thinks the mare was owned as colt by
Abel and Zeno Rising and Andrew Be
wins. as we understand, were very close
together. Very likely Mr.. Bevins sold
the colt to Abel and Zeno Rising and they
to John Glazier. but however that may
be. the John Glazier mare owned by Mr..
Glazier prerious to his marriage in 1927,
and at least four years old, probably five
or six years in lS2G, was the dam of
Ethan Allen. fOaled in 1919.
We think it., thcn, proper to say that the
dam of Ethan Allen was foaled the prop
erty of Andrew Bcvins Of Hague in the
spring of 1920 or 1871 dam. blocly bay
mare of superior quality and medium size
with stripe On nose, traded for in Yer
mont by said Bevins the previous winter
blood of both dam and grandam entirely
and probably hopelessly unknown,
Should any of lhc oldest of our readers
remember This Mr.. BcvinS. short. thick
set and pleasant man that peddled wood
en- measures, etc, in the winters about
1870. with y white horse, swapping said
horse for Il bay Alarc. it will be for their
advantage 1O let as know.
EDITOR REGISTER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
borse Department.

The Middlebury REGISTER now for more
than year has been giving much original
and valuable information upon Morgan and
other celebrated horses 1t intends to con
tinue publishing such information from week
TO week, giving at least II page to its Horse
Department. When sufficient material has
accumulated we expect to place it in book
form, publishing first our volume upon
the Morgan Horse, and afterwards Reg
lister OF the more distinguished sires and
performers. In the latter we hope to include
all . so performers, with their breeding, so far
rs can be ascertained; also to distinguish be
tween things that are known and things that
are not known, in every pedigree. In all cas-
es the evidence upon which the pedigrees are
based will be given to the public through the
columns of TIE MIDpLEBURY REGISTER This,
we are satisfied, is what the public wants and
ought to have. Many judgments are better
than one.
TIE REGISTER by reason of this extensive
information and this method OF giving it, is
rapidly becoming indispensable to all breed
ers and horscmcn. 1t should also be an eX-
ccllcnt medium tor advertisers, especially
those dealing in Morgan horses
Preserve your files, tor they will form, with
the full indexes thereto, II most valuable and
available cYclopedia OF horse matters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
VARIOUS NOTES.
From the American Cultivator.

In recent letter from DIR. j. W. Dav.
that successful breeder rcpcls the charge
of the New Jersey subscriber who sug-
gc>tcd a few weeks since that the doe
tors catalogue needed revising. 50 that
Bcar should not appear as the dam of
Patron. I'm the catalogue of lSSG, which
has reached this office. Bicara i, proper
ly recognized aS the dam of PancOaSt
(2.2l I'D. The allusion to her occur, in
the pedigree of BellWoOd. by Woodford
Mambrino (2.2l l-2), dam, Belle, the dam
of Belmont, Bicara, McCurdy's Handle
tonan. etc. In this connection il i
proper to state that the part of the adver-
tiSemcnt of George Wilkes Jr., which
contained an allusion to Gen. Butler. was
one which was prepared before that cele-
bratcd trOtter had entered upon the NOR
tuary state, and in revising it the fact of
his death was overlooked. The criticisms
were made by Il young subscriber in
friendly spirit.
The doctor states that Lady Mon
mouth, dam of Sunrise Patchen (three-
year-old, 2:25 ~, was by Young
Winthrop Morrill,, he by Winthrop
Morrill,, from daughter of Black
Hawk Telegraph, known in Maine as
Lang's Telegraph He was a son of Yer
mont Black Hawk, and his dam "A daugh-
ter of Sir Walter, son of the thorough
bred Sir Walter, he by Hickory, from
Nettletop, daughter of old Domed.
Ielegraph's second dam was by the
Burge Horse, also known as Young Sir
Charles, and at one time called the Capt.
Brown Horse. He was by Hills Sir
Charles, son of Duroc, by imported
Diomed. Black Hawk Telegraph was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
RESPONSIBILITIES WOMEN
SlXTY-FlVE THOUSAND SUPERFlU-
Gus WOMEN IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Telegraph Operators, the Dress
makers, the Clerks, and All the other
Female Workers-How They Live and
What They Think About.
Is. cc.al Corrcsoon1cncc.1

BOsTON, Nov. 0.-Thcre are in Massachu-
sets $1,000 more women than men. There
seem in Boston women enough to give each
man two wives apiece if he wanted pair.
There is in this part of our land II growing
tendency not to marry until an advanced
age, and even then to put it off until the
marrying age is passed
The surplus woman here may be n clerk, a
telegraph operator, IA dtessmaker. She lives
III her hired rOom sometimes with coln-
panion of her own sex, more often alone
Her earnings grant her n pinched living
That is. after room rent, food and sundres
are paid. She may see one new dress ahead
for the next six months Her tastes are often
far beyond her means for gratifying them.
She may cook and eat in solitude. She is APP
preciative of Il carriage, hut is obliged to
ride i'll car She was educated in the New
England public schools to appreciate
the reiincmcnts of what is called civil
cation, but was taught no method
of realizing them save possibly through
a fortunate marriage-a chance i'll
this quarter ever growing more remote Her
present monotony of life, occupation and
earning, has lasted six eight ten and fifteen
years. Sine finds her years increasing, and
all that goes to make life lovely, hopeful and
Nii III IN lllS l')I tollt Sct7 Ill llt
future only old age, hard work and increased
solitude. She has no aim or purpose in life
save to "makc a living" This in many cases,
might he defined here as keeping the body
PATCHED up while the soul starves within or
without or wherever the soul keeps itself.
Gentlemen may be attentive to her. if so,
they are apt to he of the evanescent ORDER
the middle aged male butterfly, who disports
himself hithpr and thither now lighting on
this flower, now on that. His fancy is fleet
ing. Besides, the garden here is so full of
flowers and so many are withered on the
stems. Boston contains many single surplus
women who never had SO much as the ghost
of a cavalier. Such lifelong Estate of
things" reverses with them in time the usual
order and tendency of human nature, so they
grow at last to hate man collectively and
dread him individually. In fact, masculinity
with them is a sin-man Is an excrescence on
the face of nature. There are cases of this
kind here who would not be left alone in a
room with man for one moment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
Sweet Potato of the south.

The sweet potato is to the south about
what the common potato is to Ireland
or Germany. 1t forms very large part
of the food of the negroes and poor
whites-in fact, it frequently takes the
place of bread to great extent. The
favorite way of cooking it here is to
bake it in the oven or in the ashes.
The children are fond of burying the
potatoes in the ashes at night, so that
they may slowly cook at night. The
southern-grown sweet potatoes are
larger and sweeter than those grown at
the north. Those raised in Mexico are
very sweet indeed. Chicago Times,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
room with a man for

"Nhat is your aim and purpose of life"
asked of young woman who for years sat
in telegraph Office at - per week. Moth
ing" is tho 'opy, Il drift"
Wha' is to become of her when her powers
weaken-as weaken tLry must through lack
of eXercisc-Whcn capacity for pushing ont
into any other line of business becomes less
and less, as it will when there comes that in
ertia, lethargy and lack of disposition for
change which fastens itself on any one bred
to become but piece Of more Intelligent
mechanism in ma hine-When through such
inertia and rust of mind she grows prema-
turcly old-or in other words her powers,
both of mind and body, decay for lack of
proper exercise.
She will disappear as thousands of not so
much OVer-WOrkcd as ruSted out workers do
here They crawl away from public sight
and die in holes, corners and garrets-de in
cumbr1nccs ON the hands of people as poor Us
themselves | knew Of such a case a few
weeks since, where consumption claimed its
victim, when "A long lingering illness wore
out the few who had any time, strength and
heart to give; where, internally. those so
worn out felt relieved at heart when death
ceased this strain on the living. uud where a
relative, with IA few more dollars than the
rest, bcgrulgin5ly paid the expenses Of inter
ment to save the family the disgrace of
funeral at the towns expense
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

These great cities are in reality battle
grounds. You see only at the front the
workers, fighters. strugglers well and UNI
wounded. Struck down, and they crawl to
the rear out of sight, and out of sight they're
ont of mind
Here, also, is the surplus woman who is
married, or has been. She has found that
matrimony is neither paradise nor the great
purpose of life; that husband was, or is, a
heavier load to pack than celibacy, and that
if one can be miserable alone two can be
twice as miserable if tied together Boston
also contains many divorced couples who are
still living together conformity. They keep
up the show of marriage to keep up appear
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

Electricity is becoming the favorite
remedial agency of what might be called
the invalid sex; treatment by battery
for everything from cancer To muddy
compilations is in vogue now, and wien
regular physicians can not be brought to
give it in the desired quantity other
people can. y habit, what should 1t be
caled-an electrical habit or an cleo
tricity habit? Anyway, an injurious
habitual dissipation on electricity is said
to be quite possible, and in fact to be al
ready in existence in some cases and i'm
pending in many more New York
Graphic. -.a-.s.,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
SelfLighting Waterfalls.

Electric lighting in the Black Forest
is carried to the paradox of making the
waterfalls light up themselves by night
The power eXerted 10y the fall of water
generates all the electricity and through
that all the illumination that moonlight,
Bengal lights and Roman candles. in
olden times, and even yet in other
places, are depended on to supply. AS
a consequence at Triberg and Tarasp, in
the lower Engadine, they have NOON
light nights (artiticiaD all through the
season. Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

Frank WilGc>on know, Lug.i,ct II frogs.
and here tells how it is d..s: ITO cal, h
frogs Is simple, provided tA.5 have 49,, ,r-
come wary and tiuid thYoa over J. Il h
hunting 10y small boys, who holt AL howl
and throw stones at them, and r-SlauuuSly
seek to clun them to death. Frogs are over
hungry. They are cursed with appsttes
which blunt their intelligence I'll : are
haStY IN arriving at conclusions Their in
tuition Is invariably misleading | suspect
that they are very near sighted. and perhaps
color blind The crafty fro-cer takes an un-
fair advantage of the defects in their mental
composition, and ties TO a pole n line, one
end of which is fastened to a sharp fish
hook, which is concealed by piece
OF red cloth. Armed with this sim
pie outfit, and bag to hold his catch, he
walks slowly around the edges of the pond
looking for frogs. When he sees one that
suits him he bangles the red cloth in front of
It's nose. The frog, which. is sitting partially
submerged ON lily pad, and apparently alb
sorbed IN profound thought or in silent adj
mlratlon of the glories of white and yellow
water lilies, wakes up to the realities Of frog
life. His eyes fly open. He braces himself,
and then, giving a quick, nervous jump,
which plainly says "here is food to be had for
the catching" he seizes the alluring red rag
and the sharp hook, and, instead of catching
anything TO eat, he is caught to be eaten"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
Little Brother of the Sea.

Crowfoot, the Blackfeet chief, while
on his way east, asked at the first sight
of Lake Superior: lis that the sea?'
mo, replied the conductor, lit is not
the sea, but it is a large water, and it
takes days to cross it. What will you
call it, oh chief. you say it is not the
sea?' NO" Then" replied Crowfoot,
his face lit by smile, 81 will call it the
little brother of the sea-"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

r,,t, oo,,,,,. s,,,,,.o,.+ bo. Sbo r,o,. bo,-o CO
tao,, ,at,,,.,,'i t,itl, tl,o,ls" on Lor fan,i1,,s
bonds ILL., - ,oio,.tod eeeo1, from, tbo ,o,,,,ior
,,,r,,r.;,,l oeiao o. ,,1o,, lao sinola o1d
rost RI or "a Tho nosition and social stand
irc, of +bo for,iI,. rao,,iro +bo+ ebo sbould
he nc many costumes nor Won, os tba
c,ir,s ha. n,oro youthful sistors t,,ho ore NOW
t,l,in, tboir fret eoc;et1 beoders PINT Gonna
bodv mnst INV for tho mercbandisa She
can't Sho cannot eorn 60 nuch nc n hreod
ord ,o+ar E,.ino Somehod,. ,,,,,rI,loe be-
hind +bo scoros and +be moor e,r,,,s Girl
,,ust boor tbis grumblipc, and ,nuet beor IL
bocouso be, own nrida and tba family nride
and all of the azrra tinted blood of tho Amer
loan C,,.o,.s darond +bo+ che ,n,e+ drese IN
to ,e,,,l,tio, ,.ulos ,,isit +ba snmnoar ,yator-
inc nIoco aud ove Uf,st closer in ivory
di,antio,, po,.bo,,s tbo ,,iso,,, of ol1i,ro+io,,
of donondoncn ,nd Of snian,lid belrloes'
moss is in cases erootar than ,bot of The ilIv
,,o;d and ovo,yor,,od ,vai+er or factory, Girl
Iybo n,o,-b o,.e tho satisfaction of fooliHo 7bot
bo, own hands and hraip brine bor own
monov
There i o,,o +,no boro Of sur,,,us ,,;,.1 who
COW. ,,,,.,1,. +1,a+ b, ,i,1 ,,o,, .o,,-+l,i,,,,
~, on,Lni,. " ,.orn,, ~, old bordso,,o ~.
ucl,. ,r,,.i,lirg The 0tbir.," hos none.
Former Iar,I,,51 ~ NINA hal t,o ,,,Is of +lis
o,lo,. of ,,ind and intent 7 tl,;nl, tbo+ IN
s,,ch doclorotio,, tbo,, r,onut hu.inoss ira
viii, +bon hod o1,yoIs hoon a bo,d ,,oo,-o.
et,,rtod oroir ~ r,ivturo from, +hoi,. ,.o,,th
nm Of hor1 ,vo,.l, hurry dol,+ o,J o,,yiot,.
TIo,. ho1 sao,, mostly ,bo I,ont ,1nar ond
l,i+o,on si,,ao fi+ rho,, ,yoi+o,I -, +bo toLIa
,,orfor,,o1 tha ,.h,n,ho,. ,,.o.l, orJ IN l. i-,ro
;nto,,..Is .o+ IN tho ,yi,do,ys 70 ,,.o+,l, ,,ith
I'D oa,.o+,,, a,.,'s +h, s,,,,,
norond fan Irass,s ca h,. which tbo,. could NOT
ofrorI. to 500 +bair ,vaaltb,, sisters roll Lvin
fiji. o,,.i.,,e rolli,,, j., , uo,IJ +Lo,. couId
no,.o, .o,cb obod tbo,, e,+ for ,,oo,.s 50
had oo,,linod er,.,- and doSnoration c-ro,,,,
on tbor and ovcr tbop, Tittlo yvor1o,
Tbov sI.,+ IN tb, o++ic ond ivaJ IN tb, l.i-,.h
ON for th, host rooms must ha reserved for
others. were snubbed bv tbe boorlors and
woi,,htod down hv - shiftioss mother ,,.ho ,vos
ever in dalt ever bo,ro,yinr in advance from
fine lodrors and ever tearinq down with her
oossinin,r ton,ruo whatever inck or Good win
from other, her spasmodic md Ilv REGULATED
industry had built up for herself
A story current here runs thus: A Young
woman. bred in a circle of wealth and refine
ment, is suddenly reduced to poycrty She
is Obliged to explore for herself That Unknown
world where q living must he earned She
must look for something 10 do She offers
ot last to stand behind the counters of 81
,,ooI,b,. r.toil merchant hnf,,., ,-Ii.h il, L,r
..''''' 'i..' '''il' II u, n'
u"H VI prosperity sue ma" 50 "I''il S''"'' ana
hf'l' expensive purchases. HOW lhuch
would she receive per week. -Four dollars"
was the answer Four dollars, She was I'M
pleasantly astoni-hed This was her first
view of the wide cbosm b,tyy,eo fine yorll of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

Gen. w. III. jackson of Nashville.
Tenn, purchased last week in Bradford
"a Morgan horses, which have just been
shipped to their new home. 1t is stated
that Gen. jackson offered Mr.. Peters of
Bradford S2500 for his famous Morgan
stallion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03

ances, thereby keeping up marital misery to
its full pressure.
More lamentable still is the lot of the gem
teel surplus woman who doesn't work for a
living. who possibly cannot work for liv
ing, and who depends on her rich relatives for
bread, clothes and shelter. She may have it
thrown in her face in some way daily that
she is but beggar. There is fashion of
giving and then reminding one of the obliga-
ton which makes of giving n curse. The
richer roofs of Boston cover many a woman
who writhes in this sort of inquistion. She
may he married to the worthless husband
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-12-03
OLD HORSE ADVERTISEMENTS.

The following ave from SpoOner's Yer
mont journal for The year 1876:
The noted horse Hermit in IIartlamd ;
81 to SIP. d. wa, sired by old Liberty.
a celebrated imported English horse: his
dam WAS sired 10y The famous Bull Rock
and his = d. bay the noted Wild Deer: Is
hands: beautiful dark bay: colts have
been sold from 500 to $1,000 the last
year; sire Of slippery Whisky and cub.
ROGER ENOS.
IIartland, April .. 1886.
The beautiful black horse Arcthcllow
H. Randolph and Brookticld; 6 wears
od: l5-3 of great spirit activity,
beauty and strength; tired by the noted
horse Recovery. also known as Pool
horse, now owned by DR.. Jared Dyer,
Canterbury, Ct. 50.
J0UN HATCH. JR.
Norwich, April !, 1896.
The Leopard, beautiful dapple gray. of
uiddling size: sired by the famous Bull
Rock: dam by Wild Deer. Claimed as
sire of slippery Whi-key and Cub,
GEORGE STlRDEVANT.
Reading. April -, 1896.
Bucephalus, the beautiful full-blooded
horse, in Windsor; also a beautiful full
bloodcd English horse sired by the Blu
cephalus out Of the best English mare in
Connecticut. where he was kept four
years 81 to Sl2.
The noted gray horse sired by the old
Raven Drag, a full-blooded English horse
in Philadelphia.
JACOB SMITH.
Plain6eld.
Golden Britain, Plainfield and Lebanon.
The beautiful young horse PerO in
Peacham; about IL hands.
In Randolph, 81 to So, that full-blood-
ed horse Herald; beautiful bay; good
figure; handsome carriage; about 10
hands; sired by the well-known Russia
horse, which was got by the old imp.
Wildair out of "A full-blOOded bay mare.
lIerald's dam by old Liberty, that famous
horse.
JONATHAN DURKEE.
Randolph.
The high-bred horse America in Nor
witch, 81 to So; sired by the noted i'm
ported horse Recovery famed the most of
any horse ever on the continent for beau
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
American Enterprise.

No invention of the nineteenth cen
tary has worked a greater revolution
in household economy or conferred
more of benefit on humanity than the
sewing machine.
The first productions We're crude and
uncouth in the extreme, and it was
reserved for American skill and in
genuity to bring forth a machine of
any practical value.
In order to appreciate the great adj
vancement which has taken place it is
only necessary to compare one of the
machines built during the the infancy
of the invention with one of the latest
improved Light Running New Home.
All the really good points contained
in other machines have been utilized
in its construction. Many new i'm
provements and devices have also been
added, the result of which is machine
as nearly perfect as ii is possible to
make one
For simplicity, durability, ease of
management and capacity for work.
the Light Running New Home" has nc
rival. and the happy possessor of one
may rest assured that he or she has
the verr best the world affords. SEE
! ADVERTISEMENTS ON ANOTHER PAGE cF
! THIS PAPER.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
President Cleveland and Bride.

We have had engraved by one of the
best artists in the country, from the
latest photographs, crayon portrait Of
President Cleveland and bride, express
" for the subscribers to the Weekly
Wisconsin. These portraits are uni
form in style and size with our por-
traits of the late Presidents Garfield
and Grant. They are not for sale and
can only be procured by subscribers to
the Weekly Wisconsin.
We will send these portraits, post
paid, to any person renting to US
S1.O0 for the Weekly Wisconsin (old
subscribers or I.eW}, if ordered at the
time of sending the money.
All postmasterS will show a sample
of these portraits. If they do not
have ii, they can get it by asking for
it.
This is no cheap wood engraving,
but fine eravon. on heavy plate paper,
l9x24 inches, and would sell at any
book store for SLIGO if it were for sale.
Address Cramer. AikenS x Cramer.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

Some of our highly respected citizens
had gay and joyous time on the 18th
inst, it being the fiftieth anniversary
of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Steil,
Their law, John Jeuck and
Nick Schiller chartered buss, very
much after the fashion of Noah'S ark,
and filling it with all the delicacies of
the season, under the supervision of
assistant quartermaster, VIM. Jeuck,
and the crowding in of some thirty of
the relatives young and old, they drove
with four stalwart and fleet-footed
horses, for Highland, 10 celebrate the
event, and make glad the hearts of
their aged parents. They arriEed at
Highland in a very short time owing
to the excellent condition of the roads
They found to their great diSappOint-
ment, their aged mother, Mrs. Steil,
lying sick even to the point of death.
The physician had III vain exhausted
his skill. the priest had in vain be
sought the intervention Of heaven for
the restoration of the aged lady: the
doom of departure seemed inevitable:
but for the miracle reformed by ma
ternal love. The sight of her beloved
children, the embraces of her darling
grandchildren terminated the sluggish
pulse and called back to life the decay
ing energies, and like the saints of
old she arose and ministered unto
them. Then was realized the power
of mind and affection over matter.
Then the song of gladness went up
from the ,Jeucks and the Schillens, and
the grandchildren and the uncles and
the aunts and the cousins and the sis
ters, and happiness reigned. After a
prolonged visit they returned to the
Point feeling that filial regard had
been blessed by the restoration to life
of beloved and respected parent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23

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