Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-03-19


II. and worked there three years. The old
man owned his place, the upper place.
| was at Warner Cooks first, summer
and winter and next summer till fall.
Joseph Cook was born while | was at his
father, w. II. Cooks. He was born in
the winter" Rev. Joseph Cook gives his
birthday January %, 1880 st seems
to me as though | had been there a win
ter before, but not certain. was with
w. II. Cook three winters. He did not
sell the farm while | was there. He sold
the farm to Cooper and worked for him
after working for W. II. Cook: that was
when he went back to his fathers. I
guess. Cooper failed and went off West.
was at W. II. Cooks three years con-
tinuously. All that time he lived where
he died. | don't think ever worked for
him again. The first winter | went to
school: the next. | went some. guess
may have been some the third winter. but
guess not. W. II. Cook and | broke a
pair of big colts that winter: one was
bay and one dun: they were out of the
dun mares; they sold the dun mares to
Craig Bigelow before | went there. |
think the spring before
"lra Potter was working for Warner
when ! was; think he was there when |
went there; worked next winter. They
had name for the gray mare. but for
get it. 1t kind of seems to me as though
George johnson at some time owned that
mare. can't say-dOnt know. Nobody
ever asked mel never heard of it before
or since was there. She was pretty near
white; a few dots round among the hair"
IL think he got the mare in the summer
or fall after went thcre-the first fall
They did not have her when went there.
They had the Moon and McC Cornell mares
that they worked in the summer. and
oxen. In the fall they had more horses,
but | guess they hired them. Moses
Wells worked there next summer after |
went there
Il knew Ambrose Potter. AN oldi,h
man when | was a boy: lived up in
Hague: he was father to these PottrrS
down here; he lived up the lake road
The CurtiseS lived up in Ri>img'> neigh
borhOod. Arson Curtis lived up back
there. Ambrose Potter may have lived up
there. but the last | knew of him he lived
up the lake road. Reuben Potter was
older than |. ten or twelve wears knew
him well; he was another horse Jockey:
shouldn't wonder if he began Young. |
knew him when first came down to
Warner Cooks. Ira was about my age.
They lived right this side of Warner
Cooks. Abel Rising went West before |
worked for Warner Cook"
We then called on Mr.. and Mrs. \. j.
Cook. who lived at an attractive home
very near the shore of Lake George. Mr..
Cook was living, at the time of their
marriage. June ,. 1911. at the Warner
Cook place. with W. II. Cook and family.
who were then there. but moved back to
the lower place soon afterward. They
did not remember about the horses. Mr..
Cook showed Us fine bay two-vears-old
colt. of his own breeding. by Jim Lam
bert, dam by Emperor.
We made Il last call on .JuStu, b. RiS-
ing at III, who said that hi, father (Ior-
ace RISING used to 90 up to Hague in
the fall and log through the winter. and
that he went with him when about four
teen and drew logs: he does not remcm-
Der that he saw the mare at that time.
but thinks it was attcrward: used To see
her frequently when he was there in the
summer, because she ran in the lot next
to their place; remembers her having a
colt; thinks it was an iron gray colt
thinks the mare was young mare. ct
will be remembered that Mr.. Rising was
He thinks it was after his fathers death
that he saw the mare with the colt, bur |
would not be certain. The mare was
quite jumper. and they used to have
poke on her. Has seen his Uncle Rufus |
drive her in Il team on the farm. but never
saw him draw logs with her; does not |
think he ever drew logs with her: he sell |
dom drew logs: he had a brown mare |
that he drove with her. Is quite sure |
that he saw her there before his fathers |
death; thinks that Ira Potter would he
pretty apt to know about the mare. aS he |
lived right there among the RiSingS. and |
married BetSey Balloon, Il sister to | nole
Ieno Rising's wife: he Is an honest.
square man. William BeyinS always
lived there. Rufus Rising lived very
near where his son Rufus does now. this
way Il little further south. not more than
100 rods, when the mare had the colt; he
moved from there to where Rufus lives
now. The old place was near the school
house on the upper side of the road. lie
moved first into very small house. then
built another that has been fixed over in
o the present one, which was built after
his brother lIorace's death. The first our
Informant remembers of his nrlp RufuS !