Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-29
she had the colt. A. Irecollect nothing

she had the colt. a. lrecOllect notmng
on either question.
@. w. II. Balloon thinks he got her in
1896, though it may have been in the fall
of 1885, that she had a colt the next
spring after he got her; that she had a
colt each year while he kept her and that
he raised four colts from her. Mr.. Bal
com thinks Caleb Balloon raised a colt
from her. 1t is thought Mr.. Rising
let George johnson have her in the fall
of 1884 after she had the colt. and that
she was in foal then and the next spring
brought a colt for Caleb Balloon, and he
bred her that season and let W. ii. Bal
com have her in the fall. w. II. Balloon
states that he does not remember driving
her to wagon or sleigh when he owned
her. Justus b. Rising thinks the colt
was iron gray it may have been so after
it was a year or so old. Mr.. Joseph
Cushman thinks Zeno and Abel Rising
raised the little grey mare. He says he
knows they did and that they sold her
to John Glazier and he to Dea. Hayford
should think if Zeno raised her you
would have heard something said about
it. Mrs. Rufus Rising told me in 1876
that she and Zeno had long talk about
the little gray mare, but could not re-
member where her husband got her. If
Zeno raised her, he would have known it
then. A. | don't think Zeno Rising
raised the mare.
Please return these sheets with your
answers filled out, and if you think of
anything that will be interesting, state it
and very much oblige.
Yours respectfully.
ALLEN W. THOMSON.
@. Did YOU know VIM. Bevins. and.
if so. how was his word considered
1t is claimed by some that he was not re-
liable. All say he lived close to Rufus
Rising and could have known all about
the mare. \. Mr.. Bevins was not called
reliable: always made a story rather
large.
@. w. II. Balloon says that Mr.. Ris-
ing half-hipped the mare in a snOw-bank.
A. don't recollect anything about that.
Yours,
JOSEPH G. BALLOON.
GARDNER, Mass. Aug. ., 1856.
Mr.. THOMSON.
Sir In reply to some of your ques-
tions-trst, in regard to the mare being
afraid of buffalo robe; | well remember
she was so and some thought she dis
liked the smell of one, but don't just re-
collect the cause.
recolect about the "catch colt bust
ness, but could not tell who owned the
mare; and well remember his Casa Cur
tls's) pair of gray horses. but would not
give the year he owned them. Have
neglected writing you, hoping to think
of some facts that would be of interest,
but don't think of anything of import
ance.
Yours hastily,
J. G.. BALLOON.
GARDNER, Mass, Aug. %, 1856.
Mr.. THOMSON.
Sir Yours received. In your first
question YOU ask who ever heard say
anything in regard to the "catch colt.
| cannot say positively, but should think
it might have been Rising, instead of eli
Their of the Potters, as the Potters lived
several miles from us and seldom saw
them. have no reason to think the Ru-
fus Rising half-hipped mare was the
"catch colt, although it might have
been so. have no recollection of Mr.
Rising's having Il gray gelding." al.
though he owned good many horses.
saw Asa CurtiS's horses after | went
to Ieno Rising's. but couldn't tell how
/ long after, or how old was.
Yours hastily,
j. G.. BALLOON.
To be continued