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

Rising, and a very fair, candid and care
full witness, says:
"Uncle Rufus Rising owned the mare.
| knew her when Rufus Rising owned her
He worked her on the farm; can't say as
anywhere else. don't think Uncle Ru-
fus sold her to Holcomb. | think he
sold her to George johnson; johnson
sold her to Warner Cook, Valorus Cooks
father. | think she went from Warner
Cook to his son, w. ii. Cook. | knew
her when the Cooks owned her |; know |
saw her when Uncle Rufus owned her.
That was fifty years ago. am 60 years
old. was II years old or so. remem-
Der well enough. drew logs when /
was II years old with pair of steers. She
was a gray mare when | first knew her.
common grey. She was not a big mare;
probably in good condition 1000 lbs. She
was regular jumper; couldn't keep her
anywhere. She was a good-bodied mare
chunked kind Of-that is, there was a
good deal of her; about medium height
good head land neck; n good traveller.
Never knew of her being fast, but active.
She had good name and tail: long tail,
nearly down to the ground. When my
uncle had her she could not have been
more than nine or ten years old. Don't
know as she was that. Don't know
whether he raised her or not, but think
that he had her three years or more.
My father used to manufacture wooden
bowls. a man by the name of Wallace
and another by the name of Curtis used
to peddle for him. / am quite sure Uncle
Rufus never drove the cart. Couldn't
say whether father ever drove it. Don't
think this mare was ever worked on the
cart. My father never went unless in
winter on IA sleigh. They ran this cart
when was boy. My father died in
1887. The cart was never seen after
that They had Il shop here at Ii.
think the cart was seen pretty near up
to the time of my fathers death. My
father used to have up to his death II
sorrel team. | had it after him. This
sorrel team was on the cart the last two
or three years of his life. They used to
run off into Vermont. They went all
around. They went off towards the
Green Mountains; can't say whether
over the mountains or not. think Cur
It's peddled for my father about 1890.
He is dead There were others that ped
died; came along Ny father was from
Suflield, Ct. had relatives in Vermont
the Doanes of Benson old Uncle Reuben
Doane was cousin to my father. We
used to go to visit them. There were
two brothers and they had sons about
my fathers age; George, Calvin, Schuy-
Ter, etc. They were farmers in Benson
and Shoreham. | think there was also a
family in Rupert. Rufus used to go to
Doane's frequently. | don't think he
went to see other friends in Vermont.
lie had no other relatives there. NV
uncle, Rufus, had two grays; one.
think, was a horse. Don't know as he
had the gray horse until after my father
died.
We interviewed Mr.. William G. Bald
win, who married ,Justus Rising's sister.
He is Il very courteous gentleman and
says:
"The first | knew of the old white
mare Warner Cook used to come out
here with her and used to trot her. When
Zeno Rising was married to Curtis Bal
CONS sister, Zeno drove this mare. and
have heard him tell how he left then
all on Lake George on Il trOt. /eno wa,
married the winter of lS2S. | have
heard Rufus Rising, after his brother
lIorace's death, say that the mare wa,
got in Vermont by one of them in ped
! dler's trip. In "A letter written some year,
ago to Allen W. Thomson. Woodstock
: VT, and now held by him, Mr.. Baldwin
states that 1T is not known where til,
mare came from, but that Rumor has i
that Mr.. Rising got her in Vermont on
peddler's trip, etc. George Clark
wife will know when her father. Warne
: shom Densmore had a stallion, big
brown horse, with white feet, Gale,
Lion. He had him Il number of years
good horse; don't know but Chas. Hane
u bought him in and perhaps had an inter
: est in him. am 63 years of age; mus
Il have been of age when he had this stal
l lion. George Howe's wife of I
was George JohnsOn's daughter. Ben
; jamin ii. Baldwin, my brother, and BY
: ron Woodward looked up the matter an,
= gave Wallace his information. The oil
mare had Il kind of eve neck. slab side
u SPAWN, crooked mean hind leg, about l
u hands. shOrt-bOdied and low. She wa
very old. Cook had the idea she had go
" done breeding. She must have been }
i or 26 when she brought Ethan.
''Black Murat. son of Black Hawk
~ was bred by Charles Wicker of III. IL
:. was solid aud square, about 1000 lbs.
If dark brown.
sgnla.l- Haul ,,.as Il HIN.