Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-12

Don't recolect his horses. We lived
about two miles from Bevins'.
always knew Zeno Rising. Bevins
used to carry Horace Rising's bowls
around with his pals and measures.
Horace Rising manufactured wooden
bowls as far back as | can remember.
Before we sold out to Bevins we had
some of Rising's wooden ware. 1t seems
as though Bevins drove white or gray
horse; couldn't tell how big it was.
Think he did not drive any other because
his Oldest son went right into farming
and had team of his own. They all
lived there together. Think Clark Bev-
ms had first pair of small browns.
Don't remember Clark Bevins having any
gray. 1t kind of seems to me they had
gray colt; couldn't say what became of
it. think the old man Bevins had
gray colt, probably raised it. | think it
must have been colt from the gray
mare. | think on hearing Mrs. John
sons statement that it is correct. |
should think Bevins peddled about three
years; might be more; think three
years.
"llorace was the Oldest of the Rising
boys; then Rufus, then Abel, then Ze-
no; Joel, the youngest. .Zeno and |
were about the same age. Zeno had
span of grays after he was married {:
must have got them | think three or four
years after. One was mare: don't
know where he got them. She was
gOod-looking, square-built mare. think
about 1000 lbs. Think not over six or
seven years old. She used to be driven
single and was a good traveller Couldn't
say what he did with her. He got rid of
| them both at a time Mare sound as a
bullet; did not have hip down. | drew
hay for him with the pair; the mare had
rather chunlied head: good, full. medium
! long neck: think rather high on the
withers: kept up well in front of should
erS ear bigger than the horses; think
the ear above medium size. | know he
did not have her when he was married
He might have sold her to Warner Cook
and she passed to VIM. H.: don't know.
This mare could go with most anything
on the road think six or seven years old ::
they called them young team. | must
have been about 30 years old.
'Zeno lived, right after he was mar
ried, on the hill near the school house by
Rufus Rising's.
II was married in 1880; drove this
team when my daughter was two years
old: that would be 1885. She was born
| 1888
"Zeno Rising might have possibly had
a gray mare and sold it in the two years
| was away. was away from the neigh
borhood from the time | was - till was
2l-most all the time. was in Lucerne
1922 to 1928.
This mare kept fat; never saw her
poor when Zeno owned her. She was
rather wide between the eyes: good
eyes; never knew him to raise colt from
her.
"Ihe Risings ran their peddler cart.
think likely dozen years or more. lIor-
ace moved his turning works from
Hague to III. did not know about their
team after that. don't recollect Abel
Rising driving gray. Should think Ru-
fus had some gray horses. Guess he
never had one that looked just like this
mare of Zenos. | know Zeno Rising's
was a good extra roadster.
Think Rufus Rising peddled bowls.
Guess Zeno or Joel never did. But Rufe
| think peddled considerably, for he went
down to III after Horace moved there,
and staid IA couple of years or So.
1t took US but short time TO 90 from
| Horizon to Chester. through a level coun-
! try and where the trickling waters gath
er that help form the Hudson. CheS ter
is quite a place. Joel Rising, Oldest liv-
ing son of Zeno Rising, keeps the princi-
pal hotel here. quite good thrce-story
one. and though we did not consider that
he eXceled as witness. he evidently
knows how to keep hotel. He said :
II have heard my father speak more than
| Nv lllllt~ dIbul HIS ldNllI8 ON lltU llt
dam of Ethan Allen-25 times at least.
| He said she would trot fast. He said
they had Il ride or party to Bolton and
going up Lake George the boys would
| try to run by. She would trot and beat
them. This. | have heard him say. was
about the time he was married. Don't
/ know where he got her or what he did
with her. don't know that | ever saw
her. My father said she Went into the
hands of Whit. IIolcomb and became the
dam of Ethan Allen.
Il remember my fathers having pair
of big gray horses when was Il boy, say
II years old. Both were horses. The
first team | remember his having was a
little black team; afterwards the grays.
One of the little blacks he called Wardie.