Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-04-23

ing before 1915, writes under date Noy.
%, 1885:
Dear Sir remember Rufus Rising sold
Arson Potter one span of three.ycar. old colts.
| also remember his selling samuel Alderman
one bay team, horse and mare. also reneln.
Der his selling a span of three-year.old colts
to a man by the name of sawyer; they went
to Canada, | also remember his having a |
brown stallion with white strip in face and |
three white feet this colt he raised. also
remember his having one bay team that he
kept to work on his farm That is all ! re-
member up to that date.
Yours truly,
HoYr JOHNSON.
In reply to inquiries about the John
Glazier mare, these letters came:
TiCoNDERoGA, Dec. 10, lss5.
Dear Sir:-1n 1876 had the John Glazier
mare to drive to the south part of Vermont.
She was Il light gray mare, would weigh nine
or ten hundred. also know that Rufus Ris
ing bought the mare of John Glazier about
two years after that, which would bring it lS2S
when he bought her.
Yours truly
HOYJ JOHNSON.
TGCONDERuGA, Jan. ), lSNG
Dear Sir:-Rufus Rising must have kept the
Glazicr mare one or two years; do not know
exactly how long; know he drove her single
and he worked her some. who he sold her to
don't know.
Yours truly,
HoYT JOHNSON.
Concerning the dam of Ethan he wrote
a. follows:
TICoNDEROGA, Jan. "a, 1SSG.
Dear Sir knew John Harris, but he never
owned that mare, Caleb Balloon and son new
er owned that mare, and George Johnson new
er sold her TO them. No one owned that mare
after George got her till he sold herto Warner
Cook Ny wife does not remember anything
about that.
Yours truly,
HOYT JOHNSON.
Concerning the Balloon mare he wrote
under date Jan. u, 1856:
Dear Sir:-I was well acquainted with Will
liam Balcom until he went West. ] also re-
member his having gray mare, hut who he
/ let her go to do not remember, and | could
not tell who he got her of.
Yours truly,
HoYT JOHNSON.
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now of Argo, H., state that he was born
in Springfield, VT, in 1878: went to
Hague at two wears old and lived there
/ till 1910, neighbor to John Glazier. Re
members that Glazier had one gray mare
about lS2G: never had but one horse at Il
time since he can remembers; does not
know where Glazicr got her or to whom
he disposed of her: thinks neither W. II.
Balcom. John Harris nor W. II. Cook even
had the Glazicr gray mare.
Here now are two letters from j. j.
Rising. Thomson. H.. son of Ieno Rising
of Hague. He gives the recollection OF
Joseph Cushman before mentioned.
THOMSON, ILL, Nov. -, ls>j.
jos. BATTELL, Esq.
Dear Sir:-Mr. Cu>mnan is unable to Civ,
the pedigree of the dam of Ethan Allen. IL,
tells me that my father disposed OF her to Ri
ley and William Balcom they toa man 10y tn,
name of Wallace at North West Bay. He SOLE
her to Warner Cook. lie sold the mare Il
Whit Holconb. Ethan was foalcd in $50.
don't think there i man living that can tel
what strain OF blood the mare was.
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: to Hague, and lived there tor many years
: coming West in l't'' ana settling IN Carrot
: county iii'' "l''i' u. mas ,i'', '''i'''' -,
/ pi.iny raised ,h,. dam If Ethan Au.n nnd g,
e the time she was foaled, was living on adjoil
: ing farms with them. The mare change
e hands several times AMER Ie wen, Out Oh Inei
i ,ta wniia,,,u polco,n and his hrothn
4 and man by the name of Wallace, who sol
d her to Warner Cook, being there at time an
y heard the dhcker' lie paid nm IN produce
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e ned therefore the low n,icr.