Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-05-14
THE DAM OF ETHAN ALLEN.


A letter was addressed to William H.
Balloon, April Il, the answer to which
has been recently received. Mr.. Balloon
answered questions and added letter.
as follows:
QUESTION. Is it true that the gray
mare YOU gave Ira Wallace wa. very
lame" by reason of being hipped:
ANSWER. She was not very lame.
QUESTION. | want to know if the "ex-
ira road mare which could tro faster
than Mrs. Cook wanted to ride--or as
good IA road mare as AFRO Bailey ever
drove-Or ''mOre than common road
ster," As another witness has it, after she
got into Cooks hands, could have been
the same mare you let Wallace have.
ANSWER. As to that | cannot say.
The mare | used to own could maze good
time. | cannot say whether Cook got
the mare of Ira Wallace or not after
let Wallace have her.
QUESTION. How was she on the road
when you had her?
ANSWER. As | have observed before
she could make good time on the road.
ARGo, H., April "A, lssG.
w. II. BLISS,
Sir:-Iours of 18th inst. at hand and duly
noted. As to the mare | used to own being
very lame on account of her being halEhipped,
she was not very lame; was not so lame but
that she could work and could make good
time on the road. kept her for Il brood mare
and did not work her very much. cannot
say what became OF the mare after let Ira
Wallace have her, only by hearsay. Ihearl
that Mr.. Wallace sold her within short time
! for two bushels of corn, and the nan that
bought her of Wallace sold her for thirty-five
dollars; and that she was put into the lumber
business, hauling saw logs, etc; that is the
last account had of her. LETT that part OF
the country soon after and had no interest in
the matter,
{. NJ. Balcom is mistaken about the mares
being very lame, for she was not what called
very lame. About c. NJ. Balcoms knowing
that the mare used to own was dead before
Ethan Allen was foaled, perhaps he kept track
OF her and can tell what became of her after
let Mr.. Wallace have her. | rather think C.M
Balloon has made some statements that h,
{. NJ. Balloon have settled the question abou
the dam OF Ethan Allen Mr. Moon says tina
he knew her tor sixteen years and thai sh,
was as white as snow. The mare that use,
to own was quite well whitcned out by ag,
before let her go. But there is nc. more us,
of talking about it, for c. NJ. Balloon and Ma
than Moon have spoken and that settles tn
matter.
Yours, etc.
WIN. II. BALLOON
}. j. Rising, Esq, replies to our lette
of April Il as follows:
QUESTION. Could you get JOSEPH
Cushman to answer this question-wa
the mare young or old when Zeno ant
Abel Rising sold her?
ANSWER. Young; two or three years
QUESTION. How old was Mr.. Cush
man when the mare was foaled, and VIII
was the man that your father and incl
sold her to?
ANSWER. Joseph Cushman was Dor
in 1900, and according to what he say
the mare was fOaled in about 1923 or 1921
Mr.. Joseph Battell, who is now in tn
gin of Old Pilot, etc, writes that he ha
further information from Joseph Cush
man which will be published as soon IA
practicable.
Below is the latest correspondence wit
Ira Potter.
MIDDLEBURY, VT, April Il, lSs6.
| IRA POTTER, ESQ, Creston, Neb.,
Dear Sir am much interested in your lie
tiers on the dam OF Ethan Allen which we N
, now publishing in connection with niue
other testimony on the same point. VIII yo
now read carefully the statement make b,
low and see if you think il is true-and If no
whether any and what part is wrong and ho'
you know il to be wrong, and return thi
promptly with reply and help us much
solving the question OF the origin OF the dan
OF Ethan.
STATEMENT.
LIST. John Glazier owned n likely youn
gray mare about ls26 to ls2s.
I'd. Abont ls2s to 1880 she passed either
rectly, or through the hands of Dea, John IIa!
ford, to Rufus Rising, who about 1880 bred he