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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

Nothing better illustrates the sensation
and frivolous nature Of thousands in large
cities than the eclipse of the Rev Downs,
who is alleged to have attempted the
Bcecher role in more respects than one.
Two months ago thousands crowded to
hear him and the sensational papers gave
him their most glaring headlines and best
columns. Less than two months ago he
had 1000 people to hear and see in Me-
chanics' building Now he could not
draw 500. The sensation of Downs is
worn out and year hence people will
have to think a moment to recall the fell
low. To the great credit of the Baptist
clergy in Boston and vicinity it made no
effort to hold him up or shield him from
public censurc.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03
TEMPERANCE.

Coon MISUNDERSTANDING Friday evenings al
Nuttcrs's Hail. Water St.
YOUNG MEMS REFORM CLUB-Mectngs Sun
day evenings.
RoMKNs CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
Rooms in Coburn Block, meetings Tuesdays at
II. NJ.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03
GEORGE
CUSHING
THE
pRuGGt3F,
IS AGENT FOR
Wells, Richardson & Co. S
IMPROVED
BUTTER
COLOR
Will not color the buttermilk,
Will not turn rancid,
Gives the brightest color,
Is the cheapest color made.
Please Read the Following.

From the late Hon r. u. MASON. Pr sident
Vermont Dairynens Association).
RICHMOND, VT January "A, 1885,.
MEssRS. WELL, RICHRRDs IN Il Co, GenHe
men, For som" reason, perhaps owing to my
position ~ President OF our Darymen's Associ
alton Tor some Yeas. nave frequently receiv-
ed samples OF artifici color for butter. to test.
wish to say that hav- made careful compare
tive tests of our new Improved Butter Color,
and n nv opinion it il superior to any go or
have heretofore seen As it does not color the
butternik. contains no ulkali. Ia MT liable To
become rancid. a d is almost lastless and odor-
GUS while 1t gives "A perfectly natural and
autiiul June color, do not SIC how II can be
improved upon TIL quantity given Is certainly
very liberal, and mHkcs lis use very ineNpen
.ive. Wishing you success in its introduction,
| am
Very truly e. ID. MASON.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

Retail shoe dealers are to hold Ma
tional convention In Boston, Mass.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

The debt statement for January shows
. reduction Of about - $40. 900 in the pub
lie debt.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

GRAND ARMY oF THE REPUBLIc-Russcll Pos
No. 90, Meetings Friday evenings, Fairgricves
Hall
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WoRKMEN.-Skow
hogan Lodge No. 40, Stated meetings ad and Al
Wednesdays.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

MAINE VOLUNTEER MILITIA COMPANY e.
Horace NJ Weston, Captain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

The Massachusetts Encampmcnt of the
Grand Army has finally voted to endorse
the "servicc pension proposition. 1t is
proposition to give every man who
served in the war, regardless of the length
of his term of service, 81 per month.
Many of the most influential veterans in
the State regard the action as n great
mistake and If a vote of all the soldiers
of the late war in Massachusetts should
be taken, it would be decidedly against
| the measure. If the proposition should
in fact, be made II "scrvice pension, =
that is, based upon actual service with IS
per month as the sum which three years
sci vice should receive, there would be n
| good deal less interest in the scheme than
there now is. There is not the slightest
reason to believe that it can pass Congress
| for years-not till the veterans are so old
that they will need aid. Still the fact
| that they ask for it and are making siren
uous efforts to get the Endorsement of the
Grand Army generally will give the coun-
| try the unpleasant impression that the cX-
soldiers are asking too much and thus
prevent the legislation in the aid of de-
serving veterans.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

Please call at my store and get a
copy (gratis) of "The Butter Max
err published by w. X. x Co.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

Safe breaking has become quite COM
mon of late and the Giobe and Hra,d
have been giving the public good deal
of information about the methods and
the men most celebrated In that impor-
tant enterprise. A clerk recently opened
the safe of his employer by that means
and although the regular detectives at
tempted to fix the oficnsc upon other par
ties, and had two or three professional
cracksmen brought from New York, a
common policeman investigated the mat
ter on his own hook and wound about
the poor wretch such coil of testimony
that he made Il clean breast of it. An
other man whose safe was blown open
was so thoroughly convinced by the de-
tectives that he did it himself that he con-
fesscd that he did it and gave as reason
that some OF his friends were so persist
ent In urging him to inyessittjiliiis, money in
4 -tS ctIi' am scneme which he did not believe
in that he took this method to convince
them that he had no money.
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OUR BOSTON LETTER.

ARBITRATION - STATEMENT OF kEENE
BRoTHERs.- SERVICE PENSION sESsA-
TIoNIsM SAFE RoBBERY-Erc. ETC
BosToN Feb. l. One Of the questions
which is attracting much attention in our
Legislature Is that respecting the arbi-
tration of differences between employer
and employee by a Board created by the
State. The labor organizations are in
favor of it quite generally but ON the as
sumption that some of their leaders shall
hold controlling influence in such n
Board In the minds of many, however,
grave doubts exist to the practicability
and the legality of such project. If the
Board shall have no power to enforce its
decisions, its power in the settlement of
differences will have little weight. II its
decisions shall have the force of law and
shall be binding on employer and en-
ploye, will 1t not interfere with the righ :
of individuals in an unconstitutiona
manner? Governor Robinson has su9
gested that such boards shall be appoint
ed by Judges of Probate when applied to
by both parties The outcome is awaited
with mi ch interest.
The statement of the kecne Brothers
published last week, has attracted wild,
attention. 1t is calm but mastery pre-
sentation of the whole question in issnC
between shoe manufacturers in New Eng
land and the workmen. The Lynn knights
of Labor are disposed to boycott" tho
firm because it has taken a part Of it,
business to Skowhcgan They show thai
the shoe manufacturing business is going
West and that it will decline rapidly un
less manufacturers are permitted to pur
sue their business SO rs to prevent fur
ther competition. They show that they
must be permitted to make the cheaper
grades of shoes in towns like Skowhega
and do their best work in Lynn, for tho
raason that they cannot afford to max,
| low priced shoes in the latter place
There appears to be silently growing
sentiment that the leaders of the labor
movement who do not labor are disposed
To interfere injudiciously. A prominent
Boston manufacturer and selling agent
put the matter thus the other day II an
n friend of labor; | labor myself; be
licve in protecting the manual labor OF
Massachusetts in every way, still | think
that the employer should have the righ
of employing whom he chooses and thai
no organization should forbid the EN-
ployment of any man. If we cannot hav,
such rights secured to us, we must stoI
manufacturing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

In the death of Henry r. Kidder of the
banking house of Kidder, Peabody 4 Co.,
Boston has lost most useful citizen and
every good cause generous giver and
friend. He rose from poor boy to be-
come one of the most influential bankers
in the country. He never aspired to
place or to political hopors but he was a
public benefactOr.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

The feeling is quite general among men
in wholesale business that the opening of
spring will bring an Improvement of
trade, There is large demand for
goods" said the selling agent of several
wooden mills to the writer, land this
must mean better prices ere long" The
prices of certain grades of WOODEN goods
have been advanced II few points and Il
few mills have made an advance of wages
upon the expectation of better business.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-02-03

The weather, which is as quite general
| ly bad in Boston as elsewhere has been
atrocious the past week. Reports from
all parts of the country indicate that the
general badness was of the super
lative degree, putting an embargo upon
business. MAINE
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cent
The practical utility of the Grand Army
is in the keeping up of army associa-
tions, renewing old acquaintainccs the
keeping alive of that pure patriotism that
inspired heroic action and sacrifice, the
commemoration of services of comrads
now dead, and above all the administer
ing of assistance to worthy and destitute
comrads and those dependent upon them,
comrades.
The cardinal principles of the order are
Fidelity, Charity and Loyalty and they
are held to perhaps as faithfully as are
the principles of any other order extant.
This sketch would not be complete
without allusion to two associate orders
The "Women's Relief Corps and III ."Sons
of Veterans" The former is now well es-
tablished in connection with the posts in
most of the larger places in our State and
Nation and is doing n noble work, and
such work as can only be done by wom-
en- inspired by high and holy impulses.
The Sons of Veterans came into the field
later and is not at this time meeting with
the success the movement deserves We
think 1t will pass the crucial test SUCCESS
fully, however, and in time will be a
strong organization stretching out its
arms and embracing the many towns and
cities of our happy and glorious country
and as the Veteran organization passes
away, the organization of the "Sons of
Veterans" will take the vacant place, and
keep the fires of patriotism burning
brightly upon our hilltops and love of
country alive In the hearts of the enlight.
ened citizens Of our free Nation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
SALE OF ETHOL.

Mr.. II. Il. Cults of the Brooksde Farm.
Orwell, VT, has sold the elegant two
year-old colt. Ethol. to Charles Gilman.
Esq, of Southport. Conn, for one thou
sand dollars. Ethol is large and finely
developed colt of great style and beauty,
and exhibits the purest trotting action.
He is entered in the Brookside Stakes for
two-year-olds at the coming fall meeting
of the Vermont Horse Breeders associ-
alton and also in the New England stakes
Tor foals OF 1854, to be trotted in the fall
OF 1887. Ethol was sired by Ben Frank
lin, son of Daniel Lambert. and his dam
is by Broken Leg, son of Rysdyk's Ham
bletonian; second dam by Daniel Lam
bert; third dam, the Pratt mare. dam of
Lambert Chief. He should make a stock
horse of great excellence.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
borse Department.

The Middlebury REGISTER now for more
than year has been giving much original
and valuable information upon Morgan and
other celebrated horses II intends to con
tinuc publishing such information from week
10 week, giving at least ~ page to its Horse
Department When sufficient material mas
accumulated we expect to place it in book
form, publishing first our volume upon
the Morgan Horse, and afterwards Reg
lister of the more distinguished sires and
performers. In the latter we hope TO include
Nil ~ 80 performers, with their breeding so far
az can be ascertained; also to distinguish be-
tween things that are known and things that
ARE not known in every pedigree. In all cas-.
es the evidence upon which the pedigrees are
based will be given to the public through the
columns of THE MIpDLEBuRY REGISTER. This,
we are satisfied, is what the public wants and
ought to have. Many judgments are better
Than one.
TIE REGISTER by reason of this extensive
information and this method of giving IL, Is
rapidly becoming Indispensable To all breed
ers and horsemen. 1t should also be an ex
cellent medium for advertisers, especially
those dealing in Morgan horses.
Preserve your files, for they will form, witt
the full indexes thereto, Il most valuable ant
available cyclopedia of horse matters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13

favorite horse of mine. | had quite a
number of his colts; but Pete was never
owned in Bradford. My old horse, Yer
mont, was called Old Pete by good
many and was always owned in Brad
ford. Should be glad to assist you all in
my power and will do so when called on.
don't know of any one in particular
that is now interested in Morgan horses /;
there seems to be general waking up
now for the Morgans. have mare II
years old that has trotted our track in
2 30 but has never bred. She was sired bv
General Thompson and he by old Ethan
Allen out of Il mare descendant of old
Paddy her dam was sired by old Ethan
out of old Jenny: she by Hale's old
Green Mountain; she was the dam of
Ethan Allen, 2nd. | should like to breed
her to old Lambert she is half sister to
Ethan Allen. I'd.
Truly yours,
j. II. PETERS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
BELLE FRANKLIN. 1928 Ia.

At Mystic Park Oh the 9Th inst. the
black mare Belle Franklin won in the
2 :32 class in straight heats slime, , 80 IL,
2 rs II, rs II, thus landing gracefully
in the charmed circle. Belle Franklin is
the first of the get of Ben Franklin
(2:29) the elegant son of Daniel Lambert
that is making famous the Brookside
Farm. to get an official record below
2 80. Her dam is the Fish mare by
Blackstone (sire of Daisy Hamilton,
rs 1-2), he by Rysdyk's lIambletonian.
Belle is seven years old and is one of
only five foals of that age got by her sire,
She is one of the double-gated Ben
Franklins, and it is said that those of his
get that move in that way are apt to be
among the fastest. She has been quite a
uniform winner during the few weeks
she has been on the turf and is likely to
place her mark still lower before the sea-
son closes. The excellent young stallion
Orwell, owned by c. ID. Williams. Wi
nooslii, VT, that divided with Star Frank
vale stakes for two-year-oldS at Burling-
ton last fall. is Il full brother to Belle
Franklin, as is also the promising bay
yearling colt Hampton owned by II. r.
Cults of Orwell.
Ben Franklin is the seventh son of
Daniel Lambert to get representative
i'll the , 80 list. He is thirteen years old.
but only twelve of his get are older than
five the present season. Belle Franklin
is the first and only one among the
twelve that has been given regular turf
work. and her success in this, her first
season, goes far to justify the high eX-
pectation> of the numerous friends of the
Ben Franklin stock. Three Others of the
twelve have shown better than 2 30 in
trials. one (Otis H.. having trotted Fair
mount Park in , "a l-2
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13

MIDDLEBURY, VT, July lG, 1856.
j. b. HOWE. ESQ, Batavia. III.
Dear Sir ;-Will you please inform III
what became of the bay stallion Magnet
bred by you. sired by Woodward's cor
nell's) Ethan.A ALLEN: Also what was ped
igree of his dam. and oblige.
Yours truly.
JOSEPH BATTELL.
Please return this with reply.
BATAVIA. July 20, 1856.
Mr.. j. BATTELL.
Dean Sir ~ ours of the 10th at hanC
| now own the horse; bought him befor
he was three years old of George y
Stearns. Blackberry township. Kane Co
ILL.,. four miles west of this place. VIII
bred him. He is bay. three white fe,
and white face. have bred six stallion
from him, two from Morgan dams. tw
dams by Cages Logan and two wit
dams by Alexander. son of Alexander
Edwin Forrest. Have several fine file
Yours truly.
j. b. HOWE.
Magnet was foaled in 1867 first daI
Nelly by CONSERVATION by imp. Conste
nation: second dam Duroc mare owne
by b. F. Stearns, Pittsburgh. y. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
A GOOD MARE.

DIR. OH. Stevens of Bradford, VT, has
mare, Fanchon, that was foaled july
2, 1881; sire, Eastern Boy, he by Gen
eral Knox; dam by Laird Horse, he by
old Morrill,; grandam by Daniel Lam
bert. The doctor drove her few DAYS
ago full mile on poor half-mile track
In 2;35. She did not make a skip. and
trotted last half in is. This mare was
never trained nor put in condition, but is
natural trotter. Her stride is over Is
feet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
BLACK HAWK: HAD HE MARkS2

EdttOr Register Il wish to enquire
through your columns a. to the correct
ness of the prevalent rumor that Hills
Black Hawk was possessed of three
white feet and spot or stripe in the face.
1 recollect well of hearing such story
when the horse was in his prime.
ENQUIRER.
Black Hawk had no marks. No horse
has been oftener or more carefully des-
cribed from the hour of his birth to that
OF his death, and all descriptions agree
that he was jet black without white
ED. REGISTER
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13

EIhAN ALLEN. oND

This Morgan horse is no doubt the pur-
est bred Morgan now living. lie par
takes of the three strains of Morgan
blood, namely; Woodbury.. sherman
and Burush. Pedigree as follows, he
was sired by Peters Morgan, Peters
Morgan was sired by Peters Old Yer
mont, Peters Old Vermont was by Old
Clifford Morgan, he nv Old Woodbury.
Morgan, he by Old Justin Morgan. Dam
of Ethan Allen I'd was raised by Stephen
Dow of Woburn, Mass. and sired by
Old Ethan Allen out of his old famous
Morgan mare Jennie. She was sired by
IIale's Old Green Mountain Morgan: her
dam was owned by DR.. j. l.. Woods of
Boston, Mass, and was called Old Phe-
be; she was sired by Tom Morgan. he by
| True Briton, making him Il half-brother
to Old Justin Morgan. Phebes dam was
sired by a horse called Nondescript.
! Pedigree of Peters Morgan: He was by
Old Vermont, he by Old Clifford Morgan.
he by Woodbury., he by Old Justin.
Dam of Peters Morgan was by Hunter.
.Ir., owned by Frank Goldthwait of New
port, y. H., he by F 4 Wiers' Morgan
Hunter of Walpole. y. II. Weirs' Hun
ter was by Old Morgan Clifford, he by
Old Woodbury., he by Old Justin Nor
gan. and the dam of WcirS' Hunter was
by Old Morgan Clifford. Dam of Nor
gan Hunter. .Jr.. was sired by the old
Bean horse, and he by Old Sherman
Morgan, he by Old Justin Morgan
Grand-dam of Peters Morgan was sired
by Old General Hibbard. he by Old
Woodbury.. he by Old Justin Morgan
Great grand-tiam of Peters Morgan was
sired by Old Burush. he bv Justin Nor.
gan. Dam and grand-dam of Peters
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
MAGMA CHARTA, JR.

MIDDLEBURY, VT, July Is, 1856.
ii. II. COBB, ESQ, Whitewater, Mich.
Dear Sir Can you give address of
any one who can hlrnish pedigree of
Williams Magma Charta, Jr. Please an
swer on this sheet and oblige.
Yours truly,
JOSEPH BATTELL.
b. |. Williams Magma Charta, Jr., Oh.
h., foaled about 1860; got by Magma
Charta b. h., bred and owned in Michi-
gan; dam bred in Canada and got by
Black Warrior, son of rippoo, bred by
Chas. c. Leach, Utica, Macomb Co.,
Mich, owned since two years old by b.
|. Williams. Whitewater, Walworth Co.,
Wis. ii, Ii. COBB.
Whitewater, Walworth Co., Wis.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
MORRILL, PRINCE.

The following poster of Morrill, Prince,
published in 1856, is furnished by Mr.. j.
NJ. Davis: Pedigree of Morrill, Prince
Morrill, Prince was sired by the Young
Morrill,, of Manchester; he was sired by
the Morrill, Horse, of Danville, Vermont
grandsire, Jennison Horse; great grand
sire, One Eye great, great grandsire, Bull
rush great, great great, grandsire, Justin
Morgan.
Dam of Young Morrill,, of Manchester,
was sired by Sherman Morgan; dam of
Morrill, Prince was sired by Flint Nor
gan; Flint, by Sherman; Sherman, by
Justin Morgan.
j. NJ. DAVIS q co.
Parsonsfield, April %, 1866"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
FLOODS BLACK HAWK.

july ~, 1856.
JOSEPH BATTELL, ESD,
Dedr Sir Your inquiry for historI
and description of BlOod's Black Hawl
after he came to Kentucky. addressed Il
b. +. IL y. Nanmeter, is Just received
and just here ! must state that \. V. rt
moved to Texas eight or ten years since
Blood's Black Hawk was purchased i
the North q think in Orange county
Nt.) by Mr.. Blood of Lexington. XIV
and brought to that city and owned an
stood by him in that city for severa
years. The horse was finally purchase
by Maj. IL. 7. Dunkin of Fayette Co
Ky, who removed him two or thre
miles from the city and kept him till til
horse died.
Twill try to make the description of til
horse plain but short. He was a yer
rich brown color. two white ankles an
a stripe in his face; scant II hands hig
when standing quiet and out of harnes
but when hitched up and driven appeare
full Ii hands high and was the fine,
show horse that ever saw line pulle
ON. Belle Sheridan was his exact col,
and was as fine "A mare as he was hors
They both received premiums at the fai
of Kentucky. until they could show I
more.
Very respectfully,
b. +. NANMETER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
OUR SUSPICION CONFIRMED.

We have to correct the Middlebury
REGISTER in the number of horses got
by the sons of Ethan Allen: Daniel
Lambert 20, Bacon's Ethan Allen 5.
Woodward's or Wither's Ethan Allen 8,
Holabird's Ethan Allen 5, Green Noun
tain Morgan 2, Honest Allen 5, and Tom
Moore 2. Ed.-Dunton's Spirit of the
Turf.
We are more than ever convinced that
Bro. Dunton is on vacation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-08-13
UNION CITY. Mich. March 81. 1856.

UNION 'lT1. Mlcll.. MdrCH 81. 1850.
EdHor Register - Enclosed find cores
pondrnce from Donelson in regard to
Morgan Eagle. The pedigree seems a
little mixed at present-the sire of Mag
IA Chaita. If we knew where John Hen
derson brought the horse Morgan Eagle
from. could learn more about him. Don
elson thinks Wallace has the pedigree
correct; but still he is liable to be mis-
taken. He gives it as by Morgan Eagle,
son of the original Morgan Eagle of Tun-
bridge. VT. Can you trace where young
Morgan Eagle went from Vermont ?
Would like to learn more of this Morgan
Eagle. Will you try and get more of
this: DO you learn anything of Path
finder, the sire of Young Rather: Per-
haps the owners of Rather might know
more of his sire. He was trotted mostly
in Vermont and New Hampshire. Let
me hear from you again, a. am very
much interested in pedigrees to have
them correctly given.
Yours truly.