Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-05-25

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"A. A middling neck, not remarkable
y way. A good shaped neck of mid
ing length well set on the withers.
| @. Was she sound when you traded
$r?
A. She was as far as know. L had
liver discovered any unsoundness about
fr.
[ o. And was she sound when you saw
r at Bridport?
A. wouldn't say she was sound then.
didn't look her over in particular.
here may have been some blemish about
r. Or, she might have been out of fix
some way, could not say.
hereby certify that have carefully
ad over the foregoing statement, the
|lestions of which were asked by w. Ii.
3iss, ESQ.,, of Middlebury, and the an
vers given by me, at my house in East
iddlebury on April %, 1888, and that
. e same is correct and true to my best
lowledge and recollection.
(Signed) F. A. LELAND.
East Middlebury, April 26, 1888.
ATEMENT OF MOSES S. SHELDON OF
ALIsBURY, VT, TAKEN MAY 2l, 1SSS.
Mr.. Sheldon is in every way one Of
most reputable citizens of our county
| d man of excellent and exact menu
., Tn PEcrSTEp
h. What was your fathers name, and
here were you born, and when?
A. My fathers name was Oscar Z.
5eldon. / was born in Salisbury, VT,
be. "a, 1924.
%. When did you first know Fred. A.
land, now of Middlebury, vt?
A. can't give the date, but he used
peddle for Peleg Bow of Pittsfield,
=, and carry trunks, before he had
am he and Bow both used to peddle
d both used to stop at my fathers
use in Salisbury this was when | was
boy.
%. What, if anything, do you remem-
about Fred. A. Leland's coming to
|ur fathers house with gray mare?
A. He did come there with a gray
lre; it was in the spring of the year. |
mot give the year but it was when |
hs ten or dozen years old. He had
kt got new peddler's wagon, made by
+. Olmstead of East Middlebury. He
d father he was just starting out for
|nself; that he had made money for
r. Bow, and might just as well be max
z it for himself. He hitched the mare
the post and l can see just how she
bked Just as well as if it was today
w she looked round as she stood there;
e was nervous and had wild, scary
pix as she looked round; she had large
|ominent eye and large nostril; she
hs young mare and nervous. Mr..
land told my father he didn't suppose
could peddle with her, she was so
rvous; said she was kind, but he could
t leave her without hitching her; said
thought he should have to trade her.
e was rather lightish gray on her body;
builder, hips and legs darker; carried
I head well up; medlum-sized mare.
e had long TAIL | think darker than
r body. He said she was raised the
st side of the mountain. | think by a
IN he had lived with, don't know the
me.
ID. Do you know what became of the
IRE?
IA. do not. Mr.. Leland had a man
the name of Bart. Shaw peddling
him right along after that time, and
ey both of them used to stop at my
hers house and would often stay
Ere over night. think they had ped
Fd together before and carried trunks.
10 not remember Shaw's coming there
tn a team after that. | do not think
yer saw the gray mare after that time.
land after that drove different horses:
remember one, dark colored horse, |
nix bay or perhaps dark chestnut, that
ode after with him coming home from
hOol. | understood at some time that
and Shaw traded the gray mare away.
NJ. S. SHELDON.