Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-03-02

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the mare when drove oxen up there at
II OS34. l think that was before he
had the mare. 1t was right away after
that, perhaps year or more, that Uncle
Rufus had the mare. l knew the mare
well. did not see George johnson have
her, but 1t was always understood that
she passed through George Johnson's
hands. knew the mare in Waner Cooks
hands and always after that. l was
particular friend of Valorous, Warner
Cooks son, and was well acquainted
with Warner and his folks. Think he
used to ride her. l frequently saw her in
Warner Cooks hands--in Warmers and
VIM. II. Cooks. l am just as confident
it was the mare my Uncle Rufus had as
am that l stand here. Zeno Rising
never owned her; think he did drive
her. He lived close by Rufus-only
one farm between. never heard I'm
Gle Rufus say but l always under
stood he got her over the lake. think
Uncle Rufus raised a colt from her;
know she had colt. She got out and
came up to my fathers place with a colt
by her side. Rufus always bred his
mares. She came from the place Zeno
and Joel and Abel Rising owned togeth-
er up to our place. | set the dog on her.
| noticed that she trotted from the dog.
l don't know whether she was kept on
the place of Zeno and brothers or strayed
there"
Rufus Rising, Jr., son of the Rufus
that owned the mare, born 1924 and now
living at the old place, says it was as
late as 1888 when they moved on to the
new place.
Against this exact and convincing tes-
timony of j. B. Rising Mr.. Thomson puts
his intuitions, and says that at the time
when Mr.. Rising says he saw her repeat
eoly and constantly at his Uncle Rufus
place, in Hague, while he was living on
the next farm, VIM. ii. Balloon was own
ing her and breeding colts from her miles
away. Mr.. Thomson's egg shell will
have to crush. 1t may do for him, but
it is too thin for any one else. AS light
as air must be any one who can stand on
it,; as dim and misty as the material of
which dreams are made must be the men,
tai quality of that man who against the
evidence produced, and supported by the
evidence obtained, could believe what
Mr.. Thomson without qualification or
question has stated as the fact
k,.1 II. 8
This and nothing more-Mr. Cushman' S
belief and statement that the John Gla-
zier mare, old and hipped, was sold by
Ira Wallace to Warner Cook, and was
the dam of Ethan Allen.
The statement of Mr.. b. Woodward tC
: Mr.. THAT the dam of Ethan was hip.
ped; the statement of Mrs. w. ii. Cook
that she was hipped, but this statement
of Mrs. Cook was made to us and made
exactly in this way: "She was hipped
! think that was what they call it." II
is to be remembered that twice this num-
Der of good men and horsemen say thai
the dam of Ethan was not hipped but
: spawned. This is all. There isn't one
| particle of other evidence that we know
of. There is much else we havn't men
J toned against the John Glazier and VIM
: II. Balloon hipped mare being the dam OF
Ethan. c. NJ. Balloon of Rosendale
, Wis, writes, under date of Jan. 4, 1856
"Yours of the 18th ult. received. Ii
: reply Mr.. Rising m ay have owned the
mare as early as 1928 but do not remem
Der her till two or three years later. Sht
' was not colt when l first knew her
He o,cned her as late as 1888. Whether
: he raised or bought her l do not know
if he bought her have no idea of whom
do not remember of her having raised
any colts while Rising owned her. l re
member her in the hands of Warner
Cook. l left Hague in August, 1915.
made my home with VIM. II. Balloon fo
some years; he owned gray mare, bu
she had been hipped and was very lam,
) and cas not the dam of Ethan allen.
Yours truly,
= c. M. BALLOON.
= A second letter from Mr.. Balloon says
: SWIM. II. BalcOm's father and my faith
; er were brothers and lived half mile
t apart. After my fathers and his father
e death | made my home with him ant
4 worked out for farmers and others in tina
e vicinity until he left Hague some tive
t years before | left that place. The VIM
l III. Balloon mare was an old, hipped anl
a very lame mare when he bought her o
a our uncle, Caleb Balloon. for small
r sum. Twas about II years old at tina
a time. know that the mare was deaC
e before Ethan Allen was foaled."
' In another letter, Mr.. G.. NJ. Balloon
e says: 81 think the mare you enquire TO
2 passed direct from Rufus Rising to War
A ner Cook. was born in Hague, in June
V 1915" And again in letter dated Dec
e 2l, 1885: SIN answer to yours of the 15tl
: 1 have to say that am positive that Johl
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