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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-16
borse Department.
PROSPECTUS,

The increasing prosperity of the REGISTER is
gratifying to its owners but its circulation
isn't tenth part of what we intend 1t shall
the world on the true history and pedigree OF
the American road horse. AS such lit deserves
and must get the very widest circulation Its
Horse Department is worth many times its
subscription price - valuable, instructive,
entertaining. From all over the country we
have an immense amount OF original matter
coming in Tor this department; and we ex-
poet to be able to give soon the history
and pedigree of the following famous hors-
es hitherto unknown: Old Pilot, st. Law
renee, Columbus, dam of Royal George, North
of Henry Clay Tom Thumb, e. 5. OF Green's
Bashaw; Leonidas, reputed g. 5. of Biggarts
Rather, and many others.
This is pre-emnently the kind of intorma-
ton that all gentlemen of intelligence desire,
and none such American can well afford to be
without this paper. 1t is the American gentle
mans paper for the history of the horse. In
all such information there is included much
local and general history. Indeed, the trac.
ing of some of these pedigrees seems very
similar to romance, in which one sees not
only the animated bearing and noble action
OF the horse, but also the lie and beauty OF
the country through which he travels.
Terms, $3.50 per year. Tell your neighbors
Spread the circulation. We want the REGIS
TER to go upon every farm in the country,
from Maine TO California /; and there are sew
eral ii does not yet reach.
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sorrel. The Bundy Horse of Burke was
owned by Willard Bundy; dark brown,
nice locker, but ugly. The Greeley
Horse was by Billy Root; bred by Jim
Greeley of Lyndon and sold to VIM. Street.
er of Burke, who kept him till he died.
The Brickett Horse, owned by Tom
Brckett of Lyndon, was by Billy Root
and fine horse; 100 to 1850 lbs, 15-2.
The True Horse had a white face and
white hind feet. VIM. Stanton of Dam
vile stood a Morgan horse here, % years
ago, that was good one dark chestnut,
1000 to 1850 lbs, Is hands, lowish built
S. M. Hoyt of Lyndon says the RAM
sey Horse was owned by Robert Ramsey
of Holland, afterwards of Bloomington,
and got by the Steele Horse. This was
about 1915. Refers to G.. l.. Ramsey of
Columbia, n. II. This Ramsey Horse
was dark chestnut, 1000 lbs, 10 hands !;
small head, pretty ear, good shaped
horse and very excellent.
Mr.. Emmett Hill of West Concord SAYS
| iildU lIlc dTSOuS I1OTSe was urea Dy
Charles Damon of Damon's Crossing,
Victory, Essex Co., VT; got by Royal
George. His dam was by Black Morgan.
She took - first prizes. The Parsons
Horse took the first prize at the Domn-
ion in Canada as trotting horse.
Mr.. Moses Sheldon of Salisbury, VT,
says that the Leland mare, dam of Ethan
Allen, was little darker gray on the
hips than on the TANKS when Mr.. Leland
had her at their house, in the spring OF
1885. He says she was under rather than
over u hands and less rather than more
1000 lbs.-a medium sized mare. Mr.
Sheldon says: 81 know how she would
turn her head around and look wild. | car
recollect it as well as can be-the new
wagon and Mr.. Leland saying that she
was wild and would start and he wa:
afraid would not answer for peddling.'
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of any other New England sire, living or

of any other New England sire, living or
dead.
"Mr. Busbey attended the Vermont
Breeders Meeting in 1887, and saw the
splendid cavalcade of the get of Ben
Franklin, and is aware that for the
combined merits of size, speed, strength,
style and beauty, they have won the APP
plause alike of friend and foe. But the
horse is not entitled just now to more
than three points for character of Off
spring. He is but one-eightieth better
than if he had never got a foal. The
horse whose stock is of average merit is
entitled to the average number of points,
or twenty-five. Ben Franklin gets three,
showing that his stock must have less
than one-eight of the merit to that of the
average trotting sire, or one-sixteenth of
that of the best!
'But Mr.. Busbey kindly explains how
he arrives at this startling conclusion.
He compares the number of Ben Frank
Inns performers, and their speed rate,
with those of George Wilkes This is
/ fair, logical. ingenious, refreshing. The
little circumstances that Wilkes has the
advantage of seventeen years in the
matter of time ought not just now to be
alluded to. But Mr.. Busbey would rank
George Wilkes 80, as against Ben Frank
Inns 3. Mr.. Busbey edits a trottine
horse paper, and has at times darkly hin
ted that he keeps a register of trottine
horses. Is he ignorant of the fact tina
at Ben Frankln's present age Georg,
Wilkes did not have solitary winner t.
his credit? That he was over eighteel
years old when May Bird, on Nov. Il
1874, came under the wire in 1924, hi
first 2: 80 trotter? Ben Franklin, tina
now, if | am correctly Informed, ha
three ? 80 trotters, and at least sixteei
winners, has yet three years to spare be
fore attaining the age of George Wilke
when his first 2 80 performer came out
And yet this committee, brought iron
New York doubtless on account of thei
superior intelligence, would mark Frank
lin and Wilkes 80.
"No wonder that Mr.. Busbey SAYS. :
look for criticism OF the whole,
would seem that those exhibitors who's
horses escaped any award at the hands o
this committee are the ones to be con
graduated. They are situated like tn
sailor at the revival meeting, who bein,
: eXhorted to come up and take a sea
among the redeemed looked them owe
carefully, and said that if that was fai
sample lot, he would rather go down t,
the other place along with the boys.
why the committee should say, Mr.
Cults doubtless will argue differently
unless they were conscious that thei
award did him an injustice, is hard t.
see. Mr.. Cults is not much given to ar
guing about his stock. But in the mex
statement, but that will not change tn
judgment of the committee all sensibl
people will concur. 1t is quite apparen
that such task would be like an attemp
to change the proverbal sunbeams in til
cucumber. VERMONTER."
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TERRIBLE.

Two-thirds of all deaths in New York
city are from consumption or pneumonia.
The same proportion holds for most 9TH
err cities. Delays are dangerous. DIR.
Acker's English Remedy for consump-
ton will always relieve, and may save
your life.
HANAFoRD's PARK DRUG STORE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-16
CANADIAN CHAT.

TORONTO, MONDAY, OCT. 20, 1883.
ting is over until the snow comes, and
before the horses go into winter quarters
a glance at few of the records made by
those bred and owned here will be in
order. At present | find that twelve
Canadian horses, nine of which were
bred in Canada, entered the , 80 list this
season, and that seven of them made
their marks on Canadian tracks. The
list is as follows:
Ansonia, h, by Jay Gould-Lady Ella . % 4
Caesar, h, breeding unknown. , 20
Charley Gibson, or e, by Brown Douglas,
dam by Blue Dick .............. 24l6
Crown Imperial, br h, by Imperial-Lady
Bryant by Brignoli;; ;....::...;.... 27Is
Forrest Mambrino, CHI h, by Mambrlno
Patchen, dam by son of Abdallah :. 29a1
Gen. Banks, b Ii, by Rocker-Minnie
Woods, by imp Blenkiron.: ;291s
no, uam by Winfield Scott ...,..... 2si5
not traced. -. 80; ....;.... 80, , 2o'4
Prince Imperial. h. by Gen stanton
Regulator, CHI g, by Rocker. dam by En-
Tariff Jr, b h, by Tariff, dam by Old
Chaihploh.'. .'.'..'................ 291a
AnsOna is one of the fastest stations
owned in Canada, and his owner has
recently added the gray horse Hurri-
cane, :294, to his stable. Last winter
he won three races in one week at the
Ottawa meeting, starting against fresh
field of horses each day. He has been
troubled for some time with bad leg,
but Mr.. Stewart hopes to get it all right,
and eventually give him record close to
2 80. Ansonia's present record was
made over the sandy Woodbine track at
Toronto, which, although mile ring, is
Notwithstanding the many improvements
made on it during the past two years, at
least four or five seconds slower than the
Buffalo or Cleveland track.
haye been unable to find anything
about the bay horse Caesar who made his
record in the big Canadian free-for-all,
trotted at Montreal, and won by Mr..
Jacob Erritt's mare Hattie Hawthorne.
The general impression is that he was,
together with Factory Boy, placed in the
race in order to throw down the formid-
able daughter of Pate's Sentinel, that
took first money to the capital.
Charley Gibson is one of the best
known trotters ever bred in Canada. He
was foaled near st. Catharines, and start
ed on his career as four-year-old. After
trotting around the Western Peninsula
for several years, and given a record of
? :3lt, he was purchased and taken to
Winnipeg. Two years in Manitoba APP
peared TO make new horse of him, and
last June he was brought East again.
His first start was made at Montreal,
where he won three races at one meeting,
and finished the week with a record of
2 :24t. This performance sold him to
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Mr.. Miller of Lyndon says: "My IA
ther, Geo. A. Miller, owned the Sherman
Morgan two years bought him of Sher-
man and sold him back. The Niles Horse
was owned in Barnston, Canada, by VIM.
Cleveland; he was owned in Compton.
Canada, at one time; weighed 1000 lbs,
and was got by the Steele Horse. His
colts were travellers. He was the best
horse and got the most good colts of any
that ever stood in Stanstead." Refers to
Alfred Draper of Compton, Moses Riyes
of Compton or Willard GLADDEN. of Coati-
cook and Sam Cleveland of Coaticook.
1.-The Plow Boy was raised at Barnston
by Charles and 10 Damon. He was got
by the Kent Horse; his dam by Billy
Root, / think. | came from Canada in
1868; went there in 1858, at which time
the Niles Horse was there. Old Billy
Root was a gay tassely fellow. Plow
Boy would weigh 100. The Niles Horse
got great many colts. Levi Cleveland
of Barnston, 50 years old. has been a
great horseman. The True Horse of SUIT
ton was by Billy Root; 1900 lbs, l5-2,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
THEY MUST STAND TRIAL.

Commissioners Hoyne Thinks the Evidence
Strong Enough to Hold the Dynamiters
to the Grand Jury-BauereIsen Rear.
rested and Taken to Aurora to Answer
other Charges.
CHICAGO, July 20-Another chapter was
added to the 20" dynamite plot Thurs
day. No sooner had J. A. Bauereisen given
IS 900 bond for his appearance be-
fore the United States Federal Court
In which sum he was held by Com
missioner Hoyne-than he was rearrested
on State warrant charging him with be-
ing instrumental in importing dynamite
within the State Of Illinois. He was taken
before Justice Lyon and again placed un-
der $1,000 bonds for his appearance
Saturday morning, when he will have q
preliminary examination. The bond was
furnished by Edmund G. and Martin A.
Fielder, brothers-in-law OF Bauereisen.
At the threshold Of Justice Lyons court
room Bauerefsen was met by deputy
sheriff on . warrant signed by
o police magistrate at Aurora,
ILL.,, charging him with being the instigator
Of the placing Of dynamite on the 90"
tracks at Eola, near Aurora. The last ar
rest occurred at $3.50 O'Clock p M, and an
hour later Bauereisen was on his way to
The hearing before Commissioner Hoyne
terminated soon after court opened The
defense placed no witness on the stand,
nor did any of the defendants make
q statement. Counsel for the Gov
crnlnent declining to argue the
case, feeling that their evidence had
been sufficiently clear to hold all the de-
PENDANTS TO the grand jury. Attor-
neys Donahoe & David, however, made
strong appeals to the commissioner
to liberate Cooling and Bauereisen.
Broderick, thoy admitted, should be
bound over, and they were willing
that he should But as for the
other two the young attorneys held that
they were absolutely guiltless of any
dynamite plot. Commissioner Hoyne
thought differently. He admitted that
the tevidence against Cooling was not
very strong, but the Government had
shown that he at least had general knowl-
edge that dynamite was being purchased
and used in the destruction of property.
He therefore held them under bonds of
s., 600 leach. Broderick and Cooling were
Jailed in default Of bail
AURORA, ILL.,, July 2O-John A. Bauer
eisen was brought here from Chicago and
held to answer to charges of bringing dyh-
amite into the State for unlawful purposes;
for conspiracy to place dynamite on the
tracks Of the 80" road for the
purpose of injuring their property;
for inducing Smith to do likewise,
and for soliciting and disbursing
money for buying and procuring dynamite
and distributing and storing the same for
the purpose Of injuring 90" property. He
furnished bonds to appear on each charge.
The warrant for his arrest on these charges
includes Bowles, Broderick, Smith and
Cooling.
VOTING ON THE 20" STRIKE.
CHICAGO, July 20.-A ballot is now being
taken by the "V' strikers to decide wheth-
er or not the great strike shall be declared
of. Messrs. Hoge and Murphy left
Tuesday night for trip over the
entire Burlington system to poll
the votes of all the men. The re-
suit will not be known in less than week
and it is more likely to take two weeks.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
MlChlGAN'S BONANZA:

A Mass of Gold-Bearing Rock, Valued ut
$4,000, Detached by an Explosion In
Mine Near Ishpeming.
MARQUETTE, Mich, July 21.-The richest
lot of gold rock ever taken from mine
east of the Rocky Mountains was brought
into Ishpeming from the Lake Superior
Iron Company's gold shaft, seven miles
northeast of there. Over 800 pounds
of the rock was dislodeed by single
blast. The gold is so abundant that
it sticks out Of the rock, and the best
chemists pace the value of the 800 pounds
of rock at $1,000 It is believed that the
rock will "pan out" SEC, 600 ton. This is
the fifth rich discovery in the shaft, and
many minor discoveries have not been made
public. The quartz vein on which the shaft
was sunk was discovered three years
ago by Ishpeming men, but with exception
of exploding one charge of dynamite,
which exposed q rich pocket of gold-bear-
ing quartz, nothing was done because the
property was owned by the Lake Superior
Iron Company, which would not sell the
property. Last summer the company put
few miners at work on the property, and
q test shaft was sunk about eighteen feet,
at the bottom of which a small pocket
was struck which produced gold
arrying rock which assayed $4,000
to the ton. All work was suspended
then, and nothing was done IN
til two months ago. Rich rock has
been encountered all along, and the won
derful find has set the people wild. The
last shaft is down twenty-five feet and is
about eighteen inches wide at the bottom.
The Michigan gold mine, which adjoins
this shaft, has found rich rock in smaller
quantities There is no doubt that one OF
the greatest gold mines in the world has
been found at Ishpeming.
The Lake Superior shaft is located on
the northeast quarter of section twenty
five, township forty eight, range twenty
eight west. The shaft is sunk on the west
ern inclination of a hill which rises some
200 feet above q little lake to the
northward. The vein which carries
the gold is from eighteen inches to six
feet wide. Five hundred feet east, where
the Michigan Gold Company has a shaft,
the vein is twelve feet WIDE From the
Michigan Cc:npany's property some very
good results have leen obtained, and
gold in considerable quantities has
been found at number of points
along the Michigan workings, where
the quartz vein has been uncovered for
over 1000 feet. West of the shaft no ex-
ploring has been done. The exploratory
work of the Lake Superior Company has
been confined to sinking shaft and Cross
cutting the vein on the surface
merely to test its length.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
EX-GOVERNOR YOUNG.
A Former Executive of the State of Ohio
s,-5, Passes Away.

A Former Executive Of tho state OF Ohio
-v--s Passes Away.
CINCINNATI, o., July 21.-General Thomas
Young died at his residence He was born
in Ireland, but came with his parents to
America when quite young, and when only
16enlisted in the regular army. He served in
the volunteer service during the late war,
coming out with. the rank Of Brigadier-
General He was elected LeutenantrGoy-
ernor Of Ohio with r. B. Hayes in 1875 and
filed the office OF Governor after Hayes
became President In 1873 he was elected
to Congress and was reelected in 1850.
Two years ago he was appointed . member
Of the Board Of Public Affairs Of this city,
ushich oface he held until his death. ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25

THE Democrats and Greenbnckers 81
Michigan held their convention on the 10th,
the former ct Detroit aud the latter al
Grand Rapids. "A coalition ticket was
nominated, tho Greenbackers securing the
Attorney General, the Auditor General,
the Commissioner Of tho State Land Office
and the electors for the Second, Eighth and
Eleventh districts The Democrats ap-
propriated the rest of the ticket, nominat-
ing Wellington B. Burt, Of Saginaw for
Governor.
The Democrats Of the Fourth Missouri
district on the 10th renominated James N.
Burnes for Congress-.
The Kansas Prohibitionists met at Hutch.
inson on the 10th and nominated a full
State ticket, with Rev. J. D. Bodkin. Of
Wichita, for Governor. Theplatform favors
women suffrage, repeal Of tho tariff laws.
and demands absolute prohibition Of tho
liquor traffic. -. s...s..,l.....
The Republican State Central Committee
Of Arkansas on the 18th decided not TO nut
State ticket in the field, but recommend.
ed Republicans to support the Union Labor
ticket, headed by q n. Norwood for Gov
ernor. %'''Nf 7' ''''' .>''@- .>.',r
The physicians of General Sheridan re-
ported on the 2Oth that his condition had
not materially altered In the last three
days. He was improving.
Rev. e. P. Roe, the well-known novelist,
died in Newburgh, N. Y, on the 90th, Of
neuralgia Of the heart, aged fifty years.
The Democrats Of the Third Tennessee
district on tho 10th nominated Greed f.
Bates for Congress on the S48th ballot.
GEORGE @. CALKlNs was nominated for
Congress on the 9Oth In the Eighth Iowa
district by the Union Labor party.
LESTER HOWE died on the 10th at Coble.
skill, N. Y, aged seventy-eight years.
On May q, lS42> he discovered the now
famous Howe's cave, next in size to Mann
moth cave. All his children were married
In the cave.
The Republican State convention for
New Hampshire will be held in Concord
September 4.
GENERAL THOMAS YOUNG, Ex-Governor of
Ohio and a member Of Congress in 1873 and
1880, died at his residence at Cincinnati on
the 10th.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
A FATAL FLOOD.

A Terrific Cloud-Durst ut Weeelinx, W.
Va.-FOurteen Lives Known to Have
Been Lost-Great Damage to Property.
WHEELING, w. Va, July 20.-A terrible
rain-storm prevailed here, flooding the cel-
lars along Main street and distributing
the debris from the hillsides on many
thoroughfares, rendering them impassa-
bio, While number of people were stand
ing on one OF tho bridges of the Balti-
more & Ohio spanning Wheeling river it
gave way, precipitating twenty to thirty
persons into the river. Ten we're rescued,
bu it is feared that ten to twenty persons
have persisted. At Caldwell's run, in the
lower end Of the city, four dwellings were
swept away by the flood and several per-
sons drowned.
The scene during the food was awful.
The rain poured down in sheets and in a
very short time transformed the streets
into torrents. The sudden rise in
the river swept away the bridge at
Main street before the twenty or thirty
people upon it could save themselves
and they were dashed into the
flood below. Several of these are surely
lost, but how many is not yet known. Sew
eral of the rescued were taken on tow
boat, which could not land at the wharf,
owing to the current, and had to seek a
landing lower down. The river rose three
feet in fifty minutes. On the National road
the trains, coal chutes, houses and all are
gone.
d The Wheeling & Elm Grove railroad was
swept away for miles and the road COW
cred SIX feet with water Over the river
the ruin is even worse The storm lasted
less than an hour, flooding the streets
from house to house The Western Union
telegraph Office had foot of water
on the floor, J. W. Hunters spice
mills two feet, and other buildings on Main
and Market streets are as bad. On the
upper end of Eoff street, high on the hill,
in the Second ward, the water was over
the tops of stoves and like objects, and
when it receded left sediment on the stoves.
Wagons in the valley Of Wheeling creek
were buried beneath the mud.
The Chaplain street and Eoff street
bridges are both gone and the Wood street
bridge is impossible. Nine persons living
on Caldwells run are known to be drowned,
and six houses on Caldwell's run are gone.
Every hour new fatalities are reported. A
man named Keltz was washed away at
Boggs run, and he and his horse drowned.
Four lives are lost at Elm Grove, five miles
east.
The Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky
division of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati &
st. Louis road is badly washed at places
and others covered foot deep. The Ohio
river trestle at the creek is gone. Sewers
burst in several places, and roads were
washed so as to be impossible. A substan-
tial bridge on the suburban Elm Grove
Motor line at Leatherwood was washed
away.
The loss in the city will reach $50, 900 and
the damage to crops in the country is in.
estimable. The ruin wrought by the
cloud-bur out Of town is awful and car
only be ascertained definitely when the
means Of communication are restored.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
The United Order of Honor, q Benevolent
Orpanfxafiou. Ont NJ Tlnnds

The United Order of Honor, q Benevolent
Organization, Out Of Funds.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 20-For three
years the United Order of Honor, the Nc
tional headquarters of which is located in
Indianapolis, has been slowly disinte-
grating and the: membership. has dimin
ished from 1000 to less than 5000 Su
preme President Macbeth said that he was
unable to collect any more money from the
subordinate lodges, and the usefulness Of
the order Dc at an end. Its treasury is ex.
hausted, and there Is IN outstanding in
debtedncss amounting to $780, The loss
falls upon the beneficiaries of deceased
members Of the order in; New York, New
Jersey, Ohio, District Of Columbia, In
diana. IlliAeis and Kentucky. 80. ....ss,