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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27
THE DAM OF EARTHQUAKE.

We are indebted to the courtesy of q
correspondent at Chateaugay, N. Y, for
the following facts concerning the dam
of Earthquake, sire of the brown geldinp
Rex @ :221).
"Editor Of the american Cu,tirotor-
The French horse that got Earthquakes
dam was owned by Frank Childs of Grand
Isle, who traded for him in Canada. and
the doctor that he got him of claimed
him to be of st. Lawrence stock. He
was chestnut in color, and had tHo bone
spavins, but could go along well. Childs
Is dead, but Capt. Corbin of South Hero.
the owner of Earthquake, was with him
(Childs) when he traded for the colt.
which was then only three years old.
Ferris of South Hero raised Earthquake.
and also his dam. She was a PAGER by
the Childs horse, and his dam. they
claim, was Bellfounder, but cannot.
trace her. Mr.. Ferris is dead, and | can
not find any one who knows who bred
her, or what horse got her. She was
big road mare.
"John O'Neil of Alburgh, VT. raised
the dam of Rex, and Jack Hazen, of
North Hero, VT, now dead, raised his
second dam, and she was got by Green
Mountain Morgan colt out of an Arabian
mare, that Mr.. Hazen brought to North
Hero. am unable to find any one that
knows where he got her or where she
came from, for it is a long time ago. I
wrote to Mr.. Hazen and Mr.. North. who
owned the horses, to get their breeding
and Will send their letters. The Nc
Gregor horse got record of 2 20 over
half-mile track after he was taken West"
Inc above was accompanied by the fol-
lowing letter from Mr.. L. L. Hazen:
"Black Morgan, which | had in Grand
Isle county about 1861 or 1862. was got
by horse raised by Pond of Burke.
Franklin county, n. Y. This horse was
by Young Black Howk, a son of Old
Black Hawk, owned by David Hill of
Bridport, Vt. His dam was Morgan
owned by Mr.. Pond; she was raised bv
DO Bell of Grand Isle county, VT. and
got by the old Bellfounder Morgan of
Burlington, Vt. This is the best can
now write, but if necessary l will look
up his pedigree more carefully. The
dam of Black Morgan was sold to Jabez
Hazen by Dio Bell, who sold her to Or
man Butler. Mr.. Butler took her to
Potsdam, n. Y, where Black Morgan
was fOaled."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27
CORTLAND Village, N. Y, Aug. %,
SUNDRY NOTES.
IRON the American Cultivator

IRON the American Cultivator1
"A correspondent at Canton, N. Y,
favors us with the following:
Editor of the American Cultivator
In your issue of Dec. 3 a New Hampshire
subscriber asked the breeding of Young
Darkey. His breeding and history are
as follows: He was bred in Vermont.
was sired by Old Darkey Registered No.
S25), son of Rounds Horse; dam by
Andrus' Hambletonian. The dam of
Young Darkey was by Mobiles Vermont
Hambletonian. He was purchased when
a colt by Mr.. Benton, Boston produce
dealer, and brought to Canton, st. Law
renee Co., n. Y, where he made two
short seasons in the stud and died. He
sired Victor (record 2:29N."
When the returns for 1887 are all in and
the summaries tabulated, it will be found
that the trotters and PAGERS of Morgan
descent have added to the reputation of
their clan as a speed-producing family
the past season.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. j. X. Pine
of Troy, n. Y, we have been permitted to
examine private letter from Mr.. j. Nj.
Mcintosh, who campaigned the trotters
Meta Medium and Miss Cawley, also the
PAGER Tim Cawley, during the past sea-
son. Mr.. Mcintosh is now located in
Marietta, Ca, where the above-named
horses will be wintered. He has landed
all three into the charmed circle since
spring, giving Tim Cawley record of
2 ~ at Joliet, H., Meta Medium mark
of q 20 at Council Bluffs, Ia, July 4. and
Miss Cawley a record of , 80 at Atlanta,
Ca, late in the season.
Speaking of the latter, Mr.. Mcintosh
states that Miss Cawley has been a great
mare this year. II could have driven her
great many miles better than 2.3O had
she been sent for all she was worth. She
weighed forty pounds more when | got
home than when | started out last
spring. | have turned Meta out and
blistered her, ana expect to repeat the
operation in about a month, then take
her up and jog her slowly the rest of the
winter. If can get her all right, she
will be trotter sure, and | will beat 2. 20
with her next summer a good many
times. | drove her mile last summer.
over half-mile track, in 2.234, and she
is the incest actor in race that | ever
saw, If one understands her. | think she
can finish faster than any horse | ever
saw that cannot trot mile any faster
than she. think of putting Tim to trot-
ting this winter, as he seems more and
more inclined to go at that gait. All
things considered, have had very good
season, as you can Judge from the fact
that paid out upwards of $4,000 in en-
trance money and freight. The mile l
drove Miss Cawley in 2 80 at Atlanta
was over "A new, rough half-mile track
and the first race ever trotted over it.
The following week drove her third
mile over half-mile track at Athens in
2:29t."
Parties who have seen the above mare
pronounce her one of the prettiest trotters
ever seen upon the turf. She is an eight
year-old brown mare, II 3, bred by Den
mis- Cawley, Poultney, VT, got by the
Potter Colt, a son of Daniel Lambert.
Her dam is said to be by Darkey, son of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27
A BUNCH OF PEDlGREES.
From Dunton's Spirit of the Turf. /
BELLE OF SHELBY

You are in error in crediting Belle of
Shelby to AleXander's Belmont. She
was sired by the sire of Belle II. He was
known as Fisk's or Campbell's Belmont,
by imp Irish Hunter; dam by Young
Hambletonian, by Bishops Hambleton-
ian. by imp Messenger. Belmont was a
bay stallion and from infancy to old age
was quite trotter himself.
Il. w. WHITNEY.
Will Mr.. Whitney kindly furnish us
with full particulars of Belle of Shelby?
LED.
LADY M'NAIR.
In "The Dunton Register" in Dunton's
Spirit of the Turf of today you say that
Lady McNair was bred in Ohio, and sup
posed to be daughter of son of Bush
Messenger. This is | think not correct in
any particular. This mare was purchas-
ed here by Mr. Hill and was doubtless
bred in this locality. Have had cores
pondence with Mr.. Hill in relation to it
and cannot get ''onto" the breeder or
breeding. Still from certain ear marks
and surroundings, have no doubt in nv
own mind what horse sired her. | do not
think she was foaled quite as early as
you give it. WALTER l.. HAYES.
LADY WELLINGTON.
Mr.. +. Wood of East Hampton, Mass,
owns Lady Wellington bl. M, years,
l54 hands, by Victor, by Gen. Putnam:
dam a remarkable road mare of great
merit, breeding unknown. Victor's dam
by Volunteer; I'd dam by Seely's Amer
lean Star; Sd dam by Pilot Jr. Lady
Wellington was driven lately by her own
er mile in = %. Her owner is bust
ness man and not a professional driver.
She was driven last season to wagon in
? ~, over half-mile track. Mr.. Wood
has also bay mare ) years old, 154
hands, by Victor, dam unknown. She is
double-gaited and extra fast; her dam Is
PAGER and all her produce trot fast;
3-year-old daughter trotted half in 10.
LUCY MoFFAT 2.ai
was foaled 1877, is IA BAY mare, l54 hands
high, got by Hawkins Wilkes, by Brig
ham Young, record :35, by Crown Point,
by Hills Black Hawk; dam by Clear
Grit (sire of Fuller, PAGER, 2:134; Billy
NJ, :l94 Flora f., trotter, 2:24t, and
others I'd dam by Big Leg Mosier. This
is the breeding of Lucy Moffat as sent us
by subscriber, but we have no knowl-
edge of the pedigree other than this She
is in foal by Carver, son of Onward,
? :254. If this is true the produce will be
standard.
HICKORY BOY.
n reader of Dunton's Spirit of the
Turf asks, "Can any of the readers of
your excellent paper give the pedigree of
Hickory Boy, stallion which stood
about Bloomington, H., some ten or
more years ago?'' | think the claim was
that his sire was Hills Black Hawk. Any
information about Hickory Boy may do
many other people good also.
PEDIGREE.
The following is the pedigree of Hick-
DRY Boy inquired for in your last issue:
Chestnut stallion, sired by the Warren
Colt, by Light Foot, by Hills Black
Hawk. The Warren Colts dam by Old
Clifford Morgan. Light Foot's dam by
the same horse; Hickory Boys dam by
the Lawrence Horse, by Hale's Green
Mountain I'd. Lawton's Horses dam by
Morgan Eagle. ID. III. ROUNDS.
Bloomington, Ill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27

we had traced the dam of Goldsmith
Maid to her breeder, and whilst l still
think this view correct, can see now
that it is not certain. A little counter
evidence has come in; but we will soon
know without doubt in regard to it.
There is no question at all but that the
mare Mr.. Marsh had referred to was by
Long Island Black Hawk, and her dam
is said to have been by Mambrino.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27
OFFICE OF
TURF, FIELD AND FARM,
80 Park Row.
NEW YORK. Jan.


Dear Sir Your letter of January 2
was received. | have been out of the
city much of the time lately or should
have answered sooner. My business for
this winter is in this city; am compiling
and printing breeders catalogues for
stock farms all over the country.
Regarding Old Alb, the dam of Gold
smith Maid. Last spring | went to Rich
mond, Staten Island and saw Isaac
Marsh. talked long time with him
and all he could say was this: He knew
Daniel Norris intimately: when he first
knew Alb she was about five years old,
and he thinks man named Louis De-
paw, formerly of Long Island, but now
dead many years, owned he' before Nor
ris got her, but isn't sure. Marsh never
owned Alb. All he had to do with her
was, that Daniel Norris used to send her
over to his farm on Long Island to pas
ture for a few months at time when
she would get foot-sore from pounding
the hard city streets. Mr. Marsh des-
cribed Alb as bay mare, lob hands and
fine roader; had long tail mot bobbed).
lie had heard years ago from Norris that
she was sold to you. | questioned him
closely and am satisfied as to the identity
of the mare as being the same one that
you had, that was the dam of Goldsmith
Maid, 2:l4. Mr.. Marsh is highly re-
spected citizen and worthy of belief. |
was satisfied he knew what he was talk
ing about to me. Daniel Norris and
MIR. Osborne (now dead, his foreman,
always stated Alb as being sired by Old
Abdallah, dam by a four-mle running
horse. That was always the pedigree
they gave and do not doubt it, as the
mare was but years old when Marsh
Enaxy har no To-
by any name that Mr. Marsh can remem-
Der; he says she was simply known as
1.-THE Abdallah mare" | think if you
show this letter to Mr.. Jos. Battell it
will give him some light perhaps. If |
can help him out to find who Dan Norris
bought Alb of | will be glad to do so. 1t
may be the breeder of the mare can vet
be found, but am afraid not.
Yours truly,
JACOB BUTLER.
L. ). In your letter you stated Alb
bob, or switch tail. As | have said,
Marsh says the mare he had was long
tailed. However, she was young when
he knew her and Dan Norris probably cut
1t before she was sold to you. This
could easily be, as Alb was along i'm years
when you got her. don't think Marsh
is mistaken and | believe Alb was the
same mare he had that afterwards passed
to you. BUTLER.
l will add that though | did not thor
oughly test this point of the identity of
the mares that Marsh and Vermeule had,
l did think of it and had little very
thorough testimony that they were the
same from another and very intelligent
witness, and it was on the strength of
this that | made the announcement that
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27
DAM OF GOLDSMITH MAID.

1t will be remembered that it was in
evidence in the REGISTER that Mr.. Yer
meule, who bought the dam of G oldsmith
Maid of Daniel Norris when he kept liv-
cry on Hous ton street, New York, said
that Isaac T. Marsh of Richmond, Staten
fore he (Mr. Nermeule) had her, and Mr..
Vermeule though THAT Mr.. Marsh knew
her breeder and breeding. Well, we saw
Mr.. Marsh, and he said that he kept this
mare for Mr.. Norris. Afterwards, as we
have given out, we traced this mare (the
mare Mr.. Marsh kept to her breeder,
and as nobody disputed the point that
this was the dam of Goldsmith Maid, we
gave out that we had traced this dam to
her breeder and found her to be by Long
Island Black Hawk.
But it occurred to us that possibly
there might be some mistake about these
two mares. To test this-the only weak
link in our pedigree-we have written
number of letters, one of them to Mr..
Vermeule, to learn if he knew of his own
personal knowledge that the mare Marsh
kept was the mare that he afterwards
had, and which he sold to Mr.. Decker,
who bred Goldsmith Maid. Mr.. Ver-
meule answered us that he did not know
this only as Mr.. Marsh said so.
We also wrote Mr.. Marsh to know how
he knew, but have received no reply,
questiOnably an honest man. and an in
telligent one, but he may be mistaken
about this. Mr.. Vermeule has now for
warded to us the following very gentle
manly and well-written letter:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-01-27

OF the good things Of this
NNNNSS life are sorrowfully let
alone on account Of Dyspepsia. Ackcr's
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on q
positive guarantee at rs and 80 cents, by
l.. HANAFORD, Middlebury, Druggist
, 1888-10-16

The great beverage in Persia is sher-
bet, which is plentifully supplied, and of
which there are many varieties-from
the bowl of water with n squeeze of
lemon to the clear, concentrated juice of
any sort of fruit to which water is added
to dilute it. The preparation of sherbet,
which is done with the greatest care, is
a very important point in SO thirsty a
country as Persia, and one to which
much time is devoted. 1t may be either
expressed from the juice of fruit freshly
gathered or from the preserved extract
of pomegranates, cherries or lemons
mixed with sugar and submitted to a
certain degree of heat to preserve it for
winter consumption.
Another sherbet much drank is called
guzang ebben. 1t is made from the
honey of the tamarisk tree. This honey
is no the work of the bee, but is made
by a small insect living under the leaves
of the shrub. During the months of
August and September the insect is col
lected and the honey is preserved.
When used for sherbet it is mixed with
vinegar, and, although not so delicious
as that made from fruit, it makes an ex-
cellent beverage.
Only among the rich and fashionable
are glasses used. In all other cases sher-
bet is served in china bowls and drank
from deep wooden spoons carved in pear
wood.-Youth's Companion.
, 1888-10-16

A prater is a common nuisance, and as
great a grievance to those that come near
him as a pewterer is to his neighbors.
His discourse is like the braying Of a
mortar, the more impertinent, the more
voluble and loud, as a pestle makes more
noise when it is rung on the sides of a
mortar, than when it stamps downright,
and hits upon the business. A dog that
opens upon a wrong scent will do it
oftener thar one that never opens but
upon a right. He is as long winded as a
ventiduct, that fills as fast as it empties;
or a trade wind, that blows one way for
half a year together, and another as long,
as if it drew in its breath for six months,
and blew it out again for six more. He
has no mercy on any mans ears or pa
tience that he can get within his sphere
of activity, but ~tortures him, as they cor
rect boys in Scotland, by stretching their
lungs without remorse. He is like an
earwiS; when he gets within mans ear,
he is not easily to be got out again. He
is a siren to himself, and has no way to
escape shipwreck but by having his
mouth stopped instead of his ears. He
plays with his tongue as a cat does with
her tail, and is transported with the de-
light he gives himself of his own making
Samuel Butler, author of "Hudibras."
, 1888-10-16
no Chances Against Gamblers.

In 1919 thai famous magician, Robert
Houdin, was requested by theljudge of
instruction OF the tribunal of the Seine
to examine and verify the g~enuineness of
$50 packs of cards which had been seized
in the possession of a mar who enjoyed
anything but a savory reputation. A
popularity of the cards was that they
were perfectly white, and it was impos-
sible to detect the least proof of their
having been tempered with or to find the
slightest mark upon them. Over his
work HouGin spent a fortnight, nov in
12pecting them with the unaided eye,
%again by means of superior lens. Every
individual card of the 100 packs was in
spected again and again. lie was giving
up his work in despair, when, Of a sud-
den, close to the corner Of n of them,
he perceived a dulish spot, Looking at
it closer the spot disappeared, but holding
it at a distance from him the spot re-
appeared. Following up this clew, he
ascertained that on every card there ex-
listed a spot which, according to its posi-
ton on the card, indicated the suit and
the value of the card.
He pursued the subject further, for
the purpose of ascertaining whether a
person who plays FOR amusement only
has the slightest chance of winning with
a person who plays only TO live. The
conclusion he arrived at was that there
is 10 such supposed favorable chance,
and that the amount of the n~on-profes-
sional's losses is limited only by the mag
nanimity Of the professional Boston
Herald.
, 1888-10-16
Reducrng the surplus.

The disposition of the surplus IN the
United States treasury engages the atten,
question has our attention, and hat is the
reduction of the surplus c~onsumptives.
Since the discovery and introduction OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, there has been a marked decrease in
the mortality from this dreaded disease,
and it is possible to still further reduce the
number of consumptives, How? By
keeping constantly at hand a bottle OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery and using
according to directions upon the appear
ance of the first symptoms, such as a
cough, a cold, a sore throat, a chest OF
side pain. Taken thus early a cure is
guaranteed. Trial bottles free at DIR. w.
N. Hunts drug store.
, 1888-10-16

In addition to that chief remedial meas
ure-the use OF Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters-persons suffering from an acute bill
ious attack, will facilitate recovery by the
use at first of milk and lime water and
thin %gruels, and by a very gradual return
to the use of solid foods. Fatty sub
stances should be excluded from the diet.
Blue pill is a remedy OF doubtful safety,
particularly if there be nausea and vomit-
ing, frequent concomitants of liver trouble.
The Bitters, provided its reformatory
action be not retarded and marred by gross
indiscretions in diet. will soon restore the
equilibrium of and action Of the liver,
stomach and bowels, all three disordered
by biliousness. In all forms OF malarial
disease, which in everyone of its phases
presents indications of liver trouble, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is the foremost of
specifics. The light of over thirty years
experience also shows it to be a fine rem
edy for rheumatism, kidney troubles,
dyspepsia, nervousness and debility.
, 1888-10-16
Tho Kid Grew Weary.

Laughing over the story recently told
about the old Chatham theatre, w. B.
Gregg recalls that in 1846 or 1847 an old
actor named Kirby was the favorite there.
Kirby was strong IN melodrama and
c~aptivated the house in that scene. Once
he was going through a particularly dull
play and a Kid in the pit grew weary.
Stretching himself for a nap he requested
his nearest neighbor in a tone clearly
audible, wake M up when Kirby
dies"
The expression raised a hurrah. The
curtain was rung down and Kirby was
obliged to make a speech. Wake me up
when Kirby dies" was q Bowery express
sion from that time down to a very
short time ago.-New York Evening
World. -z-
, 1888-10-16
Climbing Up she Riri.

1 am not certain whether it pays or
not to go up on the Rigi. When the
weather is clear you can see three noun
tain ranges all snow capped, IL or IS
lakes, II towns and cities, 40 villages, go
odd glaciers, and this in a circumference
of about 800 miles. Glorious, l admit,
but OIL the discomfort of the descent
againl 1t takes longer to come down
than it does to go up, and passengers are
jerked, jerked, je-ked from apex to base
SO rudely that life is no longer a pleasure
ere we have reached Vitznau again. Out
on such cogWheeI conTrfvances for hu=
man torture, say 1; the old fashioned dill
LICENCES may nave been slow and cruel,
but they were Pullmans alongside of
these new tangled cars.
-Four years age / climbed the Rigi,
mere child's play after doing Pilatus, and
/ have not grown much older since / said
l would climb it again and / did so day
before yesterday. 1t was a warm after
noon. Not a breath of air, and the sun
shining full on me for half the distance.
By half-past Z o'clock 1 had reached the
kuhn or highest point, and there l threw
myself on the earth and saw the sun go
down. Then l had my feet and legs
well rubbed with liniment, meanwhile
eating dinner, and then 1 went to bed to
be called early enough to see that same
u rise again. The Rigi Kuhn is the
best place l know of to observe the splen-
did ruddy glow that comes over the great
Alpine peaks at the rising and setting of
the sun. Unfortunately these effects of
light do not last long, but they are mar
velously beautiful. Night before last as
the sur went down it became first yell
low, then dark red and in an instant
everything touched by its dying rays as
sumed the same ruddy tint. This lasted
for a couple of minutes after the sun had
entirely disappeared, and then suddenly
everything turned black and lol the
stars were shininS.-Henry Haynie in
New Orleans P~icayune.
, 1888-10-16


We know massage is beneficial as we
know the tongue to be coated in certain
f%evers, but why this occurs may puzzle
many to whom the mysteries Of physiol-
ogy are too tightly sealed. In a word,
then, the theory of massage is based not
only upon the known effects already re-
ferred to, but upon the hypothesis of the
direct alteration in the structure of cells.
In disease the cell walls in the animal It's
sue become hypertrophied. The formative
material or nucleus is imprisoned in an
impeneratrable sheath through which
nourishment cannot be carried. This
hypertrophy of the cell wall in patholo-
gical conditions is identical with that
which results by a slow process from the
advancement of age. Massage breaks
down this hypertrophied condition Of the
cell wall by mechanical means, creating
assures through which nourishment
forces its way to the nucleus within.
theoretically, if massage could be applied
to every cell of the body, there would be
no reason why we should ever grow old;
but, this being practically impossible, we
must be content with the more limited
benefits it bestows, which, however, are
important and considerable. Medical
Register.
, 1888-10-16
Some Fncts About Honey.

Starch and sugar when eaten undergo
a digestive change before they are assim-
Hated. In honey this change has been
made to a considerable extent by the
bees. 1t is partly digested, easy of as
similation and concentrated, and fur
nishes the same element of nutrition as
sugar and starch-imparts warmth and
energy.
AS a medicine honey has great value
and many uses. 1t is excellent in most
lung and throat affections, and is often
used with great benefit in place of cod
liver oil. Occasionally there is a person
with whom it does not agree, but most
people can learn to use it with beneficial
results. Children, who have more ma
tural appctitos, generally prefer it to but
ter. Honey is n laxative and sedative,
and III diseases Of the bladder and kid
neys it is an excellent remedy. 1t has
much the same effect as wine or stimu-
lants, without their injurious effects. and
is unequaled in mead and harvest drinks.
As an external application it is irritating
when clear and soothing when diluted.
In many places it is much appreciated as
n remedy for Group and colds. In pre-
serving fruit, the formic acid it contains
makes a better preservative than sugar
syrup, and it is also used in cooking and
confectionery American Bee Journal.