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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
FRANK A.. RECORD o.o5H.

1t is gratifying to know that the Nor
gan horse is getting quite foothold in
Indiana. A number of first-class Black
Hawk stations have been brought here
from the East in the past five years. and
the probability is that many mares of
that valuable blood will be secured in the
next year or two. Trappy, handsome,
speedy roadsters, stylish coachers aud
the best all-purpose horses will surely
result from this enterprise.
On our first page this week is fair re-
presentation of one of the best Morgan
stations in Indiana, and that is saying a
good deal, for there are few in the
State as fine as can be found in Vermont.
Frank II. is splendid animal in every
sense of the term; a dapple brown with
black points, star, snip, l53 hands high,
and only lacks few pounds of weigh
ing 100. He is son of Ben Franklin,
2 30, sire of five in the 2 80 list; he by
Daniel Lambert, sire of thirty-three in
the 2 80 list he by Ethan Allen, :254,
sire of seven in the 2 80 list, and father
of eighteen sons that have got seventy
trotters with records of 2 80 and better,
and fourteen dams that have produced
fifteen 2 80 trotters; he by Black Hawk
5. The dam of Frank H., was by the
Lapham Horse, son of Black Hawk 5 {;
I'd dam by the Pepper Horse by Black
Hawk 5, and Sd dam Morgan mare said
to be by Old Green Mountain Morgan
thus making him intensely inbred in the
greatest family of trotting and road
horses that does now or ever did exist.
Frank H. is born trotter; his train
ing has been quite limited, yet after a
season in the stud he won the second and
third heats in the three minute class at
Nashville last fall in 2 :354, 2 1863, and
at Greenfield, Ind, in August won the
first, second and fifth heats and race, the
fourth being dead heat between him
and Beaumont. At indianapolis last fall
we saw him trot a good race, and from
the showing he then made, his gait anG
game, were convinced nothing was lack
ing in him for a first-class race horse
He is now in the hands of the veteran
reinsman, Dan Brown of Cambridge
City, Ind, who is highly elated at hi.
prospects, and we shall miss our guess /
he does not win some races late in tn,
season, and make mark considerably
below 2 3d. Western Sportsman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
lOTTlE X, 2 :26.
WABASH, Ind, May 4, 1889.

Ed. Sportsman We noticed in your
last issue you wanted the address of the
owner of the gray pacing mare Lottie r.,
record 2:25, at Rochester, Mimi, last
September. The mare was sired by our
horse Blue Bull Jr., and we have lately
been collecting the evidence and sent it
all to Wallace, who has not returned our
letters as yet, but acknowledges receipt
of same and says the evidence is
sufficient. If you will write to r. IL.
Wells, Crown Point, Ind, he can give
you the address of the owner of the mare.
We had letter from him but sent it to
Wallace and have forgotten name and adj
dress of the owner. She is owned in
Chicago, or was lately, and we have not
heard of her changing owners.
Yours truly, LAUNDER & FARTER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
DEL0NG'S ETHAN ALLEN, $50

sire of Arthur, 261s, Belle D., :25, Lucca,
80 and other fast ones.
Second dam by Black Lion. he by Vermont
Black Hawk, making him one of the purest|
Morgan-bre horses in Vermont. Sd dam by
Harris Hambletonian.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
NOTES..
From American Cultivator.

May Be is very handsome bay mare,
six years old, bred by a. j. Hough, Or
we'll, VT. She was got by Ben Franklin,
and her dam is a daughter of Heugh's
Volunteer, son of Volunteer. She won
her race, the 2: 40 class, in good style,
and got mark of :264 in the third heat.
She is game finisher and will get
much lower record.
Lulah II, is large stoutly-built gray
mare, about l5a hands, and was bred in
Maine. She is good actor, and quite
speedy, and stays up well in a race.
She placed two first moneys to her credit
during the meeting, and got mark of
2:27t. She was got by Gilbreth Knox
q :26a) dam by Gideon. She is new
one to the 2 80 list, and is credit to her
breeding.
Lucy p, new conner to the 2 80 list,
won the first heat of the 81 class in
2:274. She is a pretty bay mare, six
years DID, bred in Vermont, and owned
by H. Curtis of this city. She is honest
and good actor, though she has to car
ry considerable weight. She was got by
Henry S., by Auctioneer, he by latter
sail, by Hambletonian dam by Reindeer.
Correspondents will oblige US. and save
the names of stations when writing
communications to the Cultivator. In
stead of writing HambletOnian 725,
which not one breeder in a thousand I'M
derstands. make it plain Whipple's Ham
bletonian. 1t is much shorter to write
the figures, but so few men have ac-
cess to Wallace's Registers that it would
be about as we'll to leave off both name
and figures as to use the latter. A few
months since we had long and very
pleasant interview with gentleman who
has probably Travelled more extensively
among New England horse breeders than
any other man living. During our con-
versation we asked how many sets of the
American Trotting Register he had
found in the Eastern States. After
thinking the matter over carefully, he re-
marked, mot oyer six at the outside"
This was a great surprise to us, but
knowing him to be a conscientious man
and patron of the Register, and an oc-
casional contributor to the Monthly, we
have no doubt but his estimate was cor
rect. From this every one can see the
absurdity of using numbers after names
of horses, either in catalogue or articles
to the press. This will be revelation to
such breeders as suppose they are advert
ising their stock by having it registered.
So far as bringing them to public notice
is concerned they might as well get some
one to write the pedigree out and lock
it up in safe.
Mr.. A. r. Hallett of Spencer, Mass,
reports that his horses, Apollo Wilkes,
by Alcantara, and Flying Motion, by
Motion(2 ;29), are doing good business
this season. Applications for their SER
vices have come from Maine, New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut and New Jersey, and
last week fine brood mare was sent
from Providence r. l.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19

III think while that board was making
the discovery that the Stillson books
were fraud, they overlooked the fraud
in the Welch books. When Humes sold
the colt he told Conklyn he was out of
the black mare. Conklyn went there es-
pecially to buy the black mares WEIGH
colt"
This is all we haye relative to the evil
dence. 1t is perfectly evident that there
are other material facts not yet made
public, which, if ascertained, might set
tie this question to moral certainty.
The usual best evidence, the testimony of
the breeder, is here neutralzed by his
own contradictory statements. Still, his
situation was a peculiar one. He had
sold what he deemed an ordinary colt as
Welch to buyer who was seeking for
WEIGH. He admits that either then or
in his previous statements he falsified.
Now which time was it? He had a strong
motive to misstatc i'm order to make the
sale, but not the slightest motive when
he told his brother, a man of the highest
character, that he had bred to Plumwood.
Nor does it seem possible, when that
brother was reproviug him for his fraud
on Conklyn, if he had really been guilty
of no fraud but was perfectly upright,
honorable and clean in the matter, and
desired to stand so in his brothers eyes,
that he should have resorted to that liars
answer, she was out of Washington; he
wasn't in him.
Concluded neIt peek.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
Porse Department.
PROSPECTUS.

The increasing prosperity OF the REGISTERS
gratifying to its owners but Its circulation
isn't tenth part OF what we intend 1t shall
be. The REGISTER is the highest authority In
che world on the true history and pedigree OF
the American road horse. As such,it deserves
and must get the very widest circulation Its
Horse Department is worth many times It's
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
pect 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
American or Bullock Horse; Lady Surrey dam
OF Henry Clay; Tom Thumb, G. 8. OF Green's
Bashaw; Leonidas, reputed g. s. OF Biggarts
Rather, and many others.
This is pre- eminently the kind of informa-
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 a romance, in which one sees not
OF the horse, but also the life and beauty OF
the country through which he travels.
Terms $3.50 per yeay. 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 it does not yet reach.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.

The work on the first volume of the Register
of Morgan Horses goes steadily forward. 1t
will consist OF about 800 pages, and contain
about 1000 pedigrees, with much additional
matter, be well illustrated and handsomely
bound. All stations OF merit tracing in di
rect male line to Justin Morgan, ioaled 1880
and before and having at least one sixty fourth
blood of the original Morgan horse, will be
recorded free TOR stations foaled since 1880
and mares with such inheritance as above
the usual tee OF 81 is charged. The price of
the book is not yet fixed, but will be made as
low as can be afforded, so that the work may
be widely distributed Blanks for pedigrees
furnished on application. Address,
JOSEPH BATTELL, Middlebury, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19

great admirer of Blue Bull, but try to
keep admiration from clouding my judg-
ment and always want things correct.
don't write this for publication, but simp-
ly to give you the facts so you can use
them whenever you desire.
SUBSCRIBER.
Upton, Ind.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-07-19
u a IN
Is a handsome dark chestnut with light tail !;
Is 81 hands, 1000 pounds.


Is 81 hands; 1000 pounds.
He was foaled in 1884 and was bred by
John Towle of Cornwall, Addison coun-
ty, Vt. He was sired by Motion, son of
Daniel Lambert, and his dam was a red
sorrel daughter of belongs Ethan Allen
by Ethan Allen by Vermont Black Hawk;
dam of dam, black mare bred by DR..
Dyer of Brandon, VT, which died the
property of John Towle and was known
as the Porter or Farnham mare.
Dan is fine looking horse of splendid
action, though never trained and is of an
excellent disposition.
This stallion will make the season of
1889 at the Fair Ground barns in Middle
bury. Terms: $40 for the season. with
the usual privilege of return, and SIS to
warrant.
JOHN TOWLE,
LOUIS GOULETT.
Middlebury, VT, April %. 1899. If
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

Jams. my assistant, took portion of
the men and made a detour so as to
strike in behind the troop and drive
them down, and five or six of us sta
toned ourselves at the southern limit
of the forest. 1t was hoped that in
driving the beasts back and forth
along the narrow neck at least one
of them might get tumble into q
pit and it was with great anxiety
that we waited their coming. 1t
was about four o'clock in the
afternoon when we caught sight
of them. After they had crossed
the neck we closed up and sought to
drive them back. but they had become
frightened. and the job was too great
for US. They broke of to the right
and left the cover Of the woods for
the open plain, and we felt somc
anxiety as we saw that they held =
straight course for our camp. The
three of us who were mounted pur-
sued at gallop. and We were Wit
nesses OF a curious incident The
troop were headed for the grove in
which we had encamped, and were
about half a mile away, when our
captive rogue uttered three or four
shriil blasts snd suddenly appeared in
sight, having broken the rope which
held him to tree. He made straight
for the troop. challenging a. he came.
and the beasts no sooner saw him
than they exhibited fear and CON
fusion They halted, turned 70 fhe
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
MAPS BY TELEGRAPH.

One Can Now Send Manuscripts or Pictures
BY Electricity.
The fac-simile telegraph. by which
manuscript, maps or pictures may be
transmitted, is q species of the auto
matte methods already described, in
which the receiver is actuated syn
enormously with its transmitter. By
Lenoir's method picture or map is
outlined with insulating ink upon the
cylindrical surface of a rotating drum,
which revolves under point having q
slow movement along the axis of the
cylinder, and thus the conducting
point goes over the cylindrical sur
face in spiral path. The electric
circuit will be broken by every ink
mark on the cylinder which is in this
path and thereby corresponding marks
are made in a spiral line by an ink
marker upon drum at the receiving
end. To produce these outlines it is
only necessary that the two drums be
rotated in unison. This system is of
little utility, there being no apparent
demand for fac-simile transmission,
particularly at so great an expense of
speed, for it will be seen that instead
of making a character of the alphabet
by a few separate pulses. as is done by
Morse, the number must be greatly
increased. Many dots become neces-
sary to show the outlines of the more
complex characters. The pantele-
graph is an interesting type of the
fac-simile method. In this form the
movements of a pen in. the writer's
hand produces corresponding move
ments of the pen at the distant station
and thereby fac-simile record
Scribner's Magazine.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


according to Mr.. Ruskin's recent.
criticism. there is no genius about the
English language.
More plays Of Shakespeare's have
been turned into operas than those of
any other dramatist They number
ten in all
Oliver Optic thinks that if he had
half-a-dozen wide-awake American
boys to amuse he could do it better in
Constantinople than in London or
Paris The two latter cities would
not seem so much unlike New York or
Boston to them, but in the city of the
Sultan every thing they saw would
have the charm of novelty.
Senator Sherman has a finely
stocked library of standard books, but
he practices the theory of Gladstone.
'.Never read book till it is year
DID," He buys all valuable and rare
books on finance, and informs himself
of their contents. He knows the his
tory of prices and has theory of his.
own about what creates values.
Writing OF the author of Robert
Elsmere," q correspondent Of the New
York Tribune says: I'm private con-
versation Mrs. Ward can be either gay
and humorous-and richly so-or i'm
pressive and refreshing. Her power
of conversation extends over many
topics. She has essentially an aesthetic
rather than philosophic or scientific
mode of looking at every thing. and. I
fancy, would be liable to apply stand
ards of taste where more syllogistic
logicians would insist upon colder
methods of investigation. Mrs. Ward
is pungent. brilliant and witty"
For many years Mr. Gladstone
has been savagely criticised by his
political opponents, but Mrs. Glad
stone has used every precaution to
keep from him the bitter things the
newspapers have said. Indeed. the
care that is taken to let him swim un-
molested in the sea of his own opin-
ions is sometimes so great as to be al
most laughable. On one occasion q
distinguished lady ventured upon a
discussion with him at dinner party,
but Mrs. Gladstone sent her slip of
paper on which was written: at is
not permitted to argue with the Prime
Minister"
Major j. W. Powell, Director of
the Geological Survey. in answer to
question as to his favorite novels,
said: Here are the dozen preferred:
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress Vicar
of Wakefield "A Man Made of
Money Douglas Jerrold.' 'Ivanhoe,'
David Copperfield.' The Three
Guardsmen.' Les Miserables' Gf you
would cut out Hugo's preaching this
book would be grand,) Uncle Toms
Cabin The Cloister and HEARTH
a Strange Story Lorna Doone,' and
.Middlemarch.' Neither Thackeray
nor Wilkie Collins ever had master
piece, l think. George Sand repels
me with her wildcat philosophy"
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
HARRY GOT 1T.
An Episode That Brought Tears Of Joy to
Many Eyes.

An Episode That Brought Tears Of Joy to
Many Eyes.
Among the passengers on a Western
train the other day was a woman very
much overdressed accompanied by a
bright-looking nurse-girl and a self
willed, tyrannical boy of about three
years.
The boy aroused the Indignation Of
the passengers by his continual shrieks
and kicks and screams and his vicious
ness toward his patient nurse. He tore
her bonnet. scratched her hands, and
finally spat in her face without word
Of remonstrance from the mother.
Whenever the nurse manifested any
firmness the mother chided her sharp
ly. Finally the mother composed her.
self for a nap, and about the time the
boy had slapped the nurse for the fifth
time wasp came sailing in and few
on the window of the nurses seat
The boy at once tried to catch it
The nurse caught his hand and said,
coaxingly:
Harry mustn't touch. Bug will
bite Harry"
Harry screamed sevagely and began
to kick and pound the nurse.
The mother without opening her
eyes or lifting her head cried out
sharply:
"Why do you tease that child so,
Mary? Let him have what he wants
at once"
'.But, fam, it's a."
Let him have it. say"
Thus encouraged Harry clutched at
the wasp and caught it The scream
that followed brought tears of joy to
the passengers eyes.
The mother awoke again.
MARY" she cried. .'let him have
it!n
Mary turned in her seat and said,
confusedly:
Hes got it. ma'am!'- BOSTON Jour
nal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
Facts Concernin & Railroads.

It Is claimed that the fastest time on
record was made over the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad. The time was
ninety-two miles in ninesy-three min
utes. one mile being made in forty-six
seconds.
The chances for loss OF life in rail-
road accidents in this country are one
person killed for every 10000. 600 car
ried. Statisticians claim that more
people are killed every year by falling
out of windows than there are in rail-
road accidents
The Canadian Pacific railway ex.
tends further east and west than any
other road in the country. 1t runs
from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean
The cantilever span in the Pough-
keepsie bridge is the longest railway
bridge span in the United States Its
length is 548 feet
The Kinzua viaduct, on the Erie
railroad, is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States 1t is 305 feet
high.
The longest railway tunnel in Amer
lea is the Hoosac tunnel, on the Fitch
burg railroad. It IL four and three
fourths miles long.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
system operates moro mileage than
any other single corporation IN the
United States. Il covers about 5000
milss. Americas Commercial Travel
lea.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26

right and the left. and were all mixed
up when the old chap came down upon
them like 3 landslide. The first ono
he struck was q half-grown elephant
and he knocked him fiat on the grass
and rolled him over and over. Then
he sailed in to clean out the shanty.
and the blows from his trunk could be
heard mile away.
Such cloud of dust was kicked up
that we soon lost sight of particulars.
but in few minutes the troop bolted
OF at right angles and soon entered .
grove. and we drew near to find the
old '.rogue" standing over the ono he
had rolled over He seemed to be
waiting for US to come up. and after .
little the native who had most to do
with him ventured close up. rode
off and got rope. and this was made
fast to the captive's legs and he was
encouraged to get on his feet Then
the old chap steered him straight for
camp while we followed, holding to
the ropes. Once Or twice the kid
showed disposition to bolt, but the
big one gave him resounding whack
with his trunk and curbed his am
bition. We made him fast to tree,
and the rogue" then took his old
place without hint being given him
and was refastened.
1t was next morning before we
could examine our pits, and then we
found another captive. A big bull
elephant was lying on his side in one
of them. while the other had been
avoided. We got him out of the pit
by digging around him. and then using
a block and tackle to lift him to his
feet. He had been three days without
food or drink when we got him out,
and his spirit was pretty well broken.
Our three captives were got down to
the coast without the least trouble,
and our luck in making three such
captures in the short space of twenty
days has never been equaled by
menagerie men in any land. The old
''rogue" who set out to annihilate US
brought all our good luck. Y. Sun.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-09-26
INGENIOUS INVENTION.
An Apparatus Which Winds All Sorts q
Clocks Automatically.

An Apparatus Which Winds All Sorts OF
Clocks Automatically.
Otto Urban, in GrOss-Kikinda, is
we'll known as first-class watch and
clock-maker. He invented an auto
matte apparatus for winding pendulum
clocks. which was much admired for
its simple and practical mechanism.
1t is attached to the clock on one
side and to the door of the room
on the other. A fine wire or a
catgut serves as transmission agent.
BY opening and closing the door the
mechanism is made to work and the
clock is wound. To keep the clock
running for twenty-four hours it will
be sufficient to open the door two or
three times
When the clock is fully wound the
apparatus is stopped till the descend
ing weight is allowed to recommence
its work. Such automatic winding in
struments do not cost much, and its
construction can easily be made solid
and faultless.
In Austria-H Hungary the inventor has
applied for a patent. but it seems his
invention only comprises clocks rum
ming by weights and doors. There is
an unlimited field for some young
genius to combine French mantel
clocks with the parlor sofa when the
gas is turned down; kitchen clocks
with the range door. the coal bin or
the washboard; bedroom clocks with
the front door latch and alarm clocks
with the cats on the roOf-Jewelers'
Weekly.