Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
THE MERlNO QUESTION AGAIN.

THE MERlNO QUESTION AGAIN.
Expelled from the association"
This brings me TO a point in Mr. Chap
mans article that | suppose he thought
would not dare touch upon. Through
this villainous proceeding he has held me
up to the world as culprt of the asso-
citation; with no way for me to escape,
for in his cunning he placed the asso-
citation where it could not sue or be
sued. To show the animosity of this
man it will be necessary to go back to
the very cause; at that time he was try
ing to compel r. j. Jones to join the
Vermont Register. Many were using
Jones rams and registering their lambs.
ed the rules Jones was free man; so
on June "a, 1870, he sent to each breed
er this new rule: LAMBS from ewes
recorded in the register of the Vermont
Merino Sheep Breeders association,
sired after this date, are not eligible to
record unless their sires are also record
ed in the same register" This was a
hard one on the Jones men. But in the
fall of 70 three men came from the
West. They were not buying Vermont
registers, but wanted few choice
ewes, and after looking around. bought
fifteen of r. j. Jones and paid him
$500 a head, the highest price that had
been paid in years for the number.
This made the Jones men rise up in num-
bers and declare they would use Jones
rams, register or no register, and it
compelled Mr.. Chapman to frame this
rule, "The committe on pedigrees may
accept, and the secretary may record,
such sires in the list of stock rams, if
found pure blood Merinos, upon the
payment of recording fee of S. and
the committees fee on the same" But
MIR. Chapman was not to be foiled in
this way. The three men were with
Taylor and Dimmock and they must
be the cause of the sale and letting
Jones escape.
But had never joined the association
and it was necessary for him to have
me a member so | would be under his
control, so he said to Taylor one day,
if you continue to have sheep transfer
red in name of firm, Dimmock must
join, so Mr.. Taylor paid the 50 while
was in the West, without my knowledge
or consent; and Chapman in doing this
knowingly broke article 3, which says
"they must sign themselves or instruct
the secretary to do So" and this is the
way, he claims, | became member.
This may certify. paid Albert Chap
man 81 for the reason, when | went
to transfer sheep in name of Taylor and
Dimmock Mr.. Chapman said Dimmock
would have to pay 81: so, rather than
have our business stop, paid it.
II. f. TAYLOR.
West Cornwall, VT, Feb. 3, 1890.
But my not being a member, if | COM
mitted fraud, does not lessen the
crime.
In ~ or rs bargained for number
of ewes; the price was something over
500 head; they were said to be of H..
w. Walkers raising and the order of
transfer from Mr.. Walker to Taylor and
Dimmock was to complete the purchase,
that was obtained and the money was
paid over. but the tables were not in
the ears of the sheep. Remember, Mr..
Editor, this was before register was
published and while many focks were
being accepted and labelled, so at thar
time it was no uncommon thing for
flocks to be accepted and not labelled !:
but having the order from the breeder,
with the same name and numbers as
was on the labels that were given me
as belonging to the sheep, thought |
had perfect right to put them in and
did so. But later it was found the
labels belonged in older sheep than |
purchased, and we were summoned to
appear before the pedigree committee.
OF course Mr.. Chapman wanted the
committee to think just as he wished
them to, that | knew all about the mat
ter, when at the time of purchase was
as innocent AS a newborn babe, but the
committee were men of mind, our pres
ent side judge, Hon. j. j. Crane, Frank
lin Hooker and Rector Gage, and they
did not propose to cut off the head of
an innocent man just to satisfy the
revenge of the secretary; and their de-
cision was that Mr.. Taylor was not
guilty and | not member of the asso-
citation, and Mr.. Chapman rendered me
the 81 paid by Mr.. Taylor, but as had
never paid him money to become a
member did not accept it, as the follow,
ing testimony of one OF the committee
at that time shows: