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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-12

One Of the saddest sights is a young
man who has waited outside the church
ofan evening until he has chilled through
only to see a girl walk Off with some
rascal who has been inside all the time
toasting his sinful shins at the stove.
j. NJ. BAILEY.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-12

The following note picked up on the
street Monday afternoon is a manly ex
position of what narrowly escaped being
a grievous wrong:
DEAR JANE-I hope you amt mad because
didn't Ian at you when you lafft at me last
evening al the post offs. | amt prowd. dear
Jane, but have got bile under my arm, and
can't latf as used 70. as Heaven is my judge.
Yours truly. HENRY
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-11-12
Nnfine

This q 20 certify that my wife Mary, has left my
bed and board and to forbid all persons harhoring
or trusting her on my account as ! shall pay no
debts o. hers contracting after this date.
GEORGE NARNIM.
sharon, VI, Oct. goth, 1891.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
INFORMATION DESIRED.
GIRARD, MICH, Oct. 10, 1888

GIRARD, Mich, Oct. 10, 1887.
MIR. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Sir Having seen you referred to
in the American Cultivator as knowing
more about the Morgan family of horses
than anv gentleman in the East, | take
the liberty OF writing you this letter of
inquiry.
After the discontinuance of the line of
packets on the Erie canal, Mr.. Elias
Holmes of Brockport, n. Y, selected
two of the best mares he had used on the
packet line and sent them to Vermont to
Hills Black Hawk. The produce was Il
stallion which he raised and kept IN
Brockport for many years for stock pur-
poses. This horse was known there as
the Holmes Horse or Old Bill At the
administrator sale of Elias Holmes
effects this horse was sold to Seymour
Howard of Brockport, and he subsequent
ly sold him to his brother, Mace Howard,
who took him to Tekonsha, Calhoun Co.,
Mich, and there sold him to Leonard
Dean Oh tlTHTu, MlCll', dS nav lIS Il puDlIC
record of , "a.
What we want to know is whether this
horse has produced any , 80 performers.
Verbal history has it that he produced a
horse called Sorrel Billy and one East
Albert while at Brockport, that made a
public record of , 80 or better. This
Holmes Horse, as he is known here in
Girard, left fine class of roadsters and
excellent brood mares. He is the sire of
the dam of TEACHERS Hambletonian, the
sire of William Il. with a record of 3 :254
also the sire of the dam of Morgan Charta
by old Magma Charta, and the sire of the
grandam of the colt Jack by Pilot Medium
with record Of . 80 as four-year-old
We are Informed that this Holmes Horse
sired stallion, before he was brought to
Michigan, that was taken to Blooming
ton, H., by one Daniel Wilson, that ha;
materially improved the stock of horse,
in that country. forgot to mention tina
this old horse died the property of Leon
ard Dean of Girard in August. 1882, a
the ripe old age of 80 years as near as W,
can figure.
Truly yours, NJ. w. TEACHER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
borse Department.
THE MORGAN REGISTER,

A Register intended to include all stations OF
merit that trace in direct male line to Justin
Morgan and having at least one sixty-fourth
of his blood. All such stations foaled III OF
before 1880 are admitted free. fee of one
dollar is charged tor registering each stalilon
foaled since $780, and for each mare whenever
foaled. All mares are eligible that have the
descen and inheritance above prescribed for
stations. The first volume, the final sheets
of which are now being revised Tor the press,
will contain about four thousand pedigrees,
carefully compiled from original sources
sketch of the origin and history of the great
Morgan family, and much other new and orig
fnal matter The book will be illustrated with
portraits of Morgan horses, and handsomely
and substantially bound. The price is not yet
f,xed. but will be as low as can be afforded, so
that the work may be widely distributed.
The work has been done throughout on the
plan of first exhausting al. practicable means
OF getting and verifying information, dlscrlm'
mating rigidy between what is known and
what is unknown, and setting down nothing
as ascertained which is in doubt. sources OF
information will be given in each pedigree so
that every reader can verify the work for
himself Full descriptions OF the animals reg
istered will be given, and tables showing the
merits of the Morgans, as compared with OH
or families, Tor both speed and endurance on
the track will be appended. Entries will be
received for short time further and blanks
furnished on application. Address
JOSEPH BATTELL,
Middlebury, VT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
KENTUCKY PILOT.

LEXINGTON, KY, May IA, 1888.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dedr Sir:-Yours of the 18th received.
Replying, | will give you the history of
Kentucky Pilot. | first saw him in DR..
l.. Hers stable, and seeing his style,
form and promise of speed, asked the
doctor regarding him. This was when
he was a three-y ear-old, or in 1862. lie
told me his pedigree, who bred and
owned him, and the price was $500,
which | gave for him. He was then
owned by his breeder, McGarvey (now
dead. | sold first one-half of him to
Jacob 5. Nough, Washington, n. j., in
his four-year-old form. In his siX-year-
old form sold him the other half. He
showed me full mile in 2: 80 at three
years old His grandam was brought
from the East and was owned by a con-
tractor who built turnpike roads. She
could pull two men over the pike in a
better than three-minute gait. This in
formation | got from McGarvey and
Capt. o. p. Beard, who kept stable in
this place and he said the owner and his
head man would come to town on Satur-
days, get drunk and send her through
the streets at full speed After they got
the pike down McGarvey, who was a
workman, got the old mare and bred her
to Hunts Commodore and she was the
dam of Clifton Pilot. On page l57 of
Wallace's first volume you will see some
of the hands he passed through. | don't
know anything after his leaving my
hands excepting a hand-bill with the name
Off Baskalow, Bound Brook, n. j., sent
to me some years ago by Vough. He
was dapple gray and most beautiful
animal. sold him on account of the
war, which made it unsafe to keep him.
Nough was living at the time of the sale
at Cincinnati, Ohio.
Yours truly, X. S. STRADER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
ROYAL FEARNAUGHT-N ALLEN

COLDwATER, MICH. Jan. 81, 1890.
JOSEPH BATTELL, Esq,
Dear Sir II see by the Western
Sportsman that Mr.. w. II. Bliss says
Royal Fearnaught is claimed by Wallace
to be by Fearnaught (Russell's) dam by
old Columbus, second dam by Harris
Hambletonian. If you are satisfied in re-
gard to the breeding of his first and
second dams, please give me your opip-
ion. His breeding has been in doubt by
some. He is a good horse and is string
trotters. He shows more Morgan in his
makeup than anything else.
There is nice little dark bay horse
here called Ned Allen. He is by With
ers Ethan Allen. lie is fast natural
trotter. with Il great deal of style and
great action: can show Il half in | 20 any
morning in stud condition; has never
been in races except to show at country
fairs. He beat Ben Wright a mile dash
fair here. He was bred at CORTLAND,
H., when Woodworth's Ethan Allen
stood there. His dam was by Walden's
Messenger, sire of the dam of Charles
Backman. | think Walden's Messenger
was by -- Wildair by Gray Messen-
ger by Imp. Messenger. This will per-
haps lead you to his exact breeding. If
| can do you any good in tracing him,
shall be glad to do so at any time.
Yours truly, FRANK MORSE.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
Mr.. GAYS HORSE-BEUCEPHALUS

RITCHIE, ILL, Dec. 10, 1889.
MR.. BATTELL,
Dear Sir Yours of Nov. 20 received.
have just this week gained the knowl-
edge of the whereabouts of Mr.. Gay.
Mr.. Jerry Gay was an intimate friend of
my father and was the owner of the
horse in question. He was living the
years 1853, ~ and '55-and for some
time after, if | mistake not-in the town
ship of Rockville, kankakee Co., Ill. He
took his horse with him do not know :;
but he owned him, in 1854 and 80. in
Illinois. Mr.. Gay is still living and
have learned his address for you, so you
can write him and find out what you
wish to know. | did not find out
the name of the horse but | remember
his color; it was the same as that of Beu-
cephalus. Mr.. Gays address is Water
loo, la.
Father never lived in Wilmington, but
that was his address from the fall of 1857
till the spring of 'sS. He always lived,
after he came to Illinois, in the township
Of Wesley, where he owned large farm !;
and it was on this farm that Beucepha-
lus was bred, lived and died. He was
better known around here by his nick
name, "Old Norge" He was always
owned by some of the family, but father
always kept him. think have answer
ed all of your questions as far as | am
able to do so. When your book is COM
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
PILOT.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, June 81, 1887.
Mr.. JOSEPH BATTELL,
Dear Sir:-Yours of the 18th at hand
and contents noted. On reflection | am
sure that it was 1896 and not 1885 that |
first saw old Pilot in Louisville, Ky. |
find that arrived in Kentucky in Octo-
Der, 1884 was employed in a dry goods
store; made but few acquaintance for
some months and did not see old Pilot
during my first years residence there, but
did see HIM the ensuing year, 1896. Hop
ing this will assist you in your re-
searches, remain
Yours truly, c. w. KENNEDY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23

plete, please let me know the price of it..
have one son, who, like his grand
father (and mother is a great lover of
fine horses; and he has heard so much
about the Morgan horse, and he thought
80 much of the old horse Beucephalus,
that he thinks he would like to get one
of the books, and there are others who
would perhaps like to do the same.
Yours truly,
Mrs T. NJ GARNER
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
GARTHWAIT (3345)

By Alert by Hambeonan TO- Dam Trusty, (am
222 John Love 225 2 Scotland Maid 225 2 grand
Day Dream 220 2 four years. will make the dollars
warrant. Garhwait is bay 10 "a hands high and kind
and weighs 1910 lbs He has been handled speed
colts uniformly large kind and gated with courage
For further information address 4;3m
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
YOUNG ETHAN 1884
LANGBERT IO2)
in Lii
WoOdard'S Ethan (4Z3)
ii

Will make the Fordway Stock Farm, Ptsford Terms
90 doar 20 dollars payable time service balance when
in oa with the usual privileges Limited 40
Young Ethan bay with black points, 10 2 hands high sound kind
and road horse.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-23
FOR SALE.

A few No. registered Jersey cows for sale,
also several heller and bull calves. Enquire
OF +. NJ, PIERCE,
43 1T. Brandon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16
THE Y. M. O. AS WORK.

The 25th Anniversary of the Inter
national Committee Celebrated.
The 18th anniversary of the international
committee of the Young Mems Christian
Association was celebrated by the Savannah
association yesterday afternoon by a young
mems meeting. President G. M. Gilbert
conducted the services, and after prayers
and singing Secretary Stradtman submitted
an interesting report of the work of the
international committee In the south,
prefaced by a short address.
The secretary based his talk on Neh vi. g,
"Doing Great Work" He compared the
international committees labors with those
of Sanballat, who : is spoken of in the
scriptures as building wall. The enemy
seeing the wall going up underworld by
every means to persuade him to give up
his labors but his oaly reply was; ~ am
doing great work.
The international committee, said Secre-
tary Stradtmen, is doing great work in
building wall of Christianity around the
young men Of the world, in erecting build
ings which are to protect them from the
sins and vices of the world despite the eff
forts OF the enemy to throw obstacles In its
wav.
The International committee during the
past ten years has spent S37, 1856 in the
southern states furthering the cause of the
Young Mems Christian Association. During
the same period the receipts from the south
were Sl2, 43S So, showing net cost to the
committee of 1895, 52e A
The growth of the work during the
twenty-five years has been remarkable. In
1866, there were less than 100 associations,
with membership Of not moro than Is, 900,
and now there are 1885 associations, with q
total membership of 1876 900. There was one
association building, valued at ST., DOC; now
there are 231 worth $9,946,0S5.
The total net property amounted to $780,
OUO; now it a cunts to S12, 000, 900.
Less than dozen young men were giving
THERE entire time TO the work; now there
are /, 1856 secretaries aud assistants.
There was less than $4,000 contributed
annually for local, and only $523 for gen.
eral International and state) work; now
there is over 81 800, 900 given yearly for the
former purpose and $4,000 for the latter
purpose.
Nothing was done at that time for special
classes OF young men, such as college stu
dents, railroad employees, etc.; now there
are 345 college associations, 9S railroad as
sociations, IL German associations, 81 coll
ored associations and "a Indian essocia-
tions.
The following additional statistics show
the present condition of association work
along other lines, being in every instance a
very large increase since 1885,
There are 987 Bibles and Bible training
classes for young men only, 1857 weekly
prayer, gospel and praise meetings for
young men only, 1856 lectures and enter
tainments, and 1850 sociables given au-
nually, %, 755 different students Ia the edu-
cationsl classes, $40 libraries. with 437, BAT
volumes, no reading rooms, over $4,000
visits to the rooms daily, 407 gymnasiums,
1873 literary societies, 1875 situations Sc
cured annually. and 100 boys departments.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16
THE DASaING WIDOWS.
Gillette's Social Farce Comedy at tn,
Theeter Tonight.

Gillette's Social Fares Comedy at the
Theeter Tonight.
"Mr. Wilkinson's Widows" which has
been one Of the seasons successes in comedy
will be seen tonight for the first time In
Savannah. A distinctive feature of the
play is chat 1t ends where most plays begin,
that is, with mystery. The story hinges
upon the career of the late lamented "Mr.
Wilkinson" supposed to have lived life of
probity and uprightness, but after whose
death It was discovered he had left as his
ouly heritage two lovely Mrs. Wilkinsons,
who marry again, and by a strange COIN
cidence live IN apartments in the same
house in London. The complica-
tions that arise from these con-
ditions makes up the action of
the play. The company which will present
the play is made up Of the best metropoli-
tan artists. A conspicuous feature Of the
success of "Mr. Wilkinson's Widowsn ia
New York was that remarkable attractive
ness it had for w omen. Not only did they
monopollze the most Of the seats at the mat
inee but at all the evening performances
they far outnumbered the meu.
The company has received the most fiat
tering notices where it has played and the
sale OF seats indicates that 1t will have a
big audience In Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16
RAIL AND CROSSTIE.

The general baggage agents met recently
at Chicago to consider the handling Of
worlds fair baggage. Ten thousand pieces
of baggage day are now handled at Chi
cago, and it is thought this will be increased
to $4,000 during the worlds fair
A change in the schedule of the Alabama
Midland express train No. 5, on the Ssvau-
nah, Florida and Western railway, will 90
into effect to-day. The train will hereafter
leave Savannah at 7:25 p. IN. instead of 1855,
and will arrive at 6:55 q. N. instead of 5:45
q. m.
The supreme court of Georgia held, in the
recent case of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad Company vs. Wooten.
that carrier could have no deduction from
the value OF goods lost by it and never de-
Ivered for damage from freshet because a
portion of the goods saved by it from the
freshet were 50 damaged where the lost
goods were not seen during or otter the
freshet, and there was no proof that they
were so damaged.
A dispatch from Columbus says: AL
though the official order has not been issued
1t is generally understood that some i'm
portant changes have been made in the
Central railroad division of the Richmond
and Danville here. Recently w. e. Estes,
soliciting agent, rendered his resignation to
accept the position Of commercial agent of
the Georgia Midland and Columbus
Southern railways. John G. Halle, who has
been agent OF the Central for a number of
years, has been appointed general and SOL
letting agent, and Harris Warren, his chief
clerk, has been made his assistant.
The Baltimore American has the follow
Ing to say Of President Hawkins Of the
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery rail-
road, who was in that city last week: "Col.
5. II. Hawkins, president Of the Savannah.
Americas and Montgomery Railroad Com
pany, is at the Carrollton, from New York.
He looks so much like Senator Camden of
West Virginia that all who know the sena-
tor took a second look at the colonel to see
that they were certain it was not the genial
West Virginia capitalist and railroad man.
ager. The Sam railroad was largely built
by Baltimore capital, and Hambleton & Co.
are the financial agents Of the company"
Col. Hawkins may be making arrangements
for the completion of the Savannah, Ameri-
Gus and Montgomery into Savannah. F. s.
Hambleton & Co., hackers of the Savan-
nah. Americas and Montgomery, are also
largely interested financially in the South
Bound railroad, of which Col Hawkins is
also director, and some deal may be made
that will bring the two roads in collision.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16
LOCAL Persona AL.

J. G. Hunter of Atlanta is at the De
Soto.
H. j. Burton Of Baiubridge is at the
Screveu.
W. H. Pace Of Hazlehurst is registered at
the Screven.
W. R. Beasley OF ReidsviIle is a guest of
the Screven.
Charles w. Bostick of Columbia, s. G., is
registered at the De Soto.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. J. Wilcox of Doctortow n
are stopping at the Screven.
j. r. Coney leaves for Liverpool to-day
on the British bark Pohona as cabin boy.
and expects to be gone several months.
In the absence of Rev. DR.. VAss. who is
In attendance upon the Georgia synod at
Decatur, the pulpit at the First Presbyterian
church was filed yesterday morning by
Rev. c. II. Carson, Jr.
Supt. w. H. Logan of Bradstreet's. and
Mrs. Logan returned yesterday from Zanes-
vile, o., accompanied by Mrs. II. I. Perry.
mother Of Mrs. Logan and Edward Logan.
brother of Mr.. Logan. The latter is to take
a position in Bradstreet's office here.
The committee In charge OF the Cadets
complimentary hop at Catholic Library
hall Friday night to the ladies who assisted
the corps at the regimental bazaar is as fol-
lows: Capt. j. F. Brooks, chairman: Sergt.
j. C. Tyson. Corpl. Sam Oppenheimer, PriS
vate E. w. Hutchinson and Private c. w.
Strobhar.
Miss Nina Hayward" Is only the as
sumed name for stage purposes OF one of
the ladies who play leading parts in the
comedy, "Mr Wikinson's Widows.n to-
night. Her real name 10 an altogether diff
ferent one. She is a native OF Athens.
in this state, and has many friends and rela-
tives IN quite a number Of Georgia's cities.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16
QUICKER TIME TO NEW YORK.
One OF the Results OF the New Through
Route.


Traffic Manager C. D. Owens, of the
Plant system, says that the new schedule
from Savannah to New York, via the Rich
mond aud Danville, In thirty-one hours
will not worry the Atlantic Coast Line in
the least. The schedule by the Coast Line
Is little over thirty hours.
Mr.. Owens says that competition is the
life Of trade, aud a little rivalry will not be
unwelcome. If the Richmond and Danville's
new schedule begins to draw from the Coast
Lines travel 1t will be very easy
for the latter line to quicken its schedule
and shorten its time by two or three hours,
which Mr.. Owens seems to think very de-
sirable change.
AS the Atlantic Coast Line has a splendid
roadbed its entire longth and is Of easy
grade throughout it has considerable adj
vantage over the Richmond and Danville
in making speed, as the grades are greater
on the latter line, and that part
OF the route from Augusta to
Charlotte is not in equal condition
to the balance of the route. The Coast
Line also has an advantage OF twenty three
miles in distance, IL being 903 miles from
| Savannah to New York by the Coast Line
and 926 by the Richmond and Danvllls and
Central railroad.
Mr.. Owens says II the Richmond and
Danville really means TO compete with the
Coast Line for the southern travel it will
have to make use OF the South Bound,
which would shorten the distance seventy
five miles, the distance to New
York by this route being 851
miles, This would give it
an apparent advantage over the Coast Line
Of ffty-two miles, but Mr.. Owens says the
Coast Line has trump card which it has
been waiting to play for some time. The
| connection between Weldon and Florence.
which has been progressing slowly, is nearly
| completed, which will shorten the distance
between Florence and Weldon In about the
| same way as the South Bound shortened
the distance between Savannah and Colum-
bia. The two routes would then be about
on an equal footing, as to distance, with
the advantage in favor Of the Coast Line
as to roadbed and Qradients