The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-19
Cabot Items.

Sixteen and two.thirdsc cents was the price
paid at the creamery for May butter.
There will be no services at the Congre-
g~ational church next Sunday. Rev. j. A.
Dixon OF the Methodist church will be
pleased to see his church full.
The vexed question Of boundary line and
jurisdiction between the Hardwick aud
Cabot lodges of Masons has been settled by
a six-days' job of a competent engineer and
assistants running the line.
Rev. Mr.. Hartwell Of the Congregational
church is taking his vacation. He goes to
Boston, thence to Portland, Maine. He ex.
poets to be absent two weeks, and to bring
back with him an assistant pastor.
The GLORIOUS fourth of July" is to be
celebrated in right high style in this town.
The eagle will scream, and the ball teams, the
bicycles, and everything else will be out.
For full particulars look out for big posters.
Several friends and n%eighbors gave Mrs.
Mary Perkins a very pleasant surprise last
Friday afternoon, the occasion being her
eighty-second birthday. Although unable
to walk for several years, she ever wears a
smile for every one and patiently submits
to her heavenly Fathers will. After par
taking of refreshments the company dis
persed, leaving tokens Of remembrance and
wishing to celebrate with her another as
pleasant a birthday.
The following list of textbooks for use in
our public schools has been adopted: Nor
NAL Course in Reading, by Emma j. Todd
and W. B. Powell, consisting Of Primer,
First, Second, Third and Fourth Reader,
and, in place of the Fifth Reader, a Geo.
graphical Reader, by W. W. Rupert; Shell.
don's Word Studies; Standard Arithmetic,
by Milne; Barnes Geography; Barnes
Elementary and Complete History. The
vertical system OF penmanship has been
adopted.
In the decision, by the supreme court, of
h. nno6 nnan Ia fnuyn Ii nfun nnA rnnr
from June l to complete the road. The se-
lectmen nave let the job OF building the
part from the Hazen road to the road near
Walter Perry's house In Walden to e. f.
Smith. 1t has been decided to build by the
day the part commencing near William
Benton's. Work has begun at the upper
end near the Hazen road. Joel Foster OF
Montpelier was in town two days last week,
surveying and setting stakes for the grade.
Dean Fisher seriously cut one hand ON a
broken window glass while at work in the
creamery last Monday. - b. g.. Rogers
ing by a horn-pout while dressing it. =
Mrs. Frank Smith of Ypsilanti, Mich, and
Mrs. Allen Gifin of Oxford, N. H., were
guests of Mrs. Mary Atkins last week.
- Lucia Wiswell is at home on a vaca-
ton from ON. teaching sShool in Waterbury;
Danville, P. O., visited at Curtis Willey's
last week. - o. l.. Hoyt and wife OF
Plainfield are stopping at Moses Haines',
Lower Cabot. Mr.. Hoyt is in very poor
health. - FL. G. Williams attended the
Masonic convention in Burlington last
week, and visited his sister, Mrs. Nellie
Pell. In st. Adams. - Mrs. Louisa P.
Towne OF Woodbury., aged eighty-six years,
is stopping at Hiram Wells. ~ Mrs.
Flora Hyde OF Oakland, CAL, and Mrs. M.
#. Wells are visiting in Albany this week.
- Mrs. Fanny Farr has returned from
Saratoga, where she spent the winter with
Harvey and family, with Matte Hersey,
are expected here this week from Saratoga.
- Mrs. aura Perkins OF Barre is visit
ing her brother, James Marsh, and other
relatives. 60 Susie Atkins was at home
two days last week from Marshfisld, where
she Is teaching school.