The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11
Cabot.


with friends at Caspian Lake.
Miss Nellie Swerdfeger spent last week
with her aunt, Mrs, Salmon, in Greenboro.
Mrs. j. o. Sherburn of williamstown and
her son George were in town over Sunday.
A goodly number from this town attended
camp-meeting at Lake Park, West Danville
last Sunday and several were there there
during the week.
Julia F. Fisher and Alice Blodgett are at
tending the summer school at st. Johns
bury
Charles f. Haines and family of Water
bury visited his father, Deacon I. f. Hsines,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Swerdfeger ave returned
from Braintree where they have been visit
ing friends.
Hermon Osgood and Fowler Ford of
Lower Cabot, each lost cow recently with
milk fever.
Harry B. Whittier and wife of Rutland,
former Cabot boy, came to visit his father,
w. P. Whittier, last Friday.
Engineer Joel Foster of Montpelier was
in town last Monday looking out an i'm
proved route for a road up Fisher hill.
Rev. Mr.. Senter of South Woodbury. oc-
cupied the desk Of the Congregational
church last Sunday very acceptably to a
large congregation.
The Lower Cabot Reading Circle will give
lawn party on the school-house grounds
on Thursday evening. Everyone, young
and old, is cordially invited. Cake and
ice-cream will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Lamson attended the
wedding Of their son Arthur in St. Johns.
bury last week Tuesday. The bride was
Miss Myrtle B. Holden of that place. The
newly welded couple went Immediately to
Saratoga
The selectmen and road commissioners
succeeded in repairing roads and bridges
temporarily since the freshet so that the
people can get out but the work Of thorough
repairs cannot be done until some OF the
help is relieved from haying.
B. F. Whitcomb is the veteran tree setter
OF our community, he having set out over
400 maple trees on the farm where he now
lives. Two hundred of this number were
set last spring. He thinks it will take 600
more to fill the plot of ground and he in
tends to complete the setting Of them within
the next two years. This enterprise is COM
mendable in Mr.. Whtcomb and should in
spire others to do likewise.
BARRows & PECK of Montpelier have
| Ross Ensilage Cutters in stock, but II you
want an elevator with it you should send in
| your orders at once, as they would have to
be ordered from the factory.
East Corinth.
e. b. Corliss has moved into Mrs. Nc
Miss Maude Stevens visited friends in
Lancaster, N. H., last week.
The Misses Langll of Boston visited at
Mrs. A. Fl. Fulton's last week.
Mrs. Cutler and little son OF Boston,
Mass, are in town visiting Mrs. Cutler's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Hartman.
The population OF Corinth, as given by a
recent canvass OF the town Is nine hundred
and sixty, with two hundred and ffty-nine
families, an average OF less than four per
| sons to each household.
South Corirfth.
The Slack Brothers have finished cutting
the hay on Mrs. Parker's farm. -
Charlie Scruton has started on a circuit OF
musters and fairs. He is employed by g
w. Bagley. - Mrs. Vesta Nash OF West
Lebanon, N. H., is visiting her sister, Mrs
j. W. Robie, and other friends. - Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Finnel OF Bridgeport
Conn, are stopping with their mother and
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. Greenwood. -
Miss Flora Corwin, a former teacher here
is spending few days with friends. -
Mrs Mary A. Avery is i'll with bilious fever
at r. Crooks, DR.. Locke attends her
Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. @. Wyman OF Barre were
at A. l.. Parker's last Friday and Saturday
- Miss Bertha Eastman has finished
work for Mrs. HIATT and has gone to W. A
Corliss' at Bradford.
West Corinth.
Guy Densmore Of Hyde Park, Mass, II
visiting his mother, Mrs. s. NJ Richardson
and other relatives in town during his TIVE
weeks vacation. - Mrs. Thera Blak,
visited friends here few days last week
She intends to return to Somerville, Mass,
the first OF September. - A daughte
was born last Wednesday to Merton an'
Josie Hill. - Mrs. Stillman Virgins ha
J been confined to her bed the past week
- Bert Blake and family of East Barr
made few calls here last Sunday.