The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-26
CABOT
Old Home Week Events Much En-
joyed-Historical Pageant Thursday.

\
e ices were held in the M. L. church
: Rev. f. L. Goddard delivering tn,
= sermon. Tuesday evening, birthday
social and supper were held in the
h Congregational vestry, after which
Rev. Ned Wells and children gave q
musical concert and readings, which
< was well attended and pronounced ex
cellent, the fine talent of the children
! being well shown by their skillful
playing, which was followed by read
| ings by Mr.. Wells, of humorous ma
ture.
II Wednesday evening, union prayer
meeting was held at the Congregation
al church. At p. m, the young peo-
pie of Lower Cabot gave drama. en-
titled "And Billy Disappeared" A good
audience greeted them in l. o. G. r.
hall. Everyone performed their part
finely, having it well committed
! Thursday was the day looked for
ward to with so much pleasure, when
friends from away came home, if only
for that particular occasion, to greet
each other with friendly grasp of the
hand and exchange of good wishes.
The annual Old Home week picnic was
held on that day on the picnic ground
at the Center. After social hour. the
well laden lunch baskets were opened
a oil iii 4fna % h.
/ contents. After the lunch, the com
pany repaired across the road to the
ground which was gratuitously donated
| two years ago. The exercises opened
sic being furnished by an orchestra,
which played Aud Lang Signe," while
| the audience joined in singing. Mrs
| Christine Currier Constable rendered
fine violin solo. followed by an histori-
cal pageant, carried out By about 40
young ladies'. several of them dressed
| in purple, representing the pmes that
once stood on the Center road. Several
others we're dressed in white, repre-
senting the homes now in sight two
dressed in red the old red schoolhouses.
Several small girls, representing the
years, marched to a certain point and
sang Cabot Hail! All HALL"
Mrs. Gertrude Wells read about
some historical events and Incidents of
oldtime nature, as THE Girl of To. !
day" and Memory, come forward, |
memory calls. come maidens, come chill |
dren, come all enrolled, come and the !
Center history unfold, after which the |
maidens kneeled in circle with bowed |
heads. Memorys in garb of gray, quiet
~ taps each one on the head. They |
awaken and dance a few measures, and |
form road for memory to go mp, tell
ing some history of the Cer.er and
closing with. For backward thoughts
in sweet refrain still sing its praise to
me- Memory then escorted the old
home girls away, leaving the homes
now in sight for the little girls TO
come dancing in aud out among. fol.
lowed by singing America" As the
girl Of to-day repeats, II have heard
the bugles blowing and know the war
is Ger" two soldiers enter on each
side, whom she eheerfully greets. But
from your ranks am missing one
who surely was a Cabot son and
crossed the ocean blue" the orchestra
playing Hail Columbia"
Ayoung lady, representing Columbia,
takes her place with others beside an
urn filed with flowers and flags, COY
cred over with a flag. in memory of
our soldier dead the old Reyohtionists.
the men of 1912, and our Cabot boy.
also old pioneers who sleep peacefully
in their narrow beds in the oldest Gem
etery in town AT the Center. while the
orchestra played Nearer, Nv God. to
Thee" Columbia then unveils the urn |
as Peace slowly advances. bearing a
white dove in her hand as the emblem
II peace, which she lei fly away over
he tree tops. As they marched past I
the urn, each one deposits flowers
therein and takes up a march to the '
nearby cemetery to strew flowers over
The graves Of some Of the first settlers :
If Cabot.
This was followed by some very in t
teresting remarks by Archie Stone. c
,nce Cabot boy, now principal of
'chool in Derby, giving history Of q
he past and comparing some events
With the present. A poem. composed c
" George Smith, an old resident Of G
abot. now living in Peacham. was
epeated from memory, never having T.
'een written on paper, and entitled b
Old Home Day Eber Wiley Of Bar
let, another Cabot boy, gave some r
cry interesting remarks. Thus end Z
mother Old Home picnic, which should
e recorded in history's page 2
In the evening. the drama was re
ested, the proceeds of both evenings il
mounting 10 $50 Friday evening.
ictures at town hall Il
Saturday was a gala day In the
orenoon there was street parade, 81
onsisting Of floats, led by the Marsh X
ED Cornet band and followed BY p
oats representing the ladies' club. T.
!. Merritt's decorated auto. several IS
orseback riders, W r. c. decorated N
nth national colors, Rogers & Currier.
n aged couple in a chaise Of olden Al
ines; log cabin on wheels. in which Al
ode one Of the descendants Of the pio-
eer woman, from whom the ladies &