Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1895-07-30
PERSONAL.

Mrs. \. +. Andrews of Norway Is at
old Orchard.
Elias Thomas, Jr., of Portland, was
al Norway last week.
Conductor j. J. Morton Of the Norway
Branch, Grand Trunk Railway, Is OF for
a months vacation.
Nathaniel c. Ford Of sumner, 81 years
old. is now, and always has been, able 10
read without glasses.
\ monument weighing 6000 pounds
has been erected al Rumtord Point In
memory Of the late Rev. John Elliott.
Chief Clerk waterhouse Of the railway
mail service called upon some OF the
Oxford County pOsimasterS last week.
Ex-Gov. John ID. Long and family OF
Massachusetts are occupying their sum
mer residence AZ North Hin, Buckheid.
Senator Maxwell and Representative
Bagnall Of Ssbsttis were guests OF Hon.
Waldo Pettengill At Rumford Falls last
week.
Hon. George ID. BiSbee Is erecting a
good residence upon the most slightly
lot IN the residence section of RGmtord
Falls.
sheriff Fred \. Porter Of Rumford
Falls raises some Of the best green peas
in the county. They are appreciated by
the neighbOrs.
Luther +. Pike, Esq, Norwsy's oldest
citizen, enjoys an occasional ride upon
the electric cars. Mr.. Pike will be 9l
years old in November.
Lyman ID. Abbott, agricultural editor
of the Lewiston Journal, with his wife
and daughter. have been visiting his
brother aud other friends iu Andoyer.
Rev. Dr. +. G. Bowles OF New York
will deliver lecture on Holland al the
Baptist church at West Paris on Thurs
day evening of this week, Aug. LIST.
Mrs. Alma Peudexter Hayden, who is
the author of number of successful
popular songs, will spend the month of
August at Lake Pennesseewassee, Nor
way.
Rev. IL. b. Smith and wife OF Nashus,
y. H.. are visiting friends in Oxford
County. Mrs. smith i a daughter of
the late Hon. ;. 4. Andrews of Buck
field.
\. II. Berry of Portland, proprietor of
the Smiley shoe store AZ Norway, visited
that place last week and expressed sur
prise al the way the town had built up
since the fire.
Bates College has conferred the hon
orary degree of \. VI. upon William +.
Pulsifer of the publishing house of ID.
C. Heath Il Co.. New York. Mr.. Pulsi-
Ter went from West sumner in this
county.
.Josiah r. StetSon of East sumner has
returned from Iowa, where he has been
stopping with a son since last fall. tie
visited his daughter, Mrs. +. G. Merrill,
at South Paris last week.
col. II. u. Littlefield Of Bryant's Pond
has returned from Boston, where he has
been under treatment AZ the Massachu-
sets General Hospital for several
months, aud is reported improving.
DIR. Il. f. Bradbury Of Norway, cap
tain and assistant surgeon. First Regl-
ment, NJ. '. VI, i the author Of an arti-
Gle on sickness in Camp and Its Pre-
vention" in the July issue of Maine Out
ings.
j. ID. stanford, Esq, of Portland,
eastern superintendent of the New Eng
land Telephone and Telegraph Company
was in Oxford County last week looking
after the interests of the new telephone
exchanges.
The county commissioners were at
Hanover last week upon a road location.
This week they go 10 Byron and ROx-
bury 10 assess the land damage on the
line of the Rumford Falls and Rangely
Lakes Railroad.
Mrs. Adeline Robinson Of Sumner,
widow OF the late Alexander Robinson,
- years Of age. has lately made three
nice quilts and done other fancy work.
She goes berrying and is one OF the
smart old ladies of the county.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Swasey and
three daughters, Carrie, Belle and Min
ME, Mrs. Elliott Howe of Gardiner,
Miss Georgia Towle of Canton, G.. l..
Wadlin of Canton aud Master Harry
Childs of Lewiston are staying at Mr..
Swasey's camp at Birch Brook Pond,
ROxbury, for week or two.
Freeland Howe, Esq, Of Norway, with
Mrs. Howe, has recently returned from
a trip 10 Massachusetts and Rhode Is
land. Says Mr.. Howe; During our
outing we have ridden upon several lines
of electric railroad but have seen none
that offers so rue ride, nor so modern
and easy riding cars as our own road
between Norway and South Paris
The last issue Of the Good VIII Rec
ord contained an excellent half tone
portrait of Prof. W. W. Mayo, now of
Good viii Farm. Prof. Mayo is kindly
remembered by many Oxford County
people as former principal at Hebron
Academy, and Good Will Farm is TO be
congratulated upon obtaining the serv-
ices of so efficient and faithful an officer.
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