Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-05-19

| Lucius a. Starr has completed his n
gagement as clerk at the Andrews
House, and Douglass Farrar will TAX
bis place.
Lucier's Ministries always draws
good audience on their merits. This wa,
the case at South Paris Saturday even
ing. The show was never better.
J. II Turner Of Ihomsston, a forme
clerk at the Sturtevant drug store, Is Il
town. Mr.. Turner has just graduated
from the College of Pharmacy in Bes
ton.
A. G.. Dudley Il building the abut
meuts for the Stony Brook bridge. A
good face wall. largely Of split granite
does make better looking abutmen
than boulders.
Paris Manufacturing Co. have the LAND
staked out for large addition To then
present storehouse, which will probably
D. built this season, though il Is not
definitely decided yet.
David h. Woodbury. and his mother
have moved from the farm on the crest
Of Woodbury. Hin To the Crockett hous,
on Crockett Lime in this village, which
Mr.. Woodbury. purchased some years
since.
The Jurors on duty NJ this term viii
earn their money without any doubt.
Out til o'clock Tuesday night, and till
2 o'clock Friday night, aud fulLleugth
] DAYS every dav between whites. They
ought 20 call for a bonus.
The Rev. II. T.. Foss of Bangor will
lecture AZ the VI. T.. church Tuesday
evening. May lath. Subject, The Chat.
tsnOoga Convention. Admission free.
Mr.. FOss l. former pastor of this
church aud ought 10 draw good house.
Apple trees everywhere are blossom
ing very full this year. The whiteness
OF blossoms Is only exceeded by the
whiteness % caterpillar nests, which, es-
pecially on pasture and scrub trees, are
80 plenty a. 10 arouse fears Of another
plague Of the 'varmints."
There was good attendance at the
X. L. service at the Baptist church sun
day afternoon. Rev. III. \. Roberts Of
Paris Hin preached an excellent sermon
from James ~ "f'ure religion and un-
defled before tod and the Father Is
this, To visit the fAtherless and widows
in their sliliction, aud 10 keep himself
RnSpOttsd from the world"
:. +. Briggs has sold house lots on
the new street IN the pines 70 +. O..
Millett and G. \. Walker, both Of whom
expect 20 build this season. The town
sccepted the location at the annual meet
jng, but owing 10 necessarily large high
way expenditures made no appropriation
FOR building the road. Mr.. Briggs pro-
poses 90 make some arrangement with
the selectmen so that he can build the
road and have /; open the present sea-
son. He i also preparing 70 build a
fence across lust east Of the shoe factory,
from the new street across TO Pleasant,
along one side Of the location where II
j. anticipated that street vii! ultimate
ly be put through.
Mrs Fannie Tucker, widow ~ the late
Levi l.. Tucker. died very suddenly last
Wednesday morning. al the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles GOwell, with
whom she WAS living. Mrs. Tucker
came out 20 breakfast as usual and as Il
Was not quite ready she sat down aud
asked Mrs. GOwell 10 bring her a drink
of water. While Mrs. Gowell was get
ting the water Mrs. Tucker threw up her
hands aud fell back in the chair. Or.
Woodbury. WAS called az once but Mrs.
Tucker lived only about half an hour.
Mrs. Tucker leaves one son and two
daughters. sll OF whom reside in Masss-
ChusettS and were present AZ the funeral.
The deceased Was - years old.
BIN NIL.
NJ. Hazel,iue Is moving 10 North
Paris
The apple trees give promise of
bouutiful harvest.
Teacher and pupils are enjoying a
clean school house.
John Peuley Is doing considerable
grating 10 this vicinity.
HI. swift furnished Landlord Gee a
tVenty-p0und turkey court week.
Ethel Robinson of Stearus Hill visited
relatives here Thursday and Frid9y.
Dexter Lowell and daughter Beatrice
OF Auburn were at +. +. Lowell's Sun
day.
:. K. and II. 7. Ellis are sending their
pOrkers 20 Berlin where they find a
ready market.
The county commissioners we're here
recently aud looked over the grounds
for the new road near +. IL. DeCoster's.
We hear they laid out the road a. petit
toned.
List Wednesday afternoon Katherine
Ellis and Rev. +. ]. Ramsdell were
quilted in marriage 81 the home Of the
brides parents, Rev. II. \. Roberts per-
forming the marriage ceremony.
m>CoE DISTRICT.
Mark Matt has returned from Rox-
bury.
Nary swan has gone home, her sister
being sick.
McIntire Bros. were here looking for
COWS this week.
Mrs. \. II. Andrews has the agency
for Bon Ami for cleaning purposes.
As Adna Buchanan of West Paris WAS
driving away FROM Fred FSrrar's with =
load Of hay, the rack tipped over, burying
Mr.. BGcknam under the load, breaking
one leg badly, and hurting his face. He
vyss carried 70 West Paris immediately.
HAS STRUCK IT RICH.
The fulloNiug WAS clipped from he
GilHp County Colo Observer, May
I 1t, 1896:
Dne - the best strikes made OF late was teaI
~ iir " Moor, who recently locatei elisha
b. L. rIIlcn AMI one in taLl hlYer DISTRICT. W