Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-11-03
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D DIR. Bucks dental rooms will be closed
this week, while he is at Newry and
, Upton.
Il Mrs. George Hargrave of Portland i
, visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. j
Morton.
Regular monthly meeting of the South
Paris Board OF Trade next Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. c. o. Moore Of Bethel visited her
? aunt, Mrs. c. :. Richardson, during the
past week.
The Maine Farmers Almanac for
1897 is already az hand, and is as fresh,
and looks as much like an antique, as
ever.
10 Mrs. G. W. Carl and son of westbrook
and Walter Ordway and daughter visit
ed their brother, ;. {. Ordwsy, the past
week.
November has given "a a part OF &
good day. IL has good deal TO do 10
strike an average with the two past
months.
Vernon b. SWEET has been at home for
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employed in the office OF the Fisk
Teachers Agency.
There will be circle at the Baptist
church Wednesday afternoon and even
ing OF this week. Baked beans aud
good time sauce" will be served.
| Everybody is invited.
Hereafter the Christian Endeavor
meetings will be held at the Congrega-
tional church on Thursday evening AZ
las. This society has just ordered new
badges which are very pretty.
The grading Of the court house
grounds has progressed far enough so
one can see that beginning is being
made towards filing up the hole.
There's a good deal Of dirt 20 move vet.
The new covered wagon of the Paris
Manufacturing Co. Is smaller than
Noah's ark. aud bears considerable re-
semblAnce 20 an emigrant wagon like
those which crossed the plains in such
numbers in the sos.
Flag day WAS very generally observed
/ saturday. old Glory was IN evidence
everywhere Quite elaborate decors-
tious were made 81 several places. Mar
ket square WAS pretty well surrounded
with the red, white and blue.
| Do not miss the stereopticon lecture at
the Congregational church Wednesday
evening % this week, st 30, on Life
In Japan aud the China-lapan war" by
Mr. Tomoyoshi Mural OF Toxic, Japan.
Come and see the Japanese costumes.
Anticipating the settlement of our
national issues business has already
commenced 20 boom. The dog market
was unusually active last week. Several
OF cur prominent business men acquired
excellent specimens OF foreign and
domestic dogs-prcsumably TO- pro-
lection.
] saturday evening there was Mchin-
/ lev torchlight parade with hundred or
more torches \ drum corps led the
/ procession. Snd the Wage-earners Nc
/ hiuley Club got out about fifty men IN
/ the club uniform OF white cap and coat.
/ The procession marched through the
principal streets. and fireworks were
/ burned IN several places. quite a
number OF residences and places of bush
ness were decorated and Illuminated.
There are great many people looking
/ around FOR a good time, hut scarcely
/ know " here 20 20 for IL. Next Friday
evening they Will be able 20 find Just
/ whA, thew want a. the congregational
church. Under The auspices Of the
! ladies circle very interesting entertain
mtut viii Dee given after supper called
The Suiggles Family. This family i /
Is very amusing one ~ al who attend
Twin discover There will also Dc
ubleaux and music.
The Paris Public Library, which has
been closed for some time 20 De re-
catalogUed. was opened again saturday.
The new catalogue was printed AZ the
| Democrat office. About hundred new
books have been added "a the library,
which now numbers abOat fourteen
hundred volumes Or. Woodbury. has
done most of the work Of rc-catAloguIng,
and i entitled 70 the sincere gratitude
and thanks Of the association for the
labor he has put into it.
Superintendent !. u. Stanford OF the
| New England Telephone and Telegraph
| Company, was ia town Thursday. ow-
| ing 70 the small number Of subscribers
% the New England telephone service AT
south Paris and Norway il has been de-
ciGri 20 combine the TWO exchanges.
making the Norway Office central for
both. 4 public telephone will be main
tanned at the SJurtevant drug store "a
| before and the south Paris subscribers
viii be connected 20 the Norway switch
board.
Rev. Mr.. H4ughton recently gave a
sermon on the topic OF Lying, and IL Is
understood that some Of the gallery
members Of the Lyres Club feel sighted
because the club was not invited 70 at
tend in body. Mr.. Haughton assures
the Democrat that il Vas not an inten-
yioual slight. and that il he should talk
upon the same subject again, he will take
mains 10 see that the club has an invita-
lion. Il i not st all strange that he
didn't think of il this time, a. the club
has been doing nothing 10 increase lis
reputation for some time.
Norway high school aud Bridgton
high school met on the gridirOn At the
fair grounds saturday afternoon. W.
! /. GRAY was referee, Clarence Morton
/ Hnesmsn and timekeeper. The score
WAS n 10 o 10 favor Of Norway, all the
scoring being done ia the second hall.
/ The best work on the Norway team was
done hv Wiley, SJearns and Lafarler.
I The Bridgton team showed lack oil
nrsctice. aud did not work together as
vell a. they might. our reporter, al
though be saw the game, does not make
these statements on his own authority,
/ but gathered the facts from parties VINO
know little something about the game.
There were no bones broken, and nobody
vas badly injured.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society Of the Lewiston District met at
The NJ. f. church in South Paris last
Thursday. Owing 20 the heavy rain the
| s,tendanee WAS rather small. The pro-
! s,rsu included nOOn-time devotional ex-
| sreisss- led by Mr.. Susan Il. Merrill;
n.rer by Rev. Miss Minard OF North
| y ris on the subject, Missionary work,
and what ia needed 10 carry it on
| paper bv Mrs. Susan b. Merrill OF NOT.
| w4v. subject, How became interested
in missions: solo by Mrs.J. ii. Bounds
.,-The Bird with the Broken Wing an
address by Rev. /. 4. Bean; children
bour led by Mrs. j. \. Corey OF Au-
/ hnrn 4 letter was read from the
| chinese girl whom the Poland camp
/ Ground Association is educating. An
snXiIisry was organized in south Paris
In the evening the following programme
was given:
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