Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-06-30
B. ]. Fitz was in town 5 .turday.

Nothah NoiulSt SCHOOL.
Charles Merrill has sold out his truck
ing and coal business to 4. W. Walker
, The largest line of farming tools 1
this section at Richardson 4 Kenney's
Mrs. Eliza Wheeler Of West Spring
tieli, Mass, i visiting her son, Z. +
Wheeler.
Charles IL. Howard attended com
meneement at BowdOiu, his alma mater
hast week.
;. T. white Of Sturtevs mt drug stor
is expected home with his bride IN frs
OF this week.
John Curtis and family have move,
into one 81 !. II. SJuart's rents ia the j
d. williams house.
| Conductor ]. J. Morton vas at HON,
from Portland over sunday, consider
ably improved In health
Miss Mertie Maxim. Bates rs. return
ed home saturday. Miss Maxim hs
been teaching school At Georgetown.
Another effort Is on foot with consid
cradle promise of success, 20 have fire
works here on the evening Of July 18th
Miss Madge Wilson left Wednesday
for wateryille, where she is attending
the colby University commencement this
week.
\. I. sloan, ESQ, president of tn,
state OF Maine Wood Rim Co, the new
manufacturing enterprise at West Paris,
was in town last week.
Advertised letters Ia south Paris post
Office, June -:
| Frci scott
Thomas MAY Council
/ Mr. e.. VI Child>,
Rodney y. Hall has been engaged as
miller AZ the True mill, where he will be
glad to smile upon all old customers and
many new ones.
\ lawn party will be held on the
grounds OF the Congregational church
Wednesday evening next, under the
auspices Of The \. i. =. {. r.
Rev I. J. Ramsdell appears to be a
success a. gardner as well as a
preacher. Mr.. RAmsdell dined on green
peas from his garden last Saturday,
June 9Th.
The Epworth League will give lawn
festival at the VI. +. church Wednesday
evening, July :. Ice cream aud cake will
he on sale. IN are invited, come and
have a good time.
There will De preaching services at
the Congregational church next sunday
morning aud evening The following
day Rev. Mr. llaughton will leave for
hi> vacation, which will be spent In ~.
John, y. L.
Childreu's Day Was observed st the
congregational church SUNDAY. In the
morning the pastor preached 10 the chill
drrn. and the exercises in the evening
consisted 81 revitetions, singing, etc,
and were very Interesting.
News reaches south Paris ot the mar
riage q jwo Of our popular Young people
parties ere Mr.. =. e. Ordway and Miss
ENt VI. Richardson. They have he con
CALCULATIONS Of many friends here.
pr. George Z. buckingham Of De
truj', Mich, brother ot the Deceased,
Mr. Wm. III. Hooper Of Lynn, and Mr..
n T. Rice ot East SAugus, Mas. daugh-
tiers az he deceased, were in town 70 Al
tend The funeral OF The late Hon " A..
rockingham.
/. \. sutherland OF Brunswick Was in
town Wednesday. Mr.. sutherland =
commercial traveller TOR large Boston
clothing house. A. ''sidc-linc he
maintains four retail clothing stores In
Maine. one 40 Norway, another AZ Mad
i>ou. anofher AZ Oakland, and still an
other at Ellsworth.
Mr.. Mary Gardner Hobart aud child
of Buckheld were visiting friends here
last week. Mr.. Hobart WAS formerly
the popular clerk AZ ". J. Wheeler's III
>uraucr Office. that's when she Was
Miss Mo,He Gardner, and she left the
position 10 become Mrs. Hobart. Her
many friends AZ south Paris are glad o
see her again.
\ Young horse driven by Frank lay
Tor became frightened az the electric
cars near The fair grounds saturday. Mr.
TAYLOR Was thrown cut, and Mr.. ray-
Tor. who WAS with him. WAS consider
ab.y alarmed Mr.. Taylor succeeded IN
holding the colt, and Little damage WAS
done beyond the cramping Of a wheel.
The sled factory nine met the oxford
base ball club AZ the fair grounds >Atur-
iav afternoon. For the first Two innings
the factory bows stood around like a
hel on a hot uail" and watched the OK
fards run the bases, They were learning
how. but didn't get the education quite
early enough. The game closed with a
score Of > 10 :, IN favor Of oxford.
At lis last meeting Arcadia Lodge, l..
q. G.. G. recommended a reaPpointment
81 Charles l.. Buck a. deputy, and chose
these officers Byron Evans, y. c.;
Mr.. :. r. Briggs. '. c.; Frank him-
bail. 4. G.: Mrs. Louise Durgiu, T.; y.
Tirrvu. h. Of Il; >harlie kimoal, r. N.
ctr: W L. Henry, T.; Mrs. Frank
Barrows, I. c.; Cyrus Berry, .. e..
The funeral services OF the late Hon.
". \ rockingham were held al his
late residence sunday afternoon, con
Quoted bv Rev l. j. Rsmsdell. The
burial services were in charge Of Paris
Lodge. r. Il \. VI. OF which the deceased
was a member. About eighty masons
were i'm attendance besides very large
number OF ueighbOrS and friends. The
intermeut WAS at Norway Pine Grove
Cemetery
\ truck team from West Paris backed
No NJ the Democrat office Monday, and
With the sid o. a derrick unloaded few
/ strawberries which our good friend, H.
g.. Brown. had sent IN, just TO show
what the soil aud climate of West Paris
would produce. We pronounce II case
of "oyer-prOduction." He wants the
Democrat 20 surrender and admit that
south Paris can't match il, even II she
can boast new county buildings, and II
Looks on The face of the evidence as
though We would have 20 do so. III Bro
Brown has got much Of patch OF nun
like this. West Paris must be very
large place.
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