Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-03-10

Even Town pcutics mas oeeh qhfet 10
the last week.
Tenement TO let. Inquire Of w. I.
Fsrrar at the post office.
The frozen hydrants have been thawe,
cut, aud are in condition for servic'
again.
Walter l.. Gray Is al home from Bridg
ton for three weeks vacation, and 1
meanwhile reading law in Wright,
office.
Ii isn't safe, in the season Of spring
freshets, To go counting Saturday night
To learn that fact, though, may cost
about three DAYS loss Of time. IL die
last week, at any rate.
Kennebec Journal Report come:
from South Paris To the effect that many
Of the ladies remove their hats in the
court room. IL South Paris will build q
theatre we all will pstroniEe Ii.
The Lewiston sun tor Monday and
Tuesday came 70 town by team Wednes-
day afternoon. and subscribers got their
papers az the post office. IL was the
irst We had seen OF anything like mail.
Mr.. +. c. Merrill has been granted q
patent on his riding spring tooth hsr.
row which he has exhibited at the fairs
the lsSt two wears. lie Is now at work
on new and improved model Of this
harrow.
II i reported that a mSil clerk came
"a grief a few DAYS since by means of n
piece OF work done through this pos,
office. Some one had been stealing from
the mails. An Inspector put up a JOB, .
and his victim promptly BIT and got
I caught.
The records show that over six inches
/ Of rain fell 10 thSt one big storm. When
We consider that six inches Is large
I rainfall for a month, that IL carried
most 81 the snow with il and none of IL
could soak into the ground, il is no
wonder we had a flood.
Perrine's comet Il coming toward the
earth's orbit at the rate of 20 miles n
second. and i scheduled 20 hit Us next
saturday. MSrch II. The freshet may
have demOralized its schedule as badly
! a. Il did that OF the railroads, but IL IL
should strike Us, there would be mag
niticent display OF fireworks in the up
per sir, aud that's all there would be 70
Il. Keep your ewes out for meteors.
Owing 10 the storm week ago Prince
Clayon WAS not able 10 deliver his in
terestiug lecture. He will however de-
liver IL AT the Congregational church
next sunday evening AT seven O'Clock.
Prince Clayou is full blooded African,
and his story of African life aud customs
will be sure TO interest all. Every one
i Invited. \ collection will be taken for
the prince, who is a student at Bates
College.
About midnight Wednesday night an
alarm OF fire brought out the depart
ment. The fire Was Ia house on High
street, owned by Mrs. James Penley and
occupied by Robert Henry. The chimney
burned out, and the wood around II Was
SET on fire. The blaze was eNtinguished
with pals of water, and stream was
not put on. Twas wicked night Ia
turn out and fight lire, and lis lucky
twas no worse.
The Norway train did considerable
service last week. Tuesday IL went mp
the line after load of lumber and took
Il down 20 Cobb's bridge. below Dan
willie Junction. where the bridge had
been carried of and they were rebuild
ing. Wednesday. when the down train
was stopped by the ice near Gilead, the
Norway train ran down TO Lewiston
Junction aud made connections with
trains from Portland and Lewiston,
coming directly back here.
one OF the business men on the square
thought there was 30 much OF n blizz ara
one dAy last week that he couldn't pos
sibiy have any business, and as his clerk
Was otherwise engaged, aud he had some
work 10 DO. he concluded 10 stay al
home and do IL. leaving notice on his
door 10 that effect. In the course OF an
hour down came a Wom1R who had come
two miles 20 trade with him, and before
she left she had ordered twenty dollars
worth ~ goods. She said she couldn't
have come IL II had been good weather.
That establishment won't depend 80
much upon sunshine hereafter.
Wm. h. Kimball Post, G.. \. K +, and
Relief Corps entertained about thirty
visitors from Harry Rust Post and Re
lief Corps Friday night. A tirst-ciass
supper OF baked beans and brown bread,
coffee, pastry, etc, was served Al b ~
O'Clock, aud seyenty-fiye or eighty SAT
down AZ the tables. Later u social time
wss enioyed. and programme OF enter
tAinment was given. There was song
with banjo accompaniment by Master
Howard shaw, Rotations by Miss Ivy
Richardson, Mr.. \. +. Morse and Mr.. r.
l. Stsrbird, and remarks by Rev. j. T..
Budden aud Comrades Capt. Noyes, Dr.
Bennett aud f.. II. Brown OF Norway,
aud Rev. ". L. Chapman and Comrades
Can't. Bolster. DR.. Rounds, +. Wills,
and Post Commander Maxim of south
Paris.
The embargo laid upon travel by the
freshet was something without parallel.
Washouts, ice on the track, and bridges
carried OF or damaged, suspended ousi-
ness on the Grand Trunk for some days.
SUNDAY. no trains. Monday, no trains.
TUESDAY, work train from Gorham
got through here about noon and went
on down the line, and Just before dark
a passenger train from Berlin went down
20 Lewiston aud came back the same
evening. This brought few papers but
no mail. Wednesday morning the early
train down got hung up near Gilead oy
ice on the rails. The track Was finally
cleared aud the train reached here about
5r.M. An uptrsin arrived at about tIe
same time. and the accumulated mall oi
three DAYS was poured into the once IN
one heap. Since Wednesday trains have
been running regularly.
The Good Templsrs Of South Paris re-
gently entertained the Norway sons OF
Temperance with literary and musical
exercises and very enjoyable Ice cream
social. The following programme was
dered;
nil. -, Miss Robinson.
p.s-iS,,s, Miss Mabel Bryant
- Mr.. Sessions
ts'tt,.- Miss Julia COrbett.
St,,br',, S.lo Mr.. Kendall.
100, Miss Blanche CanwelL
- - =, and song Mr.. %. Henry.
esrio nn,t Marx Richardson, Bertha shaw.
p.-f,.,t,,, Mr.. Dell Curtis.
1se'.-,i'@,,s s,lo Mr.. Kendall
p..i,at{cn Mr. Roy strickland
Sons- Me<srs. Dorothy and Sessions
Rev. Mr.. Chapman was called out for
- ,.io.ipg speech aud awakened much
leothusi SUI by poStraying the diiieren e
between good and good for nothing,
A. applied 10 Templsrs and their work.
The last issue Of the Democrat went to
press Monday afternoon at the usuai
time. At that time no one had an lea
of the length Of time that would eiapse
before the mails would be running. The
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