Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-04-13
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE oolNcs OF THE WEEK m ALI
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
PARIS hlll.

PARIS HILL.
rrss Baptist Church. Rev. II. A. Roberts.
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday ~ II A. u.
sunday School at Il ~. sabbath Evcning Ser.
vice a. $50 r. y. Prayer Meeting Wednesday
Univers.iiss Church Rev. 4. W. Pierce. Pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday at II a. =. sun
,iay school at II n. Meeting Of Young Peoples
Christian Union. Sunday evening NJ O'Clock.
Did any one ever zee the robins as
thick as they are this Year, The trees
are full Of them every pleasant morning.
Paris Hill Brass Band Is prxcticing
with Phil Mason as leader, and some
other changes In parts.
Emerson Whitman OF Bates College,
formerly Of this village, visited friends
here last week.
5. u. Hawkes. OF Mechanic Falls was
AT J. c. Cummings last week.
The United States government IL sup
posed TO be able to pay for having Its
mails carried In good shape, but the
auction system Of letting mail contracts
has developed some evils that ought to
b. sQuelched. For instance, the route
from Paris Hill TO the depot at South
Paris Is three miles long. The mail car
rier Ia required to make three round trips
dsy over the road In all kinds OF
weather and travelling. Mr.. W. h.
Perkins, who Is now doing the work, has
! done Il very satisfactorily. he has
made every effort 10 give good service.
lie has put on new carriages and good
horses and done the work well and for
small pay. Now, comes one Mr.. Pigg
Of Missouri, or somewhere, and bids on
the Paris Hill-South Paris contract for
a price that figures out 65 cents day
for a man and team 10 make the three
trips Of l. miles total per day. What
kind OF service can a man be expected To
give for that price, even IL he Is Pigg.
Mr.. Perkins has added some new car
riages to his livery and will continue TO
run his teams 10 the depot during the
summer whether Pigg squeals or not.
Mrs. VI. Il. Carter and daughter Doro-
thea arrived In town from BROOKLYN
Thursday, and will remain here for the
present.
Mrs. Mary Wiley Of Bethel Il here
with her sister, Mrs. Cullen L. Carter.
Albion Packard, who has been at work
with four OF Perkins horses at Berlin
hauling lumber through the winter, re-
turned Thursday.
The Universslist Circle which was TO
have been held last Friday evening, was
postponed for two weeks, on account OF
the amount of sickness in the village.
At the Baptist church on Easter sun
dsv, at : p. W, concert exercise will be
given by the Sunday School, entitled.
''The Procession Of the Centuries"
| This exercise Is intended 10 illustrate the
course OF Christian history from the
birth OF Christ TO this day. Nineteen
young people will represent the nine
teen completed centuries. Each one In
the procession will carry banner, the
color OF the banners symbolizing mar
tyrdom, royal favor, and the extension
OF church authority aud power. The
twentieth century, now about To begin,
will be personsted by young lady car
rying the American dag. These VIII
march TO the platform, where they will
stand in the order Of their size and CEN
fury numbers during the exercise. After
this exercise the Easter Cross will be
given BY the younger children. Special
music will be given. II Is hoped that
large number will be present, as we
want the day one long TO be remember
ed. All are welcome.
Mr.. ;. ID. Hutchinson, who has been
someNhsi III for the past two or three
weeks. had slight paralytic shock last
week, but Is recovering from the effects OF
II, and expects to De out again before
long.
After the usual services at the Uni
versalist church next Sunday morning,
number OF new members will be re-
ceiyed into the church, and the Lords
Supper will BE- observed. la the even
ing an Easter concert will be given under
the auspices Of the Young Peoples
Christian Union.
\ fair is 10 be held in the near future
by the pupils Of the grammar school,
the proceeds Of which will be used for
the library. ANY one who feels an in
terest In our school will aid Us material
IN IL they contribute any useful or orna-
mental article To be sold SO this fair.
The same would be gratefully received
BY Mrs. J. NJ. Pike.
| Mrs. Arabella Rawson Carter, widow
OF the late Hon. Timothy Jarvis Carter,
passed away on Monday morning, April
1 -. q utI lAlt At
Mrs. Carter was born at Paris Hill on
February 20, 1907, aud died in the house
Ia which she was born She was "A
daughter of the late Samuel and Polls
| gFreelsnd) Rswsou. On September IL,
ISIS, she was married to Hon. Timothy
J. Carter, one OF the most able and sue
cessful lawyers Of his day, who WAS
elected 20 Congress in 1886, and died In
Washington, March lith, ISIS, before
the close of his term. The only child
born To Mr.. and Mrs. Carter was the late
samuel Rawson Carter, well-known
member Of the Oxford Bar, who was
born in the same house in which his
mother WAS born and died, and whose
death occurred April -, 1898 Mrs.
Carter Was called upon within = period
Of less than three years 10 mourn the
loss of her only son, her only grand
son, and her only great-grandson.
She was a woman of cultivated mind
aud great force Of character. Mrs.
Carriers funeral will be held at her late
residence next Thursday az 30 2. NJ.