Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-02-02

SOUTH PARIS.
sourH PARIS rosr orrrcx.

SOUTH PARIS rosr OFFICE.
once Hours: zoo 10 Z 90 A. n; 500 A. \. u
Mails close: For Portland. SC, 8 Is. si5 A. n.
S5or. N; for GoTaam, &c. si5 a. ~, % p
Mails arrive at poet ollice: From Portland
&c, ESQ A. N, SIS. si5 p. ~; from 6orhan
&C, 8 ,1, s5oA.N
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
ON and after Sept. 81. lsee. trains leave South
Paris: Going down: s IS, 3 30 A. ~. Is r. NJ
going mp: s$0 A. N, So, ss5 Pm.
Sunday trains: Going down. 80 A. N; going
SUNDAY excursion train until Oct II. goes ur
0lo A. NJ, down - Pm
Ffrsa Congregational Church. r. J. Haughton,
Pastor. ON sunday. preaching services. 10: =
M and 4: % y. a, sabbath school II IN;
prayer meeting Tuesday evening; Chris
Methodist Church. Rev. I. A. Bean. Pas
tor. ON sunday, morning prayer meeting, 3; - A;
N preac hing service. 10 Is A. N, sabbath School
AN; Epworth League Meeting. r. NJ; even
Tuesday evening; class meeting. Friday evening
Raptist Church. Rev. T. j. Ramsden. Pastor.
on sunday preaching service 10 ~ A. n; sab
bath school Il NJ. prayer meeting 100 p. u ,
PRAYER meeting Tuesday evening.
STATED nKErrSss-
FSA M.-Regulzr meeting Tuesday evening
100 F.-Nouns Mica Lodge. regular meet
,nvs. Thursday evening Of each weck.-Aurora
Encampment, arst and third Monday evenings
u II ~ R%Monnt Pleasan, Rebekah Lodge. No.
sn meets second and fourth Fridays Of each
month In Old Fellows Han.
Y. OF H.-Paris Grange, second SATURDAY OF
each month. The Grange store Il open Tor trade
Wednesday anil saturday afternoons
U.o.G. C.-Secona and fourth Mondays Of
each month.
lot T-south Paris Lodge. No. sii, meets
first and thiryi Monday evenings Of each month
ca. R-w. X. Ktmhsn Post. No. las. meets
saturday on or before fun moon. In g. A X
Han.
third Thursday evenings OF each month, IN u.
A Z Hall.
~. q. P-stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl.
meets At g. A. x Hail drst and third "Wednesday
X 81 P.-HAmlin Lodge. No. 81, meets every
Friday evening az Masonic Hall
-. L. n M.-Norway and south Paris Council.
No. To- meets In q. A. r. Hall every Tuesday
seneca Club meets every Tuesday at 30,
J. F. Plummer is gaining slowly.
Hon. John p. Swssey was in town
Thursday.
viii Pratt clerked Tor W. "A. For
ter dnriug his absence.
Register Park and wife expect to visit
friends in Mexico, Dixheld and Sumner
this week.
William f. Kenney OF Auburn visited
his parents, Mr., and Mrs. J. A. kenney,
last week.
W. III. Winchester gives selection on
the graphophone 10 every purchaser OF
fifteen cents worth Of goods.
The Standard Oil Compsny's tank
wagon IL seen on the street under the
guidance OF A. W. Walkers men.
A.E. Forbes Of the Democrat WAS in
Augusta last week representing this
paper at the annual meeting Of the Maine
Press Association.
Station Agent Scott of the South Paris |
depot has been in the employ of the |
Grand Trunk Railway in various places |
since he was Is years old.
The Grand Trunk Hotel has put In a |
telephone on the local circuit, and {. +. |
Tolman's insurance Office and Shurtlef |
q Maxim's grain warehouse are soon TO
DC connected.
George B. Pulsifer was confined to his
home by sickness last week. During |
his absence his son Walter took his
place a. clerk At Lsmbe's and drove the
delivery team. Walter j. rather a smart 1
boy, and the delivery team stepped
around with boyish degree OF activity |
during his administration.
IL basket of old books that Auction |
Ger Park bid of az an auction IN neigh |
boring town he has discovered well pre-
served copy OF williamson's History OF
Msine, published In lS32, and now said
10 De worth nearly $40 in the market
The whole lot cost him 81 -. Talk about
people getting cheated at auctions.
Wednesday afternoon team contain
ing three nice-lOoking Norway girls
drove up in front of Porter's fruit store.
one got out while the other two were TO
hold the horse. Suddenly the occupants
q the sleigh made an attractive discov-
erv. and both screamed in concert a. the
-eins were thrown down and Jump
made for the sidewalk, "0h, there are
some boys in there. I'm going in"
There's nothing like attractions 20 draw
trade.
They have very fast horse over at
Norway. According 10 reports Geo.
Coles horse has been making a quarter
mile al better than 2-minute clip. Now
south Paris has no 2-minute horse, but
We have one here that some Of the horse
men take little local pride In, and II.
i Fletcher assures the Democrat that
be will be very willing 10 start his horse
Doctor" against Mr.. Coles horse AT
any time, Just TO see how near 10 a
,-minute horse he can keep, YOU know.
Ia order 70 correct an error recently
published in one Of the county papers,
he Democrat has obtained from Post
master Farrar the correct figures COM
priSng the business of the South Paris
POST office for the past year. The gross
receipts have been So ,92j a the total ex-
lenses 81 ~ Ca net revenue for gov
eminent Of 81 .497 -. The salary is $500
and will be Increased az the next rating,
- the office Is doing an increasing ousi-
ness constantly. Candidates for post
master are granted the privilege of past
z this in their bats.
The following traverse jurors have
5er1 drawn 70 attend the February term
u supreme judicial court here:
Joshua r Hail. Rumford.
Wilder V. Kimball. Rumforl-
>pOf0r,i, Paris
2 l.. Berry. Paris. IL
taarles II. sargent. Norway.
Charles =. Cannon. Norway.
" II hNgore. Waterford.
J. 7. Bryant. Greenwood.
nA-Ic- l.. swan, Bethel
unison = Bartlett. Bethel.
Harlan ,. Lori. Denmark 4,
Itaideu- K Chase, Woodstock.
Thomas >eSyey, BTOwnneld.
---t. Cole, Canton.
ID T. Hastings, Giead. III
Prank l. Wilson. oxford. 4,
Levi r Merrill. Hebron
Nr-on b Andrews, Lowell.
Charles 2. Pingree. Albany
William 2. HayfOrd. Hartford.
Holmes. Buckaeld
John j. Holman. DIX feld- II
Eugene =. Stanley, Hiram.
George h. Ripley, or as we know him,
Kendall Ripley. of this place, brought 10
he Democrat Office and exhibited last
week very interesting collection Of war
-elics. Among them was 1.-The faded
.oat Of blue" that Mr.. Ripley wore, and
M soldier cap with the red star Of the
First Division, l2th Army Corps, n we'll
worn diary kept BY himself during his
through southern bsttlefields,
which diary, says Mr.. Ripley, II bought
u \. VI. Hammond at Paris Hill on nv
Way 70 enlist A pocket Testament
presented BY the Ulster County Bible {
society, needle book containing one Of
The original needles that he carried 10 |.