Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-06-29

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Capt. Albion Hersey Of Cumberland
was In town last week.
Mrs. Herbert Morse Of Minneapolis
MIMI, is visiting at South Paris.
Mrs. George Hargrave Of Portland hal
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. j. Morton.
Frank B. Fogg & Co. have put electric
lights In their livery stable at the Grand
Trunk Hotel.
Rev. Webster Woodbury., con Of Judge
L. w. Woodbury., Of Bethel, was In
town Wednesday.
Miss Alice Wheeler spent last week ai
Gorham, attending commencement nj
the normal school.
Clark Mitchell brings in to the Demo-
erst bunch OF sweet peas Of this year s
vintage. Pretty early.
DIR. c. l.. Buck will be at Andover
Monday and Tuesday Of this week, at
Upton the rest Of the week.
Miss Ann Eustis, little daughter of
Col. VIM. Il. Eustis Of Dixfield, Is here
on visit 10 her aunt, Mrs. w. B.
Edwards.
Col. c. II. French pleased good au-
dieuce with his illustrated lecture on
India at the Congregational church Mon
day evening.
Hiram Pulsifer had surgical opera
ton performed by Drs. Rounds, Hill and
Caldwell last week, from which he is re-
covering nicely.
Regular meeting Of VIM. h. Kimball
Relief Corps Thursday evening, July LIST,
at 80 o'clock, sharp. Installation Of
officers. All members requested TO be
present.
Mr.. J. +. Plummer was recently
visited by his father, Samuel Plummer.
Mr.. Plummer, although 80 years old.
drove from his home In Sweden 10 South
Paris 10 visit his son.
Mr.. W. Ii. Porter, the fish dealer,
wishes 10 say 10 his patrons that he
shall not make his regular trip on We'd
nesday of this week, as he Is TO attend
the Porter family reunion that day.
Prot. aud Mrs. wingate entertained
the graduating class of the high school
at their home last Wednesday. Refresh
meuts aud ice cream were served and an
exceedingly pleasant evening Is reported
by the guests.
Rev. /. A. Bean and Charles A. Gray
attended the Lewiston District conven-
ton Of the Epworth League at Lisbon
last week. They went by bicycle, going
morning aud returning by
train Friday morning.
The county commissioners on Tuesday
gave hearing on the petition for new
road In Hebron and Paris, near the house
Of \. +. Cummings, and decided TO
grant the petition. They will make the
location Tuesday OF this week.
Writ Stanley, and VIM. G. Hammond
81 the Hill. went fishing In the upper
part OF Sumner last Tuesday, and
brought home sixty-two good trout,
Stanley catching one which weighed
over a pound when he had got IL home.
Advertised letters in the South Paris
post office June ~:
Annette Walker.
Miss Grace WSshburne.
Mr.. Eliza 4. StArbirt.
Mr. Nhiieleld Strout.
Mis- LOttic Pratt.
Mr.. Aan-on panforth.
Some changes have been made In the
interior OF the railroad station. The
partition between the agents office and
the telegraph Office has been removed,
throwing the two rooms into one, and
the booth outside the telegraph window
has been removed, letting the space into
the mems waiting room.
Paris Grange had an all day meeting
and a grange dinner. good
number were present and a very social
time. A public meeting in the after
noon az which the new school laws were
discussed. A literary programme was
well carried out. The general sentiment
seemed 20 favor the new laws.
II. q. Fletcher makes il point 10
keep little speed" in stock. His
green pacing colt went TO the track last
week and paced quarter in 80 81
seconds the first time he Was ever hitch
ed 10 4 sulky. This colt was never hsr-
messed until about one year ago. His
sire l. Bayard Wilkes ALL II, and his
dam il the dam Of Flossie Lowe , Is Ia.
one of our respected townsmen,
stephen u. Hutchinson, Esq, OF Paris
Hin. was shaking hands with friends in
Market Square one day last week.
Everybody is glad 10 see Mr.. Hutchin-
sons familiar face sgsin and some one
remarked: We'll. you're still alive.
Yes" said Mr.. H., They had pretty
good funeral appointed for me, but l
wouldn't go"
Miss Mabel l.. Chase, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry T.. Chase. OF Lynn,
Mass. formerly of Paris, WAS married
June nth 10 Mr.. Frank II. Carter OF
LYNN. Mr.. Carter il the engineer OF
the street department OF Cambridge.
The wedding occurred on the 10th an-
niyersary of the brides parents, aud the
Chase home was very prettily decorated
for the occasion.
The Pope Manufacturing Co, for the
purpose of securing suggestions Tor ar
tistic bicycle advertisements, offers i've
prizes OF "A bicycle each, for a competi-
ton in photography. There are five
classes in the competition, each one hsv-
ing a different use OF the subject, but all
including and centering around the bi-
cycle AS the central idea. Particulars
NAV he obtained OF the Columbia agent.
Mrs. W. ID. Brett, whose sudden ILL
ness WAS noted in last weeks Democrat,
died Monday evening at the age OF IS
wears. Mrs. Brett had been worthy
member of the Congregational church In
this place for over fifty years, having
ioined il when less than twenty years oil
age. She leaves a husband. also two
sous. Charles E. of South Paris, and
Hemsu T.. who lives ia Massachusetts.
Superintendent Frank l.. Starbird Of
Mountain View stock farm, has built
one Of the finest pieces of road in the
state on the Stony Brook road. Some
OF Mr.. Starbird's friends are urging him
"a a candidate for road commissioner Tor
the town OF Paris next year, under the
new law. The Democrat is for the man
who'll build the best road for the least
money, and IL looks at this distance as
though Mr.. Starbird is the man.
We were visited by two lively thunder
showers Thursday afternoon, and the last
one was terror-a regular tropical
storm. one of the kind that keep people
on the fearful edge of expectancy. no
matter what their shelter. During the
1900 ,here came a discharge which