Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-06-22
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE polNcs OF the WEEK lN ALI
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
PARIS MI.

First Baptist Church. Rev. H. A. Roberts.
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday ct II A. u.
sunday School at i n. sabbath Evening Ser.
vice at 500 p. \. Prayer Meeting Wednesday
Universaiist Church: Rev. 4. w. Pierce, Pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday a II A. y. sun
day school at RN. Meeting Of Young Peoples
Christian Union. Sunday evening 1t 80 O'Clock.
Ex-Governor and Mrs. Perham arrived
at Paris Hill for the summer last Mon
day. The Misses Perham viii come
later.
Next Sunday will be observed as
children's Sunday at the universalist
church. The morning service viii be
appropriate to the occasion, with sing
ing by the children, and probably num-
Der TO be christened. In the evening a
rose concert will be given under the
auspices Of the Y. &C. L.
Mrs. Mary B. Carter and daughters,
Julia and Dorothea, are In town for the
summer.
The Baptist Sunday School will give a
children's Sunday concert at the church
next Sunday evening at O'Clock. All
who are TO take part are requested to
meet for practice at the church Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. Lewis NJ. Brown and family, with
their guest, Miss Bsrstow, are spending
few days in Montreal.
Mr.. VIM. G. Fuller Of Cleveland, o.,
and DIR. +. NJ. Fuller, wife and son,
Fred A. Fuller, of Bath, were here last
week 10 attend the funeral Of Alden Full
Ter.
Miss Grace A. Stevens Of Brysnt's
Pond visited friends at Paris the past
few days.
Mrs. William Jones OF Newtouville
Mass, Mrs. w. II. Hunt and Miss Emily
Hunt Of Concord, Mass, and Mr.. and
Mrs. +. A. Thayer Of South Paris, ART
guests at 1.-The Beeches."
The mail contractor who bid off the
route between this post office and South
Paris for the next four years has suble'
the contract 10 W. Z. Perkins, at price
something above that received by Mr.
Perkins for the last term Of four years
and exactly 500 per year above that re
ceived blythe contractor from the gov
erument. The contractor, a professional
bidder, saws that this Is the hardest veal
10 sublet his contracts that he has seef
in an experience OF seventeen years. The
present system Of letting these contracts
may be business-like from one point o
view, bat the results Of IL are not al
that could be desired.
Loren Merrill Is at work at Noun
| Mica. assisted BY solomon Buck, takins
of the top rock from new piece Of th'
ledge. To get down where there Ia like
lihood Of finding pockets. They made
big blast few days since. A squar
corner Of rock was 10 be broken of, ant
putting down a six-foot hole few fee
back, they put in a fair charge Of coars
black powder. The first charge not pro
ducing much effect, they reloaded tn
hole several times, and the ledge bega'
TO crack and open seams in both direc
tons. Finally a charge Of eight or tel
quarts of powder shaking up the ledg
In pretty good shape, they turned In tw'
kegs Of powder to wind up the job, AM
when that was fired. the whole front
the ledge moved out into the pit. som
small charges Of dynamite were neede'
10 break up the big pieces, and then
after two days work wheeling out rock
they declared that they hadn't eve
/ made hole into it.