Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1897-01-26

SOUTH PARIS.
souru r,R,s rosr OFFICE.

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SOUTH PARIS POST oFrfCK.
ossice Hours: 90 to 90 A n. 800 A. u. q
Mails close: For Portland. &C.. 6 -. sl5 A. u.
$50 2. NJ; for 6crham. &c, slS A. H., $50
Mails arrive at post ONCE From Portland
&C., $50 A. NJ, $50, Sis p. NJ; from Gorham
&c, s;s5, s;soA.N-
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
On and after sept. q. isss, trains leave souti
Paris: Going down 6 IS, g 30 A. NJ, as p. n
going up; $40 A. NJ. 8 sc, 90 2. NJ
sunday trains: Going down. $50 A. NJ; COINS
SUNDAY excursion train until Oct II. goes NJ
10 10 A. N. down s. r. NJ
CHURCHES.
Frs, Congregational Church. r. J. Hanghton
Pastor. ON sunday. preaching services, ~:
A N and :: % p. N. sabbath School " NJ
PRAYER meeting Tuesday evening evening ear''
Methodist Church, Rev. L. A. Bean, fas
tor. on sunday, morning prayer meeting,
n. preaching service. 10 ~ A NJ saocasn >cnoo
Il N, Epworth League Meeting. r. NJ, even.
Ing prayer meeting : p N, PRAYER meeuns
Tuesday evening; class meeting. Friday evening
Raptist Church. Rev. T. J. Ramsdel. Pastor
on sunday, preaching service 10 - A NJ. SAD
bath school Il NJ. prayer mecuns NV r. -
prayer meeting Tuesday evening"
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rSA. M-Regular meeting Tuesday evening
a. F-Mount Mica Lodge, regular meet
,,Ds Thursday evening OF each week.-Aurorn
Ercampmeut first and third Monday evenings
VI ~ sN ~ Ri%Noupt Pleasant Rebeksh Lodge. No.
IN meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
month In Odd Fellovs' Hall.
p OF W-Paris Grange, second Saturday OF
each month. The Grange store - open ior uaue
-asst az
U.O.G C.-seoOnd and fourth Mondays Of
Io-S' T-South Paris Lodge. No. Sii, meets
drst ant third Monday evenings OF each month
nv. K KlmbAu Post, No. las. meets
SATURDAY on or before fun moon. In 70. A H.
Wa. X. Kimban Relief Corps meets hrst and
thru Thursday evenings OF each month"; IN u
A. X. Han. -,
NJ %. P.-stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl,
meets az &. a. X Hall FIRST and third ednesdsy
evenings Of each month.
X. Of P.-Hamlin Lodge, No. 81, meets eNefs
KriiSy evening n Masonic Han
~ 4 4 M-Norway ami south Paris Council,
No. 10. meets In g.. A. x Hail every Tuesday
seneca Club meets every Saturday at s50.
James Deering OF the Deering Har-
vester Company, Chicago, was In town
last week.
There will be a meeting Of the Paris
school board az South Paris next Friday
afternoon.
The schools held bat one session
Thursday, owing TO the storm, and were
let out st o'clock.
Edwin VI. Thayer has removed from
his farm near Hooper's ledge TO the
ROYAL stand in this village.
4 drill and bali Is advertised for New
Hall. Tuesday evening, Jan. 20, by n.
q. Moves Company, L. H., n. of L.
The winter road machine came up
from oxford Saturday and did some
work on the streets about the village. IL
makes good track.
Mrs. Sidney Jordan got tipped out Of
sleigh near the Norway Branch crossing
Wednesday, and has broken arm as
the result of the accident.
samuel : Head, who has been at
work for A. l.. Holmes since November,
went 20 West Paris last week 70 work
flr L l.. Cummings on his farm.
=. l.. Starbird, c. Z. Brett, W. A.
Porter and Charles Titcomo started
Monday morning for trip 20 Umosgog
Lake, where they will spend week
fishing for picserel.
The Oxford District Lodge of Good
Templars will meet at New Hall, South
Paris. on Wednesday, Feb. Sd, at 10
O'Clock. Public meeting In the evening
with good speakers.
Mr.. A.E. Shurtlef. Of the grain firm
of Shurtleff x Maxim, Informs the Demo
erst that he viii begin the erection OF a
grist mill near the Grand Trunk track,
as soon as the frost is out in the spring
The annual meeting Of the stOcshold-
erS Of Paris Manufacturing Go. occurred
last Wednesday. but ss things were not
fully In readiness for the annual reports,
the meeting was adjourned for two
weeks.
one OF W. n. Cliford's work horses
slipped aud fell on Clark Hill Tuesday,
and as the result, DR.. L. Cain, the veter-
mary. who WAS called, pronounced the
hip cracked. He attended to IL, and Is
in hopes il will come out all right.
In consideration OF the hard condition
Of the apple market, Gordon Bros. have
decided TO reduce the price OF their new
apple barrels from - 20 - cents, for the
stock they now have on hand. W. I.
Morton has charge Of their business, at
the Howe store"
Three candidates took the degree at
the meeting OF Mount Pleasant Rebesah
Lodge. Friday evening. Afterwsrd
box supper was served and good tine
enioyed. The lodges at Bethel and
GOrhan have been invited 70 visit this
lodge At its next meeting, which occurs
Feb. u.
SUPERINTENDENT Lee Of the electric
railroad was in the forefront of the bat
tie Thursday-the battle with the ele-
ments. We haven't seen q snow storm
before since the road was built" says
The superintendent, land the power Is
bothering Us considerably to-day" But
TWO ears pushed the snow pillow through,
and the cars were kept running, al
though not on schedule time.
The thermometer took drop Of % to
5l degrees In eighteen hours Monday
afternoon and night Of last week, and
tuesday was one of the wickedest days
ever experienced. with high wind, and
.he thermometer : 10 II below zero All
day. The Portland signal officer re-
ported drop Of 80 degrees, which ex-
vteds the record for any previous TWEEN
-y-fOur hours in the history OF the sta
ton. Al ordinary cold wave means
T~1r, ~ IL IN RD degrees
Eugene Fletcher got up Friday MORN
ing and found stream Of water running
OUT Of his bulkhead. There was hole
u he pipe which supplies the match
factory. and the water had forced its
way into the cellar, which IL only
short distance from the pipe. Gene says
his apples weren't wet on one side-that
IS he side that was up as they hoated
COO the top Of the water. Repairs were
made At once. and the water was siphon-
I'd from the cellar into the river.
Zero weather is quite likely to bring
fire alarms the temperature hadn't got
5oVu 20 zero in It's big drop of last Mon
tav when Il manufactured an alarm.
The alarm struck about s p. NJ, and was
caused by chimney burning out 10 the
house on the corner Of Main and Ok
ford streets, occupied by Mrs. Huldsh
Perkins The hose companies turned
cut and got line Of hose ready for use,
tu- the water wasn't turned on, as there
was no fire outside the chimney.
a full house was out for the Powers
concert Wednesday evening, and the
rrogramme was delightful one. Mr..
IoIman on the piano, and Mr.. George A.