Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-10-10
THE OXFORD BEARS
THE posNos or THE WEEK m A
SECTIONS or THE COUNTY.
PARIS HILL.

Firss Baptist Church. ngv. H. \. uoe~Se
a a.Sr . rsssssnS sssSaY ,s.ns 4 s.s
vics Is 7;oo ?. \. Prayer hssssns Wednesday
evening q 90 p n.
Univesssnss Church: sunday school svuy
Sunday 6 II A. -
Advertised letters In Paris post ofiics,
Oct. lsr:
Miss Fiossie whitscmoe.
l. ~. WinsDow.
Miss Nande r. shaw.
Mrs Elias Jackson.
Miss Ethel Howe.
Mr y. II. Henry.
Mr.. John simpson.
NM. A. sampson Andrews-
POSTAL cARps-
Mr.. Ray Peckham.
Dennis n. Potter.
Carl Farrsr demurs to the statement
In last weeks Democrat that he cane
home from Alaska In feeble health. be
says he may have looked used up, ~ Re
had had hard journey on the end a.
eighteen months OF roughing it, and had
a cold In addition; but he Is all riehs,
and Is coming out In good shape.
Mrs. 4. n. Jackson leaves Wednesday
with Mrs. Mcdowell and Miss Mcdowell
Of Portland, for trip to San Francisco
and other points on the Pacific coast.
They will be gone month or more.
The quarterly meeting OF the Oxfori
Baptist Association opens at the Baptist
church Ia this place Wednesday after
noon, and continues through Thursday,
The programme IL not yet fully arranged.
Mr.. Edgar -Farrsr OF Manchester,
y. H., Ia visiting his sister, Mrs. G. b.
Shaw. IL is Mr.. Fxrrsr's intention "a
buy place and settle In this village.
One of the directors of the Paris Hill
Water Company, In moment OF absent;
mindedness, walked into the trench be-
last week. he Was somewhat shaken
up but knows better than 20 Do(e) II
again.
wnlism II. Atwood Of Buckfield and
Harry Wilbur OF Boston were nj the Hill
last week.
One Of the Bates College professors
was st Paris Hill last week arranging
for = party OF about forty Of the students
| 10 visit Mount Mica one day this week.
Shaw's Orchestra will give smother
concert next Friday evening st the hall
assisted BY =. l. Stsrbird, reader, aud
ii. c. Howe, tenor. The concert will be
followed BY social dance, and refresh-
ments will be served during the evening
Admission 10 cents, dancing - cents
per couple.
Loren Merrill fired the biggest blast
on record at Mt. Mica Friday afternoon.
In the stratum Of mich schist which COW
ers the mineral bearing vein he had put
down . row OF ten holes. These holes
were about six or eight feet back from
the pit, were four feet spart and ten feet
deep. Each Of the holes WAS loaded
With ten pounds OF dynamite, and above
the dynamite WAS about six feet OF hard
Itamped sand. Then the whole hundred
pounds OF dynsmite Was fired simultsne-
ously BY electricity. Ii did the business,
even more than was expected OF II. The
lobservers, who were st safe distance,
say that the ledge seemed TO rise about
eight feet and then drop back. The
noise WAS not much louder than that OF
an ordinary blast. The explosion moi
only blew out what Was In front OF the
row of holes, but tore up the ledge FOL
about an equal distance back OF the
holes. Considerable Of the rock va,
moved out so far that II is out OF tn,
way and will not have 10 be disturbed
while some OF the junks will have 20 b
drilled and broken up before derriei
can be used upon them. Mr.. Merrill
estimates that the total amount OF roci
moved BY the explosion Is somewher,
from eight hundred 70 thousand tons
Considerable pipe has been laid by thu
Paris Hill Water Co. during the past
week. A tough piece Of ledge on Trem.
out Street delayed the pipe layers for |
few days, but when that WAS blown on
the work went on rapidly. The mains
are now laid and closed In the full length
OF fremont and lincoln Streets, ane
from the upper corner 10 y. ). Does
and down Main Street TO what wa
formerly the Union House. The trench
Is now being dug down the north end Of
Main Street.
/ Mrs. America Andrews Of North Paris
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Edwards.
Mrs. Elizabeth, widow Of the late Jol
Ryerson, died Sunday morning, at IN,
old homestead In the Partridge District
now the residence OF her son, Frank c
Ryerson. with whom she made hel
home. Her age Was nearly so years
The funeral viii be at 10 O'Clock Wed
nesdsy forenoon.
Judge T. II. Haskell and wife drove
into town Sunday noon. Judge Haskell
presides at the term Of court st South
Paris this week, and will stop sc the
Hubbard House and drive back and
forth