Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-05-01
The Oxford nem,uerat.
SOUTH PARIS.

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SOUTH PARIS.
SOUTH PARIS rosr oFFtcE.
ocsce Hours 8 so 70 90 A. NJ 5 90 A. n. 10
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
ON and AFTER Oct =. lisa. trains leave South
Paris; SONG down 49,, al. a. M Sundays N 2,
.xSSs Pr IS 2. n. (Sundays tncluded)
sunday paper train arrives sisA.n-
CHURCHES.
E,rs, Congregational Church. Rev. W. Il.
Rrcoks. u. D. pastor. Preaching services. 10 "a
N and 80 y. NJ, sunday School IL NJ, Y.
SCI. ats r.. M Church prayer meeting on
80 corrected, are cordially invited.
Nsthoiist Church. Rev. l. A. Bean. PASTOR.
on sunday. morning prayer meeting, $50 A.
y prearhing service. 10 as A. sabbath School
~ NJ; Epworth League Meeting, Sl5 r. ~;
evening prayer meeting r. M, prayer meeting
Tues.isy evening; class meeting, Friday evening
Raptist Church. Rev. T. J. Rsmsdell. Pastor.
ON suntay. preaching service 10 as A M; Sab
ba,h school u NJ; PRAYER meeting 30 p. NJ;
PRAYER meeting Tuesday evening.
STATED MEETINGS.
IA M.-Parts Lodge, No. ~. Regular
r,s..tins Tuesday evening on or before fun moon.
10. E.-Noant Mica Lodge, regular meet
~ Thursday evening OF each week.-AGrura
Escampment. first and third Monday evenings
y. of R.-Mount Pleasant Reeekah Lodge. No.
q, meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
month In Odd Fellows Hall.
al R-W. h. kimban Post, No. las. meets
Art thursday sad third saturday evenings of
e,ch month. In q. A. K Hall
wm- < Kimban Relief Corps meets frs,
thursday and third saturday evenings Of each
nonth. IN Relief Corps Hall
= Of H-Parts Grange. second Saturday OF
each month. The Grange store Il open for trade
Wednesday and saturday afternoons,
L o. q. C.-Second and fourth Mondays of
y \. q. P.-Stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl.
meets At C. A. K. Han second and fourth Wed
nesiAy evenings OF each month.
4 of P.-HAmlin Lodge. No, 81. meets every
FriiAy evening az Masonic Han.
There will De no more meetings Of the
south Paris festival chorus until further
notice.
The SOckslexis Concert Co. Is billed
for three nights here, beginning this
Monday evening.
q. f. Curtis and wife OF Kennebunk
are spending two weeks vacation with
their relatives in town.
Franklin Maxim has pat some dormer
windows In the roof OF his house. and
has also built large portieo at the front
door.
James Burke OF Rumford Falls Is stay
ing thirty DAYS with Sheriff Tucker for
lack Of wherewithsl to pay fine for in- |
tOxicAtiOn.
E.B. Child and family, who have
been away during the winter, have re
turned 20 town and are occupying the +!
old stand on the Stony Brook road.
Mrs. ;. z. Stesrns was called 70 Bos-
tor the first OF last week BY the serious |
illness OF her daughter, Miss Joan |
Slearns. Miss Stesrns remains quite Ill. |
III. Lovett, manager OF the Portland
Kelley institute, was In town Thursday |
looking for business. He visited the
Democrat office, but didn't secure any
patrons there.
Mrs. Rose l.. Croker and daughter |
Airline have returned from Boston. Mrs.
Pratt remains 10 Boston with her sister, |
Mrs. Lunt, on account OF whose Illness |
they went to Boston.
Ethan Willis will go to Rumford Falls
ttl~ week. AlQ viii HAV0SbAf
there for some time. lie owns two good |
lots in the residence section of the town,
and will build on one st least during the |
present season
An exchange Is trying 10 revive the
discussion OF the old question. which |
way does the sap flpwf Difficult 20 tell
whether IL flows up or down, but almost /
sny one can observe that after tree Is
cut down, at the right time OF year, the
sap flows out Of the stump.
The trustees Of the Oxford County |
Agricultural Society plan 20 build a new
entrance gate AT the Pleasant Street On
trance 20 the grounds, also 90 replace
the Judges stand with new and more
convenient one, do some work on the
track. and make other improvements
about the grounds.
Hon. James ;. Wright WAS in Augusta
Tuesday 10 appear before the governor
and council in behalf of the petition for
pardon OF Walter j. Douglass, who was |
serving sentence in the county jail.
The case hiss before been fully stated IN |
the Democrat. There was no opposition |
70 the pardon, and IL was Unanimously
granted.
The assessors have been working early |
and late on this years assessment, and |
expect 20 get IL into the hands OF the col |
lector about the middle OF this weeks
much earlier commitment than usual |
Then the collector will he prepared TO !
give YOU the benefit OF the three per
cent discount voted by the town. TWO
dollars and ninety-One cents will pay |
your poll tax any time before June lst'
Rev. James A. Flynn, the new pastor
OF ~. Catherine's Roman Catholic |
church. wss here for couple OF Days
last week. As suggested In last weeks |
Democrat. be will be located here. Ar
rSngemeuts have not been concluded
with regard 20 the services here, but
they will be held st least as often as
every other Sunday. In addition tr.
Flynn will have charge OF the missions
AZ Oxford. Greenwood snd Hastings. de
will De given q reception at j. J. Eme-
ley's this Monday evening TO meet the
members Of his congregation.
Rev. /. A. Bean, who hiss been pastor
Of the Methodist church here Tor the
past lOUT wears, Oa> pctu AccASuNN ~
the conference 10 the parishes at henne-
bunkpOrt and Cape Porpoise. The par
souage Is at kennebunkport, where he
breaches every Sunday morning, and In
the afternoon he holds service at Cape
Porp0ise. which il about two and half
miles distant. Mr.. Bean will be much
missed here, where he has made many
personal friends outside of his own
church and congregation. He and Mrs
Bean moved 20 their new home last
week.
Preliminary plans for the new brick
block on the corner OF Market Square
and Pine S,reet-sUbject, OF course, 70
any amount Of ehsnge-have been pre-
pared for the Interested parties by a
Boston firm OF architects. These plans
show three-story brick building, 5Sxoo
feet, with well-proportioned front
elevation. On the first floor are a bank
ing room and store In front, opening
on Market Square, and in the rear
store and laundry opening on Pine
Street. On the second floor are TWO
offices in front, the rest Of the door De-
ing occupied by residence OF I'VE rooms
and bath. The third floor Is taken up oy
Knights of Pythiss hsll, S6x43 inside
measurement, with three snte-rooms,
coat room, etc.
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