Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1900-01-23

L. B. Andrews 0n6e Z buoloeoa tn
to Bosom last week.
At oos tine Saturday tAsss wasn't
DOC h narkes Square.
Matter R&lpA Hartman e 0xfor
uede The Ds0ocrse short eall Satsr
day.
There have been bot three caeas Of u
grippe h this plase thas FIR reposts'
this winter.
Rev. A. 8. Lsdd, D. D., viii preach q
the u. &. church next Sunday morning
~ lo:45. All are invited
Rev. DIR. Brooks Of the Congregations
church and Rev. T. j.. Ramsden Of th'
Baptist church exchanged palpies San
day.
Mrs. r. s. Chandler and Mrs. J. u
Purington of Bethel were In town Fri
day to attend the funeral Of Ars. Aaror
woodbury..
Advertised letters In South Paris pos,
Office Jan. 22i:
Ira Fitzpatrick.
A. c. Richards, the plumber, 1, con-
lined to his bed. and the prospect 10 that
ne will not be able TO work for num-
Der OF weeks
Mrs. Harlow OF Sumner Is again with
Mrs. ". B. Edwards. Mrs. Stowell
OF Dixheld returned. to her home on
Monday last week.
Albert d. Park was nc Canton Poin,
to sell AZ auction the farm,
stock, ETC., belonging 70 the estate OF
the late Gorhsm Park.
The Maine Press Association meets In
Bangor this week. Ii there Isn't big
storm some time the middle Of the week,
IL viii be something unusual.
L. S. Billings had log rolled against
his right hand Ia his mill Saturday, aud
one OF the meeacarpAl bones Was broken,
and the hand was otherwise bruised
aud injured.
We have distributed tho paragraph
stating that nothing further has been
heard about the resumption OF passenger
service on the Norway Branch. People
have about got over expecting TO see the
train running again.
Mrs. Charles Mcdonald Il visiting her
parents, W. b. Stuart and wife. She IL
now about moving with her husband
from Lynn, Mass, to Skowhessn, where
Mr.. Mcdonald will have charge OF the
cutting room In the factory Of the Com
Shoe Goa position former
" held by George II. Shurtleff.
Mr.. Pidgin, in the Lewiston Journal,
goes Professor vose one better In the
matter of recording lsnd lines. He In
stances deed pl-ced on record yesrs
.go by Register Chase, In which, after
giving several principal oundaries, the
was concluded ss follows:
Thence as crooked as you can 90 to the
poin; first nsmed."
Supper and entertainment st the N. Z.
church next Wednesday evening. Sup
per from $50 TO 80 Entertainment
II aud viii consist OF qusrtets, duets
md solos by Mrs. Kimhzll, Miss Beal,
Mr.. Kimbsll and Mr.. Briggs. Reading
,y the Misses Sadie Bsrrows, Ivy Rich
Irdsou and ysunnie Clark. Supper Is
,ents; entertainment Is cents; supper
md entertainment Is cents. All are in-
Tited.
Paris Grange have Just added thirty
I've new books TO their library with more
o follow, which will bring the number
10 TO four hundred. One hundred and
'leven dollars were realized during the
,ast year from entertainments which are
'ery popular with the young people.
The entertainment committee are 10 be
on their success. At the
asst meeting two ex-members asked to be
'einstated. also one new application re-
,eived. Altogether the grange never
Vas In better condition than IL ID now.
The next meeting Of the W. c. T. u.
viii be held xt their hall on FEB. Is, at
CLOCK, p. n. The good resulting from
he work Of the union Is not limited by
lines or measured BY math-
'matical calculations, neither are Its pos
abilities wrought out by human prob
ems. Let this stimulate the member
,ership 10 largely increase their forces,
md TO work on all lines that give any
promise of success. Women and msidens
Ill-you will give cheer and encourage
nent by your attendance upon these
and by lending helping hand
n carrying on the good work.
Among the large amount Of lumber
'omiug into the yard Of the Paris Manu-
Co. are some monarchs OF the
orest cut on the eompsny's lot on the
asst side Of the Little Androscoggin, q
nile or two above the village. They are
old punkin pines" and old-fnshioned
mes too. Fifteen Of the logs, II and Is
Get long, average 500 feet to . log.
,ome OF the trees have little rot at the
'utt. but one butt cut, II feet long, is
ound as q nut, and % inches In diameter
& the top end. The lot on which these
we're cut had xt the time they bought IL
II the old pines In town, and they have
low sll been cut.
Nearly one hundred and fifty took
upper At the Congregational Circle FRI
Law evening gotten mp by the Erskin
,lub. The entertainment following con-
listed OF selections BY the Partisan Male
lusrtette, solos by Mr.. Briggs, Mr..
walker, Master Rslph Penfold, and
Hiss Helen Barnes, readings by Vaun
lark, Miss Sadie Burrows and Mr..
Morse, aud last but not least, Professor
and his trained bear, 10 the
,gile movements of which last named
Inimsi IL Was not impossible TO recog-
,ize q well-known citizen. Without In
ustice 10 sny Of the other entertainers II
nav be said that he WAS the star OF the
evening.