Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-08-27
ERYE6URG,

w. +. Ward, q native OF the town, now
resident at New York, is at "The Ok
ford" He is a great grandson of Rev.
VIM. Fessenden, the first Congregational
minister of this town and the founder
of the distinguished family of Portland.
Lieut.. Col. Henry b. Osgood, deputy
commissary general, is relieved from
duty at Boston and will sail Sept. 16, for
Manila to take the post of commissary.
He is the son of II. b OsgOod, lawyer
who was partner with Judge Howard at
Portland, and of Catherine Dana,
daughter of Judge Dana; both father
and mother were natives of the village.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott preached at
the Congregational church last Sabbath
in the forenoon and at the Chautauqua
grounds in the afternoon. He also gave
there a lecture on Tuesday before the
Women's Club, subject, "Under Which
Creed?" DR.. Abbott always commands
large and attentive audiences in this
town. At the Sabbath service Mr.. Carl
Pierce, violin so,Oist and instructor at
Boston Conservatory of Music, gave two
solos. On Monday, DR.. Abbott, wife
and daughter and other members of the
family, with several friends filling six
boats, took the "down river trip on the
Saco, ending in Lovewell's Pond.
Mrs. D. r. Hastings and daughter,
Alice, with her sister, Mrs. Hunt, and
daughter, Cora, who reside at Milwaukee,
have returned from trip to the islands
in Portland harbor.
The fair at the vestry by the ladies of
the Congregational Society on Wednes-
day, the 2lst, far surpassed their ex.
pectations as several of their most active
helpers were too busily engaged to be OF
service. Their receipts amount to 500,
counting few "left-overs'' which will
be readily disposed of.
Preceptor Willard announces by bills
and posters that the fall term in the
academy will begin Sept. 10. Besides
the three former teachers, Miss Louise
Williams, A. B., of Vermont, will in
struct in the additional branches OF
Greek and French.
Uncle Scion Chase, who addressed the
Changers here on Friday afternoon, ap.
pears as bright and lively as when he
presided over the mock session of the
legislature in 1859. lie is in his seventy.
ninth year.
Mr.. H. L. Whitney and C. E. Trip OF
Hebron have visited relatives and fami.
lies of the old Hebron stock this week.
Mr.. Whitney owns farm in Hebron
although resident in Boston, and Mr..
Trip is a grandson of Elder Trip,
whose memo-y is still fragrant among
the Baptist churches.
Among the recent arrivals from the
cities we note Mrs. Hall and daughter
from Cambridge, Mass, at Mrs. Evans
who are looking up their ancestors
among the Bassett and Durgin families;
Mrs. Butler and daughter from Chelsea,
and Mrs. Harris from Maiden, at Miss
Pages; Miss Hutchins of r. II. Whites
at Mrs. Randall's; Miss Marion Elder OF
Portland at the Adams House.; Mons,
Lahens of France, who is the foreign
buyer of large lace house in New York,
at Mrs. GOrdon's.
A hearse containing the body of Mr..
W. F. ScrutOn of Lewiston, who died
Wednesday at the house of his son-in'
law, Mr.. NJ. NJ. Smart, few miles from
the village, passed to the station Friday
He died of apoplexy, in spite of ample
medical attendance.
Mrs. VIM. Durgin died of hemorrhage,
in five minutes after the attack, or
Damiscove Island on Thursday, the 22d
inst. She had been improving somewhat
since her return from Washington where
she spent the winter. Her age was sixty
nine