Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-21

Oxford Street.
Mrs. j. ]. Emeley is visiting in Port
land for few days.
o. f. Barrows has new coat of paint
on his house on Oxford Street.
Three more plain DRINKS were sent
over from Rumford Falls to the Jail, the
first of last week.
George A. Briggs has been widening
the veranda and making other improve
ments to his house.
Mrs. Chester Record and son Howard,
with Mrs. John Morrill, of Sumner, are
visiting at ], A. Records.
A. E. Morse reads at an entertainment
at Berwick this Monday evening. He
read at Livermore last Friday evening.
Miss Grace A. Thayer of Paris Hill
is assistant in the post Office for few
weeks, while Mrs. Allen takes a vacation.
Miss Gertrude McArdle left Monday
of last week for Natick, Mass, where
she has position in telephone office.
Hamlin Lodge, K. of P, is planning
on having a ladies' night some time in
the near future, but the date is not yet
fixed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Morse have
erected a handsome headStone TO the late
f. C.. Gallagher, who made his home
with them while at South Paris.
Mrs. j. X. Bennett has built two
story piazza on the back end of her store
and tenement building on Market
Square, and made other improvements
on it.
Miss Lila Stearns was with her sister,
Mrs. G. G.. Colby, over Sunday. She is
now engaged in the millinery business,
in company with Mrs. Bradbury, at
Bethel.
The ladies of the Relief Corps will
meet at the hall the 18th and goth, in
the afternoon, to make wreaths for Deco |
ration Day. 1t is hoped all members
will be present.
The members of Stony Brook Lodge, |
ISL, Y. L. o. p, will furnish an enter
tainment and a square meal at Maxim |
Block Hall on Wednesday evening, May
90. Admission five cents to both.
The members of Paris Grange will
present the play, Diamonds and
Hearts" which was played here some
weeks since, at West Paris, Wednesday |
evening, May 20, if the weather is fair.
The play will be followed by dance.
Rev. w. f. Brooks, D. d., arrived
home Saturday morning, after an alb
sence of several weeks, and was in his
pulpit on Sunday. He is still quite lame
from the effects of an injury received
soon after he left, brick pier tumbling
over and coming down on his foot.
The Efhe Carlton Co. played in New
Hall Thursday and Friday evenings last
week. Thursday evening they gave
Reddy, the Mail Girl, and Friday even
ing The Private Secretary. They have
a good company of fourteen people
without stick in it, and put on clean
plays with taking specialties between
acts. The houses they had here
wouldn't pay their hotel bill.
Tuesday evening Mrs. A. c. T. King
was run into and thrown down, on the
sidewalk near her home, by a bicyclist.
Sut was UdulN "to
up with the injury for few days. 1t is
reported to be young man from Nor
way who was riding the wheel. Several
such accidents have occurred in that
vicinity. The bicyclists not only ride on
the sidewalk, where they are trespass-
ers, but they act as if the sidewalk be-
longed to them, to the exclusion of foot
passengers.
In spite of the pouring rain, there
was good attendance, both of Knights
and the public, at the Pythian Sunday
services of Sunday afternoon. The SER
vices were held at the Congregational
church at 2:45 p. NJ. Sermon by Rev.
C.. S. Cummings of Lewiston, who drove
up from Lewiston before the service
and returned afterward for an evening
service at home. The sermon was ear
nest and effective, from the text, "Bear
We one anothers burdens" The music
was by the Partisan Male Quartette.
There was q good attendance at the
nature study talk at the Methodist YES
try, Saturday afte rnOon, large number
of teachers and many children being
among the hearers. Mrs. DeCoster is
an entertaining and fluent speaker and
wins her audience from the first. She
spoke without notes. Her lecture
while instructive and inspiring, was also
practical and many mothers and chill
dren were led to go little further into
the fascinating wonderland of nature
study. She showed from her own ex-
perience how easily such studies may
become a t-and one of the best
parts-of our everyday life, and drew
many happy observations from COM
monty unobserved objects. She spoke
briefly and interestingly on the study of
birds, flowers, minerals and insects-the
last being her especial hobby. There
was a fine exhibition of nature study
books, dozen different volumes on
birds being shown, as many on botany
and plant life, and many on animal and
insect life Some of the rarer volumes
were loaned by Rev. III. G. Munson OF
Buckfield. The meeting was made
more enjoyable by beautiful solos by
Miss Leach, Miss Wheeler and Mrs.
Wilson. Rev. Mr.. Pottle added a few
fitting spiritual thoughts in closing.