Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-04-23
Another sociable at Grange Hall next

fOrtlanu over Suuuay.
Fast Day next Thursday, and its gen.
eral observance will probably be attend
ed with the usual solemnity.
The relief corps will give supper
and sociable at G. A. K. Hall Saturday,
April "a. The public are invited. Prices
as usual.
Leon o. Glover, principal of the Cor
ham High School, and family, are visit
ing Mrs. Glover's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. I'll. Stiles.
Mr.. A. w. Bryant and daughter have
moved into the house on Pleasant Street,
owned by j. S. Wright and recently oc-
cupied by Byron Evans.
Miss Olive NJ. Stuart had her millinery
opening Thursday and Friday, at her
, parlors on High street, and made very
attractive display of new millinery.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office, April %, 1901:
Mrs. James II. Andrews, 2; Mrs. Nellie Harri-
man; Mrs. Ella +. Clark; John Young, Esq;
NJ. Holman, Esq; a. A. Swan, Esq.
| 1t was little too bad, after such an
Easter Sunday as we had, that such an
other Sunday as the last was should
come Just after the millinery openings in
town.
George Cutting and family will move
| from Mrs. LovejOy's house on Pleasant |
Street aud they and HI. X. Edgerly's
family will occupy the Briggs house |
next door.
Invitations are being issued for ball |
at New Hall, Wednesday evening, May |
lSt, under the auspices of Hamlin Lodge, |
h. of p. Only those having invitations
will attend.
At the Baptist church next Wednesday |
evening, the Ladies' Social Circle will
give a box supper and entertainment.
Admission, cents; supper, 10 cents.
All are invited.
The personal property Of the late Mrs.
Rhoda j. Cushman will be sold at auc-
ton Friday, April 26, at P. NJ, by Al
bert ID. Park, auctioneer, at the late res
iIence of Mrs. Cushman.
George |. Burnham and family, for
merly of Gilead, but who have been in
Massachusetts for several years, have
moved into a rent in the +. l.. Millett
house, off Pleasant street.
Several houses are being newly shin
gled, among them being the house be-
longing TO Chandler Garland on High
street, and the residences of Hiram Pull
sifer and j. Fl. Jones on Pleasant street.
Superintendent W. B. Young is max
ing good progress getting the machines
at the excelsior factory ready to slice up
IN 5fx
of the machines, and they ought to make
quite lot of excelsior in day.
The first Mayfiowers of the season
were brought TO the Democrat Monday
morning, April I'D, by Rawson Holman.
They are bright and fresh and hand I
some. Mr.. Holman says that a few |
warm days will bring harvest of nice {
ones. II
A member of the Democrat staff has
received from Herbert G. Ripley, Indian
trade supervisor and special distributing
agent of the United States government
at the Usage Indian Agency, Pawhuska,
Oklahoma, most interesting collection
of photographs made among the Usage
Indians and illustrating the people and
their customs. In
Mrs. Howe's opening on Friday and
Saturday was well attended by the ladies.
Some very pretty spring millinery was
exhibited. McArdle's Orchestra played
Saturday evening, and on Friday after
noon and evening Mrs. Howe's little
daughter Henry, (most of you know
HIM in bewitching white muslin,
deeoilete, served punch.
Mrs. Ii. E. Wilson entertained three /
tables at whist Friday evening. MIR. ,
Park and Howard Wheeler were tied and 5
drew lots for the first prize, which fell I
to Mr.. Wheeler, and Miss Ethel Dean I
secured the BOBBY prize. Refreshments
were served, and little informal music 8
and dancing in addition to the whist |
assisted in making q very enjoyable
evening. 4
A good audience attended the concert
which closed the lecture course at the ,
Methodist church Thursday evening. !
The programme was carried out, to the q,
pleasure of the audience, as published !
last week, except that the reader, MIR. /;
Marble of Bridgton, was detained at
home on account of illness in his family. ,
In his place Miss HOdgdon, teacher of !
elocution in Hebron Academy, was sub ,
stituted, and her well-rendered selec-
tions were well received and very pleas ,
ing.
Rev. William Fl. Fem, d. D., of Port s
land, will lecture at the Congregational {
church Wednesday evening, at O'Clock, &
on 1.-The Passion Play" DR.. Fem is an '
interesting speaker, and, being an eye
witness of the last reproduction Of this
play at Oberammergau, in the Bavarian ,
highlands, his lecture will be one of in-
terest and reality. This will be rare
chance to hear description of that ia
nous religious play. Admission, 20
cents; children under fifteen years, 10
cents.
A game of ball was played Saturday [
afternoon between a nine picked up in |
the village and another nine containing .
three players of the Streaked Mountain
team, the rest being picked up here. AT
2 O'Clock on the afternoon Of Thursday,
Fast Day, the South Paris High School
niue will play the Norway shoe factory
nine, and Saturday afternoon at
O'Clock, at the fair grounds, will be
played the first game of the Preparatory
SenOOl League ScneuuIe, OeV"eeH oOulh
Paris High School and Gould's Academy.
Charles G. Andrews returned Saturday
from two weeks visit in Massachu-
sets. He was at AndOver in that state
at the time of the death Of his brother,
Rufus Andrews, who had been i'll for
some time, but was supposed TO be gain
ing until just before the end. Rufus
Andrews was native of Lowell, where
he was born in 1912. la 1861, he went
to Lawrence, Mass, where he was in
business the most of his life until his re-
moval to Andover, about two years since.
He had served ten years as chairman Of
the board Of assessors in Lawrence. He
was deacon of the Free Baptist church,
and man highly respected and honored
in the community.
A. F. Gilmore, of Turner, was in town
Friday. Mr.. Gilmore is manager for
Maine for the American Book Co., pub
fishers of school books. He has been
with them for number Of years, and a
very little experience with him demon
strates that he is a good man for the
place. Mr.. Gilmore represented his dis
trict in the last legislature, and was
most efficient member of that body. He
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