Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-12-10
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SOUTH PARIS.
,ourH PARIS POST OFFICE

SOUTH PARIS.
SOUTH PARIS POST OFFICE.
ONCE Hours: 90 to 100 A. n; 500 A. u. 70
sOOP.A.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Commencing November 3. 1901,
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going down-6oS A. NJ, daily, Sundays In
elrded), 80 A. M. 44i y. n.
GOlng up-l0 90 A. NJ, SIS p. n, sop. n,
daily, sundays included). Sunday only, sI6
An.
CHURCHES.
First CONGREGATIONAL Church. Rev. w. Z.
Brooks. ID. D., pastor. Preaching services, 10 As
M and 90 p. NJ; Sunday School IL NJ; \.
P 5. c. L. at p. NJ: Church prayer needing on
tuesday evening at 80 O'Clock. All. not other
wise connected, are cordially invited.
Methodist Church, Rev. A. w. Pottle, Pastor.
On sunday, morning prayer meeting, sSb A,
preaching service 10 "a "A. NJ; Saobatn School
NJ EgsSn ssssSe Messing sias y meeting
Bsptist Church, Rev T. j. Ramsdell. Pastor.
On sunday preaching service Sss ,s 20 SAP
prayer meeting Tuesday evening.
STATED MEETINGS.
F.&A. M.-Paris Lodge, No. %. Regular
meeting Tuesday evening on or before full moon.
10. %. F.-Mount Mica Lodge, regular meet
MA Thursday evening Of each week.-Aurora
Encampment, first and third Monday evenings
OF each month.
d fR.-Mount Pleasant Rebekah Lodge, No.
30, meets second and fourth Fridays OF each |
month in Odd Fellows Hall.
q A. R-W. h. kimban Post, No. las, meets
arst and third Saturday evenings OF each
Wm' K. Kimban Relief Corps meets frs, |
and third Saturday evenings Of each month, In |
P.ofH.-Paris Grange. from May l to Oct. !, |
meets second and fourth Saturday; during the /
remainder Of the year, meets every Saturday, In |
Grange Hall.
{. s. G. C.-second and fourth Mondays OF
each month.
\. 4. o. P.-Stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl,
meets second and fourth Wednesday evenings |
K. Of P.-Hamlin Lodge. No, 81, meets every |
Friday evening at Pythian Hall.
Miss Belle Purington of Bethel was
the guest of Mrs. G. NJ. Howard last
week.
Charles NJ. Titcomb was here from
Rumford Fallsa short time the last OF
the week.
HID. McAlister's horse dropped dead
on the road between this place and
Sumner, last Monday.
The Seneca Club will meet with the
Misses Eva and Mertie Walker Wednes-
Nav evening. The topic for study VIII
be George Eliot.
Our Bates students, and Will X.
Holmes, instructor in chemistry, came
home last week for the vacation, which
lasts until Jan. It'll.
Thermometer readings were from 10
to 90 below zero in different parts OF the
village, Friday and Saturday mornings.
That is sufficiently cold for the first
week in December.
Harold T. Briggs returned Saturday
morning from trip to Stoneham, with
4 smile on his face. He had ample JUS
tifcation for it, for he brought with him
a good doe weighing about l50-his first
deer.
At last weeks tax sale, seven parcels
of land in Paris, five belonging to resi-
dent owners and two to nonresident,
were sold by Collector Jackson, the total
of taxes and costs on the several parcels
being some over $500.
Arthur Tyler returned the first of last
week from his former home in Grafton, !
bringing with him yearling buck. 1t ,
was not large one, but as it is his first, =
after several hunting trips, it will do for :
a starter. He reports two feet of snow
in the woods in Grafton.
A lyceum association was organized :
by the students of the high school Fri :
day afternoon. 1t is planned to hold |,
the first lyceum Friday evening, the l.
10th. The officers of the association are:
President-Miton BcAllister.
Vice.Prestlent-G. ID. Farnum.
Secretary-Miss Ethel Howe. Il
Treasurer-Harold Fletcher. Ia
Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge will en-
terrain Ruth Lodge of Auburn and 7
Fidelity Lodge of Lewiston at the regu- I
lar meeting next Friday evening. Sup II
per will be served after the lodge. The ,
visitors will arrive on the S O'Clock train I
and will return on special after supper. {
II is expected that hundred or more l
will come. IL
The remains of Mrs. Mary, widow of
g;illiam Churchill, were brought here
Est week from South Weymouth, Mass,
where she died Dec. Sd, at the home of
her daughter. The funeral was at the
residence of her son, Almon Churchill, a
Thursday afternoon. Burial will be at ,
Sumner, her former home. Mrs. a
Churchill has had five children, three .
daughters and two sons, all of whom are
living. Her age was nearly 81 years 4
Negotiations were completed last
week by which the l.. b. Andrews dry
goods store, which has been closed for {
number of months, has come into the
possession of Mrs. l.. Ii. Andrews. She G
will reopen it Wednesday of this week,
with full line of new goods added, and
many of the goods in the old stock will
be sold at liberal discount. Mrs. e.
II. Howard will assist in the store. Mrs. {
Andrews was in Boston last week after
new goods.
Last Tuesday there was some fear that
We might have to go back from runners
to wheels; but while men slept that
night, the storm ragged, and Wednesday
morning foot of snow covered the face
of the earth. 1t was wintry look for
the fourth of December. The street cars
were hung up before their schedule was
finished Tuesday evening, and some Nor
way parties who were here for the as
sembly had to hire team to get home,
while some Of our citizens who were at
Norway made the trip home on foot.
Hon. j. S. Wright is in Augusta at
tending the law court. He has two cases
in that court, both being sent up from
the October term in this county. One is
the case of Mrs. NJ. Abbie Barnes against
the town of Rumford. A verdict was
rendered in favor of Mrs. Barnes, and
the case was appealed by the defence.
Mr.. Wright is Mrs. Barnes attorney,
and Bisbee & Parker appear for the town.
Mr.. Wrights other case is the indict-
ment against Harry Brown of Water
ford, for throwing sawdust in Crooked
&yer. Mr.. Wright filed demurrer to
-&he indictment, contending that the act
under which the indictment was found
does not apply to the town OF Water
ford.
The street railway people got their
track cleared from Tuesday nights
snow, as far as the head of Church
Street, in the early part of "Wednesday
afternoon. As everybody knows, the
street below that point is narrow, and II
the track is plowed out the snow must
be hauled off; even then the street for
short distance is in none too good shape /