Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-11-25
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The entertainment mentioned pre-
viously Melted rising $40. Buckfielt
people respond to the call for charity
quite generously
Ardon F. Tilton, wife, and Master
Don of Auburn spent the Sabbath will
parents. Mr.. Don secured seven varieties
of birds nests for school purposes.
Little Alice, daughter Of DR.. Head
has been i'll but is convalescent.
Mrs. Jennie DeCoster, Master Ton
and Spot, have gone to Bethel to spenG
Thanksgiving.
Mrs. Armstrong Gerrish and Mrs
Gilbert Tilton are improving in health
Presiding Elder Southland visited thu
Methodist people Sunday.
Jos. Emery of Boston has been in towr
recently.
Fl. E. Tucker of Sumner and P. Bart
lett of Riley recently returned from
hunting trip, each having two deer
three Of which had seven points and one
eight points.
T. S. Bridgham, Esq, boarded Thurs
day mornings train to meet his ole
regiment in Boston; Alfred Cole fol
Portland, and l. W. Shaw for Newry.
Tuesday the w. C. T. U. were guests
of the Turner Union, at the home Of Il
| ID. Irish.
w. II. Laid of Rumford brought 9
young fawn to Ike Shaw to be mounted
He found it dead while hunting where
some one had captured its mother. MI
Laid said it was not more than three
or four weeks old. A very rare case sc
late in the season. Ike is having goodly
number to mount. He, with Mrs. Shaw
expect to return to Florida some time In
January. His brother, Clarence, has
about two hundred Florida birds which
he took home with him in dried state
that will give one an idea of birds fan
beyond anything in these parts.
o. Z. Waite told his grandchildren
Charles Bowen's little girl and boy, and
Frank Roberts two small boys, if they
would cut load of wood for Eliza A
Record, lone woman, he would take II
to her. They did it, and they say it was
hard to tell which were the more pleas
ed, the children or the receiver.
Miss DR.. Bennett is booked to address
the w. c. T. u, at the Methodist vestry
Friday, Nov. 81.
From some peculiar mentality | gen
orally prefer short speeches, short arti
Giles and shorter sermons, but on one oc
casion years ago | sat as did large au
dience two hours and listened to lect
ure by Mary A. Livermore and it closed
all too soon.
Being in the Zadoc Long Free Library
| saw the story of her life which seizeC
upon with avidity.
In perusing the same | was greatly
interested from beginning to end. Those
cuts, the old fireplace crane, pots anC
kettles, the tin lantern and foot stove
carried me back to my childhood again
The first lucifer match saw when 6
small boy, when large boy kindled &
fire on the ice on Thanksgiving Day.
we'll remember my fears of the cracking
and grooming of the ice as it settled from
the shores by reason of the falling of the
water from the grinding at the mill.
Those were the days when on one oc
casion my brothers went half mile
passing four neighbors to get fire brand
and returning helped those neighbor:
to fire up.
Other features, so familiar. Those
long sermons sandwiched by the Sab
bath School, when the fathers would sly
out between meetings and discuss theil
crops, or if in winter their stock and how
their hay was holding out ETC., then per
haps to take incoming down by thu
minister's for discussing worldly matters
on the Lords Day.
Is it any wonder that boy subjected
to long prayers, and almost interminabl'
sermons, when in his dotage perhaps
should call for abbreviated sermons? Blu
as the ministers used to say, 81 have di
gressed'-a ruling passion with them
But to the book, which is large and owe
700 pages, like her lecture it seemed t.
close too soon,