Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-05-20
The Oxford Democrat
SOUTH PARIS.


sOOP.N.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Commencing November 8, 1901,
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going Iown-6OS A. NJ, daily, Sundays In
cludedJ, 9 80 A. M, IA p. N.
Going up-lO 90 A NJ, lbs ?. NJ, 500 p. N.
daily, sundays included). Sunday only, sl'
An
First Congregational Church. Rev. w. e
Brooks ID. D., pastor. Preaching services, 10 *
A. ". and 90 p. M; Sunday School IL NJ;
p : Z. +. at P. NJ; Church prayer meeting or
Tnss,lay 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 sSS
NJ n; Epworth League Meeting, 6l5 p. n;
evening prayer meeting p. NJ; prayer meeting
Tuesday evening; class meeting, Friday evening
Bsltist Church, Rev. T. J. Ramsdel, Pastor
on Suntay, preaching service lOtS A. NJ Sab
Sstb school IL NJ; PRAYER meeting 90 p. NJ;
PRAYER meeting Tuesday evening.
STATED MEETINGS.
A M.-Paris Lodge, No. ~. Regular
meeting Tuesday evening on or before talI moon
100. F.-Mount Mica Lodge, regular meet
ms thursday evening OF each week.-Aurora
Encampment, first and third Monday evenings
OF each month.
I nf K
al meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
month In Odd Fellows Hall.
R-w. X. Kimban Post. No. las, meets
dr.. and third Saturday evenings Of each
Nm <. Kimban Relief Corps meets first
an tnlrd saturday evenings OF each month, In
s. ~ H,EParis Grange, from May to Oct. l.
meets second and fourth Saturday; during the
remainder Of the year, meets every Saturday, In
Us TO G.C.-second and fourth Mondays Of
5. q. P.-Ssony Brook Lodge. No. Isl,
meet. second and fourth Wednesday evenings
of each month.
P.-Hamlin Lodge, No, 81, meets every
F-iiss evening at Pythian Hall.
Np.ern wOOdmen Of America-South Paris
Camp. No. 1885,, meets second and fourth Tues
..av evenings In Golden Cross Hail.
pinafore May % and %.
seats now on sale at Shurtleff's for
P.uJiuTe.
Hon John P Swasey of Canton was
a, south Paris the last of the week.
Mrs. L. B. Andrews and Mrs. II. p.
M,llett attended the Grange fair at Buck
field asst Thursday.
Mrs. l.. T. Bryant of Foxcroft, former
Is If south Paris, has been visiting
friends here for few days.
Charles II. Shaw, who moved from the
farm on SingepOle to Auburn last fall,
wa, in town on business Wednesday.
T. b. I.unt has bought the l.. T. Bry-
ant house on Park Street, occupied by
F. A. Pingree and Clayton h. Brooks.
The tenants will remain at present.
The street railway people have quite a
lot Of new ties strung along their line
ready To put in. But few new ties have
had 10 be put in since the road was
built.
The Memorial Day orator this year
for VIM X. Kimball Post is to be Rev.
D. B. Dow of Old Town, native of
Paris. who is now presiding elder of the
Bangor District.
The collector of taxes announces that
for the convenience of the citizens he
will be at the selectmen's office every
saturday afternoon. As the tax has
been committed within few days, he
is away much of the time travelling
about town delivering notices.
Prepare to pay little more for your
horse ShOeing and other blacksmith
work. The Blacksmiths' Association
recently organized has adopted revised
scale of prices. which went into effect
Monday morning. The prices are lit
tleabove those which formerly prevailed.
As the result of the UniverSalist parish
meeting of last Tuesday evening, call
WAS extended 10 Rev. j. II. Little OF
Canton TO become pastor of the Univers-
ali,t parishes of South Paris and Paris
Hill. Mr.. Little's passionate will begin
with the first of June, and continue for
at least one year.
Miss Annie D. Johnson, the eldest
daughter of the late Henry =. Johnson,
died quite suddenly at her home in the
Bolster neighbOrhood Tuesday, and was
buried Thursday. She had been in poor
health for some time. Miss Johnson
was member of the Congregational
church in this village.
A crew worked last week in the rail
road ward taking out the switch from the
main track to the Norway track which
was directly in front of the station, and
the lower end of the yard, and the other
near Gothic Street. This arrangement
will make less backing and filling OF
freight trains which have to take the
siding.
The work of setting the new engine at
the Paris Manufacturing Co. S works is
in progress. The engine is no toy, but
looks built for business. 1t is nomi-
naIly 100 horse power, but the manu-
facturers say il will develop more than
that IL will stand on solid base eight
feet high of brick laid in cement. The
driving pulley is sixteen feet in diane
ter, and is made of two castings, each of
which weighs six tons. A man
sent from the works at Fitchburg, Mass,
where the the engine was made, is super
intending the work of setting il up.
While Miss Grace Thayer, the under
taker, was returning home from the
funeral of Mrs. Newell on Paris Hill
Monday afternoon of last week, she en-
coUntered two cream cans which had
been dropped from a gatherer's team.
The horse which she was driving SHE'D
at them so hard that the carriage went
into the ditch and overturned, throwing
Miss Thayer out. The horse cleared
himself from the carriage after going
short distance, and was soon after stop
ped by DR.. Bradbury. The carriage was
wrecked beyond repair. Miss Thayer,
though somewhat famed and bruised,
fortunately escaped without any serious
injury.
The South Paris w. c. T. U. at its an
nual meeting last Monday chose these
officers:
President-Mrs. A. W. Pottle.
Vice. Presidents-Mrs. w. l.. Bonney, Mrs
Lydia Rounds. Mrs. Benz. SWEET
Recording Secretary-Mrs George K morton
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs. Susie b
Chapman.
Urea -urer-Miss Hattie Doble
Superintendent OF departments:
: +. Mrs. Annie SWEET.
sabbath Obseryance-Mrs. II. +. Morton.
Flower Missionaries. r. j. Whitman, Mrs
7. T. Wheeler.
Purty-Mrs. Benz SWEET.
AntISarcOtics-Mrs Geo. b. Crockett.
Temperance Literature-Mrs. lnez A. Cum
mings.
Delegates to county convention at Norway
Mrs l.. /. Spoford. Mrs. a. 9. Millett, Mrs
Geo. r. Crockett; alternates-Mrs z. w. Nout
ton, Mrs. Z. +. Chapman. Miss Hattie Dobie'
The State Assessors held meeting al
the court house Tuesday, as announced
to enable them to secure such informa
ton as would assist them in adjusting
the valuation of wild lands. AS every
body knows, the market value OF WIG