Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-09-16
County fair this week.
It's the sixtieth exhibition.

The fakirs are all on hand and noisy
You'll be in hopeless minority if you
, stay at home.
Everything indicates one of the bes
fairs on record.
If this weather holds for three days
longer the fair will be record-breaker
, All roads lead to the Oxford County
fair this week, including the railroads
: The free-for-all race will call out some
of Names fastest ones. You'll want t.
see it.
Four Oranges will compete at the fail
this year and every space in the hall is
engaged.
A large number of good horses are al.
ready on hand at the fair grounds and
they're coming in every hour.
Mrs. Charlotte Howe is visiting her
son in Waltham, Mass.
! Wallace Ripley of Revere, Mass, is
stopping at 5. X. Parsons.
Mrs. Herbert Robinson of Yarmouth
visited Mrs. A. ID. Park Sunday.
The next meeting of the Good Cheer
will not be until Wednesday, Sept. "a.
Miss Lillian Moves of Roslindale,
Mass, is guest of Miss Sue Wheeler.
Mrs. Cora Howe is visiting the family
of Sumner Tucker at Bay Point, Maine.
Rev. A. W. Pottle preached at the
BiscOe school house Sabbath afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Merrill and daughter Edna
from Gorham are guests at A. W..
| Walkers.
Mrs. Downs of Newark, n. j., was
guest of her cousin, Mrs. Oscar Royal,
last week.
Advertised letters in South Paris
post office Sept. 10, 1902:
Earnest Holman.
Alice W Allen.
Roy H. Porter closes his clerkship at
W. A. Porter's store and begins his
course at the University of Maine this
week.
Miss Effie Royal, who has been serious
" i'll with diphtheria in a hospital in
Worcester, Mass, is now thought to be
improving.
Mrs. Susan +. Whitmore of BOwdoin-
ham came TO south Paris last Wednes-
day and will spend the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. A. W. POttle.
The store of y. Dayton Bolster Il Co.
will close from II o'clock noon until ,
p. NJ. Wednesday and Thursday, this
week, to allow the clerks to attend the
county fair.
Rev. Mr.. Titles sermon last Sunday
was most eloquent one and called out
an unusually large congregation. Next
SUNDAY his sermon will be on Salvation,
and will be fully as eloquent.
Ira Murch has purchased the Lyman
ID. Morse place on Hill Street and will
move into it at once. Mr.. Murch offers |
his place on Park Street tor sale or to
rent, as per advertisement in another
column.
Special meeting of the U. o. G. c.,
which was TO have been Saturday even |
ing. was postponed on account of bad
weather TO this Monday evening. Lady |
will be present.
Mrs. Quint of Dry Mills will lead the |
Christian Eudeayor meeting at the |
Hollow school house Saturday evening, |
Sept. 20, at !: 80. and will preach at the |
BiScoe school house sunday, Sept. q, At |
/ 80 and $50. All are invited.
Mrs. Jewell, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs Rice, and sister, Miss
Ostrander, returned from her summer
home in Rumford last week. Mrs. Rice
has returned TO her New York home,
but Miss Ostrander remains with Mrs.
Jewell for a short visit.
When you are hungry at the fair
grounds be sure and not forget the
large restaurant of the South Paris
Congregational Society. The best OF
food is always served here and this
restaurant will also have the exclusive
sale on the grounds of Shurtleff's famous
ice cream.
The Burnham & Morrill, Company /
started up their South Paris corn fac
tory last week and worked part of two
DAYS canning succOtaSh and beans. The
factory will be run again Tuesday and
may then shut down until after the fair.
If the frost holds off, il is estimated that
there NAV be about half an average crop
of sweet corn. If the frost don't hold
off-but that's another story.
George D. Martinez, treasurer of the
Mount Marie Mineral Company, was in
town recently accompanied by Prof.
White, an expert geologist from Boston,
and made an examination of the feldspar
mine at Mount Marie. While Prof.
Whittle's report to the company has not
vet been made, is is understood that IL
will give assurance that feldspar of fine
quality exists there in large quantities.
The work of combining the New Eng
land and Eastern telephone exchanges
has already begun and it is probable that
il will be completed by October lst.
Employees of the Eastern are now en-
gagged in replacing the Eastern instru-
ments by the regular Bell telephones,
after which the wires of the two ex-
changes will be connected ut one switch |
board, making a large and valuable local |
exchange. After the combination you
can ''hello" almost everybody.
srREAKED MOUNTAIN.
Miss Geraldine Whitman is attending
school AT Sturtevant Hall.
Mrs. Ethel Whitman is spending few
DAYS with friends IN Auburn.
Pearl Maxim cut his foot quite badly |
last Tuesday while at work in the woods.
The blade of the axe went entirely |
through the foot, pinning him to log
on which he was standing. The wound
had TO be Sewed up both on top and bot
tom of the foot. lie will not be able TO
do any work for several weeks.
Wesley Turner is having his house
plastered.
DR.. Whitman came near losing a
valuable Jersey COW the other day. In
attempting to jump stone wall, she
caught one hind leg between couple oil
boulders and plunged forward over the
wall. 1t took three men some time to
extricate her. She is still very lame.
Query, Can cows learn anything by
experience?
Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Swan are visit
| ing friends in Auburn.
| The STREET LIGHT PROBLEM.
What is the real advance in price de-
manded by the Oxford Light Co. for
street lights?
4 -. -, taI-a tba paw contract with