Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-05-27
Mrs. c. NJ. Howard is visiting relatives


ton of the lungs.
Mrs. Rose Powers spent Sunday at he
home in this village.
Miss Cynthia Walker of Rumford vi
tied friends here Saturday.
Wendell Rounds was up from Bate
College Saturday and Sunday.
j., Miss Leila Thayer of Portland is vii
iting her grandmother, Mrs. Hewett.
II. w. Dean is with his family her
for vacation, accompanied by hi
brother.
| The Pennington Normal Glee Gu
will give concert in New Hall Wed
nesday evening, May rs.
E. n. Haskell was called to Bosto
Friday by the death of relative. III
returned Monday morning.
| W. l.. Farrar and wife have bee
spending several days visiting Mrs
Farrar's relatives in Mexico.
W. A. Blake, who has been at hi
fathers, w. III. Blake's, for while, wa
Joined by his wife Saturday.
There will be meeting of the Meth
odist Sunday School board at the close o
the prayer meeting Tuesday evening.
George W. Berry and George D. Rob
ertson have gone to Cliff Island to do ;
job of panel work for DR.. j. w. Davis OF
his cottage there.
Miss Florence Lowell of Auburn wa!
in town to attend the production o
Pinafore Friday evening, the guest o
Mrs, Walter l.. Gray.
Dinner for the Relief Corps, Post anc
invited guests will be served in the hal
at II O'Clock on Memorial Day. Corp:
members expected to contribute.
Miss Sadleir of Boston will conduct &
demonstration of fruit puddine all this
week at the store of \. Dayton Bolster
X Co. Ladies are cordially invited to
call.
Albert Clark, who is attending a
school of pharmacy in Brooklyn, y. Y,
is at home for the summer, and is en-
gagged in the drug store of +. A. Shurt-
left Il Co.
A paper has been circulated by y. G.
Elder, and generally signed by the mer-
chants of the place, agreeing to close
their places of business all day on
Memorial Day.
o. G.. Curtis and wife are enjoying an
outing at their cottage at Falmouth
Foreside. Their son, o. f. Curtis, and
his family, of Kennebunk, are also
there with them.
Houses which have been given new
coat of paint are those of Fred c. Scott
ON Skillings Avenue, of j. +. McArdle
on High Street, and of George II. Davis
ON Drift Rock Farm.
Rev. J. II. Little begins his pastorate
with the Universalist parishes of South
Paris and Paris Hill next Sunday, and
will preach here regularly from that
day. Services at 2:30 p. NJ, in the hall.
A. d. Park has crimson-rambler rose
bushes for sale for the small price of 90
cents each. viii also have large lot OF
plants for sale this week. VIII take
orders for cut flowers for Decoration
Day up to Thursday night.
At the Methodist church, Sunday,
the pastor preached to good sized con-
gregation on ''Some lessons from
memorial occasions taking for his text
Joshua Al, And these stones shall be
a memorial unto Israel forever"
Arthur W. Hammond and wife and
Mrs. Hammond'S mother, Mrs. Ripley,
of Berlin, y. H., spent Sunday at A. NJ.
Hammond's. Mrs. Hammond and
Mrs. Ripley were on their way to Bos-
ton, and left for there Monday morning.
The Young Peoples Aid and Mission
Society will hold convention at the
school house in the Biscoe District be-
ginning Friday evening, May 3Oth, and
holding over the following Sunday.
Every one is invited to attend the con-
ventiOn.
The members of the committee on
Pinafore wish to extend very hearty
vote of thanks to those who so ably
assisted them in producing the opera.
All those who have not returned their
opera books are requested to do so by
Wednesday.
The ladies of the Relief Corps will
meet at G.. 4. Il. Hall on "Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons to make
wreaths. Let every one come that can.
On Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. NJ. there
will be a special meeting for the purpose
of initiating candidates.
At the annual inter-class field day at
Bates College Friday, the sophomore
class won the greatest number of points,
and Wendell Rounds of this place, who
is a member of that class, won the
uuarter-mile run in "a As Sec, and the
lOO-yard dash in 10 3-5 sec.
At the Prohibition town caucus held
at Benjamin Swett's Saturday evening,
the following were chosen:
Town Committee: Benjamin Swett Rev. r. A.
Rich, George w. Bryant, A, u. Parin' Z. L.
Buck.
Delegates to state and county conventions G..
L. Buck. II. W. Parlin. Rev. II. III. Bishop, A.
q. Parlin, Rev. r. A. Rich.
The following music will be sung
Memorial Day by the Schubert Quar-
tette:
/. To Thee, o, Country, Eichberg.
:. Battle Hymn, Keller.
r I'm Memoriam. Gabriel.
ARRANGED by Mrs. Cora S. Briggsl
4. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" Fearis'
This selection was sung by the Euter-
pean Ladies' Quartette at McKinley's
funeral.
At the meeting of the University AS
ISOLATION Wednesday evening, May rs,
the following programme will be carried
out:
0"''''''''' ' Mrs Elizabeth Morton.
Reading from "The Deserted Village" Club
The Life of Cowper ; -, Mrs. F. A. ShurtIen'
Leading Events In English History, lIt-lI6O.
Lessons in Progress.
VIM. X. Kimball Post, G. A. R., and
Relief Corps attended service Sunday at
the Congregational church, where a
special memorial sermon was given by
the pastor, Rev. W. L. Brooks, ID. D.,
who is a comrade of the Grand Army,
The Memorial Day programme has al.
ready been published. Exercises al
| West Paris in the forenoon, and at
South Paris in the afternoon. Line
forms at 80.
| THE PARIS CAUCUS.
| The Republican caucus for the tow
of Paris was called to order at 2:0S Sat
urday afternoon, by Arthur 4. Forbes o
the town committee. There about fort.
present. James S. Wright was chosen
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