Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-11-18
Mrs. Elizabeth Edgerley of Portland
spent SUNDAY at VIM. Blake's,

Mrs. Foote of Auburn was the guest of
Mrs. l.. B. Carter over Sunday.
F. Stone Andrews has gone to Lynn,
Mass, where he will have employment
in shoe factory.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Scott, who are
spending the winter in Deering, were in
town over Sunday.
E. P. Parlin, the druggist, wishes to
announce that he will give no more
trading stamps after Dec. LIST.
The Seneca Club will meet with Miss
Stuart, at her home on High Street, this
Monday evening at $50 o'clock.
Mrs. A. A. Andrews has gone to make
her home with her son, Charles b. An
drews, on the S. p. Maxim farm.
Z. F. Bassett and daughter, Mrs. Frank
E. Kimball, left Monday morning for a
deer hunt in the Wild River region.
There will be rehearsal of the Mag
nolia Minstrels this Monday evening at
New Hall. All are asked to be present.
DIR. Woodbury. and family are moving
across the street into the Stone house,
with Mrs. Woodbury's mother, Mrs. E.
F. Stone.
Miss Grace Thayer was called to Low
ell, Mass, on Tuesday by the death of a
relative, Franklin Coburn, an uncle of
Miss Thayer's mother.
House and Mrs. Shaw left Saturday
morning for visit to their daughter,
Mrs. p. d. Higgins, at Costigan.
Dexter Lowell and family have moved
from the G. h Smith shop building ON
Pleasant Street into rent in the Howe
store building on Western Avenue.
The Junior League of the Methodist
church, Mrs. Pottle superintendent, give
a supper and entertainment Wednesday
evening at the vestry of their church.
The senior class of Paris High School
will give sociable next Friday evening,
Nov. Dist, at New Hall, it being the close
of the fall fall term. Admission 10 cents.
There will be no prayer meeting at
the Methodist church Tuesday evening,
the society uniting with the Christian
Eudeavor meeting at the Congregational
church.
The Methodist Society this week send
two barrels of clothing and household
goods and one box of canned goods,
priced at 5000, to the Deaconness Home
in Portland.
A suit case was lost few days since
between this place and Bryant's Pond.
reward for its recovery is offered, and
description of it is given, in advertise
ment elsewhere.
Frank Dow came home from a hunt
ing trip to the Wild River region Satur-
day afternoon, bringing good buck
with him. This is the first deer brought
into South Paris for the season.
The Woman's Missionary Society hold
their monthly meeting Thursday after
noon with Mrs, 5. c. Ordway. All in
terested in Home and Deaconness work
are requested to meet with them.
The ladies of the Relief Corps will give
a supper at G. A. X. hall on Saturday
evening. Nov. I'D. Admission Is cents.
A good attendance is solicited. All
members are requested to bring food.
Mrs. c. A. Briggs leaves with the
Democrat a ripe strawberry picked on
their farm in the Whittemore neighbor-
hood on Tuesday, Nov. 18th. That is
about the latest date yet recorded for
ripe field fruit.
1t is reported that C.. E. McArdle,
who has for some years had situation
in Lubec, is about to return to South |
Paris and enter the employ of the Paris |
Manufacturing Co. Mrs. McArdle re-
turned here some weeks since.
While Charles f. Bennett was taking |
down the staging from the addition TO |
his ice house ON Friday, he was struck |
on the thigh by heavy plank which
fell from the staging above him, and has
been laid up few days in consequence.
II. r. Favor of Monet, Mo-, native |
of Paris, has been here on a visit for |
few days. Mr.. Favor has been in rail |
road work in the West for about twenty |
five years, and since going there has
been back to his old home only once be-
fore.
The Democrat was startled one day |
L
thracite coal go through the street, but |
inquiry developed the fact that coal cars |
are still an unknown quantity in this
section, and that this little load was |
simply to tide over an immediate neces- |
sity.
The Paris High School football team
met another defeat at the fair grounds
l.. 81. tnh
winning by score of - TO D. Capt
Lyon of the Paris team had shoulder
put out of joint, but though it put him
out of the game, it was not serious
injury.
G.. H. Porter finished work for the
season at his cider mill Friday noon, |
after continuous run from the 18th of
October - nearly five weeks. He has
bought no apples this year, but all his |
making has been custom grinding for the |
farmers, so it can readily be seen that |
there will be good supply of-well, |
vinegar, in this vicinity, in the course of
few months.
The Congregational Circle on Thurs
day evening more than realized the antic- |
ipatiOns of those who attended. An
excellent supper was served to large
number For entertainment there were
two numbers of instrumental music-a
piano solo by Miss Helen Barnes, and a
trio for violin, clarionet and piano by
the Misses Dean and Carl MaSon-and
Aunt Jerusha'S Quilting Party" the
cast of which was given last week. This
was appropriately cOStumed according
TO the styles of the good old times, and
proved intensely entertaining. 1t isl
universally pronounced about the best
thing of the sort ever given here.
AS mentioned last week, that adjourn
ed meeting of the South Paris Village
CORPORATION, to consider the electric
light question, comes Tuesday evening
of this week, at 1870, and the voters
should bear it in mind. 1t is under
stood that the oxford Light Co. will
have representative present to make a
new proposition to the voters. 1t is not
understood that the prices will be
changed from those previously made,
but that the scheme will provide for
such a number of lights as to make the
expense about the same that the village
has been paying for several years at the
old rates.
EAST OXFORD LOCAL UNION.
The annual meeting of the East Oxford
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