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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-03-31
Bethel.

Mr.. Fred Edwards has been busy get
ting his pulp wood from Alder River
into the Androscoggin.
Mrs. Selden Phipps of Milan is visiting
her father, Col. Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. w. D. Morice returned
to their home in Toronto Thursday.
The warm weather has interfered with
the run of sap and the prospect of max
ing more syrup is not promising.
Thursday evening the seniors of Gould
Academy gave social with pleasing
program.
The Bethel basket ball team returned
from Berlin Saturday where it suffered
defeat by the Berlin team. Unfortunate
ly on account of the illness Of some of
the members of the Bethel team it was
not fairly represented, but the girls re-
turned with the kindest of feelings
toward their victors and warm in their
praise of their hospitality. A return
game will be played in Bethel, later.
The news of the death of Cullen G..
Chapman at his home in Portland last
Sunday was received with sad news. Mr..
Chapman was native of Bethel and was
one of her sons of whom she was proud.
Many friends in Bethel extend sympathy
to the widow and daughters.
Prof. w. S. Wight has just held con-
certs in Somerset Co., where he has been
training choruses, and the reports of his
work are most flattering.
Miss Stearns has returned from Boston
with the latest styles in millinery, hav-
ing good supply of outing and ready,
to-wear hats.
Misses Wood & Brann, of Lewiston,
who have recently associated themselves
in the millinery business with Miss E. E.
Burnham, will be here next Monday,
March 3W afternoon and evening, and
will exhibit choice line of millinery.
They especially invite the ladies of
Bethel and vicinity to visit them upon
this date.
The teams that come in from out OF
the village report hard travelling.
Mr.. Frank Bartlett, who has been in
the carriage making business for many
years here, has advertised his business
and mill for sale.
An entertainment under the auspices
of the Ladies' Club will soon be given in
the chapel.
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The LAWS Next Week.

The Democrat had expected to issue
this week an extra sheet containing the
public laws passed by the legislature of
1908; but the legislature, which had
been Straining every nerve to adjourn
Friday night, failed to do so, and the
session did not close until an early hour
Sunday morning. There has not yet
been time to get the laws in type and
printed, but they will be issued next
week. 1t would be impossible at this
time to make any review of the work OF
the session. Indeed, it is doubtful II
the members themselves have any COM
prehensive idea of what they have done,
so great has been the hustle and jam to
wind up the business during the past ten
days. Some of the tricks done, not
to speak lightly of the great and general
court, have been almost amusing. The
history of the resolve appropriating s4c,-
600 for Names representation at the st.
Louis exposition is case in point.
During the last three days of the session
this was twice passed by the senate,
once refused a passage, once recalled
from the governor after 1t had been sent
in for his signature, and once Indefinite
ly postponed. 1t required newspaper
issuing several editions day to keep up
with the history of the resolve. 1t is
generally understood that the last time
the senate changed its mind it defeated
the resolve. The appropriations OF
money by the legislature have been in
the aggregate very liberal, but the rate
of the state tax will not be increased.
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DR.. Parker's Tonetic Tablets
The Great System Builder
and Nerve Restorer.

Just what you need for that tired feel
ing, that lack of energy, that listlessness,
that backache, that legache, that head
ache, that nervous irritability, that ner-
vous indigestion.
Don't wait until you're down on your
back. Perhaps you're the mother or the
father of a family and can't afford to be
sick, It's easier to cure little trouble
than big trouble. When you feel the
first symptoms of languor is the time to
build up your system.
DR.. Farker's Tonetic Tablets will re-
store the strength to your whole body;
they will restore your energy, bring back
the bloom to your cheek, the spring to
your step; they will restore your appe-
tite for food and thus build up the diges-
ton, sweeten the breath and clean up
your tongue. They will tone up the
nerves and increase the red corpuscles
which are the life of the blood. They
will renew your youth.
They are put up in boxes of fifty tab
let's each, at so cents box, or six boxes
for 50. so, and are for sale by all drug
gists and by The DR.. Parker Medicine
Co., 51-53 Exchange ST., Portland, Me-,
u, S. A.
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Wilson's Mills.

G.. Twitchell has moved his teams out
of the woods, and the horses belonging
to the Berlin Mills Co. are going down
nearly every day.
j. W. Buchanan, who has been logging
in the Parmacheenee region, has come
out.
Mrs. Maud Brooks, who spent the
winter with her father, VIM. Lamb, at
Rangeley, came home week since, and
they are keeping house in the White
more house which G. W. Brooks pur-
chased last fall. He will rebuild as soon
as practicable near the site of the burn
ed buildings.
Addie Flint returned from her visit to
Colebrook and Portland Saturday.
R. A. Storey is at Enrol, clerk for the
Clear Stream drive.
Many logs will be left in the woods on
account of the very unusual March
weather.
Mercury at IA degrees Friday. 1t had
been at 20 degrees for several days.
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South RumfOrd.

Eugene Davis and family have moved
into Mrs. Cynthia Ackley's house, and
taken possession of the milk business he
bought of NJ. l.. Wyman.
Herbert Hall and his bride have moved
to the Zircon House.
Mrs. Taylor from the Centre is work
ing for Charles Adams, who remains
very feeble with his old trouble, heart
and kidney complaint.
Mrs. Frances Hutchins from the Point
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. w. F.
Clark.
Ice went out March Goth.
The young people gave Wallie Clark a
birthday party March 26th. About 20
were there and enjoyed themselves with
whist, music, games and treat of pop
corn and maple syrup frogs. Fremont
Abbott took fash light picture of the
crowd.
The neighbors gave George Martin, at
Fred Hubbard's, a birthday surprise
party, March 25th, but as the one who
got it up forgot to send out invitations,
only II were there but they had fine
time.
Mrs. Cannon is visiting in Porter.
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Greenwood,

The sleighing has gone up or rather
down into the Atlantic Ocean for the
present, and now they want to know
whether we are to have any more this
spring, or not until next November.
Time only can determine.
The run of sap was short, and since
the snow is nearly all gone and no frost
in the ground, it seems to have gone by
until another spring.
Since the ground has been covered
with snow since the last of November.
grass did not winter kill in the least, and
time of the year.
The first grasshoppers were seen hop
ping about Sunday, the 22d, and about
the same time the frogs began to croak
away for all they were worth.
But who ever saw the crows and robins
so numerous as they are this spring, to
say nothing of some other kinds of less
note?
Several of our citizens have bought
hay since the ground began to get bare,
and they found the moving of it rather
up hill business.
Ransom Cole has finished saving birch
and is now at work on long lumber. He
will saw out mill frame for himself,
since the old one is so decayed as to be
considered unsafe.
Those who got up their firewood be-
fore the snow left are now working it
up, but some of them didn't and now
they begin to find themselves in about
the same condition that many did in the
cities last winter on account of the coal
famine.
Horace Judkins has moved back on to
the place that he left last fall, and in the
meantime brought back one more in adj
dition to his family. 1t is boy.
| The selectmen met at the town farm
last Saturday to receive bids for run
ming the said farm the coming year.
Simeon Farr and wife were the ones
chosen, and the selection seems to be a
wise one since they both know how to
work and have no children to take with
them.
Since it is now spring in the almanac
as well as out of it, perhaps we might as
we'll report the number of zero morn
ings, and also the snow storms. The
record shows that there were IA of the
former, the coolest being on the 9th of
December when it was Is below. There
were 20 snow storms, the first one oc-
curing on the Goth of November, and
the last one on the 5th of March, line
drawn at one inch. A slight thunder
shower on the 4th of February. Total
amount of snow during the winter
feet, 10 inches.
The promise last week must be de-
ferred for want of space.
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Oxford.

Mr.. Kelley, the evangelist, held services
at the Advent church, Sunday.
Mr.. Thompson, veteran of the Civil
War, died at his home on Fore Street,
Friday, March 20.
The widow of the late Taylor Scribner
of Otisfield died in Portland on March
20. She was carried to Otisfield for in
terment.
John Farris, Curtis Keene and Roy
harrington have gone to Boston. They
are employed on the electric cars.
Miss Eastman, state lecturer of patri-
otto instruction in the schools, will deliver
an address before the teachers conven.
ton, to be held here in May.
Doris, little daughter of Daniel Rich
mond, is sick with pneumonia.
Walter Millett, who has been employ
ed on John Robinson's farm, has finished
his years work, and will work for Miss
Fisher of the Oxford Spring House.
VIM. Bumpus will take the place of Mr..
Millett on Mr.. Robinson's farm.
Born, March 20, to the wife of Alton
Verrill, a son.
The Ladies, Aid Society held a success
full sale and chicken pie supper, March
Is, at Robinson Hall.
Mrs. Roxana Buchanan Lamb, widow of
the late William Lamb, died at East Otis
field, March "a, aged 9S years. Her
funeral was on Thursday, Rev. Mr.. Fos-
ter officiating. She lived but short
time after thu death of her husband.
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East Sumner.

Seven applicants were present at the
teachers examination on Wednesday.
For the eight schools in town this sum-
mer there have been twenty applicants.
c. F. Willard of Turner and Jesse
Howe of West Paris were in town on
Wednesday.
There was a meeting of the directors
of the Oxford Co. Telephone Co. on Fri
day to discuss some changes in the
switch system. Nearly all parts of the
town can be reached by wire now, and
"Hello, there" is in the air.
The month of March has been a pc
culiar one this year on account of the
absence of windy days. Hardly wind
enough to start the windmills unit
after the 25th inst.
Wood saving done mostly by hand.
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wHITTEMoRE DISTRICT.

Mrs. Cora Z. Cooper was a guest of
Mrs. l.. Waterhouse in Bethel few days
last week.
Mr.. Fred Millett and family have
moved to Norridge, Mass, where they
will reside for time.
Grant C. Royal and Fl. W. Record are
changing work, working wood piles.
Mrs. J. B. Drake bought a cow last
week of John Hammond.
Ellsworth Thayer bought Durham
COW and calf of Gilbert Abbott last week.
Thayer Brothers have a pair of Dur
ham steers that are little less than one
wear old which girth feet 3 inches, and
weigh 1858 pounds and they are nicely
matched. There is not an ounce differ
ence in their weight. They would like
to hear who can beat them.
Mrs. Albert Wheeler and Mrs. Cora
Whittemore went to Lewiston last Satur-
day.
Archie Tucker cut his foot quite bad
ly last week. 1t required three stitches to
close the wound.
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Buckheld.

Mrs. T. q. Lunt and Mrs. BENZ.
Spaulding are quite Ill.
Mrs. Horace Murch Is away selecting
spring millinery. y.
Rev. Mr.. Turner has recently attended
ministerial convention at Portland.
F. A. Robinson vacates Hotel Long
Apr. 3Oth, and Henry Nulty is to occupy,
and A. F. Warren is to occupy the stable.
Mrs. Larkin Farrar is TENDING. shop for
Mrs. Murch, during her absence.
Lucy Atwood of Rumford Falls Is Wis
iting her grandparents.
Master Spaulding Bisbee of Rumford
Falls is visiting friends in town.
Over 80 Changers were seated Satur-
day with many more to follow.
c. S. Childs and wife returned We'd
nesday from visiting friends at Rumford
Falls.
R. C. and Mrs. Themes have recently
returned from a winters sojourn In
Portland.
1. W. Shaw and wife went to Portland
Wednesday.
Miss Ardelia Prince entertained hel
friends to tea recently, preparatory to
her contemplated trip to visit hel
Michigan friends.
Geo. Brigham informs me that he
heard frogs March 20.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thorn, elderly
people, are very poorly. Mr.. Thorn has
the grippe, while Mrs. Thorn has paraly
sis.
Mr.. Frederick A. Taylor, steward Of
the Westboro (Mass.) Insane Hospita
for the past six and half years, lately
resigned his position to take effect Apri
9th. He will reside in Buckfield for &
while, and will take position as stew
ard of large hotel the coming summer
at Gloucester, Mass.
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North Albany.

Mrs. Imogene Brown is caring for her
sons wife, who gave birth to son.
10 IA pounds, the 18th inst. Mother and
child are gaining fast
Mr.. Ernest Penley of South Paris is
visiting with his wife at Roscoe Emery's.
Jack Mckenzie has so far recovered
from his wound as to be able to work
some. We are all glad that the result
was no worse.
John and Robert Kimball, Ed McPhee,
Herman Brown, Wall Brown and several
others have been helping Freeman Ben.
nett on his pulp, driving it on Pleasant
River.
Ed Good is working for j. F. Hapgood
of Bethel for a few days.
1t seems nice to see bare ground again
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North StOneham.

Wendell Flanders of East StOneham is
staying while with his uncle, Ii. B.
McKeen.
Goldie Adams is at work for Mrs. G..
l.. Bartlett of East Stoneham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Dill have gone back
to Westbrook.
. Howard Palmer and Raymond Stearns
of Lowell are making maple syrup in
Mr.. Palmer's orchard here.
Miles Adams, who has been doing
chores for Freeland Adams of Water
ford, this winter, has got home.
Charles Lawrence is at Leonard Gam
mons. He has been at work in the
woods at Rumford.
James McAlister has finished work
for Irving Green of North Waterford.
John Files has been quite sick. II. b.
McKeen took his place in the mill three
days last week.
Nick Merrill has left Leonard Gam
mons.
Leona McKeen of Albany visited her
sister, Mrs. John Adams, last week.
In Stoneham, March 18th, to the wife
of John Grover a SON.
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Hartford.

Aunt Marcia Bates passed quietly
away Sunday night, the 22d. Only two
days before her death the writer saw
her and talked with her. She seemed to
retain her faculties as well as she had
for a number of years past, but the sands
of life had run out and she went without
a struggle. She was 90 years and two
weeks old. During her long and event
full life, she has often told me, she hardly
ever had a sick day. She was one OF
those strong minded persons who never
let trifies worry her, and always looked
on the bright side of things. She has
outlived most of her relatives except
few nephews and nieces. For the last
twelve or thirteen years her nephew,
Burton Hutchinson, has taken care OF
her and has done all in his power to
make her comfortable in her declining
years.
Decatur Irish is laid up with sciatic
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Hiram.

Mr.. Fred r. Bean has bought the store
and goods of the late Monroe Boynton.
Mr.. Eli c. Wadsworth is building hen
house II 40.
Mr.. Fred Weeman is recovering from
his serious illness.
Mrs. Lusanna w. Hubbard is recover
ing from long illness.
The town voted 5000 for repairs on the
covered bridge at Hiram. The bridge
was built in 1858.
Miss Daisy NJ. Young has been visit
ing friends in Massachusetts.
The Knights of Pythias are gaining
new members and have paid their entire
debt.
Mr.. Peleg T. Wadsworth has received
the sad tidings of the death of his only
brother, ARENAS R. Wadsworth, Of
Grand junction, Colorado. His age was
81 years. He was a native of Hiram
and son of Peleg C. and Mary NJ. WadS
worth. His death was sudden from ap
oplexy, while he was stopping at Sar
Diego, California, for his health. HI
was educated in the common schools ant
Bridgton Academy, and, after teaching
some time, he went to California in 1863
and made brief visits to his native home
in 1870 and 1894. He was gentleman
of commanding presence, great force
energy, decision of character, and stric
integrity. At one time holding cour
in California he imprisoned the count!
attorney for contempt Of court. A
another occasion desperate, whom h
had sentenced to Jail, attacked him il
court with revolver, but soon fount
himself in muscular hands, and was i'm
prisoned. Mr.. Wadsworth's death will
bring sadness to his many old friends
and schoolmates in Maine, includin!
your correspondent.
On Feb. 2Sth, Miss Rispah B. Wads
worth. youngest sister of the allow
named, died of congestion of the brain
aged so years. She was an accomplished
teacher in her youth. She was worth,
lady and leaves very large circle o
friends to mourn her loss.
Miss Ruth r. Wadsworth has beef
very sick but is improving.
Mrs. Charles H. Gould of Bridgtol
and Mrs. Ellen w. Moore of Cambridge
Mass, have been with their sisters dur
ing this sorrowful period.
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Lowell.

The Women's Library Club met We'd
nesday afternoon with Miss Frances
True, who is at home from the Bridgton
High School for the spring vacation.
b. Z. Brown and wife have gone to
one of his cottages on Upper Keazar
Pond. They will live there while he
builds another one which has been en-
gagged by New York parties.
j. E. Farnham is building quite a
large addition to his house for the &C
commodation of boarders.
Mrs Lyman Irish is still quite i'll and
her brother, Vance Meader, takes Mr..
Irish's place on Fox's team, while he re-
mains to care for her.
c. G.. Andrews was here few days re-
Gently and Albertha Andrews returned
with him to her school at South Paris.
n. T. Fox has bought pair of horses
of Seth Hartman.
The epidemic of colds still continues
rs usual.
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Grafton.


Mrs. Delphina Whitman passed her
S5th birthday on the Goth of this month.
The occasion was made very pleasant
and enjoyable with the presence of Mrs.
Jerusha Brooks as guest of the day.
Mrs. Brooks will be 90 on the It'll of
April. She is one of our smart old
ladies doing an amount of knitting and
other work to put to shame many a
younger woman. She has four sons liv-
ing and numerous grandchildren to re-
joice in the heightened years of dear
good mother and grandmother. Her
home is with her son, o. w. Brooks, of
this town. Mrs. Whitman has three
children. She is now living here with
her daughter, Mrs. A. w. Farrar. She
has been quite feeble for the past two
years, yet she still retains much of her
former energy and activity, washing
dishes and helping otherwise about the
house, besides sewing on quilts and knit
ting. Her children and grandchildren
arise and call her blessed.
Arthur Farrar and George Muse are
driving river for NJ. L. Thurston in
Newry.
Will Pratt is at home from the woods.
Hundreds of robins were seen about
here, few mornings since, on the
ground as far as the eye could reach.
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Hebron,

The ladies' circle gave conumdrum
supper Tuesday evening. The attend
ance was good and lots of fun reported.
Miss Ida Leslie has gone to Boston for
visit.
Mrs. j. C. Donham went to Auburn
Thursday to spend few days with
relatives and help celebrate the SD
birthday of her father, Mr.. Drew Thomp-
son.
L. A. Maxim and his sister, Mrs. Ellen
Gilman, went to Otisfield Thursday to
attend the funeral of their aunt, Mrs.
VIM. Lamb. Mr.. Lamb died few
weeks ago. They were aged people and
had been invalids for several years.
Early risers are treated to free con-
cert of the best kind these fine mornings
when each bird is trying to out-sing
others.
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Baptist Quarterly Meeting.

The Oxford Baptist Quarterly Meeting
met with the Bryant's Pond church
March % and 20. The attendance was
small owing to the bad travelling, but as
often happens when only few come
together the meetings were unusually
good.
The services organized with the choice
of Deacon George B. Crockett, of the
South Paris church, as moderator, and
throughout the meetings he displayed
the tact and spirit so needful for chair
man of religious gathering. Much of
the success of the meeting was due to
his wise leadership.
Four sermons were preached during
the session, the first by Rev. S. E. Pack
ard of Mechanic Falls on True Liberty.
True liberty is found only in Christ.
This was his mission, to set the captives
free. True liberty consists not in doing
what you like but in liking to do what
you ought.
The second sermon was preached by
Rev. E. S. Cotton of Norway, who spoke
on the Cost of Discipleship. Some
Christians have the idea that the Chris
tian life is easy. This is one of the
principal causes of weakness in the
churches. Christian life means sacrifice,
means obedience. The lesson taught by
this sermon was one much needed and
very helpful.
Thursday morning, Rev. II. H. Bishop
of Paris preached on Saving Souls and
Hiding Sins. A soul who hasn't found
God is dead to Him as blind man is
dead to the sun. Christians should use
every influence to rouse souls from this
death, and in doing so stream of sin is
cut and multitude of sins hidden.
The last sermon was by Rev. II. S.
Pinkham of South Paris who spoke on
the Advantages of the Cody Man. His
pictures of the blessings of the Christian
life were beautiful and eloquent, and II
the interest of his hearers was proof
profound impression was made.
An interesting discussion ably opened
by Mr.. Joseph Noyes of South Paris was
held on the subject Why l Joined the
Church. Many reasons were given for
Joining church, the one most employed
being that sin union there is strength"
The church militant can not do much
IL every man is for himself.
The reports from the different churches
indicate fair degree of prosperity and
interest, and the outlook is encouraging.
The closing service, conducted BY the
was the best OF all. 1t took
the form of an experience meeting, and
one after another arose and gave testi-
mony to the helpfulness of the meetings.
All felt reluctant to depart. One woman
it, ''she would like to con-
tinue the meetings forever"
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East Hebron,

The snow has nearly all melted away.
Some few tiny spots are seen on Streak
ed Mountain. The south and east sides
of Owls Head are free from snow.
Frogs were croaking last Saturday,
coming in many directions.
Mud time is here in bOunteous guam
tity.
Report comes that Warren Record Of
Buckfield recently cut one toe off while
chopping wood.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Allen from Lynn came
last Saturday to Mrs. Aliens home OF
her childhood that her brother, Fl. A.
Record, now owns, to live, while her
brother works for w. Fl. Berry for eight
months on his farm.
George and Perley McKenney still live
on the Roberts farm, but will soon 60
to Turner with his mother and MI.
Wills.
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Personal.

Rev. W. W. Hooper, former pastor
of the Universalist churches at Norway
and Paris Hill, now state missionary for
the Universalist denomination and with
wide acquaintance in Oxford County,
has accepted a call to the pastorate of
the Universalist church in Bellows Falls,
Vt He has resigned his position as
state missionary, to take effect at an
early date. Mr.. Hooper has in his posi-
ton been very effective worker and
very generally liked, and his departure
from the state will be regretted.