Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-01-13

II MISS Joan StearnS OF betnel viSlteu nel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. P. Stearns
over Sunday.
There will be a meeting of the Uni
versalist parish at Engine House Hall
Monday evening of next week.
John F. Stanley and wife of Auburn
spent Sunday with their daughter, Mrs
c. w. Bowker, who is somewhat i'll.
Don Briggs, Carl Robinson and George
Clark were fishing on the river Saturday
afternoon and took out pickerel q
inches long, which weighed pounds
and ounces. Pretty good fish for the
river.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office Jan. II, 1908:
MrsiElwin Russell.
Esther Homer.
Mr.. Joseph Z. Conley.
Mr.. Tommie Smith.
L. NJ. Swift.
The public installation of officers of
Hamlin Lodge, K. of P, occurs next
Friday evening, and is open to Knights
and their families, and few invited
guests. Supper will be served at I
O'Clock, and all are requested to be
prompt.
A telegram was received by relatives
here on Sunday, announcing the death
of Elisha Morse in San Francisco. Mr..
Morse was a son of the late Deacon
Elisha Morse of Paris, and half-brother
of Alfred E. Morse and Miss Anna p.
Morse of this place. He was " years of
age.
A. w. Walker & Son are expecting to
receive two carloads of the cargo of
Welsh coal which British Vice Consul
Heating of Portland has ordered. No
coal has come into the place for some
weeks, and large portion of the people
have settled down to winter of wood
burning, and don't expect to get coal
The Welsh coal has not yet arrived in
Portland.
5. p. Maxim is cutting number of
the pines on the Briggs lot on Pine
Street, in the vicinity of the Universalist
church lot, partly for the lumber and
partly with an eye to opening out the
view from the new church-to-be, both up
Pine Street and across the valley toward
the village. The cutting of the trees
will leave the new church in full view
from quite portion of Pleasant Street.
Paris Public Library Association, at
its annual meeting Saturday night, chose
these officers:
President-James c. Wright.
Vice Presidential. Z. I. King.
Secretary ant Treasnrer-N. u. Rolster.
Directors-James ). Wright ez o9iciO, Horatio
Woodbury.. s. 2. Maxim, G. h. Brooks, Miss
Alice Knight.
Librarian-Miss Alice knight.
The report of the librarian, Miss Knight,
for the year, shows that there are 40 regu-
lar and IS occasional borrowers of books.
Number of books loaned during the
year, $500. Thirty-three new books were
added on the 26th of August, and the
number loaned from this list since that
time has been 40. The total number of
in the library is 1899, of which
3233 are numbered and catalogued. The
of books in the Parsons library,
added during the year, was GAL.
The annual meeting of the Citizens
Telephone and Telegraph Co. was held
ut the assessors Office Thursday evening,
and the following officers were elected:
President-R. l.. Cummings.
Vice Presitent-F A. Shurtlen.
Clerk. q Littlefeld.
Treasurer-C. n. Brooks.
Directors-F. A. ShurtleT. W. \. Thomas, J.
+. rlummer, WIN. Caldwell, o. X. Clifford, A.
II. jackson
The company has about twenty miles of
wire strung, one line running from here
to East Oxford and thence to Hebron,
the other going over Brett Hill through
the King neighborhood to Paris Hill.
The instruments are being connected,
about ten of them being already in
place. The company is organized solely
TO give telephone service TO its members,
and it is the purpose to conduct its bust
ness at as small cost as possible. The
south Paris exchange will be in j. +.
Plummer's store.
The Bach Club met Saturday after
noon, Jan. 9, at the home of Mrs. Cora
Briggs. Thirty-one members were pres
ent. The work was review of the
five composers that have been studied
so far this season.