Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-09-15
NORWAY.

A. P. Blaisdell Of Rockland Is visitir
his Norway friends for short tim
n Some years ago he worked for j. {
\ Croker, and is most favorably remen
!. bered by Norway citizens.
I The corn factory commenced bushes
3 this week. The bean and corn crop
!. much better than it was last year at th
4 time the firm report.
4 Harold B. Chapman Is one of the moi
' successful agents the Glenn Brother
have in their employment. He Is n0'
| engaged in canvassing the town OF HI
bron.
n John NJ. Frank has built the brio
sidewalk for v. W. Hills. It is one Q
the best in the village and marked i'm
provement to Mr.. Hills residence.
Mrs. V. M. Whitman after summe
visit at her former home at st. Andrews
N. B., has returned. Mr.. and Mrs
Whitman and family are now stopping
at their lake cottage.
w. L. Scribner of Springfield, mem
Der of the board of prison and jail in
spector, was in town the last Of tn
week. His sister, Mrs. o. N. Bradbury
returned to Springfield with him upoI
his return for few weeks visit.
Ralph Osgood returned to Lowell
Mass, the last of the week. He hal
visited his uncle, F. w. Sanborn, fol
several weeks and now resumes hi!
studies in the Lowell High School.
The next on the boards will be "Th'
Real Widow Brown at the Opera House
Wednesday evening, Sept. 10th.
Amos French has sold to the town {
gravel pit near the Albany town line.
Several of our Norway citizens at
tended the Bethel fair. They report 8
most pleasant trip and enjoyable day.
Mrs. Gertrude Perry of Chester
Springs, Pa, is stopping with her uncle
Grin Kimball.
The town clerk is now provided with
books required by the registration law
of this year. One book for Republican
voters, one for Democratic voters and
one for Prohibition voters.
Emma McCrellis, daughter of A. c.
McCrellis, is at the Gray Business Col
lege, Portland, where she will take a
full course of study.
c.. Ridlon has new platform in
front of his store. The work was done
by Morrill, Fuller.
Mrs. Fred A. Cole of Westbrook was
in town this week with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred S. Kimball will
attend the meeting of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of /. o o. f., to be held
in Baltimore, Nd, Sept. 21-26. They
start Monday, Sept. IA, with the New
England delegation. Mr.. Kimball repre-
sents the Grand Encampment of Maine.
Mrs. V. w. Hills and Mrs. F. E. Drake
were in Boston and New York for the
fall and winter stock of millinery. They
left home last week and returned the
last of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Moholland
of Medford, Mass, are visiting Mrs.
Moholland's mother, Mrs. j. d. Cragin.
Mrs. E. G. Skillings and son of West
Everett, Mass, returned to their home
this week after a short visit. Mrs.
Skillings was formerly in trade in this
village.
Clerk F. w. Rounds of South Paris,
for some time with F. P. Stone, has re-
turned to his studies at Bates College.
Mr.. Rounds has made many friends in
Norway who are sorry to have him leave
the store.
Mrs. Sadie Conner of Lynn, Mass, is
stopping with her mother, Mrs. James
Smith, for few weeks.
The librarian at the Public Library
will enjoy the fair the 10th "wednesday
so the library room will be closed for
that day.
A crew of coopers are at work at the
old blacksmith shop near the saw mill
making apple barrels.
Car No. 4, Norway & Paris Street
Railway, vestibuled, is a great improve
ment and marked credit to the manage
ment of the road. It's beauty and
will be greatly appreciated by the public.
Upon the anniversary of her SD birth |
day, Mrs. Joshua Stuart entertained her
friends at her home at Charles Rowe's,
DIR. II. P. Jones entertained Henry |
Stearns of Oakland, Calf, this week.
S. A. Stevens after vi it of several
weeks with his daughter, Mrs. j. o.
Smith at Presque Isle has returned to
his Norway home.
Warren Crockett of Marietta, Ga, is
visiting his people in this village. He
was here eight years ago.
Otto Schnuer is improving his resi- |
dence by the addition on the northerly
side of large room.
IN. Small and Frank Cannon are at |
work on the Bartlett store tenement.
John Sampson is doing the painting.
The tenement will be greatly improved
l. 81, IL xuith
The Norway farmers are obliged to |
cart their oats to South Paris in order to |
have them threshed. The old fashioned
way was to have the machine moved
about the neighborhood.
An assembly of Oxford Council, No.
IA, Royal and Select Masters, was held at
Hall, Friday evening. No work.
John j. Larkin, formerly of Lynn,
Mass, was before the municipal court
Friday afternoon on complaint of o.
Barker, charged with the larceny of
certain money from Barker. 1t appeared
that Barker, who rooms at Geo. w.
Chaney's, on Cottage Street, received by
express gallon of wine and whiskey
and invited Larkin to his place to re-
joice. Barker and his wife, with
Larkin made merry with the result that
each claimed that the others were in
toxicated. 1t was claimed by the
Bankers that at one o'clock in the morn
ing, Thursday, when the party broke up,
the money was in the room but at a
later time they missed it and as Larkin
was the only visitor they entertained, he
therefore took the cash. Rather happy
but not exactly strictly temperance