Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-08-04
STATED MEETINGS.


month in Odd Fellows Hall.
GA. R.-w. h. Kimball Post, No. las, meets
arst and third Saturday evenings Of eaci
VIM K. Eimball Relief Corps meets hrs,
and thirl saturday evenings OF each month, In
Relief Corps Hall.
meets second and fourth Saturday; during the
remainder Of the year, meets every Saturday, In
&. 5, c. C-second and fourth Mondays OF
y &. o. P.-Stony Brook Lodge, No. Isl,
meets second and fourth Wednesday evenings
OF each month.
4. OF P.-Hamlin Lodge, No. 81, meets every
gay evening at Pythian Hail.
Modern WOOdmeu of America.-South Paris
Camp, No. 1885,, meets second and fourth Tues
,ay evenings In Golden Cross Hall.
A. NJ. Gerry was in town over Sunday
Minot L. Whittle is visiting in Boston
and vicinity.
X. l.. Kendall of Bangor, Bates '06, is
guest of Wendell Rounds.
Miss Ida B. Mitchell of Yarmouth is
guest Of Miss Eunice Fobes.
Miss Lou Frank of Whitman, Mass,
is visiting ut Abijah c. Halls.
Mrs. ;. w. Knight and son of Auburn,
v. Y, are visiting her brother, Ii. G.
Fletcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hilton have re-
turned from their vacation spent at
Bingham.
VIM. c. Libby and wife have moved
into the c. X. Smith shop building on
Pleasant Street.
Mrs. Culbert and two children are visit
inc relatives and friends in Waterville
and other places.
Mrs. Paul d. Higgins of Costigan is
with her parents, w. NJ. Shaw and wife,
at the Andrews House.
Mrs. Louisa j. Briggs is spending
vacation of a month or six weeks at
Portland and the islands.
Mrs. E. A. Howe and son Henry left
Monday morning for Peaks Island to
spend two weeks vacation.
Hon. Marquis F King of Portland,
with his wife and daughter, were guests
of Hon. A. c. I. King recently.
William Hidden and wife of Fitchburg,
Mass, are guests at James Il. fuckers.
Mr.. Hidden is an old army comrade of
Mr.. Tucker.
Leon O. Glover and family of Gorham |
are spending portion of their vacation
with the family of Mrs. Glover'S father,
W. H. Stiles.
Don Briggs and Ralph Penfold have
returned from Brooklin, Maine, where |
they have been for a vacation trip with
F. {. Briggs.
Rev. W. Z. Brooks, ID. D., and Mrs. |
Brooks, left Monday morning for Var
mouth to attend the summer school OF
Christian Endeavor.
Mrs. Charles +. Brett went 10 New |
market, y. H., Saturday, on account of
the serious illness of her father, Leonard |
Briggs, formerly of this town.
Miss Nellie L. Whitman and Miss
Emma +. Shurtleff have returned from
their annual outing at Old Orchard, |
where they spent three weeks.
Miss Maud Douglass had as guests on |
Thursday her aunt, Mrs. Priscilla |
Douglass of Orono, and her cousin, Mrs.
E. o. league of Mechanic Falls.
Harry W. and Benjamin F. Collins of
Pawtucket, X. L., and Mr.. Asa A. Newell |
of Adamsdale, Mass, are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewall NJ. Rowe.
Judge Foster and his son, Robert G. |
Foster, of Portland, with two friends, /
went thrC ugh town in the young mans |
automobile Tuesday The machine is |
large, handsome, powerful touring car.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office, August Sd, 1908:
Mrs. Abbe L. Foster.
Mrs. J. +. Crockett.
Mr.. W. +. Downs.
Mr.. J. Armstrong.
Mr.. William Cofreren.
S. +. DAVIS. Postmaster.
Hiram Pulsifer notes as worthy of
mention that on the 9th of July he |
moved with an overcoat on, and was not |
in the least uncomfortable. 1t was a
remarkable day for July, was last Mon |
day. A good day for moving, but |
poor day to make hay.
News has been received here of the
death in Auburn on Sunday of Mrs.
Charles III. Merrill, formerly of this |
place, who has been i'll long time. The
remains will be brought here for burial
on the afternoon train Tuesday, and
there will be prayer and a short service |
at the grave. Mrs. Merrill was sister |
of the late A. l. Sturtesant. Besides
her husband, she leaves four daughters.
The Brick school house has suffered con-
siderably of late from malicious mischief
perpetrated by boys who ought to know
better Thirty-five broken lights OF
glass since June LIST is too big record,
and the authorities are quietly iuveS-
tlgating the matter. Already evidence
has been secured that will make at least
one boy think twice before he again de-
hberately and wantonly destroys town
property.
The Methodist picnic on Tuesday
called about $50 to Penley'S Grove, OF
whom about 80 came from the Norway
Sunday School, and the rest from this
place. The day was as fine as could be
desired, and was fully enjoyed by all.
There was no set programme, and the
only special feature of the day was the
presentation of large bouquet to
Superintendent Charles l.. Buck of the
South Paris school in remembrance of
his birthday, Rev. Mr.. Pottle making a
graceful presentation speech.
Those who are in the habit of making
the rough and ready reckoning that it is
ten miles to Mechanic Falls and ten
more to Lewiston, may learn something
Of j. IL. Brooks. On trip to Lewiston
last week with his automobile he
measured the distance. The cyclometer
showed that from his store in South
Paris to the water-fountain in Mechanic
Falls is II 3-S miles. From there to
Lewiston it is a little over ten miles
more, so that the whole distance to Lew
iston is approximately 22 l-2 miles.
Since Sautelle's circus was here, it has
developed that some of the gamblers
who were along with it were fully up-to-
date in their methods. AS nearly as
every one knows in these days OF general
information, one of the essentials OF a
crooked gambling game is an individual
known as "capper," who is allowed to
win big pot to bait the crowd. The
eapper is generally one of the gang who
appears in the crowd as if he were
stranger. The men with the circu:
made an endeavor to hire local men, who
would be more or less known in the
crowd, to act as cappers. A very shrewe
game, but the Democrat has not Learned
that they succeeded in any instance
though several affamDts were reported