Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-06-30

Il LUZ llc ouulucT.
Irving E. Andrews and family ar
Visiting in Lowell.
Mains circus drew quite number t
Lewiston Saturday.
o Mrs. George Keough of Auburn is
guest at l.. b. Carter's for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy DeCoster of Lynn
Mass, are guests at George Cuttings.
Miss Ella ]. Libby of Brookline, Mass.
5 has been with relatives here for the pas
, ten days.
Miss Maud Carter is at home for tn
> vacation from Braintree, Mass, where
she teaches.
Rev. and Mrs. j. H. Little ATTENDED
the field day meeting of the grange a
+. Canton Saturday.
Miss Mabel G. Hathaway is at hom,
from her teaching in Quincy, Mass, fol
the summer vacation.
]. A. Kenney and wife and w. l.
Blood and family spent few days a
Weld Pond last week.
F. E. Douglas and wife of Hopedale
Mass, are spending two weeks vaca
tion with relatives here.
Harry NJ. Gerry and wife of Provi
dence, r. l., former residents of South
Paris, are visiting relatives here.
Miss Lena Hicks, former assistant
in the high school. has been spending a
few days with her father, B. F. Hicks.
There will be baptism and the re-
ception of members and the holy COM
munion next Sabbath at the Methodist
church.
Hon. George Pottle, one of the state
assessors, and his wife, took dinner
with his brother, the Rev. A. w. Pottle,
Wednesday.
The W. C. T. U. will meet at the
Methodist vestry Thursday afternoon,
July I'd, at o'clock. Mothers are espe-
cially invited.
| C. w. Bowker and wife and daughter
Muriel have been with Mrs. Bowker's
parents, John +. Stanley and wife, at
Auburn fish hatchery for few days.
There will be business meeting of
i the Epworth League this Monday even
/ ing at Lyman S. Merrilps to further ar
rangements for the district convention
to be held in the Methodist church July
SO.
The state assessors were in session
here Wednesday, TO meet the assessors
of the several towns, investigate their
manner of assessment, give them sug-
gestions, &C. There was an unusually
good attendance of the local assessors.
Percy Nevers of Norway will manage
a base ball tournament at the fair
grounds on the Fourth of July. The
contesting clubs are Norway, Oxford,
First game in the forenoon, and the
other two in the afternoon.
The picnic at Comrade Bolster's last
Thursday proved to be a very pleasant
occasion. In spite of the rain about
| fifty members of the Post and Relief
Corps sat down to a bountiful supper.
The evening was spent in singing army
songs and listening to army stories told
by the veterans.
Mrs. A. p. Dodge, after a weeks stay
at Mr.. Stoves, left for her home in
West Acton, Mass, on Friday. Miss
Matte Z. Hersey from SomerS, Conn,
arrived here the same day where she
will spend as much of her vacation as
possible on account of the sickness of
her aunt, Mrs. Stowe, for whom Mrs. l.
d. Cummings is in charge as nurse.
Speaking of bees. South Paris bee
keeper was in luck few days since.
While he was at work on his bees, TAX
| inc out the queen cells to prevent
further swarming, he heard buzzing in
one of his apple trees near by, and in
vestigating, found swarm of bees set
Ting in it, and awaiting until they had
all arrived, gathered in bunch of about
four quarts of buzZers. Tisn't every man
who can pick bees right in his own
dooryard.
1t was very lively night Friday with
Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge, when
they entertained something like a
hundred visitors from the lodges at
West Paris, Buck iield and Canton. Sup
per was served to the visitors in Grand
| Army Hall at $50. There was degree
work, music by an orchestra, and read
| ings by Frank l.. Starbird. The even
| ing was well employed until nearly mid
night, the special on which the West
Paris lodge returned leaving at II
o'clock.
Rev. III. o. Thayer has been visiting
relatives at South Paris for few days.
MIR. Thayer is native of Paris, son of
| the late Ziba Thayer. He is member
of the Maine Historical Society, and q
well-known authority in matters of
Maine history Several of his communi-
cations to the Democrat have shed light
on points in the history of Oxford Coun-
ty. For a number of years he has been
| in Portland, but he now goes to Brook
| lyn, n. Y, where he will be with his son
aud daughter. Part of Mr.. Thayer's
children have also been here a few
days-Mr. and Mrs. Richard Andrews
of Englewood, n. j., and Harvey Thayer
of the faculty of Pratt Institute IN
Brooklyn.
1 The bi-centennial of John Wesley, the
founder of the Methodist denomination,
was observed Sunday in the Methodist
4 church Will dppAoPAi"SS
the morning paper was read by Mrs. Z.
E. Chapman on the parentage, birth
place and early childhood OF Wesley.
Mrs. A. w. Pottle read a paper on the
school days and early ministry of John
Wesley, and the pastor of the church
gave a short discourse on the influence
and significance of his life and ministry
In the evening the exercises were con-
tinued and papers were presented oy
Mrs. Benjamin SWEET on the condition Of
England in Wesley's time. Miss Myra
Richards read paper, the estimates OF
Wesley's work by cotemporaneous and
later writers, and Mrs. Harry Morton
gave a paper on the growth and present
status of the Methodist movement. The
papers were of high order and spoke
well for the ability and faithfulness o.
those presenting them. The exercises
were interspersed with good music
The choir consisted of Mrs. Burnhan
organist, Miss Gray soprano, Mrs. Potti'
alto, Messrs. Burnham and Stuart tenor
and Messrs. Brown and Millett basso.
BIsCoE DISTRICT.