Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-11-03
Donald Bean was in Mason sunday.

afternoon of this week
Miss Ethel Wing of Waterville is
guest at t. +. Hathaway's.
Mrs. c. j. Bean has been confined t,
8 the house for a week with severe cold
Miss Edith Hayes of Auburn has beer
a guest at p. E. Wheeler's for few
: days.
Mr. DeMeyer, who was substitute
principal of the high school for portion
of the spring term, was in town ovel
, Sunday.
We had samples last week of about
the worst and about the best that late
October can do for US in the line OF
weather.
Apples on the tree in exposed situa.
tons were none the better for last
weeks freeze.
The Royal Arcanum meets this Mon
day evening, and all members are re-
quested to be present.
This is the season of those annual
ARTICLES in transporting newspapers
about the ''ruffied grouse"
Fred II. Evans has closed his engage
ment in the barber shop of II. G.. Fetch
er, and r. +. Tufts takes his place.
Miss Alta Walker was at home from
Bates over Sunday, accompanied by a
college friend, Miss Reynolds of Liver
more Falls.
| Rev. A. W. Pottle was in attendance
last Tuesday at Bath on the Lewiston
District Ministers Association, Rev. A.
5. Ladd, d. D., presiding.
The pulpit at the Universalist church
will be occupied next Sunday by Rev.
F. Z. Barton, UniverSalist state mission
airy, on exchange with Rev. Mr.. Little.
Mrs. Andrew Under, of Mankato,
Mimi, who is a guest at George Briggs,
goes this week, in company with Miss
Catherine Briggs, for a trip to Boston.
The new Grand Trunk station in
Portland was opened to the public Sun
day evening, and the evening train went
out from there. 1t is said to be a fine
building.
A sociable will be held at Good Cheer
Hail Wednesday evening of this week,
Nov. 4, nnder the auspices of the junior
classes of the Universalist Sunday School.
All are invited. Admission ) cents.
Roy Porter was at home from the
University of Maine over Sunday, &C
companied by friend They had come
to Brunswick for the Bowdoin-U. of NJ. |
football game, and ran up from there.
F.B. Ripley of Weston, Mass, is in
town for two or three weeks. Mr.. |
Ripley is Paris boy, son of the late
Col. Orison Ripley, and has many
relatives and friends in this vicinity.
A whist party was given Friday even
ing by Miss Grace Thayer and Mrs.
George F. Eastman. Six tables were
filed. Ice cream and cake were served,
and all enjoyed very pleasant evening.
Rev. VIM. Z. Noyes of Boston, repre-
serting the Little Wanderers Home of
that city, a wel[known institution, was
in South Paris, Sunday and spoke at the
Baptist, Methodist and Congregational
churches in the course of the day.
The Democrat had pleasant fraternal
call Friday morning from A. w. Daven-
port. general representative of the Rum
ford Falls Publishing Co., publishers of
the Herald and the Times. Mr.. Daven-
port was here as a witness in case on
trial in court.
Now when we have one of those
beautiful, sunny, late-autumn days, with
the peculiar purplish- blue haze throwing
a film over the distant hills, no one will
do YOU personal damage if you call 1t
Indian summer. But if you had ventur-
ed TO say Indian summer under your
breath on one of such days last week,
some crank would have risen with a
glitter in his eye, and shrieked, There
can't be any Indian summer till Novem-
Der. ~
Beginning Tuesday evening there will
be special gospel meetings in the Meth
odist church for two weeks. Rev. F. e.
Norcross of Mechanic Falls will assist
the pastor commencing Wednesday
evening and remaining over the following
Sabbath. Next week the Norway
Methodist church with their pastor,
Rev. b. f. Pickett, will unite with the
South Paris society assisting in the
services. All are cordially invited to
come in and attend the meetings.
One of the liveliest and most alto
gether enjoyable functions that the
Young people have had in some time was
the Halloween party of the Jolly Seven
at the home of Miss Sue Wheeler Satur-
day evening. Twenty-eight were pres
emit. The decorations of the house were
UNIQUE and attractive. Two large jack
o'-lanterns flanked the front door and
gave light to all corners. The parlors
were adorned with smaller Jack-o-
lanterns, clusters of red berries, and red
shades ON the electric light globes, CIV
inc a red tone to the rooms. A similar
scheme of decoration was followed
carrots serving as candle
sticks on the refreshment table, hol-
lowed-out cabbage as fruit basket, and
SO on. Refreshments were served from
the table in the dining room, which bore
a puuch bowl, a mystic cake and other
things appropriate to the occasion. The
special entertainment of the evening was
an advertising game, in which illustra-
tons from familiar advertisements were
displayed for those present to identity
Miss Alta Walker and Mr.. Clement won
the prizes for naming the largest num-
Der of them, and Miss Walker and Mr..
DeMeyer the prizes for naming the
smallest number In addition many OF
the time-honored Halloween games were
tried in all their weirdness, and the
evening passed all too quickly.
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