Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1903-07-14
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE ooINes OF THE WEEK m ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris Hill.

Paris Hill.
First Baptist Church. Rev. II. II. Bishop.
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at IL A. N.
Sunday School at u N. Junior G. 4. at 30 p NJ
Wednesday evening at 80 +. NJ. Prayer
/ Meeting Thursday evening at 80. Covenant
Meeting the last Friday before the Let Sunday
Of the month az 80 P. N. All not otherwise con-
nected are cordially invited.
| Universalist Church, Rev. j. II. Little. Pastor.
Preaching service every Sunday at II A. n
| Sunday School at IL u.
Mrs. Howard Collins of New York and
Miss Dorothy and maid are guests at
Old Brick.
Miss Margaret Leal of Plainfield, n.
j., who has been guest OF the Misses
Case, and been so popular among the
Iyoung people here, Joined her family In
Portland Thursday.
Mrs. William Pitt Fessenden and Miss
Ethel Fessenden of Boston have joined
Mr.. Philip Fessenden at White Mountain
View Farm.
Miss Frances l.. Perham arrived on
Wednesday for the summer.
The library will be open Saturday
afternoons during the summer from to
Is. DR.. Hamlin has sent three new por-
ltraits-one of Samuel r. Carter and DR..
lCyrus Hamlin and wife, parents of Han
nibal Hamlin and grandparents OF DR..
Augustus C. Hamlin.
"a Black Heifer" was repeated Wed,
lnesday evening, with fully as high a
degree of success as at its first perform
Iance. The people turned out well,
and the net proceeds OF the evening
will furnish nearly twenty dollars as
the nucleus of a fund for the benefit OF
a hose company to be.
Mrs. Fred j. Marble and son Jarvis
from Omaha, Neb., are visiting at Mrs.
III. C. Marbles.
Mr.. Bowers Barton of Minneapolis,
Mimi, visited friends in this place last
Tuesday.
Guests recently registered at the Hub
bard House are: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. b,
Bailey, Washington, d. c.; Mrs. John l.
Rodgers, Mr.. r. C.. Rodgers, Brooklyn
In. Y; Chas. S. Chase and wife, Port
land.
Miss Minnie Garland of Boston is a
guest at Loren b. Merril's for few
weeks.
Miss Clara Case, who has since the
close of the college term been in Roches
ter, n. Y, and at Lake George, has
Joined the family here.
DR.. NJ. NJ. Houghton has returned
from her vacation.
Miss Ethel Houghton is here from
Wilton for vacation of two weeks.
The children's day concert was given
at the Baptist church Sunday evening
Except for short address by Mr.. Bishop
the programme was by the children, anG
comprised songs, recitations and various
exercises. 1t was all excellently done
and gave pleasure to good audience.
The Wednesday evening meeting al
the Baptist vestry will be held this week
at Z o'clock instead of 7:30 as usual.
Miss Mary Daniels joined the family
here early last week.
An event of the near future is a Col
Club tea, the date of which is not yet
set but invitations will be out in day
or two.
Some have begun haying, and in spite
of the drought, quite fair crop will b'
cut in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Thorne, Mis-:
Helen G.. Thorne, Judge and Mrs. W. p
Potter, Misses Ruth and Annabel Pot
ter, all of Pittsburg, Pa, are at o. A
Thayer's for the season.
Mr.. Mathewson has joined his family
at the Hill.
Preparations are lively for the Uni
lversalist fair, which will be held a
Academy Hall Wednesday of this week
July 18th. The sale will open at
O'Clock p. NJ, and everybody is cordially
Invited TO come. 1t costs nothing Il
get in. All sorts of things will be for
sale,-aprons, fancy goods, works of art
homemade candies, lemonade, ice cream
etc. Among the articles on sale at the
art table will be painting, which took
first prize at an art exhibition in Boston
done by Miss Martha Maxim, posta
cards with views of the Hill, and some
particularly pretty china. All kinds OF
eatables will be on sale, and those from
out of town wishing to stay until even
ing can obtain sufficiency of food. In
the evening the three-act comedy-drama
Diamonds and Hearts, will be present
ed, with the following cast:
Bernice Halstead-A young lady of eight
cen, with an affection Of the heart,
/ Mrs. Z. G. Harlow
Amy Halstead-Her sister, two years
younger, Miss Julia Carter
Young lady vl sss E SlTE; %or,
Mrs. Halstead-A widow, and stepmother
to the Halstead girls, Miss Una p. Taylor
Hannah Mary Barnes, or "Sis"-A maiden
i Mrs. II. W. Lyon
Dwight Bradley-A fortune hunter, and
Mrs. Halstead's son by former mar.
riage, Mr.. Wlnslow
sammy-The darky bellboy In the Hastead
/ house, Mr.. j. NJ. Thayer
Abraham Barnes. or "Bub"-A Yankee
farmer still unmarried at forty. A dia-
mond In the rough, Mr.. Elmer Cummings
Attorney. Sheriff.
Stearns' Orchestra will play for q
little dancing after the drama. Tickets
| in the evening % cents, children -
cents; no extra charge for dancing.
wHITTEMoRE DISTRICT.
Mr.. Herbert Record has purchased
eight full blood Hampshire Down sheep
from parties in Michigan.
| Mrs. Josephine Stewart of Antrim, n
H., is visiting relatives in town.
Mr.. Horace d. Tuttle's family spent
the 4th at Lewiston.
Miss Kate Royal is at home from Cot
tage City, Mass, for the summer vaca-
ton.
Miss Grace Whittemore of New York
City is visiting her aunt, Mrs. j. b.
Drake, for the summer.
Newry.
Lewis Eames of Sunday River saw a
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