Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-01-05

this week on account of the death o
Mr.. Shaw.
Next Sunday the subject at tn,
lamity at Chicago"
Charles P. Dennison of Boston made {
short visit to the family of his brother
II. w. Dennison, Friday.
Mrs. Oscar F. Bowker has closed hel
home here and gone to Portland t(
spend the winter with Mr.. Bowker.
Judge Wilson has been confined to tn.
house several days with an attack Of
serious illness, and has not yet begun tt
improve.
The meeting of the Seneca Club which
was to have been held this Monday even
ing will be postponed on account of the
week of prayer.
The Universalists of South Paris are
invited to join in the union services al
Norway, which begin Tuesday evening
| in the UniversaliSt church at 1880.
Saturday evening, the second medal
contest will be held in Good Cheer Hall
at :30P. NJ. Music by the Young Pe0-
pies Orchestra. Admission 10 cents.
The Maine Annual Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church holds its
next session at Rumford Falls commence
ing March 3Oth. Bishop Vincent pre-
sides.
The Epworth League of the Methodist
church have recently placed new stove
in their church parlOr, adding very much
to the appearance and comfort of the
room.
Mrs. II. l.. Hebbard went to Albany
Saturday, where she was called by the
death of her mother, Mrs. Milton W..
Pingree. The funeral services were held
Sunday.
The Butterfly Carnival of the Univers-
alist Good Cheer Society will be held
March I'd, Sd, and 4th. Fuller particu-
lars and list of the committees will be
given next week.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office Jan. 4, 1904:
Mrs Dora Whitman.
Mrs. II. +. Howard.
Mr.. Ralph A. Wheeler.
NJ. Rert Dwinals.
A party was given by DR.. and Mrs.
Brooks last Thursday evening to some
OF the young people. The old year was
watched out and the new in. Refresh
ments were served and delightful
evening passed.
The annual meeting of the Univers-
II; ,.,n ha bal1 uaslav avapinn
at 7:3O, in Good Cheer Hall. This is an
important meeting. The building COM
mittee will make report, arrangements
for the dedication of the church will be
the financial standing of the
parish will be given, and provision for
the current year will be made, and parish
officers will be elected for the coming
wear. 1t is desirable that every member
of the parish be present.
The fourth recital of Mrs. Briggs
pupils was appointed for Saturday night,
Jan. I'd, but on account of the bad storm
there were only few of the pupils
present. So it was turned into party
and the evening passed very pleasantly
with Pit" CrokinOle and other games.
Mr.. Alfred Jackson came up with his
big sleigh and loaded in seven or eight
of them and carried them home, and the
others had their own conveyanceS, so
everyone got home comfortably, and the
fourth recital was unanimously voted a
great success.
Rev. II. s. Pinkham has decided to ac
cept the call to the Winter Hill Baptist
Church in Somerville, Mass, and on
read his resignation from the
pastorate of the South Paris Baptist
church. He will begin his pastorate at
Winter Hill with the first Sunday in
February. While this has been antici-
pated, as it was realized that Mr.. Pink
hams ability would call him to larger
field, still it is with great regret that his
people here part with him; and not his
own people only, but the entire COM
munity, who hold him in very high re-
gard.
There is nothing local about this Arctic
weather, still il will do no harm to men,
ton that lOng-continued spell of zero
weather eliminated Monday morning
when thermometer readings were report,
ed at various points down to "a below
zero with a fresh breeze blowing. AT
the time of going to press it has warmed
up very little, and the day is one of the
bitterest ever seen. Water pipes have
frozen up almost everywhere. In Bill
ings Block, where the Democrat lives,
more trouble has been experienced with
freezing in the past week than in the
previous eight years since the building
was put up, and the same kind of story
is told everywhere