Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02

urst and third Saturday evenings Of each
month. in a.. a. K. Hall.
Wm X Kimbau Relief Corps meets first
and ,hird saturday evenings OF each month, In
P.0fH.LParis Grange, from May to Oct. !.
meets second and fourth Saturday; during the
remainder of the year, meets every saturday, IN
Grange Hall.
L. s. 6. C.-Second and fourth Mondays OF
fa". month.
y Z. o. P.-Stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl,
meets second and fourth "Wednesday evenings
at each month.
.OtP-Hamlin Lodge, No, 81, meets every
.'av evening az Pythian Hall.
Modern WOOdmen Of America.-South Paris
Camp, No. 1885,, meets second and fourth Tues
..v evenings In Golden Cross Hall.
l..yal ArCanum.-Parris Council, No. 1921,
e,, IS first and thiri Monday evenings at : 80.
Rev. j. H. Little was called to IIarpS
N. last week 10 attend a funeral.
Mrs. j. D. Haynes entertained num-
OF. ldy friends at tea Friday evening.
Mrs. E.O. Jewell is visited by her
laughter, Mrs. Rice, of Providence, 4. |.
Arthur G.. Kicker of Bryant's Pond
was 40 south Paris on business Satur-
day
seneca Club will meet with the Misses
Walker this Monday evening at $50
O'Clock.
Mrs Arthur 5. Hall of Buckfield visit
cd her father, \. c. T. King, few days
.i,' week
The sclectmen have been in session
trssygral days, and are making good
progress closing up the years business.
Herbert G.. Ripley of Pawhuska, Okla
luua. was here last week 10 attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. Julia A.
Gardner.
Mrs j. 5. Burbank was called to
Win, hester y. H., last week, by death |
IN ler husbands family. The length OF
her ,.ay Is uncertain.
Mis-, Iva McArdle was in Boston from
Wednesday till Sunday. During her
absence the grammar school, of which |
Size IS teacher, was suspended.
Advertised letters in South Paris post |
.t Feb. LIST, 1901
81 wubert Daipe.
.ery pleasant social and supper was
given by the ladies of the Congregational |
larch last Thursday night Nearly |
..U sat down TO supper. A short must |
.a programme was given after which |
social hour was spent.
can making commenced at the corn
factory Monday morning, with crew of |
Laifa dozen men. In spite of the eX- |
Igmely unfavorable season last year,
more acreage of sweet corn is now sign |
ed than there was year ago.
Miss Carrie Mathews closed her en-
gagcment in charge of the dressmaking
Department of Smiley'S store at Norway, |
saturday night She will shortly go TO |
reside with her father at Barton Land |
u- VI Her place at Smiley'S is taken
by Mrs Carroll G.. Curtis.
Miss Anna Morse entertained a num-
b,r of the Younger ladies of South Paris
40 tea Monday evening. The evening
following was pleasantly passed in play |
lu. games and in looking over the inter
gS,.ng antiquities of which there are
great many in the Morse house.
Christian Endeavor day will be OBJ
served at the Congregational church
Wednesday evening, Feb. Sd, instead of
Feb I'd. Rev. b. ). RideOut will be the
speaker of the evening. Societies invit-
ed please notice the change. The offer
iug will be for home mission work.
A. Keith Spofford of this place, Bates
'Ui. is one of the debaterS who will repre-
sent Bates in the intercollegiate debate
with Trinity College at Hartford, Ct,
March 18th. The Bates men have the
negative of the following question:
Resolved, That under present condi-
lions il would be to England's advan-
tage To adopt policy of protection"
Paris Lodge, F. and A. NJ, at its an
nua, meeting Tuesday evening chose the
following officers:
" Nl.-Walter L. Gray.
=. " &C r. McArdle.
j W.-AtOn 4. heelcr.
Trea-.-W. %. rockingham.
Srr-HOratiO Woodbury..
5. D-t hares H. Howard.
d. D-Wirt Stanley.
Trustees OF Charity Fund for three years-N
Ct King, Horatio Woodbury., James $. Wright
Committee of FinInce-Charles IL. George, A.
" Walker, Arthur h. Forbes
A new hardware store is TO be opened
here about the middle of February by
Frank A. Pingree, the prOprietOrS being
f. A. Pingree Il Co. He will occupy
one-half the ground floor in the store of
G. W. Bowker x Co., and the entire
basement The goods carried will be
general hardware, tinware, stoves, and
novelty goods. Mr.. Pingree has had
nine wears experience in that line of
business, four wears with j. p. Richard
son here, and five years before coming
here, and is well known to the people OF
the place.
Wednesday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
George f. Farnum and Mrs. Charles
Edwards, teachers in the intermediate
department of the Methodist Sunday
school. entertained the scholars of their
several classes at the vestry of the
church, with the assistance of Superin-
tendent c. l.. Buck of the school.
Twenty-nine in all were present. Re
freshmentS were served and games were
PLAYED, and Mrs. Edwards had her phono-
graph and put on some good selections.
Unless external appearances are de-
ceptiye, they had very jolly time.
Rev. lrl K. Hicks, the so-called weather
prophet, says this is to be the toughest
February on record. AT least, so say
those favored people who are able to IN
terpret his forecasts as something det-
mite. To the mind of the writer of this
paragraph they appear much like the re-
spOnSeS of the Delphic Oracle. They
mean something or nothing, or most
anything. His weather periods are
kind Of movable feasts, and there is lit
tie difficulty, after a month is past, IN
pointing with pride TO the months
weather, and showing that it has been
just what he forecasted.
A reception was given at the Baptist
yeStry Wednesday evening to Rev. IL. 8
Piukham, the pastor of the church, who
is about leaving for his new pastorats
in Somerville, Mass. A large attendance
of the members of the church and parish
filled the vestry, which, by the aid o.
extra furnishings, had been made u
look especially homelike. Selections 0!
an orchestra and by a male quartett'
were given during the evening, and ic'
cream and cake were served. Remark
appropriate to the occasion were mad
by Rev. IL. FL. Bishop of Paris Hill, Rev
L. 5. Cotton. of Norway, Rev. w. L
Brooks, ID. d., Rev. A. W. Pottle ant
Deacon George b. Crockett, all OF whom
expressed their sorrow at losing Mi
Pinkham from the church and com
munity. Mr.. Pinkham responded Wiz
- rooN.u~ ua nraaehp1 his last sel