Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-05-10
The Oxford Democrat.
SOUTH PARIS.

Office Hours: Z 80 A. NJ. 10 80 p. NJ.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Commencing Oct. 4, 1903,
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going down (eastl-5 80 A NJ, (iaily, Sundays
ipcluded), 80 A. NJ, 40 p. NJ. Sunday only
Going up west -lO 90 A. NJ. 5 Ss P. N. SO
~. daily, sundays included). Sunday only
81 AN.
CHURCHES.
First Congregational Church. Rev. W. \
Brooks, u. D.. pastor. Preaching services, ~ ~
NJ and 7 90 p. NJ, sunday School II M;
. Sc r. At e p. NJ; Church prayer meeting oil
i,nesdny evening AT 80 O'Clock. All. not other
,sise con nected, are cordially Invited.
Nethodist Church, Rev. A. w. Pottle, PASTOR
on Sunday. morning prayer meeting. $50 a
"A nreaching service l045 An; Sa1oatn scnoo
- NJ: Epworth League Meeting, 6l5 p. ~.
evening prayer meeting p. NJ; prayer meeslns
Tne.Iav evening; class meeting, Friday evening
Rantist Church, Rev. III. 5. Pinkham, PASTOR
an Snn,iay, preaching service 10 AS A. M; Sab
ram school II NJ, PRAYER meeting 10 r NJ
-ss.r meeting Tuesday evening.
SS,,iysrsaIist Church. Rev. J. II. Little, Pastor
presrhinv service every Sunday at 80 r. n
Sun,lay School at 80 P. NJ. Evening service,
m
STATED MEETINGS.
"a M.-Paris Lodge, No. -. Regular
letting TUESDAY evening on or before tulI moon
a. d. E.-MoUnt Mica Lodge, regular meet
in.s Thursday evening OF eacn "eeA'-A t .
Encampment, first and third Monday evenings
'' NJ S" 81 R@Mount Pleasant Rebekah Lodge, No,
yp meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
month in Odd Fellows Hall. -
Nv. X. Kimban Post, No. las, meets
first and third Saturday evenings OF eacn
Nm Kimbail Relief Corps meets first
and third saturday evenings oi eaon nion'l' >"
- Of H.EParis Grange, from May to Oct. l.
,.,ats second and fourth Saturday; during the
remainder of the year, meets every Saturday In
Is, .C.-second and fourth Mondays of
y, %. P.-stony Brook Lodge, No. Isl,
meets second and fourth "Wednesday evenings
of each month. =, -, ..,.,,
Friday evening at Pythian Hall. nj.
No,iern WooClnen OF Amertca.-South faris
camp, No. 1885,, meets second anu iour'n Aues-
CAV evenings In Golden Cross Hail; IN,
Royal Arcanum.-Parris Council, NO. 1911,
meets first aud third Monday evenings at -
Hon. James 5. Wright made a ousi-
ness trip to Boston the first OF last week
Fred W. Tirrell and wife OF Turner
made a short visit to relatives here last
week.
Mrs CuShman of Pennington is a
guest of Mrs. Sarah Clark and Mrs. K.
Y. Hall.
Miss Carrie Hall was in Portland few
DAYS last week and attended "Ben-H
Thursday evening.
RI. Cummings and family have NOV
ed from Maxim Block to Mr.. Cummings
farm near West Paris.
+ y. Haskell. Miss Hattie Haskell,
and Mr.. and Mrs Nelson Elder attended
Rem Hur" in Portland last Thursday
evening
The lawn at the Universalist church
has been graded and seeded, with SHRUBS
set in il. so that it gives promise OF look
ins very fine by-and-by.
Frank b. Fogg has closed his stable
near the depot, and has moved all his
livery stock from there to the stable at
the Andrews House, which he also runs
There will be rehearsal of the
ipitiatory degree team of Mt. Mica Lodge
an Thursday evening of this week. All
members of the team are requested TO DC
present.
Mrs. l.. c.. Morton is preparing to
build house on the lot on Park Street
between the houses of j. +. Murch and
Leonard Whitman. The digging OF the
cellaris under way and nearly completed
Stanley Wheeler has been at home
from Hebron Academy for few days on
account of a dislOcated shoulder. he
put it out sliding for base, on Monday
of last week, in practice game oil Oaii'
Deacon ). K. Parsons has the thanks
of the Democrat force for nice lot OF
APPLES. They are well preserved kox-
bury Russets from some of the old trees
an Mr. Parsons farm, which have been
in bearing for many years.
After one spell of trouble in getting
things to running, j. +. Plummer is I'M
proving the fine weather with automo-
bile rides. His carriage is the Mobile
formerly owned by j. III. Brooks, which
Mr.. Plummer bought in the fall, and is
the only automobile owned IN town.
Ouite a number of Paris Masons at
tended the meetings of the Masonic
Grand bodies in Portland last week, III
cluding Walter l.. Gray, VIM. p. Morton,
A. C. T. King, J. +. King, A. W. Walker,
Minot l.. Whittle, Charles Nj. Titcomo,
Rev. j. III. Little and Arthur +. FORBES.
a party consisting of Alton c. Wheel
er. Ernest p Crockett, W. b. Strickland
and Sanford Brown, had great luck
spearing suckers at Otistield "Wednesday
night. Their string varied from a pound
and half to over five pounds, and they
had in it six which weighed over twenty
five pounds.
In week or two the Democrat Will
begin the publication of a new serial
story. "For Love of Country" by Cyrus
Townsend Brady, the well known writer
of sea stories. This is story OF the
Revolution, and may be depended upon
10 keep the reader Interested, II IL Is
once started. Don't miss the beginning
of it.
No sessions of any of the schools were
held ON Friday, but i'll the forenoon the
scholars assembled at the several school
houses and raked up and cleaned the
grounds, besides setting a number OF
trees. At the high school house par
ticularly good job of smoothing down
was done The afternoon was left free
10 all the scholars. This school house
work was the most extensive feature OF
the observance of Arbor Day here. There
was very little other evidence that 1T was
4 holiday of any kind.
That the care taker of the village
parks has sometimes had occasion to
limit the activities of the children would
appear from the sequel 10 a conversation
which recently took place between two
tots living in the vicinity of Moore Park.
The children had had discussion as to
the proprietorship of the earth, and
after getting home the little girl said to
her mother, Mamma, Harlan says that
God owns the whole earth. Does he"'
why, certainly" replied her mother.
Well" said the little girl, Il Shouts
think that George Tucker owned part OF
it."
A broken trolley wire and its conse-
quenceS made quite an excitement for
while Thursday forenoon. The trolley
wire broke nearly opposite Skillings
Avenue after the S:45 car had gone to
Norway, and the live end of the wire lay
in the street w. A. Bartlett, the He
brOn expressman, drove up Pleasant
Street, and one of his horses stepped on
the wire and went down in heap. The