Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-09

Miss Catherine G. Briggs is at home
from her work at Lewiston, on the sick
list.
George W. rockingham and Pierce E.
Wheeler have been drawn as traverse
Jurors from Paris for the March term of
court.
The South Paris w. C. T. U. will meet
Thursday afternoon of this week with
Mrs. George T. Farnum, on Western
Avenue.
1.-THE Marriage of the Rose Maiden
will be given at the Rebekah Lodge next
Friday night. Members will please bring
a pencil.
Any one who may wish special size
undergarments made for the fair of the
Good Cheer Society is requested to notify
Miss Grace Thayer what is wanted.
DR.. c. II. Spaulding of Boston will
lecture in the Baptist church Monday
evening, Feb. 10. Subject, Facts,
Forces, and Faces. Admission Is cents.
Register of Probate Albert d. Park
goes to Rumford Falls this Monday
afternoon to attend the regular February
term of Probate Court held there Tues
day.
A meeting of those interested in form
ing a Young Peoples Christian Union
will be held at the vestry of the Univers-
alist church, Wednesday evening of this
week
Ira ID. Shaw and wife expect to leave
in about week for Boston, where Mr..
Shaw has position. They will be with
the family of Mrs. Shaw's father, Col. A.
). Austin.
Mrs. Harriet Abbott and daughter
Grace, of Abingdon, Mass, who have
been visiting relatives at Sumner and
Paris Hill, are spending few days with
Mrs. AbbOtt'S sister, Mrs. j. ID. Haynes.
Rev. A. 5. Ladd, ID. d., Presiding
Elder of the Lewiston District, will hold
his fourth and last quarterly conference
for the conference year Wednesday even
ing in the Methodist church. DR.. Laid
will give short discourse before the
business session and all are cordially in
vited TO be present.
Vim. X. Kimball Post, G.. A. r., had
a stirring campfire on Saturday. Dinner
was served by the Relief Corps at noon,
and the visitors from I. A. Roberts Post
aud Relief Corps of Oxford, and Harry
Rust Post and Corps of Norway were
enough to fill the first table. The in
teresting programme of the afternoon
included songs by George A. Briggs and
Miss Jessie TOlman, readings by Frank |
l.. Starbird, and remarks by Rev. w. E.
Brooks, ID. d., and Rev. j. III. Little, |
who are both veterans, Rev. A. w. Pot |
lie, and number of the visiting COM
'adeS.
Rough and clustering and fairly cold |
Monday morning, but even this is re-
ief com pared with the Arctic tempera-
ure of last week. 1t seems as if each
week of this phenomenal winter is worse
han the preceding one. The highest
morning temperature of which the
Democrat is informed, from last Tues
lay until Saturday, is below zero-and
hat was on Saturday morning when it
vas showing. Other mornings the
eadings were from 10 to so below, &C
.ording TO thermometer and locality.
And that is the tenth week of unbroken
evere winter weather.
At the meeting of the South Paris
Center of the University Association at
Mr.. Henry Fletcher's last Thursday even
ne the following programme, prepared
" Miss Leach, was carried out:
Roll Call answered by qu tations.
life OF Wendell Phillips, Mrs. Benz. SWEET.
synopsis of "The Minister'S wooing."
Mrs l.. A. Rounds.
life of George Bancroft. Mrs. + 4. Shurtlen.
William Hicking Prescott, the Historian.
Mrs. Rounds.
life of Francis Parkman, Mrs. Henry Fletcher
The next meeting will be Wednesday,
.vening, Feb. II, and pulpit orators and
ecent Henry Ward Beecher,
phillips Brooks, John Fiske and John
Bach McMaSter--will be the authors
mdied.