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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOINdS OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris hill.

First Baptist Church, Rev. e. o. Taylor. pastor
Preaching every Sunday at 1oa5 A. N. Sunday
School at - n. Sabbath Evening Service a.
Prayer Meeting Thursday evening at 80, Cove
nant Meeting the last Friday before the lsi
Sunday Of the month at $50 P. n. All NOT
otherwise connected are cordially Invited.
Universalist Church. Sunday School every
Sunday at l035 A. u.
Mrs. II. P. Hammond, who had been
visiting her brothers in Brownton, Mimi,
for a month, returned home Thursday
morning.
A very pretty wedding took place on
Tuesday morning, Oct. 10, at the Baptist
parsonage, when Miss Ethel NJ. Emmons
of West Paris was united in marriage to
Mr.. Almon N. Cairns of Paris. The
ceremony was performed by the pastor,
Rev. E. o. Taylor, in the presence of
gathering of relatives and friends. The
double parlors were very prettily deco
rated with an abundance of flowers.
The bride and groom stood between two
large bouquets. Following the cere-
mony dainty refreshments were served
to the guests by Mrs. and Miss Taylor.
Both bride and groom have recently
united with the Baptist church in this
village and are we'll known. They have
the best wishes and hearty congratu-
lations of many friends. The bridal
party left in heavy shower of rice.
Mrs. III. E. Hammond and daughter
Alice are visiting in Portland for few
days.
He. & Fl. D. Hammond have sold
their oxen that took the first premium
at the fair to Guy Thurston of Bethel.
They were in all respects considered the
finest oxen in Paris.
BENJAMIN Maxim attended the Oxford
Uniyersalst Association at Mechanic
Falls last week.
Miss Helen r. Cole, who is teaching
in Guildhall, VT, was at home over
Sunday.
Among those who left Monday morn
ing on the Boston excursion are Mrs. NJ.
K. Marble, Mr.. and Mrs. John Pierce,
Mrs. o. A. Thayer and Miss Mary Hub
bard.
"Old Brick" has been closed for the
winter and Mr.. and Mrs. Brown art
boarding at the Hubbard House.
Miss Gertrude NJ. Brown and Miss
Julia C. Snow are visiting friends in New
York.
There will be a harvest supper at
Cummings Hall, Friday evening from 9
to s o'clock. Admission 10 cents.
Recent arrivals at the Hubbard House
are: Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Jack, Master
Eddie Jack, Mrs. E. A. Wiley and Miss
Maud Furbush, Lewiston; F. c. Manser
Mrs. NJ. L. McQuade, Auburn; Miss
Sparrow, Portland; John w. Halves
Boston; John II. Davis and wife, Port
land; Miss j. W. PaysOn, Portland; Miss
A. o. Huntington, Boston.
FORBES DISTRICT.
Elroy Dean and wife and daughter
went to Waterford to visit friends anG
take in the fair.
George Tubbs and son went to Water
ford to see his father and he also took in
the fair. A good time reported from all
10. Allen and wife have been on a
visit to her uncle in Monmouth.
Ed Allen has been on a visit to Johr
Chase in Madison.
Mrs. Clara Belle Estes is very sick
with typhoid fever, and Mrs. Louis;
Foss is taking care of her.
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Wilson's Mills.

J. W. Buchanan and wife have gone to
Boston on their vacation and to visit his
father, j. A. Buchanan.
Geo. Mason and wife have gone to care
for Camp Meadows through the winter
for the Parmacheenee Club.
W. Fl. and A. W. Hart are entertain
ing their mother, Mrs. Stevens, of Ian.
caster, and other relatives from New
Hampshire.
Mrs. Fannie Rogers of Groveton, N.
H., has been visiting friends and rela-
tives in town the past week.
Mrs. A. w. Hart has gone to Crafts
bury, VT, to visit her people.
A party from Bethel went up the
Magalloway on their vacation Thursday.
Messrs. Jepson and Lang of Melrose,
Mass, have been on camping out trip
of three weeks, going down to the Um-
bagog Sunday. K. z. Bennett guide.
VIM. B. Garfield has gone on canoe
trip up the Diamond. Ernest Bennett
guide.
Married Oct. 9Th, by E. q. Brooks,
Esq, Arthur Littlehale and Ellen Ripley.
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West Bethel.

"How broad, how deep. how calm, how sweet
These dear October days!
The sky bends low the hills to greet
And through the dreamy haze
II heaven and earth cannot see,
Nor solve the pleasing mystery.
IT'S wonderful! 0ctober's sun
Makes paradise of noon,
And night with all her stars as one,
Pays homage to the moon.
The sun by day. the moon by night,
Stir every sense Of sweet delight"
Cold weather approached.
Wild strawberry blossoms are still
found in sunny pastures.
Almon Tyler, oldest son of L. Il.
Tyler, has dislocated shoulder.
Mrs. Nellie Gribbin of Portland was In
town one day last week.
Much complaint is made by farmers Of
potatoes rotting in the ground.
A few cases of measles in the village
but that disease can find but few victims
here.
w. F. Brown and wife have three
boarders, two being men employed in
the mill.
There is scarcity of apples here, but
the crop exceeds that of two years ago
w. r. Brown was visited on his S0th
birthday by grandson from Bethe
Hill.
Men and boys are frequently seer
carrying rifles and shot guns, but they
do not find the game they hunt for.
A. B. Tyler of Walkers Mills was II
this village last week and this week will
move to South Paris.
Mrs. Hattie A. Grover was visited last
week by her sister, Mrs. Addie Lapham
and two youngest children, of Bethe
Hill.
Our school is being taught by Miss
Agnes Barton, daughter of Rev. F. E
Barton, of Bethel Hill.
Josiah Horn and family moved Wed
nesday from South Paris to the home
farm of Mrs. L. E. Bean.
Miss Nina Tyler, after enjoying 6
pleasant vacation, is again attending tt
her duties in the II. w. Dennison store
and post Office.
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West Sumner.

Mr.. and Mrs. Garrison Doble, who
lived in the tenement over the store OF
their son, Z. G.. Doble, in the building
that was recently burned, lost almost all
of their household goods, clothing, etc.
They had no insurance. About fifty of
their friends and neighbors gathered in
the vestry of the Universalist church
T esday evening and presented them
W Aset of dishes, silver knives and
fe spoons, nice dress pattern and
o n useful articles too numerous to
mention. r. n. Stetson made the pre-
sentation speech which was replied to by
Comrade Frank Brown in behalf of Mr..
and Mrs. Doble. The evening passed
pleasantly with music and games. Re-
freshments consisting of homemade
candies and apples were served. A pa
per has been circulated and about $4,000
raised for them. The w. r. c. gave
them $500.
Irving Whitaker of Prospect Harbor,
who has been visiting at Mrs. 4. G..
Small's and D. d. Small's, left Friday to
return home by the way Of West Paris.
There was husking bee at Mr.. Fred
Farrar's Thursday evening. They
husked 15S bushels of corn. A bOunti-
full supper was served to more than sixty
persons. There was an abundance Of
red ears.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
East Hebron.

The changes in weather give the citi
zens severe colds, that will not leave
easily.
Grass is bright green as in summer
Apples are not abundant, with the ex
ception of few orchards.
Miss Clara Merrill has ridden out OF
late, and is gaining slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Baker from Sau
Antonio, Texas, visited Mrs. T. L.
Rogers last week. They had not visited
Maine for fourteen years, and return to
their home soon. They have a daugh.
ter, and little children keep them in
Texas. The visit was a very happy
event.
Mrs. Mertie Moschides is preparing to
return to Lynn to pass the winter.
Miss Fronia B. Ryerson returned to
Hebron last Thursday and passed the
night with Mrs. T. L. Rogers. She is
anxious if she does not care for her
father, just as she always had care OF
his clothing. 1t is thought she will
remain in Maine the coming winter.
Miss Belle DeCoster Is now keeping
house for her father.
Grange fair at the grange the 10th of
the present month.
Mr.. Stillman Hersey visited his daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Harper, last Saturday.
He has gained in strength Of late and
looks finely.
Mr.. E. Lane has sold his farm and is
moving his property not sold to his
home in Auburn. His daughter, Mrs.
Smith, will return to her home in Boston,
having regained her health in the coun-
try.
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Hebron.

On Monday afternoon, Oct. 9th, Mrs.
Alice Gilman of Oakland, Maine De-
partment President of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, came to instruct and inspect
the z. L. Packard Relief Corps of this
place. A pleasant afternoon was spent
and after the meeting collation. was
served.
Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Huyler, who
works for Fl. K. Stearns, was bathing
horse when the animal kicked throw.
ing the mixture in his eye. Mr.. HuyleI
was taken to the hospital at Lewiston
and it is hoped the eye may be saved.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Glover are enter.
tanning friends from Portland this week
The annual Harvest Home entertain.
ment and supper will be on Friday, Oct
Goth. An extra good time is expected.
We read in the Housekeeper for Octo.
Der the name of John Taylor as a promi.
nent officer in the Mormon church OF
Utah. Mr.. Taylor was an old classmate
of ours. Students at Hebron Academy
in the early sixties will remember him
well. 1t would be interesting to learn
how he ever drifted into Mormonism.
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BucIC6oId.

Married, Oct. 10, by Alfred Cole, Esq,
Mrs. Jennie A. iugersoll and John F.
Ellingwood. They occupy G. B. At
woods rent on Loring's Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanw0od Wilmington
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Warren attended
Topsham fair.
Ernest Damon and son Linwood Of
Norridgewock are visiting their old
neighbOrs. Mrs. Damon, who has re-
Gently been In town, has returned to hel
home.
The cell Of the N. E. church has
been treated % several coats of paint.
The water from North Pond is run
ming on the easterly side of the river
while excavating is going on on the west
side.
Several persons from Buckfield Grange
attended the New Century Pomona al
North Buckfield Wednesday. Bert took
two loads on G. II. Princes auto.
Geo. BRIGHAM saw cow moose In
his pasture Q few days since.
A. c. Whitman, NJ. D. was in town
Thursday accompanied by his SOC
Plaisted.
Sanford Lucas is now occupying GIL
bert Tilton's rent.
Mrs. C. T. Cornish and child are guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt Parsons.
Rumors are afloat that there is liable
to be an epidemic of marrying ere long
If this should prove to be fact specia
| artist might be required to write up II
modern style the doings; it is not m!
forte. We might do something in silvel
and golden weddings, but these viii
soon become obsolete, owing to thu
adoption of limited marriages. Limited
marriages, and marriages on the install
ment plan, have been suggested, bu
why not adopt system after the name
of vaccination? Time exhausts the ETH
cacy of the virus in vaccination. Adop
like plan and save all the fuss of goinl
to law, and showing up of characters
Why not?
The millers have all left town to-da.
friday and gone to court. r. d. Nor
rill vs.. Heald & Lunt.
Mrs. B. E. Gerrish and Mrs. Nelli
DeCoster are still quite sick.
srREAKED MOUNTAIN.
Picking apples is the principal occu
patton of both sexes at the present tim
and lucky is he whose trees are vel
laden. Several have already sold gel
ting $3.50 for Baldwins and $3.50 TO
Northern Spies.
Plaisted Whitman has bought him
nice team, horse, harness and carriag
complete.
Mrs. Lorinda Jordan picked pint o
fine large raspberries Wednesday, tn
18th, and your correspondent saw
cluster of five large strawberry blossom
on the 10th.
Mrs. Belle Packard is working at tn
Maine Sanatorium.
A day or two ago we received bo
of butternuts from our friend, Mis-
Trip, of Hebron, and we are going t
plant some of them for the benefit O
future generations. Some one will rea
the benefit of them If do not.
The leaves are falling; the trees vii
soon be bare, but at present the forest
are beautiful. Owls Head looms up be
fore us as we write, looking like an i'm
mense and magnificent bouquet.
Geraldine Whitman has sold her entir
flock of sheep. She intends to buy
better breed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
East BrownfieId.

Mrs. Gertrude Stevens Leavitt assisted
by Miss Isabel Stickney organized a
Loyal Temperance Legion in town Oct
|6.
The wedding reception of Mr.. and Mrs
Albert johnson was held at Mr.. Frank
Johnson's October 9th. A large COM
pany was cordially entertained.
The Congregational Circle gave a
harvest supper at Bradbury Hall last
Wednesday evening. 1t was very sue.
cessful affair.
Miss Isabel Stickney left last Thursday
en- route to California. She will spend a
few days in Beverly, Mass, where Mrs
E. A. G. Stickney will join her. They
leave for the National W. C. T. U. con.
vention Oct. 16. They go as delegates
Mr.. Samuel Doick of East Lebanon,
formerly of this town, visited Mr.. and
and Mrs. S. w. Rowe last week, also
Mrs. Abbie Thompson of Eaton who was
on her way to Harrison spent a night
with them.
The regular W. c. T. U. meeting was
held at Mrs. Julia Beams last Friday
afternoon.
Jennie and Goldie Cole have returned
from Boston.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
East Sumner.

The remains of Mrs. Carroll Benson
were brought from the insane hospital
at Augusta on Monday for funeral servi.
ces and burial. She went to the hospital
less than week before her death. She
leaves husband and large family OF
children.
The news of the sudden death Of Mr..
F. C. Merrill of South Paris was receiv.
cd on Wednesday forenoon.
Mrs. Alice (Heald), wife of Rev. Frank
W. Smell Of Dennysville, has been visit.
ing relatives at East Sumner.
School is progressing finely under the
care Of Miss Bessie n. Mason of Paris.
Mr.. 81. b. Towle of Portland, q Maine
Central Railroad official, called on your
reporter on Tuesday, accompanied By
his wife while On roufs for Carthage.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
Football.

Paris High School proved to be poor
match for Bridgton Academy at Bridgtor
Saturday, the academy team winning by
a score of 20 too. When the weight OF
the two teams is considered the defeat
was not so bad as one would at first
think. Bridgton was a very heavy team
One place in the lineup attracted special
attention, and that was at center, the
difference in the size of the two men
being very noticeable, the Bridgton CEN
ter outweighing the Paris center by some
over 100 pounds.
Next Saturday Paris High will meet a
team from Bliss Business College, Lew
iston, the game to be played on the high
school grounds in this place.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
Hiram.

DIR. James T. Boutelle of Hampton,
Va, who has boarded some weeks at
Eli c. Wadsworth's cottage, has return
ed home. On his arrival here he was
recognized by another boarder, Mrs.
Edwin r. Wiggin of Boston, "a daugh-
ter of the late Samuel Bradley Of Frye
burg) he having saved her life from a
dangerous illness in Virginia quarter
of a century ago.
Miss Mollie Rackliff of Augusta Is
visiting her friend, Mrs. Mabel L. Wads-
worth.
Mr.. Isaac L. Brown and wife have re-
turned from a weeks visit to their son
Frank in Lawrence, Mass.
= Mr.. Fred A. Weeman of East Hiram
~ aid his house to Evans o. Allen
and M work for Riues Bros. Of Port
and
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Lowell.

On Thursday afternoon town meet.
ing was held, at which it was voted to
accept the report of the selectmen on
the petition to lay town road from a
point near the Christian church to the
land of B. E. Brown on Kezar Lake.
The town voted to build the road as
located and appropriated $500 for the
same, including the land damage of $135
to G.. A. Kimball. They also voted to
shingle the town house.
Geo. H. Moore, who has been on a
visit to Washington, D. c., has returned.
c. r. Pottle is at work for D. P. Lord
at the village.
Quite large delegation from Delta
Lodge of Masons of this place visited
the lodge at Waterford Tuesday evening.
C. NJ. harrington of the Centre Is
drawing sweet corn from the village to
Fryeburg station, and boarding at the
village.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
Maine News Notes.

Stonington is about to build new
$4,000 school house.
The Bangor music festival was finan-
cial success this year for the first time.
In the trial of Edward +. Cole of Port
land for the murder of John +. Sleeves,
there was disagreement, the jury stand
ing to 6.
Burglars blew the safe in the West
Buxton post office Friday night, the 9th,
and secured about $50 in money and
stamps. They also entered two stores
in the place, but took only small guam
tity of goods.
The report is that old times will be re-
stored on the Kennebec and Penobscot
this winter, the American Ice Co., which
controls most of the ice business on
those rivers, having decided to harvest
large quantities. Ice dealers, it is said,
have discovered that the ice from Maine
rivers lasts much longer than the artifi-
cial product or that from the Hudson
and the cost of transportation is more
than recovered BY the small loss from
melting.
At South Windsor Tuesday Charles
Northy, 81 years of age, was killed by a
revolver shot in the home of Edwin
Cooper, Mrs. Cooper being the only
other person present at the time. 1t
was at first supposed to be case of
suicide, but investigation led to the
arrest of Mrs. Cooper. 1t appears that
Northy was infatuated with Mrs. Cooper,
and that shortly before the affair she
had bought the revolver found in the
room, to protect herself, according to
her statement.
HOLSTERS will bring the highest prices
for years this fall and winter" said a
well-known lobsterman in Bath this
week. Continuing, he said, ''These shell
fish are scarce and the fishermen are
having hard work TO obtain enough for
their regular customers and few are at
present being shipped out of the state.
Another thing which will be hard to
purchase this winter will be CLAIMS, that
is, if the winter is anything like the two
last, as the flats have been frozen over a
good part of the time, and there has to
be plenty of money in the business TO
tempt men to engage in the work"
After shooting Laura NJ, the wife of
Charles Z. Smith, Saturday, the It'll, one
mile from Fayette Mills, James B. Dunn,
a former deputy fire marshal of Boston,
fatally shot himself, the bullet taking
effect in the temple. Mrs. Smith, who
is IS, will recover. The farm where the
shooting occurred was Dunn'S property,
and the Smiths were employed TO work
it. He had been staying with them for
some time There was some suspicion
of foul play in the matter, but the above
is the version generally accepted. 1t is
the understanding at Fayette that ID. j,
Dunn, brother of James b. Dunn, will
not accept the coroner's verdict that the
dead man committed suicide after shoot
ing Mrs. Smith, but will employ pri-
waite detective to work on the case on
the theory that his brother was the vic
tim of foul play.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
West Paris.

R.T. Flavin is repairing his house at
Trap Corner. He Is now painting Mr.
Dana's house.
Miss Tebbets of Portland has been
visiting Mrs. r. E. Wheeler.
Mr.. Cox of Connecticut, brother-in-
law of Mrs. 81. G. Loveland, has been
spending q vacation here.
The foundation of the new Univers.
alist church has been put in, and the
carpenters have now begun on the
frame work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence G.. Morton re.
turned from their wedding trip about q
week ago, having spent a large part OF
the time at Camp Concord, few miles
from here. They have been boarding
for few days with Mr.. and Mrs. E. D.
Stilwell until their housekeeping
arrangements were completed. They
are moving and settling this week in
their new rent in the west side of the
house occupied by j. R. Tucker. Mr..
and Mrs. Morton are estimable young
people who will be gladly welcomed
into the social life of our community
and they have the congratulations and
best wishes of our people.
Mrs. Fl. R. Tuell and Miss Della Fl.
Lane went last week as delegates to the
Oxford Universalist Association at Me-
chanic Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Penley of Locke's
Mills are spending weeks vacation
with relatives here.
The ladies of the Free Baptist Society
recently met and re-organized and had a
meeting with Mrs. Roscoe Tuell last
Friday afternoon. 1t is their intention
to meet every second and fourth Friday
at Mrs. Tuell's until further notice.
The Baptist society have engaged the
able services of Rev. c. c. Koch who
will preach for the present the first
and third Sunday of each month in the
forenoon at the usual hour, and at
North Paris in the afternoon. He will
make his headquarters at Bryant's Pond
where he will preach the other two Sun.
days of the month. There will be a
Sunday School here every Sunday as
usual.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Adams of Der
lin are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. H
Pratt.
Mrs. Charles Marshall is visiting hel
daughters in Boston and vicinity.
The Universalist Good Will Society
met Thursday afternoon of last week
with Mrs. C. Fl. Bates. The society
will hold an evening social on Friday Of
this week, Oct. 20, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Bates. A musical pro
gramme of entertainment will be giver
after which there will be social hour o.
games, etc., and home made candies will
be for sale. All those desiring to do sc
are cordially invited to attend. AID
mission 10 cents. Children 5 cents.
Mrs. Elva E. Locke has been visiting
in Lisbon for a few days.
Mrs. Chester II. Lane went Saturday
for visit of a week at Portland.
Miss Jennie l.. Bradbury visited a
South Paris from Friday until Sunday
| night.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-10-17
Greenwood.

The hunters have been wishing for
some rain SO they could travel the woods
without advertising their presence 80
far ahead, and now they have it.
Freeland Herrick and wife have just
called here and inform us that there is
no dust in the road at present, but a
plenty of mud. These people are living
on the DR.. Packard farm and report the
orchard there as producing about 100
barrels of apples this year, whereas the
estimated crop last year was from 1000
to 1900 barrels. The doctor lost good
many last year in consequence of
freezing.
Another fat coon found in the trap
Saturday morning, so that they are pay
ing back in part for the corn they de-
stroyed. While feasting on the coon in
question, several hedgehog quilts were
found in his meat, which caused the
feasters to eat more cautiously after
wards.
Harvesting load of hay last week
seemed somewhat like doing things out
of season; but then it was second crop,
or rowen as it is sometimes called, and
the weather for getting it was fine.
Has Prof. Know-it-all yet found out
why some kinds of potatoes rot so much
worse than others? Those who planted
the red kind found them nearly all
sound, while the white or Green Noun
tain variety rotted so in places that one
half or more of the crop was left on the
ground.
Frank Brooks thinks of engaging in
an industry, which about here is COM
paratively new. He raised a fine lot of
cabbageS, which met with a ready sale
at two cents per pound, and says he in
tends to 60 into the business next year
on much larger scale.
The beechnuts are somewhat plentiful
this year and the cartridges seem to
have found it out amongst the first of
anybody.
No deer has been taken in about here
as yet, so far as known, and still better
no man has been shot by being mistaken
for one.
To show how the price of labor has
changed since our boyhood, it might be
mentioned that some sixty years ago a
young lady hired out about six miles
from home, and after working while,
her employer learning that she would
ask one dollar per week, refused to
employ her longer at that unreason-
able price. Now there are those who
would be glad to pay three times that
price for the same kind of help and can
not get it.
How the for est leaves have faded since writing
last week.
And 1--WE all do fade as the leaf" 80 to speak.