Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-03-06

Sylvan Shurtleff of Portland was /,
town Saturday and visited his brother
Alva Shurtleff.
Rev. and Mrs. II. A. Clifford have bceI
cordially invited by the official board O
the Methodist church to remain anothe
year.
Perkins will run q special train Il
Lewiston on the evening of the goth, 70
the production of "As Ye Sow" at tn
Empire Theatre.
A party of eighteen cousins were en-
tertained by Rev. and Mrs. Fl. A. Cliff
ford Saturday evening, the party being
given in honor of Mrs. Under.
The w. c. T. u. will meet with Mrs
Rounds Thursday afternoon, March 8, q,
half past two. Please remember the
offering and let US make it generous
one.
The term at Pennington Normal
school having closed last week, the
South Paris students, Misses Annie
JENNIE, Charlotte Giles and Marjorie
Penley, have returned home.
The Christian Eudeavor Society of the
Baptist church will give social in the
vestry Wednesday evening, Mar. Z. New
games have been arranged and refresh
ments will be served. Admission 5
cents.
The funeral of Miss Cora Keen will be
held at the home of Isaac Monk on
Myrtle Street at O'Clock Tuesday after
noon, and the Rebekahs are asked to at
tend in body. Please meet at the hall
at $3.50.
Miss Cora Keen died at her home In
South Paris early Sunday morning, after
an illness of several weeks with tuber-
culosis of the brain. The funeral will
be held at the house on Myrtle Street, at
4 P. NJ. Tuesday.
Fifty or more Odd Fellows from this
place went to Auburn Thursday after
noon, to visit Abou Ben Adhem Lodge,
with other lodges, by invitation. They
returned by special train late in the
night, and report great time.
Charles II. Merrill, formerly of South
Paris but who for several years has lived
in Auburn, has bought the John w.
Weber farm on Elm Hill, and will take
possession of it before long. Mr.. Web
Der expects to move into the village.
The supper at the NJ. Z. church, under
the direction of the men, is changed
from Wednesday to Thursday evening,
MarchS This will be first-class sup
per followed by an entertainment. Sup
per Is cents; entertainment 10 cents;
both 20 cents.
Supper at G. A. r. Hall on Saturday
evening, March 10th, by the young
ladies of the r. C.. Members asked to
bring food. On account of bad weather
the programme which was to be carried
ont on Saturday evening, March Sd, was
to March 18th.
Rev. H. A. Clifford was appointed by
the Methodist conference as a visitor to
the Kent's Hill seminary and spent two
days last week in inspection of the
school. He reports very enjoyable
visit and prosperous school of over $50
pupils. President W. F. Berry, who has
been very i'll, is now gaining.
The annual meeting of the Woman's
Society will meet at the
Baptist vestry next Wednesday at 3
o'clock. All ladies having mite boxes
are requested to bring them, those who
have none are urgently requested to
bring or send contribution, as this is
the last meeting before the close of the
fiscal year.
Highly appreciative audiences attend
ed the illustrated lectures given under
the auspices of the Epworth League at
the Methodist church on Monday and
Tuesday evenings of last week. In adj
dition to very entertaining traveltalks,
Mr.. FOgg presented series of ex-
traordinarily vivid pictures which helped
to make his lectures thoroughly enjoyed.
Sundays papers had the news of a
terrific cyclone and tidal wave which
caused great loss of life and property in
the Society and Tuamotu Islands in the
Pacific. In the city of Papeete, on the
island of Tahiti, especial damage was
done, and the report mentions Mrs.
Gooding, an aged American, as having
narrowly escaped death in the wreck of
her house. Mrs. Gooding is a native of
this town, q daughter of the late Col.
Orison Ripley, and has numerous rela-
tives here. Mrs. II. III. Maxim of this
place is sister.
A unique gathering was the cousin
party at the Methodist parsonage last
night. Invitations were issued
to eighteen, each of whom by blood or
marriage is a cousin, from the second to
the fourth degree, to the hostess of the
evening. With solos on the piano by
Miss Nellie Jackson, vocal solos by Mr..
George Briggs, violin solos by Carl
Briggs, much sociability and refresh
ments time passed quickly. A letter OF
greeting, with a few lines from nearly
every one present, was written to Mr.. A.
j. Knight of East Rumford, father OF
Mrs. Clifford, through whom the rela-
tionship comes. The evenings pro-
gramme closed by hearty singing OF
ssBlest be the tie that binds"