Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-09-11
President-Mrs. 8. +. Brown.
Vice. President-Mrs. NJ. p. Head.
Sec.-Mrs. K. II. Ryerson.
Treas.-Miss NJ. A. Head.
Iibrarian-Mrs. III. 8. Robertson,

The library will be open every Friday
from to 5 p. NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. p. Merrill Of Rumford
Falls came Monday and brought their
daughter Hattie to spend week with
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Howe. Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill returned
home the next day.
The S. B. X. Club was entertained by
Mrs. Sadie Marston Thursday afternoon.
Emerson was the poet. Current events,
Mrs. Ii. S. Robertson; poem, Labor and
Wait, Mrs. Hiram Howe; The Test of
Honesty, Mrs. NJ. j. Pulsifer; The Rule
of Three, Mrs. Amanda Bisbee; Two
Lovers, Mrs. Theresa Brown; The Little
Hatchet, o humorous sketch, Mrs.
Marston. The rest of the time was
taken up by the regular reading in
Jacob Riis' book, The Making of an
American. Song, Goodbye, Sister Hat
tie Merrill. The next meeting will be
Sept. Goth.
Mrs. Geo. A. Chandler is i'll in bed with
sciatica and is suffering good deal Of
pain unless kept under the influence of
opiates.
Quite a number from here attended
the state fair at Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Darlington of
Livermore Falls spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. +. j. Brown. Mr.. Darlington
is superintendent of the novelty mills at
that place.
There was family gathering at Mrs.
Z. G. Smsll's Sunday, the I'd. The fol-
lowing persons were present: her son,
B. N. Small, Esq, and two sons, Ray
mond and Richard, of Pennington. Her
daughter, Mrs. II. S. Robertson, and son,
d. d. Small, wife and son Gilbert and
daughter Mildred of West Sumner, Mr..
and Mrs. Z. E. Field and daughters, Ora
and Doris, and son Keith, of North Paris.
Mr.. Field married Mrs. Small's niece.
Mr.. II. G. Jewett came from Bruins
wick with span of horses to move his
furniture out of the Frank Young house.
He left Wednesday at dark with heavy
load for Brunswick where he hoped to
arrive Thursday evening. Mrs. Jewett
and daughter Eula will follow in q few
days. Frank Young moved in as soon
az the house was vacated.
Enoch Morrill, and wife are at work
for r. N. Stetson.
Mrs. Thursa Crockett is boarding with
Mrs. r. H. Ryerson.
Died, Sept. 4th, Margaret A., aged -
months, infant daughter Of Alton and
Mabel York. Funeral services were
held at the house Thursday attended by
Rev. A. w. Pottle, Buckfield. The re-
mains were taken to Bryant's Pond for
interment.
Mrs. T. II. Lunt Of Buckfield is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W.
Heath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Consider Farrar and
Mrs. Mabel Foster Of Bryant's Pond
spent the weeks end with Mr.. and Mrs.
Freeman Farrar.
Flossie Farrar attended the fair at
Livermore.
Mrs. C. L. Durham and Georgia Irish
made trip to Lewiston and back Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark and Mr..
and Mrs. W. T. Bisbee went to Mt. Mica
Wednesday on picnic.
The Baptist Circle served dinner to
eighty-fve persons in the vestry Friday.
The outline quilt made by the circle was
disposed Of by voting contest. There
were five candidates in the field, viz:
Hazel Packard, Ella Bonney, Della An
drews, Minnie Jewett and Rena Ham
mond. The quilt was awarded to Min
ME Jewett, who received the largest
number of votes. The circle Melted
about 5000 on the dinner and quilt
People who formerly lived here sent
money to buy votes. Miss Abbie Tuell
OF Fall River, who was present, gave
$500.