Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-01-23
January thaw still continues.

Morton Bolster has returned froI
Portland, where he has spent q fe,
weeks.
Miss Addie l.. Giles visited her sister
Miss Charlotte Giles, at Pennington, owe
Sunday.
j. A. Kenney is planning to build
storage dam on Stony Brook just bacl
of his barn.
On account of the severe illness of Mis-
Knights father, the library will prob
ably be closed Tuesday evening.
Ernest p. Crockett is in Massachusett
for few days, visiting relatives and at
tending the poultry show in Boston.
Ralph b. Penfold, who has recent,
been in Nova Scotia, returned home
Wednesday night. He has been i'll, bu
Is improved.
Freeland Q. Andrews, who has been a
the soldiers home at Togus for SOM
time, returned to South Paris last week
and will remain here for the present.
Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge has ex
tended an invitation to Sunset Lodge o.
Bethel to visit here at the regular meet
ing of Mt. Pleasant Lodge Feb. Esd, ant
exemplify the work.
There will be an apron and candy sale
at the vestry of the NJ. Z. church Wed
nesday afternoon, Jan. 31st, followed BY
a supper and entertainment in the even.
ing.
Subject of the Y. P. c. U. meeting
next Sunday, "Not to be Served but to
Serve" The meeting was omitted las,
Sunday to allow any who cared to at
tend the meeting at Norway, about fifty
attending.
Z. N. Anderson and son, Harold c.,
were expected TO start from Chicago this
Monday morning on their return home.
They will visit relatives at Battle Greek,
Mich, on the way, and expect to arrive
here the last of the week.
Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge have work
Friday evening of this week, consequent
ly there will be rehearsal of the de-
gree team Wednesday evening and all
members of the team are asked to be
present without further notice.
The class of 1905, Paris High School,
enjoyed a reunion Saturday evening with
Miss Grace Penley at her home. Nineteen
of the thirty who graduated in the class
were present. Punch was served, and
the evening was most delightfully."- spent
in a social way.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Baptist Church will give poverty social
Wednesday evening, Jan. oath. Every
one is requested to dress in the style of
poverty. A small fine will be charged
for all fancy or ornamental articles.
Poverty refreshments will be served.
The children's missionary society,
Kings Heralds, will have social in the
parlor of the Methodist church next We'd
nesday evening. An admission fee of
five cents will be charged those not be-
longing to the society. REGULATIONS,
games and refreshments will be the order
of the evening.
Charles E. Bennett filled his ice house
with handsome ice from his fields up
the river last week. At first the teams
drove down the river, but Tuesdays
rain made so much water over the ice
that it was impossible to 60 that way,
and the rest of the time the teams had to
come up through the village.
Quite lot of local matter and CORE
spoudence which reached the Democrat
office during Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day morning, is necessarily omitted from
this issue because of its lateness. AS
most of it might just as we'll have been
here from one to four days earlier, the
moral is apparent, if you can see it.
The men will serve at the Congrega-
tional supper Thursday evening OF this
week. Cold meats, salads, hot rolls, and
all kinds of pastry-all cooked by the
men of course. Entertainment by male
quartette and other local talent, assisted
by Miss Hodgdon of Hebron, reader. 1t
will be very scrumptious affair. Sup
per at Z O'Clock.
Rev. III. A. Clifford was student in
Hebrew at Morgan Park near Chicago, in
1892, under William r. Harper, the re-
Gently deceased president of the Uni
versity of Chicago. DR.. Harper was a
brilliant and lovable man, one of the best
teachers in America. He aroused rare
in all his classes, and was
himself great worker.
The lecture of Rev. II. A. Clifford for
the benefit of the library, announced
last week for Feb. 22d will be on We'd
uesday evening, Feb. 2lst. As the pro-
ceeds of this lecture will be used for the
purchase of new books it is hoped there
will be good attendance. Mr.. Clifford
has taken an interest in the library and
consented to aid in procuring
funds for its good.
The next supper and entertainment OF
the Universalist Good Cheer Society will
be held on Feb 9th. The usual supper
of baked beans, cold meats, and salads
will be varied little by the addition of
fancy buildings to the other courses. A
fine supper is assured. All can take in
the supper and attend the outside social
functions afterward if 80 inclined, al
though good entertainment will follow
the supper, notice of which will be given
later.
Much sympathy is felt for DIR. and
Mrs. Charles L. Buck in the loss Of their
little daughter Olive, at the age OF five
wears and ten months. Olive had never
been strong, and the first of last week
was taken to tue Sisters Hospital in
Lewiston for an operation for appended
tbs. The operation was successfully
performed on Wednesday, and she raj
lied from it well, but congestion Of the
kidneys set in and she died about noon
of Friday. The remains were brought
home Saturday morning and the funeral
Sunday afternoon was attended by Rev.
Fl. A. Clifford. This is the fourth of five
children which DIR. and Mrs. Buck have
lost.
BOLSTER DISTRICT.
Sanford Brown spent the past week at
his home here.
Bert Moore of Norway was at Arthur
Talbot's last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Rawson were re-
cent guests at James Clark's.
Mrs. W. Z. waldron and daughter
Josephine were in Buckfield last Sunday.
Mrs. Chas. Gowell is suffering with
chronic stomach trouble. DR.. Stewart
is attending her.
William Edwards of New Gloucester
is pressing hay at the town farm for
John Robinson Of Oxford.
Mrs. Frances c. Stowe recently enter
tanned her brother, A. NJ. York, of
Caribou, who was returning from q visit
TO his children in New York and Massa-
chusetts. Mr.. York is native of Bethel
and settled in Caribou nearly fifty years
600 Altbopob SO wears of age he still