Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-10-09
Mrs. A. W. Walker 10 Visiting In Port
land for a week and attending the Music
Eoakivol

Senator-elect Henry II. Hastings o
Bethel was at South Paris Friday OF
business.
Mrs. George Wise has been visitin,
her sister, Mrs. Lusina Hemingway, o
Milton, the past week.
Mrs. j. Il. Little gains slowly. Som
days she can walk out and other days Il
obliged to remain indoors except as sh'
rides out.
Miss Isabel C. Morton attended tn,
state convention of the Universalis
Young Peoples Christian Union a
Woodfords last week.
and called DIR. Littlefield on Sunday
afternoon. A touch of this epidemic
cold that is passing around.
Walter p. Maxim and family have
moved into their house, which has beer
thoroughly repaired and portion re-
built since the fire Of last April.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office Oct s, 1906:
Mr.. Harry E. Smith.
Mr.. Nelson b. Mann.
+ Morse.
Mr.. A. L. Gilbert
Mr.. Herbert Hartman.
s. +. DAVIS. Postmaster.
Alvin Pike, Esq, of Sweden, was at
South Paris on business Monday. Mr..
Pike enjoys the confidence aud esteem
of his townsmen to a marked degree,
having been elected town treasurer of
Sweden for about thirty years in sue.
cession.
The regular meeting of the Ladies' of
the G.. A. Il. is postponed on account OF
the weather from Saturday, Oct. 8, to
Monday evening, Oct. s, at 4 80. Business
of Importance is to come before the cir
Gle, and every member who can do so, is
requested to be present.
W. X. Swan and daughter of Lynn,
Mass, are spending a portion of their
with relatives at South Paris.
Mr.. Swan went from Bethel to Lynn.
He is a conductor on the Boston, Revere
Beach and Lynn Railroad, in the employ
If which he has been for twenty-One
) ears.
Mr.. Austin o. Adams of East Jaffrey,
n. H., is visiting Rev. j. II. Little and
family and calling ON friends at West
Paris and Paris Hill. Mr.. Adams mar
ried sister of Mr.. Little. Oct. 10 he
starts for ApOpka, Florida, where he
spends the winter Mr.. o. A. Maxim
md wife spent winter at Apopka with
Mr.. Adams.
The annual harvest supper of the Con-
will be given in the YES
nv Thursday evening of this week. Sup
per will be served from 6:45 to s, and
everybody knows what kind of feast it
will be. Following the supper an enter
ainmeut will be given by Miss Josephine
4. Hodsdon, reader, with vocal and in
music by local talent. Prices
Is usual.
A town meeting has been called for
,ext Saturday, Oct. Is, at 2 O'Clock,
,. NJ, "To see if the town will vote to
aise the sum of five hundred dollars to
pay outstanding highway bills, and to
make necessary repairs on highway.
Another article is to see if the treasurer
hall be authorized to borrow the
amount raised, but further than that
here is no other business in the warrant.
Hobart A. Kenney went to the Maine
General Hospital at Portland last week,
md on Thursday underwent a reampu-
alton of his left leg, which was taken
III near the ankle about year and
,alf ago, as the result of getting under
he wheels of locomotive 1t has
roubled him for some time, and an
by surgeons convinced them
hat another operation on it was neces-
AIRY. He is reported as doing well.
Members of the South Paris chorus
Who are attending the Maine Music Fes-
ival in Portland this week are Mrs. j. 5.
Wright, Mrs. T. S. Barnes, Mrs. John Z.
Everett, Mrs. Fl. E. Wilson, Mrs. Walter
l.. Gray, Mrs NJ. l. Noyes, Miss Hattie
Haskell, Miss Carrie Tucker, sopranos;
Mrs. Luella Smiley, Mrs. G. l. Durham,
Mrs. Agnes Penfold, Mrs. Cora S. Briggs,
Mrs. George F. Eastman. Miss Sara SWEET,
altos; James Dunn and l.. S. Sessions,
.enors; and Rev. j. w. CHESHIRE and Rev.
A. X. Baldwin, bass.
Warren E. Lothrop of West Sumner
underwent a surgical operation on his
hand Thursday at the home of his sister,
Mrs. C. r. Newell, in South Paris. The
trouble was caused by blood poisoning,
starting from a small crack on the
finger. The little finger of the hand
was amputated last spring, but this did
not remove the trouble, and a delicate
operation was performed last week.
no part of the hand was ampu-
tated, it was necessary to make two
long missions, to remove the dangerous
matter from the hand. 1t is now doing
well.
An auto party from Boston are guests
Of j. p. Richardson at his camp in Har-
rison. The party consists Of +. A. Will
SON, C.. A. Haines, F. w. McCausland,
DR.. Davis and Henry Smith. They
found good roads most of the way, and
but for an unfortunate accident to the
driving gear would have arrived in South
Paris early in the afternoon, but owing
to the fact that one auto had to tow the
other from Poland Spring, it was eight
o CLOCK before they got here. 1t is big
Jolly party with two big White steam
autos. They will stay until Saturday
and return home over the road.
The peoples lecture course at the
Methodist church was opened Thursday
evening by Rev. Daniel Onstott, A. NJ,
Of Old Orchard, who spoke on "Water-
loo" After reviewing briefly the
events which led up to the battle, Mr..
Oustott gave a series of word pictures
If the successive movements which made
up that great battle, so important not
only in its tremendous magnitude but as
well in its consequences. 1t was mag
nificent and thrilling description OF the
progress of that gigantic struggle which
marked the end of the career OF the
great Napoleon. A fair audience fol-
lowed the speaker with absorbed in
tereSt.
Mrs. Mary j., wife of Ira F. Murch,
died at her home Saturday forenoon
after a long period of suffering with an
thermal cancer. Her age was W years.
The funeral will be held at l O'Clock
Tuesday. Mrs. Murch leaves husband
and seven children, all of mature years,
and her death is the first break In the
family. The children are Mrs. Winnifred
l.. wife OF C. Freeland Penley of South
Paris; J. E. Murch Of South Paris; Mrs.
Mary /. Swift of South Paris; Mrs. Mabel
E., wife of Laurin A. Whitman of South
Paris; Elizabeth E., wife Of K. NJ.
Thomas of Norway; Mrs. Margaret E.,
wife of Frank A. Taylor of South Paris;
aud Mrs Florence NJ, wife of Roscoe G.
Grav who lives at home.