Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-05-22

Cant II Y. Bolster, who submitted 10
surgical operation two weeks ago, is
Tsported improving, though he is very
weak and progress is slow.
william X. Kimball Circle, Ladies of
the G.. A. r, contributed ten dollars
from their seanty store for the relief OF
the San Francisco sufferers.
Miss Catherine Briggs spent Sunday
\, home. She was accompanied by Miss
Naude Rose, who is supervisor OF draw
inc in the public schools of Lewiston.
Rev. ]. H. Little will deliver the
Memorial Day address at North Turner
This wear. He has already been engaged
10 give the address next year at Oxford.
Geo. B. Crockett, who has been in
Rhode Island on a business trip, and
Mrs. Crockett, who has been visiting in
Massachusetts,, returned home last
week.
IL. Briggs is visited by his brother,
Charles D. Briggs, of Wilmington Island,
Savannah. Ga. He went from Oxford
Comfy. but has not been here before for
twenty-five years.
Advertised letters in the South Paris
post office May 2l:
Mr.. Z. H. smith.
Frank Ross.
Mrs Ang Lovett.
Mr. Eree,and Herrick.
Sanger 5. Maxim, who served as a
CORPORAL in Co. d, First Maine, during
the spanish war, has recently been grant
ed pension of $500 per month, with
back paw amounting to about five hundred
dollars.
The Uniyersalist Sunday School will
give patriotic concert in Good Cheer
IIall next Sunday evening at O'Clock.
Members of the G.. A. X. and Relief
Corps are especially invited, but every
body is welcome.
There was fatality among dogs in
town last Tuesday, young dogs belong
ing to W. C. Thayer and Alton Z.
Wheeler dying suddenly that day. Both
were attacked in the same way, and
quickly went of, but there was no indi-
cation of poison.
All the members of the Good Cheer
included in the first division Of letters,
who have charge of the next food sale,
are requested to meet with Mrs. Edgerley
at O'Clock this Monday evening. Ii is
hoped that all the letters will make an
extra effort to be present.
Prof. Wight of Bethel will meet all
who desire to study music in the
Methodist veStry this Monday evening.
There is no age limit as the lessons are
II, nd aA
Wight has had excellent success in all
parts of Maine as teacher OF music.
Mrs. Z. A. Howe, who has been on
the sick list for a few days, is rapidly
recovering and is now able To see and
greet her customers once more. During
her few days. illness her business has
been in charge of Miss Hooper and Miss
Kerr, who have proved themselves very
efficient.
Fred II. Evans of this place and Mrs.
Ina NJ. Frizzell of Enrol, n. H., were
married at st. Johnsbury, VT, last
Wednesday. For the present they will
be at Enrol, near which place Mr.. Evans
is to run some sporting camps this
summer. Mr.. Evans has many friends
to extend him congratulations.
Harry NJ. Wheeler of this place, who
will graduate from Harvard this year,
has received an appointment as principal
of Caribou High School. This Is a
school of about 1870 students, having a
principal and three assistants, and pays
salary which is larger than is usually
secured by a man in his first year out OF
college.
The leaders at the Y. p. C. U. evening
meetings at the Universalist church for
the next five weeks are as follows:
MAY s7th-Memorial service.
June IA. L. Forbes. Subject, The called
and the chosen
June i0th~Bele TUFTS. Subject. Making the
most OF our opportunities
June l7th-fhe duty Of happiness. Leader
Mrs Mary Stanley.
June si.h-The power of silence. Leader
Isabel Morton.
We had little section of dogdays
dropped into the middle of this back
ward spring last Friday and Saturday.
The mercury climbed well toward 80,
the leaves came out with a rush, and
everybody hustled to get into summer
clothing. Then things dropped with
dull thud, and Monday morning tempera-
lures as low as % were reported, and
lawn standpipes and surface pipes were
frozen.
Eugene A. Briggs, who had been Ill
with consumption for long time, died
Tuesday afternoon of last week. The
funeral was held Thursday afternoon, at,
tended by Rev. j. w. CHESHIRE, and inter
ment was in Riverside Cemetery. Mr.
Briggs was "a years of age, and was the
son OF Edwin r. Briggs of West Bethel
He leaves widow, who was Miss Nora
Whitney before marriage, and daugh'
ter a little less than four years OF age.
A test of the water pressure, under
directions OF officials of the Norway
Water Co., was made Saturday evening
A pressure gauge was put on ut the
depot, and hydrant streams, with regular
nozzles Of 1 Is inch opening, were pu
on, one at the depot, one at the Meth
odist church, one on High Street, and ont
at the engine house With three
streams on the gauge went down to rs
and with four playing full it went dowr
to %. Those figures look rather low.
As appears from the official announce
ment elsewhere in this paper, the stat
assessors hold two meetings in Oxfort
County this week, to secure such IN
formation as they can to enable them 9
place a correct valuation on the will
lands of the county. These meeting
are held regularly in all counties OF tn
state in which any wild lands are situai
ed. The Oxford County meetings ar
held at the court house in South Paris o.
Tuesday, and at the Municipal Cour
room at Rumford Falls on Thursday, a
O'Clock A. N. of each day.
The Mechanic Falls Water aud Electri
Light and Power Co. has been purchase
by Libby & Dingley. who own the 81
power plant at Deer Rips on the Andre
scoggin above Lewiston, and they wi
run the lighting systems of Mechani
Falls, Oxferd and Hebron from thei
Deer Rips power, holding the powe
formerly used for these lights in reserv
for case Of emergency. In this bushes
transaction the Lewiston papers 90
great pos Utilities for the future, one {
these possibilities being the lighting
South Paris streets from the Libby I
Dingley dam, twenty miles or mol
away. II takes . decidedly prophet
eye TO zee the streets OF South Par