Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-08-28

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The class of 'O5 will have corn roas
at Bernard Twitchelps Saturday evening
Sept. LIST.
DIR. and Mrs. Stewart will go to Port
land this Monday afternoon for a shOr
time, and expect to return Thursday.
A special train was run to Lewiston
Saturday afternoon for the Lewiston
Oxford ball game, and quite a numbe
took it in.
To every person who attends servic'
at the Baptist church next Sunday TIT
pastor will give copper coin bearin.
the date 1906.
William K. Kimball Circle, Ladies o.
the G. A. r., are arranging for sale o
aprons, food, ice cream, candy, &c.
Saturday afternoon and evening, Sept. s
Next Sunday Rev. Thomas Whitesid'
of West Paris will exchange pulpits will
Rev. II. A. Clifford. Mr.. Whiteside wa!
at one time pastor here and has many
friends.
The presence of the naval vessels il
Portland Harbor added to the size of the
crowd which took in the Portland excur
sion Sunday. There were ten cars
packed.
The meetings of Paris Lodge of Ma
sons, which have been suspended during
the past two months, will be resumed
with the regular meeting Tuesday even
ing of this week.
There will be the usual two sessions
in the high school and all other schools
Notwithstanding a rumor to the con-
trary. Some of the broken glass will be
replaced by the boys who broke it.
Herbert c. Ripley and family, who
had been with Mrs. Ripley's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Abijah c. Hall, for some
time, started ON their return to their
home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Tuesday
Automobiles go slow" is the reading
of number of signs which the select
men have had made. They will be put
up about the village and in the narrow
places in the country roads about town.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office, Aug. q, 1906:
Annie X. Spinney.
Mr.. John Emery.
S. +. DAVIS, Postmaster.
Second and last fire department drill
for this year will occur Tuesday even
ing, Aug. 2Sth, at Z o'clock, sharp, in
Market Square. Companies need not
bring any apparatus.
PER ORDER CHIEF ENGINEER.
The c. X. Smith shop on Pleasant
Street, which was purchased by ii. K.
Wilson, was sold by him to A. Z. Shurt-
left, who has moved it on to the lot in
the rear of his mill on Main Street. For
just what purpose he will fit it up is not
certain.
Carl S. Briggs, Charles L. Merrill,
Chester Merrill, Lewis A. Keen, and
Arthur Irish of Turner, went Friday to
Gibson's Grove to camp in tent.
Chester Merrill and Lewis Keen have
returned, the rest will remain through
the week.
DR.. Alfred King of Portland, who re-
Gently purchased the farm of A. L..
Holmes, has been making some changes
and additions in the buildings. He and
Mrs. King are occupying the place for a
few weeks, the doctor spending such
time here as his practice permits.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Haynes and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles X. Newell went to
Wednesday, and from there
took in the New Century Pomona
Grange excursion to Bemis the next day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haynes, after their return
home, started for visit to friends in
Danville.
Roy III. Porter, who graduated from
the University of Maine this year in the
mechanical engineering course, has
accepted a good position for the coming
wear as assistant in the mechanical en-
cheering laboratory of the Iowa State
College at Ames, Iowa. He will start
for that place Tuesday of this week.
According to present indications the
Durham 4 Morrill, corn factory will
start up about Tuesday of next week.
While the wet weather of the earl par,
of the season prevented number OF
farmers from planting, the weather fol
the past month has been first-class fol
the crop, and the corn is said to be look
ing well.
Services will be resumed in the Uni
yersalist church next Sunday, Sept. I'd
Sermon Mt 1915 A. NJ. by the pastor
Sunday School II NJ, Junior Union a.
3:S0P. NJ, Y. P. G. U. meeting at p. NJ
The pastor would be glad to see full
house and have all the services oper
with an earnest interest on the part o.
all, thus beginning another prosperous
season of work in all departments OF the
church.
Aaron W. Lord had bad fall at the
Mason Manufacturing Co.'S new factory
Thursday. He was at work on a SWING
staging putting roofing on the walls
when by some misstep he went dowr
between the staging and the wall, drol
of twelve or fifteen feet to the ground
A cash was cut in his head, and he was
shaken up, but no bones were broken
He was taken to his home on Gothic
Street, aud is now so that he gets arount
the house.
Oxford Pomona Grange held an in
teresting field meeting ut Penley's Grow
on Tuesday. At least 200 were in at
tendance, coming from Paris, Norway
Waterford, Woodstock, Bucktield ant
other towns. A basket dinner wa
eaten, and coffee was made in the grove
for general distribution. The principa
address of the afternoon was given D!
Rev. C. S. Cummings of Auburn. In
Schubert Quartettc of South Paris SAN
several selections, and F. l.. Star6ir'
entertained the audience with a numbe
of readings. 1t was universally pro
nounced good time.
The following committees have bee
appointed for the Forest Carnival, whic
is given by Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge
Oct. II and Is:
GENERAL.
sophia ID. Clark, Hattie NJ. Leach. Hannah |
L. Kimball. w. L. Bonney.
SUPPER.
Eva Merrill, Hattie Bonney. Lila Andrew
Ella Ripley, Ida keene, Mary newell a snno
Bird, Winfield Young.
CANDY.
ANY Strickland, Hattie Dean, vera rosie
/ Nar;or,e Penley. Lottie Giles, Addie GLE
Mabel Nilett, Grace A. Thayer. Ethel Hong
ton.
Il GENTS.
i Jessica Curtis, Carrie Hall. Ava Leach. Graz
Thayer. Blanche Barrows, Grace Penley, isaD
Morton, Ellie Howe.
1 MISCELLANEOUS.
Mrs. A. W. Walker. Hattie Haskell, Emn
Haskell, Florence Richards. Nellie Mason, Flo
Wright, Eva Doble, Genie Remission, MAJ
Shurtef, Ida Shurtled. Lizzie DeCoster.
FOOD AND ICE CREAM.
Anna Farrar, Mae Buck, Jennie Brett. Marc
Il Gxuon