Oxford Democrat., 1906-12-25
Wast PARA.

There was good sized crowd in at
tendance at the sale Of the Baptist So
ciety last Wednesday, and quite large
audience was present In the evening to
listen to the entertainment and make
purchases at the various sale tables. The
evening programme which was excellent
was as follows:
| /. Quartette selection,
:. Variations of Old oaken Bucket.
b. Flower Song.
g. Reading Legend Sys. l. q 8! absnssssa; nsssos.
4. Song. Little Teddy.
49,. o.. Arthur Flavin.
.. By the Watermelon Vine.
' E. L. sI and W. T. Wood.
8. Reading. The Man he Knew he Killed,
o.. Mrs: r. T Flavin: rs..
Song Because srs o. 8. sSy T. I've %S,.s sSr 1nee'
| 8. Violin and organ,
Q. Fantaisie
b. Fifth Air.
The Misses Dean.
0. Quartette selection. whippoorwill Song.
The singers for the quartette selections
consisted of Miss Ella Berry and Mrs.
John Brock, sopranos; Mrs. 8. T. White,
alto; Mr.. John Brook, bass; Mr.. K. l..
Wood and Mr.. Clayton Churchill, tenors
accompanist, Mrs. Samuel Estes, Jr.
The audience was attentive and hearty
in applause. The hall was very prettily
trimmed and decorated. Small ever
green trees were placed at intervals
about the hall, and trimmings of crepe
paper were arranged about the booths.
In the centre of the hall we're hung red
and white bells with festOons of red and
green fancy paper trimming between
There was good variety of very pretty
fancy and useful articles for sale. The
following were in charge Of the tables:
Fancy-Miss Mary L. Dana.
DOll-Mrs. z. G. Morton.
Apron-Mrs. +. L. Porter.
| Caudy-Mrs. g. A. Smith.
/ Santa Claus sleigh-Mrs Samuel Estes. Jr.
The sleigh was trimmed and arranged
in one corner of the hall, and genuine
Santa sold various packages from hi'
pack. The part of Santa Claus was nice
iy taken by W. E. Kicker. The pro
ceeds of, the affair we're about $50. The
Ladies' Circle wish to extend thanks II
all outside the society who in any way
contributed to the success of the occa
sion.
Our traders have had good line o.
Christmas goods, and the stores have
had an attractive display.
Miss Jennie l.. Bradbury has taken th'
North Paris school to teach.
W. 4. Kicker has returned home. H.
found the work at the telephone centra
too confining for his health.
Remember that the union villag,
Christmas tree is to be held on Monda,
evening of this week, Dec. Oath, at tht
Free Baptist church. There will be s
program of entertainment by the chill
dren, and Santa Claus is expected to b'
present. Every one is cordially vel
come.
Onward Rebekah Lodge, No. 20, Il
going to have public installation of it,
newly elected officers at Odd Fellows
Hall on Tuesday evening, Jan. l, '07. l
is expected there will be some specia
music, and there will be supper in tn
lower hall. This supper will be free t.
the lodge members; all others will b.
charged small fee.
Misses Miriam and Mildred Durham
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Il. r. Dun
ham, of Waterville, have been visiting
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. W
Dunham, for a few days past.
Mr.. II. G. Brown and Mrs. s. W. Dun
ham each celebrated their 77th birthda.
last Tuesday, Dec. IS. The day wa
pleasantly observed by Mr.. and Mrs
Dunham taking dinner and spending tn
afternoon at the home of Mr.. Brown.
| W. G. Hammond recently got quit
severely bitten through the hand by
horse, breaking a finger and injurinl
him so severely that he will be unable t
work for several weeks.
D. c. Churchill thinks he may hav
discovered some use for the despise'
railroad worm in apples. Having quit
a quantity Of sweet apples from thre
trees, which were so infested as to b
worthless, he fed them raw to his pig
giving nothing else except milk unit
quite we'll grown. He then fed few
bushels of meal, and when recently kill
ed the pig weighed $50 pounds and wa
fine hard meat and very fat. Th
butcher estimated the animal worth S2d
and his cost had been but little over one
third of that. Can anyone beat this9
Merton Hammond Is clerking for S. I
White through the holidays.