Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-12-03
West Sumner.

Wilson RyersOn and wife OF Auburn
made flying visit here in time to eat
Thanksgiving dinner with the family.
His mother, Mrs. X. II. Ryerson, had a
family party on that day.
Rev. Geo. Berry of Hamilton, N. Y,
was unable to attend his mothers flu
neral on account of the severe Hines of his
wife.
Mrs. Joan l.. Berry passed away Nov.
Is, at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Geo. West. Mrs. Berry was born in Jay,
daughter of the Rev. Manasseh and -
Moore Lawrence, and was one of eight
children. When Mrs. Berry was very
young her father moved to East Sumner
and located on farm near North Pond.
Many people now living remember the
Rev. NJ. Lawrence who preached in the
Baptist churches in different parts of
this town and also at North Paris. In
1850 the deceased was united in mar
riage to VIM. Berry and come to West
Sumner to live. Ten children were born
to them. The eldest son, Eugene, who
died some years ago, married Susan
Sisson, Quaker minister, who is still
preaching in the state of Iowa. A daugh-
ter, Emma, who has passed away, was
the wife of VIM. Cushman. Mrs. Berry
is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ad-
die Remick, the wife of Rev. Roscoe
Remick of Goodwin's Mills; Mrs. Anna
Kimball of Bellows Falls, VT; Mrs.
Arvilla West and Mrs. Edith Thomas OF
West Sumner; aud three sons, Rev. John
Berry of North Troy, VT; Geo. Berry,
Phi. D., of Hamilton, New York; and
Rev. Henry Berry of Elyria, Neb., also
thirty-fve grandchildren, four great
grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Dustin
Kicker, aud one brother, Cyrus Law.
renee, both of Lawrence, Mass. Mrs.
Berry was a constituent member of the
Baptist church in West Sumner and she
was the last one living. Her husband
who died several years ago, served in
the war of the rebellion and for many
years was afflicted with blindness. The
deceased cared for her family while Mr.
Berry was serving his country, and will
Christian fortitude bore all trials and
strove to be eyes for the blind. She was
veritable Mother in Israel. Few car
boast of so many preachers among their
children. She has left no less than six
and her father and one brother being
ministers, that makes eight preachers in
one family.
There was social dance here Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Buck are at home
from Rumford Falls. Mr.. Buck has pur
chased horse.
Norman Bessey, wife and two chill
dren, of North Buckfield, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs Harry Pulsifer
z. E. Field and family of North Paris
took dinner Sunday with Mrs. E. G
Small.
Mrs. Hattie Bessey and daughter
Marion, of Bryant's Pond are spending
Thanksgiving week with Mrs Bessey's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Dow.
Mr.. Roy Pulsifer has sold his apples tC
Pritchard and Mclean of Liverpool, fol
81. Is per barrel, Mr.. Pulsifer to find bar
rels.
The Lowell Co., Pennington, have
purchased about POO barrels of apples
in this vicinity and have had men from
that place here packing them for the
last ten days.
Whoever robbed our neighbours her
roost must have been getting ready fol
Thanksgiving. They helped themselves
to eight fat chickens. Probably oul
neighbors were not looking for Uncle
Remus or any other coon, yet it may be
this was a white blackbird.
Chester Andrews and wife have NOV
ed into part of Walter Chandler's house
for the winter.
n. B. T. Chandler and chum from
New York, both BOwdoin College
students, are here to spend Thanksgiv
ing with Mr.. Chandler's parents, MT
and Mrs. Geo. A. Chandler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Durham of West
Paris spent Thanksgiving with their son
c. E. Durham.
There is soon to be an R.. F. D. route
established which will lie very conven'
lent for some farmers in this vicinity. II
will leave West Paris and run by r. n
Stetson's as far as Fred Wings; return
by A. G. Farrar's, and over the hill by
Oscar Swift's. The route will open Jan.
I'd. Oscar G.. Chandler has been The
principal promoter and after repeated
trials has at last succeeded.