Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-24
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SOUTH PARIS.

Mrs. F. p. Parlin Of Wilton spent the
,ast week with relatives here.
Miss Edith Brown of Chicago is a
NEST al Mrs. Alice p. Thayer's.
charles III. Bonuey and wife of Sumner
.,a,s AT ]. ID. Haynes last week and at
tended the fair.
Iobu T. Lindley, who is employed on
week for the fair.
Mrs. W. W. Walker and son Harold of
portland have been visiting her mother,
Mrs. A. c. Jones, for few days.
Mrs James Foster of Forest City
1anding. Peaks Island, spent Thursday
aitb her mother, Mrs. Ellen Wormell.
Charles r. Elder and family. who have
bssn spending the summer here, return |
al saturday to their home in Maiden, |
Mass.
Mrs. John Parsons of Waltham, Mass, |
Y. Knight of Turner and A. j. Knight |
Of Rumtord have been guests at X. N.
Halls during the past week.
Mrs. Peter Kane, who is in the hospi- |
al AZ Lewiston, and was reported in |
serious condition, is doing well, and is
on the road to a good recovery.
The Democrat was in error in giving
the name of one of the jurors drawn re-
csntly 1t was not c. Howard Lane,
INIT Chester II. Lane, Jr., who was
drawn.
e n Iunt and 4. B. Lunt of Mont
Vile have been in town for few days.
B. LIANT has sold his farm in that
town % his fat her, G. III. Lunt, and ex-
meets 10 locate elsewhere.
MI. and Mrs. W. 3. Russell of Leeds
we're here 70 attend the fair. For seven
teen years they have not missed it, and
tbsv couldn't afford to this year,
although they no longer live here.
Mrs. D. Haynes, Misses Laura and
Hattie Burnell, and Misses Carrie and
Gertrude Hall, made an excursion 10
Lewiston, thence to Portland by trolley,
and home over the Grand Trunk, Satur
day.
The Norway Band gave the last of its
series oi concerts in the Square Wednes-
day evening. and with the addition of
several players who were with it for the
fair. gaye even better entertainment
than usual.
The Maine Press Association is making !
IFS annual excursion this week, with
HEADQUARTERS at the Bridgtou House in
Bridgton, aud daily trips to points of
interest in the vicinity. The Democrat
is unfortunately not represented.
The dreaded frost struck us Wednes-
day night, cutting down tender vines
and piuching the corn on the low lands.
river fog saved some things, and no
very extensive damage has been report
ed. Thursday night there was another
frost, though not SO heavy as the first.
Chandler Swift had his wrist dislocat-
ell while at work at the corn factory
Friday. lie was ON table taking down
some cans, when the pile of cans tipped
over. and the table went with it. Mr..
Swift put ont his hand TO save himself as
he went down, but the force of the fall
put his wrist out 1t is doing well, but
he will not do any more work at the
corn shop this run.
Henry H. Perkins was visited last week
by his uncle, Austin W. Perkins, of
Winthrop, Iowa. Mr.. Perkins came to
Saratoga to attend the national encamp-
ment of the Grand Army. He has at
tended every encampment for about a
dozen years, and says he does not intend
10 miss one. Bard Perkins and Miss
Glover of Andover have also been at Mr..
Perkins during the week.
The University of Maine students in
the class of 1910, Leslie Bennett, Roy j.
Bird, Grover Brown, Harold Cole, Lewis
A. Keen and Stanley NJ. Wheeler, went
To OronO to begin their second year last
week. Bernard F. Twitchell, who is
taking the short agricultural course, also
returned, and Merton r. Sumner,
Chester NJ. Merrill and Robert w.
Wheeler began four years course.
After the warrant for Tuesday even
iugs corporation meeting was posted,
petition came in for another, and the
meeting was called for $50 the same
evening. This technically makes two
corporation meetings Tuesday evening
of this week, one at I 80 aud one at $50.
The second meeting is called on petition
Of Ira F. Murch and others, and the
object of il is as follows:
To see II the corporation will make better
provisions for lighting its streets In the vicinity
OF the foundry bridge, either by additional
lights or a new arrangement of the present
Hs6ts. or by exchanging the arc light at top
Of Morse Hin for iucandescent lights to be dis
trlbuted In that region.
The annual report of the Norway and
Paris Street Railway, as made to the
state railroad commissioners few days
since, contains more or less that is of
interest:
Norway 4 Paris Street Railway Co.-Gross
earnings from operation, 1896. SO; operating
expenses s6.SssIS; net earnings irom operation,
S3,lASi; passenger car earnings, ss6S..e5,
maintenance of track and roadway, sc2I36;
maintenance OF cars, 81 ,49O.l5; maintenance of
power. sS56iS: wages Of conductors, s9l6.s7;
wages OF mOtormen, s9l6.SI; removal OF snow
and Ice, s479.55; salaries of general officers,
passengers carried. 1889; average fare, rev.
enue passengers, eos; operating expenses per
ear mile, sl5S average number of employees:
Including officials, six; aggregate amount OF
salaries and wages paid, sS9lI.SO.
Miss Kate Maxim suffered serious
injury, under distressing circumstances,
on the 10th inst. Miss Maxim lives
entirely alone on the old homestead farm
near Streaked Mountain, at the end of
the road quite long distance through
the woods from the main highway. On
the forenoon of the 10th she went to the
barn to feed calf, and while there fell
duu SlTuCk on Der uip, scNcioiy "iohSu
ING il. At first she supposed the hip
was broken, and she was unable to get
on her feet. She managed after long
time to drag herself to the house, which
is several rods distant, and there got
hold of a trumpet. This she blew out
of the door at frequent intervals during
the afternoon, but it was not until near
ly night, when some boys came after the
cows in a pasture near by, that the
trumpet was heard and help arrived.
Physicians were summoned by telephone,
and arrived only little later than the
neghbors Miss Maxim is doing well,
and is now able to get on her feet
little.
The ladies' of the Congregational
society will hold their annual fair and
Christmas sale Thursday and Friday, |
Dec. and 6. Committees:
Eutertalnment-Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Wheeler,
Mrs W. L. GRAY.
Decoration-Mrs. Agnes Penfold, Mrs. c. w.
Bowker, Miss Hattie Haskell. Miss Sue NJ
neeler, Mrs. Geo. Bennett Miss sue l..
Reception-Nrs Mary C. Parsons, Mrs. w. J.
Wheeler, Mrs. Wealthy A. Clifford, Mrs A. E.
ShurtleG, Mrs. W. X. Clifford, Mrs. A. Z. Jones, /
Mrs. b. 7. Hicks, Miss Nellie L. Whitman, Miss
Emma +. Shurtlef, Mrs. r. Holman, Mrs. u. h
clifford, Mrs c. p. Berry, Mrs. Sarah Atkins,
Nrs. A. B Wilson.
Retreshments-Mrs. Fred Chandler, Mrs. Lou |
Daughraty, Miss Ruby Clark, Miss Nellie Jack
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