Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-09-03
The 6exfnrd Bstt1nrrat,
SOUTH PARIS.

And only two weeks to county fair.
Mrs. W. D. Clark is visiting her moth
or in Bath.
lanes Plummer of Lowell Is visiting
his sister, Mrs. Fred b. Virgin.
Miss Flora Foster of Portland visited
=, Walter p. Msxim's last week.
Mrs George d. Robertson and daugh
ear are visiting relatives at West Paris.
Nv and Mrs. o. E. Curtis and sons o.
vsnnebunk are visiting relatives in town
Mrs Alonzo Wheeler and two daugh
..rs ~ Waltham, Mass, have been guest:
at Il. Beams
Mrs +. P. Libby of Winthrop was the
,,,ast Of Rev. and Mrs. T. N. Kewley a
few DAYS last week.
u G. McArdie of Hopedale, Mass,
,,,merly of South Paris, has been in
,ovn Tor a few days.
Ms Nellie Brickett has returned from
two weeks vacation spent in Bowdoin-
ham and other places.
Miss Edith Kelley of Springfield, Mass,
- The Quest of Mrs. Alton c. Wheeler
few DAYS the first of last week.
Vr;snds will be interested in the report
s. the birth of son to Professor and
Mrs. A. X. Spofford of Lewiston.
Raw Romeroy, formerly principal of
the South Paris Grammar School, was IN
TOWN few days the last of the week.
The family of T. S. Barnes returned
wednesday from Peaks Island, where
thew have been occupying a cottage for
some weeks.
Miss Maud Carter and Miss Cali spent
, fsy days last week with the family of
Dr Packard at Camp Packard, near
Locke's Mills.
Mrs E. Andrews and Miss Eva
sDsnt a few days with friends at Var
month last week. Mr.. Andrews and
Ralph Joined them over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. d. Haynes, Misses
Tanra and Hattie Burnell, and Misses
Care aud Gertrude Hall were at the
RiIlon cottage, Lake Pennesseewassee,
over Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon S. Fairbanks left
"Wednesday ON their way to Newtonville,
Mass. which is to be their home, visit
inc some of the well-known resorts in
Massachusetts, on their way.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgess were at
New gloucester the first of the week to
attend The wedding of Mr.. Elmer K.
Briggs Of this place and Miss Gertrude
NJ Burgess of New Gloucester.
VIII the Ladies' of the G.. A. K. please
hear in mind the sale Sept. 9Th, and that
they are expected to furnish food with
ont further notice. BE very generous,
sisters. it is to help the "boys."
Harry NJ. Wheeler, who has spent the
vacation at his home in South Paris, left
Thursday afternoon on his way TO Carl
bon. where he is principal of the high
school again for the coming year.
A party which is spending few days
at Camp Concord is made up of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry A. Morton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Heidner, Master Henry Howe, William
P. Morton, Mrs. Penfold and son Ray
mOnd.
William ]. Wheeler has begun repairs
on the stable at his residence on Pleas
ant Street, and may before he gets
through tear down the stable and build
new. in which case it will be done IN
good shape.
By the way, il you are superstitious,
can YOU remember we'll enough to note
that il rained the first Sunday in August,
and that the other three Sundays in the
month were bright, clear days without
drop of rainS
Don't forget to attend the sale for the
benefit of William K. Kimball Post at
Grand Army Hall, Thursday, Sept. 9TH,
afternoon and evening. Aprons, candy,
food, ice cream and miscellaneous arti-
cles will be on sale at reasonable prices.
Work has begun on the cellar for
Harrison Farrar's new house, which is
10 be built a short distance southerly
from the house of his son, Everett FL.
Farrar, beyond the Park Street bridge.
George r. Hammond will do the build
ing.
A. K. Shurtleff has purchased of b. p.
Adkins the damon house" on the
river bank off Park Street. Mr.. Adkins
purchased what was left of this house
after it was largely burned by lightning
last wear, and got the work OF rebuilding
well along, but has never completed it.
Mr.. Shurtleff Immediately put two men
at work on the house, and they are max
ing good progress.
Although the weather has been un-
favorable for corn of late, Superintend
ent Emeley of the Burnham & Morrill,
factory expects TO have about the usual
run. as the acreage is rather larger than
usual. He plans now to start up the
factory on Tuesday of next week, the
10th. He has an order of lunch cans to
put up for the Pullman Company, and
NAV put that up the last of this week.
A dispatch in the Maine papers last
week gives this brief account of an
affair in which S. Z. Tucker of this place
had a part, at his summer home at Bay
Point: "Miss Virginia. the young daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William G. Perkins
of Bath, had a narrow escape from
drowning Sunday at Bay Point. In
stepping out of dory she lost her foot
Inc and sank twice under the wharf. 5.
+. Tucker plunged in and rescued her."
A fuller account of the affair, given in
the Bath papers, shows plainly that the
girls life was saved by Mr.. fuckers
prompt action.
The frame of the new power station of
the Norway and Paris Street Railway on
the Little Androscoggin River is up.
John NJ. Murch is in charge of the build
ing. The building is "a 40 feet, one
story above the street, with fiat roof.
l, stands near the bridge, and the en-
trance will be just about where the en-
trance to the old grist mill was. A
crew are at work clearing out the tail
race below the wheel, and there is quite
a job yet ahead of them. The channel
is TO be twelve feet wide, and consider
able of the bottom of it is ledge which
has to be blasted out.
Owing to a broken Y in the mains OF
the Norway Water Co., the water went
OFF at about o'clock last Tuesday night.
II was necessary for the company to
send for a new y which arrived on
Thursday and was put in place on Fri
day. During the interval the water
was turned on occasionally at low press
ure for while, and then turned off
again. Saturday the pressure was again
on as usual. Meanwhile the people got
along as well as they could, and for
tunately there was no fire. The water
company is having several lunches OF
trouble of various kinds of late.
very lively and pleasant house party
was entertained from Thursday to Sat