Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-01-08
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOIN0S OF THE WEEK IN ALI
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris hill.

THE DOlN0S OF The WEEK IN ALI
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
| Paris rim.
First Baptist Church. Rev. Z. o. Taylor. pastol
Preaching every Sunday q loao An: SundA,
Z so r. Y. Y. P. 8. c. e. Tuesday evening
Prayer Meeting Thursday evening At so. Cove
nsnt Meeting the last Friday before the Ii
Sunday Of the month at 80 p. n. All no
otherwise connected are cordially invited.
Universaist Church. Sunday School every
Sunday at 10 A5A.M.
Lewis NJ. Brown was In Boston Over
Sunday, the guest Of Capt. W. W. kim
ball at the navy yard.
There will be held special services
every night this week except Saturday,
at the Baptist church. Rev. Addie Book,
a delightful speaker, will preach Tues.
day evening, Rev. Z. s. Cotton and Rev.
j. w. Chesbro upon other evenings. All
are cordially invited.
The first of the series of sociables fol
the winter at the Baptist church was
held upon Friday evening. There was a
large number present. The men of the
church and congregation had the sup
per in hand and it was great success.
After supper there was q pleasing en-
tertainment.
| Two former pastors of the Baptist
church here were the recipients of gifts
recently. Rev. and Mrs. A. p. Wedge,
who moved into their new home at 3I2
Park Street, Lowell, Mass, were tender
ed an old fashioned house warming by
their parishiouers and friends to the
number of two hundred and fifty. Re-
freshments were served by Mrs. Wedge,
assisted by several of the ladies' During
the evening members Of the Ladies'
Social Circle of the Worthen Street
Baptist Church, of which Fir. Wedge is
pastor, presented Mrs. Wedge a hand
some comforter, and friends gave Mr..
and Mrs. Wedge one hundred dollars in
gold. Music was furnished throughout
the evening by the Ladies' Lyceum
| Orchestra.
up the pastorate of the First Baptist
Church in Montpelier. VT, to return to
his former field at Block Island, r. l.,
was presented with an elegant study
table by several of the merchants of the
city, and at the regular meeting OF
Vermont Lodge of Odd Fellows, Mr..
Roberts was presented with nice gold
headed cane by the lodge.
Hereafter the Paris Hill Library will
be open Wednesday afternoons from
three to four-thirty. The Library is for
the people, and at the state meeting of
Librarians the idea was brought out en-
phatically, in a paper upon 1.-THE People
and the Library" that the people are for
the Library. Our library has books
upon a great variety of subjects, and
for all ages, and its magazines are very
attractive. Let every person in district
No. Q understand that these are to be
had for the asking, on Wednesday after
moons from three to four-thirty, and in
the evening from seven thirty to nine, at
Hamlin Memorial Hall.
When enumersting the Improvements
at Hamlin Memorial Hall some weeks
ago, it was an omission not to mention
the new hitching post. This was the
gift of friend who knew the need of it,
and the Library Association received it
gratefully.
The reading of the book, souvenirs
of my Time" by Jessie Benton Fremont,
taken from Paris Hill Library, brings to
mind an old letter, written by Thos. Il.
Benton, the father of Mrs. Fremont. Ii
was written to Mr.. Andrews before his
marriage and before his twenty-eighth
birthday and is as follows:
WASHINGTON. d. c.. 8 Jany., 1872.
Hon. Charles Andretcs. Dear Sir:
Allow me TO congratulate you on your aces.
LAT IN
doubt not you will triumphantly sustain yoursell
In this honorable station. But let me advise you
| to bear your success with camness.
This Is but step in your career. You have
much native genius-cultivate it-You have op.
portunity-improve 1t. hope to see you among
US here bye AMI bye But you are young. and
asS %S much
Yours faithfully.
The letter is so folded that the second
leaf of the sheet makes the wrapper and
was sealed with a red wafer. There is
no post mark or letter stamp other than
Washington. d. c., rs" in writing.
The San Francisco Call has this to say
regarding Col. Morris, who has recently
come from command of the army post at
San Francisco to take command Of the
post at Portland: "Colonel Charles Nor.
ris is what is known as an ideal post
commander. Every officer who has serv.
ed under him says that he is fine ad-
ministration officer and in that line OF
detail he is second to none in the United
States army. During his command here,
covering the last four years at the
Preside, he has promulgated many
orders, instructions and customs, which
have been well received by those under
his charge. These same orders are now
being carried out by Colonel John A.
Lundeen, the new commandant. When
Col. Morris left the Presidio to 60 to his
new post at Portland, Me-, he took with
him the best wishes of the officers who
had served in his command. For four
years Colonel Morris kept the troops in
his charge up to the fullest degree OF
efficiency. This was evidenced by the
work done at the time of the late calam-
| ity, when the troops were rushed into
the city and did such valiant service in
checking attempts at footing and gener-
ally maintaining order. 1t is true that
these troops were ordered in from the
Preside by General Funston, who was at
that time in command Of the department
Of California, but the splendid work
they did was due to the drilling they
had received under the supervision OF
| Colonel Norris"