Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-01-29
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The Good Cheer fair paper is gettin
into shape for the printer.
Regular meeting of the Good Chez
Wednesday at 2 P. NJ, for business an
work.
The selectmen want all bills in thi
week, to close up the town business 70
the year.
A Bible study class will meet in tn
Baptist vestry on Friday at r. NJ. TO
the next four weeks.
Subject Of the morning sermon at tn
Universalist church next Sunday, 9TH
church and the Lodge"
George W. Pratt will 60 this week t.
Houlton, to work on the telephone, o
which w. L. Ksnney is in charge at tina
place.
Members of the official board of tn
Methodist church and their wives ar
invited to social at the parsonage Tues
day evening.
Rev. C. +. Parsons preached a practi
cal sermon in the Methodist vestry Sun
day evening. Subject: "She hath don,
what she could"
The last quarterly meeting for TIT
year was held at the Methodist church
Friday evening. Rev. Fl. A. Clifford hal
been invited to return as pastor To-
another year.
The ladies who visited the "vets'' a
their club room Saturday evening wer'
delightfully."- entertained with refresh
ments, whist and other games. 1t wal
unanimously agreed to 60 again.
The Seneca Club will be entertained
this Monday evening by Mrs. DR.. Stew
art. Dublin will be the city studied
Essays will be given by Mrs. Hathaway
and Mrs. Howe, current events by The
club and an Irish Folk Song by Miss
Wheeler.
The Fan-Tans will be entertained al
the club room Tuesday evening of this
week with twisted party" Supper
will be served at $50. The hostesses,
Mrs. Bowker, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Stanley
and Mrs. Andrews, wish each Fan-Tan
to appear in costume.
What a week of weather! The Klon-
dixie seems to have swept down upon US.
In the middle of the day the mercury has
generally succeeded in crawling little
above zero, but only for few hours.
The rest of the time it has been down
toward the unmeasured depths. We
still hope for something little milder
to come.
turned last week from Fort Riley, Kan.
He enlisted in the army year or two
ago, but had completed only part of his
term of enlistment. A few months since
a piece of steel struck him in the eye,
and as a consequence he lost the sight of
the eye, and has been discharged on that
account.
By one of those errors which are ex-
planned with difficulty If at all, the
Democrat last week spoke Of the de-
ceased Scion Briggs as the son of Alan
son Briggs. In fact he was the son Of
Simeon Briggs. The two names Alan
son and Simeon are numerous in the
Briggs family, but there was no good
reason why they should baye become
transposed in this case.
Passengers who came up on the even
ing train Friday were delayed some few
by being side tracked to let a
freight train 60 by. Probably few Of
them found fault about it if they found
out that the freight was cattle train of
regular open cattle cars, hurrying along
to get the poor beasts into more comfort
able quarters. Somehow transporting
cattle in those cars when the tempera-
ture barely gets above zero in the mid
die of the day seems pretty rough. The
railroad has at least once been indicted
in Oxford County for doing the same
thing.
The b. U. NJ. S. met with Miss Ethel
Crockett for candy pull Saturday even
ing. The attendance was strictly limited
to the members of the club. In the
midst of the festivities the telephone bell
rang, and masculine voice inquired if
'we boys" could come up. "Why,
wees, you may come" was the reply,
whereat it is related that the other men,
bers of the club showed such poor taste
as to let out a groan, distinctly audible
through the telephone, and declare that
this was hen party. At any rate,
though it is we'll known that a woman
can say no and mean yes, in this case she
said yes and it was understood to mean
no, for the boys took the hint and stayed
away. 1t was very lively time, but
the roof is still on the house.
BOLSTER DISTRICT.
John Small is cutting wood for o. G.
Pratt.
Sewall Parker has moved from the w.
j. Wheeler farm to his home in the vii
lage.
Mrs. j. III. Clark, who has been i'll for
several weeks, is now able to be about
the house.
Lovejoy Bros. are pressing hay for
John Robinson at the barn on the old
town farm.
Mrs. Charles Edwards and Miss Annie
Edwards were at Arthur Talbot's last
Wednesday.
w. III. SWEET is getting timber in
readiness for rebuilding his barn and
stable next spring.
Mrs. Albert Ryerson has been caring
for her sister, Mrs. Charles Gowell, who
has been suffering with grippe for the
past week.
Mrs. r. r. Witham, who recently re-
turned from DR.. Kings hospital in Port
land, is steadily improving. Mrs. w. B.
Dunn of Buckfield is doing her house
work.
LongfelIow Day in the Schools.