Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-07-02
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SOUTH PARIS.

Only coupe VI u"s' W WV N'Sus w
fore the Fourth.
Miss Sue Porter is visiting friend i
yoxcroft for two weeks.
Miss Martha Maxim of North Cam
,.;Sgs Mass, has been making visit +
relatives here
Harry j. Fifield, who attends Burdet
paa;neSs College in Boston, is at hOm'
for the vacation.
Clark is building a double-story
.bIoJ extension on the west side of his
sosse on Market Square.
yrs Agnes Penfold has been spend
"a few days in Gorham, n. ii. Hell
S RAYMOND. who has been there fol
W. weeks. returned home with her.
r-,nk +. Kimball is visited by his
IN viii Emerson of Manchester, N.
,ybo is making preparations to start
t,- the state of Washington to settle.
n u and S. s. Maxim are building a
...a,e on their Pine Street lot back of
ya~im Block. which will accommodate
.S-s s cars and leave an opportunity for a
.snsjr room in the front, or will in case
oi emergency take in four cars.
PAY Hermon S. Pinkham, wife and
IN of Somerville, Mass, a former pas
~ here. will be guests at Frank KIM
In a few days this week. Mr.. Pink
Sam hopes to meet his old friends and
nsrsbioners at the Wednesday evening
meeting
~ L. ,.curs;ops to portlapJ NJ,
The Grand Trunk were started for this
season last Sunday, and will continue
,bronch the summer. The train runs on
The same time as in previous years,
IaarinO South Paris in the morning GO
inc east at 7:37, and arriving here on
the return al p. NJ.
Miss Florence King died at Lancaster,
n. Friday, June q, at the age of "a
vars For the past few years Miss King
has made her home at w. Z. Maxim's in
This village. although she has not spent
much Of her time here. She was the
daughter of Daniel King of South Port
and In 1905 she graduated from the
STATE normal school at Gorham, and
since that time has been a successful
teacher in Lancaster. Death was due to
tuberculosis.
This IS one on s. S. Maxim and F. W.
Boppev. who came through from Boston
asst Monday with an Orient delivery
wagon. arriving here just at p. NJ. They
w5uld have been here earlier, but.
After leaving Poland Spring they came
along al good gait until it seemed to
be time tina, they were seeing something |
that looked ike oxford County. Finally |
thew stopped and asked man how far |
II was 10 south Paris. ''Well," he said, |
~ don't know how far it is to South |
Paris. but the way you're going it's |
eighteen miles to Portland
AT It's last meeting last Monday after
noon the We Are Seven Club had a |
specially lively session, the programme
taxing the form of mock wedding. |
Miss Ida Nav Field was the blushing
bride, Miss LeOna ID. Stuart took the
part of the very necessary but incon-
spicuouS groom, Miss Josephine Wal
drou ofticated as the parson, Miss Helen
Barnes PLAYED the wedding march, and
the rest of the club served as guests. 1t
is said that the costumes were correct
in every detail, and that the ceremony
was conducted with entire accuracy and
realistic effect.
The third meeting of the Western
Avenue Club for this season was held at
the home of Mrs. Lyman Merrill on
Thursday afternoon, June 2Sth. There
were IS present, aud the occasion was
much enjoyed by all. Dainty refresh
meuts were served, consisting of fruit
punch. nabScos and fancy crackers, and
delicious homemade cakes. Western
Avenue has high reputation for neigh
bOrliness, and as the meetings of this
club are Of a social and informal nature,
they are very popular, and are always
fully attended. At the first meeting of
the present season the club was enter
tanned by Mrs. Luella Smiley, and at the
second BY Mrs. Anderson and Mrs.
Richards at the home of the latter.
One of the ways in which fires start
from unknown causes" was shown
here few days since, in topping out
chimney in the house belonging to +.
A. Taylor, occupied by t. s. Barnes. |
The chimney comes out near the ridge |
pole. Just below the roof, the soft |
brick of which the chimney was built
had crumbled away on one side, and |
there was hole in the chimney as big |
as the top of large pail, one side of the |
chimney being practically gone. 1t was
above the ceiling of the chambers, in |
the open roof space to which there is no |
access, and never would have been dis |
covered except by rebuilding the chin
ney as it was in this case, or by the less |
desirable means of blaze. Mr.. Powers,
who was at work on the chimney when
he discovered the hole, called some other
people to look at it, as he said If he told |
of it as il was he wouldn't be believed.
very pleasant incident in connection
with the regular meeting of Mt Mica
Lodge of Odd Fellows Thursday even
ing was the presentation to Mr.. A. E. |
Shurteff by the members of the lodge of |
large crayon portrait of himself as |
slight token of their appreciation of his
faithful service and loyalty to the lodge. |
Hon, James S. Wright, speaking in be-
bali OF members of the lodge, made the |
presentation in a few well-chosen words, |
and Mr.. Shurtleff, although greatly sur |
prised, responded with much feeling. |
Few lodges can boast of a member with |
a record equal to Mr.. Shurtleff's. He |
has been a member for thirty-three |
years, and a constant attendant, going |
several years without missing meeting, |
and never missing except on account OF
I'll health. He has been as interested in |
the business of the lodge as in his own |
welfare, and has worked untiringly for |
its Improvement and growth.
The expected thunder showers arrived |
Tuesday afternoon, and the opening one
was a "corker" There was a light
rainfall, but two or three strokes of the
lightning were so netting to wake peo- |
pie mp. The first one jumped of the |
telegraph wires beside the Paris Manu-
featuring Co.'s factory, followed down
guy wire which was fastened about a
foot above the ground to one OF the |
corner posts of the shipping shed, and |
shattered the lower end of the post. A |
man who was at work near by felt the |
shock considerably. A little later
bolt struck the stable of Charles II.
Thayer on Park Street. One corner OF
the cupols, the roof boards and shingles
IN various directions, and a portion of
the front gable, was considerably shat
tered, and the stable was filled with dust
and smoke. Hose Co. No. 4 turned out,
IN better than fifty-two seconds" as
they expressed it, and promptly had their
hose ready for use, but there was no fire
and no water was put on. Later show
ers gave the ground needed wetting
down, but were not alarming in their
electrical features.