Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-09-22
The Oxford Bemacrat,
SOUTH PARIS.

Linn Rowe and Ida Aldrich wer
quests at Elmer Aldrich's last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wight of Gilead yisite'
relatives here and at Norway last week
Mrs. Plummer of Sweden is the CUES
Of her granddaughter, Mrs. Fred Wig
gin.
G.. ". Merritt of Worcester, Mass.
was guest at William j. Wheeler's las
week.
Mrs. Walter l.. Bonney and Phil spen
last week visiting relatives at Yves
MnOt.
Mrs. George Giles is visiting RELATIVES
al salem Willows, Mass, for few
weeks
Don't forget the harvest supper at th'
Methodist church Thursday evening
sept u.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Stanley of Auburn
visited their daughter, Mrs. c. w
Bowker, during the fair.
Mrs. Ella Neal of Lewiston and Franz
Wise Of Gardiner visited their father
George Wise, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. George II. Cummings o
Mechanic Falls were guests at Wiz
Stanleys during the fair.
Mrs. Z. p. Parlin of Wilton has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
Bake, for the past week.
The Mason Manufacturing Co.'S fac
tory is now running evenings TO I'll
orders No hard times about that.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Evans and daugh-
Ter airline of Rumford Falls, formerly OF
this place, were here 10 attend the fair.
John Lindley and Seward Stearns, con-
ductors on the Boston Elevated Railway,
are spending a short vacation in town.
4 great crowd of visitors in town dur
in- the fair. and the streets were lively
from early morning till early morning
again.
Misses Alice Durham and Nellie Ham,
u0nd Of West Paris spent few days
visiting friends and attending the fair
here last week.
The senior class of Paris High School
viii hold a sociable at New Hall Friday
evening, Sept -. Admission 10 cents.
All cordially invited.
There will be an entertainment and
light refreshments will be served after
the regular meeting of Hamlin Temple
Tuesday evening, Sept. %.
The Initiatory degree will be worked
a, the regular meeting of Mt. Mica
lodge Thursday evening. This will be
The trst work done under the new
rituals.
After one or two lesser touches of
frost not serious in their consequences,
We finally got a nipper last Tuesday
morning that ended the tender stun in
the gardens.
Members of Hamlin Temple, who
wish To attend the District Convention
at Oxford, Oct 2, will please give their
names to Mrs. T. A. Taylor at the next
meeting, Sept. %.
Miss Edith Cole of Gilead was the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. George 7.
Tucker, for few days last week, and
went from here to Hebron for treat.
ment at the Maine Sanatorium.
&C. E. social at the Baptist vestry
Friday evening, Sept. 18th. Come and
see George and Martha Washington,
Samantha and Josiah Allen" Fol-
further notice look for poster in the
post office.
The Paris Manufacturing Co. is build
ING an addition TO its lumber shed
about 200 feet in length, and extending
to the south line of the cOmpany's land
This will give them about 400 feet OF
lumber shed.
Next Sunday, Sept. 9th, will be
observed as Rally Day by the Congre
gatioual Sunday School. A pleasing
program is being arranged. All not con
nected with any other Sunday School
are cordially invited to attend.
The Zilpbers gave Miss Merle Monk a
surprise party at the home of Miss
Jessie Tolman Friday evening. 1t was
given in honor of her sixteenth birthday
and they presented her with book and
a cup and saucer. Nice refreshments
were served by Miss Tolman.
Mrs. L. A. Shaw, former proprietor Of
Hotel Andrews, has purchased the Hew'
EFT house, across the street from the
hotel. As soon as the lower floor is
vacated. Mrs. Shaw and her son Howard
and wife will occupy it, and she viii
rent the upper part OF the house.
Alvin Swift was taken TO the hospital
for the insane at Augusta last Friday
For wears be has been mildly insane
but not considered dangerous, and for
long time he has been an unobtrusivG
member of the household at Hotel An
drews, rarely seen by the guests.
The ''circus crowd" wild man, Fill
pinos, dancing girls, a0d all, left ON thu
train Friday forenoon. Part of then
were beaded for the Rochester, y. H..
fair, and part OF them for White River
Vt. Some of the fakirs also went to the
Canton fair, but the most of the bunch
headed out of the state. IL is the
universal opinion that it is about thu
toughest gang that ever struck this
town.
The chemical fire extinguisher pur
chased by subscription for use on Paris
Hin was exhibited here Friday after
noon aud evening, by J. Z. MacDougall
representing the Badger Manufacturing
Co. Boston, manufacturers. The tank Il
of forty gallons capacity, set on tive
wheels, and can be handled by hand, o.
attached at the rear of a wagon. WheI
charged ii threw good stream o
carbonated water for a period of fou
minutes.
The Norway Water Co. got repair
made so that the water was again turned
on at the old pressure last Thursda.
night Ii lacked two days of six week
that these two towns had been withou
full pressure on the mains except for tn
short time during the Andrews fire a
Norway when the shoe factory pum
was running, pumping from the tanner,
brook. During that time two smaI
houses were sacrificed in South Paris
and We were fortunate that it was N
worse.
The canning factory of the Burnhar
Il Morrill, Co. finished the seasons pacl
ing Saturday night, and the work @
labelling began Monday morning. Th
seasons work is sos, 900 cans, which ba
been exceeded in but one year of tn
last twenty-five, when $4,000 cans wer
put up. This seems almost remarkable
considering that the year has been on
of early aud late severe drought, bu
the season has been favorable for corr
OF the pack this year, about half is ciea
corn and the other half succotash.
The prettiest team of its kind in tow
was not at the county fair, otherwise
special blue ribbon would have bee