Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-07-14
Wet Paris.

place. who with her husband, W. g..
Pratt, was visiting bis son at South
Union, was taken suddenly i'll July 4th,
and after some severe suffering died OF
bowel trouble and hemorrhage the fol-
lowing Monday night. On Tuesday her
MANY friends and acquaintances were
shocked to hear the sudden news and
much sympathy Is felt for Mr.. Pratt
who IL not in the best Of health. While
for some months Mrs. Pratt has
not been in the best of health, 1t was
not known that she had any cause for
alarm from her physical condition and
she had been cheerful and even at the
last did not realize that the end was
near.
Mrs. Pratt was the second wife of Mr..
Pratt and had been married three years
| in June. She was well and favorably
known in our community as she stayed
the most of the time for about five years
previous to her marriage in the home OF
DIR. and Mrs. o. K. Yates. She was the
fifth and youngest child of j. w. and
Mary C. Allen, and passed the most OF
her earlier life on the home farm in the
Dean neighborhood. Her mother, who
who is q widow, has been living with
Mrs. Pratt and is now at South Union
and nearly prostrated by her loss. Mr..
Pratt will also 60 to South Union to stay
| for while in the family with bis son.
All the children in the Allen family
have passed on, except the oldest, j.
Q. Allen.
Mrs. Pratt had been an interested
member of the w. G. T. u, and was an
esteemed member of Onward Rebekah
Lodge. The funeral service was held
here last Thursday at 10 A. NJ, at the
Universalist church, conducted by Rev.
Miss Macduff. Onward lodge attended
| in body and escorted the mourners to
the cemetery where they performed the
burial service of the order. Music was
furnished by a mixed quartette and
there were beautiful flowers. A good
woman has passed from our community
and she will be much missed.
| The Paris Manufacturing Company
have cut out q lot of lumber the past
winter in Albany and 1104 thousand
feet has been sawed by Mr.. Frank l.
Willis, at the portable saw mill owned
and operated by him for the Paris Com
pany. The seasons work closed abou
two weeks ago and about half the lum
Der has been hauled out here to the fac
tory. About 900 thousand feet still re
main in the woods, and this is being
hauled out as fast as possible by three
four-horse teams driven by the Mayhem
Brothers and Laforest Emery. 1t prob
ably will take until late autumn to ge
this lumber out. This fall the Parii
Company will build new camps, chang
ing from Albany over the line int
Greenwood, thus making it more con
venient to cut over the rest of their tim
Der lot. As was the case before, tn,
new camps will be about one and hal
miles from the saw mill. Mr.. Willis il
at home for the summer and is learning
to run his automobile. His water
power saw mill, about one mile from
the village on the Greenwood road, ha'
been run for the past season by Osca
A. Kimball, and about 1875 Thousand
feet of long lumber and some single
has been sawed. Mr.. Kimball expect
to continue to work for Mr.. Willis, VIII
intends to make barrels this winter. Fl
has purchased nice outfit of machiner
for the purpose, and will put this il
working order 80 as to begin making
the barrels this fall.
Mrs. W. G. White and son Lionel o
Lewiston, accompanied by her sister
Miss Wyona V. Farr, have been visiting
Mrs. S. T. White ever since Monday o
last week.
Mrs. George Lewis of Bryantville
Mass, Is the guest of Miss Jennie L
Bradbury for week or two.
Miss Winnie Dudley was at w. G
Hammond's few days last week.
Miss Ina Nutting of Auburn is visiting
Mrs. Albert Ryder.
Mrs. Josephine A. Bates is spending
the months of June and July with rela
tives and friends near New Haven, Conn
Theodore, son of Mr.. V. w. Bates o
New Haven, has come here to spend th
summer with his grandparents, Mr.. AM
Mrs. L. C. Bates. Mr.. Bates and famil
spent few days of last week at Cam
Montana ian Indian nancy 1t will b
remembered that this fine camp at Littl
Concord Pond in Woodstock was bull
last season, and is the property of Vel
nal w. Bates.
G. F. Barden has been making som
Improvements in his house.
Mr.. Winfield Emmons, who has BEEF
in town for some time, is in poor healtl
with heart trouble.
DIR. and Mrs. F. E. Wheeler attends
the meeting and banquet of the Oxfor
and Androscoggin Medical Association
, Monday evening last week and report
delightful occasion. The affair wa
held at the remodeled and newly opene'
Mt. Madison House at Gorham, N. h.
which ia now enlarged and improved g
, it is one of the best high class hotels il
the mountains. DR.. Wheeler had tn
honor of being elected vice-president o
the Oxford Association.
Mrs. Susan b. Claflin is having he
house shingled. Mrs. Clafiin, VIII
J spent the winter with relatives in Massa
chusetts, is now at home and is in poo
health.
Walter Emery and family of Portland
have been having two weeks vacation
visiting relatives in this vicinity.
Horatio B. Hammond has been having
weeks vacation from his work at tn
Leavitt hardware store at Norway ant
has been at home with his parents. 81
purchased and cut the grass belonging
to S. w. Durham and o. q. Marston.
| The book purchasing committee o
the public library association would b
glad to have any one report to them an
book which they would like added t,
the library as they will make up new
list to be purchased this month.
Mr.. j. Il. Cole, who has been working
all summer on the new addition to tn
Mt. Madison House at Gorham, N. b.
expects to continue to stay there fOl
some time to come. Mrs. Cole attended
the banquet and grand opening of tn
hotel on July LIST, remaining severa
days to visit relatives.
Mrs. A. K. Baldwin and son, also Mrs
Lincoln, Mr.. Baldwin's sister, returned
to Brunswick last Thursday after spend
ing two weeks with Mrs. Baldwin
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Marshall
Mr.. Baldwin has also been at Mr.
Marshall's.
Friday, about four o'clock, our peopl
noticed a smoke in the direction o
Shows Falls, which proved to be tn
dwelling house on the left side of tn
road going down, occupied by Mr.
Damon and family and owned as We un
dsrstand by the Cordwell Brothers. l
caught up stairs around the chime.
and was in flames when discovered
Aboutlall the household effects and quit
a lot Of wood outside was burned and l
was with difficulty that the neighborinl
house was saved. The fire ran few
rods into the woods but very fortunatel!
was arrested before getting furthel
Roadway.
Mrs. John L. Marshall and daughter