Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-10-06
The Oxford Be1mnrrat.
SOUTH PARIS.
SOUTH PARIS POST OFFICE.
&c Hours: Ts30 A. N. to 7 80 P. u.

coin, town casts 81 A. NJ, daily; SO A. NJ
daily except sunday; SO 2. NJ, daily.
SONG up ,wessl-9 so a. NJ, daily; BPM,
daily excep; sunday, AZ P NJ, daily.
CHURCHES.
F.-st Congregational Church, Rev. \. T. Nc
Wrrr,er, Pastor. Preaching service, 10 As a. NJ
s-riay school II 80 A. NJ; Y. p. s. c. 4. o.
~ Evening service 800 P. N; Churcl
-.-.-er meeting Wednesday evening az 80 p. N
At. not otherwise connected, are cordially In
vstbo.iist Church. Rev. T. y. Kewley. Pastor
Dv sunday morning prayermeeting 10 90 A. II.
r-esrhlng service 10: As A. NJ; sabbath Schoo
Ev Epworth League Meeting 90 P. NJ.
r-syer meeting Wednesday evening 80; class
meeting Friday yening &c.
Rsr.!st Church. Rev. J. Wallace Ches6ro
Pastor ON sunday, preaching service l0I5 A
~ sabbath school y NJ; \. +. ;. Z. e, 6l5
~ PRAYER meeting so p. NJ "Wednesday even
,r. trarer service : 30. Seats free. Al are
r-,ye-sal!s. Church. Rev j. II. Little. Pastor
--isv School st IL NJ Junior Union at 80
rv Y.P. c. I. at I'm.
STATED MEETINGS.
a M.-Paris Lodge, No. "a. Regular
uee.,n Tuesday evening on or before full moon
ID. ID. F-Mount Mica Lodge, regular meet
t-g-. THURSDAY evening OF each week.-Aurora
E1ranpment, irst and third Monday evenings
~ each month.
mi H.
60 meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
a. rla IN odd Fellows Hal.
R-W. K. Rimball Post. No. las, meets
l--t and third Saturday evenings OF each
=. nth, ~ q. A. K. Hall
Wm K. Kimban Circle Ladies of the q. A.
meets frst and third Saturday evenings OF
..r- month. IL Grand Armk Han.
~ Joshua l.. Chamberlain Camp meets
Er-. and third Tuesday evenings OF each month.
u ~ H.-Paris Grange, from May 10 Oct i,
u. els first and third saturday; during the
-er inder o the year, meets every saturday IN
TO, G.C.-second and fourth Mondays of
:. o. P.-stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl,
Uf ara month
~ P.-HsmIin Lodge. No. 81. meets every
~ evening at Pythian Hal.
MIS-. Mary Haugh of Belfast is guest
uf Mrs J. p Richardson.
Manly A. Brigham of Rumford Falls
vas IN town a short time last week.
George 5. Rowel of the Portland
Advertiser was at South Paris Thursday.
Charles II. Howard has built spa
..I4, piazza on his house on Pleasant
street, which is great addition TO the
ace.
c. II. Churchill has opened meat
market in the Maxim building, where
market was formerly run by Elmer l..
A'jrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Holmes and Mr..
and Mrs. George T. Eastman were at
Mr. Holmes camp at Shagg Pond Satur-
Jay and Sunday.
The Swastika Orchestra played at
North Buckfeld Saturday night for the
supper and entertainment of Mountain
Grange at that place.
John Sanborn of Belfast spent several
DAYS recently at J. p. Richardson's. He
vas on carriage drive through this
part of the state and was enjoying 1t
greatly.
Albert l.. Clark of F. A Shurtleff Il
Co., and Mrs. Clark, started Wednesday
morning for pleasure trip 70 Boston
and New York, going by way OF Albany
and down the Hudson.
The Euuiee NJ. (CaswelD Thorne place
on the road to the Bolster District was
sold at auction Saturday forenoon by
James S. Wright, the administrator. A.
E. Shurtleff bid il OFF for S32T.50.
Mrs. ]. A. Scott, Mrs. Writ Stanley
and Mrs Fred Y. Wright made trip TO
Portland Thursday, l.. L. Mason
taking them in his automobile in the
afternoon. They returned home on the
evening train.
Ii is now open season on deer, but
that will make little difference in this
immediate vicinity. Some years there
are few deer seen hereabouts, but this
season the Democrat has pot heard OF
any being seen.
All roads last Friday and Saturday
led TO the millinery opening of Miss ).
NJ. Wheeler. Some very pretty hats
were exhibited. The store was very
tastily decorated, and Miss Wheeler'S
corps of assistants were as nice as ever
showing each and all the pretty hats.
The Good Cheer will have their first
supper and entertainment Tuesday even
ing of this week, Oct. s. The usual baked
bean supper with vegetable salad will be
served at 6:3O, followed by a miscellaneous
entertainment. Prices as usual, II cents
for supper, 10 cents for entertainment.
A sociable will follow the entertain
ment.
The number in the Central Maine
General Hospital at Lewiston from
south Paris was considerably increased
last week. On Tuesday Mrs. Amos A.
Bird went TO the hospital to be treated
for gall stones. On Wednesday Miss
Belle Tufts was admitted to the hospital,
and on Thursday Philip l.. Bonney
The last two are cases of appendicitis.
The Seneca Club holds its first meet
ing of the season this Monday evening
with Mrs. II. A Hilton. This seasons
study is on the general topic, "Our
Country" This evenings programme
is devoted TO Boston, and is in detail as
follows:
Roll Call-Dues, Club.
Essay-Boston In the Revolutionary War,
Mrs Barnes
Essay-Faneuil Hall, Miss Douglass.
E-say-Nayy Yard, Ms. Hilton
Piano Duet, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. 1ray'
The rain Of last Monday night, though
il did not put out all the forest fires of
the state, disposed of the one near the
guideboard on the Paris Hill road, and
the watch which had been maintained
there was discontinued. The fire had
been burning nearly two weeks since it
started in the woods, and while it did
not burn over very large territory nor
get into very valuable timber, only vigor-
Gus fighting held il in comparatively
narrow limits and prevented the damage
being extensive.
George W. Hammond of SHOWS Falls
made a pleasant call at the Democrat
Office Thursday. Mr.. Hammond is
rather rare visitor TO this village now
adays. He is past so, and much bowed
by physical ills that have come TO him
in the past few years, but he is still in
fair general health, and talks interest
ingly of the topics of the day, as well as
of things that are in the past. He says
the political contest now raging does not
affect him in the least, because il is so
well settled in bis mind that Taft is the
man who should be the next president
that be has not the slightest doubt the
American people will elect him.
George r. Hammond has been raising
potatoes this year, aud the other day he
brought basket of them to the village
and had more or less to say about them
At that time he had dug ninety-sever
bushels, and he said he thought they
came out of the smallest piece of ground
that he ever knew TO produce so many
potatoes. For sample he picked up 8
bushel and half, though he says, "a
came the Yankee trick on 'em, and pick
ed some of the largest ones off the
ground" Out of the bushel and hal
he picked the basketful which HI