Oxford Democrat., 1908-10-27

SOUTH PARIS.

Ruth Farrar is the proud possessor of
new piano.
Mrs. II. A. Hilton is visiting in Port
land for few weeks.
Miss Fannie A. Forbes is visiting in
Lewiston for few days.
Mrs. Louise j. Briggs is visiting in
Portland for few weeks.
II. A. Hilton is away on a business
trip of a number Of months.
Frank A. Shurtleff was in Boston and
New York on business last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. d. Bolster made a
trip TO Boston and Winchester, Mass,
last week.
Fred C. Briggs left the first of last
week, to spend the next few months in
England and Europe.
Mrs. Strickland picked up a fancy pin
Friday night that the owner can have by
calling and proving property.
Mr.. and Mrs Dwight Wise of Gardiner
made days visit to his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Wise, last week.
Hamlin degree staff will rehearse
after the regular meeting Tuesday, Oct.
y. All the members are urged to be
present.
William S. Urquhart and Miss Nina
GLADYS Pratt were married Saturday
evening last at the residence of Rev. j.
II, Little.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eben S. kilborn of
Bethel have recently spent a week with
Mrs Kilborn's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 5.
p. Stearns.
Mrs. Fred B. Wiggin was visited few
DAYS last week by her sister, Miss Grace
Plummer of Lowell, and Miss Edna
HAYNES of Waterford.
Miss Addie Edgerly will sell most of
her household furniture at auction We'd
nesday afternoon of this week at 30, at
her home on High Street.
William w. Ripley, who has been in
the employ of A. w. Walker Il Son for
some years, but has recently gone to
work in Portland, is moving his family
20 that city.
Miss Harriet Newell of Sumner is the
guest of her niece, Mrs. j. ID. Haynes.
Miss Newell is 92 years of age, but is as
brisk and smart as many women thirty
years younger.
The second division of the letters of
the Good Cheer are asked to meet with
Mrs. Herbert Fletcher Tuesday after
noon at O'Clock to make arrangements
for the Nov, Sd supper.
The Fan Tans have made arrange
ments TO meet through the winter the
third Tuesday of each month. The
next meeting will be on Nov. 18th aud
the second division will entertain.
Mrs. Orlando Irish, who was visiting
Mrs. 5. NJ. Glover, was called to her
home in Hartford last Thursday on ac-
count of the death of her nephew, who
was killed in Buckfield by telephone
pole.
Gentlemen's night will be observed by
the Seneca Club next Friday evening,
when the gentlemen will be entertained
by the club at Grand Army Hall. The
affair will be in the form of Halloween
party.
There was most enjoyable sociable
after the Rebekah lodge meeting Friday
evening Various games were played,
reading was given by Mr.. Morse, and re-
freshments of pumpkin and squash pies,
apples and pears were served.
The Fan-Tans were entertained by the
Little Fan-Tans at their club room Tues
day evening, in honor of Mrs. MeArdle,
who is here on visit. A fish chowder
supper was served at ten o'clock and the
little folks gave the club most pleasant
evening.
We are not entirely lost in heather
darkness this fall, as far as football is
concerned. There was game at the
high school grounds Saturday afternoon
between the grammar school team and
team picked up by Ivan Waldron, and
the picked up team won by score OF 2S
10 8.
Mr.. and Mrs. George K. Morton enter
tanned at tea Friday evening the Camp
Concord party who were at that camp
for week this summer, including, be-
sides Mr. and Mrs. Morton, Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Briggs, Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Heidner, and Mr.. and Mrs. William Z.
Morton.
The Seneca Club spent very enjoy
able evening with Miss Gray last Mon
day. Poe was the poet studied, there
were quotations and the reading of The
Raven by the club members, Character
Sketch BY Mrs. Hathaway, a reading
from his prose works by Miss Walker,
and piano duet by Mrs. Morton and
Mrs. Gray. Delicious refreshments were
served.
Mt. Mica Lodge has accepted an inyi-
tation to visit West Paris Lodge on the
evening of November 9TH, and confer the
first degree on several candidates. An
effort will be made to secure a special
train for the occasion. There Will be
rehearsal for this degree Tuesday even
ing of this week and il is hoped and ex-
pected that every member of the team
will be psesent al 80 sharp.
At the Republican caucus held We'd
nesday afternoon, George NJ. Atwood
was chosen chairman and Charles IL.
Howard secretary. The following dele
gates were chosen to the Second Con-
gressional District convention to be held
at Lewiston the next day: Joseph A.
Moves, James II. Little, Franklin
Maxim, Charles W. Bowker, George w.
Cole, Addison j. Abbott, G. Howard
Lane, and Olban A. Maxim. There was
only small attendance.
A test of the water pressure was made
at the court house Tuesday afternoon,
for the benefit of the county commits
sioners. Lines of hose were attached TO
the lower hydraut, and pressure gauge
was put on a sillcock. With the hydrant
closed, the gauge showed a pressure OF
SO pounds. With three streams on,
through ordinary nozzles, the gauge
went down to a little above so pounds
and remained there. The streams, with
three on, the men holding them standing
on the ground, reached about to the
caves of the court house.
Writ Stanley's pointer Xxi" was at
tackled with commissions last Monday
the symptoms being those of stryehnins
poisoning. The dog was in bad shape
for a number of hours, but gradually
came out of it, and appears to be about
as well as ever. He is valuable hunt
ing dog, and has perhaps had more
birds shot over him than any other doc
in the vicinity. As is well known,
number of dogs in the place have beel
poisoned during the past two years, ap
parently with strychnine, and in mos
cases the dogs have died.
Benjamin SWEET, who had been at th'
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