Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-12-08

Mrs. W. d. Clark is visiting her moth
or at Bath.
Mrs. T. N. Kewley spent the past weel
with her parents at Phillips.
The w. C. T. u. will meet with Mrs
A. W. Walker next Thursday afternoon
Dec. 10, at 2:30.
Master Wendell Howe of Livermore
returned last week after a few days
visit with relatives here.
The Woman's Missionary Society will
meet at the Baptist parsonage Tuesday
of this week at o'clock.
After a ten days shutdown, the
Mason Manufacturing Co.'s factory
again started up Monday morning.
A party of Oxford hunters went
through here Friday on their return
home with three deer in their wagon.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will serve a supper Thursday,
Dec. II, which has been postponed
A fine programme is in preparation.
The Universalist Sunday School will
have Christmas concert in the church
Sunday evening, Dec. 20. Christmas
tree in Good Cheer Hall Thursday even
ing Dec. "a, with the usual preliminary
arrangements.
A. E. Morse will attend the Massa-
chusetts State Grange at Worcester this
week. He also has two or three other
engagements to read at places in that
vicinity. Next week be will be in at
tendance at both the New Hampshire
and Maine State Oranges.
From a temperature well up in the
sixties Tuesday 10 several degrees below
zero Sunday morning is change that re-
minds US that our remarkably fine fall
is over, and winter is with us. As hong
as we are not TO have those heavy rain
storms which everybody wants to fill
the ground with water, it is some salts
faction to see winter beginning in good
shape.
The Paris Trust Co. opened for bust
ness as announced last Tuesday. 1t has
done very good business in its first
week, and the prospect is excellent for
the prosperity of this institution, which
fills a want so long felt here. While the
people have been as well served as could
be by banks not in town, the greater
of having a bank right at
hand is fully appreciated.
Principal P. T. Hathaway of the Nor
way High School and Mrs. Hathaway
entertained the senior class and the
assistant teachers in the school, at their
home here Friday evening. There were
fifteen seniors and three assistant teach
ers present. The evening was pleasant
ly spent in playing progressive angling,
a bean race, and various other games,
and refreshments were served. The
party returned home little after II
O'Clock.
The Euterpean Club will meet this
afternoon with Mrs Nellie Brickett
Opera TO be studied, Mignon. Pro
gramme:
Roll Call. Current Musical Events.
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story of the Opera, N''' ""i "e''
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Mrs. Wilson. Mrs. Briggs.
Vocal Solo, Miss Leach
Piano Solo, Mrs. Agnes Morton
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Lu Smiley.
PART IL. MCDOWELL.
Piano Duet, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs Brickett.
Vocal Solo, Miss Tolman.
Piano Solo, Miss jackson.
Quartette, The Schuberts.
The annual meeting of Riverside Gem
etery Association was held at the office
of Wright Il Wheeler Saturday after
noon, aud the old officers were re-
elected, as follows:
President-wilbur L. Farrar.
Trustees-wilbur L. Farrar, James S. Wright,
" Dayton Bolster.
Secretary and Treasurer-James s. Wright.
During the past year the receiving tomb
has been rebuilt with cement blocks at
an expense of about S270, aud the ex-
pense of care of the cemetery has been
considerably larger than usual, on
account OF the drouth. Nevertheless
the fund has been increased by over
$500, and now amounts to S6I0S OF, be-
sides which there are few charges for
the care of lots for the past year which
are overdue but not yet paid.
Rev. A S. Bisbee, representing the
Anti-Saloon League, spoke at the
Methodist church Sunday evening at
Z 80, the meeting being union meeting
of the four Sunday Schools. Mr.. Bisbee
is a well known temperance worker
along the lines of both moral and legal
suasion, but in his remarks he devoted
most of his time to the legal aspect Of
the matter. He said that he was in
favor of that form of law which would
most effectually minimize the evils of
the liquor traffic, and after considering
all forms of control, he had decided that
the best was prohibitory law, such as
that in which Maine leads. One by one
he took up the objections and arguments
urged by the opponents of prohibition,
and refuted them all. There was good
audience, the church being filed. The
other pastors participated in the open
ing service, and there was singing by
the choir of the church, with duet by
Miss Leach and Miss Noble, and solo