Oxford Democrat., 1909-08-31

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CHURCHES
First CONGREGATIONAL Church. Rev. A. T. Nc
whorter Pastor. Preaching service, 10 a5 A. NJ;
Supday school II As A. NJ; Y. p. 5. e. T. $50
P.M; Evening service I0o 2. M al Snaren
An not otherwise connected, are cordially In
@etbod,s, Church. Rev. T. n. Kewley. Pastor
On sunday, morning prayermeeting 10 100 A; n.
,rsschIng service As A. NJ; Sabbath School
SN.: Epworth League Meeting 90 p. N;
,-ayer meeting Wednesday evening 80; class
meeting Friday yening 80. ,,.r c.,.,
castor. ON sunday, preaching service l045 A.
NJ sabbath School IL NJ; Y. r: 5. e. e, 6i5 p.
N; prayer meeting 90 p. N; Wednesday even
lux prayer service ioo' Sees' NV an "A'
Ii, piyersalist Church. Preaching service ev.
Wv sunday at 0I5 A. n. Sunday school at
~ Junior Union at 80 p. NJ f.f' u U.
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STATED MEETINGS.
"a M-Pari Lodge, No. "a. Regular
- 20 fny Tuessiay evening on or before fullmoon.
10. o. F.-Mount Mica lodge, regular meet
--s Thursday eyeninS OF each week-Aurora
Eac4mpment, first and third Monday evenings
N ~ R@Moun, Pleasan Rebekah Lodge. No.
On meets second and fourth Fridays OF each
R.-w. K. Kimbal Post. No. las. meets
F- : and third Saturday evenings OF each
m,rth. In G. A. X. Hall
Wm' x. Kimbal Circle. Ladies of the G. A:
% meets trst and third Saturday evenings OF
s,S month In Grand Arm6 Hall.
fV.-,Ioshua L. Chamberlain Camp meets
..gnI and fourth Saturday evenings OF each
"fH.-Paris Grange. from May to Oct. l,
,r ..s first and third Saturday; during the
n Under OF the year, meets every SATURDAY, IN
& axe Hail. =.
:, o. P.-stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl,
3 second and fourth "Wednesday evenings
o ach month. -
g- ay evening at Pythian Hall.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Walter l.. Gray spent
few lays with friends at Augusta last
week
Mrs. George Keough of Auburn is
Spending a two weeks vacation with her
uucle, L. B. Carter.
g. G.. Andrews and his granddaugh
Miss Eva Andrews, visited few days
asst week in Lowell.
Mrs. Alton e.. Wheeler spent num-
Der Of DAYS last week with her mother,
Mrs. Hayes, in Lewiston.
Mrs Ralph b. Penfold and daughter
are spending few weeks with Mrs. Pen
folds people at North Waterford.
Mrs. A. Z. Bessey and Miss Lenora
Bessey of Stoneham, Mass, are with
relatives here, coming at this time Tor
The uamlin centennial.
An iron fire escape, as required by the
law and voted By the annual town meet
ing, has been placed on the north side
Of the brick school house.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Walker aud son,
who had been spending part OF their
vacation with relatives here, returned
Wednesday to their home in WoodtordS.
Joseph A. Noyes attended the reunion
OF the Eighth Maine at Peaks Island
Wednesday and Thursday, and was
chosen chaplain of the regimental asso-
citation.
Hudson knight, Chandler Swift, K. T.
Record, l.. L. Jackson and 4. X. Jack
son attended the reunion of the Twenty
third Maine Regiment at Mechanic Falls
Thursday.
Mrs. A. T. McWhorter and daughters,
who have been with relatives in South
Union and neighboring places for the
past few weeks, have returned to their
home here.
Mrs. Samuel Plummer of Sweden
visited her son, j. F. Plummer, last
week, and attended the Hamlin centen-
NAL. Mrs. Plummer is cousin OF Han
nbal Hamlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Keefe, who have
been visiting at j. j. Emeley's, returned
10 their summer home at Peaks Island
Thursday. Mrs. Emeley and daughter
accompanied them for visit.
Rev. Fl. P. Forbes, D. D., and Mrs.
Forbes, of Canton, n. Y, have been
guests of DR.. Forbes sister, Mrs. l.. c..
Morton, for the past few days. Dr..
Forbes read the poem at the Hamlin CEN
tennial.
EN-. Haskell is taking his vacation from
the store Of the n. ID. Bolster Co., and
the past week has been spent with Mrs.
Haskell at their camp on the Oxford
road, they entertaining as their guests,
Miss Emma Haskell, Miss Hope Soule OF
Washington, d. c., and Miss Hattie
Mitchell of Poland. This week he and
Mrs. Haskell will spend a few days at
Denmark.
The following item of news in the
Maine papers is of interest to all travel
erS on the Grand Trunk, and the only
real criticism of il is the use of the word
picturesque: "The pictures que old ruin
al Danville Junction which has served
the travelling public as the Grand Trunk
=, 20 ha
its place will be built structure more
IN keeping with the other property OF the
road"
Mrs. A. C.. Hall left Wednesday for
Oklahoma, where she will make her
home with her daughter, Mrs. Herbert
e. Ripley. Before her departure she en-
tertained at dinner the ladies who were
in her Sunday School class twenty five
years ago, aud the affair was very pleas
ant. Those present were Mrs. Agnes
Morton, Mrs. Francelia Clark, Mrs. Liz
zie Field, Mrs. Annie Swett, Mrs. Hattie
BOnney. Another member, Mrs. Flor
ence Hicks, was unable to be present.
The meeting of the village corpora.
ton, to which reference was made last
week, is called Tuesday evening of this
week at 7:30, at Engine House Hall.
The wording of the warrant is necessarily
lengthy, as the business To be transacted
requires the resembling of several votes
passed at the last meeting, and the pass
ing of votes in a different form. In
substance it amounts simply TO cor
rection of she action so as to bring the
limit of expenditure for the water sys'
tenn and the amount of the bond issue
within the ten per cent of valuation
named in the law. 1t was purely an
oversight that the small debt existing
against the corporation was not taken
into account in the former action.
Last years drought was relieved by
some rain in the latter part of July
which came just right to save the corn,
and made the crop generally good
This years drought is horse of another
color. Already corn on dry land IL
damaged beyond repair, and some pieces
are destined to be almost total failures
no matter what the weather may be fol
the rest of the season. G. F. Stanton
at the upper end of Fore Street, is ont
Of the hardest hit in this line. He has {
number of acres of sweet corn on thu
plains land on his farm, on which he ex
pended about $3.50 for fertilizer. |
seems morally certain that be can no
get enough from the corn to pay for hi
fertilizer, and the prospect is that tn
amount saved from the wreck will b
,,ar, ac,aIl ony wav Othar corn raiser