Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-09-07
NORWAY.

Miss Lucy B. Getcbell OF Exeter, N.
H., Is the guest Of E. r. Smith and wife.
The frost last week is reported to have
done considerable damage to the corn
crop over town. Some pieces were
ruined and others injured very little, II
any.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Y. w. Hills and Mr.. and
Mrs. E. F. Smith drove to Mechanic
Falls Sunday and took the elec;rics for
Lake Auburn, where they enjoyed the
day Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Hutchins, who has been
very sick for the past week, Is greatly
improved, and her friends look for q
rapid recovery.
Henry N. Brown has sold his farm, the
Daniel Holt place, to Paul Howe and
will, move his family to Broken Bow,
Nebraska, In the near future. Mr..
Brown has resided at Broken Bow In the
past and is we'll acquainted with the
country.
j. B. Haskell and the Partridge Broth
ers are shipping large quantities of lum'
Der from the Norway station this month.
The lumber they manufacture in the
winter usually finds market in the fall
following.
i Capt. NJ. P. Stiles returned from Ohio
Sunday after an absence of two weeks.
The interstate shoot attended by the
rifle team from the National Guard of
Maine was most pleasant and success
full affair. The team did excellent work
and ranked well from the start.
Joseph s. Smiley, formerly of Norway,
but now in the dry goods business at
Fitchburg, Mass, made his Norway
friends short visit last week.
/ Prof. Leon o. Glover, wife, son and
daughter, of Boston, have returned to
their home after visit with Mrs. Glow
er's brother, Capt. M. P. Stiles. Prof.
Glover Is one Of the instructors in the
Boston Latin School.
A meeting of the Oxford County Hol-
stein Breeders Association was held at
Benz. fuckers farm, near Norway Lake,
Wednesday. Although the weather was
very unfavorable for a large meeting
about fifty were present. The large
barn very appropriately decorated and
arranged with chairs and settees fur
nished accommodations for the COM
pany. The question, How to Start
Pure Bred Herd" was we'll discussed by
Hon. C. w. Wood of Worcester, Mass,
the president of the National Holsteip
Breeders Association OF America, Prof
p. A. Campbell of the Maine University
and Prof. r. w. Redman, Assistant
Dairy Instructor of Maine, and Others.
The meeting was very interesting and
instructive.
The annual meeting of the Norway
and Paris Street Railway Company re-
suited in the election of the following
officers:
Pre,ident-Freeland Howe.
secretary-Percy V, Hill Of augusta.
Treasurer-Miss E. H. Morrill, OF Augusta.
General Manager-Howard B. Young.
Board Of Directors-Freeland Howe, George
Elizabeth Beal.
P. W. Judkins of Mt. Bullion, Col,
is visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
W. H. Judkins, at North Norway. He
left Norway twenty-one years ago and
since that date he has been in the Klon-
dixie region, Washington and California.
He was at one time in trade in this vii.
lage with F. @ Elliott and sold the bust
ness, clothing store, later to F. Fl. Noyes.
The death of Mrs. Abby l.. johnson
occurred at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Harry E. Lovejoy, Tuesday. She
was the daughter of Patience and James
Hodgdon, and was born in Buckfield In
1S4S Her husband, Hiram johnson,
died several years ago. Several children
survive her. The funeral services were
held at her late home on Thursday at
2:30 O'Clock. Rev. B. G. Wentworth
officiated.
Mrs. G. A. Allen and her milliner,
Estelle McKillop, are In Boston this
week. Mrs. Wallace o. Allen has charge
of the store during her absence.
Rev. B. S. Rideout and family return
ed from their vacation this week.
R. K. Morrill, has started the big
boulder, that weighs nearly twenty tons,
from Frost Hill. 1t will be moved to
the village where j. F. Bolster will pre-
pare it for its resting place in Massa-
chusetts cemetery. 1t will, when made
ready be shipped to Massachusetts,
where Mr.. Bolster will erect it on
solid foundation. When landed the cost
will be considerable.
Rev. 4. C.. Whittemore has returned
from his vacation and services have been
resumed at the Baptist church.
Mrs. Edward Conner, nee Ella lib
belts, of Spokane, Washington, is the
guest of the Cummings families. She
is the daughter of the late Henry lib.
belts of Fryeburg. Mr.. Conner is a
prominent attorney in Spokane and at
present the city solicitor.
Thaxter B. Doughty has just complet-
ed round silo at the northerly side of
his barn on the Mills place. 1t is ~ 20
and built by Auburn parties.
W. E. Gordon, who recently purchas-
ed the Geo. E. Walker place on Bridge
Street and soon sold to Bert Frost and
returned to Sweden. was in town this
week on business. He does not intend
to return to Norway but will remain in
Sweden for the present.
Mrs. Charles II. Haskell, her grand
son, Charles Danforth, and granddaugh-
ter, Sara Danforth, are at the Weirs for
a short vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. SWEET of Bangor
were with Norway friends this week.
They came from Bangor in their auto,
an Overland, in about six hours.
Mrs. Dora Tower and family have
moved to Portland. Her son Karl Is a
teacher of music there and Merton Is at
tending school in the city.
Eta Nevers has resumed her work at
the Smiley store after two weeks vaca-
ton.
Very many of the cottagers have left
the lake for their homes. September
first many schools commence and vaca-
tions end.
The band saw at the Cummings saw
mill at the outlet of the lake broke one
day last week. 1t did little damage but
made a great noise and commotion in
the mill.
Capt. Downing closed the boating sea-
son on the lake last week. He reports
most successful and pleasant summer.
The lake business increases each year
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