Oxford Democrat., 1909-03-02
This Is spring.
Six below Monday morning.

Six below Monday morning.
Universalist Mission Circle meet.
Tuesday at 8 p. NJ.
Neither OF the factories is running
town meeting day.
The annual meeting of the Fairview
Cemetery Association will be held at the
assessors Office next Saturday at p. N.
Some handsome gilt lettering, the
work of w. P. Morton, has been put on
the window and door OF the Paris Trust
Co.
Mrs. F. e. Needham of Portland has
been guest at E. N. Anderson's for the
past week. Mr.. .Needham was here for
few days.
There will be musical at the home
of Miss Jessie Tolman under the auspices
of the Zilphers this Monday evening.
Admission 10 cents.
Merritt Welch of Norway has estab-
lished an Office of Skillings Express Co.
at Schnuer's store at Norway, and Is de-
liyering Portland express in the two
towns.
Stanley NJ. Wheeler returned few
days since from DR.. Kings hospital in
Portland, where he went for surgical
treatment. He is so he goes out doors,
and is doing nicely.
Owing to trouble with the pump, the
Norway water was shut off some time
Friday afternoon, and since that time
has been off and on, being shut off for
portion of the time each day.
DIR. Morgan's Medicine Co., have been
exhibiting at the Bijou for the past week,
and will be there this week also. There
is quite large company of enter
tainers, and their show is said to be
good.
The usual court temperance meeting
will be held on Tuesday evening Of next
week, the first day of the term, but the
program will be somewhat different from
usual. Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens of Port
land, President of the National W. c. T.
u. and temperance worker of inter
national reputation, will give an address.
What with thsws and freezes and all
kinds of weather, the Norway and Paris
Street Railway has been up against big
ger lunches of trouble than ever during
the past week. Armatures and fields
lave gone out in smoke, and been re-
placed at considerable expense, but quite
1 part of the time the road has been
nearly or entirely out of commission.
Mrs. l.. p. Cook opened her store in |
he Thayer meat market building Satur- |
lay, and Saturday evening served ice
.ream free TO all comers. She keeps a
tock of confectionery of her own make
md other makes, soda, ice cream and
ruit. The room has been remodeled
md entirely renovated, and large show |
window put in the front. 1t is fitted
With soda fountain, ice cream cabinet, |
show cases and tables, and is /
he perfection of ueatness.
Paris Grange will give an entertain |
nent at Grange Hall Saturday evening, |
Isrch 9th, to be followed by sociable. |
to consist of two farces,
Green, by Mrs. John
Brown and Mrs. A. o. Wheeler, and The |
yew Woman with the following cast:
,arius Simpkins, Geo. 8. Boutelle. /
FRS Maria simpkins, Mrs. Clara Ryerson.
Mrs. Abbie Abbott.
Iiss Betty Boston, Mrs. Lizzie Boutelle. 1
| small admission will be charged and |
ce cream will be on sale. All are cor
tally invited.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
Jnion of Oxford County will hold an in
titute in the Congregational church,
tuesday, March 9th. Mrs. Z. A. G.
county president, and Mrs.
iertrude Stevens Leavitt, editor of the |
tar in the East, will be present, also |
representatives from the different Unions
n the county. Papers on the work OF the |
departments will be read and discussed. |
drs. L. NJ. n. Stevens, State and Nation
i president, will be here for part of the
.fternoon. The public are cordially in
-ited to attend these meetings.
Chester Easson is suffering with a
broken right arm, due to coastipg acci- |
lent. With Others he was sliding on
he crust in Capt. Tribou's field south of
he court house, about 10 o'clock Satur- |
lay morning. He sat down backward on |
lis sled and started down the hill, hav- |
ng a clear track ahead of him. The
lied swerved and struck Phil Jones
bob" throwing him over the bob and
breaking his arm just above the wrist. |
lie was taken home and his arm was set
It once. He made no complaint, though
ne came near fainting at one time soon
lfter the accident.
Judge Leslie c. Cornish of Augusta
will preside at the March term of court, |
which opens at South Paris Tuesday of
lext week. Work for the criminal court
5 already being prepared at Rumford,
where a ''spotter" last week secured |
evidence which bound over three liquor |
ellers. The grand jury will be in at
which was empaneled in Octo- |
Der, and for traverse jurors venires have
10 far been returned as follows: