Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-18
West Sumner.

The young people are busy making
and hanging Maybaskets.
Mrs. Thurza Crockett and Mrs. Minnie
Jewett of Brunswick are here for few
days. Mr.. and Mrs. Jewett have decid-
ed to defer building their new house
until the first of August. They find II
very difficult to get men to work on the
cellar.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Wheeler returned
home Wednesday from Stratford, n. e.,
| where they have been visiting.
Mrs. James Buck, who is very stylish
dressmaker, is to go to Paris Hill next
week to do dressmaking for Mrs. G. w.
+. Hill. Mrs. Buck has just completed
beautiful white satin hand embroider-
ed graduation dress for young lady
who is soon to graduate from Smith
College.
The village school opened Monday
morning under the instruction of Miss
Inez Swan of East Poland and Adrian
Holmes, who only took the school until
| the superintendent, Isaac Smith, could
procure another teacher. Mr.. Smith had
a young lady in Pennington engaged to
teach the school but she failed to put in
an appearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Burgess and daugh.
ter Ina of Sumner are the guests of Mrs
Burgess parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Farrar. Mr.. Burgess has sold his farm
to Harry Tibbetts.
Alonzo Fuller of Hartford is spending
few days with Freeman Farrar. Mr.
Fuller in spite of his 81 years is still hale
and hearty and can see to read withou,
glasses He took his first auto ride this
week and used the telephone for the
first time. He came with his own team
and can handle the reins as we'll as he
could in his youthful days. He drives a
high stepping horse of his own raising
named Nellie Blossom Although 25
years old Nellie trots off like colt.
| Mr.. Horatio Chandler has moved into
the house he recently purchased of Mrs
Adelbert Davenport. Mr.. Chandler il
having a chamber finished. Fred Proctor
of Woodstock is plastering for them
Mr.. Proctor has plastered chamber fol
Deacon Moses Dow.
Elias johnson of Strickland Ferry Is
here in his auto. The logs are all sawed
and the mill is shut down and Mr.. John
son is closing up his business. Charles
Silver, who has been running the mill, il
going to Livermore to work at the car
penter's trade.
George Clark has let NJ. F. Ford have
his horse to use this summer and has
bought another of Hebron parties, hop
ing to get one that will not be afraid Of
autos.
Mrs. Fred Wing submitted to a surgi
cal operation Thursday. DR.. Weber Of
Lewiston and DR.. Atwood performed thu
operation. Miss Persis Stone of Lewis
ton, q trained nurse, will care for Mrs
| Wing.
What came near being a fatal accident
was narrowly averted last Saturday
Selden Barrett was fixing pump fol
Adelbert Davenport and was heating his
soldering iron in the cook stove. As ht
was taking the iron out of the fire ht
dropped it into q tin can containing
about cupful of kerosene. An explo
sion followed and the burning oil was
spattered on his wife who was sitting
near. Mrs. Barrett ran for the outside
door, and but for the presence of mind
of Mr.. Barrett and the heavy wooden
cloak she wore she would have been
badly burned. He held her fast, and
wrapping, her clothes around her smoth
cred the flames. One hand was burned
slightly and the hair in the back Of bel
neck singed. Mr.. Barrett's hands were
so severely burned that Mr.. Davenport
brought him to DR.. Atwood to have
them DRESSED.