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

mere Will % Q 1000 sale At tho BAD
tist vestry next Friday afternoon at {
O'Clock.
E. F. Clason has been visited for q few
days by his sister, Miss Nellie D. Clasor
of Lisbon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Anderson went te
Gilead Saturday afternoon to visit with
relatives over Sunday.
Rev. A. 7. McWhorter will attend tn,
Congregational State Conference q
Westbrook this week.
Mrs. A. T. Powers and son Lewis Of
Hanover have visited her daughter, Mrs
W. c. Thayer, for few days.
Henry Fletcher is putting in th'
foundation for an addition at the rear Of
his barn on Maple Street, "a "a feet.
Mrs. L. A. Shaw has gone to Hainei
Landing, where she is matron at tht
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS House for the sum
mer.
"Good growing weather." without
doubt, but pretty hard weather to &c,
things ready to grow. Grass is getting
a great start.
Mrs. Quimby Abbott of this place un'
derwent an operation for appendicitis in
the Central Maine General Hospital at
Lewiston, on Saturday, May s.
Carl Mason has joined his family in
Orono, where they have been for the
past few weeks. They will all return
home in the course of few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. A. Morton spent Sat-
urdsy and Sunday at Shsgg Pond, where
their new camp is we'll under way. 1t is
built by Fred Wing and his crew OF
Sumner.
The last snowdrift of the season visible
in the open, has disappeared. 1t was on
the Woodstock hills, eight or ten miles
north Of us, and was plainly to be seen
up to the 18th.
Mr.. Maurice NJ. Pence and Miss Cassie
NJ Foster were married at the Baptist
parsonage last Wednesday evening,
Rev. j. Wallace CHESHIRE officiating.
The single ring service was used.
Mrs. r. B. Penfold has been visited
for few days by her father. j. f. Lord
of North Waterford. Mr.. Penfold and
family will accompany him home on
Tuesday, for stay of some weeks.
The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Leslie Starbird of Oxford Park died
Monday morning, at the age of year,
9 months. The funeral will be held at
the Norway Methodist church at 2 P. NJ.
Wednesday.
II. N. Porter has laid out eleven house
lots on his land on the west side of
High Street, between that street and the
near the north end of the viii
lage One Of the lots he has already
sold to Malcolm c. Briggs.
At their last meeting the Sons of
Veterans voted to hold their meetings
the second and fourth Saturdays of each
month. There will be candidates to
work Saturday evening Of this week and
every member is urged to be present.
Merton r. Sumner of this place was
one of the debaters representing the
University of Maine at the sophomore
debate between that college aud Bates
at Lewiston Thursday evening. Bates
won the debate, but the work of both
sides was very highly complimented by
the judges.
81 don't want to live in a town where
rum is sold," says South Paris travel
ing man. 81 was in Gorham, n. H.,
yesterday, and there were eight DRINKS
before the police court in that little
town. II man wants rum sold in his
town, let him go to license town and
see how it works, and I'll guarantee
that he'll never vote for it."
Fred P. Chandler, who has been sta
ton agent Of the Grand Trunk here for
The past seven years, has been transfer
red to the station at Lewiston, his work
there beginning Tuesday morning of
this week. He will live in Auburn, but
the family will not go there just at
Mr.. Chandler has been an ac-
official, very much liked
by all who had any kind of business
with the railroad. His place in the
South Paris station is taken by G.. A.
Doran, who has been cashier for the
Grand Trunk at Berlin, N. FL.
Sundays heavy rain prevented large
at the services OF Pythian
still there was a respectable
of Knights, Sisters and
others in the Congregational church
when the service opened at 2:30 p. NJ.
The sermon was given by Rev. Charles
s. Cummings of Auburn, member OF
the order, and a man very well known
here. Ii was devoted especially to the
feature of the day, and was
powerful and inspiring address, enjoy
able and profitable to all, Knights and
others. There was excellent singing by
a male quartette made up of Frank
Moore of Norway, George A. Cutting,
Roy Cole and Fred Z. Hall.
Rev. II. S. Pinkham of Somerville,
Mass, will deliver lecture at the Bap-
fist church Tuesday evening, June lst,
on the subject, 1.-THE Making of Man"
Many will remember Mr.. Pinkham as
pastor of the church in 1908 and 1904
and will anticipate with pleasure this
opportunity of again hearing him. He
is speaker of unusual ability, and for
the last few years has been in great de-
mand on the lecture platform and at
many public gatherings in New England.
Tickets for this lecture will be on sale
this week, and the proceeds of same will
be used towards the payment OF the new
pipe organ that the church hopes to in
stall during the summer. Every one is
urgently requested to patronize this
lecture with the assurance to all who do,
that they will be amply repaid for their
time aud expense. Price of tickets 20
cents. Children uuder u, Is cents.