Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-03-30
The Oxford 8etmurrxt.
SOUTH PARIS.

The hotel team was on WneelS 1Or tne
first time Saturday.
The Ladies' Finch Club met Thurs.
day afternoon with Mrs. j. II. Bean.
Alton C. and Harry NJ. Wheeler were
at Washburn Pond to spend the day in
camp Tuesday.
Miss Julia P. Morton is at home for
The Easter vacation from her teaching in
Abingdon, Mass.
Mrs. Percy Rankin of Wells has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. W.
Walker, for few days.
Misses Hilda and Marjorie Chandler
returned Saturday from visit to their
grandparents at Bethel.
Louis W. Clark is at home for the va
cation from Boston where he is attend
ing Burdett Business College.
Mrs. Eben Kilborn of Bethel was a
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Porter Stearns, a few days last week.
Mrs. L. G. Written and daughter and
Mrs. C. P. Dennison of West Bethel
visited at II. W. Dennison's Thursday.
Frank A. Briggs is in the employ of
the International Correspondence School.
He is now stationed at Woodsville, N.
III.
Mrs. NJ. C.. Glover, who has been visit
ing relatives in Sumner and Hartford for
some weeks, has returned to her home
here.
The Married Ladies' Whist Club was
entertained Friday afternoon by Mrs. +.
V. Wright and Mrs. Scott at Mrs.
Wright's.
The first division of the letters of the
Good Cheer are asked to meet with Mrs.
George Abbott Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock.
The first spot of bare ground, as big
as a table top, muddy or frozen, half a
dozen small boys and lot of marbles.
An unfailipg combination.
Miss Isabel Morton, who had been at
home for few days, returned Monday
morning to Boston, where she is attend
ing the Art Museum School.
Winfield r. Allen has exchanged his
house on Myrtle Street with Elmer
BrlEgs LOT Luc lbtlcI uOusC On iOooohe
Street Just this side of Central Park.
Miss Carrie Gray is at home from Au-
gusta where she has been for the past
few weeks. She goes soon to South
birmingham, Mass, where she has an
office position.
Make your plans tc visit the "Old
Dairy Homestead" April 18th aud 10th.
4 rural comedy drama presented by
local talent for the benefit of Hamlin
Lodge, No. 81, K. of P.
The hydrants have taken off their
winter Jackets, and the hose carts have
gone back on to wheels. Spring is COM
ing, even though most of the travel is Oh
runners, and is likely to be for some
time yet.
The southeast gale of Thursday night
will readily pass for the "line storm"
at least, it is just as we'll to call it that
as ANYTHING. 1t was lively one while
it lasted, and it lasted as long as most
people desired.
Professor Herbert l.. Whitman of
Aver, Mass, was here the first of last
week TO visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Whitman. Mr.. Whitman, who
has been nearly helpless with rheuma-
tsm for years, is worse of late.
Some twenty-five from South Paris and
a much larger number from Norway
went on the special theatre train Friday
night to see Ethel Barrymore in Lady
Frederick" at the Empire, Lewiston.
They report it well worth while.
The firm of N. Dayton Bolster Il Co.,
long doing business here as general
merchants, is about changing its form
TO a corporation, under the name of n.
DAYTON Bolster Co. There will be no
material change in the manner of doing
business.
Thomas Powers and Mrs. Jane NJ.
Ross were married at the residence of
Mr.. Powers on Pleasant Street Thurs
day evening, Rev. T. NJ. Kewley oticiat-
ing. Mr.. and Mrs. Powers are both we'll
known here, and have many friends to
wish them happiness.
The central of the Citizens Telephone
Co., which has been for some years at
George +. Eastmau's, and has been tend
ed by Mrs. Eastman, will be moved to
Walter p. Maxim's. IL the weather per-
mits the change will be made Wednes-
day of this week, and there will be no
central service for the day.
The annual meeting for the choice of
officers and members of the hose COM
panies and hook and ladder company
will be held at Engine House Hall, Sat
urdsy, April Sd, at Z O'Clock P. NJ.
Fifty cents ia allowed for attending this
meeting for members present.
c. w. BowKER, Chief Engineer.
S. G.. Burnell lost the end of the fore
finger on his right hand Wednesday,
while running the shingle machine in
Billings mill. He was putting a bolt in
the carriage, and got his hand so near
the edge of the saw that it caught his
mitten and drew the hand in, cutting
of the tip of the finger. The finger was
amputated near the second joint.
There's no lodging the brown-tail
moth. Orchardists who have examined
their trees find more or less of the nests
on them. The winter hasn't been Sc
we're enough TO give any hope that they
have any of them died, and there are
evidently enough of them about to make
good seed for next year. There's only
little more time this year to look out for
them.
The members of Mrs. A. T. McWhor-
ter's class in the Congregational Sunday
School have organized under the name
of Mrs. Wilson's Memorial Class. There
are now sixteen members, with Mrs.
Ellingwood as secretary. The late Mrs.
George A. Wilson was teacher of this
class of adult ladies for years, until fail
ing health compelled her to give it up,
when Mrs. McWhorter took her place.
II YOU wish to see very fancy pair of
twO-year-old steers just step into the
barn of Eben Z. Chapman, on the Paris
Hill road. They are perfectly matched,
with long bodies, straight backs, heavy
limbs and white faces, and at only two
years Of age they girth strong six feet
and two inches. These steers were rails
ed by solomon q. Millett of Norway,
who has raised many good ones, and
they certainly look az though 1t would
be easy for them to bring home blue
ribbon from almost any fair.
At the meeting of the Seneca Club last
Monday evening, with Miss Eva <. Walk
or, the programme, which was on the
city Of New York, included an essay on
the colleges of New York by Miss
Douglass, an essay on Castle Garden,
the Rattery aad Ellis Island by Mrs.