Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-11-09

SOUTH PARIS.

Charles Fl. Howard has been in Bos-
ton on business for few days.
Mrs. Nancy Sessions is visiting her
son, Asa Sessions, in Woodstock.
Mrs. Archie L. Cole has been visiting
in Gorham, n. a., for few days.
\ thunder shower Thursday night by
way of variety in our November weather
Mrs. Ellen Wormell went Thursday to
Portland, where she will make her home
with her daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Heidner expect to
leave on Tuesday for their winter home
in Sour Lake, Texas.
Mrs. Julia Hammond, who has been at
Y D. Bolster's, for few weeks return
ed saturday to her home in Berlin.
Electric lights are being installed in
the home of II. E. Wilson, and some
changes are being made in the interior
Of the house.
William Bolton has finished jobs of
grading lawn at DR.. Littletield's on
Pleasant Street and at L. l.. Powers on
High Street.
Harold Fossett of Portland is spending
some weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Z. \.
Anderson, taking vacation on account
OF his health.
good number of former Bates
students, high school students and
others attended the Bates Bowdoin foot
bah game at Lewiston Saturday.
I. 4. Whitman, who recently sold his
house on Cross Street, has purchased
the house of Miss Addie l.. Edgerly on
High Street, and will occupy part of
Il,
Mrs. J. p. Sprsgue, who had been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
lin Maxim, for few weeks, started
saturday for Aroostook County, to
suend some time with DR.. Sprague's
people before returning to her home in
chicago.
The Democrat is in receipt of an APP
p-eeiative letter from Charles l.. Case of
Nsw York, acknowledging the receipt of
check for the first prize in the potato
growing contest, aud giving a full de-
,,riptiou Of the methods employed. IL
is gnayodably deferred from this issue,
and will appear next week in the Demo-
Gratis agricultural column.
The ladies' of the Congregational So
ciety will hold their annual fair in the
yestry of the church on Wednesday and
Thursday, Dec. and 2. On Thursday
evening the fair will close with an enter
-ainment in New Hall furnished By the
Vesper Male Quartette of Lewiston and
a reader. Their fairs are always sue
cess and this will be no exception to the
rule.
A slice of steak from the rump of the
moose recently shot by Benjamin SWEET
traced the table of the local news
ga,herer the other day. IL was the first
faste of that delicious food, and there is
only this to be said, that the man who
would not pronounce it about the most
toothsOme of anything he ever ate in the
line of flesh, must have a peculiar taste.
II there is anything better, it MIST be
the ambrosia of the gods.
Although it was a misty and some
what rainy evening, the Universalist
Good Cheer Society had good attend
ance at its first supper and entertain
ment Of the season Tuesday evening. A
good supper was served, followed by a
programme which included readings by
Mrs. DR.. Bartlett of Norway, and must
cal selections Among the musical
numbers were selections by the Schu-
bert Quartette, vocal solos by F. 5. Pike
and George A. Briggs, piano duet by
Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Burnham, duet
by Mrs. Wilson and Mr.. Pike, duet By
Mrs Wilson and Mrs. Smiley, and duet
by Mrs Smiley and Mr.. Briggs. A So
cable for the benefit of the young peo
PIE wound up the evening.
The Seneca Club was entertained at
Mrs. Barnes last Monday evening by
Mrs Barnes and Mrs. j. P. Sprague of
Chicago, who has been here for few
weeks. Mrs Sprague was formerly
40 active member of the club, and is
now an honorary member. On account
of the presence of Mrs. Sprague, a
change was made in the literary pro-
gramme, and instead of the one set
down for that night, later one was
taken up, of which Chicago was the
subject. This included a paper on the
early history of Chicago by Mrs. Gray, a
paper on present-day Chicago by Mrs.
Wilson, and a reading of which Chicago
This was supplemented by paper by
Mrs. Sprague, giving much information
OF interest in regard TO the city. Re-
treshments were served, and the evening
was pleasant one.
It's no Joke to be treasurer of South
Paris Village Corporation when that or
gsnization is issuing SOS. 900 in bonds.
This issue Of bonds for the water system
includes a number of small denOmina-
ton, so that there are in all 2I3 bonds.
Each bond must be signed by the assess
Ors and treasurer, and each coupon must
Be signed by the treasurer. Sometimes
tie signature on the coupons attached
20 a bond is printed on in fac-simile, but
10 the case of these bonds every coupon
has actually been signed with pan by
Charles Ii. Howard, treasurer Of the cor
p0ratiOn. There are forty coupons to
each bond. making forty-one signatures
to a bond, and it requires only simple
process in arithmetic to show that the
total number of signatures of the treas
urer is l,193 Think of signing your
name eleven thousand times as one job!
Mr. Howard has completed the work of
signing, doing it BY spells of two or
q
innate account of his time, and reckons
il at just about week.
Largely through the efforts of n. d
Bolster, an addition has been made TO
the athletic field at the high school
grounds. 1t is generally known BY
those who are interested in such matters,
that while there is good level piece in
the school house lot, il is not quite large
enough for a good ball ground, as steep
bank drops off at the rear of the field,
so that long flies sometimes go out of
sight. A piece of land has been pur-
chased next south of the school house
lot, seventy-five feet frontage on Pine
Street, and the depth of the. school
lot, 400 feet This adds good piece of
level land southeast of the present ball
field. By clearing out. and changing the