Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-02-08

Il was q disappointment to Pari
Grange not to hear the speaker who wa
expected Saturday afternoon. AS hat
been announced, Howard Davies o
Yarmouth, a prominent member OF TIT
last legislature, had consented to b
present and speak on "Taxes Direct ant
Indirect" Mr.. Davies had been indis
posed for several days but until Frida!
night, thought he might perhaps be abl'
to get here, so the grange did not know
of his inability until about the time the
people were gathering.
However, preparations for the all-day
meeting went on, and II the guests die
not get just what they expected to hear,
they were given first class entertainment
Invitations to dinner and the Afternoon
session had been given to quite large
number of the citizens, in various pro
fessions and occupations, and their
families.
The invitations were not slighted, fol
a good grange dinner at Paris Grange Is
something that can not but be joy. So
about noon the people were seen gather.
ing from all directions. The grange
dining room was more than filled, more
than half the feasters being guests, and
the dinner deserves all the good words
that can be said for it.
After dinner the party returned to the
upper hall, and after the grange men,
bers had betaken themselves to the din
ing room for short business session,
the assembly was called to order by
Worthy Master j. S. Brown, who well
coined the guests cordially, and then
turned the meeting over to the lecturer
of the grange, A. Z. Morse.
Mr.. Morse explained the absence of
the expected speaker, and said that an
endeavor would be made, by borrowing
from some other meetings, to furnish
something of programme. A most ex-
cellent programme was then given.
1t opened with the singing of America
by the audience, and the musical num-
bers included song by Mr.. Pike and
Mrs. Willis, piano solo by B. +. Cum
mings, a song by Mr.. Pike, and duet by
Mrs. Hiram Berry and Mrs. P. S. Mason.
For the literary entertainment, there
was discussion of the question, (which
is more to be desired, tact or talent?"
Mrs. Ellen Curtis read a paper favoring
the tact side of the discussion, and Mrs.
S. E. Jackson a paper favoring talent.
Both were very bright and entertaining,
There were readings by Mrs. A. NJ.
Ryerson, Mrs. Almon Churchill, and
Miss Lizzie Ryerson, and Lecturer Morse
was called upon to give Farewell,
Brother Watkins" which he did with
good effect. An original poem by Harry
Farrar, on 1.-THE Almighty Dollar" was
one of the best things on the programme.
Following the grange part of the pro-
gramme, a very different line of enter
tainment was called for from the guests,
a number of whom we're invited to give
the audience some of their thoughts, and
ali accepted the invitation, not speaking
at great length, but expressing their
pleasure at their entertainment, and
talking at will on subjects pertinent to
the grange and the exercises of the
afternoon. Those who responded were
Rev. T. N. Kewley, Rev. A. 7. McWhor-
ter, Hon. James S. Wright, Alton c.
Wheeler, j. II. Bean, William j. Wheel
er, and Arthur E. Forbes.
All the guests agreed in saying that If
they should be needed there again to
make such an occasion complete they
should be more than pleased to come.