Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-04-19
Ars. Il. A. Hilton is visited BY be,

Miss Mildred Fernald of Ellsworth
the guest of her brother, Geo. C. Fe
maid.
Mr.. and Mrs. 4. N. Haskell were Gale
to Denmark last week by the death {
Mrs. Hsskell's grandmother, Mrs. Jew
EFT.
Miss Carrie A. Gray is at home fror
South birmingham, Mass, for q FEY
days. She is accompanied by her nephew
Carlton.
The w. G. T. U. will meet in the Bal
fist vestry Tuesday afternoon at 2:3(
This is to be a mothers meeting and
cordial invitation is extended to all I
attend.
A. w. Walker & Son will have thei
fourth annual sale of farming imple
ments on Wednesday, April 20. HO
coffee, crackers and cheese will be serve
as usual at noon.
There will be meeting of the Western
Maine Poultry Association at Shurtleff'
grain mill Office Tuesday evening at 1880
This is an important meeting and larg
attendance is desired.
Advertised letters in South Paris pos
office April Is:
Mr.. e A. Abbott.
Mrs. Addie L. Campbell.
Freeman l.. Cummings.
Harry IL. Thorne.
There will be a rehearsal of Mt. Pleas
ant Rebekah degree team after the hal
is vacated after the regular meeting Fri
day evening of this week, and it is very
urgently requested that erery member o.
the team be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. Morton of Auburn
have been guests at n. d. Bolster's
coming in an automobile. Mr.. Morton
has recently suffered the smputation OF
leg, and this is the first journey OF
any length that he has undertaken.
Miss Grace Dean is in the Eye and Ear
Infirmary at Portland, where she has
had an operation for the removal of a
growth in the nostrils, tonsils aud ade-
noids. She is doing as we'll as could be
expected, and will be at home in few
days.
State Master c. S. Stetson of Greene
was at the meeting of Paris Grange Sat
urday, and conferred the first and second
degrees. A special meeting of the
grange will be held on Saturday, April
80, to confer the third and fourth de-
grees.
Next Sunday being national tuberculo-
sis Sunday, Rev. A. T. McWhorter will
give lecture on the subject of tubercu-
losis at the evening meeting in the Con
church. An Offering will be
taken for the work of fighting the
white plague"
Lot <. Keene of Buckfield, who was at
South Paris las, week az the guest of his
Mrs. Fred w. Bonney, tells
the Democrat that forty-eight years ago
this spring there was four to five feet of
snow on the ground at this time-the
middle of April.
The Married Ladies' Whist Club held
its last session for the season with Mrs.
P. Z. Hathaway Thursday afternoon. A
score has been kept by the members for
the season, and this shows that the .hree
having the highest scores are, in order,
Mrs. Little6eld, Mrs. Hathaway and
Mrs. Stanley.
Charles A. Young was elected trus-
tree of the Universalist parish, TO take
the place OF w. L. Fsrrar, deceased, at
the meeting of the parish last Tuesday
evening. 1t was also voted to offer the
use of the church building to the Meth
odists for afternoon services while their
new church is being erected.
The Oxford County Fruit Growers
will meet in Paris Grange
Hall Wednesday of this week at 10
o'clock A. NJ. +. ii. Morse of Waterford
and DIR. G. NJ. Twitchell, president Of
the Maine State Pathological Society,
will be among the speakers. Paris
Grange will furnish dinner.
Two boys by the name of Mason,
brothers ten or twelve years old, who
live opposite the Norway Pine Grove
Cemetery, were before the Norway Mu-
nicipsl Court Saturday morning, on
of j. j. Emeley, charged with
breaking windows in the Catholic
church. They were placed on probation.
The Oxford County Sunday School
A ssociation will hold it's annual con-
vention at the South Paris Baptist
church, Tuesday, May 10. at 10 o'clock.
II is the desire of the officers to make
this the best convention that the asso-
citation has ever held. FL. E. Lufkin,
State Secretary, will be present, and
other Sunday School workers will take
part.
Edith WaterhOuse, who has been at
the Sanatorium at Hebron for a number
of weeks, has returned home in improv-
ed condition. She gained eight pounds
10 weight while there, and Der symp-
toms, while not quite normal, are better
than they were. II is hoped that the
tuberculosis is arrested, although longer
treatme at the Sanatorium would be
advisable.
The annual Odd Fellows sermon be-
fore Mount Mica Lodge will be given at
the Congregational church next Sunday
al 2:30 p. NJ, by Rev. A. t. McWhOrter.
Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will meet at
the hall at 2 o'clock. The anniversary
Of Odd Fellowship will be observed on
the Monday evening following, when
Grand Warden Charles b. jackson of
Portland will be present.
A. w. Walker & Son, who have run
the ice business in this place for long
time, have sold the business, including
the ice house by the river, and the good
will of the trade, to William w. Ripley,
who formerly delivered ice for them for
, number of years, but has for the past
year OF two been in Portland. Mr.. Rip
Icy takes possession at once. Any one
holding an ice coupon book, or any part
Of one, issued by A. w. Walker & Son,
IAN have it redeemed by presenting it at
the Office of the firm.
Ground is broken for two new houses
On Pine Street, quantity Of lumber for
which was landed during the winter.
On the lot next south of the Methodist
parsonage j. +. Plummer is preparing
10 build bungalow, 20 80. While the
house will go up this season, it will
not be finished during the
summer, as the oak which is designed
for finish was cut the past winter, and
must be seasoned. On the next lot
Writ Stanley will build a twO-story
house, 20 40, with kitchen wing 10 K
20 in the rear. The house will have q
full basement, and all modern con-
veniences.
TUBBs DISTRICT.
G.. Z. Shaw sold a cow quite recently.
Mrs. A. r. Thurlow is quite poorly at