Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-08-15

Mrs. Lois Ramsdell Of Lynn, Mass,
Rockingham.
Miss Nina Bradford of North Paris wa
aguest of Miss Florence NJ. Richardso
q few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George d. Robertso
and daughter Miriam are spending th
present week at York.
Miss Fannie SWEET of Portland wa
the guest Of Miss Thompson at Charlie
Edwards over Sunday.
There will be Good Cheer meetin
u Wednesday afternoon of this week at
O'Clock with Mrs. Young.
Newell Powers is clerk 10 the store 0
w. A. Porter during the absence o
Eugene Lowell at muster.
Miss Bertha W. Chapman of Portland
visited last week in the family of hel
uncle, Mr.. b. N. Chapman.
Misses Martha and Mary Maxim O
Cambridge, Mass, are at b. j. Turner,
on Hill Street for few weeks.
Alfred Il. Jackson and family ane
Mrs. NJ. l.. Whittle were at Camp Alta
merteva at Shagg Pond over Sunday.
Miss Mabel Sawyer of Maynard, Mass
was the guest of Mrs. Leon S. Fairbank,
al Geo. B. Crockett's few days last
week.
The South Paris base ball team played
the Paris Hill team at the Hill Saturday
afternoon. Score II to in favor Of
South Paris.
Quite a number of people from South
meeting on Sunday, which was the las,
day of the meeting.
The brick sidewalk in front of the
Deering Memorial church on Pleasant
street has been taken up, and cemen,
walk is being put in there.
Myron W. Maxim, Mr.. and Mrs. D. E
Dresser and Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Walton were at the Maxim camp at
Shagg Pond few days last week.
Mrs L. ]. Bracket made short trip
TO Harrison last week, and her son, Rob
ert, who has been there since the close
of school, returned home with her.
o. II. Bumpus left Monday morning
for Onset, Mass, where Mrs. Bumpus
has been for some weeks, and where he
will remain for the rest of the season.
Miss Fanny N. Chapman was in Bethel
the past week TO attend the wedding of
her cousin, Miss Christene Chapman, and
Mr.. Robert Mccoy of Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. c. A. Prescott and daughter,
Mrs. Gladys Hammond, and her daugh-
ter, formerly of South Paris, now of
Livermore Falls, are visiting at Mrs.
Leach's.
Maurice l.. Noyes has sold the house
where be is now living on Pleasant
Street to his father, Joseph A. Noyes,
who recently moved from this village to
North Norway.
Mrs. Capt. Drew and daughter Eliza
beth, of Brocktou, Mass, arrived Satur-
day TO visit their cousins, j. A. and j. Z.
Kenney. They came from Brockton as
far as Mechanic Falls by trolley roads.
Nathan A. Chase, who has been here
two weeks on his vacation, and Mrs.
Chase and daughter Priscilla, who had
been here for about two months, returned
Saturday TO their home in lion, n. Y.
Next Saturday Paris Grange will have
an allday meeting with dinner. The
afternoon session will be an open meet
ing, with temperance rally, and number
of addresses. The public are cordially
invited TO attend.
w. L. Libby will finish his engage
ment as clerk in the store of A. Fl
Jackson this week, and will 60 TO setting
up apple barrels at his place on Deering
Street. Minot l.. Whittle will take his
place in Jackson's store.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A. Morton, Miss Flor
ence Richardson, Miss Maud Carter, Miss
Sara SWEET and Miss Ethel C. Crockett
were at Kamp Killooleet, Shsgg Pond,
over Sunday. Mrs. Morton, Miss SWEET
and Miss Crockett are remaining there
through the week.
There were about forty couples who
attended the dance at Academy Hall,
Paris Hill, last Friday night. There
will be another dance Friday night, Aug.
IS Dancing from $50 to -. Shaw's
Orchestra will furnish music. Come
and have a good time.
Rev. Elisha Saudersou and family, who
had occupied the Baptist parsonage for a
month, returned the last of the week to
their home in Sedgwick, and Rev. Z. A.
Davis and family, who bad been at Sedg
wick, returned home and are again estab
lished in the parsonage here.
After about ten days spent in drilling
on the ledge at SHOWS Falls for the state
road work, lot of blasting was done
one day last week, and the road was
filled so full of rock that ii was neces-
sary to close it to travel for day or two
before the rock could be removed.
J.R Libby of Portland will speak in
New Hall next Friday evening in the
interest of prohibition. Mr.. Libby is
taking an active part in the campaign
for the retention of the prohibltory
amendment, aud should have a good
house. An orchestra will furnish music.
On account of the Empire Grove camp
meeting, as many wished to attend, the
Methodist church was closed Sunday,
and the Congregational and Univer-
salist churches being closed for the
month, the only services for the day
were at the Baptist church, where there
was a large congregation.
On Thursday, August 10th, the
Philathea Class of the Baptist church
met with Mrs. Frank Turner, leaving the
church at o o'clock and going by team.
After a bountiful dinner of chicken pie,
cake and hot coffee, Mr.. Turner took
the hay rack and gave us ride to Hall
Pond. We enjoyed the trip very much.
Returning to the house the business
meeting Of the class was held and vote
of thanks was given Mrs. Turner. We
then started for home after very pleas
ant day.
The head of tho sewer work Is now al
the corner Of High and Gothic Streets,
and the laying of The pipe Is well along
toward that point. The manhole In
the Square is completed, and catch
basins have been put in on each side OF
the street at the lowest point OF the hol-
low on High Street. Work Is now In
progress on catch basins in front of
Plummer's store and in front of Star
birds barber shop. The sewer from
Odd Fellows Block and True Block,
which has formerly run into the sewer
from Billings Block to the river, has
been connected with the town sewer, the
connection being very easy to make, as
the trench cut directly across the branch