Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-11-21
Bethel.

F. E. burlington, the Grand Trunk
agent Is taking . short vacation and Mr..
Reeves OF Island Pond 10 taking bis place.
Mr.. and Mrs. burlington are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Frost In Kingfeld.
Tuesday, G.. P. Bean, one Of Bethers
most respected citizens, passed away ut
the ripe age of SO years, after long
illness. MI. Bean was for many years In
trade and always had deep interest In
all things that pertained to the uplift OF
the community. He was trustee OF
Gould Academy and the students attend.
ed the funeral in q body Friday after
noon at the Congregational church. Rev.
Israel Jordan, Q former pastor, and Rev.
w. G. Curtis, the present pastor, paid .
well.merited tribute to his memory. Mrs.
n. c. Rowe and Miss Miriam Herrick
rendered two duets, "Oh, Love, That
Will not Let me Co." and LEAD Kindly
Light" most sweetly. The burial
service was under the direction OF the
Masons of which he was member for
many years. He left . widow but no
children as three little ones died young.
Mr.. Bean was the type OF man who will
be much missed. The profusion OF
flowers spoke of the esteem of neigh.
bors and friends.
AL Herrick and Will Bryant each shot
a large buck Thursday.
Mrs. Douglass will spend the winter
with her sister, Miss Ellen Locke, and
has rented her house and furniture to
Mrs. Warren Emery and her little
daughter Elizabeth.
Wednesday was observed as Mothers
Day in the grammar school. It was
interesting and enjoyable. Schools
closed Friday fora two weeks vacation.
Friday evening the boys and girls
basket ball teams from Gorham, n. b.,
played the Bethel teams at the academy
gymnasium with the following result:
boys, 81 to 8 in favor of Gould; girls, 10
to 2 in favor of Gould.
S. c. Whitman has finished the can
ming of apples in Norway and returned
to Bethel Thursday to finish shipping
the sweet corn.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
The snow Tuesday night makes
sleighing, and the bells are heard.
Mr.. L. D. Brown supplied for Mr..
dutchins on this mail route while he
went on hunting trip.
Mrs. B. N. Trask has just started for
California, where she intends to stay a
year or longer, she says, II she lives,
with her daughter. We remember this
daughter when girl, a. she was
pupil in the school room at Newry Cor
ner-a frat class girl In every way.
Now we know we'll enough she will
make a pleasant home for her dear old
mother after taking 30 long q journey
across the continent to see her daughter.
E. A. Trask recently lost nice horse.
Ned Carter is logging in Cambridge
woods, New Hampshire.
Miss Blanche Russell OF Andover has
been here few days with relatives.
Casper Capen worked q few days dig
cling potatoes for Buck and Abbott or
Swan Hill, and although quite aged he il
still a champion potato digger and NOW
or by hand. Human beings are natures
surest and safest machinery when vel
cared for.
The school here with Maud Russell
teacher closed Nov. II.
| VIM. Brown has moved to North Paris
Some needed repairing and other worh
ia being done in the cemetery here.
Mr.. Whitney, the gravestone man, wa.
here Nov. 10Th and 10th In the cemetery
Thanks to the ssnders OF severa
lovely souvenir cards from Colorado and
New York and Massachusetts,.