Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-07-25
The Oxford Democrat.
SOUTH PARIS.
SOUTH PARIs POST ofFrcE.
ace Hours: 7:30 A. n. to ] 80 r. u.

SOUTH PARIs POST oFFIcE.
osce Hours: 1904. n.to7So Pm.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Commencing June IS, 1911.
TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIs
Going down casts :3s A. n. daily; 8 90 A. n
,N',,. . 50 A. NJ, daily except Sunday; 40
~ daily. Sunday excursion trains, =
BtOP.A.
a eaipg up (west)-s;5O A. NJ. daily; SIS Pm
,sIlv except sunday; IO7 P: NJ. daily;
az iaily. sunday excursion trains, 10 2
IN, $50 Pm
Mrs. 2. \. Wright is making visit il
Portland.
Hsy weather a trifie catchy for the
past week.
Mrs. Il. A. Hilton is visiting in Port
and FOR few weeks.
Miss Hattie A. Hooper of Boston is a
guest at Hon. James S. Wrighrs.
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Rowland and Miss
Rowland are at Mountain View Farm.
Charles Morse of Minneapolis visited
his relatives here a short time last week.
Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Hersey Of Portland
ave srending a vacation with relatives in
town.
There will be a meeting of the Uni
versa So parish Tuesday evening OF this
week
Mrs n. K. Wilson has recently been
visited by her mother, Mrs. Judkins of
Brysnt's Pond.
Mrs. Emma W. Mann Of West Paris
va, the guest Of Mrs. l.. c. Smiley few
DAYS as, week.
Joha Carsley Of Pennington, formerly
in business at South Paris, called on
friepis here Wednesday.
fsw friends were entertained at tea
Wednssdsy evening by Mrs. Ii. A. Hill
,on. in nonor of Mrs. N. A. Chase.
Rev. Chester Gore Miller was at Wood
lords Wednesday to attend the funeral
Of Herbert K. Sargent, former parish
O1er.
Mrs Nettie Tirrell is at Locke's Mills
nth the family OF Harry NJ Gerry of
Providence, +. L., who are occupying a
camp there.
Mr. and Mrs. j. G.. Wentworth, for
nerly u south Paris, are at the Tip Top
House On Mount Washington for the
summer season.
FW Walker of the Paris Home Bsk
sry put new delivery wagon in COM
mission asst week. It's dandy, and
was bull, 20 his order.
Mr.. W l.. Hitler of New York City |
and sister, Miss Olive Hitler, Of South |
Paris. we're guests recently of Mr.. and |
Mrs. 5. 81. Rowe at "Willow Farm"
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. N. Haskell, Miss
Emma Haskell, and Z. l.. Greene and
family, are staying at the Haskell camp |
near the Oxford road for the present.
Mrs Arthur Pierce and family, William
THOMPSON and Mrs. Emma Maxwell OF
Portland were recent guests Of Miss
Thompson at Charles Edwards, coming
in Mrs. Naxwell's automobile.
Miss Sadie 5. Young of Lincoln,
Nebraska, arrived Tuesday morning for
a visit 10 her sister, Mrs. Nelson q.
Elder During the week they visited
third sister, Mrs. Z. L. Garland, in Port
land
Advertised letters and cards in South
Paris post Office July "a, 1911:
Mr, Deborah Cotton.
Mr. Hattie Damon, card
Eugene Larie Scaler.
S +. DAVIS, Postmaster.
Walter S. Jones of this place and l..
n L,ngley of Norway attended the an
nual clam bake of the State Master
Plumbers Association at Long Island,
Portland Harbor, last Monday. Mr..
Jones also visited his daughter in Port
land.
Rev. J. W. Chesbro, formerly pastor of
the South Paris Baptist church, now of
Randolph, VT, and his family, were in
town last week, and are now at cottage |
on Lake Pennesseewassee, where they
expect TO stay until about the first of
September.
According to the rumor, the milk
train is to be taken off the 9Th of Au-
gust Another rumor is that instead of
being taken off, it will run from Cor
ham. \. III to Portland, whereas il now
starts from West Paris. You pays your
money, and you takes your choice of
rumors.
This is the heyday of the blueberry.
"You ought to have seen my dooryard,
said j. +. King Tuesday afternoon.
"When | drove in at noon there were
tweUty-Six wagons in the yard, and two
or three parties drove right into the
pasture instead Of leaving their teams at
the house."
There has been much interest in ten
mis- this year, and tennis club has been
formed. The court used is at the rear OF
the Congregational church. The officers
Of the club are:
Presldent-Dr. j. G.. LittleHeld.
Vice Presldent-Roy 4. Cole.
Secretary and Treasurer-Mlss Eva L. walker
Executive Committee-Dr. 4. Wendell Rounds, /
Car : Briggs. Walter L. Gray, Thomas 5.
Barnes. Morton V. Bolster.
Membership Committee-Miss Grace Thayer, |
Mss Eva e. Walker. Miss l.. Alice Wethsreh
meeting of the town committee for
the retention of the prohibitory amend
ment, and others interested, was held at
the assessors office Thursday evening, |
Chairman Geo. r Morton Of the COM |
nittee presiding. There was quite a |
good attendance considering short notice. |
The various phases and features OF the |
situation were discussed more or less at |
length, aud steps were taken to effect a
thorough organization. Committees TO |
prepare literature. to canvass the town, |
AMI 20 raise funds, were chosen.
Geo. r. Morton has recently purchased |
the a. ]. Penley stand on Nichols Street, |
next to the Paris Manufacturing Co.'S
factory. Besides the buildings, which |
Include house and large barn, there are |
about fourteen acres Of land. Quite ex-
tensive improvements upon the land
have begun. A crew Of Italians are
ditching and laying tile drain from the
south end of the lot on Western Avenue |
&c the north end at the Elm Hill road,
with branch toward the west. This
will convert what is now swale into a
rich piece OF soil. A power drill is at
work on the large rocks on the hillside,
which will be all blasted out, and the
surface OF practically the whole tract
will be reduced to good workable con-
di.iOu.
On account OF the fact that the Boston
and Maine Railroad refuses to haul Pull
mans around the city at Portland for
the Grand Trunk az has heretofore been
done, the Grand Trunk has made ar
rangsmsnts to have its passengers trans
ferred between its station and the Union
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