Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-08-01

Mrs. Elizabeth SWEET Of Cambridge
MASS, Is guest at A. h. Jackson's.
Mrs. q. r. Tuell and daughter Elmo
OF West Paris visited here Wednesday.
Andrew jackson Of Ionia, Mich, 10
s guest of his brother, Alfred b. jackson
Mr.. and Mrs. Liuwood Bailey of Au
burn were guests at j. E. Murch's Sun
Prentiss Howard and wife of BridgtoI
called on friends here Tuesday and Wed
}, nesday.
Miss Caroline NJ. Clifford has beer
visiting the past week with a friend al
: st. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Z. Merrill ART
with Mr.. MerrilPs parents, Mr.. and Mrs
L. S, Merrill.
Mrs. George A. Cutting and two chill
dren from East Hartford, CT, are visit
ing relatives here.
The Ladies' Aid will have lawn party
at the Methodist parsonage Thursday
evening of this week.
S. c. Ordwsy and family and Mrs. Ada
Richardson go this week to Poland
campground for two weeks.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will have a
food sale next Friday afternoon at
O'Clock in their large vestry.
Francis Shaw went Saturday nigh, to
Bslleville, Ontario, where he has en-
ployment with Guy Bennett.
Mrs. ]. A. Scott and daughters have
gone to York Beach to spend the month
of August with Mr.. Scott's mother.
The four-inch pipe which has been
laid for the Burnham & Morrill, factory
was connected with the main Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton C. Wheeler went
Friday 10 their camp at Shagg Pond,
where they will spend week or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert d. Park went to
their camp, Monticute, at Shagg Pond,
Monday morning, for a stay Of some
days.
Mrs. L. Z. Bean and Miss Cora Mason,
with little Pauline, started Monday
mOrning for visit to Prince Edward
Island.
John T. Lindley, formerly of South
Paris, who is now employed in drug
store in MelrOse, Mass, is here for his
vacation.
At Hamlin Lodge, X. of p, next Fri
day evening, there will be installation of
officers, work in the rank of knight, and
refreshments.
Me- Alice D;ar,a ha, coma ~ Raaha
Plain, VT, to visit her brother, Louis B.
Pierce, and will probably stay for a
month or more.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. W. Perry of Mon
mouth and Mrs. Clara K. Coe of At
lantic, Mass, have been guests at E. s.
Msxwelps for few days.
No Boston papers in the forenoon
hereafter, ii is said. Trains don't make
connection. aud the fans will have TO
wait till afternoon TO get the story of
the games.
Rev. j. W. Chesbro, former pastor,
who with his family is spending his
vacation at cottage on Pennesseewassee
Lake, presched at the Baptist church |
Sunday morning.
A choir of girls now sings at the |
Methodist church, beginning last Sun
day, when there were twelve in the choir, |
and the number will probably be in
creased. Later it will be a surpliced |
choir.
Willard G. Pratt is putting in the
foundation for house for himself on
Hill Street, on the lot which he recently
bought from the Gray estate, between |
the Gray house and the house Of George |
L. Libby.
On account Of the heavy rain there was
no dance at Academy Hall, Paris Hill, !
last Friday evening, but there will be
one Friday evening of this week, Aug.
4th. % cents for everybody and all
invited to come and have good time.
Mrs. L. C. Morton and q. c. knight
and family, who had been at Camp Con-
cord for week, returned home Satur-
day. Miss Julia P. Morton remains
there, and w. P. Morton and Mr.. and
Mrs. George A. Briggs went there Sat-
urday, and will remain for week.
Mrs. George Wise received on Satur-
day the very sad news of the death OF
her niece, Villa Bryant, wife of w. II.
Haynes, of Richmond. Mrs. Haynes
was native of Rumford where she has
many friends and relatives who will be
panied TO hear of her death. Mrs. Wise
will attend the funeral at Richmond.
Another Shurtleff gathering will be
held here on Thursday, when Sylvan
Shurtleff of Portland has invited the
Shurtleffs to dinner at Hotel Andrews,
to celebrate the birthday of Mrs. Nancy
Whitman of this place and bis own.
There will be in the party five people
whose ages make total of over 400
years.
S. Z. Tucker has sold his house on
Hillside Avenue to Mrs. Myra Moore,
who has been living in the o. W. Royal
house on Main Street. David S. Knapp
and family, who have been living in the
Tucker house, have moved into the
house of w. j. Wheeler on the south
side of Pleasant Street, formerly Occu-
pied by j. NJ. Doble.
A. w. Walkers family went Monday
morning to their camp, Altamerteva, at
Shagg Pond, where they will spend a
week or two. The party includes Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Walker, Miss Eva Z.
Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan A. Chase
and daughter Priscilla of lion, n. Y,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Rankin of Leo
minister, Mass. Mr.. Chase and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rankin have just arrived here.
An attractive year book has been
issued by the Seneca Club for the COM
ing season. The course of study for the
year is miscellaneous. Meetings for the
year begin as usual the first Monday In
October, and continue alternate Mondays
until the end of April, with field day
Oct. 18th and gentlemsn's night JAN
uary 10th as extras. The club has Its
full number of twenty members, and
eight honorary members.
Tony, boss on the sewer work, is a
jovial Italian. Friday afternoon ser
vice pipe of the city water system broke
Just in the edge Of the sewer trench, and
somebody had to get down into the
fountain of water and sand which squirt
ed up, to turn q shutoff. Tony went
down, and had to work at least ten min
utes before be succeeded in stopping Ii.
When he came up he looked around and
asked, Anybody got cam to take my
pitch?"
The drouth was really broken by the
rain of Friday night. Previous showers
hava raliavad tha situation hut that Was