Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-10-17

Monday, Hiram Bean met with seri-
Gus accident, He was helping Hiram
Twitchell get some hay into the barn
and % the wheel Of the cart hit the
platform going into tho barn, Mr.. Bean
was thrown from the load to the ground.
He was taken up In an unconscious con-
dition and carried to his home, which 10
near by. The physician could find no
bones broken but he has suffered great
deal. At the present time be IL resting
moro comfortably and his friends hope
for speedy recovery.
Nrs. o. II. Mason returned Monday
from Saco where she had been to attend
the Federation Of Women's Clubs. She
went a. a delegate from the Columbian
| Club.
Our lawyers have been attending
court the past week.
Mrs. John Allen has sold her house
and land to Henry Wilbur.
Tuesday evening, tho Eastern Star was
visited by the district inspector.
Wednesday, Rev. and Mrs. Curtis, Mr..
Field and Miss Belle Purington made
delightful trip to Screw Anger Falls.
Wednesday evening, Prof. George
Cross gave the second lecture In his
course before the students of Gould
Academy. There was q good audience
and the lecture and illustrations were
fine.
Tuesday evening, company gave
"A Girl of the Mountains" In Odeon
Hall. It was fine company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Lovejoy have re
turned from q visit to Mrs. Lovejoy's
daughter, Mrs. Bertram Packard Of
| Camden.
Bethel friends have received invita-
tions from Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Kimball
Woodbury. to the wedding of their
daughter, Isabella Mitchell, and Roscoe
Seeley Conkling OF New York. The
wedding will take place in the Presby-
terrain church al Pottsville Oct. 21st.
Apples are being gathered and several
"apple buyers" have been In this
vicinity gathering up the apples and
sending them away on the cars.
The Ladies' Club will hold its annual
Christmas sale and chicken pie supper
Dec. 7th.
Several OF the Relief Corps from Bethel
went to Locke's Mills Thursday to help
institute corps there.
Rev. c. L. Banghart left Bethel Mon
day to visit his father in Washington,
New Jersey.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
The beautiful song birds have flown,
and the lovely flowers and leaves are
faded, but there is something loft to
cheer, as God is seen in all His works.
Our aged friend, Augusta Sanborn, a
maiden lady of Is years, says she ia liv-
ing on the old farm where her father,
David Sanborn, settled in 1882, and the
big elm trees back of the old homestead,
looking out at the pleasant waters of the
Androscoggin, are lovely sight to see.
She and her brother Calvin and one sis.
ter at the village, Mrs. Burbank, are the
surviving ones of the family. The broad
intervale back Of the house speaks OF
toll and thrift in days past by the first
settlers.
j. Fl. Carter is In Kansas visiting bis
brother, William Carter.
Maynard Lowe of Bethel Hill Is al
work at the Carter lot.
Philip Wheeler of East Bethel 10 now
working for Harold Powers on the old
Oliver place.
We are looking at lovely birthday
card just received from Mrs. N. ]. Ker
win of Yonkers, N. 7. She 10 the girl
we took from the orphans home II
Portland some years ago. and she hal
never forgotten our birthday, Oct. 9th
Onr little Blanche looked up all the
incest things she had that suited birth
day and bought them to the table and
said, Here, Honey, are your birthday
presents" Take poor little homeless
girl and be kind to her, and she may no
forget it, as "a kindness 10 never lost"