Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-08-29

Mrs.. Emma Robinson and her sister,
Miss Sarah Towue, of Pomona, Calf,
arc visiting friends In Bethel after an
absence Of twenty three years.
Mrs. Goodwin Wiley and Miss Mary
Wiley are visiting friends In Bethel. Mrs.
Wiley came from her homo In Oklahoma
In June to visit her daughter, Ars.
Mcclure.
Prof. VIM. R. Chapman has purchased
of Mrs. Wiley the property known a.
Swlft's Block, which includes the post
Office building.
Francis Chandler OF Norway accom-
panied his brother homo to Bethel TO
spend short vacation with his grand
parents.
Wednesday afternoon the W. G. T. U.
met with Mrs. j. c. Billings. Mira.
Florence Atkins OF Tennessee met the
ladies for an informal talk and lawn pic
mic lunch. In the evening she gave
public address and proved to be very
brilliant speaker, fred with enthusiasm
and held her audience az by spell for
more than an hour as she told what
license would mean to the state of Maine.
Mrs. Davis Lovejoy entertained Mrs.
Atkins while in Bethel.
Mrs. Ellen Chandler went to DR..
Kings hospital in Portland last Thurs
day.
DR.. Herbert Twitchell of Portland and
DR.. I. II. Wight operated upon Charles
Farwell last Thursday. The patient Is
resting comfortably.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Carter are receiving
CONGRATULATIONS on the birth of son
August %.
Mrs. r. s. Chandler has been i'll with
the grippe for the past week.
Miss Martha Hersey returned from
Auburn Wednesday where she has been
visiting friends in tho city, and at "In-
dian Rest" New Meadows River. Miss
Hersey went to Yarmouth Saturday
and will 60 to Somers, Conn.,, then to
Litchfield to take up her position as
assistant principal in the high school
where she has been teaching for six
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert W. Tuell OF Kan.
sas City are visiting Mr.. TuelPs parents,
DR.. and Mrs. F. b. Tuell.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
Road Commissioner Frank Russell and
his crew of men are now at work on the
state road at North Bethel.
John Carter, son of j. h. Carter, has
been here on q vacation. He has en-
ployment with the Berlin Mills Com
pany, and is as fine a young man as can
be seen anywhere around here.
The daughter of Mrs. Martha d.
Wright (nee Packard), who has been
here for a week or more taking in the
beauties of nature, has returned to her
home with her invalid mother in ROx-
bury, Mass. She needed longer rest
but FASTENED to her dear old mother,
who is now the last surviving one in the
Stephen Packard family that once lived
near Bryant Pond where the family lot is
situated, aud Daniel Packard, the great.
grandfather, Is buried there. He served
In the Revolutionary War, and he and
his wife are characters represented in
"The Spy" by James Fenimore Cooper.
Baker, junk peddler of Auburn, was
here recently.
Mrs. Bertha Brown, wife of Rev. Mr..
Brown, and baby, are at the Maple and
Pine Farm with relatives.
Rev. VIM. Greene, former pastor
/ mere, Nuu uib SOu, do uoiC AoA q "oon W.
. vacation. He preached last Sabbath
in the Baptist church here.
Mrs. j. T. Jewett and granddaughter
of North Bethel we're here last Sabbath
to attend church. We remember her
father, Rev. VIM. Barrows, who preach
cd here some years ago, and never bet
ter man has entered the pulpit here as a
man of God.
Rev. Josiah Dutton, now of Norway,
was here the 23d inst. he Is now over
80, but we'll preserved, as he has always
been temperate and worked for the adj
vancement of the truth, 30 now he Is
reaping a harvest of good, and God will
never leave nor forsake such. He Is a
Free Mason, and that order always helps
If needful:
So God will take care Of me,
His pre- mise Ia secure,
| lie never will forsake.
| His truth 1t will endure.
Stanley n. Wheeler, insurance agent,
Of South Paris, was here recently.
| A. n. Carter Ia making extensive re-
pairs on bis lot. The late fire in his
swamp was quite a damage, burning
some pulp wood.