Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-08-20

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Sept. Sd.
Miss Marion Gray has returned from
the Rangeley Lake House.
Mrs. Leroy Abbott is visiting ths
family of W. W. Payne at watervilie.
A. F. Stevens and family have beer
spending the past week at q cottage d
Peaks Island.
Mrs. L. Z. Swift of Auburn, who Ia,
been visiting her nephew, j. e. Murcb,
has returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Goldsmith are visit.
ing their people In Franklin County,
going by automobile.
DIR. d. NJ. Stewart 10 confined 10 his
home by illness, and seems to have the
prospect of run of typhoid fever.
Philip s. Jones Is visiting in Portland
for two or three weeks. Mrs. j, II.
Jones 10 spending the present week there.
Mrs. c. W. Chase returned Monday
morning from the hospital at Lewiston,
where she had been for surgical treat
ment.
VIM. K. Holmes and family have gone
to South birmingham, Mass, to visit
Mrs. Holmes people before returning to
their home in Soutbingtop, CT.
j. d. Haynes is taking his vacation
from the store of the N. Dayton Bolster
Co., and he and Mrs. Haynes are at pres
emit visiting relatives in Sumner.
Frank Reynolds, ian entertainer who
eutertains," of Boston, will read a,
Grange Hall Tuesday evening for the
benefit of Paris Grange. Admission 20
and 10 cents.
G. w. Clarke, who has been in the
harness business here for number OF
years, has bought the harness business
of w. S. Walker at Gardiner, and is soon
to move to that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Powers and G.
4. Ripley were at Long Island, Port
land harbor, Thursday, to attend the
reunion of the First Tenth twenty.
ninth Maine Regiment.
Mrs. n. A. Chase and daughter Pris-
ella of Iliop, N. Y, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Percy Rankin of Leominster, Mass, who
have been at A. w. Walkers, left for
home Monday morning.
All interested in serving dinners at
the Oxford County fair in the Congre-
gstioualist booth are asked to meet at
the house of James S. Wright, on We'd
nesday, August 81, at four o'clock p. NJ.
The ladies of the circle are also request
ed to be present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton c. Wheeler are at
home from Shagg Pond, where they
have been occupying their camp for a
number Of weeks, Mr.. Wheeler coming
down to his Office every day for con-
portion of the time.
|, is said that there was just touch
OF frost on the Fore Street plains Sstur-
day morning. bat nothing killing. Here
the thermometers showed n mark very
close TO the danger line, in the thirties,
but no frost is reported by any one.
Sunday morning IL was only trifie
warmer.
Juan Escarra of Camaguey, Cuba, who
was at Mr.. Parks for some time about
ten years ago, is in town for while.
.
business affairs in Cuba. He Is accom-
panied by his nephew, Luis Escarra, who
will remain here for some time to learn
English.
Misses Sara SWEET, Abbie Starbird,
Myrtle Buck, Ethel Crockett and Flora
Murch took the early train for Portland
last Wednesday morning. After spend
ing few hours there, they enjoyed the
trip down Casco Bay, did full justice to
a generous shore dinner at New Mead
ows Inn, came to Lewiston by. electrics
and home in the evening by train, some
tired but happy.
The Baptist Sunday School will have
its picnic at Gibson's Grove Thursday of
this week if the weather is favorable. If
the weather is not suitable 1t will be
postponed until Friday, and IL that day
also is not good, it will be postponed
until another week. The ringing of the
church bell will be signal for postpone
ment. Those going by car and boat may
take the S:45 or 9:45. A hayrack will
also 60.
Fl. C. Knight, who has been superin-
tendent of schools in the Paris and
Woodstock district for the past fifteen
months, and his family, left Sunday
afternoon for their new home in Town.
send, Mass. As already stated, Mr..
knight is to be superintendent of the
district composed of Ashby, Lunenburg
and Townsend. As superintendent Mr..
knight has been very efficient, and has
advanced the standard Of the schools,
and as citizen he has aided in every work
for the betterment Of the community.
He and his family leave many friends
here.
A good number Of visitors were at
Grange Hall Saturday afternoon for the
closing exercises of Pooducville School,
under the management of S. <. Jackson.
in the several branches
studied were held, greatly to the edifica-
ton of the audience. The entire pro-
gram was prepared by Mrs. Jackson,
and testified to her wit and originality.
This was one of the innings in the con-
test between the brothers and sisters of
the grange, which it had been intended
to close at the next meeting, but there 10
so much interest in IL that u will be con-
tinued for two meetings more.
A Breach Of Promise Case.