Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-07-02

ing as July ever gets.
| Miss Annie Muzzy is visiting Mr.. an
Mrs. Il. Fl. Cannon at Mex CO.
Miss Mary Abbott has returned fror
North Newry, where she has been teach
ing.
Miss Maud Douglass Is on short visi
to the family Of her uncle, W. B. Gilber,
in Canton.
| L. S. Robertson of Fort Smith, Ark.
is the guest of his brother, George d
Robertson.
Mrs. George D. Robertson and Miriam
have been visiting relatives at Bethel fol
a few days.
| Rev. A. I. McWhorter was at Sebag,
last week TO attend the funeral of
former parishioner.
Col. VIM. T. Eustis was in Boston
from Friday to Sunday to attend hi,
regimental reunion.
There will be a social dance at Acad
emv Hall, Paris Hill, Tuesday evening
July 2. All cordially invited.
j. E. Keuney has built an addition a,
the rear of his house on High Street, and
put in some Lutheran windows.
Principal Nelson /. Mixer of the high
school and Mrs. Mixer have gone to
West Paris for the summer vacation.
The stores, banks, offices and other
business places of South Paris will be
closed all day next Thursday, July 4th.
The Pioneer Chorus and Orchestra will
have tally-ho ride and picnic at Hogan
and Whitney Ponds on Tuesday of this
week.
Gilbert SWEET of Winchester, Mass,
has come to spend the summer with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Nichols.
Union meeting of the South Paris and
Norway Congregational churches next
Sunday evening at $50 at the South
Paris Congregational church.
U. G. Wheeler and family of Passaic,
Y. j., are expected here on Tuesday, and
will go at once to their camp at Shagg
Pond for stay of some weeks.
Mrs. l.. Z. Bean and Miss Cora j.
Mason and Pauline spent most of the
past week on a visit 10 Mrs. Mary Nc
Leod in Darlington, Prince Edward
Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. C. knight have as
guests Mrs. Knights brother, MyrOn
Doubleday of North Dana, Mass, and
her brother-in-law, Arthur Bsrrows of
West Springfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton G. Wheeler and
Mrs. Wheeler's mother, Mrs. Hayes, are
occupying Mr.. Wheeler's camp at Shagg
Pond for a few weeks. Mr.. Wheeler
will go back and forth daily by auto.
Mrs. Frank Durham received the news
Of her fathers death Saturday. Mr..
Gum died at Boston hospital and the
remains we're taken to his home in Berlin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durham went to Berlin
Sunday.
Rev. II. p. Forbes, D. d and daugh-
ters, Miss Ruth Forbes and Miss Portia
Forbes of Canton, N. Y, are visiting the
family Of Geo. X. Morton, and other
here. DR.. Forbes preached at
Gorham, n. Y, Sunday.
The factory of the Paris Manufacture
ing Co. will shut down Wednesday for
about ten days. During that time re-
pairs will be made on the plant, on
which some of the men will be employed,
while others will take vacation.
Mrs. C. A. Record OF Haverhill, Mass,
and Mrs. Leon 5. Fairbanks Of Newton
vile, Mass, came last week to the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. b.
Crockett. Mrs. Fairbanks will go to her
camp at Concord Pond little later.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid urgently re-
quests those persons who have dishes
belonging TO them at their vestry to take
them away if they wish for them. The
vestry is open every Wednesday morn
ing, this week Monday and Friday also.
Ray Pomeroy, former teacher of the
grammar school here, was the guest of
Murray Bigelow Saturday. Mr.. Pome-
roy is now teaching in the Horace Mann
School at Franklin, Mass. This summer
he will have boys camp at Belgrade
Lakes.
Alton Porter claims the champion
egg, laid By one of his Sherwood hens.
IL was certainly immense, actually meas
uring SIX S 1,2 inches, and weighing
a plump four ounces. On investigation
it proved to be a double egg-uot simply
double yOlked, but within the egg was
another complete egg, with hard shell
and of fair size.
W. Scott Robinson of Hartford, very
well known citizen of the county and
inventor of the Robinson insect trap, is
in town in the interest of his invention.
This is based on the we'll known habit of
night flying moths to investigate
light, having light to attract and trap
to catch them. Those who have used
the trap pronounce it success. An
of the trap appears 10
this paper.
A curious freak of nature is to be seen
IN crab apple tree at Frank Kimbalrs
On Nichols Street. A month ago, or per-
haps little more, the tree was solid
mas Of white blossoms. Now it 10
covered with leaves and half-grown fruit,
but the tip of one limb, for five or six
feet of its length, has within q few days
burst into full bloom, and has hundreds
Of blossoms on it, The explanation is
doubtless that the limb is partly split
open where the bloom begins, aud
the tree was unable to supply the neces
sary nurture to that limb at the time of
nol NAL bloom There are no leaves on
the blossnming limb, and the leaf buds
are evidently worthless, and will rub of
at light touchi
After long period of feeble health,
Mrs. Julia NJ Hammond died Sunday
morning at the home of Mrs. Nellie
Powers on High Street. Her son,
Arthur w. Hammond of Milton, VT,
had been here for a week, and Mrs.
Arthur w. Hammond bad been here for a
uumber of weeks caring for her. Mrs.
Hammond was 20 years of age in Feb
ruary last. She was the daughter of
Nathan Morse, and was the last survivor
Of the family. She married Albert NJ.
Hammond Of Paris Hill, aud large part
Of her life was spent in that place. Some
years since Mr.. and Mrs. Hammond
moved to South Paris, where Mr.. Ham
mOnd died few years since. OF their
only one, Arthur w. Hammond
mentioned above, lived to maturity.
There are also two grandsons, Lewis A.
Hammond of Calais and Walter j. Ham
mond, NJ. D., now at the Bangor hospital.
Mrs. Hammond was q member of the
South Paris Baptist church. The funeral
will be held at Mrs. Powers at 10 A. N.