Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-03-26
The Oxford Democrat.
SOUTH PARIS.
A. z. Morse read at an entertainment
AZ West Bethel Thursday evening.

A. E. Morse read at an entertainment
at West Bethel Thursday evening.
Miss Ethelyn Beede of Phillips is q
guest at Rev. T. n. Kewley's for few
weeks.
Miss Eva Z. Walker, who has been
III for some weeks, is now 80 she gets
out some.
III. V. Starrett of the Maine Register
has been in town for a few days working
on that publication.
The Finch Club met Thursday after
noon with Mrs. N. d. Bolster at her
home on Pleasant Street.
MISS Mabel G. Hathaway is at home
from her teaching in Rockport, Mass,
for weeks vacation.
Hon. John P. Swasey of Canton has
been engaged by VIM. K. Kimball Post
as speaker for Memorial Day here.
Luther VI. Winslow has bought the
Elmer Briggs house on Myrtle Street
and has moved in with his family.
Alton c. Wheeler, representative from
this district, was at Augusta last week
attending the special session of the
legislature.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Z. Cole of Ashland,
Mass, are spending the week here as
guests of Mrs. Coles parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Wheeler.
Harold Il. Cannon was here from |
Mexico few days last week, to pack up |
his goods, and he and Mrs. Cannon |
have gone 10 Mexico to live,
Coal, did you say? Well, the extent of |
the famine here may be judged by the |
fact that the coal dealers are heating \
their own houses with wood.
Henry j. Merrill and family, who have
been at Camden for some time, have re- /
turned TO South Paris, and moved into /
LAFAYETTE DOw's rent on Pleasant Street. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry SWEET will &C
company Mr.. and Mrs. Z. b. Clifford |
when they go TO Los Angeles, Calf, on
the sth of April, and expect to remain
there.
Mr. and MIS-. Harry Adams, who have
occupied the rent in Mrs Julia Lovejoy's
house on Pleasant Street, have broken
up housekeeping and are boarding al
Hotel Andrews.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Merrill of
Rockport, respectively principal and
assistant in the high school at that place,
have spent a weeks vacation with Mr..
Merril's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S.
Merrill.
The county commissioners voted last
week 10 call in 5000 of the county
bonds May lst. The payment of these
will leave outstanding only $4,000 in
bonds, of what the county buildings
have cost.
Ernest 2. Clason of Gardiner, former
teacher OF the high school and later su-
perintendent Of schools here, now trav
cling for CHM 4 Co., publishers, was
here short time last week, and met
many friends.
II. B. Smith, who purchased the Cum
mings mill building near the depot, is q
now fitting it up for garage and repair
shop, aud has moved here with his
family. de occupies q rent in C. w.
Bowker's tenement house.
One of the first signs of spring was
shown the Democrat by W. L. Jackson
early last week before that cool wave.
IL was a grasshopper of one of the small
er species, which came into the Paris
Manufacturing Co.'S factory on some
lumber from the outside shed, alive and
kicking.
Cyrus p. Berry of this place has an
old violin which he regards as of con-
siderable value. IL is pronounced by
experts an imported instrument. Mr..
Berry has owned il for sixty-one years,
and knows where il was for some time
before that, and there is little doubt that
it is over a hundred years old.
DR.. +. W. Smell of Dennysville, who
planned 10 60 to London for study last
year, but was called back from New
York on account of an epidemic at
Deunysville, sailed for London about the
first of March. He expects to return
about the first of June, and will settle in
South Paris and occupy his house on
High Street.
Dwight N. Wise of Rockland, Mass,
visited bis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wise, q short time last week. Mr.. Wise
gave his parents a very interesting ac-
count Of reception recently given at his
house TO the Methodist minister by Mr..
Wise's Sunday School class composed of
twenty men. The reception was a large
ly attended and very enjoyable affair.
Numerous friends in the place joined
in post card shower on Wednesday for
S P. Stearns OF this place, who with
Mrs. Stearns is spending the winter at
Bethel. The occasion was the eightieth
birthday of Mr.. Stearns. The compile
ton of fourscore years finds Mr.. Stearns
still physically active, and able to take
L.. nf
business affairs. Congratulations to
him are general and hearty.
Advertised letters and cards in South
Paris post Office March 25:
Mrs Mary A. Ripley.
Mrs. A. AcKeen.
Mrs Nancy Cushmsn (card.)
Miss Carrie Scully.
Calvin Gale
Theodore G.. Rex.
John Quirk.
Fred West.
NJ Tib5etts.
W. II. Brown.
Leon Miles (cart).
J. II. Burton (card)
Good cooks the men of the Methodist
church proved themselves at their sup
per Tuesday evening-that is, al least
they proved themselves efficient in serv-
ing. A plantation supper, hot hoe cake
and all, was served to about 10, and was
pronounced first-class. The excellent
entertainment which followed was:
Piano solo, Miss Ida Dean
Vocal solo, ...--..--..--------------M Miss Tolman
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Mrs. Hester r. Oldham, for a number
of years housekeeper in the home of Mr..
T. < Parker of Hill Street, has closed
her engagement with him to take posi-
ton elsewhere. Wednesday evening
goodly number of her neighbors and
friends rendered her farewell reception
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. X. G. Gray.
The evening passed pleasantly with
games, refreshments, music and general
sociability. During her nine years
residence in this place Mrs. Oldham has
won the respect and good will of her
neighbors, all of whom feel sincere
regret that she 10 going away.
A fire alarm from the whistle at Ken
ney's mill a few minutes after six O'Clock
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