Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-10-14

Sunday, Oct. 9th, there was specis'
service at the Methodist church given
by the Sunday School. The special fea.
ture was "The Comrades OF the Cross"
given with the assistance Of the choir.
Superintendent A. G. Adams conducted
the opening exercises Of the Sunday
School. Reports of the years work
were given. The church was beautifully
decorated with fruit, flowers, and au-
tumn leaves.
Tuesday the W. C. T. U. held an in
tsresting meeting with Miss Cross.
Mrs. Lydia Wood was present In the In
terest Of the Gardiner home for chill
dren.
Tuesday afternoon the funeral OF Mrs.
Mary Hapgood was held ct her late
home on Church Street. Many OF her
former nsighbors and friends met to
show their respect for kind neighbor
and friend.
Thursday evening Mrs. Hanscom gave
an invitation to the Ladies' Club to meet
Mrs. z. C. Bowler, who Ia to leave Beth
el to reside 10 Providence, r. /. Light
refresh ments were served. Mrs. Bowler
will be much missed, especially in
church and Sunday School work, where
she has been very helpful, and carries TO
her new home the best wishes OF many
friends.
TT. Hastings has been called to He
bron by the critical illness OF Mrs. Hast
ings, who has been there several months.
Much repairing is being done on
houses here this season, and carpenters
and pasnns ara kent busy
Mrs. Minnie Goodwin Stearns after
long illness, passed away at her home
Friday morning. A most devoted moth
or, her husband and three little children
are left to mourn her loss.
Quite number of the Bethel chorus
went to Portland and enjoyed the festi-
val.
Reports from DR.. A. G. Wiley continue
to be encouraging.
As usual good number OF citizens
attended the fair at Waterford Saturday.
Oct. 10th will be observed as rally day
BY the Congregational Sunday School.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will hold their annual fair
Thursday.
A copy of the pamphlet giving the
proceedings of the Centennial Celebra-
ton, in 1874, of the settlement Of this
town was included in lot OF second.
hand books, pamphlets, etc., retailed at
public vendue in Boston on September
8. 1t brought 81.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
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Mr.. Callahan, and little daughter Mabel,
visited the schools here the 9Th inst.
F. G. Sloan is selling fish here; was
here the Sth, and will be here again in
two weeks from that date.
Mrs. Betsy Trask has gone to Bethel
Hill to live this winter.
Mrs. Mollle Bruudage and her son, af-
ter visiting her father, j. q. Carter, this
summer, have returned to their home in
Albany, Oregon.
Mrs. Susie Bean has returned from her
visit 10 Boston with relatives.
Greenwood will see that Nature is
beautiful even in Deaths embrace.
The withered leaves are falling.
The sons. birds notes are calling.
Up TO nfe's duties haste
We have no time to waste.
Life's school to US on earth 10 given
To Dc US for our home In Heaven.
"Rather Shanghai old man bad
two mischievous sons to whom he was
accustomed 10 read chapter or two In
the Bible every night. One evening be
told them that be would read about
Noah the next night for them. The
boys wanted to play a joke on their
father, 40 they glued together two
pages where be was to read. That night
the old man got his Bible, called the
boys attention and read: Noah took
unto himself o wife. She was seventy
cubits long and forty cubits wide, tarred
inside and outsidsr Not being sure that
his eyes did not deceive him, he turned
back to the first page aud started again:
Noah took unto himself q wife, she,
turning the page over, was seventy Gu
bits long and forty cubits wide, tarred
iusidel and outsider Here he stopped,
looked at bis boys and said, We'll, boys,
as old as am | never saw that before,
but II shows how wonderful and strange
we are msde"'
Mote by the editor.-Don't take your
Bible and try to find out how this could
have happened, or you will spoil good
story.l
Blanche Z. Kimball has 1918 pet pull.
let that mothers and cares for two little
chicks that were taken away from their
own mother hen and given to Blanche.
She said to the writer, "Would you take
two orphan children and be Is good to
them as that pullet 10 10 these chicks ~
This IL getting close to the heart OF ma
ture aud natures God, who has made ms
all to love and care for something thai
may be forsakep. What q lesson to the
writer, who has mothered five children
four OF whom had no home and were or
phans.