Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-09-23
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Carroll Valentine left for Dartmouth
College Monday.
Mrs. May Grant and son Dana were
guests of friends In Bethel Monday and
later In the week returned to Massa-
chusetts.
Mrs. Bsrtram Packard, who has been
visiting her mother, has returned to her
home in Camden.
Mrs. o. NJ. Mason and Mrs. z. 8.
Chandler attended the W. G. T. U. state
convention at Rumford Sept. II, IL and
lie.
Mrs. Fred Holt was called to Portland
by the death Of her sister, Bertha Seely.
The funeral was held at the home of her
parents In Portland, the burial was In
the "Chandler lot" at West Bethel.
The corn shop opened but three days,
owing to the heavy frost. This Is very
great loss to the farmers.
Miss Florence Carter and Dorothy
Seaton are In New York.
Friday morning Mrs. E. 7. Russell,
and daughter, Shirley Russell, and
Miss Isabel Shirley returned to their
home In Brooklyn, N. Y. Miss Russell
| ia to be instructor in Adelphi College,
Brooklyn.
Thursday very interesting wedding
was solemnized at the Bethel Inn, the
ceremony being performed by Rev. W.
C. Curtis. The contracting parties were
Miss Illsley and Mr.. Bush, who came to
Bethel to be married, as the brides
parents are at Bethel Inn for time on
account of the illness of the BRIDES
father. The ceremony took place at
high noon in the music room made
beautifully home-like with an abundance
of flowers. The happy couple left on
the afternoon train with the good wishes
of their friends.
Friday morning memorial service
was held at Gould Academy for Hon. L.
E. Holden, who died recently at his
home in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr.. Holden
has been very generous with the
academy. Holden Hall and the princi-
pals home are monuments to bis gener-
osity. An appropriate program was
given. Prayer; solo by Mr.. William
Epson, accom- panied upon the piano by
Miss Henrietta Rice of Portland; violin
solo by Mr.. VIM. Bingham, Sd, with
piano accompaniment by his sister, Miss
Bingham, and a most fitting tribute
given by Prof. Hanscom.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
Mrs. Alphonso Bean has gone to Port
land to visit her sister.
III. Carter's daughter Mollie and her
little son from the West, after an extend
ed visit here at the Carter Mansion, have
returned home.
The last frost came silently in the
night and killed our lovely woodbine.
81 Death may lay US low when least ex-
pected. Since then fine rain came also
in the night as though to weep for the
dead leaves Of nature.
E. L. Bean aud family from Vermont
are here visiting relatives and friends.
Some kind of creature has taken q
lot OF our chickens.
L. u. Bartlett and family have moved
into the Bryant house between here and
the village. Mr. Bartlett is working in
this vicinity with his double team.
Mrs. Edward Capen is with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edward Carter, at Lisbon. The
home seems lonely since her husband
died.
The blue jays are screaming around,
and everything seems to be fading e1.
cept Truth, which crushed to earth will
rise again.
Grace Farwell is attending school at
the academy, also her brother Robert.
Marjorie Farwell has returned to
Keene, N. H., where she is student at
school.
If we had planted more potatoes,
would have had good crop, as they
were planted deep. Some old time ways
of planting, like common sense, will al
ways last.
Some attended the county fair from
here and found everything conducted In
an orderly manner. More than fifteen
years since we were there, and quite a
change.
Mrs. Betsy Trask has returned from
North Paris to the home of her SOD, FL
mer Trask.
Mr.. Brown takes the place of Mr.
Hutchins here on route /.