Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-12-23


TRAINS LEAVE SOUTH PARIS
Going down East 5 SO a. m, express. daily
slSa M, local. daily except Sunday; :s6 p. m
Going up (wess) s,Is a. m. express, daily
3:S5 p. m, local, daily except Sunday; $50 pm
express, daily.
Miss Alice Eastman Of Lowell is CUES
at Arthur Z. Clsrk's.
Rodney W. Brown of Reading, Mass.
was in town few days last week.
The high school closed the fall tern
Friday, for vacation of two weeks.
Harrison Farrar is spending the winte
with his daughter, Mrs. Il. K. league
at Madison.
Roland Record, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Chester Record, is visiting in Portland
for few days.
Mrs. II. q. Huutoon of Portland
formerly Miss Agnes Withsm, has spent
aweek with Mrs Grinfill Stuart.
Walter L. Gray has sold his cottage
Gray Birches, on Lake tennessee wassee
to Perley +. Ripley of Paris Hill.
Mrs. Agnes Morton and son RAYMOND
Penfold were with Ralph Penfold and
family in Portland last few days last
week.
Dates fixed for the Good Cheer fair
are Feb. Is, 20 and q. The play which
will be put on the last two nights of the
fair is Bound by an Oath"
Priscilla Chase and Eloise Shaw of the
first grade in the Pleasant Street school
were not absent during any session of
the fall term ending Dec. 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Sturteyant enter
tanned party of several young married
aud unmarried couples at their home at
the Abbott farm Friday evening.
A reunion of the class of 1918 of Paris
High School will be held in Grand Army
Hall Friday evening of this week, with a
short musical program, and an order Of
games and dances.
Charles Eaton, of Irviugton, n. Y,
was the guest of his father, II B. Eaton,
In this town last week. Mr.. Eaton Is an
engineer and holds responsible and lu-
crative position in New York.
Another whist party, attended by
between forty and fifty, was held In
Engine House Hall Wednesday evening,
and the proceeds will swell the fund of
the men of the Universslist parish in
their contest.
By the will of the late William Deering
Of Chicago, his entire estate is left to his
Immediate family. There are no public
requests, Mr.. Deering stating in his will
that he had given enough for charity
during his lifetime. The estate is now
estimated at Sl2. 100000.
One of the most attractive Christmas
window displays in town is that which
the Paris Trust Co. has been showing,
the greeting, "Merry Xmas" appearing
in large letters made of new one dollar
silver certificates. Even at that, ii re-
presents only about fifty dollars.
Miss Charlotte Giles, who is employed
regularly at the Office of the Mason Man
ufacturing Co. in Portland, is here in
the compsDy's office at the factory for
two or three weeks, while the regular
steuographer, Miss Bennett, Is taking a
vacation at her home at Wilson's Mills.
E. +. Bassett thinks that the buck he
and Frank Kimball brought home from
their hunting trip the first of last week
was the largest one he has ever seen.
When hung up for dressing the animal
measured eight feet and half from hind
feet to tip of nose, and it had a good
head and wide spreading sntlers with
ten points.
Ripley & Fletcher, automobile dealers,
ha Oh in a lny
Block which was vacated by the A. <.
Shurtlef Co., next door to their present
location. The store will be used for an
automobile show room, and the base
ment under IL for garage. Quite an
amount of remodelng will be necessary
TO fit the room for the purpose.
Herschel Woods, employed in track
crew on the Grand Trunk, is suffering
from an injury sustained on the 18th
inst. by dropping the eud of rail on bis
foot through miscalcu!ation. No bones
were broken In the foot, but IL was so
badly lacerated that number of stitches
were necessary to close the wound. He
has been confined with it at his board
ing place at L. j. Brackets.
A school exercise somewhat out of the
ordinary was the presentation OF the
first two acts Of julius Caesar at the
high school Thursday afternoon, in dra-
matte form and With good effect, as is
testified by those who had the pleasure
OF hearing it. This was done by the
sophomore English class, under the di'
recsiou Of Mrs. Rankin, the English
teacher. The other acts of the play will
be put on next term.
At the annual meeting of the Univer
salist Good Cheer Society at Mrs. Bean
Wednesday afternoon, the committees
were partially arranged for the anuua
fair TO be held about the first of March
and officers OF the society for the coming
year were chosen as sollows:
Presid nt-Miss Cora j. Mason.
-Presidents-Mrs. \. c. Record, Mrs ID
ID Fletcher.
Assistant Secretary-Mrs. J. ID. Haynes
Treasurer-Mrs. A. l.. Holmes.
Assistant Treasurer-Mrs. K. II. Herrick'
spacial attraction at the sale of the
Baptist Ladies' Aid at the vestry Thurs
day afternoon and evening was The
Japanese department, where japanese
paintings, toys, ETC., were on sale. i've
twsuty-fiye dollars worth of the charac
teristic Japanese paintings were sold
Other departments OF the sale were wei
stocked and we'll patronized. In tn
evening a musical program was given
with orchestra and vocal selections. Th
net proceeds will be in the vicinity O
$50.
With the closing of the big game sea
son last Monday a number OF deer cam
in, brought by hunters from "up To
line" Alton G. Maxim, w. b. Youus
BY. Russell and A. ID. Wing, who ha
been at Mason, brought in four. Other
who brought in one apiece were Georg
w. Mckinley. <. F. Bassett, N: l.. Noye
and George Borneman. M. w. Maxir
and Don Bean had half of a deer whic
thew had to divide with another hunte
ON the same track, and NJ. L. Noyes ha
a thirteen point head of which be elaine
one horn that he shot of. while the OIL
or fellow got the other horn and u
deer, but gave him the head.
GuyR Fox, who bad been resider
OF South Paris for some years, died o
Thursday at Lowell. For long tim
Mr.. Fox had been affected with Bright
disease, bnt the end came suddeniy :
last. On account of his falling health
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