Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-11-03

Misc Fannie Mason has closed her
house and u with her cousin. 4rs. Hay,
in Portland.
DR.. and Mrs. R. r. Tibbetts and son
spent few days in Palermo with the
doctors parents.
The W. C. T. q. held IN interesting
meeting with Mrs. Mac A. Goodwin.
Mrs. Nay Wiley 10 the guest OF Mrs.
W. o. Straw.
Saturday, Oct. "a, . pretty homo we'd
ding took place ct Mr.. Lincoln Cum
mings', when their daughter, Lulu Bessie
Cummings, WAS united In marriage with
Howard James Hutchins, also OF Bethel.
The ceremony WAS performed by Rev. J..
d. Little. The homo was prettily deco
rated, and only the immediate families
of the bride and groom were present.
After q dainty lunch bad been served, the
happy couple departed for short wed.
ding trip. They will reside at Walkers
Mills.
Wednesday Mr.. and Mrs. r. s. Chand-
Ter returned from . ten days visit In
Yarmouth and Auburn.
W. A. Bunting Of Yarmouth was In
Bethel on business In connection with
tho Grand Trunk.
Wednesday the W. r. C. held meet
ing and was visited by the inspector.
Wednesday the Christian Endeavor
served q HALLOWEEN supper.
Thursday evening Halloween dance
was held in Odeon Hall.
Friday morning from two to three
O'Clock . heavy thunder shower passed
over Bethel.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown OF Bethel
dined with their nephew Sheriff Harry
Hastings. :,
There ware no sessions Of the schools
Thursday and Friday, - most OF the
teachers attended the teachers con-
vention in Portland.
DIR. and Mrs. E. L. Brown went to
Boston to attend the wedding OF DR..
Browns brother, DR.. Maurice Brown.
Daniel Durell and bride have returned
from their wedding trip and reside on
Broad Street.
There will be Q union temperance con.
cert in Odeon Hall Sunday evening, Nov.
sth, under the auspices Of tho W. c. T.
y.
MIDDLE INTRRvALE.
A. P. Chapman of South Paris was
here recently salesman for the J. r.
Watkins Medical Company, Winona,
Mimi.
Mrs. Mary Jordan Is with her daugh'
ter, Mrs. Oliver, at the old Oliver home.
stead.
Mr.. Whitney has been doing work in
the cemetery here.
S. B. Osgood has been with relatives
at Locke's Mills. Fred Gordon moved
some household goods from her home to
to the Maple and Pine Farm to be
stored.
Thursday night heavy rain here.
Frances Abbott is about to come
home from the Normal School at Cor
ham.
Methel Packard has sold her horse and
parted with her dog and cats. Now
after rest she 10 ready for teaching OF
some useful employ ment, for which she
Ia we'll fitted.
Our former r. F. D. man, Mr.. Hutch.
ms, in company with Fred Merrill, went
through here Friday by automobile
looked like hunting business.
NJ L. Thurston has bought some cord
wood on the Maple and Pine Farm.
Farmers are hauling apples and pota.
toes to market, and some to the cider
mill. We can remember when there
we're fifteen or twenty barrels of cider In
our porch. cellar at South Paris, and We
kids would with straw suck 1t out Of
the bung hole when sweet. No cider so
good now. No food 80 good as porridge
when We returned from school for sup
per, with brown bread baked by mother
in the brick oven.
We have before US letter from deal
mother, /. Visa Penley Packard, written
at South Paris in 1885, and directed to
Miss Ellen Packard, Lewiston, Maine
That was the writer's name, 90 the writ
or has had this letter for Q keepsake
about so years, and others from her old
est brother, Joseph P. Packard, who
was q soldier in the war Of 1861. Now
they both are 10 Heaven. Their bodies
| lie In the North Paris cemetery, where
others of the family are buried. Az We
look back We wonder how father AND
mother can toll and care for such fam
lily of children, being fifteen In all. How
pleasant to think of time when We al
but one sat around the table Thanksgiv
inc day Mt South Paris.