Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-07-21
The oil on the streets seems to
making good 90 far.

The oil on the streets seems to b
making good 30 far.
Mrs. d. A. Wheeler of Auburn spen
the past week at DIR. c. l.. Bucks.
Blueberries are In the market, and tn
indications are that there is to be goo,
crop.
Miss Elizabeth Sperry of Somerville
Mass., is q guest at Charles Edwards
this week.
The English sparrows are as much 81
cited as ever over the advent of tn
brown-tails.
Ralph Andrews and Miss Eva An
drews spent few days last week witt
relatives in Lowell.
The Universalist church will be close,
for the vacation from now until the frs
Sunday in September.
Maurice L. Noyes and family are plan
ming to take motor trip to Calais, I,
visit Rev. T. j. Ramsdell and family.
Master Leslie Marston of Woodfords
formerly Of this place is visiting relatives
and bis young schoolmates for few
days.
Mrs. Clara S. Chase is here from lion
N. Y. Nathan A. Chase, her son, viii
come about the frs, of August for biz
vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Knapp, who
have been in Vermont, are moving into
the house on Hill street owned by Rev
G. G.. Miller.
Mrs. Lizzie Wilson Of Gorham and
Mrs. Flora McAllister of lbany recent.
" visited their brother, VIM. A. Rand
Of South Paris.
Miss Mollie Ross of Portland has been
a guest at w. ID. Clark's for the past
week, being here to attend the Briggs
Clark wedding.
DIR. ID. NJ. Stewart is at Fort Williams,
Portland, on tour of duty with the hos
pital corps of the Maine National Guard,
of which be is an officer.
Mr.. and Mrs. RIph r. Butts went to
Portland Saturday to spend Sunday with
relatives. and attend the field day of the
Master Plumbers Association at Long
Island on Monday.
The heaviest shower of the season Fri
day night, as far as lightning and
threatening was concerned, though the
rainfall was not great here. No damage
from lightning in this vicinity.
The last regular meeting OF Hamlin
Temple, p. S.. before the summer vaca-
ton, was held Tuesday evening. One
candidate was initiated. Refreshments
were served and very pleasant evening
spent.
George A. Doran and family have re-
turned from vacation spent at a cottage
at Old Orchard. During Mr.. Doran's
absence his place as station agent of the
Grand Trunk was taken by John Reeves,
relieving agent.
Owing to the heat and shower last FRI
day evening Hamlin Lodge postponed
their work in the third rank until next
Friday evening, July pa Refreshments
will be served. All members please
make an effort to attend.
A party which is occupying the Walker
camp at Shagg Pond this week includes
Mr. and Mrs. o. Z Barrows, Rev. NJ. V.
McAlister and family, Irving o. Barrows,
Miss Ada l.. Turner, Percy Turner and
Miss Eyaugelne Woodwork. Mr.. and
Mrs. +. A. Turner may join them.
A meeting Of the executive officers of
the W. C. T. U. is called by the presi-
dent, Mrs. E. Chapman, to be held
with her Tuesday afternoon at 2:30.
This includes the general officers and
the superintendent of departments.
Other members are cordially invited.
On Wednesday, July %, the members
of Hamlin Temple will send Helen Cole
a post card shower. Her address is 237
High Street, Portland, Me. 1t is hoped
all Sisters will remember the date and
send a card. She is in Portland for
medical treatment at DR.. Abbott's hos
pitsl.
]. P. Richardson has recently improv-
ed his cottage, Camp Owsley, on Crys-
tai Lake, Harrison, by the addition Of a
five by five foot plate glass window
overlooking the the lake. he has
leased the camp to Rev. Robert C..
Denison of New Haven, CT, for a
month.
Alton C. Maxim has a crew OF carpen-
ters at work on his new grain mill on
the site of the one that was burned on
Skillings Avenue. The building is be-
TIVE cen 81 and % feet in width, between
the railroad and the street, and will
eventually be 200 feet in length. The
northern section Of the mill Is now 60
| ing up, aud is low in the walls, with q
single pitch quite Hat roof.
Tuesday evening the brown-tail millers
began to make their appearance around
the electric lights. Selectman Bowker
has kept a record for some years, and he
says the flight always begins on the l4th
or the 18th of July. Only small num-
Der gathered Tuesday night. For the
next two nights the street lights were
kept off, 50 as not to attract the moths
to the tall elm trees on the streets, from
which it is so difficult TO remove them.
Friday night the lights were put on
again about the time the shower began.
After the shower the moths came out
some, but not in such clouds as there
have been for the past year or two. The
lights have since been on, and while a
few moths have appeared, their numbers
so far at least are small. 1t looks as 1t
the parasites were getting in their work,
and the high tide of the browD-tail in
vasion had passed. Let US hope 80,
while we do not let up in our fight
aoainat the past