Oxford Democrat., 1914-08-25
West Paris.

Daily Item contained the following arti
Gle In the news notes from West Lynn.
A sight that stops scores OF pa.serso!
daily II the garden Of Will r. Dnnham o
95 Cottage Street. It would probabl!
be difficult to find . better cultivated
and moro beautiful spot In the westerl
part Of the city.
1t was only last season that Mr. Dun
ham started to transform an ordinar!
back yard into one of the most delight
full sights that the eye could meet, anc
90 far he has worked wonders with bill
little patch. Mr.. Durham does no,
make q speciality Of flowers alone, bu'
has done great deal towards disarmine
the terrors Of the "high cost OF living
with vegetable plot in the rear OF hi'
home that ranks second to mono OF ita
size in the city. Perhaps bis most won
derful achievement, and the one that be
takes the greatest pride In, is his toma'
toes. Many of Mr.. Dunham's tomato
bushes are seven feet high and on one
bush there are 40 tomatoes. When the
fact that the ordinary tomato bush is
only about two feet high Is taken into
consideration the wonders he has accom-.
plished can be realized. As early az
June II Mr.. Dunham was able to have
peas served Oh his table, and where the
peas were planted be has now cabbages
and great stalks of corn growing. Pota-
toes and other staple vegetables also
form great part Of his garden.
His flower garden is, however, some
thing that would delight the eye OF any
lover of flowers. There are 150 hills oi
dahlias, which form q beautiful border
for both the flower and vegetable gar.
dens and run around to the rear OF the
yard. On the front porch there is Jap
snese hop vine, which comes In fol
many compliments from observers. The
south side of the house is literally bank.
cd with hollyhocks, Japanese pinks, cos
mos, sweet peas and many other beauti'
full flowers. A we'll kept lawn runs
along one side of the house, greatly add
ing to the appearance Of the residence.
Mr.. Durham is a millwright in the
River Works of the General Electric
Company. He is devoted lover of out
door life and may be seen as early as 3
O'Clock in the morning out caring for
his garden. He believes implicitly In
the good old maxim of ~Early to bed
and early to rise," and often at 8 O'Clock
at night retires.
Mr.. Durham wishes to add that he is
greatly encouraged and assisted in his
garden work by his wife who is also 9
nature lover and deeply interested in all
out door life.
Mrs. Dunham was we'll known as Miss
Jennie Brown of West Paris, and both
Mr.. and Mrs. Durham were former resi-
dents of Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Of Oakland are
the guests of their son, DR.. Wheeler and
wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Mann and Mr.. anG
Mrs. Bert Day are at Camp Packard
Locke's Mills, for week.
The new concrete sidewalk in front o.
q. w. Duutam's and Mrs. Bucknam'I
buildings is a great improvement. New
crossings have been put in on Church
and Maple Streets, also new sidewall
the entire length of Park Street.
Mrs. Taylor Of Boston is at j. r. Tuck
er's.
Keith Field, Mrs. Field, Mr.. and Mrs
A. r. Tuell, c. Il. Lane, Jr., Mr.. ant
Mrs. G. A. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin j
Mann and Mrs. Cynthia Curtis went t
Lewiston Tuesday to listen to Colone
Roosevelt's address.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Barden were q
Hebron Monday to visit their daughter
Miss Laura Barden.
The Otisfield Quarterly Conferenc
will meet at the Free Baptist Churcl
next week commencing Tuesday evening
and continuing through Wednesday ant
Thursday afternoon. Dinners both day
and Wednesday night will be served il
Grange Hall. Everybody invited.
Mrs. Lester Fl. Penley is taking he
annual vacation with Mr.. and Mrs. j. 4
Emertcn Of Auburn on an automObil,
trip. Master Donald Penley is spendin
considerable time with his grandma
Mrs. Clara Ridlon.
Mrs. Warren and daughter Edna o
Great Darlington, Mass, has been re
cent guest of her nephew, j. Z. Brocl
and family. :.
Augustus S. Durham is visiting hi
son John Dunham of Portland.
Lewis NJ. Mann and son E. j. Man
made business trip to Rumford Fall
Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs. q. R. Tue
also enjoyed ride over in the automo
bile.
Mrs. s. T. White was the guest of Mrs
l. L. Bowker day or two when on be
trip to Ocean Park.
DR.. Webber of Lewiston was at DI
| Wheelsr's Thursday.
Earl McFarlane of Portland has re
Gently visited his aunt, Mrs. l. F. En-
mons.
Miss Louise Dana of Westbrook
with her aunt, Miss May Dana, who
quite i'll.
Ezekiel Porter and family have re
turned from an auto trip to Troy, N. b
to visit Mrs. POrter's relatives.