Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-10

Regular meeting OF Mount Pieasau
Rebekah Lodge next Friday evening.
Mrs. ]. c. Harris of Brookline, Mass
has recently visited her sister, Mrs. Mar
E. Bryant.
The floors at the rooms of the Pari
Trust Co. are being covered with battle
ship linoleum.
| The drain for the boiler room at tn
court house, which bad become plugged
is being relaid.
Mrs. II. C. Trombly of Cambridge
Mass, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. II
r. Carter, on Wheeler Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Chute started Fri
day on a vacation of two weeks to b.
Ispent in Harrison and Sweden.
Swasey G. Burnell and Miss Haiti
Burnell went Friday for visit to Mr.
Burnell's former home in Baldwin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Park are a
their camp at Shagg Pond, with Mrs
Russell aud children of East Sumner al
guests.
Miss Eva Z. Walker and Miss Pris
ella Chase are with the McWhorters a
Sbagg Pond. Mrs. Alta Rankin is goinl
a little later.
Just one day last week when it wa
possible to get in hay. Some one hal
estimated that this weather means los!
of 81 900, 600 to the farmers of Maine.
Chief Engineer Chas. W. Bowker at
tended the annual meeting of the Maine
Fire Chiefs Association at Old Towr
last week, and was reelected treasurer
of the association.
Miss Gertrude Croker and Mis-.
Gladys Cooper of Maiden, Mass, anG
Miss Louise Lord of Winchester, Mass
are guests of Miss Marguerite Elder al
the Elder summer home here.
| The Western Avenue Club were re-
Gently entertained by Mrs. Benz. SWEET
at a Coffee Klatch" in real German
| fashion. German cakes and other for.
eign dainties were served and thorough
ly enjoyed.
| A garden party will be held on the
lawn of Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Holmes on
the evening of Tuesday, Aug. IT, There
will be food sale in the afternoon, and
dancing in the evening with music by
Howard Shaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur U. Tyler and son
| Elmer Tyler will start on Tuesday or
"Wednesday of this week on a months
trip across the continent, visiting both
the California expositions and returning
by way of Portland, Ore, and the North
ern Pacific.
Gordon and Sara Abbott of Lynn,
/ Mass, have returned home after visit
to their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin SWEET. Mrs. Eager and her
grandson, William SWEET, son of Vernon
b. SWEET, of Newton, Mass, are at pres
ent guests there.
An invitation to attend the tenth ami
yersary of the Relief Corps at Hebron
bas been accepted by Wm. K. Kimball
Circle and Post, bnt no definite plans for
conveying members have been made. II
is hoped a good number will attend fur
nishing their own conveyance.
Co. ID, Second Regiment, n. G.. S. NJ :,
will attend the annual eucampment at
Augusta from the 10th to the Goth. The
company will 90 into camp at the fair
grounds next Saturday night and remain
there until Monday morning, when they
take the early train for Augusta.
The Philathea Class of the Baptist
church will hold its annual field day with
Mrs. l. A. West Tuesday of this week.
A team will leave Mrs. F. A. Tay lor's at
$50 prompt, so ali members are request
ed to be on time. Arrangements are
made for Wednesday should Tuesday not
be suitable.
Mrs. Z. p. Tippett and two daughters
of Toledo, Ohio, are visiting her cousin,
Mrs. B. F. Hicks of this village. Mrs.
Tippett's father was the youngest son of
an early Packard family of Hebron, and
settled in the West. She will visit her
relatives while here and also the old fam
lily home in Hebron, now known as the
old homestead of the late Z. l.. Packard.
Advertised letters and cards in South
Paris post office, August 9:
Mrs. Abra Clark.
Mrs. VIM. Il. Downing.
Mrs. Nellie :. Brown.
Miss e. K. Berry.
Miss Louise Angley.
Master Royal Dean.
MIR. +. A. Dean.
ID. +. Esty.
Mrs. Boutwell,.
j. A. KINNEY, P. NJ.
Announcements have been received of
the marriage of Miss Evangeline L.
Woodman to SIR. Norman c. Dyar, on
Monday, July 20, at Waterville. Mrs.
Dyar is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Woodman. For the past two
years she has successfully taught the
Shurtleff Primary School in South
Paris. The best wishes of many
friends follow them to their new home.
They will reside in Pennington.
John A. Scott has been with his family
here for two or three days. Mr.. Scott,
who was formerly superintendent of the
Mason Manufacturing Co.'s factory, is
now interested in large wood working
plant at Pembroke, Ont. As one item of
their present business they have a war
order for the inside partitions of car
fridge boxes, which amounts to sixty five
car loads Pembroke is in the lumber
country of Canada, and conveniently &C
cessible to large areas of virgin forest.
A variety shower was given Miss Rose
Clark Tuesday evening, by young lady
friends of the place, at the home Of Mrs.
Carl s. Briggs at Highland Cottage. The
affair was surprise to Miss Clark, she
being invited to the house after the
guests had assembled and the lights had
been turned off 50 as to give no hint of
the party. Numerous gifts were receiv-
ed by Miss Clark. The evening was
spent in playing rock, at which four
tables were filled, and in general socia-
bility.
Though the world will be full of horses
long after we are all dead, nothing could
be more significant of changed conditions
than the recent suggestion of an Oxford
County livery stable keeper to whom
customer applied for horse and car
rage to be used for the rest of the sum-
mer. eyes, you can have it," said the
stable proprietor, "but | want you to
give me nOtica day or two before you
want the team, because most of my
horses are out TO pasture, and / shall
have to get one of them up and have him
shod." And this was about the first of
August, right in the midst Of what stable
men used to call the "letting season."
The rem, over DR.. Carl S. Briggs dent
al parlors is nearly completed, having