Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-06-13
SOUTH PARIS.

Miss Ruth Bolster spent several days
In Old Orchard last week as the guest OF
friends.
Miss Janet Peters of Portland has been
HE guest of Miss Olivia Bagley at 7. S.
Barnes for few days.
DIR. and Mrs. D. NJ. Stewart attended
the meeting and banquet of the Maine
Medical Society in Portland last week.
AT meeting of the Piscataquis
rsacbers' Association held at Foxcroft,
Shirley ]. Rswson of Brownville was
elected president for the year 1851.
Mr. and Mrs. F. n. Calderwood of
Portland were guests at B. F. Richards
several DAYS last week, while in attend
nnce AZ the Universalist state convention.
Mrs. Ellen F. Cummings of Mechanic
Polls visited here and at the Hill for q
Few DAYS last week, and attended the
|IInversslist state convention at Norway.
lime leap year ball at Grange Hall
Tnesday evening, June 20. Music by
sbav's Orchestra. Admission to the
han % cents each. Dancing from Sis to
b..
tennis racquet offered to the, boy
who sold the largest number of tickets
Tor the Tennis Club play last week was
won by Leo B. Walton, who sold 81 tick
cts.
Mrs. l.. E. Bean, Miss Cora j. Mason
and Miss Pauline returned here last
week. after spending the winter season
bio Portland, and have reopened their
house.
Mrs. Albert D. Park and her sister,
Ms. Heald Of East Sumner, spent sever
Al DAYS last week at the Park cottage at
Old orchard, and Mr.. Park went down
Saturday.
VIM. B. Russell has sold his interest
Ia the grain business to bis son, Leon L.
Russell, with whom be has been in part
nsrship under the firm name OF W. b.
& L. L. Russell.
Merton Clifford takes the place of
Freeland E. Witham as clerk in the drug |
store of the Chss II. Howard Co. Mr.. |
Witham goes to Mechanic Falls and will |
be in the grocery store of his father-iu- |
law, W. D. Clark.
Charles E. Merrill and family arrived |
here Thursday night. Mr.. Merrill has
been principal of BOothbay Harbor High |
/ School, but, as has been noted in the
/ Democrat, is to engage in the, insurance
business in South Paris.
As appears in advertisement in this
4 paper, the state assessors will hold q
/ session at the court house here on We'd
| nesdsy, June 21 The preceding day /
| they have session in Fryeburg, and the
| day following session at Rumford.
il. Stuart says they have "got on
| 10" him in a distant city, as is evidenced
BY the address of letter which he re-
Gently received, as follows:
j. II. Stuart & Co., m Dr.,
Civic Engineers and Land Surveyors,
South Paris, Maine.
The chorus choir of the Universalist
church, with Mrs. Agnes L. Morton Or
gauist and director, sang at several of
the sessions of the Universalist state con
yeution at Norway last week, and
number of solos were also sung by Mas
ter Alan Miller.
The voting list recently revised and
printed, for the town of Paris, contains a
total of 1898 names. Singularly, the
first family name on the list, Abbott,
has the largest number of names, 10.
The next in number is Cummings with
II. Though there are several other
large families, none is equal TO these.
A dead deer was found Friday morn
ing in the railroad fence little way this
side Of Jsckson's Crossing, about four
miles above South Paris. 1t was buck,
weighing about 125 pounds. He had be-
come entangled in the barbed wire
strand fence, and had evidently been
dead some time when found. Sheriff
rockingham was notified, and sent Dep
uty Sheriff Libby of Norway, who is
game warden, to take charge of it. The
section crew had buried the body at
once, on account of its condition.
Loren B. Merrill showed the Demo
crat Saturday what is said to be the I'm
est crystal of spstite in the world. 1t is
q terminal, about / 2 inches each way,
with faces as highly polished as if done
by "a lapidary, and is of q beautiful
purple color. Apatite is too soft for
gems, even if this were sufficiently good,
which it Is not except small portions Of
It, but as a specimen il is valued at a
large price. 1t is owned by Pitt Pulsi-
fer If Auburn, and was found on his
farm, at place which he is working for
minerals, about mile from Mount Aps-
lite.
While the Egyptian darkness of
northern thunder shower was at Its
height last Monday afternoon, a sudden
flash and crack came pretty near giving
everybody in the village heart failure.
Many people were convinced that IL
struck either their house or their next
neighbours. In fact IL struck one OF the
chimneys at the Clark farm on Hill
Street which Maurice L. Noyes recently
bought and occupied. The top of the
chimney was knocked to pieces. Though
the shower was heavy north of us, 1t did
not come near enough to do any other
damage, and only a sprinkle Of rain fell
here.
A wild ride was taken Wednesday by
Mrs Henry Kerr and her seven yesr-old
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Kerr and daugh-
ter were coming toward South Paris, and !
stopped to water the horse at the tub
above Shows Falls. Mr.. Kerr got out,
and as the bride had double bit, he
slipped it off and dropped 1t back on the
horses neck. Apparently the horse took
fright at the buggy top, and started so
quickly that Mr.. Kerr could not stop
him. Nearly to the South Paris turn he
ran. with Mrs. Kerr and the girl in the
buggy without any means of controlling
the horse. He was finally stopped by
the road patrolman, after run of some
four miles. Fortunately the buggy |
stayed right side up, and no one was in
jured.
A recital vas given at the home of
Miss Nellie NJ. Jackson Saturday after
noon, the pupil pianist being Miss Elipor
CLIFFORD assisted by Miss Eva Andrews,
vocalist. The following program was |
well executed and Miss Clifford has o
clear ringing touch:
nOooianu Echoes------------------ lyman
asa Deatn---- Greg /
Einor Clifford.
Miss Andrews.
80 Dvorak
Enchantress (from memory Morris |
Elinor CLIFFORD,
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