Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-09-11

the guest OF Mr.. and nrs. ]. Il. Bsap.
nr. and hrs. ". W. Walker Of Wood.
fords were Sunday guests Of rslssivs'
here.
Ma. d. y. Stewart and children havs
Island.
Misc Florence Z. Rlchsrds haa h..r
visiting at Mechanic Falls and Auhnrr
during the past week.
Master George Z. Stevens Of Portland
70 here to visit bis grandfather, Georre
q. Davis, and attend the fair.
DR.. =. w. Smell Of Isls au liant v,. IN
town last weak 10 attend the funeral q,
his eroshsr-in-law, 8. n. Durgin.
Mrs. winifred Penley and Master Nosl
harston Of Portland have been euests 81
relatives here during the past week.
N. G. McKsen went Thursday 70
Haverhill, Mass, where he will spend
some time with his son, Edwin McKsen
Harlan Dennison, SON OF Mr.. aad Mn
Il. w. Dennison, 10 engaged In the store
OF the Chas. 81. Howard Co. - clerk for
the present.
Mrs. Alfred 81. Jackson and Miss Mel.
lie n. jackson are visiting In Portland.
Everett, Aass., and other places for !
week or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Plummer, Mr..
and Mrs. James Plummsr and Mrs.
Alvin Bailey OF Lowell were Sunday
guests ut Fred B. Virgins.
The church and parish will give a re-
ception to Rev. and Mrs. A. T.
McWhorter ut the Congregational vestry.
Friday evening, Sept. IA. At 8 O'Clock.
Mrs. ]. r. Lathrop OF Medford, Mass.
tine contralto singer, sang two solos ai
the Unlversalist church service Sunday
morning. Mrs. Lathrop ID the guest Of
Mrs. l.. L. Russell.
A portion of the work of hanging the
arc lights on High Street to incsndescents,
as voted az the annual corporation meet
ing last March, has been done, but the
work Is not Jet completed.
j. 81. Nichols will make his home
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Newell while in
South Paris. He may ~ before spend
the winters with his daughter, Mrs..
SWEET, in Winchester, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleon C. Farrar are liv.
ing In tent in the pines north of Harrison
Farrsr's house on the Paris Hill road
and are planning to build house at this
point for their own occupancy.
The fair at West Bethel will be held
on Tuesday, Sept. Is. There will be
dancing 10 the afternoon and evening,
with music by Shaw, piano, and True,
drums and bells, of South Paris.
The regular meetings of the Service
League will be omitted this week. But
on Saturday afternoon at $50, girls
from s 10 II are asked to come to do
shipping and bring scissors, a. before.
The first meeting of the Eutsrpean
Club will be held on October 9Th instead
Of October first, the change of date be-
ing made because the previous date
conflicts with the Maine Music Festival.
Mrs. Y. p. DeCoster OF Buckfield and
her sister, Mrs. Harriet Fuller OF Oakland,
Calf, are guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
r. Morton, and will 90 with them on
trip around the mountains on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wiggln and son
Riualdo and Mrs. Nellie Brickett motor
cd to Bartlett, N. g., last week and
called on Mrs. Wiggin's sister, Mrs.
Fred Garland, and from there home by
the way OF Lowell.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Mitchell Of
Philadelphia are paying their annual
visit to their daughter, Mrs. c. g. Miller
and family. Mr.. Miller Ia showing them
through the country by auto. They
will remain through the fair.
The Ladies' Social Union will have
charge of the Universalist dinner booth
at the Oxford County fair. All members
are earnestly requested to help, as there
will be much to do. Fine and ample
meals will be served and at popular
prices.
This frigid weather 10 discouraging.
There have been touches Of frost during
the past week, and doubtless would have
been more but for timely fogs. The
crops, which are from two to three weeks
late, and needing warm summer weather,
are standing still.
Miss Helen N. King entertained .
party of eighteen lady teachers from the
Portland schools at the Leanto Saturday.
The visitors came on the forenoon train
and returned on the 500 train In the
afternoon. They were taken from the
train in automobiles, and took o trip
over Paris Hill on the return.
The remains of Miss Goldie Bemsn
were brought here Monday from far-
mouthville, where she died at her nome
at the age OF n years. Burial WAS IN
the family lot In Riverside Cemetery.
Miss Beman was the daughter OF the late
Edwin Beman, formerly . resident OF
south Paris, who will be remembered oy
the older generation.
For q special election, voting was
fairly brisk Monday morning on the nve
constitutional amendments submitted.
In the flrst hour after the polls we're
open, about fifty votes were cast 10 tne
town of Paris, which indicates . larry
GOOD ballot. OF course the woman sur
frage question Ia responsible ior sne
large part of the interest.
A colored man employed as "swipe"
with Mayberry's horses died suddenly AZ
the fair grounds Sunday. He had not
eaten for some time before bis arrivai,
and doubtless ate too much when be bad
the opportunity, and suffered the CON
SEQUENCES. His name was Cnsries
Mohre. be hailed from Boston, ana 10
aid by the other men to have oeeo 40
years Of age.
Clarence G. Morton has purchased soe
honse of Mrs. Georgia Andrews on the
corner of Gothic and High Streets, ano
will occupy 1t soon. This house mas
long been known - the "Stone house.,
having been the home OF Mrs. Andrews
parents. Mr.. and Mrs.. e. r. Stone. MIS-.
Andrews Il moving her things TO faa,s
Hlll. where she will make her home Win
her SON, Charles B. Andrews.
An automobile accident occurred on
ths nine woods road Sunday that might
nave proved moro serious. Henry ha.
linen. . young Finn, who has had = Gar
only about four weeks, was DRIVING
toward this village with Miss Ina hn.s
nan: near the foot Of the long grace
above the Hubbard barn he met aoo'nS
car and in turning out to pass, the GA
that he Was driving left the rS.o ~.