Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-03-11
SOUTH PARIS.


w..,,sv Scott recently spent Q few
DAYS in North Buckfsld.
Mia. MARY Dwiusl of Mechanic Falls Il
,,.itipg relatives 10 this village.
o.o,cs Morton was in Boston AND
-,SiOi,S several days last week.
,ns-, Morse of Gharlsstown, Mass.
,Dsot last week in South Paris.
NJ. Isous Farnhsm was in Lewiston
.Say or SO the first OF last week.
vi.,ss Ada and Ruth McAllister re
,.n,lV spsnt day or two in Portland.
Ms Lsou Hunter of Strong is stop
ping in South Paris for week or two.
NJ. Helen Kimball visited friends In
West Paris Wednesday.
The small boy with his marbles has
,nnssrsd on several dry spots in the vii
age.
u,s Harold Fletcher was recent
,rs.t Of her sister, Mrs. Charles Young,
Il West Miuot.
n, and Mrs. Alton Maxim were in
portlsnd last week, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs George Fernald.
Mr., Rachel Stanley returned from q
,i.it IN Mrs. Ellen F. Cummings in Me-
ebsuic Falls, Monday.
Mrs. Nellie ElliugwOod, who has been
4, ,oru several weeks, has returned to
hore in Wslchville.
1obn TEombly of Portland was In
oxn the frst of last week to visit bis
mother who is quite feeble.
Charles Ripley of Island Pond, Yer
nopt. was in town Wednesday, the
snss. Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Ripley.
g,salsnd Witham wishes to thank the
,aonle Of South Paris for their kind
ismsmbrspce Of him while in the hospi
tai.
Mr. and Mrs. franklin Goldsmith left
Vadnssday morning for Portland, where
tbsy .tay a few days and then go to Bos-
ton.
Mr., Frank White of Danville Junction
xs. recent guest of friends in town.
Mrs.. White was a former resident OF this
village.
Wilson Walker has fitted out
tbrss-ssst Ford auto bus and 10 carry
Ing passengers between South Paris and
Norway,
Sbss's Novelty Jazz Orchestra has
bean engaged to furnish music for the
Wsst Paris High School graduation on
June leth.
Mrs. Gertrude NJ Gray and daughter,
Miss Thelma Gray, of Freeport were in
town the first of last week for q day or
two visiting relatives.
Among those who attended the Auto
mobile show in Portland last week were
Harold Fletcher, Fred Hartman, Fred
y. Wright, Frank Fogg and Fred Shaw.
John Muuroe OF Mechanic Falls was
IN South Paris for the day Wednesday.
Mr. NunrOe was for many years q CORE
Ipoudsnt for the Democrat from South
Waterford.
Ak. Birch, the wrestler, who has ap-
psared in several wrestling matches in
Norway lately, left town Thursday for .
more or less extended stay. He wished
to thank the people of the two villages
for the interest they had taken in his
public exhibitions Of wrestling.
By request, Shsw's Novelty Jazz Or
chsstrs will give a dance at Norway
Grange Hall on Friday evening of this
week Admission % cents each, dancing
free. Walkers auto will leave Towards
Drug Store at 1870 o'clock and return
after the dance. Round trip rs cents.
The Royal mail steamer Essequlbo Is
the second hospital ship TO arrive In
Portland with wounded Canadian SOL
disrs, who will be carried TO their desti-
nations mostly over the Grand Trunk
Railway. She bad $50 wounded men on
board. She arrived in Portland Friday.
The March ball given by Paris Grange
lsss Monday evening was q grand sue
csn. Over one hundred couples attend
Cd. Shsw's Novelty Orchestra furnished
the music, with the latest hits. Under
the same management with the popular
orchestra, they will give another ball In
April, also May ball.
The three two-horse teams from Ken
nsbunk, which have been hauling pine
timber for the Mason Manufacturing
Company, have finished their work here
and left for home Thursday. The horses
we're so handsome they attracted con-
siderable attention during their stay,
though strange TO say three OF them
we're blind
The "0ld Peabody Pew" viii be pre-
lsossd at the Universslist church on
Tuesday evening Of next week. Those
Who take part in the play are Mrs. Maud
Sweet Miss Harriet N. Leach, Miss
Ava Leach, Mrs. Emma Holmes, Mrs.
Howard B. Carter, Mrs. Annie Swift,
Mrs.. Dora Swan, Mrs. Elizabeth Morton
and Harry N. Shaw.
As showing the difference between
tnis winter and the season of 1sl7'1S.
Conductor Thompson of the Grand
Trunk Railway said at this station one
Gay last week that there had been but
Two nights this winter when the mer-
CafY had dropped below zero in Island
fono, Vermont, while for the three win
s' months last year the average nightly
temperature was Is degrees below zero
The hearing before the Legislative
committee on temperance on Tuesday IN
Augusta on an act providing that all
beverages containing more than one pei
cent alcohol shall be declared intoxicat
ng liquors, brought ont some sharp crit
@isn on cider making and drinking In
iaai communities, which may be OF In
Ssrsst to the hill country of Oxford
COenty, where apple trees grow wild
auo CIDER making consequently 10 quite
asensively carried on. Sheriff King +
saham Of Cumberland County testified
.oN cider drinking was curse In rurs
Onmunities, and large number OF thu
MURDERS OF the state had been brough
SoOut oy intOxication caused By cider
Sssn containing three per cent Of alco
~ are elsssed as Intoxicating liquors
.ulis cider containing from II 10 ID pc
''o' alcohol 10 In class by itself.
Mrs. Agnes L. Morton's musical sketcl
untitled IAN Evening &C Home" SCORES
.ootaer success Thursday evening at tn
Suohe supper served at Paris Grapg
unl. The sketch introduced musics
,e'ctlons, songs and readings by tn
our young ladies' composing the Eolis
HaArtstts-Misses Evelyn Wight, Emm
rp,"r Beryl Silver and Gladys Hatch
sus Entertainment followed the supper
a sooable followed the entertain
asas Oil OF which were we'll patronize
~ enjoyed. Arrangements have oee