Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-18
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE D0INds OF THR WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris mn.

Paris nm.
Services st Paris Hfn Bsptiss church every
Sunday st As. Sunday School at II. Sunday
evening service at 80. Thursday evening
pras o. me,tine at7 80 O'Clock.
Bids for carrying the mall between the
Paris Hill post Office and the railroad
station at South Paris for the four years
beginning July LIST, were msde TO the
Post Office Department In Washington
last week.
Frank B. Hammond 10 ut home for q
time from his employment ut Poland
Spring on account Of an attack OF rheu-
matism.
Mrs. Malcolm G. Clark. who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. X. b.
Curtis, has returned 10 her homo In
South Paris.
Philip Mason has begun work on the
John Garland house for Miss Bissell oil
Wilmington, Del, who purchased the
place last summer, and will occupy II
the coming season. Miss Bissell has had
q large amount Of furniture sent here
that arrived last week.
The Central Maine Power Co. have
crew setting poles In this village for the
new electric light lines. The Paris Hill
line will enter the village by way OF the
Wallace Cummings farm and "Granny
jackson Hill" so called. The company
have selected very nice lot OF poles fol
use In this village and the work Of CON
struction 10 proceeding rapidly. 1t hsi
been found necessary to use . steam
drill for setting some of the Main Street
poles on account of the ledge coming %
near the surface Of che ground. VerJ
little frost has been encountered In thu
work of digging the holes, and the
weather has been decidedly favorable fol
work of this kind at this season OF the
year.
The Sunshine Club was entertained BY
Mrs. Ida Sturtevsnt on Thursday, Jan
IS, There were twelve members, seven
guests and seven children present. The
club was not asked for by any member
1t is hoped II may be 90 the meetings
can be held a. usual.
The annual meeting Of the First Bap'
fist parish of Paris was held In Cum
mings Hall Thursday evening, and the
following officers were elected:
Moderator-L. r. Merrill.
Clerk-F. W. Shaw.
Assessors-L. B. Merrill. 4. B. Curtis. W. Il
Twitchell.
Collector and Treasurer-E. B. Curtis.
Soliciting CONF. A. Daniels.
House Com.-L. B. Merrill. <. B. Curtis.
W. Shaw. N. A. Cummings. Harold Shaw.
Music Com.-Mrs- n. A. Cummings.
Organist-Mrs. II. p. Hammond.
Asst. Organist-Mrs. n. A. Cummings.
Ushers-Harold Shaw. Clyde Shaw.
Pulpit Conf. B. Merrill. e. A. Daniels
Miss II. e. King, Mrs. E. B. Curtis, c. r. King
Last Tuesday evening q Community
Club was organized with the following
officers:
Pres.-Miss Jeanpie Hubbard.
Vice Pres.-Mrs. Carlson.
Sec.-Mrs. N. A. Cummings.
Treas.-Mr. N. p. Shaw.
Press Reporter-Mrs. +. w. Shaw.
Supper Committee-Mrs. II. p. Shaw, Mrs
Chas. Aldrich, Mrs. e. B. Curtis.
Entertainment Committee-Mrs. Kate Ham
mond, Mrs. 81. w. Lyon. Mrs. Il. w. Shaw, MAJ
George Turner, Mrs. George Turner.
The suppers are to be continued in
definitely for the benefit of the FIRE com
pany, the prices being changed to 81
cents for adults who do not furnish food
rs cents for adults furnishing food, 2!
cents for children who represent fsmiliei
furnishing no food, Is cents for children
who represent families furnishing food
The treasurer reports about $50 OF
hand.
Pupils having perfect spelling the pas
week: Esther Curtis, Charlotte Daniels
The next Baptist Circle supper will b.
held Tuesday evening, Jan. Is, at $50
Every body come.
Now that our holiday duties are vel
over, we can give thought to the Coun
try Club fair to be given next August
the time seems some distance ahead bui
it's not too early to begin making plans
We have assurance that many unique
attractions will be offered and now ID
the time to begin on some piece OF work
for the fancy table. An attractive and
spacious porch will be added to the club
house early In the spring that will add
greatly to the convenience and comfort
of all the social functions, and 1t Is I'M
portsnt that every member make the
coming fair the most successful In the
history Of the club; and thus place the
organization upon q solid financial as
well as social basis. Begin now upon
your articles for the fair.
The address of Chief Justice Cornish
at the centennial exercises Of the Maine
Supreme Court ut Augusta last week is
a most valuable addition to the historical
data OF the state. In speaking Of the
first term of the court held by all three
justices (Chief Justice Prentiss Mellsn
and Associate Justices William Pitt
PEBBLE and Nathan Weston then con-
stituting the entire bencb) ut old York
village on August 8, 1920, Judge Cor
nish says: 81 assume that the same
formalitiss were observed az were de-
scribed by an eyewitness at the opening
Of court on Paris Hill few years later.
A drummer stood at the outside door
of the court house and called the as
sembly together. Then appeared the
high sheriff In his official costume with
cooked hat, blue coat, buff vest and
small clothes and with . sword at his
side, leading the judicial procession, the
judges at the head followed by all the
members Of the bar, each carrying .
green bag. They entered the court
house through the open ranks OF the
deputy sheriffs, who stood with heads
erect and long tip staves at soldier
arms All this ceremony has long since
When the small clothes
were laid aside the cooked hat gave
place to the silk hat with the cockade,
and this has been worn during my time
by two Maine high sherifis. It is obso-
lets to-day. The tip slaves still appear
In q few Of the counties and are carried
by the deputies in escorting the juries
to and from their consultation room.
These add bit to the formality Of the
court and might we'll be resumed In all
the counties. II would not be the adop-
ton of . novel custom but the restora-
ton of an old and long established one"