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Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
"Christmas Spirit" q play with the
following cast. was given:
Community Club Notes.

There is to be a Christmas tree for the
members of the sewing class and guests
Saturday afternoon at 1:30 In Grand
Army Hall. Instead of the usual sewing
lessons there is to be short program by
the children, to be followed by the dis
tribution of gifts from the tree.
The community Christmas tree is al
ready in place on the plot in Market
Square, and the following program has
been arranged by the committee:
At 6:15 Saturday evening the church
bells will ring to call people to the tree
where the carols will be sung at $50.
On Christmas morning the Christmas
carols will be sung through the streets,
and at Sis the church bells will again
ring to call people to the tree, where the
carols will again be sung. Miss Helen
NJ. Barnes will lead the singing, accom-
panied by Allie Gotta, Alfred Gotta, Frank
Kimball and Clifford Dumas, oornets,
Howard Shaw, Rinaldo Wiggin, saxo-
phones, and Mrs. Agnes L. Morton, or
gan.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

The subisct of Mrs. Russell's talk be-
fore the w, G. T. u. Tuesday afternoon
will be "rbe Habit of Being Well," re-
ferrins both to adults and to young peo-
pie. Come and hear her.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. n. Stuart will enter,
tain a family Christmas party when whi
include b. q. Stuart and family OF Au-
gusta, w. <. Stuart and family OF NOT
wsy, Fred s. Brown and family OF rort.
land, and Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Gould Oh
Auburn.
The following pupils have had 100 pei
cent in spelling for the week ID the hine
District: Sth grade, Gertrude Cumml
Maize Slattery; 7sh grade, Mimmi huo-
tari. John Huotsri, William Slattery; otn
Grade. Alma Tikander, Kalle Cummings
9Th grade, Mabelle Slattery; 80 grsu. g;.
Annie Whitman, Eva HuotarI. Ann's
Huotari; I'd grade, William I.snuSi
Gertrude Cummings has bad 100 for tn'
tsrm. Maize and Mabelle Slattery nav'
missed only one word during the Tern
and have not been absent, late, OF dis
missed.
That q hedgenOs 10 ~ 60,
to beware was well illustrated oy -
brought 10 Msrrill's Dispensary an, SAUL
day noon. The patient was 2 puIsI.es =
xiredsle dog belonging to A. L. Cla.k Q
Norvay. he had evidently attacked tn
hsdeehog head on, and tried TO PICK
mn in his mouth. The result was wv
hours on the operating table, ana W Sn'
-sr,oveI NJ tvo or three hundred quiiis
.ome Of which were over two and one
half inches In length. The muxzie
head, neck, shoulders, legs, inside .
month and the tongue Of the dog wot
omplstely covered with quils. IN
removal Of these quilts was 90 painLs
sbss n vas uecesssry to keep the DO
under ether during the entire nme'
/ fAdd,t,onal locai nsus on u
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Big Fire at Harrison.

Fire at Harrison Saturday morning
caused loss of many thousands OF dol
lars, burning the Odd Fellows building,
the Kicker grocery store with dwelling
overhead, and the blacksmith shop of
George w. Roes. The public library
building was damaged but was saved.
Besides the Odd Fellows bodies, there
were in their building branch of the
United States Trust Co., the F. P. Free
man Co., drugs, Fred c. Green, gro
ceries, w. A. Soutbworth, undertaken,
the Lamb barber shop, and the post
Office. Most of the mail was saved.
help was brought. from Bridgton. A
severe blow to the town Is this hre.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Fined for Sunday Opening.

In the Norway Municipal Court Wed
nesday C. s. Russell and Charles s. Ba-
con of West Paris were fined for making
sales at their stores on Sunday. The
complaints were made through the
agency of the Maine Christian Civic
League. Russell pleaded guilty and paid
q fine of IS 90 plus costs OF 1910. bacon
pleaded not guilty, but was fined $40,
with costs of $1070. he refused to pay,
and was taken to Jail, but shortly after
arrival there decided to pay bis fine and
was released. A complaint was also
made against Mrs. Bacon, but she was
I'M and unable to attend court.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Charles w. Cooper.

Charles W. Cooper of Bucktisld died
az the Central Maine General Hospital,
Lewiston, Thursday evening, at which
institution he had been patient for nine
days. "a
Mr.. Cooper was born in Paris July 80,
1857, the son of William and Charity
(Kyls) Cooper. He was carpenter and
worked at his trade In Paris, Buckheld,
N echanic Falls, Auburn, and Brookton,
Mass.
He was much interested In music, In
strumental and vocal. he taught num-
Der of singing schools and was at one
time leader of the old Paris Hill Band.
For several years he led the singing at
the Methodist Camp Grounds (of which
denomination he was . member) Win
the coruet. -.
He was twice married, his first wife
bsIpg Miss Anna McAllister Of Mechanic
Falls. and beside her he was buried ID
Maple Grove Cemetery, that town.
he Is survived by his second wife sno
several brothers.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Born.

In Mechanic Falls, Dec. IL, to the wife OF
Harry Danforth (nee Miss Susie Chase OF Paris)
daughter.
In Norway, Dec. IL. to the wife Of Fred Swan,
daughter.
In Norway, Dec. 8, to the wife Of Elwin A.
Pratt, q daughter.
In Lowell, Dec. Z, to the wife of Harold Wat.
son, a son.
In North Waterford, Dec. 8, to the wife OF
Newell Andrews, q son.
In Hebron, Dec. 10, to the wife OF Ernest Cur
ney, daughter.
In Paris, Dec 8, to the wife of Harold f.
Greenlaw, q daughter, Evelyn May.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

Mt 8. Barnes, ut her home On
u;9h obs strees. has some very pretty little
articles, & handmade and otherMiss' % .Sa' No.
asSs u nice gifts at moderate prices. No, no
t;cs the announcement In THIS pspes ""1
shs sirn, "Ye Gift Shop"
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Elizabeth Crockett Blake Tent.

EHLdUetH SfOSNett O'"nS HS
Elizabeth Crockett Blake Tent, Dsugh.
ters of Veterans, of Norway, have elected
the following officers for the coming
year:
Pres.-Mrs. Eta c. Ridlou.
". Pres.-Mrs. Lola McAllister.
j. ". Pres.-Mrs. Bertha Sturtevant.
P. Ins.-Mrs. Ruby Sharon.
Chap.-Miss Emugene /. Hunt.
Council Memberships. Percy II. Nevers, Mrs.
Eva Fogg, Mrs. Eunice Marston.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Collectors Advertisement Of Sale Of
Lands of Nonresident Owners.
STATE OF MAINE.

Trnnaid taxes on lands situated In the town of
Paris. in the County Of Oxford, for the
year 1891.
The following list of taxes on real estate Of
non. resident owners in the town of Paris,
Aforesaid, for the year 1871, committed to me for
1921. remain unpaid and notice is hereby given
that II said taxes with interest and charges are
mot previously paid, 80 much Of the real estate
taxed as is sufcient to pay the amount due there,
without further notice at public auction at
Ripley q Fletcher's garage, in said town, on the
first Monday In February. ls22, at nine O'Clock
A. II,
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

hon. Waldo Pettengill-of Rumford is
in hospital at Portland, where he has
submitted to q surgical operation.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

The following had 100 per can't r.
speiiing for the last week of the term:
TRADE 8, Lena Davis, Estella Thurlow
Warren Stearns, Marion Davis. "
Grade z, Mae Penfold, Toini Gum
pangs, Martha Barrows, Grace Rand,
Cecil Abbott, Ernest Libby, Eta Knight.
", Ruth Brown, Ava Hatch, Bessie Cor.
Grade 8, Edwin Whitney, Lenise Cum.
mings, Eaino Heikkinen, GUY Rowe,
Clarence Bumpus, Royce Dean, Bernard
Dumas, Kenneth Davis, Stella Mills,
Marion Allen, Mabelle Davis. Fannie
SWEET, Rama Judd, Kenneth Brill, Philip
Maxim, Jennie Marston, Wilda Cole.
Grade 8, Morris Judd, Stephen Rus
sell, Philip Parsons, Aarne Cummings,
Lawrence Cushman, Ina Heikkinen,
helen Davis, Miriam Wheeler, Preston
Cummings, Frances knight, Georgia
Maxim, Frank Card, Clifford Currier.
The following pupils have not been
absent one-half day during the fall term
Grade 8, Lillian Edwards, Helen Judd,
Edythe Kerr, Henry Plummer, Estella
rhuTlow, Dorothy Dean, Matti Lundell,
Roy Young, Warren Stearns, Lawrence
Merrill.
Grade Z, Bessie Corbstt, Ava Hatch,
Eta Knightly, Verna MCGEE, Mae Pen
fold, Bernice Thurlow, Cecil Abbott,
Harley Bell, Francis Edwards, Ernest
Libby, Philip Plummer, Henry Merrill.
Grade 8, Wilda Cole, Earl Mills, Philip
Maxim, Herman Morse, Bernard Dumas,
Fannie Swett, Pauline Tburlow, Edwin
Whitney,
Grade 5, Julia Bumpus, Lucille Cole,
Lawrence Cushman, Ina Heikkinen,
Morris Judd, Frances knight, Lucy
Morse.
At the Brick Grammar school the 7th
grade assisted by several members of
the S,h grade gave the following pro-
gram.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

For any pain, burn, scald or bruise, apply Or.
Thomas Eclectic Oil-the household remedy.
Two sizes SOC and 60c at all drug stores.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

Brown. Rodney, Fsrrar Homestead, $3.50
Cooper. WIN. e. heirs, Lots Oxford Park,
eodsoe. L. WI. r. Wood Homestead. $40
Heiknenen, Aroi, Place near John biack -
Hsiffenen, Abel, Old Bird Farm. $3.50
Hiogins, Anna, Building and privilege ~
HiJtunen. Antfi, bunham Meadow. u.0
Moody, j. r., Maxim land, W
Ms. Mica Mining Co, Land and building. 100
HARRY II. SHAW. Collector Of Taxes
Of the Town Of Para:
Dss. %, lsal. 0'l
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
UNIyERsALIsr CHURCH.
Christmas Observances.

A Christmas party, primarily for the
children of the Sunday School, will be
held at the Congregational vestry Satur-
day afternoon at $50. There will be a
tree, and refreshments will be served.
A Christmas cantsts, "The Christmas
Secret" will be presented by the Meth
odist Sunday School Saturday evening,
together with q Christmas tree.
A Christmas party and tree for the
children, under fifteen years of age, of
the Baptist Sunday School will be given
in the vestry Saturday afternoon from 2
to o'clock. People having gifts for the
children can leave them at F. A. Tay-
lor's, or at the vestry Saturday.
The Universalist Sunday School will
have a tree in the church vestry at Z
o'clock Saturday evening. There will be
short exercises by some of the classes.
Light refreshments will be served during
the evening. The Optimistic Class Is In
charge Of the arrangements.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

Christmas coming on Sunday, the Mon
day following will be the day which will
be generally observed as holiday. The
stores will be closed for the day as usual.
During the present week, the stores will
be open every evening.
Next Monday will be observed as q
holiday in the Democrat Office as we'll as
elsew here, so the issue Of the Democrat
will be day late. Unpleasant, but una
yoidahle
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20
Christmas Music at the churches.

Christmas Music at the Churches.
As the Democrat viii not be issued
again before Christmas the music and
other features at South Paris churches
are given below:
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.
Rev. Edward A Norris. Pastor.
Prelude Organ and Saxaphons
poxology.
Invocation.
The Lords Prayer.
Anthem. That Glorious Song of Old,
Responsive Reading.
Gloria Patri.
Scripture Lesson.
Response. Silent Night.
Anthem, Through the spsns. Starry Night,
oaertory Prayer. " '''
Notices.
Hymn.
sermon. Christmas Message.
Hymn.
Benediction.
Benedictus.
Postlude-Glory to God In the Highest.
Choir-Mrs. Rose witham, Miss Helen M.
Mrs. Agnes L. Morton. Organist and Director,
assisted by Howard w. Shaw, Saxaphone.
DEERNG MEMORIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL
CHURCH.
Morning Service 0a5.
Organ Prelude--Alegro Moderate In g. Hosmer
Antnem-Sing, Heavens -Storer
Organ Response.
Quartet-Chims On, Sweet Bells.--. Gabriel
Miss Wight, Mrs. Jacobs,
Miss Graves, Mrs. Burnham.
Gloria Patri.
Is the Blessed Christmas Morn,
&c. Bartlett
Solos-Miss Graves, Miss Wight.
Violin obligato-Mr. Gotta.
Organ Ofertory-A Shepherds Idyl- Noelsch
hymn-Harki The Herald Angels Sing.
Anthem-There Were Shepherds Thomas
Organ Postlude-Halleluiah (Messiah) Handel
Choir-Miss Ruth Graves, soprano; Mrs. Anna
Jacobs, alto; w. r. johnson, tenor; Arthur
Wright, bass. Assisted by Miss Evelyn Wight,
soprano; Alfred Gotta, violin. Mrs. Stella W.
Burnham, organist and director.
Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-20

Powers, Ira Briggs, Alton Swan, Made
me Cummings, Viola Cummings. Inc
following pupils were not absent one
uAii day during the term: Marjorie hec,
T'u, Austin Record, Lawrence Record,
Lester swallow, Gilbert Stevens.
Most Of the outside brick work 10 com
se'sd on the Odd Fellows Building 81
tae corner Of Main and Bsrrows Streets
little corner OF the brick WORK mas
S'en lett for want of brick, but will OF
~ w1s'sned as soon as the material arrives
nOfk on the roof was begun Wednes
@y This construction is little diner
Ss SSa'itom the block at the corner OF higt
Suees. Metal lsthing has been placed
Spon the steel frame work and the con
ss'e oas been poured upon this anC
,IsOotned down. The interior partitions
a'en are OF concrete blocks, have oeeI
Sy put In place, so one can get al
"a "a 10" the rooms will look when mn
hasN h,asu A concrete mixing machine ha
ssOS oS ,ooeated with hosting machine Il
'0e material to the roof.
Al. resolution was passed at the specia
Tsaeaog Of the South Paris Board o
h.us haus last Monday evening, approving
M. ~ u9ange Of name Of the post office u
TS' s village from South Paris to Paris
~ .' natter OF this proposed change, an
us, o eaange OF name OF the office at Pari
~. a nom Paris to Paris Hill, 10 now be
n..s sne post Office department, an
ss,.ons sslons for the change, and remor
tSsnces ~. against II signed by residents Q
No raris Hill section, have for som
1s oeen In the department. A repre-
Ssu'Asive OF the department has recentl
sn eere investigating the matter.
~ - also decided to hold the banquet {
n. No Soard OF Trade on some date whe
-. ~ Thomas can be here, which IL
naesssood will be some time In Jal
10y, and to endeavor to secure 9th,
,psakers for the affair. Several 9th,
~ s1ss we're given informal consider
80 ~ The meeting.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
Estate of Laura A jenkins

The UNDERSIGNED, having been ap-
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court
for the District of Westminster, COM
MISSIONERS, to receive, examine, and
adjust the claims and demands of all
persons against the estate Of Laura A
Jenkina, late of Londonderry, in said
District, deceased and all claims exhib-
tied in Offset thereto, hereby give notice
that we will meet for the purpose afore
said at the Office of E A Melendy in the
town of Londonderry, in said District,
on the 18th day of July, and 9TH day
of Dec. next, from | O'Clock p ~
until o'clock p m on each of said days
and that six months from the 4th day OF
June, A. D., 1921, is the time limited
by said Court for said creditors to
present their claims to us for examina
ton and allowance.
Dated at So. Londonderry, this % day
OF June, A. D., 1921,
IL j, TWITCHELL, commissioners
% EMERY A MELENDY
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07
HONOR BIRTHDAY OF BUDDHA
Appropriate Ceremonies Held April
Wherever His Devout Followers
Had Their Abode.

The birthday of Gautama, founder
of Buddhism and the original BHddha.
believed to be April s, was celebrated
throughout Japan, India and wherever
there are Buddhists. The first record of
the observance in Japan of April as
the birthday of the Buddha was in the
days of the Emperor Ninmyo in S24
A. ID. Tire statues of the Buddha
throughout Japan were bathed in the
holy water called amacha, which Is
warm water and hydrangea sap. Each
Worshiper poured a dipperful of am
acha over the Buddha's head. If .he
was suffering from any sort of illness,
he rubbed the ear. eye or other part
of the statue corresponding to the part
Of his body which was affected and
then with the same hand rubbed his
own body. Perhaps one of the most
elaborate Of religious festivals held
in Japan this year was that Of the
1,3OOth anniversary of the death OF
Shotoku Taishi, the first imperial adj
vOcate of the spread of Buddhism.
Shotoku Taishi was regent for his
aunt, the Empress SuikO, but his most
common familiar title is 1.-The Con-
staftine of Japanese Buddhism" The
ceremonies were performed with the
rites observed in the Seventh century,
when Shotoku Taishi died.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07


traveller in Norway has been look
Ing at the two ancient ships In one
of which Lief Ericsson may have
reached the western world five CEN
turtles before Columbus.
The ancient pagan custom that
buried the craft of the sea hero pre-
served the galleys away in the soil of
Norway, thanks to a covering of pot
ter's clay. and a Notwithstanding
farmer discovered the second one. The
savants looked it over, and dated it
from the Ninth century, contemporary
with the adventurous Ericsson, posi-
bly, his own ship.
About seventy feet long, the vessel
is shaped not unlike double pointed
rowboat, fiat and low, with forked up
rights for Is pairs of oars, and the
conventional dragon carved on bow
and stern.
Under the floor are the compart-
ments where the voyagers doubtless
stored their provisions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07
By All Means.

Fond Mother-We are undecided
now whether to let Doris take lessons
In painting or in singing. Which
would you advise?
The Man Next Door-Painting, by
all means.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07

Keep moving, brother. Life
won't wait for you.
Gossip creates multidue OF sins
that do not exist.
Not all men squander their hard
earned money. They don't earn it.
Some women achieve perfection
by concealing imperfections.
People who jump at conclusions
frequently grasp illusions.
The world owes man only what
he is able to collect.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07
WILLIAM penn

For the Season of 1921 will Stand
at my Stable in londonderry.
Pedigree by the Black
Chief, 6152, he by Bauffarick
26680, out Of Nell, 6151.
All mares disposed of are
considered with foal. Fee,
$1,000 to warrant.
PETER FONTAINE.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07
Ginger Snaps

Some people have a habit of
never seeing their next door neigh
bors. They are blind.
Some people act first and forget
to think afterwards.
Never "duck' at flash of light
ming. The bolt you see has spent
Its force.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07

That little reader here would find
buyer Or seller tor what you want
or wish to dispose of. Try it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1921-07-07

Wanted-Animals to pasture up
to IS head. NJ. ]. Hapgood, Peru,
VT. 22-tf
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-05
POLISH TOWN HARBORS MANY
MILLION FAMINE STRICKEN
SOULS FROM DESOLATE SAMARA

The Riga convention stipulated that
1000 a. week should be fepatrlateu
through the two receiving stations OF
Baranovitehi and Royno, but, owing
to the interruption of railway trailic
in the south, the movement through
Rovno has been negligible WIN the
nressure of famine and cholera the
notelv throng has increased until
has become a common occurrence for
three trainloads of 5000 each to ar
rive at Baranovitchi within single
day.
SOC. 900 Wait To Move
The normal capacity of the Barano-
yitchi camp is 1000, but more often
than not there are 10000 vermin-rid-
den unfortunates bivouacking under
shelters of fir boughs, surrounded by
the previous household goods which
they have preserved through all their
wanderings. The number en- route
from Moscow at any given time is es-
timated at 10000, and there are said
to be reserve concentrations at all
times of 100000.
For the most part the travellers are
women and children. Able-Dodled
voung men are few and far between.
Fullv 40 per cent are women, while
another 25 per cent are children un-
der fifteen years of age. Most OF the
men are over forty, the strong young
fellows having been kept by the Boil
sbeviki for the Red Army or the IN
| dustrial cohorts of Linn.
one gets an impression, says an OBJ
server. of the handkerchiefed heads OF
hundreds of simple, brown-faced
peasant girls, with here and there a
dash of color from shawl or petticoat,
and here and there the grave, bearded
face of some village patriarch. There
is also strong percentage OF the III
tie Jew trader, who in Poland ant
Western Russia, forms the economic
link between the peasant and the out
side world. They squat about the
earth. old men chipping with an AK
ot some homemade wooden tool, old
| women rocking cradles or crouching
over their crooks, small girls perform
ing sisterly duties for smaller BROTH
ers bv picking over their hair for
vermin, like so many little monkeys.
Exodus from Samara
Considering that these people have
been wanderers since 1915 and that
many of. them have journeyed from
the farthest corners of Russia, 1t Is
extraordinary what quantities OF
goods they have with them. You may
come across man whose sole world
" possessions consist of hammer
but the average family has nearly
half a ton of impedimenta. There are
enormous bundles, with' contents va
ried and mysterious; here a sack o
dried mushrooms, there bag o
coarse rock-salt gathered in Samara
thousand miles away; painted wood
en- chests, with iron clasps; bedsteads
chairs. babies in wooden cradles slunl
from three poles; handlooms will
balls of gray yarn; strips of birchbarl
for making sandals, and rough wood
en- trolleys, on which the robuste
members of the family painfully trans
port the whole from one resting-plac
to another
These people speak the White Rus
sian dialect, a quaint mixture of Rus
sian and Polish. All their talk Is @
the great famine. From Moscow west
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-11-05

ward, they said, the crops are fair'
but to the east and southeast things
are bad, very bad. Many of them nave
come from Saratoff and Samarar the
centre of the famine area.
what does bread cost there p
Bread? All, bread, prosche Pana,
bread there is none; Grass Is what we
ate-grass, sawdust and very little
flour. Since the winter there has been
no rain; there are cracks in the ground
so large that you can put your mana
into them. The people are going away
to Siberia, those that have the
strength, but very many will die TINS
winter, All, it is very bad with Rus-
sia now!"
Relief Works Wonders
The percentage of pestilence at Ba-
ranovitchi had been surprisingly low,
considering the unsanitary conditions
prevailing. Under the quarantine
regulations the newcomers are Obliged
70 remain at least five days. During