Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-05-19

I Danlel StoWclI was lne HlsL peISo
commissioned as Justice of the Peace
In those days it required sonethln!
besides fee OF live dollars to procur
this honorable distinction. The Baptis
meeting house ON Paris Hill was erecto'
in 1903, on what was then the common
! This lot was reserved in n decd from Mr.
| Jackson 10 Jonathan Cummings aOou
the year 1900.
The County OF 0xioid was incorporated
/ in 1905 and Paris was selected rs tue shire
town. The first Judges of tho Common
Pleas Court were Simon Frye OF Frye
burr Samuel Paris OF Hebron and Luther
Cary of Turner.
The first clerk of the Courts was Or
Gurus lIamlin, son of Capt. Eleazcr q
Pembroke, Mass. and lather of Hon.
Elijah l.. and Hannibal IIamlin. lie held
the office for many years. Thomas Clark
! and r. X. Goodenow wero The clerks next
in order. The first Judge of PROBATE was
Rev. MIR. Fessenden ot Fryeburg who
was succeeded by Hon. Judah Dana. The
first Judge of Probate under tho new
State charter was DR.. Benjamin Chandler
Samuel 4. Bradley and Timothy Osgood
of Frycburg and Rucl Washburn OF Liv'
ermorc were the first Registers OF Probate.
Benjamin Learned. Hannibal lIamlin and
Gen. Mcmillan were the first Shcril',
and were appointed in the order in which
we give them. Levi Hubbard was the
first treasurer. Henry Rust Jr the second
and Alanson Mcllen the lhhd.
The first printing press established in
town was by Asa Barton in 1921. llo
commenced the publication Of the Oxford
OJserccr. which in 1896 was moved 10
Norway. The Jc6trSoaili was started at
Paris in 1928 under the charge OF lIanni-
bal Hamln and IIoraIio King, This was
merged into the Oxford Democrat in 1888.
The first lawyer WAS L. Scale. Then
followed Nathaniel Howe, Albion X
Paris, Euoch Lincoln. stephen Emery,
Timothy J. Carter and Joseph &. Cole.
Two OF these were afterwards elected
Governor, aud al! oil them held honorable
pablio positions.
The first person Killed in Paris. after
The settlement. was Oliver Hubbard. whose
death was occasioncd by The fall ol nce'
The first man drowned was resident OF
Bethel by the name Of Frost who broke
through the ice on Sunday. Shows Falls
on the Lilllc Audi oscoggm arc named
from person named Snow who was
mistaken for en- Indian by one OF his
comrades and shot. This WAS before the
settlement of the town.
When the town was first settled boy
named Micomber was lost ia the woods,
and no vestige Of him was ever afterwards
found. Two men named Allen and Strout
were drowned in 1915 while washing
sheep. The original settlers Of Paris
came mostly from Massachusetts. and
many Of them from Plymouth county.
Solomon Bryant early built mill Mt
South Paris and Leonard jackson built
another on the same stream about three
miles above. We have no exact data rs
To the time these mills were built.
The town iS hilly, and the early settlers
sought the highest arabic land Ior their
homcstcads. Thirty years ago nearly all
the roads in town led over the hills.
CAPITAL carly flowed into Paris, and for
many years Paris Hill was the Wall
Stree, of all the adjoining towns. We
do not use the term wall Street" in any
odious sense, wishing only to convey the
idea that money could always be obtained
a, Paris HI, provided the security and
rate Of usuly were satisfactory. The
names of RawSon, Andrcws, llamlin.
Cummings, Croker, Ktlredge and Dad.
lev are conspicuous among those who
loaned money and accumulated large for
tunes. But the persons 10 whom wc are
now referring. have all passed away, and
Paris Hill no longer has the controlling
influence in money matters which, for a
long time. it enjoycd.-NIiac Farmer.