Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-09-23

thinks he or she Is having hard time Oh
il, let him think of the poor advantages
our fathers had, and the manner in when
they used those advantages and the great
results which flowed therefrom, and take
heart and courage and press forward.
During the first years Of the town. an
attempt was made on several occasions To
have the town build some school houses rs
a town. hut it always failed.
I'm 1900. the first school house in town
was built i'm the Centre District on the l0t
of land where the house of the late Ihos.
Croker stands. Through the neglect OF
the committee To take a deed the title ialled
and the building was removed some years
after to the lot where the brick school
house now stands, ON Lincoln Street. the
lot having been given by Lcmuel Jackson
The old school house must have been com
pleted in the Fall of 1900, for the town
meetings which up To this time had peeh
held no the house of Lemuel Jackson III
the Spring OF lsOl were called AT the Cen
ire school house They continued To De
held here up To Aug. IL, 1904, when the
first town meeting was held in the meeting
house just beside us. In August l'ol. the
SclcCtmcu issued a warrant 10 Edward IN
drcwS 10 call a meeting of School District
No. . CAS- then numbered 10 meet al the
house of job Lurvey 10 see II they womb
build a school house There Is no record
of any action under this warrant, and We
conclude no action was taken under D..
The first reliable intelligence of any
other school house after this is mention
made in 1905 in laying ont road. that Do
starts nearly opposite the school house
near Lieut. Saml Kings. This is BOO The
King District, and the present house there
stand, ON nearly the same location - the
original house. In the same year, l~o'.
school house was built In the Bcmi> DIS
trict. now the Stcaru- District. a> We Hnb
iu lsnG no both the March aud September
meeting, of the town lcmucl Jackson ape
piled to the town 90 >rc what they N"u'"
dp about relieving him ou account oi hl~
having been taxed 200 the Bcmi- District
for q school house. The record docs mo-.
state thc grounds OF ii- applications 'uI
ON both occasions the town gave llW .'1'r
90 retire. school houses Wcr. cgrct'
quito rapidly after this. District No. }
building one at Do, torh OF th, road where
the oil meeting house Afterwards stood
The school house was removed near FEB iH'
knight road ~o-cli,cd. Afterwards nearly
h1cE 90 TO-, first position. and then q" I'~
present location.
The old school house ion t'r Hall District
sat uu the Hall farm aud WAS afterwards
removed % it, present location
Do Che Whitehead District, the school
house was built where b. HOW stands. aLI
the frame OF the present house is 'h' frame
OF the first house. IN 40. &. or the bi~c"
district. the first school house was "n ihr
old county road. now discontinued about
so rod, north OF Lcmucl Jackson house.
II stood there for number 60 years. au'
mlng within the sound of my voice can
remember attending school there. 10 WIS
burnt down. and rebuilt ON The spot where
10 now stands. In the Partridge District.
the first >chuulhou>e stood al the four
corner, near the Hanson house. hut Was
finally changed 10 its present location.
Other houses were built, 50 that in l'I'.
every Organized district had % ,choo.hou~c.
such 81, 10 was. They were not ai, ot ihc
incest construction, but they were COM
Portable. They most an had tAc large.
Generous. opeu fireplace and huge chin
ncy which was feature i'm all buildings oft
ult day. some OF them had wide pro-
lection over the Fireplace, and the OLD
folk, record that one OF the teachers used
~ utilize that. when the scholars were
restless. by posting one OF them zap there,
whom Il. termed crow. 10 watch and rc-
mort the rogIiShucs~ Of the others. In
most OF the houses. rs they were repaired
or rebuilt. the old open fireplace gave way
To the more modern stove, though bon the
Whittcmorc District. rs late rs l>tn. th"
warming apparatus consisted OF an OIL
p.ta,h Kettle inverted and set up ON brick,
with hole Knocked through the bottom
for the funnel. and IL was in the ashes uu-
der thi, old kettle that Master Bailey
used 10 warm his beech rods previous to
,yarmfua, the scholars. I'm isis, District
No. wa, formed and the Ere" ma>on~
united with the district and built the oil
,choolhousc ON the lot where !. {. Nrr-
riIr, >tor,hou~c now stands. The mt>ou~
used the upper part a- their Hall This
served the district until they purchased
the oxford Normal Institute. when 10 was
torn down. and put up again a> thr frame
work of the house owned hy l.. I. ItrrA
Ina l-u5. there was au article inserted in
thctoWn warrant, % see 10 thc town would
raise q sum of money % hire master i'
instruct thc Youth in the art of singing
am -orr, to ~ay. however. that the town
i.uomu.pu~iy passed over t.Ir article.
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as follows
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