Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-06-09
Supplement.
PARIS. MAINE, JUNE ., 1885.
Tor ths Democrat
BIRD HILL"

csetiy spoke Of bird Hill" and sus.
g..,ed ,ks, the name should Be changed
70 Bpsnt Hill. /. the bird. have gone
away. This suggestion -, me TO thinking
Of The change. on ,hi. Hill since | lived
there bali . century ago. The old school
house -hsrs I 6-, ven, 10 school N
1881, /. still standing. and this q sboa'
the Only thing that remains ESSENTIAL,
unchanged. II vs in this same hooss
that I taught ny 6r, school thirty i've
years ago. In 1882. vel remember
that Eliza Waller taught the school. and
also Cor too OF three successive season
clearwater. She Vas q pious woman and
an s.esllsni teacher. and when she died
vAich -n in 1854. though, there could
b 10 nor, school. for had never lssrosd
Of any other teacher and supposed Their
vas none.
Bird Hill vas previously called Berry
Hll, snd Levi berry from Pari' vas ,h'
sr, settler in the neighboshcod. lie
i.lled his fr, trees in 1920, near where
the school-hoase ROW stands. His los
houss stood . little below and east Of The
.ehool-hoo.s. the old cellar hOle q Which
could Be seen f,~ year, ago Nth ,ansy
estnip. snd peppermint crossing around
IL. hs 800. LEN Berry. j., lived oa tn
oppo-i,e side q the road. hi. son. WI
lam. on the place siter-srd. occupied By
John Bird. and hs son Leonafd. on ,h'
place since occupied BY Daniel Dann.
John L.ph.m Who bad marrisd dsasA'''
Of Levi Berry. lived on the place -hsr
samuel bird .ftsf~srd. lived. 10 Their
we're Eve Berry fsnilie. hvins oa THIS
Hill within . rsdiu. Of half . mile. ano
!; 90. appropriately called Berry Hal
But the Bsrr,. did 10, remain lons. an
priOr 20 1885. al had r,turned 70 Pans.
bs.eoa JOha Bird bOogh, the William
Berry place. Lyman Bird the Lew Benz
Arm. .nd samuel Bird the John LaPhsu
place. Thereafter the nsighborhocd "a.
called Bird Hill. The three bro,her'
Bird vsr, The .on. Of John Bird Of NOT
-sy, snd all A., dead well remember
. mistake made BY the good Elder Vita
an Of Psr., Which brought asmile 10 The
face. Of bis audience. lie bad preached
a. Locke. Mills. and when be hnshed'
Ne gave notice that meeting would D.
held Ia the evening ., "P.rridge hill.
A. the school house near "Lymsn Pert
ridse.." OF course -e ell understood
that be meant bird Hill" and Lyman
Bird" sa, the audience smiled |. stated
and lad . good laugh ., b. expense a.
ter the meeting -ss ever. n -h'eh b
heartily joined.
Beyond TIE John Bird place, lived III
Estes. . worthy man With . very pleasant
family. He disd many years ago Of
osnesf. and the place has since bad sew
sral ownsr. | thisk !, nos forms
part Of The Bonssls Stock Farm Of MI
Carpsatsr, Who has lately dlsiingui.hed
himself in that region. The next plse'
sIoas tAe same ro.d ~ss the John Estes
place. Ne -U the father Of Rev. DE-
Ezlss. A htile farther along vas The
Dsni.l Fate. place Dsnisl kses vas :
brother Of Iii. and they we're the sous o.
Richard Esis.. Who lived on the rise'
road bslo- Beans Corner. But ,hes'
too las, mentioned places -,re on the
norshsrly .lops Of Bird Hill. -hieh a
that time -.s called Kimoal Hall.
N,I, -Oa,A Of the Lyman Bird Plso'
Vas ri Cushmans farm. Tie begar
hsre in the woods and spen, b, -hol'
life hsre. HIS vldo- still ooeuPi,s ,h'
place. Abraham Jordan h,'d . 'hor'
distance cas-, Of the road oa the Plso'
where his con John sh,r~ards lived. AM
still later. Mo.es Camning' DeseoS
Abraham Brysn,. place -s sect Of ,h'
,c-n road, and biz house was also rvaeheN
BY private gay. Some forty yeas ago
Richard Jordan took the iarm on -hiet
John h. Knishi had made beginning
Ne built good buildings, and aiter-sfd'
sOld out to John Chase from Pans.
tkink Mr.. Chass's 500 ssill lives there
Richard jordan sfssr-srds built upon
par, Of hi. fathers old farm Peter Ayer'
bought the LEONARD Berry place be .f
tsr-snl. vent to Pennsylvania and disS
there. lav the barn raised which u
s,ill standing 90 this farm; !, was hhy'
too year. ago The place ". sf,er-srd'
bOash, and occupied BY Daniel Dani
rom P.r.. and later bv bis son, Daniel
IT,: both died here. and also their wives
Ho- veil remember some Of th'
teacher. Who ksp, the school here. Elz'
Waller Of blessed memory Vas the hrsl
Soc vas . sister Of James Walker y
walkers Mills She vas followed b.
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