Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-08-14
The Firs, Frame House
N WHAT y scw souru PARIS. AND
WHAT nnnNE on ~.

baildsr u no, e-rtainly kno-n, the winter
having Questioned local tr.di,iOs and the
memory q The oldest inhsbi,snt, without
arriving At any positive conclusion. II
~ss one q to persons, Biss s'osell OF
Lsmusl J.ckson-pFohshly the former.
The town % Paris Vas Incorporated
Ia 1873. oa Jgse 20. and Elias S'o-sll
represented the io~n that year Ia The
Gshsrsl Court Of Massachusetts,. lie
wss thea living ia the first frame house
IN vhAt l. nos the village Of South
Paris. add !, ]. supposed that be bailt H.
he ~As one Of the incorporation Of the
univsr.Ali,i society Of Norway in 1905
Hs -ss .l.o one Of the petitioners TOE
Ma.Oaie Lrdge here, and ~hsn char.
tst ~ss issued in 1907 by the Grand
L,dse Of Massachusetts, be vas the hrs'
Scniot Warden. The charter ~ss issued
SPIT. ltth and the first meeting ~s'
IA November 18th. 1907. in Hubbard
HLl. IN the second story q n. Hubbard
Hog.-. on Paris TIN.
Elias S,o-,ll lived in the house a
east . quarter q . century. or until
ISIS. ~hea b. gave /, 10 b., son kaias,
hs inmsdi.,sly bailt another fof him.
..li. t.O-s'ory house. ~hich -rh very
material changes which have Stree been
made. !. the pFessa, Address hod'e'
no- o-nsd BY ,bs, Jolly landlord. Wm.
VI SAA-. S,o-ell lived IN his ns-
house ,-,lss years, until 1880 -hsn b
died.
Rafu, S,o-sIl. the soa Of Elias. {,
~hon ,be pioneer house "a. given. lived
IN Il four year. .nd sOld - Jane. Deer
iag. the Jolly. gOod.nsiarsd Judge, 8
-sll.kno-n snd 80 often seen upon 10
streets q the modern village S,osslr'
deed 10 Desriag !. datsd IN 1872.
The ',jadse-pl.ia james ihsa-had
come TO The wilderness Of Pans from
S.sc. t~o yssn before. .ni hsrs b
IA. ooaiiaued 10 live ali the sitiy.sish
year. since. and here be expects 10 live
a. p.rsoa Hooper w' in The habit Q
.ayins. "providsnee permitting. un,i
the slo.s Of the eea,ary. he lived n
the pioneer house ten OF eleven year, ant
.ol1 TO IA, bro,hsr-in-l.-. Chsrle. Dale
he then built the Eisefly house. 90
called. on High Street, nos ,,sndin.
lost south Of jeremiah Winslo-' erie'
house.
Dale lived in be parshnss flar OF h''
years. When be sold The lad Snd ell par
Of The house. .nd ,.kiag the main h3us'
uilh him, u.wled With !, up Hig'
sire, and Get l, do-n jas, bsyOnd jane
D,sfins',. II Il The b0ass no- ',sndisl
bst~esn Decrns'. and R'os. IL Ia
recently been occupied BY Chsilss Your,
md hs. ju,, ben .Old by Capt. u. y
Bolster 70, sllOO Dale moved nth J
IN about -. and occupied Il himself TO-
% three year, AID sold Il 10 John Cald
sell and moved % Bo.,oa -hsre he died
~. deed o. C.l5-sll bears the date o
as. ri. ~ifs and Jamss Dssiing
-is ~sie sisters.
C.lI-sll lived in the house quite
number Of Year. and sol4 20 S.mus
Richards. j.. the vsnsraols Js-slsf o.
the village. -ho oceaplsd ii.s,sf.l year
before be mov,d 10 b.. present lceauoi
90 The M.in street q TIE "e,,y. IL
.old 10 David Riss,. -ho made Il h
home year o. too AID then odd 10 jad
.on Mouon. Who Afsrsafd' hs'd .
Nor-ay villsse Morton sold 10 Ls'
Hambhn. ~ho escaped ii s-hils an
.old 10 Capt. Bolster.
CoaA The Old house ,psak -hA, s,o'is
Il might tel q The varying fofianss
The little village iha, ia. grown up .bou
ia IL has e q ell the imsfs and gosf'
the large men and the email msn. n
young .nd oli. the ueh and poor iof
hundred Of our years |, VI. Of "ase
ADD more -hea the "L,s, Wsi ut
Great BniGia bsgsn IL ~ss sixty !ss'
Cd When tie 6r., -ki.,ls Of the rsil~s
engine stirred the echoes .mons N
nsishboring hills. ard over seventy whs
The rebel baitsris. struck the knsn {
American slavery by ssndlns their shell
into For, Samp,sr IL has ~ iced =
the coming Of al the shildren into d
little h.mle,. and IL has moarnsd for .
those Who have here made al snd Of "a
world and been carried away BY friend
70 their hnsl rest.
For The fret thirty years Of lie life
-.s par; add parcel u the great Stat
Of Massachusetts. and thre~ ia cap :
high IN ait a. IL veil Nigh, -hsu n
god ship State q Maine. VAS l.uneAs
upon The great ocean u life. No Pans
iaa, living OF dead. hss seen % much {
hfs, or known 30 much q the history 4
Cape Am" Of "The Cape Of "Psr
Cape" Of South Paris, a. TIN. old pc
beer house .,ill standing on High Street
A man BY the name Of Andersor
formerly msrehsn, in Boston. ~.
clerk Coz Wood. the railroad eOndueto
on the Atlantic and ST Lawrence Raj
way At tn time Tia, toad was bull
he made bis home In South Pans q
two % three years. tie Paiehassd ih
lot where TIE old house vas built al
the Ell part q the original baildins
and bull, oa The froni about {. IL stand
to-day. Afterwards AlVah Hsrsey. {,
80 May year. the wsll.kno-n dsPC
master. bOugh, the land Including n
old ,ll and the new house, and 500
thereafter sold TO Mr. Beman, rssrvin
the front par, o. the Loo on which
built bis present hEs residences.
Mr.. Bsman has lived there ever sine'
he i the village tailor. one Of the AZ
cient sort. Nth marked characteristics
. thorough workman Of the old sehoo
steady. Industrious. and every way relia
bic.
II any reader Of these lines has az
posfirs evidence ss TO the time When o
the MAJ By whom this house ~ss buil
be would confer favor by sending ,h
facts 20 the editor.
EyibESrrY the South is not fully rc
constructed. The New York World O
June eth contains the following extrae