Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-15
The Pioneer Caleb swin
AND : Ma ov M. DESCENDANTS.


South Paris, and travel IN q northetly al.
rvction on the High Street road towsrds
West Paris, he wouii reach raj var cross.
ing AZ tn en- of one mile. and twelve rods
beyond fad hlmsslfat the front door 90 the
last no over the hill In q ou,k.we.tsrly ~.
rec,iou, In small. one story house, vhsn
the century vas hu, three years Old, and
Tor over half . century he has cultivated
these nelis aud made his home Ia this
house.
His father. c.sb svif,. came To Pari. ln
iT9l ~ ?. from ssudsich. Mass. and
bought three hundred acres % land OF John
Robinson, who owned much land on what
l. now Turkey iIlli sni south aud east Of
IT, snd ~ho wN then living In . log hou..
On the -oa,h. sastetly bros ofthe hin, near
where the ledge, In the form OF great
rock. prejsets ia shoulders above the
earth. snd where magnificent view can
nov be had OF the village sni ~ tie NOV
ing trains o. the railway. and OF the val.
lsys and hills % the south sni east.
90 the soathsrly portion OF TURKEY Illll,
on the highway that runs soathsrly. direct.
~ ~ the -four corners a. the fair grouni.,
near 9 romantic rock over AMI around
which the school children Of three genera.
tlons have plsysi, the traveller will pass q
small school house. aud north-eas,srly from
II, sbopt slIty rod. away. In the neld Al
The end of the road. stands ~ DAY very
gooi lO0kiug farm house Near that spot
Caleb s~lft, The pioneer. the father Of OILS,
pat ~ log house In 1921 or 2. and Into
that house he took bis wife aud went 10
hon-skespiuF lie foani M. wife N STA.
Maxim's, Who w.s then living near Sir,sk
81 Moani,in. Her name was Phebc water.
m,u. ani she bal come down ffom klrg.
.ton. Mass. with her sister Hsnush. who
vas Sli.s Msrlms wife.
10 about is0,, pioneer Caleb bulli oa,.
story frame huus-, with t-o fsout ro'ns
sod small besi rooms and psatry back ~
them. nthn los house and this one-siofy
ifsms hosse eight children we're born lnto
The family.
Alvin. born Nov. iO.h. iT99. married Al
Mira II. Cammlng.. They had zen chill
dfen, one 81 whom, Andres, The sixth
child and ann boy. died In ransns In -
IL Vas engineer on The railroad. Alvin
always lived In Paris. lie died about ~
yeaf- ago.
cyn,hii. b,ru Angusi igih. is0i. new sr
married she dCd In town some ten years
40. she "a. pleasant eompsnion. and
ysfy witty. tis related that ~ ops time
some Que s,os her GOLD bo sci spsctscles.
when the feet became fully established she
qaisily ftmNrksi she hoped Tie person Who
to,k then would BE- able 90 see the error
% her ways ihrolsh them
OATS. shp siiii live. siths railroad cross.
ing vAs horn sept. "a. iso3. aud married
a. A. "a al -
tine be boaghi TIE farm where he nos
lives. All has uvei there al the fny "a
ysaf. slnoe. The long brick 81. which tie
Traveller !. glits sur ~ nntce. SO bult
ln ne spfing % isi0 The brick wsrc
mNis zen rods bach of ne hoase by Mf
Ssln lie 1toashg The clay f,f The par.
pose from The hant. % TIE ltt,s Anffo-
scnggiu, not Car from TIE house % David
S,rboru. on the Soaih Paris AMI fnfs
Sirvs, roAi. IL si.o male ne brick fnf
the fNllfpti sugiur hoa.e al SDath Paris.
n.Af DAVID Ssnhotns lie has also made
brict near the Thufston place. across The
river from Ssahofn., ard q, other =. secs.
Otis Srift has been sirDng man. msnikl'
" ani physically. AL bis life lie L. uor
eighty nte years old. AMI biz thin lpcks Afs
uhiis viih TIE SHOWS ~ many wluisfs, bot
be eye 10 still hhghi, III. mfmofy good,
sni be .tlil Il greatly iuisfssisd In The stir
fiug svsni. 20 %. W1fli. In The Nslfars ~
hls cOunify, All e.peciAlly In rciaciion
~ he present. uflf Upon this latter sub
lsci Be never tlrss - islling, and II mat.
tsis bat little IN him how large ard learn.
81 his oppouttt msy 30, ~ uAlutains his
gfouni siouily ani with ability. One year
ago ihi. pas, wlutsr. vhsu eighty fouf
years Old. be ifoTe q loaded On issm 81
Soaih Paris Almos, daily flr several week.
Rather hslou The average OF The Parishes
In height sui weight. he s,ill. with ihs
four scofs aui fJaf year. % ne bshlni
Aim. wieliod The goal All trained BIZ team
better than May Who bal no, s-sn -
much ~ ne ny half osuiu'y
he 10 much of an invalii this sprlng. a.
10 also hls good slic Adalits. Sho I. still
llvlug. At the AZ, 81 tlgtiy.,hrsv. When
TIE second DAY " Jane hv ard by comes ~
over he eastern hills. The aged cnupls. n
living. vii quietly csishrAis the ~ iirfA
daairsrs1,y % thtir wedding. AMI the writ
sf "a. 20 doaht that everybody sh1 Knows
them will Wish them jlY. sni . safe aud
happy ending 10 their ling ,urnsy.
O.is S~i, sni AiAllus. hi. wife, have
hai sir childr,n
Ca oct. IS. 50. t.ius were born. O6ly
one survived. s-d shs vas namoi Cyuihl,
Ann. 90 De. IS. 50. shs msrfi'i Thomas
Nichols. They settled In Wisconsin,.
where she died Ia JaBusry, - A hired
man vas taken siek and carefully nafsei
bJ the family Hls disease proved 10 b.
small p1I. Aui Ms. Nichols All foar chill.
drsu died ~ the disease.
AmNs bifu sept ~. -. Ia. .p~ri
mach % hi. lifs In various localities in TIE
w,si. lie .. nov Al home, caring fJr The
Oh farm aud The aged Psfcnt lie il un'
married.
EnE. Aisilnc. born February "a. go.
married Jonathan N. Saith Jane -, 20
They live In D,dhsm. Mass. She has been
a. home several weeks. hSyin. she care 81
the oli folks 10 their slekne.s
Nelson OTIS. born April 4. 20. Il married
ant settled In Chlpp-ss fall., Wis.
Sarah Laervii. walker. the yourgesi n
the family AMI the pet or all. ~ss born Aug.
IS. az. AMI In March. IS she married REQ.
ben W. fo.s, she died soon amer mar.
flage. She WAS 20 live on the old farm and
care for father ani mother ani the old
house. she hsi . singulsrly Kind aud Low .
able disposition, sud her early death
brought gloom 90 the old home. which
the passing OF tue years his failed 10 drive
away.
A sofi more OF the old hone % pioneer
Caleb on The sou,herly part OF Turkey I'M
The family .oou ou,grrw the O.esiory
frame house bullt In ls0s, and In the year
1880 for very near ths, time be bought
the two story house bailt ~ Capt Henry
Rlsi. on Pike Hlll. In Sorssy. IL wN
huili previous 10 1904. bot Ia what year the
writer doe. not know I, stood on the
right OF the prssen, ROAD. going up the hill
from the vlllsge, jasi above the spring ny
the roadside. upon Q shoulder of the old
bin which overlooks the whole village.
This house he took down AMI novel % his
farm. and pat IL up by The side OF his old
ones,ory tenement, taking the latter for .
wood she'd.
A fourth house stands to-day on the spo,
where he pat up his first log cabin. and
other people own and cultivate the broad
.crss of the OLE farm.
Following the road past the school house
near by, 10 the north. three.fourths OF =
mile or so, the traveller descend. 20 the low
land. and upon the len sees . we.,her.worn
tso-story house. OF ancient build. In that
house l,xleh reishsd his work In this world,