Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-06-18
for the Oxfori Dsmeai.
SoOon AND TURKEY HILL.
MRER ~.

In writing In the first article ~ Turkey
Iilll aud the great roah to Portland
over u IN early times. mention was made
~ John whltehead's tavern. ai the june
tion ~ the Cap. road. about one mile
away from the village ~ South Paris,
where John webbrr. the farmer. nov
lives. The present John Il the grandson
~ John whitehead. the pioneer. who
kept the tavern 80 many wears. II was
hi father that married Whltehead's
daughter, and not himself. as the pen
wrongly stated.
John Whitehead came to Paris from
Maiden, Mass. about i~osi, aud bought
out Eleanr Cole. Cole had been In town
.omc fifteen years, coming quite early.
about i5pO. and hal settled on land that
lies between the village ~ south Paris
aud Turkey lIlll. Ilis house was Ia the
Held. many rods a. the left (or SOUTH ~
the prr-cni road, aud we'll up towards
John Mebber's. II was small. ons-siO-
~ house. With two or thrc. rooms. to
which whitehead adicl another room.
huili ~ logs. after be- bought. The road
FROM Turkey IIill to the little settlement
at the Cape. ~ which the most impor-
tant part was the saw mill 0n stony
llrook. at that time ran past his door.
When u became ~ more Importance aud
required Improving " was changed, and
huilt whcrr II nov runs, leaving the
original Cole house many rods la the
ncld.
soon after Whitehead bought of Cole,
he buili up AZ the corner. and opened
MI. hou.e io the public. The house nov
standing and occupied by hi grandson,
John wrbbcr. u the house then bulli.
Whltehead's slgn was hung io tall
po.t. as was the custom In those days,
which .tood In the angle ~ the roads
aud had upon Il thi. legend. ~. WuItr-
10 an. lNN." and there Il swung In the
hrcrfc. of summer and the storms of
winter for twenty long YEAR,, or until
about lSJn. when other ruads with less
hills having been built, which carried
travel In other directions. II was taken
down and sold to Kicker ~ Poland. In
that place II did duty fof many YEAR,
telling traveller. the wherraboui. ~ Nv.
Kicker. Inn;" aud that modest Inn has
grown to the prrseut Poland >pring
House. Famous changes take place in
thi. world. Hut the writer would raj
ly Ike 10 know II the old .ign l. .illl In
cxistenc-.
Mr.. Whitehead's tavern was situated
n very favorable polnt Ia The long
rnad frun the more uortherly towns "a
Portland. Nboye were many hard hills,
and II Wa thu custom nt the transfers
to start with a. much load a. their two,
four. or siN horse could haul tO White
hsah's, anh have a hoy With Que horse
load come with them ta the same point.
There the smaller load was added Ia the
larger. and thc larger team went on over
ihr norr level ruad below. Hence
Whltrheads Inn was for many yrars an
Important place with travellers.
- much for Whitehead Inn. Nov
II We follow up towarl. the north tai.
famous thooughfaw, over which :"
many loaded teams Tor 80 many year.
pur.ussi their toil.ome way, We -hall
.oon leave the Turkey llill sch"ol hou.s
0n the left. and pis. a great rock, across
the street. where the children oftWo grn-
rrltions have PLAYED thrir game. of fan
ani frolic. only a little way further
,nd ~ r,ach the point where The road
hranchs,i uff iu early timc., aud pas-ing
through the Sodom ~ Piris, landed thu
traveller safely on Paris Iiill.
cut Ia the firld herr a little way ION
the ~o,lom rad. a.. the writer under
.tand.l .tood the h0usc ~ The old pio-
ne-r. Caleb swift IN hi. barn Ia sum
mer ani Ia hi. hous" In winter. for some
ten YEAR,. from l~Op to l~lu, the little
folk. from ~o,om down hrluw, ani frum
all the region of Turkey llill. attended
school. talcb ~Nifi's house Was built
hy l.u.t ~ Norway. over in Norway. ou
the .ilr ~ Pike. llill, quarter or mnrr
~ the way up, on the north .ide. iu.t
over the spring that issue. from the ledge
la th- ruldsiie. II Was one of the iir-t
tNo-.tory house. bullt Ia town.
We will nov gu down into ~n.iom once
more. The old road a. rari. llill crU-.-
"a the prr.cnt valley road a little south
of Jacob Beunett's. exactly wherr, no one
seem. able to tell The house nov Occu-
ple,l hy Bsnnett was built ON the rad
toward. Paris lllll about thirty rods.
n Nas probably built by Asa Kicker,
and Va. Que ~ the fir.i built In the val
lev. II Va. occupied hy Kicker for
.ome YEAR. Al.o ocrupic,i by Joseph
Churchcll. the grandfather of Joseph
Churchill. the tailor, of Norway, who
lived on Pleasant STREET, where be- dicd
some year. ago. II was also occupied
hy man named Dow. One ~ Dow'-
luoy. became a Methodist minister. VI
trrWarl IL va. bought 10y lAnru. Hath
away. Jr., and moved out where Il nov
stands. after the valley ruad was built.
hi. va. about lS21. Lazarus lIatha-
way, Jr., was the son ~ Lazarus, Sr., the
plnne.r, Who .ettled ON the road between
the Cape and Whitehead. Inn. iaKar-
~. Jr.. had four sous, Milo, Lorenzo,
Nathan and John. Lorenzo was the
Norwegian by that name Who built the
first house south of the village of Nor
way. acrO.. the meadow, where be died
a few year. since, of whom the present
Charles L.. carpenter and lumbefman, j.
heir aud successor. Lazarus Hathaway :.
farm went into his son Johns hands,
and he moved to Pah. lIill where he
died. Previous to about isis he hal
only what was called "hoyel' for hi
cattle. About that time be- put up a
barn, and the raising of u was quite an
event Ia the community. a. nO barn of
hou.e could hc raised In those times
without a good supply of New England
or we.t India rum. All the country
hocke,l to the raising, tO assist, of course,
In the work. but especially to partake oi
the .plritous supplies .o beautifully pro-
yldcd. In those days II was positively
necessary that some one should say over
something when building was raised,
and the man that could do that part cas-
lis aud we'll was always In demand ai
such times.
About one mile north ~ Hathaway
| liyel seth Morse, farmer. lie seen-
to have been the rhymer for that part OF
the universe, and was present at th'
harm raising. lie was the father of th'
pre.ent william Morse of south Paris
| with hi. tumbler Of rum la his hand
seth found hl. way Ia the top of ths
building aud standing upright on th'
lhlghe.t part, he says, "iIere i fn'
frame. aud what shall We name ltF' "
no one was ready with name, scii
says;
"IIe settle. In Scion-
think u no harm,
lie kesps his old h0sel
And bulhis this new harn."
Then every good citizen drinks to th'
Rsr bdrH.
There was Daniel Cummings VIII.
lived on Turkey Hill, near where JOSEPH
Tufts lately lived. Once In early times
he was Ia great haste for barn, aud tn
ncighbor- turned out and put one up Ia
,ie.... .l.x. seth eoluuleuDrafel tll