The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-10-07
Bingham.


spencer, returned Monday night with
two deer.
! VIM. Adams, Harrison Williams and
wife and Thomas Berry of Carratunk,
also Chas. Horn of The Forks, were in
town last week.
Mrs. George Bray and her daughter
Helen Kidder, returned from Boston, last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Webster and
Belle Clark spent a few days at Cara
funk, last week.
Mrs. Irvine and Miss Irvine of Scion
we're ia town recently.
The pipe for the new aqueduct arrived
Friday. A large crew is now at work
fastening the digging and laying.
Misses Moore and Chapman have re.
Gently been the guests of Mrs. Sumner
! Turner.
Three deer were shipped from this
station, Oct. "a, supposed to have been
shot the day previous.
Rev. T. F. Millett was in town over
Sunday.
Elias Saith, wife and daughter Lottie,
OF Scion, were in town Saturday. Miss
smith TOue Oh nef Wileel.
Ethel Hilton and Mrs. Frank LongleY
of Scion, visited Edith Lake, Saturday.
Blanche Carney, who has been in
Scion, for some time has returned to her
home In Moscow.
The y. f. Blunt G. A. R., will hold a
camp fire ut Union hall, Oct. Is, to
which all members of the post and their
families are invited, also all who were
formerly members Of the Relief Corps.
Mr. Judkins of Carratunk, and Mr..
Chapman of Solon, have been in town
recently.
Mr.. Towne of Bangor, led Thursday
evenings meeting.
David Baker and Fred Coolidge of
Scion, were in town last week.
The crack shots of Carratunk, Scion
and Bingham participated in the shoot
ing match at this place, Sept. 30. Abel
Moore of this village scored the highest,
making a target of forty-three out of a
possible fifty, winning Winchester
rifle as prize.
+. C.. Mitchell also $. w. Williams &C
cOmpaned by his wife aud daughter of
Resell, New York, have been stopping
at the hotel.
WIN. Snow of Skowhegan, was in
town Monday.
Chester Smith and two friends from
Massachusetts, are visiting Frank Smith
in Moscow.
Samuel Bunker aud Joseph Atkinson
of \. Arson, were in town Monday.
Althea Huff of Wellington, has been
visiting in Bingham and Moscow.
After considerable effort and many
meetings the Methodist society of this
place, have deed Of Union church, and
will make some improvements as soon as
possible.
George kmball of Boston, was in
town Monday, Oh his way to SEE his
brothern-law, Chas. Coleman of Jack.
man.
Omer Lander aud wife of kngtield,
were the guests of Nj. and Mrs. Waldo
Dunton recently.
Sumner Turner raised a fine lot of
corn this season. sixteen bushels from
less than one-fourth acre of land, many
ears being over foot long and we'll fill
ed.
Much sympathy Is expressed for our
Carratunk neighbors In their loss Of a
store and dwelling house by fire last
week.
The would be-hunter should remember
it is still close time on two year old
colts, ycarling heifers, aud human
beings.
Every sportsman who goes into the
region of Moxie hopes to get the famous
moose which has for years roamed
through that territory. He has been
seen and according to the observers i'm
agnation varies in height from six to
twenty feet. His tracks are said to be
as large as milk pans and his great
height enables him 10 eat buds from the
tallest birches.
Elmer Baker caught a small bear in
Moscow, last Saturday.
As Dan Holt was passing along the
road near Geo. Collins house the other
day he saw bear in a pasture but a
little way from the road
A few nights ago Mike Donahue found
that bears were killing his sheep in the
pasture. He drove the flock home and
into yard. That night a bear passed
between the house and barn and helped
himself to fine fat sheep.
Last Friday Chas. Chase and two other
men were hunting for deer on the old
Collins farm in Moscow; as they were
eating dinner bear was seen approach
iDg; Chas. fired the first shot knocking
the bear over, then all fired as fast AS
their repeaters could work until twenty
seven shots had been fired, each hitting
the bear, 80 they say. The bear then
climbed a tree and after being hit eight
times more came down and made his
escape.
Speaking of bears recalls to mind an
instance that took place over the river a
few years age. A bear had a habit of
stealing mans apples, the man had n
habit of getting mad about it and de-
cided to kill the bear, loading an army
musket with heavy charge of powder,
a handful of buckshot and two slugs of
lead, he lay himself down In the orch ard
to watch the tree that bruin patronlzed.
1t was very dark and still aud the man
grew dr0wsy, suddenly there was a
shower of apples all about him, spring
ing to his feet the form of bear, almost
within reach, was seen in the tree The
next moment there was report, that
shook the hills for miles around, and the
recoil Of that old gun was something
dreadful. The man gathered what few
of his scattered senses he could find and
rushed home supposing the bear was at
his heels. Next morning the bear was
found dead but q short distance from the
orchard. 1t was the largest ever killed
in this section, ten gallons of bears oil