The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-27
Bingham.
Ed Carney Is grading his grounds.

| NlIl SOpef lenueu tne statlOD WIlllf
George Eames made fishing trip to
Moxie Pond.
Mrs. George Eames recently made a
visit In Oakland.
). w. Baker has had his house painted.
Dan Holt and Chester Bates did the
work.
Grace Robinson Is at work for Mrs.
! Curreu Smith.
Lena Redmond was Obliged to leave
school for few days on account Of her
mothers sickness.
William Tibbetts of Portland accom-
panied by Mrs. :. +. Greene Of Soon,
was in town Oh Tuesday of last week.
Lea Hussey has been giving the iron
! bridge much needed coat of paint.
Miss Alzada Rowe has been spending
a week with Mrs. Lena Carl.
Mr.. and Mrs Blackwell Of Oakland,
have been visiting Alfred Burke and
wife. They visited Pleasant Pond aud
enjoved the fishing and scenery very
much.
Mrs. Philander Baker of Carratunk
passed through town Friday, on her way
to Scion. She returned on sunday.
Mrs. Naomi Jackson Is having her
house painted.
Belle Watson was vt home from her
school at The Forks, last Saturday and
Sunday.
Fish Commissioners Carleton and Stan
ley were at the Bingham hotel Friday,
in answer to a petition relating to flsh-
ing through the ice in East Carry pond !,
a.. al
killed In Somerset county.
Chas. Ball of Tho Forks, was in town,
Saturday.
Floyd Hunnewell of Pleasant Ridge
Ia very sick with bilious trouble.
Henry Pierson of Portland. Mr.
Sam Whittier, Mr.. Folsom and Mr.. Le-
land of Skowhegan, passed through
town on their way TO Pleasant Pond,
saturday last.
Miss Leila Corlss is in town.
Last Saturday afternoon the Sunday
school children belonging 10 Florence
Lander's and Belle Clark's classes had
a picnic in NJ. Houghton's grove, which
they enjoyed.
Chas. Abbey, Chas. Colby, Mark say
age and John Lander went 10 Dead Wa
ter, fishing, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Baker of Scion,
were in town Sunday.
There was an ice cream soaiable in
kennebec hall, Tuesday evening of this
week
The death and burial of Henry York
occurred last week in the east part Of
the town.
Fred Preble and John Piper went
fishing Saturday, travelling twenty-five
miles, and catching thirty-seven Ash, or
about one and one-half fish to the mile
Mrs. Ed Morris of Scion, visited Mrs.
VIM. Morris last Sunday.
Tilson Foss and Fred Holden were at
home from their work at Carratunk,
last Sunday.
Calvin Colby, who has been In poor
health for some time, was much worse
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Sumner Hunnewell of The Forks
was recently visiting Mrs. Herbert
Pierce.
Hosea Whipple and a. f. Donigan
made recent successful fishing trip to
Carney brook
Sunday, Mr.. Gregory preached very
interesting sermon to the Grand Army
Post and Relief Corps.
Memorial exercises will take place on
Saturday. The procession will form
at Union hail and march to the cemetery,
where there will be the usual exercises,
and decorating of the graves. returning
to the new Congregationalis church
There will be an address by Mr.. Gregory.
Mrs, Julia Dinsmore, who has been
stopping at y. Arson for a short time,
returned to her home Thursday. Her
daughter, Mrs. Ben Moore, who is in
poor health, received much encourage
ment from the physicians she consulted
while in Boston.
Lila Redmond arrived home from
waltham on Monday night.
Mr.. Rounds and Mr. George Eames
went fishing to Embden pond. a strong
south wind prevented their taking a
large number of trout
The boiler at the last factory sprung
leak last Saturday, causing suspension
of work for "A few days.
Mrs. Frank Adams and Lephe Dins-
more are both slowly gaining
Roy Savage and Morris Preble have
been fishing at Rowe Pond. In their
catch was a land-locked salmon weigh
ing one and three-fo1rths pounds.
Messrs. Rowell and Burns came to
town Saturday, on bicycles. Sunday
they took walk to Nichols bog.
The chimney swallows are very nu-
mcrous about the village, eirclng above
some of the chimneys in thick cloud.
For two nights so many of them were in
Alfred Chases chimney that the tiutteE
ing Of their wings prevented any sleep
in the house. A wire screen was fasteu-
ed over the top of the chimney. Next
evening such numbers of swallows how
cred about vanly trying to remove the
obstruction. that several were caught by
cats on the roof.
The recent high water threw the logs
from the main river upon the islands in
high Jams, ard upon the ntervales, max
ing hard work for the river drivers.
Where practical, horses are used to drag
the logs into the water, but in many
places where horses cannot go, men
/ standing from ten to fifteen feet each
side of the log, pick it W with cant dog
| hooks. aud carry ii into the water, the
foremost men having often to wade to
their waists before the log is let go.