The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-06-03
Bingham.

AndilCS OOtCtudu VI OdChuahs was III
town, Friday.
Sam Andrews was at home over Sun
day.
Or. williams and wife spent day at
\. Arson, recently.
Mrs. M. M. Thompson has returned
from visit ut Sko~hegan, and intends
going to Madison this week.
Dressmakiug rooms have been opened
by Miss Mamie Holway of Madison,
over Henry Morton's store.
The trees in the cemetery have all
beer cut down as they should have been
long ago.
Belle Clarke returned Saturday. from
few days visit at Carratunk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rounds, DR.. Piper and
wife and Walter have been fishing at
Pleasant Pond. They caught twenty
trout.
VIM. Adams of Carratunk, attended
the Memorial exercises here on Saturday.
w. Il. Jordan and his brother, Arthur
Jordan, intend to go to Pittsfield, to at
tend the district lodge of Good remplars.
The yearly conference of the Congre-
gational church will be at Madison, June
Sth and 9th.
Fourteen horses from Moose River,
passed through town Thursday, to be
pastured at Scion.
Lea Hussey was at y. Arson, Satur-
day last.
Capt. w. T. Pollard of Foxcroft, head
game warden of Piseataquis county, was
visiting his niece, Mrs. Eva Burke, last
week.
Pleasant Pond is giving good luck to
the fishermen. Abel Moore recently
caught one hundred and five trout there.
Belle Clarke has received her commits
sion as postmistress of this place. The
office will continue in the same building.
Fred Coolidge was in town Monday
of this week.
Plenty of rain and sombre gray sky
we have had for some time, and sober
and gray are the farmers whose springs
work is waiting for far " Gather.
George Markham opened his restau-
rant Thursday night. He adyertises to
fill the inner man at short notice and at
reasonable prices.
Mrs. Chester Bates was not as well as
usual last week.
The main river was plugged with
jams in three places last Friday-one at
Scion boom piers, one at Patterson
bridge aud one at Madison boom.
George Holden of Portland, has been
running as express agent during Mr..
Wilson's vacation.
A. S. Burke has been relaying his wa
ter pipe which froze last winter.
The Whitcomb family reunion will
take place June 9th at Eben Hills in
Moscow.
The Pierce pond drive finished last
week, leaving about four hundred thou
sand out of four million feet of lumber.
This was doing well as the stream is
very rough and bad jams form.
A few days ago II. b. Whpple found
it necessary to give a quantity of chic
ride of sodium to a number of his fine
young bovines.
The cloudy sky and muddy streets
prevented the usual Memorial services
at the cemetery on Saturday. The G.
A. X. post marched to the cemetery,
and after decorating the graves returned
to the Congregational church where an
interesting program was carried out.
Reaolng Oh LINCOLN 5 auureSs at deLJys-
burg by Ola Baker; singing, by the
choir, and an interesting address and a
poem by Rev. J. c. Gregory.
There is talk of purchasing some new
books for the s. 5. library.
One of Chas. Abbey's daughters, who
has been visiting her parents, returned
home on Monday.
Sidney Goodrich does quite a business
supplying all, who wish, with bread,
cookies and doughnuts. He brings the
food to your house on thursdays.