The Portland daily press., 1900-07-28
Dinner Served on Piazza Of Gem Of
The Bay.
Brief Speeches By Dis
tinguished Members.
Ex-Speaker Reed ana Judges
Webb and NisWell Guests.

The annual field day and outing Of the
Cumberland Bar association was held
yesterday at the Gem of the Bay hotel
Princes Point The members of the bar
with invited guests, part Of about sixty
left Portland ut 8 80 clock on a steamer
Of the Mcdonald Steamboat company. On
arrival at the hotel the members of the
bar were grouped and photograph taken
Of the party. During the forenoon two
teams composed OF five men made up of
well known legal lights were organized
and an exciting game of ball INDUCED
IN. The teams were captained by r. L.
Whitehouse AID John f. A. Merrill and
were com posed as follows: Whitehouse
team-Booth, catcher; Hanscome, pitcher;
Pierce, first base; Whitehouse, second
base; Heed, third base; FERRIS, short stop.
MerriIls team-A1err3ll, catcher; Wilson,
pitcher; Hin, first base; Noyes, second
base; ngraham, third base; Cobb short
stop.
The players had hardly got " armed up
and into playing trim when the game
was called to permit the party to partake
of dinner. Only four innings were played
the score standing eight to four in favor
of the Whitehouse aggregation.
At one clock the dinner was serv ed On
the piazza of the hotel The menu was
an extended one and required over two
hours TO discuss it. The tables were
handsomely arranged and the banquet
was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The fol-
lowing members Of the Cumberland Bar
and invited guests We're seated at the
tables: Chief justices Andrew p. Wis
well, VIM. p. Whitehouse, 5. G. Strout
and Associate Justice Frederick 4. Pow
ers of the Supreme court of Maine, Judge
Nathan Webb, U. ) court; Hon Thomas
Is. Reed, Hon. Henry b. Cleaves, Clerk
OF Courts b. G. Stone; General Charles
Hamlin, Hon. Thomas II. Haskell, Hon.
A. 4. Savage, judges Of the Supreme
court; Hon. II. p. Frank; George M
Seiders; e. /. Dyer; j. II. Drum mond,
Jr.; +. v. Chase, Isaac W. Dyer; Arthur
+. BeIcher, Seth L. Larrabee, ". r. An
tholne, f. ii Higgins, +. E. Timber
lake, p. j. Larrabee, Ardon ". Coombs,
John II. Fogg. George T. Noyes. Charles
J. Hutchinson, Charles A. Strout, II
r. Virgin. Joseph B. Reed, Augustus 4.
Moulton, VIM. n Ingraham, Richard
Wsbb, Enoch Foster, Charles o. Barrows,
John IL. Pierce, Alpheus L Hanscome,
Scott Wilson, Edward Woodman, David
Snow, Benjamin Thompson, WIG. Chap
man, Robert Z. Whitehouse, VIM. NJ. In
graham, Il l. Talbot, W. c. Whelden,
Charles j. Nichols. Calvin L. Woodside,
Il ". Gage, Clarence Hale, Fred Ii.
Cobb, James G. Fox, J. 4. A. Merrill,
George K. Bird, Frederick Hale, f. L
ferris, @. D. Booth.
During the dinner Chambers orchestra
of five pieces, G. N. Brooks, leader, rem
oered "a fine programme Of concert mum
bars. After the dinner, President Hon.
Henry b Cleayes called the assembly to
order and introduced Hon. Thomas 3
Reed, Chief Justice A. P. Wiswell
Judge Nathan Webb and General Charles
Hamlin, each Of whom extended thanks
Tor the oourtesies shown, and spoke in
the highest terms Of the usefulness and
reputation OF the Cumberland Bar, and
expressed the hope that prosperity would
ever attend them as individuals and as an
organized body Of the legal fraternity.
The outing was highly successful in all
its details and reflects great credit on the
committee. Messrs. T. L. FERRIS. Fred
erick f. Hale and VIM NJ. Ingraham
The party left Yarmouth at Eve o'clock
in special cars of the Portland and Var
mouth Railway company, provided by
courtesy Of the president of the road,
Hon. Seth L. Larrabee, a member Of the
party.
Band Concert at. Greenwood Garden
Sunday afternoon.