The Somerset reporter., 1907-07-11
BINGHAM.

BINGHAM.
The day of the Fourth passed in
peace and quiet. The noise was
mostly the night before and part of
the night following. A sheriff was on
guard to see that property was not
destroyed as in previous years.
There were fireworks and paper bal
loon ascensions during the evening.
4 number of those who went TO Madi-
son returned on the eleven O'Clock
train.
Mrs. Fred Magoon was in town one
day last week.
Mrs. Charles Adams and children
are spending few weeks with her
mother. They intend to settle in or
near Bingham village.
Mr.. Rackliffe OF Somerville, Mass,
was in town, last week, the guest of
Georgia Colby.
Maggie Wrinkle and her sister, Mary
Wrinkle, started Wednesday morning,
for Quebec, where they will remain
with friends some time.
Fannie Smith, who has been work
ing at the restaurant, is now at home
and Mrs. Perry is taking her place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Zenas Fletcher we're
in town, Tuesday, from Chase Ponds,
where they have been since the first
of May.
f. II. Colby and family are spend
ing week at Pleasant Pond, occu-
pying Craig's cottage.
Lena Preble of Richmond has
been visiting friends in town.
A. S. Burke is having many i'm
provements made to the house he
has rented.
Carl Smith was called to Boston by
the sudden death of his uncle, Fred
Smith, who is a brother of Byron
Smith and of Mrs. Chas. Abbey. The
remains will be brought to Bingham
for burial and services will be i'll the
Congregational church, Thursday at
ternoon at 2 p. IN.
With the exception of Calvin Fitz-
simmons, all who have had diph-
liberia or tonsilitis are recovering.
Mrs. W. +. Andrews, who was in
iured by lightning a short time ago,
gains very slowly.
No new cases of diphtheria have
been reported this week. and some
who had been guaranteed on suspi-
cion have been released, not proving
to have the disease. There are only
two families quarantined at present,
Mont Miller's and Clyde Whitney's.
Mr.. Whitney boards elsewhere and
attends to his business. Gertrude
Pierce is with the quarantined family,
AZ she was with them when Ruth was
taken sick.
Mrs. Jones of Moscow, who has
bought the place occupied by Mr..
Lister, has exchanged places with
Edgar King, according to report and
Mr.. Lister and family may move
away
Emma Hilton, who has been work
ing in W. r. Jordan's law office all
summer, is now at home for a vaca-
ton.
There were several picnic parties
on the Fourth; one in the grove be-
low the ferry and one in Whipple's
grove.
DR.. Young, of the State board of
health, has been in town in response
to petition of the citizens to advise
with the local board to stop further
spread of diphtheria.
f. E. Greenwood of Skowhegan was
in town, Tuesday night, on his return
from The Forks.
W. Il. Jordan was at Skowhegan,
last Tuesday.
The rear drive on the kennebec is
at Indian Pond and with fair wind
will be at The Forks in about week.
The drive thus far has been very sue
cessful. There has been great
changes in the past few years in driv-
ing the river. Instead of the men
having to camp out in tents in all
weather all the time they now have
a comfortable house built for each
section, and are able to occupy it
three quarters of the time. Peter
Larkin, the master driver, has made
many improvements along the river
by having the gravel beds removed
so that the logs will not catch at the
usual high water. The bosses of the
sections have fin booms hung by all
the islands, so the logs now make
clean run from The Forks to Madison,
requiring now only about twenty five
or thirty men to section, instead of
nearly hundred as formerly.