The Somerset reporter., 1909-08-26
y The News of Somersets Busy Towns Il


Mrs. A. ]. Trefethen of Dexter is
visiting at the home of her father,
Daniel Murray.
Mrs. Elvira Veazie visited her
grand daughter, Mrs. s. M. Gates of
Skowhegan several days last week.
BINGHAM.
Mrs. Sara M. Haley OF South Lee,
N. H., was in town last week the
guest of Mrs. Lizzie Emerton. She
Is looking up the genealogy of the
Parlin family and was able to find
considerable important data while in
town.
Ben Steward and daughter, Marcia,
have returned from a weeks visit to
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Walker Mason in
North Waterford.
A. G. Dinsmore and wife are at
Pleasant Pond, and Mrs. George
Dorr Joined them on Monday and
will be their guest for several days.
Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Richmond Of
Fort Fairfield who have been taking
their vacation the present month, ar
rived in Bingham from Boston last
week and are with Mrs. Richmond's
mother, Mrs. Julia Colby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Savage are
spending some weeks at the coast
for their health.
Mrs. Will Snow of Skowhegan is in
town this week.
Frank Moore and family have NOV
ed into their new house and Willis
Holbrook and wife are occupying the
one they vacated.
Mrs. Frank Jones and daughter of
Oshkosh, Wis, were guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Colby last week.
Mrs. Jones was formerly Susan Smell
and is a cousin of Mr.. Colby's.
Weymouth Collins, who has been
cook for F. H. Colby, at his cottage
during the past month, went to Kineo
on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Harville
of East Madison have been visiting
friends In this vicinity. They also
attended the Goodrich and Baker re-
union on Tuesday.
Miss Caddie Steward of Pittsfield
has been among friends in Moscow,
recently.
8. H. Whitney and wife Of North
Vassalboro were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Abel Moore, last week.
Mrs. Juliette Webster is visiting
friends in Portland for few days.
The Sugartown school reunion was
very enjoyable time although the
attendance was smaller than in for
mer years and very few OF the orig
inal scholars we're present. Beans
baked In the ground by Pat Murphy
were served and an abundance of
other nice food. Music was furnish
ed by Greene's orchestra of Madison
and Elmer Baker of Moscow.
Robbie Sands went to Portland to
return with his wife, who has been
there visiting, several weeks.
Mrs. Thomas Reynolds who has
been in the Sisters hospital for ten
weeks, has returned and Is still in
very poor health, though better than
she was few weeks age.
Mrs. Forest Gates of Moscow was
in town Tuesday, having improved in
health very much during the past
few weeks.
have put down two more wells this
week, one at Eli Lapoint's laundry
near the station at Bingham Heights,
striking water at about thirty feet be-
low the surface drilling in the solid
ledge. The last one being at the
Russell Block this was through
gravel about sixty feet when a large
vein of water was struck, thirty feet
of water in the pipe In five minutes.
Fifteen thousand gallons we're pump
ed out in short time without lower
ing the supply in any degree.
The grasshoppers' are very thick
in places and are eating the grass in
the pastures away, from the cows.
The cows cannot give milk without
grass to eat, the farmers wife can
not make butter without milk and
Bingham has not a pound of butter,
and as the thousand people here can
not eat bread without butter, 1t looks
as though the grasshoppers were
starving the people,,
The annual reunion Of the Good rich
and Baker families was held in Muir
rays orchard in Bingham village,
Tuesday, Aug. "a. The occasion was
Vi CbPoCidl lupOIObt DOCouoO Az w do
the one hundredth anniversary OF the
coming of Reuben Baker to this Sec
ton. Nearly hundred attended the
reunion and enjoyed the dinner and
the program but best Of all, the social
time which followed. Mrs.. Lucinda
Baker, aged "a, was congratulated up
on being able to walk from her house
with her sister, to the picnic ground
and back a distance of more than
mile. Mrs. Arthur Jordan gave the
address of welcome, Miss Mary
Steward of South Gardiner respond
ed; readings we're given by Mrs.
George Baker and Mrs. Florence
Owens and remarks were made by
Mr.. Merton Goodrich, Mr.. William
Richmond, Miss Nellie Baker, Mrs.
Sidney Goodrich. officers for the
ensuing year were elected as follows:
Anon Baker, Pres; Lewis Baker,
Vice Pres; Mrs. Sarah Goodrich,
Sec.
SUNDAY SCHOOL PICNIC AT BINGHAM
CENTER.