The Republican journal., 1872-07-11
The Fourth at Brooks.


The Fourth was gala day at this village.
Everybody was here with their neighbor- The
stnrdy Old farmer, the good housewife. the
ro>N-cheek"d maGen-ail htd left behind Them
the care and toll Of the farm, and given Them
selves up to the pleasure of the day. With
feelings AKIN to lone>OmeneS> at our deserted
city. we stepped on board the train. and in due
time found ourselves at the thriving VILLAGE of
Brooks. Here we were met hv a molly crowd
a mounted guard of finta>tic,-Nend.l, of
everything, including water with lemon peel
only 1--WE cens--the inevitable rir-4un man,
who Yankee like, had combined business with
pleasure Here we learned the programme for
the day. First there was to be an
GRAFTON
and at II A. NJ. we entered The large and com
modous building owned bv Mr.. Gordon, built
for the storage of such produce u> from time To
time comes over the road This is one of the
fruits of the railroad, Here we found a large
audience assembled Seated on the stage aud
clothed IN the original uniform of Gen. R4uln
an Old Revolutionary soldier, was Mr. Loren
Rose a descendant of the Old hero. The uniform
Is an heirloom i'll the family. aud in good stale
Of preservation. although one hundred wears of
age. The speaker of the dl. was u. A. BoodN ,
Esq, of Bath, son of DAVID Body nt Jackson.
AT the close of IN able aud eloquent address,
MIR. Boody received cheers and applause tor his
mastery effort, We thought we noticed several
omissions IN the ceremonies due the speaker on
these occasions We were then taken to the
house of Mr.. {. f. Lane, who not only keeps
the best grocery store in town, but al times like
tins gets up excellent dinners. as we can testify
from experience. At | p. NJ. there wa> to be 4
FOOT RACE
for purse Of s. TO the winner, one mil heat
How any individual could be induced 10 run a
mile with the thermometer al % in The shade
Tor the sum Of 81, one knoweth not ; but at the
word go" four peeled individuals saw some-
thing at the other end of the course and mmc-
diately went for it," The smallest and shortest
legged of the lot, Henry Smart by name, prov
ed the smarte>t by nature, winning easily, and
making the mile in less than five minutes. We
afterwards learned that he was Il Greeley man,
which ac 'ounted for the exceedingly good run
he made. Next there was to be a race for
A CREASED PIG.
Generally there Is about As much sport crowd
Ell into real old fashioned pig race is m anv
one perform nee. Turn "A we'll shaved and
well creased pig loose, and smart indeed is he,
who can catch and hold him. On this occasion
il was quite the contrary. Evidently there wa,
an understanding on the part of he pig, Tor
when turned loose he stood facing the crowd,
looking as wise A. a president, and was qun tly
ttken up and pIacr in tht box without % mach
a grant. At 3 O'clock there wa, to br an an
teltainment by the
BROOKS AMATEUR THEATRICAL COMPANY.
II needed no keen observer to perceive that
IN the minds of the people here, this was
to e.the occasion Of the d;ly. This is strictly a
posed OF the farmer, trade>meu and ladies OF
the village who, after the work Of the ,laN had
been finished, Instead IF spending the Time in
idle carouSing, wouid meet and pas. 4 pleasant
evening together We We're surprised to wit
ness such dramatic talent. The pieces that
were rendered." Who Killed Cock Robnf''
and the farce of the Limerick Boy" were al
mrably well done and would put to shame
half of those affairs that Iavtl about the coun.
We venture to say that the Brooks Amateur
Club will compare fayorably with any like club
in the State. This, with dancing and
CLIMBING CREASED POLE
closed the performances Of the day. bld You
ever see any climb creased pole We
never did. We noticed one chan after making
several attempts looked discouraged and gave It
up.
Brooks, since the advent of the railroad. j.
looking up. Several new bull 'ings have been
built and others are IN process Of erection We
understand there is II prospect of establishing =
Sr hooi of hiah grade at the village. such an in
stitution Is much needed.
We would say to all in sear.h of pleasure to
Brooks. When the Fourth of Iniy
rolls round agaln we Shalt PAS al other pItc--
by, and take ourselves unto be luhs oi M4l,n
River