The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-09-16


Mt. Books was Born in tlc oid-tl>lIioNcd
and Quaint !uohil. Town of .,ufino liaino in
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the mailDero Of on. American youth some line
h.f,r, h. found ill., H.~ton. iL,. lit.rj,, iig.-
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icIn. AMI liai, too, ct the best sort. for In
.h">' ~! ~" l"lh- journalist. though ~rant-
u .ialh' ~ y" rooted ANA grounded IN tie pIln-
rlPlr> oI NNrrt>~fU literary rhdraEOr. " HpM
- wears OH tLg l"in@ and budding writer
struck 4llt '1r WHAT VIZ then III" iar est.
any IN iilhol> tired ms hahl most ph>urCe~>-
ltIIl nj mercantile pursuits. NrNt. III COM
/ ltnA Mlth a devoted thnd IT "Erte state"
enthusiasts, he took uP his Uc 81 march for
lhc Territory Of Kansas. thcn ronyHi>cd with
cNl, war. le war over. and the haTt-hr.iuoG
/ farming experiment OF the Young adVeutlGrr-
Tor mere were TWO OF thcm) being Il failure.
/ IDS iWaia moved on 10 california. in one Of
thc rcViNa'> ii the earl, cold fever.
In California. the old instinct Of Journalism
hclug strong ia him. Mr. Brooks started a
daily l#nlrf IN partnership with two other
enthusiastic Republicans. and III" Appeal. pub
ilrhcdln NarA >Nliic, uha tuUnty. was 4 lively
! sheet ID the hands of Nt~>r>. ANerN " Brooks
/ the senior partner Of The concern Being Ben
ltinn /. Avery. afterWar nitcd States Min
i>ter to l'ekin. Il gentle and refined writer Of
much ability and Yigor suffering loss Of
family ~ the ~uddcn death of wife and only
child. Mr.. Brook, rccro~,ed the continent in
lN52 ana established himself in WASHINGTON IL
correspondent Of the great leading california
/ paper 81 those days, the Sacramento Union.
y e a>Jhc the well known CORE, pendent
Mt Brooks Won fame for himself Ill over the
Pacific States IN intimate friend Of Lincoln
{ an il, ,,f1.., d 4
4 private secretary ~ III, President &hd was
ready 10 take The Place Wien the rood Ire>i-
d'ht was siam. Nar" nur" rrcro-,in4 the
continent, Mr.. BROOKS Wa commissioned Naval
O!irrr OF the port Of san Francisco. Soon
after ne returned to the GcW paper. the Alta
California, Of sam Francisco, securing liz SER
WIGS a. managing editor. Anon, in lS7l. he
1 returned eastward ana took the place Of nj .ht
4 c'ilt0r Of the New ork Tribune, thence to the
| FINES where he held lis place a. editorial
writer from 1870 to ISN4. when he migrated
across the Hudson t. become editor of the
Newark \. - Daily Advertisers ana where
he remains at this present writing.
IN all these Wamderin->, Mr.. Brooks has
been busy man. OF social and ipyial dis
position. be has formed il is said, more ar-
quainanre~ than any man Of hi, year, not in
what Is called public life. But i'll tie legitimate
hcld OF h> work Mr. Brooks has been i'll
,ietaflgdbIe. IN san Francisco. for example.
he wrote stories sketches. and book review,
for the Overland Monthly, while Bret IIartc
was editor Of the exceedingly lively magazine.
ronducteda Scmi-mouthly publication for Young
people. sent letters to Eastern Journals. wrote