The Republican journal., 1898-04-07

MONROE. Capt and Mrs. Dennison are
rejoicing over the birth of IL IL pound boy,
their first child. !. Leander Staples has va
Gated the building owned by d. A. Nye and
moved his harness shop to the back of the
barber shop Frank Nye will put furniture,
crockery, etc, in the building. Mrs Abbie
Sewal is stopping week with her mother,
Mrs. Atwood. -. Mr. Henry r. Dawson will
be candidate from this section for Repre-
sentative, without opposition. DR. c. c.
Whitcomb and wife made short stay here on
their return from accompanying the remains
of his father to his native place, Dixmont.
He died in Liberty at the residence of his
son, DR.. Whitcomb. They were on the road
from 3 a. III. until p. m and had to be
shoveled through the drifts in many places
and had number of break downs. Much
sympathy is expressed here for the doctors
family Mrs. Myron Parker has been very
sick the past week. but is gaining. Miss
Hattie jenkins had an attack of grippe re-
Gently.
BROOKS. Miss Edith L. Forbes went to
Massachusetts last Monday, stopping of at
Lewiston on the way. She will visit friends
in Boston, Haverhill and Lowell. Miss
lisa M. Luce has gone to Pittsfield to attend
the spring term of school, Miss Mabel
Rose, teacher of the village primary school,
will enjoy portion of her vacation in Wis
iting in Bangor and Castne, where she will
take special pains to visit the schools. -.
There several cases of measles in town.
E. T. Bessey, constable and collector, is one
of the sick ones. The travelling has been
very hard on the country roads drifts and
bare ground alternating, so that wheels and
runners have appeared in very nearly equal
proportions on our streets. Mr.. Fred G.
White of Belfast was in town last Saturday.
Miss Alice L. Dow will go to Boston in
a few days to stop short time in the milin-
cry store of G. A. Browning & Co. .Chas.
F, Bessey has returned from business trip
to New Hampshire and Vermont. 7. A.
Elliott has started out to work for a.. insur-
ance company. Mrs. Barbara Forbes is
having bad time with one of her feet 1t
is badly swollen and pains her very much.
$50. John NJ Dow has been confined to the
house for several days, the result of bad
cold combined with other troubles. C. L.
Grover, who has for some time past worked
in the Yankee Blade office, bought ticket
last week for Seattle and will try life
in that part of the world. Dr. P. E. Luce
has sold out his milk route here to Geo B.
Roberts. He has been giving special person
a attention to the Elmwood Creamery.
WIN. Lord, who suffered last summer from
the effects Of surgical operation for cancer,
is hustling about actively for a man of his
age this winter. M. j. Dow could furnish
a good house stable frame to Belfast par
ties this spring.. The Good Templar hall
was crowded last Saturday evening as usu-
al and fine entertainment was presented.
In fact, night after night they have had en-
tertainments good enough to present to the
public. The next evening, by way of va
riety, they will have a supper. =. W endell
S. Reynolds has gone to Boston with
Charles II. Forbes pair of blacks which
he has taken care of the past winter....
Geo. Page has packed his grip and gone to
the far West, where he has friends. He has
lived there before, but for three or four years
The assessors are taking the valuation
of the town. and DR.. Kilgore is unusually
busy. This bids fair to be prolific season
for the town of Brooks. The veterans are
brushing up their uniforms and grittlng
their teeth in preparation for war. They
allow that they are ready for another cam
paign for the honor of Old Glory. Miss
ID A., lor I,n+
week. Miss Marion York, who was so
very dangerously sick last winter,is now the
picture of health. Berry Sargent is to build
two houses on his lot this summer. James
Jewell is to do the carpenter work.,
Isaiah Bryant is moving some buildings for
Mr.. Sargent on the James Jewell place..
Mrs. Charles D. Merritt, nee Miss Fannie
Staples, received news last week that her
husband was very i'll in South Carolina,
where he went last fall for his health She
started Immediately and reached there
few hours before his death. The body will
be brought home for intermenJ.. Quite d
quantity Of maple syrup has been brought
into town and sold at one dollar gallon.
The very incest we have tasted was made by
Frank Hubbard of Thorndike. Lorenzo
D. Jones, Esq, who for some months has
been in the law office Of Ira W. Davis, Esq,
in Cornth is visiting friends in town. Miss
EVE Roberts spent last Sunday with friends
in Belfast :. Some forty Be fast X. P.'s,
under the leadership of Capt F. 81. WEIGH,
chartered a special train and came to Brooks
Tuesday evening for the purpose of instruct
ing their Brooks friends into the mysteries
of the picturesque degree of the Orient. AS
one of the victims we are fully satisfied that
they understand their business, aud that we
got our moneys worth. The K. P. boys
here turned out good team, opened their
hall, furnished plenty of our exhilarating
reservoir water, which was used with the
utmost freedom, set out lunch of crackers
and cheese and coffee, and sent their visitors
home happy :. Mrs. Fannie Merritt arrived
home with the body of her husband on the
Tuesday evening train and the funeral SER
vices were held yesterday, Wednesday, at
the home of I. S. Staples, Mr.. Merritt's faith
| er-in-law.
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