The Republican journal., 1899-09-28
The News OF Brooks.

| lueSldy LOT d TWO weeks FlS1u.
B. h Robinson and wife of Bridgewater,
Mass. are visiting at Michael Chase's.
c. E. Lane and wife and Frank returned
Saturday night from a two weeks visit to
Aroostook county.
Mrs Richie of Medford Mass, who has
been visiting at E. o. Stantials, returned to
her home Tuesday.
w. Fl. Lord of Winterport is canvassing
Brooks for The Life and Times of Hannibal
Hamlin, by Chas. E. Hamlin.
E. G. Roberts and wife have returned
from a carriage ride to Windsor, Me-, where
they visited the family of Benz. Hussey.
Roberts & Son are running their machin-
cry by steam power now and do not have to
wait for the pond to fill up when they have
a job to do.
Rev. MI. Prescott of Vinalhaven. an evan
gelist is holding some special meetings at
the Friends chapel. The meetings are well
attended and the interest is increasing.
F. c, Body has sold the trotter Eben l..
(2.22 1-2) to Boston parties. The terms
are private, but good price obtained,
while the other fellows have certainly got
| good horse.
Miss Nina Tasker of Dixmont is visiting
the family of Fred W. Brown, Esq. She
had employment here for some years and
used to take a prominent part in our literary
entertainments.
There will be a bee to haul stone to grade
| he narl n he Wp6n
day, Thursday and Friday. weather permit
ting. The ladies' will furnish dinners at
Grand Army Hall.
Miss Alice Dow, who looks after the mill
linery department. of her fathers business,
goes to Boston this week for stock and
styles. She formerly worked in the whole
sale department of c. A. Browning & Co.,
| Boston.
| Hollis Grover recently visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs James Grover of South Brooks,
bringing his bride who was a young lady of
Milton, Mass. He has been for several
years a conductor on the Boston Elevated
railroad
Seth Knowton. who has a position in
| Taunton, Mass. at the Insane Asylum, spent
his two weeks vacation with friends in this
town, which was his former home He says
that a large number of the attendants there
are Maine people.
The Yankee Blade has been sold to the
Ladd Publishing Co. of Watervile, and will
be published there in the future. 1t is
curious fact that after many wanderings the
paper now returns 20 the place where it was
first launched upon the world, fifty eight
years ago.
W. HI. II. Roberts lost part of the two
middle fingers of his left hand by coming in
contact with a buzz planer while at work at
his mill last Saturday. His wounds were
dressed by DR.. Cook. This is the second &C
cident of this kind of which Mr.. Roberts has
been the victim, and he hopes it will be the
last
Mrs. Nancy Edwards, widow of the late
Elijah Edwards, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. James Gates, last week.
after long illness. By reason of paralysis
she had not had the power of speech for
over four years. The funeral was held at
home o. her daughter last Sunday, Mrs.
Wentworth of Knox officiating.
E. T. Gilbert of Monroe Centre has gone
into partnership with Jonathan Irving in
the blacksmith business. Mr.. Irving has a
nice shop and large business and has long
felt the need of good reliable man to share
the labor and the responsibility of the bust
ness. Few men could have performed the
labor Mr. Irving has done since he went into
business here.
Martin Thompson of Lowell, Mass, called
on friends here last week He is overseer of
a room in a hosiery mill and has crew OF
40 to manage. He has been in Lowell
about thirty six years, but was for some time
a resident of this town and taught several
terms of school here. His brother Albert
accompanied him. He will be remembered
as resident of South Brooks some thirty
years ago, but now works in Lowell with
his brother Martin.
1t certainly was not the intention OF your
, correspondent to misrepresent the discourse
, of Rev Isaac P. Roberts, as he claims was
} done in his letter to The Journal last week.
The difficulty apparently arose over shades
of distinction between christian Science"
and "Divine healing. 1t was rather disap-
pointment that Mr.. Roberts made no effort
to explain this difference in his letter, but
: he will perhaps do so later.
+ Your correspondent as usual attend ed the
{ Monroe fair, but having written it up so many
n times he hardly knows what to say this
4 time, as it is about the same thing each year
There was big crowd, nice stock fine
n horses, and chance to see everybody thai
F., you know for miles around. From the TIM
10 that we bucked up against Edwin jenkins
N the gate until we came out, our attention
|. was fully occupied. The Monroe people
Y. take pains to have good fair. and make
N success of it. Harry Littlefeld of Soutl
ID Brooks and Mr.. Holmes of Waldo had
:. very nice dancing pavilion on the ground
70 and it was crowded nearly all the time
ell With good music and a smooth floor it wa
popular resort with the young folks.