The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1899-03-23
The News OF Brooks.


Lewis Stevens of Jackson has been visiting
at 0. W. Lanes.
Earl Bessey and Harry Brown are attend
ing high school at Jackson.
NJ Chase is much improved in health, but
has not yet been out of doors.
Willard Chase was at home from Coburn-
Classical Institute this week.
Geo. B. Roberts intended to go to Mass.
this week, but was detained in Brooks by
important business.
DIR. Rich is expected home from long
trip this week. He has been working in
Portland and vicinity.
L. 1. Felker, who is teaching the high
school in Clinton, spent Saturday and Sun
day at E. c. Holbrook's.
Mrs. Ralph Freeman, who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. E. T. Bessey for several
days, has gone to Knox and is considera-
bly, improved in health.
Isaac Staples has employed his spare time
lately in breaking colt. This is the original
ike" the famous carriage-maker of
Brooks, and still one of the boys, though in
business here over forty years.
The Brooks Band is preparing to present
the amusing play entitled "The Order of
Hercules" Those who have seen it and are
in position to know say it is equal to the
Orient" or the knights of Khorassan,'
but can be given in public
The pile of wood covering the vacant lot
back of the depot attracts much attention
and is worth seeing. 1t is the property of
the Fred G.. White Co. of Belfast and has
been cut this winter from the Page lot on
the hill. Mr.. Emerson Elwell has charge of
the job and has employed an average of
from twelve to fifteen choppers. There are
various guesses as to he amount of wood in
the pile, but Mr.. Elwell, who knows very
nearly, says there are over six hundred cords
and about fifty more TO come.
The town meeting March 18th resulted in
the election of the following officers Mod
orator, John H. Gordon; Clerk, Otis w
Lane; Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers
OF the Poor, Fred W. Brown, Jr., j R.
Lttlefeld, f. w. Gibbs; Treasurer, A. r.
Pilley; Collector, Walter S. Hobbs; School
Committee for three years, n r. Cook !;
Superintendent, A. B. Stantial O. w.
Lane has been Town Clerk fifteen years. 1t
was voted to raise 500 for support of the
poor; 81 500 for highways; the legal amount
for schools; $50 for free high school, $50
for text books
The Good Templar entertainment was
repeated Thursday evening, and while the
attendance was not quite 50 large as the first
night, the hall was we'll filled. AS usual the
ladies carried off the honors. The principal
features were the playing of selections by
the Brooks orchestra; displaying Jeflsha
BOWS album 10y Mrs Josephine Fogg;
songs by Alice Dow and Jessie Peabody
Mrs. T. l. Huxford as Roxanna Tucker and
Miss Nashti Fogg as Dorothy in prof. Bax =
ter's great invention and the part Of
Mary Ann the Irish servant by Mrs. A E.
Chase was admirably taken. The receipts
from both evenings were about $40.
VIM. A. Jones died in Brockton, Mass
March 18th, aged 50 years and 6 months
The deceased was the son of the late Daniel
Jones of Brooks, where he was born and
passed his early life. He was a machinst
by trade, aud for several years had lived in
Brockton, where he had employment A
widow and two children, a son and daughter
survive him OF his fathers family there
remain two brothers. Horace Jones of
Beverly. Mass. and Charles Jones of Wake
tiel l. Mass; a step mother, Mrs Margaret
Jones of Belfast, and two half sisters, Mrs.
Charles Colson Of Winterport and Mrs. John
McTaggart of Belfast. The funeral was
held from his late home Tuesday and the
interment was in Beverly. Mr.. Jones was
well known in this section and in Brooks
his birthplace, and many will mourn the
loss of genial friend Of boyhood days.
Charles H. Reynolds died at his home in
Brooks March 18th, after painful illness of
ten weeks, at the age OF 81 years. Ia 1881
he married Abbie Could daughter of the
late Isaiah Gould of Brooks, who survives
him. He also leaves to mourn their loss an
only son, Nelson, father and mother,
Samuel and Harriet Reynolds of Brooks
and four-brothers, William and Herbert of
California; Edwin T. Reynolds of Unity
and Wendell S. Reynolds of Brooks. He
was true and affectionate husband an in
dulgent father, kind and accommodating
neighbor. and a friend always ready to help
the needy. He was one of the selectmen of
Brooks, his term of Office expiring the day
of his death. He will be greatly missed
not only by his immediate friends and
neigbbors, but by large circle for W HON he
Away had a pleasant word and smile. The
funeral was held at his home Wednesday
afternoon, Rev. David Bracket of Brooks
officiating. The floral offerings were pro-
fuse showing with what esteem the deceasep
was regarded.
Mrs Barbara A. Forbes died in Brooks,
March 8, 1899. She was born in Jackson,
Me-. Dec. 8, 1919, and was the daughter of
John and Anna Rich. She was married
June 9, 1917, to Almon S. Forbes of Brooks,
who survives her. and is so years of age.
They had four children, three of whom are
living: namely, Mr.. Charles H. Forbes of
Brooks, Rev. Frank S. Forbes of Santa
Barbara, California, pastor of Congl church,