The Republican journal., 1899-05-25
The News OF Brooks.

ia. Elliott returned to Penobscot county
Tuesday.
Ezra Roberts made business trip to Bel
fast last Thursday.
A large amount of hay is being rushed
into market as result of the recent advance
in price in Boston.
The Knights of Pythias and their ladies
had a pork and bean supper at their banquet
hall Tuesday night.
Mrs. F. W. Pingree, withAhe boys Gordon
and Robert, is visiting her parents, Hon.
and Mrs. William Gordon az Fryeburg, Me.
Work has begun on the roads The town
of which the work will be under the charge
of one of the selectmen.
The band will present the burlesque,
"Ancient Order of Hercules" at the Mon
roe town hall Thursday night. Bowen will
go with the blackboard and take number
of the boys over, returning after the show.
John NJ. Dow, one of the oldest citizens of
the town, died suddenly at the residence of
his son. NJ. j. Dow in this village Sunday
morning Funeral Wednesday. A more
extended obituary notice will appear next
week.
Albert Rose is attending to the grain bust
ness of Swan & Sibley Co. in place of W. A.
Fenlason, who is quarantined at present.
Mrs Fenlason, who has been sick with
diphtheria, is improving. Every precaution
has been taken to prevent contagion. This
was rather mild case, but it is not disease
to be trtled with
Mai ID. Reynolds, who was for some time
a resident of this town, was severely injur
ed in Unity recently by falling under the
wheels of heavily loaded wagon His
shoulders and chest were crushed and sever
al ribs broken. His injuries We're at first
thought to be fatal but at last advces he
was holding his own aud hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Don T. Snow of Bangor, Bowdoin, 1901,
who visited here last spring, won the race
at the inter-collegi athletic meet IN
Worcester, Mass, last Saturday, scoring
five points; giving Bowdan first honors of
championship of New England colleges.
Those contrasting were Amherst. Dartmouth
Williams, Wesleyan, University of Maine,
Brown, Trinity and Institute of Technology.
The orchard and small fruit of T. E. Jell-
son are worth seeing now. He has about
four hundred gooseberry bushes, which he
expects will produce this year over fifty
bushels of berries, besides he has a large
number of pear trees of the most mouth
watering varieties. The Baitletts are his
favorite. He also has miscellaneous col
lection of plums. blackberres, raspberries
and currents. He understands taking care
of them and they produce very comfortable
income for the amount of capital invested
Thomas and his wife are lively as bees and
are still reckoned among the young folks,
although they have good sized flock of
grandchildren.
DR.. A. w. Rich is amusing himself during
his vacation from the road by building an
addition to his stable about 50 feet long,
containing hen house and room for stor-
age, which will give him room in the older
part of the stable for one or two box stalls
ane some other improvements he has in
mind. 1t can safely be laid down as a axiom
that no place ever runs down in the Doctors
hands. -Four years ago the place where he
now lives was a small bare lot with low,
old-fashioned tenement on it and he has
converted it into one of the most comfort
able places in town, practically built new
house and stable, set odt trees and has lately
bought considerable addition to the lot
from land of G. F. Bessey adjoining it on the
back.