The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-09-27
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. Mary f. feathers is visiting friends
in Brooks.
E. A. Carpenter and E. G. Roberts made a
business trip to Bangor Tuesday.
Rev. Mr.. Barker-ls absent this week, at
tending the conference of his society.
Thomas West and wife of Auburn have
been visiting the family of Stanley Perkins
E. c. Body has sold the trotting horse
Guy Wilkes to I. I. Huxford for round
price.
Charles E. Lane and son Albert have re-
turned from business trip to Aroostook
county.
Miss Eta Pratt of Clinton. Me-, has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. F. c. Holbrook of
this village.
T. E. Jellison and wife have had visit
from their daughter, Mrs. Carter, and fam
lily, who live in Massachusetts.
Vashti Fogg has sold her stock of mil
linery goods to Mrs. W. 0. Estes and Inez
Fogg, who will conduct the business
Quite a delegation from Brooks attended
the institution of the new Lodge of Knights
of Pythias in Dixmont Centre Tuesday
night.
Supt. Geo. A. Morrill, gave his Sunday
school concert last Sunday afternoon,
which proved to be interesting. They will
have another in four weeks
Robert McTaggart is running a hay
machine in this vicinity and doing good
work. He threshed about 300 bushels of
oats for NJ. j Dow last week.
Miss Alice L. Dow has gone to Boston,
and after spending short time in the trim
ming department of c. \. Browning x Co.,
will return with a selection of millinery
goods adapted 10 the season.
Eugene Fletcher of Jackson has received
a new Peerless threshing machine. with
which he proposes to do business this all-
tumn. His first Job was for Ezra Carpenter
of this village. and they all say it is a very
nice machine.
The principal event of the week will be
the teachers convention, which meets here
Sept. 2Sth and 18th. While it may be spec
tally valuable to teachers, it will doubtless
prove beneficial to all who are interested in
the subject of education.
Gilman Philbrick an old resident of Knox
and we'll known in this village, died Mon
day, aged 81 years. Deceased was we'll
to-do farmer, and is survived by a widow
and two daughters, Mrs. Florence Rose and
T e
The Misses Mabel and Gale Treat are in
town, called here by the death of their grand
mother Mrs. Margaret IIuxford Their
father, Hon. Charles II. Treat, was born in
is now collector of customs at East Orange.
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The matrimonial market is somewhat
active. Among cards recently received are
those of Walter Dickey and Grace jenkins !;
Edward Cunningham of Swanville and
Mary McTaggart. These are among our
best young people and they have the best
wishes of ali for long life and much happi-
ness.
At last the new church bell has arrived
and has been hung in the belfry. 1t was
rung for church services last Sunday. The
town has been settled just one hundred
wears and this is our first church bell We
are indebted to various parties outside of
the town for valuable contributions for this
object, for which we feel deeply grateful.
H. S. Ham and wife of Lawrence, Mass,
Charles Wood and wife Of Arlington, Mass,
and c. c. Rowe and wife of Belfast, visited
recently at j. G. Simpsons. Mr.. Wood
is native of Brooks and is now on the po-
lice force Of Arlington. Mr.. Ham, who is a
prominent and wealthy citizen of Law
sons and has many friends here.