The Republican journal., 1900-10-11
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

The store of Thaddeus l. Huxford is being
cleaned, painted and thoroughly overhaul
ed.
Kate Godding sprained her ankle quite
badly and has been confined to the house for
some time.
Ira w. Bowden has done a nice job grad
ing around his buildings, and will do con-
siderable more.
Daniel Dickey has begun the seasons
work Of hay pressing in the barns of NJ j.
Dow at West Brooks.
A. W. Watson, of the firm of c. F. & G. W
Eddy of Boston, was in town last week in
terviewing the hay dealers.
Geo. w. Miller called upon friends here
the other day. He has sold his hotel in Mon
roe and will remove to Bangor.
Mrs. Xantha Davis, formerly of this
town, but now of Lowell, Mass, is reported
as very ill, with but slight hopes of her re-
coverery.
rooms, after few weeks in Boston, and
will soon be ready for the opening Of fall
and winter goods
F. G. Reynolds of Somerville, Mass, has
been visiting friends here. He is grand
son of the late Gilman Roberts, one of the
early residents of this village.
Nora Forbes has returned from two
weeks visit to friends in Massachusetts,.
She took cold while away and has been con-
fined to the house several days.
Gorham Hamblen, just over the jackson
line, has done good job in repairing the
house on the old homestead He has ex-
pended several hundred dollars, much to the
Improvement of the old place.
T. A. Elliott is in town and is busy pack
ing his goods and moving them to the Geo.
Card house, which he has bought. He and
his family will spend the winter away from
here, as he has business outside
James F. Jewell is at home from Bangor,
where he has finished the f. 0. Day tene-
ment. He will now finish the Berry Sar-
gent cottage, the frame of which is up as far
as the roof. Fred Emmons works with him
in West Brooks. She is mistress at the farm
house where she used to live with her
grandparents , and she gave a reception to
some of her friends the other evening
Music. games and a treat were on the pro
gram.
We received call from State Commander
Seth Snipe of Bath the other day. He is
now reviewing the G. A. r. Posts and
dressing up the lines. He gave us fine
little talk at the meeting of the Waldo
county Veteran Association last week He
was accompanied by Hon. y. 4. Nickerson
of Swanville.
Marcellus ], Dow, the census enumeration
for Brooks and Swanville, had rare good
luck with his work When one considers the
actual correctness required. Not a single
error was reported, and only two omissions
of numbers were retained for completion
He received d personal letter from the Su-
perntendent thanking him for the correct
ness and intelligence with which the work
was done.
Our Water Supply Co. has done a good
thing for the village in furnishing us with
good, pure water in our houses. The sup
ply has been abundant during the late
drought and the quality is of the very best
BY the way, where is the drinking fountain
We were to have in the village? Arrange
ments were made for it when the pipes
were laid, but the fountain is not forth
coming. 1t would not be of particular ben
eft to the village but would be great con-
venience to those who drive their teams in
here. The expense would be small compar-
ed with the good it would do