The Republican journal., 1901-07-11
FRED A. JOHNSON, Masonic Tenlph
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. E. B. Hunter of Clinton, Me-, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. E. c. Holbrook
Mrs. Carrie Nickerson of Bangor made
short visit to her sister, Mrs. Isaac Leath-
ers, this week.
E. A. Carpenter and wife started Monday
for two weeks trip to New York, the Pan
American Exposition, Niagara Falls, Thous-
and Islands, Montreal and the White Noun
tains.
The eve of the 4th was marred and a
cloud was thrown over the preparations for
the celebration by a very sad drowning
accident. Ralph, the II year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. j. Robinson, formerly of Oro-
no, but now of Westerly, r. L., was visiting
with his mother at II. f. Staples. Going in
bathing with two other boys about his own
age he left them and ran down to near the
bridge in the deepest part of the pond, and
either plunged in or slipped from some logs
and sank before those near realized that he
was in trouble. After considerable DELAY
the body was recovered by means of CRAP
pies but life was extinct, though Drs. Kill
gore and Cook made every effort to resusci-
tate him. The funeral was held Friday at
the residence of H. f. Staples, Rev. d.
Bracket officiating. The burial was in
Unity.
The Primary school closed Friday, June
2Sth, under the instruction of Miss Mabel
Rose. The closing exercises were as fol-
lows:
Song, America, BY school
Rec, Welcome, Maud Webb
&C Spring House Cleaning,
Audine Deering, Lena Carpenter,
Maud Webb
Rec, Build 1t, Gladys Godding
+" Fourth of July Record, Clair Roberts
Nobody Knows, Inez Lancaster
&c How do you know? Hattie Works
:. DO it: Lad, Gertrude Hall
Teaching Country School,
Bertha Hall
Flag exercise and Quotations,
by ten girls and boys
Rec, Only One Flag, Albert Jinkens
&c Independence Day, Ebert Ames
&C Parts of the Body, motion piece,
Albert Jinkens
acatIon, Mertie AmeS
Lady Apple Blossom, Bernard Staples
The Daisies, motion piece, will Lane
The Bears, Earl Roberts
Which General, Hovey Roberts
Vacation Time, Hilda Lane
F" Jim's 4th of July, Lawrence Estes
" A Good Country, Georgia Work
What shall we do in Vacation,
Airline Estes
Closing exercise, by eleven girls,
Lila O'Brien, Bertha Hall, Hattie orks,
Lena Carpenter, Airline Estes, Georgia
Works, Aertle AmeS, lneZ Lancaster,
Audine Deering, Maud Webb, Gertie
Hall.
Song, Marie York and Maud Webb.
The celebration of the 4th of July passed
off pleasantly and was thoroughly enjoyed
by the largest crowd of people ever gathered
in Brooks. The Brooks and Jackson bands,
under Drum Major Gordon, furnished
music for the day and the concert in the
evening. The band headquarters were at
Masonic Hall, where refreshments were
provided. An eloquent Grafton was de-
livered by Frank p. Wilson of Belfast, and
was highly complimented by his hearers.
The various races took place as advertised
and were hotly contested. The star attrac-
ton of the day, however, was the splendid
exhibition drill of Belfast Company, L. R.
K. of P, Capt. Francis H. Welch command
ing, which took place at IL O'Clock before
two thousand people and was heartily
cheered at every stage. The members of
the company were the guests of Golden
Crown Lodge while here and were enter
tanned at YOrk's Hotel. The handsome and
shaded lawn of DR.. A. f. KilgOre furnished
cOigne of vantage for seeing the show which
was quickly taken advantage of by a dense
crowd Of people, who reduced the green
turf to dust heap, carpeted with paper
bags and peanut shells. Fond mothers and
darling cherubs reposed comfortably upon
the Doctors upholstery; hypnotized lovers,
ObIivious to earth if not to heaven, occupied
his piazza seats until far into the night but
he never complained, remembering that,
after all, his sutferings were as nothing to
those of the patriots at the Delaware and
Valley Forge.
Great Structures of the World.