The Republican journal., 1902-03-27
THE NEWS Of BROOKS.


three days in Bangor last week.
The Board of Health has posted notices
for free vaccination in town until April 9TH.
Miss Gale Bracket of Newport has been
| visiting her grandparents, H. H. Pulley and
| wife.
Mrs. Malinda Smith of Belfast, but for
some years resident of this town, visited
friends here last Sunday.
1t is said that Bert Lane, our postmaster,
is to move to the Dudly Simpson place,
which will be changed into milk farm.
In spite of the high prices of feed it has
paid to feed the cows we'll this winter.
Butter has seldom been higher than it now
is in the cities
| Henry H. Webb and Waldo B. Hall, two
OF our section bosses who lost their places
during the trackmen's strike last fall, are
| back on the road.
| NJ. j. Dow has had several calls to pasture
young stock the coming season in his pas
ture on Sprout Hill, which is well known as
one of the very best.
III ~. H. SOOh LIDS HiO'SN w oAiS oAhSS
over the drug store He has got his family
nicely settled in the F. w. Pingree house,
which he lately bought
Carroll Ellingwood, who went from here to
Belfast with Rev David Bracket, has been
very sick there with the humps and has
gone to his home in Winterport.
The indications are that we shall have a
creamery here another summer, which will
be much desired acquisition to the bust
ness OF the town, especially beneftting the
farmers in this vicinity.
1t is something unusual to have the snow
all gone, the mud deep and sticky and the
roads breaking up tle Goth of March, but
that was what happened this year, Our
village corner is now dry.
Our highways are in a horrible condition
and it will take lots of work to get them
into decent shape 1t is no use to eXpend
money on the highway without looking
after the water courses and outlets.
Crippled hogs are common here, it is said.
They eat well, grow well, but some of them
crawl around on their knees. They seem to
lose the use of their limbs. VIII some of
our grangers tell us what the matter is?
Kate Small is busy at her trade as dress
maker. Mrs. Huff always has more than
she can dc in this business Mrs A. f.
DOW does some cutting for personal friends
but does not now work at the business, as
the millinery rooms occupy her attention.
1t is time to cut the Scions and get ready
for pruning and grating the orchard A
scrubby, natural fruit apple tree is worse
than worthless. The same tree grated to
good variety of fruit will become source
of income. 1t pays to either graft them or
cut them down and get them out of the way.
We notice that A. b. Stantial, formerly of
this town, has been elected one of the
Councilman of Belfast. His preference
would probably be the School Board. For
several years he was Superintendent of
Schools for this town, and was in fact one
of the best ones we ever had He greatly
improved the efficiency of our schools. If
he stays in Belfast ten years he may as well
be slated for mayor
Rev. David Bracket, who is now living at
% Spring street, Belfast, called to see us
Monday morning, and we are always glad
to see him. He is not to engage in business
in Belfast, but will reside with his son-in-
law, f. II, Walker, who is keeping board
ing house there. He will still preach in
Monroe and Jackson and keep his team in
Brooks. He intends to answer all special
calls for his services as in the past
a circular in our post office states that
there is a bounty of 800 which can be
claimed by the heirs of the following SOL
diers of the Civil War from this vicinity:
Company Regt