The Republican journal., 1902-01-02
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

| Geo. A. Thompson has moved into the
Charles Irving house.
Charles Fl. Forbes has been packing ap
pies for Portland concern.
Noah P. Sargent has been quite ill fol
some time, but is now improving.
| Mrs James Bushfield of Haverhill, Mass.
| is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mahala Forbes
Miss Theo Lane, little tot four years o.
age, is attracting attention by her singing
Mrs. Martha E. Luce of Haverhill, Mass.
is with her sister, Mrs. A. E. Dow of thi.
place.
The members of Golden Crown lodge
K of p, INDUCED in clam supper tn
other evening.
The officers of Marsh River lodge, F. &
A. NJ, are to be publicly installed on the
evening of January 22nd.
Walter Gibbs has returned from few
weeks work canvasSing for nursery stock in
the vicinity of Mechanic Falls.
Leonard Rowe manages to get about and
do his chores this winter. He is past eighty
and is veteran Of the Civil War.
DR.. A. W. Rich, who for some years has
spent most of his time on the road, has
been at home quite ill for some weeks.
There is a special literary contest going
on i'll Harvest Home grange, with the men
on one side and the women on the other.
Harry Gates is now the proud father of a
nd i1rcf hot hat
business will hustle at the farm this year.
Isaac S. Staples & Son have their full line
of sleighS hung up and ready for the mar
ket, and as usual they have some nice ones.
Miss Grace E. Dow, who was to have
taken charge of her fathers store this win
ter, has gone to Bucksport to teach a term
of school.
Mrs. Lovina Morse is dangerously i'll at
her home in West Brooks. Her son Gran
vile, of Lowell, Mass, has come home to
help take care of her
The Jog-a-Long Dramatic Club of Monroe
is to present the comedy drama ''JoSiah's
Courtship'' at the G. A. r. Hall in Brooks
Friday evening, January 3rd. 8
Miss Mildred McCarty has been very busy
with:her.fne embroidery and fancy work, in
which she is very proficient. Some of her
work has been sold to Belfast parties.
Rev. f. w. Barker delivered an interest
ing sermon on mission work last Sunday.
On account of the storm the audience was
SMALL and by request it will be given again
later.
Almon S. Forbes had d narrow escape
from serious in ury some two weeks ago. A
bale of hay he was lifting fell on him and
injured his leg which was broken some two
years ago.
E. A Carpenter is busy on the road all
the time, but is fortunate in being able to get
home nearly every Saturday night. He went
to Auburn Monday and will be absent
about two weeks,
The little folks had nice time the other
day when Mrs. Minnie Seavey gave birth
day party for her little son Henry. Fifteen
We're present, and they played games, ate a
nice birthday cake and went home happy.
The Indications now are that J. FL. Gordon
will have plenty of work at his pants fac
tory for the remainder of the winter We
hope so, for it is the only one left of several
that were doing business here a few years
ago.
Brooks, as well as Belfast dealers, have
been bothered to get their freight since the
big washout Mr. Dow has received ar
invoice bill of goods from Portland Dec
18th. but the goods have not yet come to
hand
Roscoe A. Jones has one of the very best
business teams in town. He has had a new
double wagon and sledS built to order. He
makes his team pay him something, too.
He is now getting lumber from the Page lot,
which he recently bought.
The exercises at the Good Templar lodge
were made very interesting last Saturday
evening There was music by the female
quartette, solo by Mrs. A. f. Chase,
charades, instrumental music by May Hulk
ford and Frank Holbrook, etc.
Dr. kilgore is putting in nox stalls and
improving his stable in many ways. "A
doctors horse gets hard drives and they
| need special care. They get it at Dr.. Kill
cores stable this year, too, for Henry
Webb is looking after the business there.
Roscoe Edwards, who has been quite
!! poorly of late, was down town the Other
day, feeling much better The care Of his
son Ralph, who recently died, and his
anxiety and trouble wore heavily upon
| him. He will soon get out, however, and
| business at the mill will be hustling again
| Earle D. Bessey has spent the Christmas
| holidays with friends in town. He will re-
turn to Bates college next week. Millard
| Chase, who also spent his vacation here, re-
turned to Bowdoin. Miss Alice L. Dow, OF
the NJ. C. |. at Pittstield, came home to help
eat the Christmas goose and returned to hel
| studies Monday
Frank, son of E. G. Holbrook, left home
Monday to enter Coburn Classical Institute
There are few young men Of his age so vel
advanced in classical education. His mother
is a college graduate and was for some years
preceptress at Bucksport Seminary. She
has attended closely to his education anG
he has been thoroughly drilled.
The Waldo & Penobscot Telephone Co
has been organized as a corporation under
the laws of Maine with the following
officers President, A. E. kilgore Clerk, O
W. Lane; Treasurer, A r. Pilley
| Directors, A. +. kilgOre, T. |. HuXford, F