The Republican journal., 1902-01-30
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

| Joseph N. CHM is the proud possessor OF
bouncing baby girl.
Mrs. Martha f. Luce is visiting the fam
lily of A. B. Stantial in Belfast this week.
Mrs. Rufus Morse, whose illness has been
| mentioned in The journal, died last Friday
| night.
Mrs. Susan Littlefeld of Bangor is visit
| ing the family of Deputy Sheriff feathers.
This was Mrs. Littlefeld's childhood home.
Ex-Sheritf Joseph Littlefield of this town
has one of the finest orchards in Waldo
| county. He has marketed over 800 barrels
of nice fruit this year.
While at work in the woods recently
Pearl Hamblen cut his foot quite badly
with an axe. He has been confined to the
house about three weeks.
The grange contest is ended, and as usual
in such matters the ladies came in ahead.
Tuesday evening the defeated and discon-
certed men paid their forfeit and furnished
a supper.
Mary McTaggart has returned from
visit to her brother Sidney in Cherryfeld.
She reports Sid. well, happy and prosper
| GUS. He has good position as station agent
there, and is valuable man to the company.
Capt. j. W. Bennett is negotiating for
steamer to run on some of our coast routes
and stock company is being formed to
buy the boat. Capt. Bennett has been in
command of several steamers and thorough
y understands the business. Several of
our citizens will take stock in the company
E. o. Stantial narrowly escaped serious
| injury Tuesday evening" Jan. 21st. He was
returning from the village to his farm lust
after dark when IN passing a loaded team
his horse SHE'D into the ditch and the sleigh
runner struck rock, The whiffletree and
one thill broke, leaving the horse attached
| to the near thill by the holdback strap.
| After running a short distance the animal
cleared himself from the sleigh and went
for home on the gallop. Neither Mr.. Stan
| tial nor the horse were much injured
| About 100 persons attended the Good
Templar lodge last Saturday evening Two
candidates were initiated and twenty names
dropped from the list for non-payment of
dues. No dead material is carried in this
lodge. The program consisted of readings
by Mrs. Percival Cilley and Mrs. A. F.
/ Dow; declamations by VIII Austin, Sidney
TibbettS and NJ. J. Dow; solos by Thirza
| Twom5ly, May Brown and Will Emmons,
with May lluXford as organist recitation
, by Alice Reynolds. Waldo District lodge
will meet here Feb. Sth and will be cordial
| ly received
The officers of Marsh River lodge, No. 102,
f. Il \. NJ, We're installed Thursday evening,
January 23rd, by David Bracket P NJ,
assisted by John H. Gordon as G. NJ They
are as follows 4. r. Pilley, w. NJ. L. G.
| Cilley, S. W.; OTIS W. Lane, J. W..
Marcellus j. Dow, Treasurer; Elmer G.
Roberts, Sec. Forest K Roberts, S. d. ;
Isaac feathers, J. D.. VIM. C. Rowe, S. S. :;
Isaac S. Staples, j. S. wins Jones, Tyler ;
Rev. David Bracket, Chap; John H.
| Gordon, Marshal. The exercises were
performed in the fine Knights of Pythias
hall, which had been generously opened by
| the Sir Knights for the occasion. A pro-
gram was presented consisting of music by
the orchestra; solo by Maud Webb with
May Webb as organist; solo by Mr..
! Emmons with Norman McTaggart as
organist; song and encore by the male
quartette-Morrill, Gilbert, Jones and
EmmonS, with Mrs w S. Jones as organst
Remarks were made by Rev. F. w. Barker
and Rev. Mr.. Miller, after which the masons
and their invited friends repaired to the
banquet rooms where a nice supper was
awaiting them.