The Republican journal., 1902-05-01
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. c. F. Files has returned from visit
to her parents in Greenville.
| Mr.. Dow's millinery rooms are crowded
| these pleasant afternoons, and two milliners
| are kept busy.
| Frank Holbrook of Colby Classical In
stitute spent Sunday in Brooks with his
| parents.
| The schools at West Brooks and South
Brooks, and the village Primary, began last
| Monday.
J Esther Roberts, who has been confined to
| the house for some weeks, was able to get
out to church Sunday
W. B. Sargent has been grading around
| his new house, which is occupied by c. F..
! Files, our station agent.
| Percy Hasty returns to Starks Saturday
to teach another term of school. He has
| been employed there for several terms.
Miss Lizzie IIasty, who recently gradual
ed from the Shaw Business College in Ban
gor, is to accept position in Eastport soon.
! The loss by the fire at Mr.. Dow's store
has been adjusted by the insurance COM
pany, and he is still doing business at the
Old stand.
! Miss Lenora Forbes has returned from
Massachusetts, where she visited her sis
ters, Mrs James Busfeld of lIaverhill and
Mrs. Augastin Thompson of Boston.
While at work on step ladder Tuesday
Otis ". Lane fell and broke two or three
ribs and was otherwise severely injured.
lie was attended by DR.. \. r. Cook.
John Dollof was here the first Of the
week finishing up the work on our tele-
phone lines. We are now connected with
the main line, our instruments are of the
best, and we can talk anywhere.
Geo. E. Lang, son of the late John NJ.
Lang, brought to Brooks Monday night the
, body of his little son, who died of ap-
pendicits in Fairfield. The funeral was
held at Union Church Wednesday forenoon.
Herbert Hamin is to move into the Geo.
Miller rent and will run the meat market.
VIII Deering is to live on the Isaiah Gould
farm, which he has bought. They have
been in business together here for some
time.
T. |. Huxford has sold his fast PAGER Gray
Wilkes to Guy Hume of Sbawmut he also
sold 4-year-old Nelsonee to Augusta
parties. Mr. IIuxford deals in horses in
a small way and always has a nice one on
hand.
Mrs. Gorham Hamben went to Portland
Thursday to attend the funeral of her
brother, Samuel Bradbury, who died at his
home at Bay City, Michigan, where he had
lived since he was l6 years of age. The old
homestead was in Buxton, Maine.
The Sunday school concert last Sunday
was very successful undertaking. The
little folks had been we'll drilled and the
parts were well taken Miss Marguerite
Barker, ii tot OF years, did specially well
in her first public attempt. 1t was really
wonderful, the correctness with which she
rendered the selection. The program was
as follows: Singing by school; collection
prayer by Mr.. Small; Follow Me-, exercise
by $ children rec, Raymond Merritt; duet,
Mrs. Chase and Marie; exercise, Cast thy
bread upon the water; singing by school;
reading, Lena Carpenters reading, Mrs
Merrithew; exercise, The Children's
Wishes; solo, Mr.. Jones; reading, Mrs.
Small; reading, Miss McCarty; recitation,
Bertha Hail. solo, Mrs. Barker; exercise,
The Opening of the Lily; reading, Mrs.
Dow; reading, Mrs. Carpenter; solo, Mar
garet Barker; exercise, Sunday Sch0 ol
Acrostic; recitation, Albert Jenkins read
ing, Mildred Lang remarks by Mr.. Merrill;
C horus by school.