The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-06-12
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THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Miss Nettie Brown went to Fairfield Mon
day for a weeks visit to friends.
Mrs S p Judkins of Livermore Falls is
visiting her daughter, Mrs, y. R. Cook of
this place.
Mrs Susan liolbroo1 and Mrs A. f. Dow
visited the Frank Ilolbrook homestead in
Knox last sunday.
Wallace OBrien, who is with Capt
Bennett on the steamer Florence, spent
Sunday in Brooks.
! Hollis Tibbett> is raising ami repairing
his barn Edwin Jenkins of Monroe has
charge of the work.
Ezra +. Carpenter has got the John II
Gordon stable moved to his lot and placed
upon the foundation. Edwin jenkins took
charge of the job.
There is money in lambs this yea: Wen
deli Reynolds has sold II of this seasons
raising for $50. Edwin G. Lander of
| Thorndike has sold eight for So
Mr. Elmer Thompson has entered into
an engagement to travel with the Smith
| family of glass blowers, who spent one
week here and were very much liked
Last Tuesday evening the grange treated
! itself to Ice cream, cake and coffee after
which the! listened to a talk by NJ. }. Dow
| upon the topic - hat and when to plant.
| Daniel +. Gould, who lived here short
time in his ioghouse, has been visiting
friends in Brooks and Waldo. He was d
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town and of Hannah IIussey of Waldo.
Company +. of the 4th Maine Regt Vols.
are to have their annual meeting here
| Tuesday, June nth 1t is said that an in
teresting program will be presented in the
evening and the public is invited to attend.
a. b. Payson has bought the Amon S.
Forbes farm and will try his hand at farm
I ing. 1t IS not Yet certain whether Mr.
Forbes will come to Brooks this summer or
| remain with his daughter Cora at Water
bury, Connecticut
temperance play is being rehearsed
for the Good Templar lodge They will
> have it next Saturday evening if they can
get ready. Last Saturday evening in spite
of the rain eight gallons of ice cream were
taken care OF, which was highly interest
ing program for the young folks.
The South Carolina Minstrels are to give
an entertainment at the G. A. r. hall in
Brooks tomorrow friday night. They
will also play in Monroe Monday evening,
June 10th. The money obtained is to be
used as a fund for a fire department for
Brooks
Roberts Il Sons have been for two or
three years doing quite a business in the
manufacture of various small articles from
wood for which they have standing con-
tract. They use quite a quantity of bass
and sometimes find it difficult to obtain
enough of it properly seasoned for their
purpose. The work is done by machinery
except putting the article together.
A crop that is neglected by too many
farmers is the ruta baga turnip 1t can be
sowed from now to the 18th of June and
stand a better chance of crop then if
planted earlier. Turn over piece of fresh
sod land, harrow well, furrow deep, fill the
furrow with the strongest manure you have
and cover it we'll Then SOW the seed in
drills, thin out the plants some dull day in
July and you will gather a hundred bushels
of turnips from small piece of land in the
fall. Nothing is better for colts and horses
that are idle during the winter and nothing
is more cheaply raised.
The South Carolina Ministries of this
town have begun their travels. Their
manager, Ezra f. Carpenter, announces
hat they will make tour of the world to
be absent some two years. AS prelmi
nary venture they gave an entertainment at
} ackson Corner last Friday evening. The
hall was crowded and they were cordially
received by their Jackson friends. The
program was practically the same as was
given at the Brooks Good Templar lodge
Among the valuable additions to the com
Pany were G. A: Morrill,, tenor, and L. W.
Emmons, basso Charles Roberts has learned
to handle the bones quite skillfully Among
the ladies we notice the addition of Linda
Chase and Linnie Batchelder