The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-12-04
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THE NEWS OF BROO KS.

The NEWS OF bkUU KS.
Ned Edwards has been clearing up around
| the old mill.
There are lots of holiday goods in the vii
lage stores.
Herbert IIamlin has opened barber
shop in town.
Our Sunday school is to have Christmas
entertainment.
Ernest Gould has been pressing hay with
Orlando Roberts.
Mabel Rose came home from Morrill, to
spend Thanksgiving.
VIM. Gould is stocking up with steers and |
has some good ones at his place
Sarah Cole has come back to take care of !
the house of @. E. Lane, her brother, this
winter.
Otis W. Lane and Charles Dickey have
gone into the big woods on a hurting expe-
diton.
Mr.. Edwin Sweet of Eddington ate his
Thanksgiving dinner with friends in
Brooks \
musician, is singing in the church choir at
present.
Almon S. Forbes started for Waterbury, |
Conn.,, Tuesday to spend the winter with
his daughter Cora.
A. B. Huff and Isaac S. Staples have each
built nice hen house. They believe there
lis money in poultry.
H. H. Rich, who was recently married, is
fitting up his home in fine style and has
made many improvements.
Miss Grace E. Dow, the school teacher,
is keeping house at the farm this week,
where there is hay press crew.
Mrs. Canham of Hallowell and Miss
Pratt of Clinton have been visiting their
sister, Mrs. E. c. Holbrook of this village.
A special feature of the services last Sun
day was thelnusical program with solos by
Mrs F. W. Barker and Mrs. A. E. Chase.
Willard Chase, Marie Chase, Erma Bar
ker, and others of our young people who
are attending school out of town came home
Thanksgiving.
Miles Jellison and his sister, Mrs Bow
ker of Belfast with their families, spent
Thanksgiving with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. ID. Jellison of this place.
The new creamery is now in running
order and it is hoped it will be literally
patronized. 1t should be worth something
to the farmers in this vicinity.
Miss Linda Chase of Monroe, who is
teaching the village primary school, is
boarding with her friend Miss Alice L.
Dow, who was her classmate at the M. C. 1.
William Gould has sold very nice pair
of "Jamaique' colts to W. w. Moulton of
Unity. They are two and three years old,
perfect match in color, and will make
nice, strong team.
1t must seem odd to Joseph S. Lang to
live outside of Brooks, where his whole life
thus far has been spent. 1t is only the first
farm in Jackson, however, and all his bust
ness will be done in Brooks Just the same,
I. S. Staples & Son have out very fine
line of sleighs and jumpers this winter.
They also have some nice two-seated pungs. |
Their work has stood the test and is of the |
best make. See their advertisement in an
other column.
Miss Grace E. Dow, who last summer took |
the examination for teachers State certi-
ficate, has received notice that the examina-
ton was satisfactory and will receive her
certificate dated the first day of January,
1903 She has always ranked high in her
studies and has the reputation of being
fine scholar.
Rufus Lancaster beats them all on the |
Knox road this year. He evidently knew
how to feed his spring pig, which weighed,
dressed, $50 pounds. Chas. f. Peavey has
dressed two five months old pigs that |
weighed over 200 pounds each. NJ J. Dow |
kept one three months and then gave it |
away.
OBITUARY. Mrs. Mary E. Webber, who |
for several years had been lingering be- |
tween life and death, passed away Nov. 22d. |
Some years ago she seemed at the point of J
death, but rallied again. She has, however,
been confined to her bed most of the time |
since She has suffered much, but bore it |
all with patient Christian resignation and |
often expressed the wish that the end might |
come as she was prepared to leave this
took lively interest not only in the affairs
of her family and neighbors, but of the
world outside, and would talk intelligently
with her friends and visitors upon any
subject. She was born in Monroe, the
daughter of Samuel and Betsy Stevens, and
at her death was 70 years and one month
old. She married Geo. E. Weber some 40
years ago, and they settled upon the farm
in Brooks where they lived until their
death. Her husband died some years ago
from the effects of an injury received while
driving his team. Of their four children,
Roscoe and Mabel live on the home farm,
while George and Essie are dead. Mrs.
Weber was woman of much energy and
force of character and during the early
years Of her married life worked very hard
for her family and left a good property to
her surviving children. The funeral SER
vices were held at her late residence, Rev.
F. w. Barker officiating.