The Republican journal., 1902-03-20
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

| uay with friends in town.
! Miss Marion York has returned home
from visit to her aunt in Camden.
T. l. Huxford and wife returned last
Saturday from few days visit in Boston.
| Mrs. Thompson of Boston has been visit
ing her mother at the R. w. Forbes home
stead.
Mrs. Matte, widow of the late W. A.
Fenlason, has been in poor health all
winter.
! NJ. J. Dow has had nice team wagon
built this winter. He has another one that
he will sell.
| Mrs Anna Larrabee, who has been very
! sick and not expected to recover, is said to
be much better.
| Mrs. H. H. Seavey has gone to Waterville
to live with her daughter Abbie, who came
here after her last week.
Sarah J. Cole, who spent the winter with
her brother, Charles f. Lane, has returned
to her home in Thorndike.
A. E. Chase and wife, who have been in
| Massachusetts some two weeks, were ex-
pecCeu nome edneSday.
Ansel Pettingill is at home from the
woods, and we now have some one to mend
our harnesses and old boots
E. c. Hobrook's injured eye is nearly re-
covered 1t is safe to predict that he will
not be caught in such scrape again
Harry Brown, who has a position as at
| tpp6aO tba inc s,pn1 a Sta
spent Sunday with his parents here.
The spring term of high school has open
ed with A. g. Payson as teacher. He is a
| graduate of the Castine Normal school, 1900
What might have been a serious fire got
| quite we'll started at G. L. Lanes village
| house. Luckily it was discovered in season
to stop it.
Rev. David Bracket has temporarily
moved to Belfast. He has been in business
| in this vicinity many years and will be
| much missed.
Mrs. Joseph Simpson, who has been
very i'll, is much improved. She has been
under the care of Fannie Twombly, the
well-known nurse.
| Good oxen are not numerous in this
vicinity, but we noticed Frank Twombly
| driving a nice pair the other day, and he
| takes pride i'll them, too.
Wednesday evening" March 18th, a fair
! sized audience Of our people had the pleas
ure of listening to Rev WILDER F. Berry of
/ Waterville, the well known temperance
! lecturer.
! Charles f. Lane and wife started for
Presque Isle Monday. Mr. Lane has closed
his house here as he intends to work Aroos-
took county for the Union Mutual Life
insurance Co
\, Elliott and family have spent the
winter at Presque Isle. Mrs. Elliott's health
/ is very much improved from last winter.
Her mother, Mrs. Houghton is with her
and is smart for woman eighty years of
age Louis is in the high school and enjoy
ing himself finely.
! To our Aroostook friend, who reads The
journal and who so solicitously INQUIRIES
into the condition of our family this spring,
We would say that at present we are all
right and the indications are that we have
passed the danger period
DR.. \. W. Rich has sold his horse to
Unity parties. 1t was one of the very best
horses in town and he dsiked to part with
him The doctor is in poor health, how
ever, and it may be some time before he
takes up his business on the road again
Brooks has fair water power and excel
lent location for buildings with steam en-
gines. Some manufacturing industry is
badly needed here. The clothing business
is in Il very low condition. John H. Gordon
is the last man to hold on to it. He is ap-
parently doing well and employs quite a
crew.
The Journal published in its issue of Feb.
9th notice of the resignation of Rev Frank
S. Forbes, pastor of the Congregational
Church at Santa Barbara, Cal, to take
charge OF the Mckinley Memorial Home for
Boys in Los Angeles, Cal. Frank was a
Brooks boy and we are all proud of him.
We remember him as the bright-eyed little
fellow who took the prize one winter in the
third spelling class from a row of much
bigger children which reached nearly
around the school room floor, and ever since
that time he has kept on getting along to
the head OF his class wherever he has been.
We wish him success in his new position.
The following letter written by brother of
Hon. Seth Low of New York pays a fine
tribute to Mr.. Forbes.
! THE RESIGNATION AT SANTA BARBARA
To THE EDITOR OF THE PACIFIC: The
members of the Congregational church of
this city received a great blow last Sunday,
when its pastor, Rev. Frank 5. Forbes, pre-
Sented to them his letter of resignation as
pastor, to take place the first of June next.
According to the agreement he was to give
three months notice before severing his re-
lations with the church; the church was
also bound in like manner He requested
to be released from his pastoral duties, and
will supply the pulpit for the next three
months, for which we are duly thankful,
for it is very hard to LET our beloved pastor
leave us. In May he will have completed
seven years of faithful service. In that
vine he has brought into the church one
hundred and fifty new members, and
through his influence largely the church
/ has contributed 5000 to benevolence He
is a great reader, has "a most remarkable
memory, and has sifted all the isms of the
day to their foundation, but breaches only
the religion of Jesus Christ He never
, reads a sermon, but talks eXtemporaneous-
! ", is never at d loss for a word, and never