The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-03-12
county Correspondence.
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Frank Gould of Prospect called upon
friends here Monday.
DR.. N. R. Cook sold valuable horse to
Belfast parties last week.
Walter Gibbs, who is in Savannah, Ca,
writes that he is enjoying the winter there
very much.
Jonathan Irving has good workman in
his blacksmith shop in the person OF MIR.
Gray, formerly of Belfast.
Harry Brown, son of F, W. Brown, Esq,
has fitted up printing office and proposes
to learn the business by actual work at the
trade.
VIM. Gould, who is starting bark for the
Lawrence & Newhall Co, has missed but
one days work for the winter except the
rainy ones.
Chas. F. Bessey returns to Barre, VT,
this week to look after his granite interests
there. His son, Earle d. Bessey, will for
the next few weeks look after his interests
here.
Fred W. Brown, Esq, has obtained the
law lDldi VI blC ldtC coSCPh w
of Belfast, which is an extensive and valu-
able one He now has one of the best col
lections of law books owned by any lawyer
in the county.
Roscoe E. Weber sawed 9 cords OF wood
one day last week with his gasolene engine
and circular saw. He claims that 10 cords
is a fair days work if he has the crew to
handle the wood. 1t is rather more ell
| couraging work than with the old buck saw
by hand
| Will Merrick's woods crew, who are
boarded at the A. B. Payson place, gave
reception to their lady friends Wednesday
| evening, Feb. 18th. Whist and other games
were INDUCED in, refreshments served, and
| it was voted good time. detachment OF
| the Brooks Cornet Band was present to
| furnish music.
Town MEETING The annual town meet
| ing passed Off very pleasantly, and the old
officers were mostly reelected. Our peo-
pie have learned to come together and fairly
and dispassunately discuss the various
matters which concern the interests of all.
The very stormy scenes formerly enacted
| here at every town meeting are now practl-
cally thing of the past. Reason and not
noise is the potent factor in most of the
discussions at the present time. The
selectmen were elected road commissioners
for the year. The matter of a new village
| schoolhouse was well and fairly discussed.
1t is quite generally believed that a school
| house with room for three teachers is what
| is needed With the present method OF
transportation of pupils and the discon-
tinuance of outside districts where the at
tendance is very small these rooms would
be we'll filed and the schools would not only
I be more economically conducted, but of
more value to the town. We would then
have we'll graded village school with
High school department, where our pupils
could be fitted for practical business People
would not then leave town as they are now
obliged to do in some cases to educate their
children, but others would come in TO enjoy
the advantages we could give them. We
have a nice village, with pleasant society
and good church privileges, and with good
graded schools it would be very desirable
place of residence. Nobody expected to get
the article accepted this year, but every
man who considers the best interests of the
town must believe that this is the special
need of the time, and the question to be
considered is show can we bring it about !?
How can we raise the funds and not make
the burden too heavy upon our taxpayers"
1t would add not only to the happiness and
comfort of our people but also to the actual
wealth of the town,making every farm more
valuable. The matter of the corn factory
was also brought up and informally dis
cussed The unanimous verdict was that
we will offer any reasonable assistance to
the company which proposes to build here
and begin business this summer We are
glad to encourage any legitimate industry
that will come here and make employment
for our people.