The Republican journal., 1903-12-31
County correspondence.
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

IdE NEWS UF DNVV
Daisy Day Of Brockton, Mass, Is spend
ing her vacation here.
Miss Myrtle Forbes of Boston is visiting
her parents in Brooks.
A. B. Stantial of Belfast was here on
business last Saturday.
Noah g. johnson of Burnham mas been
spending few days here.
Thirsa Twombly is attending the Normal
school in CastiDe this winter.
Everett and Dot Felker and Nellie Elwell
will spend the winter at home.
Millard F. Chase of Bowdoin is spending
his vacation at the homestead.
We had prosperous holiday trade here,
but no local Christmas entertainments.
Roscoe Webber and Edwin Knowlton
are still running the threshing machine.
Mr.. Dow's store was very nicely decora-
TED for the holidays. 1t was the work OF
Miss Alice.
Henry Cunningham, wife and family
of Swanville spent Christmas with Geo.
Miller and family.
Mrs. Helen Moulton of Unity is visiting
her sister, Georgia Reynolds. who is very
dangerously i'll.
Mrs. Burton Gross of Thorndike, with
her two children, is visiting the family OF
Doctor A. w. Rich.
Everett, son of Noyes Cilley, gave very
fine defamation in the Good Templar lodge
last Saturday evening.
Mrs. Fanny Merritt, who is just home
from Lowell, Mass, is buying every piece
of antique furniture she can get hold OF.
A. b. Payson. the R. F. D. mail carrier
on route No. /, has closed his farm mouse
for the winter and moved to the village.
E. G. Roberts, who is superintendent OF
our local creamery, says that fair amount
of business has been done there this season.
Mrs. Affe Godding, who broke her leg in
Waterville while at the State Grange, is as
comfortable as could be expected under
the circumstances.
The Masonic installation is deferred until
some special meeting in January, when the
work will be done in the new hall, which
will then be completed.
Mr.. Berry of Portland is packing apples
in this vicinity. He had to unload a car
last Saturday and repack in heater on ac-
count of the cold wave.
Amos Kendall of Jackson has been ell
gagged to collect the cream in his vicinity
for our creamery. He has for several years
delivered it at Hampden.
Everett, son of John Roberts, who passed
his boyhood in this town and attended the
District school in West Brooks, is visiting
friends here after an absence of 35 years.
f. c. Holbrook has charge of the post
office during the illness of MIR. Lane. He
saws there was never so much business
done in the office as during the present hol-
idays.
The teaming business has materially dl-
minished in this tvicinity since the snow
left us. 1t does not pay to team when you
must get the horses sharp shod nearly
every day.
AImon S. Forbes, cur Oldest native resi-
dent, called to see us d day or two ago. he
seemed like boy, and it is cold day that
he does not do some work on the new house
his son Charles is building.
Bert Lane, our postmaster, who has been
i'll some ten days, is said to be very danger
ously sick with pneumonia. His sister,
Mrs. A. B. Gowen, has come from Taunton
to help take care of him, and they have
nurse, Miss Bessie Carpenter, from Ban
gor.
Miss Maud Ida, daughter of John and
Augusta Gibbs, died Dec. 24th after lin
gering illness from consumption. She was
a lovely girl, and had been the constant
left alone at the farm house. The funeral
was held at the home of her parents Sunday
at 70 O'clock, Rev. Humphrey Small Officiat-
ing.
MORRILL,.
Miss Grace Simmons from Massachusetts
and her brother Fred from OronO spent
Christmas with their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs n. L. Simmons. Forest White, who
has been employed at Dark Harbor, Isles
bOro, is at home for the winter... Clarence
Paul received a painful wound on his fin
gers, on "a Saw at Vickery's mill. Miss
Edna Thomas is spending short time at
home. 80. Ernest Higgins, Florence and
Phebe Cross and Ethel Merrithew, students
at Freedom Academy, spent Christmas at
home. :. Church sociable at the Grange
Hall next Thursday evening, Jan. 7th.
The men will furnish the supper and lit
erary entertainment.
Rev. B. NJ. Edwards of Brunswick at
tended the quarterly meeting here last
week.. Many in this community are
afflicted with very bad colds. They seem
quite prevalent. t....A young son of Wilber
Penney is very sick. It is feared he will
not recover. Tilton Whitten, who is sick
with pneumonia, is gaining. Mrs. Elona
Hall was again taken sick suddenly last
night. The Christmas tree and
concert at the church passed off very pleas
antly.. Monday morning was the coolest
yet in this community. The thermometer
registered three below Zero. E. 81. Rams
dell made flying trip here last week.