The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-07-23
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Leslie Smith has moved into the Elisha
Evans house.
Hugh Gordon, our new blacksmith, has
rent in the Bussey house.
Miss Grace E. Dow will spend the sum-
mer at her fathers farm.
William Gould IS buying oxen and dress
ing them for the Belfast trade.
Mrs. A. H. Rose, who has been very sick
with pneumonia, has got about the house
again.
Mrs. Percia Clifford of East Brooks has q
beautiful bed of pansies in front of het
house.
Miss Eva Grady has opened an ice cream
parlor in the Irving building near the
church.
has rented the Berry Sargent place for a
residence.
Mrs. Colburn, the wife of our minister,
who has been very i'll, is now able to walk
out little.
Miss Thirza Twombly is spending few
weeks with the family of Wilmont Robert
son in Monroe.
The season has opened badly for cutting
hay, but much larger crop will be harvest
ed than was expected.
The Good Templar Lodge is having full
hall and good entertainments in spite of the
fact that it is midsummer.
Fannie Twombly, who is well known as a
nurse in special cases, has just returned
home from case in Knox
Mrs Edward Hatch of Kit.ery, Me-, has
been visiting friends in town. We used to
know her here as Della Dickey.
Augustus Curtis has returned to Brooks
after an absence of several years, and is to
make this his home in the future
Chas F. Bessey has gone to Vermont to
look after his granite business and his son
Earle takes charge of the business here.
Harry Brown has decided to open bar
ber's shop, which will be a great convent
ence. He will continue his job printing.
Miss May Huxford, who greatly enjoys
flowers, found a novelty last week in their
garden in the shape of a pansy with eight
petals
Chas. F. Bessey has made an addition to
the barn on the Ransom Cilley place and
now has fine large building for his farm
business.
Alpine Boulter is rejoicing at the birth of
another son. S. j. Weber, who married
Miss Lizzie Pattee, is also receiving con-
CALCULATIONS.
Burton H. Robertson of Newton Centre,
Mass, who has been visiting friends in
Brooks and Monroe, returned to his home
last Saturday.
Thomas D. Jellison was the first to offer
new potatoes for sale in this village. He
generally has early and nice things in the
vegetable line.
The Benjamin Ham farm is the first in
this vicinity to be cleared of hay this sea-
son. Fred Emmons hauled in the last load
Saturday afternoon.
Miss Alice L. Dow, the milliner, is having
vacation after busy and profitable sea-
son. She was evidently born for the bust
ness as we'll as trained intoit
Rev. II. Small has sold his carriage horse
to Charles E. Bowen. This horse is by the
stallion General Grant and his grand dam
was an imported French mare. He is very
| valuable animal.
AS usual the pasture of NJ. j. Dow is filled
| with stock. Eighteen head are cared for
there this summer. Everything grows fat
| there, and one pair of oxen has already
| been taken out for beef.
L. c. Cilley is following his usual bust
ness as an egg collector portion of each
| week. He turns his stock over to c. D.
Davis, who is one of the largest dealers in
eggs and poultry in Waldo county.
Speaking of pansies, the chances are that
| the hahdsomest plot of them to be seen in
this part of the State is in the front yard of
Dewitt Abbott in Knox. We have noticed
them there several years in succession.
Albert Green, who lost the most of his
left hand by a cannon cracker Jnly 18th, is
getting along as well as could be expected.
The injury is a! painful one and it wiltbe
a long Time before he SeIS dI Work dSdlI
Miss Mabel Rose, our well known school
| teacher, likes to dig among the flowers.
When she teaches her pupils botany it is
! from practical knowledge of theigrowth,
| forms and construction Of vegetable life.
| w. A. Winchester, who came here from
| Massachusetts short time ago and bought
the masonic building, evidently has some
| practical ideas of business, and has fitted
up market in the basement in nice shape.
| He takes the public water, has constructed
| a sewer to the stream, and made everything
convenient for his business He has util-
lied part of the building that had never
been of any practical benefit to the corpora
! ton that owned it. The first floor is still
used for dry goods store, and the Masons
will, for time at least, occupy their hall
as before. Eben Miller, who succeeds Deer.
ing & Hamlin, has also fish and meat
market. Our friends outside can be sure
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