The Republican journal., 1903-09-24
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Worcester, Mass.
Miss Olive Roberts has been quite sick
with bilious fever.
Edwin Young.is living on what was the
John w. Lang place.
AS usual Brooks was nearly deserted dur
ing the Monroe Fair.
Harry Brown, our new barber, is working
up quite business.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bushfeld are at the
Richmond Forbes homestead. i
Miss Emmalena Sheldon Of Boston is the
guest of Miss Ethelyna Grover.
Mrs. Mae Tuttle has gone to Waterville
where she is to work in studio.
C.E. Lane and wife have returned from
a short business trip to AroOstOOk.
Leroy Hildreth has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. Chas. Files of this place.
Henry Dow of Boston has been stopping
with M. J. Dow at the farm this fall.
Miss Alice L. Dow goes to Boston next
week for the latest ideas in millinery.
Mrs. E. c. Boody has been very ill; but
we are glad to know she is improving.
Mr.. J. H. Gordon and wife have returned
from short pleasure trip to Aroostook.
Prince NJ Bessey and wife, who are liv-
ing in Barre, VT, are in town on visit.
Roscoe Webber has new threshing
machine which he will run with his gasoline
engine.
DIR. P. E. Luce and wife, who have been
spending the summer at Northport, are in
town visiting friends.
Miss Mabel Webber, who has been very
sick, was so far improved as to ride to the
village recently.
Bert Elwell and wife of Belfast visited
Mrs Elwells daughter, Mrs. Edwin Jelli-
son, last Sunday.
Owing to the cold season, not a very large
crop is expected.
Walter Dickey and wife of Fairfield at
tended the Monroe fair and visited relatives
in town last week.
Wallace O'Brien, who has been with Capt.
J. w. Bennett on a steamboat, came home
to attend the Monroe fair.
Almon S. Forbes, who spent the summer
with his son Charles at his farm, is busy at
work making things look nice.
Miss Eva Grady, who has conducted an
ice cream parlor here this summer, has
gone to Belfast to attend school,
Miss Inez Hutchinson has been taking
much needed vacation by visiting her broth
er Harry and other relatives in Boston.
Rev. E. Z. Colburn gave lecture on
spiritualism Sunday evening. This closed
a series of lectures on the modern isms
W. 0. Estes, who had the contract to dig
the sewer ditch, has been obliged to sus-
work with.
Miss Marie Chase, who is attending school
in Newport, was at home for few days last
week. Her cousin, Gale Bracket, came
with her.
Miss Jennie Tufts, who has been spend
ing few weeks with her friend Miss Erma
Barker, has returned to her home in Ros-
lindale, Mass
BENZ. Hussey and wife with their son
Harland of Windsor, Me, have been visit
ing the family of NJ. j. Dow and other
relatives in town.
Mr. William Felker of California is in
town visiting his sister. Mrs. Isaac Leath-
ers. Mr.. Felker has not been East before
for about twenty years.
Miss Erma Barker of the Belfast High
school spent the long vacation with her
parents in Brooks and has returned to Bel
fast to resume her studies.
We were glad to meet David Pattee last
week, who had come from AroostOok county
to visit his old home in Jackson. He has
not been here for twenty years.
The schools in town have opened with
the following teachers: Hale Rose, South
Brooks Grace Dow, West Brooks; Vesta
Rose, village primary David Dollotf, gram
mar.
Edwin jenkins has the cellar dug and is
layi ng the foundation for the new hall.
He is getting the rocks from the A. E.
Chase lot and is handling some big ones.
While coming from the Randall pond last
week C. E. Lane saw fine deer near the
road. 1t was not dear, for Charles has
no eyes for that kind away from home now
adays.
Mr.. S. B. Edwards and sister, Mrs. Abb
ma Penny and daughter, Josie and Mrs.
Chas. Grover and grandson Linwood, from
Winthrop, spent the past week at James
Growers Sky Scraper Farm.
Mr.. James Dow. who lives in what was
formerly the Frank Holbrook place, was re-
Gently seriously injured by falling down a
flight of stairs in the night, but has recov-
cred SO as to be about his business.
E. c. HolbroOk, our road commissioner,
has done some heavy grading on the State
Road in the village district. The wet
places are under-drained and it is thought
that a permanent improvement has been
made.
We had call recently from lady who
was buying a rattle for her fourteenth baby,
Mrs. d. T. Walker of Knox. The children
are all alive and well. The oldest is %
wears and the youngest several months
Surely President Roosevelt can find no fault
with this
Hugh Gordon, our new blacksmith, is ad-