The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-11-19
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Oh. Dickey has returned from up river
with fine moose.
Mrs. F. r. York is visiting her mother,
Mrs. COlsOn, in Monroe.
Eddie, son of Mrs. Ella Springer, is said
to be ill with pneumonia.
Ira W. Bowden is at home from hunt
ing trip in the big woods.
Fred Emmons, who has charge Of the e..
II. Forbes house, has got the frame up and
boarded.
Walter Bradford of Massachusetts is
visiting at C. E. Bowen's, and has been out
for game.
Harry Dow of the steamer Frank Jones,
with his wife, is visiting his brother. Hen
~ Dow of this place.
Gordon's pants shop has been shut down
for a week, but has started again with busl-
ness for the winter, we hope.
Jonathan Irving is still very sick man.
His stepson, Nelson Reynolds, has come
home to help take care of him.
Mrs. Augustine Thompson returned to
Boston last Tuesday, after a two weeks visit
to her mother, Mrs. Mahala Forbes.
&c. HolbrOok has returned from Gin
ton, where he has been settling up the es-
tate of his sister-in law, Miss Il. Eta
Pratt.
Isaac feathers, our assistant station
agent, has a fine yearling colt by Island
Prince. 1t is beauty, and weighs over
700 pounds.
Monday Dight gave us quite snow storm
in this vicinity, but not enough for Sleigh
ing. Some of our farmers were blowing
last Saturday.
Our popular young townsman, Will En-
mons, has taken a wife in the person OF
Miss Faustina Bachelor, and they have
been away on their wedding tour.
Miss Grace E. Dow, who closed her school
in West Brooks last Friday, began in the
Primary at Morrill, Monday. Miss Mabel
Rose of this town teaches the Grammar
school in the same building.
Mrs. Lena West, who is employed in
shoe shop in Augusta, has had two weeks
vacation here with her two sons and her
parents, Capt. and Mrs. Stanley Perkins,
and returned to her work last Saturday.
The snow is making the heart of ''Ike,"
our sleigh man, glad, for he has lot Of
nice sleighs on hand. Bigelow Bachelor,
the veteran carriage ironer, has just left
him after several hard weeks labor in the
ironing shop.
John Stevens and wife, who are Quoddy
Indians, have camp near the r. G. Ed
wards mill and are making some nice fancy
baskets as we'll as plain business ones. He
claims to have been a guide in the big
woods. They have lots of company.
A we'll 16 feet deep has been dug on the
Il. W. Forbes place and Joseph Ellis has
had crew stoning it up. The wafer will
be taken into the house by pump and will
be a great convenience as for years they
have been obliged to carry it several rods.
C. F. Bessey's teamster left Strip and
Prince moment in the road the other day
and as they were headed for the old place
they promptly started up and landed in the
barn with rush, badly smashing acarrlage
belonging to Mr.. Rolfe, superintendent OF
the corn factory, who now lives there:
Mrs. Amanda Peabody of South Brooks
was badly bitten by a cat recently. The
cat had been caught in trap and was wild
with pain. It grabbed Mrs. Peabody by
the hand when she attempted to release it.
She called her husband, who was obliged
to choke the cat severely before it would
break its hold on her hand. Her entire arm
was swollen badly at last accounts, and she
was suffering much from the wound.
In last weeks Journal we saw that crew
in Winterport pressed IA tons of hay in
day and we allow that it was an uncom-
mon days work. John Gibbs crew press
ed 10 tons one day in the barn of NJ. j. Dow
and they kept busy. In one-half day OF a
hours they pressed 6 tons, Mr.. Dow pitch
ing it in to the boy; and he has Dragged
about it ever since. Eddie Godding and
Everett Sparrow worked in the box.
The officers of the Good Templar lodge
were installed last Saturday evening by Will
lie Austin, L. D., assisted by c. %. Varney
as G. NJ, and are as follows: E. c. Body, P.
e. T.; Ernest Simpson, c. T.; Emma Hux-
ford, V. T.; Eliza Simpson, treas; Louise
Grady, F. s.. Sophia Rowe, Chap; Affie
Godding, Secy. Mabel Rose, A. s.; Nelson
Reynolds, NJ; Eva Grady, D. NJ; Lila Es-
ties, Guard; VIM. C. Rowe, Sentinel. The
lodge now numbers 17S members.
The corner was the scene of quite Sc
rious though quiet smash-up last Saturday
evening about O'Clock. 1t was dark as a
pocket and Edwin jenkins was travelling
due east while Ned Roberts was going west.
In the darkness the vehicles collided. Both
horses cleared themselves from the rigging
and both men were thrown out, but neither
was seriously injured. VIM. Gould was
Just behind jenkins and in some way Rob
erts' horse caught his hind leg between the
wheel and shaft of Gould's wagon, so that
the wheel had to be taken off to release him.
1t was narrow escape from a broken leg
for the horse. Lanterns were quickly pro-