The Republican journal., 1904-05-26
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.
deferred from last week.

deferred from last week.
Thirsa Twombly is teaching in East
ThUrndike.
Nellie Elwell is employed in publishing
house in Augusta.
NJ. J. Dow drew his check for s2S1 last
week for the months millinery stock.
Mrs. james Bushfeld of Haverhill, Mass,
is visiting her mother. Mrs. Mahala Forbes.
Some of our boys went to Jackson Tues
Gay evening to give an entertainment in
aid of the church there.
Miss Myrtle Wentworth returned home
from Boston last Thursday accompanied by
her niece, Miss Madeline Wetherbee.
Miss Erma Barber of the Belfast High
school was in Brooks last week to attend
the funeral of her great aunt, Mrs. Hall.
Mrs. Rodney Gray of Castine spent Sun
day with Miss fhirsa Twombly. who
boarded with her while at the Normal
school.
Cnarles +. Bowen, our road commission
er, has started the road machine, but on
account OF the wet weather little has been
done on the highway.
Chas. F. Bessey has returned from Bos-
ton with ten horses, including one large
pair OF wor horses. a good pair for buck
board, and some carriage horses. He
comes pretty near having barn full now.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha j. Fenlason
was held at her late residence last Sunday,
ment was in the cemetery at North Monroe,
where both her husbands, Horace Jellison
and W. A. FenlasOn, are buried.
The funeral of Persis Hall was held at
the home of her brOther-in-law, S. S.
Goberts, May 10th, Rev. E. E. Colburn
officiating. Among the floral offerings was
an elegant basket of flowers from Harvest
Home Grange, of which she was a charter
member.
Several of our people went to Monroe
last Monday evening to attend the dramatic
entertalnment there. Among them were
John II. Gordon and wife, John Neallev
and wife, Hugh Goodwin, Alfred Huxford.
Marian York, Harry NJ. Brown and Nav
WeDo. 1hey report good time.
Charles W. Lord, who had been in poor
health Tor some months, passed away Mon
day afternoon. The funeral was held Nav
18th at his late home. Mr. Lord was well
known to the business people of Waldo
county. having been for many wears a man
OF affairs and the possessor of a large
property.
Mr. c: c. Roberts of Chicago is gathering
material for political history of Waldo
county, which may be expanded to a gem
eral history later, having special regard for
the history OF jackson, his native town.
and Brooks, between which relations have
always been Intimate. The election statis-
tics OF Brooks from 1913 to date have been
typewriter by F. W. Brown, Jr., and for
Warded to him. No records are available
earlier than 1913, the records prior to that
date are supposed to have been burned. If
any one has documents bearing on the earlier
ST. of fhn
they will confer favor by permitting them
to be copied.
The memorial service of Golden Crown
Lodge, knights of Pythias, and Silver
Crown Assembly, Pythian Sisterhood. SIM.
day, May 18th, was largely attended and in
terestlng despite the rain, which kept many
away from outside the village The church
was simply but effectively decorated. The
front OF the reading desk was draped in
req, blue, yellow and white, the coiors of
the two orders, and in contrast with the
PACK OF the desk was the American flag.
Inc D[oad, central row of pewS was divid-
ca midway by white ribbon. Promptly at
Two Q clock the Knights entered on the left,
lea by acting Master alarms w. F. Sim
mons; then on the right came the Sister
Mlstress-at-Arms and Assistant Mistress
alarms, the splendid sashes of their of
ticers shaming the more sober colors of the
male contingent on the other side of the
Tlobon; The sermon by Sir Knight Rev. f.
D. Colburn was an eloquent production,
tracing the history of the order from it's
inception by Justus H. Rathbone in the
closing days of the great civil war as a
means of reuniting the North and South,
an organization for white men only, of
which Fraternity, Charity and Patriotism,
should be the corner stone He then paid
ms respects to the Sisterhood, saying that
thelr organization is unique in the fact that
IL IS the only secret order in existence for
women exclusively. The music was fur
nlshed by the choir, with organ and cornet
accompaniment. The solo, Damon and
Iythlas, by Mrs. F. E. Merritt was particu-