The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-04-14
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Abisha Evans has spent the winter with
Charles NJ Place.
Isaac Staples has been on the invalid list
for several weeks.
Mrs. Augustine Thompson is visiting
friends in Brooks.
Miss Anna NJ. Maddox of Monroe called
on friends here last Monday.
Miss Josie Brown is quite ill. They have
a trained nurse in attendance.
The Grange had harvest feast and a
big time last Monday evening.
Mrs. Henry Dow and daughter are visit
ing friends in Washington county.
Stanley Roberts, who has been very i'll
with pneumonia, is now convalescent.
Charles E. Lord is quite an invalid and is
confined to the house most of the time.
Rev. H. Small is driving a nice young
horse which he is breaking for himself
Roscoe A. Jones is working up lot of
cord wood in readiness for next winters
sale.
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farms. Brooks is good town to invest in
now.
Frank Quimby and David Fogg are the
proud possessors Of bouncing sons and
heirs.
Bigelow Bachelor, the veteran carriage
ironer, is here again with the Isaac S.
Staples Co.
Mrs. A. E. Dow and daughter Alice, the
Boston with the latest in their line.
Wendell S. Reynolds has sold his chest
nut stallion to Melvin Roberts. He is said
to be one of the finest of work horses.
Brooks has creamery and a corn factory.
Let us hope they will be well patronized
and be given a chance to succeed this year.
Hugh Goodwin, who runs the store for
the Goodwin Clothing Co., was sick several
days and the store was not opened for day
Or two
The little French mare Nellie, % years
old, owned and driven by Grace E. Dow, is
fat as cub and is yet one of the smoothest
mares in town.
VIM. Gould has some extra heavy seed
oats. Your correspondent lost 800 last
year by reason of poor seed, and will try
not to get caught again.
The boys had staving entertainment
prepared for the Good Templars lodge last
Saturday evening, but as it was storming
the whole thing was deferred one week,
when crowd will be in attendance.
Wendell S. Reynolds has nice flock of
lambs, some twenty in number. What
looks more thrifty or prettier! A good
flock of sheep is a profitable investment
for any farmer who has chance for them.
The French stallion Jamaique has worked
all winter and came out in fine shape.
That horse has been worth mint of money
to the farmers of Waldo county. Some of
the best work horses and matched pairs in
this vicinity are his stock.
Last week the Ladies' Aid Society met
they met at the parsonage and were treated
to nice supper, Rev. E. f. Colburn him
self acting as chef. 1t was an affair of
much sociability, if not productive of much
work.
Hall & Peavey have been saving all the
spring at the R. G. Edwards mill and it
seems nice to have it started up again. 1t
is a necessary convenience for the people
in this vicinity, as there is no long lumber
mill for several miles away. There used to
be five or six in this town.
Mrs. L. C. Cilley, who had been confined
to the house by sickness since the last of
February, is so much improved that she
was able to go to Bangor last week and
hear Nordica sing. While in Bangor she
was pleasantly entertained at S. 7. Whites.
Mr.. White, his friends will be glad to know,
is able to drive out on pleasant days.
NJ. J. Dow has all the stock booked for
his famous pasture that it can carry. For
several years he has had stock from as far
away as Unity and Belfast. Yet that is
nothing new. Almon S. Forbes, the Oldest
resident of the town, says that when he
was boy they used to bring their oxen
from Frankfort to the great farm, now
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winters work in the woods. Then, as
now, everything got fat there.
j. {. Lane, formerly of Brooks, but now
of Westbrook, Maine, has trained horse,
''Teddy L." of which the Westbrook Chron-
icle- Gazette gives the following description:
He was bought by Mr.. Lane at Canter-
bury Centre, n. H., last October; was I'M
broken and decidedly unmanageable, and
we'll termed by the boys, ''the wild horse"
Today he presents a different picture in ap-
pearance as he places himself in the shafts
with no assistance, being perfectly kind and
safe everywhere, and fine driving horse.
His intelligence has been so marked that
Mr.. Lane decided about two weeks ago to
teach him some tricks, and the result is that
Ted shakes his head when asked if he wants
whipping, and will say "How do you do ?"
by low bow. He will follow his master
everywhere without even a halter on, and
will also kiss his master, when requested.
Teddy is handsome horse, five years old
His color is bay, with black name and tail
and white marks. His weight is 1910 pounds,
and he is blessed with an interesting pedi-
gree. His sire, Newfower 2.2344, was first
prize winner at New Hampshire State fair
in 1902 and 1908. Mr.. Lane bought this
horse as a matter of speculation and has
already had some flattering offers for him.
MONTHS TRIAL FREE.