The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-07-14
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

laying viii begin in earnest next Mon
day.
Mrs. Susan Cole of Lowell is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Ciliey.
C. Z, Lane and wife are in Presqne Isle
for few days this week.
J, H. Gordon has been quite III for a
week, but is now cat again,
Maynard, son of Bin stantal, is said to
be very sick with pneumonia.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet with
Mrs w H. Swift this week.
Rev. D. Brackett and family occupied d
cottage at Northport last week.
Grace Dow and Mildred McCarty are
spending this week at Temple Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Rolfe spent the 4th
Mrs. Hattie jenkins lad peas from her
garden July 4th, but none are in the mar et
yet.
Roy Hildreth and wife OF Greenvlle are
visiting Mr. Hldreth's sister, Mrs. {. f.
Files.
Mrs. Fannie Merritt has returned from
Boston, where sha visited for several
weeks.
Rev. F. S. Dolloff and wife of Island Falls
called on friends in Brooks and jackson
recently.
Mrs. c. 5. Wiley of Broadbrook, Conn,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Z. f.
Colburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Cilley have re-
turned from visit with friends in North
port and Lincolnyille Beach
Mrs W. 5. Jones and her little daughter
Laura returned Saturday from a three
weeks visit in Massachusetts.
Mrs. W. S. Jones and Mrs. Fannie Mer-
rift have returned home, after a visit OF
some weeks in Massachusetts.
A. r. lIux!ord, IL. Nj. Brown and f. Is.
Edwards represented Brooks in the dis
trict convention at Monroe July 2nd.
A. f. Rantett of Pittstield has been set
ting up some Deering harvesting machinery
ior NJ. j. Dow, who is the local agent
plumbing work in Brooks this week for
John II. Gordon, NJ. J. Dow and Isaac S.
Staples.
The time of the regular Sunday church
service has been changed from afternoon
to 10 a. m, as an experiment. The attend
ance last Sunday morning was very good
indeed.
Aside from the usual uproar in the early
morning hours the 4th passed very quietly
here. Quite a delegation attended the cir
helped Unity to celebrate
Ned B. Edwards attended the Republican
State convention in Bangor June goth,
where he played the solo cornet in the Bel
fast Band. He played with the same Or
ganization in Unity July 4th
DR.. n. r. Cook accompanied Affie God
ding to the hospital in Lewiston last week.
1t is thought her leg can be saved, but an
operation is necessary as something is
wrong with one of the bones which was
broken some months ago.
Jonathan Irving was injured quite badly
last week. He was taking a shoe off a
horse when the animal fell on him and
broke bone in his foot, besides injuring
his leg. He has suffered severely from the
injury.
Quite lot of excitement was caused in
our quiet little town last Sunday morning
by the arrival of Pawnee Bills long circus
tra of cfati hal
hour the station was filled with conglom-
GRAFTON of cowboys, Cossacks, Indian
squaws, and South Sea Islanders.
Henry and Oscar Dow are enjoying a
canoeing trip. Starting from Old Town
they paddle up the Penobscot, then down
the Machias river to Machiasport, where
they will visit friends. They plan to take
about two weeks for the trip, which will
cover nearly 300 miles.
If any one knows how to eradicate the
orange hawkweed from the moving fields
we wish they would tell how it can be DONE
In sheer desperation we have plowed quite
piece infested with it and have spent
some time travelling over the fields with a
basket where the pest only occasionally
shows itself. 1.-THE Maine Experiment Sta
ton at OronO issued bulletin some time
ago describing this weed, and telling how
to get rid of it. Ed.
The funeral of Miss Mabel Weber was
held at the old homestead last Sunday af-
ternoon, Rev. E. E. Colburn officiating.
The village choir, consisting of Harry M.
Brown, G. A. Morrill,, Mrs. Fanny Merritt
and Mrs. Hattie Merithew, gave some ap-
propriate selections. Frank Nye officiated
as undertaken. The deceased had been an
visit among friends not long ago. OF q
family Of four children Roscoe alone is