The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1904-05-05
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.
rDeferred from last week. /

The Sparrow family has moved to Jack
son.
Miss Minnie Crosby is with Mrs. Dow as
helper during the millinery season.
Roscoe A. Jones has bought lot on the
Fenlason place and will build a nice house
there.
A. B. Huff, our brick mason, is already
busy at his trade, having several engage
ments.
Hugh Goodwin has his gents furnishing
store fitted up in nice style; and city style
at that.
Roscoe Weber is saving up the village
wood with his power-saw, driven by gaso-
line engine.
c. E. Bowen is acting as substitute for
rural carrier A. B. Payson, who is busy at
his farm this week.
Our new superintendent, E. c. Holbrook,
is visiting the schools and getting them into
good working condition.
A. B. Payson is having the chimneys re-
built in the Alvin S. Forbes place. He is
pAseAh6 uP q uICC AO"S oAASAS'
Miss Linnie B. Treadwell spoke in the
interest of the Children's Home in Bangor
at the church last Thursday evening.
We need few low priced but neat houses
to rent in the village. There have been sew
eral demands that could not be supplied.
We were thinking there would be no new
houses built at the village this summer, but
we are assured of two Or three already.
Mr.. H. f. Packard of Greenville called
on friends here last Monday, en- route for st.
Louis, where he intends to spend the sum-
mer.
Mrs. Peavey, who was thrown out of
carriage and severely injured about Christ
mas time, has nearly recovered and is about
again.
Mr.. w. A. Winchester is giving us a good
market In addition to meats we noticed
last week fresh radishes, lettuce, new OH
ions, etc.
Mrs Gilbert M. Morrill, and son Hugh
went to Swanvile last Friday to visit her
father, Mr. Henry Beals, who has been
very sick.
Miss Della Hobbs is visiting her brother,
Charles S. Hobbs, at the Jefferson Hobbs
homestead. She spent the winter in Lis
bon Falls.
Mrs. W. A. Fenlason has been quite i'll
and obliged to keep her bed most of the
time for some months. Her sister, Mrs.
Kicker, is with her.
NJ. j. Dow acted as a substitute for his
daughter Grace two or three days this
week. 1t seems natural for him to get into
the school room, as he taught thirty terms
in fifteen years.
Mrs. Ella Springer will move into the
James F. Jewell house this week. DR.. A.
E. Kilgore is to change the cottage in which
she has lived for several years into two
story double tenement house.
The members of the Eastern Star Chapter
had nice time at their special last Mon
day evening. Mrs. j. Fl. Gordon and Mrs.
f. E. Colburn surprised them with nice
luncheon, which they had prepared
Aunt Eliza Nickerson, who lives here
with her niece, Mrs. James Grover. will be
81 years old in July. She eats three square
meals day and has good health. She is
very promising candidate for the 100 mark.
F. G. Hewes and brother of Pressure Isle
have moved to the Snow place in jackson
for the season. C. E. Lane, who owns the
place, has run it himself for several years
A, few years ago this was one of the finest
farms in Waldo county, with nice buildings.
Brooks has some representatives abroad
in the theatrical line. The late Simon
Thompson of this town has three great
grandchildren who are travelling in Europe
with company from the South. They
were born in Memphis, Tennessee, and were
the children of the daughter of Lindley
Thompson, who was born in this town but
stopped in the South at the close of the Civ
ii War and married there. He will be re-
membered by many of our people.
What might have been a disastrous run
away occurred here last Friday morning
when Mrs. E. A. Carpenter and friend
started out for a drive with Mr.. Carpen-
ter's spirited carriage horse. The leather
bit broke and they were at the mercy of the
beast, but as luck would have it were in
sleigh and just rolled out of it and let the
horse go, which he did in good shape until
he brought up under Mr.. Chase's shed,
where he quietly waited till some one came
for him. The only damage was the fright
to the ladies.
Livestock Shipments from Portland.
The shipments Of live stock from Port
land for the six months ending April 30th,