The Republican journal., 1904-03-31
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Wendell Reynolds is suffering from al
abscess on his face.
Saturday finished our sleighing. Nearly
everyone used wagons in the afternoon.
Abbie A. Roberts and Mrs. Mary Staples
have both been threatened with pneumonia
Roy and Bernard Staples and Raymond
Merritt are recovering from the whoopine
cough.
fall, is now able to walk about with the aiC
of a crutch.
Mrs. A. E. Chase, who was recently
severely injured by fall on the ice, is i'm
proving slowly.
Mrs Charles Bracket and daughter
Gale have returned to Newport after 9
short visit here.
Mrs VIM. McTaggart and children Of
Waterville visited her mother, Mrs. E. C.
Body, last week.
James F. Jewell went to Dixmont last
week where he has small job at his trade
as a house carpenter.
Miss Jessie Brown, who has been ill in
bed for more than two weeks, is not much
improved in health.
Mrs. John McTaggart of Belfast was in
town Thursday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Hannah Hussey
Oscar and Henry Dow are getting out
shovel handles on the old Franklin Hol-
brook place in Knox.
John H. Gordon has rush of work and
needs more girls in his shop. Let them
come; we ali want them
c. II. Forbes has gone to Connecticut,
where he has contract to sell goods for a
manufacturing company.
Mr.. A. R. Pulley and wife have begun
housekeeping at the old homestead. Best
wishes to them, we all say.
Mrs. Mary Anderson, known here as the
daughter of the late Augustus Curtis, re-
Gently gave birth to a nice boy.
Miss Brown of Freedom, daughter of our
old friend Joe Brown, was in town last Sat
urday with Miss Carrie Kelsey.
Mrs Mary j. Lane is on the high road to
recovery and her daughter Anna has re-
turned to her home in Massachusetts,.
The sewing circle met with Mrs. Hattie
Merrithew last Tuesday and this week Will
spend the afternoon with Mrs. Colburn.
NJ j. Dow, the Sprout Hill farmer, i'll
tends to do quite "a business there this
summer and wants to buy pair of handy
oxen.
Stanley, son of Charles Roberts, is very
sick with pneumonia. Miss Holbrook, a
trained nurse from Bangor, is taking care
of him.
Mrs. Atfie Godding, who since her severe
accident in the winter has been stopping
with the family of VIM. c. Rowe, has been
moved to her farm house.
David Bracket is having some special
work in the clothing business and is occu-
plying the second floor of Gordons shop
and using the power there.
C. f. Bowen, Alfred Huxford, Ned Ed
wards, A. B. Payson, Harry NJ. Brown,
Eben Miller and Will Emmons attended
the organization of the new K. of P. lodge
cordial reception.
F. f. Roberts was struck in the f1eshy
part of the right fore arm by stick flying
from circular saw last week, the end en-
bedding itself some two inches in the flesh.
DR.. n. Il. Cook dressed the wound. 1t was
a narrow escape from broken arm.
Ernest Gibbs, who came home recently,
had a severe attack Of appendicitis and
was taken to the Maine General Hospital
at Portland for al operation, which was
successfully performed. He was accom-
panied to Portland by his local physician,
Dr.. \. r. Cook.
I he village choir. consisting of G. NJ.
Morrill,, Harry NJ. Brown, Mrs. Fannie
Merritt and Mrs. A. f. Dow, attended the
funeral of Fred Leonard in Knox last week.
He was promising young man, graduate
of Coburn Classical Institute, and possessed
considerable ability The family have the
sympathy of the community in their be-
Happy Valley Chapter of the Eastern
Star was instituted at Masonic Hall
Wednesday evening, March 23d, by F. A.
Porter of Pittsfeld as Grand Patron, as
sisted by Mrs. E. A. Porter as Grand
Chaplain, Mrs. c. H. BURDEN as Grand
Marshal, and Miss Minnie Porter as
Grand Secretary. They start with 90
charter members. The list of officers, IA in
number, will be given later.
The burning question in Brooks now is
the new High school building. The pro-
moters of the enterprise claim that it is the
most prominent local matter to come before
us at this time. We have good town and
a nice little village, very desirable as resi-
dence for those who want quiet and pleas
ant surroundings. Located on busy rail-
road the means of communication with the
outside world are excellent. We have nice
church privileges, f1ourishing social Or
and happy, thrifty, home-lov-
ing people 1t has, however, been imposs-
bic to raise the grade of our schools to their
proper place by reason of our poor school
houses. For a long time it has been the
practice of those who were able to do so to
send their children away to various institu-
tions of learning to be educated, while those
who could not stand the expense were oblig-