The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-08-10
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. Dow is now selling millinery at re-
duced rates.
F. A Carpenter has finished haying and
is again on the road.
Mrs. George johnson is much better and
is driving out pleasant days
Why not bid Off piece of that new road
and earn some money this fall ?
Mrs. Drayton and her niece of New York
are visiting at Rev. Il. Smalls.
George Hall and wife have returned to
Lowell, where they have employment.
Mrs. E. A. Carpenter and daughter Lena
have gone to Northport for few weeks.
Mrs. Payson of Knox is caring for Mrs
Ross Weber, who is in very poor health.
Eben Prime is living in the John Small
house while he cuts the hay on that farm.
Olive Bracket, who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. Edwin Walker, has returned to
Boston.
Miss Avis Woods of Knox, who is at home
from Colby on vacation, called upon friends
here last Monday.
Mrs. Davis with her little charges,
Dorcas and Dexter, is spending a few
weeks on the old home farm in Monroe.
u. ID. otdHtidl VI belfast was III ETOOkS
last Thursday afternoon to attend the flu
neral of Dr.. A. W. Rich, with his lodge.
Ira W. Rowden, who has been at his Bel
fast place with his family for some time,
was in Brooks last week for day or two
Some of our farmers have finished haying,
but there is still quite large quantity to be
cut as the weather has not been very favor
able.
An obituary of the late DR.. A W. Rich
will appear later in The journal. Few men
in Waldo county, or the State at large, were
better known than he.
Isaac Reynolds and wife are to move to
Brooks village very soon. Now they have
decided on the change Phebe cannot rest
until the move is made.
sets, is visiting her father and mother, Mr..
and Mrs. W. A, Winchester, at their new
home, the Emmons place.
The friends of Mrs. Hattie Merrithew
were pleased to see her in Brooks again
after an absence of several months in Port
land with her son Harold.
Alfred Reynolds, who spent his vacation
with friends in Brooks, has returned to
Boston, where he has a position as con-
ductor on an electric road.
month. He works in the field hoeing, ETC.,
every day, and has not been sick enough to
have doctor for sixty years, although he
was obliged to have one to set broken leg
few years ago.
The services at Union church were very
interesting last Sunday afternoon. The
singing of the male quartette was specially
fine Mr.. Colburn'S subject in the evening
was Gideon's Fleece and as usual he handled
cI,1,i in nriyi nd info rncti
manner.
The selectmen of Brooks are to be at their
Office Saturday, Aug. 18th, at 2 p. M, to
Knowlton road. In fact they are ready to
receive bids at any time, for part or the
whole of it. 1t was the intention to have
the road finished by September 18th.
And now the rattle of tin pals is heard in
the land, and an army Of berry pickers
daily sallies forth and returns laden with
rich spells. Earle Bessey recently went
berrying with two Berry brothers OF Thorn
dixie and returned with about four bushels
of berries of different kind, namely, blue
berries.
The town officers have practically decided
that for a receiving tomb they want a
to the spring of the arch, with frost proof
foundation, and to be built of cement.
They are calling for bids for the construc-
ton of this building and will specially con-
slider the matter next Saturday afternoon.
The funeral of DR.. A. W. Rich was held
at his late residence last Thursday after
noon, Rev. E. E. COlburn officiating. The
officers and members of Marsh River lodge
of Masons attended and to the number Of
% escorted the body to Jackson, where it
was deposited in the family lot The la
dies of the Eastern Star Chapter were also
present in body. Elegant floral emblems
were presented by both lodges.
Quite large delegation from the Pythian
Sisterhood and Knights attended an install
lation of officers of Freedom lodges: The
installing officers were Mrs. John Neatly
for the Sisterhood, and E. G. Roberts for
the Knights, both of Brooks. After the
work Of installation a bounteous repast
was served, and the Brooksites turned their
faces homeward, arriving in the wee sma'
hours