The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-03-16
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

James Grover is still very sick man.
F. r. York at the hotel is on the sick list
A. R. Pilley is the proud father of new
daughter
Mrs. Mary Stantial is again confined to
her bed by illness.
Harry E. Staples has been drawn as jury
man from Brooks.
f. T. Bessey and wife were in town last
week visiting friends.
Mrs. Whitehouse of Unity is visiting the
family Of F. w. Brown, Esq.
Mrs. Lena West of Auburn is visiting the
family of Capt. Stanley Perkins.
Miss Mildred McCarty has returned to
Augusta with Mrs. Ida Jones, who has been
visiting her.
Mrs Samuel Reynolds is still sick at her
home here and is confined to her bed most
of the time.
Mrs Patterson Of Belfast, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. William H. " elch, is visiting the
family of DIR. A. E. Kilgore.
Mrs. Ralph Aver of Dixmont has been
calling on friends in Brooks and Jackson.
She was known here as Grace Warren.
Mr. Winchester, our marketman, and his
wife. are both down with the grip. Mrs.
Humphrey Small is also on the sick list.
Manley Ellis, who is living with his daugb-
ter, Mrs. Wendell S. Reynolds, is confined
to the house and to his bed most of the time.
A business meeting of the selectmen will
be held at their Office Saturday afternoon,
March 18th, to attend to routine town bust
ness.
Isaac S Staples has been confined to the
house several weeks by sickness, but is now
| improving and able to be out of doors
| little.
c. J. Vose of Knox was in town last week
looking after some business matters He
has for five years been one of the selectmen
of Knox.
A special town meeting is to be called
March 25th to consider the subject of State
roads and other matters that may legally
| come before it,
Miss Alta May, daughter of VIM. @. Jones
of South Brooks, went to Bangor last Sa1ur-
day to visit her uncle, Frank Jones, and her
aunt, Mrs. Eliza Raynes
The subject of Rev. E. E. Colburn's lee
ture last sunday evening was 'Othello, Or
the Demon of Jealousy" which he handled
in his usual able manner.
Mrs Mahala Forbes has been quite i'll
and her daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Nj. Bush
field and Mrs. Augustine Thompson of Mas
sachusettS, are with her.
Geo. Card, our Oldest resident, is not
quite as robust as formerly but gets out to
walk nearly every pleasant day, as his old
friends in Belfast will be pleased to know.
Mrs. Richard Goodwin, of the Goodwin
Clothing Co., visited her sister, Mrs. N H.
i Cook, last week. She has some lovely
children, the twins attracting much atten-
ton.
A very pleasant social was held i'm the
church parlOrS Wednesday evening, March
8th. Ice cream and cake were served and
an entertainment furnished. Others are to
follow.
The drama Our Jim will be given in
Union Hall Wednesday, March 22nd. Come
and see sour Jim, the Brave Soldier of 3D.
The proceeds will be devoted to church
purposes.
A. B. Payson, the popular mail carrier on
r. F. D. No. l, has been very dangerously
i'll the past few days, but is said to be i'm
proving rapidly and it is thought he will be
out again in few days.
Parties from outside towns have been
examining our roller system for breaking
the roads and taking specifications of the
rollers. We think we have the right thing
and have put up our money in it.
Miss Jennie Lang has wide lace collar
that she values highly as it is the work of
her grandmother, Mrs. John W. Lang, who
recently presented it to her. Mrs. Lang is
very skillful in work of that kind.
Quite a delegation of the Pythian Sister
hood from Freedom and Thorndike visited
the assembly here last Friday evening
Refreshments were served and general
good time was enjoyed. These ladies allow
that they have one Sanctum SanctOrum
that no hOrrid man is allowed to pOllute
by his presence.
The following officers of Geo. G. Davis
Post have been installed by Past Command
ley; S. V. c., W. F. Kendall j. V. c., E. S.
Stevens; @. NJ, John johnson Adjt., W. c.
Rowe; Surgeon, L. d. Cilley; Chaplain,
Lorenzo Jones; O. D., P. b. Clifford ; 0. G.,
A. II. Rose; S. NJ, c. E. Peabody; @. NJ. S.,
Henry Braddock.
Miss Mildred McCarty, assisted by Miss
Grace E. Dow, provided a very pleasant
evenings entertainment for four young
ones were Masters Bernard and Roy
Staples. Raymond Merritt and Hugh Nor
rill. Miss McCarty provided dainty re-
freshments, games were INDUCED in, and
the young gentlemen were sent home happy.
W. S. Marden of this town has a violin
made by himself that is worth seeing. The
back IL made Of curly maple grown in Pts
cataQuis county and cut some 70 years ago.
1t is beautiful specimen Of wood. The
top is made of spruce taken from timber
out of the old Brattle street church in Bos-
ton and said to be 25O years old. The in
strument has been tested by experts and is
said to have an exceptionally good tone. 1t
is valued at $500.
The visit of the ladies of Juanita Assem-
bly,, Pythian Sisterhood Of Freedom, to Sill
yer Crown Assembly Of Brooks, Friday
night, March 10th, was one Of the pleasant
social events Of the winter. Ten ladies'
came by train from Th0rndike and several
came by team. The work Of the second de-
gree was exemplifed in brilliant manner
by Silver Crown Assembly. after which
there was an interesting. programme Of