The Republican journal., 1905-08-03
TEE NEWS OF BROOKS.

CT Files has moved into the George 81.
Miller house.
Good beef cattle are being closely picked
up by outside parties.
Mrs. N. r. Cook is at Newport Lake with
her parents for a brief outing.
I.G. Kicker is cutting c. F. Bessey's hay
this year and Charles is taking it easy.
c. E. Lane has the hay cut on his Brooks
farms and has now tackled the jackson
lots.
Henry Cunningham and family have re-
turned from visit to his parents in Swan
vile.
George II. Miller has fitted up rooms in
the building formerly used by him as a shop
and has moved into 1t.
I. S. Staples, the we'll known carriage
hanging to his job.
Mrs j. C. Lane is at Pushaw Lake while
Mr.. Lane has eiurned to New York, where
he has business for the present.
Fred Emmons, our deputy sheriff, has the
hay cut on his place and has transferred MS
crew to the farm of E. 0. Stant!al
Geo. L. Hall, who has been at home cut
ting his hay on the David Bracket place,
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Capt. Stanley Perkins has plastered the
new house that l. S. Staples is building,
and now the next thing is the inside finish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rink of Melrose, Mass, are
visiting T. l. Huxford. Mrs. Rink is
daughter of Charles Huxford, formerly OF
| this town.
| Mary Pullen, who now has home with
Mr.. and Mrs. True Cole of Knox, went to
Belfast this week to visit her sister Belle at
| the Girls Home.
Bids are to be received for the construc-
| ton of the new Knowlton road, which must
| be finished in September. See advertisement
| in TIE journal this week.
| DR.. n. X. Cook operated last Saturday
| upon John Abbott for some sort of tumor
upon the jaw which had caused him much
| pain and serious inconvenience.
The selectmen of Brooks are to be at the
residence of John KnOWlton next Saturday
afternoon to receive bids for building the
new road. See advt in The Journal.
A meeting of the municipal officers of
| Brooks will be held at the Selectmen's office
Saturday evening, Aug 9Th, to consider the
matter of the receiving tomb and offers to
! build the same.
Harry NJ Brown now has his printing
| Office equipped with a gaSolene engine and
| with the boundless enthusiasm of youth is
| working for unlimited success, which we
| hope may be realized.
The recent heavy rain has stopped hay
ing with vengeance. Up to the date of this
! deluge large quantity of very nice hay
| had been harvested. Many of the smaller
j farmers have nearly finished. Such is the
| advantage of improved machinery.
The funeral of D. D. Gould was held at
| the Free Baptist church in jackson July
26th, Rev. Il. Small officiating: He was
| lodge of Masons, of which he had long been
| highly respected member.
Mrs Eleanor Hasty died at the home of
| her son, Geo. Hasty, in Jackson Monday
morning, July 31st, at the age of 70 years.
| For many years she had lived at the old
| homestead in thattown and was known and
| beloved by every one who knew her.
Freeman Ellis and sons are cutting the
hay on the l. G. Reynolds place. Ike never
let anybody take that job out Of his hands
machine himself to this date, but now he
allows that he will take his business a
little easier.
DR.. A. W. Rich died at his home in
Brooks, Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 1st His
death removes one Of the best known men
in Waldo county. For many years he was
pTdcLlcllS physician anu Was very sue
cessful as a practitioner. A very large ac-
quaintance of friends will mourn his death.
The funeral will be held at his late resi-
dence at 1 O'Clock Thursday, Aug. Sd,
under the auspices of the Masonic fratern-
ity.
The following note has been received from
the chairman of the Game Commissioners:
AUGUSTA, MAINE, July 10, 1905
Mr.. NJ. j. Dow, Brooks, Me.
Dear Sir: Your favor received. In reply l
beg to say that l have directed warden to go
and repair the fences and tie up the moose.
Thanking you for calling my attention to the
matter, am
Yours truly,
LEROY I. CARLETON,
Chairman.
The funeral of the late Henry Reynolds
was held at the home last Thursday. This
was sudden dropping out of an active,
hustling man. He was born in this town
and for the most of his life had made it his
home and been identified with it's interests.
He was at the time of his death one of the
road commissioners and had but short
time previously handed in his books for in
spection by the municipal officers. He
leaves widow and several grown up chill
dren.