The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-11
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

Miss Nina Tasker went to Dixmont Sun
day to visit friends.
Mrs. Shadrach Hall is very i'll, with the
chances against her recovery.
T. d. Elliott and wife are in Wilton, Me,
which is Mrs. E!liott's old home.
MI Dow, chairman of the seectmen
was called to Unity Monday on official bust
ness.
c. F. Porter. who recently moved ct
Brooks with his family, is confined to the
house by illness.
Mrs. Flora f. Thompson of Boston came
home Monday to attend the wedding of her
niece, Miss Myrtle Forbes.
Mrs. J. W. Bennett has returned to Port
land, where she and the captain are keep
ing house when he is ashore.
Joseph Ellis is to put up saw mill near
the n. q. johnson place to manufacture
the lumber he has bought i'll Knox.
Mr.. Turner and wife of Ashland, Me,
have been visiting their daughters, Mrs
Wilcox and Mrs. IIewes, of this place.
Mr. Rufus Tasker, who lives on one of
our K. +. ID. routes, Is at the hospital in
Bangor, where he underwent an operation
for appendicitis. The chances are favorable
for recovery.
The selectmen have laid out new street,
north from the Charles E. Peavey place rs
rods to the north side of the A. j. Boulter
lot. Three sets of buildings will be built
there this spring.
Golden Crown Lodge, No. 1os, Knights of
Pythias, are to have an installation and a
fine time Tuesday evening, January 10th.
The lodge in Prospect has been invited and
if travelling and weather favor it will be an
enjoyable occasion.
The icy streets afford nice sliding for our
young people and they have enjoyed it
hugely Several minor accidents have Oc-
Cured, and Mrs. j. w. Bennett was quite
severely injured by being struck by a sled
and thrown violently down, striking the
back of her head severely.
The farce "Yankee Assurance" was given
recently by the Good Templar Lodge with
the following cast:
Yankee, Ernest Simpson.
Deacon. NJ. J. Dow,
Widow, Mrs. Belle Estes,
Cousins, ETC., Lila Estes, Gertrude Hall,
Maud Webb, Clara Sprague, Hattie Works,
Marie y ork.
BY invitation of Golden Crown Lodge, X.
OF F., of this place some OF the Belfast
members of the order will present the
drama "My Uncle from Japan at Union
Han wednesday tNeHiHS, Jan. lItH, Will d
dance to follow the play. A special train
will be run from Belfast and gala time is
expected. Supper will be served in the
banquet rooms to all who wish it. This
particular presentation has been highly
compimented and :the Brooks people are
anxious to see it. We do those things here
sometimes ourselves.
Charles E. Peavey met with great loss
in the death of his stallion Alcazar, No.
1926, which occurred from an impacted
bowel, the result of Indigestion. He was
grandiy proportional horse, standing 16
hands high and weighing close to 1000
pounds. He was without doubt the hand
soonest horse in this vicinity. Alcazar's sire,
Alcantara, 223, is by Geo. Wilkes, 222, out
of Alma Mater. the greatest dam of sires
which has ever lived. At the close of 1899
Alcantara was credited with 131 in 2.30, the
largest number ever sired by a stallion of
his age Those who have colts by Alcazar
may consider themselves very fortunate.
Temperance Record for January:
In a business letter Bro. Geo. F. COtterill,
N. G. T., writes: cit was good to have the
old State of Maine represented at Chicago,
and by so able brother as Bro. NJ. }. Dow.
The National Grand Lodge did well to
select so substantial representative of the
order as one of the Board of Trustees. l
hope there will be great rally of the New
England Good Templars from now on and
that hundreds of them will plan to attend
the National session in Boston next July.
We want great inspirational gathering,
so as to cultivate truly national and pa
triOtic spirit devoted to the advancement OF
Good Templary to it's old activity and pres
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