The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-03-22

rev. y. w. duSudu VI DChdSe 10 supply
ing at the Union church at present Our
people are much pleased with his sermons.
Misses Winnie Patterson and Velma
Hogan of Thorndike are attending our High
! school, having rooms in the house of NJ. j.
Dow.
The absence of fire escape upon the
| Union Hall building has been called to ,ur
| attention. This matter should be attended
| to at once.
The old folks dance last Friday evening
! had the honor of the presence OF Ablsha
| Evans, who had not attended dance for
over forty years.
Harrison Roberts, whose wife died last
| fall, has given up housekeeping and Will
| live with his son Forest, with whom he is
engaged in business.
! Triton A. Elliott and wife are in town for
| brief stay, having recently driven across
the country from Skowhegan, where ne had
been engaged in his business as life in
| surance agent.
Dudley G. Simpson, who has been in
| AroostoOk county for several years, has
come back to Brooks to see the folks. with
the exception of the past few years his
whole life has been spent in Brooks
We noticed our old friend f. c. West in
town the other day with one of the nice
| horses Of which he always has a supply;
| When you want to see some nice STOCK call
| and see Bro. West.
1t is generally understood that Marcellus
| j. Dow, Esq, will be a candidate for Rep
1esentative to the Legislature from the class
composed of Winterport, Frankfort, Mon
roe, jackson and Brooks.
Byreuuest town meeting has been called
for " Wednesday, March 2Sth, TO consider
| several matters of interest to the town.
| There are nine articles in the warrant ana
the meeting should be fully attended from
all parts of the town.
Winter will not rot in the sky after all,
The storm Monday was the very worst
drifter of the winter and the highways are
| plum full. There was no session OF the
High school, it being the first time this has
happened for the season.
Our black NTH, L. A. Bachelor, is the
proud pOSseSSUr OF one OF the nneSt DroOd
mares in this vicinity. She is an excellent
roadster and some of her colts have sold at
fancy prices. She is kept for family use
and money will not buy her.
C. E. Lane came home from Aroostook
the other day feeling all right and was out
driving one of his nice horses when he sud
denly felt i'll, went into the house and has
been confined there ever since. 1t is
thought he will be out again in few days
There is a call for the extension of the r.
F. d. route over the Sprout Hill road and
the attention of Congressman Burleigh will
be called to the matter. In fact, there
should be a new route established from
this post office as it will accommodate people
who naturally belong here.
Ina ocular way John H. Gordon recently
asserted over the telephone that he wanted
an article put into the town warrant to sell
our snow rollers for kindlng wood, as there
seemed to be no use for them. We are in
clined to think that he will not press the
| matter now.
At recent meeting of the school board
E. G. Roberts was elected superintendent
of Schools for the ensuing year. Z. c.
Holbrook, who has held the position for
several years, is fine scholar and a man of
much intelligence. His Intellectual ability
for any position has never been questioned.
our school board as VIII lie has done good
work in taking our Ii.h school from moth
ing and putting it into the creditable posi-
ton it now holds.
We We're very much pleased to meet Rev.
F. S. Leathers OF Aver, Mass, who was in
town last week. Mr.. Leathers is a son of
the late Stephen feathers OF this town,
who was veteran of the Civil War and
who died few years after his return from
the army, leaving widow and several
children in Strengthened circumstances.
Rev. F. s. feathers was born in the Sprout
Hill district in this town but Went to Bath
when seven years of age and obtained
| High school education there, afterwards
taxing course of study at a theological
school. Our people would have been very
glad to have had him preach at our church
| here. as many friends and relatives of the
| family live here, but arrangements could
not be conveniently made for last Sunday,
and he was obliged to leave Monday morn
ing for his home.
| We're brought here for nterment last Fri
| day and funeral services were held in
| Union church, Rev. Humphrey Small Of
floating. The floral offerings by relatives
and friends were very elegant. The living
members of her family were nearly all
| present. Her six children are Mrs. r. NJ.
! Simmons of Searsmont; Mrs. Carrie E. Per-
| kins of Stoneham, Mass. Mrs. Kate Decrow
of Brooks; Mrs. Emma Walton OF Belfast
Rev Fred S. feathers of Aver, Mass. B.
| II. Smart of Stoneham, Mass. The living
members Of her fathers family are: Mrs:
| Susan E. Walton and Mrs. Eliza Keynes of
| Bangor; Mrs. w. 0. Jones of Brooks and /
| John l. Watts of Watervile. She was the
daughter of Deacon Isaac and Mrs. Betsy !
Foster Watts, and was born in Lagrange
in 1883. Soon after her birth her parents
moved to Knox, where she lived until her
marriage to Stephen feathers. After the |
death of Mr.. Leathers she married Henry |
Smart of Monroe, and for some years lived
Ill bTOOkS village OH WLdI is HOW tne GeO. |
Miller place. Mr.. Smart was lost at sea
and after some years she married Ezra
Hanson of this town. Since his death,
some thirteen years ago, she has lived in
Massachusetts with her daughter Carrie
Perkins, where she was at the time of her
death. When twelve years of age she was
baptised and joined the Free Baptist church
in Knox and retained her membership in
that denomination.