The Republican journal., 1908-07-23
The NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. Augustine Thompson OF Boston is at
the r. w. Forbes homestead for the season.
Several Aroostook men are at work hay
ing in this vicinity. There is plenty of help
to harvest the crop.
Tilton A. Elliott, who has bought the R.
G. Edwards homestead, is making extensive
repairs upon the buildings.
Miss Mary Davis and her niece, Miss
Dorcas Davis, are at the hlansur home
stead in Monroe for the season.
Mrs. j. C. Rose, who has been i'll for
several months, is so far recovered that she
visited some friends about town last week.
Edwin Jenkins did quick job in moving
the Hobbs storehouse. He is well prepared
for work of this kind and makes specially
of it.
Milton Leonard has bought part of the
X. w. Forbes farm in fact, the most OF 1t,
and he now has a large farm in one solid
piece.
Mrs. Chas. E. Peavey, who had a wrist
broken last week by being thrown from
wagon, is as comfortable as could be ex-
pected
Hugh Gordon, the blacksmith, is at work
with Frank Simpson. He is steady as
mill nova days and they have shop full
VI uuoliIeSo.
The Sunday schools and their friends
spent the 4th very pleasantly with picnic
at Kendall Pond No accidents occurred
and the occasion was njoyed by all.
Mrs. Julia Lang in a fit of insanity wan
dered away again last week, but was found
in the woods by Leroy G0dding'S after
tiresome search by friends and neghbors.
Frank Hubbard and wife of birmingham,
Mass, called on friends here last week. He
had charge of the Dow homestead for sew
erai years and is as one of our own citizens.
NJ j. Dow, as is his custom, is spending
the month of July at the old farm where he
was born. He can be found there any
pleasant day helping to harvest the hay
crop.
Roscoe E. Weber has nice new team of
heavy colts, bought in Bangor recently.
They took some fancy steps when first
hitched to the moving machine, but are
gradually settling down to business.
The rain beginning last Saturday was
very much needed, as crops were suffering
badly from the drouth. 1t had been an un-
commonly nice season for securing the hay
crop, which is, however, very light one.
Fred w. Brown, Esq, has bought the
Pettingill house, which he is charging and
improving for a residence. He will also
move his law Office there and will be very
comfortably located, both as to home and
a place of business.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel L. Lord spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Brooks. And, by the
way, Sam is heavy agrlculturlSt when he
gets out here with us rural chaps. 1t would
do his city associates good to see him tackle
lug of hay out here
Mrs. E. d. Bessey of GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
called recently to see the five weeks 0 Ii, IN
FAINT of her friend Mrs. NOyes A. Cilley.
Mrs. Cilley, who is 4S years old, has three
children nearly grown up and has now
|, started in for new set.
James F. Jewell has the job to repair the
Miller stable for an engine house, for
which it is well fitted as it is conveniently
located and of size that makes it valuable
for public building. There is a tiue chance
for hall in The upper part.
Word has been received here of the death
of Guy Edwards of Waterville. He was
born in Jackson near the Brooks line, and
had many acquaintance here. He was
well known all over Maine as trainer and
driver of race horses and was brother OF
Mrs. James II. Gates.
Mr.. E. A. Carpenter recently made visit
to New York which he very much appreci-
ated, as he was the invited guest of the COM
pany for which he has worked as a sales
man for several years and all of his ex-
penses were borne by them and he was
handsomely entertained.
We were very much pleased last week to
receive call from Mr.. George L. Merrill OF
DiXfeld, with whom we became acquainted
in 1873 in Searsport. He had come through
in his automobile the day before from Dix
field, driving, as his speedometer indicated,
over 100 miles, and was bound for his old
home in SearSpOrt.