The Republican journal., 1908-05-28
TIE NEWS OF BROOKS.

| Rev. David Bracket has been confined tc
the house by illness.
Al. Gard of Searsport visited his sister,
Mrs. E. g. Roberts, last week.
Miss Hattie Cilley of Monroe is with Mrs.
c. Z. Lane for short time.
Mrs. s. A. Payson of South Brooks was
taken very seriously i'll last Sunday night.
Roscoe f. Weber and wife will have a
wedding reception at their home Monday
evening. June list.
Perkins & Miller have been painting the
church at Chase's Corner in Jack son and
have work engaged ahead for several weeks.
Mary A., wife of Apsel Pettengii, died
here last Sunday evening. She was about
sixty wears of age and had been an invalid
for long time
Ned Edwards. who is running an autOmo-
bile for Prof. Files of Bowdoin college, was
at home over Sunday to visit his mother.
who has been quite i'll.
Mrs. c, II. Forbes has returned from a
visit to Augusta, where she visited her
aunt, Mrs. Louisa Cilley, and her cousin,
Miss Florence Cilley, both formerly of this
town
CLYDE Roberts has been Off duty for some
weeks with a bad hand. 1t was slightly in
iured and then developed into what we used
to call a breeding sore, which was very
painful
Charles Huxford of Boston has been visit
ing the family of T. |. HuXfOrd and calling
upon acquantanceS. He was school BOY
here some fifty years ago and is very pleas
antly remembered by many,
Mr.. jackson, V. s., of Belfast last week
performed the surgical operation called
tracheatomy on mare owned by l.. A.
Bachelor of this place. The animal ex-
perienced much relief and the operation
was evidently success.
Huff and Reynolds have got good start
ON the basement of the Hobbs store, for
which they are doing the brick work. Mr..
Huff has had large experience as brlck
mason. and in fact, is considered an expert,
having worked in Boston and other cities.
Mrs. Abbe Hussey of Waldo made a
social call upon friends here last Friday.
She is remembered as the widow OF the late
Omar G. Hussey, who for many years was
so yery faithful to the interests OF the
Friends church in this place.
Memorial Sunday was properly observed
here. The church was beautifully decorat-
ed with flowers, a large audience was in at
tendance, the G. A. R. Post was present III
a body, and the pastor, Rev. J.W Vaughan,
gave a very appropriate sermon. Memorial
Day will be properly observed here.
VIM. C. Austin, the mail carrier of T.. f.
ID, No l, is having vacation ana Will I'M
prove the time to sow some ten acres TO
oats. That reminds US that 1t Will pay US
all TO raise everything we can on our own
farms. This sending to the west for such
large quantities Of feed when we have every
thing to do with at home is wasteful extrava-
gance, to say the least.
Charles Miller and wife have been making
visit to friends in town. Mr.. Miller is a
locomotive engineer and is closely confined
to his business. His old friends are glad to
welcome them back to Brooks. if even only
for a brief visit. The immediate cause OF
their visit was to bring the body OF their
child for burial in the family lot in Brooks.
1t is the third one they have lost and they
are again childess.
Another town meeting was held last week
| to see to see about raising money Tor a IRE
| apparatus, as the preceding meeting was
considered illegal because OF some, slghIl
/ technicaljty. The meeting opened with
Marcellus j. Dow as moderator; Able ad
dresses were made by Joseph Ellis, Charies
E. Lane, Charles L. Austin, VIM: .. Jones
and Others 1t was voted, 80 to II, to BUY
fire apparatus, and money was raised tt
pay for the same. The latter vote wa:
made practically unanimous upon a com
promise basis. To the credit of the resi-
dents of the town outside of the village /
should be said that they as whole have
always unseifshly stood by the village IN
terests, rightly believing them to be TN
interests of the town as whole. INT
principal question has been simply the sun
that should be appropriated Tor that paf
pose. 1t was voted to make the selectmel
of the town, E. c. Holbrook, K. A. Jone
and Riley Prime, with A. f. Kilgore an
". n. Rolfe representing the Board o
Trade. a committee to buy the apparatus
By practically unanimous vote 1t was de
cded to appropriate sum OF mo- eyo SUI da
nartment of the city of Belfast, who ably as
sisted us at our late lire.
The graduation exercises of the Brook
High school were held at Union hall FIR
: day afternoon, May 22nd. The stage an
/ hail were beautifully decorated and keI
dalrs orchestra furnished the music. In
following program was presented:
March by the class. wv 1,.
Invocation, rev. y. W. Vausna
7 sa,ntatorv Hester Miles Ros
: ESSAY, Gan American Laureate"
Music.
9 Class History. Everett Laurston Cille
, ESSAY. "Character and Writings OF
goldsmith" Olive Gertrude Rober
J. Class Prophecy, Myron Lawrence Coo
Valedictory, Georgia Ella VOL
: Music.
Norman r. Cook, NJ.
: Benediction, Rev. J. W. Vaughf
The class is as follows: Hester Miles hos