The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-10-15
The NEWS OF BROOKS.

Mrs. Phillips of Waldo is visiting the family
of T. A. Elliott at their new residence here
NJ J. Dow has put in new line of youths
and boys suits for the fall and winter trade.
There will be an entertainment at the Good
Templar lodge next Saturday night. They
had nice one last week.
Mrs. Henry Cunningham went to Waterville
last week to visit her brother, Eben Miller, a
fireman on the NJ. c. R. R.
Next Saturday our milners have their open
ings, and it is expected that the village will be
filled with ladies from outside.
Miss Hattie Work, who was very sick with
appendicitis, is now fully recovered and comes
to the village often on pleasant days
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Staples, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. G. Roberts and Mrs. W. H. Rolfe were in
Bangor last week to attend the musical festi-
val.
There were no church services last Sunday
as the weather was dull. We are all sorry to
lose Rev j. W. Vaughan, who has resigned.
He is fine preacher and we all enjoy his visits,
socially
Herman, son of James McTaggart, Jr, who
shot off one of his toes up in Somerset county,
where the family is located, was brought here
to Brooks, where he is being cared for by his
grandfather.
A. B. Huff, our brick mason, is kept very
busy in topping out and building over chin
neys and in doing cement work Each one is
anxious to have their work done before the
cold wave reaches us.
C. F. Files, our genial station agent, started
Wednesday for his vacation trip. His family
will accompany him to Greenville and Caribou
and the chances are that he will strike boldly
into the big timber before he gets home.
Friends of Earle D. Bessey here recently re-
ceived a letter from him dated at Wheeling,
West Virginia, where he was for short time
engaged as a salesman and solicitor for the
Bessey Granite Co., which has headquarters at
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
1t is time to gather apples now, and much
has been already done. There is only about
half crop this year. 1t pays to use care in
harvesting this crop as every bruised apples is
spoiled for the market and every leaf left in
the box means two apples spoiled.
Mrs L. A. Bachelor sent trio of ducks tC
Cumberland county last week for breeding
purposes Two of her thoroughbred China
Pekins have laid 3S9 eggs since last January
which is said to be an uncommon record. She
cd Irolya # he from
imported English stock and for a time viii
make a speciality of them.
Miss Edith Crockett, hookkeeper for j. W
Hobbs, met with painful accident last week
While playing with big dog she was thrown
violently to the ground and in putting out he
hands to save herself, cut and bruised then
badly on the gravel and stones and also injur
ed one elbow in breaking the force of the fall
The potato teams come in full and will
heavy loads A thing never known herr
before is that the dealers throw out the big
gest potatoes as unstable. 1t passes the mem
ory of the Oldest inhabitant when potatoe
were generally as large as this season. Their
are very few small ones; nearly everything i
of salable size or too large.
This has been very prosperous year local..
for our corn canning industry. Mr.. w.
Rolfe, the superintendent, says it is the bes
season they have had in Brooks, there being al
output of $4,000 cans. Evidently the bushes
is here to stay and it might easily be EXTENDED
to other lines of produce. The question is
| "Would our farmers raise the stuff"
Rogers Clifford of Montana, who left Main
% years ago, is visiting friends and relative
in Brooks He and his sister, Mrs Charles
Austin, visited some of their relatives in Dix
mont last week. He has ranch of 1900 acre
and handles cattle. Some forty years ago h
worked in South Brooks for Hon. l. G. Rey
nolds for several years. He married in Montan
and has family. All the od-timers in Brook
remember him all right and are glad to SCI
him once more.
Brooks is now the home of Leander Staples
the famous halter man, and he says he is goln.
! to stay with US as long as we give him goo'
place to work He is jolly old chap ant
! makes friends with everybody. We like hin
all right and are glad to know that he has struc
it rich in his new halter that will cure tn
| worst halter pulling horse that can be found
A wealthy manufacturer of Boston has made
contract with Mr.. Staples for halters for tn
Boston trade and now Bro. Staples can affor
to polish his boots every day.
| John H. Gordon, who has been the superln
tendent of our water corporation since 1t
organization, has resigned and E. G. Robert
has been appointed in his place. This villag
has been very fortunate in obtaining the waite
supply it has. The water is from llvln
springs, very palatable to drink, soft for was,
ing purposes, and pure in quality. The foun
tain head is high enough SO that we have
! good supply in the second story of our houses
It is very great convenience to the place TO
domestic purposes and has proved to be valu
able in the case of small fires.
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