The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-21
The News of Brooks.

1 ;. Mary Davis is in Bangor for few days.
4 Hobbs returned Monday from bust
H. mp to Augusta.
3s-ges Small of Swanville and S, A. Perkins
u. ,anting M. j. Dow's residence.
NJ and Mrs. E. L. Talbot, Mrs. Littlefeld
u Mrs John Black called on friends here
sa
IN, and Mrs. Levi Stevens are soon to COM
i are housekeeping in the F. X. Roberts
cement
4 gsrlss Goodwin favored the audience with
4 MA at the entertainment given at Union
last week by Miss Wilson.
q gte a quantity of apple barrels are being
&c mere by Morrill, parties. They are of
4 wood, but answer the purpose very well.
I fip Boody, professor OF English at Kent's
and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Boody Of Rockville,
a. we're guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
aIey.
sg-s Ella Richards of Reading, Mass, form
Brooks, is visiting Mrs. c. H. Forbes of
q 1t Brooks and calling upon old friends in
q dTaee.
Edwards arrived Monday night from
ztaswjrh to visit his mother few days. Mr..
#7aris mas lust returned from four months
-oi Europe.
\ s Mary McTaggart returned without
as u the Sanatarium at Hebron. The ply
srs at Portland advised her that she stood
4 .-=r nance at home.
a4- Auxford came home from Portland
II saturday, He had good position there,
y assist his father in the grain and pro-
u uasiuess here for a while.
H. Hattie E. Merithew has arrived from
\ vs. are she has had employment for the
Il ar, and will enter the family of Rev. H.
Mrs. Small being unable to get about
H.. Goo rheumatism.
%Gare- Marden and wife of Belfast visited
a. tsmily of L. A. Bachelor last Sunday.
u Garien formerly lived in swanville, and
his sons formerly taught school in this
he has many acquaintance here.
4 God Templars' Lodge had a very pleas
u n- asst Saturday evening in spite of the
q eral glee songs We're sung by the
r- sd.es, with Edith Hobbs as accompanist
4 fire organ. Donald Forbes furnished a
b -l Mr.. Angel sang several selections to
q r4ciative audience. Next Saturday
;az farce will be presented by some of
--rmers,
-ayson has been substituting on r. F.
N Tor few days while Will C. Austin,
II ar carrier, takes a vacation at the
ne other day he came in literally sup
lowers and the question was, who
"a -e- ossing bouquets to him. 1t was not a
~ ,.ry, however, for Mrs. Charles Nealley
81 Hy eriy women on the route who can dis
30 -reat a profusion of fine flowers, and
N =l., was very readily given to her.
ss aare- Z, Shaw is without doubt the bad
.Ea looks when you tackle him in jot
ge4uires quickness and dexterity He
N7g works by the day but always by the jot
"a PIECE In such work as lathing or shingline
81 Easily distances all records ever made il
81 s.e He used on the Frank H. Quimby
81 -tt los. of shingle nails in twenty hours
al las done several other jobs at the same
II He is said to have picked up for Roscoe
as 'hes l02 barrels of potatoes in nine hours
s. i1ee bushels barrel that is 3O6 bushels il
8 hours, Another statement is that it wa
u aafrss that he picked, the balance bens
II 's- by someone else. Be that as it ma,
81 '5 no doubt that he can pick potatoes
here are parties ready to back him agans
u mar IN the County of Waldo. He picked
# Ai Jones 2,450 bushels of potatoes in l,
- he claims by his daily account.