The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-10-14
The News of Brooks.

been very ill for some days.
Levi Stevens and wife will begin house keep
ing in the F. X. Roberts rooms.
The Brooks Grain Co. is storing large guam
tity of feed in the c. E. Lane storehouse.
Mrs. Julia Bachelor of Belfast is visiting
her nephew, L. A. Bachelor. and family, in
West Brooks.
Gentlemen in this vicinity are beginning to
take notice of the Corliss & Coon collars
carried in stock by M. J. Dow.
hogs and he is stocking up with them He
has now nice litter of pigs four weeks old.
Frank L. Hatch of Morrill, was in town Mon
day in connection with the business of the
Prudential Insurance Co., for which he is agent.
James Cilley has been installing some of the
new telephone instruments on the lines of our
local company. He is handy man in the tele-
phone business.
Mrs. Lowering of Medford, Mass, has been
visiting her sisters, Mrs. E. O. Stantial and
Mrs. James F. Jewell of this place, and friends
in Monroe and Belfast.
Mrs. Jane Jellison, who since the death of
her husband, T. D. Jelison, has lived at their
home here, has gone to Belfast to stay for
time with her son, Miles S. Jellison.
Miss Lila Estes and Miss Georgia Work
both have positions in Auburn as stenographers
and book-keepers. Mrs. w. O. Estes called to
see them on her way home from Boston,
There was large acreage of potatoes to dig
in this vicinity. Help is very scarce and wages
have scared above all previous records fer this
time of year. Without machinery there is not
help enough to harvest the crop.
Our barber, John Abbott, has taken to him
self wife in the person of Miss Matte Kel-
sey, the popular teacher and superintendent of
schools in the town of Knox. John handed out
cigars freely to his patrons last Saturday
Frank Holbrook is still in the railroad engi-
neer's office in Houlton where he has been
employed draughtsman all summer in con-
nection with the new routes surveyed in north
ern Aroostook, some of which are now under
construction
Potatoes are turning out well in most places
in this vicinity. Robert Niekerson with five
men dug by hand and harvested in II days
1900 bushels. L. A. Bachelor with a Rice
digger and five men harvested about 500 bush
els last Monday.
Mr.. Webb of Swanville, who for long time
has been furnishing granite monuments for
this town and vicinity recently set very fine
one on the Ephraim johnson lot in the Friends
Cemetery. He also set one on the Otis Elwell
lot in the new cemetery.
Mrs. Celia M. Richards is in Brooks this
week, where she has been cordially greeted by
her old friends and acquaintance. She was
resident and in business here for several years.
She has spent week in Halldale, which was
her old home, and where she enjoyed herself
very much.
AS may have been stated in the journal
some weeks ago, Mr.. Arthur Ellis of Monroe
has married Miss Rena Roberts, who for long
time has worked in the John H. Gordon shop
The shop crew made her some nice presents
and with the best wishes of her associates she
leaves them to begin housekeeping for herself
and husband.
The canning season at the corn factory has
closed with pack somewhat less than last
year but much greater than was expected at
one time during the extremely dry weather.
The great value of the sweet corn crop has
been fully demonstrated by our best farmers,
as it has in other parts of the State, and acre
age for the season of 1910 is being rapidly
%olr - ,J1 of
the price of the present year.
There were good congregations at the Union
church Sunday. At the afternoon service
three candidates were received into the full
membership Of the church. There is to be a
special service next Sunday evening. Every
one is invited to bring good uplifting piece
of poetry mot hymn. The piece should
contain helpful message bringing inspiration
and cheer to those present. 1t may either be
read or recited. Come and bring friend.
All are welcome.
The canning season in Brooks is closed and
the fnishers are giving the final touches to
the product before it is shipped to the dealers.
1t is interesting to note that the sweet corn
from the little town of Brooks is liable to be
sent to almost any large city in the United
States. Upon the siding here are two cars
now to be loaded, one to Seattle and one to San
Francisco. The freight bill of either, which is
prepaid here, will be nearly $500. It is claimed
that there is no better sweet corn than that
grown in Maine.
Mrs. Merritt and Mrs. Estes are both at
home from the wholesale sample rooms. They
have been busy preparing for the fall trade
and will have their openings Saturday, October
10th, if they can keep hats enough for display
Lots of them are bought and taken away as fast
as they can trim them. For many years Brooks
has been good place to buy millinery and the
milliners have prospered here. A large circle
of people come in here for such goods, and
while here find bargains in other lines. Our
merchants are constantly improving in the
lines of merchandise they carry.
We were glad to meet Herbert Ham, who
has been with his brother-in-law, Asa JONES'
for time. He is the son of Howard Ham.
now of Fairfield, but formerly of this town,
and was born in Brooks. Clarence Elwell, son