The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-06-24
The News of Brooks.

The News of Brooks.
James Ciley of Waldo who looks after our
telephone service, was in town Monday.
A. B. Payson has been assisting in the J. W.
Hobbs store during the illness of Mr.. Hobbs.
L. c. Cilley is driving Marston c. colt, four
years DID, that is beauty. She is also very in
telligent
Mrs Eben Miller is in town and will live in
the E. P. Dearborn house while her husband is
in New York.
Mr. and Mrs Judkins of Newport came to
Brooks in their auto last week to visit the
family of DIR. N. R. Cook.
Mrs C. F. Files and son William returned
last Monday from Greenville, where they had
been visiting her mother.
C. o. Goodwin, clerk in the post Office, has
returned from Portland where he went to see
his sister, who is very i'll.
Mrs. Charles Knox has returned from Bos-
ton accompanied by her husbands father, who
will stay on the farm this summer.
Miss Edna Elwell of bingham, Mass, who
has been spending her vacation with friends in
Brooks, returned to her business last Tues
day.
Lewis Fitzgerald from North Carolina is
supplying as minister at the Quaker Chapel.
He appears to be young man of ability and
the meetings well attended.
Mrs. Susan Springer, who for the past year
has been with her daughter, Mrs. Annie
Thompson of this place, returned to her old
home at Columbia Falls last week.
Mr. Dow has placed on the bargain counter
some fifty pairs of ladies', misses and chill
drens oxfords, mostly in small sizes and mar
row widths, which will be almost gwen away.
A new sixty line switchboard has been in
stalled in the central telephone office, which
will make it much more convenient for Mrs.
Godding, who presides over that department.
Dora Roberts improved the time to visit the
Freedom Academy, where she used to attend,
during the recent graduation exercises, and 1t
is needless to say that it was pleasant &C.
casion to her.
The Friends monthly meeting, held here last
Friday, was pleasant and profitable occasion.
Miss Eloise Hafford, who has done much for
this society, and several other well-known
Friends, were present.
At the Good Templar meeting last Saturday
night Mrs. J. W. Hobbs, for the committee,
presented the following program: music by or
chestra; song by Edna Goduing and Olive Rob-
erts; song by Donald Forbes; song by Edith
Hobbs; music by orchestra.
Sarah Cole of Thorndike visited friends in
this village last week and attended the month
ly meeting last Friday and the Sunday morn
ing service at the Friends Chapel, which she
used to attend when child and of which socie-
ty she has always been member.
George Miller and wife have returned from
Waterville and think that Brooks is good
l,,iI
this season in their lot opposite the Roscoe
Edy ards place. And still other buildings are
being planned We must have more of them.
Mrs. Mary Twitchell of Dixmont and Mrs
Clara Ferguson of Upper Hampden called on
E. A. Carpenter Tuesday and incidentally did
some shopping in town. Both formerly lived
in jackson and were frequent visitors to this
place. Their old friends were glad to see them
again.
Friend George Varney of Unity was here
last Friday in attendance at the monthly meet
ing. His father, the late Jedediah Varney, for
many years often attended services and preach
ed here. Friend Clement Jones was another
Unity man who often offciated in our chapel
at the regular Sunday services.
There will be no services at the Congrga-
tional church for the next two weeks, as the
minister will take that time for his annual va
eaton. The Sunday school will be held as US
ual. The Union out of door service at O'Clock
last Sunday evening was well attended and
was made lively and interesting.
The young misses of the village had very
pleasant time last Wednesday afternoon at the
birthday party of Miss Esther Files, who has
reached the very mature age Of twelve years.
Eighteen of her friends were present and
brought some nice presents. Ice cream and
cake were served and all went merry as mar
riage bell.
Mr. L. " Boardman of Lynn, Mass, has
been visiting the family of L. C. Cilley. He
lived as boy with Mrs. Cilleys mother, hav-
ing been adopted when he was two years old,
and remained there until he was % and went
away at school. So he is familiar with Brooks
and the Brooks people. We glad to see
the old boys back again, even if only for few
days.
Mrs Gilbert L. Morrill, is happy woman
this month. Her husband, who is a travelling
man for a wholesale firm, makes about a
months trip over Aroostook and Washington
counties and has taken her with him this
time. This is the most beautiful month of the
year to travel and as she has never been over
the territory the whole thing will be picnic
for her.
B. stantial OF Belfast was in Brooks last
SUNDAY with his 1909 Ford. 1t is new one
and he takes great pleasure in running it. We
were fortunate in being given spin about
town and were much pleased with the smooth
ness with which it does its work. Mr.. Stantial
and wife both passed their childhood here and
their many friends are always glad to meet
them if only for a short call.
Rev. S. J. Wilson has been visiting the out
lying sections of the town with reference to
special work. 1t is thought that some Sunday
afternoon or evening services will be held at
the schoolhouses in West and South Brooks in
the near future. If the people of those locali
ties are DESTROYS of this they should talk the
matter over SO that arrangements can be more
easily made. 1t would be doubtless agreeable
to many of the people.
Capt. F. X. Roberts got out the fire depart
ment last Tuesday evening and tried the ap-
paratus. The hose was laid from the stream
and water was thrown over the roof of the
residence Of c. E. Lane. As the crew is mex
perienced and the apparatus new, these drills
are very necessary to obtain good results in
case of fire. OF course power engine is very
desirable and will probably be obtained later,
but what we now have is far in advance of
what we have ever had before and should be
utilized to the best extent possible.
George Roberts, who has been in the employ
of the Elevated Railroad Co. of Boston for
some years, is spending . summer vacation at
farming. He has retained all Of his former