The Republican journal., 1909-09-02
The News of Brooks.

Lorenzo D. Jones, ESQ.,; of Liberty called
upon friends in the village last Monday.
Fred H. Brown is having well dug by his
new house. They are working in solid ledge.
Walter Gibbs sold fine Brown Braden a
year mare last week to Aroostook parties.
Mrs. Herbert S. Hatch of Lynn, Mass, with
her daughter is visiting the family of c. E.
Bowen.
M. J. Dow has new line of wash dress
skirts with fine shirt waists just the things for
the fairs.
A. B. Payson and wife drove to searsmont
Sunday to attend a reunion of some friends |
and relatives of the family.
Mrs. Walter Dickey and her two children
are visiting her mother, Mrs. Hattie Jenkins
of the Brooks Variety Store.
A. B. Payson and wife spent last Thursday
at Windermere Park, Unity. Mr.. Payson
brought home a good string of fish and claims
to have had boss time.
c. F. Bartlett, piano tuner, representing E.
S. Pitcher of Belfast, was in town last week.
We remember him as boy and was glad to
meet him man in business way.
Maynard Merritt will start next week for
Hebron Academy, where he will enter upon a
course of study. Lee Thompson and Dexter
Davis have returned to the Good Will school.
Miss Blanche Stacy, who has been ill for
long time, has apparently recovered. She has
hoon ont To cop,o bIin ovonipp RI o,,d
will now please her friends with some of her
songs.
Miss Mae McTaggart, who has been closely
confined at home for some time, seems better
She was at the Grange last Monday evening
for little time and her friends were pleased
to meet her.
Mrs. George Ryder, who returned from the
hospital at Portland some weeks ago, is now
practically well again. She was at the grange
last Monday evening, where she enjoyed re-
cepton by her friends
VIM. H. Rolfe, the general manager of the
Portland Packing Co., has taken possession of
the Harry NJ Brown house for the season. Mr.
Brown will occupy rooms in the house of his
father, F. W. Brown, Esq.
James Bushfeld and wife of Haverhill
Mass, who are spending several weeks at
Windermere Park, Unity, came to Brooks re-
Gently to visit relatives. Mrs. Bushfeld is the
daughter of the late Richmond W. Forbes
Friends in Waldo county of A. ]. Robertson
and wife of Newton Centre, Mass, will be in
terested to learn that they are now grand par
ents, daughter. Mabel Dow Robertson hav-
ing been born to their son Barton, August 29th
Mrs. w. H. Linton of Little Falls, N. Y.
wife of a prosperous merchant of that place, is
visiting her sister, Miss Gertrude Peavey of
this village. Mrs. Linton has relatives in
Montville and other parts of Waldo county
who will be glad to hear of her whereabouts.
The Brooks boys were all pleased last week
at receiving flying visit from Edwin B. Lord
of Milwaukee, who with his family is at North
port campground Mr.. Lord came to Brooks
some years ago the editor of the Yankee
Blade and was one of the most prominent per-
sonages of the town. For some time he has
been in business in the west.
Golden Crown Lodge, X. of P, learned with
deep regret of the death of Sir Knight VIM F.
Langill of Belfast. They all esteemed him in
d social and fraternal way, and remember the
beautiful manner in which he performed his
duties as M. and A. at the last installation of
the officers of the lodge preceding his death,
and also on other occasions.
Is there profit in feeding hogs? Pearl Ham
lin thinks there is something in it. On the
first day of last May he paid $40 for three pigs,
five weeks old. August 23rd loaded on the
car at Brooks, he received at Z cents per pound,
s41.65, for them. They were fed on separator
milk and commercial feed and were kept on
the horse dressing in pen. He believes in
young animals and quick growth.
The big tent meetings have aroused quite an
interest in the place. They have been well at
tended and the services are made very inter-
esting Rev. Mr.. Barron will be obliged to re-
turn to Quebec today, Thursday, to attend to
his duties as pastor of the church there. He
is brilliant young man and has won the adj
miration and love of our people, Rev. Mr.
Wilson, our local minister, was fortunate in
securing his services for these meetings.
1t is with deep regret that the people of
Brooks learned of the death of Mrs Frank
Barker at the home of her sister, whose we'd
ding she went to attend, and where she con-
tracted pneumonia and died after an illness of
only nine days. Mr.. Barker was the Congre-
gational minister in Brooks for several wears.
Mrs. Barker was very fine singer and lovely
woman whom we all esteemed very highly.
She leaves a husband and three young children
at Amesbury, Mass, which is their home.
The Sunday services in town were very in
teresting last Sunday. Charles Jones from
China was at the Friends chapel in the morn
ing and Revs Wilson and Barron at the Con-
gregational church. In the evening the big
tent was filled with a fine looking and highly
interested company. The ministers present
were Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Barron, Mr.. Bracket,
MIR. Small, Mr.. Jones and Mr.. Wood and all
took some part in the exercises of the evening
Mrs. w. H. Swift and Mrs. L. c. Cilley each
gave a solo, and the congregation Joined in the
spirited songs with Mrs. w. S. Jones as organ
ist The question box was answered by Mr.
Barron in very interesting and instructive
manner, and he followed with a short sermon
on the topic, "What shall we do with Jesus?''
which held the closest attention of the audi
ence. Monday evening the tent was again
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