The Republican journal., 1909-05-13
The News of Brooks.


John Hunt is doing the work on the J. C.
Rose place.
This is the month for summer hats and oul
milliners are all busy.
Bernard Knowlton of Swanville will work
this season with Herbert E. Nealley.
Francis NJ Forbes is at home after winters
residence with his children in Massachusetts,.
Mr. Percy Cilley and Mr.. H. F. Maddocks are
each rejoicing in the birth of a son and heir.
Ira W. Bowden arrived home last week from
is somewhat improved.
Heavy teams of horses are increasing in this
vicinity Several nice pairs have been brought
into town within year.
Some of the pupils of the Brooks High schoo
attended the social given by the Jackson High
school last Friday evening.
Monday morning, where she is engaged te
teach a summer term of school,
Road Commissioner Stanley J. Roberts has
done some much needed work in cleaning uI
the village streets and evening them with a
road machine
Rev. Samuel Wilson of Bangor has accepted
a call from the Congregational church for the
ensuing year and a committee is soliciting
subscriptions for his support.
Fred H. Brown has his new house on EN-
mons street up and covered and has bought
the Will Emmons place nearly opposite. Mr..
Emmons will build another house for himself.
Elvira Dow, who spent six months in Lowell
last winter, has settled down to her usual
routine duties at home. She lived many years
in Lowell, where her father was a police officer,
and her visit there was pleasant one.
Friends in town have received letters from
Mrs. Vesta Davis Higgins, whose letters from
the Philippines were so interesting. She is
with her husband Sergeant Higgins, now sta
toned at Fort Flagler in Washington State.
Ephriam johnson is settled in the A. ].
Roberts house He has COW, will keep a
large flock of hens, and intends to live quietly
and easily. He has had quite sum of money
come to him recently, which will help some
what.
A. B. Payson has sold his farm to Mr.. Chas
Fogg and will live by trade in some way. Mr.
Fogg will put up a nice house on the place and
make it a model farm as he has the means to dc
it with. His nephew, David B. Fogg, will have
charge of the place.
The season is late this year, for sure. Here
it is, May 10th, at this writing, ard nothing
whatever has been done on the farms. 1t will
hasten the time for getting in the crops, but
we nay have an abundant harvest just the
same. We can only work and hope.
We noticed in the Bangor News an account
of the finding Mrs. Uriah Roundy, woman OF
some 80 years, dead in her home where she was
living alone in the town of Hermon. She was
born in Brooks and was a sister of the late
VIM. o. Jones Of this town. She was a daugh-
ter of the late Tobias and Hannah Dow Jones,
who lived on Sprout Hill.
The following notice has been sent to
patrons of the H. P Hood & Sons creameries
in this section and records the promotion of
one of our citizens:
To OUR CREAMERY PATRONS: We regret to
announce that Mr.. R. F. Jaynes, who has so
ably represented us as Manager of our Cream
cries on the Belfast Branch, retires from our
service April 80, 1909, at his own request. Mr..
Jaynes will be succeeded by Mr.. E. G. Roberts,
as Manager, who has been operating our
Creamery at Brooks, Maine, and will continue
the cordial and pleasant relations with our
patrons and endeavor to increase their number
to the mutual advantage of all.
At the Good Templar lodge last Saturday
evening they had music by the orchestra, a
song and encore by Donald Forbes and dia-
logue, "Grandma's Protest with the following
characters:
Grandma, Mrs. Lillian Maxwell
Bell Alice Reynolds
Susie, Christine Jones
Mag, Christine Jones
Nellie Louise Reynolds
Agent earle jenkins
Music by orchestra
Mrs A. E. Chase who has been in Portland
and Boston, has returned much improved ir
health and her friends are pleased to have her
here again, as she has been much missed in the
various societies Of the place, in which she is g
highly valued member.
We are pleased to take note of an individual
enterprise that promises much for the future
of this village. For long time we have beer
bothered from a lack of suitable lots for build.
ing purposes in a good location and at fair
prices The old Shadrack Hall place has long
been spoken of as q fine place for building lots
and is in good location. While Mr.. Hall and
his wife lived there was not money enough to
buy the place, but since their death a distribu-
ton of the property has been made and it was
put on the market. Within weeks time Mr.
Frank Fogg owned the place and struck out
for business deal. He proposes to build 9
street across the place and, rs planned, it will
make chance for some twenty lots on the
square thus formed II he has reasonable en-.
couragement from the village, and fair show
from the town, his venture will be q great
benefit to the place, and, incidentally, Mr.. Fogl
should. and doubtless will, receive good com.
pensation for the time, ability and capital in.
vested. There has been loud call from PEG.
pie outside who would like to build here. Thil
opportunity viii obviate the difficulty.