The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-12-30
The News of Brooks.

lIlc NEWS OI DIOOkS.
Miss Georgia Sutton passed Christmas in
Lewiston.
A. R. Huxford and wife have returned from
a visit to Portland.
Mrs. I. 7. Huxford has returned from visit
to friends in Portland.
Mrs. E. H. Cunningham of Swanville was in
town for few days last week.
A. R. Pilley and wife entertained the York
family at their Christmas dinner
Miss Mary Francoeur from Canada is with
the family of John Hutchins again this winter.
One of the latest postal card showers was
from the O. of E. S. to John H. Gordon and
wife,
James B. McTaggart has returned from a
visit with his sister and other friends in Mas
sachusetts.
Rev. Samuel J. Wilson has recovered from
his illness and is able to attend to his pastoral
and student duties.
The days begin to lengthen and the cold be-
gins to strengthen. Tuesday morning it was
IS below here in Brooks.
Mrs. Phebe Reynolds, who has been in rather
poor health, has been boarding with Mrs. w. c,
Rowe for few weeks
VIM. Hall has returned to Stockholm, where
he has employment in mill, and took his fam
lily with him for the winter.
Family reunions were general here Christ
mas. L. A. Bachelor and family helped NJ
J. Dow eat his Christmas goose.
L. H. Emmons, father Of deputy sheriff Fred
Emmons, has been in poor health for several
weeks and gets out of doors but little
M. J. Dow will have some marked down sales
of goods little later and will have new adj
vertisement in the Journal next week.
Mrs. Dora Sanborn went to Camden last
week to spend the holidays with her daughter
She writes that she is having a lovely time
Mrs. L. A. Bachelor would like to know if
the record of her two ducks with 200 eggs each
the past season has been beaten in Waldo
county.
Joseph G. Simpson, collector for the town Of
Brooks, is now after US for the taxes, which he
intends to collect before February 18th, which
is settling time.
The Christmas entertainment at the Congre-
gatlonal church was pleasant occasion. The
entertainment was good and the tree was
laden with presents.
A little hay is being shipped from here, but
the quantity is small as compared with former
years. 1t will require care to take the stock
through the winter on the average farm.
Mrs. Leonard of Belfast, who has lived here
with her daughter, Mrs. Ira W. Bowden, most
of the time for the past few years, died here
last week. The funeral services were held last
Sunday.
Our fire company made quick time in getting
to the Simpson fire in Monroe last week and
the engine did good work, which is encoura-
ging, it is the first actual test it has had in
the service.
A. B. Payson, who came nome from the big
woods with two deer, showed quite bunch of
generosity in distributing the meat of one of
them among his friends, leaving but one for
his own family.
Ned Edwards is at home from Brunswick
and expects to spend the winter in Brooks
His old friends are glad to see him again, well
and hearty, after his varie experiences of
the past few months.
The Christmas sale of goods here was bet
ter than expected. Our dealers had large
stocks and made reasonable prices. There is
no need to go away from Brooks to buy goods,
as some have learned from experience.
Last week the Good Templar lodge present.
ed the farce "Outwitting the Colonel" with
the following cast.
Colonel, Marcellus J. Dow
Harvey, Earle Roberts
Peterkin, Lawrence Estes
Mrs. Hill, Olive Roberts
Grace, Audine Deering
One of the nice features of the Christmas
time was big stocking full of membranes
former worthy matron of Happy Valley Chap
ter, who is in poor health and confined to the
house most of the time. 1t contained articles
calculated to while away the weary hours
which an invalid has to endure
Monday afternoon, December 18th, at the
home of Rev. David Bracket, Miss Viola B.
Thompson, daughter of the late Frank B.
Thompson, was married to Oscar H. Stiles also
of this town, who was quite generally known
as boy by the name of Dow, being a stepson
Of the late Henry Dow of Machias, but who
has had employment here for several years.
R. D. Ellis of Brooks raised 938 bushels ofpo-
tatoes on2 1-2 acres,an average of 375 per acre,
and on one acre Of old ground with barn dres-
sing plowed in and 1900 pounds of fertilizer he
raised 388 bushels On one acre. spring broke
up, barn dressing plowed in and 1900 pounds of
fertilizer, he raised 345 bushels, and on half an
acre, fall broke up, 100 pounds of fertlizer,he
raised 205 bushels with no barn dressing. This
was at the rate of 40 bushels per acre
A very pathetic incident occurred in Brooks
on the morning of December 23d, when Brownie,
the R. F. D. dog, was struck and killed by the
train. He had travelled more miles on q rural
route than any other dog in the United States,
making nearly every trip for the past three
years ending December 18th with carrier w.
C. Austin ON Route No. Of "a 40 miles:
Being Of gentle nature, favorite with
everyone, especially with children, although
only dog Little Brownie will leave many
frienda He vas n brave little fellow n fact