The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-08-19
The News of Brooks.

The News of Brooks.
Kate and Francena Godding are preparing
to bring water into their house.
Miss Mary McTaggart is still in very poor
health and can get away from home but little.
Miss Flora Tasker has been visiting the
family of A. B. Payson at the Dow place.
Mrs. c. H. Forbes and family are spending
this week with Mrs. Augustine Thompson at
her cottage in Northport.
Mrs. B. G. Hussey and son Harland of Wind
sorville, who have been visiting friends IN
town, will return home this week.
Ira W. Bowden helped Will Gould at haylng
this year. He has usually been in the black
smith shop at this time of year.
Mrs. A. E. Dow, with Mrs. Celia M. Hussey
and son Harland of Windsorville, visited the
family of E. G. Larder of Thorndike last Sun
day.
Carrie Jenkins has finished his contract 1or
building the Chas. E. Lane block and one OF
the stores on the ground floor is occupied by D..
W. Hobbs for -four and feed.
Rev. S. ]. Wilson has arranged to place the
big tent when it arrives upon the jenkins lot
near the store of Mrs. Hattie jenkins, which
will be very convenient place for the purpose.
Henry Cunningham will have his new black
smith shop ready for occupancy next week.
He has been doing good business here and
the new shop, which is a nice large one, will be
good thing for him.
Stanley j. Roberts, road commissioner for
the village district, has begun work on the
State road, which will be the strip from the
Frank Simpson place to the Meadow Brook
bridge.
Dexter Davis, now of the Good Will school
in Fairfield, called on his old friends in
Brooks recently. Dexter possesses the stuff
of which able men are made and everything is
in his favor. Success depends upon the efforts
which he makes to accomplish it.
Some talk has been made in regard to having
the State Board of Trade meet in Brooks ano
an invitation has been extended to them IN an
informal manner by our local organization
Brooks has some possibilities which should be
ventilated in practical business way.
Isaac S. Staples spent week recently in
Somerset county, ostensibly for rest and pleas
ure, but probably with an eye ready to catch
sight of some likely colts, which he is always
ready to buy. He handles the best he can find
t rains them and sells at good advance.
The last letter received from Ned Edwards
was dated at Leipsic in Germany, where festi-
val was in progress, and several princes were
at the hotel where he was stopping. The
King was expected to be in the place the next
day. This is the place where Prof. Files, with
whom Ned travels, studied and graduated.
Miss Emily Brown, daughter of Fred H.
Brown of jackson, who has been teaching in
Massachusetts for several years, called upon
friends here Tuesday. We should really say
Mr.. Brown of Brooks, as this is his post office
address and he now owns two houses in this
village and we expecting to welcome him
as resident in the new future.
We were all glad to see our old friend and
fellow townsman, S. NJ. Knowlton, who for the
past sixteen years has lived in the town of
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week. He was a good, honest, Woodworking
man, who paid his bills and was desirable
citizen of this town for many years. and he has
the respect of all who knew him here.
T. l. Huxford is prepared to build the pro-
posed potato house, but is waiting for the de-
cision of the railroad company in regard to the
siding asked for as he does not feel that he
should construct that at his own expense.
There will be a largely increased quantity of
potatoes shipped from this station in the
future and the potato house is an actual neces
sity to the farmers and will relieve the con-
gested condition of the tracks at the station,
thus assisting the railroad company in the
matter of transportation.
1t has been rumored for year or more that
A. B. Payson was to build house at the vii
lage, and now he has been and gone and done
it. STILL it was something of a surprise to
his friends for the dimensions were decidedly
meagre, only about 3x4 on the ground and
some six feet high. Bert has, however, explain
ed the matter. It is not his house, after all,
but is the tank house located at some distance
fro m the ]. w. Hobbs store which is to con-
tain the gas to be used in Illuminating the
three rooms of the Hobbs store. It is expect
ed that this will be bright corner when Mr..
Hobbs gets his gas factory started.