The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-07-29
The News of Brooks.

Mrs. Percy Cilley and infant son are spend
ing few days with her sister in Knox.
Five gallons of ice cream were served at the
Good Templar Lodge last Saturday evening.
| Miss Geneva Forbes is at home from Boston
stead.
A. B. Payson is taking the place of W. c.
Austin on Route No. l, r. F. D., for few
weeks
Miss Blanche Stacy, who has been at North
port for several weeks, has returned home i'm
proved in health.
| The Misses Douglass of Waterville have been
visiting their aunt, Mrs. Albert Roberts, at the
E. A. Carpenter place.
George Ryder went to Portland Monday tc
visit his wife at the hospital, where she went
for surgical treatment, and to bring her home
| if advisable.
Willard Chase, who has been at his old home
here for few weeks, is at Moose Point, where
he has a cottage, and A. E. Chase and family
are with him.
Rev David Bracket and wife and their
daughter Olive have gone to Northport, where
they will spend few days as guests of friends
from Boston who have cottage there.
Charles F. Bessey is considering the matter
of building potato house at the Benz. Leath-
ers crossing, where he owns tract of land.
There is no doubt but that large business
could be done there.
Misses Isle and Marian, daughters of DR..
Prince E. Luce came here from Portland last
week to visit their grandmother in Monroe.
They made a few calls in Brooks, which for
some years was their home.
N. P. Sargent has finished plastering the
Charles E. Lane building and will now pick up
a few other jobs of the same kind in this vi
cinity. Some of the very incest work in this
place has in the past been done by him.
NJ J. Dow has this week added a case Of sea-
sonable goods to his already large stock of
desirable merchandise. He has these cases
coming frequently, but it might be well to
state that it is dry goods in which he deals.
Lindley Bailey, with his wife and daughter,
is spending vacation with Mrs. Phebe Rey-
nolds. Mrs. Bailey is a daughter of the late
Hon. Isaac G. Reynolds, and Mr.. Bailey spent
his boyhood at South Brooks the George
Bailey place,
Robert Stiles, who has been with the Chase
Varney Co. for the past year, will enter Colby
this fall. Meanwhile he is spending vacation
at the old homestead where his sister, who has
position with a business firm in Portland,
also is.
Edwin Walker and family have moved to the
John Roberts place which they bought last
year and upon which they have built a new
house. They have good farm with Is acres
planted to potatoes and ought to make some
thing this season.
Several valuable horses were sold here last
week to Mr. Ash of Bar Harbor. Isaac S.
Staples, George Ryder, A. B. Shibles and J. w.
Hobbs each turned horse into good money
and at good price. There are few more
good ones left in this vicinity.
Miss Minnie Seavey of Watervile has been
visiting Mrs F. W. Brown and other friends in
town. She lived here several years with her
husband, the late Hilliard Seavey, and still
owns the house which she built in this village
for home. She has one son, whom she is
educating in the Waterville schools.
Rev. Mr.. Wilson with some friends from the
village went out to the West Brooks school
house and held an evening service last Sunday.
There was fair attendance and the occasion
was made an interesting one. 1t is expected
that large tent will be received here soon, in
which some special services will be held when
the evangelist who is to assist Mr.. Wilson ar
rives. 1t may be placed in the Charles E. Bowen
field, opposite his house, which will be an ex-
cellent location for all concerned.