The Republican journal., 1909-05-20
The News of Brooks.

Mrs. Dora Carpenter got home last Saturday
from month spent in Massachusetts,.
Mrs. Chase of Monroe visited her friend Mrs.
Charles Jenkins of this place, last week.
Isaac S. Staples is building a new dwelling
house in front of his carriage repository.
E. G. Roberts was called to Boston last Mon
day on business in connection with the cream
cry.
Frank Holbrook is in Houlton, where he has
business as a draughtsman for the railroad
people.
Mrs. John Hutchins has been seriously i'll
and Horace Roberts has been quite sick for
several weeks.
Mrs. A. B. Payson is in Massachusetts, Wis
iting her aunts, Mrs. Flora Thompson and Mrs.
Lizzie Bushfield
Mrs. Oscar Dow of Monroe spent several
days here recently with her sister, Mrs.
Charles Jenkins.
Chas. E. Lane was suddenly taken quite ill
last Saturday. He has large amount of
business to attend to.
John W. Hobbs has nice new stable nearly
finished. When he undertakes a job it is
usually pushed for all there is in it.
J. G. Simpson is building stable which will
be great advantage to him as he has been
obliged to keep several horses in small place.
Miss Sarah Haskell, who has been visiting
her niece, Mrs. B. o. Norton, in: Thomaston,
came home to Brooks last week to spend the
summer.
Miss Mary Davis and her niece, Dorcas
Davis, went to Providence last week, where
they will visit friends awhile and then return
to the farm in Monroe for the summer.
The officers of the Good Templar lodge were
installed last Saturday evening by H. M
Brown, L. D., and are as follows: C. r., E. C.
Body; V. T., Mrs Hattie Gibbs; Sec'y, Miss
Airline Estes; A. s., Miss Olive Roberts; F. s.
earle Jenkins; Treas, Robert Stiles; Chap,
Mrs. Belle Body; Supt. of j., Mrs. Eta Peavy
M, Hugh Gordon; D. NJ, Alice Reynolds; G.,
Gvyn Body; Sentinel, Earle Roberts, P. c. T..
Everett Cilley.
The Board of Trade held their regular meet.
ing last week and considerable routine business
was transacted. This organization has really
been good thing as matters of general ben.
eft to the town are discussed. 1t was of great
help in the creating of our present fire depart
ment, in the efficiency of our school system,
and in many other lines of thought and work
At present the matter of proposed new
streets for the village is receiving specia
attention. Very much credit should be given
to DR.. N. R. Cook, who has been the secretary
from the beginning, and who has been untlrlnG
in his efforts to accomplish good results from
the meetings.
Augustus Cilley, formerly of this town, died
in Garden Valley California, May g. 1909. He
was born in Brooks July %, 1880, and was
therefore 70 years of age. He was son Of
the late Judah Cilley of this town, and Noyes
and L. C. Cilley are his half brothers. He was
school teacher when young man and pos.
sessed some literary ability, and selections
from his poetry were published in The Journal
last winter. While in Brooks he married Lydis
Sturtevant, whose father, John Sturtevant
lived on what is now the Riley Wiggin place il
Knox. She lived but short time after their
marriage. We remember her Is one of oul
first school teachers. He afterwards married
woman from Vermont and leaves q son and
daughter in California. He will be remember.
ed by our older people as one of the mos
promising young men Of this town.