The Republican journal., 1910-12-22
The News of Brooks

Saturday to see his brother William, who is
now very sick.
There will be Christmas tree and enter
tainment at the Congregational church next
Saturday evening.
The local stores are we'll filled with holiday
goods and the outside people will not miss it
to come here to trade.
Asa Jones of jackson will have charge this
winter of the grist mill of the Brooks Grain
Co. and has begun work.
Mrs. Samuel L. Lord of Belfast was called
here last week to attend the funeral of her
grandfather, Almon S. Forbes.
News was recently received here that Mrs.
Albert Hall, nee Miss Hattie Cilley of Brooks,
is sick of typhoid pneumonia in California.
Mrs. L. A. Bachelor is at the Dow store, as
has been her custom, to wait upon her Old
friends who come in for the holiday trade.
Mrs. Frank Clough of Waterbury, Conn.,,
was in town recently, called here by the sick
ness and death of her father, Almon S. Forbes,
Will Emmons and family drove to Dixmont
last Saturday to spend the weekend with Mrs.
Emmons parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bach
elder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lemier of Palermo have
come to Brooks to spend the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. Walter Young, as they did last
season.
Emmons & jenkins have finished their con-
tract on the new store of the Brooks Grain 20.
and have turned the building over to the pro-
prietors.
Mr. and Mrs Everett Tasker, Mr.. and Mrs.
W. S. Jones and Mrs. N. B. Payson attended
the funeral of Charles Tasker in North Monroe
last Sunday.
Mrs E. A. Carpenter came home from Ban
gor last week, accompanied by her niece, Miss
Ruth Small of Thorndike, who had been ill in
a hospital there.
Fred Small of Searsport is with his sister,
Mrs Percia B. Clifford, to help her fix up the
business on the farm for the winter. While
she is left with fine property the death of
her husband is hard loss.
Mrs. Elmira Rich, widow of the late Hon.
Alfred W. Rich, while visiting friends in Etna
recently suffered shock. Her daughter
Mrs. 7. l. Huxford went after her and brought
her home and she is somewhat improved and
is able to get about the house little, but is
not fully recovered.
Mr. William Gould, who has been for many
years a prosperous farmer on Sprout Hill is
very dangerously il! at home there. He was
very sick last winter but recovered his health
so as to attend to his business on the farm last
summer. His old malady has, however, again
attacked him and he is now very sick man.
Geo. Anderson Of Michigan was in town re-
Gently looking up the potato and apple bust
ness for the West. VIM. F. Sui, representing
the Earl Brothers of Chicago also interviewed
our dealers here. John D. Bond of Tennessee
has also been looking up the prospects here.
Payson Cox sold several carloads of potatoes
and apples to these parties.
Mr. Fred H. Brown and family, for many
years residents in Jackson, are now fairly
settled in their home in this village and are
heartily welcomed. Mr.. Brown and son will
become part of the working force of the new
A. E. Chase corporation and without doubt
will prove of much value to it. People who
have the ability and disposition to do things
are valuable asset to any community
The apple canning factory has closed work
for the season, the supply of apples having
given out. The venture has, we understand,
been success and will be continued the next
season. If some means could be provided for
the storage of the apples the business could
be run until late in the winter There is an
immense quantity of second class fruit that
would be brought in here if there was good
safe place to keep it.
Mrs Vesta Davis Higgins of Fort Flagler,
Washington, is boarding for the winter with
her cousin, Mrs. Inez Payson, and will prove
great addition to the society of our village,
more especially in musical and Evolutionary
way, for it will be remembered by many that
she was one of our most energetic workers in
the Good Templars Lodge and other social
gatherings, when a resident of this place some
years ago.
T. l. HuXford has men at work setting up
the engine and machinery for the grist mill,
he will run in connection with his new feed
store. The sale of grain and feed has become
a heavy item in the business of this village,
and large quantities of it are hauled for miles
into the country Mr.. Huxford has been in
business here for many years and has always
been popular with the trading public. He will,
without doubt, do a large business in his new
venture. His son Alfred is with him as an as
sistant.
The recent extremely cold weather tried the
vegetable cellars in this vicinity to the limit
and the question is raised, what is the cheap
est and best banking to be used in our freez-
ing temperature? The old methods was to use
evergreen brush, but quite number of people
now use board protection. Mr.. Dow was so
fortunate as to have put up just before
the recent cold weather that is made of match
ed pine boards and when painted will cost S25
But from an examination of his celler during
this severe cold weather he believes it to be
an economical investment and one to be recon-
mended to farmers who cannot use furnace
in their vegetable cellars.
The funeral of the late Almon S. Forbes
was held at the Congregational church We'd
nesday, December 14th, Rev. David Bracket
officiating. Local singers sang some of the
sweet old hymns which he always loved to
hear. Floral pieces were presented by rea-
tives and friends, and the services while simple