The Republican journal., 1910-10-27
The News of Brooks.

Ira Grady is at work in the Simpson black
smith shop.
Bin F. Stantial has his store up ard covered.
1t will make fine place for business.
Henry Reynolds showed US scion which he
set last spring which has made growth of %
inches this season.
Ivory Allen and family are at the Kilgore
apartment house for a few weeks, it being
convenient to their work.
Rev Mr. Booth from New York State sup
piled at the Congregational church last Sunday
and will be there next Sunday.
Delbert Bowen and wife have been at their
farm in Monroe, known as the John Ellis place,
gathering the autumn harvest.
Hale Rose is having nice house built on the
Eben Page place, which he now owns. earle
Jenkins is the master workman.
Mr.. Rolfe has a crew at the corn factory
finishing up the product of this year. It has
been a prosperous season for them.
Where is the man who will build big pota-
to house here? There is great need of one and
it would be paying investment
Mrs Earle D. Bessey and her two children,
Charles and John, returned to GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
last Friday after visit of some two months in
Maine
Charles E. Small has spent several weeks
here painting up our houses, and has plenty to
do. He brought his assistant with him from
Swanville
Mr.. Jetison Pattee one day last week in six
hours with Rice digger and pair of 2, 100 lb'
horses dug 2 Sd acres of potatoes, leaving
them in nice shape
Hugh Gordon has built a nice blacksmith
shop on his lot and will move in next week.
He is without doubt one of the very best
horseshoers in the county.
Elmer G. Roberts and wife went to Wind
sorville in their automobile last Friday to visit
B. G. Hussey and family. They found it
sticky getting home Sunday.
The Friends monthly meeting was held at
the Friends chapel here last Friday. Quite
number of visiting Friends were present and
it was made pleasant occasion.
T. l. Huxford has moved into his new feed
store. He will turn the old G., "A. r. building
into grist mill, where he can grind grain for
himself and others, and will use gasolene en-
CINE for power
Rev. David Bracket, we learn is to preach at
the Friends Chapel for time. This will be
pleasant for him and will save him some of the
long rides he has been obliged to take and we
are all glad to listen to him anywhere.
Noyes Cilleys who has a fine orchard, has
some very nice apples. He brought in to us
the other evening some of the Wolf River va
riety' that were beautiful to look upon. One
of them by the tape line showed circumfer-
ence of 13 inches.
Mr.. Herbert Ham, who has had charge of
the business of the Brooks Grain Co. during
the illness of Mr.. Barker, has gone to Califor-
MIA for the winter. He is young man of am
bition and ability and we are sorry to have
him leave the place.
Four new streets of considerable length have
been built in this village, forming with others
large squares which offer good opportunities
for building lots. So far every house built in
the village has been filled at once and people
are constantly turned away who are calling
for rents.
Mrs. Mabel Farwell, accompanied her sister.
Mrs. E. D. Bessey, and children, as far as
Burnham last Friday on their return to Ohio.
At the Boston station Mrs. Bessey was met by
Mrs. Al. Robertson, formerly of Brooks, Miss
Isle Luce, formerly of Belfast, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Burton Robertson of Boston, which made
the hours visit pleasant one.
Business is rushing at the apple factory and
some forty people are employed. The stock
has come in faster than it can be used, showing
that this industry has struck long-felt want
in taking over for cash an article that it has
been impossible to turn into ready money We
hope that this will prove to be permanent
industry of the place.
The Good Templars held their last meeting
in the old G. A. R. hall last Saturday evening.
1t is expected that they will move to the Kill
gore hall this week and will hold their meet
ings there this winter. 1t is realized by few
that there is need of holding the order togeth-
er here and the men and women are especially
invited to come in and through their presence
and assistance make it a means for sustaining
the temperance sentiment of the place. While
the presence of the young people will be well
coined, the object is to make it something more
| than a place of entertainment for the boys and
girls.
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