The Republican journal., 1910-10-13
BUSY BROOKS.
Notes of Visit by Editor Mayo Of Turf,
Farm and Home.

Notes of Visit by Editor Mayo OF Iurl'
Farm and Home.
We recently accepted an invitation to
be the guest of Hon. M. ]. Dow. one of
the busy men of Waldo county, at his
home in the thriving village OF Brooks.
We have always enjoyed visiting this 1T
tle"burg," because there is always some
thing doing when in other villages OF far
greater pretensions the inhabitants are
apparently waiting for something to
turn up. Not so in Brooks by any means.
Mr., Dow is in many ways very re-
markable man. For half century he
has been prominent temperance advo-
cate and has been highly respected for
the bold stand he has taken. For num-
Der of years he was at the head of the
Sons Of Temperance, when that order
numbered its membership way up in the
thousands and there was something
doing" He was successful teacher
for many years, but for the past rs years
he has been IN trade in the village and
has built up good business. His neigh
bors have shown their confidence in him
by frequently honoring him with offices
OF honor. Two years ago he was use
full member of the House of Representa-
tives and could have gone to the senate
had he wished so to do.
Although he has been off the old home
stead for IS years the place has been
held in the family all these years and
every summer he has returned to assist
in gathering the great hay crop: HIS
law, Mr.. L. A. Batchelderr, is now
on the ancestral acres and is giving his
undivided attention to its ESQ acres:
Here is to be seen great 3-year-old
Marston C. filly that is worth looking at.
Mr.. Dow is of the opinion that all the
colts bv this remark able sire are endow-
ed with more than normal "hoss' sense.
Although high lifed this filly is as gentle
as an aged horse. She is beautiful ami
NAL without white hair on her.
Mr.. Dow is very proud OF his town and
takes great pleasure in showing visitors
over the place.
plant under Mr.. Rolfe, the efficient SUI
perintendent, lis doing a tine business
and the Hood & Co. creamery IS much
valued industry and is duly appreciated
by ALL they have a new plant .nat
pleases the farmers very much, ana that
is a canning plant installed by Messrs.
Thorndike & Hix of Rockland, canning
apples. They take seconds and pay a
dollar barrel for them and are getting
them in great quantities. The farmers
are willing to haul them from long dis
lance to get a market for that class of
goods. Mr.. T. l. Huxford has charge OF
the buving of the fruit and George Tervis
has general charge of the cannery.
TIE promoters promise to run until the
HOLIDAYS and as they employ some 40
hands it will readily be seen that 1t IS an
industry that most any community would
welcome. And the best of it is they
nromise to do more, and next season they
expect to buy and can beans, peas and
all vegetables. This is the best OF all,
and the farmers down this way are pre-
pairing to grow any and all that they
want to put up.
The town needs two more industries.
One is starch factory and the other is
monster potato house. Both OF these
are CRYING needs at the present time.
Just see what the situation is In that
locality as we'll as in others, at the
present time. There are hundreds Of
farmers who have from ten to twenty
acres of potatoes each, and there are
others who have from to ten times that
number with practically no cellar room.
When we were there last week there
was no market for them, but as it was
the first of October it was no longer safe
to leave them in the ground. What
could be done with them? 1t was neither
safe to leave them in the ground or store
them in barns or sheds for any length OF
time. They had cost a lot of money and
Were all right if they could be held safe
" for very short time. A starch FAC
tory would dispose of the seconds, but the
No. is had cost too much to produce TO
think of in that connection. Surely 1t
ought to be possible to interest capital
for such needed and useful industry In
the midst of such fiourishing potato
community.
r. |. Huxford is another Of the tusy
business men of Brooks, who is re-
sponsible to quite a degree Tor the con-
tinued success and constant growth.
Just now he is erecting grain store to
be 4Ox5O. 1t is adjacent to the old
Grand Army and Grange hall that ne has
purchased and will make grist mlll OF
it. An engine will be installed and Gus
tom grinding done. This also VIII Ill
long felt want in the community.
If was beautiful autumnal day when
we made our visit to Bro. Dow and his
lively village and he invited US to take a
short carriage ride across some OF the
high we'll cultivated hills to be found in
the good farming town of jackson, that
laws lust to the north of Brooks. we
took the road from the village to Dix
mont Corner. This has always been
famous road for there have, from the
FIRST settlement of the town in 1900, been
some famous men born and bred there.
Ezra Abbott, D. D. L. l.. d. and the re.
markable line of Riches lived there ano
raised remarkable families. A little rec
school house in plain sight, and still doing
duty as d knowledge factory, has housed
manv a boy who went out into the Worc
and became famous.
But it was the Great Farm OF l,0O(
acres that was maintained on this roao
that we became the most interested IN OF
this ride.
The town was part of the Waldo Pa
tent of which Gen. Knox was proprietor
He sold out to Israel Thorndlke, Davl(
Sears and William Prescott, all OF Boston
1t occurred to them that 1t would be
fine place for a little outing, so they re
served 1000 acres and called 1t the
. ssGreat Farm and started in on very
large scale. The brick for five grea
chilnneys in the big house, any one O.
them taking brick enough to build
modern cottage, were burned in Belfas
and then taken to Boston on vessels, tt
be properly inspected and when approx
ed were brought back to Belfast anf
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