The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-02-24
The News of Brooks.

Inc news OI DIOoho'
Mr.. Blodgett of The City National Bank
Belfast. was in town February 22nd.
DIR. A. E. Kilgore has been confined to the
house nearly three weeks by sickness
VIM. Gould, who was very ill for some weeks
is now very much better and gets out of doors
little.
l. The bad weather has spoiled business for our
merchants and the village has looked decided
ly lonesome.
Hannah Hamln whom all our older residents
remember, is very feeble at the home Oh JUS
Hamlin in South Brooks.
l. S. Staples is quite sick at this writing anu
is under the care of physician. otls Ei"en
is said to be very sick with pneumonia
The next event in the village is the X. OF +.
ball, to be held tonight, Thursday, February
oath. All roads will lead to Brooks tonight
Rev. S. ]. Wilson was with us last Sunday
but his health IS very poor and he Is having d
hard lob to stand ND under his heavy duties.
Mrs. John H. Gordon has been on the Invalid
list for some weeks. She is empbatically
business woman and this enforced idleness is
great trial to her.
The school at South Brooks closed last week
after two pleasant terms with James Payson,
M. C. |. man and we'll known citizen OF
Brooks as teacher.
We are pleased to hear that Almon S Forbes,
&c still uuita we'll at
Waterbury, Conn, where he is spending the
white with his daughter, Mrs. Cora Clough.
MI. Dow. who makes speciality of Sueslne
Silk, having some twenty shades of color IN
stock. is tilling mail orders and forwards TO
any address upon receipt of price, AZ IL cts.
yard.
The members of Happy Valley Chapter, y.
of E. S. were entertained at the last meeting by
our townsman, Edward Edwards, who gave an
account of his last seasons trip over Europe in
an automobile.
Mrs. L, C. Cilley, who has been in poor health
for several years but who has managed to keep
about the house most of the time, has been
quite i'll for some three weeks past and mas
suffered considerably. She owes letters u
friends in Massachusetts who take The Jour-
nal, but is unable to attend to correspondence
at present
Those famous 200 egg ducks belonging to
Mrs. L. A. Bachelor have begun to lay again.
We recently received circular from Frank S.
Forbes of Los Angeles, California, descriptive
of the large tract of land his company is hand
f.. +bo IF tho EucalUntrs
They also sell the real estate Mr.. Forbes,
who was Brooks boy, is now practicing at
torney in Los Angeles.
THE Coon TEMPLAR's ANNIVERSARY. The
10th anniversary of the Brooks lodge of Good
Templars was quietly observed Saturday even
ing, February 18th. 1t had been intended to
have some special public exercises, but they
were, by reason of circumstances, deferred and
simpler program presented. The almost
unvarying prosperity of the lodge for the 16
years of its existence was spoken of and COM
mented upon and the personality of its many
members was discussed in social way. During
that time nearly every person in the vicinity of
the village has been member of it, and they
have come in from miles away. For several
years in succession it was the largest lodge in
Maine and for many years had nearly two hum
dred active members. 1t now has seventy
members. 1t has held almost constantly DUR
ing those years the best literary exercises of
the place and its entertainments have usually
been of the best quality. We find by an ex-
animation that the original applicants for a
charter were Percie B. Clifford, Matte Clifford,
Mrs. Jean McTaggart, Mrs. Eliza feathers, &c.
Holbrook, Mrs. Mary Pilley, Mrs. Lizzie Chase,
Phebe Rose, Lena Chase, T. A. Elliott, Mrs.
was, however, present at the organization of
the lodge and became actual charter members.
The charter officers of the lodge were as fol-
lows: VIM. C. Rowe, c. T.; Emma Huxford, v.
T.; Sophia Rowe, Chap; Mabel Rose, Sec'y;
Thaddeus l. Huxford, A. S.; James B. McTag
gart F. S.; F. w. Brown, Jr., Treas; John C.
Lane, M Mary L. Huxford, D. M; Annie L.
Brown, G.; Albert H. Rose, S.; Walter A. Pen
ney, L. D.; Emma Huxford, Supt. of ]. T.;
Isaac feathers, P. c. T. The only person from
the above list of charter applicants and charter
officers who has died is Sister Jean McTaggart
1t is safe to say that larger number of per-
sons have been members of this lodge than the
present total number of residents in the town
of Brooks At the close of the other exercises
last Saturday evening the play "Janes' Leg
acy" was presented with the following cast of
characters
Jane, Lillian Morrill,
Bob Herbert Ham
Martha, Airline Estes
Miss Baxter, Emma Huxford
Mrs. Williams, Grace Simpson
Squire Thorndike, Marcellus J. Dow
At the close of the lodge treat of popcorn
was taken care of. One other incident noted
was that Emma Huxford, v. T., and Mabel
Rose. Sec'y., held the same positions in the
lodge last Saturday evening that they did on
the evening of February 10, 1894, sixteen years
ago.
WEST FRANKFORT
Miss Louise Kingsbury spent last week with
her cousin, Miss Ava Kingsbury, in North