The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-05-18
The News of Brooks

Chas. E. Small, the painter, of Swanville. has
been at work for the past week in the store
and house of M. j. Dow.
Mrs. Vesta Davis Higgins made pleasant
visit last week to the family of Fred Farwell
and others in Thorndike, coming home last
Friday in time to sing in church Sunday.
John H. Gordon has bought brand new
covered automobile. 1t is a dandy and we
need not say that he is delighted with it.
Mrs Affie Godding, who has of6ciated at the
Central telephone office here for long time,
is NEARLY Frustrated by the nervous tension
and has had to leave the office and take rest
for while.
Rev. H. G. Booth exchanged pulpits with
Rev. F. S. Dolliff last Sunday. Our people
were glad to listen again to Mr.. Dolliff, who
for long time was pastor Of the Congrega-
tionai church here and who has always been
associated with US in social and business way.
There is to be special temperance meeting
at the Congregational church next Sunday
evening, with music, recitations and speaking.
Rev. H. G. Booth will strive, as usual, to make
the exercises interesting. Our friends out
side of the village are especially invited to be
present.
We had the pleasure of listening to the tenn
perance sermon by Rev. H. G. Booth in Mon
roe last Sunday and we are interested in
knowing that exchanges may be made with
him by other ministers in the county with an
exchange of temperance sermons. If the
ministers of the county would take such a
course it seems to some good would result
and our people could generally hear some tenn
perance addresses with less trouble than in
many other ways. The time and the occasion
are generally favorable.
Our friend R. E. Roades is coming out into
the lime light again. This time it is as de-
signer of ladies' suits. He has little. young
wife, who was in need of suit but did not
have experience enough to put one together.
1t was then Roland got onto his job. He de-
signed a suit, drafted a pattern, obtained the
material, and made up the suit while his wife
sat back, looked pretty, and encouraged him
in the work. The result was garment which
in set and style might please the most fasti-
dous.
The members of Marsh River lodge of Ma
sons had the expected social and fraternal COM
munication, notice of which had been given in
these columns. 1t was held Saturday afternoon
on the 50th anniversary of the constituting OF
the lodge and members were in attendance
who had not been in the lodge room for many
To al fot rkc
and as it was purely social affair nearly all
responded, making it an enjoyable occasion.
Past days AID incidents were revived and old
friends and brethren remembered. Sheriff
Edwin Jenkins, who is a member of the lodge,
brought relay from Belfast and from along
the line and we noticed he had not been obliged
to handcuf them to get them here. Harding
of Morrill, was another of the old timers who
put in an appearance, and we noticed that he
was not so Anticipated but that he could relate
some amusing "reminiscences and do his share
in demolishing the appetizing lunch which had
been prepared. We are at this moment too
pressed for time to give proper report of
what proved to be, as was expected, an event
long to be remembered by the local members
of the fraternity. 1t developed that every
man of the Charter members was dead, although
several were present who had Joined soon after
the formation of the lodge.
Harvest Home Grange had a very pleasant
meeting last Monday evening. 1t was ladies'
night and the sisters took the entire charge of
affairs. They were dressed in white and looked
just too nice for anything. Then the officers
were ushered into their positions with music,
marching and ceremony. which gave the afore-
said ladies dressed in white, ETC., an opportun-
ity to show how handsome they were. And
then they put the crimp on to the brethren by
doing the work with no reference to the ritual,
this showing how smart they were. In fact.
when they had finished their work and the dis
play of their many attra ctive qualities. the
brethren were left in Inundated and des-
pondent condition of mind, for how in the
dickens can they make good in their return
presentation, which is to be next Monday
evening After the routine work yery nice