The Republican journal., 1911-05-04
The News of Brooks

The farmers are beginning their springs
work this week.
Mrs. Young of Pittsfeld is visiting her son,
Walter H. Young. the grocery man.
Mrs. E. G. Louder and daughter Fanny of
Thorndke were in town last Mon lay.
Brooks Good Templars Lodge has called off
the regular meetings for the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cady of Portland are to take
care of A. E. Chase's residence for the sum-
mer.
Mr., Dow, as usual, is putting in nice line
of white goods,of which he has made special
ty for 25 years.
Capt. ]. W. Bennett has vacated the A. E.
Kilgore store, where he has been in trade for
the past winter.
L. A. Bachelor is at work this week for
Rev. David Bracket with four horses. on his
3O-acre oat field.
Otis w. Lane will move in a short time to
the Thomas D. Jellison place, where he will
try his skill at farming
Hiram Pilley gets down to the store every
pleasant day and VIC are glad to see him at his
old place of business again.
April Goth, W. S. Jones, Harry M. Brown and
Otis W. Lane, with Belfast Masons, went to
Camden to visit the Camden Royal Arch Chap
ter.
Mrs. Abbie Irving has bought the Broad
street Mason place in Monroe and with her
Son, Nelson Reynolds, will see what they can
do on the farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Stone of Dxmont spent
the week end with MIR. and Mrs. Isaac S.
Staples. Mrs. Stone was known here when
girl as Nettie Jones.
The A. E. Chase Co. are making a radical
change in the old store. 1t now has modern
appearance and is much more convenient for
their present line of business.
Marshall Ellis, son Of Joseph E. Ellis, has his
hand well bandaged by the surgeons as the re-
suit of a painful injury received from a boring
machine in their mill. 1t is hoped the hand
NAV be saved, hut it is a bad accident.
We hope the old members of Marsh River
Lodge who have not met with US for a long
time will not forget the afternoon meeting on
Saturday, May 18th, which is the fftieth ami
versary of the organization of the lodge While
the exercises will be mostly of a social nature,
the boys will reach out glad hand and it will
seem some like getting home again.
R. A. Hall, the well known house carpenter,
has traded his village place with Mrs. Pe1ce
B. Clifford for her farm and they are moving
their goods this week. 1t is a radical change,
as both parties have lived on their places many
years, and was brought about by the death of
Mr. Clifford.
At the Congregational church last Sunday
Frank Holbrook presided at the organ, as he
used to do. For several years since graduating
from the U. OF nj. he has been employed a
craftsman for the railroad people. For some
time he has been in Houlton. He graduated
as a civil engineer. He is now having vaca-
ton with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. c. Hol-
brook.
Leander Staples is making nice heavy set
of double harnesses for Geo. B. Roberts, who
has laid by the delicate styles and specialties
of effete city life, put On his old clothes, tan
ned his face in the sun, soled his hands in the
dirt, and gone to farming at theold homestead.
which he has retained for years for that very
purpose. He is now at it again, just the same
as when he was bov.
In the village of Brooks, Wednesday even
ing, April 26th, at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred H. Brown, occurred
the marriage of their daughter, Myra E, to Mr.
Edwin Hale Rose. Only the immediate rela-
tives of the two families were present. The
bride wore lace net over white silk and car
ried brides roses. The single ring service was
used, and the ceremony was performed by the
pastor Of the Congregational church, Rev.
Harold G. Booth. Members of the family from
out of town who attended the wedding We're
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred A. Rand and Miss Emily
Brown of Bangor. Until their own house is
completed they will occupy the house just va
Gated by DR.. Cook. Mr.. and Mrs. Rose have
the best wishes of large circle of friends.