The Republican journal., 1911-11-16
The News of Brooks

The cold wave reached us last Monday.
Mrs. Humphrey Small has returned from {
visit in New York.
Mrs. Hattie Jenkins is at home from Boston
where she went to buy goods.
Small & Perkins are still busy painting in
the village. 1t is never-ending job.
Stanley J. Roberts is running both thresh.
ing machine and hay press this season.
Mrs. Sarah Edwards is at home from Massa-
chusetts, where she visited her son Lawrence
and family.
Mrs. A. R. Pilley and daughter have return
ed from a visit with her sister, whom she had
not seen for many years.
Young & Cox have the lumber on the spot
for stable back of their store. 1t will be a
great convenience to them.
Mrs. Hodges of Augusta spoke at the Friends
church last Sunday forenoon and at the Con-
gregationaI church in the evening.
Mrs John Hobbs went to Frankfort Tuesday
to attend the funeral of her sister Edith. who
for some years was in Mr.. Hobbs store in
Brooks.
building good house on the place where he
lived as boy, and really intends it as home
for himself and family.
Mrs. A. B. Payson recently had quite sick
spell and was confined to the house for several
days. She is now back in her place as book
keeper for Young, Cox & Payson.
The old Union church lot, now the yard of
the railroad, which all these many years has
been left rough and inconvenient, has been
graded and smoothed up in good shape.
This town recently lost very worthy and
honorable citizen in the death of Lorenzo Gil
ley, well known veteran of the Civil War.
Quiet and unassuming,he was respected by all.
A very nice 4-years-cld mare is being driven
by Mrs L. A. Bachelor. She is by Marston C..
and her dam had four colts in the trotting list,
one with mark of 216 and which was sold
for 81 300.
Claire Roberts is one of the boys who do
credit to the town. He is right on the spot at
tending to business all the time. He has a
nice house nearly finished and has done much
of the work himself.
Frank R. York, the genial proprietor of our
hotel, who was so ill last summer that the
chances were that he might not recover, has
got well and is making additions and improve
ments to his establishment.
Fred H. Brown began to put out his money
tn fbo will hafp ba har
having built one house and bought another.
He recently enlarged and improved his resi-
dence, the DIR. Libby house, so-called, and has
a very nice and comfortable home.
Hale Rose. who was supposed to be con-
firmed bachelor, but who surprised the people
by capturing and binding one of the finest
young ladies of the place, has done the nice
and sensible thing by building and finishing
neat and convenient home for her occupancy.
DIR. N. R. Cook has been with us several
years and evidently has no intentions of leav-
ing US. He bought nice house in the hub of
the village last spring and has added to 1t
new stable, so that he is very comfortably To-
Gated. Well, the doctor is first class citizen
and do not think any one wants him to move
away.
VIM. C. Rowe, the well known army veteran,
has been making himself busy this season.
Among other things he has built shed con-
Meeting his house and stable, doing much of
the work himself. James B. McTag-
gart is another of our elderly men who
cannot content himself in ideness. Every
day finds him employed in some practical
occupation.
Harvest Home Grange had the annual fair
last Monday evening. Nice and dainty arti-
cles, beyond the compreA ension of mere men,
were exhibited by the sisters. The exhibit in
the vegetable line was small but of fine quail
ty The list was headed by Mrs. Herbert
Smith, A. B. Huff and Farmer Dow. the latter
smiling benevolently as he exhibited his
garden sass, especially a rutabaga turnip
weighing Is pounds.
Brooks is said to be the best advertised town
in Waldo county back of the coast, and much
credit is due to The Journal for it. For years
Brooks news has been conspicuous feature in
its columns and every opportunity has been
people called to whatever may have been
worthy of attention. A loyal patronage should
be given to The Journal 1t represents to an
extent greater than any other paper our senti-
ments upon the issues of the day.
Years ago we used to think that the A. j.
Roberts mills were about played out, but a
good business is still being done there every
season. Colson & Jenkins have this year had
all they could do when there was water to turn
the wheels. Some branches of the work that
A. J. Roberts used to do have been eliminated
and really there is no demand for those prod
ucts, but the mills now left are kept busy.
Some other business might be run there to ad-
vantage, however, and it would help the place.
Otis w. Lane has made great improvement
in the buildings on the 7. D. Jellison place,
which he bought last year. He moved the
harm and connected it with the house by a
shed and has fixed up the whole place in good
shape. He has fertile little farm and seems
to really think he can show the mossback Reu-
benites of the town some points IN farming.
We notice, however, that he occasionally gets
back to the old shop for day to get the smell
of coal and stove backing and grease and iron
rust
Time and memory for the moment fail us
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