The Republican journal., 1912-04-11
The News of Brooks

Guy Patterson and wife are living in the
rent over the drug store.
Miss Drusilla Roberts is still being cared for
by Mrs Prince E. Luce and remains about the
same.
A. B. Payson recently had his hand injured
badly by hay hook that surgeon was
called in to dress the wound.
Last week Mrs Fred Patterson of Thorn
dixie visited her daughter, Mrs Ebert Ames,
and her son, Guy Patterson, in this village.
Little Ruth Ames is still in the hospital at
Portland. 1t is thought that she is improving
somewhat and it is hoped she may walk again.
Ned Roberts recently bought good, rugged
looking, work horse for one of pair and in
tends to do large business on his farm this
year.
Seed potatoes are quoted at 125 per bushel,
in BROOKS. almost unheard of price here.
And yet you will find lots of them planted
here again this year.
R. A. Hall has got out some lumber and
large pile of firewood at the Percie Clifford
place. George Hall, his brother, has worked
in company with him.
Mrs. Ernest Buzzell, who is on the Howard
Ham farm, is still quite ill. She has been sick
for by Mrs. Eva Gould.
Mrs. Rose A. Cilley, who has long been an
invalid. is keeping along about the same. She
is still confined to the house, but she some-
times thinks she is improving in health.
Miss Susie, daughter of Noyes and Agnes
Cilley, has been very seriously ill for several
weeks. She seems now to be getting better
and her friends hope to see her out again.
Wallace Ellis is at home from Boston and is
visiting his brother, Ralph Ellis. His health is
poor and he thought he would get off the cleo
trio road and have a little vacation at his old
home.
A Bible class for gentlemen has been formed
in the Congregational Sunday school and is
conducted by Mrs. VIM. H. Rolfe, a lady of
tact, experience and ability, and it is being
made very interesting.
Mrs. E. D. Bessey of GAINESVILLE, Ohio. direct
ed letter last winter to her folks, the BOWS
of Brooks, which in some unexplained way was
sent to Maine in France" and came at last to
Brooks, Maine, covered with the post marks
of many post offices.
Mr.. Dow will handle the Rice harrow and
two horse cultivator this season and now has
samples at his place. His grading and fan
ming machine promises to be great thing to
clean the grain for seed. We can raise weeds
enough without sowing the seed
Mrs. Vesta Davis Higgins has gone to Bos-
ton to meet her husband, who has reached the
Pacific Coast from the Philippines and will
come across the country by the overland route
and meet her there. They intend to make
their home in Brooks, where Mrs. Higgins has
been for the past year.
AT meeting of Brooks lodge, No. 81,
Good Templars, Saturday evening Mar 80, the
matter of more active work was considered
ard its ACCESSIBILITY, for local reasons. was
somewhat discussed. Regular meetings have
not been held the past winter, the time and
ability of the leading workers have been ex-
pended in other lines of social work. Other
organizations of social and fraternal nature
have been allowed to intrude upon the time
formerly devoted to this order. 1t is Doubt full
if the results have been, as whole, as bene-
fetal to the community. The Good Templar
lodge had special definite purpose to accom-
plish. to which other matters were merely side
issues, and it accomplished much good by
keeping the public sentiment alive and active.
1t would without doubt be profitable to renew
the work, not only in Brooks but in other
towns of the county. Marcellus J. Dow was
named as delegate to the Grand Lodge, to be
held in Bangor April 10th. Lou May Huxford
was chosen for alternate, and they, with other
members of the Brooks lodge, will probably
represent this community at that session.