The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-01-04
The News of Brooks

Miss Abbie A. Roberts, who was SO badly in
jured by falling barn door, is alive at this
writing.
M. J. Dow has taken the agency for the
Oliver typewriter and has sample for use in
his store.
M ]. Dow has closed his farm house for the
winter, and his caretaker, Roy A. Thompson,
has come to the village residence.
Mrs. Mary Small, who has been very ill at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Philena Cliff
ford, seems to be improving in health.
Our village blacksmith, henry Cunningham,
is receiving congratulations. 1t is fine BOY.
They now have family of four smart, healthy
children.
Rev. h. G.. Booth, who went to New York to
spend the holidays with his own people, has
not returned and there have been no services
at the Union Congregational church for the
past two Sundays.
Golden Crown Lodge, X. of p, had work last
Tuesday evening, followed by banquet. Their
annual ball will be held in Union Hall, Feb. LIST,
nish music. There will be second orchestra
in hall above for the overflow crowd, so that
all may have an opportunity to dance. A
special train from Belfast will reach Brooks in
time for the opening and return at the close of
the dancing. The Brooks K. of P. annual ball
has always been success in the past and
record breaking crowd is expected this year.
We read with interest in last weeks Journal
the letter of Frank W. Gowen from Los An
geles, California. 4 native of Montville he
has always taken much interest in Waldo
county, well as in the general prosperity of
the State. A prosperous business man, he has
judged public questions from their financial
standpoint, as well as from moral and social
standpoint. He has been one of our most
earnest advocates and ablest workers for the
support of Constitutional Prohibition in Maine
and his efficient labors will be more generally
appreciated as the years go by. Maine has
lost worthy citizen, and the temperance
cause an able advocate, in the removal of the
Hon. Frank w. Gowen from this State.
In last weeks ournal we read an editorial
item in regard to Col. Alden j. Biethen, editor
of the Seattle, Washington, Times. He was
one of the many able young men who have
originated in Waldo county and have struck out
into the wide world to achieve success, and
succeeded in doing it. He was fellow stu
dent with the writer at Kent's Hill and is we'll
remembered for his ability in debate and in all
general exercises of the school. AS young
fellows we taught adjoining schools in the
town of Thorndike and visited each other and
spent the nights together. At Kent's Hill
he was the chum of Will Pattee of Jack
son, afterward Dean of a Law school. He
was at one time roommate of Roscoe J.
Perley of Unity, whose father was then Pro-
fessor Of Penmanship and Business in the In
stitute. Recently we met Mr.. Perley and en-
joyed exchanging "reminiscences of the old
days at Kent's Hill, where we had for Waldo
county associates Boardman, Ellis, Small and
Sibley of Belfast, Harmon of Unity, Sibley of
Freedom, Chase of Thorndike, Chase of Unity,
with Pattee and Blethen. At the same time
we were classmates of Frank Sanford, now
famous over the entire nation Then, as now
he did things and was popular with both teach
ers and pupils. At sport or in the class he
was leader. He was bright and attractive
and received special attention from the teach
ers, and in their own venacular the boys al
lowed that he was "smart cuss." We had q
visit from Sanford soon after he had started
at Shiloh. He was looking up his old class
mates Of Kent's Hill, and also working for
Shiloh. But in all his conversation there was
the same tinge of independent self-reliance,
the same reluctance to ask or accept q per-
sonal favor, which characterized him as a boy.
Whatever line of action he might have taken
up he would have been leader He could not
work in any other place.
thinker" Howard has been in the village
some weeks, repairing all the refractory clocks
and watches.
Gorham Hamlin and family Of Jackson have
moved into their nice village home, bought
some time ago of DR.. N. R. Cook, and are now
lone of u.s." They will spend the winters here,
and the summer season on their farm at Gates
Corner.
Gilbert Morrill,, commercial traveller, has
been visiting his family here for some two
weeks. They have been having numerous I'M
provements made on their residence this fall,
both outside and in, until now it is one of the
cosiest little homes in the village.
After the death of her husband, last week
Lila O'Brien Roberts, with her little girl, went
to stay with her mother, Mrs. Capt. Bennett,
and their former home will be sold. Mrs. Rob-
erts has passed through trying time of sor-
row and suffering, in the sickness and death of
an infant child. a dear brother, Wallace
OBrien, and her husband losing all within
little more than a month Another brother,
Walter, is still ill at the mothers home, with
the malaria contracted in Georgia while on
boat service between New York and that place.
They have the sympathy of many friends.
One of our smart old ladies is Mrs. Emily
Seavey, widow of Henry Seavey. She is SO
years of age and has spent nearly all her life
in this place. rearing her two children. Hillard
and Abbie. The son died some years ago. Alb
bic married Alfred Smith and went to live in
Hallowell The home place was sold and the
mother tried hard to content herself away
from the village. with her daughter, but no