The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-07-18
The News of Brooks.

OAA iSehS OouSS.
Mrs. WEIGH of Belfast has been visiting her
sister. Mrs. A. E. Kilgore.
Miss Dorothea Mathews of Belfast will spend
the summer with the family of Elmer Roberts
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Warren and daughter of
East Boston are visiting Ezra Carpenter and
wife.
NJ J. Dow is working in the bayfield, and is
making long days at the farm where his boy
hood was spent.
Mrs. Helen 7. Wells of Boston arrived this
week to spend the summer with her sister,
Mrs. Merton Fogg.
Stanley Perkins and Everett Tasker have re-
turned from Bayside, where they have been
painting for several weeks.
John Hobbs was at home with his family
over Sunday. He has fine string of horses
in his sales stable at Bar Harbor.
Mrs F. W. Brown, Jr., was called home by
the illness of her family with the measles. She
was much refreshed by her three weeks spent
at the beach in the Higgins cottage.
Mrs. Frances Merritt went to Bayside Tues
day to spend week with Mr.. and Mrs. Cheney
Higgins. Mrs. Grace Bachelor left on Thurs
day to spend the weekend with the same
family.
Miss Gertrude Lane had lawn party last
week, it being her seventh birthday. Some
ten or more little women" lunched with her
on ice cream and cake, and had most enjoy
able time.
Mrs. May Body Lyons and daughter Olive
spending two weeks with the family of
Wilbur Barker; also Marcellus Barker and
daughter Rena of Waterville, are visiting at
his brothers..
Mrs. Leander Staples has returned from
five weeks pleasure trip to New York and
Boston, where she visited her children. She
brought back with her a niece, Mrs. Geo. Dasco
of New York
Mrs. Gilbert Morrill, has gone with her hus-
band for trip through Aroostook county.
Their son Hugh is spending the summer at
Sanders Stiles farm house, helping Robert with
the haying and the two boys make merry work
of it.
Mrs. L. A. Payson, who has been stopping
for few weeks with the family Of c. H.
Forbes, has returned to Watervile. and Mrs.
Celia Richards, who was visiting the same
family, has returned to her home in Reading,
Mass
Mrs. Cheney Higgins came up from Bayside
Saturday to attend church here Mr.. Higgins
sticks close by the salt water during the hay
fever season, being sorely afflicted with that
most peculiar disease during the summer
months.
Mrs. Hattie Stiles Payson, who is afflicted
with blindness, recently lost her husband and
is now visiting friends in town. She spent the
week past with Mrs. VIM. Rowe and was
pleased to meet many old acquaintance at
church Sunday.
Charlie Ryder is back from the Tapley hos
pital and has resumed his duties at the A. E.
Chase store, His hand is still in very bad
condition from the serious case of blood poison
ing frou which he has been suffering, but is
rapidly improving.
Mrs. Flora Thompson and Mrs A B. Payson
spent week in Boston and Haverhill, Mass.
Mrs. Thompson will remain here for another
month caring for her sister, Mrs. c. H. Forbes,
who has been i'll since the sad death of her son
Galen some three weeks ago.
Rev. H. G. Booth went to Bayside Monday
and is spending the week at the Carpenters
cottage, where he was joined by two of his sis
tiers from New York He was accompanied by
Mr. j. G. Rand of South Boston, who is preach
ing for the summer at Monroe Center.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester, formerly of Mime
apolis, who bought the Phoebe Reynolds place
in this village, have moved into their new
house. Mrs. Sylvester, who is sister of Mrs.
Alpheus Roberts, has been ill for some time,
and is only recently SO far improved as to en-
able them to move.
Mrs. Walter Young presented her husband
with ten pound baby boy on July 9th. They
now have thriving family of three little
ones. Ruth, the eldest is two and half years
old. They mean to raise up a corps Of efficient
clerks to handle their large and prosperous
grocery business in the near future.
Albert Brown and wife of South Framing
ham have been at their brothers, Fred H.
Brown. A. B. Payson took the family to Ban
gor in his auto, and returning brought Miss
Emily Brown to her parents home, accom-
panied by Miss Miriam Rand. Miss Brown
graduated July 9th from the hospital in Ban
gor and is now a full fedged nurse
The friends of Mrs. L. c. Cilley will be sor-
ry to learn that she is very sick at this writing
and can sit up but little and walk only few
steps. After she underwent an operation she
seemed to gain for three weeks, but has failed
in the past three weeks. She can take but
little nourishment and has very bad heart
trouble, but it is hoped she may soon begin to
improve. She keeps up an active interest in
the events of the day and stands for the right
in all things.