The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-02-29
The News of Brooks

Alle News OI DlOOhS
Mrs. Grace Bachelor has gone to Windsor
Tor visit with her aunt, Mrs. Celia Lane Hus-
sey.
Rev. David Bracket of Belfast held services
morning and evening in the Friends chapel
Feb. 18th.
Raymond Merritt student at Colburn CLASH
cal Institute. has been at home and confined to
the house for week.
Merton Fogg and David Fogg, who are work.
ing in the Lawrence Bros. lumber camp in
Prospect, came home for over Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Staples has been suffering severe
iy with the bronchial cold so prevalent in this
section, but is now up and about the house.
Some 16 members of the Ladies' Aid met
with Mrs. Abbie Dow Feb. 2lst and busy af-
ternoon was spent in making several styles of
aprons which will be for sale.
Mrs. Emery Buzzell has presented her..hus-
oand with fine baby girl The family re-
Gently moved here from Aroostook county and
bought the Howard Ham farm.
Little Bernard Cunningham has been very
Ill. and is only recently considered out of dan
ger, and the little son of Chas. Ryder is in a
dangerous condition with brain fever.
Miss Drusie Roberts, who was taken to the
hospital in Belfast two weeks ago. is beginning
to show some slight improvement. We trust
she will soon recover her normal health.
Mrs. Sophie Rowe is quite well recovered
from the severe attack of erethemia which has
the winter, and is able once more to enjoy the
little social affairs of the place.
Mrs. Merton Fogg's sister, Miss Helen Wells,
who has been spending two weeks with her,
returned to Boston recently. She will return
later and spend the summer months with the
family when they remove to their farm for the
season.
A large crop of very thick ice has been cut
from Marsh river this season. 1t was busy
time for men and horses, as everyone who had
facilities for storing. put away years supply.
Fred W. Brown, Jr.. is one of those who re-
Gently built convenient ice house and filled it
for their own consumption.
Feb 29th the Waldo county W. C. T. u will
hold an Institute" in the Union church. If
the day is good quite large number is expect
ed by train and teams, and some good speakers
Will be here. The meeting will begin as early
after dinner as possible to allow some to re-
turn at night by train. All interested in tenn
perance work are cordially invited to be pres
ent
Miss Abbie Roberts, who was so seriously
injured several weeks ago by the barn doors
going off the trucks and falling on her, was
buried Saturday. Little could be done for her
injuries and she was kept as comfortable as
possible by the use of anaestaetics until death
relieved her sufferings. 1t was most terrible
accident more especially to one of such adj
vanced years.
Miss Hester Rose recently completed her
school in Jackson. We have two, at least, very
smart schoolmaa ans in the village, as both she
and Miss Erma Barker have taken the long
drives from their homes to their distant school
charges many weeks through the bad weather,
hardly missing day. Yes, we must speak of
another-our veteran school ma am, Miss Ma
bel Rose, who has some 40 little ones under
her care, and who came down from the hill
every morning early and built her own fires to
heat the building all through the bitter
weather of the past two months, besides at
tending to all the usehold duties and the
care of an invalid mother
Mr.. Dow had bit of an outing last week
He took trip to Searsport by invitation and
attended the exempllfcation of the work in
the ranks of the Knights of Pythias by the
lodges of Searsport and Frankfort The de-
gree teams were in uniform and the work was
finely executed. Business was followed by
banquet, with Judge J. w. Black as toastmas-
ter and speaking by several members of the
order. Mr.. Dow came home highly pleased
with the work and gratifed with the recep-
ton he received. Years ago he was for two
years teacherin the schools of Searsport viii
lage and has many acquaintance there.
UNITY.
The masked ball given by the Odd Fellows
Thursday night was well attended in spite of
the weather and condition of the roads .
Miss Edwina Farrar was visitor in town last
week. Lyle Stevens of Bangor was guest
at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs c. S.
Stevens, last Thursday :. Favori Rebekah
Lodge conferred the degree on Clair Reynolds
Friday night. :. Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Chase at
tended the Shriners' ball in Lewiston last