The Republican journal., 1913-06-05
The News of Brooks.

Mrs. Susan Cole is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Marion Buxford is living, but is very
low.
Mrs. S. H. Lord of Belfast visited her father
and sister here recently.
Bert Lane and family are at Dark Harbor,
lslesboro, for the summer.
MIR, Bartlett of Thorndike has been assisting
in the post office here recently.
Mrs. c. E. Lane, who has been quite ill since
her return from California, is now able to be
out.
Mrs. June Hobbs ice cream department is
quite we'll patronized even this early in the
season.
Charles E. Bowen was confined to the house
for several days recently by a severe attack
of rheumatism.
Mrs. George Ryder with her beautiful baby
was on the corner last Saturday for the first
time for long while.
Potatoes now. bringing 80 cents bushel
in this market. W. o. Estes has thousand
bushels on hand at this writing.
Brooks village has two harness shops now
and ought to keep the harnesses in repair. 1t
also has boot and shoe cobbler.
Capt. Cheney Higgins and wife are visiting
in Thorndike and Unity this week and then
will start for Northport, where they will spend
the summer.
Harry Higgins of the Waterville post Office,
with his wife, has been visiting friends in
town. Mrs. Higgins was formerly teacher in
this village.
| Miss Florence Bowen, daughter of Lindley
Bowen, is said to be very i'll She is bright.
attractive school girl and her friends are
very sorry for her.
| Some of the band music for Memorial day
Was eliminated in respect to Mrs. Marion Hux
ford, who was very sick and supposed to be
dying at the York hotel
We all regret very much the death of Hon.
Forrest Goodwin, Congressman of the Third
District, and one of the ablest men in Maine.
He had relatives in this town.
For the first time in our memory VIM. G.
Rowe, veteran of the old 4th Maine, was
not out to the Memorial services, but was at
home and dangerously sick in bed.
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1t has been uncommonly cold, late season
and the farmers are just getting busy putting
in their crops. Mr.. Rolfe is hustling around
for the usual acreage of sweet corn.
Merton Fogg and family are now settled at
the farm for the summer and Guy Prime and
family have moved into the flat vacated by
Mr.. Fogg in the Charles E. Bowen house.
A. b. Payson, M. j. Dow, Mrs. Inez Payson
and Miss Flora Tasker motored over to Monroe
last Sunday to hear Rev. A. j. Lockhart deliv-
class of the High school.
The singing school conducted by Prof. W. S.
Wright is to close with a grand concert iii
Union Hall on the evening of June 18TH. E. J.
Hill and wife of Portland are to be present as
soloists and there will be chorus of so voices.
Speciaties will be introduced
M. J. Dow has transferred his local interest
in the Chatham Mill Seed Grader and Clean
er" to the A. E. Chase Co. He will, however,
act agent for them. 1t can be made of
much benefit to the farmers of Waldo county
in the elimination of foul seed.
We visited our old friend, Henry Braddock
of Knox, veteran of the 41h Maine Vols, last
Saturday and found him dressed and sitting in
big chair. His mind is clear much of the
time and he can converse quite freely. but he
is practically helpless physically. the result
of recent shock.
MEMORIAL DAY. The rainy forenoon.in inter-
ferred with the expected arrangements to
some extent but eventually everything passed
off pleasantly. Several hundred people were
present in the afternoon. At noon nice din
ner was served in the banquet room, to which
the Sir Knights, their families their guests of
honor and invited guests did ample justice.
Soon after dinner Capt. Cheney Higginsssgot
the Knights into column of tours as an escort
to the veterans. The school children formed
at the rear. E. A. Carpenter, mounted upon
his beautiful and intelligent horse Harry, took
his place at the head of the column. the music
started up, and the march, great affair to
hundred school children dressed in their
best and decorated with the national colors,
was begun. They visited the new cemetery
first. then went back and stopped at the bridge,
then to the old cemetery. In each place the
usual ceremonies were performed vito Rev
H. G. Booth as chaplain. Then they march
ed back to the Union church, which was
soldy packed, and the indoor exercises were
put through with the following program
prayer, Rev. H. G. Booth; singing, Prof Wight
and chorus; welcome to the visitors by
Marcellus j. Dow, the presiding officer,
in behalf of the Sir knights and the
people; response by Lorenzo Jones in be-
half of the veterans; reading. of Lincoln's
Gettysburg address by Miss Clara Jones, the
granddaughter of veteran; singing, Prof.
Wight and chorus; address by H. C. Buzzell,
Esq. of Belfast; singing. Prof Wight and
chorus; 'benediction by Rev. H. G. Booth.
The entire arrangements were made by the
Knights and they worked hard and intelligent
ly to make the Memorial services as they
should be. Mr.. Buzzell made fine address
and Prof. Wight added much to the interest of
the occasion. The ladies of the Pythian Sis
tiers heartily cooperated body in the work
and the tables were covered and the dinner
served in way that gave cor dial welcome
to their guests. The versatile and energetic
Charles E. Lane was present and his personali-
ty was shown in the generosity of the dinner
supply. 1t was quiet serious, christian OBJ