The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-08-21
The News of Brooks.

T. l. Huxford has colt out at pasture that
it will be we'll to take notice Of.
Mrs. A. E. Dow 10 the guest this week of Mr..
and Mrs. Cheney Higgins at Northport.
. Mrs. Miranda Roberts has been at North
port, the guest of Mrs. vesta D. Higgins.
Mrs. Grace Dow Bachelor and her mother
spent the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hubbard in Knox.
Seth Norwood of Winter Harbor 10 to be the
principal of the High school, He will bring
his assistant with him.
i. Mrs. Guy Patterson. with the baby. 10 now
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Ellis,
and other friends in Brooks.
.R. E. Barden has been repairing the old
carriage shop of l. S. Staples & Son. like" Is
Just as busy as ever building new and repair
ing the old carriages.
Oscar Stiles, who spent the early part of the
summer in Belfast. has recently been employ
ed in finishing up the haying at the Dow home
stead and with his family will now return to
Belfast.
e. A. B. Paysor. Walter Yourg, Mrs. Payson
and Miss Polleys motored to Belfast last Satur'
day, where M. f. Brown and wife joined them
and they spent the week end at Crescent Beach,
returning home Monday
Brooks generally gets ahead. We have a
female chauffeur in the person OF Mrs jennie
York, who handles runabout easily and we'll
Last Tuesday she drove over to Monroe alone
and brought back her mother.
Harry Staples has bought good substantial
looking stock horse weighing l,5OO. and ne
reckons that the horse can pull him over the
billy roads, though perhaps not so fast as some
of the nays that he has had before. AS usua
he has horse for sale.
Electus Cakes has spent the summer with
Ernest Gould at the John D. Jones homestead
To some extent he has assisted in getting the
hay. He is, however, one of Uncle Sans
Veterans and is the recipient of the Govern
ment's bounty, which is sufficient to support
him in modest comfort.
A. B. Payson with his wife and friends at
tended the races in Augusta last week. Mrs
Payson and Miss Polleys spent the night will
Mrs. S. E. Mason in Winthrop. Mrs. Mason
was known in Brooks as Miss Ina Thompson
and was employed at one time in the Dow
millinery establishment here she made man!
friends.
Leander Staples, the well known halter ant
| harness maker of Brooks has just returned
from weeks vacation in Rockand and othe
| places. He has stylish wife who makes thes'
trips with him and you may be sure they hat
! an ENJOYABLE time. He looks at least five
| wears Younger than when he left home.
| MIR. Dow has come in from the Homestead
| farm. where he spends portion of his time
every summer, looking brown and rough ant
| husky and can now be found in his store ready
| to sell silks and laces and the varied line O.
! goods to be found in dry and fancy good
| store. He will now conduct some specia
marked down sales as it is his intention t.
greatly reduce his stock of goods. He viii
probably close out his stock with view tt
change of business
Mrs. VIM. H. Rolfe has bought the business
of j. w Hobbs in the Kilgore store and is t
take possession the first of September. MI
| Hobbs is salesman and hustler and is clos
ing out fast While Miss Edith takes charg
of the store he takes load onto his deliver.
wagon and drives out into the country, comm,
back with the wagon empty. He Will be prac
| tically sold out by Sept LIST. The people know
! for sure that he has goods to sell and will sci
| them at any reasonable price. He is nov
considering an offer for his handsome resi-
/ dence.
| Political discussion runs high here now, bu
| the general opinion is that our Republicans
| both the Progressives and the Stand Patter
! will make a solid Drive for Peters. The i'm
! portance of the issue to the farmers demand
a united vote for protection. union of al
the Republicans of whatever class is i'm
perative. John A. Peters represents the hes
interests of Waldo County. He is the maj
who should receive our votes. We are facing
an issue which threatens destruction of GU
i prosperity. We are, or should be- all Progress
| ives, and let US turn to and do our part t
| elect Mr.. Peters. We cannot afford to d
! otherwise.