The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-11-13
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.

THE NEWS OF BROOKS.
Sarah Cole is at present with her sister.
Mrs. Low.
The Bert Lane family are back in their home
in this village.
Mrs Joseph Stantial is occupying the Body
rent for the winter.
c. F. Spaulding is doing big grain business
and Geo. H. Ryder is at the Office with him.
They make hustling pair.
covered and Isaac Leathers will soon be there
doing business for them.
Mrs. Eliza Campbell is in serious condition
from illness and old age. She is we'll cared fer
by the family of T. l. Huxford, her nephew.
The A. E. Chase Co., lost good salesman
when Charles Ryder lett them to take the
local agency as manager of the Union Mutual
Life Insurance Co.
Nj. J. Dow has been obliged to neglect his
local business to attend to the saving of the
farm crops. Help has been difficult to get and
the farmers have had a hard time OF it.
Z. C. Body, had streak of hard luck sure
ly in his serious illness with appendicitis. 1t
was said to be very serious case and he was
fortunate in getting out of it we'll as he
seems to have done.
Mrs. Horace Murphy of Swanville was in
town recently to visit her son Ralph and family
Mrs. Charles Thayers whom we used to know
as Nellie Kelley, accompanied her to visit her
sister, Mrs. Ralph Murphy.
The friends of Albert j. Robertson of New
ton Center, Mass, recently received short
visit from him. He was called to this vicinity
by the death of his mother in Monroe. His
wife was Miss Elizabeth Dow of Brooks.
We were much pleased to receive call re-
Gently from G. H. CaIgill and his son. W. L,
of Liberty, who were on a business trip. Mr..
Cargill has in past years been frequently with
US in our Masonic specialties and has many
friends here.
Our older people remember well the old
fashioned industry of knitting heavy all-wool
undergar ments for men who worked in the
woods and did other outside work. M. ]. Dow
C Guild make deal with anyone who can do
goodwork in that line, if there is one left in
the county.
Edwin Young has for some months been an
invalid from what is said to be tubercuar
throat He drives about, but cannot work.
Ga briel Brown is another chronic invalid who
has done no work for many months. He is
su ffe1ipg from some very bad ulcers and is
confined to the house.
Dudley G. Simpson, one of our oldest citi-
sens. died recently after an illness of several
weeks. He was twice married and leaves sew
eral children. He was of the older generation
of a numerous family Of that name in Brooks.
The funeral was held in the Congregs tional
church, Rev. David Bracket officiating,
In spite of lain and frost most of the pota-
toes in this vicinity have at last been dug by
h ard work and really strenuous effort. Many
of them were in bad condition, however, and
the work being poorly done. which was un-
avoidable under the circumstances, there has
been serious loss to the farmers.
Mrs. Grace Dow Bachelor, superintendent
VI SCuoolS 1CI DIOOhb, MISS LOFTS Oultu, as
sistant in the High school, Miss Mabel Rose of
the Intermediate and Miss Hester Rose, one
of our best known teachers, attended the
teachers convention in Bangor and report
that it was pleasant and valuable occasion.
Dr. Prince E. Luce and wife have been at
the Charles E. Lane residence fer several
weeks and the Doctor has been employing his
spare time in grading and improving the
lawn. And don't everybody on the Corner
miss Charles E. Lane though? He was always
active, energetic and in the midst of it all the
time. AS neighhor his voice was the first
we heard at morning and the last at night
One of the aggravating things that comes
to correspondents lot is the finding of sev-
eral carefully prepared pages of copy of what
was originally good stuff but now is ancient
hist DRY and no good to the editor or the public,
hat he had somehow neglected to post.
Time was is past
Time future may never be
Time present is the only
Time for thee.