The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-04-17
The News OF Brooks.

llC 1NtWS vi DIOOkS.
B. F. Stantials mother from Knox is stop
ping with him for little while
Mrs. Jessie Rnes fro m Plymouth is visiting
her parents, E. R. Knowlton and wife.
W. S. jones is working with Charles E.
Small of Swanville fitting up the Charles L.
Austin house at South Brooks for E. A. Car
penter, who will keep crew there this sum.
mer.
The ladies of the Maccabees are to have a
social at their hall next Saturday evening. The
ladies are to all carry lunch box for the
lucky man who draws their number and-well!
you know how 'tis
We We're all surprised to hear of the death
of II. H. Rich last Friday morning as few had
heard that he was sick He came home sick
from trip on the road and lived but few
days. The funeral was held at the Rich school
house, so-called, Rev. David Bracket officiat-
ing. The bearers were E. A. Carpenter, VIII
bur Barker, Fred Moulton and Asa Jones. He
leaves widow and one son.
o.
take charge of the exercises here On Memoir
lal Day and the vetei ans will be their guests.
There will be dinner, an address. music ex-
e rcises by the children, matching and the us
ual evidences of patriotism. Capt Cheney
higgins will command the Sir Knights. If it is
pleasant day there will be crowd of ueop|e
out to observe day notable in our history.
A meeting of representative farmers of
! Burnham, Unity and Thorndike, together with
representatives Of the Belfast Board of Trade
was held in Brooks, Monday, April 14th, un-
der the direction of the Waldo County Farm
ers' Union to perfect plans for organizing
local farmers associations in every town on
the Belfast Branch. The State Agricultural
Dept. was represented by c. E. Embree. who
addressed the meeting along business lines.
After thorough discussion committee of
arrangements was elected as follows: D. B.
Body. chairman; R. M Stiles, Secretary: J.
q. Simpson. meeting will be held at Union
hall, Brooks. Tuesday evening, April 29th, at
o'clock, for the purpose of forming local
branch. 1t is hoped that as many farmers as
possible will be there. Arrangements were
also made to hold the next meeting at Thorn
dixie. The date is not yet fixed.
The following letter from Mrs. E. D. Bessev
of GAINESVILLE, Ohio, will give information in
regard to the general condition of the Brooks
people there:
Dear Papa:
l expect you have got my letters and the
papers before this. 1t was almost impossible
,1rl D,.tk Foo l-~o 49,
Thursday but it seems you didn't get it I'M
til Saturday Earle was away and didn't get
home until Friday but he was up in the highest
part of the State SO knew he was all right if
ne didn't do anything foolish trying to reach
GAINESVILLE. We live in about the highest part
level. eighteen feet higher than it has ever
been before, and rose at the rate of four feet
an hour. People were just caught in their
houses like rats. l never shall freet the
sound of those poor people screaming for
help. We could hear them from our porch
The levee broke at two O'Clock in the morning
and let the river in on Linden avenue and ali
the lower streets in a rush. The current was
SO swift that they couldn't risk launching
boats until light, SO they just stayed there on
roofs and in attics and screamed and fired
guns and pistols until light. One whole fam
tie while stayed on q raft made of doors tied to
tree from two until eight o'clock and when
the man left the up stairs windows the water
was up to his waist. He worked with pole
all night 10 keep the floating buildings and
wood from striking them. I can't see how
people escaped, but there were very few
drowned The men just worked like beavers
getting people out. We live right across from
a Jewish church and they opened it up to let
the people in. I never expected to see such
things. Just as soon as they got some people
out they would bring them up here. Women
with babies, wet and scared and everything
gone but the clothes they had on. Mrs. Cree
den and made coffee and bread and carried it
over. After people got their senses and got
organized all the churches and public buildings
out of water were opened and three meals a
day given them. 500 homes are wrecked and
500 are entirely gone. The militia got here as
soon as possible 80 very little rifling occurred,
but such sights as the streets are. You can't
imagine it if you don't see it. The State is GO
ing to help rebuild. OF course it will hurt all
business for some time. but guess we'll pull
through with the rest.
Wewere out Of gas, electricity and water for
. week and no telephone, got all our water from
a we'll about half mile above here. Every
body thought. the food was going to give out |
- We were entirely shut of from the outside.
They are going to have wireless station here
now. Three long bridges went entirely out
and two more were wrecked. The water was
nine feet deep over the bridge. You couldn't
So It ct all Mama viii remember that. Its