The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1913-01-23
The News of Brooks.

llC 1NEWS VI LII OONCs
Good dry hard wood is scarce and high in
price.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lampher lost their baby
last week.
B. F. Simpson has made extensions and i'm :
provements upon his stable.
Mr. Dow is continuing his special sales TO,
the reduction of his stock of goods.
Isaac S. Staples has been quite sick for a
week or two and is now confined to the house
The annual meeting of the Waldo & Penob-
scot Telephone Co. will be held at Union hall
Feb. 4th.
| E. 0. Stantial is at home from Massachu-
as usual.
Charles H. Forbes is on the road for manu-
featuring company and the homes tead is closed
for the winter
Charles E. Lane started last Monday with
his family for California, where he will spend
several months.
The X. P. ball was a grand success SO far as
numbers count. Most everybody was there
with his best girl.
/ Joseph G. Simpson, our tax collector, is out
after the taxes, but it is said they are not COM
ing very easy this season.
This past year was discouraging one to
| apple growers. Little has been obtained from
the crop above the actual expenses.
| This winter beats everything. Here we are
doing business with wheels, and at this writ
ing with mud. the 21st day of January.
The officers of Happy Valley Chapter, O. of
E. s., were installed by Deputy Mrs Hurd of
Watervlle. 1t was joint installation and the
officers of Marsh River lodge of Masons were
installed by Past Master Elmer G. Roberts.
Milton Leonard and family moved into their
new house about Christmas time. He was
lucky in finding water, which is taken to his
building by natural fall. 1t is a great con
venience and means the saving Of many dol
lars to him.
The funeral of Harrison Roberts was held
last Sunday afternoon from his late home in
tHlS village. he was one OF our Oldest cltlZenS,
being n years and months old He was
born in Brooks and nearly all his life was spent
here, and he will be much missed as he was a
very active man. He had been sick few
months with Bright's disease. Since the death
of his wife a few years ago he had lived with
his son Forrest. His business most of his life
had been in wood working mill He was an
A.,
lathe. He leaves four sons, Forrest and Elmer
of Brooks and Eison and Edwin of Massachu-
sets. Rev. H. G. Booth made very appropri-
ate remarks in regard to the deceased, who
was one of the best known men in Brooks
The bearers were Isaac feathers, E. c. Hol-
brook, M. ]. Dow and C. f. Bowen. Interment
was in the new cemetery.
Mrs. Lawrence Estes is out after weeks
illness.
The little child of M Lampher was buried
last Saturday.
Geo. Roberts spent some ten days in Belfast
as juror, while court in session.
Mrs. A. B. Payson was in Belfast this week,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. S. H. Lord.
Local people have been cutting considerable
ice on Marsh river and filling the ice houses.
Mrs. F. W. Brown, Jr., has been spending
week in Belfast with her friend Mrs. Jenness.
W. S. Jones is seen on the streets again after
being confined to the house with the prevail
ing cold.
Miss Dorothy, daughter of DR.. A. E. Kigore
is being tutored by her cousin. Miss Hester
Rose, who has just completed the winter term
Of school in the Stiles neighborhood.
Mrs. Leander Staples is improving, Miss
Olive Du Ross is caring for her, and is most
proficient as nurse and house. girl They were
fortunate indeed in securing her services at
this time.
Maurice West and Hattie Bachelor were
recently married and are now stopping for a
few days with the grandfather, Capt Stanley
Perkins, who has been under the weather for |
few days. Mrs. Perkins is expected home this |
week.
c. H. Forbes has been driving through the |
county the past week as agent for the Fowler !,
Tool Grinder On account of poor travelling
he left this week by rail and will take up other
counties near by and later go through New
Hampshire and Vermont.
Lewis Godding, Albert. Carl, and Hamilton
jenkins, have been working on a lumber lot in |
Knox for some three weeks. Mrs Jenkins has /
been keeping house for them during that time |
in the Alvin Shisles house. They are now at |
home waiting for snow to enable the m to COM