The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-04-23
The News of Brooks.

The Jen Sins Lumber Co., is running night
crew at their mill now.
Fred L. Emmons is making repairs this
week on the village residence of M. ]. Dow.
Charles E. Small and W. S. Jones did good
work in painting some of the local automo-
biles at the Will Emmons garage last week.
Harry Hutchinson, our popular plumber and
house in this village, which makes nice home
for him and his mother.
Isaac S. Staples has been out of the shop for
a week with what seemed to be the grip. 1t
single day.
A town meeting is called to be held next
Saturday at o'clock, to settle matters in re-
lation to our new schoolhouse and other sub
jects that affect the interest of the town. If
all the articles are discussed the chances are
that the meeting will run over into Sunday or
perhaps be adjourned to Monday.
Comrade VIM. c. Rowe is making an alpha
betical list of the men who enlisted from
Brooks in the Civil War for use Memorial
Day. He will be pleased to show the list to
any one who can suggest additions to it. Please
help Bro. Rowe in this matter the list will
he made matter of record in The Journal.
Last Saturday was utilized as field day by
the A. E. Chase Co. of Brooks. Notices had
been sent out to the farmers in the surround
ing towns and very satisfactory number of
them came considering the condition of the
roads. The A. E. Chase Co. made good dis
play of farm implements and machinery, of
which they make speciality. keeping supplies
for all kinds of work and for all times of year.
l, was very pleasant affair to our visiting
friends and some sales were made with sever
al good prospects for the future. A nice din
ner was served in the church vestry and the
visitors went home full as well as happy.
Brooks people were pleased to notice in the
last weeks Journal that Miss Dorcas Davis.
for some years resident Of our village and q
member of our schools. had won the first
prize in a class of one hundred members at
the Hope Street School in Providence, R L.,
for excellence in oratory. Miss Davis was one
of the most popular and most talented Of the
pirls in the village and often entertained our
various gatherings with songs as well as reci-
tations Her ability even then was apparent,
and her industry an conscientious application
to her studies was q matter Of accepted fact.
We are glad to send cur congratulation to
Dorcas: we have not forgotten her.
And now we must talk again about our old
friend Leander Staples. the oldest and perhaps
the best harness maker in Waldo county.
Past three score and ten years Of age he is at
his shop as rule every day in the week and
the heavy hand. made team harnesses that he
puts out are dandys. But no matter about
that. The point is that wherever you find
Leander things are happening. The other
morning as we started for the post office we
suddenly saw man in violent contortions on
the ground a few rods away. He quickly
scrambled to his feet. however, and as we ap-
preached he was excitedly pointing to the
ground and using language that was decidedly
forcible in expression. We were suddenly
chilled with horror. Was it possible that this
conspicuous citizen of Brooks, who has been
heralded from New York to Chicago not only
as a sample of the efficient business men of
Maine, but also as rigid teetotaler, and who
only smoked one cigar day; was it possible
that he was seeing snakes where he was point
ing with trembling hands towards the ground
Oh. oh; was our idol smashed? But no! Leander
will get into scrapes, but he has wit enough to
get out of them all right as rule. And he
was all rightthis time. For as we approached We
saw, not kissing snakes and wriggling demons,
where his blazing eyes and trembling fingers
indicated, but behold it was a hay wire with
both ends fastened in the frozen ground, leav-
ing only loop above the ground. placed just 30
that the toe of his stylish shoe caught in it in
a way to cause the catastrophe that had led to
his fervid language and excited manner. Again
We were reminded of the beautiful lessons OF
confidence in our fellow men that We had been
taught. Why! Leander had just left his fine
home and his nice new wife and with his face
all smiling and his eyes rs bright ~ the day at
the thought of the dough he was earning fer
said family, he suddenly had . fall. And We
bad wronged him in thought.