The Republican journal., 1915-11-18
The News of Brooks.

two weeks vacation.
Oren Cheney Higgins spent the week in
Portland and called on friends at Fort Will
liams.
Mrs. Julia Rand of Bangor visited some days
recently with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
H. Brown.
Mrs. Merton Fogg and son have gone to Bos-
ton to visit their people and will be away sew
eral weeks.
A. l. Pulley, Alton Pilley, Will Colson and
Stanley Roberts left Monday for the great
woods on hunting expedition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiiton Elliott are spending
some weeks here at their old home. preparing
to close it for the winter.
Mrs. Isora Rose and daughter from New
Brunswick are visiting her sister. Mrs. Gar
field Goddard, of this village.
Harmon Slower and wife have closed their
house for the winter and are employed at the
home Of Mrs. Glover in Belfast.
Mrs. Kate Lane has had her stand of new
buildings nicely painted. The work was done
by Will Colson of Monroe and George Miller.
Will Lane and Frank Fogg went to Pittsield
last week and bought horses. We understand
that Will is starting livery business for the
winter.
Mrs, Edith Murch has returned to her home
here in the village after spending some five
weeks in Clinton with her niece, Mrs. Fred
Walker.
Pearl Crockett and crew, with the boring
machine, have been at work the past week
digging well at the new residence of Carl
Jenkins.
Lewis Flye of Freedom visited over Sunday
at G. A. Lanes. Sammy Pendleton of Isles
boro was also there some days with his friend,
Adrian Lane.
Mrs Bina Dodge of Jackson is visiting rela-
tives about town-the family of her brother :,
F. H. Brown, her niece, Mrs. Hale Rose, AID.
die Davis, and others.
Mr.. L. c. Cilley has sold fine two-years
old colt to Leslie Pendleton of Islesboro. This
colt was by Brown braden; dam, Marston c,
and bids fair to make one Of the best.
Mrs, Bert Wentworth has gone to Lowell,
where she will visit for several weeks with her
sister, Mrs. Lena West. Their mother, Mrs.
Stanley Perkins, has gone to South Brooks to
keep house for Mr.. Wentworth during his
wife's absence,
The Ladies' Aid met at the home of Kate
7 10. on IL
tanned by her and Mrs. Gowen. Assorted
cakes and Russian tea were served Mrs. VIM.
Rolfe entertains the Aid this week, Wednes-
day.
Mrs. Mittie Gowen starts in few days for
Los Angeles, Calf, where she intends to sur
prise her daughter and family and take
Thanksgiving dinner with them. Mrs. Gowen
has been here in her old home town for year
while the estate of C. E. Lane was being set
tied
We have with US the usual round of sore
throats and tonsilitis which generally visits
Maine during the fall and winter with it's
changeable weather. There is nothing of
more serious nature unless the condition of
mind of some of the excitable temperaments,
and the wild reports emanating from them,
could be called so.
Mrs. Lydia Nickerson's little daughter died
recently from the effects of bowel trouble.
Mrs. Clara Nickerson was very ill for long
time with the same trouble, and is now conva-
lescing. Her daughter, Mrs. Clark of Pros
pect, is caring for her. We have learned of
several others who have been suffering severe
ly with what is termed winter cholera, and
the trouble is quite prevalent in other places.
Skunks plentiful this fall and seem very
t.me as several have been killed while visit
ing hen roosts in the thickly settled parts of
the village. A commotion was heard in the
vicinity of the hotel stable one day last week
and a mink was discovered holding fast TO a
fat hens leg and endeavoring to drag it toward
the river. The squawks of the frightened hen
brought help and the mink was killed with
stones.
Happy Valley Chapter, 0. E. s., was in
spected Nov. Sd by Mrs. Beva L. Ward
well, D. D. S. M, of Penobscot. Inspection is
always the important event of the year for all
orders. and plans were laid to make this occa-
sion as satisfactory as usual. Some IS mem
bers were in attendance, most of whom wore
white gowns. Cut flowers were used about
the room and dainty refreshments served,
Mrs. Wardwcl was of most pleasing person.
atty and her words of kindly criticism and en-
couragement were graciously delivered.
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