Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-06-23

entertain their guests. Leitsinger's
orchestra will discourse sweet music
and things to eat will be served.
Everybody win be welcome. In view
of the far-reaching Importance to the
town of this establishment 1t is safe
to assume that all people. whether
patrons or otherwise will be glad to
avail themselves of an opportunity to
inspect the premises and enjoy the
hospitality of the firm.
%. Frank Bailey of st. Paul, Mimi,
visited at the home of his parents on
Canal street yesterday.
The First Regiment band will
give a concert in West Brattleboro
Tuesday evening. The women will
serve ice-cream and cake as they did
on the occasion of the former concert.
The horse attached to the deliv-
cry wagon of the Brattleboro Beef
company ran from the depot to
Browns stable about IL o'clock this
morning, narrowly escaping "A colis-
ion with carriage occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. d. Cowles.
Honorable mention for a general
average of 80 or over was given 10
Cadet Dana Gilman of Brattleboro at
wich university yesterday Cadets
Gilman and Betterley were both pro-
NOTED to the rank of cadet captain.
The Valley Fair Kennel club has
nearly completed arrangements with
James Mortimer of Hampstead, L. l.,
to act as Judge at the annual show in
connection with the fair Sept. q and
2S Mr. Mortimer is conceded to be
the best allround dog judge in the
country and will no doubt receive
large entry
--Eldridge Cundiff and Leslie STAFF
ford have been appointed captains of
the teams which will participate In
the Y. NJ c. A. field day at the fair
grounds July 1. beginning at 2 p. m.
There will be 10 athletic events and
10 comic events. the former only to
count. The field day will end with an
outdoor basketball game.
A hearing will take place to-day
before Justice ]. H. Merrifield in the
suit brought by Mr.. and Mrs. 9. j.
Paro against Deputy Sheriff c, l.
Knapp and Annie ,Keefe on an action
of trover to recover quantity of fur
niture and other personal property
placed under attachment while Mr..
and Mrs. Paro were in possession OF
Shea's restaurant
Mrs. Wilbur H. Parshley of Yoko-
hama. Japan, will speak in the Bap.
fist chapel at o'clock this evening
upon Present Conditions in Japan.
The lecture will be preceded by an
exhibition of Japanese curios from
until s. There will be no charge
for admission, and as the subject is
timely there ought to be large at
tendance.
John Henry Jillson. rs, died at
his home on Dummerston hill yester-
day after an illness of two months
with cancer He was born in Attle-
boro, Mass, May 10, 1927. son of Will
lard and Eliza Daggett Jillson and
formerly followed the trade of jewell
Ter. A brief funeral service will be
held tomorrow morning from his late
home and the body will be taken to
Milbury. Mass. for burial.
The Brattleboro Gas Light COM
pany has been excavating on Elliot
street this week preparatory to laying
a three-inch main in place of the
present two-inch pipe. Within IL
feet of the Main street connection it
was found that the size of the pipe
changed from two to three inches,
and excavations further out Elliot
street are now being made to deter
mine how far the three-inch pipe ex-
tends.
Jane L. Kaye, 75, wife of Thomas
Kaye died at her home in West Brat
tleboro last evening after brief i'll
ness. She was born in Dummerston,
daughter of Jonathan c. and Lovina
Bingham and had spent considerable
portion of her life in that town. Fu-
neral services will be held in the West
Brattleboro Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at o'clock, Rev. F. D.
Smith officiating. Burial will be in
Prospect Hill cemetery
DIR. Louis A. Prefontaine, 80, who
died in Springfield, Mass, Tuesday,
was a brother of Horace Prefontaine
of this town and one of the best known
eye and ear specialists in New Eng
land He was of French descent and
was born in Canada. where he passed
his boyhood and received his earlier
education. Later he went to the uni
versity of Pennsylvania and was
graduated from the medical school
there before going to the eye and ear
infirmary of New York to take up the
speciality at which he was to become
so adept, and even then he showed an
ability, ranking high over that of his
fellows students. He first went to the
city of Mexico to practice and there
hoped to build up his health and be-
come more robust. Finding that he
did not gather the required physical
force there he came north and chose
Springfield as the field of his work.
He had been in Europe number OF
times and was known in most OF the
greater eye and ear infirmaries on the
continent as well as in England. He
was a great student, and as member
of the New York archaeological So
ciety attended its monthly meetings
in the metropolis and had read
number of scholarly and exhaustive
papers before its appreciative menu
bers. He was also a member of the
American medical society and of the
Massachusetts medical society. as well
as the local society, In which he was
one of the leading spirits He leaves
a mother. two brothers and sister in
Manitoba. Can, and sister in West
brook, Me-. besides his brother here.
DIR. Edward G. Spaulding, class OF
1894. University of Vermont. after
studying at Columbia. and Bonn uni
versity, Germany. and who has been
the last four years connected with the
college of the city of New York. has
recently accepted a call to Princeton
university as assistant professor OF
philosophy DIR. Spaulding is a son OF
A. V. Spaulding of Burlington and I'M
til his graduation from the University
of Vermont lived in Burlington