The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-12-31

On the morning Of the 25th II. II. Mat
teson, ESQ.,, came very near losing his
house by fire, which commenced in the
roof near the chimney, and got pretty
good Roadway when discovered. A lew
pals of vac extinguished it when it had
done but triflng damage. A few minutes
more and water would have done but lit
tie good.
Tommy Wilson, who drives the stage
between here and Hancock had a rice
little runaway, the other evening, near
the school house in district No. |, which
resulted in spiling him, mail bags, buffa-
loes, &C., into the snow, and splinteriDg
the sleigh up considerable. How about
the patent foot-stones, deponeut saith not.
There was quite a gathering at the
Congregational church to listen to dia
logues, declamations, &c, aud to witness
the stripping Of a Christmas tree on the
evening Of the 25th. In fact, the house
was crowded. Some Of the tableaux and
dialogues were No l, especially the tab
leaux of Night and Day,Womeu's Rights.
Miss Cornie Billings presided at the or
gan and gave splendid renderings of quite
a number of favorite pieces Of music, and
artistic renderiDgs of some others. The
IL ajo ity acknowledge an enjoyable even
ing. though the extreme cold detracted
somewhat from what it would have been.
Quite number of splendid presents were
distribpted. u.
/SAnsBuRY.-It has rarely been our
good fortune to attend public gathering
so eminently successful in every poin. as
the Christmas celebration held in the
Town Hall, in Salisbury, on the evening
of the 25th. The principle difficulty OBJ
served in the way of full enjoyment, was
the intense cold of the occasion, the most
severe of the season. The exercises were
preceded by an appropriate prayer by
Rev. w. II. Utley, after which the Sab.
bath School children recited appropriate
passages from scripture, relative to Christ.
mas-tide Then followed, successfully
songs and tableaux, SO numerous that We
can notice only a few, for wont Of space
Tableau " Ruth and Boaz' was well ex'
ecuted, as also was Might and Morn
ing" A Christmas song was executed
superlatively. A song, illustrative Of oc
casioual (?) " Matrimonial Infeicities,
was excellent, oply we fear the majority
do not end as practically as the song, 9th
crwise it was true to nature, T,bleaus
Artists Dream" and group Of sta'u
airy were very fine. The peculiar and I'm
ique situation in which some appeared
evoked in the former tableau u smiling
expression from the expected lmmovabl,
features, which. however, was not detri
mental to the scene. A recitation, b,
Miss Cora Moore, was very good. Tab
leau, Em bracing an Opportunity" wei
illustrates peculiar custom of courtshil
in i" We olden time" but the style Of pro
ceeding has, we understand, been some
what improved by modern youths an,
maidens. AT the conclusion Of the exer
cises the jingling Of bells announced th
coming of Santa" the Holiday King.
After a few words of welcome to the as
sembly, he requested Christmas song
which being complied with, his bells jim
gled loudly as he sped away, leaving tn
gifts which loaded the tree fg distribution
by the committee In conclusion W
would remark that great credit is du
the committee for their unwearied car
and labor in so successfully conductin
the enterprise. Also for the highly ju
dicious and graceful manner il which tn
Hall was trimmed and festooncd, witha
forming scene and event which all vii
love to remember, and affording many
happy heart to the recipients Of the nu
merous gifts |. II. n.