The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Butter quotations yesterday, tween.
fy.fve to thirty ccuts.
The weather is the chief topic Of
conversation at present.
For th, week the ladies' library
will be oren on Friday Instead of Satur.
day, the latter being New Years day.
Rev. W. VI. Winchester. of Bird.
port preached at the Congregational
church for Rev Mr. Hacker, last Sunday
morning.
Prof A. }. Sauborn. principal OF
Powers Institute at Beruarjston. Mass,
formerly of the Midllehury graded
school, has ocen offered proiassoisbip
10 college in Maryland
The annual meeting of the village of
Middlobury will be held at the town
room 90 Wednesday afternoon, Jan. ),
for the purpoc Of clccting officers, to re
ceivo aud act upon repor,s Of trustees,
treasurer and auditors and TO vote taxes,
&c.
The Congregational Sunday school
had interesting concert exercises ON Sun.
day evening The subjects were selected
with reference to their appropriateness to
the Christmas week Rev Mcssrs
Hooker and Winchester briefly address,
cd the children at the close Of the other
exercises.
Tho Mijdlebury Congregational
Sunday school will have their Christmas
tree at the lecture room of the church on
Wednesday evening of this week The
exercises are to commence at six and one
half O'Clock. Admission Tor those MOI,
connected With the school twenty cents.
Children ten cents
- District No. IL, Miss Clara Dewey
teacher, had Christmas tree ON the eve
ming of the Oath, with declamatioDs, reel.
tations. tabeaux, dialogues and music.
Exercises opened by prayer by Rev. S.
W. Bidwell followed by remarks from
his seven years experience in teaching,
appropriate to parents and children.
A song. "We come again with songs to
greet you" followed. Then came rhe.
torica exercises by the scholars, upon a
largo variety Of subjects, which were
listened to with much pleasure by the
sudience. The stage platform possessed
attractions at once exquisite and com.
plete in the Christmas tree, loaded with
fruit, yet possessing flowers. Santa Clau.
came loaded with presents, from Sl5 il
caah down TO a tin whistle. About ali
were remembered The school closed
the exercises by singing song, Loving
Voices The teacher presided over Tho
exercises Much credit il due to her iol
the arrangement OF the rrOgremme, as
sisted By the committee Geo W. SEES
sionS, A. X. Foote, aud many others.
The Methodist Sruday school held
Christians concert 10 the audience room
Of the church or Friday evening, under
the direction OF the superintendent, Mr.
D. =. Mead, The church was beauti
fully decorated with evergreens ant
notices so that the effect was quit,
striking. Upon the wall in the rear o
the pulpit were the Inscriptions, "IIappy
Christmas Peace on earth, good vii
'u"ai' hr"i W WI " " ou III ms HlBH
rst." The center piece Of the inscription
took the form OF crown, upon which
was the word Peace" The tahleau,
were arranged to tell the story Of tn
Saviours birth and when that 20. tiol
was reached which referred to the dis
coVery Of the star in the East a hesuti
ful s.ar was suddenly lighted in the cas-
part Of the church and whom the recita
tons told the story of the wise rfen fol
lowing il to Bethlehem the star move
uutil il camc oyar the center Of tn
crown, and there rested, as the childre
recited the story Of tho star standin
over the spot where the young child lay
The other exercises we're singing and
short address by the pastor. There wa
good attendance and much iDterei
manifested and on the whole it was
very successful occasion.