Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-31

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QUEoHEE Rev. N. +. Carter preached
very excellent sermon last Sabbath appropriate
for Christmas on the subject Of Liberal giving,
to q full house. Christmas anthems were finely |
rendered by the choir There was good display |
OF house plants furnished by one OF the ladies OF
the church. The Sabbath-sc Is increasing in
members and interest, and has Just added eighty |
volumes to its library
OpANor-The Congregational Sunday-school
had n very pleasant Christmas gathering at the
Union church, on Wednesday evening. Two
trees were well filled with presents for old and
young, but the children were especially remem-
bered The exercises by the scholars were good,
and well rendered q. There was also a Christ
mas tree with exercises at the Butler corner
school-house on Thursday evening.
woopprpv --Tbere ware tbree Christmas trees
In town dnr,no the mat week On Wednesday
evening there were n tree and ovster sumner At
the vestrv NJ Union chprcb. GOOD attendance and
all heartily enioved 4, Thirty or forty were
,rosor, n, NJ T. N A,rsuor,h,s ~, Thrrsdav
evening and numerous presents were taken from
the tree. Saturday night L. Towns hotel echoed
with Christmas greetings and large number Of
presents was distributed
Id -
mas entertainment and tree at the Methodist
house on Wednesday evening, and in religious
service at the Congregational house on Thursday
| evening. From the tree distributed under the
direction Of the superintendents Of the Methodist
| and Congregational sunday-schools, the presents
were numerous and many of them valuable.
The pastors were generously remembered One
OF them, with his wife, received fifty different
pieces, every one OF practical use equal to coin,
and no piece was worth less than twenty-five cents.
NORWICH. The Good Templars' lodge at this
| Mace celebrated Christmas on Wednesday even
| ing of last week at their hall with a Christmas
| tree for their own members and their families
The exercises consisted of declamatons essays,
| singing. select readings etc. Some of the exer-
cises were deserving of special notice, but as all
| were good we will not particularize The lodge
is in good working order and well sustained The
| lodge now has under consideration the subject
OF bringing out j. N. Culver's war drama the
present winter entitled Loyal Mountaineers, or
the Guerilla's DOOM
GAYsvILLE.-The Christmas festivities were held
at the Methodist church, the Universalist and
Congregational societies accepting an invitation
to participate in the joys Of the occasion. The
church was beautiful in its decorations of ever
green mottos, and the two trees loaded with
beautiful and costly presents for old and young.
The entertainment consisted Of declamations,
dialogues, select readings and happy remarks by
the several pastors which were duly appreciated
by the closely -packed but good natured audience.
Much credit is due the Methodist society for the
good management of this pleasant affair.
wA,rsr,r,n-Tbe Conoreg ,tionaI Sabbath.
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on Christmas Eve The order of EXERCISES were
nraver hv the nastor Rev & II Robinson sino
. inc, dialopues and recitations bv the children
and last but not least. the distribution of gift,
from two trees. whose branches were loaded with
things useful, things pleasing, and things orna
mental. The children acted their part so wei
that it would be useless to speak OF any one il
particular Suffice it to say that every one die
well, and not single one needed prompting
The many pleasant faces indicated that all had
merry Christmas
MApsur,rIn-At the Christmas festival hell
in the CONGREGATIONAL church ON Wednesda,
, evening last. under the auspices Of the Univer
salist and Conqreg ,tional Snndavschools n
LARGO assemblv was gathered filing the edifce 4,
overflow The decorations and eyerpreen trim
3 mnys were in tina hast of taste and were biphl,
commanded AZ reaectinp great credit upon tn
| ladies' Of the two schools to whose charge thi
mart of the proeramme was committed. mucl
needed gift to the church of a new central chan
delier from Boston commercial agents. friends o
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Putnam. through who's
efforts the Gift came WAS a pleasant sunrise Z
a ALL Roth schools were " ell represented upon til
| tree as we'll AZ in tho musical literarv and re
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