Morning journal and courier., 1890-12-26

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After the exercises, the classes, which
were seated in the Sunday school room,
were called one by one and, as they
marched into the church, they bore as
offerings Christmas gifts for the poor of
the church. This year, instead of the
gifts to the Sunday school, the members
and their friends bought gifts for this poor.
The donations were placed on the plat
form, which, at the close of the service,
bore a rich array of offerings The offer
ings of one of the classes were sacks of
-four, each member carrying a sack. An
other class was loaded down with pork
hams, while third struggled in with q
quarter of beef. Stockings filed with
Christmas cheer were given by another
class. A cut of cotton cloth was donated
by class of young ladies. The gifts are
valued at about SO, including $50 in cash.
Yesterday morning William S. johnson
loaded up his barge with the gifts, and
with number of young men began the
round of distribution. The side of the
barge bore the words of CHERRY Christ
mas" The thoughtfulness of this minis
try brought Christmas joy into many q
humble home.
Prior to last evenings entertainment
there was a service for the primary de-
partment of the Sunday school under the
direction of the teacher, Mrs. E. @. Hill.
There were presents for all the children
and the occasion was made very merry.
Charles E. Chapman, whose death oc-
CURED under such painful circumstances
ON Wednesday, was class leader at the
II. Z. church and assistant librarian in the
Sunday school.
At the III. E. church Sunday evening the
chorus recently formed in the Epworth
league, with the church choir, will render
a cantata. The chorus numbers forty
members and is under the leadership of
Frank Moody. The chorus has had fire.
quent rehearsals and the cantata promises
to be rendered very effectively.
Christmas for the Sunday school con-
nected with Grand avenue Baptist church
was observed Wednesday evening. There
was an entertainment for the children con-
sisting of Rotations, dialogues and sing
ing, and a visit from Santa Claus, who dis
tributed the gifts. The infant department,
with Mrs. Jesse Price and Mrs. George
Loveland as teachers, were given books
and bags of sweets. The class remem-
bered their teachers with gifts of gold
headed umbrellas. Teachers were remem-
bered by their classes and classes by
teachers
Yesterday in the Episcopal church
Christmas services were held at 10 a. m.
There was an early mass at st. Francis
church at $50 a. m, and high mass at
1880. The music was of high order and
the regular choir augmented for the occa-
sion. Professor William j. Rohan had
charge of the music as he has for many
yaars.
The Christmas music at Grace church
yesterday morning was as follows:
Prelude-Allegretto Grazioso Tours
Automatic Light Hath Shined. .....-....S ilas
Gloria Double Chant. .....................Tur Turtle
TIE Deum, CShort), in fat Buck
Benedietus IN nat ........................Bu Buck
Hymn 17-Mendelsson.
Hymn nj isEideste fideiis. iOD'S
offertory Solo-The Holy Child. ....... Shelley
Mr. Z. F. Scranton.
Hymn s671Euchariisiic Hymn. -'-'
Gloria in Excelsis, in A fat Buck
Postlude Offertoire, in d minor. .Batiste
A. L. Bristol, Organist and ChoiTmaster-
at this church Wednesday evening there
was an interesting program for the Sum-
day school. Evergreens, wreaths and
crosses were placed at different points
around the church. The exercises con-
sisted of the singing of Christmas carols
and of Rotations by the children, after
large Christmas tree which was covered
with gifts, was shorn of its abundant
fruitage.
Captain Luzerne Ludington received q
telegraph order for forty gallons of oysters
for Meriden yesterday morning Just
twelve minutes before train time. The
oyster men packed and loaded and Cap
tain Ludington then hitched up his speed
lest horse and drove to Union depot, q
| distance of two miles, in nine minutes and
was Just in time to have the tubs loaded
| in the express car as the train rolled out
| of the station.
David Reese of the rolling mill, who was
seriously hurt several days ago, is able to
attend to business again. His injuries
consisted in a bad fall which fractured
| three ribs.
Some of the shells of the scallops,
(which are received at this port at various
times each year from Long Island by the
sloop load, could be utilized in decoration
work. In olden times, when the pilgrims
came from the Holy Land they wore as an
emblem of their VOWS pretty brown and
white shell, called st. James shell, now
better known as scallop shell. Largt
shells of this kind were early utilized
as baking dishes and have given theil
names to a great number of excel
lent scalloped or "escalloped" pre-
partitions of hsh and meat Ot late year
luxurious taste has demanded something
more costly and silver shells in the shapI
of the old sea shell, at $50 a dozen, hay'
taken the place of scallop shells, at sixt.
cents a dozen. Their wavy shape and del
icate hues of brown and cream are so beau
tiful that they have been used for fame,
work by many people who would hay
been shocked if they had known the shel
was as common as an oyster and wa
thrown away from our market stalls b
the bulk.
At the Grand avenue Congregations
church last evening very pleasant httl
entertainment was given for the childre
of the Sunday school. The exercises cor
sisted in shadow pictures, which wei
given with good effect and were yer
amusing. The children We're remembers
with gifts and the entertainment was
every way satisfactory to them