Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-24
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

 tsThe Berry Pickers', Cantata-Her Many Grandchildren Christmas Courtesies Exchanged-Festiva for the Children This Evening-Safls for the New schooner.
 In several of the schools to-day Christ mas courtesies will be exchanged.
 Prosecuting Agent Niles is ill with the grip and several of his court cases ready for trial yesterday had to be postponed.
 The late Mrs. Olive Foote Andrews Blackstone of East Haven was instructress in the East district school of that town away back in the year 1924. She was ad- mitted 8 member of the old stone church July 3, 1881, and at the time of her death was the oldest in membership, and she was rarely absent from her seat in the sanctu- ary. Besides her own children she leaves ten grandchildren and four great grand children. Stephen F. Gain of Haven street, who has been studying at Niagara university, has returned home for the holidays. John A Murphy of Manhattan college, New York city, is spending his vacation with his parents on James street. Driver Lawlor of the Grand avenue pre- cinct has recovered from the grip. Supernumerary Lyman Bradley of Ex- change street, who has been very i'll, if doing his first duty since his illness by | keeping the crowd of persons in the post office corridors in line.
 Christmas trees are on sale at many stores. A large share of the trees that will be used in the city at Christmas come | from the woods near Fair Haven. Christmas festivities for the children o1 the Sunday school will be given this eve l ming in the Grand avenue Congregations | and the Grand avenue Baptist churches l Special arrangements have been made fol l fine entertainment for the children. l The three masted schooner Horace P | Shares, which went ashore at quarantin, near Savannah last Friday, was one of Jh, | first of the Hanscom fleet to be launched here. The vessel was afterwards foated The Shares had cargo of guano from Nev York for Savannah.
 The chorus and soloists, who are to giv, the cantata of t'The Berry Pickers'' in tho chapel of the Grand avenue Congregations church next Tuesday and Wednesday eve l nings, under the direction of John 0 Bradley, the director, have rehearsed tn, piece well and if the grip does not pros trate the participants it will be we'll pre- sented. Robinson's orchestra will furnisl the instrumental music.
 A praise service will be given by tn choir of the Grand Avenue Congregations church Sunday evening.
 The sailmakers were bending the sails o the new schooner, Harry and Grace Key holds, at Hanscom's yard yesterday Very seldom are sails bent before 8 vesse is launched. The day of the launchin has not been fixed, as they are waiting fo suitable high tide.
 The usual Christmas services will b held at St. Francis church: The masse will be celebrated as follows: A high mas at 5:30, low mass at 8, g and 9:30 o'clock and solemn high mass at 1o:ao. Tn music will be conducted by Professor Re han, and will be unusually fne. At th 5:10 o'clock mass Stearns' mass will | sung, and at the 10:30 o'clock mass th
 program will be as follows:
 Kyrie, ]
 Gloria, ......................By By Stearl
 ofertory While Shepherds Watch.
 saaSaai Agnas bei, ..................By stear'
 Communion-Glory be to God.
 At the children's mass at o'clock u
 boys choir, under the direction of Sists Germaine, will take part and sing Schmidt
 mass.
 Vespers will be held in the evening ) 7:30 o'clock. A special program has bee
 arranged. The soloists are: Miss Mar ) Maloney, Miss Mamie Dwyer, Miss Mar , Curley, Miss Lizzie Geary and Miss Rohal , and John J. Donahue, Frank Maloney ar John Dwyer.
 } will be open all day Christmas, ,and visito