The Press., 1896-12-24
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 The schools closed Tuesday for Va. cation of two weeks.
 John Rohan, of Springfield, visited friends in town over Sunday.
 Mrs. A. w. King5bury is spending two weeks with friends in New York city. Miss Clara M. Chaffee is home, from teaching in Thompsonville, for two weeks. Miss Mabelle Kavanaugh and Miss Ger trude Buttertield are visiting friends ir Hartford
 Until further notice, services at Buff Cap will be held the second Sunday ir each month.
 The Ladies' Aid society. of the Congre- gational church, cleared $40 on theil fair last week.
 The Monday Evening Whist club was entertained by MT. and Mrs. Christopher Allen this week.
 Epworth League topic at the M. B. church next Sunday evening: "The ever present Christi
 The annual meeting of the Congrega, tional church will be held next Thursday at and 7.3O p. m.
 Dr. G. L. Nichols has lady's nice new bonnet which he won at the Congrega tional church fair last week.
 Principal s. A. Jacobs attended spec ial meeting of the State Teachers Asso citation at Hartford last Saturd day.
 Bissett's orchestra will hold a public dance in the Opera House January 7th There should be large attendance. A Chinese lily in the store of Anthony Adams has attracted much attention this week because of it's large number of bios soms.
 The special train for Rice's comic opera Little Christopher, at the WillimantiC opera house, January 9th, will probably be we'll patronized.
 John Squiers has resigned his position with Adelbert Needham and has gone tC Monson to work. Carl Bruce, formerly with Myron Blair, has taken the job. w. A. Segar will sell at auction, Sat. urday, at 1 p. m., the entire equipment o1 his restaurant on Main street. As nearly everything put into the rooms was new bargain hunters should give this auction their attention.
 The concert by the s. Homer EatoI company, which. was to have been helC last evening, for the benefit of the library was postponed the first of the week unti the middle, or the last of January. Jus before Christmas, when everybody is yer, busy, it would have been difficult to hay drawn very large house.
 The following is the order of service at St. Edwards church, Christmas day Orchestral parts which will add much t. the volume of music, and the excellenc of the program, have been arranged
 1O.3O A. M. St. Clair's Mass in G.
 OneTtory, Adeste March.
 Rosewtgs Vespers,
 Vesper Hymn, Adest o Salutarfs, Rosewle Tantum Ergo. Ross March.
 The Christmas exercises at Grace churc will commence with supper at o'cloc this evening, free to the congregation an children, followed by distribution of gifts Friday services will consist of Holy com muniOn at 8, and service with a sermon at 10.45 8. m., with the following musica program:
 Organ Voluntary, Festival March, A. Guilman Hymn, ''Come Hither Ye Faithful" re Deum Laudamus, Rank Jubilate bio, Matthew Hymn, "Hark what Mean Those Holy voices" Kyire Elleson, Arnol Gloria Tibi, Dyke Hymn, "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" Onertory Anthem, "Behold l Bring You Gla Organ PostIude, Third Mass, Gullma1 This same musical program will be rt peated next Sunday morning.
 This evening, at 2 o'clock, the Method ist church will celebrate Christmas Ev, The cantata, "Santa Claus and UncI Sam, will be given by the young peopl There will be the usual Christmas tre' frUmzwhich will be distributed present furnished by the school. At the libra1 will be found box to receive Christina offerings of clothing, provisions, toys, ( orders of local merchants for the sam On Sunday the services will all be apprC priate to Christmas, in the following ol der:
 Organ Voluntary,
 Hymn, "Br1ghtest and Best,"
 4Sth Psalm, Responsive,
 Prayer.
 Offering.
 Anthem, "Calm on the Ltst'ning Ear
 Night
 Scripture, Luke 2d. Hymn, "MortalS Awake" Christmas Sermon.
 10 Prayer.
 II re Deum, T. s. Lloy 12 Hymn, "Angels from the Realms of Glory" 13 Benediction.
 IA Concluding Voluntary.
 Christmas will be observed at the Col gregational church with concert ar Christmas tree this evening at o'clocl and services on Sunday appropriate Christmas, with concert in the evenin The following is program of the mus for Sunday:
 organ Prelude, Christmas Pastorale," We Anthem, Bright Angels; Ye Heralds, Ma. Anthem, ''There were shepherds Abiding in u
 Field" E. A. Sydenha Postlude. ;
 EVENING.
 Organ Processional, Sma Anthem, "Behold, Bring You Good Tidings,'
 W1egal Bass Solo, ,"Hark, The Hosts of Heaven are Sin
 ing" W.H. Ponli Anthem, "Come Ye to Bethlehem" Dan Soprano Solo, Selected.
 Exercise by the Sunday School, "Christm
 Bells at Event1de." .~ Postlude.