Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-12-29
ENOsBURGN FALLS.

The festival ot Christmas WIS duly cale-
brat,j herr IT the scVer,l. churches and
the usual amount OF good Will Dispersed
in the many HON : Of the community.
The festival was opened with solemn h..h
mass NJ 81. Johns Baptist church ~
midnight on saturday. when there wIs 4
large congregation N attendance, Roy.
Father DaiSnault helms; made happy wjtH
generous Offering Is his rem mhrJnce
from his T0riShoucrS.-A; s.. Matthews
church there VAS Il celebration Ot the
Holy Communion ~ 4. m, and a chill
dreU'S service at p. m. AT which the
music WAS rendered in a very pretty man
n,r by the children Of th,, parish. TIE
floral display and the trimmings Ot ever
green made sim raOre h~1Utifu, this
pretty church. There WAS no service at II
Rev. Mr.. Barr being with his other parish
at EnosburEh Centrc.-At the Methodist
and Baptist churches there were Christ
Baptist church the Christmas
| tire was he'd on saturday
evening and the Methodist and EpiScous,l
churches held theirs on Monday. The lat
| ter was held in the parish rooms In
| Francis hlock. and was preccdsd by 4 sun
per.-The ladies OF the Baptist churvh
gave a public Christmas dinner on Noa-
| d1y and cleared about Sla-Tnc family of
| Daniel Moren of East berkshire united
| with that of Or. +. :. Hutchinson and to-
Scther with Mr.. and Mrs, Geo. Russ %
81. Ale7nS spent Monday with Paul J
Noren. who was drNeS>ei for the first time
since his serious acC{drnt.-irace Norton
spent Christmas ut her home in Br.Sto, -
The merchants report the best trade n
yeIrS.-The Good TempIsrs are 10 hav,, a
candy pulr' on Saturday evenins.-Tre
Merrill block is nearly completed On We'd
reSday siSt ins,., the Rschtord Graraltf..
club gave performance =, Opera hail
which is worthy Of special mention. The
Tour act drama entitled. Dollars and
Sense was given and the severa, members
OF the company tlle-i their respec,sv re
parts, in manner We have rarely Sseu
eQualIed by amateurs. The hero os he
play. Chauncey Short. not such fool rs
he looks, was admirably taken by $ Carl
Carpenter. who is by far the best mem.
her OF the company and who Is equal "a
the average professional player Othe,
: excellent parts were taken by T. r WI,
son. r. r. Green. g. b, Dunn. Geo VII
sen and others. while W. j. FIanisIn rs
valet to Short both looked and acted tn
part TO perfection. Mrs. Mabel Z Clarke
as Nell Audrey Ruthven WAS SpISndiS
and captivated the audience, Miss ArvIlly
Wheeler'S 'eSpoSiuonS OF the autiqus
was very good. also Misses Josie Gsrvtr
and Mamie Aver won their SHIRE of IN,
laurelS, as did Horace Wallace. Ernest Fl
Clark and j. r. Safford in their respective
roles TIE entire company showed com
plete mastery OF the hbretta and the en-
tire absence Of prompting was an en-
joyahle feature and the evident attention
TO minor details reflected great credit o,
:. the stage manager. Frank Clarke unde
whose direction the play Was produced
: The only disappointing feature was tn,
smallness OF the audience.
al FRANKLIN.
= A. o. Bell and wife of Johnson spen
: Christmas with Mrs Bells sister. Mrs. 1.
n f. Tatro.-Mrs. NJ. f Barr his gone :,
Q Manchester. y. H., 10 spend the ~tute
> with her daughter. Mrs. A J. RseI.-C