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Christmas Exercises nt Strong School
 The Programme-J. H. BiIson Bltts
 by a Dog g-RosyeiI Farren's Large Iii
 Insurance.
 Christmas exercises will be held ;
 the Strong school for the seventh ar
 eighth grades this afternoon at 9:
 o'clock and about 400 pupils will
 present. Parents of the pupils wi
 also be welcome. Miss Story will be
 duced with singing of the hymn, "Jo to the World.' There will be recitf
 tions, several original poems, song
 etc. The exercises promise to be yer interesting; the assembly will be hel
 in Granniss hall and a large attend
 ance is expected The programme is Q
 eollows:
 Song-Joy to the World-Sehool.
 Recitaion-The Legend of the Christ Child-Ruby Fowler
 Recitaion-Tim and the Christmas 1 Carol-Winifred Thompson.
 Song-Ring the Bells of Christmas School.
 l Original poem-Uncle Santa Claus | Leona Hines.
 ] Reoitation-Santa Claus Sister | Helen Meickle.
 Solo-The Guiding Star-Kathie Bur well.
 Original story-The Greedy Child's Christmas-Mae Parker.
 Recitaion--The Postman's Story Marjorie Strubell. Recitaion-The Shepherd Boys Carol Raymond Clarke.
 Song-Sweet Bells-School.
 Original poem-Christma
 Lonergan
 Recitation-Santa Claus on the Train
 -Marcella Quinn.
 Original story--Major Crosswaites'
 Stocking Hanging-Hazel Mackenzie Song-The Stock That Hung on the
 Wall-Glee club.
 Recitation-Our Christmas - Kittie
 McCabe.
 Original story--Black Hawks Christ
 mas--Winfred Warner.
 Recit ation--Joe's Search for Santa
 Claus-Bessie Russell.
 Quartette-Some One is Hungry and
 Cold-Leona Hines, Alfred Seeley,
 Emma Koehbl, George Hogben. Poem-Santa's Christmas Business
 Henry Ormstedt.
 Original story-Uncle Ezra's Unique
 Christmas Experience-Emma Koehl
 Frank De Patrie of Southington is now working for the rolling mill. He will shortly move his family here.
 J. H. Bilson was painfully injured a few days ago from the effects of dog bite. One of his great toes was lacer- ated and it was necessary to remove a large portion of the nail, He was con- fined to the house but is now around again.
 l.. L. Adler, the dry goods dealer at ii Grand avenue, who has been i'll two or three days, is again at his place of business.
 The late Roswell B. Farren carried a large life insurance. It is said he was insured in beneficial orders for fully s25, GOO and had about s10.0o0 in life in- surance companies. He had made a study of the protection afforded in the beneficial orders and was charter of several lodges. His eff cient work in behalf of the A. O. T. W. is well known and one of the lodges. Farren of Bridgeport, was given it's name in his honor
 The remains of William S. Russell, Ar i,, day, arrived here yesterday and the n- torment was in Fair Haven cemetery, Rev. Dr. Streeter officiating. The de- ceased was thirty mine years of age and died of consumption. His father was Calvin Russell, who died here in August, 1898 A brother of the de- ceased is Calvin Russell, the State street merchant.
 At the residence of Mir and Mrs, nesday evening, William Jacobs was to Miss Emma Bodwell. Rev. Mir. Luckey officiated. Charles Bodwell was the best man and Florence Jacobs was the flower girl, Upon returning from their wedding tour Mir. and Mrs. Jacobs will reside at 92 Grafton street
 Christmas exercises for the children will be held this afternoon at o'clock n the Lenox street school.
 The programme of exercises is as fol- ows: "A Star Shone in the Heavens" ,y the school; "A Christmas Greeting" oy Edith Capon; "A Merry Christmas % AL" John c. Cline; "Oh. Now the 3right Snowflakes," by the school; His star" by Earl Potter; Shoe or Fred F. Ebeth; Sleep Baby Sleep" by the school; " Iris Beauti- ul Time" by Lottie Gerner; T Wish Merry Christmas" by six children; ong, Merry. Merry Christmas, by he school; "The French Way" Ar hur Mallory; "The Story of Long Ago." by Frances Fernejetis; Dear little Child of the Manger,' by six 'oys; "The First Christmas" by Ma ian Odell; Just Little Stocking by he twins, Misses Charlotte and Mena Jingle Bells" by the chool; What the Stockings Say" by >rthur Merrill; "Jolly Old St. Nicho- ls'; Away in a Manger," by the wins, Charlotte and Mena Barbezat; Telephone by Charles Huntley; Who is Santa Claus?" by six boys ,harles Huntley, Carl Larson, James Duncan, Arthur Merrill, Arthur Pullen nd Archie Meickle. The programme is