The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-29
CHRISMUS
 SOSHABILL
Al the Church. 1 literary and Musiek' Supper and ChrIstnnus Tree
 Also Axldent

The Bingville Chrisnnus entertainment nentshioned two or three times in last weeks Bugle was give in the church last Wednesday evg and was all that was expected in every respeckt and more, too. This yuletide celebration has been talked and lookt forward to with turrible en- thusiasm by everybuddy whot has thot of 1t in this visinnity. being as it only comes once year and don't last long when 1t does come. Many of our most respectful citizens and their wives and children has been making preparations for this galer event for quite a spell back and everythink was did that could be thunk of to make 1t a awful suck sess.
 The night was cold and frosty and they was erbout 3 it. of snow on the but these fackts didn't keep peepui away who come from miles in every direck- shion. Long before P M folks begin to flock in and by z all the seats was full and standing room was considerable occupide. The church was all deckorat- ed up for the occashion and the pulpit had been removed and a large strong Xmas tree stood in it's place It was perzacktly :15 when our beluved paster, Rev Sam1 Moore, cald the congrega- shion to order and opend the occashion with a few words of devoshion, after wich he said he would give the meeting over into the hands of the committees wich had been appinted to carry out the program.
 The first thing was a anthem by the choir wich went off reel well considerin that most of the choiristers has colds and the church organ Is more or less out of tune. Miss Alnlira Hobbs sang the solo part of the anthem. It was pitched a leetle mite high for Almira' 8 voice but she come purity neer making It. The rest all tined in the chorust
 Then follered the program printed at the Bugle offs last week wich Is too long to be give in this weeks Bugie. wich we will print next week or the week after or when news is skeerce.
 This concluded the literary part of the program and it was then announced by the pastor that speshial arrangements had been made with Santa Claws to treat the Sunday school childern with a bag of candy each, and that Santa would now appear in person and give out the candy. They was turrihle silence fild the church. The eyes of the childern was as big as sawsers. Suddintly the curtain back of the tree was drawed and much to the surprise and consterna- shion of them present the end of a house, with a chimbly on the same, that was built by Lem Brown, our expert carpenter and builder, for nothing was revealed. At the same time Lige Green, who was all drest up like Santa Claus, until you wouldn't scairsly of knowd him appeared on top of the house. Lige had on a bearskin coat and a coonskin cap and had white cotton whiskers and a white mustache and was smoking a corn cob pipe and carried a big pack of candy on his shoulders. Lige made a short speech and said he was glad to see SO many little boys and girls present and If they would be quiet he would now proceed ammungst them and disseminate the candy. With that Lige started down the chimbly that Abe Thomas, our we'll known stone mason had built for the occashion but didn't use no hair nor mor- tar Deacon Bradbury and Jed Peters our intelligent school teacher was occu- pying seats right under the chimbly and smiled like a couple of chesser cats at the proceedings When Lige got down erbout two feet in the chimbly he lost his footing and dropt down hollering for help and throwing the bricks all over the Deacon and Jed who set there mind- ing their own business and breaking 8 lamp chimblys on the stage. When they saw how keerless Lige was they Jumpt right up and demanded satisfackshion and only for Rev SamI Moore Age would have found himself in hot waiter before you could say Subscribe for the Bugle and pay for it." Lige hisself was