M. K. Christmas Service

1 lio service ut tbe M. h. ehurch last WciIucmI.ív erenlng, fpr the Bunda y Scliool of that society, was vi-ry ínteroiting, and produetire ot' mucli good. It served to teach the ehildren liow blessed it was to give as well as to receive. There was glnglug of songa, recitations, exercises of the Infant elaia, which by-thewuy were eiy interest'mjr, responsive readinga, etc. After ihis carne the voluntary contnlmtions by the nieinbers of tbe school hy olamnn. ai;d t lie ainoiint of bread, flour, and other provisión donated for tlio.se 11 our mklsl who ae deítflute, vroültl liavc mude the eyesof oíd Santa liiiiisell il-ine.' A'ith U'.ilii. A-hlfy had been erected for th ocetwloa,aad after tlte ooutilbutions ceased I1 Santa Claus' sleijrliliells ere heard to jingle, and Ín a mínate or more out he popped through tlie ojx'ii grate oí that clmnney, beartng on bis back a beautlfu) box of crean candle ínr each une ot tbe little oncs lo tbe Infant el asa, mu of whom were very inuch frighteaed at t lio íamous oíd geiHleiuan's singular appearance. One of the l'eilnres ot t he OCCiistoD was a pile of stove. wood eontiibiited by the infant elas, eaeli member bripglng two sticks. A potato and apple ras the priee of ad mi.- ion, atul Hiere were several bubbels ot tln ín to be ditiibuted to the poor the iiext day, ai the feUwring list of all the eontiibr.tions made will show: Six bushels appiea, 9 Imliels potut ks, 2 busbels tunfps, 1 iquathex, 2 eabbages, 1-0 eord ol' nrood froni ntimt elass, (O lbs. flour, 100 lbs.meil, SS 11). gtnhttdl tlour, 2 lbs. oatmeal, 1 II). farlua, 10 lbs. cr;iekers, 9 lbs. OofBee, IG,'e los. siijfar, -i Ib. tea, 2 qiMi-ts t beans, 3 lbs. drled appks, 1 peck nat, ö lo,ie M bread, ] dozen bi-ciiits, b dozen cookiea and doufhnuts, ¦1 boxes matches, I qiiiirta cauned fruit, clothlngestimated at $36, and cash $L00. The lollowlng day, Thunday, a oommittee froui the chorch distributed these gifta to thoae needlng tbetn. Dr. D. A. McLachlan, the new jnofessor in the Homeopathie department, succeedlng Prof. Wllaon, leniove.s to Ann Arbor with bti family tbia week. Of him tbe Holly advertlser H71: "Dr. D. A. McLachlao bas accepted the honorable position tendored liim by the regents of our universily, last week, and will leavc December 30 for the new tield of labor. Doctor bas been an intluentinl cltizen of this place for the past six years, and bas sik ceeded in gathei Ing niatiy warm frtends in Holly and burroucwJing country who will preatly miss him and inuch regret hls departure. Hé lias worked up a larpe practlce In and about town and now leaves it wlieii ie ulily iiicreasing. 'We wlsn the doctor' all tbe succe9S imaginable, and can consolé ourelres by knowlng that our loss is Ann Arbor' .s gain.''