Show paydon points effrom saturdays DAILY the new year festivities held here the past few days have been conducted with a vim and spirit which impressed one with the belief that alie as aa a hole were bent on enjoying them belveri sel veri all seemed for the time being to have laid aside all worldly duties and given themselves up to fun and mirth in accordance w ith the general spirit of enjoyment the payson dramatic company presented ou thursday evening to a large and appreciate e audience the play of mille the quadroon in which the previous good reputation of this company w as ell sustained there w as a grand free concert given to alie sunday school children on new years day in the opera house in which the exercises consisted of vocal and instrumental music speeches recitations dialogues etc concluding with a series of magic lan tern views illustrative of scriptural scenes by alie huish bros which were doubly instructive by sir joseph entertaining lecture explanatory of alie various scenes portrayed on the canvas all who attended aliis entertainment and the attendance was by means confined to alie children expressed their appreciation of the efforts of the movers in the matter by remarks eighty batory of exercises and that too in pleasant surprise at the excellence of the various features of the entertainment there were three dances held in town in alie evening which were all well attended and at which the best of order prevailed and where all alie participants seemed to enjoy fully but the grand feature of alie evening was the new of Friends at alie city hall under the able and efficient of J finlay bon this was indeed all its name implied as then were many in attendance who aut oi a dance bt who themselves were glad they had broken their rule and who will long remember last evenings meeting with a feeling of pleasure mr T damiels Dauie ls jr and wife and mr D T dark once citizens of this place but for the present residents of are among their old frienda to daiy diy willie atrid four of geo T and margaret aft r an illness of two weeks passed aw ry at an early hour this morning texi bereaved parents have alie heartfelt t of tho entire community in aliis their hour of trial |