Three days and evenings, Dec. 19-21, was lower Horticultural Hall, corner of Bromfield and Tremont Streets, open for the Fair, held for the benefit of the Boston Church.
The apartment was beautifully adorned with fans, Japanese umbrellas, embroidered cloths. On the right side of the hall, behind a row of tables, a section was set off for a restaurant, under the charge of Mrs. Batchelder. The food was excellent in quality, and this department was well waitered and well patronized. Much of the cake was gratuitously furnished by friends. The salad was prime. The turkeys were unusually well roasted, one of the members sitting up over night to accomplish this feat for the feast.
The Fair was officered as follows, according to a little sheet issued for its benefit, and called Good Tidings:
