Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-11-25
Winter EVENINGS, Entertainmellts.

our leading citizens have formed themselves
into an association STYLED The Frankllo Ly-
ceum,s for the purpose of literary ente tain
meut and instruction By q provision OF their
Bylaws, every resident of Freehold and VI
cinity over the age of sixteen years, tand
ladies are included as well as gentlemen, may
BECOME members of the association by signing
the government rules thereof, and paying the
small sum of one dollar yearly their MEMBER
ship to continue as long as the yearly pay
ments are made. Furthermore, members are
entitled to receive tickets for each year that
they shall continue members, at halt Prses, and
the payment of the one dollar necessary to con-
stitute membership, will be reckoned as pay
ment upon the season course OF lectu es. FER
instance : say the course consists o. ten Lee
lures, and the price of a season ticket, (that
is. one admitting the holder to attend all ten
l~ectures) is Two dollars. This, by the bye.
will be one fifth less than If such person should
pay each time separately, the single admis-
sion fee of twenty-five cents. Now II these
who desire to hear these lectures and no pains
will be spared to procure the very best literary
TALENT will, at the outset, merely subscribe
the Bylaws and pay one dollar, they secure
for the one dollar admission 10 The JaH coarse /;
for as they are entitled to their season ticket
at Mlf price, and as the membership fee is to
go on account of payment therefor. their whole
indebtedness for the year is liquidated
We would particularly call the attention OF
gentlemen aud ladies who have families to
these advantages. See What a saving OF mo-
ney You get for one dollar what yeald cost
you, if you paid week by week, two dollars
aud Q hall, or three dollars. Then there can
be no more profitable entertainment or en-
ployment for yourselves, your ssns and your
daughters, than will be found in attendance
upon these ~leetnres. They are not gotten up
to interest any particular class of people, or to
advance or instruct any particular science or
profession. They are for the general interest
of the community a8d Eill be Of such q char
acter as to highly amuse and iqstract those,
male or female, who are fortunate enough to
avail themselves Of the rare opportunity to
hear them.
Present then, fathers and mothers, your
children with tickets to the full course Of these
entertainments. And, brothers, see that your
sisters do not remain at home, or lose a single
one of these rich treats. They will take place
probably every week, and will conduce greatly
to relieve the usual monotony of amusements !;
(many Of them Of sncb questionable prndence)
during the long winter evenings. II our young
men and young ladies have that which entities
them to attend these meetings, they aeW at
tend them. Certain nights are set down for
such and such a lecture, and they will forego
temptations to go elsewhere. And how much
more sensible a way this of spending an eve
ming, than in running about town from place
to place, watching for some excitement to
I" turn up p or in dancing, aalf nude, till we'll
up in the "small hoars," followed by colds
and sickness for th9 next month And then
how many useful hints, and how much desira-
BILE knowledge lasy be thus acquired. How
mnch may we all be stimElated to good habits
and a high-minded course q life. These are
serious thoughts, and should not be lightly re-
garded by those who have the welfare of
their families and friends at heart.
Take an interest-take a pride, in patroai-
izing and sustaining this, the first association
Of the kind organized i'll our county town
We have "a most comfortable and pretty Hall,
in which to meet, and in which we must say,
for the credit Of Monmouth audiences, there
has always been preserved the utmost unex-
ceptionable order and decoFuIa. There is eve
ry in~ducement to put the shoulder to this en-
terprise. Your friends and %Deighbors are SET
ting the ample and rs. ss4g do not be be-
hind them III the good work. Secure for your
family the anne advantages they have seized
for theirs. Let not their children have more
sources for amusement and knowledge than
yours, when you can provide the same NJ such
a triaing outlay Invest your dollar for your-.
self and your wife, and your daughter, at the
outset. IF you do not, when the seasons over,
and the course finished, feel fully tenfold re-
paid for your expenditure. refrain from becom
ing o member next year. Bnt we are conf
dent that those whose names shall give the
first impulse to this matter will not voluntarily
be off the roll of supporters ans Subsequent
year. The character of the entertainments
forbids any such retrograde movement.
Printed copies of such parts of tie Bylaws
as are necessary for members to sign will be
found at all the Stores and Public Places in
o SO that full opportunity will be offered
to ladies as well as gentlemen TO sign, Save
their money, and become members. This is
no exclusive Association. The ladies' geaer-
ally compose the greater part Of oar audiences
at such entertainments, and We wish them to
have a fair chance to have a corresponding
majority upon the members roll. Come for
ward, one and all Wars" for yourselves
and your families. And @Ien you have a
friend to visit you, have q care thss he or she
sees what Freehold is doing in the Lecture line.
Ba-A new counterfeit five dollar bill on the
Mechanics Bank of Burlington, made its ap-l
a few days ago. 1t is very unlike
the genuine. although it is well executed. The
vignette is. steamboats, Washington on the
right, Clay on TIE left.
8@~ The Hon. T. L Harris, Member oil
Congress elect from the Springfield District,
Illinois, died of consumption, at & o'clock, on
W ednesday evening last.
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