Litchfield enquirer., 1864-04-21
A Village Library and Readfng
 ..,g Room.

A Village Library and Reading
 vs. .s5.ss:. Room.
 AboSs two years since, few gentlemen of this town associated themselves together for the purpose ofgiving. a course of popular lec- tures, with the ulterior design of donating such funds as might accrue from the course to the founding of Public Library and Reading Roon, in thss village. Tho lectures were given and, although the pscuniary success of the ente, prise was not such as might be esteemed highly aattsripg to the lecturers, or to the reputation of ths village for groat liberaIity, the fund raised was iu,madiately put into use in the found.tidn of the Reading Room. A suitable room was hired for the purpose and furnished with a respectable number oEpapers and maga sines, and the gentlemen who had contributed to the fund naturally took direction of the af- fair, and invited the public, at a merely nominal sum, to share In the advantages of the iustitu
 tion and enjoy Its benefits.
 During. the following summer. tho liberal donation Of $500 was made to the Institution by J. HUNTINGTON WoLcorr, Esq. of Boston. a tornlcr resident of this town, which by vote of the members was jndiciously expended in the purchase of such books as are likely from their cost to be beyond the reach of most pri- vate citizens, and yet which are always valua- ble, and, In fact, necessary to a literary com munIty for the purpose of reference and con sultation. Moved by sense of its deep obli- gation to Mir. WoLcorT, who may be consider ed the founder of It's Library, the association at once took the name of THE WoLcorr LIBRA BY AND READING Roox, which name it now bears. We may also state here, that Mr. WoL- corr has since further donated the generous sum of $l00, in addition to the above, which has also been expended in accordance with his wishes, in further enlarging the Library.
 It is not to our present purpose to speak Of the advantage and benefit which this Library and Reading Room has hitherto been to tue public. Its doors have always been open to such as might desire to enjoy it's privileges i; and although it has hitherto been mainly sup ported by it's original founders, yet such others as have chosen to avail themselyes of it's advan tages, have felt themselves, We believe. amply remuncrated for the nominal tax imposed as their subscription to it. During this time there have been. more or less of suasrs and in neudoes on the part of certain liberal people thrown out against the Association as 'ciose corporation" managed by few exclusives" :" &c., &c., just as if those who founded 1t, who nurtured md sustained it through it's first years of life. and whose sole aim and end it has been to put it on successful footing, 50 that 1t could be sustained by the pubo had not an entire right, and were not ,Oholly jastifed in manag- ing to this end. These pleasant little jealousies and sneers however, have not suiiccd to crush 1t out. and the old managers are now about to throw the inaiitution into the hands of the pub. He, 10 try ;a,e experiment whether the Public will sustain the Llbgary and Readirg Room as well as they have. .a. r5'
 We have before us the Articles Of Asso- citation of the "Wolcott Library Association, v as formed upon new basis which is to go in. to operation on the second week in May. By 1t We observe that any person on the payment of$5, a year becomes Member of the Asso- citation, and entitled to all its privileges and advantages, s,:=-msmbership, admission to the Reading Room, Library, &c.. Sc. A less sum admits to the Library and Reading Room for six months, bat not to m .mbership. A Cir calasing Library" Is aiso commenced, which already embraces many choice and interesting books. which are to be loaned on certain speci fled conditions like Libraries of a similar char acter elsewhere and the more costly books o reference are to be numbered. catalogued ant ready for consultation a, the Library. On tn, second Wsdnesday In May meeting of mem bers is to bs held for the choice of officers o the Association for the ensuing year.
 We have sivea thus much of the his.or, and prospects of the Wolcott Library, fselin, the deep concern which the people of this tow, and village have in sustaining we'll ordered wslI-stocked Village Library and ReaJ,n, Room. It is matter of importance to ever, resident of the village to see that this excellen village institution is maintained. It is an or namentand benefit to the village, and, VI venture to say. no one who subscribes to it fo A year win willingly forego i,s advantage thereafter We therefore urge our village ant town readers to ;hent ia their subscription torthwi;b. either to hr. !. W. Seymour or Mir W. L. Rarsom. The Articles of Association and Bye Laws may bo seep 2. the l.ibrar. Rooms in Seymour Building. st.. "a. ..s-.
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