St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-12-01

ed up the fondnr>> OF or Times for run
ming after every new thing. and split
ting mp int" different political. social
and ecclesiastical bodies. What would
Luther say of the Paris Commune and
the New York woman suffrage society !!
lie would call them childlcn of the
devil. and NOT @cI lar ont al the WAY
either Modern Raii"iGrlism is Atheism.
The lecturer then ;lwclt upon the I'M
porlaiIcc of Il cultivated manhood and
womanhood. Painting. sculpture. @""d
books. developed culture. This library
i, in itself an embodiment of culture.
1t is cullurc that adoIns ouw Iacc-n"t
learning. There are cultured men who
never studied Greek roots. and there
are taultlc>~ Greek >chnlai> who are
Doors.
The creeks put their libraries in the
churches. a~ if they would put them I'M
der the protection of the go,l~. :" We
should prize that which has 80 much /"
do with culture and refinement. Beauty
i divine evil i uglineS- Moral evil
is every where a diScord. Man has hut
to see the moral lct"lmity even in the
beautiful ruins of licrculanelm and
Pomprii. to learn why God hid them.
In ON methods of attaining knowledge.
the lecturer had some excellent hints.
which were. in the main. To rultiNat
olr weak side select according 10 ON
waits. In passing, he paid Il handsome
tribute to Dickens. and depl"Ied the
productions of Readc. He spoke feel
imgly of the ailamt humhng> tina, were
passed of upon the people under the
garh Of literature, and telicitated HIM
self that one of the enjoyment, OF this
new library would he in the utter r"ut
of all book pedlar>. The process OF meth
od of reading" to The best advantage was
discussed. Which WAS in short To devote
Il certain time To it. AMI write ont Il
~ nnl,>i> In closing. the lecturer paid
IL beautiful tribute tn the institution
nov about Ia he opened to the public.
and tn iI> founder. The lecture was
one of Nh Br.l>tuw'S best efforts ter>c.
clean cut. logical. characteristic and
WAS listened /" with evident and mark
cd pleasure.
IE,rlHL IH REV. LDW ARD l. INIE-
Athcurum Hall WAS again filled "l
Monday cyrnin. to hear the third int
last lecture of the course. which wa
given hy Rev. Edwar +. Fairbanks %
81. .IuhnshurN Centre. Like the PIE
\i"u- ones. the Lecture Wis preceded 10y
some beautiful selections oil music
after " hi,h the speaker WIS introduced
to the audience 10y MIR. Horace Fam
banks. We can give no abstract Of the
lecture. and hat Il faint idea OF What il
/ WAS. ia those V lIo did not hear il. The
subject might perhaps he given ~ ~
/ Walk among the .klroNc>. 1t WAS :;
sort of allrg"il. in which tw" inIa9ina-
| tive persons. together with the speaker.
spent an hour and ten minutes in view
I in" Il choice and beautiful library. and
talking over its treasures laid away
upon the shelves OF its alcoNcS. bt
course this library which they visited
WIS the II. .I"hn>hlny Athcnirum. and
their conversation w;I> about real works
which can to-day he found upon It's
passed through the >cStihulc into the
reading room. which WIS described a>
, they wen, along. They soon reached
the library room. however. and were
absorbed in its treasures OF biography
theology. history. travels. poetry. etc.
/ The lecturer then described the library
10y alroveS. in detail. giving here the
characteristics of one author. and there
another kccpin. the audience intelc>r
ed 10y the ingenuity with which he woNc
his web of story. OF comNulscd with the
mn>l ludicruu> tales OF those droll
men of We oldcn time. The lecture was
q sort of hill uf fare al the rich repa>t
offered Ia nur town: and Will" il show
cd great know ledge Of authors and Ia
iniliaritN with literature OF Il wide range
il ais" showed the wonderful culture
ingenuity and puaintmcs> of the author
His description of the building and it,
full
At the close of the lecture Mr.. llorac,
Fairbanks said il w.s eminrntly fitting
that we seek Divine favor at this time
and called upon Rev. G.. VI. S"uthYat,
/" "tlel pray cr.
Mr.. Fairbanks then arose and spoke
substantially a~ follows:
EENAEk- Hl MI. HORACE FNIEEANk~
"Fii0r (iH-cnS 1t WAS early Il murl
cherished purpose of mine. t" place al
the disposal of the citizens of this town
in my life time. Il Free Public Library
y little more than three years ago tn,
work was commenced the foundation,
of this building were laid. We now Sc,
it completed.
Some of You have been made awar,
of the tedious and veXatiou> delays ex.
pcricnccd in securing the complement
of hooks American and Foreign fol
this Library. and the great labor in az.
r;,ngin" and cataloglling the books. Fol
Nom patient waiting N"u have my
| th.Ill