St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-09-08


room. 1t is now finishcl |. OF brick with
Mam,ard roof and mastic trimmings, di-
mcnsionS 90 10y - feet, with tower in
front, and an ample ground about it. In
its general proportions and in all lis de-
tails it completely fills and satisfies the
exc If the observer Inside, II is all that
the most cxaciiu" taste and sound JUDI
ment could make it. 1t is finished in
brown ash and walnut, with alcovcs, cal
lerir-, costly Gas fixtures, with the floor
in parti-colored woods, and, with every
appliance desirable. When opened t"
the public it will contain l., 900 volumes.
EIGHT thousand are now upon the shelves.
The selection of the books was left IN
pall Ivy Mr.. Fairbanks TO Mr. Poole,
formerly OF the Boston Athcmcum. 1t Is
the best library of the size | ever saw,
and the most valuable for use. Each de-
partmcnt has lis due proportion, natural
science being particularly rich. The
books in each department are Graded Ia
the wants of the reader. Thus i'll as
tronomy | noticed ut one cn'l OF thc Shelf
chiid's book, ut the other llrrschcll' :
mastery treatise 50 in geology, an Gle
mcntary work al one end, ut the other,
| Lycll Dana and the other great masters.
! The Metropolitan, Britannirl, Apple
tons Chambers, and several other great
encyclopedias with III" great "azettcer~,
hu"r and costly volumes dictionaries "i
ten or more different lln@ua"cs, and all
the best English lcXicouS: dictionaries OF
art. mechanics. and science. c:c. makes
up Il rich collection Of reference books,
| such as is rarely found except in some OF
the lcldin" metropolitan libraries. His
tory, bellies letters literature, TIE bc,i
novels, are represented adequately. The
books are the Er-t editions, very many OF
them imported, and the largcr part hpund
in the most desirable manner for the cN-
pres purposes ui this library. The
books are being ARRANGED and cttalou"rd
10y Il sklllul librarian. for sometime en-
ploycd in the Boston Athcncum. When
complete, with maps, GLOBES, with all
the leading reviews and periodicals i'll
thc reading room, with il beautiful lcct-
urr room III the second story ready for
service, with several works OF sculpture
and palmtimg, the whole thng will lie
presented 10y Mr. Fairbanks. in Such Il
manner ~ io secure t" them it. free use
forever. T"prai~r either the munii,rncc
or the excellent judgment OF such an of
tclm". the oft, he 1t observed of one cit-
zen, would b" an lmPcr'IhrnCe. do not
sec how los than 9"',o'o can complies"
the work
\ Iili' "iE h'N"id. i HE n" board
II" lou~r. erected Tor that ancient and
honorable >rat ct learning, tie ~. Johns
bury Academy. at the -"!r expense of the
venerable Iuldd.uS fIItlnk-, and 10y
HIM placed at tie tree =, rric" "i tine trU'-
tee In short, It i 4 : $4,000 "itt from
IN obi man. {" the y"unI-"t tin and all
coming generations. Il j. ama~~i"' and
hHnd~"m" ~irn'tmr, and will "rr"mmo.
datr well on toward a hundred r'"I-
pants. II - intended "-l''Hiiy i"r III"
use OF poor stu Tents, such IN particular
~ may d'-i'" /" hoard Themselves And
hrr'n@'m'ntr are mad" 1" tins 'il''t 1t
- huHIt OF hrirk, l. im-i'r.' III brown a-i.
with Wai'r'''e'iN ami other MODERN en-
N'nrnr'-.
III" schools Il =" are "ra.I'L lh'
IT mon ,'ch""Ih"n-'' handsome trlrk
building with lawn IN front. arr"mln"-
dt''~ I'VE h",i-- IT, cost o2I'"'n
mere are \Gr" "''''f ,'"""l''""-''- IN
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or a'' L., h''''''i ann IL wei - Ia
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Inc Niii''"' atone in'lH"iiG TIM "t~Ir'I
:., =. 49, ;,
wet bank Of IN, river In, cemetery
haIl a mi,, Il slant from IN, ,iII,.r. r,.r,s
,,,, tiny. .,,.r... 81 I'M. .,r.,.,,,I .,.;..
Ir,S,ly wn,d,I II. a.,,,v h,,uilt,l
buri.l rl,,c. with Gnn,.i,s anil ,,,i,;,i.I
pools of water. flowers and = v,ri,p.
rrowth of trees Thirty rhou.anI doll
lars have. been ,xu., lrI urnu II ,rr,.,J,.
Tie pnuulatinn of tl,. i,Au If =,
.JoLn.bury i 100 # has iu,.rr,s,J
thrty-iivr per cent. in the u,>r ten wears
There are nine cIurcLr:, rI,. F,r-t M.
tinual Bank of 81 I,hu.Inry h,. g, r,n-
ital of = 100. Ooo. Fnrly-,i\ mrr,I,,nr.
and traders Il, Lu,,n,..i, tL,, y.,,i,,..I.-
partm,u,s Thirty one iuJi,;Iu.I. ami
firms pIy the -.yeral branches 90 mann
i:,rtnrr. power for which in , l,,.. mas.
urr i furnished hv I'M, Pi..umu-i,. river.
Th, total annual L.. 81 ,r..',.h,r,I,.,
not incInling the manufactures Of the