Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-18

PUBLIC READING RooM AND L1RRARv
PROJECT OF establishing public reading room
ana library 10 Montpelier has been taker
hold of in manner that nresayes srcoaes a,
inarkeo as that which has attended the effort
OF the Citizens Association Lecture Com
Inlttee In another, but similar field. Tn,
SUBSCRIPTIONS reach nearly or quite on,
thousand dollars, and the committee To who's.
hahos the matter has been entrusted repre
sent the large body of our citizens who feel
something more than a transient interest II
what may be made to reflect as much credi
upon our town and secure as real ADVANTAGE,
70 our people, young and oId-as almost any
institution we possess. From such begin.
ming as has already been made lit would seen
that we need not long be behind other town,
In Vermont in respect to the advantages tc
be derived from free library and reading
room.
For the present the committee will onIy
aim to provide frst-class reading-room
open TO all, but under the control OF hose
who Rave contributed, or may hereafter.
col 'IJu-e to its maintenance As soon as
convenient and proper location is secured
the room or rooms will be properly fitted up.
provided with reading matter, nd'thrown open
70 the public. The committee, we learn.
rope to secure the every way suitable room
in the rear of L. c. Phinney's bookstore
but can not make a DE- finite announcement in
regard to location this week. In another
part OF our paper will be found report Of
the meeting to organize the Citizens Library
and Reading-Room Association. and also some
account OF the subsequent proceedings Of
the directors of the associat ion.
The next Lecture OF the Course in Mont
peiier, will be by Mrs. L-0noweus, to-mor-
row, Thursday evening, which is to be all
about Siam. The lectures is pronounced
talented and the lecture delightful, by those
who have had an opportunity of judging.
Most Of the lecture has already apparel in
readable articles in the Atlantic Monthly.
The Free Press thus spe.ks of her lecture
IN Burlington, Tuesday evening:
After q brief introduction by Rev Geo.
B. Stafford, she told most winning, wit
some, and at tunes patheuc way, the story
ot her experience as the English gOvernes-
the royal family OF Slam. Suffice IL u
say that all who heard her " IRE sJrry wh.n
she got through, and would be glad ol
another opportunity TO lear this talented
ady discourse 80 pleasant y Concerning the
rehg 90, statesmen, traditions and usComs
vi SIaIn.
NJRTHFIELD.-Reuben Smith has bought
lot on the new street, Of ). U. Riclm md j..
md is getting material for building a new
house.
Geo. ". Fisk has sod house and lot on
King Street to John Byon.
Dr. L. D. Cox, the well known dentist.
has taken rooms adjoining r. VI. McIntosn's
Tuor>Sraph Gallery, where he is ready to
attend to any who may wish operation on
the teeth. DR.. Cox has no superior in his
profession in the State
Hon. William Prisons, the celebrated Irish
orator Will deliver the third of the North
field course Of lectures, at HIVES Hall, on
Tues lay evening, Dec. 81, 1872. Subject
e. G .orge Stephenson, the inventor of the
railroad locomotive. Tickets 50 cents. For
sale at Nichols & Williams, Edserton Bros.
Ge). II Crane, E X. Jones & Co, and j
F. Davis K Co. Lecture to commence at
40.
EAST MONTPELIER AHEAD-J. S. C5burn,
E-q, Of EA-5 Montpelier, can 20 to the
front on raising the biggest gra lie Durham
calf in this section. The calf when nine
months and ten days old was weighed on the
scales at East Montpelier, and raised the
beam at 800 lbs. That calf is a g bully ="
youngster, and if he keeps on growing will
beat all creation.