Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-14
Library and Rcnding Room Association.


H"'"'g """ h'""ihE hpUh hNeWtllIlOn.
RfroRr or pmrToRs
AT the end Of tho first year Of the Nlontpe.
Tier Library and READING Room Association Z
existence, your Directors are pleased to be able
to report very encouraging success Of the en-.
torprise. The first meeting Of Directors was
held December H. 1872, at which nine Dircc.
tors were present. Steps were taken for com.
pletng all arrangements, and putting the as-
ISOLATION in condition for practical use at the
earliest day possible. Mrs. Geo. W. Bailey
was elected Treasurer, and a Committee on
Rooms was appointed, consisting Of Gen. T..
T. Pitkin, Mrs f. r. Jowott and Mahlon Tan
lin Esq. and Committee on Reading Mat.
ter consisting Of James S. Peck, Mrs. A. C..
Brown and W. A. Lord Also, an Executive
Committee, Of Charles Reed Mrs l.. p. Jewett
and =. ,. .Pitkin, who, with the President.
we're authorized TO transact business for the ae-
ISOLATION, and any two were competent TO draw
orders on the Treasurer, provided all orders
must be recorded by the Secretary and counter
signed by him The reading matter was or.
dercd the furniture procured and room hircd.
Of Mr.. F. +. Smith, on the 18th Of February at
$500 per year. Mr.. I. G. phinney was en-
gagged as Librarian, at $3.50 per year.
The amount Of money received aud paid
out will appear in detail FROM the rreasurcr's
report which is herewith submitted 20 you
The property now on hand belonging % Che
association j.
Old books and papers ..................s 100
Subscriptions paid in adtauco......... i0 uI
Furniture. ............-.............. 90 0l
Subscriptions not collected lgooi...... 90 ri-o1 nl
Indcbtedne,,....................... s5W
We think, to run the Reading Room Ton one
year to come, will require about $500 more
than we now have.
From actual records kept We lad thc eyeu-
ngs attendance upon the Reading Room 90
have been an average Of forty six.
rRgAsuRrRs REPORT.
10 ne chiaerf Litfwy and Rs4iing Room i.i.c.ais1
Tho receipts u Tho Association ior Che year end.n.
December Do 1875 have tCcnt
From subscription Observation-Disclosures. r. %
From Citizens Lecture Assoc at .lu.......... rf UI
Prom Interest on deposit To- savings Bank. g 90
From membership iees.....,.............-... o. 400
Total $3.50 90
The disbursements on orders of The Executive COM
miucc, have been a. follows
For rent N room March % October f..... fifG G-
for care VI room, March 90 August 2....... 0C 900
for gas February 60 November l....,..... l0 o1
ior coais.s's,s. t.....-.-.tt-..... o.
for fixtures and furniture .,.............- lf' %
FOR VNruNIfA ss.saa.a....a--....
Por postal cards and postage ............... Il 90
For printing postal cards. ................. luI
For record books. 80
Total slsl GOD
Balance 20 new aec0uut.........,.. ....... l'- 3l
si4 go
Mas. G W BNln, Irrnarr.
Moy1relER, JaGuiry i0. i.-f.
! have examined the books and accounts of tfe
Treasurer, and End the entries on te same properly
made ami duly supported hy vouchers. Tho nfule
is o correct abstract. MtnLos rtrltN. Auditor.
The first years experiment Of our Library
and Reading Room Association having closed.
it seems proper that word -hoalI De said iu
lis behalf to the citizens Of Montpelier, who
must De ihc guardians Of thi. branch of clucl-
tiJu, and furnish Che meau- Or keeping oron
90 the public thi- place ol wholesome resort
for our mechanics, clerks, and young people,
o.. well as The stranger 80 mc. s. lc,tcr
settled 10 oihic, ihan That The citizen mos: De-
educated % boa good citizen that De must ind
wholesome food for bis mind or hc viii fai
that which IS dcmora,iz.ng aud poisonous. 10
Is our judgment chat this Reading ROOM can
not be dispensed with. withluta serious ls,ri-
mcut TO individual and ;hc public Wo there
fore call upon all friends Of education and pat-
rons Of public virtue, 20 literally assist 10 sus-
tanning this enterprise II from forty Go fifty
per day are here served with the most essen
tial needs Of mau-iood fJs bis mind, who can
estimate the value Of this gift of ours. tthu-
laid upon the ALTAR 70 onr ne.ghb3r, % our
selves, and the world? And this attendance
it should be remembered, il while our enter
prise is yet in the period Of its first niue
months Of actual running existence. Il ap.
pears to Us that there never was SO favorable
an opportunity for enlisting a general interest
for mental culture with our people beiorc-es-
pecally with our aboring men and youths.
Interesting our people here will divert largely
from places where only evil examples will be
seen, and pernicious habits must necessarily
be formed
Let US, with commendable zeal. one and an
come forward and affirm by our acts that we
have entered upon "a now era Of Intellectual
life. We must not fail 10 our experiment. It
has proved a success beyond the expectations
Of It's most sauguine friends A tribe more
than ono.thrd Of the subscriptions paid into
the treasury last year will meet the expenses
for running the Reading Room another year.
Evperfenen will helm ts ., os,n1f,fra ..,f.,n.