, 1874-03-21


! half, probably, huvo paid loaa than ST each. For
this small average fco Of 90 to tho taxpayer,
which IL leas than tho COST Of ftrat-utass no VS.
paper, you havo for ,ovoty inhalitant of tnla
oos S e s s dwop@s d a 9 sso to read sd
tho hundred ,t1owpapora nnt periodicals
Which will be kops. hero ; to como hero to
thse pleasant hail, which will ho well warmed
cool; road tho books Of amusement or knowl-
edge; study. ovor what you rcnd, and think;
wrltoif you like and, # you wish social chat
With your frionas. or wish to mako blainoBB or
till popular nuolous Of aooai lutoroo,rso' '~tlo
pnbfiu pRrlors aud recopsion-rooms of the town,
-horo you cnn rotire to tho silo room at ti,o
right, and enj oy al those privilcgos, whcro
ALL Fon THREE poLLAns YEAR.
It Ia much bettor tllnn A. Wards syax-alow;
md, liko him, va can say. 1Iaving paid, yon oan
tako your ohofoe,--go In or stay nway, aH YOU
l!ko. II. - very FREQ. And tho whole cost Of
1s ard kseing u Up yearly, will not bo much
churches. Ia not this al economical invoat-
mpnt7 It is in harmony with oyory church,
and tho academy, and Schools, and every insti-
tuition With your watch 4, factory anl the woolon
and venture my humble opinion It do not COM
nit tho Hoard to it) that 1t Is worth moro to this
town than my moral or institution you
lnyo hero. say that Ii Is an institution TINT ey
cry ono of you can pct mud take pride In, anl
Above ali Thugs, let the inhabitants Of this
town SEQ thnt no harm comes to this Library,
but that 1t shall 1.-Two and so down to your
tho maohino-shons of tllis town. tho. various
factorioH, mon working hard will, tiloir lan1H,
and making good 1850 OF their brains, may como
lore with perfect froelom,-
NOT 4 CENT TO Pay
made moro than woIeomO to all the privileges OF
frnanr "a 11nrn int 1r1to f0r
tho timo boing, arc Without 1omos, may find
hore homo and good company oil around, and
may feed horo their minda, while for their
bodies they must seols nustonnroo outside. Even
TINT olnas 60 prone to hang about tho bank-cor-
nor below. to kick their toes upon tho atops, and
warm their rod nogca in tho sun, will be welcome
hero to o warmer fire than tho s1n gives, to
softer padding f9r their delicate feet, comforta-
tllem better. than they eau absorb from
BRICK walls or oasks Of lager, to carry
with them to mako their homos more
cheerful It Heems to mo that almost any por-
son may come hero md put on robe, not odor.
ous Of tobacco, not odious with tho stuel Of
beer, that, in wearing away. will tako light to
their homes and familica.-lko tho very littlo,
worry poor glrl-Hcllolar who went to tue poorer
,goman -teachor for instruction.. who would not
sunlight with har into tho cabn.
While NO havo boen filling thaae shelves, I
have been informed that tho venerable
y JAMIE T. arFronp*
we'll styled the Father Of tho 1oson who WAS over
original and valuable thoughts Id gavo to tho
people ut premature time, projected, about thirty
ycara ngo, a Public Library In Elgln, and snH-
tained his.plan by o subscription Of $40 to tho
stock, as It waa to DO made up in that way. This
book TINT has como to ria by sue
cession from the, Young Mons Christan
Association, that, about 1856, Mr.. q. Rouonoranz
took MI active stop III getting up anothor Public
loft behind, till about Us, MIR. George Il. Ray
mond bring the efficient Secretary, and making
lis records worry complete. Thou 1t was trana-
forred to the Young Mons Christian Association.
OF that thero ls no record here. Now, t those
| interested hhvo q record Of tho proceedings Of
| the latter Library, or can mako them up in
tolerably fair order, to go into tho book
we have, and give whas can be remembered Of
tho former and tirat Library: tloy can bc pro-
served for oil time, I hope. in tho archives Of
the Free Librnry. I am just 30 simple as to be-
lieye that that would be q pleasant thing. And
I think there aro books now Oh tho shelves
which were in Father Gfford's library. I wish
Haying occupied little moro timo thnn do
ei9ned in these local ronarlss, I come now to
tho moro important matter.
| THE CONSTITUTION, or alAKE-uP,
| Of tho Public Library.
We assume that largo collection Of boolss
constitute Public Library. That would aconl
to bo tho object nnl end Of such u purpose.
Tho books aro purchased in very respectable
number, and arc PLACED upon tho shelves in
such manner as to mako the best possible show.
4 catalogue IL made, tho books all unn,cd alpha
boticelly, and all consecutiyelY numbered. It Is
as plain as print,-all ia order: yau begin with
Tho Life Of Adam, or with Aaron. with the double
Il, and end with Zono. Tho catalogue iB printed,
and tho concern is set to running. We hayo i
great many such Libraries. or hNve Ind them.
| There hayo bcon several already in this town.
besides circulating libraries Of individuals, Of
! which the equal Of aougA remained. There are
groat good hnyo thoy done. Worry 1nany think 1t
1 very easy matter 10 get up Il Library and run
i; why, It has been dono a thousand times !!
There is one way in which they, all run worry
onsiIy, and TINT Ii iuto the ground. Some poo-
pie arc astonishingly wise why tho libraries ilnyo
not succeeded. They arc very wise rs to what
should be put into Library. One thing they arc
clear they will hive no trash. The Expressed
like TINT OF the venerable and wise legislator in
the 8tnte OF Arkansas, Oh tho telegraph. They
proposed to chartor company to operate a limo,
and had, Of course, mich discussion on tho sub
wise man rose and desired to mike a statement !;
he ahonldsnpport the bill, asst seemed to be much
| desir,d. 'But have examined this subject, and
tcli yoa II sciA not too'E as you expect. II mill
for smaa M Maefss ,sG s%F @ er erys sa qefass aEss,.
most OF our Library-projocts work very we'll
| We mood one both for small and largo PARCELS
# tho collection Of books wero like tue words IN
a dictionary, It would do very we'll to catalogue
| them in tho alphabetical order. We frequently
seo catalogues nude iu this way; the impression
| iB tho managers havo worried up to the standard
! Of their knowledge. conceive tint in
THE 1rAKINu OF THE CATALOGUE
| consists to groat extont the value Of the Ii
bfnry, suppositlg the collection to be fair. Tho
catalogue IL tho working part Of it, It shows In the
ooncisost manner what is In the Library, and the
easiest way to got ut it-the right catalogue
docs. Tint il evidently by system Of classll-
cation BY SUBJECTS aud natural division OF topics
! and authors, and the simplest form OF number
lng,-tho book always being officially known by
| its number.
| Tho collection Of books should be made up Of
what tho public most demand, first ;-seoonl,
what the public most noed. Tho public demand
much Of what Is called Hight reading- tho pon,l-
| lar and sensational novels Of tho day. It has
been shown by the statistics that threo-fourths
| Of tho roadlng from Free Libraries Is in works
Of fiction. Tho authors in this line aro by no
/ means those that stand the highest In roal
merit and genius as authors, such as Dickens