The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-03-11
OH 8allttin.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
President Mrs. N. n. Candss's
Address,


AND A POEM ~ MRS. 3. Y. axoReR.
Notice Of the opening OF the Cairo Pub
lie Library was given In the BULLETIN
several days ago, and ct the same time
We announced our iatsntion to lay before
our readers this morning the address Of
the president Of the Library association,
Mrs. H. II. Candee; the poem BY Mrs. B.
Y. George, and an essay By Mrs. J. b.
Hudson. We regret to state, however,
that Mrs. Hudson would not permit the
publication Of her essay, which we are
sure would have been read with pleasure.
The fOllowingis
-. M. cANDaa's ADDasss.
sosiaiion; Ladies aud Gentlemen; Frisnds Of
= the Cairo Public Librarv:
II 10 with no small degree Of interest
that we are gathered here this evening
to witness the realization Of earnest
hopes and faithful labor, and to partici.
pate In the second anniversary OF our As
ISOLATION, with the history Of which you
are Ill more or less familiar.
Two vears ago to-day . small number
Of ladies gathered In . private parlor In
this city to organize . society tor mutual
benefit and literary improvement, and TO
lay the foundation Of Q much needed and
highly desirable institution, public II.
brary for our city. need hardly make
alluSion to: what none Of you have for
gotten, the misconcsption and abuse Of
the Association and Its organizers In .
quarter from which better things might
have been expected. on ono hand, and
the indifference and. lack OF interest In
its aim and work, among the personal
friends Of Its founders, on the other hand.
Notwithstanding this opposition and the
many seeming discouragemsnts conse-
ened times which followed the
panic OF 1873, making money
scarce and eeli-denial necessary In
many directions. . state OF aflairs leat
~ keenly In our own city, proyerbaal for
the open-handed hberality and generos-
ity Of her citizens. q In other places; In
spite Of the new and sngrosslng interests
OF the centennial year, which drew upon
~ heavily (being the children Of this
glorious republic, and proud OF our birth
right privileges for our time, our means
ana our sympathies. the little enterprise
1t home has steadily fOuriShed. and
alavly and surely worked its way Up to
assured Success, and into the confidence
and good will OF the community, al
though its members were adventurers In
usW field. taking . new departure and
learners with untried depths Of expert
ence before them to be sounded. Our As
ISOLATION had tWO-loid object, the nut.
nal benefit and literary Improvement OF
its mlmbers, and the sstablishment Of .
public library In our city.
In regard TO the first, ! am happy to
state that during the hrst year Of It's ex-
isteuce, the Club did excellent and salts
factory work and the meetings were
highly enjoyable and beneficial to Its
members for beginners we have no ree'
son to be ashamed OF tbs literary work
son to congratulate Ourselves upon the
success of our meetings In social point
OF view. This phaso OF our work. how
ever, has no relersnce 70. nor Is OF spe-
cial interest to any outside OF our $3.50.
citation, - We make no public display OF
literary labor, nor are % advanced IN
that direction - to be able TO provide
Tor the moral, mental and intellectual
elsvation OF the public BY instructive en-
talnmenu - do some masculine
literary s0cieties. We have been
c c OF lectures BY our own Soms tai.
ent, OF which We can well be proud, end
the members OF the association express
their gatsaa and sppreciaslve UNI W
thoee iadles ana gent.enea wao -
kindly assisted ue " tnat dlrecuo1 ~
the lectures. music eno suPPoT On '1e..
purses ana tosr presence. CP ms
time We nave not !elI test tno s.se "
our noAncee woulo wsttSo, W ~ sun'
ming any nsk OF Peeu1s.y aSss ~.
curing lecture teiont uO1 soIoso' wv
for the iutsre wnen O@r .o'.sy ~
working oroer ana VIII ", We nopc,
self supporting, we snalt Gnoesvo. 70
procure tne services oa sucI .e - ~
may Do o. Dene9t 70 Ouese,yes sno VIZ
community. Inc new eptctt1nmentl
We have given o. socaal nathrel nsys
been well attended and emlneouy sue
cessfui. Durink tne ia..es UT =. sns
Last year our literary exerclses w tns
club have been more or iess lnserIerso
with by an amount OF Dus'ness necessary
TO b transscced N the interest," o. tns
library, which brings me 70 me second
object OF the work OF me Assocaaiseo.
IL was remarked by some. 10 tne carly
history OF our org1nizauon, mat tney
would be willing 70 JOIN US tney Were
sure we wouid eveL mske = su;C OF ~
ana succsco " ss;tunk Mg.asy. Uouo.
less sucn persons nso ~ sner uI1o
the unSort0nate ana enumeIy enu ot ~
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