The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-04-29

This Association on account OF its connec.
tiou with the management of the library
and the relief from It's financial burden
will be in a position tn carry out > long
cherished plan OF supplying popular lee
lures 90 practical topics, forming classes
for the pursuit. OF different branches Of
knowledge and dong other like things to
supplement the work OF the library A
large class ID English Literature can be
formed 1t once, as soon as suitable room
is prepared for meeting, and other branches
readily taken up, that will afford both
pleasure and profit IN their pursuit. With
ssuitsble building, which shall contain
besides the library and reading.room, q
hall for gatherings like this and other
library entertainments, and rooms which
shallcontaiu the curiositieS, pictures and
other art treasures that will rapidly accu-
mulsts, what centre Of literary and artis'
tic culture We shall have, and Whist an
impetus We shall hope it will give 70 .
wider aud more general interest In letters
and the arts. May other generous and
public spirited citizens be minded to
add to the attractions Of our be-
loved little city which in spite Of all her
disadvantages, and the foes against which
che has to struggle, 10 yet 90 full Of life and
energy, and has such indomitable psrsever.
ance. b if D
II 10 claimed that Cairo on account Of its
peculiar situation, is d place where the
young are particularly liable 10 temptation,
and especially In need Of oil possible helps
to svoid evil. Admitting this fact am
brought TO The leading thought Of my brief
remsrks-4 what shah be done TO keep in.
tact our social fabric--to preserve the
purity Of our home and social liie' To the
statement sometimes made that Cairo 10
the worst place 10 the country to bring up
family desire to enter iecided and
emphatic protest. The fact will no, war.
rant the assertion while to the anxious
hearts of parent there are good grounds for
fear and watchfulness lest harm come to
the dear ones in the home, there are few
cities of the same size and conditions where
the moral atmosphere is purer. We have
here1s most .healthful and wholesome re-.
spect for honest industry and II is some.
thing worthy of note that so many Of our
young ladies are engaged 10 business, and
working side by side with their
brothers, We have here no aristocratic set
of idlers, no fashion plates, the end and aim
of whose existence is to kill time, those whose
whole strength Of character Is devoted to
frivolity and the pursuit of pleasure. Among
our, women Of means are to be found, the
bes, house-keepers, the most devoted moth
ers, ouryoung men, a. rule, are sober, in
dustsuous and intelligent, standing should
L " W nuouiooi WIN NuOH toenS'c ~ so
trades and professions. We may lack tn
elegant repose, the higher culture OF olde
cities--we also lack their deeply stampet
vices and carefully concealed iniquities
There are many towns and cities no large
than our own, in the older and more polish
cd cast, where the whole social fabric
corrupt aud uusound-where even in th
best society, there Is neither sobriety, hon
ssty nor purity. Where amid what are caile'
the, ''oldest families" the "best people,
the moral atmosphere is tainted and sham
and disgrace tall heavily upon the privat
and public life. There may be, and doubt
less is, with US Q lower strata of crime, bu
we are 60 carefully guarded In our home
that 1t has not reached US, and God grant /
never may. No social chasms yawn be
meath our feet; no desolsted hearth.stone
cry ont amid us, no gray heads are bowe
10 snguish over blighted hopes and blaste
homes. Let us see to 1t that these terror
shall not come, Ia no place can be foun
. brighter, more charming circle ofchildre
and young people just coming on than "
have here. Every true parental heart mus
| glow with pride and gratitude on lookin
over our bonny girls and manly boys, 40
rejoice In the exceeding promise Of the son
and daughters that I'll the homes and crow
the school rooms. 1t is but natural that VI
should desire for them the best advantages
the highes. good. That we should sigh fc
the broader cultivation Of the large cite,
| A wholesome discomfort can not DO blamed
But since our lot, aud our chidren's, is cas-
right here, Il is the part Of wisdom to max
the best OF II, aud to strive to make III
best OF what We have, aud to increase on
privileges Is we can. In few places, .
large Is our own, In the west, can DO foun'
a. much musical talent and culture, asw'
have In Cairo. Most excellent opportuni
ties are offered for the cultivation Of thu
divine art that will ennoble aud purify