Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-02-01
THE RANDOLPH LIBRARY.

The article in the HERALD of last week
! concerning public library has occasloneu
considera ole comment, and the prevailing
opinion seems to be that the proper time
has arrived in which to make determined
effort to secure such great addltlon 10
both town and village. The idea pro-
Iposed by the writer OF that article is hard
iy feasible; for when it came to the ques-
tion of which church should be given up,
we would find ourselves in the position OF
a father of large family, striving to Sc
lect one of his children for sacrifice. In
1890, the legislature of Vermont passeo an
at making j. w. Rowell, Gilman Dubois,
III. H. Mcintyre, Gilman Moulton, VIM. ii.
| Dn Bots, r. J. Kimball, A. b. Chandler,
James Hutchinson, A. ID. Lamson, Lucy
w. Smith, Carrie Tewksbury, Mrs. Will
lard Gay, Mrs Mary Mann, Mrs. A. Z.
Kendrck, l.. p. Thayer, Edward Conant,
N l.. Boyden, j. B. Adams, W. b. Wall,
Geo. L. Spear, j. H. Lamson, J. W. Burt,
| N. j. Whitehill, A. B. Tewksbury, A. Z.
Bailey, A. H. Beedle, j. ID. Wheeler, and
their successors and associates corpora
tion by the name of the West Randolph
Library association for the purpose OF
maintaining and managing a library in
| the village, and of receiving, controlling
and managing any property that might
come to it by gift, or in trust agreeably TO
| the terms of any diviSe, bequest or dona :
tion, or by vote of the town or village,
with all the privileges and subject to all
the duties and restrictions set forth in the
general laws relating to such corporations.
Having an Incorporated library associa-
ton, the next thing is a library building
The vacant lot on Main street, between
the business blocks cad the residence OF
X q. Morton, Cems to be the only desir-
able location nov available or at all likely
TO be available IN the near future. Now
on this lot there might be erected a neat,
Wo-story brick building, the lower floor
to accommodate store or some other
business venture, and the upper story,
nicely finished in hard wood, to be used
for pubic reading room and library A
very large building would not be neces-
sary, and the rent of the lower floor would
go a great way toward maintaining the
library. Such a structure ought not 10
cost very great sum, and II every citizen
would contribute a little, the requisite
amount would soon be raise d. There are
already in the village library over 1900
volumes, to which many more could IN
a short time be added by timely donations
or by purchase, and of what incalculable
value a well selected library would De, not
only to the graded school and the other
schools of the town, but to the public in
general. An effort should be made to Sc
cure the erection of library building this
very year, and If meeting we're at once
called and committee appointed to So
licit funds, ii would at least be possible to
find out What could be done Such a
building as described above could, in part, |
be used for various business purposes,
and the revenue derived from the rents |
would render the library wholly or par
tally self-supportlng Let the people OF 1
cease TO trust any longer TO the |
future, but think and act sin the living l
and have library now.