Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-14
Maine Items OF Interest.
MAINE LIBRARIES.

Guilford's new public library is well
advanced toward completion. F. A.
Patterson of Bangor. is the architect
and the Grady Construction company
also OF this city, are the contractors
The building is of brick with granite
trimmings and is So by 50 feet, two
stories and a basement.
Mrs. H. j. Demont, who has so faith
fuzzy served as a librarian at the
Southwest Harbor public library
| through the summer has gone to Bel
fast for medical treatment. Mrs. Maud
,frask. who had charge of the library
last winter. will again carry on the
work as librarian.
Hon j. II. Millett, while on visit to
Wayne recently presented the Library
association with the building in which
are the library rooms, Mason hall and
banquet hall Mr. Millet has always
taken great interest in the library
and his last gift calls forth gratitude
On the part Of the patrons of the libra
~.
The circulation of books and maya
zines from the Baxter Memorial Lii
brary, Gorham from Sept. 26 to Nov.
list, 1908, was as follows: Fiction, 1,U1
volumes; biography, IS; travel, 81; his
tory. 81; bound magazines, 81: litera-
tuse. Il; natural science, IL; fine arts,
S. useful arts; 6; religion, 5; sociology,
s: total 1869.
The public library at parsonsfie,d is
worthy CT notice. \ unique feature for
Il country library is that of subscribing
fer about all the popular magazines
usually taken in this region. Some
magazines which cannot be procured
at any library or news stand short Of
| Portland are found there. There is
| also a large assortment of books Mrs
John b. Lord is the librarian and is
| always on hand when in town. Mrs
| ColcOrd is in charge during Mrs Lords
absence
The following is the report of the
librarian of the Madison public library
FOR October. ''rhe library has been
opened it's regular hours during the
rast month. The reading rooms have
been Well patronized. Fifty new cards
| have been taken out this month max
ing a total of 900 different individuals
who have taken out cards since the
| Dewey system was adopted a. year ago
|
donated, which adds greatly to the at
| Effectiveness of the interior, the most
beautiful being a very large Persian
fern, which was presented by Mr.. and
Mrs. Grin Dyer. 5o7 more books We're
taken out than in October, 1907, max
ing total this month of 1856. CLASH
fed as follows: Fiction 1912; maya
zines, 1874; bound magazines. SO; geog-
raphy and travel, 2; biography. I6; his
tory, 81; religion, 2; poetry, 4: litera-
ture, Il: science, 1; useful arts, @"
Miss Lou Marston, librarian in the
Pressure Isle public library. has kept
account of the books let out during the
| month OF October. and she states that
the whole nurlDcr of books let was
923; S4S of these We're fiction and 81
| nOn-fiLtion. 1t has been decided by
the committee in the public library that
| the magazines shall be let out under
| the same rules as the books, giving
| many who would be unable to remain
AMI read in the library an opportunity
| to set TINS matter at home The latest
| magazines will not be taken home.
| that is, the November magazines can
not he taken until the December num-
her has arrived. The general magazines
the library has at present are Harpers,
| The Outing Magazine The Craftsman,
American Review of Reviews, The
| Scientific American, The American.
The Musical Currier and Country Life
in America. Besides these are the
children's magazines, The Youths
Companion, The American Boy and
st. Nicholas.
the Plscataquis Historical society, has
received the following donations to the
library of tie society recently: Piscata-
quis biography and Fragments, Sebas-
tan hale, History of Mount k!neo
Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons,
History If Doric Lodge Free and Ac-
ccpted Masons, from John F. Sprague.
! Esq, of Monsoon. Semi-Contenniai Ad-
| dress of Charles Davidson at Monsoon.
April y, 1872, from Albert w. Chaplin
of Monsoon, Life of Moses Greanlt af
from Edgar C.. Smith. FoNcroft The
next meeting of the society will be held
On the first Thursday of January, next
AMI very interesting program is being
arranged by the standing committee
| Some interesting and valuable histor-
icai papers are to be read by the mem
bers, Charles w. Hayes Esq, of Fox
croft, will contribute & paper on The
History of Navigation on Sebec Lake;
Rev. F. IL. Pratt of the Peoples 3ap-
fist church. Dover and Foxcroft. will
give a paper on The History of the
BAPTIST Determination in Piscataquis
County: Mrs. Sarah A. Martin of Fox
croft Will have a paper on some inter-
tsting "reminiscences of the celebrated
hunter John Ellis. Henry Hudson of
Guiford will contribute a paper, pro
badly on the early history of GuIford