Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-07
MAINE LIBRARIES.

Seventy-six new books have recently
| been added to the Pierce library, Han
over. Twenty-eight of these are books
for boys and were the gift of Miss Helen
M. Staples.
Searsport, to be given to the town by the
heirs Of Capt. George Carver and to be
known as the Carver Memorial, are now
on exhibition at the Searsport National
Bank McLain and Wright of Boston are
the architects.
The following new books have just
been added to the Memorial library.
"Patty's Friend" Simeon Wiltow,"
Much Ado About Peter" GLORY of Con-
quered," Louis Rand" "Chippendales,"
six Girls Growing Older" Gam of
Green Cables" Bridge Builders Pc
ter" &c mrade," my Soldiers Lady,"
| Post Girl"
The Brown Memorial library at East
Baldwin has just been completed and
opened to the public. The building is Box
| 20 feet. 1t contains vestibule, hall, read
ing and delivery ooms. Among those
who have contributed books are Mrs. J. T.
Come and Mrs. Mary Woodman of Cam
bridge; j. S. Richardson, Boston; M. B.
Murch, Bemis, N. H.; Mrs. Nancy p.
Harmon, California; Hon. Amos l.. Allen
and Hon. William p. Frye of Washing
ton, d. c.
The Presque Isle Free library has re-
ceived from the Child Study club the gift
of AZ volumes. The following are the gift
of Rev. f. G. Brown: In Tune With the
Infinite, r. w. Urine; Each in His Own
Tongue, and other poems, w. II. Carruth;
Story of the )tner Wise Man, Henry Van
Dyke. Mrs. Sidney Graves has donated
a fine hedge of lilacs to this library. The
bushes which have been removed from
the grounds of Mr.. Graves residence have
been set out on the east side of the libra
ry lot and will make a handsome back
ground. 4,--, ass
The trustees of the Caribou library
have elected the following book commit
tee: Mrs. w. p. Hamilton, Rev. A. A.
Blair, M s Bertha Thomas, Mrs. VIM.
Gustin and Mrs. Charles +. Ross. This
library was originally the property of a
library association and was opened to
membership by subscriptions only, being
supported by contributions from the va
rious societies and orders interested in
the same and by public-spirited citizens,
by entertainments. etc. Four or five
years ago, at its annual meeting. the
town voted to accept the books of the Ii
brary association and have since that
time raised a generous amount for the
support the library. Two of the three
trustees are appointed by the selectmen,
the third being chosen by the other two.
The board of trustees for the year is
composed of Mrs. Horace E. Jones, Mrs.
Charles f. Thomas and w. r. Hamilton,
Esq. Mrs. Mary E. Luce has for years
been the efficient librarian.
The Baxter Memorial library was open
to the public afternoons and evenings
during the month Of May, with circula-
ton of books and magazines as follows:
fiction, 94S volumes; current magazines,
161; travel, 81; biography, SO; bound mag
azines, 80; literature, %; useful arts, II;
natural science, 16; history, 10; religion,
z; sociology, 6; fine arts, 3; philology, 1;
total, 1875. The latest donors of books are
as follows: Hon. William P. Frye, d.
Emmel Densmore, the Singer Manufac-
turing Co., Miss Margaret P. Smith, Mrs.
Mary E. Waterman, Miss Gladys J.
Whitney, and an unknown friend, to
whom the library is '-debted for four
volumes. Another gift from Arthur H.
Stanwood is framed copy of the origi-
nal Declaration of Independence which
was published in 1918 by Benjamin Owen
Tyler, professor Of penmanship in the
city of Washington. Across the top of
the copy in delicate handwriting appears
the following: ITO Thomas Jefferson,
Patron of the Arts, the firm supporter of
American Independence and the Rights
of Man, this Charter of our Freedom is
with the highest esteem and most re-
spectfully inscribed by his much obliged
and very humble servant, Benz. o. Tyler"
The left hand corner at the bottom reads
thus: Dept. of State, Sept. 10, 1917. The
foregoing copy Of the Declaration of In
dependence has been CT ated with the