CROMWELL ATHENÆUM.

Cromwell Argus, Volume VII, Issue 316, 1 December 1875, Page 5

CROMWELL AT HENÆ UM.

To the Editor of the Cromwell Argus. Sir,—lt will not, I think, be denied that a'nong the various local institutions which have a claim on our hearty sympathies and support, our Public Library is fairly entitled to a place. ' Tt is unnecessary to call up arguments to prove the benefits arising from its existence to young and old,—affording us a peep into other worlds of thought and action of which we should otherwise be ignorant, and as a consequence more completely narrowed down to our own little sphere of labor. It is to be regretted that so little interest is apparently taken in the conduct and support of so important an institution by the general public of Cromwell, and I am sorry to think that even the labors of the Committee in erecting the socalled Athenaeum Hall will in a great measure be misdirected unless the plan providing for suitable reading-room and library is completed without undue delay. The present arrangement is simply a disgrace, and no librarian can satisfactorily account for papers and periodicals exposed as they are to every lounger of the town. The annual meeting of subscribers takes place on the Ist, when I hope something definite will be done to extract the Cromwell Athenaeum from its present anomalous and unsatisfactory position,—a consummation devoutly wished by,—Yours, &c, November 27, 1875.