Show I AN TIME OLD-TIME LIBRARY Record of an Institution Orlan Organized d In 1705 1706 Found Just as ns Arlington was nas about to carr carry off tho the palm for having tho the oldest library In the state stale organized In 1803 along comes Wilmington V with the statement that during a recent cleaning of ot an attic in a a. law office In that place a n book or or of records was found Cound which showed that tho the Wilmington social library was organized December 31 1795 with a constitution laws by-laws and anda and anda a list of ot subscribers This book has bo been n presented to the present Wilmington ton Institution tho the Pette Memorial 1 lIbra library to be kept na ns a relic Some Somo of the entries In the tho book boole aro are very In Interesting Interesting interesting In- In Israel Lawton was fined tIned 17 cents cent for tor dropping tallow on book No o. o 93 03 Timothy Castle Costlo was fined 6 cents for tor getting ono one drop of tallow on book No 16 Levi Packard P was fined 60 cents for tearing tho the binding on book No and several others were fined for turning down leaves lea and for tor finger marks Tho The l latest test date In the tho list of at revenues Is IB October 4 4 1813 Rutland Rutland Herald |