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TWENTY-FOURTH
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1876.
LYNN : THOS. P. NICHOLS, PRINTER. NO. 24 MARKET STREET. 1876.
TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITING COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1876.
LYNN : THOS. P. NICHOLS, PRINTER. No. 24 MARKET STREET. 1876.
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Fellow Citizens of Swampscott :
Your Committee, appointed to audit the accounts of the Town for the year ending February 29, 1876, have attended to that duty, and respectfully present the following report.
E. E. BOYNTON, CHAS. A. HASKELL, 2d, Auditing Committee.
The Assessors' valuation of the Town, May 1, 1875, is as follows :
Real Estate . $2,074,850 00
Personal property 389,441 00
Total $2,464,291 00
State Tax
$2,760 00
County Tax
1,896 00
Town Tax
21,174 91
Rate of taxation
$1 on $100
Number of polls .
594
Total Tax on polls
$1,188 00
Number of dwelling-houses
451
Acres of land .
1537}
Horses
204
Cows
91
Sheep
20
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
E. Proctor $600 00
E. Knowles
250 00
W. Small 500 00
Coffin & Boyce
3,000 00
C. F. Coffin
28,000 00
D. Newhall (estate)
500 00
M. Wilson
1,200 00
Blaney & Phillips
1,000 00
H. Martin, Jr.
1,000 00
J. T. Hooper
874 80
J. Smith . 300 00
Provident Institution for Savings 4,500 00
Lynn Five Cents Savings Bank 2,500 00
P. A. Chase 6,000 00
Outstanding orders 260 17
Total, . $50,484 97
The balance of uncollected Taxes is as follows :
J. Harding, 1872 $104 08
J. Harding, 1873
1,743 60
William Seger, 1874 . 2,261 71
William Seger, 1875 5,742 92
Total Tax uncollected $9,852 31
Due on State Aid $660 00
Cash in Treasury 3,742 53
Value of public property
38,200 00
$42,602 53
$52,454 84
Total amount of bills paid during the year : Selectmen's Department . $16,492 49
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
R ECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation
$2,000 00
EXPENDITURES.
Geo. H. Holden, services as Town Clerk, $50 00
registering births, marriages and deaths, 1875 28 45
printing and expressing 5 85
sundries
12 88
S. C. Pitman, labor on drains, boundary stones, etc. 32 00
steps for J. B. Newcomb 2 71
laying drain pipe on Orient Street . 19 00
building wall on Orient Street 35 00
building pound
12 50
building wall on Humphrey Street . 150 00
labor in widening Humphrey Street 8 00
B. F. Phillips, reward 12 50
Rufus Barrell, reward 12 50
G. H. Donnell, reward 12 50
Daniel Donnell, reward . 12 50
Robert Harris, teaming
5 50
Amos Holt, labor on culvert .
10 50
J. A. Knowlton, services as Assessor, 1874 30 00
printing, etc. 8 15
James Wheeler, services as Constable, 1874 31 75
May & Withey, drain pipe, (Mudge's gate,) 10 80
drain pipe, Orient Street 41 47
E. R. Morse, safe, balance
310 00
Amount carried forward, $854 56
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $854 56
J. A. Crosman, returning deaths 5 00
J. H. Crosman, returning deaths, 1874 . 6 25
P. M. Neal, lumber, etc. 6. 81
John Coulson, oil, etc. 3 50
Leonard Blanchard, rent of life-boat house 20 00
P. Holden, Justice fees 1 25
D. P. Stimpson, stamps, etc. 11 16
Bessom Job Print, printing tax bills 6 00
M. R. Warren, licenses . 4 41
J. S. Brown, distributing Town Reports 4 00
Kimball & Courtis, printing 25 00
A. F. Nesbitt, cleaning scales 1 50
W. T. Webster, stationery 60
D. Roberts, rent of land 4 00
Newhall & Harmon, services 85 00
C. A. Hammond, surveying 20 00
Geo. F. King, three Assessors' books 12 00
H. Coleman, medical services . 3 00
F. M. Alley, returning deaths
3 25
C. A. Putnam, examining Atlantic Avenue line . 6 00
Thos. P. Nichols, printing Town Reports 79 60
George Towns, services as Assessor 35 00
Benj. Potter, services as Selectman 225 00
Allen Rowe, services as Selectman 75 00
John S. Higgins, services as Selectman 75 00
Wm. Seger, services as Treasurer and Collector 350 00 services as Assessor 90 00
sundries 7 00
G. W. Farrington, services as Constable 15 00
D. W. Fuller, services as Auditing Com., '73-74 20 00
E. E. Boynton, services as Auditing Com., '74 . 10 00
E. E. Boynton, preparing Reports, etc. . 10 00
$2,074 89
REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation $7,000 00
From State Fund 225 81
--- $7,225 81
EXPENDITURES.
S. W. Clarke, services as teacher $1,200 00
E. J. Hadley, services as teacher 450 00
M. E. Larkin, services as teacher 450 00
C. F. Adams, services as teacher 450 00
K. Commerford, services as teacher 251 16 .
S. Palmer, services as teacher M. E. Heyborn, services as teacher 427 92
324 44
C. F. Mott, services as teacher 450 00
A. M Mott, services as teacher 427 92
D. P. Beers, services as teacher
184 86
M. E. Seger, services as teacher
113 28
C. M. Colcord, services as teacher
200 00
L. Drury, services as Committee 75 00
Mrs. L. Hayford, services as Committee
60 00
C. M. Colcord, services as Drawing Teacher
50 00
J. K. West, services as Janitor, Grammar Sch'l Mrs. Casey, services as Janitor, Farm School .
49 00
191 65 E. S. Martin, Jr., services as Janitor Gr. School R. V. Bessom, services as Janitor Essex St. Sc. 47 35
101 00
Jas. Bryant, services as Janitor, Pine St. School Harriet Coan, services as Janitor, Beach School H. Honahan, cleaning Grammar School-House
11 00
W. B. Chase, books and stationery 20 22
W. B. Chase, books and stationery 8 66
Thos. P. Nichols, printing Reports
48 00
W. Hall, painting and stock 32 52
Crowell Bros. & Co., oil and lead . 10 75
N. C. Newhall, cleaning clocks . 2 50
Amount carried forward,
$5,867 60
I. Emmons, services as Committee
50 00
H. W. Fisher, services as Music Teacher 7 00
123 37
50 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
Amount brought forward, $5,867 60
C. M. Colcord, drawing supplies 3 97
G. W. Stone, glazing . 1 67
J. C. Norton, tuning organ 2 00
T. O. Philbrick, stove and pipe . 60 60
T. O. Philbrick, labor and supplies 26 06
J. L. Ross, desk . 16 00
Roberts' Express, expressing . 18 87
B. F. Getchell, cleaning vaults 11 00
A. J. Lee, merchandise 6 68
Lee & Ford, merchandise
11 10
Geo. H. Holden, merchandise
11 03
L. Hayford, stationery 5 00
Hartford Insurance Co., insurance 104 00
S. W. Clarke, Dictionary 7 00
J. L. Hammett, paper, etc. 30 60
I. Emmons, labor and material . 132 35
J. A. Swasey, blackboards 106 45
E. B. Phillips, oil 10 00
Choate & Rowe, coal and wood 453 50
Hanaford & Phillips, painting and glazing 16 70
$6,902 18
HIGHWAYS,
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation . $4,000 00
Special appropriation for water for streets 300 00
$4,300 00
EXPENDITURES.
S. C. Pitman, teams and labor $3,734 24
S. C. Pitman, water from Lyon Water Board . 150 00
Lynn Water Board, water . 145 80
P. Cullen, blacksmithing 58 93
Ames Plow Co., tools . 13 50
J. D. Dennis, repairing snow plow 6 00
B. Potter, hitch post 1 25
-$4,109 72
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
TOWN HOUSE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation . . $700 00
Received for rent of Town Hall 165 00
$865 00
EXPENDITURES.
Chas. Rowell, labor and stock on underpinning, $262 22
labor on Hall and whitewashing, 9 50
building foundation for safe 20 82
250 00
C. A. Morris, frescoing and painting Hall . painting and glazing 20 25
S. N. Breed & Co., shingles, boards, nails, etc. 232 63
I. Emmons, labor and stock . 147 59
Robert Harris, 500 feet of stone
125 00
S. C. Pitman, labor in cellar
64 00
A. F. Nesbett, care of Hall one year cleaning Hall and Library 13 64
sundry jobs
2 70
A. J. Lee, merchandise .
9 74
Lee & Ford, merchandise
15 32
George H. Holden, merchandise
2 23
T. O. Philbrick, labor and merchandise
26 97
May & Withey, merchandise
5 82
D. E. Lombard, labor
4 00
Choate & Rowe, two tons coal . 17 75
B. Potter, one ladder and fender 4 25
G. W. Harris, labor on flag-staff . 5 00
H. Newcomb, labor on flag-staff . 5 00
W. H. Hutchinson, hooks and knobs 2 17
$1,296 60
TOWN LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation .
$200 00
Seceived for books loaned
397 80
Dog Tax .
158 99
$756 79
2
50 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
EXPENDITURES.
Estes & Lauriat, books . $335 09
Curtis Merritt, services as Librarian 175 00
expressing, stationery, etc. . 8 40
Thos, P. Nichols, printing 500 Catalogues 140 00 printing show cards . 1 50
A. F. Nesbett, care of Library . 35 00
Geo. T. Till, services as Assistant Librarian 25 00
Thos. B. Breare, binding books
81 90
N. E. Subscription Agency, magazines
14 00
I. Emmons, labor and stock .
13 50
Geo. F. King, Librarian's book, etc. 10 63
E. I. Trask, printing notices . 10 00
W. F. Norcross, stationery, ink, etc. 9 00
D. P. Stimpson, subscription for magazine 3 33
$862 35
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Appropriation .
EXPENDITURES. $700 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of J. Bishop . $201 40
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, board of M. Welch 196 12
Care of J. K. Woodbury and family for 1875 . 236 34 Groceries, coal, etc., to Mr. & Mrs. Twining . 96 31
City of Boston, aid to Ellen Burroughs 72 00
Town of Marblehead, board of Wm. Quiner 55 11
Groceries and coal to Mrs. J. B. Watts 45 54
Z. Small, services and travelling expenses 25 00
J. A. Knowlton, services as Overseer 20 00
City of Lynn, aid to Mrs. Wm. C. Pierce 13 00
D. F. Proctor, services as Overseer . 8 00
Lee & Ford, groceries to Martin Traverse 6 36
Choate & Rowe, fuel to Mrs. Loverell . 2 35
Car fares paid to tramps 2 30
Registry fee, stamps, envelopes and paper 1 50
$981 33
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation . $100 00
Received for lots sold 75 00
$175 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. S. Brown, labor . $117 75
A. F. Nesbett, iron fence and repairs 25 00
J. S. Higgins, services as Superintendent 25 00
S. C. Pitman, gravel and teaming 14 00
setting boundary stones 7 00
J. H. Crosman, services as Undertaker
13 00
J. D. Dennis, wheelbarrow
8 00
$209 75
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Appropriation .
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Hadley, police service . $181 50
expense for teams to lockup 2 00
expense for team to hospital 2 50
stationery for dog notices
1 50
two pair handcuffs
8 00
one pair nippers .
2 00
George M. Conner, services as night police
12 50
B. F. Getchell, services as police . 2 00
$212 00
MARSHALL ST. DRAIN.
Appropriation .
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
EXPENDITURES.
S. C. Pitman. 85 days' labor . $170 00
P. M. Neal, hemlock plank and teaming 152 58
Amos Holt, 10} days' labor 31 50
S. N. Breed & Co., lumber and nails 29 29
Robert Harris, teaming 16 00
P. Cullen, iron work . 14 46
M. Kennedy, drilling, etc. 5 74 $419 57
STREET LAMPS.
Appropriation .
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
George W. Harris, care of lamps . $109 00
Walworth Manufacturing Co., naphtha 25 20
George W. Stone, glazing . 75
$134 95
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Rent of Engine Hall $12 50
EXPENDITURES.
A. F. Nesbett, care of engine $25 00
James Bryson, teaming engine to Beach Bluff .
2 50
$27 50
MEMORIAL DAY.
Appropriation .
$100 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Post 118, G. A. R.
$100 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
A. F. Nesbett, services and cash paid out $12 00
STATE AID.
Received from the State $596 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. C. Stimpson $120 00
Torrey Peabody, Jr. 120 00
J. W. Glass 72 00
A. M. Widger 48 00
B. Milan . 48 00
I. F. Chute . 48 00
W. Martin 48 00
M. E. Fairbanks 48 00
James Umber 48 00
E. Winslow 48 00
H. W. Wardwell
12 00
$660 00
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REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE.
RECAPITULATION.
Appropriations and Receipts.
Expenditures.
Selectmen's Department
$2,000 00
$2,074 89
School Department
7,225 81
6,902 18
Highways
4,300 00
4,109 72
Town House
865 00
1,296 60
Library
597 80
862 35
Cemetery
175 00
209 75
Police Department .
200 00
212 00
Overseers of the Poor
700 00
981 33
Marshall Street Drain
419 57
Street Lamps
200 00
134 95
Fire Department
12 50
27 50
Memorial Day
100 00
100 00
Health Department
12 00
State Aid
600 00
660 00
State Tax
2,500 00
2,760 00
County Tax
1,900 00
1,896 00
Interest
3,600 00
3,768 01
Dog Tax .
158 99
Corporation Tax
739 09
National Bank Tax
2,177 41
$28,051 40
$26,426 85
SCHEDULE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY.
Town House and lot
$12,000 00
Grammar School-house and lot
8,000 00
Beach School-house and lot
2,500 00
Pine Street School-house and lot
7,000 00
Essex Street School-house and lot .
2,500 00
Farm School-house and lot
2,500 00
Engine house, engine, hose, etc. .
1,200 00
Hearse and house
500 00
Gravel pits
2,000 00
$38,200 00
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REPORT OF COLLECTORS.
Town of Swampscott in Account with Wm. Seger, Collector.
DR.
CR.
1875.
1875.
To am't coll'd, 1875 . $19,354 46
1874 . 3,410 53
disc't, 1875 . 560 53
abat'd 1874 . 109 48
abat'd 1875 . 173 00
uncol'd, '74 . 2,261 71
uncol'd, '75 . 5,742 92
$31,612 63
$31,612 63
WM. SEGER, COLLECTOR.
Town of Swampscott in Account with Joseph Harding, Collector.
DR.
CR.
1876.
To am't collected, '72, $15 30
uncoll'd, '72, 104 08
collected, '73, 767 85
uncoll'd, '73, 1,743 60
1876. By balance com'tted, '72 $119 38 com'tted, '73 2,511 45
$2,630 83
$2,630 83
By bal. com'ted, '74, $5,781 72 am't com'ted, '75, 25,830 91
JOSEPH HARDING, COLLECTOR.
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REPORT OF TREASURER.
TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT IN ACCOUNT WITH
1875.
DR.
To cash paid Selectmen's orders, 1875 . $16,220 09
Selectmen's orders, 1874 . 272 85
Overseers' orders, 1875 948 36
note Lynn Institution for Savings 4,000 00
note First Cong. Society . 1,218 00
note Geo. Towns, temporary loan 2,000 00
interest on notes 3,768 01
State Tax .
2,760 00
County Tax . 1,896 00
State aid 660 00
To balance in Treasury . 3,742 53
$37,485 84
SWAMPSCOTT, Feb. 29, 1876.
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REPORT OF TREASURER.
WILLIAM SEGER, TREASURER.
1875.
CR.
By balance cash in Treasury
$3,137 38
rent of Town Hall
165 00
rent of Engine Hall .
12 50
cash from Library
397 80
Cemetery
75 00
State Treasurer, State Aid 596 00
State Treasurer, Corporation Tax 739 09
State Treasurer, National Bank Tax
2,177 41
State Treasurer, Mass. School Fund 225 81
Lynn Institution for Savings, Temp. Loan 4,000 00
Geo. Towns, Temporary Loan
2,000 00
Dog Tax . 158 99
S. C. Pitman, for loam
32 00
County Treasurer, 1 month's int. allowed
9 50
Jobn Stanley, Taxes, 1871 2 00
Joseph Harding, Taxes, 1873
779 20
Wm. Seger, Taxes, 1874 .
3,410 53
Wm. Seger, Taxes, 1875 .
19,354 46
Wm. Seger, interest on Taxes, 1874
202 12
Wm. Seger, interest on Taxes, 1875
11 05
$37,485 84
WM. SEGER, TREASURER.
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REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
The Surveyor respectfully submits the expenditures of this department for the past year, - monthly state- of his labors having been rendered to the Board +men.
The nu .. . . . labor in gravel pits and on the roads
ind sidewalks was 807}, at $2.00. .
$1,615 00
umber of horse-carts, with drivers, 226.}, at $4.00. 906 00 Soy wer of horse-carts, with drivers, 1928, at $3.50. 674 62 :bor on snow 246 00 1
es. 98 days, at $3.00. 294 00
$3,735 62 Appropriation for watering the streets . . $300 00 City of Lynn for water. . 295 10
Load- of war -1 hauled on roads and sidewalks. 4492
... uvis, etc. 96
Totai
4588
SAMUEL C. PITMAN.
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SELECTMEN S , REPORT.
Nothing of especial interest has transpired the past year to report, but a cursory review of the matters of most moment will be given.
TOWN HOUSE.
At the last annual meeting, appropriations were made to renew the foundation, shingle the roof and paint the inside of the Town House,-all of which has been done in a thorough manner, although the cost of painting largely exceeded the estimate made at the time the ap- propriation was made, in consequence of the frescoing, which was thought finally to be necessary to carry out improvements commenced. The vote instructing the Selectmen to exchange the old safe for a new one has been complied with, although no appropriation was made therefor.
We would recommend that investigation be made to determine if the house can be heated economically by a furnace, instead of the stoves now in use, the pipes of which have become so extended and complicated as to be a nuisance to the management who have them in charge.
Mr. E. E. Boynton was permitted to use the lower
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room in the house, subject to such terms as may be determined by the town at the annual meeting.
WATER.
We would recommend that a well be dug at the Town House, and that a pipe be introduced to the well of water at the beach, near the boat-houses, and that they both be furnished with pumps and troughs, as a matter of convenience to ourselves and of courtesy to strangers, as no such convenience exists in town at present.
CLAIM OF JOHN P. PALMER.
The claim of John P. Palmer has been presented as requested, and amounts to $2,039.02; and suit having been commenced, the Selectmen have retained Messrs. Avery & Hobbs, of Boston, to defend the town.
ATLANTIC AVENUE.
The encroachment of Dr. Ahlborn upon the high- way, having been authorized by Mr. Palmer, as the Chairman of Selectmen, has been difficult to adjust ; and as no amicable arrangement can be made for its removal, we recommend that the Selectmen or Highway Surveyor be instructed to remove the wall and fence, as the question of the location of the bounds, as the stones are now set, has been fully confirmed by the county authorities.
BENJ. POTTER, ALLEN ROWE,
SELECTMEN. JOHN S. HIGGINS,
Report of Trustees of Town Library.
The Town Library is now well established, and is in reality what its name implies - a collection of works in all the leading departments of literature, suited to all correct tastes and to the varied needs of all readers, be their purpose to while away an idle or weary hour, or to gain a step onward in the true work of life-self- improvement.
But, as no man can gain a material subsistence by spending all his waking hours in mere rest or amuse- ment, neither can he gain that mental wealth which comes largely from familiarity with books, if all his reading hours are devoted to the lighter class of litera- ture, which now forms the greater part of the reading matter taken from our Library.
Now, when the young reader has gone through with volume after volume of the higher toned novels with which our shelves are well stored, and craves " some- thing new," let him stop and think whether life is long enough to spend more of its priceless hours in reading which is chiefly amusement, which does not call for vigorous thought, thereby teaching how to think, the greatest of all lessons.
It is an old and familiar saying, that the library
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should complete the work begun by the school. And if we may offer to those who are continuing their edu- cation through maturer years, by seeking wisdom from these silent teachers, a suggestion or two concerning the right use of books, we would advise the reading of a few books so thoroughly, that their leading thoughts leave distinct impressions, which can be called up at will, rather than the superficial running through of many. To read with profit, this rule is imperative. Also, it is far better to arrange our reading by subjects than by authors. Decide upon some branch of science in which you feel an interest, or for which you possess a gift, and read the best authors on that subject.
If any, pursuing such a course of reading, desire a work not on our shelves, it can usually be obtained with little delay by mentioning its title to the Librarian.
We trust the new Catalogue will prove acceptable to all, and a frequent reminder of the volumes that stand on the Library shelves, brimful of the best thoughts of the wise and great, awaiting your perusal. Its arrange- ment is believed to be the best, and the work of the printer is exceedingly satisfactory.
The entire literary work upon the Catalogue, includ- ing the labor of compilation, proof-reading and super- vision, was performed by the Librarian.
For the Committee,
FRED O. ELLIS.
Librarian's Statement.
STATISTICS.
Number of books in Library, February, 1875. 2439
Number of books added during year. 202
Number of books lost .. 8
Government and State Documents in Library.
173
Magazines and pamphlets. 184
Number of days open. . 62
Number of books loaned during year. 6345
Amount received for book fees.
$396 85
THE LIBRARY IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Every Saturday, from 4 to 9, P. M., also Wednesday evenings, from 6 to 9, during the months of July and August, and until the middle of September.
Copies of the Catalogue, which has just been issued, to which every family residing in Swampscott is entitled, may be had upon application at the Library.
CURTIS MERRITT, Librarian.
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