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ACTON : PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ACTON PATRIOT, SOUTH ACTON. 1880.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1880.
TOWN CLERK. William D. Tuttle.
Daniel J. Wetherbee,
SELECTMEN. John White, Phineas Wetherbee.
William D. Tuttle,
ASSESSORS. Aaron C. Handley, Phineas Wetherbee.
John E. Cutter,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. John White, Frank Hosmer.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. Mrs. Lucy M. Mead, Charles D. Griggs, for 3 years ; Luther Conant, George F. Flagg, for 2 years, George H. Harris, Isaac W. Flagy, for 1 year.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Charles Wheeler,
Abram H. Jones. Daniel Wetherbee .
Oliver W. Mead, George R. Keyes.
John Fletcher,
FENCE VIEWERS. John P. Houghton, Nahum C. Reed.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
William B. Davis,
George H. Harris. E. F. Richardson,
Charles B. Stone,
Francis Dwight. E. J. Robbins.
L. W. Stevens,
E. J. Robbins, William B. Davis, Charles B. Stone,
SURVEYORS OF WOOD.
Henry D. Parlin. George H. Harris, L. S. Hosmer. Isaac W. Flagg.
G. H. Warren, Jona. W. Loker, Solomon L. Dutton.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
John Fletcher, 2d,
Wm. W. Davis, Joseph F. Cole.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Appropriations and Receipts.
Unexpended balance of last year,
$3,184 39
Regular Town Grant,
7,000 00
60 66 for Schools, 2,500 00
66 Highways, 1,200 00
State Tax,
360 00
County "
520 10
Overlayings,
371 68
Eight Polls,
13 44
Liquor Licenses,
251 00
Corporation Tax,
593 50
National Bank Tax,
419 61
Received of Charles Wheeler for sluice at
N. Acton, 5 00
State Aid,
96 00
Indigent Soldiers' Aid,
285 12
Cash of A. H. Jones, for old plank, 6 50
6 : John Fletcher, Woodlawn Cemetery, 24 00
6 6 State Treasurer. School Fund, 177 63
66 Town Hall, 79 00
Cash from E. H. Cutler, receipts from Es-
tate of Lucy Hosmer, 20 17
66 Mount Hope Cemetery, 12 00
66 Dog Fund, 203 49
66 Benj. F. Hapgood, reward, 10 00
$17,332 63
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EXPENDITURES.
Support of Schools.
Paid Chas. B. Stone, West District, $681 21
Geo. F. Flagg, South 66 681 21
Luther Conant, Centre, 66
676 37
I. W. Flagg, East
308 11
Geo. H. Harris, North 66 308 11
W. S. Jones, So. East
150 00
$2,805 01
Repairs on Town Buildings.
Paid Gco. F. Flagg, repairs on South Ac- ton school house and fence, $63.34
Ai Robbins, for stone gutters for Town House, 12 00
I. W. Flagg, for lead and oil for North Acton school house, 23 49
C. B. Davis, for 13 3-4 days work on North Acton school house, 27 30
Henry W. Richardson, for repairing Town House chimneys, 17 85
Henry W. Richardson, for repairing East school house, 27 94
Luther Conant, for painting Centre school house, 77 84
John White, material for North Acton school house, 2 10
Chas. B. Stone, repairs on West Ac- ton school house, 13 60
$265 46
Repairs on Highways.
Paid F. H. Whitcomb, breaking roads, 1879, $14 80 Geo. Chandler. posts for railings, 11 80
T. C. Graham, gravel bank in West Acton. 15 00
5
Paid C. A. Harrington, plank for Powder Mill bridge, 69 07
D. J. Wetherbee, iron and bolts for Powder Mill bridge, 37 34
D. J. Wetherbee, plank for Powder Mill bridge, 31 19
A. H. Jones, repairs on Powder Mill bridge, 114 36
J. E. Reed, lumber for Powder Mill bridge, 26 34
A. H. Jones, breaking and repairing roads in Jan., Feb. & Mar., 1879, 53 38
Chas. Wheeler, breaking roads, “ 40 14 American Powder Co., labor on Pow- der Mill bridge, 10 41
E. B. Forbush, breakingroads, 1879, 6 45
Luther Conant, 66 1878-79, 7 05
Geo. H. Harris, 66 66 2 63 60
J. E. Billings, 6: 1879, 7 27
Silas Conant, labor railing roads, 7 63
A. H. Jones, gravel for highways, 37 00
$491 86
Regular Highway Work.
A. H. JONES, SURVEYOR.
For 56 1-2 days work, at $2.00, $113 00
50
66 66 oxen, 1.75, 87 51
94 1-4 66
horses, 1.00, 94 25
49 3-4
66
Lowell Jones, 1.50, 74 64
47 1-4 66
Elmer Holman,
70 88
50 1-2 66 66 A. Cole, 75 75
20 1-4 66 66 Fred Mann, 30 38
9 00
6
66 Chas. Brooks,
4 00
.
Repairs,
$559 41
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CHARLES WHEELER, SURVEYOR.
For 54 1-2 days work, at $2.00,
$109 00
58 66 oxen, 1.75, 101 50
95 4-5 66 horses, 1.00, 95 80
66
" 4 1-2 h., C. H. Wheeler, 1.50, 99 67
16 66 work, Allen Smith,
24 00
57 3-4 66 James Waldren,
86 63
67 3-4 66 :6 Ed. O'Neal,
101 63
7 1-2
66 Silas Conant,
11 25
1-2
66 Spofford Robbins, 75
5 3-4
Fred Mann,
8 62
4 1-2
66
James Wheeler, 6 75
1-2 66 66
Henry Wheeler,
75
1
66
Daniel Redding,
25
1
66
Alfred Moorhouse,
1 25
1-2
Ai Robbins,
75
6-10
66 John McCarty, 90
Repairing Scraper,
4 90
Powder, 15 61
Blacksmith bills,
7 76
Rake Handle,
25
Castings,
66
2 Hoes,
1 50
$680 18
By Order of County Commissioners.
Paid A. H. Jones, South Acton Road, $300 06
Chas. Wheeler, " 66 66 369 74
66 66 North " 66
40 00
66 66 for stone bounds and
labor setting, 80 70
$790 50
7
Support of Poor.
Paid E. H. Cutler, for support of ---
Clara Wheeler, $336 93
Lucy Hosmer, 71 75
Coffin and Robe for Lucy Hosmer,
21 00
Burial expenses,
14 30
Sarah B. Childs,
13 50
Lucy Oliver,
48 23
Flora Butler,
3 00
Car fare of Esther Oliver,
75
Henry Jones,
49 10
Ellen McClern,
10 88
John Dakin, 78 00
Betsey Chaffin,
164 00
Family of Patrick Redding, 14 75
Dr. Sanders, Redding Family,
5 00
66 Traynor, 94 54
Dr. Hutchins, services 1877-78, 9 80
Journey to Boston resp'ting E. McClern, 2 50
66 66 66 Bergendhall, 2 50
Stationery,
1 00
Stamps, 1 00
E. H. Cutler, balance due Town Farm April 1, 1879, 162 05
E. H. Cutler, for use on farm 1879,
80 00
$1,184 58
Town Debt.
Paid Mrs. Harriet Davis,
$529 37
Mrs. Philip Peters,
1,623 67
David M. Handley,
500 00
Joseph Barker,
546 17
$3,199 21
State Aid.
Paid Mrs. R. C. Wright,
12 00
Mrs. Hattie W. Wilder,
12 00
$24 00
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Indigent Soldiers' Aid.
Paid Mrs. Hattie W. Wilder, $32 00
Mrs. R. C. Wright, . 32 00
George Dole, 32 00
John Carroll,
76 00
Wm. F. Wood,
62 00
Wm. Reed, 8 00
Allen G. Smith,
56 00
Benj. Skinner, paid E. H. Cutler, 48 00
Wm. F. B. Whitney,
60 00
$406 00
Cemetery Expenses.
Paid John Fletcher, Woodlawn Cemetery,
$58 75
Jos. F. Cole, Mount Hope
66
39 75
$98 50
Town Officers.
Paid B. S. Woodward, sealer of Weights and Measures, $18 00
F. P. Wood, Supt. of Schools, 1878-79, 45 00 66 66
45 00
66 66 66 Phineas Wetherbee, services as Assessor, 25 00
A. C. Handley,
66 66 23 50
Wm. D. Tuttle, 66 66 30 00
66 66 Town Clerk, 25 00 D. J. Wetherbee, services as Selectman, 70 00 John White, 66 66 66 45 00
Chas. B. Stone, 66 66 66 45 00
Francis Dwight, services as Collector and Treasurer, 70 00
$441 50
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Interest on Notes.
Paid J. K. Putney,
$39 00
Mrs. Philip Peters,
93 00
Fredrick Rouillard,
150 00
Mary P. Hosmer,
60 00
Daniel Harris,
48 00
James E. Billings,
201 96
Calvin Harris,
12 00
Jonathan A. Piper,
36 00
David M. Handley,
180 00
D. J. Wetherbee,
34 52
Luther Billings,
24 00
Joseph Barker,
30 00
Sarah C. Noyes,
48 00
Thos. P. Noyes,
24 00
Geo. H. Harris,
6 00
$986
Miscellaneous. Paid Reuben L. Reed, for sealers stamp
and weights,
$2 00
Edward Tuttle, use of Pump, 1877-78, 5 00
C. W. Leach, for Warrants,
6 00
66 66 Selectmen's Reports, 15 00
66
Town Reports,
51 00
Reward Notices,
1.75
66 66 Blanks,
42
66
Voting Lists,
14 00
66
66
Posters,
1 50
H. M. Smith, repairing Town Clock,
2 25
Freeman Williams, for sign boards for Magog Pond and No. Acton road, 3 75
Josiah Dow, land and building sluice and roadway to his place, 25 00
1
Order Blanks,
1 50
10
Paid D. J. Wetherbee, coal for Town House, 18 54 C. B. Stone, tile for sluice in So. Acton, 17 67 A. H. Jones, labor on “ “ 66 66 6 8 Luke Tuttle, Journey to Winchester to procure fish, 5 00
Luke Tuttle, Journey from . Depot to Magog Pond, 2 00
Francis Dwight, discount on Taxes, 1879, 640 86
A. C. Handley, 2 Assessors' Books, 85
James Fisk, opening Town Hall, 26 times, 19 00
James Fisk, cleaning Hall,
4 50
66 pail, 12
66 66 broom, 38
66 66 oil,
24
66
6: care of cellar,
3 00
66 66 clock,
6 67
Julian Tuttle, opening Hall 8 times,
66 washing Hall,
66 66 oil,
1 88
66 66 wicks,
10
6:
6: chimneys,
1 50
66
shavings, 70
Luther Conant, Dictionary for Centre school, 8 50
Luther Conant, recording deed, 1 00
John Fletcher, repairing Town Clock, 2 00
66
6. 66 Ladders on
Monument,
Wm. D. Tuttle, express on documents, 2 45
66
66
2 journeys to Concord, 3 00
66
postage, 67
66
recording deed, 85
1 40
66 locating bounds, 1 50
5 75
2 00
11
Paid Wm. D. Tuttle recording Births, $16 00
66
Deaths, 4 90
66
.6 66 Marriages, 3 75
Francis Dwight, abatement of Taxes 1877, 10 74
Francis Dwight, summoning persons
to take oath of office,
2 50
Francis Dwight, printing Dog notices,
1 50
Tax book,
1. 25
stationery and postage, 1 25
66 . . making returns 26 deaths, 6 50
reward,
25 00
6. 30 burials, 90 00
66
fees for travel to en-
force dog law. 3 25
$1,054 77
Receipts from February 26, 1879, to February 26, 1880.
Unexpended balance as per report of Feb. 26,1879,
$3,184 39
Appropriations and Receipts,
14,148 24
$17,332 63
Expenditures.
Support of Schools,
$2,805 01
Repairs on Town Buildings, 66 " Highways, 491 86
265 46
Regular Highway Work.
1,239 59
By Order of County Commissioners,
790 50
Support of Poor,
1,184 58
Town Debt,
3,199 21
State Aid,
24 00
Indigent Soldiers Aid.
406 00
Cemetery Expenses.
98 50
Town Officers,
441 50
Interest on Notes,
986 48
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Miscellaneous, State Tax, County Tax, State Treasurer, Liquor Licenses,
1,054 77
360 00
520 10
62 75
$13,930 31
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 26, 1880, $3,402 32
Town Debt. Notes.
Daniel Harris,
$819 33
D. J. Wetherbee,
595 41
J. E. Billings,
3,440 96
I. T. Flagg,
105 41
Calvin Harris,
202 63
Luther Billings,
405 49
Mrs. J. K. Putney,
686 94
Joseph Barker,
501 08
J. A. Piper,
609 82
David M. Handley,
2,542 75
Fredrick Rouillard,
2,606 69
Sarah C, Noyes,
800 00
Thomas P. Noyes,
400 00
Mrs. M. P. Hosmer,
1,039 33
George H. Harris,
100 00
$14,856 84
Amount due from State Aid, $ 24 .00
66 Indigent Soldiers' Aid to Feb. 1, 1880, 203 00
4 Town Treasurer, 3,402 32
$3,629 32
Balance against the Town, $11,227 52
D. J. WETHERBEE, Selectmen JOHN WHITE, of Acton.
CHAS. B. STONE,
ACTON, Feb. 26, 1880.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT FOR 1879.
Births in Acton in 1879.
No. Date of birth. Name of child. Names of parents.
1. Jan. 4, Harry Leslie Mason, son of Irad and Catherine Mason.
2. Jan. 6, Grace Evelyn Taylor, daughter of Lyman C. and Addie Taylor.
3. Feb. 16, Marion Hesselton, daughter of Lucius A. and Martha F. Hesselton.
4. Mar. 3, Harvey Fletcher Tuttle, son of Joseph F. and Jennie E. Tuttle.
5. Mar. 4, Elbrit Mayu Goding, son of Theodore P. and Ella F. Goding.
6. Mar. 8, Wallace Edwin Stone, son of Edwin and Frances A. Stone.
7. Mar. 10, Alice Emma Miller, daughter of Charles I. and L. Lizzie Miller.
8. Mar. 28, Blanche May Smith, daughter of Frank and Anna Smith.
9. April 29, Simon Davis Taylor, son of Moses E. and Clara Taylor.
10. May 2, Jennie Mabel Redding, daughter of Patrick and Hannah Redding.
11. May 31, Hattie Isabel Lawrence, daughter of James R. and Abbie F. Lawrence.
12. June 6, Ralph Blanchard Knowlton, son of Amasa M. and Elizabeth F. Knowlton.
13. June 7 Edith May Griggs, daughter of Charles D. and Sarah Jane Griggs.
14. June 9, Nettie Sophia Richardson, daughter of Henry W. and Mary H. Richardson.
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15. June 12, in Greenville, N. H., Bessie Amanda Ritter, daughter of Albion I. and Mary L. Ritter.
₾ 16. June 15, Grace Elsie Reed, daughter of Isaac G. and Garafelia M. Reed.
17. July 9, Mabel Frances Wetherbee. daughter of D. James and Augusta A. Wetherbee.
18. Aug. 10, Nellie May, daughter of John and Julia May.
19. Aug. 29, Arthur Edwin Wheeler, son of Edwin M. and Ellen G. Wheeler.
. 20. Sept. 1, Clifton Wentworth Claggett. son of Charles W. and Mary Claggett.
21. Sept. 1, Frank Percy Richardson. son of James E. and Sara R. Richardson.
22. Sept. 4, Lizzie Lucinda Wherren. daughter of Joseph W. and Augusta H. Wherren.
23. Sept. 4, Albert Davis, son of Jolm and Elizabeth Davis.
24. Sept. 23, Hannah Calanan, daughter of Daniel and Ellen Calanan.
25. Oct. 12, Mary Agnes O'Connell, daughter of M. C. and Lizzie O'Connell.
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26. Oct. 19, Alberta May Chadwick. daughter of Cyrus W. and Helen B. Chadwick.
27. Nov. 5, a daughter to Michael and Sarah McCarthy.
28. Nov. 9, Franklin Ernest Johnson, son of Nathan and Sally Johnson.
29. Nov. 17, George Albert Dockendorf. son of Jacob and Martha A. Dockendorf.
30. Dec. 16, Ruth Amy Mills, daughter of James I. and Mary M. Mills. BIRTHS NOT PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.
May 7, 1875, Ira Alberto Mills, son of James I and Mary M. Mills.
Jan. 5, 1878, Ada Luella Griggs, daughter of Charles D. and Sarah Jane Griggs.
Marriages Recorded in Acton in 1879.
No. Date of Marriage. Names and residence of parties. 1. Jan. 6, Mr. Uri A. Stone of Acton, and Miss Martha Jen- nette Nay of Boston.
2. Feb. 17, Mr. Edmund B. Hooper and Mrs. Ella L. Drew, both of Acton.
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3. Mar. 11, Mr. Frank W. Brigham of Acton, and Miss Mary L. Morey of Boylston.
4. April 8, Mr. Levi W. Stevens of Acton, and Miss Mary Croston of Bradford.
5. April 14, Mr. George A. Horslin of Fitchburg, and Miss Delia Moulton of Acton.
6. April 15, Mr. John Quinlan and Mrs. Julia Lynch, both of Acton.
7. April 16, Mr. Benjamin C. Mansfield and Miss Clara M. Fowler, both of Acton.
.8. May 1, Mr. Charles W. Leach of Acton, and Miss Maria A. Forbush of Stow.
9. May 12, Mr. Henry M. Warden of Manchester, N. H., and Miss Lizzie Perkins of Acton.
~10. May 12, Mr. Edwin A. Phalen and Miss Hattie D. Reed, both of Acton.
11. May 15, Mr. Frank R. Knowlton and Miss Emma S. Hosmer, both of Acton.
12. May 21, Mr. Sidney D. Haynes of Sudbury, and Miss Georgie E. Gates of Acton.
13. June 3, Mr. Walter E. Hayward and Miss Nettie F. Robbins, both of Acton.
14. June 22, Mr. George M. Parker of Bedford, and Miss Lulu N. Moulton of Acton ..
15. June 26, Mr. Lorenzo E. Reed of Acton, and Miss A. Florence House of Lowell.
16. July 21, Mr. Silas Taylor Fletcher and Miss Sarah F. Robbins, both of Acton.
17. Aug. 8, Mr. James Ackerman and Mrs. Martha Ethel Marchant, both of Acton.
18. Aug. 31, Mr. J. Herbert Blodgett and Miss Minnie A. Munroe, both of Acton.
19. Oct. 5, Mr. Ginery T. Davis of Brookline, and Miss Hattie D. Moulton of Acton.
20. Oct. 16, Mr. Jacob T. Rideout of Brunswick, Me., and Miss Jennette Mckenzie of Dartmouth, N. S.
21 Oct. 22, Mr. Charles H. Taylor of Acton, and Miss Fan- nie A. Hussey of Littleton.
- 22. June 7, Mr. George A. Whitney and Miss Emeline Sharp, both of Maynard.
23. April 2, Mr. Fred E. Nason and Miss Fannie E. Wheeler, both of Concord.
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24. April 9, Mr. Charles A. Moore of Littleton, and Miss Clara E. Smith of Waltham.
25 Sept. 3, Mr. Adelbert A. Martin and Miss Sarah J .. McAustin, both of Maynard.
Deaths Registered in Acton in 1879.
No. Date of Death. Names and Ages of Deceased.
1. Jan. 7, Mrs. Ruth Dole, aged 96 years, 5 months, 19 days.
2. Feb. 4, Mrs. Myra T. Miles, aged 74 years, 11 months, 9 days.
3. Mar. 2, Mrs. Mary A. Manion, aged 30 years, 5 months, 19 days.
4. Mar. 14, Mrs. Dolly M., wife of Joseph Noyes, aged 57 years, 7 months, 9 days.
5. April 15, Widow Sarah B. Stearns, aged 85 years, 2 months, 11 days.
6. April 18, Mrs. Angenette W., wife of George H. Harris, aged 35 years, 5 months, 18 days.
7. April 26, Marion, daughter of Lucius A. and Martha F. Hesselton, aged 2 months, 10 days.
8. May 26, at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, Mr. Simon D. Tay- lor, aged 23 years, 6 months, 24 days.
9. May 28, Mr. Jonas K. Putney, aged 76 years, 9 months, 28 days.
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10. June 15, Mr. Levi Chamberlain, aged 72 years, 4 months. June 16, at Westford, Mr. Daniel Jones, aged 66 years, 2 months, 24 days.
12. June 28, Miss Delia A. Barker, aged 27 years, 6 months, 17 days.
13. July 16, Dea. John Fletcher, aged 88 years, 11 months, .. 25 days.
14. June 7, Mrs. Loisa Mohr, aged 28 years, 5 months, 11 days.
15. July 23, Herbert, son of John and Elizabeth Davis, aged 1 year, 7 months, 24 days.
16. July 28, Mr. William Moynehan, aged 58 years.
17. Aug. 8, Mrs. Emily Churchill, aged 75 years, 4 months
18. Aug. 16, Mr. Jeremiah Hosmer, aged 85 years, 4 months, 16 days.
19. Aug. 25, Harry Ernest, son of George W. and Angie H. Knowlton, aged 7 years, 9 months, 14 days.
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20. Sept. 4, Rev. D. M. Crane, aged 67 years, 6 months, 4 days.
21. Sept. 16, Albert, son of John and Elizabeth Davis, aged 12 days.
22, Oct. 2, Mrs. Nancy B., wife of Cyrus Law, aged 64 years, 5 months, 24 days.
23. Oct. 13, Widow Harriet Davis, aged 82 years, 9 months 13 days.
24. Oct. 18, Mr. John C. Moore, aged 20 years, 10 months, 14 days.
25. Nov. 9, Edith M., daughter of William H. and Ida Hob- son, aged 1 year, 2 months, 28 days.
26. Nov. 5, a daughter of M. and Sarah McCarthy, aged 1 day. 27. Nov. 18, Mrs. Nancy W., wife of Francis Robbins, aged 63 years, 10 months, 14 days.
28. Dec. 8, Mr. Josiah D. Wheeler, aged 67 years, 11 months, 4 days.
29. Dec. 27, Mr. Martin Pike, aged 73 years, 11 months, 23 days.
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NAMES OF PERSONS IN ACTON HAVING DOGS LICENSED 1879.
M. Augusta Hosmer, Mrs. H. M. Beck, Daniel Harris,
Baldwin & Hesselton,
Dame F. Hayward, 2,
Chas. H. Fairbanks, fem. Frank Barker,
Jas. Hannon,
S. F. Reed.
Chas. Wheeler, fem.
Robert N. Gowell,
Luther Conant.
H. A. Littlefield.
C. H. Handley,
Elnathan Jones,
Anson C. Piper,
H. Waldo Tuttle,
Jos. Wheeler.
John Welch.
L. S. Hosmer, Tuttles, Jones & Wether- bee, 2,
C. H. Snow,
A. S. Fletcher.
E. J. Robbins,
Chas. A. Harrington,
Henry Haynes,
Chas. D. Griggs,
Waldo Littlefield,
Albert Moulton,
Levi Houghton,
Neil Currie,
H. C. Wheeler. fem.
Moses Taylor, A. C. Handley, A. J. Willis,
I. S. Leach.
John Temple,
George Pratt, 1. m.
George Pratt, 1 fem.
F. J. Wood,
Geo. R. Keres.
Augustus Fletcher,
Geo. C. Wright.
Windsor Pratt,
A. B. Brown.
Geo. V. Mead,
F. W. Houghton,
Lester Fletcher,
M. F. Going.
John Fletcher, Jr.,
Geo. Jackson,
95 Males at $2.00, $190.00 9 Femalesat $5.00. 45.00
Total, 104 $235.00
O. E. Preston, H. E. Preston, Geo. H. Shapley, Geo. C. Conant, Cyrus Hayward. Geo. W. Knowlton, Willie O'Neil, H. W. Richardson, Charles Morris, James Waldron, W. A. Gilmore, Geo. Conant, H. Hanson,
John Dubois,
A. L. Tuttle.
Frank Pratt.
Geo. W. Livermore,
Frank Wetherbee,
Jerry H. McCarthy, Nathan Johnson,
Jos. W. Wherren, Edwin Tarbell,
Solon Robbins,
G. H. Waugh.
Dan'l Gallaghar.
John Kelly,
Daniel Tuttle.
Hugh Gill. Chas. H. Conant. Francis Robbins, fem.
George Flagg,
Chas. E. Worcester, John D. Moulton. George Worster, fem. Isaac Barker.
James D. Coburn. C. J. Williams.
WM. D. TUTTLE, TOWN CLERK.
Acton, March 1, 1880.
John Fletcher & Sons. John W. Charter, E. B. Forbush. fem.
John White. fem.
Francis Conant,
Nixon Ball,
T. P. Goding, fem., Francis Dwight, 3, E. B. Hooper, Theron F. Newton,
Jos. Reed.
Taylor, Brothers & Co.,
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REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS & EXPENDITURES AT THE
ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST, 1880.
ARTICLES ON HAND APRIL 1, 1880.
13 cows,
$520 00
Boiled cider,
75
1 horse,
80 00
Cider,
3 00
12 1-2 tons of hay,
195 00
Salt pickles, 1 50
Cotton seed meal,
2 80
Beets,
50
Meal,
6 90
Soap,
50
Shorts,
24 00
Apples,
50
Corn,
1 30
Onions,
25
Plaster,
40
Ketchup,
50
Bags,
3 00
80 lbs. ham,
9 60
Barrels,
17 00
3 00
Glass,
24
Flour,
6 50
12 cords wood cut for use, 54 00
Tea,
1 00
31 hens,
15 50
Sugar,
50
Boxes,
60
Spices,
25
Tub,
75
Dried apples,
1 00
Lumber,
18 00
Eggs,
45
Potatoes,
43 50
Candles,
50
325 lbs. pork,
29 25
Beans,
20
115 lbs. lard,
11 50
Oil,
12
Butter,
60
Corned beef,
64
$1,056 35
Apple sauce,
75
Sausages,
20
EXPENSES.
Paid for butter,
$54 74
Paid for rye meal,
20
cheese,
9 18
boots & shoes,
12 98
crackers,
25 44
lanterns.
2 02
Sugar,
19 89
oat meal,
52
molasses,
6 87
oil,
5 62
coffee,
2 72
wicks,
10
tea,
10 30
whet stones,
43
tobacco,
13 11
snath,
83
fish,
16 98
fare to Lowell,
80
beans,
4 57
raisins,
1 51
spices,
1 95
lemons,
1 15
matches,
2 30
curtains,
38
clothing,
19 52
peas,
35
chimneys,
69
hoes,
1 00
chambers,
1 40
horse radish,
08
saleratus,
1 02
grain,
254 74
sad iron,
45
starch,
38
seeds,
1 01
stationery,
16
candles,
1 37
pins,
08
medicine,
5 58
Paris green,
90
shovel,
17
Bristol brick,
10
snuff,
80
corn cutter,
60
scythes,
2 55
alum,
22
rakes,
1 36
glass,
79
flour,
54 00
salt petre,
16
pipes,
10
cards,
16
mustard,
1 54
axes,
1 70
salts,
12
gimblet,
10
pails,
97
tumblers, 30
brooms,
95
printers' ink, 1 05
RECEIPTS FROM TOWN FARM- 1879-80.
Received for calfskin, $ 70
Received for bull,
28 00
milk,
571 71
use of bull, 3 00
calves,
18 25
berries, 5 00
apples,
322 05
eggs,
4 76
COWS,
137 28
potatoes,
7 62
grapes,
1 68
soap grease, 50
poultry,
10 93
care & support
boarding B.
F.J.Aiken, 34 71
Skinner, 72 00
pork,
17 47
$1,235 66
21
Paid for soap, 12 88
Paid for prunes, 35
yeast,
99
tin ware,
88
onions,
2 07
grass seed,
5 36
cream tartar,
2 28
lock, 50
fork,
37
phosphate,
7 85
cans,
82
castings,
4 47
shells,
19
meat,
62 75
clothes line,
90
bags,
25
nails,
90
wash tubs,
1 50
salt,
2 65
basket,
42
barrels,
24 95
bug poison,
50
rice,
36
sınk, 3 00
lamỹ,
37
blacksmith bill, 13 77
horse blanket,
1 25
eggs to set, 75
cabbages,
36
teaming lumber, 3 00
labor, 183 00
bull,
20 00
saw bill,
2 94
repairing shoes, 85
repairing harness, 10
filing saws.
73
cows,
254 00
use of team, 22 75
75
truss B. Skinner, 2 50
cider, 8 96
Dr. Sanders, do., 17 00
cash B. Skinner, 9 00
N. S. Brooks, 12 00 services of
J.Dubois & wife,247 50
E. H. Cutler, 50 00
John White, 10 00
Frank Hosmer, 10 00
Total amount of Expenditures, 66 66 Receipts,
$1,663 05
1,235 66
Deficiency,
$427 39
Balance due as per report of the Overseers of Poor, April 1, 1879,
162 05
$589 44
smoking hams, 1 20
repairing pump, 4 50
coffin and robe for
L.Chamberlain,13 00 wheelwright bill, 2 25
keeping cows, 6 00
use of bull 77, 78 and 79, 14 00
butchering,
board & nursing F. J. Aiken, 17 71
vinegar, 2 80
plow beam, 2 60
use of harrow, 50
Dr. Sanders' bill,15 65
peach trees, 12 00
22
Drawn from the Treasury April 1, 1879, $162 05 66 66 66
for use on
farm 1879-1880, 80 00
242 05-
Balance due April 1, 1880,
$347 39
Deficiency,
$427 39
Interest on Farm,
240 00
$667 39
Victualing 504 Tramps at 40 cents,
201 60
Cost of supporting poor on farm,
$465 79
Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps supported in Almshouse, 7; average number, 4 3-4 ; present number, 5.
ELISHA H. CUTLER, ) OVERSEERS JOHN WHITE, OF
FRANK HOSMER, POOR.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee The Town of Acton
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, 1879-80.
To THE CITIZENS OF ACTON :-
Your School Committee, through their agent the Su- perintendent of Schools respectfully submit for your care- ful consideration the following report :
When we take into consideration the number of our school months, the number of different teachers who have been in our employ and all the obstacles which are in the way of the perfect success of anything in this world, which has an elevating tendency, we feel that we have good rea- son for congratulation. Our appropriations for school purposes are necessarily so small in comparison with those of the larger towns and cities that we are unable to retain our best teachers or to attract superior ones from neigh- boring towns. Our appropriation for schools is only about nine dollars per scholar while that of the town of Quincy which has a deserved reputation for excellent schools is over twenty-one dollars per scholar. When the results of our educational work are compared with those of larger towns and cities this fact should be borne in mind. How long would the town of Quincy have a reputation for superior public schools, were she to reduce her school ap- propriation by more than one-half ?
We are able to state, however, without any exaggera-
2
tion that no teacher has been in our employ during the year who was not well qualified to instruct her pupils in all the studies they wished to pursue. In two or three instances the usefulness of the teachers was somewhat im- paired by a lack of enthusiasm, but in all these cases the deficiency was more noticeable, because the teachers who preceded them possessed this quality to a marked degree.
No epidemic has prevailed in the town during the year to impair the attendance to any considerable extent, though some parents have not been careful to keep their chil- dren in the schools every day, and on this account pupils have met with an irreparable loss. Facts have been reported to us, since the last term closed, which impress us with the importance of a more careful- enforcement of our truant laws.
We think it also important that better provisions should be made for the safe ventilation of our school rooms that so many pupils may not be detained from school by colds contracted there. We trust our teachers will be more par- ticular in the future in this regard. Such care ought to be taken of the health of our pupils that they will be safer, when in charge of the teacher, than when they are at home.
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