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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF-
NORTH READING.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY, 1884,
-AND-
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND ALSO THE TRUSTEES OF FLINT LIBRARY, ASSESSOR'S RETURNS, &c.
SALEM: T. J. HUTCHINSON & SON, STEAM PRINTERS. 1884.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF --
NORTH READING,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY, 1884,
-AND --
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND ALSO THE TRUSTEES OF FLINT LIBRARY, ASSESSOR'S RETURNS, &c.
SALEM: T. J. HUTCHINSON & SON, - STEAM PRINTERS.
1884.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
Paid for teaching High School, 369 00
Centre 270 00
East
234 00
Franklin
270 00
West
252 00
North
270 00
Wood
172 55
Care of rooms
86 20
Books, Furniture and Repairs
374 41
$2298 16
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Charles P. Howard as town Clerk
15 00
Charles P. Howard for recording valuation ; and taxes, and making returns of births, marriages, deaths, and other services 38 55 Chas. P. Howard, printing, postage and express on books 4 79
Charles P. Howard, journeys 3 00
Joseph D. Gowing, as selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor 100 00
Samuel Batchelder, as selectman, assessor, and overseer of poor 72 00
Dennis Batchelder as selectman, assessor,
and overseer of the poor 40 00
J. D. Gowing, as treasurer
38 00
66 as collector 62 00
extra services & expenses 20 CO
6 printing, post'ge & station'y II 50 Amount carried forward, $404 84
4
Amount brought forward, - 404 84 George K. Parker, as school committee 36 00 George L. Flint, as school committee 10 00 Edward S. Rayner, as school committee 23 00 Sylvester Eaton, a constable 13 00
486 84
STATE AID.
Paid Charles J. Burditt
72 00
Isaac O. Evans
18 00
Tryphena Harris
48 00
Rebecca J. McIntire
48 00
Sarah J. Mason
48 00
Jane Proctor
48 00
Robert B. Walsh
72 00
Josephine Watts
48 00
- 402 00
MILITARY AID.
Paid John S. Coney
6 00
Henry C. Flint
72 00
Wm. H. Gerry
120 00
John Grant
72 00
Joseph Kenney
72 00
Fred C. McIntire
72 00
George E. McIntire
12 00
Wm. C. McIntire
6 00
George S. Walls
96 00
528 00
ROAD WORK.
Paid Eliab U. Flint
135 80
Alanson A. Upton
182 90
Eliab Stone
98 00
George R. Hinman
254 90
Amount carried forward,
671 60
5
Amount brought forward, Albert H. Holt
671 60
250 00
Benj Eames (for gravel '82 & '83)
5 80
James E Fairbanks
6 80
David E. Eaton
1 00
Wm. C. McIntire (last year)
I 5C
Cyrus Ayer, bridges and culverts
223 84
Wm. Parker, gravel and labor 3 00
1163 54
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid for Printing annual reports and town warrants, 31 75
Insurance on Old Town Hall, 40 00
Insurance on High School House, 15 00
Insurance on Centre School House,
15 00
Insurance on West School House,
15 00
Insurance on Franklin School House, 15 00
Care of old town hall, 5 00
Piano for memorial hall,
142 62
J E. Fairbanks, damage to cow,
10 00
State tax, 435 00
County tax,
235 55
Lodging tramps,
28 75
Varnishing hearse,
14 00
C. H. Carleton as sealer,
1 00
Return of deaths, 5 00
Check lists, notices and warrants, 13 50
Interest on town notes,
654 20
Fence at memorial hall,
300 00
C. J. Burditt, ringing bell,
52 00
Cemetery bills,
40 00
Memorial hall, repairs,
53 84
ilmount carried forward, -
2122 21
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6
Amount carried forward,
Liberty pole, 6 45
Fish committee acc.,
IO 50
Repair on pumps, 12 25
Overtaxation and abatements,
65 34
G. B. Parker for Flint Library
52 00
Return of births,
I 00
Paid for Fire at Warren Holt's, (1882.)
2 00
on Fairbanks' Land, (1882.)
4 00
" at Osgood's Hiil,
9 00
Martin's Pond,
282 22
on Robinson's Land, 41 75
$2608 72
Orders drawn for schools, 2298 16
town officers,
486 84
state aid,
402 00
military aid,
528 00
highways,
1163 54
overseers of the poor,
1542 33
miscellaneous,
2608 72
Whole amount of orders, $9029 59
JOSEPH D. GOWING, Selectmen
SAMUEL BATCHELDER, of
DENNIS BATCHELDER, S North Reading.
February, 18th, 1884.
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Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
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NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE,
Jonathan N. Batchelder, 58 years,
Emily A. Buxton,
39
Sarah Banker,
34
Nathaniel McIntire,
69 66
Ruth McIntire,
75
Maria McIntire,
I5
William S. McIntire
13
Charles H. McIntire
II
Mary J. Norwood
36
Whole number 9.
Present number 8.
Average number 72.
One hundred and fifteen tramps have been assisted.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE,
FEBRUARY, 1884.
Five cows
$200 00
Swine
18 00
Eighteen fowls
9 00
Hay and grain
108 00
Manure
80 00
Lumber
40 00
Wood and fuel
85 00
Farming utensils
266 50
Household furniture
415 96
Provisions
147 50
Bills uncollected
83 30
$1453 26
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Received for labor done off farm
129 80
Wood 172 55
Milk
424 76
Stock
353 05
Lumber
180 74
Produce
217 42
Lodging and board
52 15
Care of tramps
28 75
Cash from Selectmen
570 75
$2129 97
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for groceries
159 54
Flour and grain
266 21
Meat and fish
121 95
Butter and cheese
40 55
Blacksmith bill
17 IO
Doctor's bill and medicine
23 68
Building repairs
99 85
Hired labor
273 54
Stock
372 00
Farming tools and seeds
56 58
House furniture
23 92
Clothing, bedding and shoes
62 14
Lumber
178 10
Crackers
20 66
Coal, freight and express
16 65
Ice
10 00
Fertilizer
21 00
Mrs. Norwood, funeral expenses
16 50
Cyrus Ayer, as keeper
350 00
-$2129 97
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EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid city of Boston for Nancy Moore 74 57
for Louisa Fitzmorris 104 00
Town of Andover, George E. McIntire 36 co
16 F. C. McIntire 96 39
16 Wm. C. McIntire 66 00
.€ Addison McIntire 2 00
Eliza Bird 16 00
Town of Middleton, Saml Curry & family 96 53
Natick, W. A. Nichols 72 00
J. Arthur Whelfluy 56 57
Mrs. Alice Batchelder
30 00
Jacob McIntire 20 27
Wm. C. McIntire
2 32
George Earley
4 00
Mrs. John Day
127 25
C. H. Davis
26 73
Charles B. Abbott
22 00
R. B. Walsh for grandchild
48 00
Funeral expenses and care of Abby McIntire 31 50
Funeral expenses of Edward McIntire 18 00
Clothing for J. Orben's girl 7 64
Mrs. Wm. Walls 13 81
Expenses of poor out of almshouse 971 58
Expenses of poor at almshouse 570 75
Received from orders 1542 33
JOSEPH D. GOWING, Overseers SAMUEL BATCHELDER, of the Poor.
DENNIS BATCHELDER,
February 16, 1884.
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Treasurer's Report.
Balance from last year 89 77
Taxes collected of 1881
510 00
66
1882 1080 23
66
1883
5720 00
From State for State aid 435 00
Military aid
320 00
Corporation tax 35 53
66
Nat. Bank tax 13 19
66
School fund
214 33
Pauper account
89 39
County dog fund
118 85
City of Lynn on over's acct. (last year) 97 03
145 00
City of Boston
26 73
Insurance dividends
22 50
Rent of Flint Hall Building
22 25
of Old hall
35 00
Knights of Honor for ante-room
10 00
Trustees Riverside Cemetery
89 00
For hearse 6 00
Interest on Taxes
50 20
Interest on money deposited 10 00
Taxes not assessed
19 92
Taxes after abatement 3 90
Harriet N. Flint Memorial Hall fence 100 00
9263 82
Paid out on Selectmen's orders 9029 59
Balance on hand $234 23
II
ASSETS.
Uncollected taxes for 1883
2680 42
66 " 1882 800 00
Cash on hand
234 23
Due from H. N. Flint on Memorial Hall fence200 00
Due from State for State and Military aid due Dec. 10, 1884 731 00
- - 4645 65
LIABILITIES.
Due on Town Notes 1 1000 00
Interest due April 1 1884
302 50
Estimated amount due on pauper acct, 250 00
" other accounts 150 00
JOSEPH D. GOWING, Treasurer and Collector.
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Over- seers of the Poor and Treasurer, and find them correct and properly vouched for.
SAMUEL P. BREED), BENJAMIN EAMES, Auditors. GEORGE B. PARKER,
February 19, 1884.
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Assessor's Return.
State tax
435 00
County tax
235 55
Schools
2000 00
Roads
I200 00
Ordinary expenses
3000 00
Town debt
1000 00
Painting
300 00
Overlay
229 87
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-$8400 42
Total number of polls
214
Tax on polls
2 00
Rate of tax per thousaud
15 60
Personal estate assessed
53,774
Real estate assessed
457,279
Total
$511.053
Number of houses
204 3-4
acres of land
7640
horses
167
oxen
8
cows
310
sheep
-
swine
92
JOSEPH D. GOWING, SAMUEL BATCHELDER, DENNIS BATCHELDER,
Assessors
of North Reading
February 18, 1884
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Report of Treasurer for Trustees of Cemeteries. By Town Appropriation
Dr. $40 00
To paid for trees and labor on Cemeteries
$34 75
Balance in Treasurer's hands $5 25
Received for sale of lots $89 00
Paid for the same to Town Treasurer $89 00
C. P. HOWARD, Treasurer for Trustees of Cemeteries.
North Reading, Febuary, 1884
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Statistics from Town Clerk's Record,
FOR THE YEAR 1883.
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Number of Births,.
18
Males,
6
Females
I2
Number of Intentions of Marraiages,
4
Number of Marriages Recorded
7
Number of Deaths
24
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Y. M.
D
Jan. 5 . . .
Willie Milton Robinson, ..
3
IO
18
Scarlet Fever,
Jan. 5. . . .
Mrs. Mary Dwire,
44
5
Consumption
Jan. 13 ..
Charlotte E. Walsh,
I2
8
I
Consumption
Jan. 23
Mrs. Joean McIntire,
78
9
6
Brights Disease
March 10
Kate Flint,.
I
8
Congestion Lungs
March 20.
Rowland Nichols Pratt, ..
Hæmatophellia
March 24.
Mrs. Mary Jane Norwood.
34
I 1
I2
Consumption of Blood
May 6 . . .
Clarence L. Orben,
I
8
16
Cerebro Meningitis
May II ..
Miss Harriet E. Jeffrey, . .
39
II
Pneumonia
May 13 ..
Mrs. Elvina S. Abbott,
69
II
Consumption
May 28 ..
Brown,
I
Debility
June 29. .
Mr. Samuel Flint, .
86
5
Old Age
July 28 .
Thomas Winslow.
2
IO
Marasmus
Aug. 5
Mr. Samuel Kelly,
76
Heart Disease
Auy. 7 . .
George Currier,
3
22
Cholera Infantum
Aug. 18 ..
Mrs Francene A. Wallis,
46
4
18
Consumption
Nov. 18. .
Frederick E. Miller,
14
I
9
Drowned
CHARLES P. HOWARD,
TOWN CLERK.
NORTH READING, February 1884.
Dropsy
Feb. 21 ..
James A. Whapley,. 18
7
4
Consumption
May 12 ..
Mr. Edward McIntire 84
5
June 12
Infant ..
Age.
Disease or cause of Death.
I5
Report of Trustees of Flint Library.
In our last report we told you we had a lot of books for which we had not room upon our shelves, and we intended soon to make a radical change to increase our accommodations. We have failed to accomplish this because we know not just what to do. How to get what we needed and not injure the looks of the room, is a problem as yet unsolved A carpen-
ter has been engaged, other libraries have been visited, but as yet no cunning workman has been found ready to effect the change. We hope that soon a suitable plan will be found and the change made. In the meantime let us console our- selves that our difficulty is not worse, books without shelves are better than shelves without books.
It was for this want of room that books were not purchased at the usual time. The clamor always is, " give us some- thing new," hence less books were taken, and as several dili- gent readers have left town, we suppose the circulation less than in former years. We are pleased to know that the number of books given out comes fully up to the average.
Sixteen books have been given to the library, the donors have our thanks.
A gentleman in New York has expressed his readiness to make us quite a donation of books, about 70 volumes, and we are in daily expectation of receiving it. We hope the town will make the usual appropriation for the library.
GEORGE K. PARKER GEORGE B. PARKER, JOHN B. CAMPBELL, GEORGE L. FLINT, JOSEPH 1). GOWING, DENNIS BATCHELDER, )
Trustees
Flint Library, North Reading, Feb 23, 1884
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand February 24, 1883, $ 68 97
Interest on Flint memorial fund, 165 00
Received from dog tund, 52 00
-$285 97
PAYMENTS.
W. B. Clark & Carruth, for books 125 00
Librarian 52 00
M. H. Graves
3 50
Wood
6 25
Express
I 85
188 60
Balance, $97 37 GEORGE B. PARKER. Treasurer of Flint Library.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Total number of volumes in the library 2,222
Added by purchase within the year 132
Donation from Mr. George H. Parker
5
Mr. Horatio C. Blanchard 3
Mr. William A. Russell
I
Board of Agriculture
I
War Department I Quincy, Mass. I - 12
Whole number of books delivered
7,590
Greatest number to one account
222
Fines collected
Miscellaneous expenses
$11 38 $13 84
SARAH H. WHITCOMB.
North Reading, Feb, 16, 1884.
I7 Report of School Committee.
The swift flight of time is indicated by the apparent fre- quency with which we are called upon to submit, in our hum- ble way, a report of that which has been done by way of managing our schools. We have to account for no serious break or interruption, and, in but one instance have we been obliged to change teachers. Miss Simpson who was in charge of the Franklin, resigned her position at the close of the Fall term, and was succeeded by Miss Battles, whom we hope to retain for the balance of the school year.
The fact that the Center, East, North and West, are all presided over by ability, entirely native, and with experience acquired almost entirely in our own schools, is a sufficient guaranty of satisfactory management and gratifying progress.
Pursuant to a somewhat marked demand for a male teach- er in the High School, the committee secured the services of Frank L. Kelly, a graduate of Bridgewater Normal School, who has proved himself a thorough master of discipline and teaching. The unqualified success of the High school proves its usefulness beyond cavil, and we hope to increase its capa- bilities by proper changes in the course of study, and by sup- plying a reference library together with a few articles of ex- perimental apparatus.
We anxiously await the time when our town shall have been freed from debt, and we can reasonably ask for more liberal appropriations.
GEO L. FLINT, GEORGE K PARKER, School EDW. S. RAYNER, Committee.
North Reading, Feb. 23, 1884.
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Town Warrant,
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the town of North Reading in tn the county of Middlesex
GREETING : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the In- habitants of the town of North Reading, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, to meet at the TOWN HALL, in said town, on MONDAY, the third day of March next, at eight o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :-
Art. I. To choose a Moderator.
Art. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Art. 3. To hear reports of Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor, and act thereon.
Art. 4. To hear report of Treasurer and Collector, and act thereon.
Art. 5. To hear report of School Committee, and act thereon.
Art. 6. To hear report of Trustees of Flint Li- brary, and act thereon.
Art. 7. To hear report of Trustees of Cemeteries. and act thereon.
Art. 8. Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the town. Yes or No.
Art. 9. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for Schools and Incidentals for the coming year.
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Art. 10. To see how much money the town will raise and aspropriate for ordinary expenses for the en- suing year.
Art. II. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for Highways, and the manner in which it shall be spent.
Art. 12. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for the payment of the Town Debt.
Art. 13. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate for the improvement of their Cemeteries, and the manner in which it shall be ex- pended.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to allow the Middlesex North Agricultural Society the free use of Flint Memorial Hall for a public meeting of the Farm- er's Institute.
Art. 15. To see what action the town will take in regard to the money received from the Dog fund.
Art. 16. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of Taxes for the coming year.
Art. 17. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer to hire money to meet the demands of the town under the direction and approval of the Select- men.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to buy the Hay Scales of J. P. Whitcomb, or what they will do in regard to the same.
Art. 19. To see what action the town will take in regard to removing the tree's on the side walk n residence of Wm. I. Nichols.
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Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to purchase a piece of land for a gravel pit, on Park street, near the residence of George L. Orben, or what they will do about it.
Art. 21. To see how much money the town will raise and appropriate to purchase Johnson Pumps, or what action they will take in regard to the same.
Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to change the Rules and Regulations in regard to Fishing in Swan and Martin's Ponds, so as to permit persons to fish all day on fishing days, or what they do in regard to the same.
Art. 23. To see if the town will accept of the List of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.
Art. 24. To hear report of Selectmen on Guide- boards, and act thereon.
Art. 25. To hear report of Committees, and act thereon.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, A.D. eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
JOSEPH D. GOWING, Selectmen
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SAMUEL BATCHELDER, of DENNIS BATCHELDER, North Reading.
A true copy, Attest.
SYLVESTER EATON,
Constable of North Reading.
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