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Another item of expense has been $33.75 for encyclopedias. This was made under the regulation allowing .25 of the income of the State school fund to be used for maps and books of refer- ence. Some outlay was made for items of this class last year but does not appear in the report under this head.
In making this purchase we have assumed that, while, like the extra outlay for experienced teachers, it might have been avoid- ed, the town does not choose to sacrifice everything pertaining to the efficiency of its schools to the question of economy.
Our expenditures for maps and books of reference for the last six years has not been large-aggregating $91.20 or an average of $15.20 per year. This is less than has been expended in some neighboring towns where not nearly as much is done for schools as here. With the exception of the primary maps purchased last year, and which experience proves to have been a very judi- cious expenditure, we have not purchased wall maps or anatom- ical charts ; believing we could better get along without them than other things for which we needed the money.
In making purchases, however, we have carefully discriminated against what was for mere show, and also everything that could be extemporized in the schoolroom.
We think our schools would be much improved were they to adopt a definite course of study. Each year's work should be marked out and examinations of classes held to test their ability to go on with the next year's work. Much has been done by our teachers in the past to modernize their schools, so that some of the schools are in a condition to adopt such a course with little inconvenience.
In the course we have prepared, the year's work will be about the same as is required of pupils of equal age in the grades of city schools. Thus the kind of instruction and the order of its introduction will be what is approved by experienced educators. To develop the pupil's mind symmetrically, according to the best models we have, more training of the eye and the hand than has
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been usual in our schools will be required, and more cultiva- tion of language.
The experiment of utilizing such a course will be tried in one or two at least of our schools the coming year. If such a course is adopted it will be more necessary even than now that all be- ginners should come in together each year and be kept in school continuously till their school course is ended. Without the ad- vantage of full time, children cannot expect to pass examina- tions and will have to drop into classes below.
Extra work and outside assistance, more than ever before, will be found a poor substitute for regular school work. Teachers are now kept on duty an extra half hour each day solely to aid those who are behind on account of absences, but this accom- plishes only in a lame and deficient way the work done in the regular classes ; nor can teaching at home give better results.
Teachers have done much work outside of school hours, and have been ready to promote the good of all the schools as well as to do what narrowly concerned their own. The labor of re- vising our list of readers and selecting supplemental reading and reference books, mainly done by them, has consumed much time.
To say our schools have been successful in the sense of running smoothly and with common approval is matter of small congrat. ulation to us. It is said of schools that bear poor comparison to ours in point of efficiency. If they have not improved upon the work of previous years, good as that has been, our hope and that of the teachers has failed.
Scholars who have been neither absent or tardy during the year :- Mary Fairbank, Mary Walfram, Eddie Briggs, Edith Burns, Ella Baker, Carrie Warner and Emma Smith.
STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS EM- PLOYED, &c.
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CENTER-GRAMMAR.
Miss Eunice J. Morton.
Number of scholars enrolled,
22
Average membership,
17
Average attendance,
15
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
1
Number of weeks school,
35
Amount paid as wages,
$245.00
CENTER-PRIMARY.
Miss Carrie L. Warner.
Number of scholars enrolled,
48
Average membership, 39
Average attendance,
36
Number of weeks school,
35
Amount paid as wages,
$245.00
HILL-GRAMMAR.
Miss Elsie E. Elder.
Number of scholars enrolled, 25
Average membership,
19
Average attendance,
16
Number of weeks school,
35
Amount paid as wages,
$245.00
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HILL-PRIMARY.
Miss Mary A. Waite.
Number of scholars enrolled,
41
Average membership,
32
Average attendance,
30
Number of scholars under 5 years of age,
1
Number of weeks school, 35
Amount paid as wages,
$245.00
WEST HATFIELD-GRAMMAR.
Miss Carrie S. Porter.
Number of scholars enrolled,
28
Average membership,
22
Average attendance,
20
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
3
Amount paid as wages,
$245.00
WEST HATFIELD-PRIMARY.
Miss Gertrude A. Strong.
Number of scholars enrolled, 34
Average membership,
30
Average attendance,
26
Number of weeks school,
35
Amount paid as wages,
$223.00
WEST BROOK.
Miss Kate Wells.
Number of scholars enrolled, 38
Average membership,
30
Average attendance,
23
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
3
Number of weeks school,
35
Amount paid as wages,
$245.00
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FARMS.
Misses Lotta Porter and Hattie A. Carl.
Number of scholars enrolled,
27
Average membership,
22
Average attendance,
22
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
1
Number of weeks school,
35
Amount paid as wages,
$234.00
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Number of persons between 5 and 15 years,
253
66 66 66 8 and 14 years,
158
66 of scholars enrolled, 66 " between 5 and 15 years, 254
263
66 66 66 8 and 14 years,
160
Average membership in all the schools for the year,
211
Average attendance in all the schools for the year,
188
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
8
Number of scholars under 5 years of age,
1
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Balance unexpended last year,
$ 77 86 Appropriated by the town, 1,700 00
Received from State Fund, 217 33
66 66 Dog Fund, 85 84
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66 Tuition Northampton, 50 00
66 Over pay of Teacher, 5 60
$2,136 63
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Amount expended for teachers,
$1,927 60
wood and coal,
220 18
care school houses,
128 03
66 66 Encyclopedias, 33 75
$2,310 06
Expended over receipts,
$173.43
Appropriation for music,
$150.00
Amount paid Prof. Charmbury,
150.00
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
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Amount expended for Books and supplies, $250.00
Estimates of Appropriations required for 1888-89.
For Schools,
$2,000 00
Books and supplies,
250 00
Music,
150 00
Respectfully submitted,
C. M. BARTON, S. S. DWIGHT,
School
Committee.
GEORGE C. MARSH,
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1889.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS .: GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 1889.
ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 18, 1889.
ARTICLE 1. - To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 .- To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing, including one member of the School Committee for three years.
ART. 3. -- To choose an Elector under the Will of the late Oli- ver Smith, Esq.
ART. 4. - To revise and accept the list of Jurors as submitted by the Selectmen.
ART. 5 .- The hear the report of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and School Committee, and act thereon.
ART. 6 .- To receive and pass on Town accounts.
ART. 7 .- To take action in relation to raising money to de- fray the necessary expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 8 .- To see what method the town will adopt for the maintenance and repairs of highways and bridges for the ensu- ing year.
ART. 9 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to the prompt payment of taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 10 .- To see if the town will raise money to pay the out- standing debts of the town.
ART. 11 .- To see if the town will make an appropriation for the Public Library, and choose a committee for the same.
ART. 12 .- To take action in relation to the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
ART. 13 .- To see if the town will make an appropriation to defray the expenses of celebrating Memorial Day.
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ART. 14. - To take action under Chap. 100, Sec. 5, of the Public Statutes, in answer to the question, " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?" All ballots shall have the words Yes and No printed on the same ballot. In order to ascertain the result of the vote upon said question, every such ballot from which the word No is crossed out or erased shall be counted as a vote in the affirmative, and every such ballot from which the word Yes is so crossed out or erased shall be counted as a vote in the negative, but no ballot shall be counted as a vote upon the question unless one of the said words has been so crossed out or erased therefrom and the other remains thereon.
ART. 15 .- To see if the town will pay a bounty for the kill- ing of noxious animals and birds.
ART. 16 .- To see if the town will employ a teacher of music in the schools.
ART. 17 .- To see if the town will take action in relation to the cemeteries of the town.
ART. 18 .- To see if the town will take action in relation to rebuilding Hill Bridge so called.
ART. 19 .- To see if the town will appoint an agent to look after the interest of individuals in town where the town is likely to be held responsible for the support of said persons.
ART. 20 .- To see if the town will do anything to protect the river bank from washing at the bridge near the house of Henry R. Graves.
ART. 21. - To see what action the town will take under the law of 1888 with reference to a school superintendent.
ART. 22 .- To see if the town will appropriate money for special repairs on school houses and the construction of out- buildings.
ART. 23 .- To see if the town will take any action on the matter of drainage from the dwellings of those living on Chest- nut street, and make an appropriation for the same.
ART. 24 .- To take action in relation to a claim the town has against Alvin Sanderson and John E. Doane.
Selectmen's Report.
To the Inhabitants of Hatfield :
Your Selectmen have finished their duties for another year, and find the expenses of the town for the past year to come within the appropriations raised at the town meeting last March. The roads and bridges are all in good repair except the one at Pine Bridge, so called, which will need some repairing ; and the Hill Bridge may have to be rebuilt ; also quite a sum is needed to repair a washout at Little Ponsett Hill. The roads in the other parts of the town are in good repair so far as we can judge. We have expended some of the money raised for special repairs at West Brook, and the depot road, and the road leading from the hill to the depot.
POOR.
As recommended by the Board last year, we still recommend a different policy in regard to money expended for the Poor of the town. We think if some suitable place could be procured by the town and all of the persons supported by the town board- ed there together we should be relieved of considerable expense, also decreasing the number of tramps to provide lodgings for.
We are having the following persons boarded in private fami- lies :
Charles Morton,
aged 74,
at $3.00 per week.
Michael Ryan,
" 81,
" 2.00
Patrick Russell,
62,
“ 2.75
Joseph Beauregard
81,
" 2.00
66
Letta Wheeler,
66
9,
" 1.50
66
John Tobin,
" 1.50 66
(5)
6
Besides A. M. Richmond at the hospital, Joseph Proux and family are being temporarily aided, they living in Northampton. And we have been obliged to help the family of Larry Powers some, but think they will support themselves soon. Also the wife of Daniel Dolon requires some aid.
The number of tramps provided lodging for the year, 45.
OLD BILLS, 1888.
M. H. Burke, repairs on school houses, $47 40
1. Crafts, labor on school house, 2 00
Carlton C. Crafts, labor on highway,
1 50
James Mullen, labor on bridge,
2 00
Horace Shumway, labor on highway,
50 00
$ 102 90
FOOT WALK AT HILL BRIDGE.
Jared Remington, labor on foot walks,
$14 37
George Budner,
14 00
E. E. Wood & Son, bolts and spikes,
4 80
A. L. Strong, planks,
39 06
David Billings, stone posts,
8 00
E. Hamnell, iron cable,
10 00
$90 23
BREAKING ROADS AND SHOVELING SNOW, MARCH, 1888.
John Batzhold,
shoveling snow,
$6 75
George Steele,
56
66
3 00
John Kiley,
66
1 80
John Steele,
66
2 25
John May, . 66
66
1 65
George Phiffer,
66
66
5 25
John Statder,
66
66
2 75
John Stringline,
66
66
4 11
Ernest Gordon, breaking roads,
3 50
Frank Newman, shoveling snow,
2 25
George D. Howe, 66
2 50
David Powers,
66
4 37
William Holden, breaking roads,
$13 50
C. B. Dickinson, 66
17 25
Fred Jubenville,
66
1 50
D. W. Wells, 66
4 87
Henry Balise,
66 66
8 00
Phillip Jubenville,
66
13 00
C. H. Waite,
Shoveling snow,
75
John Karin, 66 66
3 00
J. D. Porter,
breaking roads,
4 00
F. G. Bardwell,
66 66
5 00
O. S. Graves,
66 66
2 50
Oscar Belden,
5 00
Carlton H. Crafts,
66
1 50
C. W. Wolfram,
66 66
2 75
John McHugh, 66
66
3 00
A. L. Strong,
66
66
2,50
H. G. Moore,
66
66
2 00
A. E. Harris,
66
3 50
$133 80
POOR.
Mary Wheeler, board of Lotta Wheeler. $78 00 Lewis Murray, board of Patrick Russell, 49 35
John Goodchild, 66
93 25
Peter Balise, board of Joseph Beauregard, 104 00
92 00
William W. Field, board of Charles Morton, 159 65
171 42
N. L. Hospital, board of A. M. Richmond, 66 Catherine Tobin,
27 07
T .: Baggs, lodging tramps, 21 50
Fred Jubenville, lodging tramps,
4 50
N. P. Gould, wood for Mrs. Kennedy, 2 25
R. P. Smith, coal 4 00 66
Albert Marsh, lodging tramps,
2 00
Sisters of Charity, board of John Tobin,
102 00
City of Northampton, support of Daniel Dolon and wife, 70 40
City of Northampton, burial of child of Joseph Proux, 8 00
John Karin, board of Michael Ryan,
8
W. M. Lyons for T. Baggs, lodging tramps, $14 00 Joseph Proux, care of Frank Ballou, 23 00 T. A. Orcutt, funeral expenses Frank Ballou, 14 00 Graves Bros., team for Joseph Proux, 2 00
W. H. Dickinson, house rent Mary E. Waite, 10 00 Mrs. Lamprow, lodging tramps, 50
C. M. Barton, medical attendance on poor for the years 1886-87-88, 73 60
$1,126 79
To be paid by the town of Wenham : For Mrs. Dodge, support, cash,
$50 00
W. H. Dickinson, house rent, 32 00
N. P. Gould, wood, 2 25
$84 25
To be paid by the State : Support of E. P. Clark, 76 00
$1,287 04
To be paid by the State for support of Daniel Dolon,
35 20
STATE AID.
Mrs. Covill,
$24 00
Mrs. Anderson,
24 00
$48 00
SEATS FOR SCHOOL HOUSES AT WEST HATFIELD AND WEST BROOK.
Winchester Furniture Co., desks and fixtures, $176 30
Conn. R. R. R. Co., for freight, 7 35
American Express Co., expressage,
65
Joseph Hebert, lumber, 12 00
P. M. Wells, labor and drawing desks,
4 00
Frank Cutter, carting and placing desks. 2 25
John Statder, labor West Hatfield and West Brook, 8 75
$211 30
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SCHOOL BOOKS.
S. E. Bridgman, encyclopedias,
$33 75
American Express Co., expressage,
75
Leach & Sewell, books,
9 72
S. E. Bridgman,
110 40
King & Merrill, blank books,
39 96
Ginn & Co., text books,
1 88
S. E. Bridgman, school books,
90 03
$286 49
SCHOOLS.
Carrie L. Warner, teaching,
$247 00
Eunice J. Morton, 66
73 00
Elsie E. Elder,
63 00
Mary L. Waite,
143 00
Rosella E. Clark,
217 00
Lizzie D. Porter,
186 00
Kate Wells,
217 00
Hattie A. Carl,
66
199 00
Grace B. Marsh,
66
132 00
Martha P. Swinerton,
132 00
Seraph M. Loomis,
84 00
George E. Barton, janitor,
6 50
Eddie Breor,
5 00
Oscar E. Belden, 66
5 35
David Powers, drawing wood and coal, W. Brook10 50 E. M. Martin, coal W. Farms and W. Brook, 40 60 Willie Burke, janitor, 3 50
Mrs. Videmyre,
4 75
John Manchester, "
2 25
R. P. Smith, coal,
112 65
F. G. Bardwell, wood,
20 25
Mrs. Michael Barry, janitor,
2 50
Horace Shumway, drawing coal,
2 15
John E. Doane, wood, 4 25
G. F. Cutter, drawing and sawing wood, 3 00
L. C. Clark, wood and sawing,
7 88
Harry Howard, janitor,
9 75
Homer Rabboin, "
9 75
2
10
Henry Wolfram,
$6 50
Sarah McHugh, sweeping, Center,
7 50
Hattie Kingsley, Hill, 7 50
Mrs. Henry Videmyre, sweeping, W. Brooks,
3 25
Morris Powers, janitor, Farms,
9 75
Mrs. Smith, janitor, West Hatfield,
23 25
Harry Howard, sawing wood,
2 00
Homer Rabboin,
2 00
David Powers, drawing wood,
4 00
$1,999 38
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES.
John Statder, labor,
$24 50
E. E. Wood & Son, supplies,
16 03
T. Baggs, brick, 4 67
Charles H. Jones, door and Sash,
6 38
L. H. Faber, cleaning and repairing clocks,
5 87
Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald, cleaning,
5 00
Edgar P. Lyman, labor, repairing,
23 83
Milton Bradley & Co., school utensils,
2 77
M. C. Howard, paint and material,
12 82
Betsy Videmyre, sweeping, Mrs. Joseph Rabboin, "
2 50
G. E. Barton, cleaning, Center,
5 00
Sarah McHugh,
4 50
Hattie Kingsley, Hill,
4 50
Mrs. Michael Barry, cleaning W. Farms,
2 25
George S. Perry, school supplies,
4 80
Eames & Sprague, school supplies,
1 13
P. L. Hammett, material for black boards,
23 40
Warner & Dibble, repairs on stoves, 28 29
Shumway & Riley, repairs and slating,
33 42
J. H. Howard, school supplies, Mrs. Smith, cleaning,
5 00
C. M. Barton, cash paid for sundries,
19 61
E. M. Martin, school supplies, 2 73
I. R. Clark, school supplies,
10 27
$259 10
6 73
3 10
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HIGHWAYS-HILL DISTRICT.
C. L. Graves,
$72 37
Moses Kingsley,
4 00
H. S. Hubbard, 17 31
James Porter,
6 50
C. L. Warner,
14 70
L. S. Dyer,
9 75
Charles Kingsley,
6 25
W. M. Jones,
45 28
B. M. Warner,
12 01
John Smith,
2 50
Frederick Wagner,
2 25
Horace Shumway,
32 00
Thaddeus Graves,
15 65
J. D. Porter, labor and money paid,
4 50
A. H. Graves,
19 04
Lewis Rabboin,
18 50
$282 61
HIGHWAYS-WEST BROOK.
F. C. Crafts,
$19 25
L. C. Crafts, earth,
22 00
Carlton H. Crafts,
14 00
A. Crafts,
4 50
W. Wenzell,
4 50
George Anderson,
3 00
Dwight Morton,
7 50
C. Carson,
4 50
W. Holden,
7 00
J. T. Fitzgibbons,
12 25
F. G. Bardwell,
19 50
P. Jubenville,
15 00
John Karin,
3 00
George Phifer,
4 50
Morris Fitzgibbons,
2 50
F. C. Crafts,
14 75
$157 75
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HIGHWAYS-SOUTH CENTER.
D. W. Wells, labor,
$120 36
Nicholas Powers, labor,
3 75
$124 11
HIGHWAYS-NORTH CENTER.
Frederick Carl,
$103 74
Edwin Brainard,
20 11
Mert. Hamnel, A. Ferry,
16 95
John McHugh,
3 62
James Breor,
5 00
W. H. Dickinson,
3 82
$152 94
HIGHWAYS-NORTH HATFIELD.
O. S. Graves,
$55 16
E. F. Cooley,
11 76
H. G. Moore, 11 25
E. W. Field, labor and earth,
14 46
F. Moshier,
1 00
Charles Waite,
1 76
Oscar Belden,
3 25
Charles Bartlett,
9 75
H. H. Field,
3 25
A. S. Jones & Sons,
11 62
David Powers,
2 50
$125 76
HIGHWAYS-WEST HATFIELD.
Peter Saffa, labor,
$128 61
66 special,
34 78
John Danenlin, special,
16 00
G. A. Cutter, labor,
3 00
Peter Saffa, blasting and drawing stone,
11 55
$193 94
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BRIDGES.
Jeseph Murray, labor on bridges,
$17 00
Peter Saffa,
17 06
A. L. Strong, plank and lumber,
60 31
H. G. Moore, plank,
9 84
Horace Shumway, lumber,
41 05
O. S. Graves, lumber,
8 00
$153 26
REPAIRS ON HALLS.
M. H. Burke, $50 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Hubbard & Taber, binding books,
$63 00
J. H. Sanderson, services as librarian,
57 70
E. F. Billings, book for library, 2 90
S. E. Bridgman, books,
101 57
Dearden & Noble, lamps and chimneys,
9 23
R. M. Woods, books,
4 00
W. D. Billings, labor,
6 00
Horace Shumway, expressage,
5 60
$250 00
MUSIC IN SCHOOLS.
Prof. Thomas Charmburg, teacher music,
$150 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
A. L. Strong, $50 00
TOWN OFFICERS, 1887.
Moses E. Warner, services as Selectman, $50 00
Charles A. Jones, 66 50 00
Jonathan D. Porter, 66
125 00
W. C. Dickinson, services as Treasurer, 100 00
C. B. Dickinson, Collector of Taxes, 97 00
- $422 00
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1888.
John Fitzgibbons, services as Assessor, $55 00
C. L. Warner,
26 25
W. D. Billings, 66
75 00
W. D. Billings, Town Clerk and Registrar of Voters, 75 00
W. D. Billings, recording births, marriages and deaths, 17 55
W. D. Billings, services as Constable, 3 00
D. W. Wells, services as Elector, 10 00
C. M. Barton, services as School Committee, 125 00
$386 80
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.
J. D. Porter, expenses to Holyoke, pauper case, $4 85
66 66 repairs on Town Hall, 6 00
66 66 order book, postage stamps and
stationery, 5 50
Dane Kingsley, tending ferry, 3 25
A. M. Peck, stools and rubber cloth, 6 00
W. H. Dickinson, V. I. Society, 100 00
L. S. Crafts, care of water trough 1887-88, 10 00
N. P. Gould, labor at the old cemetery, 5 50
Wade, Warner & Co., printing reports and ballots, 36 20
W. D. Billings, Henry Childs for record books, 5 00 A. L. Strong, wood for Town Hall, 5 00
Edgar P. Lyman, repairs on Town Hall and Hearse House, 12 95
Horace Fitzgibbons, care of water trough, 2 50
A. M. Peck, recording deaths, 5 50
W. G. Bassett, legal services N. H. & N. R. R.,35 98
C. D. Bardwell, services as janitor Town Hall and extra work, 22 50
W. D. Billings, postage, 2 00
W. M. Dougherty, painting guide boards, 3 75
S. P. Billings, services for the town, 11 00
J. D. Porter, spikes, 6 12
15
J. H. Howard, nails and spikes, $4 51 Ernest Gason, wood for town hall. 18 00
Charles K. Morton, services as committee on railroads,
25 00
$337 11
Respectfully submitted,
JONATHAN D. PORTER, CHARLES A. JONES, MOSES E. WARNER, Hatfield.
Selectmen
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen for the year ending March 1, 1889, and have found them correct, with proper vouchers on file for all warrants drawn, amounting to seven thousand two hundred fifty-four dollars and sixty-two cents ($7,254.62).
D. W. WELLS, Auditor.
HATFIELD, March 4, 1888.
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APPROPRIATIONS TOWN OF HATFIELD, 1888.
Highways and Bridges,
$1,500 00
Schools,
1,700 00
Poor,
1,200 00
Contingencies,
500 00
Town Officers,
900 00
Interest,
200 00
School Books,
235 00
Public Library,
250 00
Town Debt,
1,000 00
Music,
150 00
Cemeteries,
100 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
Foot Walks,
60 00
Seats for School Houses,
230 00
Repairs on Halls,
50 00
$8,125 00
LIST OF JURORS REPORTED BY THE SELECTMEN.
The following is the List of Jurors reported by the Selectmen for the acceptance of the town for the year 1889 :
W. B. Langdon, Charles W. Marsh, Edward Sheehan, B. M. Warner, Thomas Nolan, E. M. Martin, John T. Fitzgibbons, Lewis A. Billings, Arthur F. Curtis, E. B. Dickinson, Cooley B. Dickinson, Frank H. Porter, Silas S. Dwight, Fred H. Bardwell, John H. Sanderson, Henry G. Moore, Henry Wade, David Billings, W. H. Dickinson, Matthew J. Ryan.
- Treasurer's Report.
W. C. DICKINSON, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF HATFIELD.
CR.
By cash paid Selectmen's orders,
$7,254 62
State Tax,
1,215 00
County Tax,
1,490 14
Interest on Notes,
186 24
- $10,146 00
BY CASH PAID ON PERMANENT LOANS.
Hampshire Savings Bank,
$1.500 00
66 66 66
500 00
- $2,000 00
BY CASH PAID ON TEMPORARY LOANS.
Hampshire Savings Bank,
$500 00
500 00
500 00
66
500 00
500 00
$2,500 00
$14,646 00
3
(17)
18
Dr.
$602 21
To balance from old account, Cash rec'd from Cooley B. Dickinson, coll'r, 8, 787 77
National Bank Tax, 1,642 33
Corporation Tax, 309 40
School Fund, 208 03
Support of State Paupers, 108 43
Dog Fund, 89 75
Smith Charities Tax,
57 25
City of Northampton, tuition,55 25 State Aid, 48 00
C. D. Bardwell,
22 50
Memorial Day appropriation, 12 10
Town of Wenham, support of Mrs. Dodge, 84 25
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- $11,425 06
TO CASH RECEIVED FROM TEMPORARY LOANS.
Hampshire Savings Bank,
$500 00
66
500 00
66
66
500 00
66
500 00
66
500 00
-
$2,500 00
Balance due the Treasurer,
118 73
$14,646 00
IN ACCOUNT WITH COOLEY B. DICKINSON, COLLECTOR.
Cr.
By balance uncollected taxes, 1887-8, $ 368 33
Assessors' Warrant, 1888-89, 9,079 74
Interest on taxes, , 27 55
$9,475 62
19
Dr.
To cash received, Discount on taxes, Orders of abatement, Balance uncollected taxes,
$8,787 77
240 71
25 66
421 48
$9,475 62
SUMMARY.
Uncollected taxes,
$421 48
Due from C. D. Bardwell,
58 26
$479 74
Due the Treasurer,
118 73
Balance in favor of the town,
$361 01
I have this day examined the books of the Treasurer and find them correctly cast and properly vouched, and that there is due the Treasurer one hundred eighteen and seventy-three one- hundredths dollars.
D. W. WELLS, Auditor.
HATFIELD, March 4, 1889.
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Town Clerk's Report.
The vital statistics of the Town of Hatfield, for the year 1888, are as follows :-
BIRTHS BY MONTHS.
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES.
January,
0
0
0
February,
1
0
1
March,
2
2
0
April,
3
1
2
May,
2
2
0
June,
1
0
1
July,
2
1
1
August,
3
1
2
September,
3
3
0
October,
2
0
2
November,
1
0
1
December,
2
1
1
-
Total,
22
11
11
BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS.
FATHER.
MOTHER.
Born in United States,
16
17
Canada,
4
4
Ireland,
1
1
England,
1
-
-
22
22
(20)
21
Births for the five previous years :
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
27
33
32
39
30
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS.
April,
1
May,
1
August,
1
September,
1
October,
1
November,
1
December,
-
Total,
ry
First marriage of both parties,
5
First marriage of bride,
1
Second marriage of groom,
1
Second marriage of bride,
1
Third marriage of groom,
1
Age of oldest bride,
60 years.
Age of youngest bride,
19
66
Age of oldest groom,
60
66
Age of youngest groom,
23 66
BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS MARRIED.
BRIDE.
GROOM.
Born in United States,
6
5
Ireland,
1
1
66 Germany,
1
-
-
Number of certificates of marriages issued from this office, 8
Marriages recorded for the five previous years :
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
7
10
9
5 6
1
22
DEATHS BY MONTHS.
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES.
January,
2
1
1
February,
3
2
1
March,
2
2
0
April,
3
2
1
May,
2
1
1
June,
1
1
0
July,
1
0
1
August,
1
0
1
September,
1
1
0
October,
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