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There is no more than five times the amount of taxable prop- erty that there was in eighteen hundred and forty-six. Dollars multiply faster than children in Wayland. We have multiplied our appropriations for schools by three, our resources have been multiplied by five. Our fathers forty years ago were more gen- erous towards our schools in proportion to their means than we are. Our rate of taxes has more than doubled.
The burden of taxes is heavy enough, but our schools are not responsible for it-if we read the record of the past right.
There have been several changes among our teachers. During the past three years many have left us because they could secure higher wages elsewhere. We would like to have retained the ser- vices of some of them, but we could not with the funds placed at our disposal. To fill one vacancy your committee received no less than twenty-one applications. This fact, and we might furnish many more like it, proves conclusively that there are many more teachers than schools.
Not every educated person is fitted for a teacher. We do not propose to analyze our teachers, or to follow the example of one of our exchanges, where the school committee report reads, "It is with great pleasure that we can report this school as having been under the charge of so able and gifted a teacher as -has shown herself to be for so many successive years," etc. If such encom- iums are pronounced on some, others will be offended or discourag- ed it they do not receive the same, or a little more of it. We be- lieve that public censure or compliments. true or false, in school reports,¿ may well be omitted when they become personal. The records of true teachers pass on before them. "By their fruits ye shall know them." Go back to school report of eighteen hundred and fifty-eight and nine and you will find this sentence: "With the exception of two school houses there is not a decent building
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in town." We are happy to say that this is among the records of the past. Our school houses reflect credit on the people of Way- land for the care and interest they have taken in our school chil- dren. By attending promptly to the few repairs needed annually they will remain in a good condition for a long time.
The laws relative to provision for truancy do not seem to be needed in Wayland, for we have had no truants to speak of for several years. Although we have truant officers according to law they have had but little to do for the past fifty years.
Your committee received an order from the District Police, Rufus F. Wade, to build a fire escape in the rear of the Grammar School building, Cochituate, so that in case of fire, if the front stairway was blocked, or made dangerous by fire,the rear passage- way would be available. The wisdom of this may be decided by all interested. The committee had no discretion in the matter, but carried out the orders agreeable to instructions.
The plan of State Secretary Dickinson to improve our country schools is again before the legislature. It proposes to unite two or three towns in one school union. The school committee o the several towns are to elect by ballot a school superintendent who will give all his time to the schools, receiving a salary for the same, one-half of which is paid by the State. This plan would involve raising about three hundred and fifty dollars by taxes more than we raise at present for salaries only, and probably in a short time double that amount. Skilled superintendents would call for trained and experienced teachers. More money would be needed here also.
Col. Carrigan, of the School Board, declined to favor the move- ment unless "skilled teaching" is included. We are inclined to agree with Col. Carrigan that skilled teaching is the one thing needful, if it can be secured by wisely encouraging those who are best fitted by nature and training to instruct the children. We are glad to notice the increasing interest taken by our teachers in music. If the means were available it would be an excellent plan to have one lesson a week given in each of our Grammar Schools by a professional music teacher.
For nearly three years we have had one more teacher, and for
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one year two more teachers, to pay from the same annual appro- priation. There being a surplus of about eight hundred dollars, we were able to meet this additional expense. That supply is now nearly exhausted, and we shall be obliged to ask for an in- crease in the appropriation.
The Cochituate Grammar and High School during the first part of the spring term was taught by Mr. Charles F. Merrick and the ast part by Mr. S. W. Furgerson. Mr. Robert C. French taught the fall term, Mr. Joseph Boylston the winter term. Miss E. V. White assisted during the spring term, Miss Emily D. Sturtevant during the fall and winter terms. Whole number of pupils, fifty- six ; average attendance, forty-one.
Miss Anna S. Clifford taught the Intermediate School during the year. Whole number of pupils, forty-eight ; average attend- ance, thirty-eight
The First Primary School in Cochituate was taught by Miss Elizabeth W. Lang. Whole number of pupils, sixty-one ; average attendance, forty-four.
The Second Primary has been taught during the spring term by Miss Olivia E. Gould, the fall and winter terms by Miss Edith N. Spear. Whole number of pupils, fifty-two ; average attendance, forty-three.
The Third Primary during the spring term by Miss G. L. Bowen, the fall and winter terms by Miss Annie B. Brown. Whole num_ ber of pupils, fifty-three ; average attendance, forty-six.
The Thomas School has been taught during the year by Miss Hattie E. Reeves. Whole number of pupils, fifteen ; average at- tendance, twelve.
The Lokerville School by Miss Nellie L. Rice. Whole number of pupils, thirty-four ; average attendance, twenty-seven.
The Rutter School has been taught by Miss Carrie M. Lee. Whole number of pupils, seventeen ; average attendance, fourteen.
The Centre Grammar and High School has been taught during the spring term by Mr. E. F. De Normandie, the fall and winter terni by Mr. George Ripley Pinkham. Whole number of pupils, thirty-one ; average attendance, twenty-six.
The Centre Primary during the spring term by Miss Gertrude E. Thompson, the fall and winter term by Miss Florence L. Wil-
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son. Whole number of pupils, twenty-five ; average attendance, twenty-one.
The North School has been taught by Miss Cora Alice Wilson during the year. Whole number of pupils, twenty-two; average attendance, nineteen.
We believe our teachers are doing their work with energy and faithfulness. They should have our hearty support and cordial sympathy. The whole number of schools is eleven. Thirty-six weeks constitute our school year. The number of pupils attending the public schools in town is four hundred and sixteen. The ag- gregate average attendance is three hundred and thirty-one.
The School Committee recommend the following appropriations for schools, teachers' salaries, care of rooms and fuel : forty eight hundred dollars ; six hundred dollars for text-books and supplies.
CHARLES H. BOODEY, B. M. FOLSOM, LORENZO K. LOVELL,
School Committee.
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
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OFFICIAL REPORTS
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS
ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH MUNICIPAL YEAR,
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Press of The Framingham Tribune: UNION PUBLISHING COMPANY, SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS. 1889.
List of Town Officers.
CLERK. R. T. LOMBARD.
TREASURER. BENJ. M. FOLSOM.
- AUDITOR. DANIEL BRACKETT.
SELECTMEN.
THEO. S. SHERMAN, JAMES A. BENT, HARRY W. BUTLER.
ASSESSORS.
RICHARD T. LOMBARD, HORATIO G. HAMMOND, DANIEL BRACKETT.
OVERSEERS OF POOR. DANIEL W. RICKER, ISAAC DAMON,
EVANDER FRENCH.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE. CHAS. H. BOODEY, BENJ. M. FOLSOM, ANNA M. BENT.
WM. H. BENT,
WATER COMMISSIONERS. CHAS. H. BOODEY, ALFRED H. BRYANT.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. WILLARD B. WARD.
FENCE VIEWERS. EDWARD CARTER, EVANDER FRENCH, HORATIO G. HAMMOND.
CONSTABLES. DANIEL W. RICKER,
JEAN B. CHABENNIEU, WILLARD B. WARD, DAVID P. W. LOKER.
GEO. H. WIGHT,
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS. LEWIS J. BEMIS, 2 Districts,
SAM'L D. BRYDEN,
JOSIAH W. PARMENTER, HORATIO G. HAMMOND,
WM. C. NEAL,
GEO. E. SHERMAN,
BENJ. M. FOLSOM,
WILLIAM VIDEON,
ROBERT ERWIN.
FIELD DRIVERS.
WM. A. JESSOP, GEO. H. WIGHT.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
LORENZO K. LOVELL,
ED. CARTER,
GEO. B. HOWE.
ED. A. ATWOOD,
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ED. A. ATWOOD.
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER. GEO. B. HOWE.
SUPERINTENDENTS OF CEMETERIES. ANDREW S. MORSE, JOHN C. BUTTERFIELD.
TRUSTEES OF ALLEN FUND.
JAS. S. DRAPER, SAM'L M. THOMAS,.
ISAAC DAMON.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE. HERBERT H. MOTT,
HENRY D. PARMENTER, CHAS. R. DAMON,
EMILY A. HEARD, ELLEN M. BRAMAN.
TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUND. BENJ. M. FOLSOM.
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Town Meeting.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Daniel W. Ricker. or either of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are re- quired to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on MONDAY, the twenty-fifth day of March, inst., at nine o'clock A. M. to act upon the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Trustees, Agents and Committees for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of Town Officers, Agents and Com- mittees and act thereon.
ART. 4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray town charges the present year and order the same assessed.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to pay : . \ part of the town debt, and order the same to be assessed.
ART. 6. To appropriate the license money on dogs, refunded by the County Treasurer.
ART. 7. To authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipa- tion of taxes.
ART. 8. To act upon the Jury List as revised by the Selectmen.
ART. 9. To answer the following question by ballot "Yes" or
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"No :" Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in this town?
ART. 10. To appropriate money for Decoration Day, or do or act.
ART. 11. To authorize the Selectmen to consult counsel on import- ant town cases.
ART. 12. To choose a. Board of Health by ballot.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will accept "Shawmut Avenue" (so called) as a town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, or act thereon.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will appropriate money to repair thê road leading from "Clark's Corner," (so called) to Stone's Bridge, or do or act.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to hold any of its town meetings at Cochituate Village, or act thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to lease the hall of the Co- chituate Knights of Labor Association, for town purposes, for a term of years, conditions to be made known, or act thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the town will appropriate money to put in a watering fountain at Lyons' Corner, (so called) or do or act.
ART. 18. To see if the town will appropriate two hundred dollars to furnish the Poor House, or do or act.
ART. 19. To see if the town will appropriate one hundred and fifty dollars to improve Lake View Cemetery, or do or act.
ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate money to finish the Engine House, or do or act.
ART. 21. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hun- dred dollars to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of the town, or do or act.
ART. 22. To see if the town will refund Underwood Bros. the sum of thirteen and forty-two one-hundredths dollars for taxes paid by them on property assessed to them by mistake.
ART. 23. To see what sum the town will appropriate for the sup- pression of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, or act thereon.
ART. 24. To see what sum, if any, the town will grant for the maintenance of electric lights, or do or act.
And you are required to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the Post Offices and Town House in said
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Town seven days at least before the time appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place appointed for holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.
THEODORE S. SHERMAN, JAMES A. BENT, HARRY W. BUTLER,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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List of Jurors, As revised by the Selectmen, March 8, 1889.
BRAMAN, HODIJAH B.
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM H.
DRAPER, JAMES A.
DUDLEY, EDWIN A.
DUPLESSIS, WILLIAM H.
ERWIN, ROBERT
FLANDERS, LLEWELLYN
FOLSOM, GEORGE B.
FROST, THOMAS W.
HAMMOND, WILLIAM
HAMMOND, HORATIO G.
HYNES, THOMAS
LAMARINE, JOHN
LEARY, PATRICK A.
LOKER, ALPHEUS D.
LOKER, LEONARD A. LOKER, GRANVILLE L. LYONS, JEREMIAH
PIERCE, EDWARD A.
PUFFER, ADONIRAM J. RICE, CHARLES H.
SHERMAN, THEODORE S.
SHERMAN, CLARENCE T. SHERMAN, LUTHER H.
SHERMAN, MELVIN
THOMPSON, GRIFFITH M. WEBSTER, WALTER S.
THEODORE S. SHERMAN, JAMES A. BENT, HARRY W. BUTLER,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Selectmen's Report.
The guideboards throughout the town are in good condition and in their proper places. We would call the attention of the various town officers, committees, and agents, to the fact that no money can be legally disbursed except upon orders drawn by the Selectmen-Water Commissioners excepted-and any town officer, or agent, collecting any money for or in behalf of the town is required to pay the same over to the Treasurer, to be paid out only in the regular course.
The culvert near Wm. P. Perkins', for which an appropriation was made in 1887, and was unexpended, was relaid this year. The road near the culvert, which was in a very bad condition, was repaired and greatly improved. Mr. Perkins furnished the gravel free of expense to the town.
The culvert near Tower Hill was not relaid owing to high water. The drain pipe was put in as ordered. The culvert will need to be relaid the following year.
We have expended the special appropriation on the road from A. Glezen's to Thomas Hynes'. Mr. Hynes performed the work in a most satisfactory manner. The special appropriation for repair of road between Lyon's Corner and Mr. Bent's in Cochituate was expended as ordered ; also the special appropriation for German Hill Street.
We also repaired the road from the old church in Cochituate to Pop- lar Bars as directed.
The culvert near Wm. Videon's was repaired as ordered.
A bad washout occurred at the culvert near Wm. H. Bond's in Cochituate. We ordered it repaired in a thorough and substantial man - ner, and think the work justifies the expense.
The Board of Fire Engineers called our attention to the foundation of
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the Engine House. An examination disclosed the fact that immediate repairs were necessary. These were ordered by us.
We have insured various town buildings upon which the policies had expired at a total cost of three hundred and seventeen and 52-100 dollars.
The lease of the gravel pit in Cochituate having expired, we have renewed it for a term of ten years at a cost of seventy-five dollars.
Frequent complaints having been made to us concerning the unsafe condition of the Bridle Point Railroad . Crossing, we have greatly improved it by cutting out trees, removing brush, etc.
Notice having been served upon us to comply with the law in regard to fire apparatus, we have done so. Apparatus meeting the require- ments of the statute have been purchased at an expense of one hundred and sixteen 25-100 dollars. This claim is outstanding.
We recommend for the careful consideration of the town a new departure in regard to the highways. We believe that the condition of the roads can be most rapidly improved by the appropriation of what money the town may wish to grant, in one sum, to be divided by the Selectmen, after they have made a careful personal inspection of the town ways. The present method of regularly appropriating one thousand dollars, and as much more in the way of special appropriations does not seem to operate in such a way as to confer the greatest good to the greatest number ; therefore, we recommend the appropriaton of two thousand dollars for highways for the ensuing year with no specials.
Respectfully Submitted, THEODORE S. SHERMAN, JAMES A. BENT, HARRY W. BUTLER,
Selectmen of Wayland.
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Report of Town Clerk and Registrar.
WAYLAND, January 1st, 1889.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND :
I hereby transmit the annual report of the Clerk and Register for the year 1888.
BIRTHS.
Whole number registered during the year is fifty-seven, being sixteen more than in 1887.
Of this number thirty-three (33) were males and twenty-four (24) were females.
Born of native parents, 22
foreign “ 17
native and foreign parents, 18
MARRIAGES.
Whole number recorded during the year is twenty ; being seven less than in 1887.
First marriage of both parties, ·
. 16
" and second marriage of parties, 3 .
Second marriage of both parties, . 1 .
Of native birth, .
10
foreign "
7
native and foreign birth, .
3
DEATHS.
Whole number registered during the year is thirty-seven ; being seven more than in 1887.
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CONDITION.
Married,
· 17
Widowed, .
7
Single,
13
Native born,
34
Foreign "
3
NAMES AND AGES OF PERSONS DECEASED OVER SEVENTY YEARS OLD.
YEARS. MONTHS. DAYS.
Robert Bryden,
87
11
-
Mary Balcom,
92
-
8
Chas. Underwood,
83
10
25
Sophia Carter,
84
5
Ascenath Green,
70
Betsey T. Jones,
87
7
-
James M. Bent,
76
2
5
Joseph D. Larkin,
70
8
-
Hannah Reeves,
91
10
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NOSOLOGICAL TABLE.
ZOMOTIC DISEASES.
Typhoid malaria,
1
Cholera infantum,
2
Scarlatina,
1
Diphtheria,
2
Puerperal convulsions,
1
Syphilis,
1
Septicemia,
1
Rheumatism,
1
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Dropsy, .
2
Phthisis pulmonaria,
2
Consumption, .
1
Cancer, .
2
LOCAL DISEASES.
Dyspepsia,
1
Emphysema, (Asthma), .
·
1
14
Hemorrhage, (Intestinal),
1
Peritonitis,
1
Pneumonia,
2
Heart disease, .
4
Paralysis,
1
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Old age, .
5
Premature birth,
2
VIOLENT DEATHS.
Drowning,
.
1
DOGS.
Whole number licensed for year ending Nov. 30, 1888, male and female, 185.
169 males at $2, .
$338 00 ·
16 females, at $5,
80 00
185 Total
$418 00
185 licenses at 20 cents each,
37 00
Paid County Treasurer, ·
. $381 00
COPY OF RECEIPTS.
" EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., May 31, 1888.
Received of R. T. Lombard, Town Clerk of Wayland, Mass., two hundred and seventeen and 20-100 dollars on account of Dog Licenses, as per his return of May 31, 1888.
$217 20.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. 1st, 1888.
Received of R. T. Lombard, Town Clerk of Wayland, Mass, one hundred and sixty three and 80-100 dollars on account of Dog Licenses, as per his return of Dec. 1st, 1888.
J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer.
$163 80.
Number of poll tax payers May 1st, 1888,
. 616
registered voters Nov. 6, 1888, . 426
.
J. O. HAYDEN, County Treasurer.
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Number ballots cast at national election, Nov. 6, 1888, . 360 Percentage of poll tax payers who registered, . 69,15
registered voters who voted Nov. 6, 1888, 84 1%
I take the liberty to call the attention of our citizens to the fact that the records of births, deaths and marriages from the year 1780 to 1845 are in a very imperfect condition, and are scattered through several vol- umes of general records. Many of these books are fast going to decay, and something should be done to preserve them. I would suggest that the records of births, etc., be at once copied, as they are altogether too valuable to be lost.
Respectfully submitted,
R. T. LOMBARD,
Town Clerk.
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Assessors' Report.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND :
We hereby transmit our annual report for the year ending February 28, 1889.
Value of real estate as assessed May 1, 1888, . $1,073,550 00
personal 66 368,300 00
Total valuation,
$1,441,850 00
Total valuation May 1, 1887,
. $1,388,531 00
Increase during year,
$53,319 00
Additional assessments,
$7,650 00
Taxes assessed for town purposes,
$17,588 00
Overlayings,
74 25
State tax, .
1,575 00
Additional assessments,
59 61
County tax,
883 68
Total assessment,
$20,180 54
Number of polls assessed May 1, 1888, . 616
Being 43 more than in 1887.
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Poll tax, each,
$2 00
Assessed on polls for State tax, .
$616 00
Balance of State tax assessed on estates,
959 00
Assessed on polls for County tax,
616 00
Balance of County tax assessed on estates,
267 68
Assessed May 1st, 1887, for all purposes,
$20,724 57
66 66 1888,
20,180 00
Assessed less than in 1887, $544 57
Total value of land, (exclusive of buildings), ·
$454,280 00
66 of buildings, (exclusive of land), 619,270 00
Number of persons assessed on property, 517
66
poll only, . 343
Value of church property, (Exempt), .
$19,900 00
Town public property, . 78,425 00
Number of horses,
337
.
66 neat cattle other than cows, .
104
66 swine,
95
dwelling houses, . 386
66 acres of land assessed, 9,248
Rate of taxation per thousand 1888,
$13 10
66 66 1887,
14 10
The following abatements were made of taxes assessed in 1887 :
POLL. PERSONAL.
Wm. H. Clark,
$2 00
$0 85
Wm. Hannon, .
2 00
99
Ellen P. Reeves,
25 38
Warren W. Tirrell, .
2 00
1 06
Amounts carried forward,
$6 00 $28 28
·
·
921
cows,
18
Amounts brought forward,
$6 00
$28 28
Ernest Bent,
2 00
Anson Marshall,
2 00
Wm. H. Maud,
2 00
Edward Cormier,
2 00
A. Tatro,
2 00
Wentworth Wheaton,
2 00
Henry Tyrrel, .
2 00
Lee Samo,
2 00
Albert W. Small,
2 00
Wm. J. Spear,
2 00
Clarence W. Small,
2 00
Nathan M. Allen,
2 00
Fred Cramsey, .
2 00
John Collins,
2 00
Joseph Fogerty,
2 00
Edward Gouthier,
2 00
James McKay,
2 00
James Mahar, .
2 00
Joseph Noyes, .
2 00
Levi Russell,
2 00
John Ray,
2 00
Paul Ramliard,
2 00
Austin Melia,
2 00
Napoleon Goddard,
2 00
Daton Gummerson,
2 00
Alexander Livingston,
2 00
Charles Barbara,
2 00
Rudolph Amedeno,
2 00
Benoa Tatro, .
2 00
Napoleon Tatro,
2 00
Total abatement,
$94 28
Also the following abatements were made of taxes assessed in 1888 :
PERSONAL.
REAL.
Lafayette Dudley, ·
$13 10
$1 31
Amounts carried forward,
$13 10 $1 31
19
Amounts carried forward,
$13 10
$1 31
Chas. H. Richardson,
·
13 10
Thomas Bryant,
6 55
Samuel D. Reeves,
38 68
George B. Howe,
1 31
Framingham Savings Bank,
9 17
Total abatement,
$83 22
Respectfully submitted, R. T. LOMBARD, HORATIO G. HAMMOND, DANIEL BRACKETT,
Assessors.
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Library Committee Report.
Your Committee hereby present their annual report for the year ending Feb. 28, 1889 :
Your Committee inspected the books upon the shelves, and found them on the whole in good order.
In several instances, however, books have been returned seriously injured, and your Committee trust that increased vigilance and care will be exercised by all who avail themselves of the library.
The fourth supplement to the catalogue has been finished and is now for sale. Thro' the kindness of one of our townsmen the cost of print- ing has been somewhat less than was expected.
HENRY D. PARMENTER, CHARLES R. DAMON, ELLEN M. BRAMAN, EMILY A. HEARD, H. H. MOTT.
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Librarian's Report.
The following detailed report is respectfully submitted to the Library Committee :
ACCESSIONS.
BOOKS.
By purchase,
273
Gift,
43
Exchange,
1
Bound and transferred from the pamphlet department,
10
Total, .
327
Whole number of vols. in the library,
10,931
Pamphlets presented,
201
CIRCULATION.
In Cochituate village,
2,271
In Wayland Centre,
4,954
Total,
7,225
DONORS OF BOOKS. PAMPHLETS, ETC.
BOOKS. PAMPHLETS.
Allen, Mrs. E. F.,
1
Ayer, Dr. J. C., .
1
Baker, B. F.,
1
Bates, T. C.,
1
Bowen, C. W.,
2
Braman, H. B., .
1
Brooks, J. D. F.,
1
·
22
Bureau of Education, .
1
2
Coolidge, T. Jefferson, .
1
Coolidge, James, .
2
Draper, J. S., .
1
Draper, Mrs. Wallace, .
1
Draper, Miss Ella,
1
Ely, T. D.,
1 1
Herford, Brooke, Rev.,
1
Hoar, G. F.,
1
Moseley, E. A., .
1
Munn & Co., N. Y.,
1
Nevins Library,
2
Packard, Mrs. Ellis, Christian Register
Parsons, T. H., .
1
Reports from the Boston Public Library,
3
Brookline
1
Goodnow
Sudbury, 1
1
Lancaster
1
Lawrence
1
Lynn
1
60 Massachusetts State Library,
1
66 Newton Public Library, .
1
66 Taunton 66
1
Secretary of Commonwealth,
4
1
United States Government, .
.
18
179
-
43
201
FOR THE READING ROOM.
Christian Register, Good Health, Travellers' Record.
Sign of the Times,
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CABINET.
Mann, Horace,
Three Indian Relics
Sherman, · One Indian Axe Head
The Indian relic given last year by Mrs. Alvin Bent was erroniously rendered Mrs. W. H. Bent.
Brooklyn
1
66 Hopedale
23
CLASSES OF READING.
Biographical,
.02
Moral and Religions, .10
Fiction,
.62
Poetry, .03
Historical,
.10
Scientific,
.01
Juvenile, .
.03
Philosophical, .02
Miscellaneous, .
.04
Travels,
.03
During this, the thirty-eighth year of our "Free Public Library," we feel that we justly have reason to be proud of having been a pioneer in this formerly untried experiment of a library, with a yearly appropriation from the town, providing for the use of its inhabitants, without recompense, useful, instructive and entertaining books at home. Allowed a generous length of time to retain them, with few conditions, always with the understanding that they shall receive careful usage. Added to this, the privilege of a comfortable, well-lighted room in which they may entertain themselves with a variety of reading matter. It has long since ceased to be an experiment. Our books have been fairly well treated, and we have sustained few losses since the 7th day of August, 1850, when the citizens of Wayland proudly took to their homes the first fruits of this most important public auxiliary to their intellectual, social and moral improvement.
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