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There has been an improvement in some of the schools in regard to tardiness and irregularity of attendance. These evils in our schools ought in some way to be removed. Since the Christmas holidays, sickness has greatly interfered with the progress of the schools. On account of the prevalence of scarlet fever, all the schools in town were
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closed for a week and the schools in Palmer Center and the Depot Village were not opened during the month of January.
The success of our schools depends largely upon the character and ability of the teachers. Whatever may be the supervision, no school will prosper with an inefficient teacher. Competent teachers demand good salaries. A poor teacher is dear at any price. The committee find it difficult to procure suitable teachers for some of the schools at the salary we are able to offer them. If the graduates of our high school expect to become teachers, they should have special training in some normal school, or there should be a supplementary course for them in our high school. The methods of teaching at the present day are very different from what they were fifty years ago. If our schools are to keep abreast with the times, we must have well trained instructors. The committee are happy to say that the teach- ers generally throughout the town seem desirous to improve them- selves, and are making efforts to acquire the best methods of teaching.
Two members of the committee, Rev. C. H. Hanks and Dr. J. J. Flynn removed from town near the close of the year, leaving vacan- cies to be filled at the next town meeting.
Appended to this report will be found a number of details in regard to the schools.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGH SCHOOL.
H. B. Knox,
$1,350.00
Helen L. Cobb,
450.00
Lilian F. Norton,
. .
304.75
Mina E. Ball,
. .
45.00
Carrie A. Marsh, .
56.25-$ 2,206.00
DEPOT.
F. H. Green, ·
$ 150.00
Addie L. Rogers, .
·
262.50
Florence N. Wheaton,
. 105.00 .
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Eva E. Cady,
183.75
Abbie J. Wallis, .
288.75
Ellen S. Leach, ·
288.75
Agnes J. Howard,
·
105.00
Lizzie Brown,
183.75-$ 1,567.50
THREE RIVERS.
H. N. Cross,
$ 455.00
Edna S. Aldrich,
.
.
302.75
Helen L. Robinson,
297.50
Cora B. Clark,
.
297.50
H. May Sears,
105.00
Katherine Twiss, .
165.00
Frances E. Beauregard,
325.00-$ 1.947.75
THORNDIKE.
J. F. Cattern,
$ 150.00
Arthur Bonner,
100.00
Valentine Almy,
Effie E. Smith,
315.00
Lulu Talmadge,
315.00
Mary E. Murdock,
315.00
Hattie M. Smead,
105.00
Emma Deming,
.
210.00
S. Beulah Thayer,
315.00-$ 2,025.00
BONDS VILLAGE.
Jerry Crowley,
$ 137.50
W. H. Crocker,
300.00
L. B. Ely,
105.00
Mattie B. Smith, ·
210.00
Maggie T. Shea, .
315.00
May A. Martin,
210.00-$ 1,592.50
UNGRADED SCHOOLS.
CENTER.
Eva E. Cady, .
$
37.50
S. Ella King, .
.
142.50
Bessie Shepherd, . 22.50-$ 202.50 .
.
200.00
.
.
.
.
. .
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WHITING.
Lizzie Brown,
·
$
84.00
Amy Graves, .
$ 168.00-$ 252.00
·
WIRE MILL.
Minnie S. Lawson, $ 315.00 ·
BLANCHARDVILLE.
Marion Paine,
$ 270.00
MASON.
Effie Moffatt, .
$
35.00
Emma Deming, ·
49.00
Christie Park, .
168.00-$ 252.00
SHORLEY.
Annie O'Connor,
$ 252.00
SHAW.
Jessie M. Shaw,
$ 252.00-$ 1,795.50
Total paid teachers,
$11,134.25
CARE OF HOUSES.
DEPOT.
H. L. Gray, .
$ 224.50
L. E. Moore, cleaning vault,
.
5.00-$ 229.50
THORNDIKE.
C. F. Gerald, .
$ 123.00
Henry J. Dill,
13.00-$ 136.00
THREE RIVERS.
C. S. Smith,
.
$
50.00
Geo. E. Trickett,
100.00
Geo. E. Trickett, cleaning, ·
15.50-$ 165.50
BONDS VILLAGE.
Jerry Crowley,
$
25.00
C. E. Fuller, .
·
.
.
142.00-$ 167.00
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UNGRADED.
Blanchardville, janitor,
$ 14.00
Wire Mill, janitor and cleaning, 14.00
Shaw,
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10.00
Whiting,
16.00
Mason,
17.00
Center.
15.00
Shorley,
66 11.00-$ 97.00
$ 795.00
TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Boston & Albany R. R. Co.,
$ 500.00
Jerry Shea,
·
474.30
J. F. Twiss,
·
·
283.33
C. F. Smith,
·
.
- 22.00-$ 1,279.63 ·
FUEL.
J. F. Holbrook, coal, $ 418.45
L. C. Snow, wood,
5.62
C. P. Haynes, coal, Three Rivers, 155.50
J. A. Palmer, wood, 12.00
M. McCormick, coal, Thorndike, . 143.75
T. D. Potter & Co., coal, Bonds Village, 345.98
W. S. Whiting, wood,
9.00
M. A. Sherman, wood,
15.00
Denis Mahoney, wood,
14.88
Samuel Brown, wood, 24.78
Jos. Kerigan, wood,
18.00
W. F. Filmore, coal,
17.50
J. O. Hamilton, wood,
12.00-$ 1.192.46
REPAIRS.
F. C. Allen,
$ 5.00
C. F. Gerald,
15.50
H. J. Dill,
.80
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Denis Mahoney,
$ 8.50
J. F. Crowley,
2.16
Palmer Mill,
1.50
F. F. Marcy,
41.57
M. Cashınan,
4.00
J. A. Brakenridge,
523.25
Novelty Iron Works,
5.10
M. J. Dillon,
12.85
A. M. Bond,
40.22
G. W. Lyman,
23.52
Geo. D. Whiting .
14.15
T. D. Potter & Co.,
212.68
W. H. Hitchcock,
12.40
N. K. Rogers,
4.00
H. R. Paine,
.75
C. S. Ruggles,
109.46-$ 1,037.40
CONTINGENCIES.
Palmer Water Co., water,
$ 22.00
M. J. Dawson, truant officer,
7.00
C. S. Smith, enumerator, .
50.00
S. S. Taft, insurance and cash expenses,
165.65
C. B. Fiske & Co., printing,
14.00
C. A. Bogue, truant officer,
·
3.00
M. McCormick, truant officer,
5.00
A. E. Fitch, insurance,
140.25
H. P. Holden, use of hall,
20.00
C. H. Hanks, cash expenses,
14.73
Jerry Shea, hauling coal, . ·
.
6.00
J. A. Day, cash expenses,
5.00
O. P. Allen, freight charges and care of
. 50.42-$ 503.05 supplies,
TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. Ginn & Co., books, .
$ 161.62
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Thompson, Brown & Co., books, . $ 28.75
H. Holt & Co., supplies, 5.98
J. & I. E. Moore, ink, 21.00
Geo. S. Perry, books,
79.60
D. C. Heath & Co., books,
193.82
Milton Bradley, supplies, .
1.47
H. G. Loomis, supplies, .
33.75
C. A. Brown & Co., supplies, 13.39
W. P. Adams. books, 30.00
Mt. Tom Printing Co., paper, 8.00
Boston School Supply Co., supplies,
55.00
Tainter Bros. & Co., books, 90.38
Lee & Shepherd, books, 9.60
J. A. Day, supplies,
11.20
G. M. Hall, supplies.
100.00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, books,
237.68
Meekins & Packard, shades,
54.82
C. E. Fuller, supplies,
2.94
S. H. Hellyar, supplies, .
9.00
Boston Duck Co., supplies,
1.68
Catherine Burns, supplies,
1.05
J. H. Haynes, supplies, .
11.53
Silver. Burdette & Co., books,
89.30
Springfield News Co., paper, 28.50
Geo. E. Trickett, supplies,
4.56
F. D. Barton, supplies,
10.50
A. M. Bond, supplies,
12.30
Century Dictionary,
25.00
E. S. Brooks, supplies,
3.20
Shaw Bros., supplies,
2.43-$ 1,340.05
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR HEATING AND VEN- TILATING SCHOOL HOUSE AT THREE RIVERS.
C. S. Ruggles. . $1,050.00
C. A. Brown & Co., 734.41-$ 1,784.41
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SALARIES OF COMMITTEE.
S. S. Taft,
$ 100.00
W. A. Breckenridge,
100.00
F. A. Ruggles,
100.00
J. A. Day,
100.00
J. J. Flynn, ·
66.66
C. H. Hanks,
66.66-$
533.32
RECAPITULATION.
Teachers' salaries.
$11,134.25
Care of houses,
795.00
Transportation of scholars to high school, 1,279.63
Fuel, 1,192.46
Repairs, · .
1,037.40
Contingencies,
503.05
Text books and supplies, . ·
1,340.05
Salaries of committee,
533.32
Special appropriation for heating and ven- tilating the schoolhouse at Three Rivers, 1,784.41-$19,599.57
AMOUNT APPROPRIATED AND AVAILABLE FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES.
Salaries of teachers,
$11,500.00
Text books and supplies, .
800.00
Transportation,
1,200.00
Care of houses,
700.00
Repairs,
1,000.00
Fuel,
900.00
Contingencies,
600.00
Salaries of committee,
.
600.00
Dog Fund,
460.42
Merrick Fund,
34.34
Mass. School Fund,
134.56
Special appropriation for heating and venti- lating schoolhouse at Three Rivers, 3,000.00-$20,929.32 Amount expended, 19,599.57
Amount unexpended, ·
$ 1,329.75
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Your Committee would recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year :
Salaries of teachers,
. $12,000.00
Text books and supplies,
1,000.00
Transportation,
1,200.00
Care of houses,
· 800.00
Contingencies, .
500.00
Repairs,
1,000.00
Salaries of committee,
600.00
Fuel,
.
.
1,200.00
TABULAR STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS.
AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
1st Month.
2d Month.
3d Month.
4th Month.
5th Month.
6th Month.
7th Month.
8th Month.
9th Month.
10th Month.
Average Attend-
ance for Year.
Enrolled No.
H. B. Knox.
Helen L. Cobb
78
75
83
83
82
High ..
Lillian F. Norton
78 77
76
72 6
81 4
81
SO
Mina Ball .
C. A. Marsh.
48 7
47 2
45 25
49 4
49 5
46 3
44
46
47 42 56
49
Palmer Grammar ..
Addie L. Rogers.
43 4
42 97
41 57
47 9
45 7
43
39 2
36 7
42
39 78 35 12
41
Second Intermediate.
Mrs. F. E. Cad-
35 775 33 89
34 25
39
35 67 30
29
31
32
35 6
:29 6
44
First Intermediate.
Abbie J. Wallace
36 34 2
32 2
30 5
28 3
29 1
27 9 39
28 8 40
39
36 43
33 25
41
Second Primary ..
Ellen S. Leach
31 70
29 05
29 70
138 25
47 8
48 25
49
51
51
51
42 9
76
First Primary ..
Lizzie F. Brown
49 1
45 4
43 6
45 6
44 75
46 5 24 1
43 5 22 2
20 3
20 75
22 16 19 23
24
Thorndike Grammar.
Arthur Bonner.
19 25
18 75
17 75
23 4
21 8
21 2
15
15 2
18 75
25 5 122 75
29
Second Intermediate.
Effie E. Smith ...
24 75
24 8
23 4
24 68
22 28
23 88
24 19 93 20 5
24 19 58 21 25
21 5
20 30 .17 12
29
First Intermediate.
Emma F. Deming.
16 32
16 50
15 59
18 52 39
40
36 15
40 25 36 425 46
41 55
:39 35
132 70
First Primary .
. Mary E. Murdock.
55 7
60 45
.62 1
50 5
54 9
55
18
16 6 16 5
|14 13
13 85
20 25
17 50
18 75 17 45 20
20
20 8
19 5
18 80
19 50 17 25
23
Second Intermediate ....
Edna S. Aldrich
17 70 14 50 15 50 15 95 17 25 118 1
18 70 17 50
16 50
1
39 5
37 75
37 25
40 8
38 22
.39
43 75
2.3
25 8
33 25
31 5
30 75
39 75
38 25
36 25
37 62
37 85
25 50
Agnes Howard ..
56 7
54 5
50 1
18
25 2
25 6
26 5
25
26
24 21 5
1
19
20
17
21 25
21 5 21
18 15 16 4
16 8
17 03 41 25
:18 8
36 88
32 78
67
Third Primary.
Lucy A. Talmadge ..
28 4
26 35
26 3 35 8
51 5 54
46 9
37 56
71
Second Primary .
S. Beulah Thayer
43 8
61
66 2
72
49 97 '52 9
57 9
60
52 75
47 25 19
44 20 16
59 25 49 8 15 25
59 74
53 32
99
Three Rivers Grammar. ..
H. N. Cross.
20
16 65
14 4
15 75 16 15 115 85
16
17 75
17 25
17 32 15 76
22
19 12
29 85
29 5
39 75 .41 6
35 55 37 5
31 2. 4.2
41 36 7 36 25
46 5
53 75 27
21 25
27
26
27
35
34
29
No School on account of
72
77 74
79 3
76 8
80
Fred H. Green ...
Mrs. F. M. Wheaton ..
35 70
39 40
Scarlet Fever.
25 1
T. F. Cattern. ..
21 5
21 85
Valentine Almy.
Hattie M. Smead ...
30
48 75 '49 75
55 65
Average Member-
ship for Year.
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TABULAR STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS-Continued.
23 05 24 77 21 35
24
22 65 24 21
26 23 123 95
23 83 21 3 34
First Intermediate.
Helen L. Robinson
. 20 625 21 175 18 9 24 5 23 23
31
31
31
34
31 15 30
28 74 26 49 51
Third Primary.
Cora B. Clark
. 22 65
21 05 47 75
20 75 45
40 25
47
49 6
46 5
103
First Primary ..
Frances E. Beauregard. . .43
J. F. Crowley W. N. Crocker.
19 7
¡18 65
28 4 28 05
37
34 25
19
34 6 33 5 19
35 8 19
34 3 20 18 2
20 56
19 57 28
First Intermediate ..
Mattie B. Smith ..
123 2
23 4
20 7
18 57
35 75 19 18 5 35 6 32 4 27 94
28 2 26 2
19 2 28 2 27
39 14
36 5
69
First Primary ..
Maggie T. Shea .
· 57 3
61 47 58 8 38
60 28 56 33 75
27 75
129 26 127 52
|26 44 25 63
22 7 26 36
34 98
28 71
47
Wire Mill .
Minnie B. Lawson.
· 30 7
32 85 29
28 70 30
33
31 29
31
28 4
27 75
22 5
12
10 . 7 23
12 S
10 48
18
Blanchardville
Marion R. Paine
11 3 5
6
4 6
5 9
6 9
5
4 5
3 5
3 4
5 5
2 25
23 4 3 8 98 8 85
4 66
4 26
Shaw .
Jessle M. Shaw .
.
·
1 10 85
Mason District.
Emma F. Deming. Christa Park ..
10 25
7 65
6 75
11 60
8
9
8
8
8
7 87
7 01
9
Shorley ..
Annie E. O'Connor ..
8 125
6 85
8 73
7 875
8 525
5 92
6 15 4 35
7 2
6 95
31 65 39 04 35 73 56 53 34 32 1 37
127 20 141 5 34 8 53 4 48 5 38 31 5 30 5 25 3 20 16 6 29
27 90 4] 35 3
40 86 37 42
Second Primary .
Katherine M. Twiss.
43 53
41 70 43
40 4
41 1 19 75 30
34 85 47 35 575 35 05 47 46 46 47 46 31 25 33
31 2 37
35 5
40 65 38 76
Second Intermediate.
. Katherine Burns. .. 50 5
Mrs. L. B. Ely ...
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Second Primary.
May S. Martin.
.
New Class.
18 5 37 2 34 1 30 97
45 25 41 30
46 85 40 3 :22
38 S75 29 9 38
17 5 30
16 90 32
30
29 3
35
Palmer Center.
Eva Cady ... Josie E. Shea.
12 75
14
14 1
13 75
10 8
11 3
13
8
10 67
9 42
6
4
4
3
5 2
4 5
8
Whiting.
S. Amy Graves.
4
4
3 9
4 9 60
9
7 6 4 12 25
5 4 95
5 5 4 85
11
9 85 6 70
10 35
10 4 9 6
7 5
10
8 44 1
13
8 45
7 25
23 375 25 22 575 23 02
22 55
17 9
29 40 27 85 30
38 39 425 38
H. Mary Sears ...
47 75
44 2
21 19 75 18 5
29 32 |27 15 40
Bondsville Grammar
52
51 75 51 24
50 5 49 1 21 1
29 2
33 5
28 95
40
61
34
S. Ella King. .
32
30 5
27
29
32 5
14 5
12
12
12 6
6
6
4 3 25
Effie W. Moffat ....
1
4 2
62
55 7 39 36 25
18 6 32
38 3 32 8
27
27 25 27 50 21 72 24
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Number of children in town May 1st, 1891, between five and fifteen years of age, according to school census,
1,179
Number between eight and fourteen, 832
Number enrolled in all the schools,
1,326
Number enrolled under five,
6
Number enrolled over fifteen,
28
Number enrolled between eight and fourteen,
726
Average membership for the year, 949
Average attendance for the year,
851
W. A. BRECKENRIDGE, FRANK A. RUGGLES, J. A. DAY,
School
S. S. TAFT,
Committee of Palmer.
Auditor's Report.
PALMER, MASS., March 15, 1892.
I hereby certify that I have examined the books and vouchers of the Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and School Com- mittee, and find them correct and to correspond in each and every particular.
S. H. HELLYAR, Auditor.
Town Warrant.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, HAMPDEN, ss.
To Michael J. Dawson, Constable of the Town of Palmer:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the town of Palmer qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town House in said Palmer, on Monday, the twenty-first day of March current, at 9 o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles, viz :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To elect all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot, which shall be yes or no, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town."
ART. 4. To act on the reports of the town officers.
ART. 5. To raise money and make appropriations to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes for the ensuing year, the same to be paid from said taxes.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to borrow money, not to be paid from the taxes of the ensuing year.
ART. 8. To hear and act on reports of committees.
ART. 9. To choose committees and give them instructions.
ART. 10. To see if the town will allow a discount, and determine what interest shall be paid on the taxes to be assessed for the ensuing year.
ART. 11. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the ensuing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
ART. 12. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 14. To act on the list of jurors as prepared by the selectmen.
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ART. 15. To see if the town will raise money for the Young Men's Library Association.
ART. 16. To see if the town will raise money to grade the grounds, place curbing and build a sidewalk around the Soldiers' Memorial and Library Building, and also to erect shelving in said building.
ART. 17. To see if the town will raise money to convey pupils to and from the public schools.
ART. 18. To see if the town will raise money for the celebration of Memorial Day.
ART. 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
ART. 20. To see what action the town will take with regard to the appointment of a superintendent of schools.
ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize the selectnien to dispose of the old schoolhouse at Bondsville.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote that the town warrants for all town meetings be published in all newspapers printed in the town.
ART. 23. To see if the town will accept and allow a road as laid out by the selectmen in the Depot Village, and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pin in the ground on the westerly side of Pond street, at the south- west corner of land of Geo. W. Lyman, thence on line of said Lyman's land north 60 degrees west 15 rods to an iron pin in the ground. Said road is laid out three rods wide on the southerly side of the line described.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to build a bank wall at Bond's Village, to extend from Carmody's store to Parent's building, and appropri- ate money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to clear the cemetery at Palmer Center.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to issue notes, bonds or scrip, according to the provisions of Chap. 129 of the acts of the year 1884, and use the same in payment of the debt which the town has already incurred.
ART. 27. To see if the town will lay out and build a road leading from the Ware road to the house recently built by Louis Hoppe, over land owned by said Hoppe.
ART. 28. To see if the town will determine the compensation to be received by the election officers mentioned in Sec. 78 of Chap. 423 of the acts of the year 1890.
ART. 29. To see if the town will raise the sum of three hundred and fifty-five dollars to pay the balance due for alterations of highway at Cooley's crossing.
ART. 30. To see if the town will raise the sum of two hundred ninety- one and 79-100 dollars to pay the balance due on the Bondsville school house.
ART. 31. To see if the town will instruct the selectmen to petition for a change of grade at crossing over the New London Northern Railroad near Three Rivers, and also the two over the Ware River Railroad known as Burleigh's crossing.
ART. 32. To see what action the town will take regarding claims of
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F. M. Shaw and J. S. Morgan for injuries sustained while traveling on the highways.
ART. 33. To see if the town will authorize the school committee to pay the teachers for time lost because of the scarlet fever.
ART. 34. To see if the town will accept and allow a road as laid out by the selectmen in the north part of the town and described as follows: Beginning at a stone bound on the northerly side of the road leading past the old "Nutting place" so called; thence N. 433º W. 70 feet to a stone bound; thence N. 92º W. 315 feet to a large maple tree on the easterly side of road leading from Thorndike past the dwelling house of E. B. Gates. Said townway is laid fifty feet wide on the westerly side of the line described.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to drain Main street in the village of Thorndike from the corner of School street to the pine grove, and appro- priate money for the same.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote to raise the sum of $600 to build a sewer from the iron bridge to point near Murdock's store in Three Rivers.
The polls will be open at 9 o'clock a. m., and may be closed at 1 o'clock p. m.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the different public places designated by the vote of the town, seven days, at least, before the holding of said meeting, and cause this warrant to be printed in the Palmer Journal, at least two issues before the holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this tenth day of March, A. D. 1892.
W. H. BRAINERD, Selectmen CHAS. E. GETCHELL, of
JOHN F. TWISS, Palmer.
A copy. Attest:
MICHAEL J. DAWSON, Constable.
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