Town annual report of Rutland 1882-99, Part 18

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 780


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Esther Jane Wheeler,


H. Edward and Della N. (Putnam) Wheeler, Apr. 11


Pearl Brodie Mckay,


Ralph William Temple,


Thomas and Lottie (Brodie) McKay, May 23 Wm. C. and Ollie M. (Barnes) Temple, June 19


Mary Adaline Pultz,


Elmer and Florence M. (Lamb) Pultz, June 29


Margaret Moore,


John F. and Margaret (Sullivan) Moore, July 16


Nellie Jane Butler,


Charles H. and Lillah J. (Moore) Butler, July 18


Charlotte Barker Munroe,


Charles E. and Louise (Barker) Munroe, July 23


Grace Lillian Smith,


Dennis A. and Lydia G. (Miles) Smith, July 27


Clara Wilhelmina Albertine Ploetz, Robert and Anna (Widemann) Ploetz, Aug 22


1891


Lucy Lillian Hunter,


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Charles Sharon,


Anna Welsh,


Isabel Mitchell Prescott,


Eva May Lawless,


Harold Elma Handy,


Edna Elizabeth Chickering,


Hazel May Townsend,


Benjamin F. and Isabel (King) Townsend, Dec. 11


MARRIAGES.


1892. Feb. 4, Arthur J. Vaughan and Clara A. Davis, both of Worcester.


April 30, Joseph Deviow and Ida Cota, both ot Rutland.


July 24, Norman Dukeshire and Sarah Mailing, both of Rutland.


Sept. 10. Joseph Tatro, of Worcester, and Annie M. Foster, of Rutland.


Aug. 17, Chas. H. Glasheen, of Petersham, and Cora A. Hurd of Rutland


Oct. 4, George Albert Lawless and Bertha Luce, both of Rutland.


Oct. 24, Chas. E. Moorhouse, of Milford, and Jessie B. Healey, of Rutland.


Oct. 25, James Waterwith and Mary B. Pringent, both of Rutland.


DEATHS.


DATE, NAMES.


AGE CAUSE OF DEATH.


1892.


yrs. mo. ds.


Jan. 5, Mrs. Fidelia (Holden) Peirce, 62 2 27 LaGrippe.


15, Mrs. Mary (McDon- ough) Conlin, 68 LaGrippe and Pneumonia.


19, Daniel Browning Reed, 74 5 Paralysis.


Feb. 9, Barzilia Martin


1 29 Old Age. Sawyer, S5


14, Mrs Ellen Maria (Case) Stearns, 48 2 17 Pneumonia.


Albert and Mary (Van Sleet) Sharon, Aug. 28 John J. and Margaret L. (Donnelly) Welsh, Aug. 29


Edwin S. and Abbie R. (Hunter) Prescott, Sept. 11


Charles Irving Hunt. Wm. J. and Ida L. (Foster) Hunt, Oct. 20 Everet Ellsworth Winch, Samuel E. and Cyrene L. (Flint) Winch, Oct. 25


John T. and Emma M. (Huse) Lawless, Nov. 19


George F. and Addie R. (Baker) Handy, Nov. 24


Anelious O. and Minnie C. (Cummings) Chickering, Nov. 29


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Feb. 29, Mrs Alice A. (Cum- mings) Chickering,23


March 4, Otis Nathaniel Chick. ering, 52


29, James O' Herron, 59


April 3, Jonas Elijah Howe, 77 5 20 Heart Failure.


May 7, Albert Emerson Brown, 37 8 Railroad Accident.


9, Josiah Clarke Meade, 72 3


General Debility.


17, Mrs. Sarah Roper Foster, 81 10 18 Paralysis.


18, Albert Alonzo Reid, 34 7


June 10, Asa Lakin, 92


June 10, Henry Clinton Bliss, 51


24, Joseph Paguin. 59


8 Pulmonary Consumption. Old age.


14 Traumatic inj'ry of neck and head. Tuberculosis Pulmonalis.


July 2, Charles Hooker, 74 9 27 LaGrippe and Tuberculosis.


5, Mrs. Sally S. Fletcher, 83 1 21 Chronic Gastritis.


Oct. 27, Cornelias Francis Leary, 23 5 3 Typhoid Fever.


Nov. 1, Giles Frank Putney, 67 2 Cancer.


Nov. 30, Marsilva Bartlett, 73 6 16 Paralysis.


Dec. 22, Mrs. Mary B. Fair- bank, 77 10 5 Paralysis.


Dec. 26, Rufus Aaron Sawyer, 61 1 27 Pneumonia.


28, Charles Sharon, 4 Tonsilitis.


The following named persons, former residents of Rutland, were brought here and buried the past year :


Joseph Davis, Irving Howe, Abial G. Thomas, Mrs. Roxa Crawford, Mrs. Roxa Brown, Mrs. Martha A. Moulton, Mrs. Cora Converse, A. B. Woodbury and a child of J. W. Strong.


The number of Dogs licensed in 1892, was


100 Male Dogs, @ $2.00, $200 00


1 Female Dog, @ $5.00,


5 00


$205 00


Fees for registration,


20 20


Paid to County Treasurer,


$184 80


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE A. PUTNAM, Town Clerk.


Rutland, Feb. 15, 1893.


21 Consumption.


Consumption. Phthsis.


REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ROADS


As Superintendent of the Highways of the Town of Rutland, I have expended the following amount for which I have received orders on the Treasurer.


Amount worked out in the following months .


WORKED.


ORDERS.


AMOUNT.


March,


April 9,


$ 13 50


April,


May 7,


380 55


May,


June 4, 387 86


June,


July 2,


572 83


July,


August 6,


79 65


August,


September 3,


196 49


EXTRA.


September,


October 1,


185 00


October and Nov.,


December 3.


30 30


Charles Butler,


12 00


Fred Wellington,


6 75


T. S. Heald,


2 10


L Brigham,


10 70


Warren Wales,


6 00


$1,883 73


NEW BRIDGE.


Chas. Baker, for lumber,


$40 68


Mr. Wilson, for plank,


20 00


Mr. Henderson, for labor,


11 25


Mr. Loughman, for irons,


5 00


Teaming and labor,


36 54


$113 47


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NEW PLANKING WELLINGTON BRIDGE.


Mr. Wilson, for plank,


$18 92


Teaming and labor,


8 00


$26 92


NUMBER OF TOOLS ON HAND.


1 Plow,


3 Picks,


2 Hand Scraper,


5 Hoes,


2 Bush Scrapers,


1 Bog Hook,


5 Spades,


1 Hook, +


2 Shovels,


1 Bush Scythe,


1 Fork,


1 Steel Bar,


2 Rakes,


1 Wrench,


2 Road Machines.


H. A. KENNEN, Supt. of Roads.


Rutland, Feb. 14, 1893.


Ba A R


REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES


OF THE


FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.


During the year now closing there have been no new books added to the Library, but the small balance of funds now in the treasury together with other money to be received, will, it is to be expected provide for fresh books during the year ensuing.


The Librarian has shown great fidelity and patience in the dis- charge of the duties of her office at all hours of the day, but in ac- cordance with the usage of other public libraries, the Committee would recommend that the hours for drawing books the coming year be limited to from 2 to 9 P. M.


The number of books taken from the Library by readers during the year is 2094. ·


One book has been lost.


Donations of the following books have been made during the year :


Souvenir 24, National Encampment of G. A. R. at Boston 1890.


Report of State Library of 1891.


9. Annual report of Agricultural Experiment Station.


15. Report of the Board of Education, '90 and '91.


The feast of the Virgins and other Poems, by H. L. Gorden.


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31 FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


RESOURCES.


Balance of last year,


$23 98


Appropriation, 65 43


Received for Catalogues and Fines,


7 13


Money given,


1 25


$97 79


EXPENDITURES.


Salary of Librarian,


$52 00


Paid J. S. Wesby, for binding books,


11 50


Express on books and incidentals,


1 30


$64 80


Balance,


$32 99


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. SARAH MUNROE, Trustees of Rutland


MRS. H. R. SPAULDING, Free Library.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, FOR THE YEAR 1892.


FELLOW CITIZENS :


· In accordance with the usual custom, your Committee would sub- mit to you their annual report.


NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.


As last year, we have been able to maintain twenty-eight weeks of school.


There were eight schools kept during the spring term, and seven during the winter term.


CONSOLIDATIONS.


No. 2 and 3 were consolidated with No. 4 and No. 9 with the Centre through the year, and No. 6 with No. 7 in the winter.


Under this consolidation pupils were transported from No.s 2 and 3 to No. 4; from No. 6 to No. 7 and from No. 9 to the centre, at a much less cost than there would have been if schools had been kept in the other school-houses, and to the greater advantage of the pupils. These consolidations have, in the main, given general satis- saction ; and your Committee think have been to the advantage of the schools thus consolidated.


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CONDITION OF SCHOOLS.


On the whole, we believe that the schools have been successful during the year, and have been fully up to the average of past years. While not all of them have been just what your Committee have desired, still the poorest of them have by no means been fail- ures.


All the teachers have been faithful, and have endeavored to ad- vance the interest of their schools. If any of them have failed of the success desired, it has been mostly from inexperience.


Two or three of the schools were badly broken up the last two weeks, owing to sickness.


The securing of good teachers for a small town, with the wages we can afford to pay, is not as easy a matter as some people seem to imagine. We do not claim to be infallible in the selection of teachers. Sometimes the teacher of experience will not give the satisfaction expected, while the teacher of no experience will exceed our expectations.


LENGTH OF TERMS.


We have divided the Terms as wisely as we know how; but there is of necessity a long term in the winter, which makes it hard for the scholars as well as teacher. While all. we trust, appreciate the four weeks added to our school year; yet we feel that a more equal division of terms, and more satisfactory results would be gained by having three terms of ten weeks each, with a vacation between.


Good teachers could then be retained more readily, while now during the long vacation they go to other places; while the pupils would not become as tired as now during the long term. Your Committee would therefore respectfully recommend that the ad- ditional appropriation necessary for the two weeks more of school in addition to what we already have, be made by you, at the an- nual meeting.


There are few towns in the commonwealth that have less than thirty weeks of school.


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GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


There has been a Grammar school maintained during the year; the spring term being taught by the same teacher as several terms previously. And this winter your Committee consider themselves fortunate in having secured the services of a teacher, who gave such good satisfaction.


If those who are opposed to the keeping of such a school had visit- ed it during the term and seen the number of pupils present, and the good work being done by them, we think it would have removed a great amount of their opposition. Fully one-fourth of all the scholars in town attended this school, during the winter term, and one-sixth during the spring term ; and if a small part of them had gone out of town for equal advantages, it would have taken much more money from town than the cost of the school.


We deem it a wise expenditure of money and think the school has been appreciated by those attending it.


TRUANCY.


The services of the truant officer have been needed several times, to compel the attendance at school of children of school age. In every instance this has been, not as much from the unwillingness of the child to attend school, as from the fault of the parents or guar- dian in neglecting to send.


Although parents may like to have the help of their boys at home, yet they ought to recognize that they owe their children the oppor- tunity to obtain at least a common school education; and also real- ize that the law of the state requires their attendance at school a certain number of weeks, which is large enough to nearly cover our school term.


This is one of the Committee's most unpleasant tasks, but as it is required of us we have tried to do our duty without partiality.


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REPAIRS.


Very little has been done the past year in the way of repairs upon the school-houses, in fact, only what we could not get along without doing.


There will of necessity need to be considerable more expended the coming year.


Some of the houses need re-painting on the outside, and painting, papering, etc., within.


Also some of the Text books should be exchanged for later and better ones.


MEMORIAL AND COLUMBUS DAYS.


The day before Memorial, was observed in our schools according to the law of the Commonwealth, and also the children assisted in the public celebration on that day.


Columbus Day was also observed by the children taking part in public exercises at the Church.


All those who were privileged to hear them ou those occasions, we think appreciated their efforts; and were surprised at the readi- ness with which they carried their parts, with so short a time for preparation.


We think public exercises of this kind are something that the school children should be encouraged in, as it gives them confidence, and may be of great use to them in after life.


DUTIES OF PARENTS.


We regret to see such an apparent indifference on the part of so many parents in regard to the welfare of their children in the schools; as is shown by the lack of parents' names as visitors in many of the school registers


When the children see that their parents are interested in their progress, by visiting the school, if possible, and by upholding the teacher in all proper methods; then the success of the school is usu- ally assured from the beginning; while however good the teacher,


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if the parent upholds the child in all his or her likes or dislikes in regard to the school, the teacher can not do his best work there.


If you are interested for the good of your child, never uphold him in anything he may report which is detrimental to the school or teacher, but go yourself and ascertain the true facts in the case, before condemning the teacher.


The schools of Rutland are harmed as much from, this unwise practice as from any other one thing.


Finally, we wish to call upon all citizens, and especially the Voters of the Town, to uphold our Public Schools; and whatever you may be called upon to vote in regard to them, see to it that it is a forward movemeut.


While some may wish to lessen the appropriation for them, re- member that it is our most important institution; and that whatever the youth of our Town are deprived of, in the way of an education, that we can do and that rightfully belongs to them, then we are doing them an injury that is not easily repaired.


Upon the Public Schools of the land depends, in a great meas- ure, the future. whether it be moral and progressive, or otherwise, not only of the small towns, but of the state and nation.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


RESOURCES.


Unexpended balance of 1891,


$30 65


Appropriations of 1892.


Dog Fund,


100 00


Conveyance of pupils,


775 00


Salaries and supplies,


1,200 00


State School Fund,


387 20


Total, $2,492 85


EXPENDITURES.


Wages of teachers,


$1,586 65


Conveyance of pupils,


361 24


Books and supplies,


218 25


Fuel,


80 50


Janitors,


60 27


Total $2,306 91


Balance unexpended,


$185 94


CONTINGENT.


Repairs and furnishings, for school-houses, $44 33


STATISTICS.


SUMMER.


FALL AND WINTER.


TEACHERS.


School


Enrollment


Average


Membership.


Average


Wages


Enrollment.


Auerage


Average


Attendance.


Per Month.


Number over


15 years.


5 years.


Between


8 and 14 yrs.


MARCIA P. HILL,


C. Primary 27


25


23


34


28


28


25


34


O


O


16


LUCY C. DODGE,


FLORA B. WHITING,


No, I.


23


164


143


26


24


14.7


IOł


26


O


MARY A. PUTNAM, M. FRANCES BROWN,


Nos. 2, 3, 4 28


27


242


26


27


24.5


19.5


28


I


O


20


HATTIE O. GILES,


No. 5


22


20


183


28


33


25


22.7


28


2


I


I4


MARY A. LEAMY,


HELEN A. MOULTON,


No. 6


16


15.5


I 3


26


O


O


7


MARIE WEST


No. 7


29 20 22


17.62 28


29


23


20


28


I


2


20


LILLIAN A. PROCTOR,


LOUISE C. SOMERS,


No. 8


I 3


I 2


II


26


I6


14


12.5


26


O


I |


9


W. A. WHEELER,


Grammar


26


242


23


50 39


304


262


48


8


O


20


Attendance.


Per Month


Membership


Wages


Number under


2I


HATTIE C. WILDER, W. A. HUNTER,


H. L. PIERCE,


ROLL OF HONOR.


The following is a list of those scholars who have been neither absent nor tardy during one or more terms of school.


The list is compiled on a basis of excusing one day's non-attend- ance and one tardy mark. A star indicates those so excused.


Cyrus Bryant,


Sarah Bemis,


Edgar Fay,


Mary Nihin,


Everett Bryant,


Lucy J. Parker,.


Clarence Prescott,


Belle Baker,


Jennie Browning, Ethel Wheeler,


Lottie Baker,


Valentine Potter,


*Josie Bryant,


Ida Baker,


*Emma Taylor,


*Herbert Heald, Roland Potter,


*Harry Wilson, Ellis Wilson,


* Willie Wilson,


*George Bemis,


May Stearns, Bertha Stearns, Frank Denny,


*George Spooner,


*Howard Davis, Eddie Londergan,


*Leroy S. Putnam, * A. Clifford Wheeler, Otto L. Pultz,


*Wesley B. Putnam,


*Ara Ruiter, Eddie Hunt, Freddie Hunt, *Anna McGann.


Number of minors in town May 1, 1892, between 5 and 15 years of age, 147. Between 8 and 14 years of age 85.


Respectfully submitted,


W. A. HUNTER, School Committee of


W. C. TEMPLE, C. R. BARTLETT, Rutland.


*Walter Stone,


GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


Mercie E. Upham, Mabel E Heald, Flora Sanderson, Arthur Heald,


*Enola Dudley,


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Third Annual Report


OF THE


POOR FARM ASSOCIATION


OF THE TOWNS OF


PRINCETON, PAXTON, HOLDEN, OAKHAM, WESTMINSTER and HUBBARDSTON,


FOR THE


Year Ending March 31. 1893.


WORCESTER : PRESS OF C. F. LAWRENCE & CO. No. 112 Front Street. 1893.


Third Annual Report


OF THE


POOR FARM ASSOCIATION


OF THE TOWNS OF


PRINCETON, PAXTON, HOLDEN, OAKHAM, WESTMINSTER and HUBBARDSTON,


FOR THE


Year Ending March 31, 1893.


WORCESTER : PRESS OF C. F. LAWRENCE & CO. No. 112 Front Street. 1893.


THIRD ANNUAL REPORT


-- OF THE-


POOR FARM ASSOCIATION,


For the Year Ending March 31st, 1893.


To the Citizens of Princeton, Paxton, Oakham, Holden, West- minster, and Hubbardston:


The Board of Management respectfully submits the following report for the third year of the Association.


INMATES SUPPORTED DURING THE YEAR.


Name.


Settlement.


Age. 39


Days Supported.


Annie Gregory,


Princeton,


341


Henry R. Goodwin,


72


61


402


Hattie Allen,*


Paxton,


70


337


Albert Woodis,


66


72


122


459


George Ash,


Oakham,


69


365


Eunice Walker,


66


67


365


Martha Parker,


Holden,


54


365


Lizzie Kenney,


35


365


Nahum L. Newton,


66


61


365


Bridget Cannon,


66


70


354


Patrick Doyle,


6


78


151


730


*Deceased.


1600


4


Lawrence Cronin, Westminster,


84


365


Maggie Cronin,


45


365


Mary Cutting,


66


66


365


Adeline Eager,


66


43


365


William Baker,


78


365


Asahel P. Twiss,*


80


63


Nancy Boynton,


Hubbardston,


54


365


David Rice,


74


365


Charles Clark,


17


365


Moses Clark,


15


365


Henry Clark,


13


365


George Clark,


66


9


335


John Wilson,


56


341


Emmons Smith,


66


82


238


Elbridge G. Thatcher,


75


176


2915


Making a total of 7,994 days, or 1,142 weeks.


Whole number of inmates, 26.


Whole number of inmates remaining, 20.


Average weekly number 213g.


RECEIPTS.


Milk .


$836.85


Straw


10.87


Stock


59.00


Potatoes and vegetables


25.45


Seating chairs


11.00


$943.17


*Deceased.


1888


5


EXPENSES.


Warden's salary


$425.00


Labor. .


384.09


Groceries


502.74


Grain 493.91


Meat


184.33


Bread, crackers


79.37


Dry goods .


102.25


Boots, shoes


34.10


Tea, coffee .


25.49


Harness .


7.62


Fish


33.04


Clothing


79.90


Medicines


17.45


Hardware, stoves


29.01


Smithing, repairs


20.93


Tools, repairs


23.30


Furniture, bedding


120.01


Butter


10.93


Hay


18.88


Printing, advertising


25.60


Fertilizer


75.00


Crockery


8.12


Whitening, lime


13.35


Stock


57.00


Dr. Stickney's bill


33.80


Wood .


39.15


Sundries


47 56


$2,890.93


Deduct Receipts


943.17


$1,947.76


Printing reports, 1893


18.50


Rent of Farm ..


175.00


Rent of personal property at 4} per cent


90.74


Total cost $2,232.00


Dividing this by the whole number of weeks (1,142) gives $1.954+ expense per week.


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The expense to each town is as follows :


Princetown


$112.25


Paxton


128.15


Oakham


203.82


Holden


446.75


Westminster


527.14


Hubbardston


813.89


The time for which the Association was organized has now expired. For two years, it was composed of the towns of Princeton, Paxton, Holden, and Hubbardston. The towns of Oakham and Westminster joined it at the beginning of the third year. The following gives the number of inmates, etc., for each year.


Whole Number.


Average Number per Week.


Whole Number of Weeks.


Cost per Week.


First year,


12


3775


$2.875


Second year,


16


11,7%


586


2.24 33% 586


Third year.


26


2138


1142


1.959+


Whole number of inmates, thirty-one ; number of deaths during three years, five.


A comparison of the several reports of the different towns for the years proceeding the organization of this asso- ciation will show it to be economical for the towns. And a personal knowledge of the care given to the inmates in the several almshouses of the towns and in the Association's alms- house will be favorable to the latter. Thus the two ends of this charity, economy and a good home, have been obtained. It is probable that with the present accommodations of the Hold- en plant an increase in the number of towns would be inad- visable.


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A new association for five years has been organized by the towns of Paxton, Oakham, Rutland, Westminster, Holden, and Hubbardston.


I. F. THOMPSON, Princeton,


H. H. PIKE, Paxton, JESSE ALLEN, Oakham, F. T. HOLT, Holden, HOBART RAYMOND, Westminster, HENRY A. FARWELL, Hubbardston,


Board of Management.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Rutland,


For the Year Ending Feb'y 15,


18944


WORCESTER :


RINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


Town of Rutland


For the Year Ending Feb'y 15,


18949 -


WORCESTER :


PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP. No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM


TOWN OFFICERS.


MODERATOR. CHARLES R. BARTLETT.


TOWN CLERK. GEORGE A. PUTNAM.


M. R. MOULTON,


SELECTMEN. F. G. BARTLETT, T. SIBLEY HEALD.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


HENRY A. KENNEN, GEORGE W. COWDEN, HENRY CONVERSE.


ASSESSORS.


GEORGE S. PUTNAM, FRED S. HUNT, IRA G. DUDLEY.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


WALTER A. HUNTER, WM. C. TEMPLE. FRANKLIN HATHAWAY.


SEXTON. ROLAND C. PRESCOTT.


LIBRARIAN. MRS. FREEMAN R. FOSTER.


TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, CHESTER W. DODGE.


ROAD COMMISSIONER. HENRY A. KENNEN.


CONSTABLES.


GEO. S. PUTNAM, JOSEPH M. MOULTON, FRED B. STEARNS, WALTER A. HUNTER, J. WARREN MOULTON.


LIBRARY COMMITTEE.


WM. C. TEMPLE, MRS. GEO. B. MUNROE, MRS, L. Q, SPAULDING.


MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER.


GEORGE A. PUTNAM. JOSEPH W. O'HERRON, ADDISON CHILDS.


J. M. MOULTON,


GEO. A. PUTNAM,


FENCE VIEWERS. DANIEL DEMOND, A. B. FISHER.


FIELD DRIVER. DENNIS O'HERRON.


POUND KEEPER. GEORGE W. HUDSON.


AUDITOR. . CHARLES R. BARTLETT.


WARRANT


FOR


TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5TH, 1894.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.


WORCESTER, SS. TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF RUTLAND :


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Rutland, on Monday the fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit :


1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.


3. To see if the Town will accept of the reports of the Town Officers for the past year or act thereon.


4. To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the sup- port of the Public Schools; for repairs on the Highways; for the support of the poor; for Contingent Expenses, paying Debts and appropriate the same.


5. To see if the Treasurer shall be collector of Taxes, and deter- mine the salary of the Collector and Treasurer.


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6. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year.


7. To see if the Town will accept of the list of Jurors as pre- sented by the Selectmen.


8. To see if the Town will instruct their Assessors to abate any Taxes in the hands of their Collector.


9. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town with the approval of the Selectmen.


10. To vote by ballot Yes or No to the question, Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the Town.


11. To see if the Town will vote to build a new Town Hall, or act thereon, and appropriate money for the same.


12. To see if the Town will authorize the School Commitee to provide transportation for children of school age to and from school- houses remote from their homes and make appropriations to carry the same into effect.


18. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the Town road leading from H. A. Kennen's to a point within 300 feet of the barn or carriage house of John W. Adams, or act thereon.


14. To see what action the Town will take in regard to furnish- ing accommodation for impounding stray cattle or act anything re- lating to the same.


15. To see if the Town will vote to lay aside a certain sum of money each year for a term of years as a sinking fund to pay up ex- isting indebtedness of the Town, or act thereon.


16. To see if the Town will vote to fix up a place under the Town Hall for the ladder truck and other fire apparatus and desig- nate what party shall have charge of the same, or act anything thereon.


17. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a new Road Ma- chine or act thereon.


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18. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote whereby they voted to place the Meade fund in the hands of a Trustee or Agent as a nucleus for a new Town Hall fund, or do, or act any- thing thereon.


19. To see if the Town will vote to prohibit according to law thre catching of fish through the ice for the term of three years, or act thereon.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, agreeable to the vote of said Town, seven days at least before the time of 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 of Meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.


M. R. MOULTON, Selectmen F. G. BARTLETT, of


T. SIBLEY HEALD, ) Rutland.


FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


POOR FARM ASSOCIATION,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1, 1894.


To the citizens of Holden, Hubbardston, Oakham, Paxton, Rut- land and Westminster :


By the new By-Laws of the Association, "the annual report shall be made the first day of February, every year." Hence we submit the following for the ten months now closed :


INMATES SUPPORTED DURING A PART .OR ALL OF THE TIME.


Name.


Settlement. Holden


When Admitted.


Age.


Days supporte}


Martha Parker,


April 1, 1890,


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