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Age.
Date of Deatlı.
Name of Deceased.
Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Jan. 2 Ezekiel Jones.
71
S 2
Paralysis
3
Mary W. (Derby) Stowell. 85
S 12
Old Age ..
66
3
Elizabeth (Sellers) sheen. 52
5 12
Carcinoma.
S
Caleb Prince Joy
67
3:24
HIcart Disease
14
Michael J. Lyons.
9
Marasmus
14
Lilian Egleston Dizer ..
1 11 9
Convulsions.
15
Male child of Olif and Augusta Nelson . .
Stillborn.
2+
Mary Ann (Wall) Tracy ..
42
9
Apoplexy .
27
Florence Louise Hobart.
6 19
31
Thomas Howley. 73 10 17
A poplexy
Feb. 2
Michael Lyons.
31
. . 16
Heart Disease
66
Joseph Eugene Lowell.
34| 6 18
Bronchial Comsum:pt'n.
3
George S. Baker.
62 4 11
Fibroid Phthisis.
7 17
4
Male child of Frank H. and Carrie F. Beede .
Stillborn
4
Harriet (Leach) Blanchard .. 82 4 15
Softening of Brain
5
Myra E. (Record ) Skinner .. 21 ] |16
Gastritis
5
Annie L. Richards
.
11
Gertrude A . Collins.
1
8 27
64
12
Catherine (Ryan) Bolin 75
.
.
14
Mary Ryan .
8
8
14
Alice (Seabury) French. .
8
1 Bright's Disease.
17
Susannah C. (Hobart ) Hunt. 82
3 14
20
Martha C. (Colson) Juy 78 Quincy Randall. 59
. .
26
23
Delia J. Pitts.
. . Marasmus
26
Mary E. (Amrock ) Hanley. 20
1
9
27
Catherine (Lane) Cullen. 24
Phthisis ..
Fenile Bronchitis.
28
Thomas Ward. 75
4 . . Cystitis and Old Age ...
Mar. 2
Margaret E. Cohan. 59
·
50
Phthisis
3 Fred E. Loud ..
25
4
Consumption
Pneumonia.
5 Mary (Slatery) Clark. 59
. .
6 Hannah W. (Dyer) Lond. SI 1
5' Apoplexy
11 Mary C. (Cushing) Dunham
So 11
9| Pleuro Pneumonia
12
Margaret Tormey.
26
·
66 14 David H. Champlain. 50 11
Dropsy
Connecticut.
14
Mary C. Cullen ..
3
. .
15 Lawrence W. Quinn
Convulsons
17
Abbie F. (Lovell) Bealse 42 11 15
Gastro Enteritis
21
Edward Nolan ..
Stillborn ..
21
Mary A. (Hobart) Orcutt. 79
3 24
21
Ethel Alberta Burrell
2 7 18
24
JJohn R. H. Williams 60 4 19
Bright's Disease
Bright's Disease ..
66 28 Peter Hobart Jacobs. 62
7
Consumption of Bowels.
= 20 Charles Sullivan .. 18
6 Consumption
31 Julia (Gleason ) Hope. 57 . .
Pneumonia.
Apr. 3
Edward C. Culley .' 76
2 18 Old Age
Scituate. Weymouth. England. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth. Ireland.
Hadley. Weymouth.
Maine. Prov., R. I.
Weymouth. Boston. Plympton. Weymouth. 66
Ireland. Weymouth. Yarmouth, Me.
Quincy. Weymouth. 66 Rhode Island. Ireland. Braintree. Ireland.
Weymouth. England.
Consumption
Ireland. Weymouth. Abington.
Consumption
Ireland.
Marasmus
Weymouth. 66
Neuralgia of Heart ..
Convulsions.
Randolph. Weymouth. 66
Hingham. Boston. Ireland.
Weym'th, Eng.
Congestion of Lungs
Consumption . Senile. .
Capillary Bronchitis
37
Valvular Heart Disease. Dropsy Obstruction
46
Consumption
Nicholas Thayer. 84 11 16
Discase of Liver.
Daniel Sweeney
4 Ann (Atkins) Gunning. 95 5
4
8 15
Abscess of Brain
4 Mary McDermott.
Diphtheritic Croup.
.
25 Henry Allen Burrell. 27 10 21
140
DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date of Deatlı.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Apr. 4
Lydia B. (Vining) Reed.
81
4 12
Pleuro Pneumonia ...
12
Delphino (Derby) Orcutt ..
83
1
8 Acute Enteritis.
66
12
Mary B. (Burrill) Cushing
69
.. 20
Chronie Bronchitis and Pulmonary Apoplexy.
66
=
15
Quiney Reed
92
5
4
Congestion of Lungs.
21
Sarah (Duncan) Bowker.
69
9
Carcinoma.
66
21
Mary L. (Abit) White
85
.
=
23 Abbie E. (Pratt) Covell
37
3
Consumption
24 Eliza Meara.
10
m. Apnœa
28 Herman H. Beard
0
10
Hydrocephalus
May
3 Eliza W. White
15|10
Heart Disease.
4
James C. Lyons.
2 5 23 Cereb'o-spin'! Men'gitis.
60
4 Elizabeth M. Welsh
3 11,23
Paralysis of Heart ..
6
Male child of Franklin E. and Saralı L. Barnes.
2} h. Immaturity
6
Female child of Franklin II. and Sarah S. Barnes
1h. Immaturity .
12
Annie Lotta Raymond. 3
8 13
Typhoid Pneumonia. Cancer.
13
Stephen M. S. Pratt ..
65 11 15
13
Mary C. Moran. 18
4|10
Consumption
15
Mary (Holmes) McFaun 97
8
. . Œdema of Lungs
16
Helina Loud. 57
2
9 Chronie Glandular Hy- pertrophy
16 Alfred Otis Thomas 38 10 13 Bronchial Consumpti'n.
18
Male child of Lewis W. and Cath- erine E. Keay
4 h. Marasmus
19
Wallace Ashton Whiton ..
2
Whooping Cough.
20
Sabria N. (Ellis) Morton. 74
7 10
Heart Disease
66
21
Funiee C. (Endieut ) Humphrey .. 83
5|19 Œdema of Lungs
24
Mary A. (Battles) Whitemore .... 71
5 25
Heart Disease.
26 Hannah (Pike) Fuller. 85
1 18
Unknown.
June 1
Cora A. (MeGill) Burbank 27
11
..
5
Lizzie O (Binney) Weeks.
20
2
6 Consumption
6
John H. Nolan
Consumption
11
Ellen Cleary
Œdema of Lungs
12
Majer W. Thayer. 21
8
7 Chronie Bronchitis.
5 14
Consumption.
66
13
Samuel French. 71
7 13 Paralysis of Kidneys
15
Mary H. Davis 19 8 11
Bilious Fever.
66
21 John H. Barry 1
.. 17 Convulsions
. .
Consumption
Consumption
66
7
Lucy (Orcutt) Chandler
76
5
23
Chronic Gastritis
8
Nellie Londergan
8
5
7 Gastric Fever
17
Lizzie Sheridan
16 10 · Phthisis
=
18
Lydia T. (Shaw) Vining. 70
6 10
Carcinoma
21
Helen M. (Gardner) Gardner
52
7
7 Apoplexy.
66
22
Delia V. Cohan.
18
4 22
Phthisis
66
22
Alice W. Curley .
2 22
Marasmus.
38
·
:
66
26
Ellie F. (Dyer) Crowley
31
3
1 Bright's Disease
9
Cholera Infantum
Aug. 4 Joseph Bourk
7
1
Cholera Infantum
=
4
Margaret Ryan .
·
6
HIenry C. Merritt
37
2
. . Aneurism
.
1.0
Daniel W. Bates. ..
80 2 12 Lumbar Abseess.
11 Catherine E. Weleh
6 23
Cholera Infantum
11
Alice Delory
3 8
Cholera Infantum
66
Boston. Canada. Weymouth. 66
Scotland.
Weymouth.
66
Sandwich. Boston. Broekton. Maine.
Weymouth.
Nova Scotia. Weymouth.
Ireland. Weymouth.
Boston.
Ireland.
Chatham. Randolph. Weymouth. Norwich, Ct. Weymouth. Hingham. Weymouth.
26
Michael McCormick
Hemiplegia
Ireland. Braintree.
31 Alfred L. Willoby.
4
Diabetis Mellitus
·
34 10
1
13 Catherine Stanton 18
July 4 Michael A. MeCue 16
Lucy T. (Harding) Pratt. 57
:
Weymouth. $6
14
Hasket D. Blanchard
64
7 10
Apoplexy .
Unknown.
66
66
66
66
66
Place of Birth.
Cause of Death.
Weymouth. 16 Scituate. Weymouth. ..
12 Marasmus.
66
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DEATIIS. - Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Aug. 15
Bridget (MeCarthy) Heelan 64
Heart Disease
16
Lillian Maria MeDonald.
8
Diarrhea.
19
Ina Blake Irish.
13
1 23
Phthisis.
20
Ezia W. Arnold.
37
2 20
Drowning.
:21
John Edward Battles 47 10
.
24
Augustine Terry
1|18
Marasmus
25
Jolin E. Dorant
4
-T
Meningitis
29
Rosa Santry
14
Sept. 2
John Lowery. 70
5
2
Cancer of Stomach
3
Jonathan R. Dyke.
7
·
Peritonitis.
3
John Thomas Manuel
1
5 General Debility.
S
Emma F. (Packard) Beals.
3
11
Allen C. Vining ..
2
7
12
Lester Elmer Joy
17
8
15
John O. Strand. .
32
16
Daniel Campbell.
.. Consumption
17
Mary Emma Landry
1
17
Patrick Curran ..
55
19
Male child of Michael and Mary Fitzgerald
20
Edwin R Shaw.
79
8 18
25
Charles Conathan.
7
2
. .
Alice May Kehr.
6 Marasmus
26
Male child of M. Gorden and Helen Bieknell
66
28
Inez Loud Tribon
Apnœa
6C
Upton.
Weymouth. Ireland. Weymouthi. Ireland. Weymouth.
Scotland. Weymouth.
Dorchester. Bridgewater. Weymouth.
Hingham. Weymouth.
Bridgewater. Frauklin, Conn. Weymouth.
Nov. 2 Richard O. Benson
4
6
3 Diphtheria
3
Frank J. Hart.
6
3
Diphtheria
4 Roger Kelly 28
.
John R. Carroll .. 84 Pneumonia
6 Elizabeth J. (Tirrell ) Holbrook .. 65 11 .
7
2 1 Acute Interstitial Neph.
Place of Birth.
Ireland. Weymouth.
Duxbury. Hingham.
Weymouth.
66
Jericho, Vt. No. Easton. Weymouth.
Bralntrec. Weymouth.
Norway. Nova Scotia. Weymouth. Ireland.
Weymouth.
Old Age
Paralysis of Heart from Diphtheria
Stillborn
1.1
30
Calvin Packard. 10
6 ..
Oct. 1 Alfred E. Bosworth
·
James Hayes. 18
7
Broncho Pneumonia ... 2
Paralysis.
3
Lawrence Francis Johnson 10
3
Su-an A. Shields. 1
Mary Davenport Pettingell
9 9|11
66
8
13 Richard 1). McNair.
59
G
·
15
Etta M. Turner.
5
1
3 Diphtheria
16
Lucy (Holbrook) Bates 68
9
·
17
Sarah E. (Park) Lane ..
70
5 20
Hemiplegia.
17
Bertha Ellen Benson
7
3.12
Diphtheritic Croup
66
18
Frederick Traey.
5
1 20
Diphtheria
18
Harry P. Sheelry
20
1 23
19 Eva A. White.
15
5
5 Typhoid Fever
21
Walter J. Hart.
7
8
21
Ezra Wilder ..
67
4
23
William H. Cram.
38
4
8 Ulceration of Stomach .. Diphtheria
9 Diphtheria
·
5
9 18 Diphtheria
8
Diphtheria. .
27 Miranda (Derby) Hunt .. 85
3
7 Old Age.
Florence Edith Turner. 11
Diphtheria.
Gangrene of Lungs.
.. Paralysis.
Ireland. Weymouth. Scituate.
16
4 13
Infantile Debility.
Harrisou Bicknell .
74
38
..
Consumption of Bowels Phthisis
12 Rh'matic Endocarditis.
Consumption
.. 13 Cholera Infantum.
. . . . Unknown
Stillborn
Heart Disease
. . 4 3 Mineral Acid Pois'ning, Cholera Infantum .... Diphtheria
James F. Noonan
3
10
.
Scarlet Fever
Bright's Disease.
Paralysis ..
. 8 Diphtheria and Croup .. Paralysis of Heart ..
Emma J. Tracy.
7
4 19
24
George Everett Curtis
8
Florence May Benson.
Joanna Francis Brassel. 19
6
Allen Frye.
.
Typhoid Dysentery.
Atelectasis
Chronic Bronchitis.
Edith May Fairbanks.
Sarah (Pratt) Hawes. 81
7 11
Convulsions
Consumption.
=
4
40
26
Cause of Death.
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DEATHS. - Continued.
Age.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Nov. 10
Joseph R. W. Hart.
4 5.16
Diphtheria
Pericarditis of Heart ..
66
13
Harry N. Worden
7 10
Gastro Enterites.
St Jolins, N. B.
=
14
John Bartlett. .
84 11 27
Fracture of Hip
Amesbury.
66
15
Dominic A. Hart ..
10 24
Diphtheritie Croup
66
18 Dianna (Newell) Galusha.
1
1
Inflam. of Gall Bladder.
66 25
27 James A. Lovell. 18
S
: A eeident
27 Hannah (Southworth) Blanchard S1 5|10 Obstruetion of Bowels.
Disease of Liver.
16
30
Male child of Thomas and Han-
nah MeInroe ..
Stillborn
Weymouth.
Dee. 1
Elsie Mary Whitney. 15 11 4
Consumption
2
Jennie Franeis Porter ..
36
14 Bright's Disease.
3
Arabella S. (Farington) Colson .. 59
14
Ovarian Dropsy.
8
Clarendon Bowles.
70 00
19 Corrhosis of Liver
12
Benjamin Pratt ...
67
] 19
14
Charles Lincoln Young.
4
Convulsions.
17
Edward R. Dowd .
Meningitis
66
17
Alice W. ( White) Kehr
8
7
Cardiae Dropsy
17
Solomon Dyer Pratt. 70
13
Lung Fever
26
Sarah Emily Loud.
1 11 27
Nephritis from theria
Diph-
66
26
Peter Lane
81 2 26
Pneumonia
Hingham.
66
27 Bridget (Conathan) Killion 65
Heart Disease
Ireland.
31
Abigal S. (Northey) Rideout
. .
Apoplexy
Seituate.
Number of births :
Males,
94
Females,
89
183
Number of deaths :
Males,
87
Females,
99
186
Number of marriages registered :
Where one or both parties live in Weymouth, 93
Non-residents, 17
-
110
11
William E. Veazie.
35
4 13
Weymouth. Rockland.
Weymouth. Maine.
Weymouth.
Jolın H. Griffin.
1:15
Diphtheria.
28 Bridget (Noonan) Keating ..... 56
9
..
Duxbury. Ireland.
Marshfield. Weymouth. Maine.
Livermore, Me. Weymouth.
Paralysis of Heart.
·
8
. .
22
Cause of Death.
Plaee of Birth.
ENGINEERS' REPORT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, - In accordance with the established usage of the engineers, I herewith submit a brief report of the Weymouth Fire Department. The department was organized on the first of May, in accordance with the recommendation of the last Board of Engineers, and adopted by the town at the annual meeting. In obedience to this vote all engine companies were disbanded and reformed into hose and truck companies of fifteen men each. It was voted by the town to appropriate $600 for a hose carriage, and three of the Board of Engineers of 1885 were appointed a commit- tee to purchase the same. Two of the Board in Ward 5 served on that committee, and as they were in favor of a carriage, the same was purchased and placed in that ward, although my preference would have been for a hose wagon, as being more convenient in many ways, and safer for carrying men. The town also voted to appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the purchase of new hose, and 1,750 feet was bought and distributed in the various wards. At a special town meeting it was voted to appropriate $350 more for hose to replace that destroyed at the burning of Putnam Engine House in Ward 4, and six hundred feet was bought and placed in that ward ; other articles have been added for the convenience of firemen, such as stop-nozzles, pipes, etc.
The department as now organized is under the control of five engineers, as follows : -
F. D. THAYER, Chief. W. O. COLLIER, Clerk.
C. E. BICKNELL, J. E. GARDNER, OTIS CUSHING.
WARD ONE.
Hose 1, 10 men, 1,050 feet hose.
Assistant carriage, 5 men, 300 feet hose.
E. S. Beals, Hook and Ladder Truck, 15 men.
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WARD TWO.
Hose 2, 15 men, 1,900 feet hose.
Steamer 2, appointed men, 4.
Eureka Hook and Ladder Truck, 15 men.
WARD THREE.
Hose 3, 15 men, 1,900 feet hose.
Steamer 1, appointed men, 4.
Hard Scrabble Hook and Ladder Truck, 10 men.
WARD FOUR.
Hose 4, 10 men, 600 feet hose.
Set of ladders, 5 men.
Assistant carriage, Lovell's Corner, 5 men, 300 feet hose.
Set of ladders, Lovell's Corner.
WARD FIVE.
Hose 5, 15 men, 1,400 feet hose.
Resolute Hook and Ladder Truck, 15 men. Chemical Engine, in charge of Hose 5.
APPARATUS.
Steamers 1 and 2, Hose Carriage 1 and 2, should be painted and varnished. The Active and Putnam hand engines are in good repair. The Gen. Bates has been sold, according to the instruction of the town at the annual meeting.
The Gen. l'utnam has been removed to the house in Ward 5, to save cost of storage, and that it might be properly cared for. The Hook and Ladder trucks are all in good repair, also the Chemical Engine.
BUILDINGS.
The Board would recommend for Ward 4, in place of the build- ing destroyed by fire, a good and substantial one, in keeping with the others in town, large enough for hose wagon or carriage, with hall over head for use of the men belonging to the company. This
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building should be completed as soon as possible, for the con- venience of the[ firemen in caring for the property ; and where the hose carriage is now located, much valuable time would be lost in getting ready to work in case of fire. Part of a building has been leased at Lovell's Corner for $25 per year, and is all that is needed there at present.
A small building, near the depot, at North Weymouth, is used for storage of hose needed in that section of Ward 1. By some mistake in the plan of the house in Ward 2, the tower is six feet too short, causing considerable damage to hose, as it cannot be pro- perly dried after use : otherwise, the building is in good repair. As no complaint has been made in other Wards, I presume all other buildings are in good order.
FIRE ALARM.
We would again recommend and urge upon the town a system of telegraphic fire alarm, as we believe a greater part of the build- ing in which the fire originates might be saved, thus doing less damage to surrounding property, besides saving the first ten, twenty, or thirty minutes after the discovery of a fire, which is inev- itably lost by the ordinary means of creating an alarm. It affords prompt information to the firemen, day or night, of the locality of a fire ; also, property-holders may know whether or not their own property is in danger. Having tested the hydrant service during the past year, we believe that, with a fire-alarm connected with the pumping station, the high pressure could be applied at once, thus covering all buildings, without calling out engines at the first alarm.
It was said in last year's report, " the telephone for fire-alarms is not reliable " ; it has been proved beyond a doubt that such is a fact. Weymouth is possessed of a good water supply, and a well-organ- ized fire department, but without the telegraph neither is available at the time when it would prove most valuable. The improve- ments that have been made in the system of fire-alarm telegraphs have considerably reduced the cost, bringing it within the means of all towns, either large or small.
We find, upon investigation, that we can get a sufficient number of boxes, strikers for church bells, 18 miles of wire, and other ap- paratus, including putting up, at an expense of about $2,600.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
. We would recommend, for the ensuing year, the appropriation of $2,500. The number of fires last year was less than for several years, yet the expenses of the department, with the repairs which should have been made, would have exceeded the appropriation. This year, with the repairs needed, the call for badges for the hose companies, a supply of rubber coats for the several companies, the care of $25,000 worth of property in the department, the pay of firemen (which is small for the amount of work required), and the cost of fires, which also come from the appropriation, we think the sum asked for, with the closest economy, would not more than cover the necessary expenses.
The Board have been requested to suggest to the town an ap- propriation of $300 for a parade of the department for the ensuing year. Our town can justly boast of a's fine-appearing, well-behaved companies as are anywhere to be found ; and, to get as much good as possible out of our fire department, some interest must be taken in them, and some concessions made, to make them feel as if they deserved something beside their position.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
I desire to extend my thanks to the Board of Selectmen, for the respect and courtesy manifested at the several meetings with them when appointed by the Board as a committee to confer with them on business matters of the department.
To the Board of Engineers, I wish to thank them for the honor conferred upon me, and for the interest they have taken in the welfare of the department ; and last, but not least, in behalf of the Board our thanks are due to the officers and members of the several companies in the department, for the prompt, able, and willing manner in which they have performed their every duty. No class of men are subject to such danger as our firemen ; whatever the weather, they must be ready to meet and fight the most destructive enemy of man, and too much honor and praise cannot be bestowed upon men, who, at the risk of their own lives, seek to save the property and lives of others.
Respectfully submitted,
F. D. THAYER, Chief Engineer W. F. D.
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FIRES AND ALARMS FOR THE YEAR 1886.
May 1. Alarm caused by the burning of shed at Weymouth Iron Company wharf; loss of $25 ; responded to by Hose 2 and Hook and Ladder 2.
June 8. North Weymouth Depot; responded to by Hose 1 and Hook and Ladder 1; loss on depot, $2,000; loss of W. E. Arnold, $3,000.
18. Dwelling-house and market of Martin E. Dolan ; re- sponded to by Hose 2 and Hook and Ladder 2; loss of $2,000.
July 10. Putnam Engine House ; responded to by Hose 4 and 5 and Hook and Ladder 5 ; loss on building, hose cur- riage, hose, and rocket engine, $3,000 ; loss to com- pany on furnishings, $250.
Aug. 4. Stable of John Fennell ; responded to by Hose 2 and Hook and Ladder 2; loss of $800.
Oct. 13. Dwelling-house of C. Smith ; responded to by Hose 2 and Hook and Ladder 2; loss, $300.
16. Building owned by heirs of G. S. Baker ; occupied by Smith & Morgan, Fred. Cate, and heirs of G. S. Baker ; loss on all, $1,250 ; responded to by Hose 3 and Hook and Ladder 3.
Aug. 5. Alarm, caused by rekindling of fire in stable of J. Fennell ; responded to by Hose 2 and Hook and Lad- der 2.
66 5. Needless alarm for fire out of town ; responded to by Hose 2 and Hook and Ladder 2.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY.
The Board of Trustees of the Tufts Library respectfully submit their eighth annual report, as follows : -
The library has been open during the year 306 days. The whole number of loans for the year has been 51,902, an average of almost 170 per day. Of the books loaned, seventy-three per cent belong to the department of fiction ; nine per cent to arts, biogra- phy, and history ; six per cent to literature, natural science, and poetry ; six per cent to travels ; and six per cent to all other de- partments. The whole number of cards issued during the year to new borrowers is 372, and the whole number issued to date is 4,585. During the last year, 947 books (including 127 public documents) have been added to the library. which now contains 10,047 volumes. The whole expenditure during the year for its maintenance is $2,2 80.28.
The annual inspection of the library, under the direction of trus- tees, was made Jan. 1, 1887, and it was found that three books had been lost during the year then ending, and that one of the - books reported in the last inspection as lost has since been re- placed by the borrower.
At the close of the last session of the Legislature, Hon Elijah A. Morse, senator from the First Norfolk District, generously con- tributed $100 to the funds of our library ; dividing a sum larger than the whole of his salary for that session, in aid of the several public libraries in his district. We deum this gift by our distin- guished senator a most happy, as well as just recognition of the important influence of free libraries in training the rising genera- tion for useful participation in the duties and privileges of Ameri- can citizenship, and we tender him our cordial thanks for this ex- pression of his interest in the prosperity of the Tufts Library.
It has been decided, upon the suggestion of our able and pro-
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gressive librarian, hereafter to place upon the shelves of the library, for circulation, at intervals of two weeks, such new books as shall be ready for delivery. and to publish a list of these books in the Weymouth Gazette, - changing the list with each new issue of books, - and also to post printed slips, containing these lists, in the library room and at each of the agencies for the delivery of books ; and to publish a " bulletin " of such additions, only at the end of each year. This plan will enable us to put in circulation, immediately upon their publication, such works as the patrons of the library especially desire to read while they are yet fresh topics for discussion in the press and the social circle.
. This report marks the end of the seventh year of the active life of the library, and also notes that it has already attained, in point of numbers to those proportions - ten thousand volumes - which entitle it to rank as " respectable " among the public town libraries of the country ; and we believe that we may justly claim that few collections of its size are as well balanced in the various de- partments which are usually represented in popular libraries.
But it would be a fatal mistake, to suppose that the town may now, with safety, diminish its contributions, or abate its fostering care in aid of this inexpensive and most beneficent agency for the promotion of the public happiness, intelligence, and virtue. By far the larger number of borrowers from the library are from the youth of the town, and its permanent success must depend upon its contin- uing to attract this class, by furnishing for their use a wide variety of new and entertaining books, selected in the most catholic spirit, and discriminating only against those which tend to defeat the ob- jects for which the library was founded.
Appended is a list of donations to the library during the last year, designating the number of bound volumes and of pamphlets contributed.
JAMES HUMPHREY,
For the Board of Trustees.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 1, 1887.
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APPENDIX.
DONATIONS.
Vols.
Pams.
Ambler, Francis. Esq.
15
13
Boston Public Library
2
Brookline Public Library
Brooklyn Library
Dawes, Hon. H. L. .
1
Gardner Public Library
1
Harris, Hon. B. W. .
3
3
Long, Hon. J. D.
4
Massachusetts, Secretary of the Commonwealth
5
1
Massachusetts State Library
1
Newton Free Library
1
Porter, Miss J. F.
1
Providence Public Library
1
Smithsonian Institution
6
United States, Public Documents
85
28
Watertown Free Public Library .
1
Whitman Public Library ·
1
TREASURER'S REPORT
Of Receipts and Expenditures of the Tufts Library for the year 1886.
RECEIPTS.
Received of librarian, for fines collected $134 25
Librarian, for catalogues sold 24 94
Town of Weymouth, half dog money . 442 26
Town of Weymouth, interest on Tufts fund,
100 00
Town of Weymouth, appropriation. . 1,200 00
George T. Rand, for rent . 400 00
C. G. Esterbrook, for rent . 150 00 .
Gift of Hon. Elijah A. Morse
100 00
$2,551 45
.
1
.
1
Jackson, Sheldon, D. D.
151
EXPENDITURES.
Due the treasurer
$4 51
Paid librarian services
400 00
H. F. Trufant, services
79 25
L. C. Richards, services
121 20
M. E. Trufant, services
7 02
Elias Richards, insurance
93 00
A. S. Jordan, insurance
27 00
W. G. Nash, distributing books 25 00
Clark & Foster, distributing books 37 50
F. D. Pratt, transportation and distributing books, 10 00
W. P. Totman, distributing books 52 00
22 38
John W. Bartlett, distributing books 52 00
Otis Cushing, transporting books 40 00
C. C. Webster, labor
12 40
J. C. Jackson, labor
11 78
Expense of drainage
84 00
Post-office
11 39
C. G. Esterbrook, printing
20 75
E. Bourke, expressing .
3 30
W. K. Baker & Son
5 50
George S. Baker, lead pipe, etc.
23 85
A. L. Bancroft, magazines .
18 29
Cleaves, McDonald & Co., books
663 14
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing
61 39
J. G. Roberts, binding books
. 82 34
C. W. Clark, supplies
10 90
Geo. T. Rand, supplies
42
Cupples & Uphamn, supplies
20
Publishers' Weekly, magazine
5 08
Library Bureau, magazine .
3 08
Town of Weymouth, water connection . 18 08
A. Sherman, boxes 15 75
B. F. Smith, supplies .
6 50
Estes & Lauriat, books .
33 50
Water tax .
8 96
S. W. Pratt, piping and repairs
29 06
W. T. Spilstead, transporting books
152
Paid Joseph Lond & Co., coal
$95 56
Little & Brown, books
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