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It was the chief glory of Greece that the masses of her people shared the delights of her refined civilization, and thus she permeated all classes with a love of the beautiful, to her own lasting benefit and renown. This, her resplendent message to life, is now the common heritage of all mankind.
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What would serve more to promote an advance in the morals of our community than to open a reading room, prop- erly equipped with healthful literature, where our growing youth and weary artisan can inform and amuse themselves through the daily, weekly and monthly publications ? and it could also be used as a reference room for teachers and scholars-a thing we are now destitute of.
Does not such an enterprise commend itself to every can- did, reflecting mind ? Will not every parent give the subject a careful consideration, and see that at no distant day it be accomplished ? Will not some of our wealthy friends re- member our needs in this direction, either by gift, or endow- ment? and they can rest assured that their memories will blossom even in their dust.
Massachusetts in 1880 contained Public Libraries as fol lows : 507 Secular and 1368 Religious, and Private Libra- ries that contained 1,110,340 volumes. Have we not cause to rejoice that this town comes into such glorious company, and helps to swell the record ?
Last year Massachusetts stood third in the list of manu- facturing States ; her capital invested in manufactures is said to have been three hundred and three million dollars ; annual wages paid one hundred and twenty-eight million dollars ; value of manufactured goods six-hundred and thirty-one mil- lions of dollars-one quarter of her entire population being interested pecuniarily in manufactures. This town is em- phatically a manufacturing town, and apparently destined so to remain-hence our people are an integral part of an im- mense class to be considered-and it follows that whatever tends to benefit so much capital, and so many workmen, must benefit any manufacturing town within the State limits and consequently the State itself.
But great as is this array of industrial activity a greater incentive to action exists in the fact that man and his welfare is more than matters, figures, or results. He lives not by
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bread alone, and it is only by thought that labor can be made happy, and only by labor can thought be made healthy. It is only by labor and thought combined that the clear grit that the Rev. Dr. Collyer so happily spoke of is produced. Grit is the grain of character-spirit and will thrust into the heart, brain and back bone so as to form part of the physical substance of the man.
We therefore earnestly express the hope that our town will soon have a good reading room for our working citizens if no other, who as a class are so allied to the monetary interests (as above shown) of manufacturers and wealthy men, and contributors to such a benefit can rest assured that by lifting their fellow citizens and working men to higher levels social- ly and mentally, they themselves, will also be lifted, for the Infinite Father has so ordained matters, that no man can do a kind act for another, unless it reacts in the same direction somewhere, and at some time upon himself. Action and re-action are equal forces, a principle that is fundamental.
As Byron aptly expresses it :
-" All who joy would win, Must share it. Happiness was born a twin."
Our Library as a medium has illuminated many a home in our midst that otherwise would have been in mental dark- ness. Will not the Reading Room still further extend the forces for good in a similar direction, and is it not also true that a town which fails to provide in all directions for the interests of its rising generation, fails also to best provide for its own future.
Education is the bulwark of the Republic, and how best to educate the masses is the question of the day. He who reaches highest in this direction gives the finest reason of all for his being in the world. Libraries and Reading Rooms stand in the front ranks for raising the standard of human character-which among the many elements of civilization
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has more to do with healthy, human progress than any other.
Character is the gem of life, lifting us from the human to the Divine image. The flower of all civilization being the finished man-the man of grace-accomplishments-honor, in a word, the gentleman.
Respectfully submitted,
OTIS V. WATERMAN,
Secretary.
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FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE LIBRARY.
Beebe Town Library in account with C. W. Eaton, Treasurer of Trustees.
CR.
By Town Appropriation, . $400 00 Dog Taxes, refunded Town by County, 255 75
Interest on Flint Fund, . 60 00
Interest on Hurd Fund, . 20 10
Sale of old books and paper, 4 60
Sale of Catalogues, ·
8 75
Fines collected, .
26 65
$775 85
DR.
To cash paid V. E. Marsh, Librarian, . $270 80
66 bal. on y'r'81 -- 2, 68 75
for purchase of books, 267 87 .
repairs of books, 118 50 .
covering paper, 18 15
- express charges and postage, 8 15
sundries at Library, 10 78
printing and advertising, . 9 00
balance on hand,
3 85
- -
$775 85
Respectfully submitted,
CHESTER W. EATON,
Treasurer of Trustees.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Total number of volumes in the Library, 7,484
Added by purchase within the year, 211
donation from Franklin Poole Esq., 42
Lucius Beebe, Esq., 35
Swedenborg Association, 12
Hon. S. Z. Bowman,
10
Miss M. F. Mckown,
8
State of Mass., 5
Mrs. E. C. Poland, 2
Hon. Thomas Winship, . 1
Mrs. S. A. Patch,
1
327
Number added in each class.
Theology,
Class 1, 18
Mental and Moral, .
.2, 8
Political and Social, .
66
3,
21
Natural Sciences, .
4,
5
Medical
.
66
5, 1
The Arts,
66
6, 9
Language and Literature, "
7, 59
History,
66
8,
14
Travel, etc.,
.
66
9,
11
Biography,
.
" 10,
20
Poetry, .
“ 11,
3
Fiction,
.
" 13,
158
327
195
Persons having signed the By-Laws during year, 147 Number of acct's on which books have been charged, 785
books rebound, 251
replaced,
49
discarded, .
75
Whole number of books delivered, . . 30,173
Greatest number to one account,
245
Average number delivered each day, 60 " hour,
375
.
75
VICTORINE E. MARSH,
WAKEFIELD, March 20, 1883. Librarian.
196
BOOKS ADDED TO THE LIBRARY SINCE PUBLICATION
OF LAST ANNUAL REPORT
THEOLOGY .-- CLASS 1.
Life in Hawaii. Missions. Titus Coan 334
Little Pilgrim in the Unseen. Mrs. Oliphant 340
My Portfolio. Austin Phelps 337
Onesimus. Author of Philochristus 335
Swedenborg Library. 12 vols. 336
Walks about Zion. I. M. Atwood 339
Wrestling and Waiting. Sermons. J. F. W. Ware 338
MENTAL AND MORAL .-- CLASS 2.
Book of Nature. John Mason Good 190
Critick of Pure Reason. (trans.) I. Kant 187
Education. Herbert Spencer 192
Essays. John Locke, Gentleman 188
Manual of the History of Philosophy. (trans.) Tenneman 189
Manual of Phrenology. (trans.) Dr. Gall 186
System of Phrenology. George Coombe 185
Tact, Push and Principle. Wm. M. Thayer 191
197
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL .- CLASS 3.
American Irish and their Influence on Irish Politics. Philip
H. Bagenal 217
Congressional Records. 47th Congress. 8 vols. 224
Manual for the General Court. 1882 218
Political Economy. Francis Walker 220
President's Message and Documents. 1881-'82 221
Sketch of the Laws relating to Slavery in the several States of America, George M. Stroud 219
U. S. Exploring Expedition to Japan in 1852, '53, '54. 3 vols. 222
U. S. Fish Commission. Report of 1879 223
NATURAL SCIENCES .- CLASS 4.
Easy Star Lessons. Richard H. Proctor 219
Geological Sketches. Archibald Geikie 220
Popular Science Monthly. Vol. 20 (ed.) Youmans 218
Winners in Life's Race. Arabella B. Buckley 217
Zoological Sketches. Felix L. Oswald 221
MEDICAL SCIENCE .- CLASS 5.
Two Hard Cases. W. W. Godding 89
THE ARTS .- CLASS 6.
American Fish Culture. Thaddeus Morris 215
Elements of Forestry. Franklin B. Hough 217
Graphic Art. Philip G. Hamerton 211
Home Needle. Ella Rodman Church 213
214
Home Occupations. Janet E. Ruut-rees
216
House that Jill Built. E. C. Gardner Popular Deciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs. F. R. Elliott 218 Sixth Annual Report of Maine Board of Agriculture-1861. 212
198
LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE .- CLASS 7.
Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson- 2 Vols.
489
Brushland. John Darby
464
Figures of the Past. Josiah Quincy
491
Harper's Monthly Magazine. Vol. 63.
490
66
64.
486
66
66 65.
487
*Harper's Weekly.
1865 2 Vols.
466
467
468
1868
469 470
6€
1869
66
471
66
1871
472
1872
473
66
1875
66
476
66
1876
477
6
66
1877
478 479
66
1878
480
481
66
1881
66
482
483
Life Here and There. N. P. Willis Minutiæ of Soldier Life in the Army of No. Va. Carlton McCarthy 488 Peak in Darien and other Essays. Frances Power Cobbe 484
Plain Speaking. Dinah M. Craik 463
Speeches of Chatham, Burke, Erskine and Mackintosh. 465
485
*Not to be taken from Library.
HISTORY .- CLASS 8.
* Army of the Cumberland. Henry M. Cist 423
Burman : his Life and Notions. Shway Yoe 2 Vols. 425
Building of the Nation. C. C. Coffin 428
427
History of the French War. Rossiter Johnson 66 Norman Conquest. Vol. 5. E. A. Freeman
420
of Wenham. Myron O. Allen 424
*March to the Sea. Jacob D. Cox 426
*Mississippi. F. V. Greene 429
.66
474
1874
66
475
. 6
1879
1880
Week-Day Living. Samuel Pearson
66
1866
1867
1870
66
1873
199
*Shenandoah Valley in 1864. George E. Pond 431
Treasury of History. Samuel Maunder. 2 Vols. 422
Victor Hugo and his Time. Alfred Barbou 421
Young Folks' History of Mexico. Fred'k A, Ober 430
*Campaigns of the Civil War.
TRAVELS, ETC .- CLASS 9.
Afterglow of European Travel. Adelaide L. Harrington 581
Among the Azores. Lyman H. Weeks 580
Arctic Sunbeams. Samuel S. Cox 579
Camps in the Rockies. Wm. A. Baillie-Grohman
582
Family Flight over Egypt and Syria. F. E. Hale and Susan Hale Morocco. Edmundo De Amicis
578
Three in Norway. By Two of Them
583 584
Through Siberia. Henry Lansdell
Tunis : the Land and the People. Chevalier De Hesse Wartegg 587
Voyage of the Vega. A. E. Nordenskiold 588
Zigzag Journeys in the Occident. Hezekiah Butterworth 585 .
BIOGRAPHY. - CLASS 10.
Alexander Hamilton. Henry C. Lodge 665
Lite of Ambrose E. Burnside. B. P. Poore 657
Thomas Carlyle. James Anthony Froude. 2 Vols. 649
Experiences of a Barrister. Sergeant Ballantine 652
Life of Edwin H. Chapin. Sumner Ellis 656
Letters &c. of Lydia Maria Child. 660
J. Fenimore Cooper. Thomas R. Lounsbury
662
Life and Times of Frederick Douglas. by Himself
. 674
Study of Maria Edgeworth. Grace A. Oliver 659
Emerson at Home and Abroad. M. D. Conway 661
John C. Calhoun. Dr. H. Von Holst Great Movements and Those who Achieve them. H. J. Nicoll 650
654
Records of Later Life. Frances Ann Kemble Leading Men of Japan. "% Charles Lanman 663
657
Modern Persecution. Mrs. E. P. W. Packard. 2 Vols. 655
Reminiscences and Memorials. A. B. Muzzey 666
Victor Emmanuel II. Edward Decey 653
Life of Gen. George H. Thomas. T. B. van Horne 658
586
200
POETRY .- CLASS 11.
Poems of Life and Nature. Mary Clemmer Silver Store. J. Baring Gould Wide-Swath. B. P. Shillaber 223
222
FICTION-CLASS 13.
1
Anne. Constance Fenimore Woolson
2286
Aschenbroedel. No Name Series
2295
Barrington's Fate, 66 2349
Battery and the Boiler. R. M. Ballantyne
2358
Better than Good. Annie E. Ridley 2350
2294
Burgomaster's Wife. Georg Ebers
2283
Castle and Town. Frances M. Peard
2290
Condensed Novels and Stories. Bret Harte
2300
Cupid, M. D. Augustus M. Swift
2322
Curate's Home. Agnes Giberne
2367
Dick's Wandering. Julian Sturgis
2291
Dinglefield. Mrs. O'Reilly 2336
2326
Dust. Julian Hawthorne
2361
Echo of Passion. George Parsons Lathrop
2278
Eliane. Madame Augustus Craven
2368
Fair Philosopher. Henri Dauge
2297
Fifteen ; or Lydia's Happenings. Mrs. N. Conklin
2319
Flip and Found at Blazing Star. Bret Harte
2314
Four McNicols. William Black
2303
Forever and a Day. Edward Fuller
2289
Forty-four years of a Hunter's Life. (ed.) Edward Stadler
2359
Freres. Mrs. Annie F. Hector
2281
From Hand to Hand. German of Golo Raimund
2284
Gentle Savage. Edward King
2357
Geraldine Hawthorne. Beatrice M. Butt
1
2365
Guerndale. J. S. of Dale
2305
Heart of Steel. Mrs. Frances C. Fisher
2337
Her Crime. No Name Series
2323
Her Picture. 66 66
2280
Homespun Stories. R. H. Moncrieff
2355
221
Bright Days in the Old Plantation Times. Mary R. Banks
Dr. Zay. E. S. Phelps
201
In the Distance. George Parsons Lathrop 2279
Janet ; a Poor Heiress. Rebecca S. Clarke 2369
Jews of Barnow, etc. Karl Emil Franzos 2351
Look Before you Leap. Mrs. Annie F. Hector Lord's Purse Bearers. Miss Hannah Smith
230 6
Magna Charta Stories. (ed.) Arthur Gilman
2345
Miss Richard's Boy. Marietta Holley. 2 copies
2352
Miss Leighton's Perplexities. Alice C. Hall
2364
Modern Instance. W. D. Howells
2362
Mr. Isaacs. . F. Marion Crawford
2348
Mrs. Lorimer. Lucas Malet
2363
Mrs. Solomon Smith Looking on. I. M. Alden
2307
New Arabian Nights. R. L. Stevenson
2356
Nobody. Miss Susan Warner 2316
Noble Name. German of Claire von Glumer 2325
2298
Off to the Wilds. Georg M. Fenn
2309
Princess Alethea. Frances M. Peard
2315
Problem of the Poor. Helen Campbell
2347
Puddleford Papers. H. H. Riley
2302
Rachel's Share of the Road. Round Robin Series
2335
Reverend Idol
2288
Revolt of Man. Walter Besant
2287
Siege of London, etc. Henry James, Jr. 2354
Shandon Bells. William Black
2360
Spinoza. Berthold Auerbach 2282
2301
Surgeon's Stories. Z. Topelius
2353
Talking Leaves. William O. Stoddard
2318
Three Vassar Girls Abroad. Lizzie W. Champney
2327
Tow Head. Sally Pratt McLean
2331
Unknown to History, Charlotte M. Yonge
2293
Weighed and Wanting. George Macdonald
2324
Wreck of the Red Bird. George C. Eggleston
2308
Workers Together. Mrs. Ada C. Chaplin 2317
Word, only a Word. Georg Ebers
2366
26
2292
Norodom, King of Cambodia. Frank McGloin
Stolen White Elephant, etc. Mark Twain
202
JUVENILE STORIES.
Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag-Vol 6. L. M. Alcott
2321
Aunt Madge's Story. Rebecca S. Clarke 2378
Ben's Nugget. Horatio Alger, Jr. 2311
Bimbi : Stories for Children Louisa de la Rane 2296
Bodley Grandchildren. Horace E. Scudder 2304
Boys and I. Mrs. Molesworth 2313
Boys in the Mountains. W. H. Rideing
2343
Chronicles of the Stimpcett Family. A. M. Diaz
2333
Doctor Papa. Rebecca S. Clarke
2383
Dorrincourt : Story of a Term there. Bernard Heldman
2340
Dotty Dimple at her Grandmothers. R. S. Clarke
2370
" Home. .. 66
2371
out West.
66 ,
2372
66 66 at Play. 6 66
2373
66 at School. 66
66
2374
" Dimple's Flyaway.
66 66 66
2375
Flaxie Frizzle.
2382
Ferdinand's Adventure, etc. Lou Brabourne
2310
George at the Fort. C. A. Fosdick
2285
Hester Stanley at St. Marks. H. P. Spofford
2339
Knockabout Club Alongshore. C. A. Stephens
2328
Out and About: or the Hudson's Trip to the Pacific. Kate T. Woods 2329
Litttle Folks Astray. R. S. Clarke
2376
Grandfather. 66
2380
Grandmother. 66
2379
Pitchers. 66 66
2384
People of Asia. Olive Thorne Miller
2299
Miss Thistledown. R. S. Clarke
2381
Phyllis Browne. Flora L. Shaw
2338
Princess and Curdie. George Macdonald
2342
Proverb Stories. Louisa M. Alcott
2320
Prudy Keeping House. R. S. Clarke 2377
2341
Rocky Fork. Mary H. Catherwood 2332
Saltillo Boys. William O. Stoddard 2312
Stories of the Days of King Arthur. C. H, Hanson 2344
" Discovery. (ed) E. E. Hale
2346
Three Trappers. Achilles Daunt 2330
What the Seven Did. Margaret Sidney
2334
66
Ralph's Year in Russia. Rob't Richardson
203
AUDITORS' FINAL STATEMENT.
We again present to the town the annual reports of its officers, with such other information as may be interesting and valuable to the voters of the town.
We have examined the bills against the town as they have been paid during the year, by the Selectmens' orders on the Treasurer, and have also examined the accounts and vouch- ers of the Treasurer, Collector and Treasurer of the Trustees of the Beebe Town Library, and find them correct.
Having consulted with the Surveyor of the Centre District in the further examination of his accounts, we are able to furnish an additional statement, which appears to be correct, as follows :
N. H. DOW, SURVEYOR.
Cr.
By amt. of Pay Rolls as per page 92, $1,074 10
Receipted bills, " 93, 89 27 -
$1,163 37
Dr.
To Town Appropriation, $1,000 00 Amount received from Appropri- ation for New Park Extension for soil deposits, as per p. 97, 140 00
$1,140 00
Balance due Mr. Dow,
$23 37
-
204
As Mr. Dow has also had charge of several other appro- priations upon which there are unadjusted balances, we re- capitulate, as follows :
N. H. DOW.
Cr.
By Balance Centre District as above, $23 37
Bennett St., App'n, page 98, 15
Lincoln & Smith St., p. 99, 17
$23 69
Dr.
To Balance, New Park Extension, p. 97, 63
Melvin St. App'n, p. 99, 10
73
Net balance due Mr. Dow, $22 96
In reference to the accounts of Mr. Connell, Surveyor of the North District, we would state that the amount expended as given upon page 93, should be increased by the addition of several small bills not included on his pay-rolls to the amount of $3.25, making a total expenditure of $697.72, leaving a balance due him of $97.72.
Mr. Connell also desires us to state that $68.12 of the sum he has overdrawn, represents the cost of the new side- walk on the south side of Salem street, which by vote of the town was left to his discretion, without any appropriation therefor.
The only error thus far noticed of sufficient importance to mention, is the date of "Loans now held " on page 104, which should be "1883" instead of "1882."
T. J. SKINNER, E. E. EMERSON, Auditors. W. S. GREENOUGH,
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INDEX.
PAGE.
Appropriation Committee's Report,
154
Appropriations, List of .
67
Assessors' Report,
137
Auditors' Report,
67
Auditors' Final Statement,
203
Bennett Street,
98
Births,
52
Board of Health, Report of
157
Classification of Statistics,
84
Collector's Statement,
101
Concrete Sidewalks,
97
County Tax, (Treasurer's Report).
103
Deaths,
62
Engineers' Report,
138
Fire Department Expenses,
73
Fire Escape and Exit, .
85
Fish Committee's Expenses,
100
Fish Committee's Report,
146
Highways and Bridges,
90
Johnson Pumps,
84
Jurors, List of
6
Lakeside Avenue,
99
Librarian, Report of
194
Library Finances,.
84 and 193
Lincoln and Smith Streets,
99
Liquor Law, Enforcement of,
83
Loan Account, (Treasurer's Report),
104
Lock-up-Keeper's Report,
. 145
Marriages,
56
206
Mechanic Street Culvert,
100
Melvin Street,
99
Memorial Day,
84
Military Aid,
86
Miscellaneous Expenses,
86
Night Watch,
83
Overseers of the Poor, Report of
107
Park Extension,
97
Police Report,
144
Poor Department Expenses,
83 and 107
Repairs of Town Hall,
82
Richardson Street,
98
· Salaries of Town Officers,
79
School Committee's Report,
161
School Contingent Expenses,
71
School Expenses, (Regular),
68
Selectmen, Report of,
129
State Aid,
106
State Tax, (Treasurer's Report).
103
Street Lamps,
82
Tax Deeds, List of
105
Town Clerk's Report and Statistics,
51
Town Debt,
104
Town House Expenses,
80
Town Meetings, Records of
7
Town Officers, List of
3
Treasurer's Report,
102
Trustees of Library, Report of
185
Water Contract,
·
149
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THE SEVENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF WAKEFIELD, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1884.
ALSO,
THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD
OF THE
BIRTHS MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
During the Year 1883.
WAKEFIELD : THE CITIZEN AND BANNER PRESS, 1884.
1
1
TOWN OFFICERS, 1883-4.
SELECTMEN.
JAMES OLIVER, Chairman.
OTIS V. WATERMAN, Secretary.
ALSTEAD W. BROWNELL.
TOWN CLERK. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
TREASURER. JAMES F. EMERSON.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
HIRAM EATON, Chairman. JOHN G. MORRILL. JOSEPH CONNELL. ASSESSORS.
DAVID PERKINS. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE. CHARLES F. WOODWARD.
AUDITORS.
T. J. SKINNER. W. S. GREENOUGH. J. M. CATE.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
RICHARD BRITTON, 3 years. B. B. BURBANK, 2 years. N. H. DOW, 1 year. COLLECTOR OF TAXES. CHARLES F, WOODWARD,* pro tem. *Appointed by Selectmen.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
JAMES H. CARTER, Chief. OWEN CORCORAN.
ROGER HOWARD, Secretary.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
LUCIUS BEEBE, Term expires 1886.
SAMUEL K. HAMILTON, Chairman,
. .
1886.
WILLIAM N. TYLER, Sec'y and Treas.,
1885.
EDWARD A. UPTON,
.. 1885.
66
1884.
SELIM S. WHITE, . MELVIN J. HILL, .
.
.
.. 1884.
4
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
LUCIUS BEEBE, Chairman.
CYRUS WAKEFIELD.
S. O. RICHARDSON. W. N. TYLER.
THOMAS WINSHIP.
CHESTER W. EATON, Treas.
J. G. ABORN.
O. V. WATERMAN, Sec'y.
J. R. MANSFIELD. AZEL AMES, JR.
W. H. MORRISON.
E. H. WALTON.
JOSEPH M. SKULLY. GEO. H. TEAGUE.
JOHN M. CATE.
FISH COMMITTEE.
SAMUEL PARKER, JR. HOWARD EMERSON.
CHARLES H. DAVIS.
JOHN M. CATE.
BOARD OF HEALTH. HOSEA L. DAY. JOHN HOMER, M. D.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE.
FENCE VIEWERS. CHARLES H. STEARNS. *Deceased.
GEORGE PACKARD .*
GEORGE H. TEAGUE.
TRUANT OFFICERS.
JOHN F. WHITING. GEORGE H. TEAGUE.
POLICE.
J. S. BATCHELDER, Chief.
JOHN A. MELONEY.
JOHN DRUGAN.
ISRAEL A. PARSONS.
HENRY L. HASKELL.
JOSEPH T. BURDITT.
C. F. BICKFORD.
HENRY N. OLIVER.
DENNIS MCCARTY.
JOHN F. ALEXANDER.
DENNIS DALEY.
CHARLES SULLIVAN. RICHARD O'LEARY.
JOHN F. WHITING. JOSEPH A. FLOCKTON.
THOMAS W. SULLIVAN .* MICHAEL WELCH.
GEO. E. DONALD.
GEO. T. LAMONT.
JOHN MCMAHON.
*Revoked.
CONSTABLES. MOSES STAPLES. ISRAEL A. PARSONS. JOHN A. MELONEY. CHARLES H. DAVIS .* *Appointed by Selectmen by reason of Messrs. Staples and Parsons not having qualified.
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WEIGHERS OF COAL AND MERCHANDISE.
M. C. EVANS. GEO. W. ABORN. A. A. MANSFIELD.
A. W. CHAPMAN. E. W. EATON. G. K. GILMAN.
MEASURERS OF WOOD.
M. C. EVANS. JOSHUA WALTON. HENRY N. OLIVER.
B. F. ABBOTT. WILLARD KNIGHT. E. W. EATON.
A. J. HUTCHINSON. W. C. PARKER. A. A. MANSFIELD. L. B. EATON. EDWARD E. LEE .*
*Appointed.
C. F. BICKFORD. ROGER HOWARD.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
W. C. PARKER. GEO. H. TEAGUE.
FRED H. HENRY. JAMES WESTGATE.
B. F. ABBOTT.
FIELD DRIVERS.
EDWARD EATON. JOHN MORAN. H. L. DAY. GEORGE E. DONALD. R. H. MITCHELL. J. T. B. HALL. * Appointed.
ADAM WILEY. B. F. SHEDD.
THOMAS GOULD.
GEORGE H. WILEY.
EDWARD O. GOWING.
JEREMIAH WHITEHEAD .*
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL. HENRY C. HALL.
LOCK-UP KEEPER. JOHN A. MELONEY.
POUND KEEPER. JOHN B. ADAMS.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS.
LUCIUS BEEBE. S. O. RICHARDSON. THOMAS WINSHIP.
WM. F. YOUNG. JAMES F. EMERSON. B. F. BANCROFT .*
JAMES OLIVER. A. W. BROWNELL. THOMAS HICKEY. T. J. SKINNER. EVERETT HART. AZEL AMES, JR.
J. O. BLANCHARD. JOSHUA PERHAM.
*Deceased,
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LIST OF JURORS. ACCEPTED BY THE TOWN Nov. 6, 1883.
Atwell, William H. Burditt, Michael B. Bessey, William W. Bridger, William J. Brownell, Alstead W. Carey, Daniel Coleman, Daniel
Connell, Joseph Dow, Nathaniel H.
Emerson, Fred Eaton, David M.
Evans, Charles A.
Evans, Montello (). Floyd, George G.
Gilman, George K. Gould, Thomas Gove, Merrill W. Gowing, Horace Hartshorne, Charles F. Harper, Henry Horton, James R.
Hickey, Thomas Haskell, Henry
Howard, Justin
Howland, William J. Kendrick, Rufus Knight, Elisha Kernan, Thomas Jenkins, John W. Lamont, George T.
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Lufkin, Stephen W. Low, James Mansfield, Albert A. Mansfield, James F. Merchant, Sydney Nichols, Hero W. Nichols, Warren Oliver, James Oliver, Henry N. Parsons, Israel A. Parker, Samuel Jr.
Perkins, David
Perkins, William K.
Pennell, Sumner Perham, Joshua
Prentiss, Joshua Seaver, George A. Skinner, William G. Stearns, Charles H.
Sweetser, Alfred I. Sweetser, George H. Teague, George H. Teed, Peter B. Wiley, John F. Walton, Edward HI. Walton, Herbert W. Walton, Solon Young, William F. Young, Wesley
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1884.
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 12, 1883,
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Samuel K. Hamilton was elected Moderator.
ART. 2. To see what action, if any, the town will take toward the purchase of land and the erection of a School-house thereon. A motion by W. N. Tyler, that the Chair appoint a Committee of five to take the subject matter of Art. 2 under consideration, and report at the An- nual meeting was carried.
The Chair appointed as this Committee, Lucius Beebe, Wm. N. Tyler, A. W. Brownell, Thomas Winship, E. E. Emerson.
VOTED. That S. K. Hamilton be added to this Committee.
ART. 3. To see if the town will accept of Sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts, relating to the election of a Board of Road Commissioners to take the place of Highway Surveyors.
VOTED. On motion of James F. Emerson that Sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes of Massachusetts providing for the election of Road Commissioners, in the place of Highway Survey- ors, be accepted, and that the candidates for that board be voted for at the Annual Town Meeting. VOTED. To dissolve the meeting.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 2, 1883.
ART. 1. To choose, by ballot, a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Whole number of Ballots cast, 117
James Oliver had 49
John M. Cate had 68
and John M. Cate was declared elected Moderator. ART. 2. To hear and act upon the Annual Reports of Town Officers. VOTED. That the Annual Reports of the Town Officers as printed be accepted and adopted.
ART. 3. To hear and act upon the Report of the Committee on Ap- propriations.
VOTED. That the Report of the Committee on Appropria- tions as printed in the town reports be accepted.
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