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Fall -
2₺ “
Winter - 3 "
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Wages of Teacher.
Summer -$26 per month.
Fall - $26
Winter - $26 “
The summer and fall terms were under the care of Miss Faulkner; and to say this, is equivalent to saying that the schools were eminently successful. Though she has her own method of teaching, we found her ready to adopt practical sug- gestions made by the Committee. The thorough training of the pupils in the elements of language, and vocal exercises, mani- fested itself in clear and distinct enunciation. Thoroughness was a marked feature of this school. The mental powers of the pupils were constantly active to an unusual degree, and compre- hended the studies pursued. Miss Osgood, who had never taught before, could hardly be expected to make good the place occupied by one who was personally acquainted with the pupils and experienced in teaching. She entered upon her winter's work with an earnest desire to succeed. Her acquired abilities were amply sufficient to warrant success, and although the school necessarily appeared to a disadvantage when compared with previous terms, yet we by no means regard it as a failure.
Roll of Honor.
The following scholars have been neither absent nor tardy for
Three terms - Lucy A. Jones, Mary F. Worster.
Two terms - Hannah Worster, M. Minnie Jones, Georgie A. Gates.
One Term - Hattie E. Fletcher, Nellie Phelan, Jennie A, Tuttle, Emma M. Conant, Nellie A. Hannon, Lizzie E. Fletcher, Julia Haggerty, Carrie J. Clough, Anna Law, Nelson Haynes, Sidney L. Richardson, Willie Rynn, Eddie F. Conant, Wilbur Jones.
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SOUTH SCHOOL.
HIGHER DEPARTMENT.
Teacher.
Miss Amelia D. Cumstock, all the terms.
Whole Number of Scholars.
Summer - 31, average, 29.
Fall - 30; = 26.
Winter-39;
35.
Length of School.
Summer - 2 months.
Fall - 22
Winter - 34
Wages of Teachers.
Summer -$27 per month.
Fall - $27
Winter - $33
This school during the year has been under the supervision of the same teacher, and in an eminent degree has shown the advantages to be derived by retaining teachers who know their pupils, and who, consequently must have more interest in them than a stranger would be likely to have. Miss Comstock's method of teaching is such as is admirably calculated to make thorough scholars. She has not aimed at display, a result too often secured by mere superficial teaching, but has thoroughly instilled principlos into the minds of her pupils. We have never witnessed or heard of a spirit of insubordination existing on the part of any of the scholars. The quiet, amiable disposition of the teacher, her entire devotedness to her work, and the ready compliance of her pupils with her requirements, and their studious habits combined together, have made this
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school eminently successful during the year. There has been no abatement of interest; and the examination at the close of the winter term clearly indicated that this school ranks first in town, in regard to the advancement made during the past year.
Roll of Honor.
The following scholars have been neither absent nor tardy for
Three Terms - Anna A. Tuttle, Willie E. Wood.
Two Terms -Sophia E. Symonds, Nellie L. Tuttle, Ellen L. Jones, Clarence H. Jones, Charles C. Larrelle.
One Term - Etta Prentiss, Hattie E. Jones, Mary E. Blood, Mary A. Rynn, Margaret J. Maillain, Georgie E. Tuttle, Hattie E. Handley, Danie F. Hayward, Frank H. Jones, Samuel Jones, Frank Conant, George C. Conant, Charles E. Fuller, Jonathan P. Fletcher, James P. Brown, Burton H. Butte, Frank J. Butte.
NORTH SCHOOL.
Teachers.
Summer - Mrs. Angie W. Harris.
Fall -- 4
Winter . - Miss Ella S. Randall.
Whole Number of Scholars.
Summer - 14; average, 11.
Fall - 13; 11.
Winter - 20;
17.
Length of School.
Summer -2 months.
Fall - 2
Winter - 3₺
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Wages of Teachers.
Summer - Fall - Winter -
The summer and fall terms of this school gave marked evi- dence of the advantages to be derived from retaining a teacher who understands her work and is acquainted with those under her care. Every effort made by teacher and pupils was in the right direction, and the result was regular progress. In point of nearly all the essentials of a good school, this, we think, stands first in town. Under the care of Miss Randall, during the winter term, the school made all the progress which was to be reasonably expected, though perhaps not quite as much as it would have made under the former teacher, and in saying this we would not in the least disparage the interest or ability of the teacher of the winter term. With the experience and acquaint- ance with the pupils possessed by her predecessor, we doubt not her success would have been more remarkable. It is not often that teachers succeed so well in their first term. We were much gratified by the examination of the school at the close of the winter term.
Roll of Honor.
The following scholars have been neither absent nor tardy for
Three Terms -
Two Terms - Cora Rouillard, Granville Rouillard, Freddie Rouillard.
One Term - Irving A. Flagg.
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EAST SCHOOL.
Teachers.
Summer - Miss Emma Wetherbee.
Fall,
Winter -
Charlotte A. Dutton.
Whole Number of Scholars.
Summer - 33, average 27.
Fall - 29,
23.
Winter - 40,
34.
Length of School.
Summer - 22 months.
Fall -
2₺
Winter- 32
Wages of Teachers.
Summer - $24 per month.
Fall --- $24
Winter - $33
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The summer and fall terms were under the care of Miss Emma Wetherbee. She had never taught before, except a pri- vate school of a few weeks in the same neighborhood. These schools were not as successful as they would have been had the teacher possessed more accurate acquirements and the advant- ages of experience by which she had profited. There was a want of confidence on the part of the pupils, manifest at the ex- amination of the fall term. Miss Dutton, who had charge of the winter term, had had experience in teaching, and was more successful. She gave the school a good start in the right direc- tion. She infused not a little of her own earnestness into her pupils, and many of them became very much interested in the studies pursued, and consequently made marked improvement.
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Roll of Honor.
The following scholars have been neither absent nor tardy for
Three Terms -
Two Terms - Susie A. Wetherbee.
One Term - Emma Perkins, Amelia F. Perkins, Lizzie M. Perkins, Hattie A. Harris, Elvira S. Giles, Sarah F. Robbins, Roswell Wetherbee.
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL.
Teachers. Summer and Fall - Miss Martha T. Whitcomb.
Winter - Ellen O. Clark.
Whole Number of Scholars.
Summer and Fall -25; average, 18.
Winter - 31; 27.
Length of School.
Summer and Fall -42 months.
Winter - 34 Wages of Teachers.
Summer and Fall - $26 per month.
Winter - $32 “ 66
This school though interrupted in the Summer by a contagious disease in the vicinity, made good advancement in all the terms. Both teachers employed seemed to understand their work, and heartily to engage in it. Five scholars have attended this school from Concord, and seven from Sudbury. We were notified by the Committee of Concord that they had made ample provision for the education of their scholars in their own town, and should object to paying for their schooling in Acton. We were also
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informed that the town of Sudbury had declined to render com- pensation for the schooling of those from that town. We did not, however, refuse them admission to the school. One of the parents in Sudbury at least, has expressed a willingness to pay a reasonable sum for the privileges enjoyed in this school, and this may be the case with others. It would relieve the commit- tee from some embarrassment if this matter could be amicably adjusted by the towns interested.
Roll of Honor.
The following scholars have been neither absent nor tardy for
Three Terms - Lester N. Fletcher.
Two Terms -
One Term - Winnie Dole, Etta Johnson, John H. Dawson, E. Eddy Fletcher, Walter Chaffin.
ACTON, March, 1868.
E. DAVIS, Chairman.
O. W. MEAD,
JOHN FLETCHER, 2d, CALVIN HARRIS,
ISAAC T. FLAGG,
CHARLES LITTLE,
LUTHER PIPER,
School Committee.
GENERAL SUMMARY.
Amount of money raised by the town for School.
purposes, for 1867-8
$2,325 00
Income from the State School Fund -
164 84
Total, for School purposes
$2,489 84
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Divided as follows, viz: Centre, $450.45; West, $645.10; South, $645.10; North, $244.68; East, $255.82; South- East, $244.67.
Number of children reported by the assessors be-
tween the ages of 5 and 15 - 302
Number attending school in the year under 5 -
4 Number attending school in the year, 15 and over 89
Number of different scholars of all ages who have
attended school in town in the year - 427*
In the Centre, 90; West, 113; South, 127; North, 21; East, 42; South East, 34 *.
Sum appropriated by the town for each scholar reported by the assessors ʻ
Whole sum of money used for School purposes di- vided by the whole number of scholars who have attended school in the year - - -
$7 70
$5 83
For amount expended in repairs of school buildings, see Selectmen's Report, p. 3.
* Including 5 from Concord and 7 from Sudbury.
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FINANCIAL.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$450 45
$450 45
Amount of teachers' wages,
$414 00
Paid for fuel,
22 09
Incidentals,
1 05
Deficiency last year,
1 53
Balance to new account,
11 78
$450 45
CHARLES LITTLE, Committee.
WEST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$645 10
Balance from last year,
1 81
$646 91
Amount of teachers' wages,
$588 00
Paid for fuel,
43 97
Care of school-room,
7 00
Sundries,
4 30
Balance to new account,
3 64
$646 91
O. W. MEAD, Committee.
SOUTH SCHOOLS.
Appropriation,
$645 10
Balance from last year,
2 63
Amount of teachers' wages,
$586 75
Paid for fuel,
34 52
Care of school-room and fires,
8 25
Balance to new account,
18 21
$647 73
$647 73
LUTHER PIPER, Committee.
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NORTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation, Balance from last year,
$244 68
1 59
$246 27
Amount of teachers' wages,
$213 50
Paid for fuel,
16 00
Incidentals, Balance to new account,
11 24
$246 27
ISAAC T. FLAGG. Committee.
EAST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$255 82
Balance from last year,
3 82
$259 64
Amount of teachers' wages,
$235 50
Paid for fuel,
16 50
Balance to new account,
7 64
$259 64
CALVIN HARRIS, Committee.
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$244 67
Balance from last year,
2 00
$246 67
Amount of teachers' wages,
$221 00
Paid for fuel,
20 00
Care of school-room and fires,
6 00
$247 00
Deficiency this year,
33
$246 67
JOHN FLETCHER, Committee.
5 53
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OTHER OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FROM FEB. 26, 1868, TO FEB. 26, 1869, INCLUDING THE
Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1868.
ALSO, THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL-COMMITTEE.
CONCORD : PRINTED BY BENJAMIN TOLMAN. 1869.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Amount received, $16,886 94
EXPENDITURES.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid L. W. Stevens, for West school, $638 16
L. W. Piper, for South do., 638 16
Charles Little, for Centre do., 445 60
George Wilde, for South-east do.,
242 05
Isaac T. Flagg, for North do.,
242 05
Calvin Harris, for East do., 253 07
$2,459 09
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid George Wilde, for shingling South-east school-house, $70 94
Do., for repairs on South-east school- house, 2 75
Do., for chair, broom, pail and dipper,
1 92
Do., for crayons and book, 77
L. W. Piper, for repairs on South school- house, 4 51
Do., for chair, brooms, pails, crayons and dipper, 4 97
L. W. Stevens, for repairs on West school- house, - 3 10
Do., for stove for West school-house, 14 00
Do., for brooms, crayons, &c., 3.75
Calvin Harris, for repairs on East school- house, 4 05
Charles Little, for repairs on Centre school- house, 12 50
Do., for brooms, crayons, &c., 3 50
Isaac T. Flagg, for repairs on North school- house, 15
Do., for pail, dipper and crayons, 1 40
$128 31
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BOOKS AND PRINTING.
Paid Benj. Tolman, for printing warrants, $7 50
66 66 Selectmen's
report, 16 50
Do., for printing Selectmen's, Town
Clerk's, and School-Committee's reports, 92 12
Do., for printing Teachers' cards, 10 00
Do., for printing Rules for the protection of school-houses, 5 00
William D. Tuttle, for Collector's book,
1 00
L. W. Piper, for teachers' books, 3 33
for printing road notices, 3 00
$138 45
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Daniel Tuttle, for labor on road,
$10 95
Benjamin Hapgood, for breaking roads, 6 40
Alonzo Tuttle,
66 66
44 87
Francis Hayward, 66 66
9 40
Charles F. Richardson
66
8 00
Barzillia H. Lawrence,
66
66
15 40
Frank Hosmer,
66
2 40
John F. Blood,
6 30
66 66 for repairing sluice,
7 10
Andrew Hapgood, for breaking roads,
19 00
Israel H. Giles, 66 66 66'
4 30
Luke J. Robbins, 66
19 40
Francis Kinsley, for repairing sluice in South Acton, 17 05
Daniel L. Veazey, for repairing sluice on Lowell road, 30 00
Ambrose Heald, teaming stone for same, 6 00
Cyrus Fletcher, for lumber for railing bridges,
76 01
Cyrus Fletcher, for nails and labor on bridges, 23 90
W. E. Faulkner, for breaking roads, 12 37
Joel H. Conant, for labor on the road, 7 10
Luther Billings, for breaking roads,
19 20
Tilley Robbins, for labor on the road,
2 20
For lumber for Powder Mill Bridges,
196 32
For labor and nails for
28 30
Daniel Wetherbee, for building road from
the Turnpike to near his house, 50 00
$621 97
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HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Paid Barzillia H. Lawrence,
$129 80
Daniel Fletcher,
62 49
Daniel Tuttle,
50 00
John F. Blood,
19 90
E. F. Fuller,
108 15
L. W. Piper,
40 83
A. L. Tuttle,
28 05
Daniel Harris,
68 42
W. H. Reed,
82 91
Charles Wheeler,
60 30
Charles Robbins,
19 50
Obed A. Symonds,
36 60
David M. Handley,
33 77
Silas Conant and J. E. Billings, for Benjamin Hapgood, 21 90
$762 62
ROADS BY ORDER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Paid Simon Tuttle, for repairing and building road from the centre of the town to the Cemetery,
$500 00
Francis Kinsley, for repairing road near the house of J. K. Putney, 300 00
John Grimes, for repairing road near El- bridge Robbins' saw-mill, 200 00
Thomas Moore, for repairing road near Concord line, 150 00
J. E. Billings, for repairing road near the houses of Luther Davis, Jonathan Wheeler, Charles Robbins, Geo. Keyes, and near the Centre Cemetery, 169 59
Daniel Harris, for material and labor railing the road near Elbridge Robbins' saw-mill, 96 65
Daniel Harris, for widening sluice, 7 00
66 66 " ditching for the same, 1 50
66 " repairing road near the
house of J. E. Billings, 44 68
Luke Smith, for building and repairing
bridges near Elbridge Robbins' saw-mill, 170 00 Do., for blasting and teaming ledge near the house of S. F. Hosmer, 42 18
Henry M. Smith, for Dry Bridge, 100. 00
$1,781 60
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DISCOUNT AND ABATEMENT ON TAXES.
Paid John E. Cutter, for discount on taxes for 1868, $475 59 John E. Cutter, for abatement of taxes for 1867, 86 56
$562 15
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.
Paid Soldiers, for May Drill and Fall Encamp- ment, $1,590 90
·
Alson R. Sumner, 27 00
Hiram W. Wetherbee, 18 00
Rebecca C. Wright,
85 33
Hattie W. Wilder,
96 00
Rebecca Bigelow,
96 00
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$1,913 23
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid For medical attendance and supplies for Mrs. Murphy, $13 50 50
Express on Rufus Tenny's trunk,
A. Farrar, expenses to Westboro', for Geo. Bullard, 2 80
Mrs. N. F. Haynes, for supplies,
34 62
Coffin and robe for child,
10 00
Dr. French, attending Haynes' family,
10 00
Sarah B. Childs, for fuel,
16 00
Journey to Malden, respecting Haynes family, 3 00
for assistance rendered travellers, 5 75
" support and burial of Asa Oliver, · 48 32
" George W. Robbins, at Reform School, 13 00
$157 49
INTEREST ON NOTES.
Paid Augustine Conant, interest, $240 00
James E. Billings,
66
131 47
Cyrus Conant, 66
120 00
Frederick Rouillard, 66
102 00
David M. Handley,
102 00
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Paid Daniel Harris, interest,
48 32
Joel Hanscomb,
40 80
Lydia R. Keys,
36 00
John R. Whitcomb,
30 00
Calvin Harris,
66
24 00
James A. Billings,
66
12 00
Isaac T. Flagg,
6 00
$892 59
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Rev. Edwin Davis, for examining teach- ers, superintending schools, and mak- ing report,
$85 00
William D. Tuttle, for taking inventory,
copying and making taxes, 50 00
W. D. Tuttle, for services as Town-Clerk, 25 00
Elisha H. Cutler, for taking inventory and making taxes, 25 00
Luther R. Forbush, for taking inventory and making taxes, 25 00
J. E. Cutter, for collecting taxes, 80 00
James E. Billings, for services as Select- man, 36 00
Jonas K. Putney, do., do.,
14 50
J. K. W. Wetherbee, do., do., 20 00
Town Committee, for expenses incurred in opposing the annexation of West Acton to Boxboro', 1,498 99
$1,859 49
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid James Tuttle, for rent of school-room,
$50 00
Cutler Brothers,. « « 50 00
John E. Cutter, for summoning thirty persons to take the oath of office,
3 75
Geo. W. Sawyer, for taking care of town clock, 10 00
1 50
66
" 20 galls. oil for Town Hall, 10 70
coal,
9 84
66
66
eight chimneys, 1 00
66
66
washing floor, 3 00
66
66 one broom, 50
66
opening T. Hall 37 times, 27 75
66
66 tolling bell for ten deaths, 2 00
66
" cleaning clock,
66
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8
Paid N. S. Faulkner, for tolling bell for 17 deaths in 1867-8, 3 40
H. J. Hapgood, for tolling bell for 5 deaths, 1 00
Cyrus Fletcher, for attending 21 funerals with hearse, 52 50
Do., for recording and making return to Town-Clerk, of 32 deaths, 3 20
William D. Tuttle, for journey to Sud- bury, to make out election return 'of Representative, 2 50
Do., for recording 16 marriages,
2 40
Do., “ 31 deaths, 5 10
Do., " collecting and recording 33 births,
9 90
Do., for recasting grade of road from Ac- ton Centre to Cemetery, 5 00
for express, postage and stationery,
9 72
Horse-cart for Town Farm,
67 00
" Hay-wagon " 66
66
19 50
paper hangings for Almshouse, 3 54
3 50
whitewashing
66 nails for shingling 2 47
66 moving logs from highway near Francis
Robbins' saw-mill, 5 00
$365 77
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid Charles Hastings, for West Cemetery,
$25 00
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY, FEB. 26, 1869.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the Treasury; Feb. 26, 1868,
$3,658 19
State Tax for 1868,
1,840 00
County Tax for 1868,
848 55
Town Grant for 1868,
3,500 00
Town Grant for Schools,
2,325 00
Town Grant for Highways,
900 00
Highway Deficiencies,
88 04
Overlay on Taxes,
175 22
Militia Bounty,
1,565 50
Corporation Tax,
868 28
State Aid to Jan. 1st, 1868,
613 00
9
State 'School Fund,
134 09
Liquor Licenses,
125 00
Liquor Tax,
11 62
Pedlers' License,
6 00
School money from town of Stow,
2 54
Use of Town-Hall,
54 00
From town of Lincoln, for support and burial of Asa Oliver,
48 32
Received from Town Farm,
123 59
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-$16,886 94
EXPENDITURES.
For Support of Schools,
$2,459 09
Repairs on School-houses,
128 31
Books and Printing,
138 45
Roads and Bridges,
621 97
Highway Surveyors,
762 62
Roads, as per order County Commis- sioners,
1,781 60
Discount and Abatement on Taxes,
562 15
Appropriation for Soldiers and Families,
1,913 23
Support of Poor,
157.49
Interest on Notes,
892 59
Town Officers,
1,859 49
Miscellaneous Expenses,
365 77
Cemetery Expenses,
25 00
State Tax,
1,840 00
County Tax,
848 55
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$14,356 31
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 26, 1869,
$2,530 63
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, FEB. 26, 1869. DR.
To balance due as per report, Feb. 26, 1869, $2,530 63
Amount due from State, for aid furnished soldiers and their families, 407 00
Amount due from the State for rent of Armory, 150 00
$3,087 63
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AMOUNT DUE ON NOTES.
CR.
By Cash of Ebenezer Conant,
$2,058 00
Joel Hanscom,
700 40
Augustine Conant,
4,116 00
David M. Handley,
1,745 90
John R. Whitcomb,
536 50
James A. Billings,
202 60
Calvin Harris,
202 60
Lydia R. Keyes,
627 60
Isaac T. Flagg,
105 50
Daniel Harris,
840 86.
James E. Billings,
2,237 57
Frederick Rouillard,
1,778 10
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.$15,151 63;
Balance against the Town, Feb. 26, 1869, without including the balance due as per Overseers' Report for 1869, or a balance of about $550, due for re- pairing roads, as per order of the County Commissioners,
$12,064 00:
JAMES E. BILLINGS,.
Selectmens
JONAS K. PUTNEY, of Acton ..
J. K. W. WETHERBEE,
ACTON, February 26, 1869.
REPORT OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,
AT THE
ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST, 1869.
ARTICLES ON HAND APRIL 1ST, 1869.
13 cows, $880.00 ; 1 horse, 250.00 ; 6 tons hay, 108.00,$1,238 00' :28 bus. oats, 21.00 ; 60 bus. corn, 66.00; 1 shote, 30.00}. 117. 00 23 fowls, 1725 : 28 M. skewers, 21.00; 50 lbs. ham, 9.90, 47 25, 125 lbs. pork, 22.50 ; 3 bbls. soap, 15.00 ; 2 bbls. apples, 7.00 ;. 44 50. 50 lbs. soap-grease, 3.00 ; 80 lbs. lard, 16.00; pickles, 1.00, 20 00; 10 bus. potatoes, 8.00 ; 18 do. ashes, 3.60 ; 1-2 lb. tea,. . 60; 12. 20 lot skewer timber, 2.00; 12 lbs. apples, 1.20; 25 lbs. candles, 4.50, 7.70
$1,486 65,
RECEIPTS.
For milk, $1,172,86 ; apples, 190.87; sweet corn, 1.59,, $1,365 23: cow, 42.00 ; calves, 47.25 ; pork, 20.67, 109 92
potatoes, 27.00 ; berries, 32.73 ; eggs, 8.74, 68 47
skewers, 51.25 ; grapes, 1.68 ; squashes, 1.00,
53 93
poultry, 4.10 ; use of wagon, 3.50,
7 60
keeping pedler, .50 ; pickles, .25,
75
iron, .86, keeping colt, 8.40,
9 26
$1,615 16
Cash from Town Treasury,
86 50
$1,701 66
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EXPENDITURES.
For cows, $253.00 ; shotes, 30.75 ; potatoes, 28.65, $312 40 meal, 29.23 ; rice meal, 95.36 ; oil meal and shorts, 221.02, 345 61
grinding grain, 6.66 ; sugar, 26.42 ; butter, 84.50,
117 58
fish, 21.07; beef, 92.98 ; flour, 82.20,
196 25:
cheese, 21.97 ; tallow, 3.24 ; beans, 9.39,
34 60
molasses, 31.15 ; tobacco, 12.47; bread, 3.89, 47 51
clothing, 18.32 ; knives and forks, 2.62 ; oats, 9.00, 29 94
tripe, 4.62 ; plaster Paris, 6.53 ; potash, 12.31, 23 46
horse-cart, 67.00 ; hay-wagon, 19.50 ; boots and shoes, 12.12, 98 62
blacksmith's bill, 11.68 ; barrels, 8.63 ; pasturing, 13.59, 33 90 tea, 18.25; coffee, 7.07; salt, 7.65 ; oil, 3.70, 36 67
super-phosphate, 16.89 ; tools, 28.50; spice, 2.94, 48 33
expense to Boston, 9.15 ; grass-seed, 11.07, 20 22
medicine, .25 ; tin-ware, 1.05 ; straw, .52; rope, .90, 2 72
bridle, 5.00 ; tugs, 4.00 ; mending harness, .57, 9 57
skewer timber, 3.75 ; filing saw, 30; soap, 1.30, 5 35
pails, 1.75 ; ox-labor, 3.00 ; cream tartar, .80, 5 55
making cider, 1.00 ; newspaper, 1.70 ; mason work, 1.50, 4 20 butchering, .75 ; labor, 1.05 ; use of bull, 3.50 ; nails, .97, 6 27 ink, .10; vinegar, 2.00; saltpetre, .06; starch, .29, 2 45
matches, 1.30 ; rice, .39 ; saleratus, .50 ; stove polish .10, 2 29
crockery, .40 ; snuff, .45 ; brush, .37; wicking, .43, 1 65
brooms, 1.45 ; clothes pins, .08 ; fly paper, .25 ; glue .14, 1 92
spider, .50; bucket, .45 ; raisins, 1.25, castings, 1.06, 3 26
services of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Earrar, Jr., 360 00
James E. Billings, 6 00
Jonas K. Putney,
6 00
66 J. K. W. Wetherbee, 6 00
$1,768 32
Amount of inventory, April 1st, 1868,
$1,455 96
Interest on farm, 239 40
. $3,463 68
RECAPITULATION.
Amount of receipts, $1,701 66
1,768 32
Amount of expenditures,
Amount due from Town Treasury to balance account, $66 66
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. Total amount of expenditures, Amount of inventory April 1st, 1868, Interest on farm,
$1,768 32
1,455 96
239 40
$3,463 68
Total amount of receipts,
$1,615 16
Amount of inventory April 1st, 1869, 1,486 65
$3,101 81
$361 87
Expense of victualing foreigners,
17 20
Total amount of supporting poor at Almshouse,
$344 67
Whole number of persons (exclusive of foreigners) supported in the Almshouse, 8; average number, 4 3-4 ; present number, 6 ; cost per week, $1.40.
JAMES E. BILLINGS, Overseers JONAS K. PUTNEY, of
J. K. W, WETHERBEE,
Poor,
Acton, April 1 st, 1869.
TOWN-CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON, IN 1868.
No. Date of Birth. . Name of Child. Parents' Names.
1. Jan. 21, Florian W. Fiske, son of James W. and Maria Fiske.
2. Feb. 2, Herbert Ernest Reed, son of George and Anna E. Reed.
3. Feb. 23, George F. Richardson, son of Edward F. and Frances H. Richardson.
4. March 10, Joseph Chesson Parker, son of Edwin C. and Hannah H. Parker.
5. March 23, Eugene Lazelle White, son of Abram and Marietta E. White.
6. March 26, Mary Calanan, daughter of Daniel and Ellen Calanan.
7. April 10, Hattie Belle Harris, daughter of Frank E. and M. Sophia Harris ..
8. May 2, Etta Augusta Tuttle, daughter of Alonzo L. and Ellen C. Tuttle.
9. May 5, Fred Walter Gilmore, son of Walter A. and Emma A. Gilmore.
10. May 5, Daniel McCarthy, son of Daniel and Mary Mccarthy.
11. May 23, Emma Elvira Fiske, daughter of Robert and Susan A. Fiske.
12. May 27, William Schoular Randall, son of Freeman L. and Amelia A. Randall.
13. June 1, Frank Emerson Wood, son of Winthrop E. and Lydia A. Wood.
14. June 6, Arthur Bradford Davis, son of William B. and S. Maria Davis.
15. June 8, Arthur Harris McDonnell, son of Albert and Tina McDonnell.
16. June 10, Carrie Maria Dunn, daughter of Waldo G. and Fannie M. Dunn.
17. June 18, James Roland Wetherbee, son of D. James and Augusta A. Wetherbee.
18. June 21, Carlton Carroll Conant, son of Silas, Jr. and Cath- erine Conant.
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19. June 23, Ellen Elizabeth Lane, daughter of Morris and Mary Lane.
20. June 24, Josie Ida Tuttle, daughter of Joseph F. and Jennie E. Tuttle.
21. Aug. 13, Martha Chandler Pratt, daughter of Windsor F. and Mary Pratt.
22. Aug. 16, Minnie Gertrude Bassett, daughter of Joseph R. and Clara Bassett.
23. Sept. 13, Eugene Lazelle Hall, son of Delette H. and Susan A. Hall.
24. Oct. 4, Charles Carlton Taylor, son of Moses and Mary E. Taylor.
25. Oct. 10, Ann Maria Coughlin, daughter of John and Mar- garet Coughlin.
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