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NORTH SCHOOL. - This school was taught, in the spring and fall, by Miss Nellie Hosmer. This was her first experi- ence, and we heartily wished her success. There seemed to be a lack of sympathy between teacher and scholars, yet a good degree of study was manifest ; the school appeared well when visited, and at the close, had the discipline of the school been of a higher tone it would have added much to the credit of it and to our satisfaction. The winter term
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was taught by Miss Junia S. Bartlett. She was an old experienced teacher, and knew how to adjust the school and put it in working order; this she did, and whenever visited by us, found teacher and scholars laboring together toward a pleasant and profitable close. The school has not yet fin- ished, but from the knowledge we have of it and what reports say of it, we have no fears in regard to its successful close, and give to it and its teacher our hearty approval.
The column in the statistical table, showing the number of visits of parents and others, does not include the Super- intendent's visits each term.
JOHN E. CUTTER, Chairman.
L. W. STEVENS, JOHN WHITE, WILLIAM B. DAVIS, WILLIAM W. WORSTER,
Committee.
ACTON, March 22, 1871.
FINANCIAL.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$513 94
Paid teacher,
$469 25
for fuel,
33 50
Care of school-rooms, fires, &c.,
7 00
Balance to new account,
4 19
$513 94
JOHN E. CUTTER, Committee.
EAST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$258 36
Balance from last year,
8 33
Paid teachers,
$237 21
for fuel,
22 .80
for care of room, fires, &c.,
6 68
$266 69
WILLIAM B. DAVIS, Committee.
SOUTH-EAST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$244 12
Balance from last year,
47 86
Paid teachers,
$240 00
for fuel,
17 50
66 for care of room, fires and furniture,
6 25
Balance to new account,
28 23
$291 98
$291 98
JOHN E. CUTTER, Committee.
$266 69
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NORTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation, Balance from last year,
$244 12
3 89
$248 01
Paid teachers,
$225 00
66 for fuel,
16 00
for care of room, fires, furniture, &c.,
5 35
Balance to new account,
1 66
$248 01
JOHN WHITE, Committee.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$669 62
Balance from last year,
17 66
$687 28
Paid teachers,
$587 50
for fuel,
40 05
66 care of rooms, fires, &c.,
9 03
Balance to new account,
50 70
$687 28
WILLIAM W. WORSTER, Committee:
WEST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$669 62
Paid teachers,
$580 00
" for fuel,
47 74
66 £ for care of rooms, fires, &c.,
6 00
Balance to new account,
35 88
$669 62
L. W. STEVENS, Committee.
Amount of money raised by Town,
$2,325 00
Income from State School Fund,
185 54
Dog Fund,
89 25
Total for School purposes,
$2,599 79
Number of children reported by Assessors, between the ages of five and fifteen, 304.
Sum appropriated by town for each scholar reported by Assessors, $7.65.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for one term.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for two terms.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for three terms.
WEST PRIMARY.
Nellie Walker, Lottie E. Handley, Mary S. Cutler,
Mattie I. Houghton, Laura Stockwell,
Ella Teele, Ines Wyman, Alphonso Wyman,
Charles Cobleigh,
Herbert Taylor,
Warren Taylor, Arthur Call, James P. Hayward, Freddie Cobleigh, Cornelia Hayward.
Cordelia Hayward, George Stockwell, Fred E. Cutler, Clara Tuttle, Mary Tuttle.
Edgar H. Hull, George V. Mead, Fred S. Mead, E. Crosby Hoar.
WEST INTERMEDIATE.
John S. Hoar, Charles S. Hadley, Ella S. Teele.
George Hutchins, Alphonso Wyman.
WEST GRAMMAR.
Frank Davis, George Gardner, Flora Davis, Florence Hayward, Lizzie Rowell, Emma Stockwell, Lizzie Blanchard, Alice Call, G. Sumner Wright, Edwin Davis, George Hutchins.
Warren A. Stevens, Emily Hall, Nellie Handley, Emma Mead.
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Roll of Honor, continued.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for one term.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for two terms.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for three terms
EAST SCHOOL.
Cora Fiske, G. D. Conant, P. H. Moore.
SOUTH - EAST.
Mary Fairbanks, Betsy Moulton, Emma Pratt.
SOUTH GRAMMAR.
Emma J. Handley, Daniel F. Hayward, Anson Piper, Wilbur F. Jones, Eugene R. Shapley.
Lizzie E. Fletcher, Lucy A. Jones, Frank J. Butters, Willie J. Rynn.
Georgie A. Gates.
SOUTH INTERMEDIATE.
Michael Hannon, Willie Dow, Emma L. Billings, Daniel Piper, Walter Hayward.
Frank Haynes, Frank Z. Taylor, John Rynn.
SOUTH PRIMARY.
Charles Haynes, Usher J. Brown, Freddie A. Brown, George E. Haynes, Charles Hager,
Henrietta Sawyer, Ella Clark, Alonzo Dow, Arthur Jones, Frank Harris, Charlie E. Worster.
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Roll of Honor, continued.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for one term.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for two terms.
Those who have been neith- er absent or tardy for three terms.
CENTRE GRAMMAR.
Herbert Fiske, Sophia Fletcher, Willie Sawyer, Arthur Tuttle, Arthur Pike, Carrie J. Palmer.
Katie Kinsley.
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Alma Waldron, Hattie Smith.
Ida A. Hale.
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NORTH SCHOOL.
Cora Rouillard, Elmer Rouillard, Oliver Dutton, Freddie Rouillard, Anna P. Cash, Lizzie Veasey.
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TABLE.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
months.
Wages per month.
Whole No. of scholars.
Average attendance.
No. under 5 yrs. of age.
No. over 15 yrs .. of age.
No. of visits by parents
and others.
Centre
Primary,
66
Eudora K. Lawrence.
21-4
26
39
28.8
2
7
Grammar
Edna M. Lowe.
2
32
25
21.5
4
7
West
Intermediate.
66 Emma P. Draper.
2
28
23
21.5
15
Primary, Grammar,
Amelia D. Comstock.
2 1-4
33
27
23.4
3
South
Intermediate, Primary.
66
Ada F. Goddard.
2
27
26
22
2
East,
Mary A. Tinker.
1 3-4
32
30
28
4
66
Hattie E. Handley.
2 1-4
3)
29
21.3
1
5
2
24
19
15
1
2
Totals,
22 3-4
317 302
256.6
2 13
71
FALL.
Miss Lizzie M. Priest.
2
30
27
22.6
15
Centre
Primary.
.. Eudora K. Lawrence.
2
27
38
28.7
2
3
West
Primary,
66
Anna E Hall.
21-2
3)
40
37 3
1
14
66
Amelia D. Comstock.
2 1-4
33
37
32.7
12
11
East,
Mary A Tinker.
2 1-4
32
28
24
5
66
Allie E. Burnham.
2 1-4
3)
24
19.9
16
North,
Nellie Hosmer.
2
24
20
17.9
1
1
7
Totals,
20
267
294
257.1
4|18
72
WINTER. Mr. E. A. Daniels.
2 3-4
55
45
41
19
14
Centre
Primary,
Miss Eudora K. Lawrence.
2 3-4
28
47
30.8
11
Grammar,
Anna E Hall.
3
35
35
30
14
37
West
Intermediate,
Carrie L. Whitcomb.
3
28
25
22.8
27
Primary,
66 S. Jennie Wheeler.
3
22
30
27.3
25
Grammar,
Amelia D. Comstock.
3
40
35
30.3
18
9
66 Laura A. Brown.
21-2
25
23
17.6
9
East
Mary A. Tinker.
2 3-4
40
36
34
9
South-East,
Allie H. Burnham.
3 1-2
30
26
19
1
14
North,
Junia S. Bartlett.
4
32
25
22
4
23
Totals,
32 3-4
365 354
297.8
65 171
Aggregate for the year,
75 1-2
949 950
811.6
6 96 314
Grammar,
Miss Lizzie M. Priest.
2 1-4
$30
37
30.9
3
8
Anna E. Hall.
2
25
30
28.5
18
Mary E. Edwards.
2
30
17
15.7
4
South-East, North,
Grammar,
66 Emma P. Draper.
21-2
32
39
35.5
14
South
Mary E. Edwards.
2 1-4
30
41
38.5
2
South-East,
Intermediate, Primary,
Mary E. Edwards.
21-2
30
27
23
2
South
Grammar,
SUMMER.
Length of School in
Total average percentage of Attendance during the year,
85.32
Grammar,
Grammar, {Primary,
Nellie Hosmer.
REPORTS OF
The Selectmen and other Officers
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FROM
FEBRUARY 26, 1871, TO FEBRUARY 27, 1872,
INCLUDING THE
Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1871.
ALSO,
THE REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
BOSTON : TOLMAN & WHITE, PRINTERS, 221 WASHINGTON STREET. 1872.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Unexpended balance of last year
$4,426 26
Regular Town Grant, 4,000 00
Town Grant for School Houses,
4,000 00
Town Grant for Schools, Town Grant for Highways,
1,500 00
Temporary Loans,
2,000 00
State Tax,
2,300 00
County Tax,
933 36
Military Account,
746 50
State Aid to Jan. 1, 1871,
250 00
Corporation Tax,
829 09
Armory rent, 1870,
150 00
School Fund,
160 83
Use of Town Hall,
105 78
Dog Fund,
125 03
National Bank Tax,
433 64
From town of Stow, School Money,
17 71
From town of Concord,
15 00
Surplus on order of Wm. Reed, of Westford,
12 80
Overlay on Taxes,
237 27
Interest on Taxes for 1870, paid after Nov. 1,
80 50
$24,648 77
EXPENDITURES. SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid W. H. Faulkner, South District,
$651 02
Wm. B. Davis, East 66
258 36
Winsor Pratt, South East
229 63
John E. Cutter, Centre
605 60
Luke Blanchard, West 66
605 60
John White, North
244 12
$2,594 33
SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
Paid W. H. Faulkner, South District,
$58 23
Luke Blanchard, West
11 95
John E. Cutter, Centre,
18 08
66 66 East 66
2 29
John White, North
66
3 87
$94 42
2,325 00
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REPAIRS ON HIGHWAYS, 1870.
$107 65
Paid Isaac Reed, A. H. Jones, Isaac Reed, 1870, breaking roads, 1 20
26 80
$135 65
REGULAR HIGHWAY WORK, 1871.
Paid Reuben L. Reed,
$75 40
Levi W. Stevens,
98 60
A. S. Fletcher,
79 60
L. R. Forbush,
69 75
Daniel Tuttle,
31 00
Benjamin Hapgood,
31 60
Daniel Harris,
57 42
John F. Blood,
38 00
John Harris,
25 00
W. F. Flagg,
110 00
E. J. Robbins,
24 10
Moses Taylor,
24 40
T. P. Sawyer,
37 95
E. H. Cutler,
105 80
Francis Pratt,
70 35
$878 97
SPECIAL REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES. GRAVEL PIT ROAD.
Paid A. L. Tuttle, labor and team,
$276 67
Blacksmith's bill,
15 32
Powder and fuse,
15 66
Town Farm, for labor and team,
,108 45
Other persons, labor,
326 62
$742 72
CRAMPTON'S ROAD.
· Paid A. L. Tuttle, labor and team,
$70 00
Town Farm team,
30 00
Powder,
4 00
Sundry persons, labor,
82 67
Repairing cart for Crampton Bros.,
4 75
$191 42
Paid Daniel Harris, for erecting road bounds near the house of Pope & Lyman, $2 50
Joseph Noyes, work on road near the house of E. C. Parker, 117 25
T. F. Lawrence, repairing sluice near the house of J. W. Wheeler, 9 00
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Paid Daniel Fletcher, railing the road and re- pairing bridge at the powder mills, $43 75
Joseph Noyes, for repairs on turnpike, 482 50
Daniel Tuttle, work on the road from his house to the Common, 27 25
Silas Conant, Jr., repairing sluice near R. Fiske's, 16 00
L. W. Stevens, repairing sluice, cutting brush, and repairing road near West Acton, 11 00
W. F. Flagg, re-laying two sluices near land of Ithamar Robbins, 13 50
C. Fletcher & Co., lumber for railing road at the powder mills, 40 79
J. Noyes, for plank, powder mill bridge, 40 58
66 repairs on road near the pow- der mills, 9 00
W. W. Davis, work on the road from his house to house of T. Kinsley, 37 94
Simon Tuttle, for lumber for railing road near mills of Hugh Cash, 16 80
Francis Pratt, work on road near the powder mills,
70 35
A. S. Fletcher, repairing sluice, 8 00
$946 21
COST OF ROADS CONSTRUCTED BY ORDER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Paid W. D. Tuttle, making profile and setting grade stakes at W. Acton, $9 00
Reuben Handley, work, 300 00
Joseph Noyes, railing the new road at W. Acton, 55 61
Luther Conant, work on new road near Wetherbee's mills, 122 70
$487 31
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Luther Conant, for Mrs. Sarah B. Childs, $12 75
Mrs. C. H. Conant, for board of Chas. Edmonds, 12 weeks, 30 00
John Daily, for board of John Reynolds, 84 weeks, 49 70
Luther Conant, for house rent of Mrs. Sarah White, at Worcester, 52 00
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Paid Dr. Cowdrey, attendance of John Malo- ney, a State pauper, $14 00 '
Dr. Cowdrey, attendance of John Rey- nolds, a State pauper, 25 00 Dr. H. F. Barrett, surgical assistance to John Reynolds, 10 00
Luther Conant, journey to Lawrence, respecting Mrs. Geo. Desmond and family, 3 50
$196 95
EXPENSES OF TOWN FARM.
Paid Potter & Hopkins, for horse cart harness, $19 50 Luther Conant, road scraper, 10 00
Town farm, deficiency for 1870-71, 152 18
Yoke of oxen, 225 00
Francis Dwight, for coffin and robe for Rhoda Burnham, 15 00
$421 68
INTEREST ON TOWN DEBT.
Paid Augustine Conant,
$292 00
J. K. Putney.
39 00
James E. Billings,
70 61
Isaac T. Flagg,
12 00
Lydia R. Keyes,
42 80
Frederick Rouillard,
102 00
Elizabeth Hanscom,
40 80
Daniel Harris,
48 32
Cyrus Conant, adm'r,
140 00
Calvin Harris,
12 00
D. M. Handley,
102 00
J. R. Whitcomb,
30 00
J. E. Cutter, interest on temporary loans,
54 57
Luther Billings,
12 00
William Wheeler,
30 00
$1,028 10
TOWN DEBT.
Paid temporary loans, James E. Billings, Lydia R. Keyes,
$2,000 00
100 00
500 00
- $2,600 00
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MILITARY ACCOUNT.
Paid John Fletcher, Jr., armory rent, $150 00 For May parade and Fall encampment, 746 50
$896 50
PRINTING.
Paid Tolman & White, for town warrants and reports, for March and April, 1871, $102 50 Tolman & White, for warrants for June , and November meetings, and notices for the meeting for sufferers by the Chicago fire, 6 50
$109 00
STATE AID.
Paid Rebecca C. Wright,
$48 00
Joanna Moulton,
48 00
Nancy B. Richards,
96 00
H. Brooks, guardian of M. Monroe,
48 00
H. W. Wilder,
96 00
H. W. Wetherbee,
12 00
$348 00
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid Martin Pike, for work in the East Ceme- tery,
$30 10
Martin Pike, for mowing brush in North East Cemetery,
5 20
Samuel Hosmer, stakes for cemetery,
2 39
C. Hastings, for work in West Ceme- tery in 1870-71,
35 00
Davis & Hosmer, iron work for cemetery,
9 38
Francis Dwight, two gates for cemetery,
10 00
Francis Jones, painting new gates for do.,
1 60
H. M. Smith, grading avenues,
4 00
Daniel Tuttle,
13 00
T. Kinsley,
5 00
H. D. Parlin,
2 00
Julien Tuttle,
1 00
W. W. Davis,
7 00
Joseph Reed,
3 50
Luke Smith,
36 00
Three stone posts,
3 00
$168 17
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid John E. Cutter, superintending schools, $90 00 Samuel Hosmer, taking invoice and making taxes, 33 45
W. D. Tuttle, services as Town Clerk, 25 00
J. E. Cutter, Collector of Taxes, 80 00
Do., do., taking invoice and making taxes,
50 00
Luther Conant, services as Selectman, 36 00
E. J. Robbins,
66
20 00
Joseph Noyes, 66
20 00
$354 45 ,
TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, for paint furnished in 1870, $15 13
G. W. Sawyer, 35 gallons oil, 12 25
Do., 1 cord of wood and cutting same, 8 00
Do., washing floors, 5 00
Do., taking care of Town clock, 10 00
Do., repairing roof on Town House, 2 50
Do., cleaning Town clock, 1 50
Do., opening Town Hall and Committee Room sixty-four times, 34 .75
Do., taking care of cellar,
3 00
Do., tolling bell eight times,
1 60
Do., lamp-wicks,
64
Do., one broom,
50
J. E. Cutter, coal for Town Hall,
27 98
$122 85
CENTRE SCHOOL HOUSE.
Paid H. M. Smith,
$6,950 00
E. P. Bullard, for land, 225 00
-
$7,175 00
Estimated value of old house,
$500 00
remaining materials, 50 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid for gravestones for T. Williams and Mrs. John Brown, $52 00
Lemuel Pope, appropriation for Deco- ration Day, 150 00
W. D. Tuttle, express on public docu- ments, 2 60
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Paid W. D. Tuttle, stamp on H. Brooks' deed, $0 50 Do., trip to Sudbury to make out certifi- cate of election, 2 50
Do., postage and express,
74
Do., collecting and recording 40 births at 30c., 12 00
Do., recording 29 deaths,
4 90
Do., 14 marriages, 2 10
Do., stationery,
1 00
J. E. Cutter for insurance of Centre School House 5 years, 177 50
Do., copying Assessors' book, 1870,
9 00
Do., for abatement of taxes for 1869, 53 62
Do., 66 1870, 111 73
Do., for notifying Town officers to take oath of office, 3 12
Do., for team for County Commissioners to Westford road,
2 00
Do., for express,
1 00
Do., Collector's book,
1 60
Do., error on County tax, 1870,
2 97
Luther Conant, stationery and postage,
1 00
Cutler Bros., for rent of school room,
50 00
Francis Dwight, for attending funerals for 26 persons, 78 00
Do., making returns of 25 deaths, 2 50
Do., for repairing hearse, 4 50
$736 88
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM FEB. 26, 1871, TO FEB. 26, 1872.
Unexpended balance as per report of Feb. 26, 1871, $4,426 26
Appropriations, 12,575 00
Other receipts, 7,647 51
$24,648 77
EXPENDITURES.
Support of schools, $2,594 33
Repairs of school houses and incidentals, 94 42
Repairs on highway, 1870, 135 65
Regular highway work, 1871, 878 97
Special repairs of highways and bridges, 1,880 35
Building roads by order of County Commis- sioners, 487 31
10
Support of poor,
$196 95
Expenses of Town farm,
421 68
Interest,
1,028 10
Printing,
109 00
Military,
896 50
State aid,
348 00
Cemetery,
168 17
Town officers,
354 45
Town House,
122 85
Centre schoolhouse,
7,175 00
Miscellaneous,
736 88
State tax,
2,300 00
County tax,
933 36
Town debt and temporary loans,
2,600 00
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-$23,461 97
Balance in treasury Feb. 27, 1872,
$1,186 80
TOWN DEBT.
Ebenezer Conant,
$2,067 66
Augustine Conant,
4,135 33
Daniel Harris,
840 86
Frederick Rouillard,
1,778 10
Joel Hanscom,
700 40
James E. Billings,
2,132 07
David M. Handley,
1,745 90
Isaac T. Flagg,
111 50
Calvin Harris,
202 60
John R. Whitcomb,
506 50
Jonas K. Putney,
687 37
William Wheeler,
523 00
Owe for new road at West Acton,
200 00
- -$15,631 29
Amount due from State aid,
$348 00
From State, care of sick State paupers,
75 00
Estimated value of Old Centre School House and surplus materials,
550 00
Due from Treasurer,
1,186 80
-$2,159 80
Balance against the Town,
$13,471 49
LUTHER CONANT, E. J. ROBBINS. JOSEPH NOYES,
Selectmen of Acton.
ACTON, Feb. 27, 1872.
REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES AT THE
ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1872.
ARTICLES ON HAND, APRIL 1, 1872.
12 cows, $576.00 ; horse, 250.00 ; shotes, 20.00
$846 00
4 tons hay, 130.00 ; 23 bushels ashes, 5.75, 135 75
2 turkeys, 5.00 ; 26 hens, 19,50,
24 50
150 lbs. pork, 18.00; 170 lbs. bacon, 20.40,
38 40
100 bush. potatoes, 40.00 : soap, 2.50 ; butter, 14.00,
56 50
Corned beef, 4.00 ; flour, 4.00 ; sugar, 2.00,
10.00
2 bush. beans, 6.00 ; lard, 3.85,
9 85
$1,121 00
RECEIPTS.
Milk, $925.15 ; teaming milk, 84.00, $1,009 15
Apples, 106.00 ; potatoes, 30.50 ; berries, 51.50,
188 00
Grapes, 8.00 ; tomatoes, 4.81 ; sweet corn, 2.52, 15 33
Turkeys, 26.60 ; pig, 6,00 ; calves, 17.33 ; cows, 78.00,
127 93
Eggs, 2.04 ; peas, 3.90 ; lard, 4.20 ; oxen, 160.32,
170 46
Hoop poles, 10.00 ; slabs, .60 ; cabbages, 2.00,
12 60
Shorts, 1.19 ; labor, 11.50,
12 69
From estate of Rhoda Burnham,
14 25
Labor on Gravel Pit Road,
12 00
Work of team on Gravel Pit and Crampton Roads, Centre School-house,
126 45
37 50
Received from treasury to pay for oxen,
225 00
$1,726 36
$1,951 36
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EXPENDITURES.
For Cider, .60; cushion 1.00 ; pump, 6.50; paid Rev. Mr. Wood, 2.00,
$10 10
Stove lining, .87 ; pasturing cows, 26.00 ; pair of shafts, 2.00, 28 87
Saw, 1.00 ; oat meal, .50; shingles, 19.40 ; labor shingling, 6.25,
27 15
Rep'g plow, 1.50 ; tin ware, 1.50 ; gobbler, 2.25, 5 25
Rep'g door, 2.85 ; plants, 2.50 ; hay cutter, 3.00, 8 35
Quilts, 5.45 ; whips, .57; sawdust, .24,
6 26
Filing saw, 1.20 ; rep'g pumps, 5.00 ; bucket, .58, 6 78 Beans, 4.84 ; nails, .80 ; pails, .63 ; grass seed, 4.03, 10 83 Garden seeds, 1.30; barrels, .40; hoe, .58 ; cast- ings, .93 ; wash tub, 1.25, 4 46
Crackers, 3.69; turnip seed, 32; onions, 1.63 ; polish, .16 ; rope, .50, 6 30
Can of ink, 1.80 ; plow, 15.00 ; haying tools, 4.01 ; fly paper, .15,
20 96
Squash, .24; earthen ware, 2.80; rosin, .40; glass, 1.19 ; axe, 1.33,
5 96
Hardware, .45; saltpetre, .15; tub, 1.20; putty, .08; broom, .42,
2 30
Clothing, 28.96 ; boots and shoes, 10.50; salt, 7.71 ; blacksmith's bill, 26.92,
74 09
Shoeing oxen, 9.75 ; shotes, 22.00 ; part of har- ness, 11.25, 43 00
Repair of harness, 3.75 ; posts, .90 ; New England Farmer 2 years, 5.00,
9 65
Plaster, 4.95 ; hoe, .60 ; shovel, 1.00 ; twine, .30 ; axle grease, .25, 7 10
Lemons, 26 ; butchering hogs, 2.00 ; mustard, .25 ; cocoa, .46, 2 97
Cream tartar, .13 ; raisins, 1.42 ; yeast, .54 ; Med- icine, 4.92, 7 01
Thread, .21 ; soap, 4.36 ; pepper, .58 ; starch, 56 ; ginger, .56, 6.27
Matches, 3.00 ; saleratus, 1.56 ; cloves, .29; cas- sia, .49, 5 34
Pimento, :. 20; nutmegs, .56; potatoes, 37.46; flour, 47.75, 85 97
Corn, 4.20 ; rye, 2.70 ; oats, 11.31 ; hen feed, 2.50, 20 71 Shorts, 68.34 ; oil meal, 215.45 ; molasses, 21.13, 304 92
Cotton cloth, 9.45; meat, 112.14; rice, 1.05 ; fish, 10.12, 132 76
Coffee, 1.56; vinegar, 3.65; oil, 8.00; butter, 67.10, 80 31
Cheese, 23.71 ; tobacco, 15.99 ; tea, 15.05, 54 75
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For Sugar, 36.58 ; corn meal, 242.25 ; grinding, 1.65, $280 48
Dr. Cowdrey's bill, 21.50 ; labor, 167.50, 189 00
Drag, 7.00 ; hay and grain for oxen, 39.65, 46 65
Cows, 80.00 ; oxen, 225.00,
305 00
Services of William H. Blood and wife, 325 00
Luther Conant, making Report to Board of State Charities, and Report to the Town, 6 00
Luther Conant, for services as Overseer of the Poor, 8 00
Elbridge J. Robbins,
8 00
Joseph Noyes, 66
66
8 00
Total amount of Receipts,
1,951 36
Drawn from treasury to balance account, 66 66 pay for oxen,
$203 19
225 00
Income less than Expenditures,
$428 19
Interest on the Farm,
$239 40
Drawn from Treasury,
428 19
$667 59
Victualling 175 travellers,
$87.50
Due from State for care of John Maloney,
25 00
$112 50
Cost of supporting Poor on Farm,
$555 09
Whole number of persons, exclusive of travellers, supported in the Almshouse, six ; average number, four ; present number, three.
LUTHER CONANT, ELBRIDGE J. ROBBINS,
Overseers of
JOSEPH NOYES,
Poor.
ACTON, April 1, 1872.
$2,154 55
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1871.
No. Date of Birth. Name of Child. Names of Parents.
1. Jan. 6, Hattie Elmira Tuttle, daughter of Julian and Hannah E. Tuttle.
2. Jan. 18, Henry Lauriston Livermore, son of George W. and Carrie A. Livermore.
3. Feb. 3, Bertha Louise Gardner, daughter of George and Vio- letta F. Gardner.
4. March 2, Charles Simon Moulton, son of John D. and Hannah · D. Moulton.
5. March 7, Patrick Coughlan, son of John and Margaret Cough- lan.
6. March 9, George W. Richardson, son of Osman D. and Mary E. Richardson.
7. March 10, Willie Swift Fletcher, son of Aaron S. and Sarah T. Fletcher.
8. March 22, Lucius Graham Coburn,
9. Everett Wetherbee Coburn,
twin children of Jas.
D. and Marietta M. Coburn.
10. March 27, Daniel Edward Jones, son of Daniel and Maria T. Jones.
11. April 6, Stephen Travers, son of Stephen and Catherine Trav- ers.
12. April 21, Henrietta Estella Cutler, daughter of David C. and Estella A. Cutler.
13. April 25, Hattie Florence Pike, daughter of George M. and Charlotte M. Pike.
14. May 2, Blanche Maide Bassett, daughter of Joseph R. and Clara Bassett.
15. May 5, Fred Lincoln Whitcomb, son of Alben L. and Martha M. Whitcomb.
16. May 15, Mary Jane Dooley, daughter of Richard and Joanna Dooley.
17. May 21, a daughter to William H. and Jane Staples.
18. June 8, William Milnes, son of William and Maria Milnes.
19. June 16, Jessie Edith Currie, daughter of Neil and Mary!E. Currie.
20. June 14, Fred Walter Teel, son of William H. and Mary E. Teel. .
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21. July 6, Albert Eugene Robbins, son of Levi H. and Mary C. Robbins.
22. July 21, Levi Lincoln Pratt, son of Windsor F. and Mary B. Pratt.
23. Aug. 5, Richard P. Lyman, son of Charles P. and Lucy E. Lyman.
24. Aug. 24, Jane Raddin, daughter of Patrick and Hannah Rad- din.
25. Sept. 3, Roy Stanwood Whitcomb, son of Elwyn H. and Mary F. Whitcomb.
26. Sept. 19, a daughter to William and Henrietta Wilkins.
27. Oct. 1, Charley Jones Fletcher, son of Aaron J. and Mary E. Fletcher.
28. Oct. 1, Freddie Ernest Fletcher, son of Chas. W. and Angeline H. Fletcher.
29. Oct. 2, Edith Frances Coulter, daughter of Hugh and Mary M. Coulter.
30. Oct. 3, Bertram Delette Hall, son of Delette H. and Susie A. Hall.
31. Oct. 14, Mabel Louise Robinson, daughter of Charles and Per- sis V. Robinson.
32. Oct. 20, Clarence Augustine Hosmer, son of Augustine and Susie H. Hosmer.
33. Oct. 31, in Winchendon, Florence Adelia Richardson, daugh- ter of James E. and Sara R. Richardson.
34. Nov. 1, James Daley, son of John and Ellen Daley.
35. Nov. 7, Alice Josephine Hoar, daughter of John S. and Lydia P. Hoar.
36. Nov. 11, Harry Ernest Knowlton, son of George W. and An- gie H. Knowlton.
37. Nov. 23, Mary Ella Counter, daughter of John W. and Alice E. J. Counter.
Males, 22 ; females, 15 ; total, 37.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1871.
To. Date of Marriage.
Names of Parties.
1. Jan. 9, Mr. Henry Veo, of Concord, and Miss Julia Hag- gerty, of Acton.
2. Jan. 9, Mr. Michael Murray and Miss Minnie Wells, both of Concord.
3. March 3, Mr. Thomas Clifford and Miss Katie McGraw, both of Acton.
4. March 5, Mr. Lewis Boucher and Miss Lilla A. Taylor, both of Acton.
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5. April 20, Mr. Frank F. Hayward, of Acton, and Miss Emily N. Rogers, of Charlestown.
6. April 23, Mr. Bixby S. Woodward and Mrs. Hattie A. Brad- ford, both of Acton.
7. May 7, Mr. John Haggerty, of Hudson, and Miss Mary Man- gin, of Acton.
8. Aug. 6, Mr. W. A. S. Cutter and Miss Clara E. Stone, both of Acton.
9. Sept. 11, Mr. James Tenney and Miss Katie Hyde, both of Acton.
10. Oct. 2, Mr. Frank H. Young, of Jay, Vt., and Miss Mary A. Young, of Newport, Vt.
11. Oct. 19, Mr. Alfred Sawyer, of Acton, and Miss Lucy A. Walker, of Sudbury.
12. Nov. 19, Mr. Henry C. Wheeler, of Acton, and Miss Sarah J. Tibbetts, of Concord.
13. Nov. 22, Mr. Hiram J. Hapgood and Miss Augusta A. Parker, both of Acton.
14. Dec. 31, Mr. Robert Chaffin and Mrs. Mary W. Handley, both of Acton.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1871.
No. Date of Death,
Name of Deceased.
1. Jan. 27, Miss Georgiana Reed, aged 29 yrs. 3 mos. 11 days.
2. Jan. 30, Honora Calanan, aged 4 yrs. 6 mos. 5 days.
3. Feb. 2, Mrs. Ann Reed, aged 67 yrs. 9 months.
4. Feb. 4, John Calanan, son of Daniel and Ellen Calanan, aged 10 mos. 3 days.
5. March 6, Mr. Samuel Haynes, aged 70 yrs.
6. March 26, George W., son of Osman D. and Mary E. Rich- ardson, aged 17 days.
7. April 12, Mrs. Charlotte H. Crampton, aged 57 yrs. 6 mos. 12 days.
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