Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1853-82, Part 43

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C. B. Stone, for finishing West Acton School House ; furnishing Blinds ;


painting outside two coats ; furnish- ing Ventilators, Registers, Piping, Lumber, Hardware and Labor as follows :


W. Emery, Doors, 18 40


Lewis Boles & Son, Blinds, 57 70


W. Houghton, Labor, 19 15


S. W. Hopkins, Material. 36 76


N. B. Conant, 72 16


G. L. Towne, Lumber, &c.,


110 56


66 66 Labor,


121 15


F. Conant, 9 18


L. U. Holt, Piping, Register, Labor, 51 77


A. Hayward, Labor, 77 75


E. H. Cutler, for repairing Wagon


House and Shop at Town Farm, 157 67


John White, for labor and material for painting Town Farm buildings, 66 80


L. U. Holt, repairing Register, Fur- nace and Stove Pipe in Town Hall, 29 73 L. U. Holt, grate, school house, W. A.


4 00 James Fiske-


4 1-2 Doz. Burners for Town House, 11 25


1 Founts, 1 75


5


6


Doz. Chimneys,


$5 40


1


Brackets,


2 50


1-12


66 Lamps,


25


1-12


Wick Trimers,


38


1 1-6


B. H. Holders,


1 16


1-2


Smoke Bells,


1 00


Register Plate,


35


1 Gross B. Wicks,


75


Moulding and Express,


2 80


Labor, material and changing desk,


9 33


C. B. Stone, repairs on West School House.


2 25


D. J. Wetherbee, repairs on the East School House, 7 82


J. W. Loker, repairs on North School house, 12 75


$986 23


Books and Printing.


Paid C.W. Leach, 500 Selectmen's Reports, $17 00


66


10 Warrants, 1 25


50 Dog Notices,


1 25


.“ 66


500 Town Reports,


70 00


14 Warrants,


1 25


16


75 Posters,


1 75


25 Voting Lists,


13 00


66


12 Warrants,


2 00


100 Blank Orders, 1 25


$108 75


Repairs on Highways. Paid A. H. Jones, breaking roads, So. and So. East part of Acton, 1876-1877, $123 59 A. H. Jones, Lumber for Powder Mill Bridge, 111 25


A. H. Jones, repairing Powder Mill Bridge, 50 98


6


Paid Chas. Wheeler, breaking roads, 1876 and 1877, $130 66


F. H. Whitcomb, breaking roads, 1876 and 1877, 39 50


Jas. E. Billings, breaking roads, 1876 and 1877, 41 43


Luther Conant, breaking roads, 1876 and 1877, 3 45


Geo. Harris, breaking roads, 1876 and 1877, 4 87


James Billings, labor railing roads, 35 47


A. L. Brooks, lumber 32 88


I. W. Flagg, nails,


96


Daniel Harris, blacksmithing,


16 38


Silas Conant, labor,


28 80


6 6 posts, 33


D. J. Wetherbee, labor, man and team, 6 52


Chas. Wheeler, team, 3 06


Moses Taylor, 2 00


McCan & Burns, iron,


5 03


$637 16


Regular Highway Work. CHARLES WHEELER, SURVEYOR.


For 55 1-2 days work, 2.25


$123 75


54 4 66 oxen, 2.25, 122 62


103 6:


horses, “


154 49


61


C. H. Wheeler, 1.50, 91 50


67 "


James Waldren, 101 23


71 4


66


A. Smith, 107 24


2


Thos. Owins, 3 00


14 1-4


Silas Conant, 21 37


26 “ 66 66


Chas. Morris, 39 37


3


66


R. M. Gowell, 4 50


2


hours 66


J. R. Daniels, 30


2


Andrew Hapgood, 30


7


For 3 3-4 hours work, James E. Billings, 56


32 Henry Worden,


4 80


Daniel Harris, blacksmith hill,


2 00


W. W. Worster,


4 60


S. A. Guilford.


2 33


F. M. Lund,


75


Pick Handles,


3 00


Powder and Fuse,


4 50


A. H. JONES, SURVEYOR.


For 65 1-2 days work, 2.25.


$147 38


98 " 1 hour, horse, 1.50,


147 15


53 66 1


oxen, 2.25, 119 48


61


3 66


L. A. Jones, 1.50,


91 95


54 1-2 1 Ed. O'Neal,


81 90


56 1-2 66 1 66 A. Cole,


84 90


5 1-2 66 work, M. Bolton,


8 25


1


66


N. Robbins,


6 00


D. Sheau,


3 00


3 1-2


6!


J. Mann,


5 25


66


J. Temple,


3 00


2


G. Flagg,


3 00


2


66 66 W. Rynn,


3 00


Repairs on Tools,


22 59


$726 85


By Order of County Commissioners.


Paid Reuben Handley, removing barn, $31 00


Chas. Wheeler, for building road near R. Handley, 25 50


C. Wheeler, building road at No. Acton, 37 49


work on So. Acton road, 339 59


A. H. Jones, “ "


66


52 50


$486 08


Support of Poor.


Paid E. HI. Cutler, for support of- Clara Wheeler, $252 58


$792 21


2


66


8


G. E. Curtain,


$6 50


1


S. B. Childs,


11 46


John A. Childs,


4 00


G. J. Dole,


5 82


S. G. White,


52 00


Patrick Sullivan,


3 64


Wm. F. B. Whitney,


283 18


Tainor Family,


142 38


Samuel Beacon,


51 03


Betsey Chaffin,


130 00


Slade Family, 65 00


E. H. Cutler, expenditures on Town Farm for 1877 and 1878, 345 00


E. H. Cutler, deficiency as per report of the Overseers of the Poor for the year 1876, 108 57


E. H. Cutler, account of error in re-


port of Overseers of Poor, 1876, 100 06


For council in Sarah White case, 7 00


4 Journeys to Watertown,


8 00


1


" Westford,


1 50


2 66


" Boston,


5 00


4


" Powder Mills, 2 00


4


" Concord,


2 00


$1,586 66


Town Debt.


Paid Charles Morris, Note and interest, $370 30


Lewis Rouillard, “


202 35


James O. Faxon, "


463 65


Elizabeth Hanscom,


694 16


Paid Luther Conant, Note and interest, 511 83


Oliver W. Drew, 631 90


$2,874 19


9


State Aid.


Paid Rebecca C. Wright, Hattie W. Wilder,


$48 00


48 00


$96 00


Cemetery Expenses. Paid John Fletcher, for labor in Woodlawn Cemetery, $58 72


Joseph F. Cole, expenses in Mount Hope Cemetery, 84 50


$143 22


Town Officers.


Paid F. P. Wood, Supt. of Schools, 1876,


$87 00


1877. 40 00


R. L. Reed, Sealer of Weights, 10 00


J. E. Cutter, Collecting Taxes,


70 00


Phineas Wetherbee, Assessor,


24 00


A. C. Handley,


25 00


W. D. Tuttle,


30 00


Town Clerk,


25 00


D. J. Wetherbee, Selectman,


70 00


John White,


45 00


C. B. Stone,


45 00


$471 00


Interest on Notes.


Paid J. K. Putney, $39 00


O. L. B. Drew,


36 00


Frederick Rouillard,


150 00


Concord Bank,


105 00


James O. Faxon,


27 00


John F. Nichols,


34 51


Mary P. Hosmer,


60 00


E. Hanscom,


40 80


Joseph Barker,


60 00


10


Paid Joseph Noyes,


$12 00


Daniel Harris,


48 00


Louis Rouillard,


12 00


David M. Handley,


180 00


John F. Nichols,


66 00


Calvin Harris,


12 00


Concord Bank,


105 00


Jonathan A. Piper,


36 00


James E. Billings,


135 96


Phillip Peters,


93 00


Harriet Davis,


30 00


G. H. Harris,


6 00


T. F. Noyes,


24 00


Sarah C. Noyes,


48 00


Luther Billings,


24 00


$1,384 27


Miscellaneous.


Paid Geo. C. Wright, balance for building


West Acton school house, $15 16


Jonas Blodgett, for selling W. Acton school house, 3 00


J. E. Cutter, abatement of taxes, 49 00


Sargent & Richardson, damage to sleigh,


25 00


Reuben Handley, "


4 50


Luke Tuttle, loam for grading around the Monument, 4 50


Luke Tuttle, two loads of manure,


3 28


66 66 teaming 66


5 17


W. Morehouse, sod and teaming, 6 75


D. Jones & Co., 3 signs,


3 00


· Julian Tuttle, 36 hours labor,


6 00


Ai Robbins, 6 00


relaying Town House wall, 14 50


J. E. Cutter, summoning persons to take the oath of office, 1 00


11


Abatement of taxes,. 3 93


T. C. Fletcher, claim for damages, 50 00


Geo. H. Jacobs, " " 66 50 00


Ai Robbins, splitting stone for Wood- lawn Cemetery, 8 00 Sharpening tools, 72


D. J. Wetherbee, teaming stone, 21 90


Luke Tuttle, 17 32


Jas. E. Billings, 1 day's work, 1 50


Silas Conant,


1


66


1 50


Ai Robbins, setting bounds and posts on Common, 3 00


A. C. Handley, Assessors' books,


1 92


fare to Boston to meet


Fish Commissioners, 1 30


A. C. Handley, viewing J. Wheeler's farm,


1 50


D. J. Wetherbee, coal for Town House,


20 71


66 set of Sealers' scales, 18 00


66


66 express " 50


on bundle, 75


66


66


iron for railings, 13 93


66


book for registering voters, 80


Luther Conant, 1 cord of wood for Town House,


5 00


66 66 posting dog notices,


tax book, 1 00


3 50


66 66 repairing hearse, 2 50


66


66 Supt. burials, 60 00


66 Dis. on taxes, 1877,


700 00


making returns 19 deaths, 4 75


Phineas Wetherbee, appraising estate of J. Wheeler, 1 00


17 75


Paid Francis Dwight, abatement of taxes,


2 00


posting dog law,


12


Paid James Fiske, opening Town Hall 41 times,


$36 75


James Fiske, care of clock,


10 00


oil,


17 21


repairing clock,


7 50


faucet,


87


66 2 brooms,


67


$6


brush and dust pan,


62


wicks,


10


5 lights of glass,


1 60


66


setting same and painting lantern, 1 56


1 cord wood,


3 00


chimneys,


25


cleaning Town house and cellar,


9 18


C. lime,


75


66


painting desk, 55


66


door spring and matches, 35


Wm. D. Tuttle, express and postage


public documents,


5 82


appraising estate of J. Wheeler, 1 00


running lines on Com- mon and plan, 5 00


recording 33 births, 16 50


22 deaths, 4 20


17 marriages, 2 55


J. E. Cutter, abatement of taxes by


vote of town, 42 64


money refunded on milk bill, 112 64


$1,442 95


Receipts from February 26, 1877, to February 26, 1878. Unexpended balance as per report of Feb. 26, 1877, $3,787 87


13


Appropriations and Receipts,


1,6313 96


$20,101 83


Expenditures.


Support of Schools,


$2,936 00


Repairs on Town Buildings,


986 23


Books and Printing,


108 75


Repairs on Highways,


637 16


Regular Highway Work,


1,519 06


By Order of County Commissioners,


486 03


Support of Poor,


1,586 66


Town Debt,


2,874 19


State Aid,


96 00


Cemetery Expenses,


143 22


Town Officers,


471 00


Interest on Notes,


1,384 27


Miscellaneous,


1,442 95


State Tax,


1,080 00


County Tax,


633 17


$16,384 74


Balance in Treasury, Feb. 26, 1878,


$3,717 09


· Town Debt. Notes.


Daniel Harris,


$819 33


James E. Billings,


4,036 37


I. T. Flagg,


105 41


Calvin Harris,


202 63


Luther Billings,


405 49


J. K. Putney,


686 94


Joseph Barker,


1,019 24


Joseph Noyes,


205 16


Jonathan A. Piper,


205 16


+


14


D. M. Handley,


3,046 50


Philip Peters,


1,570 70


J. A. Piper,


404 66


George H. Harris,


100 00


Frederick Rouillard,


2,606 69


Sarah C. Noyes,


800 00


Thomas F. Noyes,


400 00


M. P. Hosmer,


1,039 33


Middlesex Institution for Saving,


3,550 16


Harriet Davis,


506 41


$21,710 15


Amount due from State Aid,


$96 00


66 Town Treasurer,


3,717 09


$3,813 09


Balance against the Town,


$17,897 06


D. J. WETHERBEE, JOHN WHITE, CHAS. B. STONE,


1


Selectmen of Acton.


ACTON, Feb. 26, 1878.


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REPORT OF THE


RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON, For the Year Ending April 1st, 1878.


ARTICLES ON HAND APRIL 1, 1878.


9 tons hay, $160 00 15 gallons vinegar. $3 75


Oat fodder, 6 00 52 barrels, 7 80


11 cows, 550 00 400 lbs. salt pork. 40 00


1 horse, 150 00 75 1bs. ham, 9 00


40 bush. corn, 26 00 1-2 bbl. salt pickles. 1 50


600 lbs. shorts,


7 00 Soap grease, 1 25


300 lbs. meal,


3 40 1 1-2 bbl. soap,


6 75


500 lbs. cotton seed meal, 6 75 Lard, 9 00


Grass seed,


1 00 100 bushels potatoes. 50 00


2 shoats,


26 00 Turnips, 1 00


15 hens,


7.50 1-2 bushel rye meal. 60


12 cords wood cut for stove, 60 00 1pound tea,


1 barrel flour, 8 50


50


1 bbl. crackers,


3 50


15 market boxes, 2 50


$1,149 30


RECEIPTS FROM TOWN FARM 1877.


Received for cows, $149 00 Received for potatoes, $33 03


Bowkerfund, 12 00 66 calves, 25 75


apples, 187 00


berries, 12 90


66 labor, 77 40 chest of tools, 35 00


milk, 576 96


paints, 2 44


66 lumber, 1 25


66 grain. 1 90


eggs, 1 48


stones, 1 1:


hide, 3 10


$1,120 36


16


EXPENSES.


Paid for brush,


50 Paid for matches, $1 20


printers' ink,


$8 78


grass seed 3 13


tea,


15 56


whip lash, 10


tobacco,


7 60


candles,


30


snuff,


94


axe,


90


cream tartar,


4 28


axe helves,


1 10


sugar,


28 49


mortar, 15


tacks,


1 32


use of bull,


2 50


butter, 54 93


barrels,


1 32


tar paper,


2 25


awls,


15


brooms,


1 78


lemons,


22


cloth & cloth'g, 27 35


corn starch,


28


grain,


344 14


japan,


34


bedbug poison,


25


coffee,


22


oil,


8 01


saltpeter,


23


spices,


2 20


wicks,


05


shoes,


11 09


indigo,


12


files,


42


chimneys,


38


medicine,


2 59


books,


79


salt,


5 40


ginger,


45


mustard,


50


dried apple,


36


saleratus,


1 55


hops,


20


molasses,


9 66


lard,


88


jugs,


80


cows,


195 00


starch,


39


plough,


11 00


cheese,


12 72


newspapers,


4 31


crackers,


43 22


blacks'th bill, 20 90


beans,


7 24


labor,


160 00


oat meal,


1 88


cástings,


2 25


pepper,


29


boxes,


50


rye meal


60


butchering,


1 25


fish,


3 87


tinware, 1 00


soap,


18 19


lumber,


1 59


nails,


3 57


glasses,


1 50


lime,


08


Dr. Sanders'


hoes,


1 15


bill,


9 50


meat,


43 18


coffin and robe


phosphate,


12 95


for Rufus


seeds,


1 04


Tenney and


17


wire,


15


burial in Lit- tleton. 19 00


potash,


3 92


Paris green,


1 20


pigs, 11 00


room paper.


2 50


exp. market'g,13 25 repar'g harnesses, 45 use of oxen, 15 00


rake,


25


scythes,


2 78


keeping cows, 28 00


stone,


45


onions, 3 10


fork handle.


25


vinegar, 4 00


glass,


2 46


stationery,


1 00


hooks,


10


S. Brooks,400 00


raisins,


1 28


sweet potatoes,


39


H. Cutter as


flour,


75 15


Overseer, 50 00


yeast,


68


John White, 10 00 Thos P. San- 3 00 ger,


spirits,


79


knife,


35


rosin,


16


$1,766 79


$1,766 79


1,120 36


Deficiency,


$646 43


Balance due as per report of the Overseer of the Poor, April 1, 1877, Error in report, April 1, 1877,


$108 57


100 00


$855 00


Drawn from Treasurer to balance report of April, 1, 1877, $108 57


Drawn from Treasurer on account of error, 100 00


Drawn from Treasurer for use on farm


in year 1877-1878, 345 00


Balance due from Treasurer, April 1, 1878, Deficiencies of farm, $646 43


$553 57


$301 43


freight, 20


services of E.


putty,


55


Total amount of Expenditures, 66 Receipts.


services of N.


rope,


45


18


Interest on farm,


240 00


Victualing 425 tramps,


$886 43 212 50


Cost of supporting poor on farm, $673 93 Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps, sup- ported in Almshouse, 9; average number, 6 1-2 : present number, 6.


ELISHA H. CUTTER, OVERSEERS JOHN WHITE, OF


THOMAS P. SAWYER, 1 Pook.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT FOR 1877.


Births in Acton in 1ST8.


No. Date of birth. Name of child. Names of parents.


1. Jan. 9, Mabel Wayne, daughter of Robert and Lizzie A. Wayne.


2. Jan. 14, Ellen Elizabeth Redding, daughter of Patrick and Hannah Redding.


3. Jan. 25, James Calanan, son of Daniel and Ellen Calanan.


4. Jan. 31, Henry Towle, son of Peter and Mary Towle.


5. Feb. 3, Sarah Frances Ayers, daughter of Arlin and Almira Ayers.


6. Mar. 14, John Edward Hannon, son of Michaeland Mary Ann Hannon.


7. Mar. 25, Clifford Warren Robbins, son of Edward Nelson and Angelia Robbins.


8. Mar. 31, Ernest Woodville Pickens, son of Willie A. and Alice Pickens.


9. May 20, Mabel Jane Hewins, daughter of Arthur C. and Nancy. A. Hewins.


10. July 4, Jessie Woodward Richardson, daughter of Henry W. and Mary H. Richardson.


11. Aug. 11, Clara B. Sander's, daughter of Dr. Charles B. and Clara A. Sanders.


12. Aug. 20, Percy Eveleth Tuttle, son of Abram and Martha A. Tuttle.


13. Aug. 22, Flora MeLaughlin, daughter of James W. and Delilah N. MeLaughlin.


14. Aug. 23, Clara Luella Sawyer, daughter of Thoms J. and Kate Sawyer.


15. Sept. 12, Maggie May, daughter of John and Julia May.


16. Sept. 15, Mary Etta Morin, daughter of Joseph C. and Lucy D. Morin.


17. Sept. 20, Lula Florence Whitcomb, daughter of Frank H. and Frances L. Whitcomb.


18. Sept. 26, Ella Lizzie Miller, daughter of Charles I. and L. Lizzie Miller.


19. Oct. 2. Willie Herbert Gilmore, son of Walter A. and Emma 1. Gilmore.


20. Oct. 23, Julian Ainsworth Whitcomb, son of Elwyn II. and Mary F. Whitcomb.


21. Oct. 24, Wm. Henry Francis Davis, son of Charles L. and Lucy C. Davis.


22. Oct. 21, Maud Randall, daughter of Freeman L. and Amelia A. Randall.


23. Nov. 4, - son of William II. and Mary E. Teel.


24. Nov. 18, Mary Alice Minchan, daughter of Patrick and Ellen Minehan.


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25. Nov. 23, Howard White Hesselton, son of Lucius A. and Martha Hesselton.


26. Nov. 29, Herbert Davis, son of John and Elizabeth Davis.


27. Dec. 3, James O'Conners, son of Morris and Honora Connors.


28. Dec. 11, Chester Bryant Robbins, son of Elbridge J. and Lelia A. Robbins.


29. Dec. 16, Mary Louise Owen, daughter of Thomas and Eliza Jane Owen ..


30. Dec. 29, Eva Clarissa Bassett, daughter of Joseph R. and Clarissa W. Bassett.


Births in 1876 Omitted last Year.


No. Date of birth. Name of child. Names of parents.


1. Jan. 23, Roscoe A. Pickens, son of Willie A. and Alice Pickens.


2. Mar. 10, Arlin Rufus Ayers, son of Arlin and Almira Ayers.


Marriages Recorded in Acton in 1877.


No. Date of marriage. Name and residence of parties.


1. Dec. 28, 1876, Mr. Elbridge J. Robbins and Miss Lelia A. Farnum, both of Acton.


2. Jan. 1, 1877, Mr. Otis H. Forbush, of Acton, and Mrs. Nettic F. Mathews, of Hancock, N. H.


3. Jan. 18, Mr. Samuel Chaffin, of Acton, and Mrs. Amanda W. Day, of Lowell.


4. Jan. 21, Mr. Amasa M. Knowlton and Miss Elizabeth F. Blanchard, both of Acton.


5. Jan. 23, Mr. Nathaniel HI. Proctor, of Hollis, N. II., and Miss S. Lizzie Billings, of Acton.


6. Feb. 1, Mr. David M. Handley, of Acton, and Miss Nancy K. Nickerson, of Provincetown.


7. Feb. 25, Mr. Luke J. Robbins, and Miss Anna Barrett, both of Acton.


8. Apr. 14, Mr. Ancil W. Knowlton, of Acton, and Miss Lizzie M. Hill, of Boxborough.


9. Apr. 22, Mr. Simon Blanchard, of Acton, and Miss Susannah Wheeler, of Harvard.


10. May 3, Mr. Leonard A. Walker, of Marlborough, and Miss Mary F. Worster, of Acton.


11. May 13, Mr. Amos S. Tuttle, of Stow, and Miss Amy M. Gaston, of Acton.


12. June 6, Mr. Augustus Tuttle, of Sterling, and Miss Hattie E. Handley, of Acton.


13. July 14, Mr. Ephraim B. Forbush and Mrs. Sarah P. Rand, both of Acton.


14. Aug. 2, Mr. Loring N. Fowler and Miss Addie M. Barlow, both of Acton.


15. Nov. 29, Mr. George A. Hayward, of Acton, and Miss Susan E. Burr, of Ashby.


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16. Dec. 11, Mr. Jacob Dockendorff, of Acton, and Miss Martha A. Sharpe, of Maynard.


17. Dec. 24, Mr. Charles H. Teel and Miss Estella I. Knowlton both of Acton.


Births in Acton in 1877.


No. Date of death.


Names and ages of the deceased.


1. Jan. 9, Mr. George G. Flagg, aged 61 years, 3 months, 16 days.


2. Jan. 9, Mabel Wayne, daughter of Robert and Lizzie A. Wayne. aged 1 day.


3. Jan. 10, Mr. Joseph C. Wheeler, aged 53 years, 6 months, 19 days.


4. Feb. 16, Miss Sabra A. Taylor, aged 41 years, 5 months.


.5. Feb. 17, Francis Tuttle, Esq., aged 86 years, 1 month, 12 days.


6. Mar. 17, Mrs. Nancy W. Adams, aged 70 years, 4 months, 5 days.


Mar. 20, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Griggs, aged 39 years, 5 months, 8 days. Mar. 27, Mr. Charles W. Leighton, aged 30 years, 8 months.


9. May 9, Mr. Rufus Tenny, aged 82 years.


10. May 23, Mr. Luther W. Piper, aged 52 years, 9 months, 26 days.


11. July 24, Mr. Hiram L. Drew, aged 28 years.


12. July 31, Cornelius J. Minehan, son of Patrick and Ellen Minehan, aged S months, 14 days.


13. Aug. 9, James Rockwood Dunn, son of Waldo G. and Fanny M. Dunn, aged 2 years, 9 months.


14. Aug. 11, Mrs. Clara A. Sanders, aged 36 years, 2 months, 13 days.


15. Aug. 19, Walter B. Sanders, son of Dr. Charles B. and Clara A.Sanders, aged 1 year, 10 months, 3 days.


16. Sept. 20, Mrs. Eliza J. Whitcomb, aged 49 years, 7 months, 5 days.


17. Sept. 22, Clara B. Sanders, daughter of Dr. Charles B. & Clara A. San- ders, aged 1 month, 11 days.


18. Sept. 26, John McCarthy, son of Daniel and Mary Mccarthy, aged 4 years, 6 months, 1 day.


19. Nov. 3, Mrs. Sophia Conant, aged 60 years, 7 months, 23 days.


20. Nov. 3, Mr. Charles Peary, aged 32 years.


21. Nov. 12, Mr. Dennis Putnam, aged 82 years, 5 months, 8 days.


22. Nov. 28, Mrs. Ellen Hannon, aged 84 years.


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NAMES OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1877.


Name of Owner. No.


Name of Owner. No.


Name of Owner. No.


Augusta Hosmer, 1


A. B. Brown, 1


Francis Hosmer,


1


Francis Pratt.


1


James E. Harris,


1 Francis Dwight,


C. A. Pickens, (fem.) 1 Charles Worster, 1 Anson C. Piper, 1 E. J. Robbins, (fem.) 1


Chas. H. Handley, John Fletcher Jr., Daniel Harris,


1


Tuttles Jones & Wetli- erbee,


Geo. W. Livermore,


1


Francis Conant, Edwin Tarbell,


1


Joseph Wheeler, 1 John W. Randall, 1


Solon A. Robbins,


1 Geo. R. Keyes,


1


O. E. Preston,


1


Dennis W. Corfey,


1


John Welch,


Isaiah S. Leach, 1


1


Hanson A. Littlefield, Levi Houghton,


1


H. Waldo Tuttle,


1 John W. Charter,


1


Warren B. Reed, Geo. V. Mead,


1


James Waldron,


1 Daniel Wetherbee,


1 1


Andrew Willis,


1 Walter A. Gilmore, 1


Chas. L. Davis,


I


Windsor Pratt,


1 George Conant,


1


Charles Morris,


1


E. F. Fuller,


1 A. J. Fletcher,


1 N. B. Conant & Co.,


1 I


Mrs H. M. Beck,


1 Edwin Dwinells,


1 Geo. C. Wright,


1


Augustus Fletcher, Luther Conant,


1


M. E. Taylor,


1 Frank Robbins,


1


Lester Fletcher,


1 John Fletcher & Sons,


1 Frank H. Harris,


1


Sylvester Haynes,


1


John Grimes,


1 Daniel Tuttle,


1


Chas. W. Parker,


1 Ann Flinnegan,


1


T. P. Goding,


1


John White, (fem.) Ellen Moore,


1


F. M. Sisson,


1 John P. Rouillard,


1 1


Willie F. Richardson,


1 Elnathan Jones,


1 Patrick Redding,


1


Neil Currie,


1 James Hannon,


1 R. M. Gowell,


1


Geo. C. Conant,


1 Charles Wheeler,


Martha D. Ball,


1


M. F. Going,


1 (fem.)


1 Jas. E. Richardson,


1


Males, 92 at 2 00 = $184.


Females, 4 " 5 00 = 20.


Total, 96 $204


WM. D. TUTTLE, TOWN CLERK.


Acton, March 20, 1878.


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1


1 1


L. W. Stearns,


1


Moses A. Reed,


1


1 Baldwin & Hesselton, 1 Henry Haynes,


I


1 C. A. Harrington,


1 Warren E. Taylor, 1


Aaro n C. Handley,


1 W. E. Faulkner,


1 Allen Smith,


John Temple,


1 Nelson Tuttle,


1 Henry Hanson,


1 N. S. Brooks,


1 Thomas Calder,


1


1 Frank Marshall,


1 Geo. W. Knowlton,


1


1 Sumner F. Reed, 1 Alonzo L. Tuttle,


Theron F. Newton,


1 Lucius S. Hosmer, 1


Cyrus Hayward,


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


School Committee Town of Acton he


FOR THE


SCHOOL YEAR, 1877-8.


To the Citizens of Acton :


Your School committee and Superintendent of schools, having discharged the duties submitted to their care, beg leave to present for your consideration the following re- port :


In the composition of this report we have endeavored to embody not simply a statement of what we have done in our department of official town work, but we have striven also to put into it our views of the best methods for conducting the educational interests of the town. We hope a careful perusal of this report will convince you who have committed to us such an important trust, that we are devoting to it the thought which it justly demands.


In the management of the schools of a town like this, in which the amount of money appropriated for school purposes is necessarily small, in comparison with the ap- propriations of cities or large towns, there is a temptation to be satisfied with the old and comparatively crude meth- ods of teaching, and to feel that if a fair amount of know- ledge of the common branches is secured it is all that we ought to expect. But it is not thus that we allow ourselves to view the matter. It is with us a constant study how we


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can so order the schools as to secure the most of the best kind of instruction from them, without extra expense to the town. We have striven constantly, without introduc- ing any radical changes suddenly, to push up the standard of excellence steadily from term to term. In this work we have been aided to a marked degree by the co- operation of a great majority of the scholars, and the evi- dent sympathy of the parents, though we have been em- barrassed often by a change of teachers and the lack of qualification in some of them to carry out our plans to the fullest extent.


According to our estimate, the advantages of our schools consist only in part in the knowledge which the pupils derive from their text books. It should be our aim to, so far as possible, so conduct our schools that the pur- suit of knowledge will seem attractive to the scholars, that there may be formed in them a taste for study, and a healthful discipline of their mental faculties which will give them influence and power in after life. It has come to be a truism in political philosophy, that the strength of a State depends not so much upon the number, as upon the intelligence of its inhabitants.


Moreover, we believe it to be of the highest import- ance to so conduct the government of our schools, that there will be a healthful development of the best qualities of character in the pupils. The school is a miniature state. If scholars are so managed that they come under reasonable regulations in the school, if they are law abid- ing and conscientious there, they will be characterized by the same qualities as citizens. This work of discipline should be accomplished largely in the family, but many pa- rents are seemingly constitutionally unfitted to govern their children in a reasonable and systematic way, so that much remains for the public school to accomplish, if the young are to be fitted to be law abiding citizens. In our private advice to teachers, and in our more public addresses to the scholars, we always have this end in view. To fur- ther the important objects just mentioned, and to secure to scholars at least a slight knowledge of branches not formerly taught in our public schools, we have encourag- ed so far as feasible, the introduction of music, drawing,


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calisthenics, (light gymnastics,) and some other general exercises.


The effect of the introduction of these exercises has been excellent, far beyond our most sanguine anticipa- tions. They have quickened the enthusiasm and increas- ed the interest of the scholars in their study of all the other branches, so that we wish all of our teachers might be able to give instruction in music and drawing at least. But, that you may the better understand what has been done by the introduction of these branches, which are compara- tively new in our schools, we make a brief reference to each one.


MUSIC.


Instruction of a more or less systematic character has been given in all of our schools in this branch, during the past year. We were so fortunate at the beginning of the year, as to have the services of one teacher, Miss Lizzie S. Taylor, who is eminently qualified to give instructions in this branch, and we thought it a favorable opportunity to learn by actual experiment what amount of facility in singing may be acquired by the scholars of a primary school. The result of this experiment is, we are satisfied that the cases are very rare where children are not capable of learning to sing, if properly instructed. At the end of the first term there was quite a large number of scholars who seemed to have no ear for music, but at the close of the school year, there were only three or four (and two of these had been absent much of the time) unable to sing by rote, and many of.them had a good degree of knowledge of the rudiments of the art.




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