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NORTH DISTRICT.
Teacher: Miss Angie Wheeler.
We can speak of this school in the most encouraging terms. The scholars here study with an interest that knows no abatement. They have everything to encourage them, for their teacher is very thorough in all the branches taught, and her interest in her business is such as to inspire anima- tion in any school. There are fine scholars here in all the common branches, especially in Reading and Grammar, and Algebra and History are successfully taught. The examina- tion of this school at the close of the winter term afforded an example of the progress scholars will make when under the instruction of energetic and well qualified teachers for several successive terms.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN AND APPROPRIATION.
The number of children in town between the ages of five and fifteen, as ascertained on the first day of May last by the Assessors, was 328.
Appropriation for support of schools, 1866-7, $2,225 00
Share of State School Fund,
132 90
Received for scholars attending our schools from
other towns, 25 00
Sum total,
$2,382 90
Sum appropriated by the town for each scholar between the ages of five and fifteen inclusive, $6.78.
Respectfully, in behalf of the School-Committee,
WM. W. DAVIS, Chairman.
WM. W. DAVIS,
O. W. MEAD, J. E. HARRIS, JOHN FLETCHER,
School
Committee.
CALVIN HARRIS,
ISAAC T, FLAGG,
5
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FINANCIAL.
-
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$427 70
Balance from last year,
7 52
$435 22
Amount of teachers' wages,
$408 75
Paid for fuel,
23 60
Care of School-House,
4 40
$436 75
Deficiency this year,
1 53
WM. W. DAVIS, Committee. :
WEST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$611 00
Deficiency last year,
4 89
$606 11
Amount of teachers' wages,
$553 50
Paid for fuel,
37 50
Care of School-House,
7 00
Incidentals,
6 30
Balance to new account,
1 81
$606 11
March 18, 1867.
O. W. MEAD, Committee.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$611 00
Received of F. Brown,
2 37
Amount of teachers' wages,
$558 50
Paid for fuel,
33 75
Care of School-House,
6 25
Incidentals,
12 24
Balance to new account,
2 63
$613 37
J. E. HARRIS, Committee.
March 18, 1867.
$613 37
March 18, 1867.
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SOUTH-EAST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$244 40
Balance from last year,
31 93
$276 33
Amount of teachers' wages,
$251 95
Paid for fuel,
15 00
Incidentals,
6 50
Balance to new account,
2 88
$276 33
JOHN FLETCHER, Committee.
EAST SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$244 40
Balance from last year,
23 84
Amount of teachers' wages,
$236 50
Paid for fuel,
22 00
Incidentals, '
5 92
Balance to new account,
3 82
$268 24
March 18, 1867.
CALVIN HARRIS, Committee.
-
NORTH SCHOOL.
Appropriation,
$244 40
Balance from last year,
5 03
$249 43
Amount of teachers' wages,
$227 00
Paid for fuel,
16 00
Incidentals,
4 84
Balance to new account,
1 59
$249 43
March 18, 1867.
ISAAC T. FLAGG, Committee.
$268 24
March 18, 1867.
STATISTICAL TABLE.
SUMMER TERM.
FALL TERM.
WINTER TERM.
WHOLE YEAR.
Pupils Registered.
Average Attend-
Length of Term
Wages of Teach-
Pupils Registered.
Average Attend-
Length of Term
Wages of Teach-
Pupils Registered.
Average Attend-
Length of Term
Wages of Teach-
Average Register-
Average Attend-
Percentage of At-
Whole number of
No. under 5 years
No. over 15 years
of age.
Centre Upper Department,
30
24
2 1-4
$27 00
33
29
2 1-2
$27 00
40
34
2 3-4
40 00
35
30
. 83
7 1-2
0
15
Primary Department,
31
24
2 1-4
22 00
32
28
2 1-2
22 00
42
35
2 3-4
24 00
37
30
.82 7 1-2
1
0
Both Departments,
61
48
4 1-2
49 00
65
57
5
49 00
82
69
5 1-2
64 00
73
60
.81 15
1
15
West Upper Department,
32
30
2
28 00
34
31
2 1-4
27 78
34
30
3
33 00
33
30
.91
7 1-4
0
22
Intermediate Department,
31
29
2
24 00
30
29
2 1-4
24 00
31
28
3
26 00
31
28
90
7 1-4
0
0
Primary Department,
36
32
2
20 00
37
32
2 1-2
20 00
34
26
3
22 00
35
29
.83
7 1-2
2
0
All Departments,
99
91
6
72 00
101
92
71 78
99
· 84
9
81 00
99
87
.88|22
2
22
South Upper Department.
38
34
26 00
32
29
2 1-2
26 00
37
33
33 00
36
32
. 89
7 1-2
0
25
South Intermediate Dep't,
29
27
2
26 00
39
35
2 1-2
26 00
39
35
26 00
36
33
.92
7 1-4
0
0
Primary Department,
29
26
2
20 00
29
25
2 1-2
20 00
43
35
2 3-4
20 00
35
31
.86 7 1-4
22
25
South East,
18
17
2 1-2
26 00
27
23
2 3-4
26 00
28
20
3
38 48
25
20
. 79 | 8 1-4
2
5
East,
39
34
2 3-4
26 00
36
32
2 1-2
26 00
37
34
2 1-2
40 00
37
3+
.92
7 1-2
1
6
North,
16
14
21.4
27 00 )
16
13
11 3-4
27 00
23
19
31-2
31 00
20 1
16
.81| 7 1-2
0
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SCHOOLS.
ance.
in months.
ers.
ance.
in months.
ers.
ance.
in months.
ers.
ed.
ance.
tendance.
months.
of age.
1
0
All Departments,
87
6
72 00
100
90
7 1-2
72 00
119
103
8 1-2
79 00
108
98
. S9
16
3 2 3-4
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OTHER OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FROM
FEBRUARY 26, 1867, TO FEBRUARY 26, 1868,
INCLUDING THE
Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1867.
ALSO THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
CONCORD : PRINTED BY BENJAMIN TOLMAN. 1868.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Amount received,
$15,415 42
EXPENDITURES.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
- Paid.
O. W. Mead, for West school, $645 10
Luther W. Piper, for South school, 645 10
Charles Little, " Centre " 450 45
John Fletcher, 2d, for Southeast school,
244 69
Isaac T. Flagg, North
244 68
Calvin Harris, " East 66
255 82
Paid.
TOWN OF LITTLETON FOR SCHOOLING.
Carrie A. Jewett and Eri J. Raymond,
$4 00
$2,489 84
REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid.
L. W. Piper, for repairs on South school-house, $14 42 O. W. Mead, for repairs on West school-house, 27 22
Calvin Harris, for repairs on East school-house, 15 30 Isaac T. Flagg, for repairs and shingling North school-house, 68 07
Charles Little, for repairs on Centre school- house, 9 80
John Fletcher, 2d, for repairs on Southeast school-house, 11 88
O. W. Mead, for shingling West school-house, 58 50 Do., for repairs on West school-house in 1866, 32 96
$238 15
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BOOKS AND PRINTING.
Paid.
For school-books,
$64 12
66 printing warrants, 7 50
Selectmen's reports, 12 50
66 Selectmen's, Town Clerk's, and School Committee's reports,
86 94
" town order books,
13 25
66 highway books, 1 26
1 00
collector's book,
record book for cemetery, 15
scholarship and deportment cards, 12 25
$198 97
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid.
Charles F. Richardson, for breaking roads, $2 33
Nehemiah Curtis, for labor on highway in 1866, 10 00
John F. Blood, for labor on highway, 2 40
Luther Billings, for breaking roads, 64} hours, 11 90
Israel H. Giles, for breaking roads, 46 hours, 9 20
Cyrus Fletcher, for repairs on Powder-Mill bridge, 2 00
$37 83
DISCOUNT AND ABATEMENT ON TAXES.
Paid.
Francis Dwight, for abatement on taxes, $46 93
. John E. Cutter, discount on taxes,
522 98
$569 91.
APPROPRIATIONS FOR SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.
Paid.
Soldiers for May drill, 1866,
$114 50
Rebecca C. Wright,
96 00
Rebecca Bigelow,
96 00
Alson R. Sumner,
51 00
Johanna Colman,
41 00
Sarah J. Davidson,
40 00
Hiram W. Wetherbee,
35 00
Luke Smith,
12 00
William Reed,
12 00
John S. Hoar,
12 00
Paul Hayward,
10 00
Eliza Conant,
8 00
Maria Kinsley,
8 00
Daniel L. Veazey,
6 00
$637 50
96 00
Hattie W. Wilder,
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SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid.
Dr. I. Hutchins, for services rendered stranger, $2 50
For George W. Robbins, at reform school, 19 50
support of Sarah B. Childs, 18 00
" nursing Thomas F. Law, 26 00
James Adams, for coffin for T. F. Law,
8 00
Thomas F. Hammond, for burial of T. F. Law, 5 00
Dr. John W. Osgood, for attending Thomas F. Law, 28 00
City of Charlestown. for support of W. F. B. Whitney, in February, 1867, 5 00
Town of Harvard, for support of Rhoda Burnham, 3 50
For assistance rendered travellers,
2 00
James E. Billings, journey to Natick, re- specting Thomas F. Law,
3 00
Do., journey to Malden, respecting Mrs. N. F. Haynes and Family,
3 00
Do., journey to Bolton, respecting settle- ment of Rhoda Burnham, 3 00
Do., journey to Harvard, respecting settle- ment of Rhoda Burnham,
2 50
$129 00
INTEREST ON NOTES.
Paid.
Calvin Harris,
Interest,
$12 00
Augustine Conant,
240 00
Frederick Rouillard,
90 00
Joel Hanscomb,
40 80
Daniel Harris,
66
48 32
Ebenezer Conant,
120 00
Silas P. Blodget,
65 47
David M. Handley, 66
102 00
James A. Billings,
12 00
James E. Billings,
90 96
Lydia R. Keyes,
36 00
Isaac T. Flagg,
6 00
$863 55
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid.
Wm. W. Davis, for examining teachers, superintending schools, and making report, $75 00
Francis Dwight, for collecting taxes,
80 00
William D. Tuttle, for taking inventory and making taxes, including copying taxes and making returns, 43 50
Elisha H. Cutler, for taking inventory and making taxes, 25 00
Luther R. Forbush, do.,
25 00
William D. Tuttle, for services as Town Clerk, 25 00
James E. Billings, for services as Selectman,
35 00
Jonas K. Putney,
66
14 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, יי
20 00
$342 50
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid.
For one pair oxen for town farm,
$230 00
Hastings & Cutler, for rent of school-room for 1866, 50 00
Abel Farrar, Jr., for services on town farm,
125 00
For express, postage and stationery,
C 41
For sealing standard weights and measures,
10 50
Cyrus Fletcher, for coffin and robe for Luther Hayward, 12 75
Do., for removing two bodies in West Cem- etery, 2 00
Do., for shingling almshouse,
43 50
Do., for returning 30 deaths to Town Clerk, 3 00 Do., for attending 22 funerals with the hearse, 55 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, for journey to Sudbury to make out election return of representa- tive,
2 50
Do., for collecting and recording 35 births,
10 50
Do., for collecting and recording 21 mar- riages,
3 15
Do., for collecting and recording 29 deaths, 4 90 George W. Sawyer, for taking care of town clock, 10 00
Do., for 28 gallons oil, 16 80
Do., cleaning town clock, 1 50
7
Do., 237 pounds coal,
1 75
Do., 36 lamp wicks,
60
Do., setting 2 lights glass,
56
Do., 1 broom,
38
Do., washing floor,
2 00
Do., opening town hall 54 times,
40 50
Do., tolling bell for 12 deaths, 2 40
H. J. Hapgood, for tolling bell for 7 deaths,
1 40
James Tuttle, for rent of school-room,
50 00
W. C. & O. Shepard, for rent of school- room,
50 00
Albin Whitcomb, for damage done to wagon on the highway,
6 00
George M. Brooks, for advice,
2 00
$745 10
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid.
Wm. D. Tuttle, for paint for cemetery posts, $0 99
Work at cemetery, 2 00
Charles Hastings, for West do.,
40 00
Samuel Hosmer, hinges, setting stone posts,
and hanging gates at the East do., 10 35
Cyrus Fletcher, for two gates to cemetery,
8 25
Martin Pike, for labor at cemetery,
24 00
$85 59
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY, FEB. 26, 1868.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 26, 1867,
$2,557 03
State Tax for 1867,
4,600 00
County Tax for 1867,
819 29
Town Grant for 1867,
2,500 00
Town Grant for Schools,
2,325 00
Highway Deficiencies,
54 79
Overlay on Taxes,
124 31
Corporation Tax,
573 39
State Aid to Jan. 1, 1867,
1,200 00
Cash from State for Soldiers' Drill,
25 40
State School Fund,
164 84
Cash for School Books.
2 37
8
For Armory Rent for 1867,
150 00
Burial lots in cemetery,
4 00
Use of town hall,
98 75
Stock sold at town hall, Use of hearse,
2 00
Cash of Elias Haynes for highway taxes,
1 43
School money from town of Concord,
20 00
Cash from town farm,
33 39
for running-part of old hearse,
25 00
for military drill,
114 50
for poll taxes,
12 00
$15,415 42
EXPENDITURES.
For Support of Schools,
$2,489 84
Repairs on School Houses,
238 15
Books and Printing,
198 97
Roads and Bridges,
37 83
Discount and Abatement on Taxes,
569 91
Appropriation for Soldiers and Families,
637 50
Support of Poor,
129 00
Interest on Notes,
863 55
Town Officers,
342 50
Miscellaneous Expenses,
745 10
Cemetery Expenses,
85 59
State Tax,
4,600 00
County Tax,
819 29
$11,757 23
Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 26, 1868,
$3,658 19
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, FEB. 26, 1868.
DR. To Balance due as per Report, Feb. 26, 1868, $3,658 19 Amount due from State for Aid furnished Soldiers and their Families, 667 00
$4,325 19
7 93
9
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,
214 60
Lydia R. Keyes,
627 60
Isaac T. Flagg,
105 50
Daniel Harris,
840 86
James E. Billings,
2,237 57
Frederic Rouillard,
1,778 10
$15,163 63
Balance against the Town, Feb. 26, 1868, without including the balance due as per Overseers' Report for 1868,
$10,838 44
JAMES E. BILLINGS, Selectmen JONAS K. PUTNEY. of
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Acton.
ACTON, FEB. 26, 1868.
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REPORT OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES,
AT THE
ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST, 1868.
ARTICLES ON HAND APRIL 1st, 1868.
8 tons hay, $184.00 ; 12 cows, 730.00,
$914 00
1 horse, 240.00 ; 76 bush. corn, 114.00,
354 00
14 fowls, 10.50 ; 3} bush. barley,5.25,
15 75
550 lbs. pork, 77.00 ; 1 bbl. soap, 6.00 ;
83 00
1 bbl. pickles, 2.00 ; 30 lbs. soap grease, 1.80,
3 80
2 bush. potatoes, 2.00 ; 30 lbs. candles, 5.40,
7 40
2 bbls. apples, 6.00 ; 65 lbs. ham, 14.30
20 30
16 20
80 lbs. lard, 11.20 ; 20 bush. ashes, 5.00, 2 lbs. butter, 1.00 ; } bbl. flour 7.75, Į bush. meal, 90 ; 47 lbs. dried apples, 8.46, 36 M skewers,
8 75
9 36
23 40
$1,455 96
RECEIPTS.
For milk, $1,017.83 ; carrying milk, 28.00, $1,045 83
411 42
calves, 60.00 ; skewers, 41.16 ; potatoes, 42.00,
143 16
peaches, 17.42 ; lard, 1.12 ; grapes, 2.50, 21 04
apples, 75.14 ; eggs and paper, 2.59 ; pumpkins, .35
78 08
$1,699 53
Cash from town Treasury,
355 00
$2,054 53
cows, 98.00 ; horse, 75.00 ; oxen, 238.42,
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EXPENDITURES.
For oxen, $230.00 ; cows, 245.00 ; horse, 240.00, $715 00
meal, 89.06 ; oil, meal and shorts, 244.41, 333 47
beef, 45.53 ; flour, 84.35 ; butter, 47.02, 176 90
clothing, 21.36 ; molasses, 24.40 ; cheese, 18.74,
64 50
hay, 45.45 ; sugar, 17.04 ; tools, 6.87, 69 36
labor, 16.00 ; blacksmith's bill, 16.13 ; beans, 250, 34 63
fish, 9.32 ; boots and shoes, 7.25 ; fowls, 1.50, 18 07
bbls and boxes, 6.73 ; grass-seed, 9.93 ; potash, 5.67, 22 33 rope, 45 ; chimney and stove-polish, 20 ; surcingle, 75, 1 40 buffalo robe, 14.00 ; repairing harness, 62 ; cement, 34, 14 96 bug-poison, 1.14; doctor's bill, 14.40 ; expenses to Boston, 4.20, 19 74
weighing hay, 1.20 ; newspaper, 1.40 ; lumber, 2.62, 5 22 use of cart, 1.50 ; use of wagon, 75 ; use of bull, 3.50, 5 75 use of sleigh, 50 ; pasturing, 14.00 tripe, 1.88,
16 38
tallow, 4.94 ; coffin, 13.00 ; board of Mrs. Bowker, 4.00, 21 94 books, 32; nails, 50 ; earthen ware, 94; raisins, 1.32, 3 08
5 36
repairing pumps, 3.80 ; wooden ware, 1.40 ; starch, 16, castings, 3.45 ; tea, 9.70 ; bread, 2.46 ; brooms, 1.00, 16 61 camphor, 12 ; tobacco, 10.66 ; spices, 3.47,
14 25
medicine, 1.85, coffee, 4.94 ; apples, 1.20,
7 99
· matches, 1.20 : vinegar, 3.00 ; ink, 08,
4 28
soap, 34 ; rice, 39 ; plaster Paris, 2.25,
2 98
cream tartar, 45 ; saleratus, 44 ; saltpetre, 05,
94
oil, 3.74 ; salt, 7.81 ; ox labor, 75 ; oats, 50, 12 80 services of Mr. and Mrs. Abel Farrar, Jr., 325 00
James E. Billings's services, 6 00
Jonas K. Putney's 6 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee's " 6 00
$1,930 94
Amount of inventory April 1st, 1867,
$1,120 86
Interest on farm, 239 40
1,360 26
$3,291 20
RECAPITULATION.
Amount of receipts,
$2,054 53
Amount of expenditures,
1,930 94
Cash on hand, Total amount of expenditures, 1,930 94
$123 59
Amount of inventory April 1st, 1867,
1,120 86
Interest on farm,
239 40
3,291 20
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Total amount of receipts, Amount of inventory April 1st, 1868,
$1,699 53 1,455 96 ·
3,155 49
135 71
Expense of victualling foreigners,
22 44
Total amount of supporting poor at almshouse,
$113 27
Whole number of persons (exclusive of foreigners) supported in the Almshouse, 7; average number, 3} ; present number, 5 ; cost per week, 66.
JAMES E. BILLINGS, Overseers JONAS K. PUTNEY, of
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Poor.
ACTON, April 1, 1868.
Acton, March 24, 1868.
This is to certify that I have examined the reports of the Select- men and Overseers of the Poor for 1867, so far as the figures and method of presenting the financial affairs of the town åre con- cerned, and believe them to be correct.
WM. D. TUTTLE, Auditor.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN ACTON, IN 1867.
No. Date of Birth. Name of Child and Parents' Names.
1. Jan. 7, Carrie S. Richardson, daughter of Osman D. and Mary E. Richardson.
2. Jan. 9, Hattie Augusta Haynes, daughter of Elias E. and Abbie E. Haynes.
3. Jan. 10, Josie Cristell Tuttle, daughter of Joseph F. and Jen- nie E. Tuttle.
4. Jan. 13, Oren Mortimer Kidder, son of John M. and Sarah E. Kidder.
5. Jan. 18, George Laforest Robbins, son of Elbridge J. and Ellen M. Robbins.
6. Feb. 2, Melvin Ephraim Cobleigh, son of Ephraim and Harriet E. Cobleigh.
7. Feb. 13, George Crampton, son of Charles A. and Martha E. Crampton.
8. Feb. 18, Ann Maria Gallagher, daughter of Patrick and Bridget Gallagher.
- 9. Feb. 27, Freddie W. Reed, son of Reuben L. and Mary A. . Reed.
10. March 31, Willie Francis Butterfield, son of Francis B. and Anna M. Butterfield.
11. May 14, Lylian M. Wilbur, daughter of William P. and Olive M. Wilbur.
12. May 25, Loria Grace Wild, daughter of George and Etta F. Wild.
13. June 12, Fred Stanley Whitcomb, son of Frank and Frances L. Whitcomb.
14. June 20, Brown, son of Charles A. and Betsey A. Brown.
15. June 23, Mary Ellen Brackett, daughter of William H. and Ellen L. Brackett.
16. June 29, Bertha May Hartwell, daughter of Henry and Augusta H. Hartwell.
17. July 8, Sarah Ellen Hammond, daughter of Thomas W. and Mary A. Hammond.
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18. Aug. 21, John William Haggerty, son of William 2d and Catherine Haggerty.
19. Aug. 25, Florence Amelia Gaddis, daughter of John and Jen- nie Gaddis.
20. Sept. 4, Adie Estelle Houghton, daughter of Warren and Lydia A. Houghton.
21. Sept. 10, Emily Gertrude Harmon, daughter of Michael and Mary A. Harmon.
22. Sept. 13, Martha Fletcher Smith, daughter of Henry M. and Abbie B. Smith.
23 and 24. Sept. 16, Mary D. and Susan P. Farrar, daughters of Abel, Jr. and Delina Farrar.
25. Sept. 20, Lizzie Etta Mellen, daughter of Benjamin and Lizzie Mellen.
26. Oct. 2, Margaret Ann Trainor, daughter of Hugh and Honora Trainor.
27. Oct. 3. Frank Herbert Billings, son of James E. and Tamson Billings.
28. Oct. 10, Hattie M. Johnson, daughter of Oscar S. and Susan B. M. Johnson.
29. Oct. 12, Alice Maria Gates, daughter of Albert and Maria W. Gates.
30. Oct. 23, Warren Oscar Robbins, son of Simon and Nancy D. Robbins.
31. Oct. 28, Freddie Walter McDonnell, son of George and Mary McDonnell.
32. Oct. 30, William Granville Whitney, son of William F. B. and Anna Whitney.
33. Nov. 2, Hattie Frances Sumner, daughter of Alson R. and Carrie A. Sumner.
34. Nov. 12, Horace Herbert Robbins, son of Luke J. and Mary W. Robbins.
35. Dec. 21, Blanchard, son of Luke and Jerusha M. Blanchard.
Males, 15 ; Females, 20.
MARRIAGES SOLEMNIZED AND RECORDED IN 1867.
No. Date of Marriage. Names of the Parties.
1. Jan. 1, Mr. Marcus M. Raymond, of Lowell, and Miss Martha M. Sawin, of Acton.
2. Jan. 1, Mr. George W. Knowlton and Miss Angie H. Wheeler, both of Acton.
3. Jan. 9, Mr. Hiram Chase and Miss Julia E. Edmonds, both of Acton.
4. Jan. 23, Mr. Edwin Fletcher, of Acton, and Miss Susan Smith, of Danvers.
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5. Jan. 23, Mr. D. James Wetherbee and Miss Augusta A. Put- ney, both of Acton.
6. Feb. 3, Mr. Luke J. Robbins and Miss Mary Warren Blodget, both of Acton.
7. Feb. 14, Mr. Samuel R. Burroughs and Miss Ella Augusta Hayward, both of Acton.
8. March 23, Mr. Elbridge Wheeler, of Concord, and Miss Su- sanna P. Wetherbee, of Boxborough.
9. May 5, Mr. George H. Harris and Miss Angenetta Wheeler, both of Acton.
10. May 29, Mr. Jonas T. Houghton, of Hudson, and Miss Mary J. Hapgood, of Bolton.
11. June 20, Mr. Delette H. Hall and Miss Susie A. Wetherbee, both of Acton.
12. August 17, Mr. Josiah H. Chase and Miss Anna F. Noyes, both of Concord.
13. Aug. 31, Mr. Joseph Stewart, of Lunenburg, and Mrs. Lucinda B. Brown, of Fitchburg.
14. Sept. 10, Mr. Thomas F. Trow, of Bolton, and Miss Abbie Hamant, of Dedham.
15. Sept. 19, Mr. Ira V. Hall and Mrs. Caroline B. Bradford, both of Acton.
16. Sept. 23, Mr. Francis Colburn, of Boston, and Miss N. Anna Hamant, of Medfield.
17. Oct. 5, Mr. Waldo G. Dunn and Miss Fannie M. Burnham, both of Acton.
18. Oct. 13, Mr. Selden Kimball and Miss Eliza A. Kelly, both of Lowell.
19. Nov. 21, Mr. James E. Heywood and Miss Mary E. Hanscom, both of Concord.
20. Nov. 28, Mr. William V. Norton and Miss Lauraetta W. Reed, both of Acton.
21. Dec. 25, Mr. Myron F. Going, of Acton, and Miss Maria W. Taylor, of Littleton.
DEATHS IN ACTON IN 1867.
No. Date of Death.
Names of Deceased.
1. Jan. 5, Mrs. Nancy Bryant, aged 40 yrs. 5 mos. 4 days.
2. Jan. 15, Mr. John Hapgood, aged 64 yrs. 11 mos. 5 days.
3. Jan. 20, Miss Rosena T. Jones, aged 15 yrs. 3 mos. 12 days.
4. Jan. 22, Carrie S., daughter of Osman D. and Mary E. Rich- ardson, aged 15 days.
5. Jan. 24, Mrs. Hannah B. Smith, aged 42 yrs. 6 mos. 23 days. 6. Jan. 26, Alice P. Hayward, daughter of Paul and Alice L. Hayward, aged 2 mos. 23 days.
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7. Feb. 1, Ada Violetta Gardner, daughter of George and Violetta F. Gardner, aged 2 mos.
8. Feb. 15, Mr. William Chaplin, aged 55 years.
9. Feb. 18, Mr. Henry Skinner, aged 38 yrs.
10. Feb. 21, Mr. Luther Hayward, aged 57 yrs.
11. Feb. 21, Mrs. Sarah W. Milliken, wife of Benjamin Milliken, aged 44 yrs.
12. March 15, Josie C. Tuttle, daughter of Joseph and Jennie E. Tuttle, aged 2 mos. 8 days.
13. April 6, Mr. Ivory Keyes, aged 62 yrs.
14. April 25, Mrs. Rhoda Reed, wife of Isaiah Reed, aged 45 yrs. 6 mos. 8 days.
15. May 6, Mrs. Naomi Chaffin, widow of John Chaffin, sen., aged 86 yrs. 2 mos. 27 days.
16. May.12, Mr. Edward Wetherbee, aged 56 yrs. 11 mos. 9 days.
17. May 15, Ida J. Nye, daughter of John and Clara F. Nye, aged 9 mos.
18. May 17, Mr. James Keyes, aged 58 yrs. 1 mo. 11 days.
19. May 22, at Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Lowell F. Wood, of Acton, aged 41 yrs.
20. May 28, Mrs. Cynthia Chaffin, wife of John Chaffin, aged 55 yrs. 11 mos. 2 days.
21. Aug. 28, Mr. Benaiah Robbins, aged 83 yrs.
22. Sept. 17, Susan P., daughter of Abel jr. and Delina Farrar, aged 1 day.
23. Oct. 7, Mrs. Sarah L. Tuttle, wife of Varnum Tuttle, aged 37 yrs.
24. Oct. 28, Lylian M. Wilbur, daughter of William P. and Olive M. Wilbur, aged 5 mos. 14 days.
25. Nov. 23, Mrs. Rebecca F. Cummings, aged 82 yrs.
26. Dec. 16, Eva A. Jones, daughter of Aaron M. and Augusta Jones.
WILLIAM D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk. ACTON, March 23, 1868.
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
WEST CEMETERY.
Receipts.
Cash on hand, March 15, 1867,
$18 32
" received for seven lots sold,
7 00
" repairing lots,
13 33
66
" grass and loam,
3 20
66 from Town Treasurer,
40 00
66 due committee,
1 75
Expenditures.
For grading lots and avenues,
$22 50
" laying wall and grading,
30 50
" teams, hauling stone and gravel,
16 00
" posts and rails,
8 96
" marble tablets,
5 64
EAST CEMETERY.
Receipts.
Cash on hand March 20, 1867,
$2 00
For grass sold,
5 00
" wood
1 00
" four lots sold,
4 00
From Town Treasurer,
45 59
$57 59
Expenditures.
For mowing and raking brush and clearing up grounds,
$30 00
" paint and labor at cemetery,
2 99
" gates, hinges, setting posts and hanging gates,
18 60
Cash paid Town Treasurer for lots sold,
4 00
Cash on hand March 2, 1868,
2 00
$57 59
WM. D. TUTTLE,
SAMUEL HOSMER,
Committee.
Cemetery CHARLES HASTINGS,
ACTON, March 2, 1868.
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$83 60
$83 60
TOWN LIQUOR-AGENT'S REPORT.
EXPENSES AND AMOUNT ON HAND AND BOUGHT FOR YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1868.
Whiskey,
$148 00
Gin,
53 23
Brandy,
20 50
Alcohol,
33 63
Rum,
372 93
Agent's salary,
25 00
$653 35
Amount on Hand, March 1, 1868.
Rum,
$44 77
Whiskey,
22 30
Gin,
10 35
Alcohol,
8 09
Amount Sold for year ending March 1, 1868.
Rum,
$343 21
Whiskey,
135 25
Gin,
46 49
Alcohol,
29 69
Brandy,
21 68
Net gain to town.
$661 83 $9 48
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, 18677-68.
CONCORD: PRINTED BY BENJAMIN TOLMAN. 1868.
REPORT.
To the Citizens of the town of Acton :
The Superintendent and School Committee respectfully sub- mit their Annual Report.
The attention of the citizens of the town is annually called to the condition of their Common Schools and the cause of education in their midst. The purpose to be accomplished in this, should be far above the gratification of an idle curiosity, or the desire to find something to feed the spirit of criticism and censure. That is not the wisest course which seeks to magnify errors or increase defects. The cause of education constantly encounters obstacles in its advancement, the removal of which requires the co-operation, not only of those immedi- ately connected with our schools, but of all the friends of educa- tion and lovers of good order, morality, and the elevation of humanity. Without this co-operation the work of removing these obstacles becomes extremely difficult if not impossible. The existence of many defects in our Common Schools, clearly indicates a want of interest in town, in the great subject of education. We do not say, indeed, that parents are not sufficiently interested and anxious for the education of their children, (though this statement might be true in some instances,) but that the real value and importance of education as an aid in advancing humanity and perpetuating the noblest bless- ings God has given to man, are not sufficiently realized. Our country's freedom can rest securely on no other basis. Long ago it was said by a wise and good man, "If the time shall
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