Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1862-1879, Part 16

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Publication date: 1862
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Eliza Wheeler, Ida M. Pike, Nellie Hanscom, Katie Kinsley, Clara Stearns, Jonathan Blodgett, Herbert Noyes, Waldo Hanscom, Willie Davis, John Roth.


CENTRE, PRIMARY.


Lizzie Roth.


Jennie Berry, M. Etta Taylor, Ida Hale, Wilbur Fisk, Frank Pike.


Rosie Jones, Herbert Fiske, Willie Richardson, Lyman Tuttle, Willie Kinsley, Albert Sawyer, Roswell Tuttle, Arthur Tuttle.


WEST, HIGHEST.


Maria Hastings, Annie C. Hastings.


-


-


Ellen Blanchard, Carrie A. Jewett, Warren Fairbanks, Walter W. Hastings, Julie Mead.


WEST, INTERMEDIATE.


Nellie G. Hoar, Lizzie G. Rowell, Nellie F. Handley, Emma Stockwell, Lucie H. Hayward, Lilla A. Hayward, Lewis C. Hastings.


---


Flora S. Davis, Emma C. Hall, Mary Hurley, Rose E. Arnold, Emma A. Mead, Frank S. Davis, Edwin E. Davis, G. Sumner Wright, George A. Gardner, Arthur W. Stevens, Horace Whitcomb, Charles Teel.


WEST, PRIMARY.


John S. Hoar, Austin E. Lawrence.


Cornelia Hayward, Cordelia Hayward, Ella S. Teel, George Y. Hutchins, Alphonso Wyman.


Cora M. Arnold, Susie C. Hayward, Laura Stockwell, Mary S. Cutler, Lottie E. Handley, Hattie M. Whitcomb, Delette Handley, Eddie Hayward, Crosby Hoar, Willie T. Mason, George V. Mead, Willie A. Teel, Wallace McDonald, Arthur W. Houghton.


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SOUTH, HIGHEST.


Anna A. Tuttle.


Mary A. Rynn, Frank H. Jones, Willie E. Wood, Danie F. Hayward.


Charlie C. Laselle, Burton H. Butters, Jonathan P. Fletcher, Nelson H. Tenney, Nellie L. Tuttle. Sophia E. Symonds, Ellen L. Jones.


SOUTH, INTERMEDIATE.


Lucy A. Jones.


Nellie Wilder, Nellie Hannon, Addie Jones, Mary Wonster, Nellie Tuttle, Frank Butters, Georgie A. Gates.


Minnie Jones, Jennie Tuttle, Nellie Conant, Mary Davidson, Emma Billings, Emma Handley, Anna Law, Hattie Fletcher, Lizzie Fletcher, Willie Rynn, Eddie Conant, Charley Laselle, Anson Piper, Wilber Jones.


SOUTH, PRIMARY.


John Rynn.


James Hannon, Michael Hannon, Frank H. Bulette.


Lizzie Richardson, Myrtie Richardson, Martha Jones, Nellie Dean, Usher Brown, Arthur Jones, Willie Warren, George W. Worster, Frank Haynes, Norman H. Davidson, John F. Angell.


EAST.


Susie A. Wetherbee.


Hattie Harris, -


Sarah F. Robbins, Amelia F. Perkins, Lizzie M. Perkins, Roswell Wetherbee.


Nellie E. Batchelder, Susie A. Batchelder, Emma F. Estabrook, Ida R. Estabrook, Frank Wetherbee, Butterfield Harris.


SOUTH-EAST.


Winnie Dole, Lester N. Fletcher.


Isabella Dawson, Mary L. Fairbanks, Etta J. Johnson, Addie C. Jones, John Dawson, Albert N. Gates, George E. Gates.


NORTH.


Julie Ina Rose.


Freddie Rouillard, Lizzie A. Veazie, Lyman D. Veazie.


Cora Rouillard, Annie P. Cash, George Rose, Bertie Russell, Irving A. Flagg.


·


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


Length of Schoo!


in months.


Wages per


monti.


Whote No. of


Scholars.


Average


Assendance.


No. under five


years of age.


No. over fifteen


years of age.


No. of visits by


parents & others


CENTRE,


Higher, { Primary,


Ella F. Lawrence,


22


35


:30


0


12


2


32


28


25 1-4


0


18


14


Martha T. Whitconib,


2


24


29


26


0


0


15


Sarah M. Newhall,


2


20


34


32


0


0


23


2 1-4


27


25


21 3-4


0


2


0


0


8


66


J. E. Schouler,


2 1-4


20


32


27


1


0


8


EAST,


" Emma Wetherbee,


2 1-2


26


29


23 2-5


0


1


13


SOUTH-EAST,


66 Ellen O. Clark,


2 1-4


26


26


22 2-3


2


1


4


NORTH,


Mrs. Angie W. Harris,


2 1-4


26


17


14 3-5


1


1


5


23 3-4


$276


312


274


4


23


143


2 1-4


$27


25


24


0


0


5


2 1-4


24


40


33 1-2


0


0


2


WEST,


Highest, Intermediate, Primary,


Lucy M. Emery,


2 1-2


32


23


20 1-2


0


15


20


2 1-2


24


31


28


0


0


17


2 1-2


20


37


34


0


0


16


66 Amelia D. Comstock,


2 1-4


27


24


21 7-11


0


12


4


2 1-4


26


36


31


0


· 0


7


66


Lottie C. Faulkner,


2 1-4


27


35


31


1


0


9


EAST,


66 Emma Wetherbee,


2 1-4


26


27


23 2-5


1


2


25


SOUTH-EAST,


2 1-4


26


22


19 1-3


2


1


4


NORTH,


" Mrs. Angie W. Harris,


2 1-4


26


17


14 3-5


1


0


4


Totals,


25 1-2


$285


317


280.3


5.


30


113


WINTER.


2 1-2


$50


44


36.5


0


23


5


( Miss Etta Rouillard,


2 1-2


22


38


32


0


0


16


Miss Jennie A. Conant,


3


33


32


28 1-3


0


21


32


Miss Martha F. Hazelton,


3


26


33


27 1-2


0


0


25


" Emma I. Draper,


3


22


37


34


0


0


32


SOUTH,


(Highest, | Intermediate, Primary,


Amelia D. Comstock,


3


33


36


33 3-5


0


28


10


66 Carrie M. Hapgood,


3


26


40


37 1-4


0


2


3


§ Miss Cornelia C. Ballou, 1 Emma M. Buffum,


3


26


36


30 4-5


0


0


12


EAST,


Miss Hattie A. Bruce,


3 1-2


33


40


35


0


5


7


SOUTH-EAST,


=


Corrinna Shattuck,


3


30


28·


25 1-2


0


2


15


NORTH,


Mrs. Angie W. Harris,


3 3-4


30


23


19 1-2


0


8


9


Total Winter Term,


33 1-4 $331


385


340


0


87


166


Aggregate for year,


82 1-2 $892


1014 894


9


134


422


$27


26


24 5-8


00


0


25


WEST,


Highest, Intermediate, Primary,


SOUTH,


Highest, Intermediate, Primary,


Carrie M. Hapgood,


2 1-4


26


31


26 2-3


Totals, FALL.


CENTRE,


§ Higher, Primary,


Miss Carrie E. Lawrence, Ella F. Lawrence,


SOUTH,


Highest, Intermediate, Primary,


66


Carrie M. Hapgood,


" Ellen O. Clark,


CENTRE,


Higher, Primary,


Mr. Luther Conant,


-


S. F. Wright,


WEST,


Highest, Intermediate, Primary,


SUMMER.


Miss Carrie E. Lawrence,


Lucy M. Emery,


Amelia D. Comstock,


16


Total average percentage of attendance during the year, 88 26-100.


Miss Sarah M. Newhall,


Martha T. Whitcomb, Sarah M. Newhall,


REPORTS OF


THE SELECTMEN AND -


OTHER OFFICERS


-OF THE~


TOWN OF ACTON,


-FROM-


FEBRUARY 26, 1869, TO FEBRUARY 26, 1870,


INCLUDING THE


Marriages, Births and Deaths in 1869.


-ALSO, THE-


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


PRINTED BY TOLMAN & WHITE, 221 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. 1870.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.


Unexpended balance of last year,


$2,530 63


Borrowed of J. K. Putney,


650 00


Town grant,


5000 00


Town grant for schools,


2325 00


Regular town grant for highways,


1200 00


Special town grant for highways,


300 00


Overlayings on taxes,


70 77


Overlayings on road taxes,


8 10


State tax,


2300 00


County tax,


936 33


State aid to Jan. 1st, 1869,


384 57


Corporation tax,


767 29


Military account,


253 80


Militia bounty,


738 50


Uniforms for Davis Guards,


1080 00


Armory rent, 1868,


150 00


State school fund,


150 92


Dog fund,


89 25


For timber, 66 feet,


1 98


Graham witness fees,


3 50


For use of Town Hall,


94 75


From George Kendall, for expenses incurred respecting his father,


20 00


From sale of Cemetery lots,


8 00


-- $19,063 39


EXPENDITURES.


SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.


Appropriation for 1869,


$2,325 00


State school fund,


150 92


$2,475 92


(3)


4


PAYMENTS.


SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.


Paid Moses Taylor, for Centre School, $448 65


Levi W. Stevens, for West 642 53


E. F. Richardson, for South « 642 53


William B. Davis, for East


254 79


John White, for North 66


243 71


George Wilde, for Southeast


243 71


$2,475 92


REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.


Paid Moses Taylor, repairs on Centre sch. house, $6 55 Incidentals, 4 60


Levi W. Stevens, repairs on West 66 132 24


Incidentals, 3 62


E. F. Richardson, repairs on South "


10 45


Wm. B. Davis, repairs on East 66


24 46


Incidentals,


1 52


George Wilde, repairs on Southeast "


7 25


Incidentals, 1 05


$191 74


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.


Paid Joseph Noyes,


$73 25


Daniel Fletcher,


76 50


Samuel Hosmer,


42 55


Ai Robbins,


67 63


John Conant,


39 50


G. W. Livermore,


46 60


L. R. Forbush,


108 15


Daniel Harris,


92 40


John White,


45 81


J. W. Loker,


24 00


Simon Tuttle,


78 40


George H. Harris,


36 71


149 90


John R. Houghton, E. H. Cutler,


120 90


Antoine Bulette,


37 70


James Tuttle,


162 06


J. H. Conant,


176 41


Moses Taylor,


53 11


$1,431 58


5


SPECIAL REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS AND SLUICES.


Paid Benj. Hapgood, for repairing road in his district, $52 00


Ai Robbins, for repairing gravel pit road, 63 10 Nathan Brooks, for repairing road in his district, 17 00


Richard Kinsley, for repairing road near his house, 10 00


Daniel Tuttle, for repairing road and build- ing sluice near the centre of the town, 91 85


Do., for repairing road and building sluice in the centre of the town, 102 97


Moses Taylor, for repairing roads in his district, 25 00


Thomas Kinsley, for repairing sluice near the house of Samuel Chaffin, 5 00


James Tuttle, for repairing roads in South district, 600 00


Simon Tuttle, for repairing roads in his district, 25 00


E. H. Cutler, for repairing road near the house of William Reed, 15 00


J. E. Billings, for repairing road near the house of William Wheeler, 5 40


Thomas Kinsley, for work done on road near the house of Mrs. Harriet Davis, 2 50


Simon Hapgood, for gravel and work near the house of William Wheeler, 5 00


William W. Davis, for widening bridge on the road leading to his house, 2 50 George Chandler, for work done on bridge near Robbins' saw-mill, 2 50


$1,024 82


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS BY ORDER OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.


Paid Francis Kinsley, balance for repairing road near Nagog Pond, $86 50


Thomas Kinsley, for laying wall and build- ing sluice near house of S. F. Hosmer, 20 50 Daniel Tuttle, for repairing road near East Cemetery, 56 00


Do., repairing road near Robbins' saw-mill, 51 90 Simon Tuttle, for railing the road near East Cemetery, 92 47


6


Paid Thomas Kinsley, for repairing road near East Cemetery, 2 50


Simon Tuttle, balance for repairing road 345 00 near East Cemetery,


E. J. Robbins, for repairing road near the house of John White, 60 00


Thomas More, balance repairing road near Concord line, 51 00


Daniel Harris, for repairing drive-way near Robbins' saw-mill, and for gravel, 9 50


J. K. Putney, for gravel for road near his house, 5 00


John Grimes, balance repairing road near Robbins' saw-mill, 75 00


Louis Rouillard, for building road near Nagog Pond, 66 50


Do., for gravel for the same, 8 00


J. E. Billings, for building sluice near Rob- bins' saw-mill, 15 50


William Reed, for putting in sluices near his house, 26 10


E. J. Robbins, repairing road in his district,


13 20


$984 67


BREAKING ROADS.


Paid John Conant, $9 00


Daniel Harris,


9 00


J. H. Conant,


6 20


W. H. Reed,


.4 40


J. Noyes,


6 60


L. R. Forbush,


6 38


Ai Robbins, 2 60


$44 18


SUPPORT OF POOR.


Paid Town of Ashby, on account of Lot Fitch, $85 83


George M. Brooks, for advice, 10 00


Town of Natick, for Mary A. Law, 78 25


City of Boston, for Mrs. Childs,


16 40


Express to Natick,


60


Samuel Hosmer, journey to Boston respect- ing Mrs. Nancy Baldwin, 3 50


For John Whitney, 6 00


Joseph Noyes, journey to Natick, 3 00


For assistance rendered travellers, 5 75


Town of Westboro', for George F. Bullard, 8 75


$218 08


7


EXPENSES OF TOWN FARM.


Paid for yoke of oxen, $275 00


Abel Farrar, for balance of salary for 1868, 66 66


Simon Tuttle, for repairs on Town Farm barn, 74 10 Coffin and robe, for Titus Williams, 14 76


$430 52


INTEREST.


Paid Augustine Conant,


$240 00


Frederick Rouillard,


102 00


Lydia R. Keyes,


36 00


Daniel Harris,


48 32


Joel Hanscomb,


40 80


James E. Billings,


131 47


David M. Handley,


102 00


Cyrus Conant,


120 00


John R. Whitcomb,


60 00


Isaac T. Flagg,


6 00


Luther Billings,


12 00


Incidental interest,


7 68 °


$906 27


PRINTING.


Paid Benjamin Tolman, for printing warrants, $12 50 for report of Selectmen, 21 00


for report of Selectmen, School Commit- tee and other Town Officers,


107 43


for voters' lists,


12 00


for burial permits for Town Clerk,


2 50


$155 43


-


MILITARY.


Paid for special duty June 16th, 1869, $253 80


738 50


May drill and Fall encampment, Uniforms,


1,080 00


$2,072 30


8


STATE AID.


Paid Hiram W. Wetherbee,


$18 00


Alson R. Sumner, 30 00


Hattie W. Wilder, 96 00


Rebecca C. Wright,


48 00


Emily C. Harding,


88 00


Joanna Moulton, 20 00


$300 00


CEMETERY.


Paid Martin Pike, for mowing Cemetery, Wm. D. Tuttle, laying out lots, Henry M. Smith, do.


$23 70


75


1 00


Samuel Hosmer, for furnishing posts and work, 2 00


$27 45


BRIDGE NEAR WETHERBEE'S MILLS.


Paid J. E. Billings, for lumber,


$243 26


66


iron,


6 64


nails,


5 67


labor,


178 43


$434 00


TOWN OFFICERS.


Paid Dr. Charles Little, Supt. of Schools,


$85 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, services as Assessor, 40 00


Phineas Wetherbee, do. 25 00


L. R. Forbush, do.


25 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, services as Town Clerk, 25 00


80 00


Wm. W. Davis, services as Selectman, 36 00


E. J. Robbins,


66


20 00


Charles Robinson, "


60


14 00


$350 00


TOWN HOUSE.


Paid John Fletcher & Sons, for 5,835 lbs. coal,


freight, teaming, and weighing,


$36 58


George Sawyer, 500 lbs. coal,


3 50


66 37 gallons oil,


17 00


Washing floors,


5 00


One broom,


50


One box lamp wicks,


33


Opening hall and committee rooms, 71 times, 45 50


Cleaning funnel,


2 00


A. D. Holt, for repairs on funnel, 16 48


$126 89


John E. Cutter, collecting taxes,


9


MISCELLANEOUS.


Paid Jonas Blodgett, auctioneer, on roads, $6 00


J. E. Cutter, insurance on town-house, 150 00


A. R. Sumner, for painting monument and monument fence, 9 00


Richard Kinsley, building road near Charles Twitchell's house, 68 00


Cyrus Fletcher, for work in armory, 225 51


Wm. D. Tuttle, viewing roads, by request of Selectmen, 4 25


Do., writing lease of armory, 1 00


Do., grading road near Charles Twitchell's house, 5 00


Express paid on reports and public docu- ments, 2 80


Samuel Hosmer, for examining and reporting on school-houses, 3 00


Francis Dwight, for do., 2 00


L. R. Forbush, for express, 87


George F. Wetherell, for grave-stone for Ezekiel Davis, 30 00


James Tuttle, for rent of school-room, 50 00


Cutler Brothers, for do., 50 00


T. F. Lawrence, filling hole where hay scales stood, in West Acton, 6 00


J. E. Cutter, summoning 20 persons to take oath of office, 2 50


Stamp on note, 35


Francis Dwight, superintending burials, 45 00


Do., making return of 17 deaths, 1 70


Wm. D. Tuttle, journey to Sudbury, to make out election returns, 2 50


Do., postage on returns, 30


Do., paid express on Assessors' book,


30


Do., making copy of town tax-book for 1869, for State Department, 7 00


30


Do., recording 27 deaths,


4 70


Do., 17 marriages,


2 55


Do., putting in sluice near his house, 5 00


Do., Collector's book, 1 12


George Sawyer, care of town clock, 10 00


Do., tolling bell 22 times for deaths,


4 40


Do., cleaning town clock, 1 50


J. E. Cutter, abatement of taxes, 47 89


Do., discount on taxes, 612 00


$1,370 94


Do., express on law book, 8 40


Do., collecting and recording 28 births,


10


Receipts and Expenditures from Feb. 26, 1869, to Feb. 26, 1870. Unexpended balance as per report of Feb. 26, 1869, $2,530 63


Appropriations, Other receipts,


8,825 00


7,707 76


$19,063 39


EXPENDITURES.


Support of schools,


$2,475 92


Repairs of school-houses,


191 74


Repairs of highways,


1,431 58


Special repairs of highways,*


1,024 82


Repairs of highways by order of County Commissioners,


984 67


Breaking roads,


44 18


Support of poor,


218 08


Expenses of Town Farm,


430 52


Interest,


906 27


Printing,


155 43


Military,


2,072 30


State aid,


300 00


Cemetery,


27 45


Bridge near Wetherbee's Mills,


434 00


Town officers,


350 00


Town House,


126 89


Miscellaneous,


1,370 94


State tax,


2,300 00


County tax,


936 33


-$15,781 12


Balance in the Treasury Feb. 26, 1870,


$3,282 27


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,


2,237 57


David M. Handley,


1,745 90


Isaac T. Flagg,


105 50


Lydia R. Keyes,


627 60


Calvin Harris,


214 60


Luther Billings,


202 60


John R. Whitcomb,


506 50


Jonas K. Putney,


687 37


- $15,849 99


11


Amount due from State aid, Rent of armory, Treasurer,


$300 00


200 00


3,282 27


$3,782 27


$12,067 72


WM. W. DAVIS, Selectmen of


E. J. ROBBINS,


C. ROBINSON,


Acton.


ACTON, Feb. 26, 1870.


REPORT OF THE


RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


AT THE


ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1ST, 1870.


ARTICLES ON HAND APRIL 1st, 1870.


12 cows, $840,00 ; horse, 250,00 ; 2 shotes, 40,00, $1,130 00 22 tons hay, 65,00 ; straw, 6,40 ; 9 bush. wheat, 15,75, 87 15


21 fowls, 15,75; 18 bush. ashes, 4,50; 114} lbs. bacon, 26,00, 46 25


250 bbls. pork, 50,00; 140 do. beef, 16,80; 54 do. candles, 10,80, 77 60


50 bbls. lard, 11,50; 33 do. butter, 13,20; 1 bbl. apples, 4,00, 28 70


1-2 bbl. soap, 2,50; pickles, 1,00; 50 bush. pota- toes, 27,50, 31 00


5 M skewers, 3,00 ; 1 1-2 bush. meal, 1,65 ; beans, 1,00, 5 65


dried apple, .60 ; coffee, .50 ; tea, .65, 1 75


$1,408 10


RECEIPTS.


For milk, $1,281,00 ; carrying milk, 84,00 ; calves, 32,20, $1,397 20 hop-poles, 73,12 ; eggs, 10,51 ; old iron, 2,00, 85 63


beef, 43,40 ; hides, 16,08 ; pork, 4,77, 64 25


soap-grease, 6,31 ; potatoes, 94,05 ; straw, 10,42, 110 78


oxen, 255,00 ; berries, 32,83 ; grapes, 1,50, 289 33


oats, 14,40 ; skewers, 23,48 ; lard, 9,80, 47 68


apples, 242,60 ; onions, 1,48, 244 08


From Lucy A. Brown's estate, 52 98


$2,291 93


Recieved of treasury for oxen,


$275 00


$2,566 93


(12)


13


EXPENDITURES. .


For grinding, $7,97 ; straw, .52; potatoes, 14,97, $23 46


paper, .05 ; butchering, 4,50 ; rice meal, 19,25, 23 80


cows, 214,50 ; pasturing, 42,00 ; driving, 6,50,


263 00


soap, .12; mending shoes and harness, 1,65; wheat, 5,63, 7 40


shotes, 27,00 ; labor, 78,78 ; whip, .10, 105 88


whitewashing, 1,75 ; hay, 59,90 ; fish, 7,87, 69 52


barrels, 10,54 ; axle-bed, 1,00 ; bug poison, .45,


11 99


meal, 121,96 ; Mr. Jackson, 1,50 ; Titus, 2,00,


125 46


expenses to Boston, 6,33 ; weighing, .93 ; butter, 75,98, 83 94


beef, 39,74 ; castings, 1,53 ; basket, .45 ; turnips, 15.10,


56 82 .


repairing clock and pump, .84 ; stove, 5,00,


5 84


blacksmith's bill, 25,06 ; brush, .45,


25 51


newspaper, 1,73 ; tin ware, .75 ; Dr. Cowdry's bill, 30,00, 32 48


sleigh bells, 1,25 ; soap, 3,67; cheese, 16,78 ; 21 70


smoking hams, .80 ; oil meal, 192,23 ; shorts, 76,04, 269 07 plaster, 4,05 ; flour, 51,42 ; card, .50 ; beans, 3,37, 59 34 salt, 8,27; rice, 1,01; tea, 18,40 ; molasses, 26,67 54 35


saleratus, .78 ; kerosene, 2,43 ; hoes, 1,20 ; snath, 92, 5 13 pork, 17,03 ; tobacco, 4,32 ; sugar, 25,35, 46 70


matches, 2,20 ; ropes, 1,25 ; crackers, 5,38, 8 83


nails, 4,58 ; medicine, 2,96 ; soap, 1,96 ; chalk, .04, 9 54


3 94


vinegar, .50 ; glass, .55 ; raisins, 2,82 ; thread, .07, saltpetre, .13 ; sage, .30 ; hops, .33 ; neats oil, 1,05, pails, .70 ; sulphur, .10 ; shirting, 1,62 ; spice, 3,57, mustard, .90 ; starch, .08 ; wicks, .43 ; broom, 1,00, washing-machine, 12,50 ; yeast, .12 ; lantern, 1,10, bags, .30 ; coffee, 2,40 ; peas, .99 ; phosphate, 7,98, crockery, 1,14 ; turnip seed, .70 ; blacking, .08, oyster shells, .10 ; clothes and cloth, 24,18,


1 81


5 99


2 41


13 72


11 67


1 92


scythes, 2,62 ; sponge, .10 ; grass seed, 7,37,


10 09


starch, .28 ; mop handle, 12 ; blueing, .06, veal, 2,84 ; cream tartar, .75,


3 59


ox work, 4,00 ; use of bull, 4,50 ; cider, .90,


9 40


Mr. and Mrs. Abel Farrar, for their services, one year, 375 00


Samuel Hosmer, for making report to Board of State Charities, and report to, the town, 5 00 Do., for services as overseer of the poor, 8 00 Joseph Noyes, services as overseer, 8 00


8 00


$1,802 34


Simon Tuttle, 66


24 28


46


14


Amount of inventory, April 1st, 1869, Interest on farm,


1,486 65 239 40


$3,528 39


Total amount of receipts, $2,566 93


Amount of inventory, April 1st, 1870, 1,408 10


$3,975 03


$446 64


Victualling travellers, $29 00


Cash on hand, April 1st, 1870,


$446 64


Cash from treasury, for oxen,


275 00


Income above expenses,


Loss of a cow, $75,00.


$171 64


Whole number of persons (exclusive of travellers) supported in the almshouse, 5 ; average number, 3 4-5 ; present number, 3.


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SAMUEL HOSMER, Overseers JOSEPH NOYES, of Poor.


SIMON TUTTLE,


ACTON, April 1, 1870.


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN 1869.


No. Date of Birth. Name of Child and Parents' Names.


1. Jan. 30, Walter Clifton Gardner, son of George and Violette F. Gardner.


2. Feb. 22, Ora Josephine Cobleigh, daughter of Ephraim and Harriet E. Cobleigh.


3. Feb. 25, Jennie Robbins, daughter of Levi H. and Mary C. Robbins.


4. Feb. 27, Abby Pitman Colman, daughter of George W. and Louise M. Colman.


5. March 2, Susie Mary Davis, daughter of Alvin A. and Mary T. Davis.


6. March 27, George Cresswell Warren, son of George H. and . Rebecca N. Warren.


7. April 14, Emily Bertha Hosmer, daughter of Horace R. and Carrie H. Hosmer.


8. May 17, Robert Gardner Reed, son of Isaac G. and Jane Maria Reed.


9. May 25, Hattie May Robbins, daughter of Simon and Nancy D. Robbins.


10. May 26, Mary Ella King, daughter of Francis and Mary King. 11. June 5, Evelyn Stanwood Fletcher, daughter of Edwin and Susan Fletcher.


12. June 22, Otis Moody Cutler, son of Nathaniel E. and Sarah A. Cutler.


13. Aug. 4, Bessie Florence Winckley, daughter of John S. and Rose Winckley.


14. Aug. 21, Charles A. Fletcher, son of Aaron S. and Sarah T. Fletcher.


15. Aug. 24, Annie W. Brackett, daughter of William H. and Ellen L. Brackett.


16. Aug. 30, Mattie F. Randolph, daughter of E. L. F. and Hattie A. Randolph.


17. Sept. 4, Lilla May Teel, daughter of William H. and Mary E. Tcel.


18. Sept. 26, Ernest Elwood Wetherbee, son of D. James and Augusta A. Wetherbee.


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19. Oct. 2, Mary Florence Fletcher, daughter of Aaron J. and Mary E. Fletcher.


20. Oct. 30, Lilla Alice Thompson, daughter of Albert S. and Martha A. Thompson.


21. Oct. 31, Frank Ellis. Fiske, son of James W. and Maria Fiske.


22. Oct. 31, Hannah Hayes, daughter of Michael and Mary Hayes.


23. Nov. 11, Emma Estelle Knowlton, daughter of George W. and Angie H. Knowlton.


24. Dec. 17, Lizzie Hannon, daughter of Michael and Mary A. Hannon.


25. Dec. 22, Mary Augusta Davis, daughter of William B. and S. Maria Davis.


26. Dec. 23, Emma Augusta Hartwell, daughter of Henry and Augusta H. Hartwell.


27. Dec. 27, Henry Bertram Going, son of Myron F. and Maria W. Going.


28. Dec. 30, Susie Lillian Kallock, daughter of Isaac M. and Sa- lome C. Kallock.


Males, 8 ; females, 20 ; total, 28.


Nov. 21, 1868, Nina Eloise Taylor, daughter of Thomas and Martha A. Taylor.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN ACTON IN 1869.


No. Date of Marriage. Names of Parties.


1. Jan. 1, Mr. Frederick C. Nash, of Columbia Falls, Me., and Miss Clara H. Hapgood, of Acton.


2. Jan. 21, Mr. Luther Conant and Miss S. Augusta Davis, both of Acton.


3. Jan. 24, Mr. Oliver C. Wyman, of Acton, and Mrs. Hannah Frost, of Lowell.


4. March 4, Mr. Zenas Folger, of Waltham, and Miss Ora A. Hosmer, of Acton.


5. April 4, Mr. Oscar E. Preston and Miss Mary Sophia Fuller, both of Acton.


6. April 8, Mr. Augustine Hosmer and Miss Susie H. Richard- son, both of Acton.


7. April 29, Mr. Varnum Tuttle, of Acton, and Mrs. Mary M. Jordan, of Worcester.


8. May 16, Mr. George McWhirter and Miss Maria G. Holmes, both of Concord.


9. Sept. 2, Mr. Addison B. Wheeler, of Acton, and Mrs. Berin- tha W. Sawyer, of Westford.


10. Sept. 9, Mr. Sylvanus R. Hunt and Miss Marion M. Sears, both of Acton.


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11. Sept. 20, Mr. Henry S. Hapgood, of Acton, and Hattie M. Webster, of Marlborough.


12. Nov. 11, Mr. Henry Brooks and Mrs. Julia A. Munroe, both of Acton.


13. Nov. 17, Mr. John W. Kittredge, of South Groton, and Miss Ellen Franklin Taft, of Acton.


14. Nov. 18, Mr. Alfred A. Whitcomb, of Boxborough, and Miss Seraphina Moore, of Stow.


15. Nov. 21, Mr. Lowell A. Jones and Miss Sarah A. Parmenter, both of Acton.


16. Nov. 25, Mr. Julian Tuttle and Miss Hannah E. Livermore, both of Acton.


17. Nov. 25, Mr. Henry T. Billings, of Worcester, and Miss Emma F. Flagg, of Acton.


DEATHS IN ACTON IN 1869.


No. Date of Death. Names and Age.


1. Jan. 12, John W. Haggerty, son of William and Catherine Haggerty, aged 1 yr. 6 mos.


2. Jan. 29, Mr. Nathaniel S. Adams, aged 56 yrs. 9 mos.


3. Jan. 30, George Adams, son of Nathaniel S. and Louisa W. Adams, aged 17 yrs. 11 mos.


4. March 4, Susan Fiske, daughter of Robert and Susan Fiske, aged 5 yrs. 5 mos.


5. March 7, Emma E. Fiske, daughter of Robert and Susan Fiske, aged 9 mos. 12 days.


. 6. March 7, Herbert C. Fiske, son of Robert and Susan Fiske, aged 2 yrs. 8 mos.


7. March 10, Mrs. Sophia H. Taylor, wife of Mr. Silas Taylor, aged 77 yrs.


8. March 12, Jennie Robbins, daughter of Levi H. and Mary C. Robbins, aged 15 days.


9. March 15, Miss Hattie S. Decoster, aged 21 yrs. 9 mos. 27 days.


10. March 16, Mr. Ebenezer W. Hayward, aged 56 yrs. 6 mos.


11. March 16, Mr. Albert Adams, son of Nathaniel S. and Louisa W. Adams, aged 24 yrs.


12. March 20, Irving A. Flagg, son of Isaac T. and E. Maria Flagg, aged 13 yrs. 3 days.


13. July 9, Mr. Moses Treadwell, aged 60 yrs. 3 mos.


14. July 17, Mrs. Mary E. Conant, wife of Mr. John Conant, aged 46 yrs. 6 mos. 9 days.


15. Aug. 6, Mrs. Nancy Estabrook, wife of Mr. Joseph Estabrook, aged 44 yrs. 2 mos. 6 days.


16. Aug. 16, Mrs. Damaris Handley, aged 63 yrs. 2 mos.


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17. Aug. 16, Titus Williams, aged 63 yrs.


18. Aug. 22, Miss Ella E. Whitcomb, daughter of Joel HI. and Eliza J. Whitcomb, aged 18 yrs. 6 mos. 6 days.


-19. Sept. 3, Miss Rhoda S. Walker, aged 20 yrs. 8 mos. 9 days. 20. Sept. 22, Mrs. Mary T. Davis, wife of Mr. Alvin A. Davis, aged 32 yrs. 6 mos. 9 days.


21. Oct. 18, Delmar G. Barker, son of Henry and Louisa M. Bar- ker, aged 4 yrs.


22. Nov. 16, Dr. Charles Little, aged 32 yrs. 9 mos.


23. Nov. 17, Mrs. Mary Ann Wood, wife of William F. Wood, aged 41 yrs. 6 mos. 19 days.


24. Dec. 7, Miss Abbie Holden, aged 41 yrs.


25. Dec. 11, Alice G. Gardner, daughter of George and Violette F. Gardner, aged 5 yrs. 9 mos. 11 days.


26. Dec. 17, Mr. William M. Gilmore, aged 59 yrs.


27. Dec. 22, Mrs. Lovisa Randall, aged 85 yrs. 3 mos.


WILLIAM D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.


ACTON, March 18, 1870.


REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.


WEST CEMETERY.


DR.


4


To cash on hand, February, 1869,


$10 96


7 lots sold,


7 00


grass,


1 00


66 10 loads loam,


1 25


$20 21


. CR.


By cash paid Ira Stockwell, labor,


$15 00


for teaming,


3 45


" on hand, February, 1870,


1 76


$20 21


CHARLES HASTINGS,


For the Committee.


EAST CEMETERY.


DR.


To cash received for 6 lots sold,




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