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Grammar.
Rev. J. Fletcher,
Grammar,
Grammar,
A. W. Packard.
Grammar,
FALL TERM.
O. A. Hopkins,
15
FINANCIAL REPORT.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Drawn from the treasury, $707 00
Received from the town of Stow, 16 00
for grass, 1 50
Balance from last year, 109 39
$833 89
Paid teachers, $680 00
for fuel and preparing it, 47 53
for care of house and furnace, 41 45
for cleaning school house, wash-
ing curtains, for brooms, crayons and ink, 15 50
Paid for desk books,
5 11
Balance on hand,
44 30
$833 89
C. A. HARRINGTON, Committee. WEST SCHOOL.
Drawn from the treasury, $707 00
Balance from last year, 18 75
$725 75
Paid teachers, 580 00
for fuel, for preparing it, &c.,
73 52
" care of house, 45 00
" incidentals, broom, pail, re-
pairing erasers, crayons, waste bas- kets, ink, and desk books,
12 28
Balance on hand, 14 95
$725 75
C. B. STONE, Committee.
CENTER SCHOOL.
Drawn from the treasury,
$697 00
Balance from last year, 117 88
$814 88
Paid teachers,
$645 75
66 for fuel.
60 82
. 6 ·· care of house,
38 00
.. "· incidentals,
15 66
16
Balance on hand,
54 65
$814 88 L. CONANT, Committee.
NORTH SCHOOL.
Drawn from the treasury,
$320 00
Balance from last year, 26 64
$346 64
Paid teachers,
$260 00
for fuel, preparing it, &c.,
35 43
" care of house, &c.,
12 57
Balance on hand,
38 64
$346 64
J. W. LOKER, Committee.
EAST SCHOOL.
Drawn from the treasury,
$320 00
Balance from last year, 30 59
$350 59
Paid to teachers,
$295 00
for fuel, .
34 76
for incidentals,
3 73
for care of house,
12 00
Balance on hand,
5, 10
$350 59
D. J. WETHERBEE, Committee. SOUTH EAST.
Drawn from the treasury, $185 00
$185 00
Paid teacher,
$165 00
for fuel,
15 25
for erasers and crayons,
2 00
for care of house,
2 75
$185 00
W. S. JONES, Committee.
Amount raised by the town for schools,
$2,500 00
Income from State school fund, 183 73
Income from dog fund, 171 86
Total, -- $2,855 59 Number of children reported by the Assessors between the ages of five and fifteen, 289. Sum appropriated by the town for each scholar, $8 65.
REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OTHER OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Acton,
FROM
FEB. 26, 1878, TO FEB. 26, 1879,
INCLUDING THE
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN 1878, 0,
ALSO THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
ACTON : PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE ACTON PATRIOT, SOUTH ACTON. 1879.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1879.
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TOWN CLERK. William D. Tuttle.
SELECTMEN.
Daniel J. Wetherbee,
Charles B. Stone. John White,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Elisha H. Cutler, John White. Frank Hosmer.
ASSESSORS.
William D. Tuttle,
Phineas Wetherbee.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Daniel Wetherbee, Charles Wheeler, Abram H. Jones.
George R. Keyes, O. W. Mead.
FENCE VIEWERS.
John Fletcher, 2d, John R. Houghton. Nahum C. Reed.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
Levi W. Stevens, Ed. F. Richardson,
Francis Dwight, Geo. H. Harris.
Chas. B. Stone. Wm. B. Davis,
Elbridge Robbins; E. J. Robbins.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD.
Chas. B. Stone.
Lucius S. Hosmer, E. J. Robbins, Wm. B. Davis,
S. L. Dutton. Jona. W. Loker, Geo. H. Harris,
Geo. H. Warren. Moses E. Taylor,
Henry D. Parlin.
SURVEYORS OF HOOPS AND STAVES.
David M. Handley,
Jos. Dolo, Wm. Reed.
FIELD DRIVERS.
Dr. C. B. Sanders.
Geo. R. Keyes, Chas. L. Beck.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
John Fletcher, Jr., Joseph F. Cole, William W. Davis.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
George F. Flagg, J. W. Loker,
Luther Conant, D. J. Wetherbee.
C. B. Stone, W. S. Jones.
F. P. WOOD, Superintendent of Schools.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Appropriations and Receipts.
Unexpended balance of last year, Regular Town Grant,
$3,717 09
8,000 00
60
for Highways,
1,500 00
66 66
" Schools, 2,500 00
State Tax,
720 00
County “
520 10
Overlayings,
476 20
Liquor Licenses,
351 00
Cash of Daniel Harris,
500 00
Mt. Hope Cemetery,
15 00
Corporation Tax,
397 94
National Bank Tax,
501 47
State Aid to Jan. 1, 1878,
96 00
Cash of Chas. Wheeler,
9 00
Town Hall Receipts,
79 17
Woodlawn Cemetery,
38 83
Town of Weston, burial of R. Fisk,
26 00
State School Fund,
182 37
Dog Fund, 176 40
$19,806 57
Support of Schools.
Paid C. B. Stone, West District, $681 21
C. A. Harrington, So. " 681 21
Luther Conant, Centre " 676 37
981
4
Paid I. W. Flagg, East District, 308 11
G. H. Harris, North " 308 11
W. S. Jones, So. East .'
200 00
$2,855 01
Repairs on Town Buildings.
Paid Luther Conant, Centre School House, $15 96
I. W. Flagg, East 66 66 2 64
L. U. Holt-
Furnace and Pipe for Town Hall, 20 87
Labor, 1 25
16 feet Pipe for West School House. 2 00
8 Elbows,
1 00
2 1bs. Galvanized Pipe,
40
3 lbs. Zinc. 27
Labor, 2 00
G. L. Towne .--
Repairs on West School House,
11 65
$58 04
Repairs on Highways.
Paid A. H. Jones, Breaking Roads, 1878, $22 39
H. Haynes.
2 47
J. Fletcher, . .
.. ٤٠ 10 00
J. C. Wheeler,
6 74
G. A. Hayward, “
3 15
G. R. Keyes,
3 00
F. H. Whitcomb, “
1877-78, 8 60
Willows for setting, 5 00
Chas. Wheeler, repairs on J. McCarthy's road. 14 00
Chas. Wheeler, Breaking Roads, 1878, 7 80
A Bullette,
66
7 73
Edwin Tuttle,
66 9 15
Samuel Hosmer,
3 34
Luke Tuttle,
66 6 90
₹
5
Paid Nahum Littlefield, Breaking Roads, 1878, 1 60 Moses Taylor,
66 3 15 J. E. Billings, Repairing Washout near I. W. Flagg's, 12 75
J. E. Billings, Railing Highways, 36 51
Silas Conant, 27 83
Daniel Harris, Repairing Bridge near I. W. Flagg's, 2 50
Daniel Harris, Iron, Sharpening Drilis, and Posts for Rails, 25 27
D. J. Wetherbee, Iron for Railings, 17 56
J. E. Reed, Lumber
66 44 43
George Chandler, Breaking Roads, 1878, 9 60
$291 47
Regular Highway Work.
A. II. JONES, SURVEYOR.
For 67 3-4 Days Work at 2 00, $135 50
56 1-4 66 66 oxen at 2 00, 112 50
113 1-2
66
horses at 1 00, 113 50
64 1-4 66
L. Jones, at 1 50,
96 37
52 1-4
A. Cole,
78 38
64 1-4
D. Cronan, 96 37
24 1-2
66
W. P. Wilbur,
36 74
3 1-2 66
Bulette,
5 25
11-2 66
Murphy,
2 25
2
Quinlan,
3 00
1
٤٠
66
HI. Lewis,
1 50
6 3-4
D. Rynn,
1120
Lumber for Railings, 5 53
Sluiceways, Plank, Scraper, &c., 9 74
$706 75
CHARLES WHEELER, SURVEYOR.
For 68 1-4 Days Work, at 2.00,
136 50
56 3-4
66 oxen, at 2.00, 113 50
127 66 horses, at 1.00, 127 00
6
For 60 1-4 days work, C. H. Wheeler, 1.50, 90 38
75 1-4 " 66 A. Smith, 112 89
57 3-4 66 J. Waldron, 86 63
15 3-4
66 T. Donahue, 23 63
1 6 !
Silas Conant, 1 50
19
E. O'Neal, 1.00, 19 00
9 1-4
1.25, 11 56
4
66 66
Moses Taylor, 1,50, 6 00
1-5
G. T. Knowlton, 25
Powder,
9 50
Fuse,
1 80
Scraper,
6 25
44 lbs. Castings,
2 67
S. A. Guilford, Blacksmithing.
65
D. Harris, 66
4 34
E. A. Phalen. 66
6 53
Scraper Plate,
6 50
Planks,
1 50
Luther Conant, use of Plow,
50
$769 08
By Order of County Commissioners.
Paid Wm. Reed, for Stone Bounds,
$6 00
A. H. Jones, work on So. Acton Road, 670 55
Chas. Wheeler, do. 392 92
A. C. Piper, Railings for "
5 00
$1,074 47
Support of Poor.
Paid E. H. Cutler, balance due Town Farm April 1, 1878, $301 43
E. H. Cutler, on account expenses the present year, 164 50
E. H. Cutler, for support of- '
Clara Wheeler, 321 61
John Carney, 115 27
George J. Dole, 26 71
7
John Dakin, 63 00
Traynor Family, 83 36
Burial expense of Traynor child, 1876, 11 00
Lucy Oliver, 6 24
Sarah B. Child,
13 50
Patrick Sullivan,
2 00
Lucy Hosmer,
6 25
Michael McMurphy,
8 00
Levi Chamberlin,
13 52
Betsey Chaffin,
163 75
Burial expense of Robert Fisk,
26 00
Journey to Needham, respecting G. J. Dole, 3 00
W.F.Whitney 3 00
Boston respecting J. Carney, 1 50
Worcester
": Clara Wheeler, 3 50
Stationery and Postage, 75
$1,337 89
Town Debt.
Paid Joseph Noyes, Note and Interest, $213 33
Concord Bank, "
3,606 75
Daniel Harris,
500 00
$4,320 08
State Aid.
Paid R. C. Wright,
$48 00
Hattie W. Wilder,
48 00
$96 00
Indigent Soldiers' Aid.
Paid William Reed,
$42 00
W. F. Wood,
70 00
Benj. Skinner,
22 00
E. H. Cutler for B. Skinner,
47 12
« J. Carney,
140 97
Allen Smith, 8 00
$330 09
8
Cemetery Expenses.
Paid John Fletcher, Jr., for labor and ma- terial for Woodlawn, $168 38
R. R. Fletcher, Trees, 63 00
John Blood, Hay for mulching trees, 10 90
Ai Robbins, Building Wall, 223 10
Silas Conant, Labor, 76 12
Calvin Harris, Mud,
2 50
J. F. Rouillard, Stone,
8 00
J. F. Cole, Labor, Mount Hope, 40 50
Seats, 10 61
$603 11
Town Officers.
Paid F. P. Wood, Supt. Schools, 1877-78. 850 00 Reuben L. Reed, Sealer Weights and Measures, 1876-1877, 20 00
Francis Dwight, Collector Taxes, 1877, 50 00
F. P. Wood, Supt. Schools in part, 1878, 45 00 P. Wetherbee, Assessor, 30 00
A. C. Handley,
25 00
Wm. D. Tuttle,
30 00
66 Town Clerk,
25 00
D. J. Wetherbee, Selectman,
70 00
John White, 66
45 00
C. B. Stone, 45 00
Francis Dwight, Supt. Burials, 1878, 81 00
$516 00
Interest ou Town Debt.
Paid J K. Putney,
$39 00
I. T. Flagg,
12 00
Concord Bank,
105 00
F. Rouillard,
150 00
Philip Peters,
24 00
Mary P. Hosmer,
60 00
Daniel Harris,
48 00
9
Paid D. J. Wetherbee,
34 51
Joseph Noyes,
60 00
Calvin Harris,
12 00
J. Piper,
36 00
J. E. Billings,
201 96
Harriet Davis,
30 00
Daniel Harris,
10 17
David M. Handley,
180 00
G. H. Harris,
6 00
Sarah C. Noyes,
48 00
Thomas F. Noyes,
24 00
Luther Billings,
24 00
$1,104 6
Miscellaneous.
Paid H. M. Smith, Repairing Town Clock, 5 50
M. Coffee, Damage received on highway, 20 00 C. W. Leach, printing 500 Selectmen's Reports, 17 00
C. W. Leach, יו 12 Warrants, 1 25
14 1 50
6:
Town Reports, 55 00
W. W. Worster, Repairing Hearse, 7 75
F. P. Wood, School Books for poor children, 1 25
Dr. Dwight Russell, Black Bass for stocking Magog Pond, 136 25
Waldo Littlefield, Painting, 21 00
J. Cole, digging well, 36 00
C. B. Stone, brick, cement, pump and platform, 46 81
D. J. Wetherbee, license blanks, 1 50
order 1 25
screens for Town House, 5 40
coal 66 21 45
lease of Magog Pond, 10 00 recording By-Laws, 3 90
10
Paid I. W. Flagg, iron for railings, Wm. D. Tuttle, express, 1 95 66 " laying avenues East Cemetery, 4 50
66
registering deed So. school, ' 1 95
postage and stationery, 1 97
66
66 setting glass and screens
in Town House cellar, 1 46
journey to Concord, election returns, 1 50
66
66
journey to Boston, Tax Commissioners, 1 50
66
66
recording 23 births, 11 50
10 marriages, 1 50
66
30 deaths, 5 00
A. C. Handley, 2 Assessors' books,
J. W. Fiske, opening Town Hall 39 times, 29 25
“ care of clock,
10 00
" " cellar, 3 00
66 repairing clock, 1 40
66
66 labor cleaning vault, &c., 1 90
express on chimneys, 25
=
stove for Lower Hall,
8 00
66
1 barrel oil, 10 63
66
1 cord of wood, 5 50
66
cutting same, 2 00
6.
66
cleaning Hall,
2 00
" 2 combs, 15
matches,
10
S. Robbins, 1 day's work on Town House, 1 50 66 lumber, 2 22
E. Forbush, burying horse and remov- ing rubbish, 1 75
Francis Dwight, Tax Book, 1 00
66
enforcing dog law, 4 50
9 44
42
66
11
Francis Dwight, making returns of 26 deaths, 6 50
coffin and burial ex-
pense of A. S. Bergendahl, 15 00
$542 15
Receipts from February 26, 1878, to February 26, 1879. Unexpended balance as per report of Feb. 26, 1878, $3,717 09
Appropriations and Receipts,
16,089 48
$19,806 57
Expenditures.
Support of Schools,
$2,855 01
Repairs on Town Buildings,
58 04
" Highways,
291 47
Regular Highway Work,
1,475 83
By Order of County Commissioners,
1,074 47
Support of Poor,
1,337 89
Town Debt,
4,320 08
State Aid,
96 00
Indigent Soldiers' Aid,
330 09
Cemetery Expenses,
603 11
Town Officers,
516 00
Interest on Notes,
1,104 64
Miscellaneous,
542 15
State Tax,
720 00
County Tax,
520 10
State Treasurer, Liquor Licenses,
87 75
Francis Dwight, Discount, 1878,
689 55
$16,622 18
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 26, 1879,
$3,184 39
Town Debt. Notes.
Daniel Harris, $819 33 595 41
D. J. Wetherbee,
12
J. E. Billings,
3,440 96
I. T. Flagg,
105 41
Calvin Harris,
202 63
Luther Billings,
405 49
J. K. Putney,
686 94
Joseph Barker,
1,019 24
J. A. Piper,
205 16
D. M. Handley,
3,046 50
Philip Peters,
1,570 70
J. A. Piper,
404 66
G. H. Harris,
100 00
Frederic Rouillard,
2,606 69
Sarah C. Noyes,
800 .00
Thomas F. Noyes,
400 00
M. P. Hosmer,
1,039 33
Harriet Davis,
506 41
$17,954 86
Amount due from State Aid, $96 00
66 6 !
Indigent Soldiers' Aid, 330 09
" Town Treasurer,
3,184 39
$3,610 48
Balance against the Town,
$14,344 38
D. J. WETHERBEE, ) Selectmen JOHN WHITE, of
CHAS. B. STONE, Acton.
ACTON, Feb. 26, 1879.
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REPORT OF THE
RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES
AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN ACTON, For the Year Ending April Ist, 1879.
ARTICLES ON HAND APRIL 1, 1879.
10 cows,
$425 00 380 lbs salt pork,
$38 00
1 horse,
115 00 1 pork barrel,
1 50
13 tons hay,
195 00 Vinegar,
5 50
Husks,
2 00 Salt pickles,
1 00
550 lbs. cotton meal,
6 60 Beets,
1 00
400 lbs. meal,
4 00 Soap.
1 80
500 lbs. shorts,
4 25 110 lbs. lard,
11 00
60 bush. corn,
36 00 Butter,
2 00
Bags,
3 00 20 lbs. tea,
6 80
Calfskin,
75.Flour,
3 00
3 shoats,
18 00 Salt,
50
30 hens,
15 00 Spices,
30
Lumber,
10 00 Candles,
25
40 barrels,
4 50 Crackers,
75
Boxes,
1 00 10 lbs. dried apples,
80
15 bbl. apples,
15 00 Oyster shells,
30
70 bush. potatoes,
56 00
100 lbs. ham,
11 00
$1057 60
RECEIPTS FROM TOWN FARM 1878.
Received for milk,
$575 54 Received for eggs,
$2 12
apples.
685 15
potatoes,
98 90
Bowker fund, 25 00
tobacco,
1 60
יר cows, 123 00
butter,
6 32
66 boarding B. Skinner, 47 12 M. C. Murphy, 4 00
poultry,
4 34
berries,
12 00
calves, 7 50
$1,592 59
1 00
12 cords wood cut for stove, 60 00/Sugar,
14
EXPENSES.
Paid for tea,
$24 79 Paid for soap,
$2 68
cloth and clothing,
63 52
almanac,
06
crackers,
31 66
rope,
08
cream tartar,
3 30
printers' ink,
1 27
sugar,
32 92
seeds,
43
tobacco,
13 52
twine,
24
fish,
11 65
cheese,
7 31
pails,
45
sal soda,
10
axes,
1 70
Bristol brick,
10
coffee,
3 12
clothes pins,
20
crockery,
1 99
vinegar,
50
peas,
1 03
oat meal,
1 20
yeast,
96
jug,
20
axe helves,
92
shoes,
9 44
spices,
2 94
phosphate,
26 25
beans,
4 13
whetstone,
08
mustard,
90
blueing,
20
dried apple,
4 68
oil can,
67
Paris green,
1 90
sage,
45
brush,
15
cards,
45
malt,
40
shovel,
56
faucet,
06
shells,
68
brooms,
1 05
eggs,
1 00
mops,
50
expres marketing,
13 10
chimneys,
80
labor,
230 70
shade,
25
boxes,
30
butter,
67 29
washing fluid,
30
prunes,
36
cushion,
1 75
spoons,
1 27
cash rendered paup's, 2 75
onions,
1 15
tinware,
2 31
starch,
11
straw,
50
grain,
344 58
use of team,
14 75
meat.
84 14
stove,
18 00
wicks,
26
blankets for tramp
oil
8 79
room,
13 50
corks,
40
butchering,
4 00
snuff.
32
barrels,
125 75
nails,
2 38
castings,
3 75
apple header,
1 17
cider,
3 52
mustard,
2 05
repairing shoes,
2 07
sulphur,
08
harness,
2 75
baskets,
1 92
pump,
2 00
paper,
15
.6
lantern,
1 00
flour,
74 05
pasturing cows,
27 00
molasses,
9 10
cows,
100 00
15
Paid for saleratus,
1 10|Paid for axe,
90
salt,
5 89
pigs, 9 00
rice,
1 12
blacksmith bill, 13 18
corn starcb,
24
Dr. Sanders' bill, 13 25
raisins,
88
coffin and robe for Sarah Bowker, 13 00
glycerine,
30
chalk,
02
services of N. S. Brooks, 350 00
lemons,
58
lard,
1 14
candles,
1 50
services of E. H. Cutler, 50 00
sweet potatoes,
1 80
John White. 10 00
medicine,
4 16
Thomas P. Sawyer, 3 00
rye meal,
25
saltpetre,
32
$1,079 01
Total amount of Expenditures,
Receipts,
1,592 59
Deficiency,
$326 55
Balance due as per report of the Overseers of the Poor,
. April 1, 1878,
301 43
$627 98
Drawn from the Treasurer balance due
April 1, 1878,
$301 43
Drawn from the Treasurer for use on farm 1878-1879,
164 50
465 93
Balance due April 1, 1879
$162 05
Deficiency,
S326 55
Interest on farm,
240 00
$566 55
Victualing 372 tramps at 40 cents,
148 80
Cost of supporting poor on farm,
$417 75
Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps, supported in Alms house, 8 ; average number, 6 ; present number, 6.
ELISHA H. CUTLER, OVERSEERS JOHN WHITE, OF
THOMAS P. SAWYER, POOR.
$1,919 14
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT FOR 1878.
Births in Acton in 1878.
No. Date of birth. Name of child. Names of parents.
1. Jan. 31, Rebecca Bradley, daughter of Dennis and Hannah Bradley.
2. Feb. 12, James O'Neil, son of Patrick and Hannah O'Neil.
3. Feb. 24, Edward Wellington Rich, son of Edward S. and M. Alice Rich.
1. Mar. 10, Edna Augusta Knowlton, daughter of George T. and Clara E. Knowlton'.
5. Mar. 15, Bertha May Newton, daughter of Theron F. and Anna A. Newton.
G. Mar. 18, Joseph Dennis Donahue, son of Timothy and Bridget Donahue.
7. Mar. 24, Frank Herman Tuttle, son of Julian and Hannah E. Tuttle.
8. May 4, William Peters, son of Philip and Margaret Peters.
9. May 8, Thomas Manion, son of Thomas and Mary M. Manion.
10. May 25, George W. Potter, son of George and Lizzie Potter.
11. July 20, Frank Jones, son of William S. and Laura A. Jones.
12. July 25, Frank Elbridge Hapgood, son of Hiram J. and Augusta A. Hapgood.
13. July 25, Bertha Jane Parker, daughter of Edwin C. and Hannah H. Parker.
14. Aug. 27, Sheldon Ellsworth Littlefield, son of Hanson A. and Florence M. Littlefield.
15. Sept. 8, Florence Ethel Wayne, daughter of Robert and Lizzie A. Wayne.
16. Sept. 14, John Albert Hayward, son of George A. and Susan E. Hayward.
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17. Sept. 27. Avis Vesta Fowler, daughter of Loring N. and Addie M. Fowler.
18. Sept 29, Augustine Bradford Conaut, son of Luther and S. Au- gusta Conant.
19. Oct. 22, Sara A. Wood, daughter of Rev. Franklin P. and Abby O. Wood.
20. Oct. 25, Jacob H. Dockendorff, son of Jacob and Marthu A. Dockendorff.
21. Nov. 4. Thomas Warren Elliott, son of George W. and H. Isa- bella Elliott.
22. Nov. 10, Albert E. Willis, son of Edward and Ora Annie Willis.
23. Nov. 24, Carl Markland Worcester, son of Charles E. and Louise S. Worcester.
Marriages Recorded in Acton in 1838.
No. Date of Marriage. Names and residence of parties
1. Jan. 16. Mr. Daniel Collins and Miss Julia A. Crocket both of Acton.
2. June 19, Mr Edwin M. Wheeler of Boston, and Miss Ellen G. Hoar of Acton.
3. Aug. 10, Mr. George W. Barnard of Stow, and Miss Catherine Doody of Harvard.
4. Sept. 4, Dr. Charles B. Sanders and Miss Lizzie S. Taylor, both of Acton.
5. Sept. 8, Mr. Frank Marshall and Miss Ada I. Jones, both of Acton.
6. Oct. 16, Mr. Robert C. Dickinson of Groton, and Miss Laura J. Hosmer of Acton.
7. Nov. 13, Mr Charles L. Beck of Acton, and Miss Lulu Adelaide Proctor of Needham.
8. Dec. 4, Mr. Walter H. Whitney of Boston and Miss Georgia E. Tuttle of Acton.
9. Dec. 13, Mr. Charles D. Griggs of Acton, and Mrs. Sarah Jane Jewett of Groton.
10. Dec. 20, Mr. George R. Keyes of Acton, and Miss Mayetta E. Tubbs of Gillsum. N. H.
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Deaths in Acton in ISZ8.
No. Date of Death.
Names and Ages of Deceased.
1. Jan. 8, Mr. Charles F. Richardson, aged 62 years, 4 months, 23 days.
2. Jan. 9, Eva Bassett, daughter of Joseph R. and Clara Bassett, aged 4 years, 11 months, 6 days.
3. Jan 28, Howard W. Hesselton, son of Lucius A. and Martha F. Hesseltoo, aged 2 months, 5 days.
Feb. 1, Mabel E. Stone, daughter of Charles B. and Marietta C. Stone, aged 6 years, 2 months. 2 days.
5. Feb. 21, Mr. William Shattuck, aged 85 years, 9 months, 26 days. Mar. 10, Mrs. Harriet Tuttle, widow of Francis Turile. Esq., aged 82 years, G mouth-, G days.
7. Mar. 12, Mr. Archibald Turpening, aged 26 years.
Mar. 12. Mr. Lowell Foster, aged 27 years.
April 4, Mr. Robert Fiske, aged 64 years, 2 months, 15 days.
10. April 10, Mrs. Henriette C. Cummings, wif of Mr. M. B. C. Cummings, aged 39 years, 11 months, 23 days.
11. April 10, Mr. Lorenzo C. Andrews, aged 54 years, 8 days
12. June 12, Mr. A. S. Bergendahl. agel about 60 years.
13. July 14, Marietta Morin, daughter of Joseph C. and Lucy D. Morin, aged 10 months.
14 July 16, Mr. Nathan Chaffin, aged 77 years, 6 months, 17 days.
15. Ang. 8, Charles Edwin Nelson, son of Oscar and Mary Ann Nel- son, aged 2 years, 4 month, 18 days.
16. Sept. 5, Mr. Leonard Bulette, aged 40 years. 7 months, 26 days.
17. Sept. 17, Mrs. Martha A. Conant, wife of Francis Conant. aged 46 years, 9 months, 2 days.
18. Sept. 21, Deacon Albert Hayward, aged 64 years, 7 months.
19. Sept. 24, Bertha Jane Parker, daughter of Edwin C. and Hannah HI. Parker, aged 2 months.
20. Oct. 4, Mr. Thomas Taylor, aged 72 years, 1 month, 24 days.
21. Oct. 11, Mrs. Catherine E. Worster, wife of W. W. Worster, aged 42 years, 10 months, 11 days.
22. Oct. 14, Mr. Philip Peters, aged 45 years.
23. Oct. 19, Mr. Alonzo W. Moore, aged 32 years, 9 months.
24. Oct. 28, Mr. William W. Worster, aged 50 years, 1 month, 17 days.
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25. Nov. 5, Miss Mary M. Withington, aged 57 years, 6 months, 24 days.
26. Nov. 13, Mrs. Sarah F. Bowker, aged 83 years.
27. Nov. 16, Mr. William C. Mansfield, aged 60 years, 2 months, 3 days.
28. Dec. 1, Miss Submit Wheeler, aged 75 years, 3 months, 26 days.
29. Dec. 8, Mrs. Martha T. Davis, wife of William W. Davis, aged 53 years, 5 months, 2 days.
30, Dec. 28, Mrs. Sarah Rouillard, wife of Frederic Rouillard, aged 58 years, 11 months, 1 day.
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NAMES OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1878.
Mrs. Augusta Hoster,
John Temp'e,
Frank Houghton,
Chas. A Harrington.
John We ch.
Jas E. Ric aulson.
Alonzo L. Tuttle.
Daniel Har is,
Joseph Wherren. Lyman C. Tavlo .
Edwin Tarbell.
Geo. R. Kere-,
Francis Dwight 2 ..
Levi Houghton.
John H W. Tufts,
Frank Barker,
E. F. Filler.
James Wa dron.
Danie F. Hayward,
Frank Wetherbee.
Patrick Redding.
Sylvester Haynes
Daniel J. Wekre.
E B. Hooper,
John W Cha ter.
Myron F. Going.
Joseph When I.
Hemy H uson.
A. B. Brown,
Albert Mout n.
Sumber F Red.
Taylor Brothers & Co ..
G o. C. Conant
Luther Conant
Geo V. Head.
John Fletcher Jr .
Aralbole Mead.
Darie Tutle.
William Moore
Joseph Reed.
Walter A. Gilmore
Mrs. H M Beck.
James Hannon
Herbert E Pres.
Au_ stus Fetcher.
Geo H. Shaplev.
Tto. F. Flagg.
Lest r Fletcher,
John D Moulton. Francis Conant. .
Allen Smith Charles Morri-,
Heary Haynes.
Solan A. Robbins,
Isaac Barker,
E vin Tuttle,
M E Tayler . Willie F. Richardson,
Mirs Martha D Ba l.
Charles Handley.
Isaiah S. L-ach,
Geo. C. Wright.
Charles Wheeler,
Frank Mar-ha l. Oscar Preston,
Theron F. Newton, Neil Currie.
John Fletcher & Sons.
Charles Worcester
Aaron S. Fletcher,
Geo W Livermore,
Charles HI. Comnant.
Aaron C. Handley,
H. A. Littlefield,
Henry Brooks. William Tufts.
92 Males at $2.00=$184.00 3 Females at $5.00=$15 00
Tota!, 95 . $199.00
WM. D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk,
Acton, March 15, 1879.
L-vi W. Stearns
H Waldo Tuttle.
Tuttles. Jones & Wether- John White. bee. 2
Robert N. Goouel .
Francis Robbins
Anson C. Piper,
Elnathan Jones, 2,
Cyrus Hayward. Lucius S. Hosmer,
Andrew J. Willis,
Frank E. Harris.
Fan's Prait r. P Going.
Windsor Prat', ip: W- Knowlton.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee *Town of Acton
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR, 1878-9.
To THE CITIZENS OF ACTON : -
In accord with a wise provision of the statutes of this Commonwealth, your School Committee and the Superin- tendent of Schools respectfully submit the following report :
We consider it highly proper that you who appropri- ate the money by which our schools are supported and who commit your children to our schools to be instructed in the most necessary branches of knowledge under our direction, should be fully informed, not only in respect to the particular management of each school in town, but also as to the general principles of the system of education which is practiced in the conduct of all our schools at the present time. For this reason we have endeavored to make this report the farthest possible from being a mere matter of form, to satisfy the technical provision of the statute law, and, in its composition, have endeavored to set before you without any reserve whatever, the principles by which we have been governed in all our actions as re- gards the supervision of the schools of this town, during the past year. Before we enter upon a statement of these principles, we wish to state that we have adopted them as he basis of our actions after much careful reflection and a
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considerable observation of the unsatisfactory or positively harmful results of other methods. We do not claim that our ideas upon common school education are perfect or beyond dispute, but we do claim that they are the result of much thought, of a considerable experience in teaching and of no small amount of observation of the practical conduct of schools.
That our ideas upon this important subject may be before you in the most definite form possible we divide them into topics as follows : 1st-The aim of our Schools. 2d-Methods of Instruction. 3d-Methods of Discipline. 4th-Text Books. 5th-Treatment of Teachers.
THE AIM OF OUR SCHOOLS.
This is a most important topic ; but how few persons there are who are most vitally interested in our schools who ever gave it any serious consideration ! Were the question, "what is the aim of our schools?" to be put to any company of our citizens the answer would be with but few exceptions, "The aim of our schools is to impart knowl- edge to the scholars," and this would be given as a suffi- cient answer. But as we look upon it, this is only a part of what ought to be the beneficial work of our schools. In order that these institutions may be most successful, it is necessary that the matter of self control and mental dis- cipline should not be overlooked. Moreover, it is not the amount of knowledge which a pupil seems to come into possession of that determines his success as a scholar, but it is the thoroughness with which he has learned what he has attempted, especially as regards the fundamental prin- ciples of the branches of knowledge taught, which is the important thing. Take for example a class commencing written arithmetic; if that class in one term can become so versed in the study as to express any number in figures with the most perfect readiness, and can read numbers with a similar facility and can add columns of figures with something of the same ease that an accountant can, that amount of knowledge will be of far more service to him than the comparitively imperfect knowledge of the study which he would have gained in going over a very much larger portion of the book, for he will be able to perform arithmetical processes which he will find it necessary to
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