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L. U. Holt,
1
Charles H. Hodges,
1
Nahum Littlefield.
1
Daniel McCarthy, 2nd,
1
Alonzo L. Tuttle,
1
Mrs. M. D. M. Ball,
1
Mrs. Eliza Haynes,
1
Amos P. Wood,
1
John Temple, transfered from Marlboro,
1
Mead & Stone,
1
Edward Willis,
1
Augustus Fletcher,
1 A. W. Gardner,
1
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee,
3
A. H. Gilmore,
1
J. K. W. Wetherbee,
1
Isaac Barker,
1
Elnathan Jones,
3 John E. Hannon,
1
E. H. Jones,
1
L. E. Reed,
1
David Shapley,
1
Ralph Crooker,
1
E. F. Fuller,
1 John H. Hanaford,
1
Mrs. Daniel Wetherbee,
1 Mrs. Thomas Moore,
1
Charles J. Williams,
1 Charles D. Griggs,
1
Fred Penniman,
1 Delette H. Hall,
1
Sylvester Haynes,
1 John Grimes,
1
Reuben L. Reed,
Frank L. Crosby,
1
Wm. B. Davis,
1 Geo. E. Whittier,
1
Ai Robbins,
1 Isaiah S. Leach,
1
Luke Tuttle,
1 James B. Wheeler, fem.,
1
Aaron J. Fletcher,
1 Chas. B. Sanders,
2
Joel H. Conant,
1 Henry Brooks,
1
Moses A. Reed,
2 Thomas Calder,
1
Edwin W. Taylor,
1 George Pratt, fem., 1
William Barnes,
1
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OWNER.
NO.
OWNER. NO.
Ollie D. Wood,
1 J. E. Scofield.
1
George R. Keyes,
1 Thomas Owens.
1
Frank E. Harris,
1 Francis Pratt,
1
Frederick Rouillard,
1 Frank R. Knowlton.
1
Cyrus Hayward,
1 Mrs. H. M. Beck.
1
Francis Robbins,
1
Edward ()'Neil,
1
J. W. Dupee,
1 Edward Wood,
1
Forbush & Hartwell, fem.,
1 Solon A. Robbins,
1
Charles H. Morris,
1 F. A. Houston,
1
Charles J. Holton,
1 Luther Conant,
1
Wm. H. Teele,
1 Warren Bemis.
1
Fred L. Whitcomb,
1 Charles H. Wheeler, fem., 1
Whole number licensed, 117. Number transferred, 1.
113 males at $2.00, $226.00; 4 females at $5.00, $20.00; Total, $246.00.
WILLIAM D TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
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Report of Receipts and Expenditures at the Almshouse in Acton, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1887.
Articles on hand, February 28, 1886.
7 cows,
$350 00
1 wagon, $95 00
1 horse,
200 00
1 Concord buggy. 25 00
16 tons hay,
320 00
30 lbs. hams. 4 20
1-2 ton mowed rye,
5 00
7 lbs. lard,
75
Shorts and meal,
22 00
4 doz. eggs,
80
185 flour barrels,
33 30
1-2 bushel beans,
1 00
Lot of bags,
7 00
Spices,
50
4 market boxes.
10
1 barrel flour,
5 50
Salt,
30
Crackers,
25
33 hens,
16 50
3 lbs. coffee,
75
70 bushels potatoes. 49 00
2 lbs. tea,
1 00
20 small potatoes, 3 50
Hard soap,
50
6 barrels apples, 9 00
30
17 cords wood, 85 00
1 barrel soap, 4 00
300 lbs. salt pork,
30 00
$1274 55
Receipts from Town Farm,
From March 1, 1886, to March 1, 1887.
Rec'd for Apples, $173 32
Rec'd for Cabbages. $ 50
Milk,
631 32
Pork, 25 02
Calves,
22 50
Eggs, 16 08
Potatoes,
12 46
Cow, 35 00
1 cider barrel. 1 00
Oil,
Coal. 3 00
$916 20
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EXPENSES.
PAID FOR
PAID FOR
Cows.
$95 00
Lantern,
$ 90
Pigs,
10 00
Tea,
18 10
Barrels,
38 57
Lantern burner,
12
Phosphates,
31 06
Tobacco,
88
Hanging paper and whitening rooms,
Butter,
44 60
6 40
Yeast,
1 45
Labor,
171 08
Cloth and clothing.
44 88
Curing hams,
60
Brushes,
1 34
Use of bull,
75
Whetstone.
30
Filing saw,
60
Crackers,
19 85
Use of oxen,
5 00
Molasses,
8 81
Lumber,
53
Cheese,
8 70
Fish,
12 96
Hops,
45
Blacksmith bill,
19 08
Paris green,
50
Soap,
11 80
Cocoa,
17
Meat,
98 19
Hatchet,
75
Grain,
313 82
Salt,
2 00
Trees,
18 00
Wash boiler,
2 00
Repairing chimney,
2 00
Rye meal,
28
L. U. Holt's bill,
8 10
Extracts,
60
Pearline,
1 13
Wood saw,
92
Crockery,
4 28
Sugar,
17 92
Axle,
.25
Raisins,
2 90
Spice,
1 46
Currants,
1 12
Medicine,
6 55
Rake teeth,
2 50
Oil,
2 17
Nails,
95
Pepper,
8 Sponge,
37
Rice,
1 35
Flour,
28 05
Beans,
2 85
Scythes,
80
Brooms,
1 72
Rakes,
54
Tin ware,
2 43
Onions,
1 00
Coffee,
8 32
Cream tartar,
47
Hoc,
50
Tacks,
23
Lemons,
73 Vinegar,
50
Oyster shells,
20
Dried apple,
72
Pails,
1 87
Rolling pin.
20
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PAID FOR
PAID FOR
Graham meal.
$ 1 15
Glass. $
14
Lard,
3 92
Alum. 8
Wall paper.
3 31
Oat meal. 52
Seeds.
17
Hams, 1 56
Saltpetre.
30
White lead.
16
Shelf paper.
3
Curtains and cord. 85
Vinegar,
3 75
Saleratus. 32
Ammonia.
33
Matches.
17
Turpentine.
33
Hominy,
70
Grass seed.
10 88
Shells. 50
Bolts and screws.
27
Postage and stationery, 88
Starch.
84
Butchering. 2 50
Stove polish.
29
Services of Warren Be- mis and wife. 250 00
Baskets,
Services of Luke Blan- chard, 50 00
Spit cup,
12
Lamp wicks. 6
Services of John E. Cut- ter, 40 00
Borax.
15
Wheat.
64
Services of Jona. W.
Ketchup.
40
Loker. 8 00
$1480 86
Expenditures $1.480 86
Receipts 916 20
Income less than expenses. $564 66
Due from treasury to balance account.
$564 66
Interest on farm. 240 00
$804 66
Victualing and lodging 112 tramps at 40 cents each.
44 80
Cost of supporting poor on farm. $759 86
Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps, supported in almshouse, 7 : average number, 4 1-2 ; present number, 6.
LUKE BLANCHARD, JOHN E. CUTTER, JONATHAN W. LOKER. $
Overseers of Poor.
Mustard.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
FOR THE
SCHOOL - YEAR 1886-7.
To the Town of Acton : REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
BY ITS SUPERINTENDENT.
The same Committee, with one exception, makes its report this year, as last, through its Superintendent.
REPORT.
The same policy has been pursued this last year as in the year preceding. All matters pertaining to the interests of our schools have come before the full Committee for action, and, with one exception, entire unanimity has existed between members of the Committee, and between the Committee and its Superinten- dent, and this exception would probably have not been had not there been outside interference.
The establishing of the course of study of the High School during the year preceding, whereby its grade of scholarship was not only established but largely raised from what it was before, opened the way for grading the lessons of the lower schools. This has been done, so that now every study is marked out and the scholars and teachers move in an even course of study from the time of entering the Primary grade till they have passed through the Grammar and High School.
The first graduating class from our High School had their commencement or graduation exercises at the Town hall at the close of the spring term of 1886. The following program will indicate the character of the exercises :
Greeting Song.
School
Prayer.
.
Salutatory and Essay-"Character." · Minnie G. Bassett
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History.
Song-"Home Returning."
Oration-" Education."
Essay-" Over the Alps lies Italy."
Martha C. Pratt Quartette Eugene L. Hall M. Florence Fletcher
Duet-" Witches' Flight. Minnie G. and Blanche M. Bassett Oration-" Have a Purpose." Emery W. Clark Essay-" Conversation as a Fine Art." Carrie L. Shapley
Song-" Anniversary."
Essay-" Ever Onward, ever Upward."
Prophecy.
Martha C. Pratt Eugene L. Hall
Song-(Selected. ) .
Emery W. Clark
Valedictorv. · PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS.
George A. Walton
Address. . Parting Song.
School
The Town hall was crowded and we believe every one was not alone pleased but deeply gratified at the merit shown as the exercises progressed to their finish, and more than ever determined to support that system of education in our town that should main- tain the High School as the fitting complement to the Primary and Grammar grades.
Sickness has interfered with the schools during the year to a large extent. The average membership and attendance table shows the effect of the same.
Still in the South and West Primary and the West Grammar schools, with the High School, every seat has been filled, and there is a need of more seats and no opportunity in the school- rooms to place them. And it is now, as it was last year, urged upon the town, by its School Committee. that it take speedy action to provide for this necessity now before us. The South Primary school with a total membership of fifty-two. and the West with its membership of forty-six, would have presented difficulties that your Committee could not have answered for had not sickness taken many from their desks and thus given room for others. As it was, your Committee had to vote to refuse entrance to scholars until the beginning of the fall term, when some seats would be vacated by the classes going into the next room. This will not relieve the embarrassment, as those desiring to enter are more than those who will be fitted to go into the next grade.
With the High School your Committee had to make arrange- ments with the teachers of the Grammar grades at the North and Centre to take some High School scholars, because there was not
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room enough for all in the school-room at South Acton. This school is in still a worse condition, as one-half of the highest class have concluded to take the four years' course, so that but four or five will graduate this spring, while thirty are reported from the different schools as fitting themselves for and intending to enter the High School in the fall. This will increase the membership of our High School from fifty, which has been its membership since the entering of the last class last fall, to seventy-six for next year. There is no school-room to accommodate such a school in the town, even if one teacher could, with any justice to himself or the scholars, be the tutor of so many scholars covering a four years' course of study embracing seventeen different text books, besides exercises in reading, writing, spelling and rhetorical.
These problems can only be solved, in the opinion of your Committee, by giving assistants to these schools, and specially the High School.
Your Committee again recommend that the town make suit- able arrangements through the School Committee for the trans- portation of scholars to and from the villages where the High School is held in its successive terms. It has pained us to know that children of parents who were unable to provide transporta- tion, or pay for the same, have been denied that which they so much desire, and are fitted for, in that they could not go to the High School.
BOOKS.
But little has been done in the direction of books during the year. The necessity of buying many more new arithmetics was taken advantage of in making a change, which we are confident was for the best.
The same necessity existed as to reading books, and instead of buying the same, or any one series of reading books, for the whole town, the plan of the Superintendent was unanimously adopted of purchasing enough of each of three series for three schools, and at the end of the year change readers, thus giving new readers to each school for three years, this being about the length of time that reading books can be used advantageously.
Your Committee has also voted to put single entry book-keep- ing into the Grammar schools for the highest class, to be studied in connection with, and place of, writing, so that every Grammar
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school scholar will receive training in the elementary principles of book-keeping, even if they do not attend the High School, and fit them for higher attainment in that branch of study if they do enter the High School.
SCHOOLS.
It has been the custom many years for each Committeeman in our town to hire the teacher for his district. During a visit from the agent of the State Board of Education, in making inquiries as to the general school work of the town. this fact was inquired about. and, when known. the Committee was notified that such practice was against the law of the Commonwealth, and that every teacher of the town must be elected by the action of the whole Committee before they could enter upon their work ; oth- erwise the town would run the risk of losing its proportion of the State educational funds. Therefore the Committee as a whole has voted upon the hiring of every teacher in the town during the past year.
There have been a number of changes among the teachers in our schools.
In the South East, by the marriage of the teacher. the school was left vacant at the close of the spring term, and Miss Laura Brown of Littleton, an experienced teacher, was secured for the place.
At North Acton it was deemed best by the Committee to make a change, and during the summer vacation Mr. Joseph Godfrey of Acton, was employed to take the school at its opening in the fall.
In the Centre Grammar Miss Louise Crooker began the year. but gave place to Mr. O. W. Dutton for the winter term. at her own request, she not desiring to keep the school longer. Miss Bessie Ball continues as teacher in the Primary grade, where she has been for so many years.
At East Acton Miss S. A. Wetherbee, who has taught this - school for years, found it needful to take a prolonged rest for her health in the winter, and Miss Evilina Davis and Miss Louise Crooker, successively, were employed as substitutes.
At the South Miss Viola S. Tuttle has continued to be the teacher of the Primary school.
Miss Holmes, who had proven herself to be one of the best of teachers, had some trouble in matters of discipline, and, though
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it was the expressed wish of most of the parents of the scholars to retain her, it was deemed best by the committee to make a change. This was acquiesced in by parents and Committeman, and Miss Fannie Houghton was secured and has held the school since the beginning of the school year.
There has been a change also in the teacher of our High School, and we are convinced it has proven to be for the best in- terests of the school. A. W. Armstrong is now the teacher.
At West Acton Miss C. Lettie Newton continues as the teacher of the Primary school.
As to the Grammar school at West Acton, where Miss S. J. Wyman was teacher, the Committee became aware that she was using methods of punishment that were cruel and could not be allowed by the Committee ; other matters, also, that were not in accord with the policy of the Committee, were continually carried out, and at the close of the spring term the Committee requested the Committeeman from the West district to confer with her, that either these matters should be remedied or a new teacher be se- cured. No conference was held and nothing was done in the case, and matters were the more aggravated, till, during the fall term, the Committee refused to hire her for another term, and re- quested the Committeeman to select and bring another teacher before them for their approval. Outside parties, not parents of any children in the school, interfered, delaying action, until, as a matter of compromise, the Committee gave its consent to the hiring of said teacher for another term with the express under- standing that it was to be the last.
With this one exception entire unanimity has existed in all the workings of the Committee.
Another teacher has been selected for the West Acton Gram- mar school and enters upon her work at the beginning of the spring term.
The usual financial and attendance tables are appended.
The foregoing report in full, with the statistical table, its statements as to schools and its recommendations having been read to the Committee is accepted and adopted by them as its report, through its Superintendent, without an objection.
C. L. RHOADES, Superintendent of Schools, For the School Committee of Acton.
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FINANCIAL REPORT.
To the Town of Acton :
Your School Committee hereby submit their report of the expenses of the schools of the town by districts ; said expenses covering salaries of teachers. the cost of fuel and care of school buildings.
JOHN E. CUTTER, Chairman. CHARLES H. MEAD, Clerk.
AcTox, March 16, 1887.
ACTON HIGH SCHOOLS.
Salary of teacher $720 00
Rent of instrument.
22 00
Care of room 35 00
Fuel .
23 00
$800 00
WEST ACTON SCHOOLS.
Salary of teachers
$700 00
Fuel. . . . . .
57 40
Care of rooms
85 62
$843 02
ACTON CENTRE SCHOOLS.
Salary of teachers
$676 00
Fuel . .
76 95
Care of building 44 50
$797 45
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SOUTH ACTON SCHOOLS.
Salary of teachers $712 00
Fuel .. 40 71
Care of building
92 50
$845 21
NORTH ACTON SCHOOL.
Salary of teacher $315 00
Fuel. .
34 68
Care of building
24 13
$373 81
EAST ACTON SCHOOL.
Teacher's salary
$326 00
Fuel . .
34 45
Care of building
23 00
$383 45
SOUTH EAST ACTON SCHOOL.
Salary of teacher
$315 00
Fuel. .
29 62
Care of building
17 11
$361 73
Total
$4,404 67 1
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TABULAR STATEMENT.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
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Length of school in
Whole No. scholars.
Average membership.
Average attendance.
Number under 5 years.
Number over 15 years.
Number between 8 and 14 years.
Acton High,
Primary,
( A. W. Armstrong. Miss Bessie Ball, 66 Louise Crooker,
35
34
19
17
1
0
16
('entre
Grammar,
1
10. W. Dutton,
35
30
20
18
0
6
15
( Primary,
Miss Viola Tuttle,
35
52
39
33
0
1
28
South
) Grammar,
1
66 Fannie Houghton,
35
46
37
33
0
0
21
West
( Grammar,
66 S. J. Wyman,
35
35
31
30
(
3
27
Nortlı,
Joseph W. Cowdry.
35
28
21
19
1
4
15
East,
Evilina Davis,
35
20,17
0
0
19
South East,
1 C. A. Granger,
35
14
1:2
11
1
9
Totals.
369
269 242
55
200
36
64
42
38
0
40
24
1
S. B. Holmes,
35
39
28
26
0
0
26
| Primary,
66 (. Lettie Newton,
66 Ella D. Daniels,
Miss S. A. Wetherbee,
Lonise Crooker.
66 Laura Brown,
weeks.
( H. H. Williams,
Number of children, between the ages of five and fifteen years, in the town as ro- turned by the Assessors in 1886, 259.
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Town Officers for 1887.
Town Clerk. WM. D. TUTTLE.
J. K. W. WETHERBEE,
Selectmen, JOB W. DUPEE, THOS. F. NOYES.
Assessors.
PHINEAS WETHERBEE, J. W. DUPEE, CHAUNCEY B. ROBBINS.
ELISHA H. CUTLER,
Orerseers of the Poor. LUKE BLANCHARD, M. E. TAYLOR.
School Committee.
CHARLES H. MEAD, GEORGE R. KEYES,
CHARLES J. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM S. JONES,
Highway Surveyors.
CHARLES WHEELER, FRANCIS PRATT, NAHUM LITTLEFIELD.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF ACTON,
FROM
February 26, 1887, to February 26, 1888.
FED
-1735.
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ACTON. RELECTROCU NORTON.
ACTON: THE ENTERPRISE STEAM JOB PRINT. 1888.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
Town of Acton in Account with J. K. W. Wetherbee, Treasurer.
1888
Dr.
Feb. 27. To cash paid, State tax, $1665 00
. 6 County tax, 778 56
66 on Selectmen's orders, 17,962 77
" Outstanding orders, 580 88
" Balance due the town, 799 56
$21,786 77
1887
Cr.
Feb. 26. By balance in the treasury, $897 36 Cash received of T. F. Newton on account of South School District, 23 50
Cash received of T. F. Newton for school books sold, 1 59
Received of C. H. Burroughs for tuition at High School, 16 67
Chapel Society for rent of school room to April 1, 1887, 33 00
American Powder Co., for 253 feet hard pine lumber, 7 08
Town of Billerica, for support of Thomas Russell, 268 90
Varnum Tuttle, borrowed money, 1723 00
George Chandler, borrowed money, 500 00
Angie B. Hill, borrowed mon- ey, 430 00
Daniel Harris, borrowed mon- ey, 500 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1,073 69
4
Received of State Treasurer, National bank tax, 578 21
State Treasurer, State aid,
chap. 252, acts 1879, 176 50
State Treasurer, State aid,
chap. 301, acts 1879, 107 00
State Treasurer, support of State pauper, 9 25
State Treasurer, burial of state pauper, 10 00
State Treasurer, income of Mass. school fund, 167 54
County Treasurer, dog fund for 1887, 240 54
J. E. Cutter, for taxes of 1886, 1704 84 J. E. Cutter, for taxes of 1887, 13,098 40 Interest on money in bank, 80 69
L. W. Stevens for lots sold in Mount Hope Cemetery, 38 00
City of Boston for aid fur-
nished Mrs. Abbie Sibley, 53 01
Julian Tuttle, for rent of Town Hall and cellar, 48 00
$21,786 77 J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton. ACTON, Feb. 27th, 1888.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS. Centre District.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher for teachers, $700 00
66
66 care of house, 68 45
66
fuel,
80 06
66
66
incidentals, 3 20
66
cleaning school,
rooms, 2 78
$854 49
West District.
Paid C. H. Mead for teachers,
$700 00
66 66
care of house,
78 17
66
66
fuel,
28 42
66
66
incidentals,
4 21
66
66 cleaning school-rooms, 6 40
$817 20
South District.
Paid Anson C.Piper for teachers,
$700 00
66
66 care of house,
90 25
66
66 fuel,
45 35
cleaning school-rooms, 2 25
66
66 incidentals, 3 78
$841 63
North District.
Paid George R.Keyes for teachers,
$338 00
66 fuel,
67 97
66
66
care of house, 23 50
66
66
cleaning school-rooms, 3 00
66
incidentals, 73
$433 20
East District.
Paid C. J. Williams for teachers
$338 00
66
care of house,
31 70
66
fuel,
48 12
66
incidental, 1 60
$419 42
6
Southeast District.
Paid W. S. Jones for teachers,
$315 00
66 fuel,
38 53
66 66 care of house, 17 00
High School.
Paid C. H. Mead,
$240 00
66 care of house, 12 00
66 use of organ, 5 00
fuel,
4 00
George Gardner for rent of piano and mu- sic for graduating exercises, 11 04
Paid George Gardner for rent of organ, 6 00
A. W. Armstrong for teaching,
480 00
Rev. James Fletcher, care of house, . . fuel,
4 00
Anson C. Piper care of house,
15 00
66
fuel,
10 00
66 rent of organ, 5 00
School Supplies.
Paid T. F. Newton,
$14 62
C. H. Mead,
321 19
Rev. James Fletcher,
11 90
$347 71
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Rev. C. L. Rhoades for service as su- perintendent of schools, $41 66
Rev. James Fletcher,for services as su- perintendent of schools, 124 98
John E. Cutter, collecting taxes for 1886, 100 00
L. U. Holt, sealer of weights and meas- ures, 10 00
C. B. Stone, services as registrar of voters to May 1st, 1887, 30 00
John White, services as registrar of vo- ters to Jan. 1st, 1887, 5 00
C. J. Williams, services as registrar of voters, 2 50
Phineas Wetherbee, services as assessor, 35 00
C. B. Robbins, services as assessor, 22 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, services as town clerk to March 5th, 1888, 25 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, services as registrar of voters to May 1st,1887, 15 00
$370 53
$800 04
8 00
7
Paid Julian Tuttle, services as registrar of vo- ters to May 1st, 1888, J. W. Dupee, services as assessor, 24 00
12 00
selectman, 45 00
T. F. Noyes,
45 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, services as select- man, 85 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, services as treasu- rer, 45 00
$667 14
PRINTING.
Paid John F. Wood, printing 500 sheet re- ports, $10 00
John F. Wood, printing 600 book re- ports,
55 00
John F. Wood, printing town warrants, notices, 4 50
10 00
Clarence Hosmer, printing bridge no- tices, 75
John Fletcher, printing notices to fisher- men,
2 50
John Fletcher, printing fish permits, 5 00
$ 87 75
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid Nathan Johnson, for labor in Wood- lawn cemetery, $55 90
Moses A. Reed, relaying wall at Wood- lawn cemetery, 21 90
L. W. Stevens, labor in Mount Hope cemetery, 69 05
North Acton Granite Co., for building receiving tomb,
452 00
L. W. Stevens, labor on tomb,
26 52
Nathan Johnson, labor in North Acton cemetery, 5 25
L. W. Stevens,door for receiving tomb, 25 00
$655 62
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Luke Blanchard, deficiency at Town Farm, in 1886, $564 66
Luke Blanchard, for support of Clara Wheeler, 18 49
Luke Blanchard, for support of Emily F. Town. 39 00
8
Paid Luke Blanchard, aid furnished Thomas Russell, 24 00
Luke Blanchard, aid furnished Ola Nel- son, 3 00
E. H. Cutler, for support of Clara Wheeler, 167 91
E. H. Cutler, for support of Emily F. Town, 90 00
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Ruth Pike, 61 00
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished J. E. Harris, 126 82
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Gilman Newton, 54 68
E. H. Cutler, burial expenses of Gilman Newton, 15 00
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Trainor family, 16 00
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Barzilai Lawrence, 17 00
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Annie Stone, State pauper, 10 00
E. H. Cutler, for medical attendance, 6 00
E. H. Cutler, burial of an unknown tramp, 10 00
E. H. Cutler, for medical attendance, 1 25
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Mrs. Abbie Sibley, 53 01
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Mrs. John Quinland, 102 77
E. H. Cutler, for aid furnished Hannah Stanton, 98 72
E. H. Cutler,journey to Boston, respect- ing Mrs. Abbie Sibley, 2 00
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished T. Russell, 151 66
$1,632 97
STATE AID.
Paid John Carroll,
$60 00
Benjamin Skinner,
96 00
Richard G. Dane,
60 00
Allen G. Smith,
60 00
Ola Nelson,
48 00
Mrs. Rebecca C. Wright,
48 00
Luke Smith,
20 00
Mrs. Mary Smith,
20 00
$412 00
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Charles Wheeler, regular highway work, $600 00 Francis Pratt, regular highway work, 592 20
N. Littlefield, regular highway work, 607 07 N. Littlefield, labor on road near the house of Isaac Reed per order Coun- ty Commissioners, 23 75
Thomas Mccarthy, widening bridge near the mill of H. M. Smith, 300 00
Dennis Farmer, labor on Gould road, 405 00
Charles Wheeler, labor on Gould road, 150 00
Joseph Noyes, for land taken for road, 20 00
Joseph Barker, for land taken for road,
25 00
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, drain pipe for sluice near house of Moses Gar- field, 22 62
J. W. Dupee, freight on drain pipe, 1 28
L. W. Stevens, for widening and railing road near Receiving tomb, 38 47
L. W. Stevens, lumber and repairing railing near Littlefield's Carriage Man- ufactory, 14 37
Charles Wheeler, repairing and railing road near the houses of H. R. Hos- mer and Geo. Brooks, 30 27
Charles Wheeler, repairing sluice near house of Moses Garfield, 4 79
F. R. Knowlton, for gravel, 6 35
John Kelley, for gravel, 50
Francis Pratt, lumber for railing road, 7 91
$2,849 58
REPAIRS ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, repairs on school- house in Centre district, $46 30
J. E. Cutter, repairs on school-house in Centre district, 4 55
Nathan Johnson, labor at school-house, in Centre district, 7 51
Anson C. Piper, repairs on school- house in South district, 27 57
C. J. Williams, repairs on school-house in East district, 29 18
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Paid George R. Keyes, repairs on school- house in North district, 2 73
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