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George Booker, whitening chapel room in South district, 3 50
C. H. Mead, repairs on school-house in West District, 61 12
W. S. Jones, repairs on school-house, South-east district, 8 33
L. U. Holt, repairs at town hall, 8 28
Robert Wayne, repairs on school-house in Centre district, 16 00
L. U. Holt, Repairing stove in Centre district, 5 87
L. U. Holt, grate for stove in East Dis- trict in 1886, 1 50
$222 44
TEMPORARY LOAN PAID.
Paid Varnum Tuttle, note and interest, $1,756 74
Daniel Harris, 66 511 87
George Chandler, interest on notes, 35 00
Varnum Tuttle, 66 66
65 00
C. H. Wheeler, 66 66
20 00
note and interest, 577 90
George Chandler, notes and interest, 1,234 47
Varnum Tuttle, 66 1,349 83
$5,550 81
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid S. A. Guilford, for Memorial Day, $100 00
Andrew S. Jackson, for 5 fire hooks, 68 44
Freight on fire hooks, 25
Town of Littleton for schooling of Frank Bulette and Edward Jewett, 6 90
North Acton Granite Co., for 12 stone bound posts, 3 60
L. E. Reed, attending 36 burials, 108 00
L. E. Reed, making return, 36 deaths, 9 00
L. E. Reed, services at Magog pond, per order fish commissioners, 25 00
James Kinsley for use of road for Hur- ley, 8 00
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Paid Waldo Littlefield, painting and repair- ing hearse, 31 00
H. C. Sherwin, for services in relation to hall road per order County commis- sioners, 13 85
C. J. Williams, lumber and advertising for Fish commissioners, 2 25
Dr. I. Hutchins, for Military record, 75 00
J. E. Cutter,abatement of taxes for 1885 and 1886, 63 59
J. E. Cutter, abatement of taxes for 1887, 40 40
J. E. Cutter, notifying 21 persons to take oath of office, 2 63
J. E. Cutter, discount on taxes for 1887, 759 48
E. Jones & Co., repairing fire hook, 44
E. Jones & Co., coal for town hall, 21 36
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, 1 and 1-2 doz. fire pails, 4 87
N. Johnson, sign boards for Davis mon- ument, 4 75
N. Johnson, cutting grass around monument, 1 00 Francis Pratt, blacksmith's bill, 2 54
Charles Wheeler, blacksmith's bill, 7 75
Phineas Wetherbee, meeting tax com- missioners, 2 00
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, three in- voice books, 1 05
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, Collec- tor's book, 1 20
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, lamp bracket for town hall, 37
Wm. D. Tuttle, laying out Gould road and writing bond, 9 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, taking water level near H. M. Smith's mill, 2 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, meeting selectmen on Hall road, 1 50
Wm. D. Tuttle, surveying at town farm,
1 25
Wm. D. Tuttle, surveying and making lease of gravel pit of Moses Taylor & G. E. Whittier, 1 75
Wm. D. Tuttle, postage and express charges, 3 42
Wm. D. Tuttle, collecting and record- ing 30 births, 15 00
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Paid Wm. D. Tuttle, stationery, 1 25
Wm. D. Tuttle, recording 19 marriages, 2 85
Wm. D. Tuttle, recording 42 deaths, 6 20
Charles Wheeler, teaming and setting 12 stone bounds, 4 62
Charles Wheeler, stone guide post, 1 50
Moses Taylor, for gravel pit, 11 63
James C. Graham, for gravel pit,
30 00
J. P. Tenney, breaking roads,
1 25
C. J. Williams, grading and labor at the East school-house, 9 00
M. E. Taylor, oil, wicks and supplies for town hall in 1886, 3 34
M. E. Taylor, oil, wicks and supplies for town hall in 1887 and 1888, 10 29
Julian Tuttle, for care of town hall and clock, 58 35
G. H. Parlin, repairing flag, 40
G. H. Parkin, for tolling bell 6 times, 1 20
$1,540 52
BOUNTY TAX REFUNDED.
Paid Herbert T. Clark,
$1 12
J. M. Harlow,
15 48
John Grimes,
10 49
James W. Hayward,
13 32
James W. Fisk,
19
$40 60
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RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance in the treasury Feb. 26, 1887, $ 897 36
due from collector of taxes Feb. 26, 1887, 1,704 84
Appropriation for Town charges, for supports of schools, for roads,
4,100 00
1,800 00
Overlayings,
202 97
State Tax,
1,665 00
County Tax,
778 56
Rec'd of T. F. Newton, on account of South school district, 23 50
T. F. Newton, for school books sold,
1 59
C. H. Burrough,for tuition at High school,
16 67
Chapel society, for rent of school-room to April 1st, 1887, 33 00
American Powder Co., for lumber sold,
7 08
Town of Billerica, for aid furnished Thomas Russell, 268 90
Varnum Tuttle, borrowed money,
1,723 00
Geo. Chandler, 66
500 00
Angie B. Hill,
66
430 00
Daniel Harris, 66 66
500 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax,
1,073 69
66
National bank tax,
578 21
State Aid chap. 252, acts '79,
176 50
66
301, " '79, 107 00
66
Support of State pauper, 9 25
10 00
66
167 54
County Treasurer, dog fund,
Interest on money in bank,
80 69
L. W. Stevens, for lots sold in Mount Hope cemetery, 38 00
Julian Tuttle, for rent of town hall and cel- lar, 48 00
City of Boston, for aid furnished Mrs. Abbie Sibley, 53 01
$23,234 90
66
Burial of State paupers, Income Mass. school fund,
240 54
6,000 00
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EXPENDITURES.
For Centre District School,
$854 49
West 66 66
817 20
South 66 66
841 63
North 66 66
433 20
East 66 66
419 42
So. East 66 66
370 53
High School,
800 04
School supplies,
347 71
Town officers,
667 14
Cemetery expenses,
655 62
Printing,
87 75
State aid,
412 00
Support of poor,
1,632 97
Road and bridges,
2,849 58
Repairs on town buildings,
222 44
Miscellaneous expenses,
1,540 52
Temporary ioan paid,
5,550 81
State tax,
1,665 00
County tax,
778 56
Bounty tax refunded,
40 60
-$20,987 21
Balance due from collector,
$1,448 13
66 treasurer,
799 56
2,247 69
$23,234 90
Balance due from collector and treasurer, $2,247 69 NOTES PAYABLE.
Mrs. Angie B. Hill, note and interest, 441 46
Balance due the town,
$1,806 23
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Selectmen J. W. DUPEE, of Acton.
T. F. NOYES
ACTON, Feb. 27, 1888.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT TO JANUARY 1, 1888.
BIRTHS IN ACTON IN 1887.
No. Date of Birth. Name of Child. Names of Parents.
1. Jan. 17. Mabel Eudora Tuttle, daughter of Roswell and Annie B. Tuttle.
2. Feb. 1. Hattie L. Dane, daughter of Ida L. Dane.
3. Feb. 5. Frank Mahoney, son of Sevier and May Grace Mahoney.
4. Feb. 20. Arthur Noble Snow, son of Charles H. and Mary E. Snow.
5. Mar. 31. Carrie Eliza Fletcher, daughter of Jonathan P. and Lizzie Fletcher.
6. Apr. 9. Oliver Aldrich Wyman, son of Alphonzo A. and Laura Wyman.
7. Apr. 9. Herbert Harry Penniman, son of Orenzo W. and Olive L. Penniman.
8. Apr. 16. Charlotte Mary Reed, daughter of Fred W. and Lina Reed.
9. May 18. Lizzie May Burroughs, daughter of Samuel R. and Ella A. Burroughs.
10. May 31. Bertha Mabel Austin, daughter of Byron W. and Hattie Belle Austin.
11. May 31. Henry Irving Worden, son of Martin H. and Lizzie M. Worden.
12. June 6. Mary Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Edward H. and Sarah J. Jones.
13. June 6. Mary Lizzie Forest, daughter of Mary E. Forest.
14. June 11. Alice Stacy Warren, daughter of William S. and Rose Evelyn Warren.
15. June 27. William Francis Brown, son of Clarence W. and Minnie A. Brown.
16. July 8. J. Carlton Wood, son of William H. and Minnie B. Wood.
17. July 13. Wm. Harold Hatfield, son of William H. and Mildred A. Hatfield.
18. July 30. Wallace Howard Owens, son of Thomas P. and Eliza J. Owens.
19. Aug. 4. Marion Fernette Dart, daughter of Oswald L. and Cora A. Dart.
20. Aug. 14. A son of Timothy and Ellen Sullivan.
21. Sept. 21. Nellie May Sargent, daughter of Albert F. and Sarah F. Sargent.
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22. Oct. 8. Charles Edward Sidney Richardson, son of Sidney L. and M. Katherine Richardson.
23. Oct. 13. Joseph Haggerty, son of William and Eliza Haggerty.
24. Oct. 23. Alexander Lewis Nickerson, son of Bowman C. and Eliza R. Nickerson.
25. Nov. 8. Richard Earl Florist, son of Truman F. and Fannie M. Florist.
26. Nov. 30. Michael James McCarthy, son of James L. and Margaret A. McCarthy.
27. Dec. 1. Lizzie S. Piper, daughter of Anson C. and Ellen L. Piper.
28. Dec. 2. Arthur Fitch Harris, son of David C. and Jennie B. Harris.
29. Dec. 22. George McCarty, son of Thomas and Hannah McCarty.
30. Dec. 25. Christine Ann O'Leary, daughter of Daniel and Olive E. O'Leary.
Males, 17; females, 13. Total, 30.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN ACTON IN 1887.
No. Date.
Names of Parties.
1. Jan. 9. Clark G. Durkee and Ida L. Reed, both of Acton.
2. Mar. 8. Abel Farrar and Martha P. Dufresne both of Acton.
3. April 24. James L. McCarthy of Acton and Maggie A. Trainer of Stow.
4. April 27. Newton E. Bean and Harriet A. Kenty, both of Acton.
5. May 8. George A. Smith and Alma W. Forbush, both of Acton.
6. May 15. Norman A. Davidson and Mary Alice Hodge, both of Acton.
7. June 7. Alfred M. Chaffee of Oxford and Mary E. T. Brown of Littleton.
8. July 17. William H. Hill and Angie B. Worthen, both of Acton.
9. Aug. 23. Martin Baker of Acton and Margaret Hart of Littleton.
10. Sept. 7. Charles E. Cloud of Norwich, Vt., and Nellie M. Conant of Acton.
11. Sept. 18. Daniel J. Gallagher of Acton and Katie Bulger of Lowell.
12. Oct. 2. William Ross and Frances E. Tower, both of Maynard.
13. Oct. 4. Fredson P. Brooks and Martha M. Durgin, both of Con- cord.
14. Oct. 5. Frederick W. Gray and Clara F. Leach, both of Acton.
15. Oct. 7. Eugene C. Stevens of Stow and Alice S. Guilford of Acton.
16. Oct. 21. Rev. George W. Stearns of Acton and Sarah Elizabeth Dow of Island Falls, Me.
17. Nov. 9.
Joseph L. Brown of Littleton and Lizzie M. Scofield of Acton.
18. Nov. 17. John Fitzgerald, Jr., of Concord, and Margaret Coughlin of Acton.
19. Dec. 5. Edward F. Pratt and Etta Cora Temple, both of Acton. Total, 19.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN ACTON IN 1887.
Date of Death. Names of Persons. Age.
Jan'y 10.
Joseph F. Cole, 70 years, 10 months, 5 days.
Jan'y 11. Abbie Charlton, 7 months, 20 days.
Jan'y 12. Norman A. Spinney, 2 years, 6 months, 7 days.
Jan'y 19.
Charles W. Melone, 38 years, 4 months, 5 days. Abbie Gertrude Palmer, 1 year, 5 months, 11 days. Olivia L. B. Drew, 71 years, 10 months, 17 days.
March 10.
Arthur F. Duren, 1 year, 6 months, 2 days.
March 25.
Lizzie Booker, 19 years, 2 months.
March 29.
Clarissa P. Wetherbee, 69 years, 6 months, 2 days. An unknown man at Almshouse, about 45 years. Jane Kelleran, 79 years, 11 months, 4 days.
April 17.
Daniel Callahan, 48 years.
May 8.
Nancy M. Burnham, 65 years, 10 months.
May 16.
Lydia Dane, 62 years, 10 months, 15 days.
May 19. Charles T. Owens, 1 year, 5 months.
May 29.
Emily W. Parker, 39 years, 11 months, 5 days.
June 27.
July 18. Mary M. Bowen, 65 years, 4 months, 4 days.
July
Hattie L. Dane, 6 months, 21 days.
July
22. 25.
Joseph Estabrook, 76 years, 2 months, 21 days.
Aug. 10. Joseph Piper (died in Springfield), 85 years, 5 months.
Aug. 16. Infant son of Timothy and Ellen Sullivan, 2 days.
Aug. 26. Henry Loker, 79 years, 7 months, 26 days.
Sept. 1. Martha C. Harris, 49 years, 11 months, 20 days.
Sept. 7. Lena Fitch, 34 years, 6 months, 22 days.
Sept. 8. Ellen Moore, 67 years.
Sept. 22. Thomas Russell, 78 years, 5 months, 26 days.
Sept. 23.
Mary E. Forest, 3 months, 17 days.
Sept. 23. Ephraim Oliver, 77 years, 1 month, 23 days.
Oct. 3. Eliza W. Hayward, 69 years, 10 months, 7 days.
Oct. 8. James Callahan, 10 years, 8 months, 13 days.
Oct. 18. Myrtle W. Tucker, 1 year, 2 months.
Oct. 18. Elizabeth N. Brooks, 83 years, 11 months, 11 days.
Oct. 20. (In Maynard.) Mary E. Currie, 40 years, 2 months,20 days.
Dec. 7. Aaron M. Jones, 64 years, 7 months, 23 days.
Dec. 11. Hiram Walker, 55 years, 10 months, 16 days.
Dec. 11. Mary Farrar, 87 years, 10 months, 11 days.
Dec. 16. Robert Chaffin, 90 years, 9 months, 25 days.
Dec. 30. Orlando Leland, 81 years.
Dec. 31. Arthur B. Robbins, 23 years, 1 month, 18 days. Total, 41.
June 23.
Sarah F. Parlin, 78 years.
April 21.
Andrew J. Willis, 70 years, 7 months, 6 days.
March 30.
Jan'y 26. Feb'y 27.
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AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM LICENSES OF DOGS SINCE LAST REPORT, AS FOLLOWS FROM
Owner.
Amount.
Owner.
Amount.
Warren Bemis,
$2
Willis L. Mead,
$2
James D. Coburn,
2
John H. Hanniford,
2
Chas. H. Hodges,
2
Geo. R. Keyes,
2
E. J. Robbins,
2
Joseph R. Bassett,
2
Allen Waterman,
2
H. M. Smith,
2
Charles Varney,
2
Webster C. Robbins,
2
Charles J. Williams,
2
Frederick Rouillard,
2
Antoine Bulette,
2
John Temple,
2
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee,
6
John Kelly,
2
J. K. W. Wetherbee,
2
William Hurd,
2
Elnathan Jones,
4
Chauncy B. Robbins,
4
F. A. Houston,
2
Edwin H. Jones,
2
E. Eddie Fletcher,
2
Lewis V. Clough,
2
Augustus Fletcher,
2
Anson C. Piper,
2
Danie F. Hayward,
2
Ralph Crooker,
2
Albert F. Sargent,
2
Sylvester Haynes,
2
A. W. Gardner,
2
Frank E. Harris,
2
Stephen E. Martin,
2
Henry L. Willard,
2
Mrs. Geo. F. Flagg,
2
Charles J. Holton,
7
John Fletcher,
2
Isaiah S. Leach,
2
D. J. Wetherbee,
2
Arthur G. Knowlton,
2
J. W. Dupee,
2
Thomas P. Owens,
2
Adelbert Mead,
2
Francis Pratt,
2
William Barnes,
2
David Shapley,
2
Albert Moulton,
2
Frank W. Houghton,
2
Reuben L. Reed,
2
Willie F. Stevens,
2
Daniel Tuttle,
2
Charles H. Morris,
2
A. L. Lawrence,
5
A. B. Brown,
2
Daniel Harris,
2
Moses E. Taylor,
2
Moses A. Reed,
2
Moses Taylor,
2
Fred S. Whitcomb,
2
Nahum Littlefield,
2
Wm. D. Tuttle,
2
Joshua Sawyer,
2
Charles B. Sanders,
4 Isaac S. Ford,
2
Willie S. Fletcher,
2 Waldo Littlefield,
2
Isaac Barker,
2
Forbush & Hartwell,
5
Otis H. Forbush,
2
John C. Gates,
2
A. L. Noyes,
2 Eben Davis,
2
Solon A. Robbins,
2
Fred Penniman,
2
Henry Hanson,
2 Geo. B. Gowen,
5
Daniel McCarthy, 2d,
2 Edward O'Neil,
2
Ai Robbins,
2
Henry Haynes,
2
Wm. B. Davis,
2
John W. Aldrich,
2
Olie D. Wood,
2 Henry Brooks,
2
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Owner.
Amount.
Owner.
Amount.
Geo. H. S. Houghton,
$2
Herman Chaplin,
$2
John W. Randall,
2
George Gardner,
2
Luther Conant,
4 Delette H. Hall,
2
Wm. H. Hatfield,
2 George Conant,
2
Henry C. Scarlett,
2
Josie G. Wood,
2
Nathan R. Palmer,
2
N. A. Davidson,
2
Allen G. Smith,
2
Edward Willis,
2
Jeremiah McCarthy,
2
Mrs. Joseph Cole,
2
Chas. A. Harrington,
2
Thomas J. Sawyer,
5
A. H. Gilmore,
2
Howard Merchant,
2
A. L. Tuttle,
2
Geo. E. Whittier,
2
Thomas Calder,
2
Frank R. Knowlton,
2
George Pratt,
5
Geo. A. Conant,
2
J. E. Schofield,
2
Jairus C. Wheeler,
5
Wm. H. Teele,
2
L. E. Reed,
2
Chas. H. Taylor,
2
L. U. Holt,
2
Geo. C. Wright,
2
Geo. W. Worster,
2
Isaac W. Flagg,
2
A. Risso,
2
122 Males at $2, $244; 7 Females at $5, $35. Total, $279.
WM. D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk. Acton, March 15th, 1888.
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Report of Receipts and Expenditures at the Almshouse in Acton,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1888.
Articles on hand, February 29, 1888.
8 cows,
$325 00
1 horse,
175 00
1 wagon, .
85 00
13 tons hay,
234 00
2 tons straw,.
20 00
1 horse mower, .
40 00
40 hens, .
20 00
15 cords wood,
75 00
200 pounds pork,
20 00
Lumber,. .
20 00
Cotton seed,.
1 20
Shorts and meal,
5 00
Bags,
7 00
Salt, .
50
Market boxes.
40
Barrel, .
1 00
10 pounds ham,
1 40
Beef,
1 00
Potatoes, .
1 00
Soft soap, .
1 00
Concord buggy,
25 00
Lard, .
1 40
Pickles,
1 20
Sugar,
60
Beans,
2 25
Butter,
50
Eggs,
1 00
Flour, .
1 50
Spices, .
85
Cream tartar,
37
Soap, ..
1 85
Matches, .
18
Apple jam,
50
21
Molasses, 70
Rice, .
15
Coffee, .
17
Coal, .
1 00
Barrel,
1 00
Crackers,
12
$1,073 84
Appraisal of Town Farm Property, March 1, 1888.
Contents of Room No. 1. Southeast.
2 chairs, 2 bedsteads, 2 feather beds, 2 mattresses, 3 pillows, 2 bolsters, 4 sheets, 3 pillow cases, 2 pair blankets, 2 quilts, 2 bed spreads, 2 mats,2 bureaus, 5 pictures, 3 window curtains, 2 chambers, $26 80
Room No. 2. East Room.
1 chair, 1 table, 1 lounge, 1 bedstead, 2 curtains, 1 feather bed, 1 mattress, 1 quilt, 1 spread, $9 25
Room No. 3 .- Northeast Room.
1 bedstead, 2 chairs, 1 table, 1 mattress, 1 feather bed, 2 sheets, 2 bed quilts, 1 bed spread, 1 blanket, 1 trunk, 2 pillows, 1 chamber, 1 bolster. $13 35
Room No. 4. Northwest.
1 bedstead, 2 pair blankets, 1 mattress, 1 feather bed, 2 sheets, 3 quilts, 1 pillow, 1 bolster, 2 curtains, 1 chair, 1 bureau, 1 chamber, 1 trunk, $13 95
No. 5. Hall 2.
2 comforters, 8 new sheets, 6 new pillow cases, 5 sheets, 8 pillow cases, blankets, 1 curtain, $14 25
No. 6. West Attic.
Mop and brush, 4 feather beds, 8 pillows, 1 table, 3 bedsteads, rubber sheet, 4 quilts, 1 spread, 1 traveling bag, 1 sick chair, clothes line, $18 85
No. 7. East Attic.
14 trunks, 1 cot bed, 1 pair andirons, 1 stove, 2 clocks, 1 spittoon, $6 40
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No. 8. Entry. $1 25
1 table, 1 chair, curtains,
Contents of Southeast Room.
5 chairs, 4 rockers, 1 table, 1 table cloth, 1 looking glass, 3 curtains and fixtures, 1 stove and coal hod, 1 lamp, 2 nappies, 2 dish pans, set knives and forks, 1 dozen table spoons, 5 plates, 10 cups and saucers, 1 mug, 1 bowl, 1 pitcher.
$28 01
Cook Room or Kitchen.
1 salt cellar, 1 tin dish, 1 pepper box, 1 dust., can, cook stove, 1 table, 1 wash dish, tin horn, apple parer, 1 can, 1 lantern, 1 dipper, 1 strainer pail, 3 sad irons, 3 plates, 1 nappy, 1 saucer, 1 bowl, 1 coffee pot, milk pail, wood box,
Contents of Dining Room.
1 rocker, 3 chairs, 2 lamps, 1 table (small one), 1 cur- tain, oil cloth, 2 table cloths, oil can, lantern, tin dippers, wash bowl, pail, 1 stove, 3 brooms, wash pan,
Contents of Pantry.
4 baking tins, sugar box, 2 baking pans, 11 Mason jars, 1 tunnel cullender, 1 steamer, tin dish, 2 flour scoops, 7 pans, 5 bowls, 2 pitchers, spoon holder, sugar bowl, 5 goblets, 11 cups and saucers, set knives and forks, 1 butcher knife, 15 baking plates, 3 meat dishes, 1 mixing bowl, 4 tins, 1 platter, 1 pitcher, 6 tin pans, 1 cooking dish, bread toaster, 5 bread pans, 1 rolling pin, stew pan, 2 bread mixing pans, 1 platter, steam kettle, roast pan, tray, 4 pans, 4 jugs, 1 gallon jug, 1 strainer, 5 dish towels, 5 roller towels,
Contents of Store Room.
3 wash tubs, snow shovel, 2 screen doors, 3 chairs, 1 clothes basket, 1 clothes rack, 1 wash boiler, 1 wringer, 2 wash boards, 4 baskets, clothes line, 1 peck measure, clothes pins,
$39 15
1
$13 75
$17 45
$13 02
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Contents of Entry and Shed.
1 stove, 2 milk pails, tin, 2 wood saws, 1 ladder, 1 lan- tern, 1 bushel basket,
$7 35
Contents of Tramp Room.
Wash dish, 1 dipper, 1 stove, 2 chairs, 12 mattresses, 13 blankets,
$20 80
Contents of Carriage and Tool House.
1 watering trough, 1 cart, 1 sled, 1 pung, 1 ladder, 1 bar, 2 steel bars, 3 forks, 1 water pot, bog hoe, 2 six-tine forks, 1 manure puller, 1 wagon jack, 1 spade, 1 long handle spade, 2 chains, 3 stake chains, hay rake, 2 apple headers, 3 hoes, 2 potato forks, 2 bush scythes, 2 corn knives, 2 saws, 2 oil cans, 3 shovels, 1 plane, 1 wrench, 1 compass, 1 rasp, 1 lantern, grindstone, 1 shovel, 1 street blanket, sledge hammer, 1 pick,
Contents of Barn.
1 harrow, 3 harnesses, 2 girths, 1 surcingle, 9 pails, 1 broom, 1 fork, 4 ladders, 2 plows, 2 cultivators, 1 hay cutter, drag rake, 1 hay wagon, 1 log chain, 1 stone drag, horse rake, 2 whiffletrees, 1 mowing machine, 4 cart wheels, brush, cattle cards, 1 ham- mer, feed trough, 2 axes, wheelbarrow, 1 chair,
$120 70
Amount of appraisal,
$429 23
Receipts from Town Farm,
From March 1, 1887, to March 1, 1888.
Received for Apples,
$431 48
Milk,. 754 93
Potatoes, 20 95
Peaches,
13 00
Pork, . 16 66
Calves, .
11 00
Hoop poles,
5 25
Beef cow, .
36 91
Tomatoes,
40
Eggs,.
20 86
Berries,
75
$64 90
$1,312 19
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Expenditures at the Town Farm
For the Year Ending February 29, 1888.
Axe and helve,
$ 1 00
Acid phosphate,
45
Apple jam,
75
Anguintum, .
20
Advertising for warden,
2 00
Barrels,
20 33
Book,.
8
Berries,
1 09
Blacksmith bill,.
21 15
Boiler,
83
Brushes,
1 23
Butter,.
42 09
Brooms,
1 40
Beans, .
6 49
Baking powder,
90
Bristol brick,
8
Burner,
10
Camphor,
12
Comb,
12
Cows, .
83 00
Coal, ..
9 95
Cabbage,
30
Clothes line, .
37
Composition, .
10
Cloth and Clothing,
23 79
Crackers,
21 65
Crockery,.
4 80
Cheese, .
4 54
Coffee,
4 28
Cream tartar
1 48
Cocoa,
28
China eggs,
15
Chimney, . .
28
Door spring,
30
Disinfectant, .
20
Evaporated apple,
47
Extracts,
86
Fly powder,
32
Fly paper,
5
Fork,.
42
Fish, .
13 51
Flour, .
32 45
Glasses,
62
25
Glass,
58
Grain,
326 80
Grass seed,
7 51
Glue, .
20
Hoes, .
70
Harrow tooth,
75
Hen meat,
14
Hames,
1 25
Ham,.
7 14
Iron for rake,
1 65
Iron bars,
2 95
Jars, .
1 10
Knives and Forks,
2 00
Kettle,.
50
Lettuce,
5
Labor,.
5 65
Lemons,
77
Lard, .
6 25
Lantern globe, .
12
Labor on chimney,
70
Meat, .
72 17
Mustard,
20
Mowing machine,
42 00
Molasses, .
12 40
Mending boots,
1 46
Matches,
33
Netting,
50
Needles,
7
Nails, .
1 45
Nutmegs,
22
Oyster shells,
45
Onions,
30
Oil,
2 26
Oat meal, .
45
Paris green
23
Pigs, . .
6 50
Phosphate,
13 30
Potatoes, .
15 21
Pork,.
4 64
Postage,
66
Peas,
95
Pickles,
35
Pins, .
8
Pails,
50
Rifle, .
10
Rubbers,
50
Rice,.
21
26
Raisins,.
1 80
Repairing chimney,
3 75
Rope, ...
64
Repairing pump,.
2 85
Services of W. Bemis,.
21 00
66 H. C. Scarlet,
366 67
66
E. H. Cutler,.
40 00
66
Luke Blanchard,
40 00
66
M. E. Taylor, .
12 00
Saleratus,
32
Spoons, .
28
, Sulphur,
20
Spirit nitre,
16
Scraps, .
2 76
Steel Trap,.
33
Sperm oil,.
38
Sawing lumber,
5 88
Seed potatoes,
5 00
Seed oats,
2 00
Squash, .
10
Stove blacking,
30
Sugar,.
25 06
Sweet potatoes,
1 50
Shoes, .
4 00
Seeds,.
1 75
Salt, .
1 78
Soap,
5 50
Spices, .
63
Starch,
65
Sage, .
08
Soapine, .
1 00
Salt-petre, .
8
Sledge hammer,
2 00
Thread,
43
Tobacco, .
10
Turkey,
1 05
Tea, . .
6 10
Table cloth,
1 60
Turnip,
07
Tacks,
13
Use of oxen,.
5 00
Use of bull
1 50
Vinegar,
1 85
Wick, .. .
01
Watering pot,.
1 05
Wheelwright bill,
3 00
27
Wash board, 30 57 Yeast,.
Yarn,
42
$1,422 61
Expenditures, $1,422 61
Receipts, .
1,312 19
Income less than expense, $ 110 42
Due from treasury to balance account,. $110 42
Interest on farm,. 240 00
$ 350 42
Victualing and lodging 75 tramps at 40 cents,
30 00
Cost of supporting poor on farm, $ 320 42
Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps, supported in almshouse, 5; average number, 3 1-2; present number, 4.
E. H. CUTLER, LUKE BLANCHARD,
MOSES E. TAYLOR,
Overseers
of
Poor.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
SCHOOL - YEAR 1887-8.
To the Town of Acton : REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT,
IN BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The Superintendent, in entering upon his duties during the closing weeks of the school year, felt the embarrassments of the situation.
Through the courtesy of the Committee, and the hearty co- operation of the public, the difficulties were in a measure over- come, and the schools, upon the whole, have had a year of peace- ful, steady and substantial progress.
All has not been accomplished that could be desired. Many plans, thoughtfully matured in various lines of improvement, yet lack completion. Accidents and failures feared have not been realized, thanks to the discretion of teachers and the second thought of parents.
The pestilence has flaunted its dark wings over our homes, but through a merciful interposition the death angel has de- parted, leaving the hearthstones unmolested.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The several local committees have endeavored to secure proper attention to the grounds, outbuildings and main struct- ures, deeming it no economy for the town to let these depreciate for the want of timely and judicious expenditures. No large outlay has been required in any district. The present accommo- dations for the schools are thought to be sufficient for present needs, and are a credit to the generosity of the town.
ATTENDANCE OF SCHOLARS.
The epidemic colds, which have been unusually severe and prevalent, scarlet fever, mumps and measles, which have all been
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camping on our grounds, have done their work, making many vacant seats in the busiest hours of study, to the discouragement of the whole educational interest.
With proper allowance for these hindrances, emphasis must still be given to the importance of not losing a single hour from the school routine. Children's whims, parents' conveniences, parties, entertainments, transient discomforts of travel and weather, all have their part to play, but must not imperil the culture of the child who is so soon to enter upon life's mature responsibilities.
The school "days go swifter than a weaver's shuttle," and are gone in the morning, and they are gone not to return.
The agent of the Mass. School Board, in his recent visit, recommended that in estimating the amount of attendance of a scholar, he should be credited only with the time actually pres- ent in the school session. If he is dismissed a quarter of an hour after the opening of the school, he should be credited for that half-day 15-180, discredited 165-180, and so through the term and year.
Attention is called to the law of the State which forbids children between the ages of eight and fourteen from working in any of the mills and factories without a certificate from the teacher, that they have attended school at least one hundred days in three terms of ten weeks each.
There is a tacit understanding between the tax payers and the pupil, none the less binding because tacit, that these free and ample accommodations of school room, instruction and text books, shall be acknowledged by a regular and studious improve- ment of the privileges offered. Any failure here is an injustice to the donors, and they have a right to file their grievance and insist upon more appreciative returns.
The State is discussing the question of compulsory educa- tion, and the legislation is more and more towards that conclu- sion.
The visit of Mr. John T. Prince, State Agent, in February, was a pleasant and healthful episode to the teachers and scholars. After visiting, in company with the Superintendent, all the schools, he spent a half day in an address to the teachers, full of
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