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Chapel Society, rent of school room to April 1, 1888. 33 00
John Fletcher, for lots sold in Woodlawn Cemetery, 45 00
L. W. Stevens, for lots sold in Mt. Hope Cemetery, 38 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 808 96
State Treasurer, National bank tax, 560 29
State Treasurer, State aid, chap. 252, acts of 1879, 138 00
State Treasurer, State aid, chap. 301, acts of 1879, 142 00
State Treasurer, income Mass. school fund. 158 54
State Treasurer, revenue Mass. school fund, 142 57 1 . .
4
County Treasurer, on account of Dog licenses for the year 1888, $218 83
Varnum Tuttle, borrowed
money, 1894 80
J. K. W. Wetherbee, bor- rowed money, 421 45
Julian Tuttle, rent of Town hall and cellar, 80 72
Julian Tuttle, for old iron sold
8 15
J. E. Cutter, for taxes of 1887,
1,448 13
A. F. Blanchard, for taxes of 1888, 13.047 22
Interest on money in Bank,
80 09
$20,133 59
J. K. W. WETHERBEE, Treasurer of Acton.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Center District.
Paid Rev. James Fletcher, for teachers,
$720 00
care of house, 67 62
66
fuel,
48 33
.6
cleaning rooms, 3 87
.
$849 27
West District.
Paid A. A. Wyman, Esq., for teachers,
$720 00
66
care of house,
78 00
fuel,
63 94
66
66
cleaning rooms,
5 00
$866 94
South District.
Paid A. C. Piper, for teachers,
$720 00
6.
66 care of house,
90 00
. 6
fuel,
53 72
66
66 cleaning rooms,
4 05
66
66 incidentals,
3 75
$871 52
North District.
Paid G. R. Keyes, for teachers,
$360 00
66
66 care of house,
24 50
66
fuel,
38 12
66 incidentals,
43
East District.
Paid C. J. Williams, for teachers, 66 66
$360 00
care of house
36 00
66 fuel,
52 82
$423 05
$448 82
66
incidentals, 9 45
6
South-East District.
Paid W. S. Jones, for teachers, $324 00
care of house, 15 00
66 66 fuel,
26 38
66
66 cleaning rooms,
2 00
66
incidentals, I 42
$368 80
High School.
Paid A. W. Armstrong, for teaching,
$720 00
fuel,
25 00
A. A. Wyman, Esq., cleaning school rooms,
3 00
A. C. Piper, moving school room fur- niture,
1 50
Geo. Gardner, rent of piano,
10 00
rent ot organ, 15 00
66
66
moving organ, 1 00
66
care of rooms, 34 00
$809 50
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid C. H. Mead,
$27 08
Rev. James Fletcher,
350 88
Geo. Gardner, for music,
1 36
$379 32
PRINTING.
Paid J. F. Wood, for 500 sheet reports, $10 00
66
66 600 book reports, 69 50
66
town warrants, 9 50
1 50
66 reward notices, voting lists,
8 25
H. S. Turner, for poll tax lists
9 00
Agustine Hosmer, for notices,
60
.. . . 66 treasurer's orders, 1 65
W. D. Tuttle, getting posters printed,
1 33
$111 33
STATE AID.
Paid Benjamin Skinner, chap. 252, acts 1879, $96 00
Ola Nelson, 66 48 00
Allen G. Smith. 60 00
Richard G. Dane, chap. 301, acts 1879, 60 00
Luke Smith, 48 00
7
Mrs. Mary Smith, chap. 301, acts 1879, $48 00
Rebecca C. Wright, 66 48 00
W. F. B. Whitney, 66 15 00
Mary J. Brown,
66 18 00
$441 00
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Luke Blanchard, deficiency on Town Farm, 1887, $110 42 E. H. Cutler, for cows bought for Town Farm in 1888, 206 00
E. H. Cutler, support of Clara Wheeler,
169 92
66 66 A. L. Brooks, 131 85
66
66 Frank Brooks, 28.32
balance on support of E. Bergendahl, 46
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished W. R. Davis, 51 28
E. F. Town, 137 00
66 66 Redding
family, 25 00
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished Mrs. Mar- shal Jones, 121 42
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished Mrs. Ruth Pike, 52 00
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished J. E. Harris, 126 36
66 66 66 Elijah Bryan, 28 71
Mrs. John
Quinlan, 93 77
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished Mrs. Abbie Sibley, 59 75
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished Mrs. Russell, 22 67
E. H. Cutler, aid furnished Nancy A. Whitcomb, .8 00
E. H. Cutler, looking up case of J. H. Whitney, 4 68
E. H. Cutler, expenses to Lowell re- specting E. Bryan, 1 50
E. H. Cutler, expenses to Westford re- specting Wm. Piper, 2 00
E. H. Cutler, expenses to Marlboro re- specting Mrs. Marshal Jones, 1 50
E. H. Cutler, expenses to Rockbottom respecting Mrs. Marshal Jones, 1 00
E. H. Cutler, expenses to Mansfield, re-
8
specting Frank Brooks, Y E. H. Cutler, postage, 66 aid furnished Mrs. Trainor 76 26
4 00
1 39
$1,465 26
CEMETERY EXPENSES.
Paid North Acton Granite Co., cutting date on tomb in Mount Hope cemetery, $8 00
¿L. W. Stevens, labor in Mount Hope Cemetery, 58 85
Nathan Johnson, labor in North Acton Cemetery, 5 00
Nathan Johnson, labor in Woodlawn Cemetery, 50 20
John Fletcher, repairs on pump in Woodlawn Cemetery, 40
John Fletcher, trimming trees in Wood- lawn Cemetery, 1 50
Wm. D. Tuttle, laying out lots, 1 75
$125 70
EXPENSES OF ROADS AS LAID OUT BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Paid M. A. Reed and Julian Tuttle, for lay- ing wall on Littleton road, $28 00
M. A. Reed and Julian Tuttle, drilling and blasting on Littleton road, 10 00
Nahum Littlefield, labor on Littleton road, 211 60
Chas. Wheeler, labor on Littleton road, 131 47
H. T. Clark, award of damages, 50 00
A. W. Gardner, 66
66
15 00
E. Hall,
125 00
Amasa Knowlton, 66 66
5 00
W. T. Mason,
66
100 00
W. S. Mead, 60 66
100 00
A. W. Gardner, moving wall to new lines of road, 70 81
E. Hall, moving fence to new lines of road, 15 00
Amasa Knowlton, moving fence to new lines of road, 10 00
Dep. sheriff H. C. Sherwin, services on Hall road, 10 10
$881 98
9
EXPENSES ON ROADS AND BRIDGES. Paid Chas. Wheeler, regular highway work Center division, $601 70
Nahum Littlefield, regular highway work, West division. 616 15
Chas. Wheeler, regular highway work, South division, 250 91
Nahum Littlefield, regular highway work South division,
361 70
Tuttles, Jones and Wetherbee, breaking out roads,
23 08
J. W. Dupee, breaking out roads,
24 56
J. F. Jones, 66
2 00
A. C. Piper, 66
4 35
Abel Cole, 66 66
7 68
Francis Pratt,
20 30
Nahum Littlefield, 66
66
23 35
A. L. Tuttle, 66
16 35
J. P. Tenny, 66 66
4 00
Chas. Wheeler, 66 66
72 26
J. E. Cutter, 66
66
32 00
E. Jones,
2 48
F. H. Whitcomb, 66 66
26 25
A. H. Jones, breaking out roads and repairing washouts, 26 77
Chas. Wheeler, repairing washouts, South division, 48 12
Chas. Wheeler, repairing washouts Cen- ter division, 60 50
Nahum Littlefield, repairing washouts, 23 25
Abel Cole, repairing culvert,
50
American Powder Mills, repairing washouts, 2 50
A. H. Jones, repairing road and bridge, 6 60
F. R. Knowiton, for gravel used in 1887.
1 70
F. R. Knowlton, gravel,
6 35
E. F. Conant, 66
4 50
F. D. K. Hoar, 66
4 05
Chas. Wheeler,
20 81
Thomas Mccarthy, for stone and labor on powder mill bridge, 1.3 00
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, for drain pipe for sluice near Hall's mill, 27 12
Nahum Littlefield, building cesspool and sluice, 9 00
10
Paid Nahum Littlefield, freight on drain pipe, $1 56
E. Jones & Co., for hard pine plank for bridge at East Acton, 64 35
Chas. Wheeler, labor on bridge at East Acton, 7 28
J. P. Brown, iron work for sluice, 96
1 37
E. Jones & Co., lumber and nails,
1 00
Nahum Littlefield, covering stone,
powder and fuse,
6 85
66 blacksmith's bill,
11 61
Chas. Wheeler, repairing scraper, 75
66
powder and fuse,
5 10
66
66
stone,
3 00
66
66 scraper pole,
3 50
2 stone picks,
1 75
66
66
3 rakes,
1 35
2 handles,
50
lumber,
24
66
repairing plow,
50
66
66 plow handle,
1 75
$2468 54
REPAIRS ON TOWN BUILDINGS.
Paid C. J. Williams, repairs East schoolhouse, $35 04 C. J. Williams, outside window for East schoolhouse, 14 70
Horace R. Hosmer, repairs on the East schoolhouse, 5 10
L. U. Holt, pump and tubing for East schoolhouse, 9 10
L. U. Holt, labor on pump at East schoolhouse, 3 50
L. U. Holt, labor and repairs on stove, East school-house, 5 15
A. C. Piper, putting partition in base- ment South school-house, 14 60
Francis Jones, painting in South school- house, 5 88
A. C. Piper, repairs and grading at South school-house, 14 47
L. U. Holt, repairs on stove at South school-house, 3 75
W. S. Jones, outhouse and vault for Southeast school-house, 15 00
S. Jones, Jr., labor on sluice,
2 10
66
blacksmith's bill, 9 13
11
Paid W. S. Jones, for repairs on Southeast school-house, $2 57 Francis Jones, for painting in Southeast school-house, 2 58
G. R. Keyes, repairs on North school- house, 5 73
A. A. Wyman, for new seats and setting up the same in West school-house, 27 00
A. A. Wyman, for repairs on West school-house, 32 37
Rev. James Fletcher, repairs and grad- ing at Center school-house, 30 11
$226 65
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Phineas Wetherbee, services as Assessor, $ 40 00
J. W. Dupee, 66 25 00
C. B. Robbins, 66 25 00
L. U. Holt, sealing weights and meas- ures, 10 00
C. B. Stone. services as Registrar of voters to Oct. 1, 1888, 12 00
Spofford Robbins, services as Registrar of voters pro tem, 2 00
J. C. Cutter, collecting taxes for 1887,
90 00
Rev. James Fletcher, services as Supt. of schools, 125 00
J. K. W. Wetherbee, services as Treas., 45 00 Wm. D. Tuttle, services as Registrar of voters to May 1, 1888, 15 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, services as Town Clerk, 25 00
J. W. Dupee, services as Selectman, 85 00
T. F. Noyes,
66
45 00
Howard B. White, services as Selectman. 45 00
$589 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Nathan Johnson, repairing pump,
$
1.25
F. R. Knowlton, for Memorial day, 125 00
E. Jones & Co., coal for Town Hall, 28 31
Garfield & Co., painting and lettering guide boards, 4 50
Francis Jones, painting guide board,
75
Thomas Mccarthy, stone guide post. 2 55
66 18 bound stones, 7 65
12
Paid Chas. Wheeler, for teaming and setting
bound stones at West Acton and Powder mills, $ 11 85
Nathan Johnson, labor on monument grounds, 2 50
Nathan Johnson, labor on monument,
1 50
.6 66 repairing flag, 60
66 flag rope and putting . up same, 3 50
L. E. Reed. attending 24 burials, 72 00
66 services at Magog pond, per order of Fish Commissioners. 3000
Mrs. L. A. Melone, reward for securing conviction of illegal sale of liquors. 50 00
J. E. Cutter, summoning 16 persons to take the oath of office, 2 00
James Kinsley, use of road for Hurley. Phineas Wetherbee, expenses to get poll tax lists printed, 1 25
8 50
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, 3 Assessors' books, 1 12
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee. Tax Col- lector's book, 1 25
Dr. C. B. Saunders, services in Board of Health case of Mis. Bancroft, 2 25
Dr. A. C. Livermore, services in Board of Health case of Mrs. Bancroft, 2 50
Dr. C. B. Saunders. reporting 45 births to town clerk, 11 25
Heirs of Jonathan Wheeler, lease of gravel bank for 25 years, 46 26
J. E. Cutter, abatement on C. L. Hey- wood est., tax for 1886. 10 92
J. E. Cutter, abatement on C. L. Hey- wood est., tax for 1887. 13 26
J. E. Cutter, abatements on taxes of 1887, as certified by the Assessors. 106 10
A. F. Blanchard. abatement on C. L. Heywood est .. tax for 1888, 12 48
A. F. Blanchard, abatement on Henry Haynes tax, 1 00
A. F. Blanchard, abatements for 1888 as certified by the Assessors, 34 00
A. F. Blanchard, discount on taxes for 1888, 736 80
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Paid M. E. Taylor & Co., supplies for town hall, $12 32
Julian Tuttle, 1 cord wood for town hall, 5 00
66 care of town hall and clock, 58 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, tor record book, 30
expense of getting voting
lists printed, 1 00
Wm. D. Tuttle, surveying and making deed of Wheeler heirs' gravel pit.
3 50
Wm. D. Tuttle, for express,
1 85
יי 66 postage and stationery,
2 03
recording 24 deaths,
4 40
66
66 collecting and recording
40 births,
20 00
L. E. Reed, making 22 returns of deaths, 5 50
A. F. Blanchard, abatements as certified by the Assessors, 29 06 .
$1477 31
TEMPORARY LOANS PAID.
Paid Mrs. Angie D. Hill, note and interest, $445 77 J. K. W. Wetherbee, 424 61
Varnum Tuttle, 66 1981 64
$2852 02
BOUNTY TAX REFUNDED.
.
Paid Mrs. Sybil Miller, A. C. Handley, 6 16
$4 88
Handley & Hosmer, 1 44
$12 48
RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance in treasury Feb. 26, 1888, $799 56
due from collector of taxes, Feb. 26, 1888, 1448 10
Appropriation for t wn charges,
5000 30
support of schools,
4100 00
for roads.
1800 00
overlayings,
279 72
State tax, 1665 00
County tax, 934 27
1 95
66 66 13 marriages,
14
Rec'd of Varnum Tuttle, borrowed money, $1894 80 J. K. W. Wetherbee, “ 66 421 45
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 808 96
National bank tax, 560 29
State Aid, acts '79, chap. 252, 138 00
66 6 State Aid, acts '79,
chap. 301, 142 00
66 66 income Mass.school
fund, 158 54
66
66 revenue from Mass. school fund,
142 57
County treasurer, dog fund,
218 83
Chapel society, rent of school-room
to April 1, 1888, 33 00
L. W. Stevens, lots sold in Mount
Hope cemetery,
38 00
John Fletcher, lots sold in Wood- lawn cemetery,
45 60
Interest on money in bank,
80 00
Julian Tuttle, rent of Town Hall and cellar, 80 72
Town of Harvard, for aid furnished
Barzillia Lawrence, 17 00
City of Lowell, for aid furnished to
William R. Davis, 51 28
Julian Tuttle, old iron sold, 8 15
$20,865 36
EXPENDITURES.
For Center school,
$849 27
West School,
866 94
South school,
871 52
North school,
423 05
East school,
448 82
Southeast school,
368 80
High school,
809 50
School supplies,
379 32
Printing,
111 33
State Aid,
441 00
Support of poor,
1465 26
Cemetery expenses,
125 70
Roads ordered by Co. Commissioners,
881 98
Roads and bridges,
2468 54
1
15
For Repairs on town buildings,
$226 65
Town officers,
589 00
Miscellaneous,
1477 31
Temporary loan paid,
2852 02
Bounty tax refunded, State tax,
12 48
1665 00
County tax,
¥934 27
$18,267 76
Balance due from collector,
731 77
due from treasurer,
1865 83
Balance in favor of the town,
2597 60
$20,865 36
JOB W. DUPEE,
Selectmen
THOMAS F. NOYES,
of
HOWARD B. WHITE, ) Acton.
ACTON, FEB. 27, 1889.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT FOR 1888.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN ACTON IN;1888.
No. Date of Birth. Name of Child. Names of parents.
1. Jan. 1. James William, son of Frank and Margaret Moan.
2. Jan. 2. In Passadena, Cal., Raymond Franklin, son of J. Edward and Susie E. Durkee.
3. Jan. 7. Grace Florence, daughter of Wm. and Charlotte E. Barnes.
4. Jan. 12. Harry Olin, son of Wm. H. and Lora M. Hartwell.
5. Feb. 8. Helen Winifred, daughter of Edgar H. and Angie Hall.
6. Feb. 24. Guy Edward, son of Norman A. and M. Alice Davidson.
7. Mar. 9. Arthur Frederic, son of Olin L. and Mary J. Wright.
8. Mar. 13.
Earle Frank, son of Walter E. and Nettie F. Hayward.
9. May 10.
Sarah Etta, daughter of Amos H. and Etta C. Hayward.
10. May 16. Richard Francis, son of James and Annie Kinsley.
11. May 24. Carroll A. M., son of George B. and Carrie B. Gowen.
12. June 21.
Ethel Florence, daughter of Frank H. and Ellen M. Thompson.
13. July 7. Harold Stanley, son of Frank R. and Emma S. Knowl- ton.
14. July 9.
Joseph, son of Sevior and May Grace Mahony.
15. July 17.
Ruth Frances, daughter of Nathan F. and Adelle E. Derby.
16. Aug. 2. Roswel, son of George W. and Sarah E. Stearns.
17. Aug. 18. Benjamin Harrison, son of Thomas J. and Kate Sawyer.
18. Ang. 27. Wilbert Melvin, son of William and Catherine A. Tucker.
19. Aug. 27. Alonzo, son of Allen and Bessie Leonard.
20. Sept. 19.
Carl Edward, son of Edward and Ora Anna Willis.
21. Sept. 20. Percy Leroy, son of John W. and Eliza Jane Hudson.
22. Sept. 20. Carl Roland, son of Samuel, Jr. and Emma E. Jones. 23. Oct. ð. May Belle, daughter of John and Anna M. Maynes.
24. Oct. 10. Arthur Roland, son of Roswell L. and Anna B. Tuttle.
25. Oct. 17. Benjamin F. B., son of Fredson P. and Mattie M. Brooks.
26. Oct. 20. Gertie Alma, daughter of James A. and Nettie Fowler. 27. Oct. 24. Charles Herbert, son of Byron W. and Hattie Belle Austin.
28. Oct. 30. - a daughter to Charles H. and Hannah R. Clark. 29. Nov. 2. Sarah Lizzie, daughter of Thomas and Maria C. Scan- lan.
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30. Nov. 8. - a daughter to Charles B. and Lizzie S. Sanders.
31. Nov. 13 Clarence Warren, son of Wm G. and Sarah R. Brown.
32. Nov. 20. Ruth Jane. daughter of James B. and Mary A. Wheeler.
33. Nov. 24. Ada Elizabeth, daughter of Wm. O. and Elizabeth J. Banks.
34. Nov. 25. Marion Celeste, daughter of S. Hammond and Mary B. Taylor.
25. Nov. 28. John, son of Michael and Mary Welch.
36. Dec. 5. Bess Josephine, daughter of Wedster C. and Amelia H. Robbins.
37. Dec. 5. A son to Hattie Mabel Hall.
38. Dec. 10. Bertha Frances, daughter of Frederic W. and Catherine M. Greene.
39. Dec. 12. Antoinette Ammidown, daughter of Franklin D. and Lucietta Barker.
40. Dec. 25. Lawrence William, son of Frederic G. and Mary Ann Jones.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN ACTON IN 1888.
No. Date. Names and Residence of Parties.
1. Feb. 22. Charles J. Holton and Jennie A. Bean, both of Acton.
2. Mar. 21. Joseph F. Edwards and Ada C. Baily, both of Maynard.
3. April 25. Michael O. Kerrigan of Concord and Annie Gallagher of Acton.
4. June 25. Fremont S. Vining of ' hillips, Me., and Ada F. Willard of Acton.
5. June 27. Frank Arthur Teele of Somerville and Mabel Richard- son of Acton.
6. Sept. 5. Charles M. Kimball of Haverhill and Carrie E. Jones of Acton.
7. Sept. 5.
10. Nov. 14.
David H. Bezanson and Ida M. Foote, both of Acton.
8. Oct. 2. William A. Flint of Concord and Estella D. Heath of Acton
9. Oct. 24. Frederick L. Burke and Addie H. Barker, both of Acton. Horace M. Howard of Lexington and Lucy A. Jones of Acton.
11. Nov. 25. Thomas Anegues of Acton and Mary Haley of Marlboro. 12. Nov. 27. Samuel A. Dorrison of Clinton and Mary W. Wheeler of Acton.
13. Dec. 13. Thomas Miller and Livina E. Demmons, both of May- nard.
DEATHS RECORDED IN ACTON IN 1888.
No. Date.
Names of Deceased.
1. Jan. 1. Franklin White, aged 39 years, 27 days.
2. Jan. 29. Mr. Gaius W. Allen, aged 83 years.
3. Feb. 1. Mary D. Farrar, aged 20 years, 4 months, 15 days.
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4. Feb. 3. Lizzie S., daughter of Anson C. and Ellen Piper, aged 2 months, 2 days.
5. Feb. 11. Mrs. Eliza A. G. Barker, wife of Isaac Barker, aged 77 years, 1 month, 5 days.
6. Feb. 22. Mary F. Davis, aged 54 years, 9 months, 16 days.
7. Mar. 9. Sarah E. Robbins, aged 64 years, 3 months, 23 days.
8. Mar. 15. Sarah J. Houghton, wife of Geo. H. S. Houghton, aged 53 years, 8 months, 16 days.
9. Mar. 9. Mrs. Rachel C. Conant, wife of Joel H. Conant, aged 75 years, 10 months, 12 days.
10 April 30. Mrs. Abigail P. Durkee, aged 65 years.
11. May 20. Mr. John Harris, aged 86 years, 5 month, 13 days.
12 July 25. Mr. James F. Jones, aged 58 years, 6 months.
13. Aug. 10. William S. Sanford, aged 23 years, 5 months, 10 days.
14. Aug. 10. Lewis M. Finney.
15 Aug. 15.
Edward O. Neil, aged 50 years.
16. Aug. 21.
Mrs. Hepsabeth A. Piper, wife of Jona A. Piper, aged 80 years, 3 months, 20 days.
17. Aug. 30. Edward J. O'Neil, aged 27 years.
18. Sept. 19. Mrs. Melvina M. Bancroft, aged 72 yrs, 4 mos., 14 days.
19. Sept. 22. Sarah A. Barton, aged 68 years, 5 months, 4 days.
20. Nov. 10. William Martin, aged 33 years.
21. Nov. 15. Mr. David M. Handley, aged 86 years, 5 months, 7 days.
22. Nov. 22. Mr. Cyrus Barker, aged 85 years, 11 months.
23. Dec. 2. Mrs. Sarah A. Conant, wife of Chas. A. Conant, aged 65 years, 1 month, 24 days.
24. Dec. .16. Mary E. Puffer, aged 34 years.
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NAMES OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN ACTON IN 1888, WITH THE AMOUNT RECEIVED FROM EACH.
David Shapley,
$2 John Temple,
$2
Fred E. Wetherbee,
2
Geo. R. Keyes,
2
Samuel E. Miller,
2
Francis Pratt,
. 2:
Moses A. Reed,
2 Sylvester Haynes,
2
Michael Kerrigan,
2
Eliza Haynes,
2
Chas. B. Stone,
2
Forbush & Hartwell,
5.
Mead and Stone,
2
Dan McCarthy, 2d,
2
Frances Stone,
2 Geo. W. Tuttle,
2
E. Eddie Fletcher,
2
W. F. Stevens,
2
Chas. J. Williams,
2
T. J. Sawyer,
5
F. W. Green,
2
L. V. Clough,
2
Albert Moulton,
2
W. F. Kelley,
2
E. J. Robbins,
2
F. Rouillard,
2
Charles Varney,
2
Chas. B. Sanders,
4
A. W. Gardner,
2
F. S. Whitcomb,
2
Joshua Sawyer,
4
M. J. Worthley,
2
A. F. Sargent,
2
Chauncy B. Robbins,
4
A. L. Lawrence,
9
J. R. Bassett,
2
Mrs. Geo. F. Flagg,
2
H. M. Smith,
2
George H. Books,
2
Moses Taylor,
2
Antoine Bulette,
2
L. U. Holt,
2
Daniel Tuttle,
2
Thomas Calder,
2
Thomas Mannion,
2
Ed. H. Jones,
2
Geo. B. Gowen,
2
Chas. Wheeler,
5
Cyrus Hayward,
2 Geo. Conant,
2
Walter E. Hayward,
2 Stephen E. Martin,
2
John Fletcher,
2
Geo. T. Knowlton,
2
F. W. Houghton,
2
Henry Hanson,
2
Otis H. Forbush,
2
R. B. Knowlton,
2
J. K. W. Wetherbee,
2
Isaac S. Ford,
2
Elnathan Jones,
2
L. E. Reed,
2
Tuttle, Jones & Wetherbee, 4 Ed. O'Neil,
2
Daniel F. Farrar.
2
W. H. Teele,
2
Willie S. Fletcher,
2
J. C. Gates,
2
Augustus Fletcher,
2
Willis L. Mead,
2
Dana F. Hayward,
2
H. A. Littlefield,
2
D. J. Wetherbee,
2
F. W. Gray,
2
Solon A. Robbins,
2
Isaac Barker,
2
Ollie D. Wood,
2
Geo C. Wright,
2
Oscar H. Thompson,
2
Geo. A. Conant,
2
David M. Handley,
2
A. L. Tuttle,
2
Amasa Knowlton,
2
C. J. Holton,
7
Jeremiah McCarthy,
2 C. H. Holton,
2
O. A. Knowlton,
2 Fred Gilmore,
2
.
20
James D. Coburn,
2
Hezman Chaplin, 2
A. L. Noyes,
2
C. A. Harrington,
4
G. H. S. Houghton,
2 Webster (. Robbins,
4
M. H. Worden,
2 Chas. H. Taylor,
2
Anson C. Piper,
2
Geo. C. C'onant,
2
Chas. Morris.
2
A. P Wood,
·2
J. H. Hanaford,
2
Ralph ('rooker,
2
J. W. Dupee,
2
N. Littlefield,
2
R. L. Reed,
2
('has. H. Wheeler,
2
Daniel Harris,
2
A. Risso,
9
J. H. Standish,
2
F. R. Knowlton,
4
Henry Haynes,
·2
Geo. Gardner,
2
Wm. B. Davis,
·2
Moses E. Taylor,
2
Geo. T. Knowlton,
2
Henry Hanson,
2
Luther Conant,
2 Eliza B, Cole,
·2
Nathan R. Palmer,
2 Henry L. Willard,
2
Allen G. Smith. 2
Whole number of Dogs licensed since last report, 133; males, 127; females, 6. Total amount received, $284.
WM. D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.
21
Report of Receipts and Expenditures at the Almshouse in Acton, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1889.
Articles on hand February 28, 1889.
11 cows,
$468 00
1 horse,
175 00
1 ton rye fodder,
12 00
12 tons hay,
216 00
Oat fodder.
4 00
Grain, .
8 00
1 plough,
12 00
Horse rake,
23 00
Mowing machine,
30 00
55 hens,
27 50
15 cords wood,
75 00
1 wagon,
70 00
Concord buggy,
15 00
15 bushels potatoes, .
10 50
150 pounds salt pork,
18 00
Molasses, .
3 00
Apples, .
4 00
Barrels,
4 32
Soap, .
2 00
Vinegar,
1 00
Canned fruit,
2 00
Crackers, .
2 70
Flour, .
2 50
Beans, .
80
Lard, .
2 40
Butter,
75
Oat meal.
50
Spices,
75
Coffee,
35
Tea,.
30
Eggs,
25
Salt,
50
Cream tartar,
35
Lumber
.. 15 00
$1207 47
22
RECEIPTS FROM TOWN FARM
From March 1. 1888. to March 1. 1889.
Received for Apples,
$334 74
Milk, .
820 44
Calves, . .
16 75
Beef cow
18 65
Labor,
11 00
Potatoes
14 85
Cabbages,
91
Peaches,.
1 10
Lumber,
2 00
Old rake,.
2 00
Beans,
38
Peas,
2 12
Pickles,
79
Eggs,
22 23
$1247 96
EXPENDITURES AT TOWN FARM
For the year euding February 28, 1889.
Axes ..
$ 2 40
Axe handles.
40
Apple header
1 00
Axle grease,
25
Alum,
10
Beans,
9 22
Butter, .
47 09
Brooms.
1 75
Boots and shoes.
7 95
Berries,
1 00
Brushes,
57
Barrels,
43 86
Blacksmith bill,
18 44
Castings,
7 71
Coal, .
24 72
Cream tartar,
1 84
Combs,
52
Cows, .. .
206 00
Cocoa,
33
Crackers,
34 77
Coffee, .
6 98
Crockery
4 28
Castor, .
1 00
Celery,.
15
23
Curtains,
$ 1 65
Chimneys, .
39
Cloth and clothing,
46 04
Campor,
40
Clothes pins,
15
Cattle cards,
28
Cheese,
1 34
Disinfectant.
20
Eggs, .
36
Evaporated apple.
1 55
Extracts, .
1 15
Fruit jars,
1 93
Fish,.
10 27
Flower pots,
30
Flour, .
33 54
Files, . . ....
30
Fly paper and powder,
97
Fertilizer,
21 20
Glass,
2 40
Grain.
442 15
Grafting trees
7 25
Harrow teeth.
1 00
Hinges and hooks, .
34
Ham, .
8 70
Horse rake,
23 50
Knives,
60
Lumber,
2 96
Lantern, .
60
Locks,.
30
Lime,
68
Labor, .
14 25
Lemons,
1 83
Measure,
15
Meat, .
105 55
Molasses, .
14 30
Matches,
15
Nails, .
4 10
Oat meal,
2 01
Ointment,
40
Oil,.
4 65
Onions, ..
35
Poultry food,
6 40
Pails, .
62
Paris green,
25
Pick handle,
33
Plough,
12 00
24
Paints, .
1 88
Plaster,
35
Peppers, .
35
Pigs, ..
12 00
Putty, .
14
Potatoes,
18 16
Rosin, ....
15
Rings and staples,
14
Repairing harness
7 05
Raisins,
1 44
Seeds,
8 00
Spices,
2 69
Soda, .
64
Stove polish,
48
Starch,
86
Saltpetre,
20
Spinage,
25
Soap, ..
5 50
Sulphur,
30
Salt, .
2 80
Spoons,
1 16
Sugar,.
41 38
Scythes,
1 60
Saws,.
85
Services of H. C. Scarlet and wife,
445 83
E. H. Cutler,
50 00
L. C. Taylor,.
15 00
A. C. Handley,
6 00
Turpentine, .
1 13
Tomato plants, .
50
Tin ware,
70
Tea, ...
6 10
Tobacco,.
50
Use of bull,
3 75
Vinegar, .
2 40
Wire, .
6 60
Wheel wright bill,
4 90
Whetstone,.
50
Yeast,.
1 10
$1,855 82
Expenditures,
$1,855 82
Receipts,
1,247 96
Income less than expense,
$ 607 86
25
Drawn from the treasury,
$206 00
Due from treasury to balance account,
401 86
Income less than expense, Interest on farm,
$ 607 86 240 00
$ 847 86
Victualing and lodging 170 tramps at 40 cents,
68 00
Cost of supporting poor at farm, $779 86
Whole number of persons, exclusive of tramps, supported at almshouse, 7 ; average number, 5 1-2 ; present number, 6.
E. H. CUTLER,
L. C. TAYLOR,
Overseers of
A. C. HANDLEY, Poor.
1
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
SCHOOL-YEAR, 1888-9.
1
To the town of Acton : REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
IN BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The town is to be congratulated upon the harmonious and healthful condition of the schools through the year. The Winter session has been free from the usual snow blockades. The interruptions from disease, epidemics and cold have been exceptional. The death angel must have found his victims elsewhere, as no name in our happy list of scholars has been starred.
In examining carefully the various registers, two impres- sions are left upon the mind. In conferring with the teach- ers, these impressions still linger, as if on purpose to be re- corded in the printed annual report. One is, most of the parents show a care in providing food, clothes, conveyances, and other encouragements which prove a hearty co-operation in securing to their children the full benefit of school days. They have intelligence enough to see how essential to real progress, is the presence of the child in the school room on time and'in proper condition of mind and body, for the real work in hand. They are willing to make sacrifices of person- al comfort and home accommodations for the sake of that " presence. Private gratifications easily yield when balanced against the culture and -welfare of the child ..
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