Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1879-1894, Part 26

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I. F. Duren, for making returns 41 deaths, 10 25


I. F. Duren, for attending 47 burials, 141 00


I. F. Duren, for removing 4 bodies from Elbridge Robbins tomb and burying same, 5 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, for postage, express and stationery, 6 80


Wm. D. Tuttle, for ballot box repairs, 66 " Telephone charges,


47


26


66 " surveying „at ceme- tary, 1 00


Wm. D. Tuttle, surveying and making plans of road near P. Wetherbee's, 7 00


17


TOWN OF ACTON.


Paid Wm. D. Tuttle, for collecting and re- cording 37 births, $18 50 Wm. D. Tuttle, for recording 45 deaths, 6 50


66 23 mar- riages, 3 45


Wm. D. Tuttle, for services Town Clerk, 30 00


66 66 as registrar of voters, 15 00


C. N. Pitman, care of town hall and clock, 22 55


Geo. R. Keyes, 4 trips to Lowell acc't. Geo. Kingsley children, 4 00


Geo. R. Keyes, 1 trip to Cambridge acc't. Blanchard case, 2 00


Geo. R. Keyes, 1 trip to Boston acc't. State aid case, 2 00


J. E. Cutter, discount on taxes, 66 for services in dog license cases, 5 00


848 16


E. A. Phalan, for services at Magog,


pond, order Fish Committee,


5 00


$1,860 30


ABATEMENT OF TAXES.


Susan F. Durkee, for 1890, $4 25


John A. Puffer, 66 2 00


Abatement of taxes as certified by the Asses- sors for 1891, 78 00


$84 25


LOANS AND INTEREST.


Paid J. K. W. Wetherbee, temporary loan,


$526 55


interest on same,


5 months, 5 per cent., 10 97


Hiram J. Hapgood, note, 400 00


66 interest on note, 8


months, 6 days, 5 per cent. 13 67


18


ANNUAL REPORT


Paid Tnttles, Jones & Wetherbee, interest on $1,000 note, 1 year, 5 per cent., $50 00


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, interest on $1,500 note, 1 year, 5 per cent., 75 00


Interest on J. W. Hayward's note, 5 months, 23 days, 5 per cent., 21 62


$1,097 81


$20,812 85


RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.


Balance in the Treasury, Feb. 26, 1891, $1,296 46


Due from Collector of Taxes, Feb. 26, 1891, 811 10


Appropriations for Town charges, 6,500 00


Schools,


4,400 00


School supplies,


450 00


Highways,


2,300 00


Overlayings,


289 23


State tax,


1,005 00


County tax,


1,078 85


Rec'd from State Treasurer, Corporation tax,


617 28


66


Nat. Bank tax,


619 24


66 66


Military Aid,


62 00


66 State Aid,


340 00


66 66 Income of Mass.


School Fund, 184 56


County Treasurer, dog tax,


180 80


Chapel Society, rent to Apr. 1, '91,


33 00


Town of Methnen, for aid fur- nished Wm. Austin, 11 00


Moses G. Reed, for hay in ·Wood- lawn Cemetery, 16 04


Julian Tuttle, on acc't Town Hall,


12 99


Cash for old lumber sold, 18 00


Globe Furniture Co., refund of freight on school furniture, 7 56


Temporary aid of State Paupers, 16 00


M. H. Garfield, for hard pine plank, 6 84


19


TOWN OF ACTON.


Rec'd from County Treasurer, on Leland- Stevens road, $900 00 J. K. W. Wetherbee, borrowed money, 526 55


P. V. Hapgood, borrowed money, 500 00


H. J. Hapgood,


400 00


Geo. A. Stevens, 66 66


800 00


Est. W. W. Davis, 66 66


350 00


F. H. Jones, 66 66 600 00


Varnum Tuttle,


66


1,240 00


John A. Bowen,


1,000 00


E. C. Damon, for old bridge plank,


6 77


Levi W. Stevens, for sale of ceme- tery lots, 40 00


John Fletcher, for sale of ceme- tery lots,


22 00


Interest on money in Bank,


61 00


Estate of Amos Brooks, for aid furnished Chas. A. Brooks, 16 50


C. H. Pitman, for rent of Town Hall,


9 50


Estate of Amos Brooks,


47 69


D. C. Harris, for lumber sold,


3 95


Rev. James Fletcher, for school supplies sold, 3 41


~~ $26,783 32


EXPENDITURES.


For Centre School,


$871 47


West School,


856 90


South School,


851 96


North School,


432 40


East School,


436 35


South East School,


371 76


High School,


1,010 08


School supplies,


450 00


State and Military Aid,


794 00


Support of Poor,


1,942 96


Cemetery expenses,


1,073 53


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ANNUAL REPORT


Roads ordered by County Commission- ers,


2,801 64


Printing,


110 55


Town Officers,


670 00


Roads and bridges,


3,879 52


Town Buildings and grounds,


850 14


Miscellaneous expenses,


1,860 30


Loans and interest paid,


1,097 81


State tax,


1,005 00


County tax,


1,078 85


Abatement of taxes,


84 25


Library,


367 23


$22,896 70


Balance due from E. F. Conant, taxes, 1891,


85 87


J. E. Cutter, taxes, 1891, 1,835 08


Treasurer, 1,965 67


3,886 62


$26,783 32


TOWN DEBTS.


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee, note,


$1,000 00


66


1,500 00


P. V. Hapgood,


66


500 00


Geo. A. Stevens,


800 00


Estate Wm. Davis,


66


350 00


F. H. Jones,


66


600 00


Varnum Tuttle,


66


1,240 00


John A. Bowen,


1.000 00


$6,990 00


Less amounts due from Collectors and Treasurer, 3,886 62


Balance against the Town, Feb. 26th, 1892, $3,103 38 WM. F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES, GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN, Selectmen of Acton.


ACTON, Feb. 26th, 1892.


We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen,and find them correct.


HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, DANIEL J. WETHERBEE, Auditors of the Town of Acton.


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TOWN OF ACTON.


List of Jurors.


The following is a list of persons to serve as Jurors for the ensuing year, as revised by the Selectmen of Acton, to be sub- mitted to said town at their April meeting :


Luther Conant.


Francis Hosmer.


James R. Lawrence.


Lyman Tuttle.


Frank H. Whitcomb.


Lorenzo A. Pratt.


Geo. B. Parker.


James P. Brown.


James Kinsley.


Charles S. Twitchell.


John C. Keyes.


George A. Conant.


Norman A. Davidson.


Thomas T. Noyes.


William F. Kelley.


Cyrus Hale.


Joseph A. Whitcomb.


Elbridge J. Robbins.


Hanson A. Littlefield.


Luke J. Robbins.


John S. White.


George W. Worster. Waldo Littlefield.


Theron F. Newton.


WM. F. STEVENS, GEORGE R. KEYES, GUSTAVUS V. BOWEN, Selectmen of Acton.


ACTON, March 22, 1892.


S. Hammond Taylor. Daniel H. Farrar.


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ANNUAL REPORT


Report of Receipts and Expenditures at the Almshouse in Acton. For the Year Ending February 29th, 1892.


ARTICLES ON HAND FEBRUARY 29, 1892.


11 cows,


$440 00


1 bull,


12 00


1 horse,


130 00


9 tons of hay,


180 00


1 ton oat fodder,


12 00


Horse rake,


18 00


Grain,


6 75


2 plows,


13 00


Horse hoe,


2 50


Flour barrels,


3 60


1 wagon,


70 00


1 mowing machine,


12 00


24 market boxes,


2 40


60 hens,


30 00


Apples,


4 00


Canned fruit,


4 50


200 lbs. pork,


20 00


Molasses,


2 70


Kerosene oil,


36


40 bushels potatoes,


20 00


Onions,


30


20 cords of wood,


70 00


23


TOWN OF ACTON.


50 lbs. ham,


$6 25


Crackers,


90


Flour,


6 00


Tea,


1 00


Coffee,


36


Sugar,


30


Oatmeal,


15


Spices,


50


60 lbs. lard,


7 20


Fruit jars,


4 00


Eggs,


40


-


$1,081 17


RECEIPTS FROM THE TOWN FARM FROM MARCH I, 1891, TO MARCH 1, 1892.


Received for apples,


$369 96


Cows,


146 95


Calves,


7 75


Eggs,


38 87


Milk,


982 16


Onions,


21 05


Potatoes,


18 55


Strawberries,


3 36


$1,588 65


EXPENDITURES AT THE TOWN FARM FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 1892.


Axe,


$1 00


Asparagus,


39


Brushes and brooms,


2 52


Barrel linings,


35


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ANNUAL REPORT


Butter,


$33 49


Bread,


1 27


Beans,


9 63


Boots and shoes,


6 30


Bean pots,


55


Boxes,


35


Blacksmith's bill,


3 04


Bed bug poison,


75


Bull,


12 00


Burial expenses of Elijah Brine,


17 00


Cheese,


3 47


Cloth and clothing,


34 26


Cattle cards,


16


Cream tartar,


94


Crackers,


37 49


Corks,


18


Cucumbers,


07


Coffee,


4 26


Carbolic acid,


25


Crockery,


1 80


Chocolate,


45


Cows,


189 00


Castings,


2 67


Drain pipe,


2 00


Dr. C. B. Sanders' bill,


7 00


Eggs,


65


Extract lemon,


83


Evaporated apple,


1 39


Farming tools,


8 06


Flour,


18 12


Flour barrels,


6 30


Fertilizer,


22 10


Fish,


13 61


Fruit jars,


2 38


Garden and Field seed,


22 12


25


TOWN OF ACTON.


Glass,


$2 62


Greens,


84


Grain,


617 51


Hops,


25


Hardware,


6 12


Holt's, L. U., bill,


9 62


Insect powder,


60


Kerosene oil,


2 40


Lemons,


1 23


Labor,


22 25


Lamp chimneys,


57


Lumber,


9 60


Ladder,


3 00


Meat bill,


83 27


Medicine,


4 24


Molasses,


8 19


Matches,


18


Nest eggs,


35


Oyster shells


90


Onions,


46


Paris green,


84


Paint and oil,


4 07


Pins and needles,


40


Pails,


55


Putty,


20


Pigs,


13 08


Potatoes,


12 00


Rolled oats.


48


Rope,


28


Rice,


32


Rosin,


15


Raisins,


2 38


Repairs on harness,


4 65


Repairs on mowing machine,


6 35


Salt,


21 38


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ANNUAL REPORT


Sweet potatoes,


75


Spices,


2 26


Soda,


35


Soap,


4 35


Sugar,


27 42


Scraps,


2 97


Squashes,


90


Stove polish,


16


Syrup,


2 05


Syrup cup,


45


Starch,


25


Services of H. C. Scarlet and wife,


495 86


66


E. H. Cutler,


50 00


L. C. Taylor,


15 00


66 A. C. Handley,


6 00


Tea,


3 50


Tomato plants,


30


Tub,


38


Tinware,


2 41


Thread,


1 28


Twine,


12


Use of bull,


1 00


Vinegar,


20


Wheelwright's bill,


4 00


Washing powder,


25


Wood saw,


83


Yeast,


80


Expenditures,


$1,914 37 1,588 65


Receipts,


Income less than expense,


$325 72


Due from treasury to balance account,


325 72


Interest on farm,


240 00


$565 72


Victualling and lodging 176 tramps,


70 40


Cost of supporting poor on farm,


$495 32


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TOWN OF ACTON.


Whole number of persons exclusive of tramps supported at almshouse,


Average number,


Present number,


4


3 3-4


3


E. H. CUTLER, Overseers LYMAN C. TAYLOR, of


AARON C. HANDLEY, Poor.


We have examined the above accounts of the Overseers of Poor and find them correct.


HIRAM J. HAPGOOD,


DANIEL J. WETHERBEE, S Auditors.


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ANNUAL REPORT


Town Clerk's Report for 1891.


BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1891.


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


1861.


1. Jan. 3. Edith May Holton. Charles J. and Jennie A. Holton.


2. Jan. 5. Gilbert Raymond Jones. Fred. G. and Mary A. Jones.


3. Jan. 9. Harry Esmond Goodwin. Edgar and Ida F. Good- win.


4. Jan. 17. Leonard Dupee White. John Sidney and Bertha H. White.


5. Feb. 10. Vera May Charlton. Will Murray and Minnie M. Charlton.


6. Feb. 18. Evelyn Knowlton. Frank R. and Emma S. Knowlton.


7. Mar. 23. Estelle Knowlton. Amasa M. and Elizabeth F. Knowlton.


8. Mar. 9. Glenna Alene Crosby. Frank and Josephine Crosby.


9. Apr. 13. Lela Antonia Simmensen. Peter and Paulina Simmensen.


10. Apr. 22. Walter Ball Kenyon. Noble H. and Eva K. Kenyon.


11. May 4. Walter E. Burr. William R. and Emily Burr.


12. May 27. Ralph Lewis Hastings. Lewis C. and Emma F. Hastings.


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TOWN OF ACTON.


No. Date of Birth. 1891. Name of Child. Names of Parents.


13. May 29. Mary Margaret Murphy. Michael and Joanna Murphy.


14. May 31. Andrew Clark Jenkins. Andrew C. and Rachel A. Jenkins.


15. July 10. Virgie E. Wilson. John D. and Agnes A. Wilson.


16. July 25. A Son. Samuel B. and Harriet Harris.


17. July 29. Ethel Amy Ball. George W. and Addie B. Ball.


18. Aug. 9. Jacob S. Harrington. Jas. B. and Effie V. Har- rington.


19. Aug. 30. Thomas Joseph Jackman. James and Margaret J. Jackman.


.


20. Aug. 15. Levi Clarence Wheeler. Jairus C. and Alice M. Wheeler.


21. Aug. 25. Everett Eugene Sargent. Albert F. and Sarah F. Sargent.


22. Aug. 29. Ray Nichols Robbins. Webster C. and Amelia H. Robbins.


23. Sept. 27. A Son. Albert Long and Sophia E. Wetherbee.


24. Sept. 17. Fred Earle Clark. Charles H. and Hannah R. Clark.


25. Sept. 20. Harry Charles Johnson. Charles J. and Sarah M. Johnson.


26. Oct. 15. Ralph Franklin Lord. Charles E. and Annie N. Lord.


27. Oct. 11. Carl Norman Davidson. Norman A. and M. Alice Davidson.


28. Oct. 16. Gertrude Moore. William J. and Mary A. F. Moore.


29. Nov. 5. Emma Frances Poore. George W. and S. Estelle Poore.


30. Nov. 4. A Son. Charles F. and Annie F. Haley.


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ANNUAL REPORT


No. Date of Birth. 1891. Name of Child. Names of Parents.


31. Nov. 10. Agnes Viola Barber.


Giles A. and Maggie M. Barber.


32. Nov. 14. John Macone. Alexander and May Grace Ma- cone.


33. Nov. 22. Charles Edward Rodway. Charles B. and Char- lotte E. Rodway.


34: Nov. 27. Glen Carlton Gould. Herman A. and Sarah E. Gould.


35. Nov. 29. A Daughter. James A. and Minnie F. Annice.


. 36. Nov. 29. Willie Russell Gill. James and Jennie Gill.


37. Dec. 27. Eva May Gilmore. Almon H. and Mabel Gil- more.


1890. Feb. 12. Annie Frances Kinsley. James and Annie Kins- ley.


MARRIAGES RECORDED BY TOWN CLERK IN 1892.


No. Date-1891. Names and Residence of Parties. Where Married.


1. Jan. 1. Gilman H. Parlin of Acton, and Annie U. Simmensen of Acton. Carlisle.


2. Jan. 24. Herbert R. Moore of Acton, and Han- nah Holmen of Waltham. Waltham.


3. Jan. 28. Arthur F. Blanchard of Acton, and Charlotte T. Sanderson of Littleton. Littleton·


4. Feb. 2.


Franklin O. Watson of Minneapolis, Minn., and Sarah A. Tuttle of Ac- ton. Acton.


5. Apr. 1. Fred A. Brown of Marlboro, and Mary A. Hallowell of Stow. Acton.


6. May 20. Lewis Grant Freeman of Acton, and Annie McCall of Cambridge. Cambridge.


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TOWN OF ACTON.


No. Date-1891. Names and Residence of Parties. Where Married.


7. June 11. Hugh McNamara of Acton, and Bridg- et Kelly of Lowell. Lowell.


8. June 17. Almon H. Gilmore of Acton, and Ma- bel Dufresne of Acton. Acton.


9. July 9. William Sullivan of Acton, and Kate Welch of Acton. Concord.


10. Aug. 9. Walter A. Brown of Shelburne Falls, and A.Blanche Mead of Boxborough.


Acton.


11. Sept. 2. Edward T. Quimby of Boscawen, N.H., and Annie J. Noyes of Acton.


Acton.


12. Sept. 2. Elbridge L. Wheeler of Acton, and Florence I. Noyes of Acton.


Acton.


13. Sept. 9. John E. McGregor of Acton, and Ida M. Littlefield of Acton.


Acton.


14. Sept. 19. Owen L. Newcomb of Acton, and Ho- nora Coleman of Port Greville,N.S.


Boston.


15. Oct. 1. Arthur C. Meehan of Charlestown, and Annie E. Boylan of Acton.


Concord.


16. Oct. 15. George B. Hooper of Acton, and Ida E. Priest of Maynard.


Bedford.


17. Oct. 27. Charles A. Hoppin Jr. of Worcester, and May Frances Bowen of Acton.


Boston.


18. Nov.


7. Ernest S. Morse of Acton, and Estella M. Beach of Acton. Acton.


19. Nov. 8. John Redfearn of Acton, and Esther Logan of Acton. East Boston.


20. Dec. 2. Frank A. Merriam of Acton, and Ber- tha M. Jones of Acton. Acton.


21. Dec. 2. Anthony I. Goding of Acton, and Flo- ra E. Clark of Acton. Boxborough.


22. Dec. 17. Arthur W. Armstrong of Acton, and Emily C. Hall of Acton. Acton.


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ANNUAL REPORT


No. Date-1891. Names and Residence of Parties. Where Married.


23. Dec. 24. Samuel R. Simpson of Acton, and Bes- sie Vaughn of Acton. Acton.


DEATHS RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK IN 1891.


No. Date-1891. Names of Persons Deceased. Yrs.


Mos.


Dys.


1. Jan. 6. Nancy K. Handley, widow of David M. Handley, 49


2. Jan. 13. John Mann,


75


6


3. Jan. 24. J. Augustine Houston,


56


1


24


4. Feb. 12. Frances A. Stone, widow of Ed- win Stone, 37


2


19


5. Feb. 14. John Whipple Aldrich,


57


3


-


-


4


8


8. Feb. 26. Ena May Smith, daughter of Geo. H. and Cora E. Smith, -


10


4


9. Mar. 6. Charlotte Tarbell Blood, widow of Sumner Blood,


78


-


-


10. Mar. 18. Frank Henry Bulette,


32


5


28


11. Mar. 19. John F. Blood,


56


1


21


12. Mar. 19. Patrick Gallagher,


75


-


-


14.


Apr. 6. George Chandler,


80


10


25


15. Apr. 8. Martha Lawrence,


84


1


2


16. Apr. 16. Clarina A. Warner, widow of Elias Warner,


82


11


29


17. Apr. 24.


Henry Brooks,


61


3


24


18. Apr. 27. Hattie M. Robbins,


21


11


2


.


10


28


6. Feb. 17. Catherine Lecaine Howlett, wid- ow of John Howlett, 94


11


7. Feb. 25. Benjamin F. B. Brooks, son of Fredson P. and Martha M. Brooks, 2


13. Apr. 2. Susan E. Handley, widow of Abraham B. Handley,


86


10


12


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TOWN OF ACTON.


No. Date-1891. Names of Persons Deceased. Yrs.


Mos.


Dys.


19. May 5. Mary Ann McDonald, wife of John McDonald, 33


10


-


20. May 13. Martha B.Sawin, widow of Sam- uel Sawin, 81


-


21. May 13. Julia A. Hayward, wife of Ar- nold Hayward,


77


10


13


22. May 17. Alice A. Brooks, wife of Amos Brooks,


75


11


23. May 21. Gilman H. Parlin,


27


11


21


24. May 21. Amos Brooks,


84


8


26


25. May 22. Caroline K. Robbins, wife of Al- vin M. Robbins,


69


11


11


26. June 11. Henry P. Chandler,


69


11


23


27. June 25. George Irving Harris,


16


8


19


28. July 7. Edith May Holton, daughter of Charles J. and Jennie A. Hol- ton,


6


29. July 25. Infant son of Samuel B. and Harriet L. Harris, -


30. July 26. John Swift Fletcher, 42


3


17


31. July 31. Frances M. Reed, wife of J. Ev- erett Reed, 60


32. Aug. 6. Mary Ann McCabe, daughter of Cornelius and Mary McCabe, 2


1 13


33. Aug. 13. E. Lester Hall, son of E. Lester and Lucy F. Hall,


7


3


34. Aug. 22. Francis Robbins,


84


4


28


35. Sept. 2.


Walter E. Burr, son of Wm. R. and Emily Burr,


3


29


36. Sept. 28. Lucy Jane Tuttle, widow of Hor- ace Tuttle, 84


-


11


37. Sept. 29. James Wood Hayward, 81


3


29


38. Nov. 2. Thomas Calder,


45


4


39. Nov. 8. John J. Beatty,


75


-


-


-


-


-


-


7


1


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ANNUAL REPORT


No.


Date-1891.


Names of Persons Deceased.


Yrs.


Mos. Dys.


40. Nov. 9. Bessie Currie, wife of Douglas Currie, 31


8 2


41. Nov. 12. Infant son of Charles F. and An- nie Haley, -


-


9


42. Nov. 24. Mary Skinner, widow of Heury Skinner, 95


3


10


43. Nov. 26. Reuel Williams, 43


11


44. Dec. 1. Elijah Bryan, 45. Dec. 23. George A. Stevens,


79


6


1


NAMES OF PERSONS HAVING DOGS LICENSED IN 1892.


E. F. Shapley.


C. S. Simonds, 1 female.


Charles H. Holton.


George Desseault.


Mildred E. Handley.


Willle S. Fletcher.


Abel Cole. C. B. Sanders.


Wm. Clark. Fredson P. Brooks.


Otis H. Forbush.


Geo. T. Barstow.


Lawrin W. Pratt,


Blanche Bassett. Corydon O. Stone. H. A. Littlefield. Luther Conant.


A. L. Lawrence, 1 female.


A. L. Lawrence, 1 male. Chas. J. Williams. . Clarence B. Smith.


Augustus Fletcher. John W. Randall.


Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee. George W. Ball. Clara L. Stone.


69


-


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TOWN OF ACTON.


Samuel Jones, Jr. Sylvester Haynes. Frank Pratt. Daniel H. Farrar. Mrs. Daniel Harris. Aaron C. Handley. D. James Wetherbee. Amasa M. Knowlton. David C. Harris. J. W. Clark. Fred Reed. Chas. L. Davis.


Chauncy B. Robbins, 2. E. B. Forbush. William Wilson. M. E. Taylor. Ralph Crooker. Thomas Calder. Henry Hanson. Charles Wheeler, 1 female.


Charles H. Wheeler. Alonzo L. Tuttle.


John Kelley. Geo. H. Brooks. Geo. H. Smith. Wm. H. Hill.


Lyman Tuttle. Willie H. Gilmore.


Mrs. Chas. Varney. Wm. S. Jones. Fred G. Jones. Henry M. Smith. Webster C. Robbins, 2. Adelbert Mead. Octavus A. Knowlton.


Thomas Manion. William Jennings. A. J. Fletcher. Noble H. Kenyon.


George McDougal. Abel Farrar. Charles Morris.


George A. Hayward. Thos. J. Sawyer.


L. M. Stewart.


J. C. Hunt. John Temple. Solon A. Robbins. E. Eddie Fletcher. Antoine Bulette.


W. W. Philbrick.


Charles S. Moulton.


Geo, H. S. Houghton. Luke Tuttle.


Chas. A. Harrington.


Mrs. Geo. F. Flagg. Wm. J. Moore.


Mrs. Jennie A. Pratt. Jas. P. Brown.


Chas. J. Holton.


J. H. Standish. Harvey J. Bishop.


Eph. L. Hall.


Moses Taylor. Daniel Tuttle. A. A. Wyman. R. G. Brooks. C. H. Mead & Co. Chas. Barker.


Martin H. Worden.


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ANNUAL REPORT


Warren H. Jones.


Fred Lewis.


William Hayes, 1 female.


Lucius S. Hosmer. Alexander Allen.


Wm. B. Davis. Geo. Conant.


Whole no. of Dogs Licensed, 105. Males, 99. Females, 6. Whole amount received from licenses, $228.00.


WM. D. TUTTLE, Town Clerk. ACTON, March 2, 1892.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


ETRUSTEESA


OF THE


ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY.


TRUSTEES:


LUTHER CONANT, ADELBERT MEAD, MOSES TAYLOR, DELETTE H. HALL, HIRAM J. HAPGOOD, DANIEL J. WETHERBEE, LUCIUS A. HESSELTON, WM. D. TUTTLE, REV. JAMES FLETCHER.


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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Of the Acton Memorial Library, 1891-92. .


The Trustees of the Acton Memorial Library, in accord- ance with custom, hereby present their second annual report. In submitting this report we feel that the assured success of this very valuable institution will be readily acknowledged by everyone. Though there has been a slight diminution in the number of books issued, this may be accounted for as arising from causes that do not affect the general condition of inter- est in the library.


The number of library cards given out has increased during the year from 586 to 703.


The proportion of books called for from the different de- partments of history, fiction, etc., remains about the same as last year.


The whole number of volumes issued during the year has been 9937.


The number of accessions during the year has been 253.


Number of visitors registered from June 17, 1891, to March, 1892, 298.


Whole number of books now in the library, 4420.


Number of books lost since the opening of the library, 0.


Number of books re-bound, 18.


Number of magazines bound, 18.


Fines collected during the year, $20.00.


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The means to pay for the books purchased during the year were provided as follows: Early in the year, as evi- dence of his continued and permanent interest in the library, Mr. Wilde sent to the Trustees a check for the sum of $100, all of which has been expended in books. The town, at its annual meeting in April, appropriated a similar sum, of which $82.98 has been paid for the same purpose. For the maga- zines placed upon the table in the reading room for 1892, the sum of $22.95 has been paid. The list of these publications is as follows : Atlantic Monthly, Cassell's Magazine, Har- per's Monthly, Century Magazine, Scribner's Magazine, St. Nicholas, Wide Awake, Harper's Young People, New Eng- land Magazine. Mr. Wilde also furnishes the Child's Hour, Our Sunday Afternoon and the Cottage Hearth. Mr. Chas. J. Williams has also contributed the Congressional Record for the same purpose.


Books donated to the library during the past year : William A. Wilde, (proceeds of check for $100,) 112 vols.


Social Library,


1


Rev. G. W. Stearns,


.


1


Department of State, ·


·


·


1


Ada C. Davis, .


1


Hon. M. T. Stevens,


1


Luther Conant,


·


5


Augustine B. Conant,


1 1


Deloraine P. Corey, Malden,


21


Frederic A. Tupper,


1


Col. Gardner Tufts,


1


Smithsonian Institution,


1


Jonas S. Hunt, Sudbury,


1


Walter Baker,


1


Paid for by the Town,


100


Total,


. 253


·


Hon. F. T. Greenhaldge, .


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Other articles of value donated to the library : Picture of Libby Prison, where Union soldiers were confined


in Richmond, as it appeared in 1863, by Moses Taylor, Esq.


Portrait of Gen. McClellan, by Hon. William A. Wilde. " The Last Cartridge," a French engraving, Hon. W. A. Wilde.


Also, upon the evening of the 20th of April, Mr. Wilde, in the Town hall, presented to Post 138, G. A. R., the mem- bers of which were present in large numbers, an artist's proof engraving of Bachelder's picture of the Battle of Gettysburg at the time of the repulse of Longstreet's assault, July 3, 1863, to be placed in Memorial hall, accompanying the pre- sentation with an interesting and eloquent address.


Afterward, during the same evening, Dr. I. Hutchins, representing Capt. Aaron C. Handley, who commanded Co. E, old Sixth Regt., Mass. Vols., during its second term of service in the war of the Rebellion, presented to the Post the sword and scabbard carried by Capt. Handley while he was in service. The Post in turn, through Commander Delette H. Hall, committed the sword to the custody of the trustees of the Acton Memorial Library, to be permanently kept in Memorial hall, as a memento of that ever memorable contest. The sword is a very elegant specimen of workmanship, and was presented to Capt. Handley by the company under his command, every member of the company contributing to the purchase. We give Capt. Handley's letter in full :


Commander of Isaac Davis Post, No. 138, Dept. of Mass., G. A. R .:


MY DEAR SIR-I have treasured and held very highly for a long time the sword presented to me by Co. E of the 6th Mass. Vols., while in the service of our country. I think every member participated in the present.


I now desire to place it in your hands, and through you into the custody of the trustees of Memorial Library, to be


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kept and preserved by the town of Acton in Memorial hall forever.


I desire that it shall be for the use of Isaac Davis Post, No. 138, G. A. R., also for the Benj. Lovell Camp of the Sons of Veterans, on all public occasions and celebrations in which either of the above organizations or any military or- ganization in Acton shall take a part.


Commander, please accept it for the purposes and uses above named.


Respectfully yours,


AARON C. HANDLEY. South Acton, Mass., April 20th, 1891.


Even now an inspection of Memorial hall will show that it is fast becoming a repository of rare and valuable memen- tos of the past, and also an art gallery, to which all visitors are welcome.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT. BY WM. D. TUTTLE.


RECEIPTS.


Town appropriation for current expenses, $400 00


66 66 for new books, 100 00


Gift of Hon. W. A. Wilde for same purpose,


100 00


Fines collected to March 1, 1891,


12 67


66 66 to March 1, 1892, 20 00


Total,


$632 67


EXPENDITURES.


Estes & Lauriat, for new books,


$182 98


Henry D. Noyes & Co., for magazines for reading room, 22 95


Ida A. Hale, services as librarian,


102 00


Julian Tuttle, services as janitor to April 1, 1891,


13 40


Rev. James Fletcher, services as janitor 11 mos. to March 1, 1892, 91 67


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D. A. Cutler, for transportation of books, 50 00 %


J. G. Roberts & Co., for re-binding books, etc., 16 98


L. Barta, for printing supplementary catalogues, 28 00


L. Barta, for printing 10,000 library slips,


9 27


J. E. Cutter, for 20,300 lbs. coal, 63 44


M. E. Taylor & Co., for oil and supplies for 1890, 66 66 66 1891,


16 37


For visitor's registry book and ink pot,


7 50


For town histories of Sudbury, Medford, West- ford and Woburn, by way of exchange,


5 00 4


L. U. Holt, for repairs, 2 00


L. Conant, for express charges, 2 70


Janitor, for incidental supplies, 36 16


Total,


$671 66


632 67


Deficiency, $38 99


As will be seen, a portion of the deficiency of $38.99 arises from the fact that a bill for oil and supplies for 1890, amounting to $21.24, was not sent in season to be included in the report of that year. The actual excess of expenditure being so small, the trustees have voted to ask for an appro- priation of $400.00, the same as last year.


Our library is doing a silent but effective work ; its in- fluences are felt in every house in this community. A public library is at once a common school and a university, and while it presents to us the realities of the past, it indicates the lines of progress of the future. And in that future we confidently look forward to an ever widening and broadening service, for that is the common destiny of institutions of this character.




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