Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1906-1910, Part 16

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1906
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Edw. Stanley, repairs on pump, stove and engine 5 20


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.


11 01


Chas. Calder, two days' work


3 00


Chas. Calder, filing saws


1 00


Chas. Calder, labor on Farm


20 65


Chas. Calder, freight on boxes


75


Chas. Calder, carfare to Boston for C. Kane.


2 00


Chas. Calder, repairs on clock


1 00


Chas. Calder, sawdust


40


Chas. Calder, use of bull


2 00


Chas. Calder, labor on ice


2 00


J. S. Moore, boxes 60


Frank Pratt, damage done by cows 1 50


O. D. Fessenden, 35 barrels 12 25


Mrs. Chas. Heath, boarding C. Kane 2 weeks Finney & Hoit, clothing 6 75


8 00


Jackson & Bulette, pasturing


10 00


H. L. Priest, use of bull 3 00


Dr. Tasker, medical attendance furnished


Michael Dugan 10 00


Dr. Barker, medical attendance furnished Susan Fisk 10 50


C. H. Mead, steel plough


15 00


C. H. Mead, wheel harrow 23 00


C. H. Mead, grass seed


22 33


C. H. Mead, chicken wire


3 57


C. H. Mead, paint


3 20


C. H. Mead, Farm furnishings 2 17


C. W. Liveringston, soap 2 50


O. A. Knowlton, postage and telephone 1 50


J. S. Moore, postage and telephone 1 01


$1,583 36


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Expenditures


$1583 36


Interest on Farm


105 00


Inventory, 1907


2,467 45


$4,155 81


Inventory, 1908


$2,485 35


Receipts from Farm


1,569 29


Due on milk


75 95


Victualizing 7 tramps


1 75


$4,132 34


Cost of supporting poor on Farm


..


$23 47


Inmates at Farm During Year.


Susan Fisk, 12 months.


Jas. Quinlan, 8 months.


Frank Harris, 3 months.


Christopher Kane, 21/2 months.


Michael Dugan, 1 month.


REMARKS.


To fill the vacancy caused by Mr. and Mrs. Thompson resigning last spring, the Overseers of the Poor were fur- tunate in securing Mr. and Mrs. Calder as Warden and Matron on the Farm.


Although not experienced in the duties of the farm, they performed them faithfully and well and the Board were sorry not to be able to engage them another year.


O. A. KNOWLTON, WM. F. KELLEY, J. STERLING MOORE,


Overseers of the Poor.


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Aid Outside Poor.


Paid City of No. Adams, Mass., aid furnished Margaret Gough and family 219 10


City of Marlboro, Mass., aid furnished Her- bert Rickaby 11 00


City of Cambridge, Mass., aid furnished Mary Hill and family 73 31


M. E. Taylor, groceries and supplies fur- nished Mrs. D. Gallagher and family ... 117 59


M. E. Taylor, groceries and supplies fur- nished Geo. Brooks and family 104 00


Jas. Bent, eight months' board furnished Jas. Kerrigan 40 00


Mrs. D. Dean, board furnished Jas. Kerrigan 165 00


Dr. Tasker, medical attendance furnished Bertie Gay Sleep 6 75


Lemuel Sleep, care and board furnished Bertie Gay Sleep 15 00


I. F. Duren, funeral expenses of Bertie Gay Sleep 22 00


$773 75


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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.


To the Citizens of Acton :


The work of this department has been of the usual routine character during the past year. A few young trees have been planted near Mt. Hope cemetery and a badly inclined tree in West Acton has been brought to a vertical position, a young tree being planted near it in order to re- place it in the event that the "righting up" process shall prove a failure.


As it happens the Tree Warden is also, by appointment of the Selectmen, the Local Superintendent of moth work it may not be out of place to say a few words here upon the subject of the important insect pests which have recently appeared among us. The brown-tail moth nests are found this year in decreased numbers in the northerly and easterly parts of the Town. In the southerly and south easterly districts there is but little change from the conditions of last year. Every effort is making to clear our trees of these pests.


The gypsy moth has been kept in check in all parts of the Town,'in the woodlands as well as in the orchards and among the shade trees. This year, as last every orchard and shade tree and every rod of woodland in the Town has been carefully inspected and the location of practically every gypsy moth egg cluster is known. The early colonies of this moth, found in Town in 1905, have been completely destroyed.


I desire here to express my apprciation of the faithful, intelligent and efficient work done by the men of the moth department during the past year.


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The San Jose scale has been the cause of widespread loss and destruction among the fruit and ornamental trees of this state during the past few years and has lately ap- peared in this Town. A very valuable bulletin upon the San Jose scale has been prepared by Professor Fernald of the Amherst Experiment Station and may be obtained, free of cost, upon application to the Station.


An interesting paper upon the same subject by Profes- sor Stene of the Rhode Island College of Agriculture, etc., is. here printed for your information.


CHARLES J. WILLIAMS,


Tree Warden.


NOTE-Upon application to the tree warden, or to a deputy tree warden by persons desiring to cut trees growing within the limits of a public way along their lands and out- side of village limits, such trees as the Town desires to per- manently retain will be marked, and a permit given to cut the remainder.


Although the laws relating to the protection of shade trees have been annually published in this report for sev- erals years, a number of our citizens appear to be unaware of the fact that the old "spiked tree law" so-called, has been repealed and that under the law now in force all trees with- in the limits of any public way or place are public shade trees belonging to the Town for its use and benefit until such use and benefit is relinquished in writing by the Town through its agent, the tree warden.


Any growth measuring one inch in diameter at the butt is a tree within the meaning of the statute.


Deputy Tree Wardens.


Moses A. Reed, Acton Center ; Albert H. Perkins, West. Acton.


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The San Jose Scale.


Doubtless one of the worst insect pests with which the fruit-growers of the United States have to contend is the San Jose scale. It is scattered all over the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Gulf to the north- ern tier of states. This little insect, less than one-fourth the size of an ordinary pinhead is causing millions of dol- lars of damage to our fruit plantations, and hundreds of thousands perhaps to a variety of ornamental trees and shrubbery.


In Rhode Island it is found in every section where nursery stock has been planted in the last ten or twelve years, and where special precautions have not been taken to guard against its introduction. Many of our people feel that it is a great deal worse than the notorious gypsy moth, but they should remember that we have not yet experienced a real attack of the moth such as it is capable of making, and that this pest is omniverous in its appetite, besides caus- ing a great deal of personal discomfort in crawling over and into everything, while the scale has very few food plants and remains unnoticed except in so far as it destroys the. trees.


The scale is a tremendous factor and it is revolutioniz -- ing fruit growing. The old-fashioned way of planting or- chards and expecting them to bear good fruit without care® is disappearing. Fruit growing is becoming one of the in- tensive lines of agriculture. The professional fruit grower with a good up-to-date spraying outfit, a knowledge of how to spray and of other factors of culture and marketing, is: going to succeed in spite of the scale, and we may perhaps. be compelled to say, will succeed better because of the scale.


There are vast quantities of facts and principles yet un- learned or undiscovered regarding fruit-growing, and the San Jose scale is a force that will compel the fruit-grower to learn many of them. The small fruit-grower and the householder who has only a few trees for his own use is the one on whom the struggle will bear the hardest, but even he,


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by adopting some of the principles of the large grower and substituting perhaps dwarf trees for standards, will be able to succeed.


The San Jose scale was imported from China into the San Jose Valley, California, about thirty-five years ago and from there it has been carried all over the country in nurs- ery stock, almost before its dangerous character was real- ized. Unlike the Scurfy and Oyster-shell scales which have troubled the fruit-growers for a century or more, and which lay eggs in the fall of the year that hatch at some definite time the following summer, the San Jose scale lives over the winter in the larval stage, and after maturing in the spring produces young which hatch eggs inside the body of the fe- male. This process may go on for five or six weeks before the insect dies. The larvae soon settle down, insert their sucking tube into the bark and, in a few days, secrete a waxy covering or scale which protects them from injury. The young mature in about 35 or 40 days and then begin to give birth to a new generation.


The Oyster shell and Scurfy bark scales can be treated with an ordinary kerosene emulsion at the time when the eggs hatch in early summer, and if thoroughly done, every one of the young scales will be destroyed. This method cannot be used for the San Jose scale. Solutions which would destroy the female scales would be too strong for the foliage of the tree. It is possible to kill the young larvae with the same solutions as used for other scales, but it is evi- dent from the life history already given that applications would have to be made once or twice a week throughout the summer in order to reach all that are born before they have time to form the protective covering.


As the insect has few enemies, most of the young scale live to mature and reproduce and with the several genera- tions which appear during one season, it is possible for one female which winters over to have more than three billion descendants at the end of the season. This illustrates the force of what we wish to impress upon all who expect to


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battle with this insect on fruit and ornamental stock, that spraying, as ordinarily carried on, is inefficient and almost certain to lead to disappointment and the idea that the scale cannot be controlled. A very few scales which may escape a careless application of the spray remedy may have progeny enough to lead the fruit-grower to think, when the fall comes, that the application of spray remedies the previous season was of absolutely no avail, when, as a matter of fact, he may have killed 95 percent of those wintering over.


The precaution is obvious. Every portion of the tree must be covered with the spray to the very tips of the twigs, and from all sides. This can only be accomplished with a good spraying outfit. The first requisite is a good spray pump with which a pressure of 75 to 125 pounds can be maintained at the nozzle. If the Vermorel type of nozzle is used, this pressure will produce a fine, mist-like spray, which, if intelligently directed, will strike and adhere to all parts of the tree. As an illustration of the efficiency of a misty spray over a coarse one, notice how much more thoroughly a tree is dampened by a heavy fog than by a brisk shower.


The best remedy today is the lime-sulphur wash pre- pared as follows : Slake 20 pounds of good stone lime in a small quantity of hot water. While the slaking is in pro- gress, sift into the lime 15 pounds of Flowers of Sulphur and mix the mass thoroughly. When the ebullition has ceased, add 20 to 25 gallons of hot water and boil from 40 to 50 minutes. Pour through a strainer having 20 to 24 meshes to the inch into a tank or barrel and add water, hot prefer- ably, enough to make fifty gallons. The mixture should be. applied while hot, and if any of it is left standing over night, it should be heated before being applied.


Where boiling is impracticable, a good spray mixture can be produced without it by adding five pounds of caustic potash to the lime and sulphur above mentioned when the slaking has ceased. This will of course make the mixture more expensive and it also renders it more disagreeable to handle.


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When it is impracticable to make the lime-sulphur wash in any of these forms, fairly good results can be obtained by the use of one of the miscible oil sprays now on the market. Scalecide, is one of the best of these and Kill-o-Scale is an- other which is quite highly recommended. These oil sprays mix readily with cold water and are very easily applied.


To recapitulate : Fruit-growing is becoming a business which will require close attention and thorough knowledge of all facts and principles whereupon depend a successful fight against fungous diseases and injurious insects and the production of first-class fruit. Eternal vigilance is the price of good fruit, and we may well add, "To the victor be- long the spoils."


The spraying must be done with good spray mixtures and up-to-date apparatus. The work must be thorough. If a wind blows, only one side of the tree can be sprayed. The other side must be treated when the wind is from the oppo- site direction. Have pressure enough to produce a fine mist as the spray leaves the nozzle. Cover ever spot on the tree to the very tips of the twigs. A good sprayer will do this without deluging the tree so that the liquid runs down the stem or drips from the branches.


Use the boiled lime-sulphur wash if possible. If not, use lime-sulphur potash ; or one of the miscible oils. Spray as soon as the leaves have fallen in the autumn, and if the trees are badly infested, again just before the leaves come out in the spring.


A. E. STENE,


Rhode Island College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Kingston, Rhode Island.


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REVISED LAWS.


Chapter 53.


Section 12. The tree warden may appoint and remove deputy tree wardens. He and they shall receive such com- pensations as the Town determines or, in default thereof, as the selectmen allow. He shall have the care and control of all public shade trees in the Town, except those in public parks or open places under the jurisdiction of the park com- missioners, and of those, if so requested in writing by the park commissioners, and shall enforce all the provisions of law for the preservation of such trees. He shall expend all money appropriated for the setting out and maintenance of such trees. Regulations for their care and preservation made by him, approved by the selectmen and posted in two or more public places, imposing fines and forfeitures of not more than twenty dollars in any one case, shall have the force and effect of Town by-laws. All shade trees within the limits of a public way shall be public shade trees.


Section 13. Public shade trees outside the residential part of a Town, as determined by the selectmen, shall not be cut or removed, in whole or in part, except by the tree warden or his deputy or by a person holding a license so to do from the tree warden. Public shade trees within said residential part shall not be cut, except for trimming by the tree warden, nor shall they be removed by the tree warden or his deputy or other person without a public hearing at a suitable time and place, after notice thereof posted in two or more public places in the Town and upon the tree and after authority granted by the tree warden therefor. Who- ever violates the provisions of this section shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars to the use of the Town.


Chapter 208.


Section 102. Whoever wantonly injures, defaces or des- troys an ornamental or shade tree in a public way or place,


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or negligently or willfully suffers an animal, driven by or for him or belonging to him, and lawfully in a public way or place, to injure, deface or destroy such tree, or whoever, by any other means, negligently or willfully injures, defaces or destroys such tree, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, one-half to the use of the complainant and one-half to the use of the city or town in which said act is committed ; and shall in addition thereto be liable to said city or town or other person interested in said tree for all damages caused by said act.


Section 103. Whoever negligently or willfully suffers an animal, driven by or for him or belonging to him and lawfully on the highway, to injure, deface or destroy a tree which is not his own, standing for use or ornament on the highway, or whoever, by any other means, negligently or willfully injures, defaces or detroys such tree, shall forfeit not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, one- half to the use of the complainant and one-half to the use of the city or town in which said act is committed ; and shall in addition thereto be liable in damages to the owners or tenant of the land in front of which the tree stands.


Section 104. Whoever affixes to a tree in a public way or place, a playbill, picture, announcement, notice, advertise- ment or other thing, whether in writing or otherwise, or cuts, paints or marks such tree except for the purpose of pro- tecting it and under a written permit from the officers hav- ing the charge of such trees in a city or from the tree warden in a town, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each offence. The tree warden shall enforce the provisions of this and the preceding two sections in towns.


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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS For the Year 1907-1908.


We present the following schedule showing the amounts of the several funds for the perpetual care of cemetery lots and the income and expenditures on account of each fund for the year.


HERBERT T. CLARK, JULIAN TUTTLE, HORACE F. TUTTLE,


Cemetery Commissioners.


CEMETERY FUNDS FOR CARE OF LOTS.


No.


Date of Deposit


Amount


Deposited


On hand


March 11, 1907


Income


Expended


On hand


March 1, 1908


Woodlawn Cemetery.


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1 | Dec. 30, 1889


Hepsabeth Piper


$50 00


$50 25


$1 75


$1 50


$50 50


2 | Feb. 13, 1890


Frederick Rouillard


100 00


101 15


3 50


3 50


101 15


3 Aug. 3, 1892


William W. Davis


100


00


101 50


3 50


3 50


101 50


4 | Dec. 30, 1892


Jedediah Tuttle


50 00


50 50


1 75


1 50


50 75


5


Apr. 10,


1893


Mary Skinner


200


00


203 69


7 00


8 56


202 13


6


Apr. 10, 1893


Nancy K. Handley


500 00


515 73


17 50


13 88


, 519 35


7


May 12, 1897


Mary Severance


100 00


101 00


3 50


3 00


101 50


8


June 5, 1897


Mary W. Chaffin


100


00


102 50


3 50


3 00


103 00


9


May 13, 1897


Warren Robbins


100


00


101 50


3 50


3 50


101 50


10


Apr. 29, 1890


Henry Loker


100 00


101 54


3 50


3 00


102 04


11


June 23, 1899


Henry Lothrop


200 00


205 10


7 00


6 88


205 22


12


Oct. 20, 1899


Luther W. Piper


100


00


105 00


3 50


4 26


104 24


13


Feb. 12, 1900


James Temple


100 00


101 25


3 50


3 00


101 75


14


May 30, 1900


Fidelia Wheeler


100 00


101 82


3 50


3 00


102 32


15


Oct. 24, 1900


Wm. H. Chapman


100 00


101 50


3 50


3 00


102 00


16


Jan. 12, 1901


Mary A. Robbins


100


00


102 25


3 50


3 00


102 75


17


July 29, 1901


Daniel Wetherbee


100


00


102 10


3 50


2 50


103 10


18


May 19 1901


James Tuttle


100 00


100 00


3 50


3 42


100 08


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19 | Sept. 24, 1901


Julia Morrison


75 00


75 36


2 62


2 50|


75 48


20 | Feb. 20, 1902


Elbridge J. Robbins


100 00


103 00


3 50


5 00


101 50


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21 | June 20, 1902 22 Aug. 15, 1902 Oct. 18, 1902 Feb. 6, 1904 Feb. 27, 1904 Mar. 15, 1904 23 24 25 26 27 April 9, 1904 May 25, 1904 28 29 June 30, 1904 30 31 May 31, 1905 32 Aug. 1, 1905 33 Feb. 5, 1906 34 Mar. 8, 1906 35 Mar. 8, 1906 36 June 19, 1906 June 21, 1906 37 38 Aug. 10, 1906 39 Sept. 22, 1906 40 Oct. 10, 1906 41 Jan. 1, 1907 42 May 31, 1907 43 July 12, 1907 44 Nov. 2, 1907 45 Dec. 9, 1907


William Jennings Adeline Weston Blood Irving V. Whitcomb John Fletcher


100 00|


101 00


3 50|


3 00


101 50


100 00


105 72


3 50


7 11


102 11


100 00


100 20


3 50


3 50


100 20


100 00|


100 33


3 50


3 50


100 33


75 00


75 18


2 62


2 50


75 30


Amanda M. Barnard


100 00


101 47


3 50


3 00


101 97


George T. Ames


100 00


100 25


3 50


3 67


100 08


Horace Tuttle


100 00


106 29


3 50


2 00


107 79


Samuel Jones


50 00


50 47


1 75


1 50


50 72


Dec. 2, 1904


Francis Hosmer


100 00


107 97


3 50


11 25


100 22


Mary E. Robbins


100


00


102 72


3 50


3 00


103 22


Augustine and Luther Conant


500 00


518 19


17 50


10 00


525 69


Hannah D. Robbins


50 00


50 92


1 75


1 00


51 67


Elisha H. Cutler


100 00


101 50


3 50


3 50


101 50


Nathaniel Jones


50 00


50 25


1 75


1 50


50 50


Solomon Smith


75 00


76 90


2 62


3 50


76 02


Gaius W. Allen


100 00


100 52


3 50


3 50


100 52


Varnum Tuttle


250 00


255 10 (a)8 75


255 10


Aaron S. Fletcher


50 00


50 82


1 75


50


52 07


Mary J. Harrington


200 00


202 95


7 00


5 50


204 45


Elnathan Jones


100 00


100 70


3 50


3 50


100 70


Nathan Chaffin


75 00


2 62


1 50


76 12


Jonathan Loker


100 00


2 21


102 21


Rev. James T. Woodbury


100 00


1 16


101 16


Henry M. Smith


75 00


60


75 60


46


Mar. 2, 1908


Julian Tuttle


100 00


100 00


.


1


$5,425 00| $5,086 09|$180 70 $166 53| $5,548 61


W. E. Faulkner


Mount Hope Cemetery.


1 Mar. 8, 1895


Eliza A. Whitcomb


1 $75 00


$75 68


$2 62


$2 50|


$75 80


2 Mar. 23, 1900


Phineas Wetherbee


1 Share F R R.


10 25


5 00


6 50


*8 75


3 Aug. 27, 1901


S. Lizzie Hayward


100 00


107 85


3 50


2 50


108 85


4 Aug. 31, 1901 Frank C. Hayward


500 00


509 33 b 17 50


509 33


5 Nov. 4, 1902


George C. Wright


100 00


127 50


3 50


2 50


128 50


6


Nov. 4, 1902


George Crampton


100 00


100 00


3 50


2 50


101 00


Nov. 4, 1902


Joel Wright


100 00


100 00


3 50


2 50


101 00


7 8


Nov. 4, 1902


George S. Wright


100 00


100 00|


3 50


2 50


101 00


9 Nov. 4, 1902


Emerline A. Johnson


100 00


100 00


3 50


2 50


101 00


10


Nov. 4, 1902


George C. Wright


50 00


57 55


1 75


59 30


11


Mar. 12, 1904


B. H. and O. K. Patch


50 00


48 25


1 75


6 50


43 50


12


Sept. 28, 1904


150 00


158 40


5 25


6 50


157 15


13 Dec. 20, 1904


50 00


50 40


1 75


2 50


49 65


14


May 13, 1903


Lewis B. Goodnow


100 00


109 42


3 50


5 50


107 42


15


Dec. 22, 1905


Sarah A. Hutchins


100 00


101 76


3 50


2 50


102 76


16


July 3, 1905


F. D. Walcott


100 00


101 91


3 50


2 50


102 91


May 12, 1906


A. Louisa Warren and Simon Hosmer lots


150 00


151 87


5 25


152 12


June 12, 1906


John R. Houghton


100 00


99 62


3 50


2 50


100 62


July 12,


1906


William A. Cutler


100 00


99 83


3 50


2 50


100 83


Apr. 11, 1907


Simon Blanchard No 335


100 00


3 18


103 18


Wheeler and Shattuck


50 00


1 31


51 31


22


Feb. 29, 1908


George H. Decoster No. 334


100 00


100 00


4


1


$2,375 00| $2,209 62


$83 86 $60 00| $2,465 98


1


1


1


17 18


19 20 21


June 1, 1907


Howard E. Faulkner


J. Warren Hayward


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North Cemetery.


1 2 3


Jan. 12, 1903


Samuel Temple


$50 00


$50 29


$1 75


$1 50


$50 24


Jan. 12, 1903


Francis Hutchinson


50 00


50 79


1 75


2 00


50 54


Jan. 12, 1903


Henrietta Anderson


50 00


50 54


1 75


1 50


50 79


4


Aug. 11, 1904


Mary Hapgood


50 00


50 77


1 75


2 00


50 52


-


1


$200 00


$202 39


$7 00


$7 00


$202 39


$8,000 00 $7,498 20 $271 56 $226 53| $8,216 98


(a) Paid to heirs of Varnum Tuttle.


(b) Paid to F. C. Hayward. * Unexpended income.


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EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE ACTON MEMORIAL LIBRARY, 1907-1908.


LUTHER CONANT, President. E. FAULKNER CONANT, Secretary. HORACE F. TUTTLE,


MOSES TAYLOR DELETTE HALL


HIRAM J. HAPGOOD


CHARLES J. WILLIAMS


L. A. HESSELTON FRANK R. KNOWLTON


In presenting this report the Trustees would call your attention to the fact that since the library was opened to the public in 1890, a new generation has been born to enjoy the opportunities for education and self-culture that it affords its patrons. And it is from the constant new accession of readers that we look to see its influence widen and increase in the future.


Five years have now passed since the death of its donor, the Hon. William A. Wilde, and as evidence of his far-reach- ing foresight and sagacity, we think we may truly say that the business that he founded, that the institution that he builded and endowed, and others that he helped to build and endow mighty engines for good as we believe, have continued to move on without the loss of a single throb in their pulsations.


We know with what, a thrill of pleasure, Mr. Wilde, were he living, would have read in the report of the libra-


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rian that the number of volumes on its shelves had gone above the 10,000 mark.


We pay this brief tribute to the memory of Mr. Wilde that these younger recipients of his bounty, may not be lacking in gratitude for the magnificent gift not only to them, but to those who in their turn will come after them.


We have a far less pleasant duty to perform in calling to the attention of some rude boys, who we regret to say are inclined to abuse the privilege of entering the book-room, that notices have been posted and that the librarian has been instructed to enforce these rules to the letter.


No change has taken place during the year in the per- somel of the Board of Trustees or their assistants. We would request the Town to raise and appropriate the usual sums : $200.00 for new books, and $400.00 for current ex- penses of the library.


Appended is the report of the librarian, Mr. Arthur F. Davis.


LUTHER CONANT,


For the Trustees.


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Eighteenth Annual Report.


Accessions-Number of volumes in the library, March 12, 1907, 9,636 ; increase by purchase 489, of which 27 were obtained by binding magazines ; increase by gift 42. Total increase 531 Number of volumes in the library, March 1, 1908, 10,167.


Circulation-Number of days the library was opened, 100. Number of volumes circulated, 5,669. Daily aver- age circulation, 56 : largest daily circulation 117, on Feb- ruary 29, 1908 : smallest daily circulation 16, on July 3, 1907. Received for catalogues and fines $25 16 Expended for postage 16




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