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EDWARD DIXON, SUPERINTENDENT.
SAMUEL H. TAFT, Chairman, EDWARD DIXON, Secretary, WILLIAM W. NELSON, JOHN C. WOOD, FREDERIC BATES, LOWELL C. COOK,
School Committee.
SCHOOLS.
TERMS.
TEACHERS.
Length of School
in Months.
per Month. Teachers Wages
of Scholars. Whole Number
Average Attend'ce
of Scholars.
Percentage of
Attendance.
Number of
Tardinesses.
Roll of
Honor.
Number of Schol-
ars under five.
ars over fifteen. Number of Schol-
Amount paid
Fuel and care
Exchange of
Books-
Repairs and
Supplies.
High.
Fall. Winter.
S. W. Ferguson ....
3 3
$55 55
38 37
36.93
96
61
9
19
54.86
9.27*
North.
Spring. Fall.
Mary L. Taft. ...
214
24
31
29.02
94
9
12 13
1
·
..
66
28
27
25.83
94
41
2
2
178.00
3.87
Winter.
Isabel C. Cook .....
2
24
23
22.62 20
95
2
10
Grammar.
Winter.
....
472
28
20
19.25
94
3
178.00
46.60
12.43
35
Primary.
Spring. Fall.
Mary E Dudley .....
2
24
36
33.47
89
14
14
212
24
42
36.15
92
17
12
3
178.00
Winter.
66
....
212
28
31
28.05
89
12
9
212
20
10
8.71
89
11
1 1
1
20.87
66
...
472
20
13
12.83
93
16
2
20
16
15.37
83
42
4
140.00
87
Winter.
......
...
212
24
20
19.25
98
3
10
66
....
2
24
20
19.02
95
9
178.00
...
212
28
19
18:21
96
5
Winter.
Spring.
Annie W. Gaskill.
21/2
20
16
14.28
95
11
2
2
West.
Fall.
Hattie E. Mason ....
212
20
13
12.1
93
3
4
1.43
Winter.
Annie W. Gaskill ..
2
20
14
13
93
8
5
1
140.00
Spring.
W. Frank Hayward
2
24
26
24.5
90
14
6
Albeeville.
Fall.
...
Winter.
.
172
28
33
27.54
95
23
11
1
9.00
59.55+
...
.
...
212
24
20
24
25
24.12
97
24
19.50
Spring. Fall.
98
2
11
....
Bertha Gaskill -.
South.
Spring. Fall.
Spring. Fall.
Cora E. Gaskill
1
10.60
East.
* For all the schools.
t Including cost of woodshed.
Teachers.
of Fires.
11.25
Dora Taft .. 66
30
.
18
214
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
-
RESOURCES.
Amount unexpended, April 30, 1883
$102 17
Town appropriation for 1883.
1300 00
Income from dog tax .. 101 84
Received from school fund
220 93
Amount
$1,724 94
EXPENDED.
Teachers' wages į
$1500 00
Fuel and care of fires.
117 82
Apparatus, from school fund
17 76
$1,635 58
Balance in Treasury .
89 36
-$1,724 94
į Including what will be due the teachers of High and Albeeville schools for the remainder of the term.
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TOWN WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS .- To the Constable of the Town of Mendon, in the County of Worcester, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Mendon qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the town hall, in said Mendon, on MONDAY, the third day of March, next, punctu- ally, at ten o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz. :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the reports of the several town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the year en- suing.
ART. 4. To raise such sums of money as are necessary to de- fray town charges, and make appropriations of the same.
ART. 5. To determine the manner of repairing the roads and bridges in said town the year ensuing.
ART. 6. To see if the town will require the school committee annually to appoint a Superintendent of schools.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors reported by the Selectmen, or make any alterations in the same.
ART. 8. To see what measures, if any, the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to continue the High School.
ART. 10. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year com- mencing March 3d, 1884, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes.
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ART. 11. To see what measures, if any, by borrowing money or otherwise, the town will take for the redemption of town bonds maturing during the municipal year commencing March 3d, 1884.
ART. 12. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in this town ?"
ART. 13. To order and prescribe by vote of the town the manner in which meetings of the town for elections and town busi- ness shall hereafter be called and notified.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to sell any of its land to John Barry, or act in any way in relation to such sale.
ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize and direct the al- teration and reconstruction of the stairs and entrance to the Town hall, or act in any way in relation to the same.
ART. 16. To see if the town will authorize and direct spe- cial repairs on the road leading from the house of Dr. J. G. Met- calf to Milford town line, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or otherwise act in relation to such repairs.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attest- ed copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting : At the post- office, and on the door of the school-house in Albeeville, and at the post-office at South Milford.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen or Town Clerk, before the time of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands at Mendon, this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.
GUSTAVUS B. WILLIAMS, 1 Selectmen LIBERTY FREEMAN, of Mendon.
A true copy .- Attest :
Constable of Mendon.
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REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
INCLUDING
The Report of the School Committee,
FOR THE
Municipal Year Ending March 3, 1885.
MILFORD, MASS. : MILFORD JOURNAL STEAM JOB PRINT. 1885.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, in the discharge of his duty, respectfully submits the account of his doings, as Treasurer of the Town, for the municipal year ending March 2, 1885.
He debits himself with the following assets, viz :
1. To amount in hand at last report, viz : Deposit in Home National Bank $1802 05
Milford 289 52
Check on Home
280 00
Cash in hand . 30 56
$2402 13
2. To amount borrowed for renewal of bonds, viz :
Of Ann Quigley at 4} per cent. $500 00
Julius A. George 2000 00
Julius A. George . 6 1000 00
$3500 00
3. To amount borrowed on notes to be paid from the taxes of 1884, viz :
Wm. H. Aldrich, at 4} per cent. $500 00
Austin A. Taft, 500 00
$1000 00
4. To cash received of Collector :
" do. balance of tax of 1883
$124 95
" do.
1884
1300 00
"' do. 66
2500 00
" do.
71 67
" do
1590 31
" do.
700 00
". do.
700 00
"' do.
900 00
". do.
66
60
. . . ..
100 00
" do.
66
... . . 100 59
$8087 52
To cash Miscellaneous sources :
" do. balance of a check . $6 00
" do. J. A. George for Annals. 2 75
" do. Dr. Russell, rent of Pond. . . . 50 00
". do. Support of State Paupers. ... 66 00
66
...
. .
66
. . . .
. . .
4
4. To cash license, Bowling Alley . $2 00
·· do. do. Auctioneer . 2 00
" do. Corporation Tax, etc., etc. 957 53
" do. Div. Dog Tax .. 97 64
.. do. State School Fund, etc. 224 45
. do. Out of Town Scholars. 6 00
"' do. Catalogues, Library 1 30
" do. Overdrawn, Road Commis'ers .. 12 58
$1428 25
$16,417 90
$2410 68
1. By cash paid for Bonds due, viz :
To Sarah Metcalf. $300 00
" Ann Quigley . 500 00
" Julius A. George. 2000 00
" Julius A. George. 1000 00
$3800 00
2. By cash paid on Notes, viz :
To N. R George. in part ..
$500 00
" Austin Wood, in full. 250 00
" Wm. H. Aldrich, " 500 00
" Austin A. Taft,
500 00
3. By cash paid for Coupons, viz :
To Ann Quigley .
$25 00
" J. A. George. 100 00
" Austin Wood. 35 00
" Sarah Moffett.
15 00
" Horace S. Aldrich. 25 00
" J. A. George.
50 00
" Almira C. Thompson 30 00
$280 00
4. By cash paid interest on notes :
66 66
N. R. George.
$67 50
Sarah Metcalf (bond) .. 14 04
Austin Wood. 12 50
. . 66 66 Austin Wood.
4 97
66 Wm. H. Aldrich. 9 37
.6 Austin A. Taft. . 8 56
. .
66 A. C. Thompson 3 50
66
J. G. Metcalf 25 00
$145 44
$1750 00
1885
Feb. 17. To balance brought from old acct. He credits himself with the following items, viz :
5
5. By abatement of Taxes : Certificate of Assessors
$29 17
66 do. do. 37 59
$66 76
6. By payment of Taxes :
6. State tax of 1884. $720 00
. .
.. County tax of 1884 .. 440 00
$1160 00
7. By Miscellaneous payments :
. . State Treasurer on account of Cor. tax .
$2 06
8. By payment 97 Town Orders. $6802 96
Amount
$14.007 22
Balance carried to new account.
2410 68
$16.417 90
BONDS OUTSTANDING MARCH 2. 1885.
Est. of D. O. Aldrich, bond No. 101 $500 00
Sarah Moffet.
102 300 00
Austin Wood,
103 700 00
A. C. Thompson, .. .. 104
600 00
Ann Quigley, .. . . 105. 500 00
Julius A. George. . .
106. 2000 00
Julius A. George. ..
107. 1000 00
Amount
$5600 00
NOTES OUTSTANDING MARCH 2, 1885.
A. C. Thompson, dated April 16. 1877. $70 00
N. R. George,
". Feb. 17, 1879. 1000 00
J. G. Metcalf. July 3, 1876.
300 00
J. G. Metcalf, .. May 8. 1878. 200 00
$1570 00
Of the outstanding debt the following has been paid dur- ing the year, viz :
Sarah Metcalf. bond No. 94.
$300 00
Austin Wood. note ...
250 00
N. R. George, endorsement on note. 500 00
$1050 00
JOHN G. METCALF, Treasurer.
Mendon. Feb. 17. 1885.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 2,1885.
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
M. M. Aldrich, moving safe from Milford. $7 00
L. A. Cook, coal for town hall . 33 76
Fred Swasey, services and plan for town hall entrance ... 7 50
50 00 Chas. H. Howe, 1-2 acre land for So. Milford school. No. 4
66 wall around 30 00
Mary Deviny. 1-2 acre land for West school, No. 5. 50 00
Bartlett & Ellis, repairing roof of Record building
3 20
T. E. Morse, paint for . . 6.
4 20
Hill Williams, painting 66 . .
... 2 00
C. A. Ambler & Co .. lock for ..
. .. .
2 50
Chas. H. Allen, putting on lock 6.
75
A. W. Gaskill, wood for 66
.
4 75
Hill Williams, sawing wood
2 00
Dr. J. Wilmarth, returning births.
25
S. W. Hayward, services Kay prosecution. taxes repaid by vote of the town
1 25
David Adams, cash paid for sundries. school books furnished. 16 66
8 53
.. storage of fire extinguisher 12 00
J. A. George, repairs of 105 00
A. W. Gaskill, labor in old cemetery . 2 00
J. G. Metcalf, cash paid for stationery and postage. 25
G. B. Williams. sundries 5 80
$355 40
...
...
3 00
A. W. Judson. returning 12 deaths.
3 00
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REPAIRS OF TOWN HALL.
M. M. Aldrich, balance on Town Hall, account 1883-4. .. $12 86
A. W. Judson, tables, blackboards and repairs 17 32
T. E. Morse, oil and putty . . 6 75
A. W. Gaskill, repairs of stair railing 2 75
$39 68
PRINTING.
Cook & Sons. town reports, 1884. $55 00
.. assessment notices. 1 25
. . call for proposals for well and trench. 3 00
G. W. Stacy, tax books, notices and bills 11 00
$70 25
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Edward Dixon, services as Supt of Schools, 1883-4 .. $75 00
Martin Thayer, 6 : :6
constable 1884-5 .. 15 00
L. Freeman.
. 6
Edward S. Worthen, .'
assessor of taxes, 1884 42 50
1884. 42 50
M. M. Aldrich.
16
1884 40 00
David Adams, ..
town clerk, 1884-5. 20 50
35 00
Liberty Freeman,
selectman, . .
18 00
Albert W. Gaskill. . .
. 6
. .
.. ... 23 00
G. B. Williams.
.. . ....
53 25
$431 42
STATE AID PAID PENSIONERS. CHAP. 301,
ACTS OF 1879.
John Curley . . $48 00
Abigail Mitchell 48 00
$96 00
lock-up keeper, May 1, to Aug. 1. 1884 .. collector of taxes, 1883 .
1 67
65 00
Chas. HI. Allen, ٠٠
John G. Metcalf. ..
treasurer, . 6
. 8
AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS. CHAP. 252, ACTS, 1879. Abel G. Weatherhead . $8 85
WELL. TRENCH AND MATERIAL FOR SUPPLYING JOY BASIN.
A. W. Gaskill, digging and filling trench, plumbing, etc. $213 31 66 labor and sundries for well, etc. 130 97
Hill Williams, labor on trench and basin. 50 66 labor for cash paid L. Merritt. 85
M. M. Aldrich, carting 1 1-2 tons lead pipe 2 00
Bartlett & Ellis, lead pipe, etc. 146 85
$494 48
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid School Committee by nine town orders, drawn in their favor .. $2411 13
REPAIRS OF ROADS.
Paid Road Commissioners :
1 town order. for balance due them last report. $13 17
1 ..... . .. supplies . 12 58
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appropriation of 1884
1300 00
$1325 75
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid Overseers of Poor, 9 town orders
.$1400 00
THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY AND HUSTON TABLET.
Paid Trustees 3 town orders $170 00
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RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals
$355 40
Town Hall . 39 68
Printing . 70 25
Town Officers
431 42
State aid. Chap. 301
96 00
Chap. 252
8 85
Joy basin supply 494 48
Schools
2411 13
Roads. 1325 75
Poor
1400 00
Library and tablet.
170 00
$6802 96
The Selectmen also report that the liabilities of the town, known to them, are as follows :
Due on bills against the town, estimated . . $ 35 00
Due town officers, estimated .. 143 00
Due school teachers, estimated .. 271 00
Due on town demand notes outstanding 1570 00
Due on town bonds. 5600 00
$7619 00
The available assets, so far as known, are as follows :
Due from collector on list of 1884. $140 77
Due from state, aid to pensioners one year to Jan. 1, 1885 . .. 99 00
Due from state, aid to indigent soldiers, one year to Jan. 1. 1885 25 00
Cash in hands of treasurer 2410 68
$2675 45
Net indebtedness of the town
$4943 55
GUSTAVUS B. WILLIAMS, - ALBERT W. GASKILL, of
Selectmen
LIBERTY FREEMAN, Mendon.
Mendon, Feb. 20, 1885.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
LIBERTY FREEMAN, COLLECTOR FOR 1883.
DR.
Balance due the Town Feb. 19, 1884 $119 20
Interest received. 5 75
CR.
$124 95.
By cash paid treasurer. $124 95
LIBERTY FREEMAN, COLLECTOR FOR 1884.
DR.
Taxes committed for collection .
$8008 01
Additional assessments . 46 82
Interest received 48 51
$8103 34
CR.
By cash paid treasurer
$7895 81
Abatements . 66 76
$7962 7
Balance uncollected, Feb. 16, 1885. $140 77
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REPORT OF ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The undersigned, Road Commissioners, respectfully submit the- following report for the municipal year ending March 2, 1885 :
The Commissioners charge themselves with cash received on Town orders to the amount of. $1312 58
They credit themselves by paying the following bills :
S. H. Taft, labor. $4 99
Edward Dudley. gravel. 19 05
Silas Dudley. 7 15
Charles Thayer, . . 9 50
John C. Wood,
3 42
Liberty Freeman, ..
3 00
Abel G. Weatherhead, labor
50 40
William N. Smith.
6 60 .
B. F. Aldrich, ..
2 25
Smith A. Bowen.
63 26
G. A. Staples. ..
30 30
A. I. Barrows,
..
21 30
C. B. Williams. . .
131 22
E. T. Bates, ..
51 13
E. H. Taft.
25 62
G. Gaskill, ..
21 75
W. Coleman.
. .
80 21
H. Moores, ..
59 66
William J. Taft, 66
37 80
L. P. Cummings. ..
98 40
Walter A. Gaskill, . .
41 25
Perry Wood. labor and cash paid
85 04
S. HI Taft, labor and cash paid as per bill
136 92
Bartlett & Ellis. supplies. 12 58
John Barry, blacksmith's bill. 5 62
G. W. Taft, machine blade . 6 00
A. W. Gaskill, labor and cash paid out as per bill
227 73
Paid J. G. Metcalf. cash overdrawn
12 58
$1254 73 .
Balance in hands of Commissioners. .. $57 85
SAMUEL H. TAFT, ) Commissioners A. W. GASKILL, of
ELIAS T. BATES, Mendon.
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OVERSEERS OF POOR REPORT.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the municipal year, ending March 2, 1885. Lawrence Wilber, Elijah Penniman, until September 5. Mary Hayward and Olive Hay- ward have received a full support. Charles H. Allen, Edna Allen, John Lane and wife, Mary C. Taft, Mary Kirby, the families of Jennie Tucker, Daniel Cunningham, Hugh Crawford, Henry Moore. Francis R. Scisco, Henry Wilson, (living in Spencer) ; Walter S. Wilson, (living in Athol) having a settlement in Mendon ; Henry H. Parkhurst, and Horace A. Parkhurst, having a settlement in Blackstone, Hiram. Wilson and Joseph F. Wood, belonging to Ux- bridge, Edward Shanley, having no settlement in the state, have received a partial support.
March 20, 1884. the Overseers contracted with Davis Hill to board and take care of all who may require a full support for the year beginning April 1, 1884, for $3 per week, for each person so cared for. Also agreed with Nancy S. Huse to board and clothe Edna Allen for the year ending April 1, 1885, for the sum of $1 per week, for the first six months ; $1.50 per week for the last six.
The Overseers charge themselves with the receipt of the fol- lowing named funds belonging to the town :
Balance from account of last year. $ 24
Nine town orders . 1400 00
Town of Uxbridge 40 01
$1440 25
The Overseers credit themselves with paying the following amounts :
FOR SUPPORT OF
Lawrence Wilber $166 41
· Elijah Penniman 126 34
Mary Hayward. 164 84
Olive Hayward. 164 84
Charles H. Allen
9 20
Edna Allen. . 52 00
116 20
John Lane and wife
13
Mary C. Taft.
$74 00
Mary Kirby. 97 38
Jennie Tucker. .
224 93.
Daniel Cunningham
22 38
Hugh Crawford 43 00
Henry Moore 20 00
Francis R. Scisco 7 75
Henry Wilson. 12 00
Walter S. Wilson. 6 00
10 00
Horace A. Parkhurst. 10 00
10 00
Joseph H. Wood
18 03
Edward Shanley
21 90
Martin Thayer, care of tramps
4 80-
Hill Williams, wood for lockup. 1 00
G. W. Stacy, printing circulars, aid notifications and envelopes . 2:25
L .. Freeman, postage stamps . 90
L. Freeman, services as Overseer of the Poor 33 00
Gilbert Gaskill, . . .6
10 00
Edward Dixon,
6€
... .
6 00~
$1435 15
Leaving a balance in hands of Overseers of $5 10
$1435 15-
What has been paid out for Edward Shanly ... 21 90
$216 24
Add what will be due for support of paupers to March 2, 1885 .. 155 61
$1218 91
Cost of supporting the poor for the year ending March 2, 1885 .. $1374 52:
Respectfully submitted,
LIBERTY FREEMAN. GILBERT GASKILL, Overseers EDWARD DIXON. of the Poor.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1885.
Froni the whole amount paid for support of poor .. Deduct what was due for the support of the paupers to March 3, 1884 .. $130 00 What has been received from Uxbridge, $40.01, less $21.98 (reported last year). 18 03
What is due from Uxbridge and Blackstone ... 46 31
Henry H. Parkhurst
Hiram Wilson.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT.
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer. Overseers of the Poor, Road Commissioners and School Committee of the Town of Mendon, and that of the Treasurer of the Taft Public Library, and find them correctly kept and properly vouched for.
JULIUS A. GEORGE, 1 Auditors ANDREW W. JUDSON, § of Mendon.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
TOWN OF MENDON TO DAVID ADAMS-DR.
"To express paid on Mass. Reports and other public Documents $3 10
To postage paid on Election, Registration and other returns during the year. . 58
To cash paid Secretary of the Commonwealth for Register of Voters 1 00
To cash paid Geo. W. Stacy for Record Book for Registrars of Voters. 60
25
To cash paid for fare and express to Worcester for new ballot box . 3 00
$8 53
To services as clerk of the Board of Registrars .. To attending State Elections and Clerk's Meet- ing, (2 days)
4 00
To recording indexing and returning 19 births .. To recording, indexing and returning 4 marriages To recording, indexing and returning 12 deaths
9 50
60
2 40
Received for Dog Licenses during 1884 :
55 male dogs
$110 00
3 female dogs
15 00
Less Clerk's fees
11 60
Balance paid County Treasurer
$113 40
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1884.
1884.
DATE. NAME OF CHILD.
Jan. 10 Lydia Brougher
Jan. 12 Maud Ella Gunn
25 Florence Melissa Barrows
NAME OF PARENTS.
Michael and Mary Ann Broughey T. B. W. and Catherine E. Gunn John G. and Mary A. Barrows
To cash paid for Stationey .
4 00
$20 50
$125 00
16
Feb. 8 Harry Taft
Feb. 15 Ada Alzie Gould
Mar. 2 William Dennis Kelley
Mar. 26 Margaret Hoard
Willie Arnold Bibaux
Mar. 28 Apr. 12 John Byrne Apr. 15 Davenport
Raymond Barrows
June S June 23 Nellie Inez Wheeler
June 30 Austin Wheelock Martin
Aug. 11 Aug. 14
- - Hastings Frank Eaton Weatherhead
Oct. 7
Earle Baker Lowell
Oct. 18 Aldrich
Oct. 25 Harry Elliot Bates
Nov. 14 Caroline Wheelock Freeman
Frank and Alice Taft Naum G. and Julia Ann Gould Dennis and Sarah Jane Kelley John F. and Mary Hoard Felix H. and Betsey A. Bibaux John and Alice Byrne Austin D. and Sarah M. Davenport Alfred I. and Lizzie A. Barrows Lyman E. and Susan I. Wheeler Joseph and Geneive Martin William S. and Anna A. Hastings Frank A. and Cora Weatherhead George F. and Elvira P. Lowell William A. and Mary A. Aldrich Lewis and Rosabel Bates Alanson and Eldora Freeman
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1884.
DATE MARRIAGE. NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE.
RESIDENCE.
Jan. 1 1884.
Ruel Martin
Mendon
Jan. 1
Ella Parkhurst
Mendon
Mar. 10 .6
Stephen D. Nichols
Mendon
Mar. 10
Elizabeth C. Aldrich
Mendon
June 5 ..
Jesse Gaskill
Milford
June 5 6.
Hannora Casey
Mendon
June 26
John C. Worcester
Grafton
June 26 . .
Isabel C. Cook
Mendon
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1884.
DATE DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
AGE
RESIDENCE.
January 17, 1884.
Liberty Freeman
- 3
6
Mendon
March 4. ..
Willard Wilcox
74 9 -
Mendon
June 3. 66
Edward Shanley
65
Unknown
July 9.
..
Dryden Warner
84
Mendon
Sept ber 5,
Elijah Penniman
90
Mendon
Sept'ber 30, ..
Maud E. Gunn
- 8 17
Mendon
October 1,
George Taft
85 -
Mendon
October 9, . .
Mary S. Robinson
76 --
Mendon
Nov'ber 16.
Mary F. Richardson
16
Mendon
October 16. 66 Thomas Coleman
64
Mendon
Dec'ber 28. ..
David Sherin
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Mendon
June 6,
Catherine Daley
Mendon
DAVID ADAMS, Town Clerk.
Mendon, Feb. 14, 1885.
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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Trustees have to report the continued usefulness and pros- perity of the Library. The Board reorganized April 19, 1884. The Purchasing Committee have purchased during the year new books to the amount of $89.30, and hope the selection of the same has been generally acceptable. The labors of the Librarian have been satisfactory, alike to the Trustees and to those who have availed themselves of the privileges of the Library, and we take pleasure in announcing that her services have been secured for the ensuing year.
The Trustees were deeply grieved to learn of the sudden de- cease of Mrs. Susan E. Huston, the founder of this Library, which occurred at Providence, R. I., on the 4th of July last. They met at the Library rooms, July 5, and passed resolutions of respect and sympathy, which were spread upon the records of the Trustees, a copy sent to the bereaved family, and they were also published in the Milford Journal. The portrait of Mrs. Huston hanging in the Library room, was draped.
On Sunday, August 10, a sermon commemorative of Mrs. Hus- ton was preached by Rev. Carlton A. Staples of Lexington, Mass., before a large gathering of her friends and acquaintances, in the Unitarian church in this place. It was a fftting eulogy, with many illustrations showing her praiseworty character and her great use- fulness in the various conditions of life through which she passed from her early days to the latest period of her earthly career.
The Trustees expect to obtain, by the kindness of Mr. Staples, a manuscript copy of this sermon, which can be bound and kept in the Library, or the sermon may be printed, if hereafter deemed ad- visable, that all who desire to know of the life of this noble woman may have the means to do so, at command.
November 4, the Town instructed the Trustees to place a tab- let to the memory of Mrs. Huston on the walls of the Library room, and one from the works of Mr. A. C. Kinney, Milford, Mass., was so placed January 20, 1885.
By reference to the Librarian's report, it will be seen that Mrs. C. A. Joy-Mann, a former resident, and others, have, during the past year, given generous gifts of books and pamphlets to the Li-
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brary. To all such, we would tender the grateful thanks of our citizens.
The annual examination of the books by the Trustees, was made February 10, 1885. The books were all accounted for, and the Library ordered to be reopened February 14.
The appropriation of $150 for the ensuing year, is recommended.
JULIUS A. GEORGE, President, HORACE C. ADAMS, Secretary, SAMUEL H. TAFT, Treasurer, GUSTAVUS B. WILLIAMS, EDWARD DIXON,
Trustees Taft Public Library.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :
The fourth annual report of the state of the Library, is hereby respectfully submitted for your consideration.
The Library opened for the delivery of books, Feb. 9, 18~4 The whole number of books borrowed up to the first of February, 1885, fifty-two weeks, was 4,778, viz : Agriculture, 52 ; Biography, 192 ; History. 307; Travel, 327; Education, 28 ; Poetry, 58 ; Mis- cellaneous, 173 ; Novels. 3,345 ; Periodicals, 296.
Seventy per cent. of those taken, were works of fiction. The average number borrowed each library day, was a fraction less than 92. The smallest number taken any day was 71, and the largest number 128.
The whole number of borrowers during the library year, was 315.
The additions to Library from all sources during the year, are 170 voluines.
Of these, 83 were purchased and 87 donated. The entire num- ber of books in the Library, is 2131.
The Library has been generously remembered, and we would gratefully acknowledge the donors : From Mrs. Charlotte A. J. Mann, 71 volumes, 81 periodicals, 6 pamphlets ; Henry Peirce, E. A. Snow, A. C. Stockin, I. N. Tarbox and Town of Mendon, 1 volume each ; Theodore Lyman, 11 volumes, 158 pamphlets ; De- partment of the Interior, 13 pamphlets ; J. T. Cassino. 10 pam- phlets ; Henry Capron, 2 pamphlets ; the Mendon Book Club, 36 periodicals. A small magazine has been sent monthly by the Sha- ker societies.
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