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Considerable attention was given to paper cutting and clay moulding in connection with drawing.
Written tests have been given to the pupils of all schools. during the year, and from the papers the teachers and Superin- tendent have learned, in a measure, wherein their efforts have failed or succeeded.
The use of monthly report cards has been begun, so that parents may know in a general way what their children are doing in the schools. For the smaller children, of course, these cards are of little value.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Good, thorough work has most assuredly been done here, and the first woman to teach in the Mendon High school has brought no discredit to her sex.
No class was admitted to the school in the fall. There were few in the lower schools prepared to take higher studies, and it is a necessary custom to omit different years' work so that one teacher may not be overwhelmed with recitations. Two older boys in the Grammar school were admitted to the lower class of the High, on condition that they did not delay the class, nor in- jure the school. Before graduating they will, of course, be obliged to do the work of the year which was omitted.
About forty dollars were expended for apparatus in physics, and to all who have watched the work this money has seemed well invested. The interest shown by the class in the study has been very gratifying. Two changes were made in text-books : Greenleaf's Algebras were exchanged for Wells', and the books on American literature for those on English and American. Copies of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Longfellow's Evangeline, with a few books of reference, were bought for the class in litera- ture. For the lower class specimens have been purchased for the study of zoology, in connection with physical geography.
The monthly report cards begun last year have been contin- ued. The year's work is not yet finished; so far it has been suc- cessful. The school has been well governed, and at the same time the recitations have had the attention of the teacher. An-
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other year a new class must be admitted to the school, which means that the settees and desks must be crowded, and tha in at session of the same length four or five more recitations must be heard, and that more work must be done outside of school. It will require a strong, bright teacher to do this and at the same time to keep up the standard of work.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The Taft Public Library has been of great value to the teachers of the lower grades, and to the teachers and pupils of the High school. The selection of books in the past has been such that the lack of books of reference in the schools could, to some degree, be filled by the Public Library. It is to be hoped that in the future some attention will be paid to the needs of our scholars.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The School Committee are aware that in several of the school buildings there is need of repairs, an estimate of which I will not attempt to give.
General expenses for another year will be about the same as those of the year just closing.
Respectfully submitted. NANCY C. GEORGE, Superintendent of Schools.
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following have been neither absent nor tardy for the time specified :-
ONE TERM.
HIGH SCHOOL .- Jeremiah B. Driscoll, Clarence H. Moores, Arthur V. Pond, Florence E. Snow, Wylie B. Stenson, Florence Ina Taft, Mary L. Wood.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- Minnie C. Allen, Ella F. Brown, Bes. sie F. Cook, Edward L. Cook, Clara M. Davis, Lewis L. Ford, Anna D. Kinsley, Clarence H. Moores, A. Geraldine Taft, Na- than F. Towne, Minnie L. Wood, Paul F. Wheeler.
PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Charles A. Brown, Anna M. Cook, Ed- ward F. Driscoll, William H. Driscoll, Lillian Freeman, Ellen M. Harrington, John Harrington, Earle B. Lowell, Oliver G. Moores, Elmer I. Rhodes, J. Eton Weatherhead, Nellie J. Whee- ler, Rosie Wheeler, Mary A. Williams.
NORTH SCHOOL .- Rosa Quigley, Lottie Scisco.
SOUTH SCHOOL .- Ada A. Fletcher, Grace G. Knight.
EAST SCHOOL .- Harry E. Bates, John D. Bates.
WEST SCHOOL .- Cyril Brooks, Fred S. Brooks, Peter Brooks, William Broughey, *Carrie S. Wood.
ALBEEVILLE SCHOOL .- Mabel Wilcox, Otis Wilcox.
* Neither absent nor tardy for the two previous years.
TWO TERMS.
HIGH SCHOOL .- Second term not finished.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- Edward F. Driscoll, William H. Dris- coll, Clare L. Freeman, Sabry Moores, Sadie Staples, Etta M. Stenson, Mabel Lee Wheeler.
PRIMARY SCHOOL .- Jennie M. Best, John J. Driscoll, Bertie L. Moores, Ernest M. Pickering, F. Belle Rhodes.
SOUTH SCHOOL .- Benjamin I. Barrows.
THREE TERMS.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL .- Jessie Rhodes.
PRIMARY SCHOOL .-¡ Fred A. Snow, Maude A. Taft.
SOUTH SCHOOL,-Ida M. Barrows, Raymond Barrows.
EAST SCHOOL .- Alzie Staples.
+ Neither absent nor tardy for three years.
TABLE OF STATISTICS.
SCHOOLS.
TEACHERS.
Terms.
| Number of scholars.
Average membership.
Average attendance.
Per cent of attend-
Number of scholars
Number of scholars
Number between
Wages of teachers
per month.
Cases of tardiness.
1
HIGH,
Grace. L. Jackson,
1 2
19
19
17.8
94
12
7
$70
5
GRAMMAR,
Mary G. Stalker,
1 24
22
20.76
94
2
20
48
0
Serena B. Adams,
2|35
32.3
33.18
97
3
32
48
4
3 34
30.2
29.88
98
3
29
48
3
PRIMARY,
Mary E. Dudley,
1 41
40.8
37.92
93
23
36 10
2 35
32.3
28,85
89
14
36 16
3 32
29.8
28.03
94
4
36 11
NORTH,
Addie M. Blanchard, Cora L. Morse,
1 24
24
22.9
95
18
32|82
2 25
24.5
23.2
95
17
32 75
3 25
23.5
22.8
97
17
32 83
SOUTH,
Anna M. Staples,
1 10
10
9.2
92
8
24
0
2 18
16.25
13.96
86
14
24
2
3|16
16
12.64
79
13
28
9
EAST,
Mary Leathers, =
1 13
10.83
9.95
92
9
32
5
2 12
10.61
9.5
89
8 8
32
5
3|12
11.3
9.45
84
1
00
9
8.5
94
1
5
24 10
2 12
11.66
11.22
96
5
24
2
3 11
9.48
8,61
91
5
24
2
ALBEEVILLE . Dora L. Davenport,
1
5
4.8
4.6
97
3
24
3
32
2
WEST,
Cora Taft, Nettie J. McEwen,
1 2 2
ance.
under 5.
over 15.
8 and 14.
Course of Study in the High School.
FIRST YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Algebra, English Grammar, Physiology.
SECOND TERM .- Algebra, English Grammar, Physiology. [Latin is elective throughout the course.]
SECOND YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Algebra, Physics, Physical Geography. SECOND TERM .- Arithmetic, Physics, Physical Geography.
THIRD YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Arithmetic, English History, English Liter- ature.
SECOND TERM .- Geometry, English and American History, English and American Literature.
FOURTH YEAR.
FIRST TERM .- Geometry, Astronomy, Rhetoric.
SECOND TERM .- Geometry, Civil Government, Rhetoric.
GRADUATING EXERCISES
OF THE
CLASS OF 1892, MENDON HIGH SCHOOL,
FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1892, AT 2 O'CLOCK P. M. Motto-Spectamur agendo. Color-Nile green.
PROGRAM.
Overture, Knowlton & Allen's Orchestra
Salutatory and essay, Electricity,
Essay, Wind and Storm, Music,
History, Prophecy, Class poem, The Ladder of Life, Music,
Essay, Man Never Satisfied,
Valedictory and essay, A Taste for Reading, Music,
Presentation of Diplomas, Music,
William S. Southwick Laura V. Warner Orchestra Mary F. Staples Abbie Taft Dora A. Davenport Orchestra Samuel W. Wood Emily S. Moores Orchestra Superintendent Orchestra
GRADUATING CLASS.
*Dora A. Davenport, Mary F. Staples, Abbie Taft,
+Emily S. Moores, William S. South wick, Laura V. Warner, Samuel W. Wood.
*Latin elected for three years.
+Latin elected throughout the course.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen, Treasurer, Overseers of the Poor, Superintendent of Streets, Town Clerk and Collectors of Taxes of the Town of Mendon, also the ac- counts of the Treasurer of the Trustees of the Taft Public Libra- ry, for the past municipal year, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
CHARLES H. ALLEN, Auditor.
Mendon, February 20, 1893.
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 election and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Mendon, on Monday, the sixth day of March, next, punctually at 10 o'clock, A. M., to act on the following articles Vız :-
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
ARTICLE 2. To hear the reports of the several town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 4. To raise such sums of money as are necessary to defray town charges, and make appropriations of the same.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the town will vote to accept the list of jurors reported by the Selectmen, or make any alterations in the same.
ARTICLE 6. To see what measures, if any, the town will adopt to secure the speedy collection of taxes.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the town will vote to continue the High School.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money to pay current expenses for the municipal year commencing March 6th, 1893, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes.
ARTICLE 9. To bring in their ballots "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ARTICLE 10. To see if the town will continue communica- tion by telephone with Milford, as security against destruction by fire, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the town will determine what shall be the length of the school year.
ARTICLE 12. To see what amount, if any, the town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of school apparatus.
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ARTICLE 13. To see what action the town will take, if any, towards repairing the old or building a new schoolhouse in the East district (so called).
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the following places in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting, viz: At the post-office, and on the door of the schoolhouse 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 twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred. and ninety-three.
JULIUS A. GEORGE, - Selectmen ALBERT W. GASKILL, of
LIBERTY FREEMAN, Mendon.
A true copy. Attest :
Constable of Mendon.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE VARIOUS
BOARDS OF TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MENDON,
INCLUDING REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE
MUNICIPAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 6, 1894.
MILFORD, MASS .: COOK & SONS, PRINTERS, 1894.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
The undersigned, Treasurer of the town of Mendon for the municipal year ending March 5, 1894, respectfully submits the following account of his doings :-
The Treasurer debits himself with the following items, viz :- To cash received of the treasurer of Mendon
for the municipal year ending March 6, 1893
$ 546 56
To cash borrowed on 7 town notes
4,000 00
To cash received of State Treasurer :-
Corporation tax $129 05
National bank tax 485 41
Military aid, Chap. 279, Acts 1889 .. 48 00
State aid, Chap. 301, Acts 1889. 636 00
Support of state paupers 113 00
1,411 46
To cash received of state treasurer, school fund .
333 55
To cash received of county treasurer, dog fund .
171 18
To cash received of the collector of taxes for the year 1892 ..
161 16
To cash received of the collector of taxes for the year 1893
6,954 31
To cash received of Edward L. Smith, rent of hall to April 1, 1893.
78 10
To cash received for annals of Mendon.
2 75
To cash received of C. A. Dewey, esq., jus- tice of Third District Court of Worces- ter county
202 57
34 85
To cash received from school committee ... To cash received of I. O. Rhodes for use of telephone 31 10
To cash received of I. O. Rhodes for hay scale fees
13 70
To cash received of S. W. Cook for auction- eer's license
2 00
To cash received for three old windows. ...
75
paid for care of Otis Cole, repaid ..
1 00
$13,945 04
3
The Treasurer credits himself with the following items, viz :- By paying 100 town orders. $5,529 48 66 80 orders from school committee 3,139 58
66 seven town notes 4,000 00 66 interest 104 95
66 state tax 650 00
By cash returned Geo. M. Taft, collector for 1893, to pay county tax 447 00
By cash on hand. 74 03
$13,945 04 NATHAN R. GEORGE, Treasurer.
Mendon, February 17, 1894.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of the town for the municipal year ending March 5, 1894.
INCIDENTALS.
L. D. Chipman, storage of extinguisher 12 months $ 12 00
L. D. Chipman, care of fires at extinguisher room, 6 months, including February and March, 1893. 6 00
H. A. Barney, coal for extinguisher room 4 20
15 04
H. C. Snell, services in criminal cases.
16 90
E. L. Smith, special services July 4, 1893.
2 00
A. A. Jenkins, services in criminal cases.
6 04
M. P. Burns, disinfecting at A. L. Weatherhead's. ....
5 00
Library books destroyed at A. L. Weatherhead's 3 68
Patrick Coleman, damage on Quissett road 60 00
H. C. Adams, reporting births, etc ..
15 65
H. C. Adams, recording and registering as per bill.
14 75
Wood & Nye, reporting 17 deaths.
Wm. L. Johnson, reporting 4 births 1 00
H. W. Gaskill, services in criminal cases in October ... 38 79
E. T. Bates, fighting forest fires 10 00
Assessment on Milford Fire Ins. policies. 8 25
Premium on insurance policies renewed. 83 56
Repairs on town well. 17 50
J. A. George, cash paid out as per bill.
2 31
J. A. George, cutting trees and fitting wood 3 00
I. O. Rhodes, operator, use of telephone for one year, to March 1, 1894 . 60 00
Gilbert Gaskill, labor on lockup and material 6 70
$404 81
CARE AND SUPPLIES FOR TOWN HALL.
E. L. Smith, care of hall to April 1, 1893. $55 00
E. L. Smith, sundries for hall to April 1, 1893. 9 05
L. A. Cook, coal. 68 88
Z. C. Field, shingles for hall . 89 73
C. Ellis & Sons, ventilator and eaves troughs. 65 37
O. Whitney & Son, shingling hall 86 80
$374 83
H. C. Adams, cash paid out as per bill 4 25
8 19
E. L. Smith, services in criminal cases ..
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PRINTING.
Gilbert M. Billings
54 75
Cook & Sons .. 4 50
$59 25
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid trustees three orders. $135 00
MENDON POND CASE.
Kent & Dewey, counsel $300 00
Willard Kent, engineer ... 351 47
J. A. George, agent, expense paid, as per bill. 82 45
$733 92
SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Gilbert Gaskill, lockup keeper to April 1, 1893. $ 5 00
Charles H. Allen, services as auditor for 1892 3 00
E. A. Snow, .6 assessor, 1893
W. S. Wilcox, 66
66 66
32 50
A. W. Gaskill, 66
66 66
32 50
7, 1893. 2 50
Horace S. Coleman, services as ballot clerk, election Nov. 7, 1893
2 50
E. L. Smith, services as constable to March 5, 1894 ..
15 00
H. C. Adams,
66 registrar and election officer. . 15 00
J. A. George,
66
selectman and registrar .
50 00
L. Freeman,
28 00
A. W. Gaskill,
66
66 33 00
A. W. Gaskill,
66 cattle inspector
24 75
N. R. George,
66 treasurer
35 00
$311 70
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
The Selectmen, as required by Chapter 98 of the Acts of 1889, appointed a Superintendent of Streets. Frank Taft was appointed as such Superintendent and his compensation fixed at 25 cents per hour of actual service. Attention is called to his report, following.
Payments on account of roads and bridges have been made as follows, viz :
Frank H. Wood, Supt., snow bills, spring of '93 $460 81
....
.....
32 95
Milo A. Gaskill, 66 ballot clerk, election Nov.
6
W. A. Wilcox, snow bill, spring of 1893 ... $2 00
M. Grady, 66 66
· · ·
60
E. Gabry,
· · · 90
W. A. Robinson, 66
66
·· · 5 00
Wm. E. Cook, 66
66
... 1 20
Snow bills
$470 51
Frank Taft, Supt., as reported below, 14 orders $1,502 46
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOOKS, INCIDENTALS AND APPARATUS.
Paid school committee, 3 orders $3,139 58
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Paid overseers of the poor, 10 orders $935 00
MILITARY AID, CHAPTER 279, ACTS OF 1889.
John Oakford $92 00
SOLDIERS' BURIAL, CHAPTER 395, ACTS OF 1889.
Jason J. Cummings . $35 00
Dexter Inman.
35 00
$70 00
STATE AID TO PENSIONERS, CHAP. 301, ACTS OF 1889.
James McKenna. $48 00
Rufus Hazard .. 48 00
George W. Scisco 48 00
Waterman Taft
48 00
Caleb V. A. Smith
48 00
Joanna Curley .
48 00
Melinda W. Cummings
32 00
Annette L. Weatherhead
28 00
David A. Kingman.
24 00
Abel G. Weatherhead
20 00
Dexter Inman.
48 00
Jason G. Cummings
15 00
Elijah Rockwood.
16 00
$471 00
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RECAPITULATION.
Incidentals
$ 404 81
Town hall.
374 83
Printing
59 25
Library
135 00
Mendon pond case
733 92
Services of town officers 311 70
Roads
1,502 46
Snow bills 470 51
Schools
3,139 58
Poor
935 00
Military aid to pensioners, Chap. 279, Acts of 1889. 92 00
State aid to pensioners, Chap. 301, Acts of 1889 471 00
Soldiers' burial, Chap. 395, Acts of 1889 70 00
$8,700 06
The Selectmen report that the available assets of the town, known to them, are as follows, viz :- Due from collector of 1892 $ 42 34 66 1893. 618 07
66 state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 301, to January 1, 1894, 12 months. 471 00
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 301, to March 1, 1894, 2 months
70 00
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 279, to January 1, 1894, 12 months. 46 00
Due from state, aid to soldiers, Chap. 279, to March 1, 1894, 2 months 8 00
Due from state, burial of soldiers, Chap. 395 : Jason G. Cummings .$35 00
Dexter Inman 35 00
70 00
Cash in hands of treasurer
74 03
$1,399 44
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows, viz :-
Outstanding bills, estimated
$150 00
Due town officers ..
70 00
Due teacher at close of High school. 122 50
Due school superintendent at close of year . 101 50
444 00
Net balance in favor of the town . $955 44
Respectfully submitted, JULIUS A. GEORGE, ALBERT W. GASKILL, LIBERTY FREEMAN,
Selectmen of Mendon.
Mendon, February 17, 1894.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1893.
Support of schools
$1,700 00
School text-books
200 00
School incidentals
350 00
School apparatus
50 00
Superintendent of schools
300 00
Support of poor.
1,000 00
Repairs of roads and bridges
1,500 00
Taft Public Library
160 00
Town incidentals .
800 00
Interest
100 00
Suppression of gambling, liquor selling and vice. 50 00
$6,210 00
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
The Superintendent respectfully submits the following report for the municipal year ending March 5, 1894 :- Appropriation . . $1,500 00
The Superintendent debits himself to 14 town orders
He credits himself by paying the following bills :--
C. B. Williams, for labor with teams $632 55
O. W. Hill,
66
10 00
S. E. Everton,
117 38
C. S. Brooks,
61 70
Elmer Wilson,
46 80
L. P. Cummings,
55 75
J. R. Taft, 66
9 75
Thos. H. Peirce,
52 13
C. W. Maxfield,
16 65
Michael Head, 66
40 74
Rufus Southwick, "
15 85
Rufus Hayward, "
15 30
Frank K. Taft, as superintendent
306 74
S. W. Wood, gravel
1 12
Gilbert Gaskill,
13 60
E. A. Bates,
6 60
Edward Dudley,
66
24 64
A. J. Spofford,
5 36
Geo. M. Taft, 66
5 00
Andre Southwick, "
6 12
Jacob Cornwell,
64
Geo. W.Jennison, " Chas. Howe, 66
1 10
James R. Best, 66
1 10
A. W. Gaskill, 66
32 00
Jesse A. Taft,
1 10
H. W. Brown, repairs
65
John Barry,
2 86
A. Morin,
10
L. Grow & Son,
66
50
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies.
7 70
·
2 08
IO
J. Allen Rice, 66
10
N. R. George,
66
25
Repairs on scraper.
8 50
Team work.
$1,502 46 $391 18
FRANK TAFT, Superintendent of Streets.
Mendon, Feb. 15, 1894.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
DR.
Balance uncollected, Feb. 17, 1893
$210 02
Interest received. 7 03
$217 05
CR.
By cash paid treasurer
$161 16
Abatements
13 55
174 71
Balance uncollected, Feb. 16, 1894. $42 34
GEORGE M. TAFT, Collector of Taxes for 1892.
DR.
To taxes committed for collection $7,474 99
Additional assessments 82 49
Interest received
32 79
CR.
By cash paid treasurer
$6,507 31
Paid county tax
447 00
Abatements
17 89
6,972 20
Balance uncollected, Feb. 16, 1894. $618 07
GEORGE M. TAFT, Collector for 1893.
$7,590 27
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the municipal year ending March 5, 1894.
John W. Barry, Mary C. Taft, Edna Allen, Edna French, Phileana W. Bean, Edward McNalley, children of Andrew H. Gould, child of Eva Carlton Welles, Charles H. Allen, Dennis Holland, Theressa Moore, Mary Oakford, Mrs. Felix H. Bibeaux (having a settlement in Mendon), Mrs. George H. Gabry and fam- ily (belonging to Milford), Samuel E. Everton and family and Joseph H. Wood and wife (belonging to Uxbridge), have been wholly or partially supported.
The Overseers charge themselves with the receipt of the fol- lowing named funds belonging to the town :-
Balance from last year. $ 2 87
935 00
Ten town orders ..
A. W. Gaskill, guardian of Dennis Holland .. 178 85
Town of Uxbridge 147 15
Town of Milford 116 83
$1,380 70
The Overseers credit themselves with paying the following amounts :-
For support of :-
John W. Barry $179 75
Mary C. Taft. 77 00
Edna Allen 116 00
Edna French 55 30
Phileana W. Bean (deceased)
128 80
Edward McNalley (deceased)
103 80
Children of Andrew H. Gould
118 00
Child of Eva Carlton Welles
9 00
Charles H. Allen
6 45
Dennis Holland
169 46
Theressa Moore
46 29
Mary Oakford. .
12 00
Mrs. Felix H. Bibeaux. 1 46
Mrs. G. H. Gabry and family
98 42
Samuel E. Everton and family. 96 98
Joseph H. Wood and wife. 74 60
Gilbert Gaskill, care of tramps. 25 35
Walter N. Thompson, fuel for lockup. ..
3 50
Henry W. Gaskill, services 6 00
Gilbert Gaskill, services . 6 00
I3
Liberty Freeman, services $35 00
Liberty Freeman, postage. 1 70
Cash on hand to balance 9 84 $1,380 70
From the whole amount paid for the support of the poor.
$1,370 86
Deduct what was due for the support of the paupers to March 6, 1893. $116 52
What has been paid out for Mrs. G. H. Gabry and family .. 98 42
What has been paid out for Samuel E. Everton and family ..
96 98
What has been paid out for Joseph H. Wood and wife. 74 60
What has been paid out for Dennis Holland, $169.46, less $76.03 93 43
$479 95
$890 91
Add what will be due for support of paupers to March 5, 1894
79 75
Cost of supporting the poor for the year end- ing March 5, 1894 .. $970 66
Due from Uxbridge Feb. 1, 1894 :
S. E. Everton and family. $18 00
J. H. Wood and wife. 11 68
$29 68
Respectfully submitted,
GILBERT GASKILL, LIBERTY FREEMAN, HENRY W. GASKILL,
Overseers of the Poor.
Mendon, Feb. 19, 1894.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS REGISTERED IN 1893.
Cash on hand.
$ 1 80
86 male dogs.
172 00
7 female “
35 00
Registration fees
$ 18 60
Paid county treasurer
190 20
$208 80
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1893.
DATE OF BIRTH. 1893.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Rufus G. and Emma Beal. Samuel E. and Mary S. Everton. Lewis and Rosabel Bates. Erwin A. and Jennie Bates. Leonard E. and Susan M. Taft, Ella Brown. Frank H. and Sarah J. Wood.
Charles A. and A. Louise Wilbur. Irving. E. and Jennie E. Pearson. William C. and Hattie E. Robinson.
Aug. 23, Margaret Jeanette Brooks, Cyril S. and Selinda Brooks.
Sept.
6, Edward Eames Taft,
Edward H. and Serena E. Taft. Geo. A. and Beatrice A. Parkinson. George H. and Nancy Darling.
16, Homer Chester Darling,
Philip Michael Harrington, Michael T. and Mary J. Harrington.
Oct. 8, 17, Leo Best,
31, Charles Edward Worthen,
Nov.
7, Albert Driscoll,
Dec. 11, Stella Beatrice Gaskill,
20, Harold Clayton Barrows,
James R. and Ellen E. Best. George W. and Effie E. Worthen. Florence and Margaret E. Driscoll. Walter A. and Hattie E. Gaskill. Alfred I. and Lizzie A. Barrows.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1893.
DATE OF MARRIAGE. 1880. Apr. 15,
NAME OF GROOM AND BRIDE. RESIDENCE.
Leon Daniels, Mary M. Cook,
Mendon.
1893. Jan. 4,
George A. Parkinson,
Mendon. Mendon.
Beatrice Annie Scrivens,
May 17,
Roscoe Steere,
Mendon. Mendon.
May 30,
Milo A. Gaskill,
Mendon.
Ethel M. Cook,
Bellingham. Mendon.
Sept. 5, John R. Morrison,
Alma Parks,
Dorchester.
Jan. 10, Bertha Margaret Beal,
24, Joseph Elmer Everton,
Apr. 9, Royal Bates,
May 6, Harrison Eaton Bates,
10, Ina Marion Taft,
June 12, 20, 21, Julia Francis Wilbur,
Irene Brown, Henry Joseph Wood,
July 7, Arthur Chester Pearson,
11, Mabel Lovett Robinson,
11, Ernest Albert Parkinson,
Abigail Taft,
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1893.
NAME.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
Y.
M.
D.
Mendon.
1893.
Jan. 22,
Edwin Bates,
66
5
6
Mendon.
Feb. 4,
Abel G. Weatherhead,
72
9
23
Mendon.
6,
Peter M. Bates,
4
4
2
Mendon.
19,
Gilbert Cook,
75
2
24
Mendon.
Mar. 23,
Jason G. Cummings,
68
2
6
Mendon.
31
Arthur A. Brown,
1
10
3
Mendon.
Apr. 6,
Hannah W. Taft,
69
11
25
Mendon.
18,
Royal Bates,
9
Mendon.
May 22,
Austin Wood,
75
9
Mendon.
June
3,
Sally Wheelock,
86
25
Mendon.
21,
Francis A. Staples,
53
8
Mendon.
22,
Ezekiel P. Burr,
72
8
15
Mendon.
July 22,
Leon Daniels,
52
8
17
Mendon.
Ang. 27,
Dexter Inman.
59
4
20
Mendon.
Oct.
14,
Ariel Cook,
87
11
21
Mendon.
18,
Julia A. Wilcox,
68
5
11
Mendon.
Nov. 3,
Henry F. Inman,
39
7
22
Mendon.
30,
Waitee M. Wood,
44
8
25
Mendon.
Dec. 31,
Edwin G. Wilcox,
48
3
2
Mendon.
The attention of parents and others is called to the report of births, marriages and deaths. If any errors are noticed, please report them to me at once for correction. The importance of accurate registration cannot be overestimated. Blanks for making all returns relating to births, marriages and deaths, can be ob- tained of the town clerk.
HORACE C. ADAMS,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, Feb. 17, 1894.
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