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Gould's Manufacturing Co. 17 20
Grassall Chemical Co. 34 17
G. C. Coffin, use of wagon
3 00
John Grenier, labor 10 50
C. L. Grover, labor 9 00
$183 71
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INCIDENTALS.
TOWN HALL BUILDING.
Moses M. Coleman, janitor $23 08
Moses M. Coleman, erecting voting booths 50
Arthur E. Brown, janitor 73 32
Arthur E. Brown, erecting voting booths.
1 00
Chas. H. Allen, 1 window
2 00
labor 1 25
E. H. Taft, wood 14 30
Fred K. Brown, supplies
6 01
$121 46
PRINTING.
G. M. Billings $63 00
Milford Journal Co.
77 60
A. W. Brownell 4 70
A. H. Bartlett
3 00
Milford Daily News 2 04
500 Moth notices
1 75
$152 09
RETURNING BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
M. L. Griswold, returning 1 birth. $ 25
Geo. W. Wood, returning 1 death
25
Walter Watson, returning 4 deaths
1 00
BALLOT CLERKS AND TELLERS.
Edward F. Driscoll
$5 00
John J. Driscoll 5 00
Albion A. Gaskill
2 00
E. A. Snow
2 00
Edward Whiting 2 00
Clarence Taft
5 00
$1 50
$21 00
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POLICE.
A. E. Brown, services July 3 and 4 . $3 00
T. O. Daffon, services July 3 and 4. 3 00
J. B. Driscoll, services July 3 and 4 3 00
$9 00
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Commonwealth of Mass., wire brooms etc. $7 50
FOREST FIRE PAYROLL.
Bernard fire
$9 95
Linsett swamp fire
9 58
Leon Wise fire
15 84
John O'Sullivan fire
5 81
Jacques fire
7 30
Morse fire
4 62
Cronan fire
7 46
Geo. F. Allen fire
6 25
Jackson fire
28 17
Davenport fire
1 50
Riccio fire 2 25
$106 23
INCIDENTALS.
Avery & Woodbury, supplies for record room
$4 50
E. T. Powers, repairing watering tub. ..
2 60
Hobbs & Warren, book for recording dangerous diseases 4 14
Jeremiah Murphy and Michael Nolan, services 12 84
L. T. Gaskill, :-
Henry W. Brown's burial expense. . 50 00
Henry C. Snell, services 28 06
E. A. Snow, care of lawns 16 00
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Leonard T. Gaskill :-
Use of well 5 00
Cash for postage and stamps. 6 25
Expenses to Boston twice 3 00
Carfares to Milford
6 00
Telephone toll
25
Statistical report for Bureau of
Statistics 6 00
Perambulating Town bounds 4 00
Lewis H. Barney,coal for Record building
8 50
W. & L. E. Gurley, supplies for sealer of weights and measures 3 45
Clifford Cook, legal advice 15 00
B. E. Knight, repairing ballot box ..
6.10
T. O. Daffon, killing and burying dogs. . 2 00
Table for record room 4 00
H. M. Burr :-
Expenses to Boston 2 00
Stamps, wrappers and postals 2 43
Perambulating town bounds, 3 days. . 6 00
Postage telephone, carfare 4 84
Smith A. Steere :-
Repairs on Alliance room 35 50
Perambulating town bounds 9 00
Use of team . 2 00
Use of automobile 5 00
F. M. Aldrich, acid and toll calls
1 60
H. J. George, insurance
117 70
Carter Ink Co., state ink
42
Worcester Abstract Co.
10 66
Chas. H. Allen :-
Care of record room and lawn $6 00
Sealing hay scales 1 00
Carfare and express
2 45
Telephone toll and postage 3 62
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co., toll service 36
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Joseph J. Fahey, bringing nurse and pul- motor
2 00
Moses U. Gaskill, Cattle Inspector 49 00
W. F. Durgin, services
3 52
Howard G. Ramsey, wiring Town House,
Library, Record Room
105 00
$557 79
STATE ROAD. MILFORD ROAD.
RESOURCES.
State Highway Commission
$1000 00
Town Appropriation
500 00
Unexpended balance
46 38
$1,546 38
EXPENDITURES.
Old bill, paid by Road Commissioners . . $9 05
Order No. 1
No. 2
183 00
66 No. 4
134 90
66 No. 5
99 40
66 No. 6
106 80
66
No. 7
41 00
No. 8
37 15
W. W. Barr, gravel
12 70
M. &. U. St. Ry :-
600 yds. of gravel, and hauling at 75c
450 00
.. Hauling 140 yds. at 60c 84 00
Milford Water Co., water 16 62
Town of Milford, use of steam roller . .
45 00
H. M. Curtiss, coal 20 26
Clark Ellis & Sons, oil and waste 1 75
122 00
No. 3
79 00
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Mass. Highway Commission, pay and car- fare of engineers, and coal for steam roller 45 63
James L. Lilley, lettering signs 2 30
Oiling road 55 82
$1,546 38
STATE AID PENSIONERS.
State aid to pensioners, Chap. 468, Acts
of 1909, 12 months $272 00
REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Order to Road Commissioners
$3,406 47
SUPPORT OF POOR.
Order to Overseers of Poor $1,856 60
TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Order to Trustees Taft Pub. Library $283 63
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS.
Order to School Committee $3,525 00
Special appropriation 1,521 77
MONEY FROM STREET RAILWAY COMPANIES TO BE EXPENDED ON HIGHWAYS.
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. $206 13
Milford, Attleboro & Woonsocket St. Ry.
Co. 41 02
Worcester Consolidated St. Ry. Co. 614 75
State Treasurer 943 62
$1,805 52
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The Selectmen report the available assets of the town as follows :-
Due from the Tax Collector, 1914 $577 54
Due from the Tax Collector, 1915 . . 2,754 09
Cash in hands of Treasurer 740 40
Due from State, aid to pensioners, Chap.
.468, Acts of 1909 272 00
$4,344 03
The liabilities of the town, so far as known, are as follows :-
8 New School Building notes $4,000 00
8 New School Building notes 1,200 00
2 General expense notes 1,000 00
2 Notes anticipation of revenue 3,000 00
K. A. Campbell M. D. 87 75
$9,287 75
Net indebtedness of the town
$4,943 72
AUSTIN WOOD RELIEF FUND.
Austin Wood Relief Fund $25 00
$25 00
Appropriations for 1915 :- -
Support of schools
$3,500 00
School physician 25 00
Support of poor
1,200 00
Roads and bridges
1,000 00
Taft Public Library
300 00
Interest
500 00
Town debt
1,150 00
Incidentals
800 00
Town officers
800 00
Moth Scout
200 00
Board of Health
200 00
Fire Department
200 00
Soldier's Relief
50 00
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Street Lights
40 00
Insect Pest
200 00
Suppression of liquor selling, gambling and vice
50 00
State Road ( Milford Road)
500 00
Old Cemetery
50 00
Painting Town Buildings
150 00
Painting Town Buildings, additional. .
100 00
Memorial Day
55 00
RECAPITULATION.
Town officers
$757 17
Moth scout
207 87
Street lights
40 00
Memorial Day
55 00
Old Cemetery
49 00
Painting Town House and Library
250 00
Board of Health
367 42
Fire Department
50 15
Extermination of Insect Pest
183 71
Incidentals
969 07
State Road
1,546 38
State aid
272 00
Roads and bridges
3,406 47
Support of poor
1,856 60
Taft Public Library
283 63
Schools
5,046 77
$15,341 24
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LIST OF JURORS.
NAME.
OCCUPATION.
Geo. G. Davenport,
Farmer.
Geo. E. Phillips,
Plumber.
J. Franklin Leonard,
Farmer.
Willard N. Seibert,
Poultryman.
Moses U. Gaskill,
Poultryman.
Edward F. Driscoll,
Mechanic.
Samuel W. Wood,
Carpenter.
Andrew J. Byrne,
Farmer.
Henry M. Burr,
Spindlemaker.
Arthur E. Brown,
Machinist.
Leonard T. Gaskill,
Retired.
Chas. H. Allen,
Carpenter.
Samuel A. Brown,
Mechanic.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. BURR, SMITH A. STEERE, EDWARD T. POWERS,
Selectmen of Mendon.
Jan. 24, 1916.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
1913. DR.
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1915
$316 91
Interest received 40 25
$357 16
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer
$355 00
Abatements 2 16
$357 16 LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes, 1913.
Mendon, January 1, 1916.
1914.
DR
To balance uncollected Jan. 1, 1915 ... $3,451 79
Additional assessments 4 00
Interest received 114 54
CR.
$3,570 33
By cash paid Town Treasurer $2,896 43
Abatements 96 36
Amount uncollected
577 54
$3,570 33
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector of Taxes 1914.
Mendon, Jan. 1, 1916.
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1915.
DR
To taxes committed for collection $12,370 08
Additional assessments
932 70
Interest received
19 08
$13,321 86
CR.
By cash paid Treasurer
$10,567 77
Amount uncollected 2,754 09
$13,321 86
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD T. GASKILL, Collector ofTaxes 1915.
Mendon, January 5, 1915.
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
The Road Commissioners submit the following report for the Municipal Year ending Jan. 1, 1916.
STATE ROAD (MILFORD ROAD).
Balance from 1914 $46 38
PAID.
Clark Ellis & Sons, supplies $9 05
Amt. transferred to Selectmen 37 31
46 38
March 1, 1915.
RESOURCES.
Balance from 1914
$938 61
Town appropriation
1,000 00
School Dept. (gravel) .
8 00
Excise tax, M. & U. St. Ry. Co.
206 13
Excise tax, M., A. & W. St. Ry. Co.
41 02
Excise tax, Wor. Con. St. Ry. Co
614 75
Excise tax, State Treasurer
943 62
Selectmen, oiling State Road
55 82
$3,807 95
EXPENDITURES. CLEARING ROADS OF SNOW AND WASHOUTS.
Chas A. Fletcher
$4 50
Harold Wheeler
10 40
Lyman E. Wheeler
8 00
Geo. B. Cromb
9 00
Chas. S. Kelly
2 00
Wm. Munsell
2 00
$35 90
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TEAMS.
Chas. A. Fletcher,
$22 50
J. Sewart Cox, repairing washout, E.
Mendon
22 00
BRIDGES. DAM SWAMP AND MUDDY BROOK.
Chas. A. Fletcher, poles and stringers
$45 00
LABOR.
Chas. A. Fletcher
$3 75
Geo. B. Cromb 3 00
Chas. S. Kelly
3 00
Chas. H. Allen
4 00
Samuel W. Wood
4 00
$17 75
LABOR ON HIGHWAYS.
Chas. A. Fletcher
$195 00
Geo. B. Cromb
210 00
Chas S. Kelly
200 75
Harold Wheeler
149 50
Geo. Foster
106 00
Lyman E. Wheeler
73 00
Fred Cain
6 00
L. W. Holbrook
20 00
$960 25
TEAMS.
Chas. A. Fletcher
$897 75
Percy T. Kinsley
185 00
Wm. F. Irons
70 00
J. Stuart Cox
35 00
Frank H. Wood
32 50
Joseph J. Taylor
10 00
$1,230 25
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GRAVEL.
Wm. W. Barr
$77 60
Elizabeth Fletcher
80
Abbott Whiting
1 60
Joseph Lamothe
2 72
Richard Hogarth
2 80
Luther E. Taft
6 08
Harriett A. Brady
8 40
Felix Brothers
1 76
P. W. Taft, Estate of
1 04
Clarence A. Taft
88
Pierre Girouard
2 88
Edw. H. Taft
2 88
Moses U. Gaskill
2 88
C. C. Ames
9 40
Geo. G. Davenport
72
Frederick A. Davenport
1 44
Chas. A. Henry
1 44
$125 32
Milford & Uxbridge St. Ry. Co. gravel and hauling (4 bills) $459 00
2 bbls. road oil, freight and ctg. .. 9 34
$468 34
OILING HIGHWAYS.
John Baker Jr., applying 5783 gals. at 2c $115 66 Furnished by Mass. Highway Commission, 3200 gals. at East Mendon, 2583 gals. at Milford Road. 1420 gals at 5 1-2c furnished and applied 78 10
$193 76
Chas Shumacher Jr., labor and expenses, steam roller at E. M. $21 12 W. C. Robinson & Sons, labor and sup- plies 72 35
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Clark Ellis & Sons, tools and supplies. . 22 47
Wm. A. Barry, repairs and supplies . . 18 58
Justin F. Southwick, labor and supplies . 206 70
$341 22
Balance unexpended
$3,462 29 $345 66
Respectfully submitted,
LUTHER W. HOLBRROK, CHARLES A. FLETCHER, JUSTIN F. SOUTHWICK, Road Commissioners.
Mendon, Jan. 18, 1916.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$200 00
Private Spraying
5 00
$205 00
EXPENSES.
Grasselli Chemical Co., lead
$34 17
Gould Mfg. Co., 2 bills, repairs, etc.
17 20
Glenville Coffin, wagon
3 00
F. M. Aldrich, labor, cash paid
109 84
John Grenier
10 50
J. Grover
9 00
$183 71
Unexpended
$21 29
F. M. ALDRICH,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the municipal year ending Jan. 1, 1916.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation
$1,200 00
EXPENDITURES.
For support of seven persons having a settlement in Mendon $1,646 13
City of Worcester, care of three persons having a settlement in Mendon ... 140 00
City of Boston, care of 1 person having settlement in Mendon 14 29
Burial of one person having settlement in Mendon
34 00
Transportation
14 75
Henry W. Gaskill, bill
5 28
Office expenses
2 15
$1,856 60
Deficit
$656 60
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. BURR, SMITH A. STEERE, EDWARD T. POWERS, Overseers of Poor.
Mendon, Jan. 24. 1916.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
DOGS LICENSED IN 1915.
84 male dogs 6 female dogs
$168 00 30 00
License fees
$198 00 18 00
Paid County Treasurer
$180 00
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1915.
Date of
Birth. 1914.
Name of Child.
Parents with Maiden Name of Mother.
June 4. Barbara Taylor,
Joseph and Alice G. Coffin.
Sept. 28. Francis Joseph Lamothe, Joseph and Sophia Lariviere.
1915.
Jan. 7. Louise Evelyn Miller,
Jan. 30. Alfred Gordon Perron,
Mar. 15. Roger Alec. Gordon,
Apr. 1. Cordelia Roy, Powers, Evelyn Eva Gaskill, Ruth Elizabeth Hogarth,
Apr. 4.
Apr. 7. Apr. 20. Edward Landon,
July 13. Aug. 9. Charles P. Norman,
Aug. 16. Marie Anne Bouchard,
Sept. 18.
Sept. 14. William Lewis Holbrook, Helen Louise Thiebault,
Ernest T. and Elizabeth Mc- Cracken.
Samuel H. and Rose Russell. Alec. B.and Gertrude C. Mother- way.
Desire and Cordelia Germaine. Edward T. and Cecelia G. Conway. Earle F. and Myrtle Warren. John S. and Elizabeth F. Smith. Edward and Sarah Landon. Pierre A. and Ella M. Schriebe. Nere J. and Delina Jacques. Lewis W. and Edith L. Smith. Desire E. and Stella R. Delasky.
28 MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1915.
Date of
Marriage. 1915.
Name of Groom and Bride.
Residence.
July 28. Ralph Edward Phillips, Eva Daley,
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Aug. 17. Ralph Hicks Gaskill, Nina Marion Taft,
Mendon, Mass.
Jan.
14. Charles Cook Daniels, Mary Chapman,
Mendon, Mass. Woonsocket, R. I. Mendon, Mass. Athol, Mass.
Oct. 28. George Wilmarth Cromb, Sarah Maud Amsden,
Nov. 14. Jeremiah Barry Driscoll, Julia Ann Featherstone,
Hopkinton, Mass.
Dec.
25. Howard Thornton Worth, Bertha Eldora Pearson,
Mendon, Mass.
Dec. 23.
John Dornan Cochrane,
Lizzie Dawson,
Mendon, Mass.
Pawtucket, R. I.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN 1915.
Date of
Age.
Death. 1915.
Name.
Y. M. D.
Jan. 31.
Mary Broughey,
71
8
6
Feb. 5. John Bugbee Mellen,
75
6
7
Mar 20. Melissa Goldthwaite,
69
0
24
Mar. 24.
Miranda Hill Gaskill,
77
11
20
Mar. 26. William English,
53
11
7
Mar. 28.
Albert Warren Gaskill,
83
3
Mar. 30. Martha Jane Pickering,
73
8
13
Apr.
3. Putman W. Taft,
93
5
3
Apr. 4. Powers,
12hr.
Apr. 19. Henry Wheelock Brown,
70
8
1
June 26. Stephen Warren Cook,
78
6
21
Aug. 5. Emily Lomas,
72
5
14
Sept. 18. Florence Driscoll,
66
3
16
Nov.
5. Cynthia Bracci,
5
2
22
Dec.
3. John W. Barry,
64
5
9
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
Mendon, Mass.
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If errors or omissions are discovered in the list of births, marriages and deaths, report them to the town clerk, that the record may be corrected. Section 6 of Chapter 29 of the Revised Laws requires that "Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born. Every householder in whose house a death occurs, shall, wihin five days thereafter cause notice thereof to be given to the board of health, or, if the selectmen constitute such board, to the town clerk." Section 29 of Chapter 151 of the Revised Laws reads as follows: "If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this commonwealth, who return to dwell here, they shall, within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which either of them) lived at the time of their marriage a certificate or declaration of their marriage, in- cluding the facts relative to marriages which are required by law, and for neglect thereof shall forfeit ten dollars."
Blanks for the return of all vital records can be obtained from the town clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ALLEN,
Town Clerk.
Mendon, January 1, 1916.
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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Your Trustees are pleased to report the completion of another successful year.
The library building and its surroundings were brightened with a new coat of paint, and with the interior electrically lighted the appearance is more pleasing.
The number of gifts of magazines and books given by different parties the past year has been more than ordinary, and the trustees in behalf of the citizens wish to thank all who have so aided the work during the year.
The trustees wish to express their gratitude to the public school teachers who have directed the work at the sub-stations the past year.
All persons who are not enjoying the privileges of the library are requested to familiarize themsleves with its facilities and workings. For a small town the library is exceptionally equipped.
Most of the success of the library the past year is due to the careful work and interest of the librarian, and the trustees are grateful for her interest and co-operation.
Your trustees recommend the usual appropriation, as to de- crease the same would be an unwise policy and tend to injure the present standard of efficiency.
F. G. ATWELL, H. M. BURR, LYMAN COOK, EDWIN L. WILSON, EDWARD F. DRISCOLL,
Trustees Taft Public Library.
December 31, 1915.
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE TAFT PUBLIC LIBRARY :-
The whole number of volumes given out during the year was 6599. Largest number in one week,198; smallest number, 65; average number, 124 plus. The volumes of fiction numbered 4105 ; magazines, bound and unbound, 1667; history, 131; travel, 168; biography, 69 ; literature, 111; useful and fine arts, 162; natural science, 117 ; all others, 69.
There are now approximately 5,635 bound volumes in the library. 278 were added the past year. Of these, 89 were pur- chased by the town; 9 were bound magazines, and 180 were as follows: Mrs. A. R. Taft, 63 ; Massachusetts Library Commission, 62; Charlotte E. Day, 25; Secretary of Commonwealth, 22; Woman's Suffrage Association, 1; J. C. Forbes,2 ; General Educa- tion Board, N. Y., 1; F. W. Whitridge, 1; Percy Andreae, 1; Smithsonian Institute, 1 ; By gift, 1. J. A. George gave Harper's Monthly and Outing for 1914-15, unbound.
Magazines subscribed for by the town were Century, National Geographic, Munsey, Illustrated World, Field and Stream, Scienti- fic American, St. Nicholas, Woman's Home Companion and Ladies' Home Journal. The Atlantic, World's Work, Scribner's, Harper's, Review of Reviews, McClure's, Woman's Journal, Remonstrance and Our Dumb Animals were given by different ones.
Books have been sent to Albeeville and East Mendon schools. $7.05 was received for fines.
Respectfully submitted,
LENA W. GEORGE,
Librarian.
Mendon, Jan. 1, 1916.
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BOOKS ADDED IN 1915.
Fiction :- Adventures in Land of Behemoth. Jules Verne.
Barbara Ladd. C. G. D. Roberts. Beltane the Smith. Jeffrey Farnol. Cheerful Americans. C. B. Loomis. The Clansman. Thomas Dixon Jr. The Clarion. S. H. Adams.
Daddy-long-legs. Jean Webster. Daybreak. Elizabeth Miller. Duke Jones. Ethel Sidgwick. Earth's Enigmas. C. G. D. Roberts.
Eltham House. Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Far Country. Winston Churchill. Felix O'Day. F. Hopkinson Smith. Fergy the Guide. H. S. Canfield. The Foreigner. Ralph Connor. Friendship Village. Zona Gale. Guests of Hercules. C. N. & A. M. Williamson. The Harbor. Ernest Poole. Haunters of the Silences. C. G. D. Roberts. Honorable Mrs. Garry. Mrs. Henry de la Pasture. Hound from the North. Ridgwell Cullum. House of the Misty Star. Frances Little. Indifference of Juliet. G. S. Richmond. Idyl of Twin Fires. W. P. Eaton. Jaffery. W. J. Locke. Johnny Appleseed. Eleanor Atkinson. Kindred of the Wild. C. G. D. Roberts. Light That Failed. Rudyard Kipling. Little Comrade. B. E. Stevenson. Little Sir Galahad. Phoebe Gray. Martha and Cupid. J. M. Lippmann. Michael O'Halloran. G. S. Porter. Mine Own People. Rudyard Kipling. Old Order Changeth. Archibald Marshall. Pals First. F. P. Elliott.
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Patrol of the Sundance Trail. Ralph Connor. The Perfect Tribute. M. R. S. Andrews. The Phantom' rickshaw. Rudyard Kipling.
Princess Mary's Gift Book. J. M. Barrie and others. Prudence of the Parsonage. Ethel Hueston. Rogue by Compulsion. Victor Bridges. Rose-garden Husband. Margaret Widdemer. Spray on the Windows. J. E. Buckrose. Stephen March's way. H. H. Knibbs. Still Jim. Honore Willsie. Story of the Gadsbys. Rudyard Kipling. Story of Waitstill Baxter. K. D. Wiggin. Stranger at the Gate. M. O. Wright. Thankful's Inheritance. J. C. Lincoln. The Turmoil. Booth Tarkington. Van Cleve. M. S. Watts. Victory. Joseph Conrad. Watchers of the Trails. C. G. D. Roberts.
The White Alley. Carolyn Wells.
Juveniles :--- Adventures of Johnny Chuck. T. W. Burgess. Adventures of Reddy Fox. T. W. Burgess. Asia. F. G. Carpenter. Baby Elton, Quarter-back. L. W. Quirk. Black Bruin. Clarence Hawkes.
Boy with the U. S. Indians. Francis Rolt-Wheeler. Boy's Life of Gen. Sheridan. W. L. Goss. Doodles. E. C. Dowd.
Elsbeth, Margarethe Muller. Eskimo Twins. L. F. Perkins.
For the Honor of the School. R. H. Barbour.
Four Wonders. E. E. Shillig. Fox Hunting. C. A. Stephens.
Golden Mermaid. Andrew Lang.
Horsemen of the Plains. J. A. Altsheler.
How the World is Clothed. F. G. Carpenter.
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How the World is Fed. F. G. Carpenter. How the World is Housed. F. G. Carpenter. How to play Baseball. J. J. McGraw. In the Days of Giants. A. F. Brown. Japanese Twins. L. F. Perkins. Katrinka. H. E. Haskell.
Left on Labrador. C. A. Stephens. Little Journeys to Holland. M. M. George.
Lynx Hunting. C. A. Stephens.
Mooswa. W. A.Fraser. Off to the Geysers. C. A. Stephens.
On the Amazons. C. A. Stephens. On the Trail of the Moose. E. S. Ellis. Once Upon a Time in Rhode Island. Katherine Pyle. Our little German Cousin. M. H. Wade. The Outcasts. W. A. Fraser.
Peter and Polly in Winter. Rose Lucia. Pollyanna Grows Up. E. H. Porter. Real Cinderella. Nina Rhoades. Red Hunters. C. A. Eastman. The Sandman. W. J. Hopkins. Through the Wilds. C. A. J. Farrar. Tom Paulding. Brander Matthews. Tom Strong, Junior. A. B. Mason. Trail of the Sandhill Stag. E. T. Seton. Trail to the Woods. Clarence Hawkes. Twelve Huntsmen. Andrew Lang. Two Little Women. Carolyn Wells. When Patty Went to College. Jean Webster. Wood Folk at School. W. J. Long.
Non Fiction :- African Game Trails. Theodore Roosevelt. American Angler's Book. Thaddeus Norris. American Big Game Hunting. Theodore Roosevelt. Animal Heroes. E. T. Seton. Antelope and Deer of America. J. D. Caton.
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Atlas of the World. Rand & McNally.
Australian Byways. Norman Duncan. Austria and the Austrian People. L. G. R. Howard. Battle Ground Adventures in the Civil War. Clifton Johnson. Belgians at Home. Clive Holland.
Bird Homes. A. R. Dugmore.
Bird Portraits. E. T. Seton.
Birds, Home life of. F. H. Herrick.
Birds, How to Attract. Neltje Blanchan. Birds of Massachusetts. R. H. Howe.
Birds of North America. J. H. Studer. Book of the Black Bass. J. A. Henshall.
Busy Man's Friend. J. L. Nichols.
Canadian Wilds. Martin Hunter.
Civilization and Health. Woods Hutchinson.
Clerk of the Woods. Bradford Torrey. The Complete Angler. Izaak Walton. Cooking for Two. J. M. Hill.
Curb, Snaffle and spur. E. L. Anderson.
Days Off. Henry Van Dyke. Europe at War. Everybody's Cyclopedia. 5 Vols.
Everyman's Religion. George Hodges. Field of Social Service. Philip Davis. Fighting in Flanders. E. A. Powell. Fish and Fishing, Book of. Louis Rhead. Fisherman's Luck. Henry Van Dyke. Fishing with the Fly. C. F. Orvis. Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. H. P. Wells. Fox Trapping. A. R. Harding. France and the French People. L. G. R. Howard. Friendly Russia. Denis Garstin. From Alien to Citizen. E. A. Steiner.
Germany and the Next War. F. von Bernhardi.
The Hare. H. A. MacPherson. Hermits' Wild Friends. M. A. Walton.
How to know the Butterflies. J. H. Comstock.
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Howe, Julia Ward. F. H. Hall. Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. Theodore Roosevelt. Jonathan Papers. Elizabeth Woodbridge. Letters of an Old Farmer to His Son. W. R. Lighton. Library of Valuable Knowledge. 25 Vols. Lowney's Cook Book. M. W. Howard. The Melting Pot. Israel Zangwill.
Mink Trapping. A. R. Harding. My Year of the Great War. Frederick Palmer. Nations at War. W. J. Abbot. One American's Opinion of the European War. F. W. Whitridge.
Our Flag and Its Use. E. R. Berry. Pan-Germanism. R. G. Usher.
Pentecost of Calamity. Owen Wister. Portrait Book of Kings of Great Britain. T. L. Hare. Prohibition Movement. Percy Andreae.
The Rabbit. J. E. Harting. Radcliffe College.
Real Truth about Germany. Douglas Sladen.
Rifle and the Hound. S. W. Baker. Rifle, Rod and Gun in California. T. S. Van Dyke. Rocky Mountain Wonderland. E. A. Mills.
Shakespeare-land. Walter Jerrold. Shakespeare's Complete Works. 20 Vols. Siege of Boston. Allen French. Spell of Belgium. Isabel Anderson. Stories to tell to Children. S. C. Bryant.
Tales of Wood Life. Maxmilian Foster.
The Theatre of Today. H. K. Moderwell. Trees, Shrubs, Vines etc. J. Kirkegaard. The Trout. Marquis of Granby. Unknown Guest. Maurice Maeterlinck. Voyages of Captain Scott. Charles Turley. Wild Animals I Have Known. E. T. Seton. Wild Fowlers. C. Bradford. With Fly, Rod and Camera. E. A. Samuels.
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With the Allies. R. H. Davis. Woman Suffrage. F. M. Bjorkman. Bound volumes of Harper's, Century, Outing and St. Nicholas. Vital Records of Amesbury, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Heath, Rochester and Tyngsborough.
Finance Committee Report.
The report of the Finance Committee of the Taft Public Library for the year ending Dec. 31, 1915.
RESOURCES.
Appropriation $300 00
Balance from last year 5 71
Fines 7 05
$312 76
EXPENDITURES.
N. E. Library Binding Co., binding and magazines 1 80
H. W. Wilson Co., "Reader's Guide" 4 00
Gaylord Bros., labels 1 45
E. H. Taft, wood 5 88
E. F. Driscoll, magazines 15 75
R. K. Mathewson, janitor 14 75
A. L. A. Publishing Board, books 1 20
Smith A. Steere, painting fence 14 80
H. R. Hunting Co., books 15 72
E. L. Wilson, labor and postage 68
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Mrs. Sumner Allen, carrying books to Albeeville school . 3 50
De Wolfe and Fiske Co., books 46 39
James Brown, binding books
21 20
N. E. Library Binding Co., binding books 4 35
Geo. M. Taft, labor
75
Lena W. George, salary
50 00
Lena W. George, book and express 1 40
Lena W. George, salary
50 00
Lena W. George, express and cartage. ...
2 32
F. K. Brown, oil, mdse.
3 64
Old Corner Book Store, books
25 05
$283 63
Respectfully submitted, LYMAN COOK, HENRY M. BURR,
Finance Committee.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
I have examined the accounts of all the Town Officers who have received or disembursed funds belonging to the town for the fiscal year ending January 1, 1915, and find them correctly kept and with proper vouchers.
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