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Due on Tax List of 1888, . 1,491.75
Due on Tax List of 1887,
· 417.50
Due on Tax List of 1886, . · 85.26
Due on Tax List of 1885,
. 48.88
$2,835.91
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Notes due J. C. Newhall,
. $3,000.00
Balance against the town, ·
164.09
JOHN M. DANFORTH, FRANK NEWHALL, F. P. RUSSELL,
Selectmen of Lynnfield.
Dr. JOHN M. DANFORTH, Treasurer and Collector, in acct. with Town of Lynnfield. Cr.
To Balance in Treasury, March 1, 1888,
$568 00
By account paid out on orders, .
. $7,240 00
Due on tax list of 1885,
.
67 70
Due on tax list of 1886,
219 68
Due on tax list, 1886,
85 26
Due on tax list of 1887,
.
. 1,577 IO
Due on tax list, 1887, .
.
.
417 50
Tax list committed 1888,
5,541 82 .
Due on tax list, 1888, . .
.
.
75
Received from Wakefield National Bank,
. 1,000 00
National Bank Tax, .
180 OI
Corporation Tax, .
.
59 38
State Aid, Chap. 252, .
.
84 00
State Aid, Chap. 301, .
.
.
114 00
County Dog Tax,
88
State School Fund,
203 27
State, acc't Thos. Rooney, .
45 00
Town of Peabody, schooling,
58 00
Sale of Cemetery Lots,
10 00
nterest on Taxes, ·
·
.
7 65
Sale of Wood in Cemetery, .
4 50
Effects of Caleb Skinner,
.
2 00
$9,830 91
$9,830 91
JOHN M. DANFORTH, Treasurer and Collector.
LYNNFIELD, March 1, 1889.
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ACCOUNT OF TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
Balance in Treasury, March 1, 1889,
.
48 88
Due on tax list, 1885, .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
547 52
.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD IN 1888.
Date o Birth.
Name of Child.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents
Residence of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Birthplace of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Jan. 6,
Ernest Jordan Flannigan,
Lynnfield,
Wilbur J. and Isabel E., William H. and Annie L.,
Lynnfield. Lynnfield,
Teamster,
Nova Scotia, Salem,
Nova Scotia. Maine.
Mch. 17,
Maud Edna Putnam,
Lynnfield,
Jesse F. and Ella G.,
Lynnfield, Lynnfield,
Farmer,
Lynnfield,
Lynnfield.
June 1,
Marian Louise Russell,
Lynnfield,
Seth H. and Hattie F.,
Shoe Maker,
Lynnfield,
Lynnfield.
July 2,
Blanche Estelle Hanson,
Lynnfield,
Albert B. and Amy B.,
Lynnfield,
Station Ag't,
Saco, Me.,
Lynnfield.
July 12,
Frederick August Bradford, Lynnfield,
Geo. W. and Henrietta A.,
Lynnfield,
Book Keeper, Lynn,
St. John.
July 20,
Caleb Thompson Wood [Earle.
Lynnfield, Lynnfield,
Henry O. and Sophronia,
Lynnfield,
Laborer,
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia.
July 26, Aug 17, Sept. 13,
J John Edward Elliott, Mary Elizabeth Elliott, Mildred Lea Tibbetts,
Lynnfield, Lynnfield,
George L. and Leoria,
Lynnfield,
Shoe Maker,
Lynn,
Lynnfield.
Elsie Pearle,
Stephen A. and Hattie,
Farmer,
Maine,
Scotland.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD.
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Feb. 14,
Helen Stevens,
Lynnfield,
Station Ag't,
Farmer,
Boston,
Dorchester .
Edward T. and Florence E., Lynnfield,
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD IN 1888.
Date of Marriage.
Name of Groom and Bride.
Residence.
Age.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
What Marriage.
By whom Married.
Jan, II,
S Joseph S. Henfield, ¿ Mary T. Nickerson,
Lynnfield, Wakefield,
19 Lynnfield, 18|Wakefield,
Robert S. and Elma, Solomon and Mary,
First,
Roland D. Grant, Wakefield.
Jan. 19,
§ Albert B. Hanson, Amy B. Richardson,
Lynnfield,
20 Saco, Maine, 18 Lynnfield,
Robert B. and Lydia E., Byron and Mary,
First,
Geo. A. Phinney, Peabody.
April I,
George S. Joy, & Mary C. Butler,
Lynn, Lynn,
22 N. H., 23 Lynn,
-- Charles and Olive, Edward and Mary,
First,
H. L. Brickett, Lynnfield.
June 5,
[ Charles H. Bancroft, Lynnfield, Elthea L. Pope, 66
44 Lynnfield, 36|Quincy,
Warren and Hannah S., Micajah and Hannah,
Second, First,
Roland D. Grant, Wakefield.
Nov. II,
¡ George H. Moses, Alda Elnor Richard- Lynnfield, [son,
Wakefield,
21 Cambridge, 20 Lynnfield,
Hamilton and Elizabeth, George A. and Mary H.,
First,
H. L. Brickett, Lynnfield.
Nov. 24,
§ Charles Earle, Martha Dodge,
Lynnfield,
29 | Maine, William and Hannah, 21 Nova Scotia, James and Phebe,
First,
William H. Williams, Wakefield.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD.
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD IN 1888.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Age yrs. ms. dys.
Disease. 1
Residence
Occupation.
Place of Birth.
Names of Parents.
Mch. JI, Julia S. Richardson,
53
23 Consumption,
Lynnfield, 66
Housekeeper, Lynnfield,
Moses & Anna P. Richardson. John and Eliza Ann.
Mch. 13, Eliza A. Nichols,
69
IO
Pneumonia,
Mch. 19,
Celinda H. Jackson,
77
3
24 |Heart, "
House Wife, Farmer, Shoemaker,
Dighton, Salem, Lynnfield,
June I,
Caleb Skinner,
77
80 8 8 Broken Hip, Pneumonia, I
66
Aug. 7,
Byron Richardson,
49
23 Pneumonia,
Sept. 6,
John E. Elliott,
I
II Cholera Infantum,
Oct. 13,
Mary A. Roundy,
63
6
3 Consumption,
House Wife,
Nov. 22,
Oscar A. Brown,
48
6
22 Paralysis of Heart,
Melrose, Danvers,
Benjamin and Frances Day. Unknown.
Nov. 30,
Abigail Doughty,
83
IO
Chronic Bronchitis,
36
Dec. 25,
Elizabeth Muchmore,
58
9 18|Cancer,
Housekeeper, Maine,
James and Olive Mooers.
May 16,
Joseph Henfield,
Samuel and Mary Briggs. Not known. Samuel and Hannah. Osborn and Mary. Henry and Sophronie. Moses and Mary Richardson.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN LYNNFIELD.
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TOWN WARRANT.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
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ESSEX, ss.
To SAMUEL HARDING, one of the Constables of the Town of Lynnfield. GREETING.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby. required to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Lynnfield, quali- fied to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the TOWN HALL, in said Town, on MONDAY, the ELEVENTH day of MARCH next, at ONE o'clock, P. M., to act on the following articles, viz :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To bring in your ballots for Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, Auditor and Constables, all on one ballot. The Polls on this ballot will close at four o'clock unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the Town.
ART. 3. To choose a School Committee for three years.
ART. 4. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
ART. 5. To raise money for the support of Schools the current year.
ART. 6. To raise money for the repair of Highways the current year and determine how the same shall be expended.
ART. 7. To raise money for Town expenses the current year.
ART. 8. To determine the manner of collecting Taxes the current year.
ART. 9. To fix a time when the Collector of Taxes shall settle his account.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money, if necessary, to meet the demands of the Town, by a vote of two-thirds of the voters present.
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TOWN WARRANT.
ART. II. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to charge interest on all taxes not paid at the time he is required to settle his account.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will grant licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to peti- tion the County Commissioners to locate, re-locate or straighten the lines of any of the roads in town.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will cause a sidewalk to be made from the Railroad Station to the Post Office, in the south part of the town, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will appropriate money for making or repairing sidewalks in the centre of the Town, or take any action thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will instruct the Surveyors of High- ways to cut the bushes and trees within the limits of the roads, that in any way interfere with public travel.
ART. 18. To see what action the Town will take in regard to bet- ter facilities for heating the South School House, and appropriate money for the same.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies of the same at the usual places in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
JOHN M. DANFORTH, FRANK NEWHALL, F. P. RUSSELL,
Selectmen of Lynnfield.
Lynnfield, Feb. 25, 1889. A true Copy. ATTEST :
SAMUEL HARDING, Constable.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
SCHOOL REPORT.
Revolving time brings us to the close of another school year and to a report upon the condition of the schools of Lynnfield during that year. Mindful of duty, obligation and responsibility your Com- mittee submit its annual report.
The Massachusetts Educational System is a tree of majestic growth.
"Woodman spare that tree, touch not a single bough, In youth it sheltered us, and we'll protect it now."
So should all loyal citizens say who breathe the free air of Massa- chusetts or of New England, and have been nurtured and educated in our free common schools. So peculiarly adapted to the needs of the present time are the ancient laws of 1642-47, enacted by our fathers, who builded so much better than they knew, a structure that will stand through time, that we quote at some length from them.
"For as much as the good education of children is of singular behoofe and benefit to any Commonwealth, and whereas many Par- ents and Masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind ;
It is Ordered. that the chosen men for managing the prudentials of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their neighbors, to see, first that none of them shall suffer so much Barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning as may enable them to read perfectly the English tongue, and a knowledge of the Capital Laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein."
"It being one chiefe project of that ould deluder, Sathan, to keepe men from the nowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by per- suading from the use of tongues, so that at least the true sense and
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meaning of the originall might be clouded by false glosses of saint- seeming deceivers, that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers, in the church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, It is therefore ordered," etc.
The Common Schools were then established. The true American believes in the "right of everyone to life, liberty and pursuit of hap- piness," but when freedom to read the common version or all versions of the Scriptures is denied, a Christian state may well protect them and itself. Religious toleration has been our boast and pride but surely religious toleration has its limits. No Christian state would tolerate the destruction of people by the Hindoo car of Juggernaut or any other barbarous religious practice. Can it then tolerate the cramping or crushing of the intellect ?
If the Bible, the light of the world and lamp of our feet is denied to a large part of our people, how great is their darkness. Error of opinion may be tolerated so long as freedom of thought is allowed to combat it. But if the common version of the Bible is denied and freedom of thought is not allowed, what can prevent us from falling into that barbarism and ignorance which our fathers tried so hard to prevent and did so effectually provide against? Our Commonwealth has not been so agitated from centre to circumference since the cry of secession was raised and Sumter was fired upon. And not without great reason, for our Common Schools are the Sumters and strong- holds of the State and any sect or party impairing or preventing their usefulness is guilty of treason and rebellion.
The school question is before us.
The Boston case has been fairly and justly settled by the people. The Haverhill case is undergoing revision and we believe that by that "eternal vigilance which is the price of liberty," the Common Schools, the bulwark of the nation, with the Bible as the first and best text book, will be maintained and perpetuated as a means of defence and protection by the nation. Does any one ask what this has to do with a report on the schools of Lynnfield? Much, every way ; for as we believe in Common Schools so we believe our schools are a compo- nent part of all the Common Schools of the country.
A very hopeful aspect is given to the whole question by the fact that many, perhaps one-half or more of those who now seem to be against us are for us. Sides are not yet permanently taken. Free- dom is the natural growth of this country and most of those people
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who breathe the free air and treads the free soil of America are already so enlightened by the intelligence which has been spread through the land by free schools and churches will see to it that free- dom and liberty are not destroyed by the single dictum of any potentate in the world.
It is a part of one of the laws (Chap. 38, Sect. 10) that "it shall be the duty of the President, professors and tutors of the several col- leges, teachers of academies and of all other instructors of youth to exert their best endeavors to impress upon the minds of children and youth committed to their care and instruction, the principles of piety and justice, and a sacred regard to truth, love of their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance ; and those other virtues which are the ornament of human society, and basis upon which a Repub- lican Constitution is founded and it shall be the duty of such instruct- ors to endeavor to lead their pupils, as their ages and capacities will admit, into a clear understanding of the tendancy of the above men- tioned virtues to preserve and perfect Republican Constitution and secure the blessings of liberty, as well as to promote their future happiness, and also to point out the evil tendencies of the opposite vices."
One of the Secretaries of the State Board of Education says, "This beautiful provision of a state constitution has been of inesti- mable advantage to the state." It has been the endeavor of your Committee to have good morals and manners taught in the schools in their charge. Text books have been provided for this purpose and those endeavors have been reasonably successful.
All that your Committee said in their last annual report in regard to the advantage of country schools over those of the city, they still believe with additional strength and faith. An able writer in one of the leading Boston daily papers says, "The most favorable condition for learning is undoubtedly found in mixed schools, as in them the older pupils are constantly reviewing the studies they have been over, and the younger pupils are constantly hearing in advance the things they are to study."
We are also sustained in these views which we have held and illus- trated by the saying that a child that is constantly carried will never learn to walk, by the discussion at a teachers' institute held in Boston, of the question, "Are we doing too much for the children
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in our schools ?" Such a question may not be answered entirely in the affirmative, but the tendency is sometimes strongly in that direc- tion. Those are not successful teachers who by constant talking try to pour into the minds of their pupils that which they should draw out after the scholar has studied a lesson. We would say nothing against the explanation of difficult things, for that is a teacher's duty.
As charity should begin at home, so should patriotism, then let us love our town and our schools, if they are not great they may be good. Let not sensible people or children be amused or provoked by the remarks of those who try to be smart by making disparaging remarks concerning their native town, or the town of their abode or adoption.
Leaving the generalities of schools and education, we would say our schools have generally been successful.
The Centre School has continued in charge of Miss Mattie Ham- mond during the year, and under her care and instruction we have had a good school. Good order has been kept ; habits of industry and good deportment have been taught, and there has been im- provement in these virtues, but the pupils are boys and girls still, with the common share of human nature in them. They have learned their lessons well, and understand what they have learned. They have been taught to think as well as to read and commit to memory. Miss Minnie Flannigan has been employed as assistant in this school. and her classes have shown very commendable progress and improvement. Miss Flannigan also taught singing in the school during the year with good results. Is it necessary to have an assistant in a school no larger than this when a larger number have been taught by former teachers alone? It is not a necessity but so much better work can be done with more time for each recitation, that your Committee have thought best to have an assistant thus far.
The South Grammar School continued in charge of Miss Sadie Newhall during the spring term with the same good results as here- tofore have attended her work. At the close of the term Miss New- hall resigned her position in this school and left with the sincere friendship of her pupils and the best wishes of all for her future success and prosperity.
The South Primary School was under the successful management
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of Miss J. S. Smiley during the spring term. This was her third year in charge of this school, and during this time its condition and progress were quite satisfactory to the Committee and we believe to all others interested in the school.
The Committee decided to unite the South Grammar and Primary Schools at the commencement of the fall term ; but, as it was found impossible to seat all the scholars in one room, the school was again divided into Primary and Grammar.
The Grammar School has been taught by Miss L. J. Peaslee, who came to her work with much experience in teaching in Western as well as Eastern schools, and was highly recommended by her former superintendents, which she has fully sustained, and the school has been eminently successful under her care. Miss Peaslee exerts a moral influence in school and community which must be a benefit to the scholars.
The South Primary School has been under the instruction of Mrs. H. B. Berry, who has worked hard in her school, and with com- mendable success. This being her first term in this school, greater results could not be expected. The eyes of many of the pupils of this school were for a part of the term peculiarly affected, which considerably interrupted their progress. Mrs. Berry has also taught singing in the Grammar School as well as in her own. It might be well for the Primary and Grammar Schools in this building to exchange rooms.
The State Inspector of public buildings reports our school-houses and premises in good condition with very slight exception.
Your Committee have not tried to make our schools appear per- fect, or in a condition that does not require the help of every parent and all good citizens to improve them. They are too much inter- rupted by absence and tardiness. It also makes a very great differ- ence in the progress of children if their parents interest themselves enough to know how and what they are doing.
G. E. HERRICK, B. T. BROWN,
School Committee.
Lynnfield, March 1, 1889.
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APPENDIX.
FINANCES.
RECEIPTS.
School appropriation
$800.00
State School Fund
203.27
Dog Tax
88.80
Balance last year .
68.97
$1,161.04
Balance
148.33
$1,309.37
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' wages .
$1,108.50
Fuel .
115.86
Preparing fuel
6.25
Janitors' services
.
78.76
$1,309.37
.
.
.
SCHOLARS.
The whole number that have attended school during the year is 128.
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SCHOOLS.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Whole number of different scholars during the year ·
· 60
Greatest number any term
54
Yearly average attendance
. 37
SOUTH GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Whole number of different scholars during the year . 34
Greatest number any term
.
30
Yearly average attendance
20
SOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL.
Whole number of different scholars during the year .
34
Greatest number any term
.
34
Yearly average attendance
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ROLL OF HONOR.
CENTRE SCHOOL.
Oscar Phillips,
Josie Earle,
Lizzie Green,
Eva Emerson,
Carrie Mitchell,
Louie Southworth,
Harry Russell.
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Fred A. Eaton,
Eva Richardson,
Harry Griffin.
.
.
.
.
.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Schools.
Terms.
Teachers.
Number
Belonging.
Between
5 and 15 yrs.
Under 5 yrs.
Over 15 yrs.
Average
Attendance.
Weeks of
School.
Truant Officers.
Spring,
M. A. Hammond,
46
43
O
3
38
$10 00
14
Centre,
Fall,
M. A. Hammond,
54
52
O
2
37
10 00
I2
F. P. Russell.
Winter,
M. A. Hammond,
47
43
O
4
37
10 00
12
F. P. Russell.
Spring,
J. S. Smiley,
34
33
I
O
25
8 00
14
J. H. Hobson,
South
Fall,
E. B. Berry,
27
26
I
O
23
6 00
II
J. H. Hobson.
Primary,
Winter,
E. B. Berry,
30
30
I
O
23
6 00
I2
J. H. Hobson.
Spring,
Sadie Newhall,
24
24
O
O
16
10 00
14
J. H. Hobson.
South
Fall,
L. J. Peaslee,
30
29
I
I
23
10 00
I2
J. H. Hobson.
Grammar,
V
Winter,
L. J. Peaslee,
26
25
O
I
2I
10 00
12
J. H. Hobson.
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F. P. Russell.
Salary.
y. B. W.De
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD,
WITH
TOWN, CLERK'S STATISTICS,
AND THE
Report of the School Committee
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1890.
WAKEFIELD : PRINTED AT THE CITIZEN AND BANNER OFFICE. 1890.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Receipts and Expenditures
OF THE
TOWN OF LYNNFIELD,
WITH
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS,
AND THE
Report of the School Committee
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1ST, 1890.
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WAKEFIELD : PRINTED AT THE CITIZEN AND BANNER OFFICE. 1890.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS AND CREDITS FOR 1889.
To cash in Treasurer's hands, March 1, 1889, . $547.52
Due on tax list of r885, 48.88
Due on tax list of 1886, .
85.26
·
Due on tax list of 1887, . 417.50
Due on tax list of 1888, . . 1,491.75
Tax list committed to Collector, 1889, · 5,709.84
Received borrowed money,
. 1,500.00
Received National Bank tax,
·
102.62
Received Corporation tax, . 42.44 ·
Received from State, State Aid, Chap. 252, 44.00
Received from State, State Aid, Chap. 301, 76.50 · Received from County, dog tax, -
91.37
Received from State, School Fund, . 204.88 ·
Received from City of Lynn, schooling, 72.00
Received from sale of cemetery lots, 15.00
Received interest on taxes,
·
.
12.48
Received from sale of books,
.
2.61
- $10,464.65
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation for Highways, .
$800.00
Appropriation for Sidewalks,
300.00
Paid Chas. H. Derby,
labor and team,
. $178.37
Roundy Bros.,
66
66
67.08
Nathaniel Ross,
66
66
·
10.50
Charles Earle,
66
66
70.89
George Atkinson,
66
·
.
73.5 1
William Boyde,
66
.
.
31.50
David Wilkins,
66
65.63
George F. Griffin,
66
and team,
.
20.33
James Woodland,
"
39.82
Albert Southworth,
66
29.32
Edward L. Phillips,
66
and team,
14.75
Frank Chick,
66
18.38
J: S. Henfield,
66
and team,
13.00
John S. Flannigan,
66
30.32
A. Bent,
66
1.75
Thomas E. Cox, Jr.,
66
66
.
37.32
John K. Bancroft,
66
66
·
6.50
Allen A. Newhall,
66
6.50
William Holmes,
66
10.50
Walter F. Gray,
60
and team,
9.75
Joseph Lucia,
66
.
57.77
Frank Newhall,
and team,
84.00
George M. Lawrence,
19.50
Frank Perley,
66
66
26.01
Cornelius Lynch,
8.75
Wm. H. Bryant,
12.19
George L. Hawkes, .
5.70
H. C. Pope,
82
Richard Ruggles,
41.13
J. W. Emerson,
25.82
Asa F. Putnam,
35.75
David F. Parsons,
50
Allen A. Newhall, 83 loads gravel, at 5c., .
4,15
Amount carried forward,
$1057.81
.
.
66
66
66
·
.
.
.
.
.
·
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Amount brought forward, $1057.81
Paid Mansfield Bros., 85 loads gravel at 5c., . 4.25
J. M. Danforth, 449 loads gravel at 5c., . 22.45 Jonathan Bryant, 63 loads gravel at 5c., 3.15
Roundy Bros., plank for bridge, 1.50
Jonathan H. Mitchell, laying wall, 8.75
J. M. Danforth, labor,
.
90
Chas. H. Derby, removing snow,
2.60
$1,101.41
INCIDENTAL HIGHWAY EXPENSES.
Paid George W. Henfield, blacksmith work, $13.90
Chas. H. Derby, cedar posts, . 19.00
Martin L. Cate, lumber for railing, 9.69 ·
Frank Newhall, removing snow, 1888, 2.00
Asa T. Putnam, removing snow 1888, 1.50
S. F. Littlefield & Co., drain pipe, 4.32
Geo. O. Ramsdell, removing snow, 1888, . 1.00
Moses K. Abbott, labor, svrveying, . 1.50
James H. Meade, labor, surveying, 1.50
Samuel Harding, pick handles, etc., . 2.00
Nathaniel Ross, removing snow, 1888, 1.00
Samuel Harding, repairs on snow plow, 80
$58.21
PRINTING.
Paid C. W. Eaton, printing town reports, . $50.00
C. W. Eaton, printing warrants, etc., 5.50
C. W. Eaton, printing poll tax lists and tax bills, . 10.00
$65.50
6
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
INTEREST AND DEBT.
Paid National Bank of South Reading, .$1,500.00 National Bank of South Reading, interest, 33.34
J. C. Newhall, interest,
·
150.00
$1,683.34
STATE AND COUNTY TAX.
Paid State tax,
.
. $540.00
County tax, ·
.
.
522.77
·
$1,062.77
STATE AID.
Paid George Norwood, .
$60.00
Mrs. Margaret Harris,
· 44.00
Samuel W. Hiller
. 27.00
Sophia Wellman,
20.00
Sarah R. Ribero,
4.00
Oliver Jenness,
4.00
$159.00
ABATEMENTS.
Paid H. L. Newhall, mistake on tax of 1888, . $20.00
On assessment of 1885, On assessment of 1886, 12.87
12.88
Ou assessment of 1887,
·
14.02
On assessment of 1888, 26.94
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