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500 00
Mechanics' Savings Bank,
9,800 00
Daniel Flagg,
450 00
William Reed, 1st,
2,500 00
N. H. Wright,
1,200 00
Eli Tower,
600 00
John Lanktree,
450 00
A. J. Reed,
200 00
Westford M. F. Ins. Co.,
500 00
Ira Leland,
300 00
Daniel Falls,
200 00
Elizabeth C. Heywood,
1.000 00
Alson Tuttle,
2,000 00
Amount carried forward,
$20,700 00
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COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $20,700 00
Interest due on above notes, $601 97
Balance for appropriation for schools un- expended, 1,634 32
Due for land taken for Town House, 450 00
Due for land taken for School House No. 9, 100 00
-$23,486 29
RESOURCES.
Due balance of State Aid, 1870, 56 00
66 66 66 1871, 662 00
66 Corporation Tax, 1871, 16 44
Asa Hildreth, Collector, 1870, 25 00
66 66 66 1871,
299 80
Cash in Treasurer's hands, 2,606 56
$3,665 80
$19,820 49
Balance against the Town, Feb. 11th, 1871,
$15,919 59
66 66 66 66 66 13th, 1872, 19,820 49
Increase of Liabilities, $3,900 90
J. W. P. ABBOTT, NATHAN S. HAMBLIN,
Committee. SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Treasurer.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
To S. D. Fletcher, Treasurer's salary, year ending March 1, 1871, $50 00
For Entertainment Committee to settle with Treasurer, 4 00
For time and expense, paying State and County Taxes, Collecting Corpora- tion Tax and State Aid, 6 00
For time and expense, two journeys to Low- ell, Insuring Town House, 3 00
$63 00
To Leonard Luce, Town Clerk, Salary year ending March 1, 1871, $12 00
For Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths, as approved by Secretary of State, Certificate, $23 20
Paid to Undertakers and others for Returns, 36 Deaths at 10 cts. each, 3 60
For Births not before recorded, 1 50
For Records furnished for the Town Reports two years, 4 00
For Clerks' meeting at Tyngsboro' and ex- penses, 3 00
Town Business at Lowell and expenses, 1 50
Express, Postage, Stationery, &c., 6 00
Amount carried forward, $117 80
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $117 80
To Isaac P. Woods, services as Selectman, 1871, $5 00
Making Town Report, State Aid, Road Warrants and Warrant to Con- stable, 20 00
Time and Expense going to Concord to meet County Commissioners, 5 00
Extra time and expense on Town Busi- ness, 30 00
$60 00
William Reed, Services as Selectman, 1871, $5 00
Time and expense going to Acton to meet County Commissioners at two different times, 10 00
Extra time and expense on Town Busi- ness, 30 00
$45 00
George W. Heywood, Services as Select- man, 1871, $5 00
To moving Library, 4 00
Going to Acton three times to meet County Commissioners, 10 00
Seven days extra time on Town Business,
21 00
$40 00
$262 80
LIBRARY.
To Amanda M. Hale, Librarian, during year ending March 1, 1871, $50 00
T A. Bean, Librarian on acc't, year ending April 1, 1872, 37 67
For one Ledger for Library, 3 75
Directors of Town Library for Books,
200 00
$291 42
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SELECTME I'S REPORT,
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
To Charles L. Fletcher, Committee on Town House, $5 00
Going to Lowell eight times, 20 00
Time and Services, 21 00
$46 00
George Drew, Committee on Town House, time and services, $30 50
E. A. Stevens, Committee on Towa House, time and expenses, 29 95
N. S. Hamlin, Committee on Town House, time and cash paid out, 19 75
Sam'l Wiley, Committee on Town House, services as Committee, 15 00
Time and expenses as per bills on file, 111 85
$126 85
Committee to furnish Town House,
$200 00
K. A. Wright, Inmber and work about Town House, 17 85
Lumber and work on Library Shelves, 42 25
$60 10
Luther W. Blodgett, lumber for Library Shelves, 17 00
Brown & Carter, painting Tablet at Town House,
14 00
Wright & Co., six Spittoons for Town House, 2 70
Wright & Co., six Spittoons for Town House, 2 00
Wright & Co., articles furnished for School House, Dist. No. 10, 3 42
$8 12
T. Costello & Co., Stove Pipe, &c., for Town House, $27 44
1
Amount carried forward, $579 71
11
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $579 71
To T. A. Bean, work on Shelves for Library, 18 88
Asaph B. Cutter, eighteen days taking Invoice and assessing Taxes for 1871, 54 00
Edward Prescott, 26 days time copying Valuation and Taxes for 1870, for State Tax Commissioners and tak- ing Invoice and naking Taxes 1871, 78 00
Henry Chamberlain, 16 days taking In- voice and making Taxes for 1871, 48 00
Union Society, use of Bell, 1871, 7 50
Fiske & Spalding, four large Vel. Brack- ets for Town House, 15 00
F. S. Wilson, 3-4 days work on Town House windows, 2 44
O. F. Osgood, Insurance on Town House,
$200 00
Wm. A. Webster, services Supt. School Committee, to March 1, 1871, 36 00
Geo. F. Snow, twenty-four days service as School Committee, 33 00
Mowing and general superintendance of East Burying Ground, 12 00
Stone posts and repairs about Burying Ground, 8 00
$53 00
Leonard Luce, School Committee, 1870, forty-four visits, 33 00
Making Report to Town and State, 4 00
Use of Room and Lights, 3 00
Examining Teachers and other Services, 8 00
Books for Poor Children,
4 18
-
$52 18
Amount carried forward,
$1,144 71
12
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $1,144 71
To Leonard Luce, Town Clerk, Balance of Bill for term of service ending March, 1871, 7 00
Stone & Huse, printing 425 Town Re- ports, 46 25
Stone & Huse, print. 300 School Reports,
23 05
A. Morrison, printing fifty bills, 1 25
66 66 900 Tax bills, 3 00
66 66 66 fifty Notices, 1 25
$5 50
Traders' & Mechanics' Insurance Co., In- surance on Town House, $90 00
Traders' & Mechanics' Insurance Co., In- surance on School Houses in Dists. Nos. 2, 3 and 8, 125 00
- $215 00
Peoples' Fire Insurance Co., Insurance on School House and Shed in Dist. No. 9, 37 50
Oliver Woodward, Appraising property at Poor Farm, 6 00
John Lanktree four and three-fourths cords Oak Wood, 33 25
John Lanktree, repairing Hearse, 1 70
$34 95
Sam'l Converse, repairing Hearse,
95 91
N. S. Hamlin, five tons of coal for Town House, 40 00
Lyman A. Smith, drawing five tons coal,
5 00
J. D. Warren, services as Auctioneer in letting out Road, 5 00
J. D. Warren, selling School Houses,
2 00
J. W. P. Abbott, three journeys to Tyngsboro', on the Bridge case, 12 00
Amount carried forward,
$1.679 87
13
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $1,679 87
To J. W. P. Abbott, going to East Cam- bridge, same case, 8 00
Jacob Smith, going to Tyngsboro' to meet County Commissioners three times, 15 00
Edward Prescott services as Constable in regard to Dog licenses, 7 50
Posting Warrant for March meeting, 1 50
Five Tax Books, 9 50
Paid for rebinding four Books, 50
Express, 15
$19 15
E. A. Stevens, hanging chandelier in Town Hall, screws, spikes, &c., 5 05
Gilman J. Wright, time and expense in Sealing Weights and Measures, 9 00
Moving Weights and Measures from Meeting House to Town House, 1 25
$10 25
W. H. Brown, Notices to prevent spread of Cattle disease, 1 50
Thirteen Guide Boards, at $1 40, 18 20
$19 70
S. D. Fletcher, Articles for use at Town House, and for Town Officers, $10 98
Kerosene Oil and other things, 15 97
Stationery, Oil, &c., 5 80
$32 75
A. W. Cummings, Appraising Property at Poor Farm, in 1871, 4 00
Asa Nutting, work at North Burying Ground, 16 00
Wm. Kittredge, attending four funerals with Hearse, making three returns,
6 90
Amount carried forward, $1,816 67
14
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $1,816 67 To School Dist. No. 1, Bal. due for Insur- ance, $11 25
Rob't Woods, Attendance on diseased cattle of L. L. Fletcher, 8 00
Dr. D. A. Dow, visit and removal of Mrs. Brittan to Tewksbury Alms House, $12 00
Vaccinating persons at Forge Village, 3 00
Dr. Wm. A. Webster, Vaccinating in School No. 4, 2 00
$15 00
Vaccinating persons at Forge Village, 5 50
$7 50
S. B. Simonds, Binding Library Books, 18 95
A. P. Bonney, Professional services for the year ending Jan. 1, 1872,
100 00
Luther Wilkins, Attending twenty-eight funerals with Hearse, at $1 65, $46 20
Returning twenty-five Deaths to Town Clerk. 2 50
Taking Hearse to Lowell for repairs, and going after the same, 4 00
$52 70
T. A. Bean, services as Janitor at Town House, $25 00
Opening Town House forty-two times, 39 50
Work on windows at Town House, 1 50
Time and expense going to Lowell to get Library Book's bound, 1 55
Sawing four and three-fourths cords wood, 9 50
$77 05
Asa Hildreth, Collecting Taxes, 1871, $88 34
Asa Hildreth, Collecting Poll Taxes, 5 00
$93 34
Amount carried forward,
$2,200 46
15
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, .
$2,200 46
To Boston & Lowell R. R. Co., Freight on Coal,
10 00
Sam'l Wiley, Kerosene Oil, Broom and Nails,
6 70
Sam'l Wiley, Kerosene Oil,
5 70
$12 49
$2,222 86 - .93
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Geo. Laws, Error in Taxes,
1863
95
1864
1 21
66
66
66
66
66
1865
1 50
66
66
66
66
66
1866
1 50
66
66
66
66
66
1867
1 74
66
66
66
1868
3 84
66
66
66
66
1869
4 14
66
68
66
66
1870
4 00
Jacob B. Smith, Tax abated,
1870
6 25
66
66 66
66
1871
6 75
B. O. Cummings, Error in Tax, 1870
1 88
Joseph Coolidge,
66
66 66 1871
2 00
Patrick Driscoll,
66
66
66 1871
2 00
Ellick Gadett,
66
66 66
1870
2 00
M. B. Harrison, abated
66 1871
5 74
Felix Langtang, Error,
: 6 1870
2 00
S. S. Clifford,
66
66
66 1870
2 00
P. G. Bates,
66
66
66
1871
3 72
Freeman Howe,
66
66
66 1870
2 00
Sidney L. Gilson,
66
66
66
1870
2 00
S. S. Gilson,
66
66
66
1870
2 00
$27 34
Amount carried forward,
$59 22
66
66
66
$18 88
$13 00
16
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$59 22
Walter Danforth, Error in Tax, 1870
2 00
Augustus Kemp,
6:
66
1870
2 00
John O. Coolidge,
66 66 66 1870
2 00
W. White, 66
66 66 1870
2 00
Julius Writer,
66
66 66
1870
2 00
L. F. Wright,
66
66 1870
2 00
L. F. Wright,
66
66 66 1871
2 00
E. Nutting,
2 00
Benj. Weeks,
66
66
1870
2 00
Wm. Weeks,
66
66
66
1870
2 00
Levi Myers,
66
66
1871
2 00
$81 22
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
Dist. No. 1, Joseph Wilkerson,
60 00
66
2, Thomas Horan,
67 00
66 66 3, Geo. B. Dupee, 99 50
66 4, Oliver Woodward.
61 20
66
66 5, John F. Banister,
55 00
66 66 6,
Geo. Keyes,
66 00
66
7, Alfred Blood,
83 60
66
66 8, E. A. Stevens,
19 10
A. W. Cummings,
60 40
66
66 10,
Wayland F. Balch,
54 80
66
66 11, Isaac G. Minot,
60 00
66 1.2,
Thomas Drew,
55 63
66
6: 13,
Allan G. Smith,
60 40
66
66 14, Edwin A. Gates,
57 00
66
66 15,
Henry M. Hutchins,
60 85
66
66 16, Asaph B. Cutter, 93 40
" 17, Stephen E. Hutchins, 61 30
66
18, Edwin E. Heywood,
60 60
-
$1,135 78
66
9,
66
1871
17
SELECTMENS' REPORT.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
To Luther Prescott, Land damage and Fenc-
ing New Road, Forge Village to Graniteville, $467 00
A. W. Cummings, Work on Road, sixty- four and one-half Days, 129 00
Francis K. Proctor, Work on Road, 8 65
John H. Blood, Drawing Railing and work on same for Sand Hill, 6 60
J. Henry Read, 388 feet Chestnut Lum- ber for Sand Hill Railing,
9 70
T. Keyes, Work on Road, 2 40
Eli Tower, Work on Road near the House of W. Taylor, 2 80
Chamberlin & Reed, Work on Road, 3 00
Ira Leland, sixteen hours work on Road, 3 20
$632 35
SCHOOL HOUSES.
Committee to build School House, Forge Village, ordered, $4,060 72
Committee to build School House, Dist. No.
9, ordered,
1,900 00
Repairs on School House, Dist. No. 1, ordered,
9 90
66 66 66 66 66 " 4, 1 00
66
66 16
66
6: " 7, 7 32
:6
66 66
66
8,
66 66 27 50
68
66
66
6! " 6, 66
8 92
66
:6 6.
Graniteville, 66 14 82
$6,030 18
18
SELECTMENS' REPORT.
SUMMARY.
Town Officers,
262 80
Library,
291 42
Incidental Expenses,
2,222 93
Abatement of Taxes,
81 22
Roads and Bridges.
632 35
New School House, Dist. No. 9,
1,900 00
New School House, Forge Village,
4,060 72
Repairs on School Houses,
69 46
State Aid,
714 00
Overseers of the Poor,
1,535 00
Highway Surveyors.
1,135 78
Whole amount of orders drawn, $12,905 68
ISAAC P. WOODS,
Selectmen
WILLIAM REED, of
GEO. W. HEYWOOD,
Westford.
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEES.
The committee chosen to build the new school house at Forge Village, submit the following report :
Paid for Land,
300 00
Trenching and putting in Foundation and Piers,
74 68
Paid for Underpinning and Steps,
147 03
Paid W. G Howe, for building as per contract,
2,835 00
Paid for Brackets, Painting, Setting and Exp.,
47 99
Hard Finishing Inside,
52 00
Chimney Cap and Exp.,
6 75
Stock and Labor on Fence,
135 87
Foundation Stock and Labor on Wood shed,
119 30
Furniture, Freight, Labor and Expense of fitting up one Room, 342 10
$4,060 72
ALFRED WOODBURY, E. A. STEVENS, Committee.
WESTFORD, Jan. 6, 1872.
WESTFORD, February 3, 1872. The Committee chosen to build School house in District No. 9, submit the following Report :
Paid to Walter W. Wyman for building House and Fence, 1,239 36
Seats and Settees, 238 00
Amount carried forward, $1,477 36
20
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEES.
Amount brought forward,
$1,477 36
Painting School-house, 95 43
Jeptha Wright for Stone and Labor, 105 47
Stove and Fixtures. 42 95
Chairs, Mats and Hooks,
11 10
Erastus Wright, for Labor,
11 00
John Daly, for Labor, 3 00
Geo. E. Gould, for Labor,
12 00
Luther Prescott, for Contract,
3 00
Edwin Gould, for Labor and Expenses.
45 61
H. Cummings, for Labor and Expenses,
40 30
$1,847 22
Cash remaining in Committees' hands,
52 78
JEPTHA WRIGHT, HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS,
Committee.
EDWIN GOULD,
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., November 23, 1871.
Winthrop F. Wheeler, Esq., Clerk of the Town of West- ford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County one hundred sixty-two dollars ($162.00) for Dog Licenses, as per his account of 17th instant.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
LIST OF LICENSED DOG OWNERS FOR 1871.
Abbott, J. Wm.
Fillebrown, F.
Nutting, Asia
banister, J. F.
Fletcher, Varnum T.
O'Brien, Cornelius
Banister, Frank
Fletcher, Levi T.
O'Brien, James
Bean, T. A.
Fletcher, Sherman II.
Patten, Wm. O.
Blodgett, W. G.
Fletcher, Luke L.
Pearson, Jane A.
Blodgett, T. A.
Fletcher, Samuel
Perry, Salmon
Blodgett, L. W.
Fletcher, Andrew
Pratt, Horace Prescott, Joseph F.
Burbeck, J. N.
Giles, O. A.
Prescott, Nelson
Burnett, Joseph
Gould, Edwin
Read, J. Henry
Butterworth, J. T. Callahan, J.
Greig, John Hamlin, S. A.
Read, Merrick
Conley, Michael
Hamlin, Henry
Seymour, Aristide
Conley, John
Ilackett, Alfred
Skinner, C. F.
Cummings, A. W.
Hildrethi, II. A.
Sargent, C. G.
Cummings, J. W.
Holdsworth, D.
Spaulding, C. H.
Daley, John Day, I. E.
Hutchins, George
Taylor, Robert J.
Decatur, Calvin
Keys, Joseph Lee, Wm.
Thorning, A. W. Thurston, Wm.
Dillings, James
Leland, Ira
Waldo Almon, two dogs.
McClenna, C. W.
Ward, Daniel
Morrison, John
Whitney, Wm. M.
Edwards, Wm. C.
Murphy, M. A.
Wright, Arthur
Murphy, Michael
Wright, Erastus
Fiske, Allen Fisher, Alvan
Murray, Arthur
Wright, Jeptha Wright, Martin
Brinkerhoff. D.
Frederic, G. S.
Read, B. Abbott
Hutchins, C. M.
Sweetzer, Nathaniel
Desmond, Jerry Dow, Nellie Duren, Joseph
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS,
RECORDED IN THE TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE FOR THE YEAR 1871.
BIRTHS.
Jan. 2d, Margaret T. child of Martin and Julia (O'Hearne) McMannix. May 15th, 1870, Nellie May, child of William Augustus and Alice Augusta Harris. - 1870, Honora, child of Peter and Honora (McCarty) Crowley.
Jan. 13th, 1871, Gertrude Rebecca Fletcher, child of Samuel A. and Abbie (Tower) Hamlin. Jan. 22d, 1871, Wilmer John, child of John and Sarah E. (Nickless) Hutchins. 23d, " Angusta Georgianna, child of George and Ann Eliza (Hutchinson) Hutchins.
Jan. 27th, 1871, John P. child of Aristide and Zora (Parsenou) Seymour.
Feb. 11th, " Justin Ambrose, child of Jefferson and Nancy T. (Read) Wright.
" 24th, Arthur Thaddeus, child of Thaddens A. and Almira (Perham) Blodgett.
March 1st, Violet, child of John and Martin (Barr) Bailey.
" 12th, Livinla Soper, child of Wm. Henry and Belvidera (Soper) Folland.
" 20th,
Abbie Ino, child of Ward Augustus and Jennie E. (Smart) Coburn.
April 8th, 66 Sarah Annie, child of John T. and Katie E. (Gannon) Butterworth.
" 30th, David, child of David and Maria (Griffith) Doody.
Abbie May, child of J. Henry and Mary (Falls) Read.
May 7th, - child of George and Eliza (Mayhew) Eaton.
" 17th, Maggie, child of John and Jeannette (Elder) Carmichael.
25th, Harriet, child of Cornelius and Hattie (Donovan) O'Brien.
66 Charlie Walter, child of John H. and Nancy Ann (Wyman) Decatur.
30th,
Edgar Harvey, child of Alfred and Emma Amelia (Snow) Woodbury.
June 15th,
Mary Xena, child of Lewis and Mary (Brinnell) Lapere.
= 17th, 66 Freddie Erwin, child of Hiram and Sarah (Carr) Dane.
Pamily Maybell, child of Daniel and Dinah (Kirk) Irish.
Charles A., child of Levi S. and Annie F. (Ingalls) Gilson.
15th, 66 John A., child of Antoine and Josephine (Pudwan) Colomb.
" 28th, 66 Harrison E., child of Thomas G. and Augusta E. (Harris) Fillebrown.
Sept. 14th, Mary Ella, child of Erastus and Sarah (Burns) Hubbard.
20th, Oris Elwin, child of Orrin S. and Huldah C. (Campbell) Closson.
23d, Helen Luella, child of Charles F. and Henrietta (Carter) Shaw.
Oct. 3d, " Katie, child of John and Hannah (Horan) Callahan.
10th, Roy Blanchard, child of W. F. and Mary Jane (Russell) Wheeler.
13th, Josephine, child of Edward and Mary (Vallard) Devise.
19th, Melvin Peter, child of James and Elvira (Webster) Morrell.
19th, Samuel Lewis, child of John P. and Ann Maria (Kendall) Felch.
23d, 66 George Edward, child of Geo. Warren and Annie (Irish) Hunt.
Nov. 5th,
Moses W., child of Samuel and Mary Abbot (Hill) Fletcher.
11th, Herbert G., child of Geo. F. and Abbie J. (Cumings) Horn.
14th, George Henry, child of Dennis and Abigail (Whelley) Burt.
17th, " Eli Tower, child of John and Adaline (Tower) Burbeck.
16th,
" 24th,
July 3d,
" 16th,
23
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
Dec. 12th, “ -, child of George II. and Abbie B. (Southwick) Young.
21st, " David Shepherd, child of Leonard T. and Mary C. (Currier) Faris.
66 23 d, 66 , child of George Henry and Sophia C. (Carter) Prescott.
4 27th, “ William H., child of Augustus W. and Agnes M. (McFarland) Thorning.
" 29th, Jennie Florence, child of John and Elizabeth (Scott) Wilson.
Oct. 23d, 66 Isaac Adams, child of Timothy L. and Lydia S. (Gates) Griffin.
Dec. 17th, Herman B., child of Hiram H. and Mary E. (Canney) Decatur.
MARRIAGES.
March 21st, Wm. W. Comey and Mary Jackson, both of Westford.
May 1st, Isaac Charon and Augustine Lasage, both of Westford.
July 2d, Leonard A. E. Walker and Mary A. Sherburne, both of Westford. Sept. 3d, Nelson Lucier and Julia Abert, both of Westford.
66 ' 27th, Geo. W. Wright, of Westford, and Carrie F. Bailey, of Westbrook, Me.
" Sth, Frederic W. Fillebrown and Clara A. Prescott, both of Westford. Oct. 15th, Walter Wyman, of Tyngsboro', and Ida A. Blodgett, of Westford. Nov. 18th, Samuel M. Hutchins, of Carlisle, and Ann L. Snow, of Westford.
66 26th, Joseph Vaunselette, of Grafton, and Amour Lamontce, of Westford.
26th, Gilman J. Wright and Harriet H. Ilales, both of Westford.
" 30th, William Reed and Rachel W. (Leavitt) Beaman, both of Westford. Dec. 12th, Loammi C. Bicknell and Jane Hutchinson, both of Westford. 66 13th, J. Henry Farrington and Mary E. Hildreth, both of Waltham.
13th, Edward Craven and Emily L. Irish, both of Westford.
DEATHS.
Jan. 3d, Mary F. Spaulding,
-
1
25
66 9th, Walter Irving Davis,
10
5
14
6 15th, Mary Frances Sullivan,
9
2
14
66 31st, Clarence Gilmer Stone,
-
1
22
Feb. 6th, Benjamin F. Billings,
21
11
25
66 9th, Sarah (Bell) Page,
74
4 27
66 14th, James Bennie Holt,
1
1
27
66 15th, Elias B. Parker,
62
2
-
March 7th, Maria A. (Pollard) Bicknell,
30
5
11
9th, Honora S. Ritchie,
62
7
15
66 13th, Priscilla C. (Wright) Bunce,
67
4
18
66 19th, Josiah Reed,
48
1
66 27th, Helen J. Shepard,
1
1
6
66 31st, Arabella Callahan,
17
31st, John Day,
65
10
17
April 3d, Andrew Flint,
18
-
6: 4th, Lydia C. (Vose) Lamb,
60
6
26
66 24th, Louisa Bertha Sargent,
66 28th, Rachel Blood,
85
8
28
Y.
M.
D.
18th, George A. Hull,
-
6
-
-
11
17
24
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
May 22d, Hannah Parker,
86
7
25
" 23d, Trueworthy Keyes,
65
10
" 30th, Sampson Preseott,
80
-
-
-
18
24th, Abijah Read,
66
7
" 29th, Mary Tenney,
89
4
24
July 7th, Mary X. Lapere,
61
5
11
" 14th, Luther Read,
76
6
2
Aug. 4th, Salmon Perry,
76
-
-
-
1
20
" 23d, Charles A. Gilson,
62
11
14
26th, Betsey Tufts,
62
11
14
Sept. 6th, Frank E. Caryl,
6
2
66 16th, Irwin S. Hutchinson,
-
9
28th, Mary Rice,
81
Oct. 18th, Hannah Webber,
84
26th, John Conley,
52
" 31st, John T. Tuttle,
33
6
9
Nov. 23d, Joseph HI. Prescott,
52
8
12
Dec. 21st, Moses W. Fletcher,
1
16
" 22d, John W. A. Greig,
4
10
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Y.
M.
D
June 14th, David Scott,
24
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21
66 11th, Benjamin A. Read,
25th, Silas Lawrence,
21st, Beulah Farmer,
80
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report, for the support of the poor, for the year ending February 8th, 1872 :
Amount of personal property at the Almshouse,
including tools, stock, etc., as by apprais- al of the Committee :
February 6th, 1871, 66 8th, 1872, 3,121 25
$2,552 86
Gain on personal property, including Wood, Lumber and Hoop Poles, $568 39
INCOME FROM THE FARM AS BY J. R. BAGLEY'S BOOK.
Received for four Oxen,
$427 28
One Cow,
30 69
Calves,
87 00
Milk,
505 08
Board for Charles Nutting,
4 00
Board and Nursing for James Toner,
20 00
Oats,
17 37
Labor off the Farm,
4 00
Apples, 1 75
Filling Beds,
7 00
Keeping Prisoners,
2 25
Grass,
50
Potatoes,
24 25
Beets,
1 50
Poultry,
3 74
Straw,
1 25
Cabbages,
2 00
Cowhide,
5 52
Keeping Tin Peddler,
20 00
$1,165 18
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OVERSEERS' REPORT.
BILLS PAID.
Paid for one Yoke Oxen, $190 00
Four Cows, 112 00
Labor on the Farm, 93 20
66 in the House, 70 00
D. A. Dow, for Medical attendance on the inmates of the Alms- house, 38 50
W. A. Webster, for medical attend- ance on the inmates of the
. Almshouse, 42 38
John Felch, for cutting forty cords wood, 40 00
Eldridge Wright, for cutting hoop poles, 5 00
J. B. Reed, for cutting hoop poles, 4 00
Samuel Wiley, for shingles, 31 25
Joseph Boshnan, for cutting thirty- two cords wood, 40 10
N. B. Rollins, for coffin and robe for Mrs. Farmer, 13 00
E. A. Stevens, for carpenter work and lumber, &c., 28 25
Pasturing one cow, 5 00
Fresh fish, 23 69
Fresh meat, 51 02
Butter, 32 65
Oil, meal and shorts,
38 64
D. P. Lawrence, for groceries and meal, 156 35
E. Carter, for groceries, 15 00
S. D. Fletcher, 4 20
Wright & Co., 66
42 35
Chase, Raymond & Ayer, for grocer- ies, 21 68
Amount carried forward, -
$1,098 26
.
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OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward,
$1,098 26
Paid Wadleigh, Spur & Co., for groceries, 46 11
Maynard and Sons, 6: 47 25
Brown, Chickering & Co., for groceries, 5 75
J. B. Fletcher & Son, 66 66
13 22
Heywood & Burbeck's Bill for 1870,
12 00
Freight on groceries,
2 44
Hard Soap,
5 76
Cash paid for clothing, boots, shoes, &c.,
49 33
Weighing hay,
1 02
Filing saw, grinding corn,
8 62
Table cloth,
1 25
Seed corn,
1 00
Whitewashing,
10 50
Cabbage plants,
1 00
Doctoring a cow,
5 00
Soap,
4 50
Kidder, for mason work,
2 00
Freight on stove,
80
Knives and forks,
50
Crockery,
1 14
Stocking yarn,
1 40
Cord,
42
Hoop iron,
50
Lumber, &c., for wagon,
5 12
Making cider,
1 26
Stove pipe,
65
Postage and paper,
10
Butchering cow,
1 00
Medicines,
25 66
Groceries, crackers, meal, etc.,
98 12
Farming tools, and repairs on the same,
34 49
~~ $1,486 17
28
OVERSEERS' REPORT. .
Amount brought forward,
$1,486 17
Paid for Lead and Oil, 7 16
Blacksmith's bill,
10 28
Car fare, 3 90
Stove, tubs and tin ware,
20 00
Repairing clock,
1 25
Tomato and cabbage plants,
1 50
S. Richardson, 2 00
Use of bull,
2 00
John R. Bagley for services as Master of Almshouse, from April 1st, 1870, to April 1st, 1871, 350 00
$1,884 25
Loss on personal property exclusive of wood, lumber and hoop poles, 54 76
$1,939 01
From which deduct proceeds sold from
Farm, 1,165 18
Milk bill due Feb. 1st, 1872,
32 62
Due from Master of Almshouse, as by his Book, 135 17
17 54
Due from Jacob Smith,
5 00
Due from C. W. Spaulding,
2 50
-$1,358 01
Cash in hands of Overseers,
$581 00
Leaves $581.00 as the cost of supporting the Poor inside of the Almshouse.
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OVERSEERS' REPORT.
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Town of Randolph for the relief of James Kemp: 12 90
Town of Andover for the relief of J. C. Bost- wick's family, 10 00
Town of Newton for the relief of Samuel Hil- dreth, 3 00
Town of Iwswich for the relief of Eunice Fletcher, 35 45
For the relief of S. Hoyel's family, 70 50
Treasurer of Worcester Lunatic Asylum, for
board of Alden H. Woodward, 239 81
Treasurer of Taunton Lunatic Asylum, for board of Rufus Keyes, 212 55
Six Checks. 1 50
Orin Coolidge, Jr., for time and expense going to Andover to see about J. C. Bostwick's family, 3 00
For going to Boston to see about Ellen Mur- phy's settlement. 5 00
For going to Lowell four times to see about S. Hoyle's family. 4 50
For time and expense going to Worcester to see : about Alden II. Woodward, 4 80
For time and expense going to Lowell to take counsel. 4 00
For going to Brighton to buy cows for Town Farm, 3 50.
For making report to visiting agent Board State Charities, 2 50
For making report to the Town, 5 00
For making report to the State, 5 00
For time and expense going to Groton to see about Charlotte Palmer, 3 65
Amount carried forward, $626 66
30
OVERSEERS' REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $626 66
Paid for stationery and postage stamps, 2 00
For services as Overseer of the Poor, 10 00
A. W. Cummings for buying oxen for Town Farm, 3 50
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