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SHERMAN D. FLETCHER,
Committee.
Treasurer.
·
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
TOWN OFFICERS.
S. D. Fletcher's salary, year ending March 1st, 1873, . . . . $50 00 Entertainment furnished Committee to settle with Treasurer, . . 4 00
Time and expense paying State and County Taxes, and collecting Corporation Tax,. ... 6 00
Expenses insuring school-houses, ... 5 00
$65 00
W. F. Wheeler, Town Clerk, salary to March 1st, 1873,.
12 00
Express, postage and stationery, 4 41
Attending Town Clerk's meeting at Tyngsboro' 3 00 Copy for Town Report,. 2 00
Recording 20 marriages, at 15 cents, .
3 00
57 births, at 30 cents,.
17 10
27 deaths, at 20 cents, 5 40
11 66 at 10 cents, 1 10
48 01
E. R. Hodgman, Town Clerk, salary to March 1st, 1874,. 12 00
Postage and stationery,
2 03
Going to Tyngsboro'. 3 00
Copy for Town Report,
1 50
Recording 50 births,
25 00
20 deaths,
4 00
66 11 marriages, 1 65
49 78
J. Henry Read, making Town and State Aid Reports, Road and Dog Warrants, and ser- vices as Selectman,
25 00
Extra time as Selectman, 40 00 15 00
William Reed, services as Selectman, and extra time, . . 15 00
Geo. W. Heywood, services as Selectman, and extra time,. 15 00
$232 79
Library Committee, for new books as per bill, .... 262 27
T
6 deaths, . 60
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INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
S. D. Fletcher, 21 gallons kerosene oil, . $7 35
$8 37
Postage and stationery,. . 1 02
First Parish, use of bell from April 1, 1872 to April 1, 1873, 7 50
H. Cummings, services as Overseer of the Poor, 1871, .. 10 00
Going to Boston, .
4 20
14 20
S. G. Mack & Co., cleaning furnace and pipe,.
3 10
W. L. Kittredge, posting warrants,. .
6 00
Stone, Huse & Co., printing 125 posters,
4 50
100 certificates and bills,
4 75
50 tax notices, .
1 50
450 town reports, 300 school reports,
23 40 79 73
Samuel Willey, entertainment furnished Jury and Counsel on suit of Dr. Osgood's estate,. .. . 70 00 Geo. W. Coburn & Son, insurance on school-house No. 7,. 37 50
S. D. Fletcher, 12 gallons kerosene oil,.
4 20
Stationery, postage, &c.,.
9 62
13 82
L. A. Smith, teaming coal for town house,. .
4 00
A. B. Cutter, 13} days taking invoice and making taxes, .
40 50
Edward Prescott, 24 days making taxes,
72 00
Administering oath,.
50
4 tons coal for town house, ..
36 24
108 74
Marden & Rowell, printing 1200 tax bills, & express
3 75
Asa Hildreth, 22} days taking invoice and making taxes, .
67 50
S. D. Fletcher, books furnished poor children and teachers,
15 46
Interest advanced on $100, for 6 months, at 7 per cent. per annum, .
3 50
18 96
S. B. Simonds, binding books,
9 95
J. M. Fletcher, pruning trees on common,
5 00
William Kittredge, 4 cords oak wook,
36 00
1g cords pine wood,
6 88
42 88
Amos Day, work on west burying ground,
6 50
Digging graves,. .
6 00
12 50
Joseph Gould, repairing guide boards,.
4 25
Reed and McCarty, laying wall at poor farm,
35 25
W. A. Kneeland, attending funerals,.
3 00
Wright & Co., 9 gallons kerosene oil,
3 15
5 dozen chimneys,
6 00
Flannel and tacks,
82
Tub, .
1 00
10 97
Amount carried forward,
$607 45
taking invoice and
45 58
14
Amount brought forward,.
$607 45
W. A. Webster, services as school committee,. .... Hiram Dane, services as school committee,. . .... T. A. Bean, janitor and librarian, from October, 1872, to April, 1873, $50 00
10 00
30 00
Four days' extra work,.
8 00
Eight days' extra work on library, 74 00 16 00
Clara Wiley, work on library,.
1 25
Carrie Fletcher, work on library,
1 00
Edwin Gould, services as school committee for four years, . 35 00
Union Society, use of bell,
7 50
David Reed, land damages on Forge Village road,
12 00
T. A. Bean, janitor and librarian to February 1st, Work on town house,.
7 50
Re-writing catalogue,.
3 00
Lowell twice with books,
3 00
Sawing 5g cords wood,.
10 75 149 25
J. Henry Read, 3 acres and 38 rods of land for east burying ground, .
300 00
J. D. Warren, services as auctioneer,.
5 00
Thomas Drew, for land for school-house No. 6,. . . Eliza Osgood, for land for town house, 778 43 Interest from July 19, 1873, 21 79
800 22
Costs of sheriff and jury, ..
174 66
E. E. Heywood, appraising property at poor farm, 1873,. 3 00
12 00
S. M. Hutchins, taking care east burying ground,. Care of tomb,
2 00
Digging graves,.
6 00 20 00
Wright & Fletcher, kerosene oil, books, stationery, &c.,
18 46
A. & E. G. Spalding, 315 feet plank,
6 30
W. L. Kittredge, posting warrants,.
6 00
Collecting dog taxes,. .
5 00
11 00
William Kittredge, attending 14 funerals,. Conveying body of E. Adams to Chelmsford, ...
2 00
30 00
S. D. Fletcher, 3 gallons kerosene oil,
1 05
Postage, . .
13
Time and expense to Lowell,
2 00
Recording Deeds,.
1 95
Interest on $600 advanced to town,.
3 57 8 70
Traders & Mechanics' Insurance Co., insuring town farm buildings,. . 94 35
A. P. Bonney, to professional services and expenses for the year ending February 1, 1874,. ....
150 00
John Lanktree, for collecting taxes, 155 51
160 51
Collecting poll taxes, 5 00
$2,764 67
28 00
25 00
125 00
15
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Allen Waldo, error, .
$5 40
Patrick Driscol, tax ordered 1872,
2 00
Ben. Weeks, 66 66 66
2 00
John Brunell, 66 66 66
2 00
Joseph Cye, 66 66
2 00
David Elder, 66 66
66
2 00
Isaac Charol, 66 66
2 00
John Savage, 66 66
2 00
Thomas Carney, "
66 1871,
2 00
Mercy Gilson, error, 1872,.
16 80
Heywood & Burbeck, error, 1873,
7 42
Amos Heywood, . 66
66
66
2 48
Osgood Estate,
66
66
33 00
A. P. Richardson, 66 66
1872,
60
J. W. Abbot, 66
1873,
5 36
John Farrer, estate of,
66
4 65
J. A. Sampson,
66
5 47
Frank O. Decatur,
66
66
2 66
E. A. Gates, estate of,
66
66
2 07
M. Murphy, estate of,
66
66
3 00
Thomas McCloud,
66
66
2 00
James McCarty,
66
66
2 00
Ai Dane,
66
66
2 00
Carver Symms
66
66
2 00
John Carver,
66
66
2 00
W. Stewart,
66
66
2 0Q
Varnum T. Fletcher,
66
66
50
Daniel Irish,
66
2 00
Gilmer Stone,
66
66
3 30
G. M. L. Hildreth,
.6
66
2 83
Frank O. Decatur, 66 66
66
2 48
Hutchins Brothers,
66
1 50
Seth M. Moore,
" ordered,.
16 40
Luther W. Blodgett,
1873,
37 63
S. A. Waters, .
5 77
$197 60
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
William Kittredge, road commissioner,.
$329 60
George Laws, road commissioner,
146 80
L. W. Blodgett,. .
135 10
F. Caldwell, work on roads,
11 50
Amount carried forward,.
$623 00
66
1871,.
53
1872,
66
3 65
Jesse Wright,
66
2 00
2 00
Elisha Huntress,
.
16
Amount brought forward,. $623 00
Eli Tower, breaking roads, 26 80
William Kittredge, and others, breaking roads,. 30 10
Thomas Horan, breaking roads, 30 40
T. L. Griffin, breaking roads,. 19 20
A. P. Reed, breaking roads, .
44 45
A. W. Cummings, breaking roads, $17 40
Repairing road near S. D. Fletcher's, 38 00 55 40
John Morrison, work on road,. 31 20
Stephen E. Hutchins, work on road,. 36 20
John Dane,
66
11 20
Charles K. Fletcher, 66
4 00
A. R. Perham, breaking roads,
14 80
H. Cummings, 60 66
26 50
A. P. Richardson, 66
13 00
F. A. Fletcher, 66
95 00
Use of wagon on roads, .
12 00 107 00
C. F. Keyes, breaking roads,
3 60
C. L. Howard, 66 66
4 50
Josiah Vose, 66
13 55
Josiah Walker, 66 66
64 00
John Morrison, as surveyor, .
50 00
Thomas Horan, 66
50 00
William Kittredge, work on road,.
4 60
C. H. Torrey, breaking roads, .
15 70
Francis Caldwell, as surveyor,.
59 20
Gilman Stone, breaking roads,
1 40
A. W. Cummings, repairing bridge Cummings', ...
60 00
Josiah Walker, as surveyor,
66 94
Stephen E. Hutchins, 66
59 28
A. P. Reed, 66
55 85
Eli Tower,
60 00
John Dane, 66
56 50
Asa Nutting, work on roads,
10 00
S. D. Fletcher, “ 66
30 00
David Brinkerhoff, as surveyor,.
55 00
F. A. Fletcher, 66
62 95
S. N. Burbeck, breaking roads,
33 20
H. Cummings, as surveyor, .
60 70
W. F. Balch, breaking roads,.
8 00
A. P. Richardson, as surveyor,
53 40
T. L. Griffin,
50 00
Geo. Laws, 66
50 80
Breaking roads, . 24 00 74 80
A. W. Cummings, as surveyor, 63 00
W. F. Balch, 55 20
O. W. Woodward, breaking roads, 3 20
Amount carried forward,.
$2,259 82
near J. W.
17
Amount brought forward, $2,259 82
John Morrison, work on roads,.
3 40
Eli Tower, work on Town Hill road, 23 20
Edwin Gould, work on roads, 10 50
Jeptha Wright, breaking roads,
11 20
J. A. Sampson, 66 66
5 60
J. W. Keyes, 66 1871. 2 40
4 00
$2,320 12
SCHOOL-HOUSES.
W. A. Webster, repairs at No. 3,. $3 00
Crayons, No. 3,. 1 50
Repairs at No. 1,
25
Repairs at No. 6,
62
Broom at No. 1,
50
$5 87
Hiram Dane, repairs at No. 1,. Repairs at No. 8,.
1 60
3 60
Committee to build school-house No. 4,. 66 66 No. 7,
800 00
W. M. Vose, repairing No. 5,.
4 42
E. A. Stevens, work on No. 3,.
3 20
David Brinkerhoff, work on No. 3, 5 00
S. D. Fletcher, insurance on No. 1,.
9 00
Clara A. Smith, broom, crayons and brush for No. 4, Edwin Gould, grading No. 10, Broom, chalk, &c., No. 9,.
13 00
1 63
Repairs, No. 8,. 50 15 13
Insurance on school-house No. 5,.
37 50
E. S. Fisk, repairing school-house No. 10,
150 90
Committee to build school-house No. 5,. 66 No. 1
3,044 91
Geo. E. Coburn, work on No. 3,. 1 00
Stove pipe,
4 80
5 80
J. W. Fletcher, repairs on school-houses,. 5 50
Chalk erasers, &c.,.
1 50
Books for teachers,
2 82
Books for Chas. Carkin,. 1 10 10 92
Committee to build school-house No. 6,.
200 00
$6,377 70
2 00
79 86
1 75
1,999 84
William Reed, stone furnished for bridge,
18
SUMMARY.
Town Officers, .
$232 79
Library, .
Incidental Expenses, .
262 27 2,764 67 197 60
Abatement of Taxes, .
2,320 12
School-Houses,
6,377 70
Overseers of the Poor,
2,000 00
State Aid,
696 00
Bounties,
113 00
Whole amount of orders, $14,964 15
J. HENRY READ, Selectmen WILLIAM REED, of GEO. W. HEYWOOD, Westford.
BOUNTIES.
The Selectmen have paid the following persons bounties on woodchucks and hawks :
C. A. Hamlin, 44 a 25c.$11 00
Am't brought forward, $68 00
A. P. Richardson, 6 1 50
John Ward, John M. Carty, 8
66 2 00
Thomas Jenkins, 12 66 3 00
F. A. Fisher,
29
7 25
M. Reed, 12 66 3 00
T. L. Griffin, 8
66 2 00
L. E. Wilkins, 4 1 00
N. Prescott,
50
G. Drew,
20
5 00
A. Cameron,
6
66
1 50
W. A. Read,
18 66 4 50
A. Sweetser,
8
66
2 00
A. Leighton,
5 66 1 25
F. Caldwell,
4
66
1 00
H. G. Osgood,
10
2 50
J. Kimball,
5
66 1 25
G. A. Perham,
33
8 25
Gibson & Proctor, 17 66 4 25
P. A. Carkin,
33
66
8 25
S. W. Walker, 29
7 25
J. W. Day,
2
50
G. W. Bussey,
6
66
1 50
4
66
1 00
J. Hutchins,
8
2 00
33
8 25
E. Gould,
12
66 3 00
Wright,
10
2 50
J. Vose,
15
66
3 75
E. S. Gould,
11
66
2 75
N. L. Prescott,
9
66
2 25
Joseph Gould,
3
66
75
Am't carried forward,
$68 00
$113 00
50
S. M. Hutchins,
7
66 1 25
P. Wright, - Hall,
6
66
1 50
G. Whitney, J. W. Keyes,
6 a 25c. $1 50
H. Hutchins, 7 1 75
Roads and Bridges,.
REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEES.
The Committee chosen to build the new School-house in District No. 7, submit the following report :
Paid for land, .
$ 25 00
66 to W. G. Howe, for building, 1,378 50
66 for stone work and trenching, 196 00
66 for well and pump,. 68 50
66 for furniture, . . 272 28
66 H. Hamblet, setting batters, 2 00
66 for stove and fixtures,.
33 06
66
G. Bussey, for grading, 4 00
14 30
66 for setting furniture, ..
4 31
for purchase of furniture,.
for freight, 2 05
Total expense,
$2,000 00
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Building
MOSES EDWARDS, JAMES CALLAHAN, Committee.
WESTFORD, January, 1874.
COST OF SCHOOL-HOUSE No. 5.
Paid for land, .
$ 50 00
66 for lumber, .
688 09
N. S. Hamlin, for stone, 72 74
L. Sweetser, for work, $396.56, and $343.20,.
739 76
66 for painting,. .
47 92
66 for mason work,
35 62
66 S. D. Fletcher,.
56 63
66 Wright & Fletcher,.
34 91
66 J. B. Fletcher, .
5 10
66
E. Symmes, surveying,.
2 00
66 W. Livingston,.
64 93
66 N. B. Favor,. 87 30
66 for brick,. 7 00
45 25
66 for school furniture and freight,.
256 73
66 Hardware trimmings, . 31 46
Lumber left over,.
20 00
$2,205 44
Com. to build
66 for stove and fixings, .
$2,225 44
GEORGE HUTCHINS, JOHN HUTCHINS, School-house JOHN WILSON, No. 5.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report, for the support of the poor from February 8th, 1873, to February 8th, 1874.
Amount of personal property at the Alms House, includ- ing farming tools, stock, &c., as by appraisal of the Committee, February 8, 1874, $2,784 47 February 8, 1873,. 2,503 96
Gain on personal property,. $ 280 51
Income from the farm, as by Mr. Bagley's books :
Received for milk, .
$420 40
for seven calves,
77 00
for fat cow, 37 20
66
for potatoes,
12 00
for straw,.
7 00
66 for calf-skin and corn, 1 20
95 33
66 in part payment for board of Amos Hildreth,. 47 97
100 78
66 from last year's settlement, 63 95
Cash drawn from the Treasurer, . 2,000 00
from Overseers of last year, .
67 31
for two oxen, .
270 00
for Mrs. Frost's bill, of the town of Hudson,
277 74
for boards,
69 24
for State paupers, .
40 28
for spoons, . . 8 00
from Gilbert Parker, 109 00
$3,704 49
PAYMENTS.
Paid for four cows, ..
$235 00
for Rufus Keyes, at hospital, .
212 40
for Alden Woodward, at hospital,
225 23
S. Hoyel,
49 50
for mowing brush on the Poor Farm, .
65 50
Samuel Wiley, for goods, on account of Mrs. James M. Parker's children, .. 78 46
F. A. Fletcher, on account of Parker children, 17 39
Thomas Drew, for meat for Mrs. Parker, 13 00
F. A. Fletcher, for wood furnished Mrs. James M. Parker for the year 1862, 29 02
Abel Prescott, for flour and grain, .
95 70
J. Henry Read, for mowing machine,
100 00
W. A. Webster, for medical attendance at the Alms House, 61 75
66 for State pauper, 4 50
N. B. Robbins, for three coffins, . 37 00
Amount Carried forward,
$1,224 45
from I. E. Day,.
66 for board of Mrs. Gage, .
21
Amount brought forward, $1,224 45
Paid the City of Charlestown, for John Y. French, 10 37
J. O. Kidder, for work at the Alms House, 12 50
for one ox yoke, . 3 00
Rev. L. Luce, for attending Mrs. Adams's funeral,. . 2 00
for pasturing two cows, 12 50
I. E. Day, for meat,. 24 72
Mr. Bagley, for the use of the poor, 316 95
George Read, for one cow, 62 00
66 66 for one buffalo robe, 8 00
66
66 for one cultivator, . 5 00
for board and nursing a Frenchman, 8 00
J. R. Bagley for services, self and wife as Master and Matron of Alms House, from April 1st, 1872, to March 31st, 1873, inclusive, .... 425 00
for labor of J. R. Bagley, Jr., to April 1st, 1873,. . . 44 25
Williett Bagley, for labor at the Alms House to April 1st, 1873, . 72 50
Town of Hudson, for Mrs. Frost's goods, 57 74
John Jones, on account of Mary Kemp,. 10 00
Mary Kemp, part car fare to Randolph,.
3 00
Williett Bagley, in part for labor the past year, ...
32 00
Oren Coolidge, time spent about Mrs. H. Frost's settlement, . 13 00
for moving William Dawson to the Alms House,. . 2 00
for time spent buying cows, 5 00
for carrying pauper to the Alms House,
1 00
for services as Overseers of the Poor, .
10 00
for a registered letter, . .
18
J. H. Read, for services as Overseer of the Poor, .. . 10 00
N. S. Hamblin, for services as Overseer of Poor,. .. 10 00
66 for making report to the State,. 5 00
66 on acc't of Mrs. H. T. Nichols' settlement,. .
2 00
66 for searching records on account of Mrs. Frost's settlement,. 5 00
for time spent in looking up the settle- ment of James A. Graham, and going to Fall River,. 8 50
for time spent going to Lowell twice about James M. Parker's children,
3 00
Wright & Co., as per bill,. 1 85
1 50
N. S. Hamblin, for time and expenses to Natick and Sherburn about Mrs. Frost's settlement,
10 00
66 for time spent in sending Joseph Toint to State Alms House,. 1 00
for time spent in going to Lowell about S. Hoyel, twice, . 2 00
66 for drag plank,. 2 40
Amount carried forward,.
$2,427 41
car fare to the State Alms House,. .
22
Amount brought forward,. $2,427 41 Paid N. S. Hamblin, for time spent going to Randolph to see about Mary Kemp,. 8 00
for time spent going to Boston, to see about Mrs. Frost's settlement, . 4 00
for time and expenses going to Ipswich, to see about Mrs. Fletcher, 5 20
for time spent in burying Michael Scally,.
1 50
for time spent in going to Lowell, and to see about the settlement of Mary A. Burnett, . . 5 00
for time and expenses in going to Cambridge, to look up the settlement of Jacob Read,. . . .. for time spent on account of the Furlong children, 3 50 4 00
for time spent respecting the place of Mrs. Rachel Read's settlement,. . 2 00
for going to Charlestown and Boston, to find the settlement of John Y. French, 3 00
Wright & Fletcher, for goods,. 1 04
Mrs. Harrison, for washing for Mrs. Frost,. 1 50
Julian Abbott, for administering oaths to the Over- seers of the Poor,. . 50
BILLS PAID BY MR. BAGLEY, AS BY HIS BOOKS.
Paid for corn and meal, $112 51
Am't brought forward, $684 08
flour,
70 91
grass seed, 9 40
butter and cheese,
115 46
soap,
11 05
groceries, 118 78
labor on the farm,
134 20
baker's bread,
18 19
blacksmithing,
12 78
freight on the cars,
6 17
crockery,
6 75
nails, 2 88
making cider, 50
medicine,
34 54
repairing boots and
shoes, 1 33
expense to State Alms
House, 1 75
as by his books, 8 25
Am't carried forward, $684 08
$870 09
Total, . $,3,320 70
STATEMENT
OF THE EXPENSES OF THE POOR ABOVE THE INCOME OF THE TOWN, FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 8, 1874.
Amount drawn from the Treasurer,.
$2,000 00
Received from last year's Overseers,. .
67 31
6 from the Town of Hudson, for Mrs. Frost,
277 74
for board,.
69 24
66 for State paupers, .
40 28
66 from Gilbert Parker,
109 00
66 from the sale of silver spoons,. 8 00
$2,571 57
fresh fislı,
32 48
farming tools,
13 64
fresh meat,
86 11
dry goods,
72 41
23
RESOURCES.
Paid the Town Treasurer,
$634 75
Due for milk, . 171 50
Due from the County, . .. 22 00
Gain on personal property, 280 00
Due from Mr. Bagley, .
18 92
$1,127 17
Cost of supporting the poor, exclusive of the interest on
the farm, ..
$1,444 40
Cost of supporting the poor out of the Alms House,. . 748 37 66 66 66 in the Alms House,. ... 705 49
The number supported in the Alms House the past year, . . Average number, .
7
Number receiving assistance by two meals and lodging,. . 166
11]
66 assisted out of the Alms House,. 12
N. S. HAMBLIN, Overseers OREN COOLIDGE, of the Poor of
J. HENRY READ, 1
Westford.
PERSONAL APPRAISAL
OF PROPERTY AT ALMS HOUSE IN WESTFORD.
1 horse, $70; 1 harness, 22; 1 draught harness, 7; old harness, 50 cts .; curry-comb and brush, 1; 10 cows, 450; 13 tons English hay, 325 ; 6 tons stock hay, 90; corn fodder, 15; oat straw, 8; hay forks, 4; meal boxes, 6; wind mill, 4; corn sheller, 5; 75 bushels corn, 37.50; 12 bushels oats, 7.50; shorts, 8; hay cutter and feed box, 10; 2 mowing machines, 125; flails, 1; 1 set measures, 50c .; 40 flour barrels, 8; 10 bags, 3; apple picker, 50c .; 2 drag rakes, 1.50 ; 5 chains, 4.50 ; 3 ox-yokes, 10; 6 iron bars, 6; 3 ploughs, 10 ; 2 cul- tivators, 6; 3 shovels, 3; 2 spades, 1; 4 manure forks, 4; manure hook, 1; 1 pick, 75c .; ditching knife, 50c .; 2 bog hoes, 75c .; shafts and 2 axles, 3; 3 water tubs, 1.50; muzzles, 25c .; 4 ladders and hooks, 11; 2 ox-carts, 70; 1 farm wagon and hay wagon, 50; 25 fowls, 15 ; 1 hog hook, 50c .; 2 whiffletrees, 1.50 ; 1 horse wagon, 28; 1 sleigh, 10; 1 ox sled, 4; 1 horse sled, 3; 14 tie chains, 3.50; 1 blanket and surcingle, 10; 1 hog, 30; cart and sled spire, 4; 1 cow bell, 50c .; 7 scythes and snathes, 12; 1 grindstone and machine, 8 ; wheelbarrow, 3; 8 axes, 4; carpenter's tools, 70; copper kettle, 2; 5 wood saws, 4; 5 hoes, 2.50; 7 rakes and garden rakes, 2.75; stove pipe, 2.25; 12 baskets, 5; grain cradle, 1; 4 saw horses, 1; 7 bushels white and colored beans, 21 ; washing machine, 4 ; meal chests and meal, 5; 3 harrows, 12; 1 drag, 3; 1 string of bells, 25c .;
5
66 receiving one meal,.
24
soap, 2; 10 gallons pickles, 4; 15 pounds butter, 6; 7 stone jars, 6 ; gallon measure, 50c .; 325 pounds salt pork, 32.50 ; boiled cider, 3; vinegar, 4; 8 cider casks, 8; garden vegetables, 10; molasses and barrel, 2; kerosene oil and can, 5 ; wash tubs, 5; cook stove, 75 ; air- tight stoves, 21; 1 Franklin stove, 2; 63 milk pans, 12; 13 tin pails, 6 ; wash basins, 2; tin ware, 15; coffee mill, 50c .; wooden bowl, 50c .; clothes wringer, 6; water pot, 1; 80 lbs. lard, 11.20; 45 pounds tallow, 3.60; saleratus, 18c .; cream tartar, 1; butter moulds, 1.75; bar soap, 2.80; churn, 3; dried apples, 3.50; rice, 1.50; butter tubs, 1; 3 butter boxes, 1; bread trough, 1; paint stock, 1; apple parers, 1; candle mould, 50c .; sausage filler, 25c .; sugar, 75c .; salt, 50c .; spices, 2; pairs steelyards, 80c .; wash bowls, 1; oil cans, 1.50 ; iron pots, 2; tea kettle, 75; porcelain kettle, 1.50 ; iron griddle, 75c. ; chopping knife and trays, 2; wooden bowl, 50c .; waiter, 1; clothes bars, 1; iron bread pans, 1.50; earthen pots, 1; stove blacking and brush, 75c .; 7 brooms, 4.34; tea, 2.40 ; coffee, 40c .; mortar, 50c .; spice boxes, 40c .; flour, 10; seives, 1; jugs, 2; lamps and lantern, 3; knives, forks and spoons, 4; crock- ery, 11; set shovels and tongs, 3; corn parcher, 50; candlesticks, 50c. ; fresh pork, 3 ; clothes dryer, 1; 152} lbs. ham, 21.50; 175 bush. potatoes, 131.25; eggs, 1.50; tumblers, 60c .; lot of chests, 15; 8 trunks, 21; cases drawers, 5; light of glass, 80c .; 9 lamp chimneys, 90c .; 10 bedsteads and beds, 100; 6 rocking chairs, 5.25; 1 cabinet chair, 2.50; table cloth and towels, 6; old clothing, 15; bedding, 175; cradle, 2; 2 clocks, 5; 11 tables, 11; clothes basket and line, 3; 16 window curtains, 3.50; 2 looking glasses, 1.50; 6 flat irons, 3; ash shovels, &c., 3.50 ; rifle, 5; watches, 6; gold necklace, 7; hand- cuff's and fetters, 2; bed pan, 1.50; 2 injection pipes, 4.50; old iron, 3; mop handles, 80c .; entry mats, 75c .; 1} lbs. Japan tea, 1.35; din- ner bell, 75c .; sickles, 1; beetle rings and wedges, 2; steel trap, 75c .; 5 meat barrels, 4 ; meat fork, wrenches and hammer, 2; butter worker, 75c .; 19 cords of wood in shed, 76; boards and planks, 25; hat and boots, 2; Miss Adams's clothing, 6; brushes, 1.50.
MRS. FROST .-- Bureau, 5; 2 rocking chairs, 2; 7 chairs, 3.50; 2 tables, 2; 1 shawl, 3 ; bed and bed clothes, 25; 3 window curtains, 6; crockery, 5; trunk and contents, 11.50; caster, 1; clothing and flat iron, 15; tray, 1.
Amount February 8, 1874,
$2,782 47
66 66 8, 1873,. 2,503 96
Gain on personal property, $ 279 51
ALVIN FISHER, Appraisers A. W. CUMMINGS, of property at
H. A. HILDRETH, Poor Farm.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 11, 1875.
LOWELL, MASS .: STONE, HUSE & CO., BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, No. 130 CENTRAL STREET. 1875.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, 1874.
TOWN CLERK, EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN, J. HENRY READ, GEO. W. HEYWOOD, WILLIAM REED.
ASSESSORS, EDWARD PRESCOTT, ASAPH B. CUTTER, ASA HILDRETH.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, NATHAN S. HAMBLIN, ORIN COOLIDGE, J. HENRY READ.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. Henry Read,
Arthur Wright,
William E. Frost,
Alonzo P. Reed,
William A. Cram, John W. Fletcher,
William L. Kittredge, Augustus Bunce,
George E. Coburn, Edwin Gould, James Callahan, Geo. Hutchins.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
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ELI TOWER,
FENCE VIEWERS, E. G. SPALDING,
JOSIAH O. WRIGHT.
CONSTABLES,
William L. Kittredge, Albert P. Richardson, Isaac E. Day,
W. S. Shepherd, Eben Tufts,
Henry Hamlin,
Joseph Wall, Nathaniel Sweetser, Edwin E. Wright.
Geo. W. Cummings,
J. William Fletcher, Timothy Fletcher,
Charles II. Fletcher, Henry Chamberlin.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM.
Alvan Fisher, Henry A. Hildreth, Asa Spalding.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS,
Dist. No. 1- Reuben Sargent, Dist. No. 10-Orin Coolidge,
66 " 2- J. R. Butterfield,
11-S. N. Burbeck,
66 3-William Kittredge, 66 12-George Laws,
4-Benjamin G. Brooks, 13-T. L. Griffin,
66 5-John Dane,
14-Nath'l Sweetser,
CC 6-J. W. Keyes,
15-Amos Leighton,
7-B. V. Lyon,
16-A. W. Howe,
66 8-D. P. Lawrence,
66 17-Lyman A. Smith,
66
9-Geo. W. Cummings, 66 18-Josiah Walker.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY,
GEO. T. DAY, WM. E. FROST, MRS. J. W. P. ABBOT.
LIBRARIAN-TRUE A. BEAN.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-TRUE A. BEAN.
WEIGHERS OF HAY,
John B. Fletcher, Jacob Smith, N. H. Wright, S. A. Hamblin, Geo. W. Heywood, John M. Fletcher, Arthur Wright, A. J. Abbot.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER,
Cyrus Hamlin,
T. H. Hamblet,
Oliver Woodward,
T. A. Norton,
E. A. Stevens,
Geo. W. Cummings,
Arthur Wright,
Jacob Smith,
Charles E. Whidden,
S. A. Hamblin,
Franklin A. Fletcher, Daniel Falls,
Lorenzo Sweetser,
H. H. Decatur,
George H. Prescott,
W. H. H. Burbeck.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES-ALLAN R. PERIIAM.
FIELD DRIVERS,
Sherman H. Fletcher,
J. William Fletcher, Fletcher Peckens,
Edward Henry Holt, John McCartee, William M. Vose.
MEASURERS OF GRAIN, AND WEIGHERS OF COAL, JACOB SMITH, AUSTIN T. KIMBALL.
Henry Hamlin, A. W. Frederick, W. O. Hawkes, Allan R. Perham, A. J. Blaisdell,
MARRIAGES
RECORDED BY THE TOWN CLERK OF WESTFORD, A. D., 1874.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
January 8. . . . .
Sherman Heywood Fletcher ..
27
Westford,
Westford. Westford.
February 12.
John McCartee ..
24
Westford,
Chelmsford.
Ida T. Prescott ..
16
Lowell,
Nashua, N. H.
February 21 ....
Thomas Wing.
25
Westford,
London, Eng.
Sarah Jane Keyser.
19
Westford,
Groton.
March 3.
Albert Pierce Richardson.
30
Westford,
Jaffery, N. H.
March 23.
Warren Samuel Jones
26
Westford, Ayer,
Marlboro', N. H.
March 30.
George W. Bent.
38
Boston,
Croghan, N. Y.
April 2.
John Stewart ..
29
Littleton, Littleton,
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