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1.00
for buffalo robe. .
4.00
for repairing stoves.
1.50
for mending boots and shoes.
2.65
for use of bull.
4.00
Day & Read, for making cider
14.30
Arthur Wright, for groceries
112.39
Amount carried forward.
$753.54
31
Amount brought forward. $753.54
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for groceries.
275.14
J. M. Fletcher, for groceries .. 38.14
E. C. Atwood, for medical attendance. 11.00
J. B. Heald, for medical attendance
4.50
J. H. Bradley, for services as Master of Alms-House to April 1st, 1878 156.82
for Carrie Brown.
3.50
Loss on personal property, as by appraisal
477.44
$1,720.08
Deduct proceeds sold from the farm.
600.89
And the expense of keeping nine hundred and twenty- one tramps, estimated at 25 cents each. 230.25
Leaves as the cost of supporting the poor inside of the Almshouse. $888.94
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR Outside of the Almshouse.
Paid N. S. Hamblin, for going to Boston on account of Catherine Callahan and child.
$ 4.00
for goods furnished M. Desmond.
2.00
W. E. Livingston, for T. Nolan .. 4.00
E. C. Atwood, for medical attendance on Mrs. W. F. Harris. 16.50
Wright & Fletcher, for goods for M. Desmond
45.00
for the relief of Jane A. L. Patch.
8.00
for board of Alden H. Woodward and Rufus Keyes at insane asylum. 447.81
City of Boston, on account of Carrie Brown .. 4.00
Arthur Wright, for goods furnished C. J. Seartes. . 4 00
City of Lowell, for T. Nolan.
6.00
for necessaries furnished C. Wetherbee's family.
6.60
for the relief of J. T. Butterworth 2.05
for the relief of George W. Wright's family.
20.00
City of Fitchburg, for the relief of L. E. Kemp. 4.00
A. F. Conant, for goods furnished Mary Howe .. .
12.80
E. C. Atwood, for medical attendance on S. Nut- ting in 1877. 13.00
Charles Dutton, for medical attendance on Mrs. Charles Wetherbee 45.00
City of Boston, on account of Catherine Callahan and family . 8.13
J. B. Heald, for medical attendance on John P. Felch 27.50
Amount carried forward .. $680.39
32
Amount brought forward. $680.39
Paid Arthur Wright, for groceries for Wm. O. Wright. .
53.10
Arthur Wright, for goods for Charles Spaulding .. . 21.54
for produce from almshouse furnished Charles Spaulding 27.95
for coffin for Mrs. C. Wetherbee.
for postage and stationery
2.18
for printing notices .75
for car fare for W. F. Harris and family.
5.50
George Hutchins, for time spent about the settle- ment of Luther E. Kemp . . 1.00
for time spent about Mary A. Potter 1.00
for services as overseer. 10.00
E. Prescott, for time and expense in removing Car- rie Brown from Boston to Almshouse.
6.50
for time and expense about the settlement of Jane A. L. Patch. 2.00
for time and expense in going to Littleton, about Wm. Nichols 1.50
for time and expense in going to Lowell, about T. Nolan .. 1.50
for time and expense, about the settlement of C. Wetherbee, and going to see the family. 5.50 .
for time spent about burying Mrs. C. Wetherbee ... 2.00 for making out reports to Board of State Charities. 2.50
for making out report to Town.
5.00
for time spent about the settlement of Mary A. Potter.
2.00
for time spent in going to Fitchburg, about Luther E. Kemp .. 4.00
for time spent in going twice to Chelmsford, about George W. Wright. 2.00
expense to Boston twice, about State paupers.
5.50
for services, as overseer.
10.00
J. N. Marshall, for services in the cases of Phelps and Read, rendered in 1877 146.00
Received from the Town of Cohasset
$ 36.70
66 66 ' State 102.25
66 66 " Town of Townsend. 4.00
66
66 66 " Ayer.
30.00
Due from the State.
45.00
66 66 Bridgewater 12.80
J. N. Marshall's bill, contracted in 1877.
146.00
$1,009.41
376.75
Expense of poor outside of Almshouse. $632.66
10.00
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
EXPENSES
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 10, 1880.
LOWELL, MASS. : MORNING MAIL BOOK AND JOB PRINTING OFFICE, 18 JACKSON ST. 1880.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, 1879.
TOWN CLERK; EDWIN R. HODGMAN.
SELECTMEN, GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON.
ASSESSORS,
ASAPH B. CUTTER. HENRY CHAMBERLIN, CHARLES H. FLETCHER.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, EDWARD PRESCOTT, ALVAN FISHER, DAVID REED.
TOWN TREASURER, SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
J. HENRY READ, EDWIN R. HODGMAN, OLIVE A. PRESCOTT,
JOHN WILSON, MOSES EDWARDS, HEZEKIAH CUMMINGS.
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES, JOHN LANKTREE.
CONSTABLES, WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, WESLEY O. HAWKS,
JOSEPH WALL,
JOHN LANKTREE, JOHN LOGUE, SAMUEL A. HAMBLIN.
FENCE-VIEWERS, GEORGE HUTCHINS, WILLIAM KITTREDGE, ELI TOWER.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT THE POOR FARM. ARTEMAS W. CUMMINGS, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT, C. A. DECATUR.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TRUE A. BEAN.
LIBRARIAN, ALBERT A. WRIGHT.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY, WILLIAM E. FROST, ALLAN CAMERON, ELIZA A. BABBITT.
WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, &C.,
JOHN B. FLETCHER, JACOB SMITH,
ARTHUR WRIGHT,
GEO. W. HEYWOOD,
ABIEL J. ABBOT,
SAML. A. HAMBLIN,
NAHUM H. WRIGHT,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
JOHN M. FLETCHER, W. H. H. BURBECK,
WM. C. EDWARDS, SHERMAN H. FLETCHER,
DANIEL HOUGHTON.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER,
EPHRAIM A. STEVENS,
WESLEY O. HAWKS,
THOMAS DREW,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
GEO. H. PRESCOTT,
FRANK O. DECATUR,
ALBERT W. FREDERICK,
JACOB SMITH,
GARDNER A. PERHAM,
ALBERT S. READ,
CHARLES L. FLETCHER, GILMER STONE,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS.
FIELD DRIVERS,
TIMOTHY FLETCHER, EDWARD C. ATWOOD, M. D., DANIEL E. ATWOOD, JAMES A. WALKDEN,
FRANK C. HILDRETH,
CHARLES DANE,
NAPOLEON B. BLOOD,
GEO. W. CUMMINGS,. GEO. W. HEYWOOD,
J. A. CARKIN,
GEO. W. PELSUE.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES. ALLEN R. PERHAM.
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MARRIAGES.
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1879.
DATES.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
March 8.
Clarence R. P. Decatur
27
Westford.
Addie Roberts
26
Lowell.
Lowell. Shediac, N. B.
March 31
Charles H. Wright
20
Westford.
Chelmsford. Scotland.
April 23.
Francis W. Banister Margaret H. Denton
19
Westford.
New Brunswick,
June 7.
Frank A. Sınitlı. Ella B. Brown.
21
Westford.
Calais, Me.
June 9.
George W. Thurlow
45
Haverhill.
Sandown, N. H.
Ella S. Neal.
25
Westford.
Lowell.
.July 3.
Samuel L. Blodgett. Margaret Welslı.
23
Westford.
New Ipswich, N.H. Chelmsford.
October 1.
Jonathan Bancroft.
73
Pepperell.
Pepperell.
Sarah E. Sherburne.
37
Westford.
Tyngsboro'.
December 30 .. J. Everett Woods.
32
Westford.
Pepperell.
Ella A. Reed
21
Tyngsboro'
Tyngsboro'.
Marriages recorded.
8.
Marriages between natives. 6.
Marriages between native and foreign. 2.
21
Westford.
Bangor, Me.
Janet White ..
19
Westford.
23
Westford.
Ware. [N. J.
20
Westford.
7
BIRTHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1879.
DATES.
NAMES.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Jan. 7.
Irving Porter Wright.
Willie M. and Addie S. (Hosmer) Wright. Oliver H. and Hattie (Gilmore) Perry.
' 31. Charles Henry Perry.
George Edward Howard.
Calvin L. and Jennie (Hale) Howard.
Ward A. and Jennie E. (Smart) Coburn.
" 10 .. Ellen Remmes
Josephi T. and Mary J. (Shugrue) Remnies.
March 3 ... Alice Maria McDonald ..
Angus and Margaret E. (McNeff) McDonald.
60
5 .. . Charles Henry Yapp.
George and Saralı (Davis) Yapp.
9. .. Charles Melvin Horton.
28 ... Charles Franklin Dupee.
66 29 ... Sarah Allen Davie.
Melvin D. and Sadie E. (Cummings) Horton. Geo. F. and Annie E. (Richardson) Dupee. John and Jennie (McArthur) Davie.
April 14. . . 21 .. . . Jolin Henry Decatur
Elizabetli Cushing Heywood ..
Geo. W. and Mary E. (Mellen) Heywood.
John H. and Nancy A. (Wyman) Decatur.
66 28 .. . . George Henry Kecy. Joseph H. and Emeline S. (Sargent) Kecy.
May 16. Charles Edward McLenna
Minnie Mabel Wright.
Alvin A. and Lillian P. (Spalding) McLenna. Charles A. and Celia J. (Smith) Wright. Jolın and Mary (Gannon) Lackin.
James and Alice (Johnson) MacGuire.
July 3 ... Helen Frances Johnson
"+ 10 .. .. George Edward Dufort.
" 29 .. Herbert Allen Searles
" 30. Albert Abijah Hildreth.
Aug. 8. Edith Isabell Cook.
Francis R. and Elizabeth M. (Craig) Cook.
10. Julia Heywood Fletcher
Sherman H. and Mary E. (Richardson) John and Ellen (Murphy) Flynn. [Fletcher.
66 16. Mary Ellen Flynn.
66 23. Esthier Perry Taylor Samuel L. and Alta M. (Schellenger) Taylor. 66 27. Charles William Parker Winslow and Ida M. (Lackey) Parker.
66 30. John William Quinn
Sept. 5.
Joseph Newie Paul ..
7 .. Cora Belle Fletcher Wilson ...
66 18. . George Warren Butterworth ..
66 18. . Lucy Constantino.
66 21 ..
Victor Levi Prescott.
66 25 .. Leo Hamilton King.
66
Lewis Benjamin Palmer
28. Oct. 11 ... Fillebrown.
66
13. .. 22 ...
Susie Edwards Millis
Nov. 5. ..
Katie Loftus
Jolin and Jane (Gilmore) Norrie. [Stephen.
23. " 30 ...
Hattie Steplien . Rheinhold and Catherine A. (Moriarty)
Dec. 17. Berthia Willis Raymond.
John W. and Ella (Willis) Raymond.
"' 24 .. Clara Belle Wright. Charles H. and Janet ( White) Wright.
Births recorded, 42.
Males. 22.
Females, 20.
Native parentage,
27.
Foreign parentage,
8.
Native and foreign,
7.
.. 27 .. . . June 4 .. James Lackin. 15 .. Eliza Ann MacGuire.
William W. and Annie (Matthews) Johnson. Solomon and Philamen (Maurisceau) Dufort. Charles J. and Martha M. (Bicknell) Searles. Frank C. and Sarah J. (Griffin) Hildrethi.
Thomas V. and Mary A. (Murphy) Quinn. Josephi and Eliza (Semandin) Paul. Joseph H. and Carrie (Fletcher) Wilson. Jolin T. and Kate E. (Gannon) Butterworth. Nelson and Mary (Raymond) Constantino. Nelson L. and Ella M. (Davis) Prescott. Albert and Margaret (Conley) King. Lewis P. and Jennie B. (Floyd) Palmer.
Ida Florence Hartford
Thomas G. and Augusta E. (Wyetlı) Fille- Geo. H. and Lizzie (Morse) Hartford. [brown. George F. and Mary B. (Whitney) Millis. John and Ellen (Curran) Loftus.
George Norrie
Feb. 3. 66 4. George Augustus Coburn.
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DEATHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1879.
AGE.
DATES.
NAMES.
YEARS.
MONTHS. DAYS.
January 1.
Lilla L. Fifield. .
15
4
9
5. .
Betsey J. Blood.
79
9
Nancy C. Hildreth.
69
11
-
23.
Mary Dailey. .
-
-
29
66
26.
Benjamin F. Osgood.
66
5
9
February 5.
Hannah F. Wetherbee.
46
-
-
12.
Charity A. Cummings.
60
11
22
66
13.
Hollis W. Hines.
76
8
10
.6
22.
Peter Lyall.
54
2
8
March 1.
Dennis Murphy.
59
-
-
..
21.
Joseph W. Keyes.
58
10
19
66
22.
Joshua B. Whidden.
72
4
25.
John T. Follan.
3
6
April 25. .
Margaret Blake.
82
4
66
27.
Nathaniel Livermore.
67
4
-
-
66 28.
William Robinson.
71
3
18
".
20
Lydia Buttrick. .
71
-
-
" 22. .
Sarah S. Frederick.
84
10
18
June 16.
Daniel Jones.
66
2
24
July 3. .
Charles A. Wheeler.
62
1
19
Mary J. McDonald.
2
11
-
4. .
Asenath F. Wright.
78
7
10
18.
Infant child of John Martin.
-
-
September 2.
Abijalı C. Reed.
83
6
16
October 5.
Mary Ball.
76
9
2
Phinehas Chamberlin.
75
10
19
26.
Levi Prescott.
56
7
2
66
29.
Infant child of Erastus Fisk.
-
1
-
November 11.
Nancy W. Jones.
85
8
9
December 4.
Ward Coburn.
66
11
66
20. .
Patrick Daley.
69
-
66
29.
William L. Perkins.
7
2
Male. Fem.
Male. Fem.
Between 80 and 90 years of age,
1 3
Between 20 and 30 years of age, 0
0
66
70
80
66
66
3
5
66 10
20
66
0
1
66
60
66
70
66
6 2
66
50
60
66
3
0
66
40
50
66
66
0
1
Under 1 year,
.
0
3
30
40
66
66
1
0
66 5
10
66
1
0
66
1 66
5
1
1
-
-
17. .
John Canfield.
8
August 1.
4.
Orin R. Hole.
34
3
-
.
-
27. .
Frank L. Foss.
May 1.
Mary L. Tuttle.
75
22.
66
66
16.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., Oct. 29, 1879.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Clerk of the Town of West- ford, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County One Hundred Sixty 20 100 Dollars for Dog Licenses for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, as per account of 20th inst .- $160.20.
AMOS STONE, County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED 1879.
Banister. F. W.
Evans, M. H. A.
O'Brien, C.
Blodgett, J. W.
Elliot, G. H.
O'Brien, J.
Bean, T. A.
Frederick, G. S.
Perham, G. A.
Butterfield, L. O.
Fuller, C. M.
Prescott, N. L.
Blood, J. H.
Fletcher, L. L.
Preseott, Eben
Boynton, J. M.
Fletcher, L. T.
Reed, C. W .- 2.
Blodgett, T. A.
Fisk, A.
Reed, William, 1st.
Brooks, B. G,
Fletcher, A.
Reed, M.
Brown, J.
Gould, E.
Stiles, W. W.
Carkin, C. II.
Gregg, D.
Stephens, R.
Carkin, A. W.
Gardner, R.
Sweetser, N.
Cummings, E. M.
Gray, S. B.
Sargent, C. G.
Carkin, I. W.
Hurd, P. H.
Shugrue, P.
Caldwell, Otis
Holdsworth, D.
Shay, W. H.
Curran, W.
Hamlin, H.
Smith, M. A.
Carmichael, D.
Horan, T.
Tizzer, J.
Comey, W. W.
Hamlin, S. A.
Vose, W. M.
Conley, Kate
Ireland, G.
Whitney, Hiram-2.
Chamberlin, H.
Ingalls, G.
Whitney S. D.
Clark, P. F. S.
Keyes, G.
Wall, J.
Dupee, G. F.
Leighton, A.
Whitney, G. W.
Decatur, J. H.
Martin, L.
Whitney, W. M.
Downs, M. F .- 2.
Mears, J. F.
Wright, Arthur
Decatur, F. O.
Murray, A.
Wright, W. E.
Davie, J.
Martin, J.
Wright, K. A.
Day, I. E.
Norrie, J.
Wright, E .- 2.
Drew, T.
O'Brien, M.
Worcester, I. S.
Whole number,
84. Males,
81. 3.
Females,
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
TREASURER'S OFFICE, Westford. February 10. 1880.
The Committee appointed by the Selectmen to reckon and settle with Sherman D. Fletcher, Town Treasurer, for the year ending this date, submit the fol- lowing report :-
RECEIPTS.
Balance cash in treasury at last settlement. $3,188.21
Cash borrowed. .
5,000.00
Corporation tax for 1878, in full. 25.32
66 66 1879 " part. 646.33
National bank tax for 1879, in part .
619.78
From State-aid to soldiers' families, 1878, refunded.
501.00
66 -school fund, 1878-79.
230.60
66 County Treasurer-dog tax, 1878
153.47
" State-rent of armory for 1879, in full
150.00
66 Joseph Marshall, license.
50.00
66 I. W. Sprague 66
50.00
Cavalry squad, No. 4, rent of horse stalls.
10.00
Noah Prescott, for apples, school-house lot, No. 1 ..
1.00
To amount paid E. Symmes, for surveying private road- way, 1878, reimbursed by petitioners ..
7.00
Albert A. Wright, janitor, collected for rent of town hall and cellar
104.50
County Treasurer-interest on tax paid in advance of time due.
6.27
Town of Groton-for scholars sent to School No. 3 .. 92.25
Alvan Fisher, auctioneer's license.
2.00
Reuben Butterfield, auctioneer's license.
2.00
Ai Bicknell, for grass at East Cemetery
2.00
New Hampshire Insurance Company, for insurance on School House No. 5.
John Lanktree, collector, 1876, in full.
66
66
66 1877 « 66
66
66
66
1878 in part.
1,975.06
66
66
66
1879, before October 6, 1879. .
7,891.31
66
66
66
1879, December 6.
1,150.09
66
66
66
66 after 66 66
963.47
66
66
66
interest collected on taxes. 70.80
1,500.00 81.38 415.30
$24,889.14
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PAYMENTS.
Notes and interest $7,919.17
Interest on other notes.
1,065.00
State tax, for 1879.
310.00
County tax, for 1879 ..
447.86
State Treasurer, 25 per cent. on two licenses of $50.00 each .. 25.00
Overseers of the Poor, by orders.
1,913.32
Orders for incidental and other expenses.
4,700.80
On account of schools.
3,299.97
Cash balance in hands of Treasurer.
5,208.02
TOWN LIABILITIES.
Note due Mrs. E. J. Tobie.
$ 125.00
66 66 66 A. M. Richardson. 1,000.00
Sally B. Cummings 250.00
66 S. W. Parker-estate of ..
2,200.00
Notes
Worcester County Institution for Savings .. . 16,000.00
$19,575.00
Accrued interest on the above notes. $ 295.39
Balance of appropriation for schools,
unexpended. 1,279.16
$1,574.55
$21,149.55
RESOURCES.
Due from State-aid to soldiers' families, 1879 $ 361.00
66 66 66 to indigent soldiers, 1878. . . 374.40
66 66 66
66
66 1879. . . 125.00
66 66 66 Corporation tax 1879 .. . 15.79
66 66 66 National bank tax 1879. 37.35
John Lanktree, collector, 1878 395.30
66
66 66 1879
2,102.35
Cash in Treasurer's hands.
5,208.02
$8,619.21
Indebtedness of the town, Feb. 10, 1880. $12,530.34 66 66 66 Feb. 12, 1879. 16,936.68
Decrease of debt $4,406.34
ISAAC E. DAY, JOHN M. FLETCHER, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD, Committee.
SHERMAN D. FLETCHER, Town Treasurer.
$24,889.14
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
Value of Real Estate May 1st, 1879. .
$836,801.00
" Personal Estate May 1st, 1879. 132,830.00
Tax on one hundred dollars.
1.18
Number of Polls ...
488
dwelling houses.
400
" horses
315
66
" COWS.
578
66
" sheep
31
1879. 1878. 1877.
Amount raised to defray town debts
and charges.
$6,600.00 $7,500.00 $7,500.00
For schools ..
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
For roads and bridges
1,500.00
1,700.00
1,200.00
State tax.
310.00
620.00
930.00
County tax .
447.86
447.86
545.29
Overlayings.
589.70
Total tax
$12,548.12 13,857.56 13,696.55
HENRY CHAMBERLIN, ASAPH B. CUTTER, CHARLES H. FLETCHER,
Assessors of Town of Westford.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
COMPENSATION OF TOWN OFFICERS.
TOWN TREASURER.
S. D. Fletcher, salary as town treasurer for year ending March 1, 1879. $50.00
Time and expense in paying license to State Treasurer and collecting ar- mory rent. 3.50
Time and expense in insuring School House, No. 7. 1.50
Time and expense in paying license to State Treasurer. 2.00
Time and expense in paying State tax and obtaining information respecting cor- poration tax, &c. 3.00
Time and expense in insuring School
House, No. 5 1.50
Time and expense in insuring Alms-
house .. . 1.50
Entertainment furnished committee to
reckon and settle with treasurer. 3.50
$66.50
TOWN CLERK.
Salary of E. R. Hodgman, town clerk .. $12.00
Postage and express.
3.36
Going to Groton to count votes 3.00
Copying for town report.
1.50
Recording forty-three births.
21.50
66 thirty-five deaths.
5.50
66 one death not reported. .35
66 eight marriages. . 1.20
Blanks and blank books for use of town
2.00
Going to East Cambridge. 3.00
$53.41
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SELECTMEN.
George T. Day, salary $ 5.00
Making out monthly State aid returns, under chap. 252 and 301, Acts 1879.
8.00
Making out monthly State aid book.
3.00
66 dog warrants.
1.00
66 register of voters.
2.00
town report.
5.00
66
66 Fire Insurance report.
1.00
Board of Health. 1.50
Extra time as selectman .
8.00
Time spent looking after roads 20.00
$54.50
A. P. Richardson, salary .. $5.00
Extra time as selectman. .
8.00
Time spent looking after roads.
20.00
Arthur Wright, salary .. $5.00
Extra time as selectman.
8.00
Time spent looking after roads
8.00
$21.00
ASSESSORS.
Asaph B. Cutter, eighteen and one-half days' work.
$46.25
Charles H. Fletcher, seventeen days' work ... . 42.50
Henry Chamberlin, twenty-two days' work ... 55.00
Assessor's scale.
2.00
$145.75
TAX COLLECTOR.
John Lanktree, collecting $330, after Feb. 5th.
$3.30
Paid for one thousand tax bills.
3.25.
Legal advice ..
2.50
Collecting dog tax 1879.
10.50
$10,500.00, at 1 per cent. 105.00
poll taxes. 5.00
$129.55
CONSTABLES.
John Lanktree, copying and posting warrants for March meeting. . $4.00
Copying and posting warrants for March 22nd . 4.00
Wesley O. Hawks, posting warrants and copy- ing same, November. 4.00
$12.00
66
66 quarterly returns to State
$33.00
15
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Edwin R. Hodgman, Superintendent for third
term of school year ending March 1879
$50.00
Making annual report.
10.00
Examining teachers. .
1.00
Making annual school returns ..
1.50
Services as Secretary of the Board
1.00
Paid express. .25
Superintendent for term ending June 20th 50.00
Superintendent for term ending Nov. 1st. 50.00
Examining teachers 1.00
$164.75
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT POOR FARM.
A. W. Cummings, appraising property, 1877 $2.00
66 66 66 6: 1878 2.00
66
66
66
66 1879 2.00
$6.00
PAID OVERSEERS OF POOR AS FOLLOWS :
April, by order
$469.64
May, 66
200.50
June, 66 66 53.14
July, 66 66
136.93
Oct., 66 66
228.97
.
Dec., 66 66 325.00 .
131.14
66 66
66
368.00
$1,913.32
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
A. A. Wright, services as librarian. $50.04
For entering new books, April 66 66 66 66 June
.90
Writing two catalogues.
.40
Extra work on books, July
8.36
Ink and mucilage.
1.25
Paid directors in June 66 66 " July.
50.00
F. J. Fleming, for paper
8.25
Paid directors in Nov.
50.00
Extra work on books.
4.60
66 66 66 66
.20
Marden & Rowell, printing one hundred cards, 1878. 2.50
Huse, Goodwin & Co., printing regulations and labels . .
3.75
Paid A. A. Wright, for entering new books. . .30 Directors, January. 106.00
$340.05
Feb., 66 .6 1880
3.50
50.00
16
TOWN HOUSE.
Expense of heating, lighting and care of same.
A. A. Wright, janitor. $75.96
Services for three entertainments after
midnight, during February . 4.50
Whithed & Co., for 7528 pounds of broken coal, at $6.75 per ton 25.41
For carting the same
Five gallons oil, in March.
.65
A. A. Wright, services for two dances after midnight, March . 3.00
For three dances after midnight, April .. . 4.50
For five gallons oil in April
.65
Six gallons oil in May
.78
Extra work.
.50
Services for one dance after midnight ... 1.50
For five cords of wood used in 1878-79. .
24.00
Services for two dances after midnight. . Paid for oil. .85
3.00
Edward Prescott, for 4322 pounds of coal.
12.33
Paid for oil and wicks.
1.57
66 three dozen lamp chimneys.
3.30
A. A. Wright, services for one dance after midnight.
1.50
For twelve gallons oil.
1.20
two lamp chimneys ..
.10
66 one-fourth gross matches .55
Services for one dance after midnight ...
1.50
For nine gallons of oil.
.95
$171.12
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Received from State for armory rent $150.00
66
in April 28.75
66 " June. 4.00
July. . 5.75
66
" October 14.50
66
" November
14.00
66
" December
7.00
66
" January, 1880
18.50
66 for rent of horse stalls 12.00
in Feb. 1880 10.00
$264.50
2.82
17
PRINTING.
Stone, Bacheller & Co., printing seven hun-
dred town reports. 4.75
$62.50
Printing four order books.
fifteen hundred circulars.
5.75
66
proposals for painting, &c .. 3.25
66
two hundred reward notices. 2.00
66 notices to voters, &c.
7.25
66 school expense book.
5.25
one hundred tramp notices 1.75
record book. . 5.25
Marden & Rowell, printing school reports. 22.00
$119.75
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Express for one casting and delivering same. $ 1.00
A. P. Richardson, repairs on hearse .. .50
Marshall & Hamblett, legal services. 15.00
N. J. Wier, stove for Town House. 15.25
39.15
Charles Blood, for stovepipe and labor
6.22
Charles Blood, for one furnace grate
6.00
Thomas Drew, damage to wagon.
5.00
A. A. Wright, for three reflectors for Town House.
.12
A. A. Wright, for repairing fence, etc.
.50
T. A. Bean, sealing weights and measures
10.50
First Parish, use of bell.
7.50
A. A. Wright, repairing clock in Town House.
1.00
Alvan Fisher, first instalment toward Town History ..
100.00
Nelson L. Tuttle, wheelwright work.
14.40
E. A. Stevens, measuring four school houses.
2.00
E. A. Stevens, repairing hearse house.
1.00
Jonathan Colburn, work at west burying ground.
6.50
George Hartford, parade ground for cavalry inspection
9.00
W. W. Johnson, for drawing lumber for bridge .. .
1.50
E. A. & A. T. Smith, concrete crossing at Town House For stone tools ..
36.00
3.00
Express from Keene, N. H
1.35
F. O. Decatur, blacksmithing
30.82
Stony Brook R. R. freight.
1.62
Humphrey Machine Co., cast iron circle. 66 66 three steel blades complete. .
21.00
66 66 one nose piece. 1.25
.18
Mrs. H. J. Howe, cleaning Town House.
6.75
Union Society, for use of bell. 7.50
3.00
A. A. Wright, for lamp shade
Amount carried forward $354.61
A. P. Richardson, attending 29 funerals with hearse ..
18
Amount brought forward $354.61
Lumber for Desmond bridge. 16.87
Glass for cellar windows for Town House .25
Setting glass in Town House .. 1.00
Fielding & Bartlett, for two spring locks and screws. . 66 one pair acorn butts. .17
.60
J. Kelley, one small door and express on same .. 1.65
J. M. Fletcher, one pair butts and screws ..
.15
Fielding & Bartlett, 2 springs for doors at Town House 1.00 For wax, varnish and pulley eords for school houses. . 1.00
.50
For two water pails at Town House.
.25
S. M. Hutchins, work on east burying ground.
E. A. Stevens, labor in building cavalry store room in Town House cellar .
5.57
E. A. Stevens, cutting door for ticket office, etc 66 66 shelves for Town Clerk. 3.65
2.00
E. A. Stevens, building 20 horse stalls in Town House cellar, including lumber, etc.
25.00
For chloride of lime for Town House
.50
For repairing chandelier
.25
For dust-pan and nails for Town House
.42
Chamberlin & Read, for blacksmithing.
3.05
F. P. Coggeshall, ink, etc., for Town House
2.40
John W. Day, teaming lumber.
1.50
A. P. Richardson, for gravel bank
15.00
Express .
.80
Repairs on hearse.
.50
Wright & Fletcher, as per bill.
15.63
For six license blanks. 66 bonds. .60
.75
Express charges.
2.30
$460.07
EXPENSE OF SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL HOUSES, Exclusive of Pay of Teachers.
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 1.
1879.
April-1 map roll .. $ .23
May-1 mounted map. 1.37
1 box crayons
.25
3 erasers
.45
1 reader.
1.10
1 bottle ink.
.35
2 erasers .
.30
1 broom.
.20
. Amount carried forward. . $4.25
2.10
For repairs on furnace at Town House.
19
Amount brought forward. . $4.25
1880.
Feb .- Paid E. A. Stevens, painting tin roof 2.25 66 66 " 20 lbs. paint for same 2.50
66 " repairing seats. . .76
66 " glass and setting. . .
2.80
1 box crayons ..
.25
1 bottle ink and broom.
.70
Repairs. .60
$14.11
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 2.
1879.
April-1 map roll ..
$ .23
May-1 mounted map 1.37
4 erasers. .60
.35
1 box crayons.
.25
E. A. Stevens, repairs, locks, etc. 66 66 labor, glass, etc.
2.05
New readers .. .
.80
Dec .- 1 box crayons and broom.
.60
1880.
Jan .- 1 box crayons, pail, etc. .95
$8.40
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 3.
1879.
April-1 map roll.
$ .23
May-1 mounted map .50
1.37
Setting glass ..
Repairing chair, etc.
.75
1 broom ..
.40
2 boxes crayons
.50
1 dust-pan.
.20
Setting glass and repairing blinds. .
1.00
Sept .- 1 box crayons ..
.25
1880.
Jan .- 1 box crayons and new books 1.60
$6.80
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 4.
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