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1879.
April-Glass.
$ .50
1 map roll. .23
1.37
May-1 mounted map. 1 spelling book.
.25
E. Symmes, repairing clock. Setting glass and repairing blinds .. . 1 broom and pail.
.71
.55
Oct .- 1 box crayons
.25
2 readers. 1.40
1 broom. .35
1.00
$6.61
1 bottle ink.
1.20
20
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 5.
1879.
April-Glass $ .50
Wardrobe hooks and broom. .50
1 map roll. .23
Blind trimmings and cord. .75
May-1 mounted map 1.37
April-1 box crayons. .25
May-1 box crayons
.25
1 box crayons
.25
1 reader .. .
.70
Oct .- 1 box crayons.
.25
Nov .- 1 box crayons and broom
.60
Glass, &c. .
.24
Erasers and new books. 1.30
Dec .- Glass, pail, &c. .60
1880.
Jan .- 1 box crayons, books, &c 90
Tables for use of school. 4.00
E. A. Stevens, fitting up room for school ..
4.30
Setting glass and repairing blinds .. . John Wilson, setting glass ..
.71
.20
Time and expense fitting up school room after fire, blackboard, &c.
5.00
Edward Symmes, repairing clock .. . .75 Paid for pail .25
$23.90
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 6.
Repairing plastering
$ 2.00
Whitening and coloring walls. 12.50
Stock for same. . 4.00
Setting glass and repairing blinds ..
.71
Edward Symmes, repairing clock. .
.75
1 box crayons, broom, &c.
.60
Grammar .37
1879.
April-Glass. .50
1 map roll . .23
Setting glass .
.35
May- 1 mounted map
1.37
1 reader. .
.30
1 geography ..
.65
3 writing books.
.45
1 broom and mug.
.47
Dust-pan and shovel
.35
$25.60
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SCHOOL HOUSE No. 7.
1879.
April-1 map roll. 8 .23
May-1 mounted map 1.37
$1.60
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 8.
1877.
Nov .- 2 brooms. $ .70
2 boxes crayons .50
1879.
April-1 map roll. .23
Setting glass .. .50
May-1 mounted map.
1.37
June-1 teacher's desk.
13.00
2 chairs.
2.00
Freight.
.48
3 erasers
.45
1 broom ..
.30
E. A. Stevens, repairing chair, &c.
1.30
Books, broom, &c .86
.50
2 boxes crayons.
$22.19
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 9.
1878.
April-2 boxes crayons $ .40
.20
May-1 box crayons. 1 broom . .35
1879.
April-1 map roll. .23
May-1 mounted map.
1.37
J. O. Wright, repairing. 2.00
1 box crayons . .20
Sept .- 1 box crayons 1 broom. .30
.20
Reader, geography, speller, &c 2.85
Dec .- Readers, spellers, &c. .95
1880.
Jan .- Books. 1.25
1 box crayons. .25
$10.55
DIST. 10 and 11-GRANITEVILLE.
1877.
April-2 boxes crayons .50
2 pails. .50
June-2 boxes crayons
.50
1 reader. .30
Amount carried forward. $1.80
22
Amount brought forward .. $1.80
Sept .- 3 boxes crayons
.75
1 broom ..
.35
2 spelling books
.40
1 geography.
1.08
1 pail. .
.35
Wardrobe hooks and screws. .36
1878.
May-1 geography. .75
2 brooms. .70
Sept .- 2 readers. .90
1 box crayons. .20
.20
Dec .- 1 broom-large .50
1 box crayons. .20
1879.
Jan .- 1 dust brush. .35
1 box crayons. . .20
Feb .- Glass and putty.
.28
April-3 map rolls ..
.68
Repairs on windows and doors
1.65
Stove lining and grate 2.75
Wash basin.
.25
Repairs on windows
.80
May-2 mounted maps.
2.69
Repairing stove.
1.65
E. A. Stevens, glass and labor.
2.25
2 boxes crayons
.40
1 reader
1.10
Nov .- 1 box crayons ..
.20
Repairing locks, &c.
2.00
Dec .- Reader and arithmetic
.85
1 box crayons.
.20
Reader and slate.
.35
1880.
Jan .- 2 boxes crayons.
.40
Glass .
.6
$27.65
EXPENSE OF PAINTING SCHOOL HOUSES.
The Selectmen advertised and received proposals from six different parties, and awarded the contract to Hiram Dane, he being the lowest. The Selectmen also received two proposals for furnishing stock, and awarded the contract to Wright & Fletcher, as theirs was the lowest.
Oct .- 1 box crayons.
23
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 3.
Measured 6323 yds. @ 32 cents per yd .. .
$22.12
22 pairs blinds @@ 20 cents per pair .. . .
4.40
Cost of stock
40.03
$66.55
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 4.
Measured 324; yds. @ 3} cents per yd ..
$11.35
10 pairs blinds @ 20 cents per pair
2.00
Cost of stock.
20.57
$33.92
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 5.
Measured 407g yds. (@ 32 cents per yd .. .
$14.27
15 pairs blinds @@ 20 cents per pair .
3.00
Cost of stock.
25.80
$43.07
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 6.
Measured 3103 yds. (a 32 cents per yd .. .
$10.86
11 pairs blinds (@) 20 cents per pair ..
2.20
Cost of stock
19.73
$32.79
HEARSE HOUSE.
Measured 1143 yds. @ 32 cents per yd. . $ 4.01
8.76
$12.77
STATE AID.
Expense incurred in looking up settlements and filing applications for State Aid.
June 2-G. T. Day, two days' time at State House at- tending hearing before State committee on renewing State aid applications. Car fare for the above.
$ 4.00
. 4.00
Jun.10-Going to Boston to file McManus' application and secure approval of State commission. . Jun.24-Going to Boston to file Lawler's application and secure approval of commission .
3.00
Aug .- Going to Fall River to look up Lawler's settle- ment, including expenses .
5.00
Aug .- Going to Acton to look up settlement of Smith, including car fare .
2.60
Sept .- Going to Boston to attend hearing before com- mission on contested case of Lawler vs. Fall River. 3.50
Oct .- Expenses of looking up Cornells' settlement. 3.60
$ 28.70
Cost of stock.
3.00
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STATE AID TO INVALID SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
As authorized by Chap. 252, Acts of 1879.
Paid June.
$ 20.00
66 July . .
20.00
66 August. 31.00
66 September and October
62.00
66 November
31.00
66 December ·
37.00
$201.00
STATE AID TO SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' FAMILIES,
As authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1879.
Paid February
$ 32.50
66 March .
32.50
66 April.
32.50
66 May
28.50
66 June
28.50
66 July .
28.50
66 August
28.50
66 September
28.50
October.
28.50
November
28.50
66 December
31.50
66 January .
31.50
$360.00
REPAIRS OF ROADS.
Edwin Gould, filling wash-out near his house
$12.50
C. R. P. Decatur, work on road Oct. 1878.
1.75
Paul F. T. Clark, "
1878.
1.25
66 66 66 furnishing feed for oxen .
2.65
Timothy Fletcher, 9 9-10 days in May.
12.43
J. H. Wilson, 9 9-10 days in May, at $1.25
12.36
Julian Hildreth, for self and horses
7.87
Dennis McCarthy, 20} days in May
25.62
Julian Hildreth, in June.
1.25
Timothy Fletcher, work in June.
2.25
J. H. Wilson, in June ..
1.62
B. G. Brooks, work in June.
16:87
J. Desmond, repairing bridge.
3.00
A. P. Richardson, work in May .
9.25
T. H. Hamblett, 66 66 and June. 42.27
James Hildreth, 66
66
66
21.94
Amount carried forward.
$174.88
25
Amount brought forward
$174.88
Ai Bicknell, cutting brush. 8.00
Henry Chamberlin, picking stone .. 2.50
Wm. Kittredge and others, work in May, June and July 32.00
43.40
George Hutchins and others " " April, May and June Albert King, for thirteen days' work.
16.25
Dennis McCarty, work eleven and four-sixths days.
14.55
W. W. Johnson, teaming gravel. 8.12
5.00
Luther Blodgett, forty-two and one-fourth days work for four horses and one man .. 253.50
H. D. Pierce, Master of Poor Farm, for work. 156.00
Michael McNamara, work in May and June. 54.25
46.50
N. B. Cleveland, 66 " June.
6.25
Timothy Driscoll,
" May, June and July. 66
3.12
Wm. Reed, 66
66
2.50
Charles Fuller,
יי June.
3.12
Dennis McCarthy
66
10.45
John York, removing stone.
9.00
J. Blodgett.
1.87
John Coburn, work in June.
20.62
J. Haley, 66 66
3.75
G. T. Day, work of man and team. Work on road in April.
2.00
B. G. Brooks and others, work in June, July and August
51.70
A. P. Richardson, work in September.
8.13
Samuel Farrar, 66
7.50
Charles Fuller, 66 66 66
2.50
Michael McNamara, work.
21.25
N. B. Cleveland, work in August.
15.00
Timothy Fletcher, work in July and October.
6.14
Edward E. Wright, work ..
2.50
Thomas C. Reed, mowing brush on plain road.
3.75
Luther W. Blodgett, work of horses and men.
21.00
Henry D. Pierce, Master of Poor Farm, work with horses
40.00
David Reed, for hauling eighty-five loads stone chips and covering the same with gravel, in Graniteville ..
33.50
Timothy Fletcher, work in December
3.50
Paid for ten loads of gravel.
1.20
Daniel Shea, repairing bridge.
2.00
H. D. Pierce, Master of Poor Farm
39.00
John Wayne, work on Nashoba Hill road.
10.00
A. P. Richardson .
6.50
John W. Day, repairing road near house. 2.50
John Coburn . .
5.00
$1,232.45
66
66
Charles Harris, 66 66
53.12
Daniel Jones, 66 66
19.02
John Dailey, work ..
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GRADING IN CENTRE OF TOWN.
Seven hundred and forty-two loads gravel were put on the Main Street from the common, running east, at an expense of thirty cents per load, including leveling. Payments were as follows :-
Henry D. Pierce, Master of Town Farm, W. W. John- son and horses, Luther W. Blodgett's team and driver. $147.03
Michael McNamara, Timothy Fletcher, Albert King, Charles Coburn and others 75.50
$222.53
GRADING AROUND SCHOOL HOUSES.
Paid Henry D. Pierce, Master of Poor Farm, work with men and horses . $ 17.50
EXPENSE OF IMPROVEMENTS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid Dennis McCarty for removing stone in front of C. G. Sargent's mill. $ 4.00
Angus McDonald, for relaying bridges across high- way near house of Wayland F. Balch .. 16.00
Angus McDonald, for building wooden bridge on road to Desmond place.
1.50
David Reed, for covering stone and repairing bridge at Graniteville. 6.00
For stone and teaming same for bridge opposite Charles L. Fletcher's.
15.00
Dennis McCarthy, for paving open drain opposite C. G. Sargent's estate.
13.75
Wm. Reed, for stone and hauling same ..
4.00
Timothy Fletcher and two men laying new bridge front of C. L. Fletcher's. .
3.75
For relaying and widening bridges on Hildreth road
5.00
$69.00
BREAKING ROADS-1878, 1879.
W. W. Johnson.
$ 2.00
C. A. and W. M. Wright.
3.60
John Murphy
1.50
Gilmer Stone. .
13.60
Win. Kittredge
26.45
Rufus Patten 2.50
Edwin Gould
33.25
Amount carried forward.
$82.90
27
Amount brought forward . $82.90
Josiah Walker
1.63
James Hildreth
4.68
John Wayne.
1.87
E. F. Nutting.
.50
Lewis C. Dane.
1.56
A. P. Richardson
2.90
Jeptha Wright.
5.50
Levi Reed .
1.40
John W. Day
4.50
Arthur Wright.
1.94
David P. Lawrence, in three Districts.
4.00
John York.
2.75
A. B. Cutter
1.95
. A. Coburn.
.63
John Coburn . .
.50
F. W. Dodge.
1.81
S. L. Prescott and horse.
3.75
Wm. Hosmer.
1.00
John H. Whitney
1.58
Noah Prescott and men.
5.00
W. H. Brown.
1.25
H. Magoon .
1.87
C. Fillebrown
1.28
N. B. Blood
3.24
C. C. Flagg and oxen
2.56
A. B. Fletcher
3.31
S. G. Humiston
1.75
C. L. Howard.
1.06
S. E. Hutchins and horse
5.16
Atwood Brothers
.31
George Hutchins
15.49
George T. Day
3.00
S. G. Humiston
3.12
David Reed.
3.00
I. W. Carkin
3.00
B. G. Brooks and men employed.
23.24
Levy Reed, 1877-'78.
1.40
Samuel Fletcher
2.00
George Hartford
3.12
T. H. Hamblett.
9.17
C. O'Brien
3.75
John Dailey.
3.75
Thomas Quinn
3.13
Peter Haley
2.50
E. Perot . .
2.50
Dennis Burke
1.87
A. Wright.
.94
$239.22
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Wm. M. Parker, 1878
$86.71
Adams & Barron, "
2.34
John Lanktree, error in tax book
76.10
Amos Leighton .
11.80
Kendall A. Wright.
10.00
George E. Fifield.
6.25
Atwood Brothers
5.84
Adam Taylor.
2.00
Estate of John Osgood
9.44
Ira Bicknell.
2.00
Estate of S. A. Brown
. .
3.97
. . .
$216.45
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SUMMARY.
1879.
1878.
1877.
1876.
1875.
1874.
1873.
1872.
1871.
1870.
Town Officers .
$380 16
$345 32
$375 97
$427 44
$944 24
$456 87|
$412 79
$351 02
$442 80
$426 90
Tax Collectors and Constables.
141 55
147 98
152 34
116 28
150 00
161 74
160 00
107 00
93 34
122 99
School Committee ...
164 75
170 00
183 40
254 50
197 00
190 00
105 00
100 00
110 00
Public Library
340 05
299 49
336 82
243 21
277 58
328 00
262 27
287 54
291 42
149 80
Town House ..
171 12
166 47
Printing .. .
119 75
110 68
179 85
110 45
204 00
135 00
83 00
150 00
80 00
School Houses.
164 91
118 35
189 36
204 42
584 00
90 00
6377 70
3233 02
6020 00
Incidental Expenses
460 07
870 71
897 11
531 03
1315 61
966 07
2424 67
1441 97
1949 59
1404 49
State Aid.
360 00
533 50
414 00
472 00
492 00
620 00
696 00
612 00
714 00
656 00
Aid to Soldiers and Sailors and expenses
229 70
374 40
Roads and Bridges ...
1454 98
1871 81
1308 13
2244 85
1957 54
2426 93
2320 12
2192 14 1768 13
2643 53
Improvements on Roads and Bridges. .
69 00
99 47
Breaking Roads ..
239 22
140 26
Overseers of Poor ..
1913 32
1561 39
2331 00
3418 00
1907 50
2142 00
2000 00 197 60
2777 00
1535 00
1858 93
Abatement of Taxes. ..
216 45
151 45
224 28
98 47
883 42
444 03
112 18
81 22
68 31
Painting School Houses.
189 10
$6614 13
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the year ending February 6, 1880 : -
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, INCLUDING FARMING TOOLS, ETC., BY APPRAISAL OF THE COMMITTEE.
February 7, 1879 $2,377.77
February 6, 1880 2,161.12
$216.65
Loss on personal property
RECEIPTS.
Income from the Farm, as by H. D. Pierce's Books.
Received for milk .
$170.84
for labor off the farm
321.00
for cheese 20.09
for vinegar .50
8.78
for calves
57.50
for poultry
1.75
for hay
1.50
for pork.
34.05
for straw .
13.25
for turkeys
23.58
for butter.
2.80
for vegetables.
4.84
for cow-hide
4.34
for cider.
20.50
for cranberries
21.75
for onions
15.15
for eggs
2.30
for beef.
30.71
for board of Nellie McCaffrey
25.00
for board of indigent soldiers
55.00
for sundries.
6.53
for produce furnished poor outside of almshouse
8.10
for one cow.
33.00
for one horse.
100.00
$982.86
for potatoes
31
PAYMENTS.
Paid for meat.
$45.90
for crackers
15.40
for fish
2.12
for yarn .
.90
for blacksmith's work
13.68
for two horses
134.00
for repairing harness
1.45
for medicine
4.98
for labor
252.07
for groceries
357.62
Car fare for J. Gardner
1.55
for lantern.
.75
for candle-moulds.
1.00
for neck-yoke, whiffletree and work.
11.80
for repairing pump .
.25
for express bill on trunk.
1.00
for one set of double harness and collars
70.50
for exchanging bulls.
5.00
for one pair of wheels.
10.00
for digging grave for Mrs. Blake
2.00
Leonard Luce, for attending funeral of Mrs. Blake. for cranberry rake ..
1.50
J. H. Bradley, for services as Master of Almshouse from April 1, 1878, to April 1, 1879.
300.00
for apples and making cider
4.62
for soap .
4.00
for iron kettle
.75
for shoats
19.00
for lime
.25
for water-pail.
.48
for horse-blankets
6.25
for whitewashing
2.00
E. C. Atwood, for medical attendance at Almshouse, for milk-pans
1.87
« for bed-ticking.
1.75
for clothing for inmates
10.75
for candles .
2.64
for house-paper
.48
for filing saws.
.50
for coffin for Mrs. Blake.
12.00
for repairing sled.
1.00
for four heifers
75.50
for three cows.
92.50
for coal ..
15.00
for one manure-fork.
1.25
for rye feed.
23.46
Amount caried forward.
$1,536.52
25.00
2.00
32
Amount brought forward .. $1,536.52
for grain .
50.05
for clover seed.
1.00
for sowing onion seed.
.50
for butchering
4.07
for screen
.48
for steamer.
.20
for garden seeds
.20
for tomato plants
.60
for teapot
.50
for salt.
.25
for dishpan
.45
for waterpot
1.20
for halter.
.50
for grain ..
115.38
for neatsfoot oil.
1.55
for repairing mowing machine
3.00
for tin ware.
3.38
for wagon pole.
1.75
E. A. Stevens, for lumber and labor on barn 48.30
David Read, for stone and labor on barn 36.10
216.65
$1,922.63
Deduct proceeds sold from farm
982.86
And the expense of altering the barn.
98.00
.. " keeping eight hundred and thirty-
nine tramps, estimated at 25 cents each.
207.25
Labor off the farm, unpaid 17.22
· 1305.23
Leaves as the cost of supporting the poor inside of the Almshouse
617.63
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR Outside of the Almshouse.
Paid for the relief of Wm. Robinson.
$26.00
for the relief of Hannah Wetherbee 25.50
for the relief of Mary Howe ..
46.04
for the relief of Thomas Lawler ..
5.00
for postage stamps and stationery
4.00
E. C. Atwood, for medical attendance on C. J. Searles' family .
19.50
for the relief of G. W. Wright.
10.00
Lunatic Asylum, at Worcester, for A. Woodward, R. Keyes and T. W. Dupee. 574.45
Amount carried forward $710.49
Loss on personal property, as by appraisal.
33
Amount brought forward .. $710.49
New England Hospital, for E. Thorning 50.00
for the relief of Nancy Jones. . 85.86
George Leland, as witness in Wm. Read case. 1.56
D. W. Sherman, as witness in Wm. Read case. 1.56
for the relief of E. Holt.
11.50
for the relief of Mary Howe
11.50
for the relief of L. L. Kemp
14.60
for the relief of T. Nolan. .
4.00
for the relief of Jane A. L. Patch.
7.00
for goods for Charlotte Bishop's children
18.00
Albert Richardson, for use of cart
4.00
J. B. Heald, for medical attendance on Mrs. J. P. Felch . 8.50
N. S. Hamblin, for attending court in Wm. Read's case 2.64
Town of Littleton, for assistance furnished Wm. H. Nichols, in 1877, 1878 and 1879 .. 131.14
Alvan Fisher, for time spent in buying cows.
2.00
Alvan Fisher, for going to Worcester about Wood- ward, Keyes and Dupee.
5.00
Alvan Fisher, for services as overseer.
10.00
David Reed, for time spent in going to Fitchburg about L. L. Kemp. ..
3.00
David Reed, for services as overseer
10.00
Edward Prescott, for making out reports to Board of State Charities. .
2.50
for making out report to town ..
5.00
for going to Worcester about Woodward, Keyes and Dupee. .
5.00
for services as overseer.
10.00
Arthur Wright, for goods for Charles H. Spalding's family. .
108.51
Arthur Wright, for goods for Mrs. W. O. Wright. 66 66 J. Moran. 4.90
26.00
John P. Green .. 5.00
H. D. Pierce, in part for salary due April 1, 1880. . 150.00
$1,409.26
Received from the town of Carlisle, . $ 26.00
66
Lorenzo Dupee, . 57.36
66 the town of Townsend, . 19.50
66 " Concord, . 85.86
66 66
" Bridgewater, 57.59
Due from the State, .
10.00
66 Bridgwater, 12.76
On H. D. Pierce's salary,
150.00
$418.07
Expense of poor outside of Almshouse,
$991.19
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STATEMENT
Of the Expenses of the Poor above the Income of the Farm.
Cash drawn from the Town Treasurer,
1913.32
Loss on personal property,. 216.65
Received note in full from B. Palmer, 80.64
from former overseers, 16.35
$2225.96
Due from Bedford, $ 13.50
66 " Bridgewater,
122.76
66
State, 10.00
H. D. Pierce in advance, 150.00
$186.26
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR, exclusive of interest
on the Farm, .
2039.70
Number receiving two meals and lodging, 839
supported in the Almshouse,
I -
Average number,
Number aided out of the Almshouse, 36
EDWARD PRESCOTT,
ALVIN FISHER, DAVID REED,
Overseers of the Poor.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY,
AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, FEB. 6, 1880.
2 horses
$125 00
Amount brought forward, $1,172.65
Harnesses, -
100 00
Currycomb and brush,
50
2 hog hooks, 1 00
Oil meal,
4 00
4 heifers,
70 00
2 hay cutters, 1 00
9 tons English hay,
135 00
2 horse wagon
50 00
11 tons stock hay,
110 00
Ox sled,
2 00
1/2 ton corn fodder,
2 00
Neck yoke evener,
5 00
172 ton oats fodder,
18 00
Rope,
40
9 hay forks,
2 00
Carpenters' tools,
20 00
15 meal boxes,
5 00
Horse sled,
15 00
Windmill,
4 00
4 swine,
42 00
Corn sheller,
4 00
2 00
40 bushels corn,
28 00
Cow bell,
50
8 bushels oats,
4 80
Horse rake,
30 00
Shorts,
1 60
Scythes and snaths,
4 00
4 bushels of rye,
50 00
Sleigh,
6 00
60 flour barrels, -
6 00
Wheelebarrow,
1 00
8 meal bags,
1 60
Copper kettle,
2 00
11 sacks,
60
5 00
2 drag rakes,
.00
4 saw horses,
2 00
9 tie chains,
1 80
6 garden rakes,
3 00
3 ox yokes,
3 00
7 baskets,
2 80
5 iron bars,
5 00
Grain cradle,
50
5 plows,
20 00
5 hoes,
2 00
2 cultivators,
4 00
4 bushels of beans,
8 00
5 shovels,
2 50
2 harrows,
10 00
2 spades,
1 00
Cultivator harrow.
5 00
6 manure forks
2 00
Stone drag,
3 00
Manure hooks.
00
String of bells,
50
2 picks,
1 50
150 pounds corned beef,
9 00
1 ditching knife,
50
275 pounds of salt pork,
22
5 bog hoes,
5 00
200 pounds of hams, - 20 00
4 00
3 water tubs,
1 50
Meal chest and meal,
00
Ox muzzle,
25
Ladders and hooks,
8 00
1 ox cart,
40 00
1 farm wagon,
70 00
Beetle, ring and wedges,
00
Hay wagon,
20 00
Butter worker,
50
Wrenches and hammers,
2 00
Chairs,
2 40
4 whiffletrees,
3 00
Castor,
1 00
4 turkeys,
5 00
100 pounds of lard
-
10 00
Amount carried forward, $1,172.65
Amount carried forward, $1,492.65
30 gallons of soap and cask, Hard soap, 50 4 50
16 gallons of pickles, 6 40
Horse cart,
50 00
25 fowls,
12 50
Shafts and axles,
2 00
Washing machine,
5 00
2 mowing machines,
4 00
Grindstone,
5 wood saws,
6 chains,
8 cows,
240 00
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Amount brought forward, $1, 492.65
Amount brought forward, $1,987.52
Window curtains,
- 2 00
12
6€ roots, -
6 00
2 bushels of onions, 3 50
4 shawls, 5 00
2 fly traps, 1 50
3 looking glasses,
1 00
100 pounds pop corn, 3 00
Franklin stove, -
1 00
2 apple parers, -
.00
Iron pots,
1 00
75 pounds cheese,
10 50
Tin ware,
10 00
10 butter,
3 30
50
Gallon measures,
50
Water pot, -
75
75 gallons vinegar,
15 00
Stove blacking and brush,
30
19 casks,
10 00
120 gallons cider,
14 40
1 ton coal,
3 00
Horse blankets, -
; 25
21 cords of wood,
63 00
24 doz. candles,
3 00
3 wash tubs,
2 00
Boxes and spices,
1 25
2 cook stoves,
40 00
¿ barrel flour,
3 50
2 wash boilers,
5 00
Seives, -
50
100 pounds dried apple,
8 00
3 jugs, -
75
Coal stove,
8 00
Lamps and lanterns,
5 00
3 air tight stoves,
12 00
Knives, forks, spoons,
2 50
Clothes wringer,
6 00
Crockery,
10 00
Butter mould,
1 00
Shovels and tongs,
1 00
Churns,
2 50
10 chest,
5 00
10 butter tubs,
50
Candle sticks,
50
Candle mould,
1 20
Clothes dryer,
1 00
Cranberry rake, -
1 50
4 tumblers, .
32
10 pounds sugar,-
1 00
6 trunks,
00
Salt,
62
Case drawers and contents,
2 50
Garden weeder, -
60
7 flat irons, -
2 50
Clothes line,
1 00
Rifle,
3 00
Chopping knife and tray, -
75
Handcuffs. .
2 00
100 lbs. lard,
10 00
1 50
Pairs steelyards,
3 50
6 00
Earthen pots,
50
Dinner bell,
75
11 bedsteads and bedding,
250 00
Mop handle and wringer,
1 00
5 rocking chairs,
5 00
2 sickles,
50
Rubber blanket,
50
2 buffalo robes,
4 00
3 pair eye glasses,
3 00
8 tables,
- 15 00
Flails, -
50
Amount carried forward, $1,987.52
Total,
$2,161.12
T. A. BLODGET,
A. W. CUMMINGS,
G. W. HEYWOOD.
, 00 60
Wooden bowl, 1
2} pounds tea,
1 13
1 50
2 gals. molasses and barrel, Oil and can,
1 00
5 Brooms,
. 00
24 milk pans,
4 wash basins,
70 bushels of potatoes, 35 00
- Cradle, 1 00
Cabinet chair,
2 00
11 table cloths and towels, 5 00
Clocks,
2 00
Bedpan,
Injection pipes, -
LIBRARY REPORT.
The Directors of the Public Library respectfully submit their Twenty-fifth Annual Report, for the year ending February 14, 1880 :-
Number of books purchased.
235
Public documents received from the State. 66
9
66 66 66 United States .. 2
Monthly Review, presented by the American Unitarian Association . 12
Whole number of books added during the year 258
Number of applicants for books 637
" issues of books. 8845
Whole number of books in the Library.
3690
Number added since the publication of the last ment ..
supple-
757
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Receipts.
Balance from last year's appropriation .
$ .18
Annual appropriation for new books, 1879-'80.
100.00
Dog tax appropriated " 66 66 156.00
Fines 7.55
Total
$263.73
Payments.
April 7, 1879-Willard Small, bill of books
$ 31.46
July 15, 66 66
66 66 66
65.50
Nov. 7, 66
66 66
48.39
Feb. 7, 1880 66 66 66 66
83.25
Books bought of A. W. Lovering, Lockwood, Brooks & Co., and others
26.75
Express bills
3.25
Total
$258.60
Cash in hands of Directors. 5.13
$263.73
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The increased usefulness of our Library is apparant in the greater number of applicants with each succeed- ing year ; and as a means of self-education, the love of reading which it excites, is invaluable. There has been a larger demand for books from the outskirts of the town-particularly from the village of Graniteville-than in any previous year.
The whole number of issues has been less than in 1879. This is attributable, partly, to the marked change in the choice of reading, among the young people. Books of a higher grade have been selected, which would demand more time and thought. As usual, a larger per cent. of fiction has been called for than of any other kind of literature. A good story is always accept- able. Recognizing this fact, and that the true aim of fiction is to afford an insight into human character, as well as to give a healthy stimulus to the imagination, the committee have endeavored to exclude anything of a trashy or sensational character, and to make this depart- ment the stepping stone to higher ideals. Next in popu- larity to works of fiction are those of travel and adven- ture. Many graphic books of this character have been added, as well as standard works of biography and history. Gifts of books from Mrs. J. W. Abbot and Mr. Alvan Fisher are gratefully acknowledged.
By reference to the report, it will be seen that over seven hundred and fifty volumes are uncatalogued. As a matter of convenience to the patrons of the Library, we would suggest the desirability of a new catalogue as carly as practicable.
Once more, we would call attention to the large number of books that have to be rebound or replaced annually. This, though partly due to imperfect bind- ings, is more generally owing to carelessness in the use.
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A conscientious care on the part of each one would pre- vent this necessity and save much expense.
We would recommend an appropriation of one hun- dred dollars for the purchase of books the ensuing year.
WILLIAM E. FROST, ELIZA A. BABBITT, ALLAN CAMERON,
Directors of Public Library.
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LIST OF JURORS, 1880.
The following names will be reported at the Annual March meeting, to be placed in the jury-box, subject to revision by the town :
EDWARD PRESCOTT,
CYRUS HAMLIN,
WM. HENRY H. BURBECK,
SAMUEL G. HUMISTON,
ALBERT W. FREDERICK,
GEORGE HUTCHINS,
NELSON L. TUTTLE,
ISAAC E. DAY,
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