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1441 97
1949 59
1404 49
State Aid.
363 00
427 50
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
387 40
449 00
229 70
374 40
Roads and Bridges,
1552 07
1504 19
1454 98
1871 82
1808 13
2244 85
1957 54
2426 93
2320 12
2192 14
1768 13
2643 53
Improvement on Roads,
164 00
170 88
69 00
99 47
Breaking Roads,
420 63
70 86
239 22
140 26
Overseers of Poor
2147 94
1680 66
1913 32
1561 39
2331 00
3418 00
1907 50
2142 00 444 03
2000 00 197 60
2777 00 112 18
1535 00
1858 93
Abatement of Taxes,
266 44
231 86
216 45
151 45
224 28
98 47
883 42
Painting School House,
28 38
189 10
Repairs on Hearse,
306 90
Insurance,
183 00
216 75
Repairs on Town House,
3662 64
Building School House No. 5,
1179 97
Wall at Burying Ground,
364 30
$8151 96
$12021 98 $6614 13
81 22
68 31
.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the year ending February 11, 1882 :
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, INCLUDING FARMING TOOLS, BY APPRAISAL OF THE COMMITTEE.
February 11, 1881. $2,839.43
February 3, 1882. . 2,760.04
Loss on personal property
$79.39
RECEIPTS.
Income from the Farm, as by H. D. Pierce's Books.
Received for milk.
$370.15
for cider.
20.75
for beef.
106.56
for calves
71.00
for hay.
66.96
for work on roads.
1,020.99
for work on roads in 1880
100.00
for eggs
7.68
for turkeys.
34.05
for apples .
.75
for peas.
7.95
for beets
.35
for chickens
1.67
for cranberries
15.80
for straw
2.50
for butter.
3.18
for pigs.
91.00
for horse collar
2.00
for cheese.
8.10
for squashes
3.75
for onions.
25.30
for cabbage.
2.75
for indigent soldiers
264.00
for hay
6.70
for labor off the farm
10.97
for sundries .
2.20
2.40
Cash on hand at last settlement.
·
$2,249.51
31
PAYMENTS.
Paid for labor.
$ 16.12
for butchering
3.25
for medicine.
7.20
for whip.
.50
for pump-box
1.50
for dry goods.
2.50
for mending boots
3.20
for house paper
2.94
for lime. .
.75
for bee-hive.
2.60
for groceries.
490.43
for sawing lumber
1.75
for grain ..
640.11
for planing lumber
1.22
for shingles
14.00
for lead .
2.55
· for washing machine
2.50
for poultry.
10.50
for two wagon tires.
4.00
for blacksmith's work.
55.28
for one door and trimmings
5.92
for meat.
97.23
for labor.
456.00
for one wrench .
1.00
for one pair scissors.
.38
for boots for inmates .
6.00
for clothes for inmates
37.65
for stockings.
.90
for tomato plants
.60
for fresh fish
5.37
for crackers
19.41
for mowing machine irons
3.35
for coffin for Mrs. Kendall .
13.50
for cabbage plants.
1.50
for machine oil .
.60
for cheese press
1.50
for pump. .
10.00
for crockery .
1.25
for husk collar
1.00
for curry comb
.20
for soap.
3.00
for butter.
15.00
for car fare.
1.00
for tin ware.
1.75
for medical attendance
.50
for steel sled shoes
2.95
Amount carried forward. $1,950.46
32
Amount brought forward. $1,950.46
Paid for one cow. 29.00
for repairing sled .
1.75
for one pair of wheels.
11.00
for hay. .
11.22
for 18 pounds of cast steel.
2.75
for use of tools.
1.50
for stoves and boiler.
24.90
for blacksmith's work.
38.91
for sundries .
3.76
H. D. Pierce, for services as Master of Almshouse to April 1, 1881 450.00
for digging grave for Mrs. Kendall.
2.00
for harness work. 11.65
for wheelwright work
9.15
John Greene.
17.00
James McManus
15.00
for one horse.
150.00
for pasturing cows.
21.07
Loss on personal property .
79.39
$2830.51
Deduct proceeds sold from the farm $2,249.51
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands. .. 220.23
The expense of keeping ninety-two tramps. .. 23.00
$2.492.74
Leaves as the cost of supporting the poor inside of the Almshouse. 337.77
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR
Outside of the Almshouse.
Paid expense in carrying E. Blood to Almshouse. 2.00
for the relief of Mary Howe. 17.47
for the relief of Jacob Read's family.
121.00
E. C. Atwood, M. D., for medical attendance on Mrs. Jacob Read. . 61.75
for coffin for Mrs. J. Read. 10.00
Treasurer of Lunatic Asylum at Worcester for A.
H. Woodward, R. Keyes and T. W. Dupee .... 581.04 Overseers of Poor on last year's settlement .. 293.02
.30
for copy of the marriage record of H. S. Nutting. . . J. M. Ruiter, for groceries for Mrs. W. O. Wright .. for the relief of Edward Holt's family
13.83
10.00
the town of Aver, for the relief of Sarah Hosley and children. 253.36
Amount carried forward. $1,563.77
33
Amount brought forward. $1,563.77
Paid E. Prescott, for time and expense in going to Bridgewater to see about Mary Howe. 5.00
for time and expense in going to Boston to see about J. Read's family . 3.00
for making out reports to the Board of State Charities . 2.50
for time and expense in looking up the settlement of Sarah Hosley. 5.00
for time and expense in going to Groton to see about Edward Holt and H. Watson. 5.00
for making out report to the Town .. 5.00
for services as Overseers of the Poor
10.00
for stationery and postage stamps.
5.00
for time and expense in looking up the settlement of John Burnett .. 3.00
Arthur Wright, for goods for C. Hoar.
9.50
Wright & Fletcher, for goods for F. Pike. 14.00
66 66 66
for shoes for M. Howe. 1.50
104.00
Arthur Wright, for goods for C. H. Spaulding . . Alvan Fisher, for time and expense in going to Groton to see about S. Hosley and children. .
5.00
for going to Groton to see about E. Holt. 5.00
for services as Overseer of the Poor
10.00
David Reed, for time and expense in taking Nellie Shugrue to State Almshouse. 3.00
for services as Overseer of the Poor 10.00
$1,569.27
Received from the town of Bridgewater $149.66
66 66 66 66 " Lunenburg 3.00
Due from the town of Chelmsford. 66 66 66 66 " Bridgewater,
14.00
6 6 State for the expense of J. Read in 1881
192.75
Paid Overseers of the Poor, on last year's settlement 293.02
$685.93
Expense of the poor outside the Almshouse. $883.34
STATEMENT.
Of the Expenses of the Poor above the Income of the Farm.
Cash drawn from the Town Treasurer .. $2,147.94
Received from Bridgewater and Lunenburg 152.66
Amount carried forward. $2,300.60
33.50
34
Amount brought forward. $2,300.60
Due from town of Bridgewater
$ 33.50
66
" Chelmsford. 14.00
State .
192.75
Cash paid on last year's settlement
293.02
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands
220.23
Cash in Overseers' hands.
9.77
$763.27
COST OF SUPPORTING THE POOR, exclusive of interest on the Farm.
$1,537.33
Number receiving two meals and lodging. 02
66 supported in the Almshouse 8
Average number.
613
Number aided out of the Almshouse 18
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ALVAN FISHER, DAVID REED,
Overseers of the Poor.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
LOWELL, MASS., February 13, 1882.
GENTLEMEN :- I have examined the books of the Overseers of the Poor including the accounts kept by the Master of the Almshouse, for the year 1881-'82, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
Respectfully yours, JOHN S. D'EVELYN, Auditor.
To MESSRS. GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AT THE ALMSHOUSE IN WESTFORD, 1882.
5 horses. $700 00
7 COWS 231 00
1 bull 25 00
3 ox yokes. 3 00
5 iron bars. 5 00
3 picks 2 00
4 hoes 1 33
50
3 bog hoes ..
3 00
1 garden hoe.
50
6 chains.
6 00
Shafts and axle.
2 00
1 ton English hay. 20 00
1 wagon jack.
2 00
4 tons clover
68 00
2 tons stock ..
28 00
2 water tnbs. 1 50
Ladders and hooks. 7 00
1 25
1155 tons oat fodder.
25 50
450 lbs. meal.
6 75
5 bushels cob meal
2 50
600 lbs. oil meal.
12 00
3 bushels oats .. 2 00
50 bushels corn on ear 20 00
1 bushel sweet corn. 75
1 bushel seed corn. 1
00
20 lbs. pop corn.
80
3} bushels beans. 12 25
5 hay forks. 1 00
2 manure forks.
2 00
2 manure hooks. 2 00
9 shovels and spades. 2 50
5 iron rakes. 1 50
4 hay rakes.
1 00
1 4-horse sled. 25 00
Neck yoke and eveners. 12 00
12 fowls. 6 00
3 turkeys 6 00
1 copper kettle 2 00
2 wash boilers 4 00
1 rifle.
1 00
5 wood saws.
5 00
3 saw horses. 2 00
Carpenters' tools 20 00
3 axes. 3 00
1 cheese press. 2 00
1 washing machine. 2 00
1 M shingles. 4 00
2 cranberry rakes. 3 00
2 apple parers. 1 00
1 churn. 2 50
1 meal chest. . 1 00
Beetle-rings and wedges .. .. 1 00
Amount carried forward, $2,023 03
50
Wrenches and hammers. . .
2 50
3 steel drills 2 25
6 scythe snaths. 4 50
3 bush scythes . 1 00
2 mowing machines.
25 00
1 sleigh
12 00
2 drags
10 00
1 dirt scraper.
6 00
4 horse carts. .
150 00
1 farm wagon. 1 hay wagon .. 15 00
70 00
2 horse wagons 40 00
1 horse sled. 14 00
1 drag rake. 50
1 horse rake. 29 00
12 meal boxes. 3 00
1 corn sheller. 4 00
1 wind mill. 4 00
1 hay cutter. 1 00
20 flour barrels. 4 00
8 meal bags. 1 60
3 sacks. 60
1 bushel peas 2 50
1} bushel salt. 1 00
1 set of measures. 1 50
2 feed baskets 50
6 baskets 1 00
9 tie chains
1 80
3 harrows. 12 00
2 cultivators. 00
6 ploughs. 23 00
Amount carried forward, $1,528 45 |
Amount brought forward, $1,528 45
1 calf. 2 00
2 swine.
25 00
11 pigs.
33 00
5 harnesses.
160 (0
Horse blankets. 4 00
1 buffalo robe.
2 00
Curry combs and brush.
1 75
1 string bells .. 1 15
3 hog hooks.
1 00
2 tons meadow hay. 20 00
1} tons cow fodder.
18 00
1 grindstone.
Rope 25
1 cow bell.
1 ditching knife.
37
Amount brought forward, $2,023 03
1 pad lock and chain. 50
2 old stoves 3 00
1 pair steelyards 2 50
1 clothes wringer. 6 00
Clothes dryer. 1 00
1 dinner bell. 75
1 pair hand cuffs. 00
33 bushels onions 21 75
32 00
10 lbs. table salt.
15
2 bushels beets.
: 00
1} lbs. tea. 68
1} lbs. coffee.
51
Spices and boxes.
75
2 lbs. saleratus.
16
z 1b. cream tartar.
20
1ª barrel flour.
16 00
90 lbs. fresh beef.
7 20
20
40 lbs. salt beef. 2 80
1 sieve.
50
18 lbs. fresh pork. 2 16
Stoves.
34 50
300 lbs. salt pork.
36 00
100 lbs. ham.
12 00
142 lbs. sausages.
1 74
20 lbs. tallow
. 20
30 lbs. butter.
10 50
50 lbs. lard. 7 00
100 lbs. cheese.
15 (
Rye meal. 40
Window curtains & screens.
2 00
10 gals. pickles
5 00
5 shawls ..
5 00
10 gals. soap and cask.
2 50
1 cake hard soap.
08
100 lbs. dried apples.
10 00
5 candle sticks ..
75
Oil and can.
1 25
Bedsteads, beds and bedding 250 00
2 50
Candle moulds
1 50
25 cords wood
75 00
2 sickles
1 rubber blanket.
50
Tinware
18 50
Crockery.
10 00
1 bed pan.
1 50
Chopping knife and tray. 1 00
1 injection pipe. .
6 00
1 tin washing machine. 2 50
1 string gold beads
2 00
1 porcelain kettle. 1 25
1 clothes basket. 65
Earthen pots 1 25
1 caster. 00
2 water pots 1 50
4 brooms. 1 50
13} lbs. tobacco
8 10
Amount carried forward, $2,375 11
Amount brought forward, $2,375 11
Glassware 4 00
2 clothes lines 1 00
Jugs. 1 25
Mop handle and wringer. . 1 00 .
Knives, forks and spoons .. 3 75 Lamps and lanterns. 3 50
7 flat irons. 2 50
40 lbs. sugar
4 00
40 busnels potatoes
65 gallons vinegar
11 05
44 gallons cider.
6 60
21 empty cider casks. 10 50
2 pork barrels . 00
3 wash tubs. 2 00
Table linen and towels.
7 00
33 chairs.
3 00
5 rocking chairs
5 00
1 cabinet chair
2 00
2 clocks. 2 00
8 tables. 15 00
1 cradle .. 1 00
1 case drawers and contents 10 chests 10
00 50
1 ton coal.
7 00
2 pairs eye glasses
2 00
1 paper horse powders. 40
S butter tubs .. 48
$2,760 04
WESTFORD, MASS., Feb. 3, 1882.
THADDEUS A. BLODGETT, A. W. CUMMINGS, JOHN M. FLETCHER,
Appraisers of Property.
3 looking glasses. 1 00
Shovel and tongs 1 00
15 doz. candles.
2 50
2 qts. molasses.
LIBRARY REPORT.
The directors of the Public Library respectfully submit their Twenty-Seventh Annual Report, for the year ending February 11, 1882 :
Number of books purchased . 177
Public documents received from the State.
3
Other books presented. 5
Whole number added during the year
185
Number of issues of books.
6880
Percentage of circulation of different classes : Class C
Whole number of books in the library 4067
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Receipts.
Unexpended balance from last year's appropriation. $ 7 01
Annual appropriation for new books. 150 00
Town appropriation for catalogue. 175 00
Dog tax appropriated 152 19
Fines. 4 89
$489 09
Expenditures.
May 7, Lee & Shepard, bill of books
$ 65 15
7, 1 subscription book. 6 75
66
7, 371 hours preparing catalogue, @@, .20.
74 30
July 2, 190 66
66 47 50
Sept. 3, printing 500 catalogues.
126 90
6 3,
66 10 lots of cards
3 50
Jan. 7, 1882, printing 700 cards.
4 75
27, 66 D. Appleton & Co., bill of books
7 50
27, 66 D. Appleton & Co., bill of books
4 33
66 27, 66 Willard Small, bill of books
54 67
4 27, Willard Small, bill of books. 12 66
Feb. 12, 66 express for the year, and fares to Boston .. 3 35
12,
66 W. Small, bill of books. 68 35
$479 71
Balance of cash in the hands of the directors
9 38
$489 09
(a .25.
39
The classification of books, as mentioned in the catalogue, issued the past year, has been attended with good results, by enabling readers to select more easily those books to which they are led by their particular tastes, and the directors can thereby proportion their purchases to the needs of each Department. It is hoped that a higher class of reading will be encouraged from massing the different subjects on distinctive shelves. It has also so economized space that there will be for sev- eral years ample accommodations for the enlargement of the Library.
That it may continue its beneficent work of instruc- tion and entertainment for its constantly increasing number of readers, the directors respectfully ask for an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars for the ensuing year.
We gratefully acknowledge the presentation of three books, by their author, Mr. George L. Ditson, a descendant of one of our well known families.
The list of books appended covers the purchases of the past year, thus obviating the necessity and expense of frequent catalogues.
LIST OF BOOKS.
ADDED TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 11, 1882.
CLASS A.
Public Documents for 1880. 2 vols .. 359-60
Massachusetts Reports, 1880. 358
CLASS C.
Alhambra and Kremlin. S. J. Prime 285
Arabia. W. G. Palgrave .. 133
At Home in Fiji. C. F. G. Cummings 293
Crescent and French Crusaders, The. G. L. Ditson 286
Circassia. G. L. Ditson .. 287
Land of the Midnight Sun. 2 vols. Paul Du Chaillu 289-90
Malay Archipelago. A. R. Wallace. 283
Nicaragua. E. G. Squier .. 291
293
Russia as it is. A. de Gurowski .. 134
Six Months in the Sandwich Islands. I. L. Bird. 2SS
Venetian Life. W. D. Howells.
284
CLASS D.
Bridgman, Laura D., Life of. Mary S. Lamson. 374
Carpenter, Mary, Life of. J. E. Carpenter.
370
Colonna, Vittoria, Life of. T. A. Trollope. 384
Douglas, Frederic, Life and Times of.
Dryden. G. Saintsbury .. 381
Emerson, R. W., Life, Times and Philosophy of. Geo. W. Cooke
382
Fields, James T., Biographical Notes of. 380
Hawthorne. H. James ..
216
Modern Frenchmen. P. G. Hamerton ..
375
Memoirs of Prince Metternich. Vols. 3, 4, 5. R. Metternich.
376-78
Sevigne, Madame De, Letters of. Ed. by Mrs. Hale. 369
Southey. E. Dowden. 103
Voltaire, Life of. 2 vols. James Parton. 371-72
Webster, Noah, Life of. Horace E. Scudder. 383
CLASS E.
Arcana Celesta. 2 vols. E. Swedenborg. 314-3
Channing's Works. Vol. 5. 1053
Events and Epochs in Religious History. J. F. Clarke. 228
Oriental Religions. S. Johnson ..
227
Religious Magazine. 212-233
Unitarian Review. 2 vols. 229-30
CLASS F.
A Happy Boy. Bjornstjerne Bjornson .. 386
Adventures in Ceylon and India. T. W. Knox 373
379
Ladies of the White House. Laura C. Holloway.
373
Reminiscences of Travel. A. P. Peabody.
41
Benjamin Franklin. J. S. C. Abbott.
351
Bedtime Stories. L. C. Moulton ..
366
Bessie Bradford's Secret. JJoanna H. Mathews. 388
Boy Travellers in Japan and China. T. W. Knox. 372
Boys at Chequasset. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
379
Cats' Arabian Nights. Mrs. A. M. Diaz.
365
Carl and Jocks. Jacob Abbott ...
382 371
Christmas Day and all the Year.
390
Congo. Jacob Abbott ..
384
Dab Kinzer. Wm. O. Stoddard.
364
Don Carlos' Rancho. Harry Castlemon.
370
Double-Runner Club. B. P. Shillaber.
387
Drifting Round the World. Capt. Chas. Hall.
375
Exploits and Voyages of Raleigh. Geo. M. Towle.
381
Fortunate Island, The. Max Adeler. 385
From Log Cabin to White House. W. M. Thayer.
378
Franconia Stories. Jacob Abbott :
Agnes. .
360
Beechnut
358
Caroline
363
Ellen Linn.
356
Malleville.
354
Mary Bell.
355
Mary Erskine
361
Rodolphus
362
Stuyvesant
359
Wallace.
357
Judge Justin. Jacob Abbott.
383
Our Little Ones. Ed. by Oliver Optic.
374
Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain.
376
Pocket Rifle, The. J. T. Trowbridge. 380
389
Wreck of the Chancellor. J. Verne. 369
Young Outlaw. H. Alger
367
CLASS G.
A Gentleman of Leisure. Edgar Fawcett 915
Alcestis.
930
A Laodicean. Thomas Hardy ..
931
A Matter-of-Fact Girl. Theo. Gift.
914
Among the Hills. E. F. Poynter.
926
Aunt Serena. Blanche W. Howard.
929
A Wife's Tragedy. Mary A. Fleming.
910
Bailiff's Maid, The. E. Marlitt 923
927
Cape Cod Folks. Sally Pratt McLean.
932
Cardinal's Daughter. C. A. Warfield.
924
Cryptogram. J. DeMille ..
514
Federati of Italy, The. G. L. Ditson.
904
Friends. E. S. Phelps ..
921
Happy-go-Lucky. Miss Coles.
907
Lady Judith. J. McCarthy.
105₺
Letter of Credit, The. Susan Warner.
905
Madeline. Mary J. Holmes. 908
Matrimony. W. E. Morris. 925
Moods. Louisa M. Alcott. 890
Mrs. Beauchamp Brown. Mrs. Austin.
916
My Wife and My Wife's Sister 917
Nameless Nobleman, A. 919
Overland. J. W. DeForest.
902
.
.
Blessed Saint Certainty .
Recollections of Auton House. C. Auton.
Children's Book. Ed. by Horace E. Scudder
42
Patty. K. S. Macquoid.
391%
Portrait of a Lady, The. H. James.
911
Phineas Finn. A. Trollope. 928
Rosecroft. Wm. M. F. Round. 909
Severa. E. Hartner. Translated by Mrs. Wister.
906
Six Girls. Fannie B. Irving.
918
Spellbound Fiddler. K. Janson.
929
Synnove Solbakken. B. Bjornsen. 922
900
That Lass o' Lowrie's. Mrs. Burnett.
7551%
Thirteen Good Stories ..
903
Wandering Heir. C. Reade.
822
Warlock o' Glenwarlock. Geo. MacDonald. 920
Wenderholme. P. G. Hamerton .. 901
White Wings. Wm. Black.
912
Within an Inch of his Life. E. Gaboriau. 303
Without a Home. E. P. Roe ..
913
CLASS H.
Agricultural Chemistry. H. Davy. 205
Birds of the Northwest. Elliott Cones. 224
Border Land of Science. R. A. Proctor 206
Evolution of Man. E. Haeckel. 2 vols.
209-10
History of a Mountain, The. E. Reclus
211
History of Creation, The. E. Haeckel.
2 vols. 221-22
203
Science and Industry. S. F. Baird.
207
Botany. J. D. Hooker.
218
Geology. A. Geikie.
219
Geometry .
214
Introductory.
213
Physical Geography. 217
216
Physics. . .
215
Solar Light and Heat. Z. Allen ...
212
Structure of Animal Life. L. Agassiz.
204
Transcendental Physics. Prof. Zollner. 223
208.
CLASS I.
Ancient History, Manual of. M. E. Thalheimer. 303
England, History of, 1830-1874. 3 vols. Wm. N. Molesworth. 300-2
Egypt, History of. 2 vols. Samuel Sharpe 307-8
Greece, History of. 2 vols. T. T. Timayenis. 305-6
Mediæval and Modern History. M. E. Thalheimer. 304
Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government. 2 vols. J. Davis. 298-9
CLASS J.
A Home Idyl. J. T. Trowbridge. 649
Anecdotes of Public Men. J. N. Forney. 2 vols. 642-43
Art, History of. Wilhelm Lübke. 2 vols. 673-74
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. O. W. Holmes 666
Blackwood's Magazine. 140%
Common Sense about Women. T. W. Higginson
676
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. E. C. Brewer
665
England, Without and Within. R. G. White.
655
Emigrant Story. J. T. Trowbridge. 647
Garfield's Words. Wm. R. Balch
... . 650
Horse Management. Edw. Mahew.
Science Primers. Astronomy. J. N. Lockyer
220
Physiology.
Use and Abuse of Tobacco. W. H. Libbey
Sunrise. Wm. Black ..
43
Gilded Age, The. S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain).
157₺
Goethe's Poems .... 660
Hannah Jane. D. R. Locke (Nasby) .. 671
Holland and its People. Edmondo D'Amicis 669
Holidays in High Lands. Hugh McMillan
661
Harper's Cyclopedia of Poetry. Ed. by Epes Sargent.
664
Iliad of Homer. Trans. by Wm. C. Bryant.
654
Keramos, and Other Poems. H. W. Longfellow.
662
Logic. W. S. Jevons.
656
Lowing Towards Sunset.
L. M. Childs 663
Lucille. Owen Meredith ..
651
Lucy Larcom's Poems.
659
Odyssey of Homer. S. H. Bulcher.
653
Pericles and Aspasia. W. S. Landor
652
Pianoforte Playing. F. Taylor.
657
Political Economy. W. S. Jevons 658
646
Poet at the Breakfast Table. O. W. Holmes. 668
Professor at the Breakfast Table. O. W. Holmes
667
Round my House. P. G. Hamerton
644
Shelley's Poems
670
Tribulations of a Chinaman. Jules Verne
672
Triumphs of Enterprise, Ingenuity and Public Spirit. James
Parton .. 675
Vagabond, The. J. T. Trowbridge.
648
Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow
Progress and Poverty. H. George. 645
LIST OF JURORS, 1882.
The following names will be reported at the annual March meeting, to be placed in the jury-box, subject to revision by the town :
DANIEL ATWOOD,
LUTHER WILKINS,
GEORGE W. HEYWOOD,
NOAH PRESCOTT,
SAMUEL L. TAYLOR,
ALBERT P. RICHARDSON,
GILMAN J. WIGHT,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS,
JOHN WILSON,
JAMES HILDRETH,
EDWARD PRESCOTT, ISAAC P. WOODS,
CYRUS HAMLIN,
HIRAM DANE,
WESLY O. HAWKS, A. B. FLETCHER,
EPH. A. STEVENS.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
WESTFORD, February 15, 1882.
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STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE
SUPPORT OF SCHOOLS
FOR THE SCHOOL YEARS 1880 AND 1881.
As inquiry has been made frequently why the school terms are not as long this year as last, the follow- ing explanation is presented :
1880.
1881.
Length of Summer Term 10 weeks
11 weeks
66 of Fall Term . . .
10
10 66
66 of Winter Term 11 66
10 66
31 weeks 31 weeks
The Treasurer has furnished the following financial statement :
1880.
Balance unexpended School year ending
April 1, 1880. $ 33 05
From State School Fund, 1878-'79 230 60
Apropriati m, year 1880-'81. 3,000 00
Fine for non-attendance school of minors. .. 40 00
$3,303 65
PAYMENTS.
Wood and coal, to Feb. 10, 1881 $ 292 94
Teaching Summer and Fall terms. 1,741 00
Building fires and taking care of school- houses. 82 00
$2,115 94
Balance unexpended Feb. 10, 188] $1,187 71
Received of D. Pollard, for scholar sent to No. 7 8 00
Amount carried forward. $1,195 71
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Amount brought forward. $1,195 71
PAYMENTS.
Wood and coal. $ 15 13
Teaching winter term 1,111 00
Building fires and taking care of school
houses. 62 45
$1,188 58
Balance unexpended April 1, 1881 . $7 13
1881.
Balance, cash at the commencement of school year, April 1, 1881-'82.
$ 7 13
State School Fund, 1879-'80. 178 28
Appropriation for year 1881-'82.
3,000 00
Town of Groton, for scholars sent to No. 3, 1880-'81. 35 00
Dawson Pollard, one scholar to No. 7, 1881-'82
7 75
$3,228 16
PAYMENTS.
FROM APRIL 1, 1881, to FEBRUARY 11, 1882-Two SCHOOL TERMS.
Teachers $1,806 00
Building fires and taking care of school-houses, 78 88
Town of Littleton, scholars from No. 4. . 23 00 ... Town of Tyngsborough, scholars from No. 7, 39 55
Coal and wood 224 57
$2,172 00
Balance unexpended Feb. 11, 1882. $1,056 16
AT THE CLOSE OF THE WINTER TERM, 1881-'82,
THERE WILL BE DUE :
Teachers . $970 00
For building fires and taking care of school- houses 66 00
Making the sum of. $1,036 00
Balance carried to account of school year, commencing April 1, 1882. $20 16
It will be seen by the above statement that in 1881 the amount drawn from the State was $52.32 less than
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in 1880, and $62.55 more has been paid to other Towns for the attendance of scholars in 1881 than in 1880, while the schools were taught the same number of weeks in 1881 as in 1880.
EDWIN R. HODGMAN, Superintendent of Schools.
WESTFORD, February 20, 1882.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1882.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Isaac E. Day, one of the Constables of the Town of Westford, in said County, GREETING :
YOU ARE HEREBY required in the name of the Com- monwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabi- tants of said town qualified to vote in elections and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said West- ford, on Monday, the sixth day of March, being the first Monday in said month, at 9 o'clock, A. M., (the polls will be opened at 9 o'clock, A. M., and closed at 1 o'clock, P. M.), and to act upon the following articles, to wit :
1-To choose a Moderator.
2-To hear Report of Selectmen and act in relation to the same.
3-To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Committee appointed to audit the accounts of the Town Treasurer, or act in relation to the same.
4-To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Overseers of the Poor, or act in relation to the same.
5-To hear report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.
6-To see if the Town will accept and adopt the report of the Directors of the Town Library, or act in relation to the same.
7-To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, or act in relation to the same.
8-To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, Town Treasurer, two School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers,
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six Constables, three Appraisers of Property at the Poor Farm, three Directors of Town Library, all on one ballot.
9-To raise money to defray Town Debts and Charges, and direct how the same shall be paid into the Treasury, or act in re- lation to the same.
10-To raise money for Reading and Writing Schools.
11-To choose a Collector of Taxes.
12-To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, under the written direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time, to meet the demands on the Treasury, or act in relation to the same.
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