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250
Miller, William. Life of. James White.
247
Religions of the Ancient World. George Rawlinson
240
Sketches of the Radical Club. Mrs. M. E. Sargent.
84
Spirit of Prophecy. Ellen G. White. 2 vols.
245-6
Sunday the Sabbath.
249
Thoughts on the Book of Revelation.
Uriah Smith 242
Unitarian Review. 2 Vols. Daniel. 243
256-7
CLASS F.
Among the Lakes. William O. Stoddard .. 471
Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard. Mary and Elizabeth Kirby. . .
454
Bear Worshippers of Yezo. Edward Gray. 462
Bodley Grandchildren. Horace E. Scudder.
452
Building the Nation. Charles C. Coffin
447
Daisy Green Stories. Susie A. Bisbee.
457
Dr. Dick. Kate T. Woods
467
Drummer Boy. Harry M. Kieffer.
469
Firelight Stories. Louise C. Moulton.
456
From Powder Monkey to Admiral.
W. H. G. Kingston
466
Four Girls at Chautauqua.
472
Harper's Young People.
478
Hoosier School Boy. Edward Eggleston.
468
Journey through Africa. Thomas W. Knox
461
Knockabout Club in the Tropics.
473
Man-of-War Life. Charles Nordhoff.
463
Our Little Ones. William T. Adams.
445
Our Boys in China. Harry W. French India. 66
460
Our Little Men and Women
474
Rosy. Mrs. Molesworth.
453
Robin Hood. Adventures of. Stephen Percy
455
Round Dozen. Susan Coolidge ..
458
Tinkham Brothers' Tide Mill. J. T. Trowbridge
470
Underground City. Jules Verne.
465
Wide Awake. 2 vols ..
476-7
Winning His Way. Charles C. Coffin.
446
Young Folks' History of Mexico. Fred. A. Ober. 66 66
448
America. H. Butterworth 449
450
66
Queens of England. Rosalie Kaufmann. 451
Young Folks' Whys and Wherefores. 459
Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands. H. Butterworth
464
CLASS G.
Admiral's Ward. Mrs. Alexander. 1041
Ambitious Woman. Edgar Fawcett 1082
Aschenbroedel. 1064
66 Boston. 66
475
Boys' Own Book of Natural History. J. G. Wood 444
254
Oriental Christ. P. C. Mozoomdar.
40
Baby Rue. 1063
Banned and Blessed
1062
Barrington's Fate .. 1038
Beyond the Gates. Elizabeth S. Phelps.
1086
But yet a Woman. Arthur S. Hardy ..
1060
Children of the Abbey. Regina M. Roche
1028
Christy Carew.
1030
Christmas in a Palace. E. E. Hale.
1083
Colonel's Opera Cloak ..
1068
Daughter of the Philistines
1032
Dr. Antonio ..
1047
Dr. Claudius. F. Marion Crawford.
1046
Dr. Grimshaw's Secret. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
1034 1040
Egyptian Princess. George Ebers.
1050
Fanchon. Madame Dudevant. (George Sand.).
1033
Fortune's Fool. Julian Hawthorne ..
1077
For the Major. Constance F. Woolson.
1045
Garth. Julian Hawthorne.
1076
Gentle Savage. Edward King.
1035
Godfrey Morgan. Jules Verne
1087
Grandissimes. George W. Cable.
1081
Guenn. Blanche Howard.
1084
Heart of Steel. Christian Reid
1036
Hot Ploughshares. A. W. Tourgee
1052
House of a Merchant Prince. William H. Bishop.
1027
Honorable Surrender. Mary Adams. 1029
1080
Janet. Sophia May.
Jewel in the Lotus. Mary A. Ticknor
Judith. Marion Harland. .
Ladies Lindores. Mrs. Oliphant.
1056
Led Horse Claim. Mary H. Foote.
1042
Little Pilgrim. Mrs. Oliphant
1057
Magnhild. R. B. Anderson
1024 1075 1072
, Misguidit Lassie. Percy Ross
1066
Molly Bawn ...
1039
Nan. Lucy C. Lillie
1053
Newport Aquarelle ..
1078
Nights with Uncle Remus.
Joel C. Harris
1067 1054 1026
Noble Name. Claire Von Glumer
1058
Pascarel. Louise de la Rame (Ouida)
1074
Phyllis Brown. Flora I. Shaw.
1023
Princess and Curdie. George McDonald.
1037 526
Sane Lunatic. Clara L. Burnham
1061
Shandon Bells. William Black
1031
Story of Ida
1059
Story of Helen Troy
1071
Through One Administration. Frances H. Burnett.
10449
Transplanted Rose.
Tragedy in the Imperial Harem.
1079
Vagabondia. Frances H. Burnett.
1085
Virginia Comedians. John E. Cooke.
1044
What Can She Do ? E. P. Roe .. 1025
Whom Kathie Married. Amanda M. Douglass 1043
What She Said and What She Meant
1073
In the Carquinez Woods. Bret Harte.
946 1065 1069
Manuela Parédes. .
Modern Mephistopheles
No Gentleman ...
No New Thing. W. E. Norris.
Prince of the House of David. J. H. Ingraham.
Throne of David. J. H. Ingraham.
518 1055
Edmond Dantes. Alexander Dumas.
41
Woman's Reason. William D. Howells. 1070
X. Y. Z. Anna K. Green
947
Yolande. William Black. 1048
CLASS H.
Alphabet in Finance. Graham MacAdam. 259
Animal Intelligence. George P. Romanes.
247
Body and Will. Henry Maudesley 266
Color Blindness. B. J. Jeffries.
248
Colorado as an Agricultural State. William E. Tabor. 267
Draining for Profit. G. E. Waring ...
254
Elements of Agriculture. G. E. Waring.
262
Financial History of the U. S. from 1774 to 1789.
Albert S. Bolles, 251
66
66 66 66 66 1789 to 1860. 252
256
How Crops Grow. 66 66
263
Science and Art of Education. Joseph Payne.
253
Shepherd's Manual. Henry Stuart.
258
Small Fruit Culturist. A. S. Fuller
261
Soil of the Farm ..
260
Story of Creation. S. M. Campbell 257
Swine Husbandry. F. O. Coburn. 255
Truck Farming at the South. A. Ocmler. 250
249
CLASS I.
Course of the Empire. Charles G. Wheeler 379
Diplomatic History of the War for the Union. William H.
Seward.
375
History of the People of the U. S. J. B. MacMaster.
340
History of England in the 18th Century. 2 vols. William E. H. Lecky 344-5
History of the Negro Race in America. 2 vols. George W.
Williams .. .
348-9
History of Ancient Egypt. 2 vols. George Rawlinson.
356-7
History of Frederick II. of Prussia. 10 vols. Thomas Carlyle ... 360-9
History of the Town of Westford. E. R. Hodgman.
376
History of Central America. 2 vols. Hubert H. Bancroft 377-8
India. Fannie R. Feudge. 346
371-4
Mississippi, The. Francis Y. Greene.
321
Peninsular, The. A. S. Webb.
380
Quaker Invasion of Massachusetts. R. P. Hallowell.
359
Red Man and White Man in North America. G. E. Ellis.
370
Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy. 2 vols. George Rawlinson ..
354-5
Shenandoah Valley in 1864. George E. Pond. 339
Sixth Great Oriental Monarchy. George Rawlinson. 353
Switzerland. Harriet D. S. Mackenzie. 345
Virginia, Campaign of 1864-5. A.[A. Humphrey.
358
CLASS J.
Anti-Tobacco. Abiel A. Livermore. 727
Art, Life and Theories of Richard Wagner. Trans. by E. Burlin- game. 750
Books and How to Use Them. J. C. Vandyke.
751
Book of Fables. Horace E. Scudder.
757
Christus. Henry W. Longfellow .. 734
Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and R. W. Emerson. 2 vols .. 728-9
6
How Crops Feed. S. W. Johnson.
Wild Animals and Birds. Andrew Wilson
Five Great Monarchies. G. Rawlinson. 3 vols. 350-2
Memorial History of Boston. 4 vols. Justin D. Winsor
42
Eve's Daughters. Marion Harland
742
Figures of the Past. J. Quincy.
745
Gov. Winthrop's Return to Boston. G. W. Warren. 735
Great Pyramid, The. R. A. Proctor.
744
How to Help the Poor. Mrs. James T. Fields
770
Indian Idyls. Edwin Arnold ..
773 743
Lectures, Sermons and Essays. Samuel L. Johnson
Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell. 5 vols. T. Carlyle.
752-6
Little Girl among the Old Masters. W. D. Howells.
774
Libraries and Readers. William E. Foster. 758
Life on the Mississippi. Samuel L. Clemens. 746
(Mark Twain). 760
Maintenance of Health. J. M. Fothergill.
Masque of Poets ..
Pages from an Old Volume of Life. O. W. Holmes
Pearls of the Faith. Edwin Arnold.
Picciola. X. B. Saintine.
762
Poems by Jones Very. William P. Andrews
761 763 740
Practical Mechanics. John Perry ..
Prose Works of John G. Whittier. 2 vols.
775-6
Reminiscences and Memorials. A. B. Muzzey
733
Retrospect of a Long Life. S. C. Hall. 732
769
Science of Politics. Sheldon Amos ..
736 737
Short Studies of Great Subjects. J. A. Froude. (4th Series).
747-8
Shakspeare: His Mind and Art. Edward Dowden ..
749
Sound Bodies for Our Boys and Girls. William Blaikie.
767
Spanish Ways and By-ways. William H. Downes. 764
Stray Chords. Julia R. Anagnos ..
771
Study and Stimulants. A. A. Reade.
738
Walk in Hellas. Denton J. Snider.
730
Wet Days in Edgewood ..
765
What Shall We Do with Our Daughters?
Mary E. Livermore. 772
Work for Women. George J. Manson.
768
766 759 741
Pottery and Porcelain. William C. Prime
Round about Rio. Frank D. Y. Carpenter.
Shakspeare: His Life, Art and Character. 2 vols. H. N. Hudson ..
LIST OF JURORS 1884.
The following names will be reported at the annual March meeting, to be placed in the jury-box subject to revision by the town :
EPHRAIM A. STEVENS,
GEORGE BLODGETT, WAYLAND F. BALCH,
GEORGE HUTCHINS,
LUTHER WILKINS,
ALVIN FISHER,
FRANK L. FLETCHER,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
ISAAC E. DAY,
GEORGE W. HEYWOOD,
ALBERT P. RICHARDSON,
ARTHUR WRIGHT,
ISAAC P. WOODS,
WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,
ISAAC W. CARKIN,
MOSES EDWARDS,
MELBOURNE F. HUTCHINS, FRANK. O. DECATUR,
WILLIAM M. LEE.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
WESTFORD, MASS., February 20, 1884.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING MARCH 3, 1884.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Isaac E. Day, one of the Constables of the town of Westford, Greeting :
You are hereby required in the name of the Common- wealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants 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 third 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.,) to act upon the following articles, to wit :-
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To hear the Report of Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
3. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Committee ap- pointed 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 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 ot the Selectmen on Guide Boards, or act in relation to the same.
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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, six Constables, three Appraisers of Property at the Town Farm, 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 relation 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.
13. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.
14. To raise money to repair Roads and Bridges, and direct by whom and in what manner the same shall be expended.
15. To see if the Town will raise money to defray the expense of Breaking Roads during the year, or act in relation to the same.
16. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.
17. To see if the Town will vote to License the sale of Ardent Spirits, or act in relation to the same.
18. To see if the Town will vote to dig a well at School House No. 2. so called, and act in relation to the same.
19. To hear Report of the Selectmen on a vote of the Town passed at the last Annual Meeting, authorizing them to cause a well to be dug at the School House in Forge Village, and act in relation to the same.
20. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to put blinds upon the Town Farm House, or act in relation to the same.
21. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to employ an
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Auditor to audit the accounts of the Town Treasurer for each and every year until the town otherwise vote, and act in re- lation to the same.
22. To see if the Town will vote to repeal all votes now on record that may conflict with the above vote, and act in relation to the same.
23. To hear Report of the Committee, chosen in April last, upon building a new School House in Graniteville, or act in relation to the same.
24. To see if the Town will vote to recompense the wife of Abram Brown, for injuries received upon the highway leading to the house of Andrew Fletcher, or act in relation to the same.
25. To see if the Town will vote to dig a well at School House No. 8 so called, or act in relation to the same.
26. To see if the town will vote to make repairs at School House No. 8. so called, or act in relation to the same.
27. To see if the town will authorize the purchase of land adjoining site of School House No. 8. so called, or act in relation to the same.
AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by post- ing up true and attested copies at the Town House and each Depot in said Westford, eight days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands and seals, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-four.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON,
Selectmen of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD,
INCLUDING THOSE OF THE
SELECTMEN, TOWN CLERK, TOWN TREASURER, ASSES- SORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND LIBRARY COMMITTEE,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 11, 1885,
ALSO,
TOWN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD MARCH 2, 1885.
LOWELL, MASS. MORNING MAIL PRINT: NO. 18 JACKSON STREET. 1885.
OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, ->18844
TOWN CLERK. JOSEPH B. HEALD.
SELECTMEN.
GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON.
ASSESSORS.
ASAPH B. CUTTER, HENRY CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EDWARD PRESCOTT, DAVID REED, FRANK O. DECATUR.
TOWN TREASURER. SHERMAN D. FLETCHER.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. OLIVE ANN PRESCOTT, J. SIDNEY MOULTON, ALVIN G. POLLEY, JOHN WILSON.
HEZEKIAH CUMMMINGS, J. HENRY READ,
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES. ISAAC E. DAY.
CONSTABLES.
ISAAC E. DAY, C. R. P. DECATUR, GEORGE REED,
FRANK O. DECATUR, WILLIAM M. LEE, WILLIAM C. EDWARDS.
FENCE-VIEWERS.
WILLIAM KITTREDGE, GEORGE HUTCHINS, ALVIN G. POLLEY.
APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY AT POOR FARM. ARTEMUS W. CUMMINGS, JOHN M. FLETCHER, THADDEUS A. BLODGETT.
LIBRARIAN. CLARA M. WILEY.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN LIBRARY.
ABIEL J. ABBOT,
ELIZA A. BABBITT, ARTHUR WRIGHT.
WEIGHERS OF HAY, COAL, ETC.
JOHN B. FLETCHER, EDWARD A. HAMLIN,
JOHN M. FLETCHER,
SAMUEL A. HAMLIN,
ARTHUR WRIGHT, JACOB SMITH,
ABIEL J. ABBOT, GEORGE W. HEYWOOD,
W. H. H. BURBECK,
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS,
W. W. JOHNSON, JOHN W. DAY,
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
NAHUM H. WRIGHT,
JOHN A. HEALY.
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SURVEYORS OF WOOD, LUMBER, ETC.
CHARLES L. FLETCHER,
THOMAS E. SYMMES,
GILMER STONE,
CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,
JACOB SMITHI,
FRANK O. DECATUR,
THOMAS DREW,
GEORGE H. PRESCOTT,
GARDNER A. PERHAM, ALBERT S. REED, W. C. EDWARDS,
EDWARD A. HAMLIN,
EPHRAIM A. STEVENS,
SMITH RANDLETT,
JOHN M. FLETCHER, JOHN A. HEALY.
JANITOR OF TOWN HOUSE. JOSEPH H. WILSON.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. TRUE A. BEAN.
FIELD-DRIVERS.
F. H. LEWIS, J. C. MURPHY, A. W. CARKIN, C. F. SHUGRUE, THOMAS MCCARTY,
HENRY R. LEWIS,
F. E. BENNETT,
GEORGE W. REED,
DAVID POLLEY,
THOMAS TUCKER.
CULLER OF HOOPS AND STAVES. ALLEN R. PERHAM.
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MARRIAGES,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1884.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTH-PLACE.
Feb. 24 ..
John McCarty, Jr ... . ...
24
Acton
Acton.
22
Westford
Westford.
Mar. 26 ..
Mrs. Mary A. Hole ...
34
Lowell.
Mar. 29 ..
Benj. H. Webster, Jr ..
21
66
Concord.
May 1 ...
Nellie M. Whittemore, Henry M. Hutchins, Jr .. Florence M. Downs.
21
66
Templeton.
May 14 ..
William P. Gannett. Lucy A. Butler
48
Boston
Boston.
May 26 ..
William M. Lee.
45 Westford
Stanstead, P. Q.
Mary A. Whitney.
39
Lowell Williamsburg, N. Y.
June S . .
George L. Bennett.
31
Westford ..
Montville, Me.
66
Sangerville, Me.
June 18 .
Myron A. Queen Lelia B. Merrill.
22
Westford
Springfield.
July 30. .
Hiram W. Leland 37
Westford.
Mary E. Sanders 18
New York.
New York.
Aug. 20 .
Peter A. Sheahan Emma M. Wall
22
Westford
Chelmsford.
Sept. 6 ..
Charles H. Bicknell 23
66
N. Brunswick, Concord
Lincoln.
Mary E. Moore
Westford 66
Westford. 66
Sept. 18 .
Leroy B. Leland. Ellen Griffin.
28 31 25
66
Ireland.
Sept. 25 .
John J. Dunn 28
66
Chelmsford. Ireland.
Sept. 29 .
William Reed, 2d. Lettice J. Doughty
32
Lowell
Topsham, Me.
Sept. 29 .
Charles G. Wright 25 Ada L. Clogston 27
Newton.
Waltham.
Dec. 6 .. ..
Calvin J. Springer 27
Westford.
Hancock, Me.
Fanny B. Horton
24
Brooks, Me.
66
Milford, N. H.
19
Londonderry, N. H.
21
66
Vassalboro', Me.
37 Woburn
Dracut.
Mary L. Nickerson.
26 25
Chelmsford.
Tyngsboro'.
21
Waltham. Westford.
Almeda Grey
19
New Brunswick.
Sept. 16.
James W. Flint. 23
Mary J. Donohue 27 60
Lowell
Westford
Westford.
Westford.
Groton.
Mary Ann McElligott, Fred. D. Burtt.
30
7
BIRTHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1884.
DATE.
NAMES.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Jan. 2
Caunter
8
Mary Rosalinda Heyer
06
21
Maggie Alice Dailey
25
John William Hutchinson
29
Everett Lambert Bennett.
29 Joseph H. Decatur.
Feb.
23
Mead.
Mar.
2
Isabel Johnson.
William W. and Annie Johnson.
66
9
Dailey.
66
10 Leonard Joseph Dane.
66
16 Chester L. Hunt.
66
25
Carl Burton Finney
April 4 66
Wright.
60
18
Mary Catchpole.
60
27
John Moseley Abbot
66
27
Piper.
Frances Simpson .
66
28
Katie Teresa Leland Blodgett
May 6
9 Martha E. Hildreth
12
Charles Wilkerson ..
66
21 John Clarence Murphy
June 28
Alvin B. Yapp.
July 66
10
Gower.
66
11
Annie Connell
Daniel W. and L. Ardella Parker.
19
Albert L. Waller.
Duane H. and Nettie J. Waller. Joseph H. and Carrie Wilson.
66
26
Stella Isabel Wilson
Justus B. and Emma J. Wilson.
66
26
William E. Wright.
Charles H. and Janet Wright.
66
27
Edward Hanley
Daniel and Catherine Hanley.
Aug. 19 66
Maud Eva Carkin
20 Julia Beatrice Dufort
Sept. 7 Maud Mary Turner
·11| Sadie Bertha Fuller.
14
Dec. 27
Leroy Clarence Hartford .. Edwards.
Augustine W. and Susie Carkin. Solomon and Philamen Dufort. Amos P. and Jenny Turner. Frank and Eugenie Fuller.
George H. and Lizzie J. Hartford. Charles and Mary E. Edwards.
3
Barnard J. Flynn
John and Ellen Flynn. Patrick and Hannah Dailey. Lewis C. and Lena V. Dane.
George W. and Annie P. Hunt. Sanford and Mary E. Finney.
Gilman F. and Alma G. Wright. Thomas and Mary J. Quinn. Herbert C. and Polly Catchpole. Abiel J. and Mary Alice Abbot. William F. and Emma M. Piper. Charles and Frances Simpson. George A. and Mary Leland. Samuel and Margaret Blodgett. Julian and Myra A. Hildreth. Julian and Elizabeth Wilkerson. John C. and Nellie Murphy. George and Sarah Yapp. Charles and Delima Couture. William and Polly Gower. William and Nellie F. Connell.
5 Joseph Couture
19
Eva Ardella Parker
Alberta Gould Wilson.
22
28
William Quinn.
John and Bridget Quinn. John L. and Ellen Loftus.
29 Mary Teresa Loftus
John W. and Elizabeth J. Caunter. Henry and Bridget Heyer. George F. and Margaret Dailey. George and Annie Hutchinson. Frederick E. and Isabella L. Bennett. William H. and Susan Decatur. Charles F. and Rosanna Shugrue. Timothy and Nellie Sullivan. Patrick and Ann Mead.
31 Charles Francis Shugrue. . Honora Sullivan 4
6 Mabel May Quinn.
28
8
DEATHS,
Recorded by the Town Clerk of Westford, A. D. 1884.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
YEARS.
MOS.
DAYS.
Jan. 3
J. Murray Chamberlin.
43
6
9
66
3 Sarah J. Horton.
50
9
Mar. 7 Salina M. Lewis
33
5
22
66
9 Dailey ..
-
-
-
-
66
15 William Henry Craven
2
2
21
66
18 Joseph Duren
85
2
66 20 Eliza H. Byam
85
4
14
May
11 Benjamin A. Noyes
70
3
15 Sanford Finney.
40
6
24
66
28 Myra A. Hildreth
28
9
5
June 7 Leonard Luce
85
23
Aug.
3 John W. F. Hook.
8
5
66
4 Hannah Bocock
47
6
1
10
Hezekiah Dwinell.
79
9
11
66
25
John Haley.
55
-
66 31
Greenlief H. Drew
70
3
17
Sept. 12
Mary E. Desmond.
24
4
20
15 Ellery C. Wright.
41
66
16 Melissa Thompson
84
8
23
Oct. 15 Annie Connell
66
17 Margaret B. Harrison.
67
-
66
20 Florence Sullivan
65
66 28 Edith M. Berry
1
5
-
Nov. 7
John F. Hosmer
21
5
Dec.
1 Maggie Boyle
23
3
26
66
24| George B. Hildreth.
73
-
26
Number who died in Westford
32
Number brought to Westford for burial.
2
-
Total number recorded.
34
66
18
Hannah M. Dailey
27
Apr.
1 Mattie Neal Noyes.
25
22
18
Mary Catchpole.
7 Isabella C. Hildreth
101
29|
Jacob A. Wright
73
8
12 Amanda F. Whitney
46
6
-
12 Abram Wright.
56
8
27
2 Josiah Vose.
69
3
24
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS.
MIDDLESEX SS., Dec. 31, 1884.
Joseph B. Heald, Clerk of the Town of Westford, has paid into the treasury of said Middlesex County, One Hundred and Eighty-Seven 1% Dollars, for Dog Licenses, for the Year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty- Four, as per his account of the 29th inst.
$187.80.
AMOS STONE,
County Treasurer.
OWNERS OR KEEPERS OF DOGS LICENSED, 1884. No.
1. Dane, Hiram
36. Sullivan, F.
69. Fletcher, Andrew
2. Drew, Thomas
37. Holesworth, D.
70. Caldwell, Otis
3. Carkin, I. W.
38. O'Brien, James
71. Hutchins, George
4. Worcester, I. S.
39. Quinn, John
72. Buckminster, E. F.
5. Whitney, Julian
40. Marshall, J.
73. Fletcher, L. T.
6. Norrie, John
74. Sweatt, F. A.
75. Lackin, John
76. Hindle, Frank
77. Wright, C. A.
10, 11. Whiting, A.
78. Loftus, John
12. Fletcher, S. D.
46. Moore, E. A.
79. Gower, William
13, 14. Fletcher, Harry 15. Morse, G. M.
16. Hamlin, S. A.
17. Whitney, Henry
18. Hamlin, E. A. 19. Moore, J. W.
52. Downs, M. F.
85. Ireland, G. H.
20. Martin, John
86. Haley, James
21. Lewis, Fred H.
22. Nutting, E. G.
23. Horn, G. F.
24. Whitney, E. J.
25. Horan, J. H.
58. Prescott, Nathan 59. Dupee. George
91. Carmichael, David 92. O'Brien, Cornelius 93. Prescott, P. B.
94, 95. Wright, Erastus 96. Reed, William, 2d
32. Feeney, John
65. Whitney. W. M.
98. Perham, G. A.
99. Blodgett, L. W.
34. Gould, G. E.
35. Murphy, John
66. Desmond, Fannie 67. McDonald, Angus 68. Blodgett, T. A.
100. Davis, A. S.
101. Day, George T.
Males 99, Females 2. Total 101.
80. Hutchins, M. J. 81. Wright, Arthur 82. Day, I. E.
83. Gilson, Edwin
84. Griffin, C. M.
53. Prescott, E. . J.
54. Nutting, B. F.
87. Sweetzer, Judson
55. Dunn, John J.
88. Sweetzer, Nathan'l 89. Driscoll, John
90. Drew, Frank C.
26. Sheahan, Andrew
27. Gardner, Robert 28. Hawkes, W. O. 29. 30. Nesmith, G. W. 31. Callahan, John
60, 61. Reed, William 62. Stevens, Reinhold 63. Wall, Patrick 64. Sherman, Daniel
No.
41. Butterfield, L. O. 42. Abbot, A. J. 43. Abbot & Co.
7. Whitney, Hiram 8. Wilson, J. H. 9. Vose, W. M.
44. Leighton, Amos
45. Comey, W. S.
47. Cummings, E. M. 48. Frederick, G. S. 49. Burke, Dennis 50. Fletcher, B. M. 51. Agnew, William
56. York, John 57. Ward, Daniel
97. Reed, Charles W.
33. Greig, David
No.
2
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
LOWELL, February 12, 1885.
GENTLEMEN-In accordance with your request I have examined the accounts of Sherman D. Fletcher, Esq., Town Treasurer, of Westford, for the year ending February 11, 1885, and find them correctly cast and properly vouched. Not an error or discrepancy was found in the thorough examination made ; and I also certify that the funds of the town in his possession were counted by me, and found to be exactly the amount ($2,021.95) called for by his books, at the close of my examination.
The receipts and payments made by him during the year are as follows :
RECEIPTS.
To balance cash on hand at commencement of the year. . $3,334 32
" cash borrowed.
5,000 00
" from state-balance of corporation tax, 1883, in
full . 11 24
66
66
66
66
corporation tax, 1884, in full
1,422 19
66
66
66
66
National Bank tax, 1884, in full. 953 06
66
66
66
66
aid to soldiers' families, 1883, re- funded
393 00
66
66
66
aid to indigent soldiers, 1883, re- funded . 233 50
66
66
66
66
school fund, 1883-4. 174 97
66
66
66
County Treasurer-dog tax, 1883 66 66 discount on county tax
250 84
66
66
66
for advance payment. 5 98
Amount carried forward.
$11,779 10
11
Amount brought forward.
$11,779 10
To cash from I. W. Sprague, license, 1884.
150 00
66 66
66 M. F. Downs, license, 1884. 100 00
66
66 B. F. Nutting, license, 1884
100 00
66
66 66
Joseph Marshall, license, 1884.
100 00
66
66 66 Town of Groton, for scholars sent to school No. 3 ..
25 50
66
66
66
Alvan Fisher, Auctioneer's license.
2 00
66
66
66
J. S. Moulton, Superintendent of Schools, books sold .
15 05
66
66
66
E. H. Keyes, for apples East Cemetery .. .
1 75
66
66
66
M. H. A. Evans, rent of Keyes' pond. . . ..
1 00
66
66
66
Joseph H. Wilson, Janitor Town House .. .
55 00
66
66
66
for gravel sold at East Cemetery
1 00
66
66
66
Isaac E. Day, Collector, 1881.
316 35
66
66
66
66 66
66
1882.
228 13
66
66
66
66
66
66
1883.
1,383 64
66
66
66
66
1884, before Oct. 6
11,649 15
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66 Dec. 6
2,576 25
66
66
66
66
66
66
66 after Dec. 6 500 57
66
66
66
66
66
66
interest on taxes. . 44 00
Total Receipts
$29,028 49
PAYMENTS.
By cash for notes and interest
$7,405 84
66 66 for state tax, 1884.
1,300 00
66
66 for county tax, 1884. 598 00
66
66
to State Treasurer, 25 per cent. on licenses . . 112 50
to Overseers of the Poor, on orders. . 66
1,954 40
66
66 on orders for incidental and other expenses.
11,908 69
66
66 on account of schools.
3,727 11
66 balance cash in hands of Treasurer
2,021 95
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