Town of Westford annual report 1886-1895, Part 5

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 896


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5 horses. . $1,050 00


4 iron bars $3 00


7 harnesses 125 00


5 garden hoes 1 25


Neck yokes and eveners. . .


16 00


4 picks.


3 00


Curry combs and brushes. .


50


Stone tools. 8 00


9 shovels. 4 50


1 wolf robe


5 00


5 iron rakes


1 50


4 blankets.


7 00


5 scythes and snaths. 3 00


2 potato diggers. 80


50


1 bull.


15 00


5 hay forks.


1 75


11 tons English hay


220 00


2 grindstones.


3 75


2 tons meadow hay


12 00


1 lot shingles.


1 00


20 tons ensilage.


100 00


1 mowing machine.


30 00


1 bag cotton seed


1 40


Lot pop corn.


3 00


50 lbs. middlings


75


10 bags:


2 00


4 bags meal. .


5 60


Sacks.


50


6 bushels oats.


3 00


700 lbs. phosphate.


15 75


2 bags cracked corn.


2 80


Corn sheller.


2 00


1 set of measures


40


3 bushel rye. 2 10


1 faning mill 4 00


7 00


2 horse muzzles.


1 50


Lot fresh meat.


; 00


Wrenches and hammer.


2 00


1 ensilage cutter


50 00


1 apple picker


25


1 pung.


10 00


2 sboats


16 00


2 two-horse sleds.


60 00


21 fowles.


15 75


1 one-horse sled.


10 00


1 00


1 sleigh.


2 50


2 harrows ..


8 00


4 carts.


100 00


Rope and pulleys


1 00


1 hay wagon.


30 00


1 range.


30 00


1 farm wagon.


15 00


3 stoves.


15 00


1 stone wagon 25 (


30 00


6 tables.


3 00


1. extension table


8 00


5 clrests and drawers


4 00


1 horse rake.


15 00


1 drag rake.


50


1 roller.


6 00


1 cabinet chair


1 00


12 chairs.


2 00


1 dirt scraper. 5 00


1} barrels cement. 2 75


3 plows 20 00


2 cultivators. 8 00


1 corn planter.


) 00


Barbed wire 1 00


5 rakes. .


50


1 sofa .. 3 00


1 feed cutter


1 00


6 looking glasses 2 00


5 chains.


4 00


Shovel and tongs 1 00


75


1 chamber set


10 00


1 stone drag.


5 00


1 bed pan.


75


3 rocking chairs.


1 50


3 snow shovels. 75


2 seives. 75


Oil cloth carpet. 2 00


Window and door screens. 10 00


1 wagon. .


5 00


1 wheel-barrow


2 00


10 beds, bedding, &c. 250 00


1 express wagon.


50


2 water-pots.


25


Ladders ..


1 tub.


25


9 feed boxes.


2 00


3 hoes .


12 COWS


480 00


4 manure forks 3 00


5 halters


4 00


4 feed bags.


2 50


2 flails


1 hay knife.


3 light stands.


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Cradle


$1 00 50 pounds tallow $2 50


1 caster


50


50 pounds lard. 5 50


1 cow bell.


50


20 tubs. 1 00


1 dinner bell


50


Lot of fruit jars. 1 50


1 steelyards


1 75


Set of wood bowls.


1 00


2 porcelain kettles.


1 50


2 cranberry rakes


2 25


1 copper kettle


1 75


Sausage meat 2 00


1 brass kettle


1 00


1 churn. 1 50


2 chopping knives and tray.


1 25


Cheese press. 1 00


5 earth pots.


1 50


1 branding iron


1 50


Stoneware ..


: 00 ¿ bushel beans. 1 25


2 dozen Mason cans.


2 25


2 apple parers. 1 75


3 brooms.


50


2 chests. 1 00


1 barn broom


30


2 saw horses


50


2 mops.


50


1 strainer


1 00


1 white wash brush


1 50


1 meat cutter 2 50


Knives, forks and spoons ..


4 50


1 meat chest. 1 50


Crockery 12 50


30


2 axes. .


2 00


Tin ware.


26 00


Carpenters' tools


12 00


15 dozen candles


4 25


3 wood saws.


1 00


1} barrels flour


8 00


100 pounds corned beef. 5 00


Spices and box


1


25


300 pounds pork.


27 00


1 pound tea.


50


100 pounds ham.


10 00


1 pound coffee


25


2 barrel pickles


16 00


2 lbs. sdoa ..


12


25 pounds butter. 7 00


25 pounds g. sugar


2


00


Apples. . 1 50


2 pounds c. sugar.


14


25 bushels potatoes 15 00


2 pounds raisins.


20


20 gallons vinegar. 2 40


7 candle sticks


75


Beets and turnips. 1 00


Candle moulds.


1 50


22 empty barrels 10 00


48


Glass ware.


3 75


6 pounds cheese.


78


6 lamps.


2 00


11 jars picalilli. 3 00


7 flat irons.


1 75


7 jars chilli sauce


2 10


Table linen and towels.


.00


7 bottles ketchup 1 40


Injection pipe. .


50


39 jars preserves 11 70


50


3 lanterns.


2 25


4 jars peaches.


1 00


2 clothes baskets.


75


1 ton coal. 6 50


3 clothes lines


1 00


17 cords wood.


51 00


1 clothes dryer


1 00


2 wash boilers.


1 00


2 cords walnut wood. 18 00


1 washing machine


1 50


4 wash tubs.


2 00


$3,344 32


ALVAN FISHER, WM. M. WHITNEY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, Appraisers of Property.


4 water pails.


80


4 gallons oil.


Padlock and chain.


75


2 jars pickles.


7 cords dry wood. 35 00


2 50


Clothes ringer


Slop pail


STONE FUND,


HELD IN TRUST BY THE SELECTMEN, FOR TOWN LIBRARY.


Paid for one share of the stock of the Lowell Manufac- turing Co .. $772 50


Paid for two shares of the Shoe and Leather National Bank of Boston 209 00


$981 50


Balance in Savings Bank.


18 50


$1,000 00


The income from the Lowell Manufacturing'


Co., to January 1, 1888, has been. .. $40 00


The income from Shoe and Leather Bank .... 10 00


The Library has also received the balance of interest due January 1, 1887 30 81


$50 00


Whole income from Stone Fund to January 1, 1888 .. . .. $80 81


The Selectmen have to report that the Town has again received a gift of one thousand dollars, for the benefit of the Town Library, by will of the late Augustus K. Fletcher of Chippewa Falls, Wis., a native of Westford. A meeting was held by the Town, August 18, 1887, at which the following votes were passed.


"Voted, that the thanks of the Town of Westford be extended to Mrs. A. K. Fletcher for the prompt and liberal compliance with the expressed wish of her late husband, in the matter of the legacy to the Westford Town Library. Voted, that a copy of the foregoing


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vote be transmitted to Mrs. A. K. Fletcher, by the Town Clerk."


The money was received by the Selectmen, in trust for the Town Library, in September, 1887, and no favor- able opportunity for investment, for the best interest of the Library, presenting itself, the money was placed in the Savings Bank awaiting a more favorable investment, December, 1887.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN, Selectmen of Westford.


LIBRARY REPORT.


The Directors of the Public Library respectfully submit their thirty-third annual report for the year ending March 5, 1888 :


Number of books purchased. 255


Public Documents received from the State.


14


Public Documents received from the United States 30


Other books presented. 2


Whole number added during the year. 301


Whole number of books in the Library 5708


Number of issues of books. 8949


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Unexpended balance from last year


$4 91


Town appropriation. .


150 00


Income from the Stone Fund


80 81


Dog tax appropriated


100 00


Fines 3 55


$339 27


EXPENDITURES.


For books


$309 69


Binding books.


16 45


Express and postage.


5 20


Librarian's supplies .


4 67


$336 01


Balance unexpended


3 26


$339 27


The Library fund has been increased the past year by a gift of one thousand dollars that it is a pleasure to acknowledge. The late Augustus K. Fletcher provided


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in his will that the above named sum be given to West- ford, his native town, for the benefit of the Public Library. Owing to some informality in its execution, the instrument, on presentation for probate, was declared void. None the less, the legacy was paid from her own share of the estate by Mrs. Fletcher, out of respect for the wish of her husband, and in full sympathy with his propose. The gift could hardly come in a way to make it more acceptable.


The Directors would express their obligation to those townspeople who have recommended books for the Library. If in all cases it has not seemed advisible to buy every book so recommended, the reason has usually been that a similar work was already in our collection, or the desired book was of too high a price. The absence from the Library of a desirable book is certain to be dis- covered, soon or late, by some disappointed applicant for it. Notice thereof will help to bring the Library to its best estate and highest usefulness.


To a limited extent, personal tastes in the choice of books can be gratified ; and it is safe to assume that the Directors will be helped in their selection of books by the recommendations and suggestions of those for whose use they are purchased.


An unusually large number of books have been re- bound this year. The skill attained by modern book binders in putting together books in a way to insure their speedy return for repairs, is such that it would hardly be fair to assume that the ruinous condition of so many of our volumes was due to hard usage. Still, it may not be amiss to call attention to the matter, and urge care against unnecessary injury to Library books.


The gift of two volumes of the Unitarian Review from the Unitarian Society; of several volumes of Public


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Documents from Hon. George F. Hoar; and of two volumes from Mr. Nahum H. Wright, is gratefully acknowledged.


The Directors respectfully recommend that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be raised and ap- propriated for the Library for the ensuing year.


Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH S. ABBOTT, FREDERIC A. FISHER, WALTER J. SLEEPER, Directors of Public Library.


LIST OF BOOKS


ADDED TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 5 1888.


A.


Acts and Resolves of Mass. 1769-80. Vol. 5. 425


1887.


424


Census of Mass. 1885


427


Mass. Report. Vol. 143. 1886-7. 422


.6


Vol. 144. 1887. 423


Names Changed in Mass. 1780-1883 426


Public Documents. Nos. 1-6. 1885.


430


66


Nos. 10-15.


432


..


Nos. 16-33.


433


Report of the Trial of T. W. Piper 421


Mass. Board of Education. 1884-5


428


1885-6. 429


66


Drainage Commission. 1886. 434


B.


Bureau of Education-Study of History in Colleges. 413


66 Planting Trees in School Grounds .. 414


Dep't of Agriculture-Contagious Diseases of Domestic Animals Forestry in Europe. Consular Report of ..


421


Reports from the Consuls of the U. S., from March to Deceni- ber, 1887. 9 vols .. 403-11


Report of the Yorktown Commission.


412


66


Commissioner of Education. 1883-5. 2 vols. 416-17


66


Secretary of the Treasury. 1885. 2 vols 418-19


66


1886. Vol. 1. 422


66 Chief Signal Officer. War Dep't. 1884. 420


66 Comptroller of the Currency. Vol. 2. 1888. 423


66 Dep't of Agriculture. 1877-86. 9 vols.


389-97


C.


Around the World on a Bicycle. Thomas Stevens. 358


Cathedral Days. E. Elden Deane ..


355


Cruise of the Brooklyn. W. H. Beehler 366


Due North. Maturin M. Ballou. 357


Due South.


364


Episodes in a Life of Adventure. Laurence Oliphant. 363


Famous Travels and Travellers. Jules Verne 369


Great Explorers of the 19th century. 368


Great Navigators of the 18th century. 370


Gautemala. Wm. T. Brigham. 367


Haifa. Laurence Oliphant. 354


Midnight Sun. J. M. Buckley. 365


My Kalulu. Henry M. Stanley 372


Oceana. James A. Fronde. 361


Ran Away from the Dutch. M. T. H. Perelaer. . . .. . . 362


415


66


Nos. 7-9. 66


431


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Tramp Trip. Lee Meriwether .. 356


Tsar and the Nihilist. J. M. Buckley. 365


Unknown Country. John Halifax ... 360 Voyage of the Fleetwing. C. M. Newell 371


Wild Tribes of the Soudan. F. L. James. 359


Well Worn Roads of Spain, Holland and Italy. Hopkins Smith 373


D.


Benton, Thomas H. Life of. Theodore Roosevelt. 512


Boyhood of Living Authors. Wm. H. Rideing.


527


Celebrities of the Century. Lloyd C. Sanders.


526


Clay, Henry, Life of. Carl Schurz. 2 vols.


513-14


Dante. Mary A. Ward ..


517


Farmer Boy. Wm. M. Thayer.


525


Fleeming Jenkin. Louis Stevenson.


531


Franklin in France. Edward E. Hale.


511


Henry, Patrick. Moses Coit Tyler


523


Home Life of Great Authors. Hattie F. Griswold.


515


Margaret of Angoulême. Mary F. Robinson. 518


Memorial and Biographical Sketches. James F. Clarke.


516


My Reminiscences. Ronald Gower. 2 vols


519-20


Pen Portraits of Literary Women. 2 vols ..


529-30


Perry, Mather Calbraith. Wm. Eliot Griffis 528


Random Recollections. Henry B. Stanton 522


Reminiscences. Thomas Carlyle .. 521


Shakspeare, William. Victor Hugo


524


E.


Chinese Buddhism. Joseph Edkins .. 279


Evolution and Religion. Henry Ward Beecher. 280


Light on the Hidden Way. 285


My Confessions. Leo Tolstoï


281


My Religion. 66


282


Natural Law in the Spiritual World. Henry Drummond. 283


284


Scottish Pulpit. Wm. M. Taylor.


286


Sey bert Commission, Report of. 287


Unitarian Review. Vol. 26. . .


288


F.


Adventures of Herbert Massur in Eastern Africa. V. Lovett Cameron .. 645


Æsop's Fables 607


Algonquin Legends of New England. Chas. G. Leland. 595


American Girls' Handy Book. Lina and Adelia B. Beard. 626


627


Animal Life in the Sea and on the Land. Sarah Cooper 641


Bee-Man of Orn. Frank R. Stockton .. 613


Boys' and Girls' Herodotus. John S. White. 638


639


Boy Travellers on the Congo. T. W. Knox


631


Camp in the Mountains. Edward S. Ellis. 609


Cuore. Edmondo De Amicis .. 622


D'Aulnay's Fairy Tales. J. R. Planche. 633


Down the Islands. Wm. A. Paton ... 632


Drum Beat of the Nation. C. C. Coffin. 648


Eighty-Seven. Mrs. G. L. Alden (Pansy) 644


Elsie's Friends at Woodburn. Martha Finley 612


Fairy Legends. Translated by Mrs. Carey.


602


Republic of God. Elisha Mulford.


Boys'


Boys of 1812. James R. Soley.


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Flock of Girls. Norah Perry


621


Garland for Girls. L. M. Alcott.


616 Giant Dwarf. 624


Gritle's Children. Johanna Spyri. 618 600


Harper's Young People.


History of Scotland. Walter Scott.


615


Horse. Foot, and Dragoons. Rufus F. Zogbaum. 636


Hunters of the Ozark. Edward S. Ellis.


608 Tack Hooper. Vernv L. Cameron ...


625


Juan and Juanita. Frances C. Baylor


635


King's Daughter. Mrs. G. L. Alden (Pansy).


646


Lady of the Lake. Walter Scott ..


603


Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Daniel DeFoe.


599


Little Polly Blatchley. Frances C. Sparhawk.


634


Marco Polo's Travels. Thomas W. Knox


640


Mattie's Secret.


Emile Desbeaux.


629


Merchant of Venice. Wm. Shakspeare.


604 643


Only a Year. Jane Andrews.


619


Peter Budstone. J. T. Budston


Prince Little Boy. S. Weir Mitchell.


Quentin Durward. Walter Scott.


Ready About. Wm. T. Adams (Oliver Optic).


Russian Empire. Thomas W. Knox.


Sea and its Wonders. Mary and Elizabeth Kirby


Some Chinese Ghosts. Lafcadio Hearn ..


Startling Exploits of J. B. Quiès. Paul Célèrie.


611


Stories of the Old World. 66


614


Talks with mv Boys. Wm. A. Mowry.


596


Three Good Giants. François Rabelais.


630


Water Babies. Charles Kingsley


605


White Cockades. Edward O. Stevenson.


642


Wonder Clock. Howard Pyle ..


637


Young Marooners. F. R. Goolding.


610


Youngster's Yarns. Ascott R. Hope.


623


G.


Agatha ..


Anna Karenina. Leo Tolstoï 1279


1307


Angel of the Village. S. M. Ohorn


1336


Baldine. Karl E. Edler.


1288


Beauchamp's Career. George Meredith


1289


Betrothed. Allesandro Manzoni.


1303


Between Whiles. Helen H. Jackson.


1268


Blind Brother. Homer Greene.


1309


Border Shepherdess. Amelia E. Barr.


1316


Bow of Orange Ribbon. 66


1318


Burnham Breaker. Homer Greene


1320


Buttons Inn. Albion W. Tourgee


1321


Cossacks. Leo Tolstoï


1305


Country Doctor. Honoré De Balzac


1276


Daughter of Fire. Amelia E. Barr


1317


Dorothy Thorn. Julian Warth ..


1313


Dorothy Wordsworth. Edmund Lee.


1285


Diana of the Crossways. George Meredith


1264


Fathers and Sons. Ivan Turgénieff.


1312


Feud of Oakfield Creek. Josiah Rovce


1283


Foes of her Household. Amanda M. Douglas.


1266


Fools of Nature. Alice Brown.


1334


Forced Acquaintances. Edith Robinson


1277


Gates Between. Elizabeth S. Phelps.


. . 1306


Stories of the Magicians. Alfred J. Church


620 628 597 617 601 647 598 594


Modern Vikings. Hvalmer H. Boyeson.


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Gladys. Mary G. Darling


1319


Golden Justice. Wm. H. Bishop


1269


Hand and Ring. Anna K. Green. 1293


Homespun Yarns. Adeline D. T. Whitney


1290


Humble Romance. Mary E. Wilkins ..


1299


In the Clouds. Mary N. Murfree (Charles E. Craddock).


1314


In Ole Virginia. Thomas N. Page.


1335


I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). Allesandro Manzoni.


1303


Jack the Fisherman. Elizabeth S. Phelps.


1315


Jan Vedder's Wife. Amelia E. Barr.


1304


Knitters in the Sun. Octave Thaurt.


1331


Last Penacook. Abel B. Berry


1294


Liza. Ivan S. Turgénieff.


1295


Love and Theology. Celia P. Wooley.


1326


Mabel Stanhope. H. O'Meara


1273


Mahaly Sawyer.


1337


Merry Men. Robert L. Stevenson. .


1333


Millionare of Rough and Ready. Bret Harte.


1298 1329 1327


Old Maids and Burglars in Paradise. Elizabeth S. Phelps.


1322


Our Party of Four. Mrs. H. B. Goodwin.


1328


Paul and Christina. Amelia E. Barr


1292


Princess of Java S. J. Higginson.


1297


Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains.


(Charles E. Craddock) Mary N. Murfree


1280 1274 1270-1


Roba De Roma. W. Story. 2 vols.


Roland Blake. S. Weir Mitchell.


1308


Sabina Zembra. William Black.


1282


Saracinesca. F. Marion Crawford ..


1301


Seth's Brother's Wife. Harold Frederic.


1324


Shayback's in Camp. Samuel J. and Isabel C. Barrows. 1300


1330


Silence of Dean Maitland. Maxwell Grey.


1291


Sir Percival. J. H. Shorthouse.


1281


Smoke. Ivan S. Turgenieff.


1296


Springhaven. R. D. Blackmore.


1267


Squire of Sandal-Side. Amelia E. Barr. ...


1286


Story of a New York House. H. C. Banner


1278


Story of an Enthusiast.


Mrs. C. V. Jameson. 1332


Strike in the B- Mills ..


1275


Two Boston Gentlemen


1323


Vittoria. George Meredith.


1265


Week away from Time ..


1325 1302


Woodlanders. T. Hardy.


1272


Year in Eden. Harriet W. Preston


1284


Zury. Joseph Kirkland.


1287


H.


Century of Electricity. Y. C. Mendenhall 306


Elementary Course in Practical Zoology. Buel P. Colton. 314


Family, The. Charles F. and Carrie B. Thwing. 311


313


Primary Object Lesson.


304


Rural Hours. Susan F. Cooper.


305


Ten Dollars Enough. Catharine Owen.


309


Unfinished Worlds. S. H. Parker ...


310


Vocabulary of Philosophy. William Fleming 308


Waste-land Wanderings. Charles C. Abbot. 307


Zoology. A. S. Packard.


312


Miss Curtis. Kate G. Wells ..


Monk's Wedding. Conrad F. Mever.


Question of Identity.


Sigrid. Jon Thordssön Thoroddsen.


With the King at Oxford. A. J. Church.


Fourteen Weeks in Zoology. J. Dorman Steele.


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I.


Alexander's Empire. John P. Mahaffy 434


Ancient Egypt, Story of. George Rawlinson. 438


Assyria, Story of. Z. A. Ragozin. 436


Aztecs. Lucien Biart .. . 446


Celebration of the 250th Anniversary of Concord. 407


Dedham Records. Edited by D. G. Hills


444


Dedication of Memorial Hall, Dedham.


445


Emancipation of Massachusetts. Brooke Adams.


409


History of New England. John G. Palfrey. 4 vols.


447-50


History of France. Guizot. 8 vols. 451-8


Making of the Far West. Samuel A. Drake. 443


Moors in Spain. Stanley L. Poole. 437


Perley's Reminiscenses. Ben: Perley Poore. 2 vols. 441-2


Persia. S. G. W. Benjamin .. 408


Pharaohs of the Bondage and the Exodus. Chas. S. Robinson 440


Pioneer Quakers. Richard P. Hallowell. 435


Sebastopol. Leo Tolstoï 439


J.


Atlas, Historical. Robert H. Labberton 936


Atlas, Mitchell's.


Child's Garden of Verses. R. L. Stevenson.


930


Choice of Books. Frederic Harrison.


908


Club of One ...


907


Cyclopædia of Practical Quotations.


920


Daffodils. Adeline D. T. Whitney ..


910


Dante and his Circle. Edited by Dante Gabriel Rosetti.


913


Development of English Literature and Language. Alfred C. Welch


927


Fireside Travels. James Russell Lowell.


922


Geraldine ..


929


Keats, John, Poems of ..


904


Letters from Heaven. 66 Hell


938


Memories and Portraits. Robert L. Stevenson.


939


Milton, John, Prose Works of. 2 vols.


923-4


Miss Jones' Quilting. Marietta Holley.


926


Moral Philosophy. Andrew P. Peabody.


912


Music, History of. . Emil Nauman. 2 vols.


914-15


Nation, The. Elisha Mulford.


932


Our Country. Josiah Strong.


925


Ourselves and Our Neighbors. Louise C. Moulton


941


Persons and Places in Europe. E. L. Benedict.


934


Pleasures of Life. John Lubbock ...


919


Practical Pedagogy. Louisa P. Hopkins


906


Prisoners of Poverty. Helen Campbell.


905


Railways and the Republic. James F. Hudson.


916


Sweet Cicely. Marietta Holley


933


Thoughts for a Young Man. Horace Mann.


942


Through the Gates of Gold ..


911


Underwoods. R. L. Stevenson


931


Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology. Joseph Thomas


Virginibus Puerisque. R. L. Stevenson. .. 928


Wonderful Cities of the World. Helen A. Smith. 935


Words, their Use and Abuse. William Mathews 940


Yesterdays with Actors. Catharine M. R. Winslow 921


918


Labor Problem. William E. Barnes.


937


Pansies. Adeline D. T. Whitney ..


909


Railroad Transportation. Arthur T. Hadley .


917


STATEMENT.


WESTFORD, Mass., March 1st, 1888.


The Selectmen are gratified to report to the Town that the last note against the Town held by the Worces- ter County Institution for Savings, has been paid, and the Town is now free from debt. They submit the fol- lowing statement, showing the financial condition of the Town, as taken from the Treasurer's books and other sources :


RESOURCES.


Due from State-aid to soldiers' families, 1887. $ 721 00 יו aid to indigent soldiers, 1887. 219 00


66 corporation tax.


Due for old school-house in District No. 8 .. 40 00


Balance of cash in Treasury, date of Auditor's report. 10 92


Taxes of 1886 remaining uncollected 900 00


Taxes of 1887 remaining uncollected. 1,888 24


$3,779 16


The outstanding claims are estimated at.


250 00


Balance in favor of the Town. $3,529 16


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


NAHUM H. WRIGHT, Treasurer.


LIST OF JURORS, 1888.


The following names will be reported at the annual March Meeting, to be placed in the Jury Box, subject to revision by the town :


HAMMET D. WRIGHT,


WILLIAM L. KITTREDGE,


DANIEL ATWOOD,


JOHN W. DAY,


HENRY CHAMBERLIN,


FRANK L. FLETCHER,


EDWARD E. FLETCHER,


HUGH DAILEY,


CHARLES E. WHIDDEN,


EDWARD PRESCOTT,


EDWARD C. COOLIDGE,


AUGUSTUS BUNCE,


HORACE E. GOULD,


SAMUEL G. HUMISTON,


GEORGE W. BUSSEY,


SAMUEL T. HILDRETH,


FRANK C. DREW,


JOHN HUTCHINS,


ISAAC W. CARKIN,


ISAAC E. DAY,


NAPOLEON B. BLOOD, THOMAS DREW,


ALVAN FISHER,


WAYLAND F. BALCH,


SAMUEL L. TAYLOR,


REUBEN J. BUTTERFIELD,


ALFRED WOODBURY,


. GILMER STONE,


SAMUEL M. HUTCHINS,


ELBERT E. FLAGG,


EDWIN E. HEYWOOD, WILLIAM M. WHITNEY.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


Westford, Mass., February 28, 1888.


JOHN H. HORAN,


FRANK C. HILDRETH,


HENRY S. BEMIS,


CYRUS HAMLIN,


WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 19, 1888.


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 in- habitants of said town qualified to vote in elections and also in town affairs, to meet at the Town House in said Westford, on Monday, the nineteenth day of March, be- ing the third Monday in said month, at nine o'clock, A. M., (the polls will be opened at 9 o'clock A. M., and closed at one o'clock P. M.,) to act upon the following articles, to wit :


1. To choose a Moderator.


2. To hear the Report of the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.


3. To see if the Town will accept the Report of the Auditor appointed to audit the accounts of the Town Treasurer, or act in relation to the same.


4. To hear the Report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.


5. To hear the Report of the School Committee, and act in relation to the same.


6. To hear the Report of the Directors of the Town Library, and act in relation to the same.


7. To hear the Report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.


8. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, three Selectmen, three Overseers of the Poor, three Assessors, Town Treasurer, two School Committee for three years, three Fence Viewers, six Con- stables, three Appraisers of Property at the Town Farm, Directors of the Town Library, all on one ballot.


9. To see if the Town will vote to license the sale of ardent spirits, or act in relation to the same.


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10. 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.


11. To raise money for Reading and Writing Schools.


12. To choose a Collector of Taxes.


13. 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.


14. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors, as reported by the Selectmen, or act in relation to the same.


15. To raise money to repair roads and bridges, and direct by whom, and in what manner the same shall be expended.


16. To choose all other Town officers, necessary to be chosen, by hand vote, or act in relation to the same.


17. To hear Report of the Selectmen, in regard to petition of Benjamin Palmer and others for the laying out of a public way in Granite- ville, and act in relation to the same.


18. To see if the Town will authorize the digging of a well at the Lyon School, so called, or act in relation to the same.


19. To see if the Town will vote to divide the Town into three or more districts for repairing roads and bridges, each district to be worked by inhabitants residing in that district, or act in relation to the same


20. To see if the Town will provide, in each district, a shelter, by rent or otherwise, for the Road Department team and tools, or act in relation to the same.


21. To see if the Town will vote to allow the tax-payer to work at least two days repairing roads at the same wage as is paid the laborer for the season, or act in relation to the same.


AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this warrant by posting 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 first day of March, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-eight.


GEORGE T. DAY, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, ISAAC W. CARKIN,


Selectmen of Westford.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF WESTFORD,


INCLUDING THOSE OF THE




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