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Rev. A. D. Mayo, five pamphlets.
Dr. J. L. Hildreth, one pamphlet.
Magazines .- Union Signal, Our Message, Ladies' Home Journal, Ladies' Home Companion, Ladies' World, L. A. W. Bul- letin and Good Roads, Land of Sunshine, Literary News.
LIST OF BOOKS
ADDED TO THE LIBRARY DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1897-8.
A.
Acts and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1897 626
Census of Massachusetts, 1895, 2 vols. 622-3
Education, Report of Board of, 1895-6. 618
Journal of House of Representatives, 1897 627
Journal of Senate, 1897.
628
Laws and Resolves of Massachusetts, 1798-9, 1800-I, 2 vols. . 624-5
Lunacy and Charity, Report of the State Board of, 1898 629 Manual of General Court, 1897. 617
Massachusetts Reports, Vols. 166-7
619-20
Public Documents of Massachusetts, 1896. 12 vols. 630-41
Public Statutes, Supplement to, 1889-95. 621
B.
Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1895. 751 749-50
Commerce and Navigation of United States, 1896, 2 vols Education; Report of Commissioner of, 1895-6. Vol. I 753
Interstate Commerce Commission, Report of, 1896 .... 752
Introduction of Domestic Reindeer into Alaska. Shel- don Jackson, 1896. 739
Marine Hospital Service, Report of, 1893, 1896.
746-8
Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, 3 vols. 755-7
Smithsonian Institution, Report of, 1890-95. 6 vols. 740-5
Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1897 754
C.
Farthest North. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. 2 vols 488-9
Hired Furnished. Margaret B. Wright. 496
Journeys through France. H. A. Taine. 501
Lazy Tours in Spain and Elsewhere. Louise Chandler Moulton 491
Moosehead Lake. Guide Book. C. A. J. Farrar. 493
Passages in Foreign Travel. I. A. Jewett. 2 vols. 498-9
Picturesque Washington. Joseph West Moore. 490
74
Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome. Rodolfo Lanciani
502
Seat of Empire. C. C. Coffin. 494
Some Strange Corners of Our Country. Charles F. Lummis
500
South Seas, The. Robert Louis Stevenson.
492
Through the Dolomites. From Venice to Toblach. Alexander Robertson ... 495
Travels in West Africa. Mary H. Kingsley.
503
Walks and Rides in the Country Round About Boston. Edwin M. Bacon. 497
White Man's Africa. Poultney Bigelow 504
D. American Revolution. John Fiske. 2 vols. 838-9 Army of the United States, 1789-1896. Ed. by Roden- bough & Haskin. 836
Beside Old Hearth-Stones. Abram English Brown. .
847
Canada, History of. C. G. D. Roberts.
842
Chelmsford, Mass., History of, 1653-1820. Wilkes Allen
877
Christian History, Outlines of, A. D. 50-1880. Joseph Henry Allen. 863
Colonial Policy of Great Britain, 1816.
835
Dover, Mass., History of. Frank Smith.
England, History of, from Accession of James I. to Out- break of Great Civil War, 1603-42. S. R. Gardiner. IO vols ..
France. J. E. C. Bodley. 2 vols.
Great Civil War, 1642-49. S. R. Gardiner. 4 vols. Great Fire, Boston, November, 1872. C. C. Coffin .... Groton, Pepperell and Shirley, History of. Caleb But- ler, 1848. 878
Hannibal, and the Crisis of the Struggle Between Car- thage and Rome. Wm. O'Connor Morris. 845
History of Our Own Times. Justin McCarthy. Vol. III. 843
Modern France, 1789-1895. Andre Lebon. 872
Old Virginia and Her Neighbors. John Fiske. 2 vols. 840-I
Plague in London, History of. Daniel Defoe. 833
Romans Under the Empire. Charles Merivale. 8 vols. 864-71
Switzerland, Annals of. Julia M. Colton. 844
Ten Great Events in History. James Johonnot. 862
United States, from Earliest Times to Landing of the Pil- grim Fathers. G. Barnett Smith. 846
848-57 875-6 858-61 834
Documents Illustrative of United States History, 1776- 1861. Ed. by Wm. MacDonald.
873 874
75
Wilkinson, Gen. James. Proofs of Corruption of and Connection with Aaron Burr. Daniel Clark, 1809. 837
E.
Arnold, Thomas and Matthew, and Their Influence on English Education. Sir Joshua Fitch. . 859 905-6
Audubon and His Journals. Maria R. Audubon. 2 vols.
· Authors and Friends. Annie Fields. 854
Biographical Sketches. T. B. Macaulay 856
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, Letters of. Ed. by Fred- eric G. Kenyon. 2 vols. 869-70 Buonarroti, Michelango. John Addington Symonds. 2 vols. . 907-8
Cogswell, William. Memorial Addresses. 880
Du Guesclin, Bertrand. Enoch Vine Stoddard.
910
Early Hildreths of New England. Arthur Hildreth. 2 copies 912-13
Garfield, James A., Life of, and Sketch of Chester A. Arthur. C. C. Coffin. 852
Gladstone's Life, Story of. Justin McCarthy. 914
Grant, General. James Grant Wilson. 863
Greenhalge, Frederic T., Life and Work of. James E. Nesmith 848
Hancock, General. Francis A. Walker. 864
Hawthorne, Memories of. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop. . 851
Hugo, Victor, Letters. Ed. by Paul Meurice.
849
Jay, John. Correspondence and Public Papers. Ed. by
Henry P. Johnston. 4 vols. 899-902
Jefferson, Joseph. Autobiography
879
Johnston, General. Robert M. Hughes 86 1
Jowett, Benjamin. Life and Letters. Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell. 2 vols. 882-3
Lee, General. Fitz Hugh Lee. 866
Living Authors of England, 1849. Thomas Powell.
Men I Have Known. Frederick W. Farrar, D. D 857
873
Miner, A. A. George H. Emerson.
884
Nelson, Life of. Capt. A. T. Mahan. 2 vols 877-8
Pare, Ambroise, and His Times, 1510-1590. Stephen Paget 911
Peter the Great. K. Waliszewski.
871
Pioneers of Science in America. Sketches of Their Lives and Scientific Work. Ed. by Wm. Jay You- mans 909
Private Life of the Queen 853
76
Schaff, Philip. David S. Schaff . 876
Sherman, Roger. Lewis Henry Boutell. 872
Schuyler, Catherine. Mary Gay Humphreys 858 86:2
Scott, General. Marcus J. Wright.
Seward, Wmn. Henry. Thornton Kirkland Lothrop 855 . Sheridan, General. Henry E. Davies. 867
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Life and Letters. Ed. by
Annie Fields.
Symonds, John Addington. Horatio F. Brown. 2 vols
868 903-4 860
Taylor, General. Oliver Otis Howard.
Tennyson, Alfred. Memoir by His Son. 2 vols:
874-5
Washington, General. Bradley T. Johnson 865
Washington, George. Woodrow Wilson.
850
Washington, George, Writings of. Coll. and Ed. by
Worthington C. Ford. 14 vols. 885-898
Winthrop, R. C. R. C. Winthrop, Jr 88I
F.
American Contributions to Civilization. Charles W. Eliot 669
American Highways. N. S. Shaler.
654
Ancient Geography, History of. H. F. Tozer 661
Ancient Ideals. Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early Times to Establishment of Christianity. Henry Osborn Taylor. 2 vols.
666-7 650
Art of Reading and Speaking. Canon Fleming. . Astronomy, Progress in United States of, 1850. Elias Loomis 668
Aurora Borealis, The. Alfred Angot.
653
Bird-Life. Frank M. Chapman ..
670 651
Birds, Story of. James Newton Baskett.
679
Chemistry in Daily Life. Dr. Lassar-Cohn
696
Chemistry, Story of. Harold W. Pictou.
697
Coal, Story of a Piece of. Edward A. Martin. 647
Curious Homes and Their Tenants. James Carter Beard 680
Education in the United States. Richard G. Boone .... 688
Educational Reformers, Essays on. Robert Hebert Quick 690
Experiment in Education, An. Mary R. Alling-Aber. . 657 Familiar Features of the Roadside. F. Schuyler Mathews 652 Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden. F. Schuyler Mathews 676
Birds of Eastern North America. Frank M. Chapman
77
Familiar Trees and Their Leaves. F. Schuyler Mathews 675 Flowers of Field, Hill and Swamp. Caroline A. Creevey 662 Geography, How to Study. Francis W. Parker. 687 Hallucinations and Illusions. Edmund Parish. 678 Horse Book. Oscar R. Gleason. .
How to Live Longer, and Why We Do Not Live
Longer. J. R. Hayes, M. D .. 68 1
Insect Life. John Henry Comstock. 671
International Bimetallism. Francis A. Walker.
Mental Development in the Child. W. Preyer 655
682
Moral Instruction of Children. Felix Adler.
689
Moral Science, Outlines of. Archibald Alexander. 677
Pioneers of Evolution, from Thales to Huxley. Edward Clodd 673
Place of Death in Evolution. Newman Smyth.
649
Practical Hints for Teachers. George Howland.
684
Practical Idealism. Wm. DeWitt Hyde.
694
Principles of Sociology. Herbert Spencer. 3 vols.
Problems of Modern Democracy. E. L. Godkin. . Psychology Applied to the Art of Teaching. Joseph Baldwin 693
School Management and Methods. Joseph Baldwin.
692
School Supervision. J. L. Pickard.
685
Study of Death, A. Henry Mills Alden.
Study of Words, A. Richard C. Trench. .
674 648
Systematic Science Teaching. Edward G. Howe.
691
Teaching the Language Arts. Speech, Reading and Composition. B. A. Hinsdale. 686
Ventilation and Warming of School Buildings. Gilbert B. Morrison 683
Warfare of Science with Theology, History of. Andrew
I). White. 2 vols.
664-5
Who Invented the Reaper. R. B. Swift. 698
Woman and the Republic. Helen K. Johnson 672
G.
Bible, The .. 338
Bible and Islam, The. Henry Preserved Smith 339
Christianity and Social Problems. Lyman Abbott. 335
Common Prayer, Book of .. 337
Imitation of Christ. Thomas a Kempis. 340
Theology of an Evolutionist. Lyman Abbott 336
656
Principles and Practice of Teaching and Class Manage- ment. Joseph Landon. 695 658-60 663
78
H.
Arthur Arundel, etc. . 2054
Beth Book, The. Sarah Grand. 2096
Besom Friend, etc. 2056
Brokenburne. Virginia Frazer Boyle. 2095
Burglar Who Moved Paradise. Herbert D. Ward. 2039
Captains Courageous. Rudyard Kipling 2088 Chevalier d'Auriac. S. Levett Yeats. 2078
Children of Gibeon. Walter Besant ..
2043
Children at Sherburne House. A. M. Douglas
2098
Choir Invisible, The. James Lane Allen .
2042
Christian, The. Hall Caine.
209 I
Corleone. F. Marion Crawford. 2 vols.
2070-71 208 1
Dcan's Wife. Mrs. Eiloart.
2062
Dear Faustina. Rhoda Broughton
2073
Day of His Youth, The. Alice Brown.
2040
Eighteen Hundred and Twelve, or Napoleon's Invasion of Russia. Louis Rellstab. 2059
Emigrant Ship, The. W. Clark Russell.
2030
Equality. Edward Bellamy .
2090
Federal Judge, The. Charles K. Lush.
2100
Folly of Pen Harrington. Julian Sturgis
2076
From One Generation to Another. H. S. Merriman . . . 2099
Great K. and A. Train Robbery. Paul Leicester Ford. . 2036
2049
His First Charge. Faye Huntington.
2086
Hugh Wynne. S. Weir Mitchell. 2 vols.
2079-80
In Simpkinsville. Ruth McEnery Stuart.
2033
Jerome, a Poor Young Man. Mary E. Wilkins
2069
Kate Coventry and Misrepresentation. 2058
Lad's Love. S. R. Crockett. 2027
Light That Failed. Rudyard Kipling. 2044
Little Good-for-Nothing, The. A. Daudet 2064
Little Upstart, The. Wm. H. Rideing 2063
Louisa of Prussia. L. Muhlbach. 2053
Many Cargoes. W. W. Jacobs. .
2077
Marked "Personal." Anna K. Green
2102
Martian, The. George Du Maurier. 2094
Mary Seahan, etc .. 2057
Massarenes, The. L. de la Rame (Ouida). 2092
Miss Archer Archer. Clara Louise Burnham 2034
Miss Marjoribanks. Mrs. Oliphant. 2065
Gray Lady, The. H. S. Merriman
Hilda Strafford. Beatrice Harraden
2068
Dariel. R. D. Blackmore.
79
Mrs. Keith's Crime. Mrs. W. K. Clifford. . : 2083
Muriella, or Le Selve. L. de la Rame (Ouida). 2093
Never Again. W. S. Mayo 2060
Noblesse Oblige.
2066
Open-Eyed Conspiracy. W. D. Howells. 2084
Paste Jewels. John Kendrick Bangs 2067
Philanderers, The. A. E. W. Mason.
Phroso. Anthony Hope. 2085
2029
Pomp of the Lavilettes, The. Gilbert Parker
2041
Pride and Irresolution, etc ..
2055
Prisoners of Conscience. Amelia E. Barr
2026
Quo Vadis. Henryk Sienkiewicz. 2050
Romance of a Transport. W. Clark Russell 2031
Seal-Skin Cloak, The. Rolf Boldrewood. 2048
Seven on the Highway. Blanche Willis Howard. 210I
Silver Cord. Shirley Brooks 2052
Sir George Tressady. Mrs. Humphrey Ward. 2 vols. 2046-7
Soldier of Manhattan, A. Joseph A. Altsheler 2075
Soldiers of Fortune. Richard Harding Davis. 2032
Son of the Old Dominion. Mrs. Burton Harrison. 2089
Stories of a Sanctified Town. Lucy S. Furman
2045
Stuart and Bamboo. Mrs. S. P. McLean Greene 2082
That Affair Next Door. Anna K. Greene
2103
Three Partners. Bret Harte. 2072 Trail of the Sword. Gilbert Parker 2074
Transatlantic Chatelaine. Helen Choate Prince
2037
Trooper Peter Halket. Olive Schreiner 2025
Uncle Bernac. A. Conan Doyle
2028
Violin Player. Bertha Thomas 2061
Weir of Hermiston. Robert Louis Stevenson 2038
Well-Beloved, The. Thomas Hardy. 2051
When Valmond Came to Pontiac. Gilbert Parker 2097
Wisdom of Fools. Margaret Deland. 2035
Wolfville. Alfred Henry Lewis 2087
J.
American Revolution, Century Book of. Elbridge S.
Brooks 1079
Arimal Story Book. Andrew Lang. 1052
Blue Fairy Book. Ed. by Andrew Lang 1083 Boy Travellers in Africa. T. W. Knox
1049
Camp and Trail. Isabel Hornibrook. 1060
Columbus, True Story of. Elbridge S. Brooks 1077 Dick. Anna Chapin Ray 1064
80
Grant, True Story of. Elbridge S. Brooks 1074 Great Island, The, or Cast Away in Papua. Willis Boyd
Allen 1068
How the Children Raised the Wind. Edna Lyall
лобо
Jerry the Blunderer. Lily F. Wesselhoeft. 1053
Jolly Good Times Today. M. P. W. Smith.
1055
Knights of the Round Table. Wm. Henry Frost. 1065
Lincoln, True Story of. Elbridge S. Brooks 1075
Little Girl of Long Ago. Eliza Orne White.
1061
Little House in Pimlico. Marguerite Bouvet.
108 [
Modern Fairyland. Elcy Burnham. 1073
More Good Times at Hackmatack. M. P. W. Smith ...
1056
Old Herrick House, In the. Ellen Douglas Deland. .. 1059
Over the Andes, or Our Boys in New South America. H. Butterworth. 1071
Painted Desert, The. Kirk Munroe 1066
Phronsie Pepper. Margaret Sidney.
1057
Plants and Their Children. Mrs. Wm. Starr Dana.
1050
Prize Cup, The. J. T. Trowbridge. 1063
Queer Stories for Boys and Girls. Edward Eggleston. .
1051
Ready Rangers, The. Kirk Munroe. 1067 Red Fairy Book. Ed. by Andrew Lang 1084 Sparrow, the Tramp. Lily F. Wesselhoeft. 1054 1080
Sue Orcutt. Charlotte M. Vaile.
Three Little Daughters of the Revolution. Nora Perry. 1062
Tom Pickering. Sophie Swett.
1070
United States of America, True Story of. Elbridge S. Brooks
1078 1076
Washington, True Story of. Elbridge S. Brooks. ... Washington's Young Aids. Story of the New Jersey Campaign. Everett T. Tomlinson. .
1072
White Conquerors, The. Tale of Toltec and Aztec. Kirk Munroe. 1058
Young Puritans of Old Hadley. M. P. W. Smith. 1082
L.
Aeschylos, Tragedies of. Trans. by E. H. Plumptre. .. . . 342 Architecture, History of. Banister Fletcher and Banis- ter F. Fletcher. . 350
Architecture, Story of. Charles Thompson Mathews. . .
352
How to Listen to Music. Henry E. Krehbiel 345 Hymnal 346
In Woods and Fields. Augusta Larned. 349
Le Morte Darthur. Sir Thomas Malory 351
81
Love Songs of Childhood. Eugene Field. 341 Musical History and Bibliography, Handbook of. James E. Matthew ..
356
Once Upon a Time. Mary E. Wilkins 347
Poems. S. T. Coleridge. .
355
Purple East, The. William Watson.
348
Seven Seas, The. Rudyard Kipling.
344
Schools and Masters of Painting. A. G. Radcliffe 354
Schools and Masters of Sculpture. A. G. Radcliffe. ..
353
Sophocles, Tragedies of. Trans. by E. H. Plumptre ... 343
American Claimant, and Other Stories. S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain). 894
American Lands and Letters. Donald G. Mitchell. 895
American Literature. Katharine Lee Bates
Boyle's Court Guide, 1878. 909
896
Celebrated Trials. Henry L. Clinton
899
Comenius, Nicolas, or ye Pennsylvania Schoolmaster of ye Olden Time. Wm. Riddle. 918
Country By-Ways. Sarah Orne Jewett.
884
Dreams and Ghosts. Andrew Lang ..
904
Essays on Nature and Culture. Hamilton WV. Mabie ...
886
Four-Handed Folk. Olive Thorne Miller 887
French Literature. Edward Dowden 907
Gulliver's Travels. Lemuel Gulliver.
919
Hellenica, Essays on Greek Poetry, Philosophy, History and Religion. Ed. by Evelyn Abbott. 922
Hindu Manners, Customs and Ceremonies. Abbe J. A. Dubois. 2 vols.
920-21
How to Tell a Story, and Other Essays. S. L. Clemens (Mark Twain) ..
893
-Mere Literature, and Other Essays. . Woodrow Wilson
890
Modern English Literature. Edmund Gosse.
908
My Studio Neighbors. Wm. Hamilton Gibson
. 898
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land. C. M. Skinner. 2 vols. 888-9
Observations of a Foster Parent. John Charles Tarver 891 Old Town by the Sea, An. Thomas Bailey Aldrich. ... 906
People for Whom Shakespeare Wrote. C. D. Warner. . 905 Pursuit of the House-Boat. John Kendrick Bangs .... 885
Romance of the Table. J. K. Hoyt. 897
School Boy Life in England. John Corbin 903
Essays of Michael De Montaigne. W. Hazlitt. 4 vols .
912-15
82
Side Glimpses from the Colonial Meeting-House. Wm. Root Bliss. 892 Social Transformations of the Victorian Age. T. H. S. Escott 900
Story of the Cowboy, The. E. Hough.
916
Story of the Mine, The. Charles Howard Shinn 917
Talks on the Study of Literature. Arlo Bates
902
Talks on Writing English. Arlo Bates.
901
Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry. 4 vols. 922-5
Yankees of the East. Sketches of Modern Japan. Wm.
Eleroy Curtis. 2 vols. 910-II
N.
Annual Cyclopaedia, 1896. 176
Atlas; Supplement to the Standard Dictionary 186
Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy and United States History. Ed. by John J. Lalor. 3 vols. 177-9
Dictionary of American Authors. Oscar Fay Adams. . 180 English Synonyms and Antonyms. James C. Fernald .. 18I
Finding List of Ayer Public Library, 1898. 182 · Historical Lights. Comp. by Rev. C. E. Little. 183
Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of Revolutionary War. Vol. III. 184
Picturesque Europe. Ed. by Bayard Taylor. 3 vols. . 188-190
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature, 1892-96. 185
Royal Atlas. Alexander Keith Johnston 187
P.
Christian Observer, 1815. 342
83
PAMPHLETS.
A.
Acts and Resolves of Legislature of Massachusetts, 1894 . and 1896. 70-71
Cattle Commissioners, Report of, 1895. 68
Free Public Library Commission of Massachusetts, Re- port of, 1897. 56
Hatch Experiment Station, M. A. C., Report of, 1897 .. . 58 Hatch Experiment Station Bulletins :-
Analyses of Manurial Substances and Licensed Fer- tilizers, 1895. 61
Commercial Fertilizers. 64
Fruits, Insecticides and Fungicides
63 60
Glossary of Fodder Terms.
Imported Elm Leaf Beetle, etc 62
Tuberculosis and Tuberculin. 59 .
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Report of, 1895. 69
Prison Commission, Special Report of, 1894. 65
Public Records, Custody and Condition of, R. T. Swan, 1894 66
Public Reservations, Report of Trustees of, 1896. 57
Treasurer and Receiver-General, Report of, 1895. 67
B.
Congressional Directory, 1889, 1890 and 1897. Pitman
Pulsifer. 3 vols. 373-5
Consular Reports. Nos. 197-209. 13 vols. 376-388
Consular Reports. Index. Nos. 152-203. 389
Consular Reports, Special :-
Money and Prices in Foreign Countries 390
Education, Bureau of :--
Education in Alaska. Sheldon Jackson. 391
Education in Southwestern Virginia, 1890-91. A.
D. Mayo. 392
Finance and Commerce of the United States. Monthly
Summary. Dec., 1896-Dec., 1897. 14 vols. 393-406
Light-House Board, Report of, 1896-7. 2 vols. 407-8 Tariff on Education, A. Speech of S. J. Barrows, 1897. 409
World's Commerce, Review of, 1895-6. 372
M.
Annexation of Hawaii. Lorrin A. Thurston. 86
Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, Beginning, Progress and
84
Conclusion of, 1675-6. . 82 78
Brookline Public Library, Report of Trustees of, 1897. . Concord, 250th Anniversary of Incorporation of, 1635- 1885
Constitutions and By-Laws of Leading Municipal Re- form Organizations, 1897.
Cuban Autonomy, 1897.
Dartmouth College, General Catalogue of, 1890.
Dartmouth College, Catalogue of, 1896-7.
Development of the Voice. Lectures. Josephine Rand Education in the South. A. D. Mayo.
Forbes Library, Northampton, Report of Trustees of, 1896
Good Roads, 1893.
Gospel of Good Roads. Isaac B. Potter
Hawaiian Islands, Resources of, 1896.
Highway Improvement. Col. A. A. Pope.
Houghton Memorial, Littleton, Proceedings at Dedica- tion of, 1895.
Illinois State Historical Library, Report of Trustees of, 1896
King, Horatio
Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, 1897
85 74-5 97
Lowell City Library, Report of Trustees of, 1895-6.
Melrose, By-Laws of Town of.
Middlesex County, Receipts and Expenditures of, 1895- 96.
80-81
New Education in the New South. A. D. Mayo
71
Old Copn's Hill and Burial Ground, 1882.
100
Peach Yellows. L. H. Bailey .
96
Public Care of Insane in Massachusetts. J. L. Hildreth, M. D.
67
Public Library and the State. John S. Hayes, 1897.
80
Road Department at Washington, D. C.
90
Roads, Improvement of.
92
Syracuse Central Library, New York, Report of Trus- tees of, 1897. 79
Taxation. Greenhalge, Quincy, Long, Lane, Jones, Cobb
95
Third Estate of the South. A. D. Mayo 70
Water Supply for Town of Billerica. . 94
Woman's Movement in the South. A. D. Mayo -
69
99 83 8.4 87 88 72 68 77 89 93 98 91 73
76 81
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To Eugene DeRoehin, one of the Constables of the Town of Westford, in said County,
Greeting :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth 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 Westford, on Monday, the fourth day of April, being the first Monday in said month, at eight o'clock A. M. The polls will be opened at 8.15 o'clock A. M., and closed at one o'clock P. M .; and they are then and there to act upon the follow- ing articles, to wit:
Ist. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To see if the Town will determine the compensation of the . Tax Collector, and act in relation to the same.
3d. To bring in their votes for Town Clerk, for one year; one Selectman, one Overseer of Poor, one Assessor, two School Committee, one Commissioner of Public Burial Grounds, all for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library, one for two years and one for three years; Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, two Constables, and one Auditor, all for one year; also to vote on the following question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" all on one ballot.
4th. To hear the report of the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
5th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on Guide Boards, and act in relation to the same.
6th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor, and act in relation to the same.
7th To hear the report of the School Committee, and act in re- lation to the same.
8th. To hear the report of the Trustees of the Public Library, and act in relation to the same.
9th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds, and act in relation to the same.
86
Ioth. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Auditor chosen to audit the accounts of the Town Officers, and act in relation to the same.
IIth. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as re- ported by the Selectmen, and act in relation to the same.
12th. To raise and appropriate money to repair Roads and Bridges.
13th. To raise and appropriate money for Town Debts and Charges.
14th. To raise and appropriate money for Public Schools.
15th. To raise and appropriate money to pay tuition of High School scholars, residents of the Town, at Westford Academy.
16th. To raise and appropriate money for support of Poor.
17th.
To raise and appropriate money for School Text Books and Supplies.
18th. 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, and act in relation to the same.
19th. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensu- ing year, also the rate of interest on taxes remaining un- paid at a time to be fixed by vote of the Town, and when and how said taxes shall be paid into the treasury, and act in relation to the same.
20th. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen by hand vote, and act in relation to the same.
2Ist. By request of the Veteran Association, to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) to com- memorate Memorial Day, and act in relation to the same.
22d. By request of the citizens of Graniteville and Forge Village to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) for the purpose of distributing books from the Public Library in these two villages, and act in relation to the same.
23d. By request of Francis L. Fletcher, to see if the Town will vote to withdraw from its alliance with Ayer and Littleton for the employment of a Superintendent of Schools.
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24th. By request of the School Committee, to see if the Town will vote to close the Long-Sought-For School and authorize the School Committee to transport the pupils to the Wright School, and act in relation to the same.
25th. By request of the same, to see if the Town will authorize or direct the School Committee to close the Minot's Cor- ner School and transport the pupils to the Centre schools, and act in relation to the same.
26th. By request of the same, to see if the Town will appropriate money for Transportation of Scholars, and act in rela- tion to the same.
27th. To see if the Town will vote to change the time of holding the Annual Town Meeting from the first Monday in April to the third Monday in March, to take effect next year, and act in relation to the same.
28th. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint three or more persons to act with them as a committee to inquire into the system of the care of our highways, and to make such recommendations they may see fit to the Town at some future meeting, and act in relation to the same.
29th. By request of Wesley O. Hawkes and others, to see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 101, Chapter 417, Acts of 1893, in regard to a division of the Town · for precinct voting, and act in relation to the same.
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