Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1860-1887, Part 12

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1860
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 900


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We feel it our duty to call the attention of the Town to our school-houses. The remarks made years ago respecting their condition, are doubly applicable to-day. The external appearance of some of them is anything but inviting to the spectator, and the internal arrangement subjects the scholar to very unnatural as well as uncomfortable positions. In short, friends of education, is it what you desire for your children and what the best interests of the Town demand ?


We cannot close our Report without alluding to the im- portance of a more thorough training in those elementary branches which form the ground work of all educational pro- gress, We all know the fate of the material edifice which was built without foundation, and the same principle holds true of the intellectual one. Our schools are one of the bulwarks of our liberty and the practical education of our children is the only insurance we have of its security and continuance. What we ask for the rising generation is that they may be educated both in mind and heart with all that thoroughness which the interests at stake demand, that the


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glory of our Republican institutions may be preserved and perpetuated in all coming time.


Respectfully submitted,


WARREN EAMES, LEMUEL C. EAMES.


School Committee.


TABLE OF ATTENDANCE.


Name of School.


Name of Teacher.


Terms.


No. Schol


Average


Attend.


No. Schol.


under 5 y.


No. Schol.


lover 15 y.


Length of School.


Wages


per month.


High


Miss A. B. Chandler,


Spring Fall


20 19


0


15


3 mos.


$48.00


and


66


66


66


Winter


30 27


0


19


3


66


48.00


Summer 37 33


1


2


3


66


32.00


Centre,


66


M. Ella Dager,


Summer


34 29%


0


0


3


66


32.00


Winter


39 234


0


0


4


66


28.00


South, 66


66


Sarah L, Thomas,


Summer 37 326-10


0


0


3


32.00


West,


66


M. Phenie Eastman


Summer 11 11


0


1


3


32.00


66


66


Winter


11


94


0


0


33


32.00


North,


66


Carrie E. Wood,


Summer


26 21


0


2


3


32.00


66


Clara E. Bancroft,


Winter


18 142


0


1


33


32.00


0


20


3


66


48.00


Gram., East,


Rebecca Eames,


66


66


Winter


39 313


0


4


33


Mary E. Buck,


Winter


3|284


0


3


4


28.00


32.00


66


M. Emma Eames,


32|28


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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.


The following are the regulations of the Wilmington Public Library :-


I .- The Library will be opened on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, from half-past four to half past seven o'clock, P. M.


II .- Residents of the town, over fourteen years of age, may have the use of the Library.


III .- Strangers, residing here temporarily, wishing to obtain any of the Books, may apply to any of the Trustees.


IV .- No person shall have more than one volume at a time for his own use.


V .- All books shall be returned for annual examination, on or before the first Wednesday in February. A fine of one dollar will be imposed for any breach of this rule.


VI .- No person who is in arrears for fines, or damages, will be allowed to take books from the Library.


VII .- Any person detaining a book longer than one month shall pay six cents per week thereafter until returned.


VIII .- Any person damaging or losing a book, belonging to the Library, shall pay such sum as the trustees may de- termine.


27 LIST OF DONATIONS


to the Library during the year 1872, alphabetically arranged.


Mrs. Harriet G. Amnes,


4 volumes.


Hon. N. P. Banks,


9


Nathan Buck,


2


Hiram Bancroft,


6


Miss Abigail Burnap,


1


Mrs. T. D. Bond,


3


Rev. Mr. Buffum,


10


Miss Sabra Carter,


20


William C. Cannon,


4


William Clement, Reading,


20


Centre School Library,


42


C. L. Carter,


10


H. N. Eames,


4


L. C. Eames,


2


East District Library,


50


C. L. Flint, Esq.,


4


M. H. Fitzgerald,


10


Mrs. Mary Gillis,


1


66


Mrs. William E. Gowing, cash,


$4.50


Miss Dolly Harnden,


10 volumes.


Charles Hopkins,


4


Willie J. Howard,


1


Misses S. J. and S. D. Jaquith,


5


Mrs. Thirza Jaquith,


1


Miss Thirza Jaquith,


1


Dea. C. Morrill,


8


Levi Manning,


1


S. B. Nichols,


3 1


John H. Nichols, Lowell,


6 pamphlets, 9


. .


Levi Nichols, Lowell, cash,


$5.00


Hon. H. K. Oliver,


1 volume.


Rev. B. A. Robie,


7


Henry Sheldon,


20


66


28


Mrs. Henry Sheldon, H. A. Sheldon,


2 volumes.


1


8


66


Mrs. A. G. Sheldon, Horace Sheldon,


2 66


Mrs. L. Swain,


1


66


C. W. Swain,


10


State of Massachusetts,


15


66


John A. Taylor, cash,


$1.00


Dr. S. A. Toothaker,


10 volumes.


John Wild,


West District Library,


40


Wilmington Social Library,


60


66


Total number donated,


372


Number of Books purchased,


106


The Library has been opened to the public during the last seven months, ending Feb. 1st, 1872.


Number of persons taking out books, 141


Whole number taken out, 401


71


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FINANCIAL REPORT.


1872.


DR.


Paid for Record Book, $1 75


" W. C. Cannon, printing, 3 25


" C. W. Swain, books, 3 25


" Gould & Lincoln, books,


9 00


" D. C. Colesworthy, books,


48 80


" Noyes, Holmes & Co., books,


56 69


" J. R. Osgood & Co., 3 75


" for Lamp for Library room,


1 75


" for History of Fire in Boston,


1 25


" for Librarian's salary,


14 00


" for extra labor,


2 00


" for expenses of Book Committee,


4 50


" for Express fees,


80


" for Paper for book covers,


2 30


" for Binding,


1 25


" for sundries,


6 01


" for Book cases,


45 00


Cash to Balance,


10 12


$215 47


CR.


1872.


By Cash received of Town Treasurer,


$200 00


Dr. Toothaker, for books,


2 20


Levi Nichols, Lowell,


5 00


60


66 John A. Taylor,


1 00


66


Mrs. Wm. E. Gowing,


4 50


for fines,


2 77


$215 47


C. W. SWAIN, Treasurer and Librarian.


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TOWN WARRANT.


MIDDLESEX, SS.


To Samuel B. Nichols, Constable of the Town of Wilming- ton.


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, qualified to vote in Elections and Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall, in said Wilmington, on Monday the third day of March next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at eleven o'clock A. M., then and there to act upon the following articles viz :


ART. FIRST .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. SECOND .- To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.


ART. THIRD .- To hear and act upon the annual report of Town Officers.


ART. FOURTH .- To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate to defray annual expenses and pay Town debts.


ART. FIFTH .- To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of common schooling for the year ensuing.


ART. SIXTH .- To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of the Select School for the year ensuing.


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ART. SEVENTH .- To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support and repairs of High- ways and determine how the same shall be expended.


ART. EIGHTH .- To see how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for the maintainance of the Public Library the ensuing year.


ART. NINTH .- To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of Taxes for the year ensuing.


ART. TENTH .- To see if the Town will vote to build a new schoolhouse in the centre of the Town or repair the old one, if so, to raise money for that purpose.


ART. ELEVENTH .- To see if the Town will accept the doings of the Selectmen in widening the road opposite the house of James Skilton.


ART. TWELFTH .- To see if the Town will allow Lorenzo Butters any compensation over and above the award allowed by the Selectmen, for land taken for the South Schoolhouse or will move the said Schoolhouse half a mile from its present location for one hundred dollars.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands in said Wilmington, this fifteenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.


THOMAS P. EAMES, Selectmen H. ALLEN SHELDON, of


SAML. B. NICHOLS, Wilmington.


A true copy. Attest : SAML. B. NICHOLS, Constable.


RECEIPTS


AND


EXPENDITURES


OF THE


TOWN OF WILMINGTON,


FROM FEB. 1st, 1873, TO FEB. 1st, 1874,


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1873-4,


AND THE


REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.


WOBURN : JOHN L. PARKER, PRINTER. 1874.


TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1873.


SELECTMEN. THOMAS P. EAMES, Chairman. H. ALLEN SHELDON, HI. BREWSTER NICHOLS.


TOWN CLERK. WM. H. CARTER.


TOWN TREASURER. CYRUS L. CARTER.


ASSESSORS.


THOMAS P. EAMES, H. ALLEN SHELDON, H. BREWSTER NICHOLS.


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


THOMAS P. EAMES, H. ALLEN SHELDON, H. BREWSTER NICHOLS.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


WARREN EAMES, term expires March 2, 1874.


LEMUEL C. EAMES,


66


1875.


JONATHAN CARTER, 2ND,


60


66


1876.


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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY. CYRUS L. CARTER, Chairman. LEMUEL C. EAMES, * M. H. FITZGERALD,*


S. A. TOOTHAKER, BENJAMIN A. ROBIE,


TREASURER AND LIBRARIAN. CHARLES W. SWAIN.


AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS.


LEMUEL C. EAMES, WM. H. CARTER, CHARLES W. SWAIN.


COLLECTOR OF TAXES. WARREN EAMES.


CONSTABLE.


SAMUEL B. NICHOLS.


SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS.


A. PORTER PEARSON, NOAH CLAPP,


Z. T. WHITE, CHARLES W. SWAIN, STEPHEN O. BUTTERS.


FENCE VIEWERS.


H. ALLEN SHELDON, T. FORD GOWING, D. P. BRIGHAM.


SEALER OF WEIGIITS AND MEASURES. SAMUEL B. NICHOLS.


Term of office expires March, 1874.


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SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS.


NATHAN MEARS, GEORGE TAYLOR,


FREDERICK WHITE, WM. H. CARTER 2ND, WARREN EAMES.


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.


SILAS BROWN, NOAH CLAPP,


EDWARD A. CARTER, HENRY SHELDON, HENRY L. BANCROFT.


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.


JAS. H. BATCHELLER,


EDWARD A. CARTER,


HENRY L. BANCROFT, SAML. B. NICHOLS. HENRY SHELDON.


PUBLIC WEIGHER OF MERCHANDISE. SAMUEL B. NICHOLS.


FIELD DRIVERS.


ELBRIDGE STOCKWELL, CHARLES HOPKINS,


NOAH CLAPP, GEORGE T. EAMES, SHELDON SARGENT.


POUND KEEPER. SAMUEL B. NICHOLS.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.


Expense of Town Officers :-


Paid William H. Carter, services as Town Clerk, $15 00


C. L. Carter, services as Treasurer, 50 00


T. P. Eames, services as Selectman,


Assessor & Overseer of the Poor, 100 00


H. Allen Sheldon, do.,


75 00


H. B. Nichols, do., 10 00


Warren Eames, services as Collector, 100 00


Warren Eames, services as School Committee, 8 00


Lemuel C. Eames, do., 20 00


Jonathan Carter, 2nd, do., 8 00


S. B. Nichols, services as Constable, 20 00


$406 00


Repairs of Highways :-


Paid Frederick White, surveyor, East District, $230 15


Wm. H. Carter, 2d,


West


Distrist,


250 55


Nathan Mears, North District, 206 20


Geo. L. Taylor,


South


District,


238 65


Warren Eames,


Center


District,


186 45


1,112 00


7


Expense of Roads and Bridges :-


Paid for widening Road opposite James Skilton's, $48 00


for laying over culverts and railing bridges, 53 88


$101 88


Repairs of Center Schoolhouse :-


Paid for repairs on house, $381 08


furniture,


304 56


- - $685 64


Miscellaneous Expenses :-


Paid J. L. Parker, printing Town Reports, $62 20 W. W. Carter, ringing bell in '72, 10 00


Out building at Town House, 59 00


S. B. Nichols, care of Town House, 10 00 do., wood and supplies for do., 15 39


do., books furnished school desks and indigent children, 8 38


do., care of Cemetery, 10 00


do., returning deaths to Town Clerk, 3 00 North Reading for Boundary Stones, 7 00


Express, postage and stationery, 16 12


Wm. H. Carter, journey to Reading to qualify Representative, 2 00


do., recording and making returns of births, marriages and deaths, 17 45


Abatement on tax list 1872, 40 83


" 1873, 40 95


$302 32


8


State Aid :-


Paid Mary A. Phelps, $48 00


Stephen Frye,


18 00


Willie R. Butters,


36 00


Mary A. Chapman,


79 38


Daniel R. Upton, Guardian,


8 00


Widow Ambrose Upton,


48 00


L. J. Blaisdell,


48 00


$285 38


Expense of Schools :-


Paid teacher of Select School,


$432 00


fuel and incidentals, 95 25


Paid teacher of Center School, fuel and incidentals,


216 00


52 10


Paid teacher of South School,


232 00


fuel and incidentals,


18 00


Paid teacher of North School, fuel and incidentals,


22 50


Paid teacher of West School,


224 00


fuel and incidentals,


30 33


Paid teacher of East School,


216 00


fuel and incidentals,


38 33


$1,784 51


School Book Account .-


Paid J. L. Hammett, for school books, 57 83


Dog Licenses :-


Amount received by the Town Clerk for dog licenses and paid over to County Treasurer, $81 60


208 00


9


Book Account :-


S. B. Nichols, in account with School Books.


Debit.


1873.


To amount books on hand, $71 02


April. " Books purchased, 36 48


Septr.


25 52


$133 02


Credit.


By books on hand, 74 32


" Sales books, nett, 52 53


" Commissions on sales, 5 87


133 02


Town Appropriations for 1873 :-


For the support of the Poor, $1,000 00


" payment of Town Officers, 475 00


" repairs of Roads and Bridges, 300 00


" payment of State Aid, 450 00


" Miscellaneous expenses, 400 00


" Interest on Notes, 575 00


" payment of Town Debts, 1,000 00


" Common Schooling, 1,000 00


" Select Schooling, 530 00


" support and repairs of Highways, 1,250 00


- -- $6,980 00


2


10


Summary of Expenses for the Current Year :-


Expense of Poor,


$1,639 74


Expense of Town Officers,


398 00


Repairs of Highways,


1,112 00


Roads and Bridges,


101 88


Repairs of Centre Schoolhouse,


685 64


Miscellaneous,


302 32


State Aid,


285 38


Schools,


1,784 51


School Books,


57 83


$6,367 30


THOMAS P. EAMES,


Selectmen of


H. ALLEN SHELDON,


H. BREWSTER NICHOLS, Wilmington.


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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


Names and Ages of the Inmates of the Almshouse :-


Nancy Alexander, 85 years.


Judith Alexander, 78


66


Louisa Burt, 69


Elbridge Butters,


68


Abiel G. Carter,


62


died Feb. 18, 1873.


Albert Carter, 54


H. Orn Bancroft, 41


Fanny Butters,


33


John Bancroft,


31


Charlotte Butters, 2


60


*William Alexander, 31


? admitted August 22, discharged Septr. 23.


Mary R. Butters,


19


admitted Dec. 1, 1873. born Jan. 19, 1874.


George A. Fortis,


Whole number,


13


Average


93


Present 11


566 lodgings and 1390 meals have been furnished to tran- sient paupers.


* Military Settlement.


Expense at the Almshouse ;-


To cash paid for flour,


$126 05


grain, 263 57


Amount carried forward, $389 62


12


Amount brought forward,


$389 62


groceries,


376 55


neat stock,


320 50


two lambs,


8 00


swine,


93 83


fresh meat,


183 47


hay and grass,


63 58


salt pork,


21 44


66


fish,


29 89


dry goods,


49 35


baker's bread,


25 04


shoes,


10 92


snuff and tobacco,


18 82


66


repairs on house,


28 70


household furniture,


46 10


labor on farm,


45 00


spirituous liquor,


1 15


66


horse,


100 00


harness,


40 00.


66


farm wagon,


70 00


sled,


20 00


66


farming tools,


11 51


66


blacksmith's bill,


12 65


66


horse hire,


17 75


house offal,


10 50


soap,


7 20


medicine,


12 92


tinware,


7 80


poultry building,


8 00


sundries,


19 14


Dr. Hutchings' bill,


13 00


Dr. Drew's bill,


17 00


vegetables,


2 80


Superintendent's salary to Feb. 1,


250 00


Amount carried forward,


$2,338 23


13


Amount brought forward,


$2,338 23


Credits.


Received for neat stock,


493 75


two lambs,


15 65


66


swine,


99 00


eggs and milk,


26 82


board,


17 13


potatoes,


4 75


66


keeping peddlers, 23 25


lumber,


12 22


labor of Superintendent, 202 50


Received of E. W. Studley amount paid


C. M. Gowing 8 days over his time, 16 00


Of F. Banrcoft, for H. Orn Bancroft, 90 00


1,001 07


Total expense at Almshouse,


Including $353 increase of personal property, $1,337 16


Outside Poor :-


Cash paid for wood furnished Peter Val-


entine, $17 50


66 City of Lawrence, aid to Phi- lander M. King, 52 00


Taunton Lun. Hospital, board of H. B. Stickney, 141 00


66 Town of Woburn, fuel & medi- cal attendance to Mrs. Olive Tweed, 92 08


302 58


Total expense of Poor,


$1,639 74


THOMAS P. EAMES, Overseers H. ALLEN SHELDON, of the


H. B. NICHOLS, Poor.


WILMINGTON, February 1st, 1874.


STATISTICS FROM TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS.


Biths Registered in Wilmington 1873.


No.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENTS.


DATE OF BIRTH.


1 2


Emma Alice Murray,


Charles Edward Taylor,


3 4


Herbert Allen Harnden,


February 17, 1873.


14


5 6 1 8


Henry Wilson Sargent,


John S. & Angelina Sargent,


March 5, 1873. March 9, 1873. March 27, 1873. .


April 23, 1873.


Charles Edward Mellen,


April 24, 1873.


Clara Ellen Frost,


April 30, 1873.


William Henry Martin,


May 9, 1873. May 23, 1873. June 1, 1873.


Elmer Ellsworth Batcheller, Thomas F. Gallagher,


Mary S. Blanchard,


June 11, 1873.


Alonzo Rich Upton,


July 14, 1873.


17 Etta J. Carter,


18


Ada Catharine Mears,


James W. & Alice J. Murray, Charles A. & Ella J. Taylor, H. Allen & Catharine B. Sheldon, Everell & Julia A. Harnden, John J. & Esther E. McDonald, Silas & Harriet Buck,


Horace E. & Annie M. Eames, James H. & Catharine T. Swain, Charles & Anna Mellen, William A. & Phebe E. Frost, Timothy & Sarah Martin, James H. & Mary E. Batcheller,


Barney & Margaret Gallagher, Samuel O. & Mary S. Blanchard, Daniel R. & Clara G. Upton, Walter D. & Mary E. Carter, Nathan & Catharine Mears,


July 31, 1873. August 5, 1873.


9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16


Harry Edward Eames,


Frederick Ellsworth Swain,


January 4, 1873. January 4, 1873. January 25, 1873. February 13, 1873.


William Gage Sheldon,


Ada Walker McDonald, Lewis Gilbert Buck,


Births Registered in Wilmington 1873 .- Continued.


No.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAME OF PARENTS.


DATE OF BIRTHI.


19


Mary J. Miller,


20


Abbie Janet Carter,


21


Henrietta Ames Swain,


Charles W. & Harriet A. Swain, Warren & Elizabeth A. Eames,


November 22, 1873.


23


Edward Robie,


November 30, 1873.


24


Lillian Frances Eames,


Benjamin A. & Lucy H. Robie, George T. & Lucy Eames,


Sept'ber 16, 1873. October 4, 1873. October 6, 1873.


22


Evelyn Roxan Eames,


James & Mary J. Miller, James O. & Lizzie Carter,


December 27, 1873.


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Marriages Registered in Wilmington 1873.


1. No.


DATE OF MAR'GE.


NAMES OF GROOM & BRIDE.


AGE


RESIDENCE.


OCCUPATION OF GROOMI.


PLACE OF BIRTH.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


1 Jan. 1 Henry L. Bancroft, 39 Wilmington, Eliza Ann Dow, 26 Wilmington, 2 Jan. 8 JJohn Edward Muse, 28 Wilmington, Maggie Muse, 20 Wilmington, 3 May 17 Walter D. Carter, Mary E. Boyce, 4 July 2 David Boyce, Hannah L. Clark, 19 Wilmington, 20 Wilmington, 46 Wilmington, 23 Wilmington, 5 .Aug 13 Newton George, 61 Wilmington,


Gentle- Wilmington,


Tini'y & Abigail Bancroft.


Atkinson, N. H. , Jesse & Betsey F. Dow.


man, Laborer, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia,


Farmer,


Burlington, Wilmington,


Cord- Highgate, Vt.,


wainer, Boston. Mass.,


Farmer, Woodstock, Vt., John George.


Currier,


Boston, Mass., Ireland, St. John, N. B., Boston, Mass., Sam'l & R. Hemmenway. Patrick & Mary Cragen. Daniel & Mary Calahan. Daniel & Mary Calahan. Andover, Mass., Win. & Rosanna Higgins.


Clerk,


Wilmington,


Horatio M.& E.M. Eames. Andover, Mass., John & Mary B. Trull.


Farmer,


Ireland, Ireland,


Jno. P. & Elizabeth Muse. Joseph & Maggy Muse. William & Susan Carter. David Boyce. David & Betsey Boyce. Nath'l & Mary A. Clark.


Elizabeth A. Hall, 60 Boston, Mass.,


30 Wilmington, 28 Wilmington, 26 Wilmington,


Baker,


6 Oct. 18 Michael Cragen, Mary M. Calahan, 7 Nov. 27 John Calahan, Catherine Higgins, 25 Andover, Mass., 8 Dec. 24 Leonard T. Eames, 19 Wilmington, Emily M. Trull, 18 Reading, Mass .. 9 30 Wilmington, James Doyle, Catherine Brady, 19| Wilmington,


Michael & Anna Doyle.


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Deaths Registered in Wilmington 1873.


No.


DATE OF DEATHI.


NAME OF DECEASED.


AGE.


CON- DITION.


PLACE OF DEATH.


NAMES OF PARENTS,


DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.


3


1 Feb. 18 Abiel G. Carter,


61 4


single


Wilmingt'n Abiel & Phebe M. Carter,


dr'psy & ap'l'xy.


2


19 Myra Eames,


2 6 8 single


Wilmingt'u Horatio N. & E. M. Eames, de'psy on brain. Wilmingt'n Wm. S. & M. A. Chapman, anemia,


3 May 7 Ella J. Taylor,


4 June 13 Mary S. Blanchard,


1 single


Wilmingt'u Sam'l O. & M. S. Blanchard, chol. infantum.


5


29 Charles E. Taylor,


5 25 single


Wilmingt'n Chas. A. & Ella J. Taylor, general debility.


6 Ang. S Etta J. Carter,


8 single


Wilmington Walter D. & M. E. Carter, not known.


7


13 Barney Gallagher,


40


marr'd


Wilmingt'n Engene & M. Gallagher,


accident. brain disease.


8


22 Carrie Nichols,


7


single


9


30; Alonzo R. Upton,


1 10 single


10 Sept. 2 Henry H. Brigham,


32


single


11


4| Abigail Burnap,


61 11 13|single


12 Oct. 18 Albert C. Ware,


22 6


marr'd Wilmingt'n D. L. & Mary B. Ware,


13 Nov 20 Esther E. McDonald, 28 3


marr'd Wilmingt'n John S. & Martha A. Perry, consumption.


17


Wilmingt'u John H. & H. E. Nichols, Wilmingt'n| Dan'l R. & Clara G. Upton, chol. infantum. Wilmingt'n D. P. & Hannah Brigham, Wilmington Joseph & Abigail Burnap,


consumption. disease of liver. consumption.


Y. M. D.


17 8 7 marr'd


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A CONDENSED ABSTRACT FROM THE BOOKS OF THE


DR.


CASH.


Balance of Cash in Treasury on former settlement,


$1,124 97


Received from W. Eames, Collector, on ac't tax sales,


65 00


M'ch, 1873. ..


taxes 1872, 50 00


..


66


88 00


71 39


June.


County Treasurer, on account dog tax, for Town's Notes issued,


3,100 00


Sept.


from Warren Eames, Collector ac't taxes, 1873,


85 35


Oct.


66 ..


..


..


1872,


40 00


1873,


1,625 39


1,028 28


530 00


Nov.


360 00


Dec.


State and Corporation tax,


113 12


404 07


32 67


66


66 National Bank tax,


89 24


550 00


W. Eames, Collector, ac't tax 1873, 66


934 89


Jan. 1874.


State, account School Fund,


130 00


90 00


353 71


W. Eames, Collector, ac't tax, 1872,


..


.. 1873,


359 36


41 20


532 18


40 83


40 95


S. B. Nichols, account books sold,


52 83


W. Eames, Collector, ac't taxes, 1873,


167 00


for sales Cemetery Lots, 38 00


20 40


Interest on deposits in N. E. Trust Co.,


$12,995 56


1874. February. To balance in Treasury brought forward,


$1,250 56


.


acount State Aid,


=


836 73


H. Bancroft, board of H. O. Bancroft,


1872,


1873,


1872,


1873,


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TREASURER OF THE TOWN .- C. L. CARTER, TREASURER.


1863.


CONTRA.


CR.


By amount of Town orders paid,


$4,754 43


" Cash paid on Interest account,


582 54


Town Notes,


3,200 00


State Tax,


877 50


66


County Tax,


499 91


66


66


Library,


100 00


66


66 for account Schools,


1,730 62


" Balance in Treasury, carried forward,


1,250 56


$12,995 56


The undersigned, a Committee chosen on the part of the Town to examine and settle with the Treasurer, hereby cer- tify that the foregoing account is correctly cast and properly vouched for, and they find remaining in the treasury one thousand two hundred and fifty -56% dollars.


LEMUEL C. EAMES, WM. H. CARTER, Committee. CHIAS. W. SWAIN,


Wilmington, February 1874.


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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.


Note to J. L. Carter, May 1, 1868, $1,500 00


Darius Buck, Oct. 1, 1872, 1,100 00


.. Benjamin Buck, May 1, 1866, 2,000 00


Dec. 23, 1870, 1,000 00


500 00


Otis C. Buck, April 20, 1869, .. August 20, 1870,


500 00


L. C. Eames, April 1, 1871, 1,000 00


H. M. Eames, Trustee, May 4, 1871, 75 00


James Jaques, April 26, 1873, 400 00


$8,075 00


Due Centre School,


$21 67


South 66


21 67


" North


21 67


West


21 67


East


21 67


High


151 00


" Cemetery,


60 33


Outstanding Town Orders,


33 41


353 09


$8,428 09


Assets :


Cash on hand in Treasury,


$1,199 46


Amount due on Taxes, 1872,


77 81


66


1873,


1,694 66


$2,971 93


Nett indebtedness of the Town,


$5,456 16


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PUBLIC LIBRARY.


Our Public Library now enters upon the third year of its existence. It can no longer be regarded as an experiment, but one of the permanent institutions of the Town of Wil- mington. In making this, their annual report, therefore, the Trustees would respectfully solicit from the citizens of the town their continued aid in its support. It has been, and it is hoped it ever will be, the design of the trustees to make this library, what every public library should be, a prominent educational institution in the community. But to this end two things are indispensable : First, that the Library itself, in the selection and character of its books shall be adapted to this end ; and secondly, that it have not only the material aid, but the patronage of the people, The public press through its various channels, is not only a great public educator, but also to a great extent a corrupter of public morals. The amount of mental and moral poison which it issues in the shape of books, periodicals, pamphlets, newspapers, etc., is simply deplorable. Every parent who has the well-being of his child at heart ; every institution confessedly established in the intellectual and moral interests of the community, should seek to counteract the influence of such productions by the substitution of a literature of a pure tone, and whose spirit and influence shall be beyond question. Such, in an eminent degree should be the aim and purpose in the establishment of every public library. We need not say it has been the aim and purpose of the Trus- tees of this library. Their design has been to make this institution tell in the social and moral improvement of this community ; that its books shall be unexceptionable in their character, and fitted not only for entertainment, but for instruction and profit, that all who read them may be both mentally and morally benefitted. The trustees, therefore,


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solicit with confidence the sympathy and co-operation of the people. Assured of receiving, as heretofore, its pecuniary support, what they now especially invite is its patronage. This the library has had to a good degree, but a patronage confined almost exclusively to the young. It is desirable that the library in its influence shall reach an older class, that it shall, by the co-operation and interest of the adult portion of the community, enjoy that character which, with- out such co-operation and interest, it cannot possess.


Therefore, we appeal to you, parents, teachers and citi- zens. We solicit your influence in its behalf. Let us make our library a worthy object of pride to the town. Let us aim to increase its value and extend its influence every year, and let us see to it that it becomes in the highest de- gree a medium, not only of our mental but of our moral and religious improvement.




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