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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
4
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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