Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1860-1887, Part 22

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


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September 9


Sarah P. Richardson


70


9


Widow


Burlington, Mass,


Sammel and Sarah Cutler


=


October 3


Henry W. Perry


0


4


9


Child


Wilmington


Benj. F. and Maria V. Perry


Teething


12


.


November 4


John Addison


7.5 7


0 Married


England


13


November 14


John B. Bancroft


36


0


0 Single


Wilmington


Timothy and Abigail Bancroft


Epilepsy


Diphtheria Consumption Consumption I'mmors Heart disease Consumption Convulsions


Cancer Consumption Heart disease


- Russell


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN WILMINGTON IN 1878.


-


No.


Date of Marriage.


Names of Groom and Bride.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation of Groom.


Place of Birth.


Names of Parents.


1


I January 6


Alvin C. Phelps, Addie J. Orcutt.


23 Wilmington 18 Tewksbury


Farmer


Tewksbury


Enoch B. and Mary Ann Phelps. Joseph C. and Mary A. Orcutt. George W. and Elizabeth L. Slack.


2 February 26


W. Herbert Slack, Lillian Mirick.


22 Wilmington 24 Boston


21 Lawrence


R. R. employe


Greenfield, Mass. New Jersey


Norman and Mary Nichols.


3 March 20


Frances E. Pearson. Frank Morris,


22 Wilmington 29 Wilmington


Clerk


Wilmington


Jonathan B. and Abbie Morris.


4 April II


Nellie E. Cutting.


23| Wilmington


Currier


Woburn


Clark F. and Hannah A. Richardson.


5 April 11


22 Wilmington


Boston


George L. and Lavinia J. Blaisdell.


Butcher


Wilmington


Micajah and Clarissa Gowing.


22


6 June I


40 Woburn


Woburn


Hiram and Louisa Fisk.


28 |Wilmington


Carpenter


Wilmington


Charles P. and Maria Avery.


7 July 20


31 Wilmington


England


John and Mary Addison.


Wilmington


Thomas P. and Elona M. Eames.


8 July 31


22| Wilmington 22 Reading


Ice company employe Artist


East Boston


Samuel E. and Nancy Gould.


Wilmington


John N. and Sarah P. Eames.


9 July 24


21 Wilmington 19 Wilmington


Wilmington


Charles M. and Maria Gowing.


Io August 15


Barbara E. Coles. Dan W. Boynton,


20 Wilmington


Shirley, Mass:


11 |September 19 Laura J. Butters.


17 Wilmington 24 |Wilmington


Mechanic


Wilmington North Reading


E. Bolls and Ruth Buxton.


1 2 September 7


Albert H. Buxton, Ada E. Eames.


18 Wilmington


Wilmington Boston


John and Mary Rice.


13 September 8


Samuel R. Rice, Mary J. Gowing. Willie E. Taylor,


34 Wilmington


Wilmington


Elbridge and Abby L. Taylor.


19 Wilmington


Currier


Wilmington Wilmington


Elbridge and Abby L. Taylor.


14 September 10 Hattie J. Bancroft.


19, Wilmington


Currier


North Reading Lynnfield


Charles A. and Caroline 1). P. Mirick.


Oscar E. Nichols,


19 Wilmington


Wilmington


Daniel N. and Martha V. Pearson.


Wilmington


Edward W. and Esther Cutting.


Edward C. Richardson, Annettie J. Blaisdell. Charles M. Gowing, Carrie A. Green. Frank E. Avery, Jane L. Kincaid. Albert T. Eames, Elsie M. Gould. Edgar N. Eames, Kate Gowing. Fred M. Carter,


22 Wilmington 22 Wilmington


Ice company employe Currier


Wilmington


England


Otis and Abby Ann Carter. George and Jane Coles. Frank M. and Diantha H. Boynton.


Albert and Mary J. Buiters.


Horatio N. and Eliza M. Eames.


40 Billerica


Carpenter


Thomas A. and Mary Bancroft.


51 Wilmington


MARRIAGES-Continued :


1 5 September 21


William H. Johnson, Susie E. Flanders. John R. Button, Abbie C. Buck.


41 |Wilmington 39 Wilmington


Painter


Worcester, Mass. Newburyport


Restaurant pro- New Jersey


16 October 17


22 Wilmington


prietor Butcher


Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington


17 October 14


Martin F. Holt,


24 Wilmington


21 |Wilmington


29 Wilmington


Butcher


North Reading Wilmington


18 November 28


Ella 1 .. Carter. John H. Simpson, Anna L .. Swain.


27 Wilmington


29 Lawrence


William S. and Mary M. Johnson. Joseph F. and Sarah W. Flanders. John and Mary A. Button. Nathan E. and Alvira Buck. Timothy and Mary A. Holt. William and Susan A. Carter. William F. and Phebe F. Simpson. Levi, Jr., and Louisa Swain.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE


FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1878-9.


We here present the following table of statistics of the schools in Wilmington, to which we invite attention :


Name of School.


Name of Teacher.


No. of Scholars .


ance.


Average Attend-


Term ..


.


months.


Length of Term,


Salary per month


East School,


Miss Lottie E. Converse.


29


24


First


3


$32 00


do


do


24


21


Second


3


32 00


do


do


20


15


Third


2


32 00


North School, do


do


38


35


Second


3


28 00


do


do


32


22


Third


I 3-4


28 00


Centre School,


Miss Cornelia Bancroft,


23


20 1-4


First


3


28 00


do


do


26


23 1-5


Second


3


28 00


do


do


29


22 1 -2


Third


2


28 00


South School,


Miss Jessie E. Macdonald,


29


261-3


First


3


28 00


do


do


29


21 I-3


Second


3


28 00


do


do


24


18 2-3


Third


I 1-21


28 00


Miss Salome G. Twitchell,


26


231-3


First


3


48 00


High School, do do


Mr. Frank Carter, do


26


21 1-2


Second


3


48 00


24


Third


48 00


Miss Anna S. Colburn,


38


35


First


2 3-4


28 00


The above table, compiled from the school registers, gives the number of different scholars in all the schools in town to be 156; while the return of the Assessors gives the number of children in town on the ist day of last May, between the ages of five and fif- teen, to be 171. Now, making all due allowance for those attending school out of town, and those physically disqualified from attending school, and the number of children not found in any of the public


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schools seems unnecessarily and fearfully large. It is a subject that should interest every one to seek to prevent such a waste of school opportunities. Irregular attendance by scholars, also, is a very seri- ous evil which ought to be strenuously guarded against by both par- ents and scholars. We are glad to note that in the five districts for the first term thirty-three scholars have not been absent a single day. We hope this may encourage all the scholars in future to do as well, and take pains to be constant and punctual, and you will be the gain- ers yourselves, the teacher encouraged, and the school greatly im- proved.


In submitting this our annual report of the condition of the public schools of the town, and the degree of progress attained, the commit- tee are deeply sensible of their inability to accurately state just the amount of knowledge, or indeed just what improvement, has been made in manners and deportment during the year. Yet we are very confident that the several teachers have labored with diligence and fidelity in their respective schools, and have had the best results for their pupils constantly in view. Some of them brought to their aid and assistance experience and close observation, which made their influence of such a character as will be gratefully cherished by both scholars and friends. It is just here where the influence of the teacher in all his difficult work comes to make our schools and our school influence more efficient in all the great purposes for which schools are established and maintained.


We are inclined to the opinion, from the evidence that we have seen, that the present year is fully up to the average of preceeding years in the matter of substantial progress and improvement of the several class=s in each of our schools. Still it may well be claimed that the one hundred and fifty-four children in all our schools furnish the best proof, and indeed are the true representatives, of the moulding and elevating power of the schools. Its influence is thus diffused through the community, and ultimately beyond the present limits of the town, while it cheers every household where the scholar enters and glad- flens every heart that notes the development and enlarged capacity for knowledge and usefulness. And where this is not true, and seen to be true, there is something wrong ; it may be from the failure of parents to co-operate with the teacher in all proper efforts for the best interest of the child, as a pupil in the school maintained for the instruction of all the children. Or, if parents fail to form some just


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and adequate estimate of the value and importance of school advan- tages to their children, then this will soon be found to exert an influence directly in opposition to all that is good coming through our schools. Such low estimates made by parents, guardians and friends is a wrong done to the children. It will serve only to make their at- tendance less constant, and partially, if not altogether, to lose their interest, until the school becomes an object of dread and disgust, and while this is the case of any, we feel there is little hope for him through school appliances. We therefore would most respectfully say to parents, do not on any account aid or encourage your children in disregarding school advantages, in any way or manner, but, as you value their present comfort and happiness, their future prosperity and welfare, teach them to think well of the school and its exercises, to be constant in attendance, and their obedience to all proper rules will become comparatively easy, and the school profitable and pleas- ant to both teacher and scholars.


HIGH SCHOOL.


This school met with changes not anticipated at the beginning of the year. Miss Twitchell, whose connection as teacher of this school had made a most salutary impression, not only on her pupils but generally upon this community as an able and efficient teacher, com- menced the spring term as usual under favorable circumstances, but near the middle of this important term was forced, by failing health, to give up her charge and retire from the school. In doing so, she generously furnished her own substitute in the person of Miss Lucia H. Connor, much to the satisfaction and relief of the committee. Miss Connor carried the school through to the close of the term with remarkable ability and adaptation to the circumstances of her posi- tion. The exercises of the closing examination under her manage- ment were made very pleasant to the numerous friends and visitors present, when, at the close, the following persons graduated, receiv- ing their diplomas from the hand of Rev. Daniel P. Noyes-Nellie M. Carter, Irene L. Harnden, Andrew Casneau, Albert W. Lowe, Mary J. Pearson. Then the occasion was improved by some remarks and especially some good advice to the graduates by Mr. Noyes, who said, "Never think or feel that here your education ends." And now we are impressed with a sense of obligation to those who have labored


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for our benefit and improvement, and here express our regards for Miss Twitchell, not only for her general influence in this community, but also for her eminent ability and success as a teacher in Wilming- ton.


As the next teacher of this school, the committee were very glad in being able to secure the services of Mr. Frank Carter, who entered this school at the beginning of the fall term and has continued to share in the confidence of the committee, as being a most enthusiastic and thorough teacher, whose system already has commended itself to many of the scholars, and will ultimately to all, as the course of study is pursued. We, in closing this meagre report, will only say that we hope the town will make its usual appropriation of money, so that its citizens may efficiently co-operate together for the right and proper education of all its children.


LEMUEL C. EAMES, School WARREN EAMES, . JAMES A. SHEPARD, Committee.


Wilmington, February 14, 1879.


Commonu calth of @Massachusetts,


MIDDLESEX. S.


To Thomas A. Bancroft, Constable of the Town of Wilmington, Greeting.


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the male inhabitants of the town of Wilmington, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town House, on Monday, the third day of March next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at eleven o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles, viz. :


ART. I. To choose a Moderator to preside at the said meeting.


ART. 2. To see if the town will fix the salaries of the town officers, or what they will do about it.


ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers for the year en- suing.


ART. 4. To hear the report of committees, and act thereon.


ART. 5. To see how much money the town will raise to defray annual expenses, and pay town debts.


ART. 6. To see how much money the town will raise and ap- propriate for the support of common schools for the year ensuing.


ART. 7. To see how much money the town will raise and appro- priate for the support of the select school for the year ensuing.


ART. 8. To see how much money the town will raise and appro- priate for the support of the poor for the year ensuing.


ART. 9. To see how much money the town will raise and appro- priate for the repairs of highways, and determine how the same shall be expended.


ART. 10. To see how much money the town will raise and appro- priate for the maintenance of the Public Library for the year ensu- ing.


ART. 11. To see what method the town will adopt for the col- lection of taxes.


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ART. 12. To see if the town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of taxes under the direction of the Selectmen.


ART. 13. To see what instruction the town will give the Asses- sors in regard to illegal sales of real estate sold for taxes.


ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in regard to the fishing interests in this town.


ART. 15. To see if the town will raise and appropriate twenty- five dollars to stock Silver Lake with black bass.


ART. 16. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to have a well dug and stoned at or near the Town House, with a suita- ble apparatus for drawing water.


ART. 17. To, see if the town will vote to pay a bounty of one hundred and twenty-five dollars to John H. Simpson and to George H. Baird for enlisting in the army to the credit of the town of Wil- mington.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this thirteenth day of February, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-nine.


EDWARD A. CARTER, Selectmen


N. B. EAMES, of


O. C. BUCK, Wilmington.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures OF THE


TOWN OF WILMINGTON.


From February 1st, 1879, to February 1st, 1880,


-AND-


Report of the School Committee,


For the School Year 1879-80.


AND ALSO THE


Report of the Librarian.


READING :


NEWS AND CHRONICLE, JOB PRINT,


1880.


Town Officers for 1879.


Selectmen, Assessore and Overs ers of the Power. EDWARD A. CARTER, CHAIRMAN. OTIS C. BUCK, THOMAS F. GOWING.


Toun Clerk.


WILLIAM H. CARTER.


Town Treasurer. CYRUS L. CARTER. School Committee.


OTHNIEL EAMES, LEMUEL C. EAMES, JAMES A. SHEPARD,


Term expires, March, ISS2


1881


66 1880


Trustees of Public Library.


WARREN EAMES,


Term expires March, 1882


JAMES A. SHEPARD,


1882


CHARLES W. SWAIN,


.6


66 ISS I


OTHNIEL EAMES,


66 18SI


HENRY HILLER.


1880


LEMUEL C. EAMES,


.6


66


ISSO


Treasurer and Librarian. ARTHUR BUCK.


Collector of Taxes. SAMUEL B. NICHOLS. Died May, 14th, 1879. DARIUS BUCK, appointed to fill vacancy. Constable. THOMAS A. BANCROFT.


Auditors of Accounts.


THOMAS P. EAMES, CHAIRMAN, LEMUEL C. EAMES, HENRY SHELDON. Fence Viewers. HENRY SHELDON, Chairman, THOMAS P. EAMES, C. F. HARRIS.


66


4


Sinler of Weights and Measures. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


Surveyors of Lumber. HENRY SHELDON, SILAS BROWN, EDWARD A. CARTER, LORENZO BUTTERS, EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


Measurers of Wood and Bark. H. BREWSTER NICHOLS. HENRY SHELDON, EDWARD A. CARTER, LORENZO BUTTERS, Z. T. WHITE.


Public Weigher of Merchandise. EDWARD M. NICHOLS.


Field Drivers.


OTHNIEL EAMES, J. WARREN KELLOM, CHARLES HOPKINS, C. F. HARRIS, GEORGE T. EAMES.


Pound Keeper. JAMES A. SHEPARD.


Surveyors of . Highways.


Dist. No. 1, ASA POTTER, 2, WM. H. CARTER, 2nd, 3, N. B. EAMES, 4, HORACE SHELDON, 5, HENRY BUCK, 6. ELBRIDGE TAYLOR, 7, CHARLES HOPKINS, 8, HIRAM BANCROFT, 9, GEORGE MCINTOSH, 10, CHARLES F. HARRIS, 11, EDWARD MEARS, 12, JOHN F. WILDE, 13, SYLYESTER CARTER.


Superintendent of Almshouse. CHARLES M. GOWING.


List of Jurors Revised in Oct. 1879.


DARIUS BUCK,


JONATHAN CARTER,


Z. T. WHITE EDWARD A. CARTER,


WM. H. CARTER, 2nd,


HENRY W. EAMES, OTHNIEL EAMES,


OTIS C. BUCK,


THOMAS P. EAMES, JONATHAN B. MORRIS, WARREN EAMES, ASA POTTER, GEORGE F. COOK.


WARD PARKER,


Superintendent of Cemetery. SAMUEL B. NICHOLS.


Paid County Treasurer $ 106.20 on account of Dog Licenses in 1879. WM. H. CARTER, Town Clerk.


Report of Selectmen and Assessors.


EXPENSE OF TOWN OFFICERS :


Paid Edward A. Carter for services as Selectman,


Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. $125 00


" Otis C. Buck for services as Selectman, Asses- sor and Overseer of the Poor, 100 00


" Thomas F. Gowing for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor. 5 00


" William H. Carter for services as Town Clerk, 15 00


" Cyrus L. Carter for services as Town Treasurer, 50 00


" Darius Buck for services as Collector of Taxes, 100 00


" Darius Buck for collecting the uncollected taxes for the years 1876, 1877 & 1878, 75 00


" Thomas A. Bancroft for services as Constable, 25 00 ' Lemuel C. Eames for services as School Com- mittee, 20 00


" Othniel Eames, . 66 15 00


". James A Shepard, 66 15 00


$545 00


REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS :


The amount expended by the several Surveyors, viz:


Dist. No. I. Paid Asa Potter, $95 85


2. William H. Carter, 2nd, 93 55


3. Nathan B. Eames, 125 16


6


66 Horace Sheldon,


4. 107 41


5. Henry Buck, 125 78


6. Elbridge Taylor, 66 85 32


Amount carried forward. $633 07


2


6


Amount brought forward,


$633 07


7.


". Charles Hopkins, 89 98


8. " Hiram Bancrof:, 78 20


٤٠


9. " George W. McIntosh, 100 03


10. " Charles F. Harris, 89 95


II. " Edward Mears, 75 00


. 6


12. John T. Wild, 123 10


13. Sylvester Carter, 9º 95


$1280 28


ROADS AND BRIDGES.


Paid Henry Buck for laying drain pipe, $ 1 66


" John T. Wild repairing road scraper, 4 00.


" Chas. F. Harris extra highway work, Dist. No. 10, 7 00


" Osgood A. Carter for cutting brush, 2 00


"' N. B. Eames laying drain pipe, 5 00


" H. Allen Sheldon extra highway work, District No 4, 25 00


" Otis C. Buck railing roads and bridges, 5 50


" William H. Carter, 2nd extra highway work, Dis- trict No. 2, 17 17


Edward A. Carter for work on bridges and cut- ting brush, 2 87


" Edward Mears, culvert work, 10 50


" Elbridge Taylor, laying drain pipe, 5 50


" Gilman Gowing, building fence, 2 00


" William H. Putnam, repairing road scraper, 63


" James Buel & Co., for drain pipe, 21 60


W. W. Carter, for lumber and work on bridge, 50


$II0 93


REMOVING SNOW.


District No. 1, $10 82


Amount carried forward, IO 82


7


Amount brought forward,


10 82


District No. 2,


7 85


3,


II 99


4,


17 17


66


5,


12 60


66


6,


II 71


66


7,


6 58


66


8,


4 16


66


9,


50


IO,


9 09


II,


14 58


66


12,


10 00


13,


9 00


$126 05


REPAIRING READING ROAD :


Paid C. F. Harris for repairing the road leading to Reading, $200 00


Expense of well and pump at Town House :


Paid H. Allen Sheldon for digging, stoning and ce- menting well at the Town House, $153 00


6 J. A. Ames, cement for well, I 75


" Charles C. Holt for pump and platform, 31 50


$186 25


MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES :


Paid Henry Buck, for labor on South School House and Pump, $ 9 33


" J. A. Eames, for lead, oil, padlock and rope


for cemetery, and spikes,


8 53


C. T. Tolman, for printing 400 Town Reports and 100 posters, 42 00


Amount carried forward, 59 86


8


Amount brought forward, 59 86


Paid Warten Eames for wood furnished the Town


House sawing and housing the same, 11 50


" Stevens & Conant, for legal services, 10 00


" George L. Perry, repairing pump, 1 50


" William H. Carter, and, for police service, 2 00


" Thomas A. Bancroft. .. 66


4 00


" Levi Swain, Jr., ..


..


4 00


" Edward M. Nichols, .. 4 00


« John H. Simpson, ..


4 00


" Edward M. Nichols, care of Town Hall, 10 00


.. 66 care of cemetery. 15 00


ringing bell, 5 00


writing paper, matches and


broom, 97


Edward M. Nichols, express on paid books, 15


66 66 66 repairing window in Town


Hall, 25


" Fred Cady, painting flag staff and material, 15 25


" E. A. Carter, tax book for Collector and in- voice book, I 35


" E. A. Carter, postage, express, paper & car fare, 5 45


" Otis C. Buck, repairs on clock and car fare, I 50


66 repairs on pump, and dippers and chains, 3 50


John W. Perry, repairs on tomb and hearse, 4 50


William H. Carter, to recording and mailing returns to the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 20 births. 10 00


19 deaths, 5 70


7 marriages, 1 05


to journey to Reading to qualify Representa- tives, 2 00


Amount carried forward, 182 53


9


Amount brought forward. 182 53


Pud William H. Carter, postage and express matter, 3 00 blanks for dog licenses, 1 25


Paid Everett G. Avery, for tax bills and summonses, 4 25 Edward M. Nichols, returning deaths to Town Clerk, 4 75


" Jonathan Carter, for screws, ons and nails, I 73


" H. T. Johnson & Co., for town order book, 6 00


$203 5:


BOOK ACCOUNT.


WARREN EAMES, AGENT. DR.


l'o books on at former settlement, $37 79


31 91


'To cash paid Adams & Co., " 66


7 89


To cash paid Cowperthwait,


17 37


--- 94 96


CR.


By cash received of Warren Eames, $52 93


Books on hand, 42 03


-94 96


To balance books on hand,


42 03


TOWN APPROPRIATIONS VOTED AT THEIR LAST ANNUAL MEETING, VIZ:


AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED.


For Town Officers. $500 00


roads and bridges, 350 00


support of highways, 1500 00


state aid, 275 00


interest on town notes, 500 00


library, 50 00


miscellaneous, 250 00


Common schools, 1000 00


select schooling, 550 00


support of poor,


1400 00


stocking Silver Lake, with fish, 25 00


repairs on Reading road, 200 00


$6600 00


AMOUNT EXPENDED.


For Town Officers,


$545 00


roads and bridges, 110 93


support of highways, 1406 05


state aid,


144 00


interest on town notes, 519 33


miscellaneous expenses, 203 51


common schools, 1349 13


select school. 556 96


support of poor 1376 46


stocking Silver Lake with fish, 5 00


repairs on Reading


road,


200 00


1


$6416 37


3


10


STATE AID.


Paid widow Mary A. Phelps,


$ 48 00


Phebe F. Simpson, 48 00


Rachael Clough, 48 00


$144 00


Temporary State Aid for indigent soldiers :


Paid Henry E. Stickney.


$60 00


February, 1879, George N. Chase.


9 00


16 Timothy D. Upton, 9 00


-78 00


VALUATION FOR 1879.


Real Estate,


$483,832


Personal Estate,


79,088


Total valuation,


$562,920


Amount of taxes assessed in 1879,


$6966 71


Rate of taxation for general tax, $12.00 per $1000.


ABATEMENT ON TAXES.


For 1876, Darius Buck, collector,


$10 19


1877


124 72


-


-$134 91


SCHEDULE OF TOWN PROPERTY.


Town farm,


$4000 00


Personal Property at Town farm,


1166 67


Town house,


1800 00


School houses and furniture,


6800 00


Town scales and scealers office,


250 00


Two hearses,


350 00


Hearse house,


100 00


Cemetery land and lots,


450 00


Furniture in Town Hall and Selectmens offices.


90 00


Public library and furniture,


1000 00


Cedar posts and poles,


2 00


$16,008 67


EDWARD A. CARTER, ) Selectmen and OTIS C. BUCK, Assessors of THOMAS F. GOWING. ) Wilmington.


Report of the Overseers of the Poor.


NAMES AND AGES OF INMATES OF THE ALMS HOUSE.


Regis-| tered No.


NAMES.


AGE.


KEMARKS.


5


Lousia l'urtt,


75


7


Fanny Butters,


39


8


Albert Carter.


60


12


Elbridge Butters,


74


36


Clarrisa Reed,


84


22


Charlotte Butters,


8


40


Charles P. Avery,


67


41


Horace Hale,


2 ]


Whole number during the year, 8


Present number, 8


Four hundred and thirty-six lodgings and one thousand and twelve meals have been furnished to vagrants.


INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, FEB. 1, 1880.


Live Stock,


$240 00


Farming Tools, etc,


349 65


Provisions,


115 85


Wood and Lumber,


116 50


Household Furniture,


332 67


Contents of Lobby,


12 00


$1166 67


EXPENDITURES AT THE ALMSHOUSE.


l'and J. A. Ames, for groceries and grain, $156 02


John W. Peny, blacksmith work, 2 30


Jonathan Carter, groceries and grain 152 OF


Henry Sheldon, for cow, 38 00


J. A. Fuller, salary two months, 50 00


J. R. Currier, for crackers, 43 00


C. M. Gowing, salary ten months, 250 00


A. Ellis, for groceries, 14 05


(. M. Gowing, ballance due on settlement, 36 80


Dr. J. P. Elliott, professional services, 18 25


Dr. Charles Jordan, 30 00


George E. Carter, for meat, 21 99


George L. Perry, blacksmith work, 8 38


Arthur O. Buck, for meat, 16 48


J. O. Richardson, to casks and making cider, 8 20


Warren Eames, for meat, 23 67


Simeon Jaquith, repairing farm wagon,


75


J. Harvey Carter, for meat, 17 94


Thomas McDonald for fish, 5 62


E. A. Carter, for carpenter work at almshouse, 10 00


B. F. Perry for housing cart four years, 4 00


E. B. Carter, for shingles, 3 00


Geo. A. Robinson, carpenter work at almshouse, 7 00


John T. Wild, swing lumber and a lot of hay, 8 16


- $925 62


J. A. Fuller's account at Almshouse :


Paid for coal, $3 25


meal, I 77


6 . groceries, 5°


$5 52


13


Charles M. Gowing's account at Almshouse :


Paid for groceries,


$21 66


66 hard-ware, 12 32


tin-ware, 6 66


boots and shoes, 5 75


.. dry goods and clothing. 26 85


06 oil cloth, 5 51


fish,


4 22


soap,


13 5°


.6 medicine, 35 67


60 meat and poultry, II 35


66 curing hams, 1 60


66 Eames Brothers, butchering hogs, 3 00


fruit and vegetables, 7 25


66 grass seed, 3 5º


66 fertilizer, 2 25


66 labor in the alms house, 11 85


66 washing machine and basket, 2 00


filing saws, 1 00


66 H. Allen Sheldon for use of bull, 2 25


66 repairs on harness, and oil, 4 87


W. F. Cook for whitening, 3 00


N. Jenkins repairing pumps, 5 50


66 J. A. Fuller, balance due on settlement. 27


$191 83


OUTSIDE POOR SUPPLIED.


Paid for wood furnished C. Morrill,


$3 00


aid furnished James H. Swain, 2 96


Worcester Insane Asylum for board of Eva Lowersby, 171 44


J. A. Ames for goods delivered C. Nevins, 4 10


aid furnished Horace Hale, 24 00




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