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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1875-Annual ReportREPORT ON THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON; FOR THE YEAR ENDING JAN. 31, 1875. ARLINGTON: OFFICE OF THE "LEXINGTON MINUTE -MAN." 1875. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN. LEXINGTON, FEB. 10, 1875. Agreeably to usage and the vote of the town, the Select- men submit n general statement, to their fellow citizens, of the affairs and fiscal condition of the town, together with a statement of their own acts and doings. In relation .to *lir doings tinder the authority of the Drainage Act of 18r3, they would simp'y say, that in their last report they stated that the early setting in of whiter prevented the completion of their contemplated work upon the meadows. In May hist we viewed the premises, and decided what further should he clone. We found on exam- ination that the dr.rins had accomplished all that was antici- pated, showing a marked improvement in the condition of the meadows. The banks of the drains had stood the trial of the first winter, which is generally the severest trial to which such work is exposed, as well as could have been ex - petted. We ordered the extension of some of the side drtri.r.s so as to relieve certain portions of the meadows from • nater, agreeably to the plan originally adopted. %Ve also examined the meadows carefully in September last, bef'oro apportioning the betterment tax; and from hath examina- tions, and from what we saw ill the course of the reason, we were fully satisfied that the general improvement of these meadows, and the lauds immediately contiguous, would ulti- mately more than repay the cost of draining. We found land which was a mere hog the year before, ton wet for any kind of cniture, reclaimed, and under a high state of culti- vation ; and finally seeded down to English grass, with a good prospect of a productive yield. A single case of this kind shows what can be done on large sections of these meadows, which are now perfectly unproductive. The sum expended upon the meadows the hist season, in- cluding the amounts allowed for damages to certain par- ties, amounts to three. hundred and sixty-nine dollars and twenty-five cents. The' sum assessed is by the vote of the town, made payable all at one time; that is, on January ,1, 1$75, or in three annual instalments, ou January 1, 1875, 1876, and 1877, at the option of the tax -payer. Sonic par- ties have already. -‘paid their tax, and measures will he imme- diately adopted to collect the rest. The town will have paid Air the culverts, and allowed in. interest ou the sUm advanced to meet the cost of the drainage, at least one-third of the whole sum; so when it is said that this drainage should be regarded as a sanitary measure, the answer is, that this has been regarded as one element, and paid fur .by the town accordingly. •In regard to the fiscal affairs of the town, we will state that we have settled wish Mr. Dauaon, the Collector and Treasurer, from tinge to tint, and have kept a careful watch over the Treasury, and if we embody the different settle- ments, the account for the year will stand thus : That he has received during the past year, sixty-three thousand five hundred and ninety-two dollars and ninety-five cents, and has paid out sixty-three thousand two hundred and eighty dollars ai;d fifty cents. Leaving in the treasury on the first -oaf February only three hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents. Thus it will be seen that we commence the fiscal year with a balance touch smaller than usual. " This arises 'from a doubtful policy adopted by the town, and from causes accidental or unt'orseen. Lust year we had a liberal bal- ance on hand at the close of the year; and some persons seemed to take it for granted, that this balance would meet all coutiugencies, and Bence heavy drafts were made upon it, so that the treasurer was under the necessity of having recourse to loans as early as the first of April. And he has . been under the necessity of borrowing to the amount of $12,500. Another cause of producing this result is the doubtful policy of avoiding taxation, and straining up -the valuation for the purpose of keeping down the rate of taxa- tion, so as to invite emigration to the town. -This policy is - of a very doubtful tendency. Inr the.first place., it is, sure,t5 increase our State and County tuxes. ' It also Operates-unt equally and discriminates' against the agricultural interest ". which is depressed more than any other. There are several other causes whish have operated to • deplete the Treasury. I3y a standing vote of the town, the. Selectmen have been authorized for years to purchase gravel- pits for the repairs of the highways. We had an opporr. tuuity which we deemed favorable, and we Obtained one of N. and J. Q. A. Chandler, at cost of $250. The County Commissioners were called upon to widen and straighten '%\'ultham street, throughout its whole length. 'We con- sidered it our duty to examine the premises in advance of the Commissioners, and see for ourselves what was required on that street.; and we found what we anticipated, that the road location was sufficiently wide," and that the removing of brush and trees, which had been permitted to grew, and the stones which had been deposited, all withiuqhe limits of the road location, and the widening of the trod -way in some places, would meet the public demand; and in wideiain the road bed, we could cut down' some abrupt rises, and thug". make the -ro;id as good as:is. required. ' 1% of presentedqur P„ dews to the .Comnaissioners;, who- a a= view;: aoineide, with us ; and on the assurance that the town 'would make r. these repairs, they agreed to suspend further action in the case, We have expended beyond the highwaylabor $ t811 and have nearly completed the job; and have. saved to the town, as we believe, more than twice that sum. ' We also became satisfied that the increase, of disorder;' mischief and depredations, required a lock-up in the easterly section of the town, as it was very inconvenient in the night tinii•,• ►vlreir these disturbances generally occurred, to take from the extreme part of the town, rr. turbulent prisoner to our existing Deice of confinement. We saw that in finishing the Adams Engine House, which the town had authorized, a suitable Lock-up could be constructed cheaper than in any other way; and we availed ourselves of the opportunity. This cost with the herbs and furniture ordered by the town, about $280. The town appropriated a sun), deemed sufli- cient to paint and furnish Adams Engine hall, and procure a • • Hoof. and Ladder truck, but proviiled no means to pay for the • banre. This therefore was drawn frons the Treasury, and . added about $1000 more to these itciu.. which were. unpro- vidcdfor. The law -suit with Brown, late of tlio Poor (louse, cost us $318. There is one subject more which we will mention ; for we wish to lay our whole doings before our comAituents. The Conanissioners, some two yeal•8 ago, were • called on by a. large number of petitioners to widen Main street from the Cointnuii to Woburn street; end by some inforurality the (natter was delayed till the past summer. The town, on a notice from the Commissioners, had referred the whole subject to the Selectman with fall powers. I ho Commissioners had fixed the Zinc to the satisfaction of tall pal ties 'above the Town IIall ; and the Selectrrrcn, knowing the ripliroaching Anniversary would require that the'irrr- ,. pruvement-about the Town hall ,and Depot be made .this season, so that the ground would be settled before the lath of April, have deom'd it wise to finish the work from Morris Block to the Town Hall. This improvement, which we • considered necessary, cost $2.25. There is one item more which we will lnetrtion which amounts to over $1100 above ` the grant, that is the pauper bill. For some reason un- . known. to us,wthe pauper grant last spring, was reduced about that amount below the ordinary cost of that depart- nrent; add to this the sumo of $500 appropriated for the Han- . cock schoolhouse. These items make ;ii ggregate amount of nearly $4000, which will account for the small sum now in - the Treasury. But though tic balance is small, we need not :anticipate banl.ruptey. 'There is some $4500" uncollected which will ho available in rt short time, and ubant $15011 which tn. y be ex-• petted from the betterment tax, if the .Ritter is property ' managed. •%Ve know of no town inilirovenient tvhiclr will r-. require any extra expenalitures; and hence, we -may redu4e our ordinary appropriations tilo coming—leer, without any detriment to the public interest. But there is one.subjcet which will engross the attention of our people and mall for a 'generous pecuniary aid—we allude to the approaching centennial celebration. The Town of Le Cingtotr occupies ai brighter page in history than any other town upon the con - 'Uncut. Though her population -Ives small, she carefully watched the tide of (•vents, and disciplining herself in the school of adversity, was prepared to meet coolly any •danger that might arise. Under the guidance of her pious :sired patriotic priest, she not only prepared herself for th(1 im- pending contest, liut she encouraged, animated, and sus- tained others by her example and assurance that wbatev.er others might do, she would stand firm in defence of liberty. •\Vith a sacred trust lir• God, Lexington, two years before the collision in galls, assured her sister towns that "if the stale of our uffuir8 should require it, she should be ready,fo sacrifice. her estates, and everything dear inlife, yea, and even life itself, in sniTort of the conmOn cause." Nor :was this stn empty boast. When the day arrived, Lexington was as gold cgs her word. • When eight htuidicd .-.. British iogulars, armed to the teeth, approached our village., and rushed upon a band of about fifty citizens, but poorly awned and disciplined, and commanded them to throwdo'n.. their arms and disperse, this little Spartan band stoodiim upon their own parade ground, and did not leave it till their. ranks were decimated, and they were ordered to retire 4 their own commander_. Nor did they leave the field till 8 several of them had returned the fire. Thus did Lexington, unaided and alone, confront a British force more than fifteen times as numerous as her own. Nor did her gallantry cease with her morning sacrifice. With eight of her citizens dyad upon the field, these patriots sallied and under lead of their brave commander, marched forth and met the British on their retreat, and added two more victiins to their morn -. She had no neighboring troops from the right hand -or the Left to take the fore front of the battle in the morning, and thus guard and protect her from danger. And so she suffered largely hi her killed, while some towns twice as populous escaped without the loss of a ui;ln. '!`hese facts were fully appreciated at the time, .and hence -Lexington has passed into history as the first battle -field of the Revolution, and the Firth place of our freedom. So anxious have the people of the country been; to do honor to our village, that more than half of the States of the Union have given our name to a portion of their territory. We have arrived at an epoch in our history, when we are called • upon to view the events of the past, and decide whether we will assert our manhood, and sustain the reputation which the. country has awarded us. We have resolved to do it to prove ourselves worthy of our sires. One of their shining virtues was that of self-sacrifice. They would offer their lives and fortunes. We have no occasion to inaice such a sac- rifice. Thank God our Iives are not at this day, required. And shall we grudge a small pittance of our fureunes tp sus- tain the character wl-iich our fathers have acquired for our beloved .town We .trust not. The expense of our cele- bration will be considerable, but there is no need or pro- priety of paying it all at once. It is a gift for a century, and when it is apportioned to one half of a hundred years, all, that will be required now, would he but a pittance too 'small to be considered. CHARLES HUDSON, Selectmen L. S. PIERCE, of B. C. WHITCHER, Lexing ton. 1. 1-4 9 228`g+na43.W8E8gA p''8 ^gd aW.:88$e'i 2$bN-.ISN2$541. urciiikinpu4wangm w .+++ d• C3.+ M7 W P'j Za GY . if • ❑LD% 12, rig+ a1”:;4 g ,A $ 1 m Oaz Km% kI lama F° e E;ria A•- Y 2 y'- uaFw 7-ntc mf ai nay F" tieJ'aw675.F8QW"r- 4a Y 24,1„5 mli❑s° °! .F ]i•M ti 2 4.0 THE TOWN DEBT a A A 888888 wear^ cd cs1 E :; S w ro• = O O.00 8 Total Town Debt, independent of Town Hall Loan, 1.0 TIIE FOLLOWING IS THE LOAN FOR TIIE TOWN HALL AND SITE. 8888 8 O',t3'+ei,q H • 4-1 wr r▪ ",: t) • a .a tri t 3 , "v wuY ,:• W ,. r CYC v. 0,5 u u xr Tr. P F.K- fti - cESE -373-3-8 eeee gra 00 0005 5 5 5 5024:0 ^Joao n --n tiy•41ri Total Town Ball Debt r: ASSESSORS' REPORT, • ssnrs present, in the fnTlowin nh individual for the year 1874 ate of each person, together property, amount of State taxation for 1874. y, The Asse g report., the amount ❑f tax M- sessed on ea; also, the valuation of real•and personal est with the total valuation of real and personaland County tax, -.Town grants, and rate of _ ; - • Names. Adams, Geo. W. Adams, Abel B. Alderman, 3' - . Adair Chau Arnold, Mary A..... Angier, Amos Anderson Thomas Angier, Chan. D Beals, John Brigham, William Brown, Benj.. Bryant, A. W........ Brown, Oliver .... 13uttrick, Isaac Brown, Charles Baker, W. W Bacon, John D ..... Bowen, T. 13 Buckley, Timothy Buckley, Uornelius, heirs Buckley, Daniel Butters, Charles A...., Brown, Eliab Brown. John M Bryant, R. T Bryant, Edw. T.. Blas J el, John C. heirs Babcock. A. G.. Ballard, Francis E. Brewer, Joseph N Baxter, Edwin W Bennett James 11. Batcheller, B. T, Bettinson, E. W. Bruce, Jane M. Brnoe, Charles S - Brigham, H. B Blanchard, C. fl.. ..... Bevorstoek, H. F. --Butterfield, 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2• 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Highway Ta=. 120 1 2U 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 i In 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 i 2n t 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1.20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 d Gy 5,11 LC i4 4,53[1 7.41110 3,000 2 7,200 1,350 1.180• 3.400 4.550 4.500 4,700 1,700 2,460 6,500 15,2002 9,000 2.400 800 400 1,070 5,050 2,500 600 6,325 6,600 11,360 8.16.'5 7,000 9 700 5,900 2,320 ,13.200 4,820 1,850 A O M F 58 89 91 00 39 00 271 77 151 60 17 55 15 34 44 20 59.15. 58 50 61 10 22 10 31 9R 044 50 197 60 70400 31 20 780 520 13 9I 6586 32 50 7 80 • 82 23 461 57 8.'580 I47 68- 106 13 91 00 128 10 78 70. 30 16 171 60 62 66 24 05 334 275 I,140 474 6,000 40 800 2,1V 0 865 700 80 200 18.2 440 2,800 1,200 150 380 :.1,000 -., 630 .1.730 7,1163 2.640 7,075 220 46,130 ],49'l 1112 271 C 0 a 4 34 3 58 14 82 6"6 7800 52 00 10 40 27 30 I1 25 9 10 1 04 2 60 2 11 '672 38,40 10.60 1: 95 4`85 1300. 10 14 8 19. 22 49. 103.52 38 22 91 98 286 Ns 6e /0 37 1 99 2 22 F' --I-66 43 97. 78 87 02 28113 15 60 98.78 19 OR 13 60 51 74 70 73 i6070 21573 30 27`02 2038267 40 109 3140 34 40 11 00' 105 '25 70 7133 00 10103 5 15• 466 12 ✓ `'16 20 . 99 ],4' 759 07 131•.84.- ::,. 197.,72. 167.8;1. 171-l4 30 16 6 C 79 R574 2R4 a4 12 Names. 4BuGLers, Siriney Baron, C. H Burton Joseph ... B. L..aud N. 10x, B. L. and N. R. R. Batley, Challis 13. 2 Bailey, Edw. B. 2 Bullock, Albert s Bullook, George 2 -!Blinn. Richard D..... '2 Botcher, John H 2 Buckley John Batchelder, John -Bullock, Albert E. 2 Bacon & Saville . Bryant & Osborn Bryant, Sarah 11n liuttrick Jonas JI Cutler, Tomas.. Cutler, Thomas 111 Cummings. Daniel 1 2 Childs, AllusLuo .... •,1 2 Cogswell, Emily J Currier, W. J. 2 Cottrell, Asa ....... . 2 Crowley, Patrick, heirs ..... Cashman, Michael ...... 2 Goodin, James 2 Cary, Maria - Chapman, G. F. 2 Childs, Luke C. 2 Caiterny, John 2 Oapello, Curtis 2 Collins, Daniel 2 ' Caldwell, Chris. 2 • L'alnphiei Patrick, heirs..... Oatfrey, Barney 2 Cati rey, Patrick 2 •Chandler, Nathan 2 Chandler, J: Q. A. 2 Corea, Alexander 2 Crowley, James ... 2 Curran, Stephen. 2 Curran, John . 2 Chisholm, Jolul Cosgrove, Thomas Cutter, George H. 2 Cutter, William R2 Choate, Thomas J. 2 Cary, Abigail Cutler, A. 0 2 Crane, James E....... 2 Cushing A, M 2 . Cummings, Silas L 2 Crowley, bliohnel, heirs .... Chandler, Sarah Chandler, Elmira 31. Damon, Isaac N. Damon, " Trustees.. Damon, " Trusteek Damon, "as Guardians,.. N etit,.7 Pall TRX. n CCS 1». 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 ''20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 '20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1'26 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 2(1 1 20 1 21 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 D 2,800 2,250 1,100 2,200 715 3,530 2.190 45,450 1,635 1:1,790 1,7-10 49:5 340 17,0111) 9,453 3,020 3,:32.5 11,025 5, 930 691) 1,:300 [100 39,39.5 4,151 13,200 1,980 4,000 423 2,670 1,330 (130 1,50a 8,150 7.150 250 2,175 1,640 890 900 2,450 3,700 4,750 3,500 1,200 2,450 3,000 0 30 40 29 25 14 30 28 00 9 30 45 89 41 47 590 85 21 26 179 27 2.2 10 641 4 42 221 78 :7 3111 37 43 23 14:1 3:3 77 33 7 80 10510 7 80 51'2 14 54 15 171 60 13 74 52 (10 5 ria 34 78 17 53 12 35 19 50 105 95 92 95 3 29 28 28 21 32 10 40 11 70 31 85 4.0 10 61 73 45 50 15 60 31 85 63 01 65 125 150 409 1)0 420 5713 3,935 130 480 2,0110 ,011 115 2.180 1,95.1 125 2,4115 •2,390 2,355 165 44.) 400 52 80 80 500 ii l0 500 130 415 3,000 50 300 1,300 1,000 200 11,400 1,000 1,200 g Ew 0 115 1 63 1 93 5 20 1 17 5 46 7 49 51 16 1 69 6 24 211 n{1 2730 39 00 27 [39 23 35 1 63 i3 +,'3 31 07 30 30 2 16 5 72 598 68 1 04 104 6 :r0 4 03 (1 50 160 5 40 39 00 63 3 '90 23 40 13 00 2 60 0 1-t 31) 10 3330 19 13 1 95 P . 33 80 4 37 12 30 54 55 r> 16 645 21 4 89 21 26 18:1 50 25 :30 6 41 44: 26 017 30 50 2(15 '118 :30 59 :r 07 117 81 43 .23 148 16 112 0.1 7 80 20 10 11 00 543 21 87 71 176 Ski 34 60 55 20 1373 • 43 '90 -17 55 tri 23 23 74 110 L9 • 1112 63 10 48 3798 24 52 '489 13 60 11 70 35 05 51 30 70 :35 • 89 00 48 70 3 85 18 80 7 10 31 85 23 40 13 00 70 80 70 20 13 00 15 60 • Names. p 13 m 011 v w+1 F, kg En Damon,1oaae '.Executor 1)arnon, Isaac N. Trustee... Davis, Horace 13 2 Davis, Anna C., heirs....... Davis, John 2 Dow Darius 2 Dudley, Sarnuel ... 2 Demar, John T 2 Rupee, Elias 2 Doe, William W. 2 Dana, Otis R 2 Daly. Patrick 2 Davis, George 0 '2 Duren, Warren 2 Donoven, Daniel ........ 2 Deneen,•Edward heirs...... Dennett, George B. 2 Dunn, Dennis 2 l)aVis, Betsey ICst.rbrooks & Blodgett, Esterbrooks, henry D Eaton, Joseph Emery,James Earl. homas H. heirs...• Evens, Almon, Fitzpatrick, Patrick Fitch, David Fessenden, Nathan Flint, George Fiske, Timothy K. Ford, Michael Fanner, Lucretia Fowle, Joshua B. Foster James E. • Fletcher, Chas. 0........ Faller George Friend, Joseph .. Farmer, Alfred A. 2 Flint, Natli'l.11eirs Foster, Seraph A. Gleason, Josiah B. Gleason, Benjamin Gleason, William Gleason, Edwin A. (xarm on, N ath'1.... ...... Graham. Hugh Gatnmell, Jonas estate. Gammen, Eben' Goddard, Alonzo Gateley, Matthew Goddard, Austin A. ' Goodwin, Chas. C.... Gould, Mrs. 0. W Gould, A. F Gould, Thomas, heirs Gillman, Frank. heirs Gerry, Elizabeth W. Greenleaf, Thomas R..., Gillman, William..:... Goodwin, Alice D., and Amanda M. Prosser, 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 n 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 2 40 1 '20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 '20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 • 3,187 1,650 2,100 2,450 6,1;10 1,530 3,135 5,975 2,050 8,350 6,721 1,465 1,00(1 4,020 350 17,595 1,225 4,100 2,450 900 1,890 2,800 4,3375 1,500 2,820 ' 1.000 2,100 4,1150 5,050 8,320 2,800 495 8,550 6,430 3,000 3,120 1,100 •9,000 2,560 8.450 16,000 6,800 2,100 12,240 10,0011 7,395 120 4,100 500 400 150 4,175 3,645 41 44 21 45 27 30 31 85 80 47 22 69 20 15 40 76 77 68 26 65 108 55 87 43 19 05 13 00 52 26 4 55 226 14 13 93 58 50 31 8,5 • 11 70 24 57 36 40 56 36 19 60 3606 13 00 27 30 63 03 65 65 108 16 36 40 6 44 111 15 93 59 3'.100 40 06 20 80 26 00 3.328 109 2085 88 40 27 30 159 12 130 00 96 14 1 56 53 30 6 50 5 20 1 95 54 28 47 89 700 6,000 75 800 • 965 30 352 510 6,625 240 1,490 6175 100 1,500 135 1,650 400 40 360 2,5550 100 1,200 3,925 90 50 514 312 2,400 100 14,700 167 1,000 80 88 390. 1255 39 4.58 6 63 86 13 3.12 1937 80 28 1 30 19 50 1.76 21 45 5 20 52 4 68 3315 3 71 130 15 60 51. 03 1 17 65 6 68 4 06 31 20- 1 30 191 10 2 17 13 00 104 El 910 78 00 45612 21.4) 30 50 38 9S 9622 26 2S 23 35 48 54 80 88 ' 36 48 11175 176 76 25 37 13 00 55 46 7 75 19 38 312 82 20 43 61 70 35.05 11 70: 22 70 • 2963 39611,' 81 01 274 40 .38 - 130.0: 27 :Sp 6622:1 144'51 43 31 4-50,. 9 1*§4. de:. 111-1d 15 60 137 82 4220 44 93 24 65 35 8,8 y 40 54 102980 .122 F10 31'80 162 32 • 324 0, J ' 116 14 6 1'3 53 30 6 50 5 20. 18 15 58 52 47 89 • • 14 Names. • Poll Tax '-o_, -' CeK v .:.e ra t� 4 Val. of Per. Est,, C E- r ;a„ (seobeghan, Patrick •. ,... 2 1 20Ji00 2,460 7 80 355 • 4 62 11 00 Griffiths, Albert 2 1 20 2.825 36 73 7.261 1i4 39 97 59 I lrtwell, William 2 1 20 4,480 58 24 350 4 55 Ga 99 Hartwell, William W 2 1 20 2,220 28 Fib 300 3 90 -32 06 Hen;:hy, Michael 2 1 20 1175 11 3s 195 2 54 17 12 Hawkins, Richard 2 1 20 695 9 04 75 98 . 13 22 Hadley, Benjamin 2 1 2u 2,000 20 OU 275 3 58 32 78 Harrington, David, heirs..., 2 120 1,773 23 08 300 =3;90 23 08 Harrinton, F. M., 2 1 20 3,700 48 10 1,710 22 23 73 03 Harrington, Chas. heirs..... 16,475 2I4 18 1,765 22 95 237 63 Harrington; Sylvester .2 1 24 7,400 96 20 1,190 15 47 114 87 aar;ington, Eliz'h P.heirs .. , 1 20 8.810 114 53 ' 150 1.95 114 53 Hobart, Joshua 2 1 20 7,751 100 75 140 1 82 105 77 Holbrook, John L 2 1 20 1,000 20 80 .. 24 00 Holbrook, Rufus W. 2 1 20 4,200 14 60 ; 1,700 22 10 79 90 Hovey, Thomas G. 2 1 21 4,052 52 65 55 85 Harrigan, Edward 2 1 20 775 10 08 13 28 Hely, Patrick 2 120 750 9 75 12 93 Hutchinson; Charles .. . 2 1 20 1350 8 45 1,500 19 50 11 05 Holmes; Howland" 2 1 20 6,360 82 94 320 4 10 90 30 EIudson, John, Heirs ....... 2 1 20 6,900 76 70 2,547 33 11 76 70 Hudson, Charles 2 1 20 7,500 97 30 1,500 19 50 120 20 Hodgman, John E ... 2 1 29 11,750 162 75 1,800 23 40 179 35 Houghton, 1fary 2 1 20 , 2,500 32 50 75 ' 98 32 50 Headleqt Wallace F. 2 1 20 500 6 50 40 52 9 70 Elam. William 2 1 20 8,850 115 05 2,400 y 37 20 149 45 Elendley, Samuel W 2 1 20 8,875 115 38 585 7 61 126 19 [layers, Michael. 2 1 20 1,150 14 93 40 52 18 15 Hastings, Maria M......... 1,825 23 73 5,000 65 00 05 00 Hall, David 2 1 20 11,200 145 G0 1,340 17 42 16+.1 22 Hanson, Horatio 2 1 20 2,400 31 20 34 90 Hastings, Sally ., 2 1 20 1,650 21 45 500 6 60 21 45 Elufflnaster. Isaac, heirs ... , . , 3,370 43 88 17,934 233 14 43 88 Harding, William 2 1 20 7.400 96 08 1,674 21 76 121 94 Hutchins, Emerson ... 2 1 20 6,070 78 91 700 • 9 10 311 21 Houghton. Samuel A.... 2 1 20 2,675 34 78 160 234 40 32 Hadley, Sewell T 2 1 20 1,290 16 87 300 3 90 7 10 Haskell, Samuel 2 1 20 5,600 73 58 75 99 4 18 Flaseltine, John 2 1 20 5,250 68 25 1,870 24 07 27 25 Harrington, Ahijah 2 1 20 1,150 14 93 700 O 10 12 30 Elam, Walter F 2 1 20 1,000 13 00 300 3 90 7 10 Hargrove, William 2 1 20 14,320 ,., ., 12 16 3 36 Harrington, John 2 1 20 - 7,915 103 55 -- 50 65 3 85 Hanford, Catherine1,400 .. .. 7,300 94. 90 -; ..r' 18 20 18 20 [resin, John 2 1 20 4,590 50 67' 380 4 94 67 81 Jewett, Darwin E. 2 1 20 12.800 166 40 400 5 20 174 80 Jewett, Gorham. 2 1 20 1,000 20 80 2,750 35 75 69 75 Jewett, Caroline E. 2' 1 20 5.790 75 27 3,290 • 42.77' 73 27 Jewett, Henry 2 1 20 3,460 44 98 310 4 42 52 60 Jewett, George D. 3 1 20 ., ... , 275 3 58 6 78 Jewett, Fred P. 2 1 20 20,725 269 43 125 1 63 4 83 Johnson, Chas. W, , 2 1 20 12,095 157 24 1,031 13 40 173 84 Janes, Samuel H..... 2 1 20 4,800 63 18 715 9 30 75 118 Jones..Gem•ge F......: 2 1 20 6,400 83 20 110 1 43 86 40 Jameson, .Tohn.... 2 1 20 4,530 58 89 312 4 06 66 15 Jameson, George W. 2 1 20 1,070 31 91 14,920 193 96 17 11 Jefferson, Robert.. 2 1 20 1,050 13 05 290 3 77 20 62 Tenney, Nelson 'Jackson, 2 1 20 3,900 no 70 • 1,250 16 25 70 15 George 2 1 20 2.500 32 5035 70 Kelley, Patrick. 2 1 20 2,100 32 50 214 2.78 38 48 [rvineen, Timothy. 2 1 20 3.360 43 68 TGO 9 88 Si) 76 2:24tee21 . 15 Names. K c a, x r. Val. of - Real Est. o Cr -1 F: E+ c E- . . Keefe, William 2 1 29 2,460 31 98 355 • 4 62 39 S0 Kendall, Oliver W. 2 1 20 2.825 36 73 150 1 95 41 88 King, J etmes 2 1 20 1,500 19 50 ' 22 70 Kauffma1] Gustave 2 1 20 300 3 90 .i 10 Kendall, Lucius Z 2 1 20 5,600 72 80 240 3.12 '79 12 Keating, Patrick....... 2 1 20 1,080 14 04 40 52 . 1716 Kendall, Stillman • 2 124 ; ' 3.88•.:c 68 Kneeland, F. H ,.... 2 120 . ... 300 =3;90 7 -., Kendrick; George W.... 2 1 20 <100- ' ::1 39' :'4y 5Q Lynam, Patrick . . 5,150 66.95 : ' .', 66 Locke, William 3 1 20 2,945 58 29 220 ',2 86 ' 34 3!6 Locke, William, 2d, 2 1 20 3,350 43 1)5 ' 150 1.95 48170 Locke, Amos W. 2 1 20 6,322 82 16 1,052 13 08 99 04 Locke, Chas. heirs 1,700 23 27 .. 23 27 Locke, Amos 2 1 20 4,600 59 80 150 1 95 64 95 Locke, Rebecca, heirs ...... , 100 1 30 1 30 Locke, Nichols. 2 1 20 4,100 53 30 66 SO Locke, Baldwin 2 1 20 10 13 3 33 Locke, George 2 1 20 200 2 60 1,500 19 50 25.30 Locke & Goddard, , 2 1'20 1.800 23 40 26 60 Lawrence, Sidney 2 1 20 7,080 92 04 2,547 33 11 128 35 Lawrence, Lyman........ , 2 1 20 . 500 6 60 9 70 Lombard, A. 17:. - 2 1 20 3,050 39 65 1358 12 45 55 30 Lombard, .fames N. 2 1 20 , 1,700 22 10 75 ' 98 26.28 Leary, John.., 2 1 20 1,050 21 45 40 52 2'317 Leary, William 2 1 20 1,820 23 66 470 6 11 3297 Lowe, Chas. II. 2 1 20 3.200 41 60 1,200 15 60 60 40 Lahey, Thomas... 2 1 20 1.200 17 60 40 52 19 32 Lawrence, Chas. 1,825 23 73 23 73 Lunt, A. 51. 2 1 20 5,200 67 140 70 80 Leavitt, Alonzo2 1 20 2,150 27 95 31 15 Legg, George M. D..... . 2 1 20 500 6 60 9 70 Lex. Ministerial Fund.... , . , 17,934 233 14 233 14 Merriam, Matthew 11...., 2 1 20 20,050 260 65 15,970 20761 47: 46 Madill, Isaac 2 1 20 4,260 55 03 277 3 60 62 18 Megan, MichaeI. 2 1 20 1,000 13 00 •10 20 Manning, Timothy 2 1 20 1,290 16 87 280 3 64 23 61 Mitchell, Patrick 2 1 20 5,600 73 58 2,450 31 86 108 63 Moakley, James 2 1 20 5,250 68 25 710 9 23 80 68 Manly, Dennis...,.. 2 1 20 1,150 14 93 1815 Manley, Michael & Mary. 2 1 20 1,000 13 00 - 191 13 16 33 Munroe, W. H. 2 1 20 14,320 186 17 189 37 Munroe, James S. 2 1 20 - 7,915 103 55 -- 1,050 ' 13 78 120 53 Munroe, Alice B...........:. .. .. 7,300 94. 90 -; ..r' :.. , . 94•.90 Millett, Abraham, heirs..... . . 4,800 6240 • 8,200• :1N.60 :16900 Munroe, Theodore 2 12 20 7,400 96 20: 850 11:95' .119 45 Mulliken,.E•-A. 2 1 20 7,850 102 06 175' ' 2.28' 107250 Munroe, George 2' 1 20 23,940 311 22 3,290 • 42.77' , 357'1, Muzzey, Loring W 2 1 29 - 300 ' 3 90 ' 7.10 Muzzey, George E 2 1 20 100 1 30 4 50 Muzzey, David W 2 1 20 20,725 269 43 220 2 86 276 49 Mulliken, Henry, heirs 4,355 56 62 56 62 Mandelburg, Carl 2 1 20 225 2 93 6 13 Mullen, Daniel 2 1 20 480 6 24 110 1 43 10 87 Morse, John N 2 1 20 3,250 42 25 43 45 Merriam, Mary and Julia Stetson .... 33,675 437 78 14,920 193 96 631 74 Mooney, James 2 1 20 100 1 30 ....,, 4 50 Mooney, John 2 1. 20 300 3 90 7 10 Middlesex Central R. R. 2,000 26 00 26 .00 Murphy, William 2 1 20 40 52 3 72 16 Names. '.-"Muzzey Emily Mills, Oliver P. 'MeGain, Hugh... McGuin, Frank McCarty, John.... :. , ... ' McCarty, Bartlnolemew McDonald, Owen McNamara, Dennis McCann James -Nunn, Chas Nye. . Cutts Nugent. Daniel, heirs Norris, John L Nichols, Geo. W. Nash, Oran .... . O'Connell, Iiontra O'Connell, Maurice O'Brien, Morgan . O'Brien, Michael O'Donnell, James O'Conner, Michael • Powers, Patrick Parker. Isaac, heirs Pal•ker, James 2 Parker, Geo, A. &Abigail 2 Parker, Chas 2 Parker, Chas. N. 2 Parker Frances J. ..... ..... Page. G�rovener A. 2 Packard, Thomas 11 2 Putnam, Ohas. 2 • Phelps, Gen, R 2 Phelps, Willliani 1? 2 Phelps, W. D. & others...... Pierce, Harrison . 2 •Pierce, Loring S. - 2 • Pierce, Nath W. • Pierce, Eben'r heirs Powers. Peter 2 • Pierce, Nathaniel. 2 . • 'Pierce, Pela,tialt P.. 2 : •J'ierce, Frank D. 2 Pierce, Willard C. 2 Pierce, George L. - 2 Pierce. Geo. B 2 Patch, Franklin 2 Peters, John 2 Peters. Peter 2 Peters, Adam 2 Plummer, E. ,L.. Plummer, William ... 2 Prosser. Levi 2 Piper, Elizabeth S. ..... , 'Preston, Marshall 2 Pryor, John . • Phillips. Aaaplt W. 2 • Paine, Geo, S....... 2 -. Paine, Frank B. 2 ' -Robinson, Chas 2 -Robinson Geo. W. 2 Ryan, John 2 2 1 20 2 120 2 1 20 ''2 1 20 2 1 20 2 120 2 1 20 2 1 20 2 1 20 9 1 2u 2 1 20 2 1 20 2 120 2 1 20 1 20 1,20 2 1 20 2 1 20 2 1 2i1 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 2U 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 120 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 0 1 2U 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 20 1 .0 C iy 2,704 1,690 880 1.725 1,100 400 8,:300 6,200 625 11.5_0 9,775 1,000 1,200 930 1,340 1,8515 3,1385 15;325 880 800 125 2,600 0,210 21,400 4,200 4,200 3,600 1.3310 3,700 3,1150 400 700 18,1165 11,800 13,040 11,950 1,220 875 6,300 32,510 620 4,600 3,900 4,590 4,450 5,700 29,138 1,650 m c_ 3515 21 417 11 44 2'. 43 1.4 30 5 20 197 90 80 GO 10 73 267 15 127 08 13115 1500 12 09 17 42 24 64 50 51 201 83 11 44 10 40 1 65 33 80 67 73 278 20 54 60 54 60 40 80 16 90 4810 5135 5 20 9 10 242 65 154 19 169 52 90 35 15 86 11 38 81 90 422 63 6 76 89 80 50 70 59 67 57 95 7. 10 378 79 21 45 P• 1.100 2,500 484 404 80 25 1L5- 350 1110 200 200 200 340 62 110 375 1,360 80 629 1027 300 900 510 3"0 150 • 375 300 7,387 460 40 180 800 40 9,940 3,000 1,600 3110 180' 4,500 3,920 40 Lkti c o 14 30 32 50 62x9 5 23 104 33 2 02 4 55 2 47 2 60 2 00 15 6,0 4 44 81 1 43 4 88 17 68 104 8 18 25 05 3110 15 70 663 4-55 195 4 88 3 90 96 03 5 98 2 52 34 1040 • 52 129 22 ti311.00 19 50 5 07 2 34 58 00 50 96 02 44 14 30 3.5 70 38 35 940 1 42 U2 215116 111 52 8 40 115 65 -83 80 10 7:3 272 82 .1 5+10 51 80 127 08 5 80 118 16 85 110 6.83 21 43 24 64 55 14 209 91 14 (14 31 28 1 65 38 04 79 11 I 306 45 11 70 57 80 46 8U 63 20 0010 54 55 5 20 12 30 252 48 161 94 5 15 8 08 7 10 268 75 J 9953 19158 16 92 60 8113 470 3 555 0572 ,1 6 76 102 OD 53 '.10 . 22 70 87 94 63 39- 135 80 432 115' 25 17 11 li 17. Names.' • :C E'' i y 'RE C 1al Ta _ k ',15. E C 4 dy Yd C E� .di • a Robinson, Simon W. heirs ... 8,712 113 26 1,41'0 25 35 138 6i Ryan, Patrick ' 2 1 20 6.420 133 48 950 12 35 99 01 Ryan. Cornelius... 2 1 20 2,725 3.5 43 40 52 89 16 Rogers, Geo. M. 2 1 20 10.975 142 68 423 5 50 151 38 Rhoades, Thomas H 2 1 20 2,650 34 45 500 6 50 44 15 Reed, Joseph G 2 1 20 1,800 • '24 05 1,215 I5 110 43 06 Reed, John P. 2 1 20 8,320 1118 16 4,400 57 20 166 56 Beed, J. Morton 3 1 20 . • 901 11 71 14- 91 Reecl, John 5I 2 1 20 2,343 30 46 110 1 43 3.5 09 Raymond & Cottrell, 5,630 73 111 73 19 Reed, R..W. & J. A. 4 2.10 19,040 247 59 7,400 103 87 357 8F Reed, Isaac, heirs .......... .... 40 52 S2 Reed & Raymond, 21.900 284 7U 284 71i Reed, Hammon.. 2 1 20 32,801 426 42 14,805 192 47 622 05 Reed, EL, Guardian 3,000 39 00 39 OC Raymond, F. F. 2 1 20 4,300 55 90 14,040 190 32 249 45 Russell, John A 2 1 20 5;1430 73 06 202 2 63 78 85 Russell, Warren E. 2 1 :0 6,1150 80 35. 1,100 14 30 107 8c Richardson, Joseph 2 1 20 8,940 116 22 490 0 37 125 74 Reardon, Jerry 2 1 20 850 11 05 . .... 14 1t!. Robbins, Cairn . 7,025 91 33 91 35 Raynor, John J. 2 1 20 :1,700 126 10 970 12.68 141 8 Roberts, 31. U. 2 1 20 7,170 93 21 940 12 22 los 6i Rich, E. P 3 1 20 2,500 . 32 50 35 74; .Richardson, C. R. 3 1 20 150 1 95 5 1t Sntitli, William........... 2 1 20 8,600 111 80 1,000 13 00 128 0C Smith, Isaac B ' 2 1 20 3,400 44 0 . 47 it Smith, Webster - 2 1 20 12,780 166 14 ' 2,374 30 H6 200•,24 Smith, Josiah 2 1 20 2,800 36.40. ` 3,03.5_' 29 4(3 73 C( Smith, Ar'Bradford 2 1 20 3,100 42 90' '-2.000" :.241 00 '721( .Smithy Maria 2,700 35-10 .. .. • 35 ],C Smith, William. 2 1 20 1,450 38 85 ::. .. .. ... .22 01 Smith, William L. heirs,.. 5,275 68 58 613 5r Smith, 0. & W.13 .... 2 1 20 6,535 84 96 8,735 113 H2 201 9E Smith, Abram B. 2 1 20 2.737 3.5 58 325 4 23 43 01 Smith, Larkin 2 1 20 2,200 28 60 31 81 Smith, Everett E. 2 1 20 3,400 44 20 3,000 39 00 H6 41 Smith, Eben'r R. 2 1 20 200 2 60 5 81 Smith, Geo. T 2 1 20 7,375 95 88 700 9 10 108 13 Smith, 8. T. ' 2 1 20 1,1.00 24 70 105 2 13 30 0: Sinithh, Geo. 0 ....... 2 1 20 1,000 13 00 16 21 Smith, Levi J 2 1 20 100 1 30 '4 51 Sumner. James D......... 2 1 20 6,1 0 79 :30 82 51 Spaulding, Joseph 2 1 20 1,945 25 29 • 472 11 14 ' 34 6; .Spaulding. A. F. 2 1 20 1,000 13 00 300 3 90 20 11 Spaulding, A. G....... 2 1 20 4,450 57 85 240 3 12 04 r Spaulding, Lucy 5,300 6:'i OO 611 91 Simonds, Joshua 2 1 20 4,:154 i6 61 3,500 45 50 103 3: Simonds, Eben'r, heirs, 13,:1130 17:1 68 173 61 Sitnondq, Geo. Jr ..• 2 1 20 2,000 26 00 29 2 Simonds, Jos. F. 2 1 20 ,3,850 50 051 53 2: Simonds, George 2 1 20 2,320 30 16 290 :e 77 87 1: Simonds. Eli 2 1 20 ..... 3,000 39 00 •421 50 Simonds. Henry L. • • ... . • 2,148 27 9`2 27 Simonds, F. K: 2 1 20775 10 08 13 21 Savage, John 2 1 20 ",1'50 26 65 ... .. 29 it Stimson, Faustina F'• • 3.2011. 42 25 42 24 • Stone, Eben'r 2 1 20 12,840 160 92 7,810 98 93 200 01 Stone, Ellett A. ... ... • 24,350 316 55 . 316 5 Stearns, George for C. H.300. Stearns, .•. .... ••• •• 390 3 4 18 Nantes. - Stearns, George... ... , Stearns, Goo. A. Stearns, Thomas, ..• Stearns, Charlotte Stevens, .William, Heirs Stetson,' T. Merriam Sherburne. Warren Sherburne, Chas, W - Sherburne, Reuben Shepley, Albert..... ..,. - Sparhawk, George ir Seaver A. F. &: E. A, -Swan, Seaver, W. Sivan, Gershom.._.. Sanderson, W. L. . 'black, George A. - Stearns, Henry 0....:. ' Scates, Dodorali Scatt,-A, L. Scatt, A. E. ... . • Shedd, Abraham B. Tidd, Chas Tufts, Albert N. Tower, Thaddeus Heirs Tower, Mishit Power, William A. ,'Fucker, Chas. K. Tobin, ,Cohn • " Tyler, Edward L. Heirs Tyler, lIenry I3, Tufts, Sarah A. Tuttle, David A Thayer, Mrs. S. G. Taylor, Guo. 1V. Turner, Lucy P. 'Iii rel 1, J. P. /Taylor, William S. 1'eole, Chas. L. •Tower, Wni. A. & others .Vi)e>a, William Vaughn, Chas. Wellington, Walter • Wellington, Henry A. Wellington, Geo. 0 :Wellington, Cornelius Wellington, Francis •Wellington, Rebecca •Walcott. Willard •Whaland, Patrick . ::Wright, Elisha 13 Wright, George H. Wright, Luke W, .. L1'liitelior & Saville / Whitener, Bradley C ,Winship, Oliver, Heirs =Winship Chas. 1'. White, Patrick .Wentworth, Otis. Wetherell, Lorin Wood, David Wood Brothers 312 7 ,•,-..-.,„: y :Z c: ... Tax fln same. r. a 7 2 1 2,,0ll 3,030 65 39 621) 8 et 76 65 2 1 20 450 5 85 9 05 2 120 50 05 3 83 , . • .... 3,120 40 63 40 63 ,., ... 4,400 57 20 57 20 1,250 16 25 16 2.5 2 1 20 4,200 54 60 21.400 279 37 337 17 2 1 20 3,940 51 22 64 42 2 1 20 2,600 33 8037 00 2 130 750 0715 13515 2 1 20 20,600 267 80 1,130 14 69. i 285 119 ... .,. 4,000 52 00 52 00 4,713 61 27 61 27 2 120 260 338 658 3 1 20 240 3 12 6 32 2 1 20 2,340 30 42 1,009 13 00 411 62 2. 1 20 100 130 4 50 3 1.20 150 1311 5 13 3 1 20 2,300 42 90 413 10 9 120 3,500 45 50 48 70 2 1 20 4,820 62 66 500 6 50 72 36 3 1 20 13,1405 179 47 935 12 111 193 83 2 1 27 5,860 76 18 1,830 23 733 103 IT 7,330 95 29 340 4 42 339 71 2 .1 '26 5.023 77 03 3,715 48 210 1213 53 2 1 20 31,010 403 00 8,053 111 22 517 4.2 2 1 20 1,700 22 10 25 30 2 1 20 2,080 27 05 40 32 30 77 3,050 47 45 47 45 2 1 20 115 1 50 4 70 2,500 32 50 12 50 3 1 20 4,500 38 00 61 7U :3,r00 45 50 45 50• 2. 120 3,2511 -42 25 3,250 42 20 hT 71) :1,000 39 00 39 09 2 1 '20 3,000 65 00 154 20 2 1 20 550 7 15 10 35 2 1 20 50 63 3 85 1, 60 13 00 13 00 2 1 20 8,940 11(5 22 605 7 97 127 29 2 1 20 800 10 40 13 60 2 1 20 4,500 58 50 310 4 03 65 73 2 1 20 2,150 27 95 31 15 2 1 20 3,355 43 62 390 ' 5 07 51 89 21,485 279 31 2,596 33 75 313 06 2 1 20 11,820 153 66 1,9.20 24 96 181 82 2,500 32 50 32.150 3 1 20 1,340 17 42 20 62 2. 1 20 2,I40 27 82 670 • 8 71 39 73 2 1 20 1,273 16 58 75 98 20 76 2 • 1 20 1,350 17 55 450 5 85 26 60 2 1 20 8,030 104 65 1,000 13 00 12.0 545 3 1 20 4,490 58 37 61 57 2 1 '20 7,600 98 80 125 1 63 103 63 9,610 124 93 124 93 3 1 20 720 936 12 58 2 1 20 1,600 20 80 24 00 2 1 20 4,050 78 65 1,875 24 38 106 23 2 1 20 3,675 47 78 10 98 2 1 20 5,750 ..74 75 40 52 78 47 4 2 40 1,500 19 50 55 90 19 Names. X d n cog res PM Wood, Maria E. D. & J, L. 2 Wyman, Francis- 2 Whitman, Mary F. •Webber James H. 2 • Willis, Royal B. 2 Wing,L. J. Wethrbee, Ohas. 2 ,' West, Chas. T. - Wheelwright, Samuel H2 Worthley, Mary J. Wright, James H. 2 7Westcott, Henry 2 White, A/E. 2 - Whiting, David Whiting, Geo. 0 2• Whittier, Isaac F. 2 ' ' Whittaker, Abram 2 Wright, Stephen, 2 I2+ 1 20 1 26 120 1 20' 1 20 120 1 2U 1 '20 120 1 .0 1 20 1::0 1 20 - - -3,600 3,95.1 5,350 3,750 0,300 2,450 7,425 2,500 0,400 3,958 5,525 4,600 k c E1 G 46 80 31 35 131 55 48 75 S100! 31 85 96 53 32 50 122 20 51 45 71 83 511 (0 NON-RLSI»E?k TS. 4 6,000 590 944 10,000 300 400 500 1,100 450 100 800 824 k G v 4 0 5000 78 00 -132:.155 6H:h5 . 7 67 8Ef 162 35 k5 '.1 12'27 112 0G' 130 0 133312700- 20 5'3 21200 .--.843140&0. ' .....: 8 50 .9.70. 14 80 17;50 122 20 585 1 30 .83 X9.5 10 40 85 43 10 71 73'71 Names. AIRLINGTON. Bartlett, Lewls•P. Cutter, Elijah Eaton, 'Timothy, .. Frost, Jonathan... Prost, Seth Fowle, John, Heirs l'essenclen,•N, 51. Heirs Fiske, P. 13. - hall, Isaac Hall, Thomas Leonard, Martin Maloney John Pierce, J'olin W. Robbins, Nathan Russell, James S. Russell, Bowen Winship, 0. 141. Russell, Jeremiah Winn, Albert Walker, N. B. Arlington, Land. Co.... Osborn, John Locke, Amos R. AYEIR. Stearns, Julia P.... DEL,MONT. Chenory, Winthrop W. .. Flotehor, J. V. Frost, Silas O 15 4 0 403 100 374 560 300 375 2,8110 45 4410 530 5350 2,238 5,500 135 1110 2,175 1„0 2,487 7,510 100 14,755 500 • 600 980 103 3.,0 14 ti >r 15 O 5 37 1 135 7 48 4 fib 8 13 3 110 4 88 36 40 69 6 37 -6 89 6 50 29 09 71 50 1 76 2 34 23 28 1 95 31 68 97 63 1 30 191 82 6 50 7 80 12 74 1 37 4 68 2,395 E( fon same. 31 14 5 37 1 95 7 48 468 15 13 390. 36 44 5,1 637. 6 89 650' 23 09- 1 2:3kc 31 61 9763 130 222 90 6 50 7 80 • 12 74 1 37i 4 68: 20 Names. - • r d a -. O e. o �' U :-r r 5 ,,� c a E( BEI.MoNT. Benjamin, W. 0. 3.850 Frost, Mary 43 59 50 05 Brown, Chas. 1,518 59 Frost. Henry 441 5 73 19 67 Nelson, George 320 ' 4 5 73 Hill, H. Y. & T. D. 105 2 15 .. ... .. 13 • 2 15 Locke, Isaac, Heirs 3'25 1 63 1 6:3 Wellington, L'lbas. Heirs '1,200 15 60 ...... 15 50 Winn, Chas. G. Heirs 435 5 66 5'66 BEDFORD. • Porter, Edw'd F..... 12,338 Billings, John D. Heirs 180 2 34 23 92 184 31 SOMERVXLLE. 2 34 Brennan, Thomas 50 G5 • Cutler, James R. 230 2 65 Hosmer, biary.A. 400 5 20 Fogg, Alonzo........ 880 11 44 5 20 Lane, Jonathan, Heirs... 03 11 44 82 .. ..... . . .... ..... 82 Mudge, W. W. 840 10 92 12 10 92 Mariam, John A. 2.15 3 19 3 19 Stiles, Thomas. 325 • 4 23 1313 4 23 Navville, John 147 2 43 • . ♦ . ' Simonds, Otis - 2,605 2 43 I3c.rtwell,W. G. 310 4 03 33 87' W ALTHAM. 4 03 Fiske, 0. 11' 3,000 46 80 Bennett, Archelius 950 12 35 46 80 Skelton, Edw'd D. 270 3 30 5 85 . ...... 3 59 BOSTON. 5 85 Buttrick. 4,500 59 28 ..59 Bisbee, Tlioinas 5,500 71 50 71 50 Bowman, Sylvester 18.17.5 2311 28 3,315 43 10 279 38 Brown, Francis... , ' 8,800 114 49 15 64 Griffin, Joseph 400 114 40 Bos, .& Lex. Paint Co 5.515 71 70 5 20 Jameson, Alden.... 1,310 17 71 70 Fines, Morris 6,775 88 08 Stearns; Amos...........625 ........ 8 13 88 OK Millar, David 1.565 20 35 15 73 ....... 20 35 Munroe. Otis 390 3 07 04 ...... 5 07 Hayes, Francis B..... t 31,725 412 43 3,359 43 67 430 10 Slocomb, W. H..... 7,300 94 90 956 94 90 Carruth. Nathan.... .. . 5,209 07 00 .80 29 Cutler, Maris. C. 852 07 09 Morse, H. A. 3.6.80 47 84 100 1 30 49 14 Thurston Caleb 12,045 156 59 1,272 16 54 173 13 Lynch, Mrs. Chas. 33 46 166 00 ... 46 Winslow & Usher, 14,000 182 00 ... 182 00 Atkins, E. F. 200 2 60 ,...... 2 60 • 44 96 49 96 Locke, Jonathan 615 ' CAMBRIDGE. 00 ....... 8 00 NEW YOBII. Chapman, Mrs. H. B.-. 2,025 26 33 1 ; 1 Holbrook, Edw. 3,700 48 20 33 Chapman, X. W. 5,000 65 00 03 00 Harrington, Jeremiah 3,700 48 10 48 10 Phelps, Samuel B. 75 98 ... 98 Read, William 7,330 94 99 94 00 Rindge, Samuel B. 11,150 144 95 ... ... 144 93 Marrett, Lorenzo Guardi- an to A. P. Richardson 20,575 267 48 A 10,000 130 00 397 48 Wheelock, Samuel A. 675 8 78 8 78 CHARI.iSeTowN. Cutter, Samuel Heirs 75 98 08 Boardman, J. L„ 8,490 110 37 660 8 58 118 93 Southworth, Thomas 3,380 43 94 43 94 CONCORD. Satoh, Darius J. 2,080 27 04 27 04 Parks, Schuyler, Heirs 420 5 46 .. .. .. , . 5 40 DOVER. Bacon, Aaron 400 5 20 5 20 r 21 Names. . �' f • • o • w r M11 W 4 E -i E r °° C 0 it A /� e E `° C., E.,, • LINCOLN. Benjamin, W. 0. 3.850 50 05 50 05 Brown, Chas. 1,518 101 (47 19 67 Nelson, George 320 ' 4 16 ' . .... 4 16 Sousa, Mrs. Manual F. .. 10 13 • 13 LANCASTER. Divoll, Mary R. 500 6 50 6 50 LowELL, Maloney, John 815 10 60 10 60 NEWTON. • Porter, Edw'd F..... 12,338 160 39 1,840 23 92 184 31 SOMERVXLLE. • Cutler, James R. 230 2 947 • • P 96 Fogg, Alonzo........ 880 11 44 11 44 Rogers, Oliver P. 3,700 48 10 - ..... .. 48.10 Williams, Jamea 1,240 16 12 16.15 SHIRLEY.. Munson, N. C. 1,010 13 13. 1313 WILMINGTON. • . ♦ . ' Simonds, Otis - 2,605 33 87' ., 33 87' W ALTHAM. Bennett, Archelius 950 12 35 12 35 Brodwick Martin 4.50 !Francis 5 85 . ...... ... .... ' 5 85 Buttrick. 4,500 59 28 ..59 `3,q Elwell, James 30 39 Farnum. John.... 4,220 64 88 54 86 Fil]ebrown, Abiel 5,220 15 60 ,.. .. 15 64 Griffin, Joseph 400 5 20 . 5 20 Jameson, Alden.... 1,310 17 03 . , ...... ... . 17 03 Stearns; Amos...........625 ........ 8 13 8 13 Wellington, Chas, 1,210 OBURN. 15 73 ....... ..... .. 15 73 ' Winning John, Heirs 3,080 40 04 ...... . •...... 40 04 Parker, Henry, Heirs375 4 88 , , ...... 4 88 Parker, Oliver H. Heirs7:35 9 56 956 Randall James M. Heirs. 2,330 30 29 .80 29 Cutler, Maris. C. 852 i 11 08 ... • 11 08 Page, Catherine 500 i 8 50 850 WATE13TOWN. Cutler, Silas, Heirs 12,000 166 00 ... .... 156 00 W NOHE8TER. Hutchinson, Thos. Heirs. 772 10 04 ,...... 10 04 Locke, Asa, Heirs 3,843 44 96 49 96 Locke, Jonathan 615 8 00 ....... 8 00 NEW YOBII. .. 1 ; 1 Holbrook, Edw. 3,700 48 10 - 48 1Q 22 VALUATION, 3IAY Is'r, 1874. Resident owners of Real Estate, Non-resident owners of Reid Estate, Resident owners of Personal Estate, Non-resident owner's of Personal Estate., Total Valuation, State Tax, County Tax, • ' Town Grunts, Ovcrluyings, Total amount of tax assessed, Whole number of Polls, 73t. We would recommend the snni of Four Hundred Dollars for the expense of this depar'tmnilt for the ensuing year. Some complaint has been :mule as to out. high valuation of Real Estate. • We venture the opinion, that our valuation is lower than in towns:tdjoining or in our immediate vicinity, with possibly two or three exceptions, and we repeat the admonition given last year, look out for the appropriations; by attending to the cause of high taxation, less dissatisfac- tion .will be felt with the result. $2,057, 943 00 312,787 00 551,1903 00 23,h1 111 00 $2,946,424 00 $3,000 00' .2,052 89 34,510 00 1.080 68 $40,6.3 57 $40,643 57 Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F. SIMONDS, Assessors WALTER. WELLINGTON, LEONARD A.• SAVILLE. for 1874. C€L'NTY TAX. s rA•rIs TAX. TUW? G E:A NT HATE' Or TAX. 77. 1 23 N w l:l ... u; .4 00 - - ,..., 1- of 0 • 'd40 pun 00 al Lo -0 -0+e}1 00 c 0 -er Overgr-GaN a - CCA GV e)< '^ 0 0 07 OC 0 r` CQ. 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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. I3IRTIIS • Registered in Lexington from Jan. 1, 1874, to Jan. 1, 18'7 5. Whole number of Births, 40 ; Wes 21 ; Females 19. Massachusetts, Other States, Ireland, BI!all L'LACE OI' Mit 25 British Provinces, 10 -Enngland, 41 Prussia, 2 MARRIAGES Registered in Lexington from Jan, 1, 1874, to Jan. 1, 1875. I]ATE. NAME. RESIDENCE. January 1, January 21. January 29. February 10, February 18, ... March 10, April 15, April 16, April 22,.... , .., Edwin P. Bryant, Ellen 1V. Osborn, Geo. W. Greenwood, Elnina I. Fletcher.. John Leary, Bridget IIa1pine, John Lennon, Anna Hargrove, E. P. Rich, .Mary 13. Guthrie, Waterman Cummings, . Clara 13. Sylvester, lames J. Sullivan, 11 all XCL'ECllei', Thomas Gorman. Hannah D evany, Bela B. Bailey, Minnie Grey... April 29.......... Elisha IX. Tower, Ann Eliza Mulliken, Lexington. Arlingto u. Groton. Lexington. Lexington. Lexington. Lexington. Iliinnis. WI ]burn. Lexington. Lexington. Lexington. Belmont. Lexington. 25. MARRIAGES.— Continued. DATE. NAME. RESSIDENCE.' May 2, May 14, May 30, June 3, June 4, June 10, July 4, August 19,.,. Michael O'Connor, ,Bridget Murphy. Alfred S. Wright,. Edna A. Hussey, Albert 31. Blake Annable M. Reed Howard M. Taylor,.. Alice Thomas, Patrick White, Jr. ... ..... . Margaret Kelley. • .. . Frank E. Wetherell Abbie Arlotta Batcheller, J. Willard Russell Cleora F. Ranney, Dodorab Spates, Emily G. U. Odiorne, September 10, September 17, September 36,, October 29, November 12, December 5, . .. December 8, December 16, December 23, December 25, December 31, George W. Fountain, Annie Donahoe, John R. True, Lexington. Arlington. Boston. Waltham. Lexington. 11 Everett. Charlestown. Lexington. Arlington. Lexington. 11 Arlington. St. Johnsbury, Vt. Sarah E. Whitney John T. Stetson, Clara M, Simonds, Otis M. Gove, Nellie M. Lovewell, George P. Barrett, Sarah A. Wright. Albert Bond, Sarah 0. Kinney, Willard W. Turner, Jane A. Locke, A. F. Spaulding Catherine M. Johnson, Eli Combs, Mary C. McFee, Elislla Waid, Ellen Fitzgerald, F'. W. Staples, - Mary K. Doe, Lexington. • Cambridge. Lexington. I exinaton. Farmington, 4 Boston. Lexington. Lexington. Concord. Lexington. Lexington. Foxboro. Lexington. Lexington. .l Richford, Vt. Nova Scotia. Magog. C. E. Nava Scotia. ]lied ford Lexington. • Whole number of Marriages, 29.- Both American, 19. Beth. Foreign, 5. American and Foreign, 5, 4 26 DEATHS Recorded in Lexington from Jan. 1, 1874, to Jan. 1, 1875. ,DATE.. ' NAMES. AGE. I LACE. OF PLACE OF DEATH. LIYTIi. ,• o si 1874. Jan'y 6 ' 6 '' Il ' 12 Feb'y 5 Marek 6 Y •" • 12 .'• 12 32 14 20 22 24 • 25 •` 31 Sprll 4 14 " 14 '• 36 1JAy a 15 24 ;.26 "� - 20 Jana 21 Tuly 13 " 13 15 '' 22 Aug, 2 16 16 ' 18 . 15 '• 16 10pt. 13 • 4 18 24 Cct, 1 " 10 1 " 10 " 1111annah • 13 4.2s •' 21 )eo, 13 " 18 Samuel Gcorglaua Thurston. 5Tary Ellen Goodwin, . Mary G. Fiske, Enoch Dyer, Hannah Goodwin, Mabel F. Walcott, Mary Joy. Maggie MCF,nroe. Nathaniel Flint, Rachel Pstabrook, Mary W. West, Henry Mulliken, Elizabeth Wellington, John Hudson John Fogg, Ali..., S. Haskell, Edward Diuean, Oliver Winship, , Sally Morell, Maria McCormack Samuel Wadsworth, Francis H. C;apeile•• Albert Spaulding Nichols, Ataxy Crowley, Albert F. Lombard, Mary Ddliirnger, Joshua Simonds,• AnBowe. Hannah Fillebrown, 41t1rt1in Ella. Russell, . Jule Ryan, Addie Amy, • t1i14[iu nm Rinill2q, Campbell McIntire, . . 5Iieh;u;1 licleller, Sally Hastings, l'L•ariea L. Vaughan, h.:7.11112115niith ..1osephiuc L. H. While, Abigail Wright, llepsibah Hunt, LymanSO. Lyman S. Dupes, Marshall•Preten, Georgie A. Munroe,l0 R. Furgorepn, Joseph Chandler,•8 Anna M. Sim • Simon•ds,. Warren E. Russell, Aaron Y. Richardson, Roger Atkins Weetoott, • •11 •4 • ir� em»T oz .--,.t—.1.... ... WT �LV�01.,k , z. e] T, v, , ��cY.:.pc1 w T N OMS-[ ••• 4 3 '41 4 7 8 3 5 8.28 8 9 I1 I 1 8 3 5 8 8 8 6 I0 6 8 4 8 3 4 a - 23 2 1 13 6 1 6 7 6 15 18 2 21 14 20 15 2 5 12 17 22 18 14 3 14 •25 21 19 21 6, Lexington. Lexington. ' IfPortam'th, 418 44 .14 •l al " 111 ' " fir I. Woburn, Lexington. IIToronto, " Cf if, i, •• I.Lexln�ton. �• " 11 •• Lexington. •• i+liat, his. NE iV ianii. Ireland_ Roston. N.H. W. Cambridge. Lexington. Waltham. Cohasset. Maine. Ireland, Lexington. Sherburne. Ireland. Winthrop, Me. Lexington. Ireland. Charold, ]Ie C11a10 t•e vn. LaxiugWn. ' '• C:rall1illa, Vt. :i`ot,ur[l, Can. ii�alth:lln, Loxin;[on. Roston. LCambridge. Loxington• Loncord. Lexington. Bedford. Loxinggtan, Westford. Keene, X. R. Methuen. Lexington. 27 Whole number of Deaths, Males, Females, Number over 70 years of age, DISEASES. Pneumonia, 6 Heart. Disease, Scarlet Fever, 2 Paralysis, Congestion of' Lungs 3 General Debility, Consumption, . 6 Old Age, Cholera, Infantum, 2 Unknown, 2 Asthma, Bronchitis, Cancer, Concussion of Brain, Blights Disease of Kidneys, Dysentery, Dropsy, Diptheria, Cholera Morbus, Hemmorhage, Influenza, Inflammation of Bowels; Lock Jltw, Water on Heart, Water on Brain, Whooping Cough, 1 each. Compiled from Town Records. 51 22 29 2p LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. DOGS. Number of Dogs licensed for 1874, 186 Amount of Tax returned to County Treasurer, $364.80 Number of Town Histories sold froua-Mar, 11, 1874, to Jan. 31, 1875. 30 LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Town Clerk. 28 CARY LIBRARY. The Trustees of Cary Library report,that the number of bound volumes in the Library January 31, 1875, was 4197. Of these 597 were added during the past year, 433 by pur- chase, and 164 by donation. The navies of the donors aro : Hon. Charles Hudson, 97 vols. ; American Unitarian Asso-• elation, 26 vols. ; Smithsonian Institute, 21 vols. ; Rev. E. 0-. Porter, 15 vols.; J. L. Parker, Esq., Woburn, 1 vol. ; L. F essenden, Esq., Fitchburg, 1 vol. ; Rev. E. S. Elder, 1 vol. ; Rev. H. %Vesteott, 2 vols. The number of volumes taken from the Library during the past year, was 15,056, making the circulation' about 25 per cent. greater than that of the previous year. At the annual examination, the Library was found in good condition, with no -books lost. As a new catalogue is necessary for the convenience of those using the Library, one has been prepared, and will be ready for distribution probably by March 1. . The Trustees recom- mend av appropriation by the town, sufficient to meet the expene of the new catalogue. HENRY WESTCOTT, For the Tru&ees. TREASURER'S REPORT. The Treasurer of Cary Library debits himself as follows : 1 29 Note of•the Town of Lexington, Aug. 29, 1868, 7 per cent., ' $1,000 00 Note of the Town of Lexington, Feb. 28, 1871, 7 per cent., 5,000 00 Deposit in Lexington Savings Bank, 100 00 Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1874, - Gi iG 11 Gi received—Fines, --Town Appropriation, — Dog Tax, — Interest on Notes, GG GG And credits himself with payments on account of books, On account of expenses, By Notes and Deposit Book, By Cash ou hand at date, February 1, 1875. 59 82 36 00 40 00 • 193 29 420 00 $6,849 11 $ 664 96 12 95 6,100 00 71 20 $63849 11 A. E. SCOTT, Treasurer. 30 CONSTABLE'S REPORT, The Constable for the year ending Feb. +1, leave to submit the following report:— The whole number of arrests, For Drunkenness, being Disorderly, Theft, Obstructing Doorways, 1 Li Li 1875, begs 27 19 5 2 1 -- 27 Tramps furnished lodgings, 20 The force, for this brunch of public service, consisted, for the past year, of one constable and two special police, who received fifty (50) dollars each for their work. It is my opipion that the compensation named is far from adequate when • the labor required is taken into consideration. The ,::hours for active duty have been limited to the evening and a small portion of the night. In order to fully protect pub- lic property—a want seriously telt in view of the nuinerous burglaries committed—officers should be on duty all night, and sufficient compensation voted therefor. Any provision short of this is a useless waste of money. A night watch of .a sufficient number should be employed, who should patrol •the streets all through the evening and night. I would rec- ommend•the establishment of such a force, with an appropri- ation of fifteen hundred (1500) dollars, or, an abolishment of the police entirely. In case the town should see fit to au- thorize the appointment of such a force, I should recomtnend that it be organised by the choice of a Chief, who should • superintend the same, and upon whose approval alone, all bilis, incurred by the department, should be paid. During the year, a record book has been procured for the registry of all persons arrested and committed to the lock-up. Respectfully, ELI SIMONDS, Constable. 31 REPORT OF THE ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. LEXINGTON, FEB..:1,:1875.; The Engineers of the Fire Depaitment hereby; submit the town the following statement of the public propertyin _ their bands, and also a statement of what they deem to be „� the wants of the Department for the coming year, together with a list of the fires from Feb. 1, 1874, to Feb. 1, 1875.. The Hancock and Adams, Engines need painting to secnire their preservation. This would cost probably about $10. The Hook and Ladder room in the Adams Engine house re- • quires a different flooring, either of plank or cement, and it is desirable to have the sides and ceiling sheathed or plastered. It seems absolutely necessary that some provision be made for storing the Babcock Fire Extinguisher. INVENTORY OF PROPERTY. AT ADAMS ENGINE HOUSE, NO. 1. 1 Engine & Hoee Carriage. 700 feet of Leading Hose. 4 lengths Suction Hose. 5 pairs Overalls. 7 Oil: Cans. 13 Spanners and 4 Belts. 7 Lanterns. 1 Feather Duster. 2 sets of Harness. 2 pipes for Hose., 1 Strainer. • 4 Ages. 2 Stoves and Funnel. 1 Shovel. 6 Sponges. 50 Dippers. 50 Spoons. 1 ton of Coal. e 32 AT FLAN COCK ENGINE HOUSE, NO. 2. 1 Engine & Hose Carriage. 450 feet Leading Hose. 4 lengths Suction Hose. 1 Fire Rope. 6 Torch Lights. 1 set Harness. 3 Axes. 5 Oil Suits. 1 Jack. 1 Wrench. 5 Buckets. 7 Settees. 1 Fire Hook. 1 Babcock Fire Extinguisih'% 2 Stoves. 10 Spanners. 11 Belts. 4 Lanterns. 1 Shovel: 1 Bar. 3 Oil Cans. 2 Sponges. 1 Feather Duster. 2 Brushes. 1 Lamp. Number of fires the past year :—April 3, Pieice's Hill, in -the woods. April 12, House and Barn of Jonas Gamanell. May 9, Woods of D. E. Jewett. June 5, House of S. Wright. WILLIAM HAM, BENJ. HADLEY, Engineers. JOSEPH F. SIMONDS, 33 HIGHWAY SURVEYORS' REPORT. The Surveyors of Highways for the year ending January 31, 1875, submit the following report :— The expenditures have been for the repairs of Highways and the -re- moval of snow, $4,976 26 And there has been received for labor of men and horses, which has been paid into the Treasury, the sum of 160 33 Leaving, to be met by the appropria- tion, the ainount of $4,815 93 The Highway property consists of 3 horses, 3 carts, 2•snow ploughs, 3 cart harnesses, 2 Iead harnesses, picks, shovels, bars, drills, &c., the appraised value of which is • $775 25 We would recommend for the repair of highways and the removal of snow the present year, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. 5 ELI SIMONDS, Surveyors. N. L. BRYANT, of J. F. SIMONDS, Highways. i 3.4 . • OVERSEER'S RLPORT, The Overseers of the Poor of Lexington, for the year end- ing Jan. 31, 1875, submit the following report: Vainatisn of personal property Feb. lst, 1875, 12,335 57 Valuation of personal property Feb. 1st, 1874 1,801 93 Increase in value of personal property $533 64 Amount paid for the support o? poor Less the increase of personal property Received from income of farm Paid on account of outside poor $3066 02 533 64 $2,532 38 $1108 96 1423 42 687 04 Cost of support at the House $736 38 There has been furnished to paupers at the Alma] -- house 308 weeks board, at a cost per week of $2 39 Whole nuinber of paupers at the Almshouse during the year Of this number there remained but one right Average number at the House 310 299 6 The Board of Overseers would advise that the system pur- sued for the past two years be continued in relation to the tY- 35 management of the Farm, for the reason that the town now has a Harm of some twenty acres, more or less, of 'as good land for farming purposes as any ie town, and one which, in our opinion, can in a very short time, with a small outlay, be made capable of supporting the House without much aid from the treasury. We do not believe it good policy for the town to own a farm and let it run to waste, as they have done for the last ten years. If it is a benefit for any one to improve their lands, it certainly is for the town. We have. for the past year been under the necessity of making soma outlay in order to facilitate the operations on .the farrim, be= lieving in the maxim "That if you do not suw you must -nota expect to reap." The buildings on the farm are'all.in gnoc]), . repair ancl from present appearances will need but very little!' done to thein for some time. We would also state that more room is needed for stores and other purposes, as the product of the farm will be ver much increased the present year. We would recommend that sit addition be made to the barn and cellar of twenty- four- feet, the probable cost of which will be about six hun- dred dollars. The property at the Almshouse consists of one horse, two cows, one hundred and thirty-five hens, twelve swine, wagons, sleds, plows, hammers, &c. Tho value of property in the ilouse is $1,249.62, consisting of provisions on hand, beds, bedding and furniture that is needed in the house, the; details being fully carried out in the inventory. There is due the town for milk, &c., $65, which Will probably be paid. The difference in the aanount of Brio income, which ex- ists between our account and that of'the Auditor's, is due to the fact that produce to that amount was sold and merchan- dise bought with the proceeds, and neither: transaction re- ported to the Town Treasurer. The aid furnished outside of the House is large, and by time. ': . 36 change in the laws in regard to the settlement of paupers will be likely to he very much increased. We would recommend that the sum of $1,500 be rased for the support of the poor the present year. ELI SIMONDS, Overseers N. L. BRYANT, of J. F SIMONDS, Poor. 37 REPORT ON THE CEMETERIES. LEXIIV:M , FEB. 9, 1875. The Committee on Cemeteries havelittle to report, ex- cept to state the condition of the funds.at our disposal. In our Inst report we stated that we had at our disposal $214.72, and that there was a considerable snm uncollected ; nearly all of which has now been paid; which with. the sum paid for new lots taken last year, amounts to $209.50. The ex- penses of the past year have amounted to $68.35. Wheu this is deducted from the amount collected, it will leave $141.15 ; this' sum added•to the amount reported last year, gives $355.87. This sum is faithfully, secured, most of it being deposited in the Savings Bank. The • question has arisen with us how this money should he expended. What has disfigured the yards more than anything else, are the weeds and wild 'grass, which springs up in all parts of the yard, and .especially in the lots 'where the soil is moved and manured. We have coneladcid that our first duty was to keep the yard free from this dis- figurement. We have caused both cemeteries to he carefully mowed, the principal cemetery twice. The trouble of mow- ing in the enclosures ' and among the monuments must be obvious and is expensive. This with the labor of setting the bounds at the corners of the lot, has constituted the princi- pal expense, though we have allowed a commission on col- 38 lections. If we had a sufficient fund, or if each person would take care of his own lot, we, t'ould do something more to beautify the yard. But !ls it is, we ip not see as much im- provement can be made, except what is dune by individuals. And we are happy to see more or less improvements made every year by the owners of lots. All of which is respectfully submitted. CHARLES HUDSON, By Order of the ConimPlee. f • 39 AUDITORS' REPORT. RI;1 GIN G CHURCH BELLS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed in 1874. Amount expended, Balance unexpanded EXPENDITURES. $ 50 00 20 00 J. F. Ham, Oct. 1873, to April 1, 1874, $ 15 00 G. Chisliolm, May 1, 1873 to May 1, - 1874. 35 00 CARY LIBRARY. RECEIPTS. i Appropriated and assessed in 1874, Dog tax for 1873, Amount expended BaIancel unexpended, $ 50 00 $430 00 193 29 $ 70 00 s7o_go'.. { $ 623.9 ` $517 20 • 106 09 $ 623 29 40 EXPEZr DIPUa S. A. E. Scott, amount of dog tax, M. S. Keyes, librarian, A. E. Scott, Treasurer, on account, W. L. 1-Iunt, book rase and table, $193 29 203 91 40 31) 80 00 $517 20 FIRE EXTINGUISHER. Appropriated in 1874, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURES. $765 33 234 67 N. E. Fire Extinguisher Co., one Bab- cock, $750 00 American Fire Extinguisher Co., sup- plies, 15 33 $765 33 Above appropriation not included in assessment of taxes. Ffl.E DEPARTMENT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed in 1874, Excess of expenditure, $1,000 00 $1,000 00 $800 00 240 83 $1,040 83 41 EXPENDITURES. Charles ,Brown, services, Hancock Eng. Co., 40 men 1874. J. W. Peirce, coal, G. A. Page, use of horsed W. F. Ham, care Hancock Engine to Oct 1, 1873, J. Callahan care Hancock Engine to May 1, 1874, Adatns Engine Co„ 38 men to May 1, 1874, - Aclams Engine Co., rent of haIi Oliver Brown, steward, J. W. Peirce, coal, Hadley's express, expressing, Hunneman, & Co., repairing hose, Hadley & Wright, feather duster, H. H. Tyler, repairs, C. A. Mandelberg, repairs, R. W. Holbrook, oil, William Ham, engineer, .Benj. Hadley, engineer, S. W. Hendley, engineer, A. G. Babcock, alcohol and oil, Witcher & Saville, oil, wick and soda, $13 00 to May 1,' 400 00 5 00 700 SEXTON.. RECEIPTS. 12 50 17 '50 380 00 85 30 00 11 00 11 15 2 75 5 00 3 00 1 50 2 70 10.00 10 00 10 00 4 50 18 63 41040 83 60 F • Appropriated and assessed in 1874, - $75.00 No expenditures, 6 42 TOWN CLERK. Appropriated and assessed in 1874, Amount expended, Balance unexpended $ 90 00 79 50 10 50 $ 90 00 EXPENDITURES. L. A. Saville, services to Jan. 31, 1875, $45 00 recording births, , 20 00 marriages 1 ` deaths 11 16 46 44 11 stamps and sundries MISCELLANEOUS. EXPENDITURES. 4 35 7 10 3 05 $79 50 . O. W. Kendall, services as Sexton and returning deaths to Jan. 31, 1874, $ 51 50 L. G. Babcock, balance for services as Town Clerk, 1873, 10 00 L. G.• Babcock, returning births, mar- riages and deaths, 39 15 Joshua Hobart, constable from Aug. 18?3 to Feb. 1, 1874, 25 00 Charles Tidd, school committee to March 1, 1874, 90 00 I. N. Damon, services as treasurer, 1873, 200 00 L. A. Saville, auditor, 1873, 22 00 F. E. Wetherell, 11 15 00 O. P. MilIs, '4 11 8 00 Asa Cottrell, professional services on Hancock street, 10 00 $ 470 65 43 The foregoing bills were paid from the general fund, there; there being no appropriations to meet the same. The Treas- urer's account under this head, calls for $1,782 60, which! includes expenditures as follows : Rebel gun grant, $202. 45 ;j Rental of town halls, $709 50 ; Prosser gravel pit, $400 00.! . These three items we have charged to their respective ac counts. • CONSTABLES AND -POLICE. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed in 1874, Excess of expenditure, EXPENDITURES. C. T. "Yorthley, services, J. A. Mitchell, A. L. Ball, T. H. Bowen, O. W. Kendall, Geo. E. Babcock, Eli Simonds, Joshua Hobart, • 14 LL 11 66 4' 61 64 $250.00 78.20: $328 20 $ 6, .50 46 25- 44 544 00 96.00 7 00 60 00 53 45 15 00 INTEREST AND DISCOUNT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and Assessed in 1874, $4,500 00 Interest on Taxes, 1873, overdue, • ' 95 99 GammeIl Legacy, interest, 6 25 Interest on Taxes, 1874, overdue, 61 35 Amount expended, $3,943 49 720 10 Balance unexpended, $328 20 $4,663 59; $4,663 59i• l 44 EXP ENDITURES. State Treasurer, interest, $1,750 00 Middlesex Ins. for Saving, interest, 210 00 First National Bank, Boston, interest, 30. 92 Treasurer Cary Library, interest, George Holden, interest, •O. & W. B. Smith, interest, . Trustees Lex. Min'l Fund, interest, Emily •Muzzey, interest, Middlesex Fire Ins. Co., interest, 420 00 1,048 27 120 00 210 00 72 50 81 80 $3,943 49 EAST VILLAGE ENGINE IIOUSE IMPROVEMENT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated in 1874, Excess of expenditure, EXPENDITURES. $3,500 00 44 05 $3,544 05 John J. Williams, Bishop, church property, $2,250 00 D. A. Tuttle, stock and labor, 1,247 50 L. S. Pierce, paid for labor, 46 55 $3,544 05 Above appropriation not included in assessment of taxes. SPECIAL ENGINE HOUSE GRANT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated, Nov. 3, 1874, Excess of expenditure, $700 00 130 16 $830 15 • fir 45 EXPENDITIIRES. Jesse Bacon, masonry, • W. O. Haskell & Son, furniture, D. A. Tuttle, labor and stock, Tucker Mfg..Co., gas fixtures, Murdock & Co., fixtures, L. S. Pierce, sundries, Flint Bros., curtains and fixtures, Wm. Locke, 2nd, masonry and stock, O. Brown, painting, Alonzo Goddard, sundries, Above appropriation not included ii assessment of taxes. $ 20 00 255 74. 243 87- 94 27 7.94:27 12 60 4 40 28 15 50 35 88 00' 32 78 $830 16; - HANCOCK SCHOOL HOUSE IMPROVEMENT. RECEIPTS. Appropriated Dec, 14, 1874, Excess of expenditure EXPENDITUJRES. - A: L. Bali, labor• and stock, J. S. Merriam, painting, G. Swan, tnasoury and stock, C. T. Wortbley, expressing, W. G. Shattuck, furniture, Flint Bros, curtains, &c., W. O. Haskell & Son, furniture, J. L. Hammett, sundrie. , M. C. Warren, hardware, $500 00 01 $ 54 35 19 00 6 10 6 00 311 63 12 90 5 50 13 85 1 00 ' $500 oIt Amount carried forward, $430 33 46 Amount brought forward, Knight, Aclarns & Co., slates, Goo. W. Nichols, clock, J. A. Swazey, Mack boards, Peters & Jones, basket, W. T. Hain, books, Hannah Canfield, cleaning, ] 1. O'Brien, 44 Above appropriation not included assessment of taxes. $430 33 5 60 10.00 34 68 5 00 4 60 4 80 5 00 in ASSESSORS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, $400 00 Excess of expenditure, • 9 17 EXPENDITURES. J. F. Simonds, services, 1874, iL << copying valuation, L. A. Saville, services, 4' expressing, W. 'Wellington, services, G. F. Morgan. recording, etc., John L. Parker, printing, A. R.'Gay & Co., stationery, F. M. Harrington, Horse hire, $105 00 45 00 99 00 1,00 105 00 20 92 15 25 5 00 13 00 No appropriation. CENTENNIAL. EXPENDITURES. .john L. Parker, printing for Committee, $500 01 $409 17 , $409 17 $ 6 75 f • 47 EAST VILLAGE LOCK-UP. RECEIPTS. Appropriated Nov. 3, 1874, $ 50 00 Amount expended, $ 18 35 Balance unexpended, 31 65 $ 50 00 I EXPENDITURES. John Holman & Co., blankets, Hallett & Co., excelsior mattresses, Eli Sitnonds, sundries, $ 800 . 4 00 6 35 $18 35 Above appropriation not included in assessment of taxes. GUIDE BOARDS AND STREET SIGNS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, $100 00 Atnount expended, $ 97 50 Balance unexpended, 2 50 $100 00 EXPENDITURES. L. G. Babcock, lettering 30 street signs, L. G. Babcock, lettering fifteen guide boards, $22 50 17 00 O. W. Kendall, lettering 5 guide boards, 3 75 ! < " setting posts, etc., 54 25 $:97 50 48 TOWN FLAGS. RECEIPTS, Appropriated and assessed for 1874, EXPENDITURES. R. M. Yale, 2 flagi, . DECORATION DAY. • 1ECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, EXPENDITURES. O. B. Darling, Q. M. Post 119, G. A. R. SCHOOL COMMITTEE. RECEIPTS, • $150 00 ' $150 00 $ 100 00 $100 00 •• • Appropriated and assessed for 1874, $300 00 Amount expended, $235 00 Balance unexpended, 65 00 $300 00 EXPENDITURES. C. A. -Wellington, services 1874, $ 90 00 A. E. Scott, 90 00 gi Li as Sec. and Treasurer, 25 00 F. M. Harrington, carriage hire 30 00 $235 00 • 49 AUDITORS. RECEIPTS: Appropriated and assessed for 1874, No expenditures TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, No expenditures. • REBEL GUN GRANT. $ 45 bo RECEIPTS. I --••'‘ olgr—I 'Zi. Appropriated Nov. 3, 1874, $220 00 Amount expended, $202 45 Balance unexpended, 17 55 $220 00 EXPENDITURES. Mowry & Phillips, one gun, $183 76 Charles Hudson, placing same and sundries, 18 69 p $202 45 Above. appropriations not included in assessment of taxes. RENTAL OF TOWN HALLS. RECEIPTS. From Feti. 1, 1874 to Feb. 1, 1875, $636 00 , In latter part of 1873, 73 50 NOTE :-13y vote of the town, the rentals are paid to the Statue Fund. 7 $709 50 50 EXPENDITt3RES. Paid Charles Hudson, Treasurer Statue Fund, receipts from Nov, 4, 1873, to Feb. 1, 1875. STREET LAMPS. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, Excess of expenditure, ExrESTDITLTREs. R. J. Elliott, 70 lamps, J. S. & W. 11. Munroe„ 4 lamps, W. A. Tower, 2 L L N. W. Peirce, 1 lamp, (2 years),_ C. H. Underwood, 1 lamp, E. R. Smith, 1 W. B. Hadley, 6' Larkin Smith, 1 N. Garmon,. 1 A. Childs, ] G. Kaufman, 1 David Hall, 1 R. W. Holbrook, 1 E. S. Spaulding, 1 Oliver Brown, 1 Eli Simonds, 1 Geo. Stearns, 1 N. W. Jenney, 1 . Whitcher & Saville, oil, LL L{ LL iG LL L. 15 iG 61 $709 50 $900 00 107 43 $1,007 43 $737 14 33 28 16 28 20 75 6 50 3 40 75 80 7 25 11. 00 10 20 9 00 11 25 11 05 7 00 12 75 10 50 11 00 10 80 2 48 $1,007 43 51 STATE AID. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, Received from State, Amount expended, Balance,. Mary Manly, Jas. A. Mitchell, Emily Earle, G. A. Page, Thos. Burke, Wm. Nicholson, Lydia I(enneston, EXPENDITURES. 13 months, • 12 12 13. 12 12 12 ii Lf ii LL LL 450 00 435 63 $440 00 445 63 $104 00 54 00 48 00 78 00 60 00 48 00 48 00 $440 00 PROSSER GRAVEL PIT. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, $400 00 Levi Prosser, gravel, STATE TAX. Assessed by the State for 1874, $3,000 00 Paid State Treasurer, COUNTY TAX. $885 63 $885, 63 $400 00 $3,000 0 Assessed by the county, 1874, $2,052 89 E; " Paid County Treasurer, $2,052 89 52 DRAIN AGE. Amounts assessed as betterments as per Auditor's report, Feb. 10, 1874, page 60, $4,222 17 Expense incurred subsequent to the above and previous to Oct. 1, 1874, details of which.are given below, 179 25 Total cost to be assessed, Cash received from betterments, John Vaughn, Jas. Farrell, L. J. Smith, F. O. Neil, D. Dow, W. Gleason, Joshua Hobart, Whitcher & Saville, tools, EXPENDITURES. • labor, GL ii 4,401 42 116 34 $4,285,08 and seam, ,6 Li BOW STREET. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, Amount expended, Balance unexpended $ 23 00 24 50 7 50 16 50 7 00 27 00 69 00 4 75 $179 25 46 50 3 50 • $50 00 $50 00 } 53 EXPENDITURES. N. L. Bryant, labor, M. Driscoll, E. E. Smith, F. Chaloner, Harrison Peirce. J. Crowley, W. Murphy, F. Gaffeney, J. Emery, Highway surveyors, labor and team, 6. LL 6 1• if $ 600 4 00 4 00 4 00 4 50 !4 00 4 00 4 00 4 00 8 00 $ 46 50 MAPLE STREET (Finishing). EXPENDITURES. N. L. Bryant, labor, M, Driscoll, E. E. Smith, F. Chaloner, Harrison Peirce, J. Crowley, W. Murphy, F. Gaffeney, J. Emery,' Highway surveyors, labor and team, 6L 6i iL GL 41 LL 45 00 30 00 30 00 28 00 33 75 30 00 30 00 26 00 : 28 00 60 00 $ 340 75 Amount expended on the above, 1873, 1,164 12 $1,504 87 Original appropriation, $1,500 54 FLINT STREET (Finishing) . EXPENDITURES: W. L. Sanderson, grading James King, lane! damage, Amount expended on above, 1873, Original appropriations, $420 00. $155 00 14 00 169 00 200 00 H.AN000K Sr. ADAMS STREETS. ?In Appropriation. EXPENDITURES. Wm. Welch, contract. ADAMS STM*�ET (Finishing). No Appropriation. J. F. Simonds, %\Tin• Murphy, Harrison Peirce, E. E. Smith, F. Chaloner, .T. Crowley, J. Emery, - F. GatIeney, N. Shea, Highway Surveyors, labor - G. Swan, drain Whitcher & Saville, nails, EXPENDITURES. labor, LL teams, • pipe, $369 00 $762 00 $24 00 16 00 18 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 16 00 25 33 `26 40 1 20 $206 93 55 BILLS PAYABLE. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and Assessed for 1874 for reduction of Town Debt. $2,000 00 Received from Concord Road, (Voted towards the debt.) 2,000 00 'Borrowed, Middlesex Fire Ins. Co., 5,000 00 lst Nat'l Bank, Boston,3,000 00 George Holden, 4,500 00 $16,500 00 Amount Expended, $15,100 00 Balance, 1,400 00 $16,500 00 EXPENDITURES. Geo. Holden, note Feb, 1, 1870, L: ' July, 11, 1871, 'L Sept. 28, 1871, Emily Muzzey, note Aug, 10, 1868, Middlesex Fire Ins. Co, temporary loans, First Nat'I Bank, Boston, temporary loans, Geo. Holden, temporary 1oans, .c c .i LL $2,000 00 1,800 00 200 00. 1,100 00 5,000 00 3,000 00 2,000 00 $15,1000 00 ABATEMENT OF TAXES. Appropriated and Assessed for 1864, No expenditures. $600'0 J 56 HIGHWAYS.. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and Assessed for 1874, $5,000 00 Received for labor on Maple St:; 60 00 Received for Iabor on Bow St„ 8 00 Received for labor on other streets, 92 33 • Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. A. Childs, grain, etc. Whitcher & Saville, 11 • C. A. Butters & Co. R. W. Holbrook, Wm. Haul, F. H. Kneeland, H. P. Webber, J. Smith, J. A. Russell, L. Lawrence, Wm. Brigham, J. Chisholm, Gershoni Swan, drain pipe, W. W. Baker, gravel, C. W. Johnson, gravel, H. J. Hastings, stamp, Ames Plow Co., tools, • Alonzo Goddard, sundries, 1L 1i smith i ng. 1, . 1C GL repairing. 1L $4,976 26 184 07 $ 77 '92 134 37 131 85 116 22 83 02 36 28 50 09 3 50 24 62 36 30 3 62 .5 25 7 92 4 20 15 60 5 50 6 18 1 78 $5,160 33 $5,160 33 Amount carried forward, $784 22 57 Amount brought forward, A. Childs, drain pipe, Charles Lowe, stone posts, Parker & Gannett, tools, A. G. Spaulding, posts, Walter Bates, concreting, L. C. Childs, gravel, C. Caldwell, CC N. Fessenden, " Wadsworth, Sawyer & Co.. lumber, D. 14IcNamara, use of derrick, Dodge, Gilbert & Co., tools, F. /4 -Harrington, carriage hire,. John L. Parker, printing, Irvin; Locke, LL EIi Simonds, labor, J. F. Simonds, N. L. Bryant, Wrn. Murphy, N. Shea, F. Gaffeney, P. Joy, J. Crowley, E. E. Smith, F. Chaloner James Emery, Harrison Peirce, J. McKenzie, J. G. Reed,. James Farrell, - S. Puffer, T. H. Bowen, F. Sanderson, %),rm. Sanderson, Ci CC 1i Li CC 11 CC Li CC LC ii LL $734 22 24 06 2 00 5 50 8 70 50 00 7 0.0 9 80 17 50 8 70 2 00. 10 84 5 00 2 50 2 00 243 25 206 75 223 90 229 00 271 90 276 50 64 50 235 50 274 00 271 00 254 00 82455 249 .53 - 86 56 20 00 2 50 13 00 40 00 95 00 Amon mt carried forward, $4,271 26 8 58 Amount brought forward, $4,271 26 M. Connor, labor, 35 00 D. Dow, teaming, 14 50 J.' P. Reed, labor, 7 35 M. O'Brien, 46 4 00 L. J. Srrkith, 66 10 00 Joshua Hobart, 19 00 Jerry Reardon, 3 00 Jos. Spaulding, Li 8 80 George Thurston, 'i. 24 00 George A. Slack, i i 9 40 C. F. Winship, 5 00 Thos. Cahill, << 6 00 D. Mullen, 22 75 Hiram Clarke, teaming, 3 00 P. Mansfield, labor, 37 00 M. Doyle, i i 2 00 A. B. Smith, Li 2 00 J. 11. Wright, 66 2 75 H. H. Tyler, 2 00 M. Driscoll, 6C 3 00 J. Shea, 38 00 Benj.. Gleason, (1 2 50 J. D. Bacon, 1 50 Amos Angier, CC 3 00 R. T. Bryant, 8 00 F. Patch, Li 70 P. Doyle, 66 5 00 ,Tas. Gorman, Si 13 00 Overseers of the Poor, labor, 412 75 $4,976 26 59 SUPPORT OF THE POOR. RECEIPTS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, $1,500 00. From highway surveyors, 412 75 Cash returned and produce sold, 658 48 Excess of expenditure, 494 75 EXPENDITURES. Whitcher & Saville, sundries, C. A. Butters & Co., A. Childs, R. W. Holbrook, C. H. Lowe, J. E. Hodgman, H. Locke, E.. Holden & Son, J. Gross, E. .Keefe, fish, B. D. Sweet, flour, U. S. Creamoliu Co.; butter, Wm. Hardiiig,,pigs, Foster, Weeks & Co., potatoes, Hovey, Butler & Co., " Turner & Shaw, coal, A. F. Gould, tomato plants, E. S. Spaulding, Gro. W. Nichols, sundries, E. H. Brabrook, furniture, L. F. Lawrence, stationery, E. P. Rich, clothing, etc., ip If Li meat, ii '4 '4 '4 Amount carried forward, $263 27 155 39 126 96 114 65 112 61 . 72 39 7 85 7 .32 3 64 33 58 21 37 824 24 96 6 60 .25 00 60 00 1 50 1 50 4 00 30 03 3 50 36 96 3,066 0 $1,121 32 • • 60 Amount brought forward; G. W. Taylor, sundries, H. S.•Byerrutn, pasturage, J. Chisholm, harness work, L. Lawrence, W. A. Lane, 1 doable harness, W. Ham, smithiug, 4, 44 F. 11. Kneeland, 4, J. A..Russell, J, Smith, i• << $1,121 32 44 73 23 00 4 50 2 49 21 00 29 94 10 00 4 00 8 25 8 00 40 22 33 00 29 00 2 00 4 75 2 50 5 85 2 44 3 25 3 91 9 05 1 33 2 10 18 62 11 87 1 00 3 00 25 40 00 6 00 50 00 A. Goddard; hardware, Locke & Goddard, hardware, P. Peirce, manure, Wm. Brigham, wheelwrighting, Town of Lexington, dog license, D. Wetherbee, plaster, J. Brock & Sons, tools, Parker & Gannett, " Ames Plow Co., W. H. Smith, paint, C. T. Worthley, express, A. G.4Babcock, sundries, J. Graves, cake serail, E. H. Luke & Son, grain, Thomas Lahey, straw, P. Powers, 41 G. Swan, lime, F.. M. Harrington, horse hire, B. L. & N. R. R. Co., freight, Jos. Skinner, sled, Peter Harrington, plowing, Eli Simonds, services, Eli Simonds, travelling expenses and food furnished, Amount carried forward, 21 75 $1,569 12 61 Amount brought forward - $1,569 12 J. F. Simonds, services, 44 00 N. L. Bryant, ,, 35 00 J. A. McKenzie, labor, 16 40 N. Shea,46 6 00 .0 _,t -a. 1 50 H. Gilbert, P. Powers, 10 50 E. R. Smith, << 4 00 H. S. Byerrum, - 2 00 Mrs. R. F. Dodge, care of Estahrook and Dyer, 10 00 L. McKenzie, care of Estahrook, 18 00 J. McKenzie, care of Dyer, 1 50 H. Holmes, medical attendance, 21 00. O. W. Kendall, burial expenses E. & D. 48 35 R. F. Dodge, services of self and wife, 5.78 34 R. F. Dodge, sundries, 13 27 FOR OUTSIDE POOR. Aid furnished J. Logan and family, . $128 96 << f[ 14 44 it 14 ii 41 it 44 '4 i' 44 44 4' W. R. Hawkins, Mrs. Purcell, Lydia Estabrook, firs. Capel, L. Gleason, M. Egan, Newall Reed, Mrs. M. Doyle, Mrs. J. Doyle, Mrs. McGrath, Mrs. Kenneston, Paid J. Hobart, travelling expenses, J. W. Peirce, coal, 180 13 154 70 16 00 9,50 52 00 86 00 19 50 4 75 4 75 4 75 8 00 8 00 10 00 •• 1 {• - $2,378 98 $687 04 $3,066 02 62 SCHOOLS. INSTRUCTION, FUEL AN1) CARE OF ROOMS. Apprnpriated.aud assessed for 1874. $10,100 00 I State School Fund, 1874, 181 55 IMPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS. Appropriated and assessed for 1874, $ 2,400 00 State School Fund, 1674, 60 52 Excess of expenditure, $12,'2 07 17 27 $12,759 34 Amount expended on School Grant, $10,237 76 On Grant for Repairs, 2,521 58 $12,759 34 NOTE. --Feb. 3d, 1874, after the Treasurer had closed his year he paid to Mr. A. E. Scott, the State School Fund for 1873, amounting to $u36 84, which was used to pay bills of 1873, and was credited to the School account of last year. This accounts for the difference between our figures and those of the Treasurer. ADAMS SCHOOL. From School Grant. • Silas Peabody, instruction, care of building, Gertrude Peirce, instruction, C. F. Fiske, Julia Abbott, Mrs. Rune, Mrs. Hai t, C. Capel, moving scats, M. H. Roberts, wood, E. S. Spaulding, J. W. Peirce, coal, 16 cleaning, it $1,250 00 75 00. 500 00 450 00 10 00 1 00 1 23 7 50 5 00 7 00 103 50 $2,410 23 63 From Grant for Repairs,'&c. Silas Peabody, books, ete., L. G. Babcock, ►‘ A. L. Ball, labor and stock, F. J. Adams, repairs, $ 7 27 2 40 30 08 18 00 Locke & Goddard, furnace and fixtures, 368 54 A. W. Hastings & Co, outside windows,. 21 50 H. C. Hindley, labor and stock, 38 64 A. Childs, sundries, . 2 10 W. T. Ham, books, .2 80 C. Kingman, repairing pump, .4 50 DOWDITCII SCHOOL. From School Grant. Ada M. Frost, instruction, Rebecca E. Hill, cleaning, Frank Whittemore, care of room, W. A. Chapman, C. D. Angier, cutting wood, G. F. Chapman, wood, ' A.• G. Spaulding, 6 J. W. Peirce, coal, if 6 • $500 00 10 00 10 00 • 600 5 00 23 00 9 50 17 00 From Grant for Repairs, c9c. A. L. Ball, Iabtlr and stock, $ 7 03 C. T. Worthly, express, 75 L. G. Babcock, books, 2 78 Chas. D. Angier, labor, 12 8C Amount carried forward, 1495 B3 . r. $580 50 $23 36 ti4 Amount brought forward, T. K. Fiske, glazing, W. G. Shattuck, furniture, D. A. Tuttle, labor :tnd stock, C. A. Butters & Co., sundries, Whitcher & Saville, sundries, W. T. Ham, books, Knight, Adams & Co., slates, Ginn Bros., chart and easel, James JIerriain, painting, FRANKLIN SCITOOL. . From •School Grant. $23 36" 5 25 27 96 82 88 95 2 70 1 35 3 50 9 25 -2 50 $159 70 Mary E. Thompson, instruction, $500 00 " . `` care of room, 20 d0 J. McCarty, labor, 4 00 Thomas Anderson, {L 3 25 M. H. Roberts, wood, 6 25 J. W. Peirce; coal, 17 00 — $550,50 Prom Giant for repairs, &c. John McCarty, sundries, L. G. Babcock, books, M. E. Thompson, W. T. Ham, books, A. C. Stockin, books, $ 4 00 1 40 1 74 2 17 12 00 $21 31 - C. A. Flint, Ellen 13. Lane, Fannie A. Hutchinson, Nellie E. Harrington, Simonds,•care of building, Hannah Canfield; cleaning, C. Gorman, << 13. Desmond, J. W. Peirce, coal, 65 HANCOCK SCHOOL. From School Grant.' instruction, • $1,050 00 500 00 450 00 30 00 93 00 9 24 1 67 4 41 133 50 . From Grant for Repairs, die. • Alonzo Goddard, furnace and fixtures, $237 49 266 04 27 91 2 75 2 80 4 00 1 44 3 00 10 25 63 10 80 repairs, 2 37 3 30 •790 2 00 63 87 2 00 2 87 114 29 Locke & Goddard if ' ° i A. L. Ball, labor and stock, Gershonn Swan, " " Knight, Adams & Co., slates, Caleb Kingman, repairing pump, Nichols & Hull, slate pencils, J. L. Hammett' erasers, Ginn Bros., music chart, W. G. Shattuck, furniture, C. T. NVorthley, express, Estate of Henry Mulliken, W. T. Ham, books, L. G. Babcock, " Gilbert Gutting, tuning piano, Jas. S. Merriaari, painting, School Committee, trees, Whitcber & Saville, duster, D. A, Tuttle, labor and stock, 9 $2,271 2• $820.1 66 HIGH. SCHOOL. From School Grant. A. E. White, instruction, Louisa M. Thurston, " Eli Simonds, cure at' building, C. Gorman, cleaning, J. Gorman, Betsy Desmond, . H aunah Canfield, M. Murphy, cutting wood, D. Dow, teaming, Jos. Richardson, wood, John L. Parker, printing, J. W. Peirce, 'coal, cc LC $1,950 0p 600 00 72 75 1 66 1 00 11 17 7 01 4 00 3 00 11 87 14 7i 103 50 From the Grant for Repairs, &c. C. T. Worthley, moving piano, &c. A. E. White, sundries, Noyes, Holmes & Co., books, L. G. Babcock, books; W. T. Ham, Estes & Lauriat Nichols & Hall, Doane & Greenough, « W. G. Shattuck, furniture, J. L. Ross, 66 ii ii J. Hobart, hay, F. J. Winship, repairs, Rand, Avery & Co., printing, B. L. & N. R. R. Ex. Co., expressing, Amount carried forward, $ 6 50 4 30 34 30 1 80 6 38 74 06 2 87 4 50 37 00 28 00 5 53 18. 80 15 00 1 65 $2,780 71 $240 69 f 67 Amount brought forward, C. A. Butters & Co., sundries, Whitcher & Saville, 46 School Committee, trees, School Committee, graduating expenses, G. Chilson, repairing furnace, A. L. Ball, labor, Caleb Kingman, repairing pump, Jas. Merriam, painting, HOWARD SCHOOL. $240 69 .1 53 18 2 00 2 66 2 50 65 2 50 13 75 From the School Grant. M. A. Jackson, instruction, " ` {;are of room, Nellie E. Harrington, instruction, C. M. Grover, << Wm. Grover, care of room, G. F. Chapman, wood, J. W. Peirce, coal, $237 50 6 00 170 00 12 40 34 75 23 00 27 00 From. Grant for Repairs, circ. Wm. Grover, repairing, F. J. Winship, << D. A. Tuttle, labor and stock, T. K. Fiske, labor, Whitcher & Saville, mat, W. T. Ham, books, L. G. Babcock, books, J. L. Hammett, map and bells, $ 3 90 50 5 93 8 00 1 35 60 1 20 9 71 $266 40 $26 19 J ,68 WARREN SCHOOL. From School Grant. Ellen M. Underwood, instruction, $237 50 61 io care of room, 7 CI7 M. A. Jackson, instruction, ' 262 50 °' express and care of room, 7 50 - C. McNamara, care of room, 6 83 Abijah Harrington, labor, 11 25 From Grant for Repairs, cfic. A. L. I3a11. labor and stock, S. L. Haskell, laying wall and grading, D. A. Tuttle, labor and stock, E. A. Mulliken, labor, W. S. Blanchard, lumber, F. J. Winship, repairs, • C. A. Butters & Co., sundries, Wbitche}. % Saville, stove polish, Geo. W. Nichols, repairing clock, J. A. Swazey, black board, W. Q. Shattuck, furniture, L. G. Babcock, books, W. T. Ham, SC J. L. Hammett, sundries, Ginn Bros., chart and easel, Knight, Adams 4; Co., slates, C. F. Davis, fitting keys, Jas. Merrlann, paiIlting, $ 6 03 140 00 278 38 27 00 77 30 4 50 1 00 10 1 50 11 40 4 50 4 46 5 47 2 05 9 25 3 50 95 94 88 $533 25 $672 27 69 COMMON TO ALL SCII00LS. From School Grant. Horace Bird, musical instruction, Prom Grant for Repairs, cfic., Nichols & Hall, sundries, J. L. Hammett, << Ilogman & Vinal, hardware, Burton, Fellows & Co., brushes, Peters & Jones, baskets, School Committee, stationery, SUMMARY. $ 19 99 18 15 88 9 00 2 42 •926 $600 00 ..I $59 70 AIME OF SCHOOLS. FROM 9CRf)OT ORAXT. Inatru,-tlorn, Fuel, slid care OPIOOme. FROM GRANT FOR REPAIRS. Repaire and Ind - denial& TOTALS. Adams, Bowditch, Franklin, Hancock, High, Howard, Warren, Musical Instruction, Not classified, $2,410 23 $495 83 $2,906 06 580 50 159 70 740 20 550 50 21 31 571 81 2,271 82 820 18 3,092 00 2,780 71 266 40 3,047 11 510 75 26 19 536 94 533 25 672 27 1,205 2 600 00 600 0 59 70 59 0. Total, $10,237 76 $2,521 58 $12,759 84 62. 70 CONTINGENT. RECEIPT$. Appropriated and Assessed•for 1874, O ve rlayi n gs, Corporation Tax, National Bank Tax, An abated 66 Ebenezer Gammell, support of wife, Sidewalk improvement 1872, Raymond and Reed, License for Billiard I-Iall, Estate of Jonas Gammell, legacy, Sale of old engine house in part, Gravel sold from Simonds' Pit, Sale of Town Histories, Town Scales, Franklin Fire Ins. Cu. dividend, Taxes for 1873, Amount expended, Balance unexpended, EXPENDITURES. $3500 00 1080 68 75782 737 16 8 00 50 00 11 02 200 00 10 00 500 00 42 30 2 20 42 00 34 28 8 33 3544 85 $10,528 64 $4757 89 5770 75 $10,528 64 • Chris, Hudson, selectman, $212 00 clerk, 25 00 recording and sundries, 49 78 traveling expenses, 19 00 13, C. Whiteher, selectman, 200 CO 4. ff if ff Amount carried forward, $505 78 71 Amount brouyht forward, $505 78 B. C. Whitcher, examining accounts of Treas. 1872 & 1873, 12 00 • 44traveling expenses, 37 00 L. S. Peirce, selectman, 170 00 " janitor, 25 75 0. W. Kendall, care of town hall, 294 86 61 11 " " library, 230 00 labor and sundries, 38 .27 Eli Simonds, constable, 95 00 fi " " witness fees in case at Brown vs. town, Asa Cottrell, professional services in above case and costs, Chas. Robinson, professional- services in name case, S. W. Smith, services and court fees in case of Malden vs. Lexington, 1868-9, G. A. Somerby, legal advice on drain age question, John L. Parker, printing 600 "Reports fi ff 44 " 100 School ieports, 6 00. 22 00 11 00 57 00 17 00 4 50 1 50 8 63 44 ff 3705 152 36 129 50 35 60 100 00 269 80 Rand, Avery & Co., printing, Caleb Rand, T. R. Marvin & San, J. Frank Palmer, Tower & Munroe, 4' '4 11 ff Boston Herald, advertising, Worcester Lunatic Asylum, Support of Mrs. Gammell, ff " Jas. Congdon, 197 01 112 98 Amount carried forward, $ 2,560 59 72 Amount b?ouglel !amend, F. M. Harrington, carriage hire, Street improvement, N. L. Bryant, labor, J. F. Simonds, E. E. Smith, F. Chaloner, Harrison Peirce, J. Crowley, I. Murphy, F. Gaffeney, Jas, Eiuery, J. il'tc1Consie, 46 it Li ♦l LL i1 Li $2,560 59, 54 50 Highway Surveyors, labor and team, N. Shea, labor, Driscoll, 3. Shea, E. Harrigan, M. licGrath, 4i Whitcher & Saville, sundries, O. W. Fiske, laud du/nacre, David Fitch, Jas. King, J. L. Norris,. Lucy B. Spaulding, P. Peirce, advertising and selling Adams Eng. House, , 4 00 Amos W. Robinson, police to Jan. 1871, l2 00 A. R. Gay, stationery, 8 50 M. It. Warren, i i 5 88 L. G. Babcock, lettering street signs, 5 00 • H. A.. Wellington, special police, 10 00 'iTillard Walcott, LL 12 00 J. W. Tapley, Li LL 18 00 ii LL LL .L LL 39 00 25 00 30 50 33 00 413 12 40 00 41 00 41 00 41 00 12 00 67 00 31 00 10 00 4 00 5 00 5 00 26 38 225 00 24 00 2 00 100 00 30 00 Amount carried forward, $3,578 47 4e% 73 Amount brought forward, 13,578 47 Alonzo Goddard, sealer of weights and measures to April, 1874, 15 00 Alonzo Goddard, repairs on stoves, 2 00 i i Adams Engine House furnace and fixtures, 54 25 A. E. Scott, balance on school committee- man to Feb., 1874 27 92 James Emery, labor and team, 7 00 A, F, Fesenden, cleaning culverts, 1 00 N. & J. Q. A. Chandler, lease of gravel pit. 250 00 B. L. & N. R. R. Co., freight, 5 36 C. T. Wortbley, express, , 50 Samuel Fletcher, granite bounds, 25 00 Darius Dow, teaming stone to cemetery, 4 00 A. G. Spaulding, guide posts, 19 20 J. W. Peirce, cement, 2 25 L L ." coal, 35 00 Aiken & Woodward, charcoal, 12 50 James Farrell, labor on Common, 7 00 Frank O'Neil, 7.00 Wm. Wyman, coal and wood, 108 00 Gershom Swan, drain pipe, 33 00 LC L i labor on town haul, 24 55 D. A. Tuttle, labor and stock on east village lock-up 223 00 Chas. Adair, catering 11 25 J. R. True, care of flag, etc., 7 00 W. S. Blanchard, lumber, 72 56 A. L. Ball, tables, 10 57 L L Iabor, 9 12 Wm. Locke, 2nd, repairing, 1 25. W. G. Moore, rubber mouldings, 8 95 LL Amount carried forward, $4,562 70:- 10 74 Amount brought forward, $4,562 70 J. Harrington, painting pasts and street lamps, 46 15 J. A. Montgomery, slating, 67 01 S. L. Haskell, repairing pump, 1 50 C.J. Adams, support of M. Capel's child, 17 72 1 1 11 ,, Jonathan Locke, 17 57 IT. Gannon, labor, 19 00 0. Brown, painting, 3 50 Wm. GIeason, posts and labor, 4 40 Hadley & Wright, street lamps and frame, 10 00 Wm. Ham, iron work, 8 74 TAXES. Warrant furnished Collector. State tax, County tax, Town Grants, Overlayings, $4,757 89 $3,000 00 2,052 89 34,510 00 1,080 68 $40,643 57 Supplementary list, 276 20 Collected. 4r $36X 052 75 $40,919 77 Allowance for prompt payment, 818 13 Uncollected, (subject to abatement), 4,048 89 $40,919 77 Difference between original warrant and amount collected, $4,590 82 75 88"R2S28V44Zn ti 2,SS5 $7,888 R2g$828gSgSM8125$ Mi M�aaP. w�- EXPEND1TUREB. i C A f4 d - a t.r6 14 b --- inii N . ;w°di E:° Ad JUw c F G i iillthiggill;i4i!lii v �.,Q-VA�nE.t--._v-,...,s»A qFpd;%. QWeIUox.i"Q.QFm gg� a"OZP2-+ igo+3nc�-`�eM`-^ioY`ao���ic�i'3§§e="��iii �i �" w n��.y .. .. o -i .cme�oo.+ •D ai +� 4 ' 76 REMARKS. - The Auditors present herewith a detailed report, embrac- ing the receipts and expenditures under their various heads, for the year ending Jan. 31, 1874. We certify that the vouchers for each item have been furnished us, and that we found thein correctly, cast. Wo have endeavored to classify the accounts so that the reader can tell what each department has cost. In doing this, we have been compelled to transfer certain bills to accounts other than those to which we found them cintrgcd. This will account for any differences that may exist between our figures and those of the Treasurer, while the general result is not affected. In this connection 'we would take the opportunity to ex- press our unqualified approval of the system, adopted by the Town last spring, in regard to the payment of bills. That there should be but one person who should have the handling of the funds, is ton patent to admit of argument. 'We say this, not because eve. question the honesty of any town official, but rather, because, without such a system, the safeguard of direct responsibility is lost, and careless- ness and forgetfulness are apt to find a place.. The present year has offered a partial test of the system, but we look for OW greater results in the future, and particularly for the reason, that in the year just passed, there has existed the difficulty of having to deal with both, the old and new, sys- tems, the former being in vogue nntil after the annual meeting. The time allowed, for the compiling and issuing of the reports, is neeessarilly short, and the work of this depart- ment may be materially lessened, if each branch of public service would keep its accounts well -in -hand and exercise promptness in its settlement. The books of the Treasurer, from which, together with the 77 vouchers, we make up our detailed statement, are models of - correctness and neatness, and we are under obligations to that of&cial for courtesies shown, and assistance rendered to. us in our labors. Respectfully submitted, FRANK E. WETHERELL. GERSIiOM SWAN, Auditors: LEXINGTON, Feb. 13, 1875. • • 78 TOWN OFFICERS• FOR 1874--5. • TOWN CLERK. LEONARD A. SAVILLE. SELECTMEN. CHARLES HUDSON, LOTTING S. PIERCE, B. C. 'LsrHITCBER. ASSESSORS. JOSEPH F. SIMONDS, WALTER WELLINGTON, LEONARD A. SAVILLE. SCIHOOL COMMITTEE. A. E. SCOTT, for 3 yrs. C. A. WELLINGTON, for l yrs. CHARLES TIDD, for 1 year. TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. ISAAC N. DAMON. HIGHWAY SURVEYORS AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. ELI SIMONDS, J. F. SIMONDS, N. L. BRYANT. • •CONSTABLE. ELI\ SIMONDS. POLICE OFFICERS. O. W. KENDALL, C. T. WORTHLEY. A. L. BALL, 79 NIGHT WATCHMEN. T. H. BO WEN, GEO. E. BABCOCK. AUDITORS. F. E. WETHERELL, GERSHOM SWAN. FIELD DRIVERS. ALFRED BOYDEN, THOS. R. GREENLEAF; FENCE VIEWERS. DR. H. HOLMES, W. D. PHELPS, HAMMON REED. SURVEYOR OF LUMBER. O. W. KENDALL. MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, F. V. BUTTERS, A. CHILDS. SUPERINTENDENTS OF TOWN SCALES, AND WEIGHERS OF HAY AND COAL. B. C. WHITCHER, R. W. HOLBROOK. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ALONZO GODDARD. • AUCTIONEERS. P. P. PIERCE, LEVI PROSSER. POUND KEEPER. O. W. KENDALL. SEXTON. O. W. KENDALL. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1874-75. ARLINGTON : OFFICE OF THE "LEXINGTON MINUTE -MAN." 1875. REPORT The School Committee of Lexington herewith present their annual report. APPROPRIATIONS. The town appropriated, for the support of its schools, at the annual meeting in March, 1874. $12,500 00 We have received from the State School Fund 242 07 $12,742 07 This sum we have expended substantially in accordance with the recommendations in our last report. EXPENDITURES. 1'Te have approved bills as follows : — For instruction . . $9,300 00 Fuel . . . . 541 79 Care of rooms . 403 02 Repairs and incidentals .. 2,518 21 $12,763. 02 It is possible that some hills which we have approved have not yet been presented for payment, which may account for any slight discrepancy between qur favtings and those o the auditors. Instruction Fuel . Care of rooms Repairs, etc. Instruction . .Fuel . Care of rooms Repairs, etc. Instruction- . Fuel . Care of rooms Repairs, etc. Instruction Fuel . Care of rooms Repairs, etc. . Instruction Fuel Care of rooms Repairs, etc, . ADAMS SCHOOL. . $2,200 00 • 1p1 p7 5n0 82 • 86 • 508 31 $2,908 67 BoWDITCH SCHOOL. • $500 00 58 05 35 00 140 90 $733 95 J' HOWARD SCHOOL. Instruction . . . $450 00 Fuel . . . . 42 00 Care of rooms . 38 25 Repairs, etc. . 26 09 Instruction . Fuel . Care of rooms Repairs, etc. . WARREN SCHOOL. $556 34 ▪ $500 00 • 28 25 25 00 681 82 $1,235 07 Instruction in music ▪ . -$600 00 FRANKLIN SCHOOL. Not classified 54 00 ▪ $500 00 • 30 12 20 00 21 82 $571 94 HANCOCK SCHOOL. • . $2,000 00 133 50 •• 112 48 . . • 824 70 $3,070 68 HIGH SCHOOL. $2,550 00 . 122 37 89 43 ■ • 260 57 33,022 37 $12,763 02 At a -recent meeting the town voted to instruct the School Committee to establish a new school in the Hancock District, and appropriated five hundred dollars therefor. The school has been established, and we have approved bills to be paid from that appropriation to the amount of $500.01._ The method of paying bills adopted during the past year has made it difficult for us to keep our accounts as method- ically as we have before done, and it is possible that some bills are charged to grants to which they do not belong, and we may not agree in all cases with the auditors as to the amounts charged to the different schools. The selectmen and treasurer have facilitated the business as much as the rule will allow ; still it has caused us more work, and subjected our teachers and others to considerable annoyance. We have found it necessary to pay bills out of our private funds, to the extent of many hundred dollars, and wait for settlement until we were able to attend a meeting of the selectmen. In a town where the selectmen meet only twice each month, and the treasurer has no regular office )lours, it would seem that some simpler tnctliod should be adopted. In the Adams District, in addition to the furnaces contem- plated in the api rop i iation, we found it necessary to make considerable outlay in repairing the roof, and in planing out- side windows on the north side. Entire shingling and imiiiy other repairs will soon be required, but we ask for no special action this year. SVe also found it necessary to go to considerable expense in repairing the fk.t roofs and rear wall of the High School house, and for the first time in many years we are able to report that the building does not leak. The school premises have been much improved by the scholars and teachers without expense to the town. The admission of a. large class to the school in September compelled us to procure. some new furniture, at an expense not eel itenlplated in our last report. f In the Hancock District we have placed another furnace in the school building, and built a fence on the street front of • the lot,— a. great improvement to the school premises, and an assistance in the discipline of the school. In our last report we called the attention of the town to the engine house on this lot, and we again strongly urge its removal. The school is in need of the corner where it is situated ; the lot would be much improved by its removal, and the prem- ises relieved of many objectionable features. In the Bowditch District we have done the shingling imper- atively demanded, and greatly improved the school furniture. In the Warren District we have dune much more than we intended, and we now regard the premises in good condition throughout. It was deemed adviso-ihle to extend the wall .along three sides of the lot, This was done in a• substantial manner, a good fence built around the lot, a very large amount of grading done, the out -houses and yards entirely recon - strutted, the school hu,ilding shingled, the basement and school -room put 311 good repair, the school desks refinished, the walls )minted, and blackboards• made around the room. We cannot recognize, in their present condition, the un- sightly premises and the unattractive school -room of last year, and yet much needs to be done to the school lot to complete the work begun. Our resources only enabled us to grade the lot with the rough material obtained from the lot itself, and we need a stratum of loam and compost on the sides and rear. This should then be well seeded, and a few trees set out on the street front. and in other places about the lot. The town has done so much toward the work that we feel the district should take the matter in hand and carry out the plan above suggested without • further appropriation. If the people in the district will turn out for a single clay in early spring, with their then and teams, the work will. be fully accomplished. Oar school property throughout the town is in fair con- dition, and it is not necessary for us to ask for as large appropriations for repairs as we have previously done. We cannot, however, anticipate every outlay, and it is necessary to have the usual general appropriation for that purpose. We call your attention in particular to the dilapidated fence and outbuildings in the Bowditch District. The credit . of the town and the welfare of the- school demand a new fence ou tho front of the lot at least, new out -houses, and considerable grading. In the Franklin District the house needs' a new sill ou at L least two sides, and other repairs about •the building 'are demanded. The school Iot is in a rough condition in oonse-r quence of the removal of gravel from one side for use ou the' roads, the boulders and debris being left. A slight outlay) will greatly improve the appeariulbe of the lot. We recOm- mend that the gravel bank on the southeasterly corner be still further removed, the bank sloped, a bank wall bui:ti for a short distance at the corner, and further trespass for gravel be prevented. At the beginning of the school year in September, we anticipate the size of the' High School to be such as to re- quire abort twenty additional desks, which we must now provide for. The one hundred dollars- appropriated last year for books of reference was fully expended, but made only a beginning of a library which every school of such grade requires. Our chemical apparatus also is sadly deficient, and we strongly urge a small appropriation for each of these pur- poses. In our last report we referred to the school furniture in some of our houses and recommended its removal. As before suited, we have improved some of it by refinishing, but we only regard this as temporary. We are still strongly of the opinion that the carved, uncomfortable, disgracefully dilapidated double desks should be removed from all our school -rooms and replaced with comfortable single desks. We hardly expect all this to be done at once,— but gradually, and we recommend a beginning at the Hancock Grammar School. We are sure that this would go very far toward im- proving the morale of that school and doubly repay the town every year for the expense. It will be seen above that the expense of fuel and care of houses for the year exceeded our estimates, and an increase of at least one hundred dollars for the former and of fifty dollars for the latter will be necessary. We feel that the salaries of our teachers now enable us to compete fairly with adjoining towns, and are quite as large as the town can well afford. We ask nothing therefore for their increase, but it will be remembered that by vote of the town a new school has just been established, and, in con- sequence, another teacher employed. This adds to the ex- penso of instruction five hundred dollars. To sum up, we need for the current year and ask you to appropriate : — For instruction, fuel and care of rooms school incidentals and small repairs furniture for High School repairs at Franklin School We recommend and strongly urge you to ap- propriate:— For p- propriate:— For repairs at the Bowditch School furniture for Hancock School books and apparatus for High School • • $10,750 00 • 500 00 125 00 125 00 250 00 300 00 200 00 $12,250 00 While the aggregate of the amounts we have above asked for is less than that of last year, we are aware it is very large, yet we see no way in which the first four of the above items can be reduced a single dollar, and our schools con- tinue in their present condition, or in any manner satisfac- tory to our people ; while the whole appropriation, and even more, will be a wise investment. It will be remembered that for the last three years we have had only three classes in the High School, no class being admitted in 1871, and yet the teachers have been unable to do the work for the three classes, or, at least, in a manner satisfactory to themselves.' At the close of the present year in June no class will graduate, while a large class will enter, filling the school to its complement of four classes, and adding one-third more to the school work. When this takes place we do not see how it is possible for two teachers to do the work even in an ordinary manner. Ips our last report we called your attention to this, and also sug- gested that with another teacher we could so enlarge and frame the course of instruction in that school that, to a cer- tain extent, each scholar might select such studies as con- formed to his circumstances and intended career in life. As 10 the school is now constituted the course must be contracted, and it seems to be necessary that all the scholars should pursue the same studies. We know that iu former years the work has been done by two ,teachers, and we need not go very far back to find it done by one ; but this is a weak argument, for we cast recall the time when it was not done at all, and we suspect that much of the time since the school was established it, has not been done Well. We are not willing to sit down contented and say that we have done well enough iu the past and are doing well enough now. . We are not doing well enough if we sun do better, and we trust the people will encourage the committee in all reasonable efforts for improvement. Lest it may seem that we have too enlarged ideas for our school, we ask you to consider what is done for other High Sehuols about us. In Waltham they employ five teachers, — a principal sub- niuster, and three assistants. In Woburn four, —principal, sub -master, and two as- sistants. In Watertown three, -- principal and two assistants. Its Stoneham• three, —prizncipal and two assistants. In Arlington three, — principal and two assistants. In Melrose three, — principal and two assistants. In Winchester three, —principal and two assistants. In Medford three,—principal, sub -mater, and one assistant. In addition to the above there are employed in most of these schools special instructors in music and drawing. We must not omit to add that for the first time in the his- tory of the school' we have a fine class of eight fitting for college. This class is a credit to the town, and we must not fail to encourage then, and to afford them every facility for thorough preparation. At the beginning of another year it is hoped another class will be formed, and so on from year to 11 year until the college class becomes a permanent feature of the school. The preparation for this class alone demands great care and more time than for either .of the other classes, • .and in most of our High Schools the principal does little else thau attend to the work of the college classes. Thus it will be seen that we are to have the work of five classes, and possibly, another year, of six, so that relief must come from some direction. If not in the manner above suggested, we see no better way to do than to give up all college• classes, . and raise the standard of admission so as to have only three classes in the school, requiring the work of the first year to , be done in the lower schools. . Some of the above-mentioned schools are no larger than ours; one, at least, not so large ; but it must bo remembered , that it makes little differeoee whether we have twenty scholars more or less in a school of this grade, the work -, depending on the number of chases rather than on the manger of pupils. But the employment of another teacher necessitates furnishing a room fur her in the school building. V're have at other times called attention to the room now: used ow- tused for a recitation room. It is approached by a long flight -of narrow winding stairs, and when reached is gloomy and_ uncomfortable. The ante -room for the girls is also on this fluor, and we are confident that much of the fatigue com phaiued of by them is the result of. rapidly ascending these;, stairs many times per day. The boys' ante -room is about', six feet square, and does not afford sufficient space for the coats and caps of those now in the school. We have uo accommodations whatever fur the large class expected at the beginning of the next school year.- We". have no place for our apparatus, and uci room for chemicals ' manipulations -and philosophieal experiments. We think, then, that better accommodations are demanded for the school, even if another teacher is not employed. We sugg t that additions be made to the present build4 12 ing, so as to give us two recitation rooms, _--one to be fitted for an apparatus room, ante -rooms for boys and girls, and water -closets and other conveniences in the basement. We have a plan by which this can be done at a reasonable cost, but without further suggestions prefer to ask the town to appoint a committee to examine into the matter, obtain plans and estimates, and report at the April meeting. RE VIEW OF THE TEAR. The annual examinations seemed for the most part to give satisfaction to the people, and perhaps the schools appeared as well as we could reasonably expect, yet we must confess we are not fully satisfied with the results of the year. We have been even more earnest in our work and have devoted quite as much time to it as in former years, yet we are conscious that our schools would be much benefited by a more extended supervision than we are able to give them. Such supervision as is needed the town is hardly able at present to afford. But the efforts of the committee may be made more effective by the encouragement and assistance of the parents. The apparent apathy of a large portion of the parents for the work of the school is lamentable. It is hardly to be conceived that a parent,geuerally careful in re- gard to the welfare of the child should allow year after year to go by without approaching the school -room. Our teachers have kept a careful record of all the visits inade'by the committee, parents, and others, which we give below:— Adams, elow: Adams, Grammar, Intermediate, 66 Primary, Buwditch, Franklin, Whole No. visits of visits of At of visits. parents. committee. examinations. 42 7 19 35 71 16 22 40 79 30 19 35 58 18 24 11 —6 parents. 20 1 18 4.-1 " Howard, 49 Warren, 52 Hancock, Grammar, 70 " Intermediate, 57 +' Primary, 115 High School, 59 13 6 21 4-3 parents. 5 21 4-1 66 8 34 40 13 33 25 38 31 35 17 24 75 672 159 266 308 When it is considered that many of the visits by the com- mittee have not been mere calls, but have continued from. the beginning to the close of a session, and that many hours have been devoted to the schools outside of the school-raom, it will be seen that we have given quite as much time to the work as can be reasonably asked, and yet our schools are suffering from lack of supervision.. Frequent visits by par- ents, their encouragement and honest criticism, will be of great benefit to the schools, teachers, and even committee, and we hope to be able to make a better record in this re- gard next year. We have had changes of teachers during -the year in the Warren and Howard Schools. At the close of the first term the teacher of the Warren re- signed, to seek a more lucrative position elsewhere, giving us little time to fill the vacancy. The school was Large and somewhat difficult, and we felt the necessity of appointing a teacher of experience known to us. With much hesitation, on account of the loss to the Howard School, we transferred Miss Jackson to the Warren, and appointed Miss Harrington, one of our High School graduates, and more recently a pupil in the Boston Normal School, to the vacancy in the Howard. Again, when the Hancock Primary School was divided, we felt that Miss Harrington's services were worth more to the town in one of these divisions than at the Howard, and ven- tured to make the transfer. We appointed Miss M. A. Gustin, of Woburn, a teacher of considerable experience, to 14 fill the vacancy, and we are confident we shall not further test the forbearance of the people of that district by changes for a long time to come. It is not necessary for us to mention each school in detail, for although, as we have before stated, we have heen disap- pointed in some particulars, and in some of the schools there bas not been that accuracy of instruction, or that healthful emulation and enthusiasm, which we desire, yet we knew there has been much hard .work done by every teacher, and the results as a whole compare favorably with those of previous years. We frequently hear the statement mule. even by intelligent persons, that the teacher has an easy time, working only Eve or six hours per day-, and receiving double the pay, per- haps, of other good men and women who work ten ; and we confess to a feeling of indignation as often as we hear such statement. No person who has •not given attention to the matter can comprehend the ►year and tear of the school -room, the anxiety and care which the teacher feels for his pupil:, and the complete exhaustion of troth mind and body at the close of the day. The bodily fatigue of the day-lahorer is nothing in comparison with it, and when his ten hours are over he is relieved from care, and Fan obtain that refresh- ment which his system demands. The teacher is never free from care ; the five hours in the school -room are only a part of the time devoted to the work. We have in wind teachers iir our own town who devote their whole time to their schools ; whose labors are not limited to five, ten, or even fifteen hours; but who, day after• day, continue their labors, even late at night, in preparing themselves for the school -room. Hard work is demanded of every teacher; the progress of the Ivhnle world in its broadest and most Iilaeral sense demands it, and we in Lexington claim it. No one at present engaged in our school work eau expect a Iife of ease. The suggestions and requirements of our school reg - f E 15 ulations, to say nothing of the thousand important things which occur to every wide-awake teacher,- require the whole time of our teachers, and demand that their schools shall take precedence of everything else. The work of the teacher is not merely to keep school. Let the teacher be thoroughly equal to his position, and the school will keep itself. It is not merely in requiring long lists of words and mimes of places to be memorized, or rules learned, or in asking questions laid down in the text -books, and requiring the corresponding answers. The great work is rather to build up, draw out, educate the minds of the pupils, to tench them to think and discover for themselves. He can mould their mental nature almost as he will; and to this end preparation for every exercise is necessary. This is especially important in the Primary Schools ; and it is. especially difficult to make teachers of these grades under- stand the necessity of such preparation: The teacher of the Primary School needs special preparation in manners, of mind, and of heart. She must be prepared fo every dny's work, know what she is about to teach, and how she should teach it, be accurate in her language, and in her instruction,. ever on the alert to keep active minds interested, and busy hands and eyes employed. - She must be firm but gentle, cheerful and enthusiastic, and know how to inspire with her own cheerfulness and enthusiasm. We have devoted much time to our Primary Sehools, and at•e encouraged to feel that the work done in them has been greatly improved in its character• ; yet a great deal remains to be done, mid teachers and committee have yet very much to learn. Much of the training here should be objective, and we have placed in these schools, and iii the Mixed Schools where there are children of the Primary grade, at very slight ex- pense to the town, but at considerable expense of time. and care to ourselves, a great variety of material for occupation, 16 instruction and entertainment, embracing thousands of tri- angles, oblongs, squares, and other geometrical forms of va- rious colors, cards, letters, sticks, blocks, worsteds, pictures, books, etc. These, :►t different times during the day, are placed in the hands of those children who are too young to study, and who have ordinarily sat with nothing to do, so that many an hour, otherwise tedious and injurious, is passed pleasantly and not without profit. Entering either of these schools at certain hours in each session we End the children happily employed in assorting these cards or worsteds accord- ing to shape or color, in forming words or short sentences with letters, Iaying sticks in piles of certain numbers and according to given lengths, making various figures with the colored cards from designs drawn by the teacher on the blackboard, or even designing themselves. Much good has already resulted, but the resources of this kind of material are very great, and more attention should be given to such occupation. The committee can do little else in the short time at their disposal than give hints and suggestions ; it remains for the teachers to develop the matter by careful thought. Even in the use of such material harm may be done. Instruction a, to form, size, color, length, etc., should he exact; nothing should be used carelessly, and the children should not be allowed to do anything with this material at will, until they have had definite instruction as to its uses. The progress of the Hancock Primary very much retarded byits size. Schon] has been In our last report we called attention to its constantly increasing numbers, and suggested that some provision must be made at no distant day for it division of the school. We did' not think, however, that such division would be necessary for the present. But im- mediately on the opening of spring, children seemed to flock from every quarter. The number increased until dur- ing the last term •it reached seventy-one; and there have 17 been nighty -three different pupils connected with the school during the year. We had in the schoolroom forty-eight seats ; so that it was not unusual to have a dozen or fifteen, sometimes more, scholars sitting on the floor of the platform, on settees, and in every available corner about the room. Contrary to our judgment, we let the school continue in this condition until a meeting of the town was called, re- luctant to ask for an appropriation, hardly knowing what plan to recommend, and disliking to request a meeting of the town for this special purpose. Three plans presented thetnselves : first, the erection of a small building somewhere near the crossing, which would relieve two of the lower grades in the Hancock building ; secondly, the erection of a small building on the Hancock School lot, where the engine house now stands ; and, lastly, that which was finally adopted, — the completion of the vacant room in the rear of the Grammar school -room. There arc some disadvantages connected with the use of this room for a separate school, there being no entrance to it ex- cept through the Grammar school -room, and some confusion being liable to result from having two schools so near together; but knowing the town would hesitate to build a new house the coming year, and feeling that the small expense of fitting up this room might bridge us over until it became necessary to arrange for enlarged accommodations for the whole school, we decided to recommend the latter plan, which has been carried out. If the number of scholars con- tinues to increase as during the past year, a new building will be required at no very distant day. The now school -room was finished, the room below pre- pared for younger scholars, the schools divided, a teacher appointed, and the schools established in the different rooms in two weeks from the time the appropriation was made. The new zoom is pleasant and convenient, except as above i stated, and the school, consisting of the two upper classes of ,1- 2L 18 the Intermediate grade, is one of our best. The first class from the Primary room was moved to the old Intermediate room, thus giving to each school two classes, in place of three. Mrs. Lane was promoted to the new room, Miss Hutchin- son to the Intermediate, and, as before stated, Miss Harring- ton to the Primary. By this arrangement each teacher will have about forty scholars, with only two classes or grades ; and Mrs. Lane is able to relieve the principal of the Gram- mar School by partly taking charge of the third class in that school. These schools already show good results from the change, and we have bright hopes for the coming year. Two of our Mixed Schools have been large and two of them very small, and there have been some drawbacks to the success of each of thorn ; but we are sure they were never better classified, and never in a better working condition than now. Complaint has been made by some of the parents that children could not be fitted in the Mixed Schools for ad- mission to the High School ; but, on examination of the school registers, we venture to suggest that these parents would know more about the matter had they been inside the school -rooms. The fact is, we have long felt that it was a difficult matter to teach our Mixed Schools, and we have taken special "tins to procure teachers of experience and culture for them. are sure that the teachers are as competent, the instruc- tio,. 'vet] in these schools of as high a character as in the other schoo., 'f like grades, and some of our best scholars in the High b.. •ol have been prepared in them. It must. be rememberc however, that each of these schools embraces - all grades fro. the Primary up to the High, and the work in consequence is . .v varied, and, in amount, almost appalling. We therefore urg. parents, as suggested in our regulations, ►,o send children to of the Grammar Schools as soon as 19 they reach the last year in the Grammar Course, and we are willing that the children .of either school should attend the Grammar Schools as soon as they are qualified for admission to the Iowest class, provided all the parents of those quasi- • fied agree. The plan is not feasible unless adopted by all. The High School bas continued to do its important work, and its popularity and high character have done much toward elevating the tone of the lower schools. As before stated, no class having been admitted in 1871, there will be no class to graduate at the close of the present school year. At the close of the school year, in June last, a class of nine, who had been an honor to the school, graduated, having parts, with one exception original, as follows : — CLASS OF 1874. Florence M. Damon. Essay.— Books and External Nature, with Valedictory Address. Abby Cy Underwood. Essay. —"Poetry of Common Things," with Salutatory Address. Grace H. Plumer. Essay. — Ferns. Maria A. Butterfield. Essay. -- Spectacles. Everett M. Mulliken. Oration. -- Civil Rights Bills. Caroline 'A. Bacon. Essay.— Geology and Psychology. John M. Donovan. Dissertation. — Fashion vs. Reason. Sarah E. Holmes. Composition. --Action and Enjoy- ment. George B. Rogers. Declamation. —Judicial Tribunals. • At the examination for admission to the High School in September, twenty-four applicants presented themselves. The examination continued through two days, and was quite as comprehensive as in previous years. Many of the papers showed that the work in the lower schools is not yet up to the desired standard, especially in orthography and grammatical construction. All the appli- 20 cants from our schools but one, however, were admitted, two from other towns being among the rejected. In some eases wo consented to admissions contrary to our judgment, yielding to the earnest solicitations of parents. This is a fast age, and parents and guardians seem to be influenced by the general hurry, to rush their children through their school days as early in life as possible. Hardly a week passes that we do not have requests from parents that their children may be advanced, or that some arrangement may be made by which they mayrjump a year, or get through a particular school and into another sooner than the regular course allows ; and hurdly a week passes that we do not hear complaints of overwork. 'We have carefully examined into these complaints, and are of the opinion that only in very rare instances does a scholar suffer from overwork when he is iu his right place ;' and we are also of the opinion that fifty per cent. of those scholars who are now advanced from class to class, and grade to grade, up to the High School, and even in the High School itself, would be better off if kept back a full year. But it is at the expense of considerable moral courage that we ever venture to do this, or even suggest it with reference to any particular scholar, so great is the pressure to get on ; while perhaps the very parents who strenuously oppose us in this particular may be complaining a year hence of over- work: We believe that scholars as well os other people should be in their proper places, and that in those places they should work. Indeed, we send children to school that they may learn to think, to work with their own minds. In this connection we venture to quote from the last report of the school committee of our neighboring town of Concord :— t'Now, it seems as if the whole tendency of our times, the whole advice of .our educational men and journals, the great f' 21 desire of parents, was to take out of education anything which looked like hard work ; to enable our . children to get an education vicariously, by somebody ease's work and study. If a study comes hard to a child, straightway father or mother must petition that he give up that special study. The committees and guardians of' youth are warned that a few hours' study (an amazingly few hours' study; in most cases?), five days in the week, two-thirds of the year, is making a complete wreck of the constitutions of all Our boys and girls. Perhaps so'1 For ourselves, we believe 'the exact contrary. We believe that any reasonable amount of study, any amount which is required by the school com- mittees of Massachusetts towns, is a positive advantage' to health. At any rate we would not give much for that edu- cation which does not involve some systematic hard work:on the part of the pupils as well as teachers. It will not make the kind of men and women which we need to grapple with the hard realities and the knotty problems of actual life." - The examination for admission to the High School, above referred to, was by printed questions, as follows: -- ARTTHi3IFTIC. (Leave your work in full.) 1. Write in words the following :- 20.0020001. 8.0019019. .010010105. Multiply their suns by one and three hundredths, divide the product by five ten -thousandths, and reduce the quotient to a common fraction. 2. Reduce is to a decimal fraction. 3. How many half-pint bottles are required to hold 125 gal. 2 qts. of wine? ■ 22. 4. Write a bill of three items, with proper punctuation and use of capitals. 5. Write a promissory note for $250 due in eight months, at 8 per cent., and find the amount to be paid at the time of settlement. 6. Reduce 15, 2-, . of t, and to the least common denominator; and show why their values are not ehangcd. 7. What is the value of a pile of wood eight rods long, four feet wide, and two yards high, at $6.75 per cord ? 8. If I have a rectangular field which borders on the street 480 feet, how far back must it extend to contain 4 acres? 9. An agent receives $312 to purchase oats at 30 ets. per bushel, after deducting his commission, which was 4 per cent. on the sum paid for the oats. How many bushels did he buy ? 10. On a note for $3,500, at 7 per cent., there is interest due for ono year and six months. How much gold, at a pre- mium of 34 per cent., will be required to discharge the note? 11. If a globe 4 inches in diameter weighs 9 lbs., what is the weight of a globe 8 inches in diameter? Why? 12. 'Multiply .the square root of 0.173056 by the cube root of }Ma• GRAMMAR. ' 1. Write three sentences, ---one in which a statement is a made, one in which a command is given, and one which asks a question. What is each called ? 2. Write .a sentence in which the infinitive is used as a subject, and one in which it is used as the object. 3. What verbs may Dave a passive form? How is the passive voice formed ? Write a sentence containing a verb in the passive. 4. Give a synopsis of the verb "sit" through all the moods and tenses, using the third person singular. 23 5, Write the opposite numbers of the following :— Mr. Wife. Mouse -trap. Miss, Thief. Brother-in-law. Dr. Sheep. Deer. Measles. Knives. Genius. Index. Potatoes. Spoonful. Alumni. Momenta. Stratum. 6. Write the opposite gender of the following nouns : --- Queen. Widow. Lioness. Hero. Wife. Executor. Cousin. Actor. Gander. Lady. 7. Correct the following, with proper punctuation . and proper use of capitals, and give your reasons for the correc- tions Alexander the great conquered a great part of asia. If any one asks for me, tell them that I am out. It is me. A foreigner having fallen into the thames cried out I will be drowned nobody shall help me. I knew he had wrcte it for it was well writ. Those sort of people are always complaining. I seen him when he done it. Whom do you think it was. Every person has their faults? Can you learn me to write. He laid abed till breakfast. Lay down and rest. Can you not do nothing. The music was awfully gorgeous. The ground is all froze over. We admire Longfellow's the poet's genius. 8. What parts of speech are inflected, and for what pu... poses? 24 9. When is the period used ? —when the' interrogation and . exclamation points ? Show by a sentence the use of the comma where some- thing is omitted. Show by examples the use of the caret, apostrophe, ma- cron, breve, and brackets. 10. Analyze the following, and .parse the italicised words:— Marley ords:— Marley was cleacl to begin with. Thero is no doubt what- ever about that. Old Marley was as decal as a door nail. GEOGRAPHY. 1. Draw a map of North America by triangulation (size of this page). Mention its political divisions ; the relative size and posi- tion of each, compared to the United States; the climate, soil, productions, inhabitants, form of government, and language of each. Mention and place on the map five important places ; and draw the parallels and meridians showing the latitude and - longitude of each. 2. Name four important seaports of South America; •stats their latitude and longitudil, and tell their principal exports. 3.. Describe five important rivers of Europe, and mention the cities that are on thein. 4. Nance the British possessions in Asia,. 5. Describe the shortest water -route from Liverpool to Bombay. 6. Describe the Nile, locate the important cities on it, and tell in what respect it is peculiarly useful. 7. What is a river system ? —a water -shed? Upon what does the velocity of streams depend? Moiition ttto river systems of the United States. • 8. What is the distinction between plateau and plain ? and what are pampas, llanos, prairies, steppes, and deserts? .017"--- 1_ 25 9. Tell in what localities in the United States the follow- ing minerals are most abundant : coal, iron, copper, silver, gold, tin. • 10. Describe the Merrimack River, and name the manu- facturing places ou it. 11. When it is noon at London, what time is it at Boston ? Why? 12. When it is noon and summer at Lexington, what time and season is it at a place 1800 west, on the same parallel What time and season at a place on the same meridian and the same degree south latitude? What time and season at a place 180° west, and the same degree of south latitude? What would inhabitants of the three Last-mentioned places be called ? HISTORY. 1. Name three acts of the British Government that caused the Revolutionary War. • 2. Mention some of the causes which led to the war of 1812. 3. Mention some of the causes which led to the late Civil War ; and through what administrations did it extend.? 4. Who was the first discoverer of the coast of North America? — under commission from what sovereign? Why was the country called America? 5. Name five prominent men, now dead, who have held conspicuous places in American History. 6. Give a short account of the first voyage of Columbus across the Atlantic. 7. Give a short account of the settlement of Pennsylvania. 8. Mention some of the difficulties that beset our govern- ment under Washington's administration. 9. Mention the important events of Jackson's administra- tion, and give dates. 26 10. Give a brief account of the struggle over the admis- sion of Kansas as a State. GEOMETRY. (Illustrate each answer by a figure.) 1. When two straight lines cross each other, how do the angles made compare ? 2. Name and define the different kinds of triangles. State the size of each angle in degrees, as far as it can be done. 3. How large is each angle of an isosceles righttriangle ? 4. How do you find the area of a right triangle? 5. The radius of a circle is equal to the chord of what are? 6. What is the measure of an angle formed by two radii? 7. What is the measure of an angle formed by a chord and tangent? 8. When is a triangle inscribed in a circle? Show how it is done. 9. What is meant by isoperimetry? and. which. is the largest of the isoperimetrical figures? 10. What does the surface of a sphere equal? How is it found? 11. How is the solid measure of a sphere found ? 12, Slate the length of a circumference, size of a circle, and solid contents of a sphere, pi being a little more than three. More exactly. Still more exactly. State the deci- mals in full. ORTHOGRAPHY, ETC. 1. Mention the vowel sounds in the English language, and give one word containing each sound. 2. Give four rules for the use of capital letters. 3. How are words divided according to their formation? 4. Give the rule for doubling the final consonant in spell- ing derivatives. 27 5. Spell correctly the following :— Philadelphia. Cinciunatti. Represeutitive. Parrallelogram. Tranquility. Comittee. Averige. Destrict. 6. Write in full the following abbreviations : -- Nescessary. Judgment. Believe. Analasis. Hipo.rasy. Until. Accelarate. A.D. D.D. e. g. i. e. LL. D. P.M. Q• E. D. Pro. tem. Acct. Anon. Bart. B.C. Ct. Deg. Juo. Mem. MSS. N.S. S. J. C. Wed. Dwt. MUSIC. 1. Make four different kinds of notes, with their rests. 2. Fill three measures, in three kinds of double time, with notes and rests. 3. Fill three measures, in three kinds of triple time, with notes and rests. 4. Fill three measures, in three kinds of quadruple time, with notes and rests. 5. Make.a staff, add G and F clef, also letters. 6. Write the major triad of every letter. 7. Write the minor triad of every letter. 8. Write the signature and scale from 0 to A flat, with G clef, using letters. 9. Write the triad of the first, fourth, and fifth degrees of 1 the above scale from C to A flat, using letters. 10. Write the signature and scale from C to E, with F clef, using notes. 28 11. Write the triad of the first, fourth, and fifth degrees. of the above scales, using letters. 12. Write a musical phrase of four or more measures, in double time. DF AWING AND MUSIC. These studies have been pursued in our schools long enough to become as much a part of the regular school work as writin ; or reading, and their usefulness or necessity need not now be discussed: In music we have continued to have , the services of our energetic special teacher, whose lessons are always a source of profit and always pleasantly antici- pated by -the pupils. In drawing we have not had the advantage of a special instructor, but have accomplished something in all the schools under the regular teachers. We feel that the times demand it, and that we ought to urge upon the town the importance of providing a skilled instructor in this depart- ment. In February last we assembled our scholars la the Town Hall to give our people some idea of our work and methods of instruction in music. And at the same time we exhibited designs and_ books from the various schools, to show that we had made a beginning in the study of drawing, and to stim- ulate our scholars and teachers to greater effort. That exhi- .-bition was largely attended, and it is not necessary for us to Comment on its success. We deem it a wise plan to bring our scholars together in this manner every year, and until recently had intended to do so in February of this year, but for reasons of conven- ience to the pupils and parents, and to us in arranging the drawings, have postponed the exhibition to June next. At that time we hope to give our people a better entertainment in music and a more satisfactory exhibition in drawing; already the High School shows some fine work, and the 29 Adams Grammar School has made creditable advancement in the direction of original designs. ATTENDANCE. The number of scholars has increased during the year in all our schools with the exception of the Howard and Frank- lin. In the Hancock District, besides the Primary to which we have referred, the other schools have been larger than ever before. In both the Warren and Bowditch Districts we placed as many additional desks as the school -rooms could conveniently hold, and yet many scholars were without desks. We have relieved the Bowditch by sending a large advanced class to the Hancock Grammar School and by removing some of the Adams -street children ; hut the Warren is stilt large, and in a few weeks will again be overrun. The whole number of different scholars in our schools during the year was five hundred and fifty-three. Of these fifty-three were over fifteen, and nine under five years of age. At the beginning of the year the assessors made a careful canvass, and the dumber returned by them between the ages of five and fifteen is four hundred and sixty-five, —seventy- seven more than last year, —and yet there have been in our schools during the year twenty-six more than found by thews at that time. Owing to the increase in the return of the assessors last year our share of the State School Fund is one hundred dol- lars larger than before. The average attendance of actual members in all the schools for the year has been 89.7 per cent, a slight falling off from that of last year. The record of some of our schools has improved and is remarkably, good, but that of the Primary and Mixed Schools, except the Franklin, indicates great need of inprovemeut. The average daily attendance in number has been three hundred and sixty-six, showing 30 that one hundred and eighty-seven of those who have been connected with the schools sometime during the year have been, on an average, absent daily. We call attention to the matter of attendance in detail in the table here appended. The " RoIl of Honor," including those scholars who have not been absent or tardy for a term or longer, is as follows ROLL OF HONOR. ADAMS GRAMMAR SCHOOL. For the year. -- Nellie Holbrook, Hattie Adams, Harry Pierce, Willie Chalenor, Alonzo E. Locke. For the second term. — Willie Barnes, Hiram Lombard, Willie R. Bass, William D. Chisholm. ADAMS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. For the year. —Louis E. Chalenor, Amy Holbrook. For the first term. — Wm. D. Chisholm, Wm. R. Bass, Michael Manley, Eddie Webb, Etta Smith. For the second terra.---Eiisha Lombard, Florence Holbrook, Nellie FIetcher. ADAM$ PRIMARY SCHOOL. For the first term. --Florence Holbrook, Louisa White, Annie Jones. For the second term. —Henry Webb. HANCOCK GRAMMAR SCHOOL. For the year. —Frederick Butters. For the first term. — Addie Kneeland. For the second term. — Adella G. Scott, Howard W. Smith, Everett Emery. HANCOCK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. For the year..- Frederick Saville. 31 For the first term. — Daniel Collins, Frank. Merriam, Lizzie Gould, Willie Manley, Mary Brigham, Alice Butters. For the second term. —Frederick Emery, John Spaulding, George Green, Charles Gould, Howard Hendley, George Conant, Willie Davis. HANCOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL. For the year.—Mattie C. Locke. For the first terra. —Josephine H. Scott, Edgar L.tne. For the second term. — Agnes D. Shaw, Charlie W. Swan. BOWDITCH SCHOOL. For the first term. -- Albert P. Smith, Michael Hinchey, Emma B. Flint, Evelyn P. Flint. FRANKLIN SCHOOL. For the year. — Annie E. McCarthy. HOWARD SCHOOL. For the first term. --- Annie Corier. For the second term. — Alice A. Reed. WARREN SCHOOL. For the year. --Lucy G. Porter. For the first term. —Mary L. Porter, and Lottie Kendrick. For the second tern. --Jennie Porter. HIGH SCHOOL. For the year. -- Augusta Adams, Clifford Bryant, Lilian Choate, Joseph Fitch, Nellie Lunt, Amelia Mulliken, Leah Nunn, Nath'1 Nunn, Nellie Parker, George Reed, Edith Robinson, Fred Rogers, Alfred Pierce, Clara Wentworth. For the first term. — Ottie Alderman, Carrie Bacon, Frank Davis, Florence Damon, Alice Munroe, Clara Dennett, 32 John Donovan, Sarah Holmes, George Rogers, .Frank Sumner, Carrie Underwood, Charles Underwood, Etta White. For the second tern. —Abhie Holbrook Annie Adair, Georgie Dunning, Laura Kendrick, Muriel M. Downes, Isabel Peabody, Mary L. Porter, Edward Butterfield, Charles Davis, Warren Hadley, Albert Hill, Abbott Mitchell, Charles Pierce, Willie Reed. The following scholars from the various schools have not been absent or tardy, as follows For four years. — Leah Nunn, Alonzo E. Locke. For three and one-half years. — Florence M. Damon, Edith J. Robinson. For three years, —Harry Pierce, Nellie H For two and one-half years.— Lilian F Porter. For two years. —Amy Holbrook, Nellie Wentworth, Nath'1 Nunn. For one and one-half years. —Florence Adams, Freddie Saville, Mattie C. McCarthy. Previous to the hist term:— For erra:—For two and one-half years. —Etta Smith. For one and one-halfyears. — Fred. Butters, Mary Brigham • Frank Sumner. For one year. Addie Kneeland, Ralph Edgar Lane, Lotti Kendrick, Emma Flint. This list includes only those who have been neither abseil nor -tardy. There are others who have not been absent, bu who have unfortunately been tardy. During the first term no scholar in the High School was tardy. During the second term, one girl and four boys were so marked. olbrook. . Choate, Lucy G. H. Parker, Clara Holbrook, Hattie Locke Annie E. e t t 4 33 TRUANCY. By an act of the Legislature, passed in 1873, it became obligatory ou the school committee to appoint two or more suitable persons, to be designated as truant officers. These officers are alone authorized to make complaint under the truant laws, and carry into execution the judgment thereon. In accordance with this statute we appointed Messrs. Eli Simonds and Walter Wellington truant officers. They have done some service in looking after absentees, but have not found it necessary to make any complaints. TEXTBOOKS. The subject of text -books is one in which every parent has an interest, for pecuniary reasons. It requires no small out- lay to provide the books needed in passing through all the grades of our schools. The Legislature of 1873 passed an act as follows : " Any city by au ordinance of the city council, and any town by legal vote, may authorize the school committee to purchase text -books for use in the public schools ; said text -books to be the property of the city or town, and to be loaned to the pupils, under such regulations as the school committee may provide." This plan has already been adopted in many places ; but there are advantages in the pupil's owning the books he uses, and, if retained, much satisfaction is derived from them in after years. We call attention to the act, without making any recommendation. Respectfully submitted, A. E. SCOTT, CHARLES TIDD, CHARLES A. WELLING -TON. LEXINGTON, February, 1875. TABULAR VIEW. SCHOOLS, high Adams Grammar Hancock Grammar Adams Intermediate Hancock Intermediate Howard Bowditch Franklin Warren Adams Primary Hancock Primary Music Teacher for all the Heit0ol8 TEACHERS. A. E. White. Louisa M. Thurston. Silas Peabody. 0. A. Flint. Gertrude Pierce. Ellen B. Lane. M. A. Jackson. E. E. Harrington. M. A. Gostin. Ada M. Frost. Mary E. Thempeen. Ellen M. 'Underwood. 9.1. A. Jackson. Carrie F. Fiakc. Fannie A. Flutchinson. Horace Bird. No. of Scbolare, let Term. 40 39 49 32 38 27 50 23 55 37 6l No. of Scholars. 2d Term, 54 35 51 32 55 28 44 23 58 34 71 Average Number. let Term. 38 35.72 38.66 27.36 _ 33.5 17+ 75+ 20.37 30 24.96 42+ Average Number. 2d Terni. 514 31,37 41.51 28.08 46+ 17+ 34+ 19.41 40 25.87 64+ Per cent. of Attendance of actual Members, 98 9-10 982 93.5+ 90.5 94 86+ 87+ 91.9 85+ 70 88+ Number of different Bello/ars. 83 51 58 42 63 37 55 26 03 43 83 S ALARIE9. 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