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OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON
FOR THE YEAR 1889-90.
BOSTON:
D. F. JONES & CO., PRINTERS, 31 EXCHANGE STREET.
1890.
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LEXINGTON.
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LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1889-90.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, SURVEYORS OF HIGRWAYS, AND
BOARD OF HEALTH.
WEBSTER SMITH. CHARLES T. WEST. RUFUS W. HOLBROOK.
TOWN CLERK.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE.
TREASURER AND COLL&CTOR OF TALES.
EDWIN S. SPAULDING.
ASSESeORS.
JOSEPH F. SIMONDS. WALTER WELLINGTON.
HORACE B. DAVIS.
•CHOOL COMMITTER.
BENJAMIN F. BROWN
DR. ROBERT M. LAWRENCE
EDWARD P. BLISS . .
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
ABBOTT S. MITCIHELL .
GEORGE H. JACKSON
TIMOTHY II. BO W EN
CONSTABLES.
WILLIAM B. FOSTER.
AUD1TORS.
H1r MAN B. SAMPSON.
Term expires 1892.
Term expires 4891.
Term expires 1890.
Term expires 1892.
Term expires 1891.
Term expires 1890.
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL.
GERSHOIVI SWAN.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF CARY LIBRARY
consists of the Selectmen, School Committee, and settled Clergymen of the town.
TRUSTEES OF GAIIMELL LEGACY.
MRS. LUCY M. R. WHITING. Miss LUCY N. BLODGETT.
TRUSTERS OF ISRIDOE CHARITABLE FUND.
GEORGE E. MUZZEY, Treasurer . Term expires 1895.
GEORGE O. DAVIS Term expires 1893.
ALBERT W. BRYANT Term expires 1891.
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND VEEP/ARDS.
WILLIAM B. FOSTER. WILLARD WALCOTT.
EDWIN J. B. NOURSE.
TREASURER CARY LIBRARY FUND.
EDWARD P. BLISS.
TREASURER CEMETERY FUND.
GEORGE 11. JACKSON.
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
BRADLEY C. WHITCHER. Term expires May, 1892.
GEORGE O. SMITH Term expires 'May, 1891.
GEORGE W. SAMPSON Term expires May, 1890.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE, Clerk.
FENCE VIEWERS.
JAMES S. MTTNROE. ABRAM C. WASHBURN. ABRAM B. SMITH.
FIELD DRIVERS.
JOHN H. WILLARD. ARTHUR H. JEWE'TT. JAMES F. RUSSELL.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER.
GEORGE E. MUZZEY. ABBOTT S. MITCHELL.
LIBRARIAN OF CARY LIBRARY.
Miss FLORENCE E. WHITCHER.
Miss ELMINA MUNROE, Assistant Librarian.
LIBRARIAN OF EAST LEXINGTON BRANCH OP CARY LIBRARY.
Miss NELLIE HOLBROOK.
SEXTON.
CHARLES T. WEST.
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN SCALES AND PUBLIO WEIGHERS.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE. RUFUS W. HOLBROOK.
SEALER OF WEIGIITS AND MEASURES.
EVERETT S. LOCKE.
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL BUILDING.
GEORGE H. THURSTON.
JANITOR OF VILLAGE HALL BUILDING.
WALTER WELLINGTON.
POLICE OFFICERS.
CHARLES H. FRANKS. WILLIAM B. FOSTER.
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS (WITHOUT PAT).
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL. GEORGE H. THURSTON.
WALTER WELLINGT()N.
SUPERINTENDENT AND MATRON AT .1LMSIIOUSE.
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT H. WHITE.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARIC.
LEONARI) A. SAVILLE. FRANK V. BUTTERS.
HORACE B. DAVIS. AUGUSTUS CHILDS.
LEXINGTON TOWN RECORDS.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
MONDAY, March 4, 1889.
To ABBOTT S. MITCHELL, Constable of Lexington, GREET-
ING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Msasachu-
setts you are hereby required to notify and warn the
inhabitants of the town of Lexington, qualified by
law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the Town
Hall, on 3Ionday, the fourth day of March, A. D.
1889, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the
following articles, viz. : —
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear the report of any committee
that may be ready to report and act thereon.
.ART. 3. To choose town officers for the ensuing
year, including one member of the School Commit-
tee for the terns of three years.
ART. 4. To choose one member of the Cemetery
Committee for the term of three years.
ART. 5. To provide for the support of the poor
the ensuing year, and grant money for the same.
ART. G. To provide for the support of the high-
ways the ensuing year, and grant money for the
same.
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ART. 7. To provide for the support of the public
schools the ensuing year, including their several
grades, and grant money for the same.
AItT. 8. To provide for the support of the Fire
Department the ensuing year, and grant money for
the same.
ANT. 9. To provide for the support of the street
lamps the ensuing year, and grant money for the
same.
AUT. 10. To see if the town will accept the list
of jurors presented by the Selectmen.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote for or
against granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating
liquors, in answer to the following question: " Shall
licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating
liquors in this town? " The vote on the above ques-
tion shall be by ballot, " Yes " or " No," and the
check -list and registering ballot -box shall be used,
as provided by law.
ART. 12. To see if the town will make the
appropriations for town expenses the ensuing year
as submitted by the Selectmen, or act in any manner
relating thereto.
ART. 13. To see what measures the town will
adopt in relation to the collection of taxes the ensu-
ing year, or act in any manner relating thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the town will authorize their
Treasurer, under the direction . of the Selectmen, to
.borrow money for any necessary purpose in anticipa-
.tion of the collection of taxes the current year, the
same to be paid directly from the proceeds of said
..taxes, or act in any manner relating thereto.
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ART. 15. To see if the town will make an appro-
priation of $200 for the proper observance of April
19, 1889, to be expended under the direction of a
committee of the Lexington Historical Society.
ART. 16. To see if the town will make an appro-
priation to construct sidewalks with concrete or
other material, where the abutters will pay one half
the expense thereof.
ART. 17. To see if the town will authorize the
Selectmen to draw from any unappropriated money
in the treasury for the payment of contingent
expenses.
ART. 18. To see if the town will make an appro-
priation towards sprinkling the streets of the two
villages during the coming season.
ART. 19. To see if the town will provide a read-
ing -room for the East Lexington Branch of the Cary
Library.
ART. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the
sum of i$250 for instruction in sewing in the schools.
ART. To see if the town will appoint a com-
mittee to report at the April meeting concerning a
new schoolhouse for Hancock School, or act in any
manner relating thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the town will make an appro-
priation for t -he payment of land damages, as awarded
by the County Commissioners, on account of improve-
ments on Main Street.
ART. 23. To see if the town will instruct the
Selectmen to petition the Legislature to amend the
act of incorporation of Cary Library so that the town
shall have a representation on its Board of Trustees.
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ART. 24. To see if the town will accept the ten
feet on the southeast side of Mount Vernon Street,
as given by Levi Prossor, making the street fifty feet
wide, instead of forty feet.
ART. 25. To see if the town will pay for placing
a water -closet in the Masonic apartment of the Town
Hall, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Arte. 26. To see if the town will appropriate the
sum of $200 for care and improvement of the ceme-
tery, or act in any manner relating thereto.
A RT.' 27. To see if the town will remit the
amount due for rent from the Lexington Savings
Bank, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Action on the various articles in the foregoing
warrant was taken, as follows:
ARTICLE 1. Voted, That the polls remain open
until 9.20 for choice of moderator.
On ballot with the check -list, Robert P. Clapp was
unanimously chosen moderator, and was sworn by
the clerk.
The moderator subsequently appointed as tellers
H. A. C. Woodward, L. E. Bennink, F. E. Ballard,
and Abram B. Smith, to assist in receiving and count-
ing the ballots, and they were also sworn by the
clerk.
ART. 2. The Committee on Water Supply made
a partial report (see Reports, of Committee, page
274), and asked for further time to examine the
subject, which was granted by the town till next
year.
Dr. J. 0. Tilton, for the Committee on Drainage,
made a report (Reports of Committee, page 276).
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Voted, That the report be accepted, and its rec-
ommendations be adopted, and that a sum not ex-
ceeding five hundred ($500) dollars be appropriated
to carry out the provisions of the report in relation
to a survey of the town, and also to further consider
the matter of providing a cart to carry off the con-
tents of vaults and cesspools, and report thereon
later, and that the same committee be continued in
charge of the matters contained in the report.
A1xrs. 3 and 4. Toted, That these articles be taken
up together, and that we proceed to elect on one
ballot, three Selectmen, who shall also be Surveyors of
Highways, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of
Health, a Town Clerk, three Assessors, one member
of the School Committee for the term of three years,
one member of the Cemetery Committee for the term
of three years, two Constables, two Auditors, one
Treasurer, who shall also be Collector of Taxes, and
that the polls he kept open until half past five o'clock
1'. M.
After the close of the polls, the tellers tabulated
the result of the balloting, and the moderator an-
nounced the state of the ballot, as follows: —
FOR SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF POOR, SURVEYORS OF HIGH WAY$,
AND BOARD OF HEALTH.
William B. Foster ,
Bradley C. Whitcher
George O. Whiting
Albert W. Bryant .
Rufus W. Holbrook
Charles T. West .
Webster Smith
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194
201
245.
256
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And Webster Smith, Charles T. West, and Rufus
W. Holbrook were declared elected as Selectmen for
the ensuing year.
TOWN CLERK.
Leonard A. Saville .
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And Leonard A. Saville was declared elected as
Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
Fon TREASURER AND COLLECTOR or TAXES.
Leonard A. Saville .
Edwin S. Spaulding
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And Edwin S. Spaulding was declared elected as
Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for the ensuing
year.
FOR SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
Albert W. Bryant . . ▪ 220
Benjamin F. Brown
266
And Benjamin F. Brown was declared elected as
School Committee man for the term of three years.
FOR ASSESSORS.
Charles G. Fletcher
Nelson W. Jenney
Walter Wellington .
Joseph F. Simonds .
Horace 13. Davis
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183
268
436
442
And Horace B. Davis, Joseph F. Simonds, and
Walter Wellington were declared elected as Assessors
for the ensuing year.
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FOR CEMETERY COMMI'TTEE FOR THREE YEARS.
George Jackson
Henry R. Bishop
Henry Bowen .
Henry E. Bishop
Charles T. West
John P. Dinan
Wm. B. Foster .
Abhott S. Mitchell .
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And Abbott S. Mitchell was declared elected as
Cemetery Committee man for the term of three years.
Benjamin Gleason .
Edwin J. B. Nourse
John P. Dinan
Henry E. Bishop
Patrick Dacey
Abbott S. Mitchell .
Wm. B. Foster .
FOR CONSTABLES.
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218
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And Wm. B. Foster and Abbott S. Mitchell were
declared elected as Constables for the ensuing year.
A. 111. Tucker
Gershon] Swan .
Hilman B. Sampson
FOR AUPITORS.
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448
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And Hilman B. Sampson and Gershorn Swan
were declared elected as Auditors for the ensuing
year.
ART. i. Voted, That the sum of two thousand
dollars be appropriated for the support of the poor
the ensuing year.
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ART. 6. Voted, That the sum of seven thousand
five hundred dollars be appropriated for the support
of the highways for the ensuing year, and that thirty-
five hundred dollars be taken from money in the
treasury, and that four thousand dollars be assessed
the present year.
ART. 7. Voted, That the- sum of eleven thousand
five hundred dollars be appropriated for the support
of the public schools the ensuing year, and that fif-
teen hundred dollars be taken from any unexpended
money in the treasury, and that ten thousand dollars
be assessed the present year.
ART. 8. "Voted, That the sum of nine hundred
and fifty dollars be appropriated for the support of
the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Voted, That the members of the Fire Department
be increased from forty to fifty, and that the sum of
one hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated to pay
for services of such additional members.
ART. 9. Voted, That the sum of two thousand
dollars be appropriated for support of the street
lamps for the ensuing year.
ART. 10. The list of jurors presented by the
Selectmen was amended by striking from the list the
names of Walter Blodgett and George G. Fuller,
they having been drawn since the list was posted;
and
Voted, That Francis E. Ballard, John T. Demar,
Herbert G. Locke, and Cornelius Wellington be
excused from serving, at their own request.
Voted, That the jury list as amended be accepted
by the town.
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ART. 11. Voted, That Article 11 be taken up in
connection with Articles 3 and 4, so that ballots can
be cast on this question at the same time as for
town officers.
At the close of the polls the ballot -box register
stood at :49. On counting the ballots, 345 were
found to have been cast on the license question, as
follows: ---
N o .
115
230
and was so announced by the moderator. (Several
ballots that should have been put in other ballot -
boxes were deposited in the registering ballot -box
by mistake.)
ART. 12. The Selectmen submitted a list of amounts
required to defray town expenses for the ensuing
year, and it was
Voted, That the list be acted on item by item,
which was done, and the amounts appropriated were
as follows: —
Town Debt .
Constables and Police
Salaries of Selectmen
Salaries of Assessors
Salary of Town Clerk
Salaries of Auditors
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Salaries of School Committee
Salaries of Treasurer and Collector
Salary or Treasurer or Cary Library
Salary of Superintendent of Schools
Salaries of Aiiitors of Town and Village Halls
Fuel and Lights of Town and Village Halls .
Ringing Bells .
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425
200
45
300
500
50
850
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500
70
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Printing
Hyd rants
Interest
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Librarian of Cary Library and East Lexington Reading-
Rooui . .
Registrars of Voters
Memorial Day .
Abatement of Taxes
Discount on Taxes .
Care of Common (same committee as hist year) . .
(See Arts. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16,18, 20, 22, 25, and 26.)
$ 254
1,640
1,500
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500
400
200•
ART. 13. Voted, That all taxes for the current
year be made payable on or before Dec. 1, 1889, and
that a discount of one half of one per cent per month
for all full months prior to said date be deducted for
prompt payment, and that all taxes remaining unpaid
at that date be subject to interest at the rate of six
per cent per annum, and that the collector be
instructed to collect all taxes before May 1, 1890.
ART. 14. Voted, That the town authorize their
Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to
borrow money for any necessary purpose, in anticipa-
tion of the collection of taxes the current year, the
same to be paid directly from the proceeds of said
taxes.
ART. 15. Voted, That the sum of two hundred
dollars be appropriated from money in the treasury,
and that the money be expended under the direction
of a committee to be appointed by the Lexington
Historical Society.
Aim% 16. Voted, That the sum of five hundred
dollars be appropriated to build sidewalks with con-
crete or other material, where the abutters will pay
one half the expense thereof.
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ART. 17. Voted, That the Selectmen be author-
ized to draw from any unappropriated money in the
treasury for the payment of contingent expenses.
ART. 18. Voted, That the town appropriate the
sum of one hundred dollars towards the lexpense of
sprinkling the main street in the two villages, pro-
vided a sum not less than two hundred dollars for
that purpose be raised from other sources, and that
the sum contributed by the town shall not exceed
one third of the entire expense, to be expended by
a committee of three, to be appointed by the Chair.
And the Chair appointed as such committee, Dr.
J. O. Tilton, Nelson W. Jenney, and H. E. Richard-
son.
ART. 19. Voted, That a committee of three be
appointed by the Chair to investigate, and report
at next meeting, if a suitable room can be obtained
for the purpose, and the following committee was
appointed: C. G. Kauffmann, Geo. O. Smith, Miss
Ellen A. Stone.
ART. 20. Voted, That the sum of two hundred
and fifty dollars be appropriated for instruction in
sewing in the public schools.
ART. 21. Voted, That a committee of five be
appointed by the Chair to take into consideration the
subject of a new schoolhouse for the Hancock
School, and report at the April meeting, and the
chairman appointed as such committee, F. O. Faille,
Webster Smith, E. I. Garfield, Francis E. Ballard,
and Edward T. Harrington.
ART. 22. Voted, That a sum not exceeding forty-
five hundred dollars be appropriated for the purpose.
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of paying land damages on Main Street, as awarded
by the County Commissioners.
ART. 23. Considerable discussion was had upon
this article by Messrs. Bennink, Scott, Holt, Parker,
Alderman, Raymond, and Thompson, and it was
voted to take the article up with .Articles 3, 4, and
11, on a motion made by Mr. F. F. Raymond.
Poled, That the Selectmen be instructed to peti-
tion the Legislature to amend the act of incorpora-
tion of Cary Library so that the town shall be
represented on its Board of Trustees, that the vote
be taken by the check -list, on a separate ballot, and
that the polls be kept open till half past five o'clock
p.i., by voting " yes " or " no" on the question. After
the polls had been declared closed and the votes
counted, the moderator announced, as follows: —
Yes . 239
No . 190
And the Selectmen were so instructed.
ART. 24. Voted, That a committee of three be
appointed by the moderator to examine the subject
and report thereon at the next meeting, — Franklin
Alderman, Albert S. Parsons, Frank E. Tufts.
Aur. 25. Voted, That the sum of ninety dollars
be appropriated for the purpose, to be expended
by the Selectmen.
ART. 26. Voted, That the sum of two hundred
dollars be appropriated for the purpose, to be ex-
pended by the Cemetery Committee.
Ai.T. 27. Voted, That the matter be indefinitely
postponed. Under Article 3, the following officers
were chosen by nomination:—
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FOR FENCE VIEWERS.
James S. Munroe, Abram 0. Washburn, Abram B. Smith.
FOR F1ELD DRIVERS.
John H. Willard, Arthur J. Jewett, James F. Russell.
SURVEYORS O8' LUMBER.
George E. Mttzzey, A. S. Mitchell.
Voted, That the remaining minor officers be
appointed by the Selectmen.
After announcing the result of the balloting as
recorded, and swearing such of the newly elected
officers as were present, sealing the ballots and
check -list used, the moderator declared the meeting
dissolved.
A true record.
LEONARI) A. SAVILLE,
Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR A TOWN MEETING.
SATURDAY, Ang. 10, 1889, 7.30 o'clock P. M.
ARTICLE I. To choose a moderator.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the committee,
appointed 3/larch 4, 1889, to consider the subject of a
new schoolhouse for the Hancock School, and act
thereon.
ART. 3. To hear the report of the Selectmen on
the extension of Merriam Street, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To hear the report of any other commit-
tee that may be ready to report, and act thereon.
ART. ;i. To see if the town will authorize the
Selectmen to move the buildings of Geo. 0. Smith,
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and to adapt his estate to the relocating of Main
Street against his estate, or to effect a settlement
with him for his damages, or otherwise acct thereon.
Action was taken on the articles of the foregoing
warrant, as follows: —
ARTICLE 1. Voted, To choose a moderator by
nomination, and Robert P. Clapp was nominated and
chosen, and sworn by the clerk.
ART. 2. The committee on new schoolhouse for
the Hancock School, submitted a report (see
Report of Committees, page 284), and an motion of
Charles M. Parker, it was
Voted, That the report of the committee be ac-
cepted.
The moderator called Geo. W. Sampson to the
chair and took the floor, and offered the following
motions: --
First. That the town proceed at once to build
upon a suitable site, selected by the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge, but distant not more than
one fourth of a mile in a straight line from the Town
Hall, a new schoolhouse, to be used instead of that
now occupied by the Hancock School, and having
such arrangements and accommodations suited to the
needs of that and other schools as said committee,
in consultation with the School Committee, shall
approve; provided, however, that the total cost to the
town of the new building, when completed and fitted
with plumbing and heating apparatus, and all other
furnishings, ready for occupancy, together with the
land purchased for the new or enlarged site, shall not
exceed the sum of $30,000.
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Second. That a sum not to exceed said amount
be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the fore-
going object, the same to be borrowed at an average
rate of interest not exceeding four per cent per annum
on the note or notes of the town,which shall mature
within a period of ten years.
Third. That the present committee on the pro-
posed new schoolhouse, consisting of Webster Smith,
F. 0. Vaille, F. E. Ballard, E. I. Garfield, and
Edward T. Harrington, be, and they are hereby
authorized in behalf of the town to make all neces-
sary arrangements, and take all action required, in
order to carry out effectually the foregoing vote, and
for that purpose they are hereby constituted a Build-
ing Committee, and vested with full power and
authority to make contracts in behalf of the town.
Fourth.. That the Town Treasurer be, and he is
hereby authorized and directed, in conjunction with
said committee, to negotiate and receive in behalf of
the town a loan as soon as needed, in conformity
with the foregoing provisions, to give the note or
notes of the town for the money, and to pay the same
over to the order of said Building Committee on bills
approved by them.
Mr. Clapp moved the adoption of the foregoing
motion, which was opposed by Mr. Scott, and con-
siderable discussion was had by several gentlemen,
and on putting the motion to vote it was declared
not carried; and after some discussion it was
Voted, That the report be recommitted to the
committee for more particular investigation as to
site, style of building, cost, reasons for building a
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new house, method of raising funds, etc., and to re-
port in print.
-Voted. That an architect be employed by the
committee, at a cost not to exceed one hundred and
fifty dollars, and that his report be printed with the
report of the committee. Messrs. Webster Smith,
E. I. Garfield, F. E. Ballard, and Edward T.
Harrington declined to serve longer on the com-
mittee, and their places were filled by the choice of
A. E. Scott, J. 0. Tilton, A. M. Tucker, and Charles
A. Wellington.
Voted, To add two additional members to the
committee.
Voted, That a committee of three be appointed
by the Chair to retire, and present the names of two
additional members, and the Chair appointed A. E.
Scott, J. F. Hutchinson, and Geu. E: Muzzey, who
reported the names of Rev. C. A. Staples and Rev.
E. G. Porter, who were chosen by the town, and
the committee now comprises the following named
gentlemen : F. 0. Vail le, E. G. Porter, C. A. Staples,
A. E. Scott, J. 0. 'Tilton, A. M. Tucker, and Charles
A. Wellington.
ART. 3. The Selectmen submitted a report (see
Reports of Committees, page 285), and it was
Voted, That the report be accepted and its recoxn-
mendations be adopted, and that the sum of one
hundred and fifty dollars be taken from any unap-
propriated money in the treasury to carry out the
recommendations of the Selectmen.
ART. 4. The Committee, appointed March 4, on
widening Mount Vernon Street made a report (see
Reports of Committees, page 280), and the town
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Voted, That the report of the committee be ac-
cepted and its recommendations adopted.
.A.HT. 5. Mr. Geo. O. Smith presented his case to
the meeting, claiming that the award of the Commis-
sioners was not satisfactory to him. The matter was
discussed, and the ground was taken that Mr. Smith
must look to the County Commissioners or an appeal
I o the courts for additional compensation; and it
was
-Voted, That the matter be indefinitely postponed.
Meeting declared dissolved.
A true record.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN, SURVEYORS OF
HIGHWAYS, OVERSEERS OF POOR,
AND BOARD OF HEALTH.
Another financial year of the town having closed,
it devolves upon the officers having charge of the
various departments of town affairs to submit a
report of their doings, for the information of the tax-
payers and others interested. While the year just
closed has been in no way remarkable for any special
events in town matters, it seems to have been a
year in which a fair amount of general improvements
has been made, and at its close we believe all de-
partments of town affairs to be in a sound, healthy,
and prosperous condition, and we see no reason why
they should not continue so.
The reports of the Town Treasurer and Tax
Collector will show a considerable balance beyond
the amount necessary to pay all town expenses until
the annual meeting in March, a large part of which
can, if desired, be applied to the expenses of the en-
suing year.
The town buildings are generally in good condi-
tion, and no special outlay will be required for the
coming year, unless it should be decided to paint the
outside wood -work of the Town Hall, which ought
to be done for the preservation of the building.
It was necessary the past summer, by order of the
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State Inspector of Buildings, to have stairs con-
structed leading from the dining -hall in the upper
story of the Town House to the balcony in the rear of
the main hall in the second story, in order to secure
a rear as well as front exit from all parts of the
building in case of fire; also to have a door cut
through from the rooms occupied by the Masonic
Lodge and connecting with the dining -hall, for the
same purpose.
The school buildings being more directly in the
care of the School Committee, they will without
doubt make such recommendations as to repairs or
alterations as they may consider the interests of the
town require.
The laws of the State are properly quite strict in
regard to the maintenance of guideboards at all
intersections of streets, but it is a constant care to
those upon whom the duty devolves, and a source of
considerable expense to the town, as they are almost
constantly being defaced, mutilated, or destroyed by
persons mischievously or maliciously inclined, as well
as from natural decay. We believe it would be a
good plan for the town to offer a standing reward of
a small sum for the arrest and conviction of any per-
son who shall wilfully deface or destroy any guide -
board or street sign in town, or break the glass in
any of the street lamps.
There has been, as in former years, more or less
complaint because the street lamps have not been
lighted on some nights when it seemed they should
have been. No doubt there are some evenings when
the lamps are not lighted that they are really more
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needed than on other evenings when they are lighted,
but when it is remembered that provision is made for
lighting only a limited number of nights in each
month, it becomes rather a difficult matter to always
get it done at just the proper times. There has been
quite a large addition to the number of street lamps
the past season, an increase of between forty and
fifty, which will naturally call for an increase in the
appropriation for their maintenance. In comparing
the expense of this, as well as other departments, for
the past year with that of the previous year, it must
be borne in mind that the report for 1888 covered
only eleven months, while this report is for the full
calendar year of 1889.
The Selectmen in their capacity as Board of Health
have been called -upon several times during the year
to abate nuisances, in most cases caused by privies or
cesspools, and in all cases the owners of the premises
complained of have readily complied with the require-
ments of the Board, and remedied (for the time at
least) the evil complained of. The existence of so
many cesspools, containing, as they do, all the house
drainage, in the most thickly settled portions of the
town, is (especially since the introduction of water)
a source of danger and a menace to the public health,
which must at an early day be remedied, if we would
maintain the reputation of being one of the most
healthful towns in the State.
There has been less than the usual number of cases
of contagious diseases reported to the Board during
the year, and these have mostly been of a mild type;
and no fatalities have resulted.
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The almshouse has been in charge of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert H. White, as superintendent and matron,
and we are glad to be able to fully confirm and repeat
all previous good reports of their care and good
management in that capacity. The present number
of inmates is seven, all of whom are persons well
advanced in years, although, with the exception of
two, they are generally able to care for themselves,
and some are able to do light work about the place.
There have been no deaths among the inmates
during the year and no sickness of a serious nature.
The number of weeks' board furnished at the alms-
house, including the superintendent's family, is 532,
at a cost per week of $2.GG .
The farm connected with the almshouse we believe
will, in proportion to its size, compare favorably with
any in town in the way of productiveness. The policy
of employing the town horses at certain seasons of
the year, when they would otherwise be idle, in team-
inz manure on to the place, has been continued, and
we believe it to be a good. one.
There is need of more barn room at the farm, as
the present accommodations are not sufficient to
properly protect the crop of hay which is cut on the
place. The past season about forty dollars' worth
was sold in the field on account of lack of room to
house it, and then a large stack of the second crop
had to be left out, and sold at a less price than could
have been obtained for it had it been properly pro-
tected from the weather.
We would respectfully recommend that a commit-
tee be appointed by the town to examine into the
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necessity of increasing the barn and shed accommoda-
tions at the poor farm, and report at the next town
meeting.
The property belonging to the Pauper Department
is in good condition and bears evidence of careful
usage and good care.
There has been added to the farm equipment the
past season a new wheel -harrow, costing twenty-
eight dollars, and a new manure wagon, the old one
having become so much out of repair as to be unsafe
to use, and so old that it was not thought to be good
economy to try to repair it. The expense of the new
wagon was one hundred and eighty dollars, and was
paid for from the regular appropriation for the sup-
port of the poor, — an unusual expense, -- which
increases the pauper account to that extent. An-
nexed will be found a schedule of the property
belonging to this department.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO PAUPER
DEPARTMENT.
Contents of Washroom . .
" Pantry and Closet
Room No. 1
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75 00
85 00
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20 00
30 00
20 00
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Amount brought forward
Contents of Room No. 10
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40 bushels potatoes, $30 ; lot roots, 825
Cider, 88.00 ; 7 cider barrels, $3.50; lot empty barrels,
$9.00 . .
6 oil barrels, 89.00 ; pork, $40 ; 15 gallons of molasses,
$7.50 . . .
Squash, $1.00 ; vinegar, $5.00 ; lot of jars and preserves,
etc. 816 . .
2 pork barrels, $2.00 ; lot of butter, 810 .
4 cords wood, $28 ; 6 tons stove coal, $38.40
4 tons egg coal, 24.60 ; 1 manure wagon, 815.00
1 new manure wagon, 8180; 1 hay wagon, $35 . •
Wheelbarrow, 83.00 ; harrow, $28 ; 8 stake chains, $2.50,
Wheeljack, eveners, whifetree, and stone drag . .
Carryall, $25 ; sled, $50 ; pung. 86.00 ; express wagon,
860 .
Horse -rake. 810 ; iron bars, hooks, and shovel, $10 .
Lot 4.1" boards, 82.00 ; 5 tons rowen, 880 ; 16 tons hay,
$320 . . . . . .
Hay rakes. forks, and ladders, $6.50 ; lot of grain, 86.00,
Set of measures, 5 wrenches, and hammers, $3.00 ; 5 au-
gers. 82.50 . •.
Grain chests, 85.00; cattle ties, $1.00; blankets, hal-
ters, and surcingles, 82.50 . •
Binding ropes, $1.75; double harness and chains, $20 .
Express harness, 830 ; light harness and buffalo robe, 816,
Amount curried forward
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$340 00 Amount brought forward . . . $1,565 75
15 00 Set double reins, $4.00 ; cart harness. collar, bridle, and
12 00 homes, $20 . 24 00
10 00 2 cows. $80 ; 1 horse, 8150 ; 2 hogs, $32 ; 126 fowls,
12 00 894.50. . . . . .
. 856 50
15 00 16 cords manure, $112 ; 2 barrels of cabbages, 82.00 ;
8 00 1 cultivator, $3.00 . . . . . . 117 00
17 00 2 ploughs, 88.00 ; scythes and snaths, 84.00: mowing
20 00 machine, 830 . • . . . .
15 00 Bench and rise, 87.00 ; grindstone, $6.00: harrow. $3.00 ;
6 00 hoes and rakes, 82.00 . 18 00
12 00 20 bushels of corn on the ear 10 00
55 00 1 cart, 820 ; blankets, surcingle, and halter, 85.00 . 25 00
42 00
19,50
56 50
22 00
12 00
66 40
39 60
215 00
38 50
7 00
141 00
20 00
402 00
12 50
5 50
8 50
21 75
46 00
.$1,565 75
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Total . .
The accompanying report of the police will show
what has been accomplished by that department.
Two regular officers have been employed, with
special officers at such times as their services seemed
necessary, artd we are satisfied that their duties have
been performed in a faithful and efficient manner.
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POLICE.
'Co THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
G'entlenien,, —1 have the honor to present the an-
nual report of the police for the year ending Dec. 31,
1889.
Whole number of arrests . 43
All being reales and adults.
Drunkenness
Common drunkard .
Assault and battery .
Assault with pistol .
Breaking and entering
Gaming on Lord's Day
CASES OF ARRESTS.
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1
2
1
1
3
29
Defrauding stable -keeper
Larceny .
Violation of liquor • law
Embezzlement .
I]isturbing the peace .
Bastarely
Turned over to other o▪ fficers
Violation town by-Iaws .
Total
Discharged by court .
Violation of liquor law
Assault and battery .
Drunkenness .
1
3
1
1
1
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43
3
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$156.64
7 yrs. 9 ms.
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being of for▪ eign
Total amount of lines and costs imposed by court
Amount of imprisonment .
Warrants to search for liquors served
Amount of liquor seized and condemned, gallons
Number of tramps given lodging (112
parentage)
Number dogs killed .
Cases investigated not prosecuted
Injured persons assisted .
Stray teams cared for .
Persons killed by accident
Medical examiner called.
208
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EXTRA DUTIES,
so called in large towns and cities, have been many
during the summer months. As we have been gilled
from all parts of the town, and work that kept us on
duty much of the daytime, and then had our tour of
duty to do nights, but wishing to render the public
all the assistance we can, we will regard it as a favor
if they will report all police business of importance
to us as as soon as possible.
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LIQUOR LAW.
The enforcement of this law meets with difficulties
-such as never appear in any other criminal cases.
Officers are often satisfied that illegal sales of liquor
have been made, but that would not satisfy a court
or jury, and, where small quantities are kept for sale,
-it seems impossible to get a conviction without the
evidence of a sale, which is very difficult to obtain.
Sept. 7 the police caused a general alarm of fire
to be sounded, and people turned out en masse, the
Fire Department especially, to search for Mr. Austin,
an aged man living in East Lexington, who, being
in feeble health, had wandered away from home
and became lost in the woods. After twenty-four
hours' diligent searching, he was found in a ditch
where be had fallen, and was restored to his family.
He was found by two boys not of the searching
party. The people and firemen gave the police all
the help possible, many of them never stopping to
rest for the twenty-four hours, and most of the time
the searching party numbered two hundred.
A POLICE STATION.
A room to be used as an office that can be open
to the public at all times could for a very small sum
.of money be had in the basement of Town Hall.
We need also a litter for moving sick or wounded
persons; a telephone is also necessary, as the police
of other cities and towns often wish to communicate
with us. At present we are indebted to Mr. Walcott
for the use of his.
CHAS. H. FRANKS,
Police Officer.
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At the annual town meeting, held March 4, 1889,
a vote was passed instructing the Selectmen to peti-
tion the Legislature for an amendment to the act of
incorporation of the Cary Library whereby the town
should have a voice in its management.
Agreeable to the above vote, the Legislature was
petitioned, and a hearing extending through three
days was accorded to said petition (able counsel being
employed to represent your interests), with results
adverse to your petitioners, and for reasons apparent
only to the Third House and an appreciative Legis-
lature.
HIGHWAYS.
The town, at the annual town meeting (acting
under the advice of the Surveyors of Highways),
made the appropriation for highways to cover general
repairs and the carrying into effect the order of the
County Commissioners for the widening and straight-
ening of Main Street from the Common to Arlington
line.
From the construction and extent of our highways
no inconsiderable sum of money is needed each year
to keep them in passable repair.
It is the right of every individual, wherever lo-
cated, to demand that the roads shall be safe and
comfortable; and the constantly increasing travel on
our back roads in the summer season renders it still
more imperative that all of our roads shall be passa-
ble as soon as practicable after the opening of spring.
To this end the energy of the department was di-
rected, until every street in town was safe and com-
fortable for travel.
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This accomplished, such other thorough repairs and
improvements were made as would best subserve the
public; some in connection with and others independ-
ent of the order of the County Commissioners, which,
we are happy to say, is so far advanced toward com-
pletion that a further expenditure of five hundred
dollars will complete it to their acceptance, adding
much to the general appearance and convenience of
Main Street.
We would recommend that the sum of five thou-
sand dollars be appropriated for highways the ensu-
ing year; the sum to be expended in general repairs
and the completion of the order of the Commissioners.
PROPERTY BELONGING TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
1 wagon, $15 ; 1 sidehill plough, $3 ; dynamite, $6
2 carts, $90 ; 1 double cart, $60 . .
4 collars, 2 set chain Harnesses and express harnesses .
8 back saddles and 2 set harnesses
Blankets, halters, and surningles . .
Drag, evener, and whillletree, $ i ; 14 bushels oats, 55.60,
5 bags provender. $4.50 ; 4 horses, $8
Tool chest, drills, and hammers •
3 saow-ploughs, $45 ; chains, $5 ; road plough, $25
Road machine, $140 ; bush scythe, SI
Shovels, hoes, rakes, etc. .
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S24 00
150 00
80 00
45 00
24 00
12 60
804 .50
12 00
75 00
141 00
4.2 00
$1,410 10
W E BSTER SMITE',
CHARLES T. WEST,
RUFUJS W. HOLBROOK,
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Highway Surveyors,
and Board of _Health.
LEXINGTON, Dec. 81, 1889.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
TAXES, 1887.
Amount uncollected, Jan. 1, 1889 . . . $252 13
66 coIlected . . . . $250 18
46 abated . . 2 00
$25.2 13 $252 la
TAXES, 1888.
Amount uncollected, Jan. 1, 1889 . $8,640 35
" collected . . . $8,129 57 1
i° abated . . 144 84
66 uncollected . 365 94
$8,640 35 $8,640 35
TAXES, 1889.
Tax list . . $42,277 76
Supplementary list . . . . 189 28
Amount collected . . $32,100 00
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66 allowed for discount . 494 79
61 abated . . 69 06
6 uncollected . 9,803 19
$42,467 04 $42,467 04
E. S. SPAULDING, Tax Collector.
LLXINGTUN, Jan. 1, 1890.
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TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1889
Schools
Contingent .
Pauper .
Court Fees
Outside Poor
Street Lights
State Aid•
Gammell Legacy
Telephone
Cemetery Trust Funds
Cemetery
Dog Money
Interest .
Taxes, 1887 .
" 1888 .
G6 1889
Concrete walks
Temporary Loans
Total .
▪ $379 33
• 421 87
5,107 95
777 42
24 00
36 88
2 10
306 00
35 00
51 68
200 00
190 00
594 46
206 33
250 13
• 8,129 57
32,100 00
73 35
14,000 00
• . $62,886 07
EXPENDITURE$.
Schools . . $11,221 31
Highway 7,715 00
Contingent ▪ 1,174 73
Pauper . . 2,194 52
Constable and Police 1,848 50
Amount carried forward . $24,514 06
35
Amount brought forward $48,154 06
Street Lights . 1,830 00
Outside Poor . 740 24
Fire Department . 778 75
State Aid . 297 00
County Commissioners' Awards . • 2,635 00
Printing . . . . 244 30
Printing By -Laws 68 75
Gatnmell Legacy 38 77
Telephone . . 155 00
Cemetery 166 02
Superintendent of Schools 850 00
Sewerage . 488 30
Dog Money . . 594 46
Auditors . 45 00
Librarians 781 75
Cemetery Improvement 204 11
Water Supply . . . 63 77
Janitors . . . 500 00
Industrial Teaching . . 435 32
Registrars of Voters , . . 179 15
Town House Improvement 90 00
Interest . . 1,835 42
Ringing Bells . . 70 00
Fuel and Lights, Town and Village Halls 515 61
Hydrants . • . • . 1,622 50
Nineteenth of April Celebration . 200 00
Temporary Loans . 11,000 00
Memorial Day . 121 20
School Committee 250 00
Treasurer Cary Library 30 00
Selectment 800 00
Assessors 426 50
Care Common . 200 00
Treasurer and Collector . 500 00
County'1'ax . 2,527 33
State Tax . . . 3,260 00
Amount carried forward . $48,218 31
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Amount brought forward . 848,218 31
Watering Streets • . 100 00
Town Debt . • . 2,600 00
• Town Clerk . • 183 32
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1890 . 1,784 44
Total . . $62,886 07
E. S. SPAULDING, Tctwn Treasurer.
L$ssxcTvx, Jan. 1, 1890.
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STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT.
JAN. 1, 1890.
DATE. TO WHOM. WHIN DUE.
Sept. 1, 1885, State Treasurer, Dec. 1, 1890,
1891,
1892,
1893,
it 1894,
1895,
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AMOUNT. INTEREST.
82,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
2,6L0
1887.
Feb. 28, Treas'r Cary Library, Feb. 28, 1892, 5,000
1888.
Mar. 31, Treas'r Cary Library, Mar. 31, 1893, 6,000
1881.
Apr. 8, Treas'r Bridge Fund, Demand, 2,000
1874.
July 23, Gammell Legacy Trust Fund,
Cemetery Trust Fund,
4 pr. c t.
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500 7
2,750 6
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1889.
Nov. 4, State Treasurer, March 4, 1890, 3,000 $I L'
'rota]
834,850
E. S. SPAULDING, Town Treasurer.
LEXINGTON, Jan. 1, 1890.
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
The committee have continued the work com-
menced a year ago, in grading the avenues, general
improvement and repairs, and have used the sum of
two hundred dollars appropriated by the town in
such work as deemed by them necessary, but have
found this amount insufficient to complete the origi-
nal plans, and would recommend the appropriation
of two hundred dollars for the ensuing year with
which to carry on the work. We will have to pur-
chase about two hundred small stone posts with
which to establish the bounds on many of the lots,
and will also require considerable gravel to finish the
avenues.
We would again call the attention of the town to
the fact of a portion of the cemetery being used as a
drainage basin for the surface water from Main and
Bloomfield Streets, thereby doing great damage to
the driveways and many of the lots. Your com-
mittee deems this a disgrace to the town, as other
means can be devised for disposing of this nuisance.
Another matter which needs the immediate atten-
tion of the town is the purchase of another tract of
land for cemetery purposes. There are but few lots
unsold in the present cemetery, and we would urge
immediate action in regard to the purchase of a new
tract, as many of the available locations are fast
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being taken for building purposes; also, the price of
suitable lots is upon the increase. We have ex-
amined into the matter of purchasing additional land
for the enlargement of the present cemetery, but do
not advise this plan, as but a small tract could be
obtained, which would Last but a few years at the
most.
Respectfully submitted,
ABBOTT S. MITCHELL,
T. H. BOWEN,
GEORGE H. JACKSON,
Cemetery Committee.
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REPORT OF TREASURER FOR THE
TRUSTEES OF CEMETERY
TRUST FUND.
Total amount of fund, Jan. 1, 1890. .
Balance unexpended Jan. 1, 1889
John Winning heirs, lot No. 47
Eliah Brown,
Isaac B. Smith,
Mrs. O. A. Dodge,
Nathan Fessenden,
Charles Hudson,
Marshall H. Locke,
Mrs. A. Buttrick,
Almira R. Chandler,
Adeline R. Parker,
John P. Reed,
Philip Russell,
Otis Wentworth,
Edwin Reed,
Nicholas Locke.
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69
30
73
16
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105
92
152
4
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178
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$2,750 00
Unex-
pended
Reeeipts. payments. Balances,
$281 33
18 00 $27 43 $30 94
9 00 5 54 28 87
6 00 3 86 11 56
6 00 3 86 22 29
9 00 5 39 25 73
9 00 5 59 25 14
6 00 3 91 11 42
12 00 7 22 49 12
6 00 3 86 7 65
6 00 3 86 7 64
6 00 3 86 3 59
6 00 3 86 4 19
250 250
4 00 3 81 19
6 00 3 86 2 14
24 00 21 68 19 95
6 00 3 86 17 59
18 00 81 09 34 38
$440 83 $440 83 8295 79
J. B. Simonds's lot, Old Cemetery
Mary Wells Merrill, "
Cairn Robbins, Cemetery, East Lexington
Balance unexpended Jan. 1, 1890 .
$295 79
GEO. H. JACKSON, Treasurer.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS.
Whole number of births in 1889, fifty (50). Males, twenty-eight
(28). Females, twenty-two (22). Parents native born, nineteen
(19). Parents foreign born, nineteen (19). Parents one native
and one foreign born, twelve (12) .
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages registered in Lexington for the year 1889,
sixteen (16) . Males native born, five (5) . Males foreign born,
eleven (11). Females native born, eight (8). Females foreign
born, eight (8)e
DATE.
NAMES.
1889.
.April 21 .
April 23 .
:May 2
May 20 .
May 29 .
June 25 .
July 4 ,.
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John F. Hennessey .
Julia A. Manley
Theodore Dorr Dupee
Mary Louise Hobart
Mark Dodd
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Sarah McGinty
Cyrus Martin
RESIOZN CB B.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Arlington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Winchester.
Clara A. Lamont
John Ferris
Elizabeth Clark .
Thomas F oiseyth
Sarah McCarty
Ansel E. Taylor ,
Ella Jefferson .
Lexington.
Lexington.
Bedford.
Bedford.
Lexington.
Arlington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
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Dere.
NAMES.
1889.
Aug. 3
Sept. 18 .
Oct. 9
Oct. 20
Nov. 13 .
Nov. 20 .
Nov. 21 .
Nov. 24 . ,
Dec. 29 .
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RESXDE NCB!,
Michael McDonald .
Margaret Forseyth .
John Kelley
Susan Moloney
James Bliss Coombs
Maude Miller
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George Flint
Angeline E. Wellington
John Meehan
Bessie Ryan
George R. Graves
Bridget E. Dewire
John Wiese
Emma L. Demar
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John Rudd
Kate Devine
Joseph Ferry
Mary Ann Muldoon
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Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Boston.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington.
Lexington,
Lexington.
Lexington.
DEATHS.
RECORDED IN LEXINGTON FROM JAN. 1, 1889, TO JAN. 1, 1890.
DATE.
1339.
AGN.
DISEASE.
BIRTHPLACE.
N6Yaa.G
1.1
314
Jon. 1
James J. Cotter
88
........
Heart Trouble
Ireland.
3
Marlborough Williams........
2
26
Eczema&M'raam'a
Lexington.
11
William O'Keefe
81
.......•
Pneumonia
Ireland•
.. 15
Sarah Klnneen
49
......•.
Heart Disease .....
Ireland.
' 20
Jane M. Rhoades
66
11
12
Heart Disease
Boston.
" 23
Charles W. Warren...., ..
47
6
28
Insanity
So. Berwick, Me.
27
Stillman Pollen Loihrop...
47
'8
....
Paralyala
Lexington.
Feb. 8
Sarab J. Rankin
80
5
•...
Pernicious Debility
Knox, Me.
" 11
Johanna Murphy
70
Paralysis
Ireland.
• 34
John P.:. Wilson
33
2
10
Heart Disease
Ireland.
26
John Conearney
66
7
.
Heart.Diaease
Ireland.
Mar. 22
Albert A. Nouse.... .....
24
11
22
Typhoid Fever.. •
Lexington.
"• 29
Charles K. Tacker....... •.
77
10
16
Ulcera'n of Bowels.
Concord, N. R.
28
Davis Locke
29
10
28
Consumption •...•.
Arlington,
April 3
James A. Mitchell
41
7
""
Bright's Disease...
Lexington.
6
Jeremiah Shea
70
.
Diseased Prostate..
Ireland.
10
Hattie 8. McCollough
80
4
]1
Phthisis..
South Boston.
' 14
Frank J. McCarty
92
9
28
Consumpption
Lexington.
16
John Irwin
68
..
16
Atomic Cystitis....
Ireland.
16
Elizabeth M. Whitaker
70
8
....
Pneumonia.
Weare, N. H.
May 7
Ellen A. Hovey
41
4
7
BrIght'e Disease...
Cambridge.
11
18
John Dennehy
Donuts Dinan
24.
22
10
....
Heart Failure
Consumption..
'
Ireland,
Lexington.
" 30
Nancy O. Babb
66
2
20
Paralyels
Fryebutg, Me.
June 13
William Haley
65
.
Cancer of Rectum..
Irclnnd.
26
Jeremiah Crowley
7
S
20
Paralysis
Lexington•
July 9
Oliver P. Mills
69
10
....
Consumption ......
Boalon.
" 14
Elizabeth J. l'orter
31
........
Phthisis.
Ireland.
" 19 1 Fred Brown Sturtevant
....
....
— •
Stillborn
Lexington.
" 19 Michael Shea..............
18
2
22
Consumption
Lexington.
Aug. 1
Emmeline 8. Grinnell
71
....
..
Pnralysie
Woodsto'n, N. J.
" 1
Lulggl4ineto
....
1
Debility
Lexington.
6
Hugh 4.oble Gregg
10
20
Tuberculosis
Lexington.
8
William M. Wilson
2
21
Ini'y to head Ir. fall.
Lexington.
" 9
.john T. Hammond
1
20
Marasmus
Lexington.
" 19
John Leyon....................
11
19
Wh'g O'h to Pneu
I.exi noon.
• 23
William E. Dwyer
1
6
7
Roadies
Lexington.
24
Julia Merlam Stetson
84
10
12 ; Old Age
Lexington.
„ 24
Sarah E. Johnson
46
4
28
Cancer of Uterus...
Lexington.
25 Elizabeth G. Davie............
8
9
Innutrltlon
Bosioa.
Sept. 6 . William R. Munroe
34
5
14
lllcor of Stomach..
Lexington.
• 12 i Mary Kendall
80
8
....
Para! yale..... ....
Ashby,
„ 17 : Mary S. Underwood
27 j Catherine E. Callahan
70
24
10
3
5
15
Reaultaf a fall.....
Consumption
Concurd.
Lexington.
Oct. 5 ' Jeremiah Sullivan.
28
9
.
Railroad Accident.
Ireland.
' 10 Carrie' 1'. Alien
82
4
2
Seirrhu4 Caaecr,...
Burton.
15 Leon A. Peters
9
1
20
l'ubercularMin'g'e.
Lexington.
" 21 Sophia M. Gilmore
70
1
21
Paralytic Shock....
WhiLtiigham,VL.
24 Solomon Eetabrook
74
6
24
H't Dia. & Pleurisy.
Lexington.
Nov. 9 Aaron Gannon
65
4
20
Cancer
Lexington.
• 12 Mary L. Gilmore
49
1
25
Phtbiaia
Florida, Mase.
19
William H. Mulliken
36
4
20
Tumor on Brain...
Lenin too.
" 25
Martha Wilson
Se
6
21
Cancer
Ireland.
27
John Hennessey, Jr ...................
Premature Birth
Lexington.
Dec. 9
Jane Grose
81
11
....
Heart Disease......
England.
' 14
Mary A. T. Harrington
77
I0
12
U1cera'nofStomarh
Lexington.
' 21
William 11. Greeley
57
6
27
Stricture of Bowels.
Portland, Me.
' 22
Lucy Gammen
67
11
21
Cerebrai Apoplexy.
Lexington.
" 23
Lucy J. Holbrook...
59
........
Hepatic
Watertown.
" 29 John 10. Ryan
21
8
15
Phthisis
Lexington.
r
Whole number of Deaths . 60
Number of Males 36
Number of Females .• 24
— 60
Native born . • 46
Foreign born . • 14
— 60
Number over sixty years of age 22
Number under ten years of age . 9
ACCOUNT OF TOWN HISTORIES AND HISTORIES OF
THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.
Number of Town Histories on hand, Jan. 1, 1889 125
Sold during the year . . 2
Donated to Bedford Library 1
Number on hand, Jan. 1, 1890 (including 16 bound
copies and 23 copies in sheet in hands of Lee &
Shepard, Boston) . .
Number of Histories of the Centennial on hand, Jan.
1, 1889
Number sold during the year
- 3
. 122
186
2
Number on panel, Jan. 1, 1890 • 184
DOGS. •
Licensed in Lexington from Dec. 1, 1888, to Dec. 1, 1889, 283
Number of Males . 248
Number of Females 40
Amount returned to County Treasurer, June, 1889 . 8334 20
i " 66 December, 1889, 295 20
8629 40
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JURORS.
List of jurors accepted by the town, March 4, 1889.
Franklin Alderman.
John D. Bacon.
Frank D. Brown.
Ira F. Burnham.
James E. Crone.'
Patrick F. Dacey.
William B. Foster.
Franklin A. Fletcher.
John F. Hutchinson.
Frank W. Herrick.
Arthur H. Jewett.
Nelson W. Jenney.
Everett S. Looks.
Matthew H. Merriam.
Charles Putnam.
Theodore J. Parker.
Moses H. Roberts.
Albert F. Spaulding.
Albert B. Smith.
George 0. Wellington.
William H. Whitaker.
Charles F. Winship.'
Walter Wellington.
LEONARD A. SAVILLE,
Town Clerk.
Drawn for D e n ber Term. Superior Cour[, at Eaet Cambridge.
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FIRE ENGINEERS' REPORT.
The Engineers respectfully submit the following
report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1889: —
FIRES.
JAN. 5, 12.30 A. :ti i. --- A small barn owned by
Robert Jefferson heirs, destroyed; cause, unknown.
Value, $125.
FEB. 11, an alarm rung in at 3.30 P. M. —House,
W. W. Hartwell, Wood. Street. Telephone calling
chemical engines No. 1 and No. 2, damage to build-
ing, $65, to contents, $15; cause, defective chimney.
MARCH 9, 8.45 p.31. — Call by telephone from pump-
ing station for chemical No. 2, slight fire in the new
house; cause, defect in the fireplace.
MARCH 15, an alarm rung in at 12.30 r. M. — Car-
penter's shop owned by Ellen Stone, damage to build-
ing $15, to contents, $65, hydrant service, hose No. 1;
cause from smoking.
APRIL 12, an alarm rung in at 7.20 P. M. -- Brush
fire on land between Maple and Woburn Streets,
chemical No. 1 called.
APRIL 19. — Brush fire on land of Dr. Lawrence.
MAY 16, an alarm rung in at 12.20 P. M. --- Brush
fire at Bedford line; building of Michael Ilinchey
in danger, chemical No. 2 called.
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OCT. 16, an alarm rung in at 9.10 P. M.— Fire in
Bedford; chemical No. 2 present, their services recog-
nized by Walter Webber, presenting the company
with $25.
Nov. 20, an alarm rung in at 5.50 P. M. — Stables
of B. F. Brown, buildings destroyed, part of contents
saved by the citizens. Telephone calling the entire
Fire Department, and alarming the pumping station;
hydrant service good, 2,000 feet of hose laid, valu-
able adjoining property saved; cause, exploded lan-
tern. Mr. Brown attested his appreciation of the
working of the firemen by sending to the Engineers
a check for $100.
We not only feel it our duty, but it would give us
great pleasure at any time to give any information
desired in regard to the Fire Department.
The telephone fire -alarm has been of great service
in giving the alarm for fires, and alarming the pump-
ing station; and we recommend an appropriation of
$100 for the renewal of the contract for one year.
We take this opportunity to thank the members of
the department and all others who have by word or
other ways rendered any service to the department.
WWI. B. FOSTER,
WILLARD WALCOTT,
E. J. B. NOURSE,
Fire Engineers of Lexington.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
VALUATION MAT 1, 1889.
RESIDENT. NON-RESIDENT. TOTAL.
Real Estate, $2,328,172 $222,816 $2,550,988
Personal Estate, 498,372 143,672 642,064
$3,193,052
Gain in real estate, $91,166; loss in personal, $158,071 ; net
Loss, $66,905.
There are various causes for the diminution in personal property
the past year, among which is the loss of a large tax -payer on per-
sonal estate, and another the shrinkage on many taxable stocks.
AMOUNT OF TAM LIST COMMITTED TO COLLECTOR.
County tax . . $2,527 33
State tax . 3,260 00
Town grants . 36,165 00
Overlayings 325 43
$42,277 76
Resident real estate tax . . $29,567 78
Non-resident real estate tax 2,829 78
Resident personal tax 6,329 32
Non-resident personal tax . . 1,824 88
Eight hundred and sixty-three poll taxes . 1,726 00
$42,277 76
Number of polls 863
Rate of taxation per thousand • $12 70
Number of dwelling -houses • 590
Horses 549
Cows 1,248
Swine 312
Sheep . 10.
Other neat cattle 94
11
ii
L1
61
11
49
Total number of acres of land taxed .
Total number of tax -payers .
Number of persons taxed on property
Number of persons for poll only .
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION.
Church property
Town property .
9,931
1,233
735
498
. 665,600 00
• . 128,600 00
JOS. F. SIMONDS,
WALTER WELLINGTON,
H. B. DAVIS,
Assessors.
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CARY LIBRARY REPORT.
The whole number of books in the library i%
12,227, of which 497 were added in 1889.
During the year, 25,729 volumes were taken out;
1890 were covered or repaired. Thirty-three maga-
zines and one daily newspaper are placed every day
upon the tables.
Gifts have been received. from H. G. Locke, H. T.
Cheever, R. M. Lawrence, W. H. Whitmore, the W-
S. League, and others.
Four hundred and forty-nine visitors have regis-
tered their names, representing twenty-five States,
Canada, British Columbia, England, and Japan.
The shelves are now completely filled, and several
new bookcases are imperatively needed. The duties
of the librarian have increased to such an extent that
a small additional appropriation will be necessary to
meet the expense of further assistance.
The attention of young persons frequenting the
library is directed to the regulations, which forbid
loud talking and improper conduct at the reading
tables.
From the East Lexington Branch, Miss Holbrook
reports that the whole number of books circulated
through her agency during the year was 3,866, being
an average of about 76 per week.
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The noon visitors have averaged nine, and those
in the evenings, six.
Gifts of books have been received from J. F.
Hutchinson, G. L. Pierce, and Miss Underwood.
The "Minute Man " has been given by Mr. Childs,
and the "Woman's Journal" by the W. S. League.
For the Trustees,
EDWARD G. PORTER.
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C ARY LIBRARY.
TREASURERS REPORT FOR 1889-90.
The Treasurer of Cary Library debits himself as
follows: —
Town of Lexington Notes .
Deposit in Lexington Savings Bank
Caira Robbins Fund
Book Purchasing Fund
Interest on Town Notes
Dog Tax .
Fines . •
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1889
And credits himself as follows: —
i
Accounts paid .
Town Notes .
Caira Robbins Fund .
Lexington Savings Bank
Book Purchasing Fund
Cash on hand . .
Nov. 1, 1889.
. $11,000 00
• . 556 42
57 42
. 1,012 50
660 00
594 46
15 00
195 20
$14,091 00
1714 03
. 11,000 00
57 42
• 556 42
• 1,012 50
• 750 63
814,091 00
EDWARD P. BLISS,
Treasurer.
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BRIDGE CHARITABLE FUND.
The following report is respectfully submitted:—
RECEIPTS.
ubmitted:—
RECEIPTS.
Jan. 1, 1889. Balance on hand as per
last report . . $3,887 57
Dec. 31, 1889. Interest received during the
year . . . 262 84
EXPENDITISRES.
Jan. 1, 1890 Aid to sundry persons as
per conditions of the
trust . $71 36
Balance on hand . 4,019 05
64,090 41
$4,090 41
Jan. 1, 1890. Amountof permanent fund, $3,984 41
Amount available . . 34 64
$4,019 45
GEO. E. MUZZEY, Treasurer.
LEXINGTON, Jan. 1, 1890.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF GAMMELL
LEGACY.
In rendering our report for the past year we have
little to communicate.
There have been few if any cases of sickness
among the inmates; with the exception, perhaps, of
the bedridden one, who requires no little patience
from his attendants.
We have used the funds committed to our trust
in dispensing such luxuries as would not properly be
expected to come from the town treasury, as they
have been suggested by the matron or the attending
physician; always bearing in mind the wishes of the
legator as we understand them.
Respectfully submitted,
LUCY M. WHITING,
LUCY N. BLODGETT,
Trustees.
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AUDITORS' REPORT.
SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . .
tt from cash in the treasury .
State Treasurer School fund .
Revenues School fund
. 810,000 00
. 1,500 00
. 165 36
256 51
Amount expended $11,221 31
EXPENDITURES.
HIGH SCHOOL.
J. N. Ham, instructor
Helen A. Fiske, instructor .
Henry H. Bowen, Janitor
Henry H. Bowen, cutting wood, and labor
J. 11. Prescott, repairing seats and desks
Lyman Lawrence, hardware
Lexington Water Company, water
E. S. Locke, plumbing .
E. S. Locke, tinning roof, zinc, etc.
Mrs. Reardon, cleaning .
Mrs. Desmond, cleaning .
W. C. Brown, moving piano, settees, eta.
Burdett Business Collegs, writing diplomas .
W. A. Pierce, coal . .
John T. Scott, painting and finishing desks,
John McKay, carpenter work and stock .
▪ , $1,500 00
750 00
• 86 00
7 00
. 16 50
7 51
20 00
▪ 11 00
• 123 83
• 11 00
11 00
6 50
2 10
147 50
212 68
74 75
$11,921 87
Amount carried forward . . $2,987 37
(
f
5S
Amount brought forward . . $2,987 37
Geo. E. Muzzey, lumber . • 46 80
Gregory & Brown, papering ceiling . 68 40
John A. 1N r,itus, repairing clock . • 2 50
J. May, carpenter work . . 3 75
F. L. Jewell, painting, and putting on win-
dows . . . 3 25
Lexington Gas Light Company, gas . 4 38
L. A. Saville, soap, brush, broom, mat • 7 50
Geo. W. Spaulding, mats, duster • 4 54
H. B. Davis, ventilators . 1 30
Gersbom Swan, mason work • 11 80
HOWARD SCHOOL.
Maria A. Butterfield, instruction
Wm. E. Ricker, janitor
Wm. E. Ricker, broom, and cutting wood
John Landers, janitor
W. A. Pierce, coal .
E. S. LpFke, cleaning stove
pump .
Geo. E. Muzzey, lumber
Mrs. Reardon, cleaning
Mrs. Desmond, cleaning
Lyman Lawrence, hardware
•
•
and repa▪ iring
HANCOCK
Hattie D. Hall, instruction .
Ellen B. Lane, instruction .
Nellie 11. Parker, instruction
Amelia M. Mulliken, instruction
Grace A. Lovejoy, instruction
Annie L. Riley, instruction
W. W. Baker, janitor .
Geo. H. Thurston, janitor .
Amount carried forward .
SCHOOL.
•
8450 00
35 00
1 08
7 00
12 30
4 50
5 15
2 00
2 00
50
• $650 00
500 00
▪ 450 00
▪ 450 00
87 50
▪ 320 00
• 86 32
• . 36 00
. $2,579 82
$3,136 59
$519 58
57
Amount brought forward .
H. B. Davis, janitor Branch School ,
H. B. Davis, rent, repairs, cleaning Branch
School 125 11
Lyman Lawrence, hardware 13 66
M. O'Brien, cleaning vault, cutting wood,
and labor .
Wm. J. Neville, wood
Geo. E. Muzzey, lumber .
W. A. Pierce, coal and wood
Lexington Water Company, water
E. S. Locke, smoke -pipe, broom, pail, brush,
C. A. Buttvra & Co., floor brush
John McKay, carpenter work
Mary Mansfield, cleaning .
Mrs. Reardon, cleaning
Mrs. J. Shea, cleaning .
Gershom Swan, mason work
W. W. Baker, labor .
C. C. Munn & Co., soap and soda ,
L. A. Saville, brush, mats, and broom
Geo. W. Spaulding, glass, soap, mats
T. K. Fiske, painting
. $2,579 82
16 00
17 38
13 00
21
168 93
31 20
14 43
2 50
1 50
8 00
1 80
7 40
8 50
13 38
46
4 15
8 58
6 50
$$,042 51
ADAMS SCHOOL.
Nellie L. Saunders, instruction . . $605 00
Carrie F. Fiske, instruction . 450 00
Hiram Pierce, janitor . 80 64
Hiram Pierce, cleaning, cutting wood, and
removing windows 13 00
W. L. Choate, plumbing and hardware 6 85
John A. Fratus, repairing two clocks . • 2 50
Lexington Water Company, water . 16 80
Geo. Flint, painting, and setting glass • 19 80
W. A. Pierce, wood and coal . 150 95
E. S. Locke, furnace and repairs 136 88
Amount carried forward . . $1,481 92
l
r8
Amount brought forward . . $1,481 92
John McKay, carpenter work 7 50
J. H. Ingalls, tuning piano 2 00
Lyman Lawrence, hardware . 15
James H. Phillips, ventilator and carpenter
work . . 4 05
R. W. Holbrook, broom, duster, etc. . 2 36
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
Annie F. Corney, instruction
Geo. 0. Wellington, janitor
Geo. O. Wellington, repairing well, cut▪ ting
wood .
W. J. Neville, wo• od .
E. S. Locke, labor on
ing stove .
W. A. Pierce, coal
$400 00
32 25
3 50
• 6 50
chimney and repair-
. • 4 93
12 80
Geo. E. Muzzey, lumber . • 8 28
John McKay, carpenter work • 3 00
Geo. W. Spaulding, pail, broom, and glass, 77
Gershom Swan, mason work 6 00
COMMON TO ALL SCHOOLS.
E. Cutter, Jr., teaching music . $400 00
A. Skelton, wood . • 5 00
E. B. Rose & Son, wood . 86 00
Grand Rapids School Furniture Company,
furniture . 129 25
Willard Small, stationery . ▪ 5 54
Thomas Hall, chemicals and appar• atus 36 99
J. N. Ham, expenses in procuring teachers
and hill of T. Hall .
Geo. S. Perry, school supplies
A. A. Waterman & Co., books
Amount carried forward .
•
12 96
47 83
. 153 06
76 63
$1,497 98
$472 53
59
Amount carried forward . . $876 63
Thorp & Adams Manufacturing Company,
books and stationery . 78 50
Helen A. Fiske, services as purchasing agent,
and school supplies 51 85
Wm. A. Campbell, shades . 8 00
D. C. Heath & Co., school supplies . 29 43
Burdett Business College, writing diplomas, 3 15
Prang Educational Company, school supplies, 5 83
Silver, Burdett & Co. - 96 64
Winchester Furniture Company, ink w▪ ells 7 16
Geo. E. Mnxzey, lumber . 55
J. L. Hammett, 346 feet blackboards . 34 60
C. S. Parker, printing 16 25
A. G. Whitcomb, table . . ▪ 7 25
M. O'Brien, cutting wood, cleaning vaults . 8 50
Joseph Dane, cleaning vaults . . • 12 00
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, school supplies, 39 12
Clark & Maynard, school supplies . . 10 23
A. C. Stocking, school supplies . 18 82
Boston School Supply Company, school sup-
plies
I). Appleton & Co., school supplies
Harper Brothers, school supplies
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., school supplies
Ginn & Co., school supplies
American Express Company, expressag• e
Nourse & Co., expressage .
A. C. Washburn, building stage .
Willard Walcott, carriage hire
TIDO SCHOOL.
Emma E, Wright, instruction
Wm. Ballard, janitor .
Lyman Lawrence, hardware
C. W. Stanley, repairing stove
Amount curried forward .
26 92
22 50
5 01
4 15
5 15
1 95
3 25
3 00
11 50
$450 00
19 50
1 03
2 25
▪ $472 78
$1,387 44
lj
60
Amount brought forward . $172 78
Mrs. Burrill, cleaning 8 00
Julia Gallagher, cleaning . 3 00
H. B. Davis, carpenter work, removing win-
dows . • 5 75
Geo. E. Muzzey, outs▪ ide windows, lumber, 5 79
E. S. Locke, repairing pump, dusters and
chimneys
W. A. Pierce, coal
John T. Scott, painting
John McKay, carpenter ,
L. A. Saville, bell rope
Geo. W. Spaulding, rope, mat, broom .
M. Megan . -
WARREN SCHOOL.
Dora M. Morrell, instruction
Dora M. Morrell, janitress
Lyman Lawrence, hardware
J. H. Ingalls, repairing organ
B. McCaffray, cutting wood
Wm. J. Neville, wood
H. B. Davis, removing outsi▪ de wi▪ ndows
Joseph Dane, cleaning well
W. A. Pierce, coal
E. S. Locke, repairing stove funnel
John McKay, carpenter work
Geo. E. Muzzey, lumber
John T. Scott, setting glass
Mrs. John Lennon, cleaning
W. W. Ferguson, repairing lock .
L. A. Saville, glass and putty
10 80,
12 80
43 88
8 00
75
1 25
12 75
8460 00
64 72
4 48
4 00
2 50
• 6 50
2 00
• 3 00
• 12 30
▪ 6 60
6 75
• 4 58
4 54
6 00
1 00
76
$575 05
$589 68
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SUMMA RY.
High School
Howard "
Hancock "
Adams "
Franklin "
Tidd "
'Warren "
Common to all schools
. $3,136 59
519 53
. 3,042 51
• 1,497 98
472 53
575 05
589 68
1,387 44
$11,221 31
SUPPORT OF TIIE POOR.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889
R. H. White, produce from farm
Estate of Mary Gammell .
Highway Department, board horses
. . $2,000 00
$336 86
• 125 56
. 315 00
Outside Poor: —
Owen McDonald, refunded
City of Boston, refunded on account of
Nellie Fogg and Margeret Rafferty
Excess of expenditure over receipts .
9 00
27 88
120 46
$2,934 76
Amount expended in connection with house
and farm . $2,194 52
Amount expended for outside poor 740 24
$2,934 76
EXPENDITURES.
R. H. White, services
R. H. White, fish, manure, repairing mower,
offal, crackers, etc. .
$500 04
. 136 86
Amount carried forward . . $636 90
1
62
Amount brought forward . . . $636 90
Lyman Lawrence, repairing harness, and
hardware . . 10 14
J. W. Griffin, wheelwrlghting . 14 50
Wm. H. Smith, dry goods, boots and shoes, 75 06
C. H. Lowe, provisions 108 49
B. C. Whitcher, grain ▪ 176 36
T. L, Russell. crackers 6 70
W. J. Neville, wood . 52 00
C. T. West, burial expenses of Mary A.
Gammell . 51 15
George E. Muzzey, lumber 9 67
L. A. Saville, groceries 43 00
C. A. Butters & Co. " 97 93
Perkins & Co. 44 85 58
Geo. W. Spaulding, " • 13 02
A. Childs, " • 31 03
R. W. Holbrook, " • 89 41
George H. Jackson, provisions • 87 29
J. Donovan, labor 70 25
P. Logan, labor. 87 50
Geo. Tyler & Co., Climax harrow . 28 00
E. S. Locke, tinware, repairing pump . 6 33
Cyrus Royce, dry goods . ▪ 11 39
Wm. E. Denham, smithing 8 25
H. P. Webber, 19 50
Wm. Ham, ▪ 1 35
Henry Griffin, manure wagon and wheel-
wrighting . 183 40
George Crocker, labor 30 37
Frank E. Flood, provisions 71 12
W. A. Pierce, coal 57 35
H. H. Harding. boots, shoes, clothing 9 25
E. T. Adams, fish . 8 59
G. M. Litchfield, ice . 13 64
Howland Holmes, M. D., medical services 50 00
$2,194 52
63
OUTSIDE POOR.
Aid furnished Mrs. Logan . • 890 25
Mrs. Eatabrook 20 00
Mrs. Doyle . • 54 00
14 Elijah Holdway . 158 14
Bridget Holdway . 65 33
Nellie Fogg . ▪ 18 3£3
" George B. Haggett ▪ 169 46
" Mrs. and Mrs. Winship • 85 63
E. McDonald ▪ 6 00
Mrs. Buckley 15 38
Mrs. Crowley 15 38
Mrs. Drew . • 3 25
tramps. 1 20
Burial of Edward J. McMahon . ▪ 25 00
" Wm. F. Dillon . . • 10 00
Paid George C. Goodwin & Co. . 2 84
HIGHWAYS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . . $4,000 00
°` from cash in the treasury . 3,500 00
$740 24
Excess of expenditures over appropriation . $215 00
$7,715 00
F. Reynolds,
P. Whalen,
N. J. Patterson,
J. Murphy,
Wm. Larkin,
T. Engalls,
P. Logan,
labor
'4
IL
'4
EXPENDITURES.
. $113 25
• 110 25
33 75
61 87
55 49
54 75
253 31
Amount carried forward . $682 67
1
t
1
64
Amount brought forward .
R. McKinnio, labor
J. Tousley,
J. McGeough,
P. Shaughnessy,
P. M. Peterson, "
W. Covert,
E. Shannon, "
W. Whitaker, '4
E. K. Ballard, "
N. Shea, " .
J. Clifford, " ,
M. P. Patterson, "
M. Colby,
Wm. Salter,
M. Megan,
W. Cavanagh, cc
Otis Harrington,
J. Donovan, " ,
M. McDonald,
P. Reardon, 46
E. Connors, Li
J. Vaughn, '°
J. McCann,
E. W. Glass, °4
M. Manley, "•
J. Dalrymple,
P. Kelleher, 64
P. Mulvey,
F. Lynch.
J. Reardon, "
A. Kelly, " •
P. Cody, cc
P. White,
N. Peterson, "
J. McClough, 46,
J. Carney, "
$682 67
8 00
3 00
22 50
3 75
11 25
2 25
2 25
5 00
2 50
196 00
266 87
49 87
165 38
• 261 18
269 50
18 00
▪ 6 39
391 44
59 24
284 93
279 38
▪ 249 55
▪ 280 87
216 75
▪ 266 87
• 236 00
• 325 83
60 37
47 62
94 94
19 50
1 25
49 87
80 775
29 62
34 50
Amount carried forward . . $4,880 64
65
Amount brought forward . , 84,880 64
R. White, labor . . • . 50 00
M. Sullivan, 44 56 62
G. H. Crocker, " 208 68
J. Tracy, 61 3 00
Wm. E. Denham, smi▪ thing and post 60 79
Lyman Lawrence, repairing harnesses, soap,
hardware . • 18 B0
B. C. Whitcher, grain • 338 40
Geo. E. Muaaey, drain -pipe, Ium▪ ber . 53 80
Bigelow & Dowse, tools . 31 90
John W. Griffin, wheelwrighting 17 50
Geo. Tyler & Co., plough and points . 30 00
Henry Griffin. wheelwrighting 2 50
Geo. H. Sampson, forcite and caps . ▪ 21 70
C. J. Nickles, plank . 10 00
C. A. Butters & Co., nails, axe, ho• ok • 2 53
L. A. Saville, oil . . . ▪ 30
Dodge, Haley & Co., stone hammers 8 60
J. Chisholm, repairing harnesses 16 85
J. M. Ellis, Cottrell's ledge . 250 00
J. M. Ellis, ledge at East Lexington 194 36
H. P. Webber, smithing . 25 25
Wm. Ham, smithing .
J. A. Russell, smithing .
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co., orates
C. Martin, teaming . . • ,
Wm. Whitaker, teaming .
J. Q. A. Chandler, gravel .
0. A. Wellington, gravel .
T. Kinneen, gravel .
A. H. Jewett, gravel . .
R. J. Elliott, dressing stone, laying wall
John W. Griffin, wheelwrighting . .
Otis Harrington, moving stone walls .
T. W. Morey, wheelwrighting .
A. M. Bates, two blankets .
Amount carried forward .
62 87
90 19
14 85
47 50
35 00
14 65
13 00
38 45
17 50
70 00
30
▪ 352 00
3 75
• 8 00
. $7,045 08
4
66
Amount brought forward .
R. W. Holbrook, axe handles, nails, oil
E. S. Locke, branding iron, lanterns .
R. White, services .
Webster Smith, services
Support poor, board horses
. $7,045 08
1 72
• 3 20
50 00
300 00
815 00
-- $7,715 00
CONTINGENT GRANT.
RECEIPTS.
Rent of Town Hall .
Masonic Hall
Village Hall . .
A. S. Mitchell, auctioneer's licence
Circus license .
Corporation tax
F. W. Coburn, 4 stone posts
F. W. Herrick, 3 66
J. S. Munroe, 8
A. W. Newell, street
P. Daly
National bank tax
Town histories . ,
Income from hay scales
Sf
lamp post
Amount expended
Balance unexpended
•
EXPENDITURES.
$172 00
100 00
63 00
2 00
4 00
3,877 56
1 60
1 20
3 20
8 00
• 1 00
• 794 80
9 40
70 19
. 81,174 73
▪ 3,933 22
L. A. Saville, registering births, deaths, and
marriages .
B. C. Whitoher, eight photographs Cottrell
estate . -
American Express Co., expressage town
reports
•
831 35
2 00
1 05
Amount carried forward . . 834 40
$5,107 95
$5,107 95
67
Amount brought f •rward . $34 40
C. G. Kauffman, one index book 80
A. Beddell, burning brand . 2 00
Lexington Water Co., for watering trough . 80 00
Otis Harrington, drilling stone and blasting
rocks . 10 16
Otis Harrington, •setting iron post, cutting
stone . • 4 50
Loring W. Muzzey, meals ▪ town officers in
March 10 50
Loring W. Muzzey, meals town officers 18 00
C. K. Darling & Co., paper and penholders, 1 13
C. K. Darling & Co., assessors' books • 22 25
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight 1 21
Chelmsford Foundry Co., six lamp posts and
frames ▪ 52 50
E. S. Locke, ga▪ lvaniz▪ ed iron, and l▪ abor,
Town Hail . 11 00
R. M. Johnson, remov▪ ing night -soil . 15 00
Webster Smith, use of horse ons year . • 50 00
Robert P. Clapp, examining town records
copies letters Mrs. Cary . 25 00
Wm. B. Foster, serving warrants, April
meeting . 12 00
Wm. B. Foster, serving nuisance notices . 2 10
Wm. B. Foster, notifying dog owners and
collecting dog money . 16 80
Lorin Wetherell, distributing votes . 1 50
John D. Bacon, distributing votes . 1 50
Fred W. Barry, one journal, weighing book
for scales, envelopes . 9 40
Noyes Manufacturing Co., gas reg▪ ulator . 10 00
Gaston & Whitney, professional services
before legislative committee . 200 00
,Tames S. Merriam, painting lock-up . 5 00
P. T. Gillooley, painting signs and guide -
boards . 13 25
Amount carried foru.ayrd . . $710 00
68
Awaoun[ brought forward . . $710 00
Hiram Pierce, care East Lexington Reading -
room . - 25 00
W. L. Choate, repairing street la▪ nterns and
furnace, Adams School 8 21
John P. Lovell Arms Co., five pol▪ ice badges, 8 75
James H. Phillips, four signs . • 6 10
John McKay, repairing windows Town hall, 2 50
Lyman Lawrence, padlock . • 35
Willard Walcott, carriage hire . • 5 00
R. M. Yale & Co., repairing flag 4 97
H. B. Davis, setting lanip and guide -posts . 5 00
11. R. Earle, gas fixtures Cary Library ▪ 4 75
Charles S. Parker, printing envelopes . 12 25
Joseph Caldwell, repairing flagstaff . 24 84
J. F. Maynard, two blank books 1 55
Carrie A. Underwood, repairing flag . ▪ 8 00
A. C. Washburn, carpenter work, Town
Hall . 77 11
J. H. McNellis, serving notice . 1 00
Thomas Cosgrove, additional State aid 86 00
Allen Bros., rubber stamp . 2 00
M. F. Tracy & Son, voting shelves 35 50
Robert McDonald, railing . 25 10
Wm. Tucker, clearing old cemetery 15 00
Nourse & Co., expressage . 9 15
George Flint, painting, and setting glass . 10 00
. A. Saville, crackers, broom, paint, and
repairs on hay scales . ▪ 5 31
L. A. Saville, district license ba▪ llots, tally
sheet, frame for voting list, stamps,
etc. . 14 85
E. S. Spaulding, services with au▪ ditors . 5 00
G. W. Spaulding, weighing fees on scales,
oil, candles, etc.. 12 53
•Geo. H. Thurston, alcohol, soap, etc.. 3 74
T. K. Fiske, painting and glazing 6 50
Amount carried forward . • . $1,071 06
69
Amount brought forward . . . $1,071 06
R. W. Holbrook, oil, broom, and Chimney . 4 50
C. T. West, postage stamps . 1 50
C. T. West, attending funerals and returning
deaths .
C. W. Swan, inspector
T. J. O'Brien, inspector .
A. H. Jewett, assistant inspector
C. M. Parker, assistant inspector
E. S. Locke, hardware, sealing scales
Parker Bros., removing snow 1887-8 .
J. Donovan, " ,p
C. McEnroe,
F. Reynolds, .c 14 44
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44 '4
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889
AInount expended .
Balance unexpended .
47 75
8 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
11 42
10 00
7 50
3 75
5 25
$1,174 73
$1,100 00
$778 75
. 321 25
— 81,100 00
EXPENDITURES.
Lexington the Company .
R. Harrington, use of horse to fires .
Pay -roll, April 1, 1888, to April 1, 1889,
Hancock .
Pay -roll, April 1, 1888, to April 1, 1889,
Adams Chemical .
Pay -roll, April 1, 1888, to April 1, 1889,
Chemical No. 2 . .
W. T. Ham, steward hose and chemical
W. A. Pierce, coal, Hancock .
Lexington Water Company " .
A. W. Mitehell, badges, and repairing same,
$5 02
3 00
185 75
247 91
112 50
60 00
20 25
14 00
7 10
Amount carried forward . . 1605 53
70
Amount brought forward .
Willard Walcott, engineer
E. J. B. Nourse, engineer ,
Wm. B. Foster, engineer
H. R. Earle, brass rail, pipes, caps
H. P. Webber, wrench
Wm. E. Denham, irons on hose wagon
Willard Walcott, use of horses
B. F. Morey, use of horses .
George W. Simmons & Co., three overcoats,
A. Childs, chimneys, oil, soapine, glass .
Wm. B. Foster, charcoal, cotton waste, keys,
L. A. Saville, sponge
A. S. Jackson, spanners and wrench .
. 8605 53
25 00
• 25 00
• 25 00
20 82
50
• 10 00
38 50
3 00
18 50
3 95
2 95
50
▪ 4 50
State Treasurer .
Amount expended .
Balance upexpended .
Thomas Burke
Emily R. Earle .
Eliza McCreesh .
G. A. Page .
Thomas Cosgrove .
Abigail T. Richardson
John C. Dandley
STATE AID.
RECEIPTS.
$778 75
$306 00
. $297 00
▪ 9 00
---- 8306 00
•
EXPENDITURES.
• $36 00
48 00
48 00
60 00
36 00
48 04
21 00
STREET LIGHTS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Received from breakers of glass
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
1297 00
. $2,000 00
2 10
82,002 10
. $1,830 00
. 172 10
82,002 10
71
EXPENDITURES.
Lexington Gas Light Co. . . $854 00
John Ryan, lighting . • . . 516 52
J. G. Kauffman, care of lights,and repairs, 361 45
C. R. Hamlin, u " .c • 22 20
F. G. Jewell, repairs . . 30 33
H. F. Ingalls, care of lights . . 11 20
Thos. G. Whiting, care of lights, and repairs, 20 50
E. S. Locke, repairing lamps, . 8 85
L. A. Saville, glass . 1 75
G. W. Spaulding, glass • 3 20
CONSTABLES AND POLICE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Court fees .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
EXPENDITURES.
$1,830 00
. $2,000 00
• 24 00
$2,024 00
. $1,860 50
▪ 163 50
$2,024 00
C. H. Franks, police, carriage, telegrams . $919 50
Wm. B. Foster, police, and distributing
town warrants . • 720 00
H. E. Bishop, police . . • 152 50
A. S. Mitchell, police, and distributing re-
ports, notifying town . . 43 50
P. F. Dacy, Fourth of July ▪ 5 00
Willard Walcott, Fourth of July 5 00
J. E. Gannon, Fourth of July . 5 00
George H. Thurston, Fourth of July . • 5 00
Samuel Boulton, Fourth of July • 5 00
$1,800 50
rti
72
INTEREST.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Overdue taxes . .
New England Trust Co., deposits .
Excess of expenditures over receipts .
. $1,500 00
▪ 107 00
• 99 33
. 129 09
$1,835 42
EXPEND/TURES.
State Treasurer . . . • . . $800 92
Treasurer Cary Library, E. P. Bliss, treas-
urer . . . . 660 00
Bridge Fund, George E. Muzzey, treasurer, 120 00
Geo. H. Jackson, treasurer Cemetery Fund, 159 50
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook . . 60 00
Gamniell Legacy 35 00
$1,835 42
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' AWARD FOR LAND
DAMAGES ON MAIN STREET.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
T. H. Bowen .
Alfred Pierce .
P. P. Pierce heirs
A. W. Bryant .
Seraph A. Foster
N. W. Jenney .
Laura M. Brigham
Ellen Dana .
•
EXPENDITURES.
. . $4,500 00
. $2,635 00
. 1,865 00
54,500 00
▪ $20 00
• 20 00
300 00
100 00
▪ 75 00
▪ 150 00
50 00
• 75 00
Amount carried forward $790 00
Amount brought forward
G. E. Robinson .
H. D. Hanson, administrator
E. M. Robbins, attorney
E. P. Nichols .
Otis Wentworth
Emily J. Plumer .
Estate of Asa Cottrell
73
•
$790 00
150 00
25 00
150 00
150 00
100 00
70 00
• 1,200 00
$2,685 00
WATER SUPPLY.
EXPENDITURE.
James S. Munroe, paid engineer, horse and carriage, etc., $63 77
RINGING BELLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Wm. T. Ham .
Augustus Childs
EXPENDITURES
$35 00
. 35 00
$70 00
$70 00
FUEL AND LIGHTS FOR TOWN AND VILLAGE HALLS.
RECEIPTS
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Excess of expenditures over receipts .
EXPENDITURES.
. 8500 00
. 15 61
-- $515 61
Lexington Gas Light Company .
W. A. Pierce, coal .
Walter Wellington, oil, chimneys, charcoal,
W. J. Neville, wood . .
$321 63
179 35
11 23
3 40
$515 61
4
74
HYDRANTS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
EXPENDITCRFS.
Lexington Water Company
. . 81,640 00
. $1,622 50
. 17 50
81,640 00
. $1,622 50
CELEBRATION OF THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated from cash in the treasury
EXPENDITURES.
. 8200 00
Wm. 13. Foster, flannel, powder, firing
cannon • $16 75
George O. Whiting, music, speakers, use of
piano, etc. . .
George H. Sampson, 3 kegs powder . .
MEMORIAL DAY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
EXPENDITURES.
A. S. McDonald, 'lowers .
George G. Meade Post, for band .
Weber Quartette .
Frank O. Barnes
175 00
8 25
11260 00
. 8125 00
. $121 20
3 80
$28 60
56 00
20 60
10 00
$125 OJ
$121 20
75
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Borrowed of State Treasurer, March 7, 1889 . . $5,000 00
Paid, Aug. 6, 1889 . . . . $5,000 00
Borrowed of Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
May 22, 1869 . 6,000 00
Paid, Sept. 22, 1889 . . . 6,000 00
Borrowed of State Treasurer, Nov. 4, 1889. 3,000 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TTEE.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
EXPENDITURES.
R. M. Lawrence
E. P. Bliss .
B. F. Brown
• $250 00
. 50 00
. 8100 00
. 100 00
. 50 00
TREASURER CARY LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
EXPENDITURES.
E. P. Blies
5800 00
5300 00
$250 00
550 00
. $50 00
SELECTMEN IN THEIR VARIOUS CAPACITIES.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . 8800 00
EXPENDITURES.
Webster Smith • 5250 00
R. W. Holbrook ▪ 250 00
Charles T. West 300 00
8800 00
76
PRINTING.
RECETPrs.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
. 5232 30
. 17 70
EXPENDITURES.
Charles S. Parker, printing tax bills, dog
notice, town warrants, assessors' and
registrars' notices ,
D. F. Jones & Co., town reports .
Wright & Potter Printing Company, public
statutes .
Charles Bascom, warrants
Parsons & Co. .
8.7 80
190 50
$250 00
8250 00
4 25
4 75
5 00
5232 30
PRINTING BY-LAWS.
EXpENDITU ES.
Robert P. Clapp, printing, filing, and record -
851 25
Charles S. Parker, printing additional copies, 17 50
GAMMELL LEGACY.
RECEIPTS.
Interest Trust Funds.
Balance from 1888 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
835 00
• 66 98
838 77
63 21
EXPENDITURES.
L. M. Whiting, sundries . ▪ $20 47
G. W. Spaulding, sundries . ▪ 14 25
L. A. Saville, sundries ▪ 4 05
868 75
8101 98
$101 98
538 77
77 78
TELEPHONE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Refunded by Water Co. .
Excess of expenditures over receipts .
EXPENDITURES.
New England Telephone Co. .
Sate of lots .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
•
EXPENDITURES.
Thomas Burke, labor .
P. _Kelleher, Li
R. J. Elliot, . .
T. H. Bowen,
Lexington Water Co.. .
Parker & Wood, repairing lawn mower
A. Jordan, labor .
George H. Emery, purchase of lot
$51 68
103 32
. $166 02
. 23 98
• 811 37
▪ 34 00
5 25
48 00
15 00
1 90
38 50
12 00
$155 00
$155 00
$190 00
$190 00
EXPENDTTIRES.
Aspinwall & Lincoln, engineers . . $400 00
J. O. Tilton, services and horse hire . 38 30
James J. Powers, examination and report . 50 00
CARY LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
County Treasurer, dog tax .
•
$488 30
. $594 46
EXPENDITURES.
E. P. Bliss, treasurer . . $594 46
AUDITORS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
H. B. Sampson
Gershom Swan
EXPENDITURES.
$45 00
. 822 50
. 22 50
$45 00
8166 02 LIBRARIAN CARY LIBRARY AND EAST LEXINGTON
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . 8350 00
EXPENDITURES.
J. N. Ham, salary 8350 00
DRAINAGE SURVEY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . $500 00
Amount expended . • , $488 30
Balance unexpended . • . 11 70
8500 00
1
READING -ROOM.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Amount expended
Balance unexpended •
. $820 00
• $781 75
. 38 25
$820 00
EXPENDITURES.
Florence E. Fti hitcher • . $504 00
Nellie Holbrook 216 00
Elmina Munroe . 60 00
Julia Abbott, cleaning 1 75
$781 75
79
ASSESSORS.
80
E X P EIIDITURE.
RECEIPTS. Lucy M. Whijing .
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . . $425 00
Excess of expenditure over receipts . 1 50 REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
$426 50
EXPENDITURES.
J. F. Simonds . .. $175 00
H. B. Davis . 120 00
Walter Wellington . ▪ 120 00
Willard Walcott, horse hire 11 50
'IMPROVEMENT OF CEMETERY.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . . 8200 00
Excess of expenditures over receipts . 4 11
EXPENDITURES.
Wm. H. Whitaker, labor, teaming, and
gravel • $142 43
James Clifford, labor . 15 31
John Richardson, labor 24 06
John Kelley, labor . 22 31
$426 50
$204 11
$204 11
JANITORS OF TOWN AND VILLAGE HALLS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
EXPENDITURES.
George II. Thurston .
Waiter Wellington •
$500 00
. $450 00
. 50 00
$500 00
INDUSTRIAL TEACHINGi
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889
Excess of expenditure over receipts
• $250 00
. 185 32
$435 32
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
Excess of expenditures over receipts
. $435 32
• $150 00
29 15
EXPENDITURES.
Charles S. Parker, type composing voting list, 379 15
George O. Smith ▪ 25 00
G. W. Sampson 25 00
B. C. Whitcher . 25 00
L. A. Saville . 28 00
$179 15
$1779 15
TOWN HALL IMPROVEMENTS (MASONIC HALL).
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . $90 00
EXPENDITURES.
E. S. Locke, plumbing . $67 92
John McKay, carpentry . 18 20
T. L. Bruce, painting 3 88
$90 00
CARE OF COMMON.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 . $200 00
EXPENDITURES.
Lexington Field and Garden Club $200 00
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR.
RECEIPT$.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
$500 00
81 82
EXPENDITURES.
E. S. Spaulding, balance of 1887
E. S. Spaulding, on 1889 .
TOWN CLERK.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed For 1889 .
Amount expended .
Balance unexpended .
. $100 00
. 400 00
$500 00
. $200 00
. $188 32
. 16 68
$200 00
EXPENDITURES.
L. A. Saville $183 32
SPRINKLING STREETS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
EXPENDITURES.
E. W. Glass
. $100 00
. $100 00
COUNTY TAX.
Paid County Treasurer . $2,527 33
STATE TAX.
Paid State Treasurer $3,260 00
TO W N DEBT.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 .
EXPENDITURES.
State Treasurer
. $2,600 00
. $2,600 00
.3
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
RECEIPTS.
From Otis Wentworth
From Edwin Reed .
. $100 00
. 100 00
$200 00
CONCRETE WALKS.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriated and assessed for 1889 $500 00
From estate of L. W. Wright
From C. C. Goodwin . .
From estate Henry hiuliiken
RECAPITULATION.
CASA RECEiPTS.
9 81
45 27
18 27
8573 35
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1889 . $379 88
Schools . • 421 87
Support of poor . ▪ 814 30
Contingent . 5,107 95
State aid . 306 00
Street lights • 2 10
Constable and police 24 00
Interest . 206 33
Temporary loan . . 14,000 00
Gammell legacy 35 00
Telephone . 51 68
Cemetery . 190 00
Dog tax . 594 46
Cemetery Trust Funds 200 00
Concrete sidewalks 73 35
Taxes of 1887 . 250 13
Taxes of 1888 . 8,129 57
Taxes of 1889 . . 32,100 00
-------- $62,886 07
83 84
CASH EXPENPITURE?S.
Schools 811.2.21 81
Support of poor (house and farm) . . 2,194 52
Outside poor - 740 24
Highways . . 7,715 00
Contingent . . 1,174 78
Fire Department 778 75
State aid . - 297 00
Street lights 1,830 00
Constables and police . 1,860 50
Interest . . 1,835 42
Land damages . . 2,635 00
Water supply . 63 77
Ringing bells . 70 00
Fuel and lights for Town and Village Halls, 515 61
Hydrants . . . 1,622 50
Celebration of the 19th of April • 200 00
Memorial Day . 121 20
Temporary loan , 11,000 00
School Committee 250 00
Treasurer of Cary Library . 50 00
Selectmen . 800 00
Printing . 232 30
Printing By -Laws 68 75
Gammell legacy . 38 77
Telephone . . 155 00
Cemetery . • 166 02
Superintendent of Schools 850 00
Drainage survey 488 30
Cary Library, dog tax 594 46
Auditors . • . 45 00
Librarian of Cary Library 781 75
Assessors 426 50
Improvement of cemetery . . 204 11
Janitors of Town and Village Halls . 500 00
Industrial teaching . . 435 32
Amount carried forward . $51,461 83
1 t
4k A
Amount brought forward . 851,461 83
Registrars of Voters . 179 15
Masonic Hall . 90 00
Care of Common 200 00
Treasurer and Collector 500 00
Town Clerk 183 32
Sprinkling streets 100 00
County tax . 2,527 33
State tax . . 3,260 00
Town debt . 2,600 00
Balance . 1,784 44
LEXINGTON, Jan. 1, 1890.
$62,886 07
G1:RSHOM SWAN, Auditors.
BILMAN B. SAMPSON, } -
REPORTS
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
TOWN OF LEXINGTON,
FOR THE YEAR 1889-90.
BOSTON:
D. F. JONES & CO., PRINTERS, 81 EXCHANGE STREET.
1890.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 81, 1889.
The general condition of the public schools during
the past year has been excellent, and the number of
scholars somewhat larger than for the preceding
year. The average membership for 1889 was 401;
average attendance, 372; percentage of attendance,
92.9.
The superintendent and all the teachers of last
year were reappointed for the present year. The
town now employs a corps of able and experienced
teachers, who are interested in their work and
devoted to it.
The wisdom of having an efficient superintendent
has long been apparent.
The experiment of providing instruction in sewing,
as authorized by State law, has proved successful and,
in our judgment, should be continued. A special
appropriation will be needed for this object.
Owing to insufficient accommodations in the Han-
cock Schoolhouse for scholars of the primary grades,
an additional room in the building of Mr. Horace
R. Davis, on Main Street, was engaged, and. in
March, 1889, Miss Annie L. Reilly was appointed a
teacher in charge of the new school.
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Of thirty-seven applicants for admission to the
High School last June, thirty-four were admitted.
It is gratifying to note that the attendance at this
school increased from forty in June to sixty in
September last, and that this number has been main-
tained.
We wish to emphasize the fact that the methods
employed in the schools are always open to the
inspection and criticism of the citizens of Lexing-
ton, and it is, in our opinion, very desirable that
parents should familiarize themselves with the daily
routine of our schools by occasional visits to
them.
The average number of visitors to each school
recorded in 1889, exclusive of the superintendent and
members of the committee, was only three in a
month.
During the summer vacation needed repairs were
made in some of the schoolhouses. The main room
of the High School building was thoroughly reno-
vated and painted, and the roofs of the wings were
newly tinned. The north wall was made water -tight
and a new storm porch placed on the north side.
New furnaces have been provided for the Hancock
and Adams schoolhouses, and minor repairs have
been made in the district school buildings. During
the present season $450 will be required for further
repairs.
The new primary school, rendered necessary by the
overcrowding of the Hancock Schoolhouse, involves
an extra annual expenditure of $700_ We therefore
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ask the town to appropriate the same amount as last
year, $11,500, for the maintenance of the public
schools.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD P. BLISS,
BENJAMIN F. BROWN,
ROBERT M. LAWRENCE,
School Committee.
LEXINGTON, Mass., Jan. 20, 1890.
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DOLL OF HONOR.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Neither absent nor tardy for one year.
Minnie P. Crowley, Mary H. Cowell, Paul Capron, and Carlton
Shaw.
Neither absent nor tardy for one half year.
Grace M. Abbott, Mattie E. Childs, Alice I?. Goodwin, Grace
E. Goodwin, Alice M. Hunt, Mary D. Hunt, Bessie Muzzey, Grace
Whiting, Louise M. Wooster, Seth P. Batchelder, Dennis Hinchey,
G. Otis Jackson, Frederick T. Lord, Michael J. Manley, Chas.
O'Hara, Loring E. Pierce; John 0. Prescott, Walter R. Shattuck,
H. Luther Sherman, Chas. H. Spaulding, Arthur D. Stone, Chas.
C. Walcott.
Net absent for one half year.
Anna S. Brown, Edgar A. Willis.
HANCOCK GRAMMAR.
Miss Hall.
Neither absent nor tardy for the year.
Maud W. Robinson, Bertie A. Jackson.
Neither absent nor tardy fur one term.
Sarah A. Brown, Alice P. Goodwin, Mary D. Haut, William
Hunt, Rose P. Morse, Helen E. Muzzey, Walter Shattuck, Curtis
Cutler, Gertrude MaCPhee, John M. Layne, laddie C. Stone, May
Harrington, Lizzie Reilly, Timothy Leary, William McCann, Hat-
tie E. Fiske, Ellis lower, William Ballard, Annie L. Muzzey, Her-
bert Richardson.
HANCOCK SUB -GRAMMAR. -
Nrs. Line.
Not absent for the year.
Norah Prescott, Walter Seaverns (t•irdy once).
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Not abs"rat first term.
Edward Robinson, Frank Todd (tardy once) , Marian Woodward,
Lilla Vickery.
Not absent second term.
Arthur Sherman, Elden Griffin,
HANCOCK PRIMARY.
Miss Parker.
Neither absent nor tardy for one term.
Edna Dow, Junius Shattuck.
HANCOCK PRIMARY.
Miss Mulliken.
Neither absent nor tardy for one term.
Orton Robinson, Gladys Vickery.
Not absent for one term.
Henry Wentworth.
HANCOCK PRIMARY.
Miss Reilly.
Neither absent nor tardy for One terns.
Orton Robinson,. Peter Welsh, Charles Hamh[in. Herbert Law-
rence, Maggie Burris.
ADAMS GRAMMAR.
Not absent for one term. �f
Byron Russell, Wilson Blanchard, Francis J. Holland, C. Her-
bert Lowe, Carl Pratt, Agnes Brown, Rosa Keane, Eva Lowe,
Mary L. McCollough.
ADAMS PRIMARY.
Not absent for one term.
Frank O. Le Cain, Alice G. Locke.
Not absent nor tardy for one term.
George W. Holland, Clifford W. Pierce.
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TIDO SCHOOL.
Not absent fur a year.
Michael McGann.
Not absent for one term.
Maud McLachlan, Helen McLachlan, Jennie Robinson, Sarah
Kinneen, Constance Willard, Genevieve Manning, Lucy Manning,
Willie Dacey, George Smith, George Holland, Frank Holland,
Albion Larcom.
HOWARD SCHOOL.
Neither absent nor tardy for one term.
Ellen Crowley, Daniel Crowley.
Not absent.
Mary Donovan.
WARREN SCHOOL.
Not absent for the year.
Willie Mead, Harry Seaverns, May O'Brien, Rupert Wheaton,
Barclay Wheaton, Everett Wheaton, Frank Maguire.
FRANKLIN SCHOOL.
Neither absent nor tardy for the year.
Letitia Carroll, Joseph Carroll.
For one term.
Mary Carroll.
TABULAR VIEW OF SCHOOLS.
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Ellen B. Lane .
Nelly L. Saunders
Carrie F. Fiske .
Emma E. Wright
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Ilancock Grammar
Hancock Sub -Grammar .
Hancock Primary .
Adams Grammar
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Lexington:
GENTLEMEN, — It becomes my duty to submit the
following, as the report of the Superintendent of
Schools: —
THE NEW EDUCATION.
Education may be studied both as a science and
as an art. The science deals with principles, the art
with methods. I will briefly undertake to set forth
what is termed the " new education " as an art, stat-
ing at the same time the principle upon which the
art is based.
Under the methods of teaching as practised, or
sought after, in our schools, the results are less pal-
pable and measurable than those of the old system.
The " new education " is new, for the most part, in
the breadth of its development and the hearty recep-
tion accorded it by the public. It has been employed
by individual teachers for centuries. Its universal
recognition and acceptance have been retarded by
causes due to the nature of the system, namely, the
results are not so apparent as those evoked by the
recitation system. In that, the results were immedi-
ate and tangible. When the text -book was the chief
source of inspiration, and all lessons were carefully
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assigned from it, and consisted of pages to be conned,
or columns to be spelled, or exercises to be wrought
out, the tests of progress were simple and easily
made. The regular recitation showed the work per-
formed, and the annual questioning by the school
committee determined the net proceeds. As the
pupil passed from a smaller to a larger book, he was
sure, and his parents were certain that nothing was
lacking in substantial progress:
The " new education " purposes the equipment of
the pupil with as much useful knowledge as the old
method; it endeavors also to do more, — to develop
powers. Its aim is culture in the highest and broad-
est sense. The verification of this purpose cannot
be made during school -life, nor at its cloe. The
future alone will disclose its best fruitage.
ARITHMETIC.
To illustrate the difference between the two sys-..
terns, a general outline of the method pursued in,
teaching arithmetic may be given. It should first, be.
explained that the " new education ",requires that the -
idea should precede its representative object or sign;;:
that is, the meaning, of a word should be understood,
by the child before he is expected to learn its. sign,,
the written or printed word. He is taught the. idea,
of the number two before the figure 2 is written. as
the sign of that number.
Arithmetic consumes less time in school than for-
merly. A portion of this time is saved by omitting
some subjects which are very rarely needed in mer-
cantile transactions. When demanded, they may be
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easily mastered by the enterprising and industrious
student. Practical problems are used for drill, thus
saving time once expended on intricate exercises.
In the Iowest grades, the numbers are taught by
studying each number by itself, as a whole, and as
made up of parts. All the combinations with refer-
ence to it are mastered before passing to the next num-
ber. By this method a solid foundation is laid for
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, In
fact, all these operations are carried along together.
The entire work is largely objective. The child
begins with numbers of objects. Blocks, splints,
pebbles, beans, etc., are in constant use. As soon as
the idea of number is formed, the figure is taught
as a sign of the number, just as the word is taught as
the sign of an idea. Decimals are taught by grouping
blocks or splints in tens, hundreds, etc. Operations
upon numbers are actually learned by combining and
separating and comparing several objects. Fractions
are learned by separating numbers of objects and
afterwards single objects into parts.
Commercial arithmetic is taught by using actual
business papers, and the work in interest and bank
discount is based upon such papers. Pupils are re-
quired to draw up correct business forms, such as
checks, drafts, promissory notes, etc., and to show
how they are used and transferred in business
transactions.
It will be perceived that this method introduces the
parts of the subject, in its elements, at an early date,
and the topics are gradually unfolded in the child's
mind.
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The subject of fractions, which used to be left till
the pupil had been in school several years, is now
taught during the very first years at school, and the
children work with whole numbers and fractions
while lessons are being given.
The ideas of pint and quart, of inch and foot, etc.,
are taught as soon as the child has learned a few of
the smaller numbers, so that they add these measures
as readily as they combine one splint and two splints.
The mathematical imagination of the pupil may be
cultivated by representing the problem graphically, as
far as practicable, by drawing or diagram, and turn
what would be abstract and vague into visible reality.
Such a practice relieves the monotony and mechanical
nature of the work.
The method thus set forth abolishes the learning of
rules by rote. The pupil is encouraged and even re-
quired to explain his operations in his own words.
This requirement greatly assists in the attainment of
fluency and precision of statement. It also stim-
ulates to intelligent work, instead of a blind and un-
thinking adhesion to rules not comprehended.
It will be seen that the principle, everywhere obvi-
ous in this "new education," seeks the subordination
of rules as such to the ideas contained in them. A
general awakening and broadening of the mathemat-
ical faculty, as well as special skill, is aimed at.
When pupils leave our grammar schools, not partic-
ular individuals, blessed with excellent mental gifts,
but all bear away quite as much arithmetic as they
will need in the transaction of business affairs.
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SPELLING.
It may be of interest to note bow the same princi-
ple applies to spelling.
Spelling is acquired chiefly by writing. Merely
naming the letters of a word in their order is not .
thought to lead to correct spelling, consequently,
regular oral exercises in this study are not prac-
tised.
The spelling of a word succeeds the idea conveyed
in that word. Children should not be required nor
expected to spell words whose meaning and use they
do not understand; otherwise, the work becomes
meaningless and irksome.
As soon as the pupil learns the words put on the
blackboard, he is furnished with nate and pencil and
begins to write the sentences he reads. Every day
this practice goes on, the words being selected from
the reading lesson. As may be inferred, most of the
writing is in sentences, so that two purposes are sub -
served, though spelling is subordinated to the impor-
tant art of correct expression. Spellers may be used
in the higher grammar grades, to further the acquisi-
tion of a more extensive vocabulary. Small diction-
aries should also be freely used by these grades, to
assist the pupil in mastering an exact and definite
knowledge of the meaning of words.
%Vere it desirable, the methods adopted in other
branches night be set forth. The methods already
outlined indicate, though somewhat imperfectly, the
nature of the methods in use with ns, or such as ex-
perienced and able educators believe may be most
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wisely employed. When a visitor hears a pupil
glibly and with evident complacency recite with sur-
prising exactness the words of the text -book, some-
thing must be wrong in that school. On the contrary,
wherever one perceives the pupils are thoughtfully
and seriously questioning, in their search after rea-
sons and principles, meagre results can scarcely follow.
To secure much that is best, the teaching should
be chiefly topical. The topical plan, however, must
be used to systematize and harmonize, else it may end
in the accumulation of a great amount of ill-assorted
odds and ends of information of little practical value.
Only careful study and preparation on the part of
the teacher can accomplish satisfactory results. The
more completely schools are graded, the more valua-
ble become the effects of the new system, or, in fact,
any system of education.
WRITING.
The attention paid to writing has been dwelt upon
in previous reports. The greatest improvement in
this branch is observable in the primary grades. The
reason is evident. It is usually less difficult to teach
beginners than to reform long -settled bad habits of
penmanship. Besides, children of the lowest grades
are not repelled by the long and careful drill neces-
sary to secure neat and well -formed letters, as the
pupils of more advanced grades are. Miss Mul]iken's
school, comprising but one grade, and, therefore, fur-
nishing a better opportunity for all the work of that
grade, is illustrating the good effects of persistently
pursuing a carefullystudied method. In no other
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department of school work is the value of method
more strikingly exemplified than in writing. As has
been urged before, however, there is still too great a
tendency to remit sufficient drill in the rudiments of
this branch of education.
READING.
Reading continues to be carried forward on the
principle and method outlined in a previous report.
The schools exhibit various degrees of excellence in
reading, as may be expected, since the time possible
to be given to the subject by the different teachers is
not the same. There has been no backward move-
ment anywhere. A readier grasp of the meaning of
sentences and much more intelligent expression are
noticeable; add to this the fact that a good reader
is enabled more quickly than a poor one to grasp the
meaning of all ideas whose explanation he seeks in
books. Teachers err in setting the members of a
class to watch for small mistakes in pronunciation or
in the substitution of a word for the one in the book,
when the attention of the pupil should be turned upon
the ideas and their proper expression. A pupil may
pronounce every word in a paragraph faultlessly, and
be almost utterly ignorant of the subject -matter.
LANGUAGE.
Training in language to the end that pupils may
clothe their thoughts in correct and appropriate
English is receiving all the care that can justly be
bestowed upon it.
The pupils are acquiring the habit of talking and
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writing on the subjects of study at school with as
much ease and fluency as they talk or write about
their interests outside of the school -room. It is not
to be inferredthat we are attempting to make every
boy and girl an orator or author. The endeavor is,
as stated, to train pupils to fluency and exactness of
language in the oral or written expression of their
ideas. It may he affirmed that the results thus far
achieved testify that creditable effort has been pat
forth in this direction.
As has been remarked elsewhere, the fruitage of
all this training does not display itself immediately.
The principle of the method becomes wrought into
the mental habits of the child and leads to far higher
attainments than the recitation method, pure and
simple, as of old, could produce.
OTHER WORK.
The topical method of recitation is practised in the
study of history and geography, and the work being
done will be found satisfactory in many particulars.
If anywhere adverse criticism may justly have place,
it will certainly appear that the study has not been
marked out and directed with so much discrimination
as the topical method demands it should be. This
method, in the case of these two subjects, cannot be
insisted on too strenuously. Space will not permit
even a brief sketch of such a course as has been
recommended. While the work accomplished in
each study may vary slightly from that of last year,
still there has been no retrogression as a whole.
Decided progress is apparent in particular instances,
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and the sum total will, it is believed, in your judg-
ment, leave a gratifying balance on the side of the
teachers, on whom devolve responsibilities so exact-
ing and pressing.
TARDINESS AND ABSENCE.
Heretofore attention has been directed to the im-
portance to all concerned of constant attendance on
school duties. Some absences are, from the nature
of things, unavoidable. Even then absence is a great
evil, considered with reference to school work.
Mr. Dickinson, Secretary of the State Board of
Education, says: "It is very important that the chil-
dren shall be prompt and constant in their attendance.
Irregularity in this will naturally result in the forma-
tion of bad habits. As the work of the school is
progressive, if a pupil by his tardiness or absence
loses a part, he will lose not only that part but, in
some measure, that which follows also. Children who
find themselves behind their classmates frequently
become discouraged and confused in their work, by
attempting to do that for which they have not suffi-
cient preparation.
'If the teacher spends time in assisting the irregu-
lar attendant to recover what he has lost, or delays
the class that all may go on together, the school re-
ceives an injury. For these reasons, every faithful
teacher reduces the tardiness and absence in his
school to the least possible amount.
cc In enforcing the rules relating to attendance, the
teacher should first ascertain the cause of the failure
to obey them If the absence is due to the voluntary
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and persistent acts of the child, the school authorities
should apply the remedies directly to him; if it is
due to the requirements of parents or guardians,
they are to be made responsible. Should the cause
of absence be a providential one, over which neither
the parent nor the child has any control, they should
suffer no other loss than that which is inseparably
connected with the absence itself. Sickness of the
pupil or of the family may make absence excusable.
In such instances the school authorities should not
treat a failure in 'attendance as a violation of their
rules. But voluntary and inexcusable absence or
tardiness of those required, by law to be in school
should be considered a serious offence against the
good order of the school, the vital interests of the
child, and the well-being of the Commonwealth.
" Rules have been decided to be reasonable that for-
bid a child to be absent for work, or pleasure, or for
avoiding some school exercise not in harmony with
his ideas of what is agreeable, or because he chooses
to be absent. A persistent violation of these rules
has sometimes been punished with expulsion from
school, and the courts, by their decisions of eases
brought before them, have affirmed the propriety of
the rules and the methods employed to prevent their
violation."
EQUIPMENT OF SCHOOLS.
Each year additions are made to the needful appli-
ances of the various schools, in the way of maps,
books of reference, supplementary reading, etc., so that
the means for a more comprehensive view of the dif-
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ferent subjects is opened to all our pupils. Nothing
is more fatal to scholarship and liberal views and
sentiments than for a pupil to quit school with the
impression that all knowledge of the subjects he has
studied is comprised within the covers of the books
he has used. •When he has become impressed with
the fact that every avenue of learning is practically
endless, his future progress, if he is zealous and pains-
taking, will prove commendable.
CONCLUSION.
When it is considered that, with the exception of
one class, primary grade, the schools of Lexington
are not so graded as to yield the most satisfactory
outcome of the care and labor expended on them,
still it is gratifying to note that they compare favor-
ably with schools in those communities which main-
tain a carefully graded system. It is to be hoped
that the attainment of properly graded schools will
soon be deemed desirable and feasible for this town.
It must, moreover, be remembered that the most
efficient system of schools is the prodnet of years of
thoughtful care and labor.
In closing, it affords ane great pleasure to express
my obligations to teachers and to the members of the
committee for their sympathy and cordial support in
our common work.
Respectfully submitted,
J. 11 i. HAM,
Superintendent of Schools.
CONTENTS.
List of Town Officers for 1889-90 .
Lexington Town Records for 1889-90 . .
Warrant for a Town Meeting, March 4, 1889
Warrant for a Town Meeting, Aug. 10, 1889
SeIectmen's Report .
Town Treasurer .
Town Buildings
Guide -Boards
Street Lights .
Board of Health
Almshouse . .
Property at Almshouse, Jan. 1, 1890
Police . .
Liquor Law .
Police Station
Highways .
Main Street .
Highway Department Property
Tax Collector's Report .
Town Treasurer's Report
Statement of Town Debt .
Report of Cemetery Committee .
Report of Treasurer Cemetery Trust Fund
Town Clerk's Report .
Births and Marriages .
Deaths . .
Sale of Town Histories .
Dogs .
List of ,furors .
Fire Engineers' Report .
Assessors' Report .
Cary Library ---Trustees' Report
Cary Library—Treasurer's Report
Bridge Charitable Fund . .
Report of Trustees of Gawmell Legacy .
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Auditors' Report .
Schools . .
High School .
Hancock School
IHoward School .
Adams School
Franklin School .
Common to all Schools .
Tidd School .
Warren School
Summary .
Support of the Poor
Outside Poor . .
Highways . . .
Contingent Grant .
Fire Department .
Street Lights . .
State Aid .
Constables and Pollee
Land Damages on Main Street
Interest . .
Ringing Bells .
Fuel and Lights for Town and Village Halls
Water Supply .
Hydrants
Celebrating 19th April .
Memorial Day . . . . . .
Selectmen in their Various Capacities .
Temporary Loans . .
School Committee . .
Treasurer Cary Library .
Printing. .
Gammell Legacy .
Printing By -Laws .
Ceinetery .
Telephone for Fire Department
Drainage Survey .
Superintendent of Schools •
Auditors . .
Cary Library _ .
Librarian Gary Library .
Reading -Room at East Lexington
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Auditors' Report --Continue&
Janitors Town and Village Halla . 79
Improvement of Cemetery 79
Assessors . . 79
Industrial Teaching . 79
Care of the Common . 80
Registrars of Voters . . 80
Town Hall Improvements (Masonic Hail) 80
Treasurer and Collector . 80
Town Clerk . . 81
Sprinkling Streets . 81
Town Debt . 81
State Tax 81
County Tax . . 81
Concrete Sidewalks 82
Recapitulation . 82
Cemetery Trust Funds . 82
REPORTS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT.
Report of the School Committee 3
Roll of Honor . . . 6
Tabular View of Schools, etc.. 9
Superintendent's Report. 10
The New Education 10
Arithmetic 11
Spelling . 14
Writing . 15
Reading . 18
Language 16
Other Work 17
Tardiness and Absence . 18
Equipment of Schools . 19
Conclusion . . 20