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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1855-1856 Auditors Report .c-'*'-Pri, ,8',, _.14- • ....770.,,k,M ----. k,„ .E, ii...__4A''.\•:?-. 9-.oc-a . , - ,9- 1E,`-92'Z, . -:,,. (,,.. , ,-,. _.__ __:_„__,...-_...,-,.., ,____, 7-e(7)}, ve13,72 4c.-/i IA 9 ACD1TDRS REPORT 14 _., g - OF THE li Eli Clj 04creipts anb' (ftpcnbiturt5 pod )__,. -, . :Ili ' OF TELE r' ?)-il..%;1 ii e- -," go, `t,,0 A tice,i. TOWN OF LEXINGTON, ►� � FOR THE YEAR 1855-6. d i Li o� y� /i --►..�'e-� I" 4 q CHARLESTOWN:• PRINTED BY CALEB RAND & CO, . It 4.r No. 48 Main Street. 1 8 . 6*,__,.4 . �l:arr 0 S , .•• rt&d• '( I lJ( a,or 'J •o ` • t. j ( t . THF ktu r,„ _ AGDTTUR'S R t OF THE I i Attexpis a II b' 6xpEnotiurts 4, -, ,t ,, ,,,, ,,, ,.,1 ,,,, ,,, 4, A ,,,, , ,, K TOWN OF LEXINGTON, FOR THE YEAR 1855-6. s., t A ig Y r1•. CHARLESTOWN PRINTED BY CALEB RAND & CO., No.48 Main Street. . 1856. il 7 -, 4 r. REPORT . ii f , ., Expenses of Town Officers. TOWN CLERK. Paid Albert W. Bryant,for services as Town Clerk, $20 00 Postage and Express, 1 45 , For recording 13 marriages, 10c 1 30 do 33 deaths 5c 1 65 do 42 births,)20c 8 40 $32 80 ' SELECTMEN. '' Paid Joel Viles for 33 1-2 days, $2, 67 00 For attending 27 evening meetings of Se- lectmen, 13 50 fr $80 50 Isaac N. Damon for 21 days at 2,50 52 50 i,' For attending 26 evenings, 13 00 Services as Secretary for Selectmen, 15 00 Services appointing Pound Keeper, 1 00 1 Cash paid for copy of Laws and Resolves, 25 1-2 day with horse, County Corn. to Woburn, 1 75 Postage Stamps, 50 . �, Stationary and notifying Surveyors, 2 20 ii , Raising flag for Cattle Show and 22d Feb. 4 00 $90 20 . r Alonzo Goddard, for 11 days at 2,00, 22 00 Attending 22 evenings, 11 00 $33 00 ASSESSORS. 1,", Paid Jona. S. Parker for 44 1-2 days, 2,00, 89 00 For use of horse and buggy 41-2 days, 2,00, 9 00 _ i Amount carried forward, $98 00 5 Amount brought forward, $98 00Support of Schools. Expenses to Boston three times, 60c 1 80 HIGH SCHOOL. For book and pencil, 3 00 For stationery, 50 , , Paid George W. Dow, for teaching 16 2-5 weeks, P. W. Chandler for advice, 5 00 - at $800 for forty-four weeks, 298 18 C. K. Darling, bill of Books, 14 12 H. O. Whittemore, for teaching twenty-six weeks, at $800 for forty-four weeks, 472 72 $122 42 School Committee for broom, 37 Wm. H. H. Reed, for 18 days, 2,00, 36 00 , , For cleaning school room and privys, 1 00 Billings Smith, for 29 3-4 days, 2,00, 49 00 Ink, stationery and postage, 2 05 Advertising, 5 50 CONSTABLE. Cleaning Town Hall, 3 25 Notifying nine different persons, at 50c 4 50 C i Removing seats, 3 00 Distributing School Reports, 4 00 Moving blackboards, 50 Distributing Auditor's Reports, 4 00 - Arthur F. Gould, for taking care of school Distributing Laws and Resolves, 5 00 room twenty-eight weeks, at 75c 21 00 Notifying Selectmen to draw Jurors, three times, 3 00 Wellington Brothers for five tons of coal, 38 00 Notifying five Town Meetings,and attendance, 35 00 For putting in coal, 1 25 S55 50 Two baskets charcoal, 75 SEXTON. . , School Committee, one box crayons, 75 One bottle of Ink 25 Paid Oliver W. Kendall, for attending 33 funerals, 33 00 'k- Thermometer, 1 00 1+¢' Recording 33 deaths, 3 30 ��� Six baskets charcoal, 2 25 $36 30 I. N. Damon, painting blackboards, 1 00 ', TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. O. W. Kendall, moving seats, 3 00 Paid Jonas C. Wellington, 99 00 A. Goddard, fixing stove pipe, 50 Blank Books, 1 25 One broom, 38 (,' Expenses and time to pay notes and interest, , , One brush, 50 State and County Tax, 7 00 A. Goddard, stove pipe, 14 25 i ) A. Goddard, 6 pounds zinc, 75 $107 25 O. W. Kendall,for 1 1-2 days moving setees, COLLECTOR FOR 1854. and taking care of fire, 2 25 Paid Andrew Wellington, 140 00 $874 45 AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS. CENTRE DISTRICT, Paid Horace B. Davis for five days services, 10 00 Billings Smith for four days services, 8 00 „ I. B. SMITH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. Stacy & Richardson, for printing Reports, 30 00 Paid Kate Whitman, for teaching 3 weeks 3 days, 19 80 Express, 134” Mary F. Barnes for teaching three weeks, 16 50 $48 13 Thomas H. Barnes, for teaching eleven months, 537 50 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Emilie Crafts for teaching thirty-seven weeks, 203 50 Paid Ira Leland, for services, 48 00 Thomas H. Barnes, for care of school rooms, 30 00 Fare to and from Boston, 2 40 1-2 gallon ink, 1 00 E. P. Crafts, for services, 37 00 Two boxes crayons, 1 00 Charles Tidd, for services, 31 00 , , Scholars reports, 3 00 $118 40 Amount carried forward, $812 30 A 6 ` ., 1 Amount brought forward, 1812 30 Amount brought forward, $275 33 Isaac 13. Smith, two brooms and mnding coal-hod, 81 Charles Tidd for ink, three brooms and pail, 1 59 Repairing clocks and cleaningcellar, << cord wood and sawing, 2 50 P b3 00 one-half g, E. Symmes' bill, 1 12 William Wood for three cords of wood, 19 50 Mat, 2 00 D. Pratt & Sons, Clock, 7 00 Charcoal and shavings, 7 88 George Simonds, making fires in 1854-5, 4 25 Cleaning Stove pipe, 1 00 Abiiah Harrington, sawing and splitting 3 c wood, 3 00 Hiring teachers, 3 00 1 $313 17 L. W. Muzzey & Co for five tons of coal, 36 25 1867 36 WEST DISTRICT, Deduct for rent of unfinished room, 12 00 SVM WELCH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE. $855 36 ` ' ti Paid Harriet E. Rice, for teaching twenty weeks, 110 00 Galen Allen, 2d, for teaching 3 13-20 months, 142 50 EAST VILLAGE DISTRICT, William Welch, for care of schoolroom, 14 62 JONAS GAMMELL, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE << wash-dish and dipper, 78 Paid Lucy A. Downing for teaching forty weeks, 234 99 << one cord pine wood, 5 00 Henry L. Chase for teaching forty-one weeks, 532 01 CC sawing and splitting wood Henry L. Chase, for care of school room, 20 00 and putting in coal, 3 50 .tronas Gammell, for procuring teachers, 4 00 William Welch, for one broom and bottle ink, 67 " " broom and brush, 62 • 3. C Wellington & Co. for four tons coal, 29 00 " " 2 brooms, 50 4 ,9. - D. Pratt & Sons for clock, 7 00 " " ink and inkstands, 56 William Welch for crayons and broom, 1 38 " `` dustpan, 16 `c cleaning schoolhouse, 2 00 " `` cleaning schoolhouse, 5 00 $316 45 1-2 cord of wood and sawing, 4 00 cc cchousing coal, 1 00 NORTH-EAST DISTRICT, cc cc ALBERT FITCH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE care of schoolhouse. 5 00 " " inkstands and broom, 50 ,, << << Paid Martha F. Winning for teaching 20 weeks, 100 00 << << ink and pens, 1 51 Charles Tidd for teaching four months, 159 75 pens and stationery, 3 15 iAlbert Fitch for cleaning schoolhouse, 3 00 " " one broom, 25 two bottles of ink and dipper, 57 J. C. Wellington & Co. for five tons coal, 38 00 c: two brooms and chalk, 79 $851 25 coal seive and dipper, 33 taking care of schoolroom, 2 50 NORTH DISTRICT, Samuel Jones for making fires, 17 00 JOHN GLIDDEN, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE '',J. C. Wellington & Co. for three tons of coal, 21 75 Paid Isabella Cutler for teaching twenty-five weeks, 125 00 ' Albert Fitch for housing coal, 75 Isabella Cutler for care of schoolroom, 7 00 - `r one cord of wood, 5 75 George D. Robinson for teaching 13 1-2 weeks, 135 00 " sawing, splitting and housing do. 2 00 George D Robinson for making fires 5 00 $314 19 John Glidden for wash-dish and dipper, 58 cc r, DISTRICT, soap and broom, •63 ' .c GEORGE H SMITH, PRUDENTIAL COMMITTEE ink and chalk, 62 " washing scilooliooiu, 1 50 Y Paid Louise M. Wellington for teaching 20 weeks, $120 00 Amount carried fol ward, $275 33 , Amount carried forward, 8120 00 8 9 Amount brought forward, $120 00 NORTH-EAST DISTRICT. A. P. Smith for teaching fourteen weeks, 140 00 Paid Alonzo Goddard for 54 pounds stove pipe, 6 75 George H. Smith for shovel and broom, 1 12 :c measuring and putting up, 1 00 " ink and crayons, 1 37 cc sweeping schoolroom, 2 00 Albert Fitch for moving gravel, 4 00 cc furnace hook&shoveling snow 75 $11 75 cc hiring teachers, 6 00 NORTH DISTRICT. cc<i painting blackboards, 1 50 Paid I. N. Damon for repairing windows, 1 33 making fires & sawing wood, 13 37 J. C. Wellington & Co. for three tons of coal, 21 75 WEST DISTRICT, George H. Smith, for bell and dust brush, 70 Paid Oliver W. Kendall for 54 days labor on fence, 11 00 cc 3 boxes chalk, 1 50 itcashpaid B. Locke & Son, 3 88 cc broom, 1 bottle ink and dipper 78 " J. Crowley, labor, 1 33 repairing clock, 1 00 cchorse, teaming lumber 2 00 cs gc sweeping and cleaning house, 5 00 " �� Fowler&Gardner,lumber,27 54 getting in coal, 50 t( " J. H. Bennett, nails, etc. 2 20 Wm. Welch for two bolts and screws, 75 $317 34 CC 3 lights of glass and setting, 1 00 Deduct amount Cr. by Committee, 5 00 Chandler Richardson for surveying lot, 3 00 $312 34 $52 70 SOUTH DISTRICT, Paid Geo H. Smith for lumber, 7 8S " 2 days work and teaming, 4 00 Repairs of School-houses. << 6 lbs. nails, 33 15 lights of glass, 2 42 CENTRE DISTRICT. ll hours labor, 75 " 2 locks and putting on, 1 50 Paid Isaac B. Smith for putting in seats, 3 12 $16 88 Isaac B.Smith for varnishing doors&setting glass, 1 50 I. N. Damon for repairing windows, 1 05 " painting blackboards, 1 00 Roads and Bridges. 6 67 Paid Charles A. Butters for 26 days labor, a. 1.50, 39 00 c, 2 horses and 1 cart 25i days, 50 50 EAST VILLAGE DISTRICT, James Conway for 25 days labor, 31 25 Paid Isaac Butrick for repairs on schoolhouse, 9 00 John O'Neil, 254 31 87 Jonas Gammell for setting glass, S7 M. C. Gurk, 25 `, 31 25 D. Collins, 25 << 31 25 Charles Butters, for grading schoolhouse yard. 9 75 M. Hayes, 25 4: 31 25 Oliver Brown, for painting blackboards and set- J. Corting, 4l " 5 62 ting glass, • 2 00 Wm. H. Smith for powder and Ilisc, 42 Jonas Gammell for cash paid A. Goddard, 59 J. Gammell for ox work, 75 tg repairing pumps, 75 A. W. Bryant, sharpening tools, 1. 25 CC cash p'd Wm. Locke for repairs, 2 30 John A. Russell ,, 4S S. A. Davis for repairing cart, 3 62 $25 26 Amount carried forward, $258 51 10 , , - • 11 Amount brought forward $1047 I9-2 Amount bro fight forward, $258 51 s Oliver W. Kendall for repairing bridge, 1 00 Nath'l Flint for repairing cart, 3 28 " horse, 50 Reed & Davis for toothed hoe, 1 25 cccasho J. Wyman, 25 Eli Simonds for 30 days labor, 60 00 Peter Wellington for 2 days labor on load, 2 00 ,‘ 12 days use of oxen, 15 00 E. F. Hodges, land damages on Bucks Hill road, 250 00 `c 1530 lbs. hay, 18 49 s J. Wyman, '< GC 100 00 cc pick handles, dipper, powder&fuse,- Teel for Drain stone, 7 50 cc getting scraper, 50 1. N. Damon for stakes used oBucks Hill road, 20 44coveringstones and laying, 4 75 , N.ccsettingmonuments, 3 00 cc 150 days labor, 187 50 Ebenezer Garmon for teaming tone, 5 00 " interest on money to buy oxen, 2 73 Jonas C. Harrington for repairing bridge, 1 50 Wm. Gleason for blasting, 1 25i ' ` Charles Harrington for use of oxen, 50 Webster Smith for plough, 10 00 Wm. Simonds for labor and stone on bridges, 129 00 A. W. Bryant for 2 picks, 2 50 Thos. Cutler for coveringstone, 12 00 cc shoeing oxen and sharpening tools, 5 90 Chandler R.Richardson r sureyingg Bucks Hill Billings Smith for 10 bags meal, 23 52 and Woburn road, 7 50 cc shovels and 2 hoes, 6 90 C. A. Butters, opening sliceway near Mitchels, 3 00 `G pail, rake and cards, 72 cc gravel used on Woburn road, 10 00 Warren Duren for 9 days labor, 15 75 J. Crowley for widening Woburn road, 115 00 George Locke, 132 93 1. N. Damon, labor and fare for Mitchels Bridge, 2 51 Patrick Fox for six and a half days labor,. 8 00 cc horse and wagon for stone 2 50 Wm. Chandler for nine cc 12 00 g ' Charles W. Johnson for twelve " 15 00 s $1992 08 James Pierce for repairing Bedford road, 90 00 Deduct for advance on oxen sold by E. Simonds, 13 75 Nathan Chandler for one days work, 1 25 By labor. of C. Butters, charged to Joseph F. Simonds for gravel, 12 50 E V. Schoolhouse, 9 75 J. Crowley for six and a half days work, 8 00 By cash of 1st Cong. Society, for plank, 1 36 Michael McMahan for four and a half days work, James Whaland for eight cc cc 10 50 , — 24 86- S. A. Houghton for hadlock 20 days, 25 00 c ' 1967 22 Patrick Fox for 5 days work, 6 25 John Sherman for drawing stone, 50 Breaking out ROads. J. F. Simonds for two days labor, 3 00 George Simonds for repairing budge, 50 ' Paid Warren Duren for 1 day's labor, 1 25 Beni. Reed for repairing road; 6 00 Charles Robinson 7 1-2 do. 7 50 lames Pierce, 2 75 Harragan 1-2 do. 50 James Ciowley for making Bucks Hill road, 350 00 George Locke 6 1-2 do. 8 00 64preparingposts and digging holes, 3 75 John Sherman 3 do. 3 75 " teaming lumber, 1 50 i . Wm. & A. Duren 3 do. 3 00 digging eleven post holes, 67 ^ James Williams 23 26 Oliver W. Kendall for teaming lumber, 1 00 George Simonds 14 25 44 J 2 1-2 days labor, 500 s 1 D. Fillebrown 4 07 H.'Bennett for spikes, 1 00 Benj. Fiske 4 1-2 do. 5 35 Hall & Sons for lumber for railing, 16 00 Nathan Fessenden, Ji. 2 75 • Amount carried forward, 81047 19 m Amount carded Lot wait], 873 b8 y 40 • 12 13 Amount brought forward, $73 68 Amount brought forward, $349 22 J F. Simonds 6 days labor, • 7 50 Wm. Viles 4 days and oxen, 12 00 A. 13. Haggett 2 do 2 00 Wm. Viles 1 do. 1 00 Amos Ainger 1 do. 1 00 O'Brien 1 do. 1 00 Wm. Chandler 2 do. 2 50 - Peter Wellington 2 50 S. A. Houghton 15 00 iv. $365 72 Sidney Butterfield 6 00 Michael Clansey 38 J. Q. A. Chandler 5 63 Expenses of' Town Hall. John Smith 1 1-2 do. 1 87 James Pierce, Bedford Road, 21 75 Paid Isaac N. Damon for painting Town House, 123 00 Wm. Hartwell 4 00 " for blinds, 8 98 Eben Simonds 1-2 do. 50 " for repairing the windows, 2 45 Warren Duren for services as surveyor, 3 75 + ‘ " for extra painting, 4 00 Eli Simonds 20 days labor, 25 00 A. Goddard for funnel, 66 " 6 days use of oxen, 9 00 O. W. Kendall, opening hall for 5 town meetings, 6 25 Webster Smith for oxen 3 days, 4 50 cc " upper hall 16 times, 12 00 " man 5 1-2 days, 6 87 " " hall for Catholics twice, 2 50 Andrew Wellington 17 do. 17 00 " " hall for Union Meeting, 1 25 Wm. Lowry 8 do. 10 00 " "` hall for Americans 6 times, 6 50 Sidney Lawrence 15 do. 18 75 For six gallons lamp oil and wicking, 6 20 Galen Aller. 12 do. 12 00 err , F. M. Harrington for moving setees, 38 J. S. Smith 4 3-4 do. 4 75 Manley for shovelling gravel, 50 E. R. Smith 1 80 - Isaac N. Damon for painting, 40 T. E. Cutler 2 do. 2 50 " for setting glass, 40 B. A. Tufts 11 do. 11 00 `` for repairing settees, 2 75 B. F. Locke 9 1-2 do. 11 87 j` for ink, 18 B. Gleason 5 1-2 do. 5 50 $178 40 Eastabrook Blodget, 2 do. 2 00 Q. W. Kendall credits the Town as follows : C.F. Dunbar for one day's work of oxen and man, 2 50 Received of Catholics, $6 00 J. P. Kennedy for repairs on pung, 2 00 Americans, 2 50 P. McGrath, 1-2 days labor, 62 Union, 2 00 Chas. A. Butters 12 do. 15 00 Americans, 8 00 D. Collins 3 do. 3 00 18 50 J. Keith 2 1-2 do. 2 50 $159 90 J. Shays 1 do. 1 00 P. Coller 7 do. 7 00 J. Manley 1 do: 1 00 Expense incurred in relation to the petition for a J. Tobin 2 1-2 do. 2 50 •r• Guardian over Abigail Smith. E. Hager 1 do. 1 00 T. Desmond 1 do. 1 00 Paid Joel Viles for time and expenses, 6 00 ccW John O'Neil 2 do. 2 00 cash p'd for copy of m. Smith's will, 1 00 M.Hurley 3 1-2 do. 3 50 " attend'g probate ct. at Camb.&Conc'd, 5 00 Larkin Turner 7 do. of man, 7 00 `" cash paid witnesses, 16 80 Baldwin Locke 91-2 do. 9 50 " cash paid J. W. Wakefield as counsel, 15 00 Amount carried forward, 8349 22 Amount carried forward, $43 80 i s4 I,. 14 • . 15 Amount brought forward, $43 SO Paid Joel Viles for cash paid I N. Damon for attend'e, 7 10 ` ' Miscellaneous Accounts. cc for cash p'd 0 W. Kendall for services, 2 25 Paid Chas. K. Tucker for ringing bell, 35 00 $53 15 A. Goddard for ringing bell, 35 00 "'i Davis& Farmer for printing School Corn. report, 18 00 Daniel Hartford for 200 split stones, 50 00 T _ I. N. Damon for painting hearse house, 16 43 Expenses of Common. Jonathan S. Parker for taking census, 40 00 Paid Oliver W. Kendall for making gate &rep'g fence, 7 00 1 Baldwin Locke for distributing envelopes, 2 00 " F. M. Elarrington for horse hire for selectmen, 8 75 two gross screws, 92 " csh p'd S A.Davis rep'g hinges, 25 W. E. Coggswell for rep'g Rev. Estabrook's tablet, 5 67 ccC. K. Tucker, horse hire, 25 Loring S. Pierce for distributing envelopes, 2 00 I. N Damon for gate and fence, 160 ' ' O.W. Kendall cash p'd for printing 2500 notific'ns, 13 00 A. P. Richardson, 20 - cc lock to rec'ing tomb, &key to town hall, 1 45 810 22 Wm. Smith for repairing hearse harness, 33 Chas.Brown,monum'nt 4,set'g betw.Linc'n c5^Lex.l 25 Gorham Bigelow for entertamrn't of county corn's, 2 25 John Davis for school books furnished committee, 1 36 Expenses of Liberty Pole and Guide O W.Kendall for shoveling snow at burial grounds, 6 00 Thomas Stiles for monument, 1 00 Boards. C. K. Tucker,ringing bell in part pay for 1855-6, 25 00 Overseers of Poor for 1854, for error in account, 26 22 Paid I. N. Damon for self, horse and wagon one day, Andrew Wellington balance due as Collector, '54, 19 78 to obtain a person to take it down, 3 50 I.N. Damon for railroad fare to buy mast, G0 $310 49 for horse and wagon to get braces, 75 , r labor, paints and oil, 35 73 Expense of Alms House. A. McMahan for one-half day's labor, 50 John Cushing for mast, 35 00 Paid C. Hadlock for serv's from Mar. 12,'55 to do.'56, 300 00 J. H. Bennett for lead, 45 i S. A. Houghton for services as overseer, 30 00 John Butterfield for teaming, 16 63 cc cash paid Hadlock'for sundry exp's, 5 50 F. M. Harrington for horse and wagon hire, 50 lc freight 25, book 62, 2 bus.meal 2 80, 3 67 Wm. Ham for iron work, 1 98 cc slaught'ng hogs$2,past'ng cows $9, 11 00 Henry Mulliken for labor, 13 87 Warren Duren for services as overseer, 22 50 James Crowley for four and one.half days labor, 5 63 cc leather for pumps. 47, wood, 3 75, 4 22 Oliver Hastings for lumber, 29 58 'c shoes and repairing, 6 65 C. K. Tucker, 13 cc cash paid F. M Harrington, 38 Howland, Hinkley & Co. _ 2 20 Jonas Gammell for services as overseer, 22 50 Francis Low & Co. 42 00 T. Hastings & Co., foi 31 lbs tea, 8 90 Mrs. Crawford, 75 c 20 bush. meal 23 64, tub butter 9 38, 33 02 Gorham Bigelow, 4 50 cc 4 bbls flour$39 75, 7 lbs potash 63, 40 38 Ebenezer Garmon, 1 50 cc 4 lbs. salceratus 26, 42 lbs. rice 2 52, 2 78 Joel Viles for four days services, 8 00 cc 4 bush.rye meal, 5 90 John Nelson for four locust trees, 2 00 cc 3 gallons linseed oil, 3 00 cc $205 80 one-half dozen brooms, 1 50 Amount brought forward, $501 90 , tr ..ad I 16 j 17 i Amount brought forward, 8662 41 Amount brought forward, $501 90 ` i Paid Reed & Davis for salt bag 25, nails 12, 37 Paid Jas. H. Bennett (Sr, Co. for 7 bush. Rye Meal, $12 50 ,, basket 56, mustard 25, 81 A. Aldrich & Co. for 97 1-2 lbsbutter 24 12 C4 bottle oil,, 50: 7 Jas. H. Bennett c^ Co. for 28 bushels meal, 35 75 �;�,., Albeit Fitch for 269 lbs. beef, 18 75 ,, 4 bags Oil Meal, 8 80 Reynolds & Derby, meat bill, 35 61 ,, Whips, 20 John P. Men ream, 1030 lbs hay, 13 52 Sponge 6, Pepper 20, 26 Edward Clarry.for 33 days labor, 41 25 ,, Nutme s 30 Cream Tart. 40 70 Thomas Groom for record book, 3 62 ,, Pruning Knife, 56 Oceanus Straw for 9 days labor11 52 ,, Saltpetre 7, 3 Brooms 84, 91 Elmira A. Wiggin for labor, 1 75 14Ginger 12, Blacking 10, 22 Tucker C K for filing saws, 1 34 Bag Flour, 3 20 William l�. Ham for blacksmith's bill, 5 23 c, Hops 55, Axe Handle 25, 80 J. Russell for four pigs, _ 45 83 cc J. C Wellington & Co. for 7 tons coal, 50 75 Raisins 80, Nails 51, 1 31 J. H A. Heald for dry goods, 25 91 Almanac 6,Mop Handle 25, 31 J. Butterfield for teaming, 2 62 Corn Popper 25,R. Salve 25, 50 S. A Davis for blacksmith's bill 2 62 Chocolate 22, Shells 15, 37 Daniel L. Giles for one bushel beans, 3 00 Ink 6, Mustard 20, 26 H. Barker cj' Co for one bbl flour, 10 75 ,t61 quarts Beans, 6 57 E B Mason for crockery, 4 45 " 16 lbs. Rice, 96 > of • ' B. F. Hartwell for hay, 17 53 Fish Twine, 71 J. Cambell for 11S lbs. pork, 14 16 68 lbs. Sugar, 6 30 13enj'n Dutton for 20 lbs. potash, 1 80 ,, Seeds 1 78, Salt 1 40, 3 18 soap, 27 Tobacco and Snuff, 6 68 3 gallons oil, 2 55 Meal Bags, 2 00 Faxon Brothers for barrel and contents, 11 75 c, Soap 54, 2 lbs Tea 95, 1 49 two barrels molasses, 23 19 " Fine Feed, 8 55 L. Nickerson • Co. for fish, 8 50 _ « 4 , E. Symrnes for four pair shoes, 4 8S 1-2 gallons Molasses, 1 95 i three straw hats, 63 " 6 gallons Vinegar, 1 00 - , 39 3-4 lbs. Pork, 5 97 J• l P. Pattee for bread, 3 40; Paid Reed & Davis for 20 bush. Meal 22 15 .1 Whipple for fish, 10 13 ,t Wm. Heywood for labor and lumber, 1 50 « Tobacco and Snuff, 2 61 Wm. Chandler for wood, 28 50 << 40 lbs Sugar, 3 55 Dr. Holmes for medical attendance, 25 00 Matches 17, Lemons 25, 42Oran Nash for shoes and strings, 3 14 Scythe and Snaith, 1 83 N. Fessenden, 75 ,c Rake, Rifle and Stone, 51 Nor $1110 2 2 lbs. Coffee, 30 " Sal�ratus 14, Hops 40, 54 a 2 bush. Salt, xpense of Poor out of Alms House. Pepper 17, Spices 25, 42 Paid J. II. Bennett&Co for goods deliv'd J Johnson, $9 22' CG 1 Shovel, 1 00 Reed & Davis do do 0 17 Alum and Soap, 27 Amount eaiiled fat ward, $15 34t Amount carried forward, '662 41 a 1. ir 18 19 Amount brought forward, $15 39 Amount brought forward, $535 72 Warren Duren for cash paid J. Johnson, 84 Treasurer and Collector, 107 25 `c boots for 4, 3 25 Collector for 1854, 140 00 S. A. Houghton for cord wood " 3 25 Auditor of Accounts, 48 13 cash paid itinerant, 50 School Committee, 118 40 `c exp. on acc't of Isaac Blodget, 8 62 $ 949 50 `c expenses to Lawrence, 2 50 ScriooLs—High School, 874 45 cash to Cynthia Blodget, 10 00 Centre District, 855 36 Value of wood etc., delivered from'almshouse, 37 35 East Village District, 851 25 Reynolds & Derby, meat deliv'd Mrs. Cummings, 3 81 North District, 313 17 Wm. H. Smith for goods " " 20 82 West District, 316 45 O. W. Kendall for funeral exp. of J. E. " 12 00 North-east District, 314 19 46 44 4C " `� N r MsReed, 11 50 ? South District, 312 34 $3837 21 1)r. Spaulding for medical attend'ce of I. Cushing, 8 00 c, " " Eliza Stearns, 7 50 REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES—Centre, 6 67 Warren Duren for cashaid 75 East Village, 25 26 E. Symmes for 1 pair boots oto E. Winship, 1 63 North-cast, 11 75 North, 1 33 $158 21 West, 52 70 South, 16 88 Expenses of Almshouse, 1110 29 $ 114 59 acio- : 1268 50 I Roads and Bridges, 1967 22 Credit. Breaking out Roads, 365 72 By cash received of old board of Overseers, 136 16 92332 94 " for milk, 91 99 Expense of Town Hall, 159 90 c, 3 Expense incurred in relation to the petition for a porkfagota 5 2� guardian over Abigail Smith, 53 15 " and lard, 24 71 '� 44 ,- Expense of Common, 10 22 produce from farm, 15 05 `; " labor of Hadlock and horse, 25 00 Expense of Liberty Pole and Guide Boards, 205 80 " wood, etc. chg'd poor out of house 37 35 Miscellaneous Accounts, 310 49 << Expense of Poor, exclusive of receipts from farm, 1063 27 Town Treasurer, 917 16 $1258 65 $9037 07 Error in favor of Overseers, 9 85 1268 5U Town of Lexington in account with J. C. Welling- ton, Treasurer and Collector. Recapitulation. - r - D . To amount of orders from Selectmen, 8891 36 CC paid for State Tax, 891 00 TOWN OFFICERS—Clerk, 32 8U ,cpaid for County Tax, 1160 27 Selectmen, 203 70 " paid on notes, 5359 03 Assessors, 207 42 e " interest, 794 13 Constable, 55 50 city of Cambridge repairs on bridge, 18 61 Sexton, 36 30 i allowed for discount on taxes, 1181 03 Amount carried forward, $535 72 h Amount carried forward, $18295 43 r g I Ilv • 20 21 Amount brought forward, 818295 43 Amount brought forward, $159 14 To amount of abatement made by Assessors, 323 04 ,c remaining uncollected, 251 44 Heirs of Elias Phinney not taxable, 3 56 To balance in treasury, 712 01 Edwin A. Gleason do. 1 70 _ Michael Conway do. 1 70 John Devine $19581 92 do. 1 70 Cr. By cash borrowed per order of Selectmen 5881 16 Wm. Littlefield do. 1 70 Tax list received of Assessors, ' 13312 46 Patrick McNimm do. 1 70 William B. Trask do. 1 70 Cash received of J. H. Bennett on acct. John Dolan of hay scales, 97 14 dO• 1 70 Cash received of John (Fe, Wm. H. Skin- • Patrick Smith do. 1 70 ner, for rent of Town House land, 10 00 John Gammell do 26 40 Cash reed of S.W.Robinson, grass on Com'n, 7 00 E. J. Cleveland do. 8 30 << ' � B. Pierce wood cut off, 3 00 Samuel . Thos. Greenleaf fordo. 1854, 11 00 John Brown left town before list committed, 1 70 " State Treasurer, school fund, 89 91 . " County Treasurer for services Wm.Wm. Buckley do. 1 7 0 of Selectmen, and monuments on Wal- Doyle do. 1 70 Noble tham road, Noble E. Hill do. 1 70 Cash reed of J C. Wellington & Co for 23 25 John Maid do. 1 70 Colburn J. Wald do. 1 70 use of hay scales, Cash reed of Andrew " Collector, '54 140 00 Antony Webber do. 1 70 James Wren do. 1 70 ,, Settled April 7th, '56. $19581 92 Solomon Cragin do. 1 70 Michael Clancey do. JOEL VILES, William Miller 1 70 ISAAC N. DAMON, Selectmen. John McCarty do. 1 70 ALONZO GODDARD, Patrick Dailey do. 1 '0 1 70 John O'Niel, 2d do. 1 70 List of Abatements of Tax®s by the Assessors. - Charles Sander do. 1 70 Edward Cummings, absconded, 1 70 Isaac Huffmaster, overrated, 4 00 ' Elisha Flagg do. 1 70 Richard D. Blinn do. 6 60 Josiah Locke do. 1 70 Peter Blodget, do. 3 30 Patrick Gould do. 1 70 Patrick Mahoney do. 1 70 Isaac N. Damon do. 3 30 David A. Tuttle do. 6 60 Peter Cade do. 1 70 Patrick,Costlow do. 1 70 Susan Turner do. 6 60 George Monroe do. 88 Michael Fitzgerald, 2d do. 1 70 A. P. Richardson, do. 32 82 Joshua Simonds,overrated 1 98, over 70 yrs. old,1 70, 3 68 Leonard A. Saville, do. 16 50 Qiiii Leander B. Lawrence, not to be found, 1 70 George W. Robinson, do. 33 00 Elbridge Wyman do. 1 70 Reuben Reed do. 19 80 Peter Guthridge do. 1 70 Curtis Capel do. 3 30 John Fogg, poverty, 1 90 Mary Winship do. 3 30 Lewis White do. 1 70 James A. Jones do. 16 50 Joshvia R. Hubbard do. 1 70 Elisha Spaulding, do. 2 64 Franklin Fisk do. 1 99 Amount carried forward, $159 14 Amount carried forward, $269 17 .r 2 2 n.G:J Amount brought up, $269 17 .. INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE. William Kerr, sickness, 1 70 The whole number of certificates issued was 22, Wm. Gleason, highway tax, 1 17 Numbei where both parties were residents of Lexington, 13 GGGG 64 Michael Hopkins, taxed twice by mistake, 1 70 females only " 3 Wm. Lary do. 1 7p � GC males only << 6 Francis Stone, not taxable, 1 70 22 James Stone do. 1 70 The birth-place of the parties applying for certificates, was• Sullivan Burbank, over 70 years old, 1 70 Both parties American, 12. do. foreign, 10. Total, 22 Wm. Elm do. 1 70 DEATHS REGISTERED. Nathan Fessenden do. 1 70 Date. Name. Sex Yrs. Mos. Days Place of birth. Charles Harrington do . 1 70 Jan. 6 Emma E. Crawford, F. 7 Lexington. Wm. Heywood do 1 70 Jan. 7 Charles Hadley, M. 4 3 16 Lexington. David Johnson do. 1 70 Jan 11 Florence Nichols, F. 3 6 11 Littleton. Phineas Lawrence do. 1 70 � Jan. 22 David Wood, M. 88 6 Newburyp't. Ambrose Morrill do. 1 70 Feb. 1 Maria A. Lawrence, F. 10 4 Lexington. Nathaniel Mulliken do. 1 70 Feb. 2 Maria W Minot, F. 9 7 Boston. John Mulliken do. 1 70 Mar. 6 Benj L. Muzzey, M. 14 6 Lexington. Jonas Monroe do 1 70 Mar 7 Mary W. Sherman, F 33 Jonathan Monroe do. 1 70 Mar 18 Sarah Nelson, F. 74 6 Lexington. Samuel Phelps do. 1 70 Mar. 22 Robert Taylor, M. 50 Ireland. Joseph Parkhurst do. 1 70 Mar. 30 Jonathan Harrington, M: 61 9 Lexington Joel Smith do 1 70 April 8 Newell Reed, M 73 Wm. Simonds do 1 70 `'+,„ April 10 John H. Estabrook, M. 1 6 « Larkin Turner do. 1 70 April 17 Jonathan Cary, M. 86 5 Charlestown. John Underwood do. 1 70 May 18 Marshall Tufts, M. 54 Lexington. John Viles do. 1 70 May 15 Sarah Lord, F. 20 Boston. Nehemiah Wellington do. 1 70 July 1 Charlotte Mulliken, F. 7 2 Lexington. David Wellington do. 1 70 July 10 Hannah Collins, _ F. 2 2 William Wellington do. 1 70 « g Aug. 19 Lydia Garmon F. 36 Canada. Peter Wellington do. 1 70 Aug. 8 John Underwood, M. 75 7 Lexington Daniel Kenitson, his son Isaac not of age, 1 70 'Aug 5 John Mulliken, M. 72 3 GG Jonathan Locke, vagrancy, 1 70 + P Aug 4 Hannah Solis F. 55 Malden. Thomas Garmon, died in poverty, 1 70 Sept. 5 Frances A. Cummings, F. 38 Lexington. $323 04 Sept. 8 Infant, M. « Sept 12 John H. Parker, M. 18 11 24 Lexington. Sept. 12 John Skinner, M. 75 10 25 Woburn. Births, Marriages and. Deaths, Sept. 17 Ann Keene, F. 24 Ireland. DURING THE YEAR 1855, IN LEXINGTON. I Sept. 17 Ellen Crowley, F. 7 Charlestown. BIRTHS. MARRIAGES. 26 Mary Ann Keene, F. 8 8 Lexington, Whole number of births, 42 Whole No. Marriages regist'd, 13 Oct. 13 Jane P. Goodwin, F. 43 10 Haverhill. Oct. 1 Lavina Locke, F. 56 8 Lexington Males, 23 Females 19 The nativity of parties was: b The parentage of children Both parties American, 11 1 Nov. 21 Lewis E Keyes, M. 1 Chelsea. is as follows : Irish, 2 Dec 17 Arthur Leavitt, M. 7 Lexington. Whole number 33. Males, 16. Females, 17 Both parties American, 22 13 ,, Irish, 17 DISEASE,OR CAUSE OF DEATH. "" Scotch, 1 Drowned, 1 Scarlet Fever, 5 Disease of the brain, 1 American and Irish, 1 Dropsy, 1 Old Age, 4 Scrofula, 1 GG " English, 1 Unknown, 4 Consumption, 8 Cholera Infantum, 5 g 42 Intemper'ee 2 Appoplectic Fit 1 .Total, 33 l , 1 24 Extracts from Report of Secretary of Massachusetts. The whole number of Deaths in the State for the year ending Dec. 31, 1854, was 21.414. Males 10 710—females 10,558, and 146 was classed as of'uncertain sex. Americans 16.801—foreign- ers 3 595—unknown 1 018. The aveaage age for each individu- al to have been 27-16 years. Six individuals, two males and four females, died during the year,who hact lived to a greater age than one hundred years. Some of the principal diseases or causes of death were as follows: Appoplexy, 153 Fever, 280 Bowels,inflamation of, 189 Fever, Typhus, 766 Bowels, disease of, 195 Fits, 267 i Brain, inflamation of, 255 Heart disease, 467 Brain, disease of 259 Hooping Cough, 265 Cancer, 195 Hydrocephalus, 461 Casualty, 277 Infantile, 1,409 Childbirth, - 183 Liver, disease of 162 Cholera, 765 Lungs, disease of, 106 Cholera infantum, 525 Marasmus, 181 Consumption, 4,611 Measles, 325 Convulsions, 301 Old Age, 1,071 '> Croup, 562 Paralysis, 288 Debility, 135 Pneumonia, - 838 Diarrhoea, 221 Scarlatina, 490 Dropsy, 474 Scrofula, 114 Drowned, 248 Small-pox, 203 Dysentery, 1,159 Teething, 436 , Erysipelas, 122 Unknown, 705 I The whole number of births registered in the State for the - year ending Dec 31,1854,was 31,997. Males, 16,352; females, i; 15,469; and 176 were of those whose sex could not be ascer- tained. 16,470 were the children of American parents, 13,866 were born of parents, one or both of whom were of foreign birth; 1,661 were returned without designating the nativity of parents During the year there were born, in plurality cases,600 children, of these, 312 were males, 288 females 7 cases of triplets. The number of marriages solemnized during the year 1854, according to the returns, was 13,683; 7,492 of the persons mar- '044. ried were of American birth; 4,797 were of foreign birth; 542 were American grooms to brides of foreign birth; 512 American brides to foreign husbands; 340 the nativity was not ascertain- ed. The oldest male married was 94 years, the oldest female 80 The youngest male married w as 16 years; the youngest female 13 These were four towns in the State in which no marriage«as sol- emnized;and seven towns in which but one marriage is registered.