~AL REPORTS
OF TilE
TOWN OFFICERS, ~
OJ.' THE
TOWN OF AMHERST,
FOR - THI':
YEAR ENDING FEB. 15, 1886.
AIIR»RST, lIA.SS. J. E. WILLlAMS, STEAM PRINTER, 1886.
, RULES AI\D REGULATIONS
--FOR-- Maintaining Order in Town Meeting.
1st. The lUodemtor shall preserve decornm and order; ffi!:t.y speak to points of order in preference to others; and shall decide all ques tions of order. 2d. When any voter shall require it question to be determined by yeas and nays, the !\loderator shall take the sense of the meeting in that mal1ner ~ provided one-third of the yoters present are in favor of it. 3d. He shall Dl'opound all questions in the ql'del' in which they are moved, unless the subsequent" motion be previous in its nature j
except that1 in naming sums and fixing times, the largest sum and longest time shall be first. 4th. 'Vhen a question is put uuder debate, the Moderator shall receive no qnestion but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the pre violls question, to postpone to an hO\lf certain, to amend 01' postpone indefinitely j Which sE:veral motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged. , 5th. When two or more happen to rise at once, the Moderator shall name the one who shall speak first. 6th. No voter shall spe~k more than three times on olle question, with0ut first obtaining leave pf the meetjllg j 1101' more than twice
until others who have not spoken shall speak I if they desire it. 7th. All Committees shall be appointed and announced by the Moderator, unless otberwise specially directed by tbe meeting. 8th. When any voter shall make a motion, and such motion shall be seconded by another, the same shall be received and considered by the meeting, and not otherwise. 4
9th. When a vote has passed, it shall be in order for anyone of the majority to move for a reconsideration thereof: and when a motion of reconsideration is decided, tbat decision shall not be reconsidered. 10th. No one shall be allowed to stand up to the interruption of another while anyone is speaking, or pass 11lll1ecessarny betw'eeu the Moderator and person speaking. 11th. Every m~tion shall be reduced to writing, if the Moderator desires it. TOWN OFFICERS 'FOR 1885- 12th. Any voter may call for a division of the questioll, when the sense will admit of it. CLERK, .TREASURER AND COLLIWTOR : 13th. No motion 01' propositioll. Qf a st.bject different from that E. D. BANGS. under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
14th. When a vote is doubted, the voters for 01' .against the SELECTMEN A:ND OVERSEERS: question, when calle,d on by the Moderator. shall rise and stand WALTER D. COWJ~S, ullcoyered till t,hey shall be ~ollnted. LEVI STOCKBRIDGE, . FRED L. STONK 15th. , Individuals while speakiljg shall stalld UDcovered, and • address the Moderator. ASSESSORS: 16th. ~o person shall be pennitted to stand on the seats. MEND ALL W. HOWARD, LEVI STOCKBRlDGE, IVAKEFmLD. 17th. A motion to adjourn without date shnl! be debatabl~ j but a SALMON motion to adjonrn to a day certain shall not be debatab1e. 18th: No person suaIl be permitted to smoke in this house. AUDITOR: HEN;RY HOLLAND.
SCHOOl.. COMMI'ITEE: HANSON L. RI,ED, EKDEWI;~ NELSON, REV. "CHARLES S. W AL , •.
CONSTABLES: W>!, W. SMITH, . ' B. F. KELLOGG, G. B. GALLOND, LORING L. BALL" GEO. H. ROBERTS, D. H, BARtLETT, FRANK L. pmmROY, SYLY ANUS MOODY,
S"~ALER OF WEIGHTS AND )IEASURES: JAMES HASTINGS. ~
ELECTOR: , WM. A. DICKINSON. , •
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FIELD DUlVERS: C. PUFFER, D. S. WARNER, .J . 13. R013ERTS.
POUND KEEPER: J. P. GRAY. List of Jurymen for 1886. I"!I;NCE VIEWERS: ALMON E. COWLES, FRED. L. STONE, W. W. SMITH. Jameson, John Ainsworth, Forester P. WEIGHERS OF COAL: Kellogg, Charles H., 1st. AnguS, Nelson THEODORE L. PAIGE, T7 elloO'O', Joseph 1\1. E. B. DICKINSON, Ball. Albert W. D 1:>1:> , GEO. E. THAYER, Kendrick, (}eorge S. CHARLES A. SHAW, Banning. Levi YV. L. N. 130LLES, . King, \Yoodbridge A. GEO. E. COGSWELL, Bemis, Albion F. E. B. LOVETT, Lawton, Robert ALBERT A. THAYER. Bishop, Henry Liocoln. Rufus S . Biake, Joseph MEASuRERS Long, \Vim ~\m H. OFLUMBEl~: Boice, Sauford Lovell. John L. DWIGHT GRAVES, WALTER D. COWLS, Bolles. Lemuel M. GILES G. PRATT, Marsh, \"illiam 1. CHARLES A. SHAW. Canovan, Thomas Munson, Parnell Chamberlain, George i\1 . Nims, Charles L. MEASURERS OF WOOD: Cbapin, Lemuel H.. Osgood., Charles M. O. D. HUNT, Cowles, A. F. G. E. COGSWELL. Paige. Theodore L. C. A. SHAW, Cowles, Albert R. GEORGE E. THAYER, Palmer, Dwight \V. F. P. AINSWORTH, E. F. KELLOGG, . Cowles, Herbert T. Perkins, Josiah F. H . C. PIPER. - Curtis, Frank O. Pomeroy, Harlan L. ean Everett L . - D , , Puffer, Charles A. SEXTONS: Deuel, Fred. C. Puffer, Reuben G. ASA ADAMS, Dickinson, Noah CHARLES A. HEALD, Puffer, Stephen P. HARVEY WHITE, Eastman, Jbades' A. E. D. MARSH, Roberts, \Villlam L. C. W. Fearing, Henry D. DANA. ~abin, Ephraim Y . Harrington, Frank W. Smith, Charles S. Haskins, J ames ~I. Smith, James P . Hawley, Stetson ~tetson, John H. Howard. l\lendall 'V. Taylor, 'Benjamin U . Hunt, Oliver D. Tillson, David H. Hutchins, John E. Towne, \Villis G. Hyde, Charles A. Wakefield, Salmon • 9 , road at South Amherst and the Pelham hill road. The town bridges h~\Ye remained in good repair requiring no' expense but that of replac ing worn planks and the painting of those constructed of tL'Oo. pow~rfut rains during the year, combin€'d with increased crown of the roads which throws the water into the gutters and streams quickly, developed the fact tha.t a large proportion of the croSS culverts. and those uuder private driveways, were too small to carry the water and pre\'ent damage by overflow. Therefore IDilDy of those which were SELECTMEN'S REPORT. tile have been replaced with stone, and many thl:\t were stone have , been taken up and built larger. This work has consumed much of our highway money in consequence of the cost of ston'e, especially those required for covering. This work is' by no means co.mpleted, and though costly ::ohould be continned, as in the end it will save the road beds from being washed away, In great rains, the ways across To 'l'B 1<; CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF A MBERST:- the center common at their sharpest gl'ade, had been so frequently The Selectmen for the current year herewith sllbm't 'th . damaged, it was decided to be expedient to concrete their side gut 1'epol.t '0 I ell' anllu.1 l' r your consideration. ters. The work was done, and resulted in their perfect protection. There are. many similar plates within the limits of the center district, HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. where it would be economy to perform like work and we wonld recom- . mend that it be done, even if a. portion of the annual appropriatiO!l for SIdewalkS be taken for that purpose. The result of several years use -At the last annual town meetiu th' . of highways and placed ~ ou'" hi!' e ~O" II el~c~~d a Superllltendent of the large road machine was to satisfy the Selectmen that it was an in repair, but as he ret':u'sePd t the lespollSlblhty of.keeping them economical road maker, 'ill fact, that the town could not afford to re " 0 accept the po 'f meetiug the town placed the . tl 51 lOll, at a subsequent pair it.s ways by any other metuod where the machine could be ~m . . m 10 Ie care of the Sel t " ; actIOn on the part of the t' ec men. J IllS ployed. But the necessity of quick aud carly repairs in , the spring, ~ own was IDterl)l'eted . d' dissatisCaction with the method which had as ~n III Ication of made it impossible to work all the town ways with one rnachine j We and therefore the Sele ..... tmelj t . '. h< been pt'CVlOllsly pursued, therefore procured a new and improved one, taking money from the '" OIllCleaset creslo 'bT of the persons appointed to tak h ) DSI 1 Ity and efficiency highway appropriation for that pUl'pose. This served to materially c selected instead of thirteen a~ hed barge of the wOl'k, but four were increase our highway expenses·for the present year, but we are con . . . . ' ~ a een the custom T I fident that it will lessen them in the future. IIldlvldufl.ls the care of all th e h'19 h'wa} s , and bl'ldo-es" was- 0com t lese ' four ~nd the result has apparently justified the wisd < mItted, The result of the discussion which followed th om of th~ cilaoge. WHITING STREET FUND. Selectmen's special rep~rt relatioo- to tI1e . ,e presentatIOn of tl:e thQ hill near the saw-mill-of Le .0D' k. ImplOVernCl1t of the grade of VI IC lOson at North" I ' cated a public opinion favorable to tI. arnlel'st, IUdi The unexpended balance of the income of the fund 1I1arch 1st. 1885 expense should be paid from th ~el plOposed, w.ork, but that the was $,(09.85, Income the present year bas heen $360. making a fund '~o comply with this expressed es::~::nta~il~~~l'1atIO:- ~"'·)highways. available for distribution of $769 .85. 01 tbis sum $250 has been ex ttnlle the undel'-I)aving of M . ,s deCided not to COIl - pende,d leaving on hafld at the ~t time $519.85. nearly all of alll street, and to make tb somewhat expensive repairs at the . t ' ~ orough and wlLich can be expended in accol'(htnce with the will of the testator be Northampton street :Main st t POl~ nfnUl~d, on the hill portion of fore the income of next August will be l'eceiyed. , ree eas 0 HIgh street), the Mountai,u' I
10 LAWSUITS. SEWERS. The suit against the town by Giles G. Pratt for damages pretended The a.ppropriation recommended in our last annual report, to connect to have been received by his driving against a. railing erected by order the AmIty street school house with the sewer in that.. sh'eet was made of the Selectmen at the dangerotls cornel' of Main and East Streets, and tbe work done to the great relief of the peopie residio'g in th~ was tried at the June term of the superior court and was decided in VICInity, and the Improved health of the pupils; the sewer was also favor of the plaintiff. The entire cost to the town was $426,48. connected with tile Tan brook system, to relieve that of Fearing bl'ook" This decision indicates highway law to be, that wherever towns erect The work was performed under the direction of the school committee railings to secure the safety of travelers, howe¥el' wide and perfect who will report results. The layout of another branch to the Fearing the road track may.be, however conspicuous the railing, and perfect bl'Ooks!stem,from near the factol'yof the H.D.Fearingcompan.r to Ileal' the travel~r's knowledge of the locality, if he carelessly or recklessly the residence of Edwin Nelson on Gray street and of Howard Sweet,~: drives against the miring, the town is liable for damage if it is within sel' 01~ Lessy street, bas· been built as accepted by the town. The the highway line. If this is really the law, there is no security to the out.let of the last named system must become a nllisn.np.e in the neal' Lown, but to work its road beds at all fills and cause,vays to the full future unless i~ is carried farther from the thickly settled portion of wioth of the highways, extend all its bridges in the same manner, and the to.vn; but It has accumulated a fund which will be sufficient to build railings on the line of the highway. In the suit of Mrs Lucinda meet such an emergenc}. Several petitions have been presented to Gaylord, or more properly 0; Olney P. Gaylord, against E. A. King t~e selectmen for the constmction of a sewer to give safety· and re for removing trees in the way of improvement at East Street when in hef to the people of the south-western portion of the village, bnt we discharge of ~his duty as Selectman, a final decision has. not heen have found such serious obstacles to the project that we have not com reached, The trial at the district court resulted \ll a decision for the plied with the request. These obstacles are, fi l'st, the distance to a defendant. The case was appenled to the superior court and proper outlet is great, and nearly all the way it mllst cross valuable tried at the June term. The proceedings of this were, to pl'h~ate property; second, the people who desire the sewer could not' say the least, v~ry peculiar. The jilry instead of rendering a verdict open into it without secllri~llg a right of way by purchase. The great for the plaintiff or defendant, were instructed by the court to answer need of a sewer for that part of the town is admitted j bnt it cannot four written questious, in writing, and signed by their foreman . The be secured until all interested in the locality combine in a comprom questions and answel's given were as follows: 1. "What amount, if any, of damage measl1l'ed in money, was ising spil'it and for the puhlic good. , done to the proper'ty of the Plaintiff, by-the l'emoval and appropria tion of the trees men tioned in the declaration ?" EAST STREET IMPROVEMENT. Answer. '~Twenty-~ve dollars." No exp.enditure by the , ~wn has been made during the year to com· 2. "To whom, at the time of the removal of the trees mentioned plete the Improvement of the public land at East Street. Efforts to in the declaration, did the soil on which the trees stood belong?" nulhfy the effect of the work, by cutting down and removing shade Answer, "Amherst." ... and ornamental trees, by driving loaded teams over the new seeded S. "Did, or did not the defendant, when he authorized the land, ceased when the. law of 1885 relating to beautifying commons removal of the trees mentioned in the declaration, have good reason and parks became operat~ve. The peculiar circumstances of this case to believe that he was lawfully authoriied to do the' act complained h~ve ma~e these improvements costly to the town, and have been, and of'1'" Will contmue to be so to private individuals j but they can have ulti Answer. "He did." mately b~lt one res~lt, which will be, to enhance the desirability of 4. ., 'Was the planting of the trees mentioned in the declal'ation the locality for reSidences, to elevate the taste and character of the alltllOrized by the Selectmen or any municipal officers of Amherst. people, and materially increase the sale value of the adjacent private I baving the care of the streets or roads ?" property. Answer. "It was not." ---..,- • 9
\ road at South Amherst and the Pelham hill road. The town bridges baTe remained in good repair requiring nt) expense but that of replac ina worn planks and the painting of those constrncted of iL'on. p;w~rful rains dm'iug the year, combinE'd with increased crown of the roads which throws the water into the gutters and streams quickly, developed the fact that a large proportion of the cross culverts. and tbose under private driveways, were too small to carry the water and prevent damage by overflow. Therefore m~lDy of those which were SELECTMEN'S REPORT. tile have been replaced with stone, and many that were stone have been taken up and built larger. This work has consumed much of our highway money in consequence of th~ cost of stone, especially those required for covering. Thi.s work is by no means cotnpleteCI, and thougb costly t:>bould be continued, as in the end it will save the road beds from being washed aw~l.y. In great rains, the ways across To 1'BI<: CITIZENS OF THE TOWN O}O~ AMHERST:- the center common at their sharpest grade, had been so frequently damaged, it was decided to be expedient to concrete their si.de gut The ~electmen for the current year herewith submit their a.nnual report for your consideration. ters. Tbe work was done, and resulted in their perfect protection. There are many similar places within the limits of the ceuter district, where it would be economy to perform like work and we would recom- . IDGHW AYS AND BRIOGES. meod that it be done, even if a portion of the annual appropl'iatiop for SIdewalks be taken for that purpose. The result of several years use ~~ the last annual towQ. meeting, the town elected a Superintendent of the large road machine was to satisfy the Selectmen that it was an ?f hlgh,ways and placed.upon .... him the responsibility of·keeping them economical road maker, in fact, that the town could not afford to re III l'e~a\l:l but as he refused to accept the position, at a subseqnent pair its ways by any other -method where the machine could be em tne~tlllg the town placed ,them in the care of the Selectmen. This ployed. But the necessity of quick and early repairs in the spring, actIOn on the part of the town was interpreted as an indication of made it impossible to work all the town ways with one rnachine j \¥e dissatisfaction with the method which had been previously pursued, therefore procured a new and improved one, takillg money from the and therefore the Sel,ectmen to increase the responsibility and efficiency highway appropriation for that pUI'pose. This served. to materially of the persons appoInted to take cbarge of the work, but foul' were increase our highway expenses·for the present year, but we are con selected instead of thirteen, as had been the custom. To these fou . fident that it will lessen them in the future. individuals the care of all the highways and bridges was committed: "and the result has apparently justified the wisdom of the eh ao:;:,e.{)" The result of the dlSc,-!ssion which followed the presentation of tl:e WHITiNG STREET FUND. Selec~mel1's special rep?rt relating to the improvement of the grade of tlla hIll near the saw-mill of Levi Dickinson at North Amherst, indi The unexpended balance of the income of the fund ~Iarch 1st. 1885 cated a public opinion favorable to the proposed work, but that the was $409.85. Income the present year has heen $360. making a fund ~~pense sbou.ld be ~aid fl'om the general appl'opl'ia~ion for highways. available for distribution of $i69.85. 01· this stlm $250 has been ex 10 comply With thIS expressed sentiment, it was decidect not to eOI) pended leaving on band at the present time $519.85. nearly all of tiline the under-paying of Main street, alld to make tliorOlJ
·11 10 LAW SUITS. SEWERS. The suit against the town by Giles G. Pratt for damages pretended The appropriation recommended in our last annual report, to connect to bave been received by his dril'ing against a railing erected by order the Amity street school house with the sewer in that. street was made, of the Selectmen at the dangerous COTner of Main and East Streets and the work done to the great relief of the people residiu"g in the waS tried at the June term of the superior court and was decided i~ vicinity, and the improved health of the pupils j the sewer was also favor of the plaintiff. The entire cost to the town was $426.48. connected with the Tau brook system, to relieve that of Fearing brook, This decision indicates highway law to be, that wherever toWIlS erect The work was performed under the direction of the school committee railings to secure the' safety of travelers. howe-ver wide and perfect who will report results. The layout of another branch to the Fearing the road track maY' be, however conspic,uons the railing, and perfect brook system, from neal' the ractoryof the H.D. Fearing company to near the travel~r's knowledge of the locality, if he carelessly or recklessl the residence of Edwin Nelson on Gray street and of Howard l:)weet. drives against the railing, the town is liable for damage if it is w i thi~ sel' on Lessy street, bas been built as accepted by the town. The the highway line, , ~f this is really the law, there is no secnrity to the outlet of the last named system mnJ:;t hecome a nuisance in the near ~wn, uuL to ~vork IL:s roau ueu:s at all fills and causeways to the full future unless it is carried farther from the thickly settled portion of WIdth of the hIghways, extend all its bridges in the same manner and the to,vn; but it has accumulated a fund which will be sufficient to build railings on the line of the highway. In the suit of Mrs Lu~illda meet such all emergency. Several petitions have becn presented to Gaylord, or more properly of Olney P. Gaylord, against E. A. Kin WhateveJ: legal construction can be given to the answers to the questions submitted to the jury, it is plain they were intended as a vel"dict for the defendant, but the case was then referred to an " Auditor" for a hearing. and was beard the 8th of the present month, but no report has been gi,ell to dat~. One sure result of the trial will be to establish the fact, that Lhe town owns the tee of the soil in East and 'Vest Street from the Bay road, north to Aiill River. At 'n special meetiog ueld Marolt 23d, tue town voted to pay the ' $1,OqO reward offered by tile Selectmen in 1875 fol' the detection and OVERSEERS' REPORT. conviction of the mtll'del'et' of Moses B. Dickinson when, the terms of the offer were complied with, and that money for that purpose should be taken from tile sum recei ved by the corporation Lax. One Allen J. Adams confined in jail at Tazewell, Claioourne Co., Teun., confessed the commission of the crime to his jailor with so much of circumstaotifl.1 minuteness as to lead to the belief that he was the real The whole number of persons recelvwg full 01' partial support colprit. He was therefore brought. to this connty on a reqmstion of from the town during the year bas been fifty-three. George Loomis, the Governor, tried, convicted. and senteoced to be hung the 12th of who as was stated in last year's report was being supported at the March. J?istdct Attomey D. ,"V. Bond and the Clerk of Out' couuty Asylum for the Insane, has since deceased, and all the money the COllrt gMTe to Newton lH. Clapp of Tazewell certificates, stating that town had paid in his behalf has been returned to the treasUl'Y .by his Adams had been cOllvicted ~>n his testimony, that the terms of the friends or from bis estate. Mrs. Electa Thayer, who has been sup off~r had been complied with by him, and he was entitled to the ported at the hospital at N orthampt?u for many years, died in the reward, which was paid him and a pro.per receipt given. From the month of February, and we Are now supporting but fonr in that insti time the preseot corporation tax law went into operation, until 1884, tution. Of these one could be-safely cared roJ:. at our almshouse, it has been the custom of toe Selectmeu by authority from the town, '" and would have been' placed there but for the unexpected increase of to use the income derived from that SOl1l'ce to meet extraordinary the number of its inmates by the removal to it from Monson of six expeoditll1'es !lot anticipated in the regular apPl'Opl'iu'tiotl. In that persons, '~ family of Clarence L. Sears, who had a settlemeut in year the unexpected emel'g~llcy al'Ose of pUl'chasiug school books; this town. We have fifteen persons ill that institution at the and a like case the present year in paying the l'ewi1.rd offered for the present time, foul' of whom are children 9f varying ages, from two Dickinson murdel'Ct'. As dil'ected by vote, these payments were to twehte years. They are all boys, bright and active, and it is made from this SOurce and practically exhausted it both years, leav desirable to place them iq homes at the eal'iiest possible day. The ing nothillg ;s a reserve fund to defray unusually large expenditures farm has been more productive than in 1884. the stock bas been required for any other purpose. As was anticipated, alld probably increased, new tools and machines purcbased, and the aggregate intended, the financial statement shows overdrawn appropriations ill inventory of the fal'J?1 property at the present time is more thaD five 1884 and 1885 , though the actual expenditures may have .been 110 hundred dollars larger than the previolls year. An ice-bollse and a larger tllall in predous years: henner}" two much-needed bu ildings, have been erected: the former, LEVI STOCKBRIDGE,} SeZectme-n~ especially, was a necessity in conseqnence of the change which bas W. D. COWLS, of been made in the metllod of managing the dairy . . All the almshouse F. L. STONE, Amherst. buildings should be painted the coming spring, aud we recommend a_ special appropriation for that purpose. The resignation of 1111'. , George Howard as warden went into effect the first of last April, a.nd we were fortunate in securing Mr. Henry C. Dickinson to fill the vacancy. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson have discbarged, their duties as warden and matron with conscientious fidelity and success. The pauper f~mily has been larger than any previous year, but it has been manaaedI:> kInd Iv~ 1 firmly , and with such system that it has appal'ently ASSESSORS'REPORT, been a bappy home to all its members. LEVI STOCKBRIDGE,} Overseers of Poor W. D. COWLS, of Amhe,.st: The question of taxation is one of vital interest to our property F. L. STONE, owners j but they should remember, when making appropriations, that their votes on these make t~e taxes, and that the only duty of as~essors is to apportion the appropriations as equally as possible on the tax payers. Sev.el·al causes contribute to make our taxation beavy; not the least of these is the fact that more than one-third of the pl'operty in town is exempt from taxation by law. The amount this year has been $1,668,611, or $37,711 more than in 1884. The total prop~rty valuatIOn for the pUl'po~e of taxation the present year was $2,789,433, or $15,551 more than in i884. The town appropri ations were $4,729.20 more than itt 1884, which raised the rate to $18.75 per thousand. Valuation of real estate in 18£14, $2,092,630 00 4( "personal estate in 1884, 681,252 00 Total, ------$2,773,882 00 Valuation of l'e::,-i estate in 1885, $2,135,896 00 " " personal estate in 1885, 653,537 00 ' Total, ----$2,789,433 00 Gain in prope'rty valuation, ------$15,551 00 Town tax, $42,179 20 County tax, 3,755 24 State tax, 2,265 00 . Ten pel' cent. addition, 4,819 94 Overlay, 1,298 48 Total, ____ 854,317 86 Tax on property exclusi ve of ovel'layings, etc., $46,183 44 Polls, 1,008, $2.00 each, 2,016 00 Overlay, 1,298 48 Ten pel' Cent. addition, 4,819 94 Total, _____ $54,317 86 16 Acres of land taxed, 15,890 830 Dwelling houses, Number of Cows, 1,101 158 " Sheep, 667 " Horses, Swine, 308 " 418 " Cattle other than Cows, Children between five and .fifteen, 500 350 " Militia; APPROPR1ATlOr-;S. LEVI STOCKBRIDGE, 1Assessors lI1. W. HOWARD, of . SALMON WAKEFIELD, Amherst. For 1885. Recommended for 1886. $8800 00 S8500 00 Schools, 3000 00 3000 00 Paupers! 50 00 50 00 Pastoral duties, 3000 00 Highways and Bridges, 3500 00 500 00 Concrete \Valks, 500 00 1500 00 Contingent Expenses, , 1300 00 400 00 400 00 Fire Department, 1000 00 TowlI Officers, 1000 00 1000 00 Night Police and Lamps, 1000 00 9900 00 9000 00 Town Debts, 7400 00 Interest, 8000 00 1000' 00 1000 00 Water for Fire, . 400 00 Public Libraries, 400 00 1000 00 For School Books, 2004 20 200 00 For Painting Almshouse, ------S4J ,069 20 $37,950 00 2 19 THE WORKING FORCE. Hose Company No.1, 16 men. Hose Company No.2, 10 men. ENGINEER'S REPORT. Hook and Ladder Company, 15 alen. 'fhe Depart,ment willlleed an appropriation o~ three hundred dollars for its support for the comIng year. The EnglUeel'S present the following report of the Fire Depart ment for the year ending Feb. 15, 1886: Aug. 26. The Department was called out by an alarm fl'.om Prof. Goessmann's hOllse, but it proved nothing more tllan a burning The town at its annual meeting in March appro chimney i nO damage. priated for the nse of the Fire Deparmeut. $400 00 July 9. M. T. Starkey's barn was struck bJ lightning and together "Balallce ou hand from last year, 260 99 with the bouse and out-buildings was totally destroyed j loss, $4,000 ; insurance , $3,6'00. $660 99 Dec. 3. The Department was called out to a fire iu \ViIliam The expenses of the Department for the year Kellogg's block, but it was extinguished before the Company was in have been as follows: working order j loss, small. I-Tose Compauy No. 1, $160 00 Hose Company No.2, 100 00 Hook -and Ladder Company, 120 00 INVENTORY OF FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY. Thomas Martin, repair hydrant, 7 25 L. J. :-;pear, thawing out hydrants, 6 00 HOSE No. 1. H . Holland, lanterns, 1 18 750 feet leather hose, $375 00 . Grunge Store, lanterns. 3 90 George J. Gallond, storing engine, 15 00 800 feet cotton bose, 750 00 Chief Engineer, 25 00 50 feet 3-4 inch hose, 7 50 Nozzles, 31 00 $438 33 Hose straps, 10 00 Hose carriage, 40 00 Balance on hand, $255 41 Spanners; 5 00 Fire Engine, 75 00 ENGINEERS FOR 'THE YEAR APPOINTED BY THE Hose carriage, 94 00 SELECTMEN . Spanner belts, 7 65 .. Fire extingllisher, 25 00 L. J. SPEAR, O. P. GAYLORD, Charges for the same, 9 00 W. W. COWLES, H . HOLLAND: Rubber coats and caps, 30 00 R. T. DICKINSON, H. P. BRlDGUAK, Chairs and table, 4 50 W. H. H. MORGAN. ?tL E. CUSH)IAN, Stove, 4 00 !\'L N . SPEAR, H. E. JOa..~SON, E. A. THOMPSON. O. T. MORSE. Total, $1,467 65 20 HOSE No.2. 500 feet cotton hose, $4'00 00 Hose carriage, 91 00 Nozzles, 29 00 Spannel's, 5 00' Hose straps, 6 00 Cape caps, 1 50 PUBLIC LIBRARIES. 50 feet 3-4 inch hose, 7 50 Rubber coats, 8 ' 00 Spanner belts, 7 65 Chnlt's and tables, 9 75 The managers of the Amherst Public Library herewith present Stove, 5 00 their twelfth annual report. The circulation during the yeSt!" jll~t p-Iapf:ied. has been about the 'rotal, $570 40 same as in previous years, 1S. 752 volumes havin~ been drawn out for HOOK AND LADDER Co. home use. The growth of the library has been slow but steady, and Hook and Ladder carriage, $75 00 our tbanks are particularly due to our former towusman .Mason W . 125 pails, 15 00 Tyler, to £I . Heaton,Esq,and tothe Amherst Book Club, for theirg~ner 10 leather buckets, 10 00 OtiS remembrance. Unusual expenses during the past twelve months Axes, b 00 have greatly reduced our means and prevented the addition of as large Iron bars, 5 00 a number of volumes as usual. These particular expenses have been Ladders, 4000 the preparation and printing of a new catalogue, bringing the classi Chains, 10 00 fication and numbering of the books tip to date, the replacing of sev 12 chairs, 3 00 euty-six volnmes, completely worn out by constant use, and the pay Table, 1 50 ment of insurance for three years. The additions on the accession Stove, 4 00 c~\talogue have heel! 126. ',l'hese are exclusive of the '76 replaced. Desk, 1 00 The libmt'y now nllmb~l's 3766 volumes. $169 50 J . A. RAWSON IN ACCOUNT WITH ENGINEERS' SUITS. AMHERST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. Rubber coats, $32 00 Dr. Hats, 15 00 To cash from last year's account, $ 93 85 Cape caps, I 50 " •• Annual fees, 49 00, Rubber boots, 4 00 " Fines, 53 77 Catalogues, 26 60 Total, " " $52 50 " " Donations, 26 00 " " Town, 400 00 Grand Total, $2,26005 " " Papers sold, 08 L. J. SPEAR, CHIEF ENGINEER. $649 30 22 23 Cr. NORTH AMHERST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION By cash paid Librarian, S 75 00 IN ACCOUNT WITH L. P. AINSWORTH, TREASURER. " " Assistant Librarian, 12 00 " " Gas, 5 34 Dr. Rent, 150 00 " " 1885 . Insurance for 3 years, 50 00 $11 97 " " Jan. 1. Balance from 1884, Rebinding, 30 60 " " Feb. 6. Proceeds of reading by Miss Marion " Books, 156 78 Stearns, 13 68 " " Care of rooms, 36 00 March I " Presented by the Band. 5 00 " H 75 Express, Sept. 7. Town appropriation, in part, 50 00 H " 89 70 500 Catalogues, Dec. 30. " " in full, 50 00 " ,,' Stove and pipe, 7 76 Nov. 20. Fines .and catalogues, 1411 " " Fuel, 2 65 $l44 76 U ., Incidentals, 2 40 Cr. Balance to new account, 30 29 1885. $1 50 $649 30 Jan. 16. Paid"for printing tickets, Dec. 30 . Librarian's salal'Y, 50 00 AMHERST, Feb. 17, 1886. I have examined the accounts and Books purchased, 56 34 vouchers of J. A. Ra.ws€ln , Treasurer, and find them correct and a Binding a,nd repairing, 27 60 balan"e of thirty and -NrI dollars in the treasury. ' Care of Library room, 4 50 HENRY HOLLAND, AUDITOR. Fuel and oil, 3 32 Stationery and express, 2 05 $145 31 Balance due treasury, 55 Eil.htnce of Kellogg Fund in Savings Bank, $150 00 OFFICERS OF AMHERST PUBLIC LIBRARY. O. D. HUNT. President. HENRY D. FEARING, Vice-President. O. G. COUCH, Secretary. J. A. RAWSON, Treasurer. HENRY HOLLAND, Auditor. • -BOARD OF MANAGERS. O. F. BIGELOW, H. H. GOODELL, O. G. COUCH, REV. GEORGE S. DICKERMAN, L. H. ALLEN, ~. E . IRISH, W. A. DICKINSON, W. L FU::TCHl<~R, HENRY HOLLAND; EDWIN A. TaOMAS. 25 Paid R. D. C. Ingram, $730 00 H. Holland, 6 76 Amherst Gas Co., 241 71 Lee & Phillips, 50 --S 978 97 $ 54 67 REPORT OF TOWN EXPENSES. Balance, STATE, COUNTY AND BANK TAX. $3,755 24 TOWN OFFICERS. Paid County Tax, State " 2,265 00 Appropriation, 81,000 00 Bank " 1,482 62 Deficiency balance for 1884, S 94 50 Paid James Hastings, sealer, 12 00 Total, 57,502 86 M. N. Spear, E lector, 20 00 M. W. Howard. Assessor, 90 00 Levi Stockbridge, " 70 00 PUBLIC LIBRARIES. Salmon Wakefield, '4 90 00 H. Holland, Au(litor, 5 00 Appropriation, $500 00 Registers of votes, 35 00 Paid Center.. Library, $400 00 LevI Stockbridge, 225 00 North Amtlerst Library, H)O 00 W. D. Cowls, 150 00 --S500 00 Fred j:,. Stone. 150 00 E. D. Bangs, Clerk, 125 00 ----$1,06650. 'I:0WN DEBTS. Overdrawn, $66 50 Balance of 1884, $ 121 89 Appropriation of 1885, 9,900 00 DECORATION bAY. ---$10,021 89 ., .. Paid Military Bond No. 22, S 500 00 n.ppropnahon, $50 00 Stat,e Treasurer Agricultural Note No.7, 2,000 00 Paid E. M. Stanton Post, G. ~. R., 50 00 Franklin Institution for Savings, • R . R. Nute No.2, 5,000 00 NIGHT POLICE AND LAMPS. Agricultural Bonds, 2,000 00 -. --'-$ 9,500 00 Balance of Appropriation of 1884, $ 33 64 Appropriation of 1885, 1,000 00 $ 521 89 ---$1,033 64 Balance, 26 27 LICENSE ACCOUNT. Salmon Wakefield, 26 25 E. A . Davis, 48 00 Balance on band, $125 75 Lee & Phillips, 584 71 Druggists' Licenses, 3 00 81,103 05 AuctioD, Show and Billiards, 21 67 Transferred to Tan Brook System, 192 00 8150 42 Paid State Treasnrer, 75 • Balance, S 911 05 Balance, $149 67 TAN BROOK SEWER. SEWER ACCOUNT. Amount due March 1, 1885, $1,186 23 FEARING BROOK. New assessments, 1885, 135 24 Transferred from Fearing Brook, 192 00 Balance of 1884 on hand, 8 313 03 ---- $1,51347 Interest for 1885, 12 42 Abatement, 35 28 Assessments for 1885, 1,632 00 ---- 81,957 45 SI,478 19 Paid Henry Hollaud, .$ 4 50 Received on assessment, $1,262 73 L. J. Spear, 4 50 From Fearing Brook system, 192 00 Thomas Reagan, 3 00 Due March 1, 1886, 26 46 Henry Clower, 5 25 --- - $1,48-1 19 Daniel \V. Dowd, 3 ,00 Overchal'ge in work, 3 00 Daniel Dowd, 2d., 11 25 Charles C. Nutting, 15 00 • 81,478 19 :Micbael Garvey, 14 25 Balance on hand ~-larch 1, 1885" $14 08 J obn Mol'iarty, 13 20 New assessments, 99 96 Henry Sears, 12 00 Received of Fearing Brook system, 192 00 Patrick Martin, 12 75 5306,04 John Hurley, 7 50 Paid for changing Amity street connections, 31 21 E. P. Whitney, 2 50 M. Garvey, 9 37 Balance on hand March 1, 1886, $274 83 Dennis Scannell, 9 75 John FI"on, 11 25 John McCarty, 11 25 FIRE DEPARTMENT. Nelson Lamson, 9 75 Michael ~1agee, 11 25 Balauce of 1884, $160 99 Isaiah Crompton, . 11 25 400 00 Jerry Scannell, 7 50 Appropriation of 1885, 5560 99 Silas _Currier, 4 37 • • 29 28 WHITING STREET FUND. DETAILED EXPENSE ACCOUNT. Balance on hand March 1, 1885, $409 85 Paid Thomas Martin, 87 25 R~ceived, 360 00 Lafayette H. & L. Co., 120 00 --- $76985 Alert Hose Co. No.2, 100 00 Paid to svndry persons, 250 00 " 1, 160 00 " " " $519 85 L. J. Spear, 6 00 Balance, II \, 25 00 Henry Holland, 1 18 CEMETERIES. Amherst Co-Operative store, 3 90 Geo. J. Gallond, 15 00 SOUTH CEMETERY. $438 33 Balance on hand March 1, 1885, $10 61 $122 66 Received from sale of lot, 15 00 Balance, $25 61 Paid C. W . Dana, 4 00 STATE AID. Balance, . $21 61 $534 50 Expended, WEST CEM,&TERY. INTEREST ACCOUNT. Balance on band March 1, 1885, $224 56 Received from sale of lots, 114 00 $338 56 $22 92 Paid David Whitcomb, $20 00 3,070 00 Paid O. F. Morse, State Treasurer, Paid O. M. Clapp, 13 00 Franklin Institution for Savings, 2,958 47 Pro~or Gray, 52 75 Amherst Savings Bank, 1,527 50 $85 75 Trustees of Academy Fund, 255 21 " First National Bank of ,Amherst, 125 75 Balance on hand, $252 81 ___ $7,959 85 NORTH CEMETERY. ASSESSORS' ORDERS. Balance on hand March 1, 1885, $13 93 50 00 $8 45 Appropriation, Paid sundry persons, Received from sale of lots, 7 50 $71 43 WATER ACCOUNT. Paid M. F. Dickinson, $27 25 W. D. Cowls, 17 60 $44 85 Appropriation, $1,000 00 1,000 00 Paid, , Balance on band, $26 58 • 80 31 CONCRETE WALKS. DETAILED EXPENSE ACCOUNT . Appropriation, $500 ()O Paid Henry J. 'Vales, 82 62 Received from sundry abutters, 249 10 J. C. Reed, 10 30 -~- $749 10 F. S. Ashley, 1 25 Paid J. M. Harris, 918 18, William Hoar, 3 45 Due from abutters, 74 29 Timothy Gallivan, 5 67 Patrick Hurley, 21 81 EXTENSION OF ~lcCLELLAN STREET ACCOUNT. Charles' Fillnemore, 1 00 W. D. Cowls, 111 53 $300 00 Appropriation, New London N. R. R., 6 30 John Fenton, 7 50 EXPENSE ACCOUNT. William Ha'~kins, 16 20 James McCanna, 75 Paid Horace Ward, "$ 3 85 Charles Bateman, 37 35 John Scannell, , 6 25 John Custis, 23 35 P. E. Irish, 49 15 P. E. Irish, 389 59 Dennis Scannell, ~1 18 L. E. Redding, 1 60 1tbry Sb:ukey, 27 00 Flavel Gaylord, 27 75 H. D. Eaton, 21 00 .Morris Garvey, 7 38 Patrick '\7ard 75 George Bias, 114 37 Morris Garvey, 3 75 A. P. Brown, 108 93 J. G. Ward, 11 21 1Il. T. Starkey, . 3 75 Thomas McLaughlin, 93 60 John Haley, 9 75 John Hurley, 1 50 George W. Taft, 225 20 N aney Casey, 31 00 ~eorge Tyler, 18 00 A. P. Brown, 13 13 Jerry Scanlan, 22 35 4ii 00 -_. $37837 George Barton, 16 20 - John O'Neil, 6 00 Joseph Plouff, 16 20 Overdrawn, $18 37 Herman D. Eaton, 205 34 John Hurley, . 69 00 HIGHWAY ACCOUNT. William Pharaoh. 53 25 William Rogers, Balance on hand March 1, 1885, $382 91 6 00 Patrick Martin, 10 28 Appropriation of 1885, 3,500 00 Thomas Shaughnesey, Suudry receipts, 1885, 64 05 7 50 Charles H. Thompson, ---$3,946 96 41 62 David Bias, Jr., Sundry payments for labor and materials, 4·,202 85 17 25 Jerry Dowd, 7 50 C. A. Shaw, 391 81 Overdrawn, $255 89 If 32 33 Paid L. J. Spear, $4 95 Paid Dwight Baker, $27 37 James Clows, 8 55 E. A. Davis, 5 00 Asa Adams, 226 70 '3. H. Haskins, 13 07 Charles A. Heald, 9 00 H. A. Parsolls, 6 75 Henry Adams, 9 00 James M . Haskins, 3 00 Michael McGrath, 3 00 Henry Holland, 14 26 Chfl.r1es F. Parents, 40 12 M. F . Dickinson, . 3 00 Thayer & Co., 1l 64 1'. J. Thurston, 6 60 F. O. CUl'tis, 133 30 Charles C. Moore, 31 95 Oscar Pettingill, 18 B4 F. L. Stone, 94 32 22 50 3 00 Daniel Cashman, , N. L. HaJ'iow, John Chandler, 15 00 O. P. Gaylord. 43 12 Chester 'V ill iams, 164 14 L. M. Dickinson, 6 75 Edmund Hastings, 13 28 John Scannell, 6 06 F. L. Stone", 6 53 :Micbael Magee, 4 87 Nelson Lamson, 3 30 S.D. Kellogg, 45 09 Austin Eastman, 19 85 Micbael Britt, 15 00 'V. A. Dickinson, 6 00 Dennis Scannell, .12 58 Edmund HobaTt, 70 65 Charles C. Nutting, 1 50 D. W. Adams, 22 00 Fred Harlow. 15 60 Sumner Frink, 12 00 George C. Fi tch, 4 68 E. B. Lov~tt, 14 15 · Wm. IV. Hnnt, 61 45 Alonzo Dutton, 9 25 Helll'y Feeney, 5 70 Lewis H. Taylor, 3 75 S . W. Moore, 4 02 E . T. Sabin, 9 38 A. C. Marshal, 18 18 John J\ioriarty, 75 Lee & Phillips, 25 21 H. D. Dana, 15 56 Jonathan Pierce, 15 00 E. B. Eastman, 33 21 Ransom Cowles,. 94 15 Henry 'V. JohDson~ 2 50 C. W. Dowd, 2 55 Henry L. WIord, 12 50 George E . Tpayer, 1 10 Dwight Williams, 18 50 Wm. F . 'Villiams, 13 05 J. E. Merrick's estate, 21 88 Hiram Moody, 5 85 Dwight Hawley, 33 30 Ja.mes Cowles, 9 95 E. P. Spe.r, 24 75 Lewis Bartlett, 11 89 J. W. Dana, 4 67 Cyrus Humphrey, 27 00 Matthew Gleason, 13 50 Charles A. Dickinson, 41 35 Horace W. Cook, 10 60 'Vm. "T. Smith, 11 69 Frank Hawley, 7 50 J ohl1 Bbodgett, ( 50 E. P. DarUng, 82 Wm. S. \Yestcott, 4 50 Joshua C. Reed, 28 85 P. D. Spaulding, 1 88 / 3 34 35 E . D. Huntington, 10 50 DETAILED EXPENSE ACCOUNT. W. G. Towne. 3 60 W. A. Fales, 121 87 paid John White, ashes, $16 00 .Johu H. Ste~son, 1 92 Sylvanus Moony, labor, 103 85 A. R. CuslnDan, 4 00 John E. \Villiams, printing, 163 35 George 1\1. Scott, 1 87 E. Bangs, sundry supplies. 84 19 Parnell Munson, 3 00 D. W. Palmer, rent, 175 00 Henry E. Johnson, 1 75 Amherst Savings Bank, rent, 100 00 Martin Aldl'i<.:h, • 23 57 Springfield Printing Co., 10 75 M. R. Ensign. 4 00 Levi Stockbridge, expenses, 18 60 \V. G. Munsell, 3 50 Hamlin & Paige, legal services, 125 02 George P. Sbaw, 9 01 '--- Dickinson, horse damage, 25 00 George T. Hobart, 5 00 Rufus R .. Vining, watchman, 10 00 P. H. Williams, 5 32 Joseph McCarty, labor. 2 50 John Beston. Jr., Est., 15 00 G. O. Parmenter, 50 00 fo;pencer Smith', 9 00 George B. Gallond, constable, 53 52 William M. Thurber, 2 00 E. A. Davis, sun'eying, 16 00 William B.. Rose. 50 Henry HolInnd, goods, 12 67 ,Michael Tehan , 3 39 F . P. Wood, 19 50 George W. Spear, 3 00 Lee & Pbillips, labor and materials, 15 45 P. C. Guernsey, 50 J. A. Rawson! repairing clock, 20 00 Dwight Graves & Co;! 3 61 William \\'. Smith, constable, 18 00 M. \V. Howard, 2 44 M. N. Spear, stationery, 2 95 Hoyt Ball, 3 75 M . T. Starkey, police, 4 00 Michael Garvey, 1 13 O. D. Huut, insurance, etc., 56 16 D. H.· Bartlett, police, 4 00 Charles H. Whitings, books, 4 25 Giles G. Pratt, 327 26 CONTINGENT ACCOUNT. Nelson M . Ciapp, reward, 1,000 00 A. W. Barnard, 8 57 Henry Childs, 9 00 Appropriation, $1,300 00 T. W. Sloan, poli,ce, 4 00 Second appropriation, 1,000 00 John Gibbs, damage, 7 00 Sundry small receipts, 82 12 Emery Squires, damage, 1.0 00 ---- $2,382 12 City of Northampton, 4 00 O\'el'drawn balance of 1885, $3 77 E. D. Marsh, snndry returns, 18 65 Suudry payments, 2,550 74 1\1. W . Howard, supplies. 8 67 --- $2,554 51 Paige Brothers, carriage o,f panpers, etc., 9 50 Dr. 1. H. Taylor, returns, 4 25 Overdrawn, $172 39 Dr. O. F. Bigelow, returns, 3 75 36 37 Paid State Lunatic Asylum for Charlotte Hagerty, 169 48 Paid Dr. D. B N. Fish. $1 75 " " " "?:Iichael Canovan, 172 23 Dr. Dwight, returns, 1 75 H " " "Jill'. Frazier, 1"74 87 Dr. C. W. Hall, 1 00 " " " a Geo. Loomis, 127 22 Dr. J. DeVore, 25 '" "H Mrs. Finri, 58 03 L . .J. Spear, labor, 8 33 \Van'en Broad for oxen, 155 00 William 'V. Hunt, 10 25 O. G. Couch for Goodale fnmily, 96 00 Harvey \Vhite, sexton, 3 00 For Hay's child, 12 SO Geo. Graves painting at ~lmshouse, 17 36 PAUPER ACCOUNT. John Hibbard for cows, 75 00 George Smith fo r cow, 45 00 C. R. Smith for oxen, 160 00 Balauce on hand March 1, 1885, $ 411 29 3,050 00 Geo. E . TltayeT for Pervier family, 111 4B Appr~priu.Lion, " " "Hawkes family, SI 26 SI,ll1dl'Y receipts, 612 32 79 50 ---84,073 61 " " "Wm. Jennings, " ,. "1\1rs. Aunie \Vilson, 13 00 Slllldry payments, 3,572 20 City of Boston for paupers, 6 00 South Amherst parish, 50 00 Balance on band, $501 41 W . \Vilber for Mrs. W'-iison, 10 08 H " Geq: J-ennings, 1 25 RECEIPT ACCOUNT. Amherst Cooperative Assoc'n for Mrs. \Vilson, 12 50 Edw.-ard Marsh, labor, 20 16 Received I)f Julia Sullivan, $ 4 00 H. G. Dickinsoll, 296 70 of Town of Belchertown, 97 50 John L. Holly for meal, · 12696 of Town of Granby, 24 50 Henry Holland for almshollse supplies, 3 38 " of sale of oxen, 157 50 J. E. Sanderson for almshonse supplies; 5 IS " of Geo . .M. Loomis' estate in full, 179 "32 Lee & Phillips for la~bol' and material, i6 74 " of Mrs. L. M. Peirce, 16 50 Wm. W. Hnot for labor and. materLal, 36 14 " State Aid, 133 00 Fred L. Stone for stock, etc:, 164 18 Will. E. "Lyman for,labor, 55 00 $612· 82 G. \V. Dickinson, 1 50 New London Northern R. R . fOi' freight, 1 20 DETAILED EXPENSE ACCOUNT. State Primary School for Thompson, 32 72 Uass. school for feeble minded, 69 64 E. B. Lovett for Mrs . Wilson, 10 00 Paid Mrs. Jane Davis for keeping child. $104 00 Town of Qrange for Place family, 37 86 C', A . Shaw almshouse supplies, 7 75 J. A. Rawson, 1 10 W. H. H. Morgan for wood, 8- 50 Leander Merrick for Mrs. Wilson, 2 30 Geo. N. Howard salary, 47 46 C. H. Sanderson. State Lunatic Asylum for Mrs. Holden, 18i 40 7 8? \ D. W. Palmer, 12 24 , " " " "~fl's. Electa Thayer, .169 5~ 38 • Paid Asa Adams, sexton, $5 00 O. D. Hunt for coal, 118 30 A. Cowles & Co., for Mrs. Wilson, 6 00 T. W. Sloan for ~1rs . Irwin, 5 35 F. L. Pomeroy, making ice house, 60 00 Levi Stockbridge, expenses, 2 52 City of Newton, for pauper, 23 38 Supplies for family of Clarence Sears, 15 60 \Y. D. Cowls, for Hall family, 5 00 TREASURER'S REPORT C. E. Hutchinson, supplies, 5 90 E. 0 Marsh, Undertaker for Mrs. Hall, 10 00 "" H"" Thayer 1 19 50 ~ Town of Abington, for Bush cbild, ! 00 RECEIPTS. Geo. B. Galland, removing state pauper, 17 65 Chester Gaskell, for "Mrs . 'Vilson. 1 15 Balance on band Feb. 20, 1885, $2,892 63 E. A. Thomas & Co.; supplies, 12 82 Recei \Ted of South ~emetery, 15 00 ChHl'les Deuel, medicine, 15 65 H North .. 7 50 Dr. O. F. Bigelow, 19 00 "rest .< 114 00 Town of Monson, for family of Clarence Sears. 76 28 Overseers of the poor, 612 32 , H.el'bel't L. Cae, for Mrs. Pe.l.'vier, 3 50 " HighwaJ"s, 6405 2 00 24 67 Harvey ~Vhite, sexton, " Licenses, INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE. " Tan Brook sewer, 1,262 73 Norman Smith, aged 72 years " Fearing Brook sewer, 1,242 00 HalTi~t 'Villiaros, " 70 " " Concrete walk, 1883, 49 28 Sophia Randolph, " 60 " " "1884, Jl5 48 55 " Bridget Dlegman, ~, " H • • 1885, 249 10 75 EU liice Kellogg, " " Lockup, 4 50 Mary J. Hawley, " 23 " " 81 Contingent accollut, 82 12 Patrick Shea, H " " Daniel Spelman, " 69 " " Bills payable, 11,500 00 George Sears, t, 6 " \Ybiting ·Street fund, 360 00 5 ,< " Frank Sears, a School tuition, 201 75 Samuel Hay, ., 2 " " State School fund, 184 ,30 INVENTORY OF ALMSHOUSE PROPERTY. " " Dog " 292 74 1885. 1886. <. State aid, 577 00 $472 47 Household furniture, $371 28 Corporation tax, 819 48 357 15 354 85 " };4"'armillg tools, National Bank tllX, 1,481 30 Provisions Oll, hand, 344 25 318 00 " Interest on taxes) etc., 176 57 Live stock, 463 00 720 00 " Hay a.nd grain, 273 00 473 00 " Collector of taxes, 1885, 47,549 55 " " " 1884, 982 05 $i807 68 $2338 32 ---- $70,860 12 Gain in Inventory, $530 64 Surplus crops sold from the farm, 416 30 40 • 41 RXPENDITURES. COLLECTOR'S REPORT. P!lid, State Treasurer, 1-4 Liquor Licenses, $ 75 To amount of tax committed in 1885, . $54,390 02 Fearing Brook Sewer, Deposit, 87 56 By paid treasurer and collector. $48,029 83 Connty tax, 3,755 24 " "discount, 4,945 17 State ., 2,265 00 " assessors' abatements, 90 30 National Bank tax, ,1,482 62 " balance un~ollected, 1,324 72 Town debts, 9,500.00 ---$54,390 02 Assessors' orders, 8 45 Public Libraries, 500 00 E. D. BANGS, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. Bills Payable, 11,500 00 Memorial day, G.1\... R ., 50 00 WaleI' for fire purpos~s, 1,000 00 , Interest, 7,959 85 Pao pel' orders, 3,509 20 c Highway H ~,202 85 Contingent (( 2,550 74 State aid, 534 50 AUDITOR'S REPORT. School Teachers, 6,878 39 " Incidentals, 238 83 " Repairs, 401 26 • " Supplies, 638 92 This cel'tifies that L have examined the accounts and vouchers of " Books, etc., 1,258 50 E . D. Ballgs, Treasurer of the town of Amherst for the year 1885, Committee, " 800 00 and find them correct, and a balance in the Treasury of six thousand " Janitors, 349 00 fifteen and N. dollars ($6,015 07). Town Officers, 972 00 Fire Department, 438 33 HENRY HOLLAND, AUDITOR. Whiting Street Fund, 250 00 Amherst, February 18, 1886, Concrete walks, 918 00 N ol'th Cemetery, 45 85 . South " 4 00 West " 85 75 Night Police and lamps, 978 97 Fearing Brook Sewer, 854 40 McClellan Street extension, 273 37 Amity Street school house, 512 51 Tan Brook Sewer, 31 21 Balance in Treasnry, 6,015 07 ---$70,860 12 Payments of Town Debt. ARTICLES . FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, HELD MARCHY1, 1886. Yoar. Agricultural Agricultural R. R. Notes, Debt for Bonds. Notes. Greenfield. Each Year. ------ARTICLE 1. To choose a. Moderator to preside at said meeting. A<:ad ~ roy Fund. 1886 $t,OOO 2000 5000 $ 9,000 ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept'the list of jurymen 1887 .Stale Bonds. 2000 5000 7,000 prepa.red by the Selectmen, or enact anything in relation thereto. . 1888 SIO,OOO 2000 5000 17,000 1889 2000 5000 7,000 ART. 3. To hear the Report of the Selectmen, Assessors, Over 1890 2000 ,1000 7,000 seers of the P~:, School Committ~e, and other town officers, and to 1891 20,000 2000 5000 27,000 act thereon. 1892 20)0 5000 7,000 ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the current polit- 1893 2000 5000 7,000 1894 2000 5000 2,000 ical year. "- ART. 5. To choose an Elector under the ~l'ovisions of the Will of $90,000 the late Oliver Smith of Hatfield: Due Amherst Savings Bank, 31,700 ART. 6. To choose overseers of the distribution of the Whiting Street fund for the town of Amherst. Tot.l bonded debt, $121,700 ART. 7. To bring in their ballots-" Yes," or " No," to the ques tion: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" ART. 8. To determine the "manner of repall'mg the Highways, Town 'Vays, and bridges the ensuing year. ART . 9. To see if the town will vote to accept the lay-out, as made by the Selectmen, of Dickinson Street (so called) from Main Street., near the house of WillialJl Hastings, southerly to the land of Amherst Oollege, at a projected street on the south side of the estate of the Heirs of Lucius Boltwood. 44 ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to increase the pay of the members of the Fire Department from ten dollars to twel ve dollars each. ART. 11. To !'aise such sums of money as are necessary to defray the town expenses for the current year, and make appropriations of the same. ART. 12. To see what sum, if any, the town will raise and appro priate for the public town Li~l'aries. ART. ]3. To se~ if the t~wn will r~ise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to aid in defraying the expenses of Decoration Day, ART. 14. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to petition SCHOOL REPORT. the Raill'oad Commissioners to require the New London Northern Rail road CorpOl"ation to provide depot accommodations at South Amherst. ART. 15 . To see if the town will vote to instruct the School Com mittee to so arrange the studies of the Grammar School at South Amherst, that advanced scholars may continue their Course io it, instead of being obliged to come to the High School at the center of the town. I CITIZENS OF AMHERST:- ART. 16. To hear the Report of the Committee to whom was re As by law required, the School Committee submit the following of 01' :report of the expenditure of the public money, and the condition of ferred the question enlargioO"o the Center Cemeterv• obtailliucr0 land for cemetery purposes elsewhere, and to act thereon. the public Schoqls and School property of the town, for the year end KRT. J 7. ',1'0 see if the town will vote to sell the stock of the Cen iug March 1, 1886. tral Massachusetts Railroad, which it now owns. ART. 18. To see if the town will ,vote to refund all or any portion SUMMA~Y OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1886. of the town debt which falls due the present year. ART. 19. To -see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Population of the town, census of 1880, 4,2.98 Section 64 and the four following Sections of Chapter 27, of the Pub H "" " (State census) 1885. 4,199 lic Statutes in relation to the manner of electing Selectmen and Decrease in five years, 99 Assessors. Number,. of children from 5 to 15 years of age, May 1, 600 ART. 20. To see if the town will anthorize tbe Selectmen to nse , 1885, as reported by the Assessors, 602 any nnappropriated money lying in the treasury to pay deficiencies Number May 1, 18134, which may exist in any of its appropriations. Decrease for the year, 2 Whole Dumber registered in the Schools during the year, 738 AnT. 21. To see if the town will instruct the Assessors to publish " " " "" " " H Spring term, 635 the property valuation and tax list of 1886. " " " "H H " H Fall H 641 H " H "" " " ~'Winter " 639 Whole number 'under 5 years of age, 3 " " over 15 " " " 133 " " from 8 to 14 years of ~e, 390 .'. 46 SCHOOL BUILDINGS. to. From the large stock of cast-off school desks stored in the base ment of the High School the best were selected, re-planed, shellaced These generally were found at the opening of the year in a fair and varnished, and thus, at an expense not exceeding $35, we refur state of repair. Rough usage within, and tbe elements without, had nished the Grammar School-room with desks nearly as good as new, been, or still were' dealing barshly with a few. Desks were broken 01' which would have cost several times as much. From the same source loosened, settees gone or in the last stages of depmtlll'e, blackboards the SOlltll Grammar has been in part supplied witb su.ch renewed defaced, window and blind faste.Dings removed, and olltbuildings, in desks, and the balance haye been l'e-planed and varnished, . The a fe,,- instances, filtby in the extreme. Several, notably the North same is true of the rooms of several o,ther grades. The whole amount a~d South Grammar, and the South East, both upon their desks and expeuded on repairs is $410.26. For the next year a sum consider the huildings, within and without, gave evidence of a diligence and ably larger will be required. One, if not two, new furnaces for the skill ill the llse of jack-knives so marked, that had the time and effort High and Amity buildings will be needed, some buildings will require thus worse than wasted, been utilized in the proper work of thc shinglitlg, and others painting. To meet these demands and the SChool, mueh better advancement in study must have h~en made. expense of ordinary repairs not less than $700 will be required. To put all the huildmgs in g>ood conditioll, and keep them so, and also to snpply all deficiencies that might arise in apparatus for the IMPROVEMENTS AT THE AMITY STREET HOUSE. Schools was at once seell to be impossible, even had the appropriation contemplated so ~uch , as it ObvlollSly did not. Keeping this in mind, At the last annual meeting of tbe town, a special appropriation the aim has been to mak whose reputation has long been other than good, is large and difficuit. defects. But the public as. well as School officials, must estimate Except in summer, it is composed to quite an extent, of' au inconstant, their worth by their prevailing characters. The position of the latter backw&I'd , and turbulent class of boys to whom restraint is irksome, in this regard. is often one of great delicacy. Complaints are often and School-work drudgery. Believing that a firmer administration of made to them which they know are just, still,if the complaints are gO\,~1'Ilm c.ll t, and a greater care for the safety of the newly introduced Dot of a serious nature, and the teacher is on the whole efficient and , closets and wntel' con~niences, than could properly be given by a assiduous in her eDaeav~rs to improve, they are in duty bound to lady, were demanded . the Committee, ill September, placed All'. E. \V. sustain her througb the school. To do less tban this, would be a Colton over the School. The position is one of great difficulty j bllt, serious wrong to all concerned. in the interval which has sin~e elapsed, by the p~instakilJg car.e and persistent devotion to dutS on the pUl't of its teacber) lll11cb improve ABSENCE AND TARDINESS. ment ill the government, indu~try, and progress of the School has been made. These foes to the successful administration of Olll' Schools still , At the close of the spring term Mrs. S . K. Jones resigned the Mill (!ontinue to barrass us, as the appearance of the registers too abund Valley. and Miss M. L Dickinson the South 'Vest School. Tbe antly shows. Aside froIlf non-attendance on account of ill health former was taught in the fall by Miss C. 1\1. Kendall, and winter and stern necessity of other kinrls t far too much of the expense and term by Miss Cora PL'estoll. ::Miss Sophia A . Pierce succeeded l\Jiss working-force of the Schools are wasted by irregularities of this kind Dickinson at tl1e South West. III health removed Miss H. F. Dick that are wholly unnecessa.ry. The inconsiderate and foolish indlllg inson from the City Prima.ry at the close of tbe second term, and ence of parents, for which their children will condemn instead of Miss C. B. Adams succeeded her. These are all the cbanges made thank them, when they come to know the value of the preciolls time within the year. thus lost, is responsible for much of this waste. Absence for a day, or even a sino-Ieo hour. if ahle to be in school, is a serious loss to_ a COOPERATION WITH TEACHERS. child, Aside from the knowledge to be gained, and the discipline to be received from each day's systematic drill, it destroys all iuterest When teachers have been engaged and entered upo_heir work, in study and leads to a l;uperficial desultory habit which will continue they should, as far as possible, be sllstaiued by the sympathy and th'rough life. Again, other parents are criminally remiss in this regard cooperation of parents and the public. '~~ben dissatisfied, or other not from over-indl!lgence of their children. but of themselves. For persons, by sevel:e criticism and disparaging . remarks, attempt to tbe indulgence of their own ease, comfort. passion for visiting. and like gratifications, they keep their children at home, tuus robbing undermine a tencher's influence, 01' w{thout a motive so base, pursue a course wllich can only produce such a result, they little know the them of what is their sacred right, a share 111 the benefits of educa mischief they occasion. Reputation is too valuable and sacred to be cation so freely bestowed by the Schools. Others still seem to place thus lightly assailed, But it is to the School itself that such a course a highex estimate upon the paltry labor of their children than upon is a still greater injury. It interferes with its discipline, and often their intelligence and virtue, and so witbold them from the privileges ruins a school that otherwise might be fairly successful. A genuine which the State by its enactments has declared to be their right. interest in a School will lead its friends to a very different course, and especially will prevent the folly and wrong of injuring the child MUSIC. - ren themselves by speaking again.st the teachers in their presence. It by no rnetl.ns follows because a teacher may have been unwise at Though not positively instructed to that effect, yet presuming from the appropriation of last year and the disCllssion attending it, that it first~ or may have failed to inspiTe her pupils, that she may not soon was the wish of the town to cont.inue the instruction iu music begun retrieve the errol', and win considerable succ~ss. Teachers are but human, and like the universal race, all have their in 1884, the services of Mr, Chul'mbury were secured, and have con~ 52 53 tinned through the year. He has give!! oue le.sson a week in each of FREE TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES_ the scbools 1'01' thirty-three weeks, at a cost to the town of $396. In the primary grades the interest of the chjldren in the exercise has ,Ve hive now made trial of the system of free text book;s in our been great, in the higher grades less, and in the highest, lYith the S 1 Is about one year and six months, and yet not long enough, C 100 10 f"lIy appreciate its merits or demerits. The teachers and exception of those pupils specially gifted in ear and voice, least, and per 1laps, -hTty f verJ small. The teachers have daily given about fifteen minutes'to C itt~e ~pon whom is imposed the labor and reSpOIlS} I 1 0 the omm . Id Ih']', 'te O'enerally decide a drill on the lessons assigned them, and with the year's pracfice, the ' 't to practICal use WOll ,we 10 \., qUi 0 re d UClDg 1 • " I d tl e waste 1 improvement made by the ch'ildren is commendable. agalDS- t 1.-t 'file care iu\"olved in its executlOu IS grea ,anI _ - h -t tempts without an almost super-holUan watchfu ness, IS an If the tuwu shalL in addition to providing liberally (or the Schools to w I11C I . • F r _ in other respects, ,decide to continue musical instruction by ~fr . mic 'Consideration of no inconsiderable weIght, 01' manu ac- econo . d t ay far ont- . ltl'eS like Fall River and Lowell ItS It van ages m Ohm'mUllr}, the sllm of $400 will be required for this purpose. tunng cel 'tl pula - h -t dl-sadvantaD"es bnt for towns like OUl' own, WI 1 a po - TEMPERANCE EDUCATION_ welD" IS,., , , 1 ~ tIOn,0 O'enel" a Ily thrifty and able to provide all needed matel'la11 ' or "All Act requiring Physiology and Hygiene to be taught in the hooi use we deem the law uncalled for. We present ~he fo OWlOg Public Schools_" :~atement of the expenses incurred o'n this account, To meet the . SECTION 1. Pbysiology and Hygiene, which in both divisions of .... probable wants of the coming ~ear for text books and othel' School the suhject, shall include special instruction as to ,the effects of supplies we ask you to appropnate. alcoholic drinkS, stimulants and narcotics On the human system, shall be taught as a regular branch of study, to all pupils ill all BOOK AND SUPPLY ACCOUNT_ Sc~hools supported wholly or in part by public money, except special Schools, maintained solely for instruction in particular Books artd supplies in stock Feb. 1. 1885, S 431 39 branches, snch as drawing, mechanics, art, and like studies. Books and supplies purchased during the. year, 1,208 50 All'acts or parts of acts relating the qualifications of teachers to For purchasing and care of stock'r 50 00 in the pnblie Schools shall apply to the branch of study p SECT. 2. All penalties now fixed for neglect to provide instructio,n --~ \ in the brallches of study now prescribed by law shall apply to $1,,147 47 the brancli of study prescribed in Section one. SECT. 3, This act shall take effect on the first day of August in the year eighteen hundl'ed 'and eighty-five. LENGTH OF SCHOOL YEAR. In accordance with the requirements of this Jaw the Committee The Schools of Primary and Intermediate gmde have b,een cOllti~ proceeded to exchange the text books on Pbysiology then in use, as d thirty-three weeks dlll'ing the ,real', Tile Grammar Schools stIll they would not meet the prQvisions of the above act, for others which ~l e , ',11 bave thirty-five and provision has been made for did, and to introduce the study ioto all the Schools. In the lower III seSSIOn, w . , "'_ continuing the High -School thirty-six and pOSSibly thn'ty-elght. B,) grades it has been taught orally, in the higher by text-book, as either -b - I-t - of a warm friend of the school who has offered method was in strict compliance with the terms of the law 8:S constl'ued the geuel'olls I1 el a I } , , - - ne the eut-,re expellse of two addItIOnal weeks, the by Secretary Dickinson of the State Board of Education. It would • to personaII y aSSlll . Committee are euabled, in their Lack of means from the town, to be pl'emature to express a very decided opinion upon the wisdom of hell tl U-all10 School j'ear ' to tbat extent" toward the, forty this legislative act (~fter so brief an experience of it. It is enough Iengt le weeks which the Public Statutes specify, aud wInch obtallls III by far to say that in some of the Schools the study seems to awaken unusual the larger number of such schools in the state, interest. and in all its results most be beneficial. ' 55 54 be a work of drudgery. A cheerful disposition and the faculty or NON-RESIDENT SCHOLARS. tact of doing little and great things ea~, thus impressing li~e The prices fixed for the tnition of scholars from out of town are qualities upon others, are commendable traits. We commend this faculty to our teachers, which to a large degree they now as follows: posses~. To the generous public we commit the continued care and well In the High School $10 per term j in the Grammar $6 j in the First beinO' of our Schools. In their interest the town has not hitherto Intermediate and the highest .classes in the North and East Interme grud~ed its treasure and liberal support. Let it continue to suppo~·t. diate Schools $4 j and in aU other Schools and classes $3 . For the enlarO'e and improve its schools, and they will continue to be ltS use of text-books and supplies, if furnished by the town, there is an riche:t investment, and their influence shall keep pace with, or rather additional charge to each non-resident pupil of $1.50 per term in the High School,-$l.OO in the Grammar, 75 cents in the higher grades of lead, the increasing material resources of our town. the Intenoediate and 50 cents in all other grades or Schools. All snch hills are due within one montl;1 after th"e opening of each term. APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1886 AND 1887. In accordance with these terms, the collections made were as fol lows : To meet prospective repairs, incidentals and supplies, give as Spring term, 5 11 00 ma.ny weeks of School as the past year and retain the services of Fall term, 101 75 excellent teachers whom it would be a misfortune to the town to lose, Winter term, 89 00 we are constrAined to ask an increased appropriation for the coming year. $9,600 00 Total, S201 75 We recommend for the Schools proper, 1,000 00 Of this amount $12.25 came from pnpils in Primary Schools, $28 For free text books and supplies, from those in Grammar ~chools, and the balance 8161.50 from the $10,600 00 High and $150.50 of it the last two terms, a fact quite complimen Total, tary to the present standing of the School. It may not be improper to aod that applications aod inquiries I'e<;ently made by Don-residents For the Committee, indicate st'illlarger receipts from these sources next term. H. L. READ, Sup"'intendent of Schools. TERMS AND VACATIONS. EDWIN NELSON, 1School The Spring term of all the Schools will begin on Monday, April C. S. WALKER, Committee. 5th;' and end June 25th in the higher grades, and June 18th in the H. L. READ, Primaries. The Fall term in all the Schools will OpeD on Monday, August 30tb. Its length and fbe time of openiog the Winter term will be seasonably announced. CONCLUSION. • We cannot close without renewing our testimoJly to the f~ithful, pains-taking w FIN ANCIAL STATEMENT. DETAILED STATEMEN!. RESOURCES. TEACHERS' WAGES. Appropriation for schools and repairs, $8,800 00 Mr. W. I. Cole, High School, $333 33 State Fund, 184 30 .. S. A. Sherman, " " 726 66 Dog " 292 74 E. A. Tuck, " 60 00 Tuition paid, " 201 75 Miss F . M. HeDshaw, " " 144 00 ----- L. B. Taylor, " " • 264 00 Total, $9,478 79 N. G. Holton, " " 264 00 E. S. Field, First Grammar, 350 00 Second 332 50 EXPENDITURES. E. M. Stebbins, " K. P. Kingman, Third " 315 00 Mr. C. H. Sible.y, North 387 00 BaJance overdrawn from treasury in 1884-5, " $85 19 )Iiss A. P. Hastings, South 280' 00 Teachers' wages, " 6,482 39 Mr. E. W. Colton, First Intermediate, 198 00 Instruction in music, 396 00 Miss J. L. Cowles, 3Q 40 Hchool Committee, " " 800 00 M. L. Scott, " " 56 00 Fuel, 615 19 247 50 f M. L. Dana, Second " Repa.irs, f, ~10 26 J. C. Dickinson, North 243 00 Incidentals, 238 83 E. L. Pierce, East 247 50 Supplies, " 23 7f5 • F. M. Strickland, First Pri mary, 224 00 .Janitors, • 349 00 Belle B. Thompson, Second " 231 00 ----- Cinda M. Kendall, 25 00 Total, " " $9,400 59 F. J. King, East " 23 1 00 C: B. Church, South Green Primary, 214 50 Balance in treasury, $7820 L ..Ada Baker, South East, 214 50 M. L. Dickinson, South West, 71 50 S. A. Pierce, " " 143 00 , 58 59 Mrs. S. K. Jones, Mill Valley, $66 00 Geo. 'frain, sawing wood, $10 67 Miss C. AI. Kendall, "" 66 00 W. Sanderson, " 4 50 Cora Preston, "" 66 00 A. Pratt, H · 7 50 M. E. Harrington, North Primary, 225 50 A. Dwight, " 50 H. F. Dickinson, City H 15\ 00 C. Strong, " 50 Carrie B. Adams, ,. " 71 50 J. F. Morrell, wood, 27 00 Mr. Thomas Chal'mbnl'Y, teacher of music, 396 00 E. T. Sabin & Son, wood, 32 02 F. P. Ainsworth, ',. 2 50 Total, $6,878 39 A. P. Brown, " 1.3 50 J. E. Sanderson, " 13 50 16 50 JANITORS. J. W. Blodgett, wood' and sawing same, Asa Adams, wood, 5 00 W. H. H. 1\lorgan, coal, 113 21 North Primary, $ 25 00 'Wm. Dwight, " 32 73 (,4 Grammar and l'ntermediate, 20 00 1\1. W. Howard, " 1 82 East Intermediate and Primary, 18 00 O. D. Hunt, " 267 30 City, 9 00 D. Graves. & Co., wood , etc., 7 24 South Green, 9 00 " East, 9 00 Total, $615 19 " West, 9 00 Mill Valley, 9 00 South Grammar, 11 OIY Amity Street and High, 230 00 INCIDENTALS. Total, 00 $349 Amherst Water Co., water supply A--mity Street and High, $ 40 00 J. H. \Vbeelock, -, North Grammar, 3 00 SCHOO);, CO~fMITTEE. J. E. Sanderson, " South East, and repairs, 3 20 T. M. Armstrong, " South Green, 3 00 3 00 E . Nelson, S 50 00 D. H. Cowan, " 'Mill Valley, 1 90 C. S. Walker, 50 00 T. F . White, labor, Amity, 39 00 H. L. Read, 700 00 J . E. Williams, reports, etc., R. Kenfield, keys, 40 25 Total, $800 00 J . Read,. "South Green, S. N. Kiugman, engrossing diplomas, 2 17 P. Park, cleaning and repairing of piano, High, 15 00 FUEL ACCOUNT. P. C. Guernsey, cartage, 6 10 E. W. Dickinson, labor, High Schoo~, 1 00 R. G. \Villiams, wood and sawin oa same , $ 44 75 D. Bartlett, " " 75 S. H. Hall, sawing wood, 9 95 G. Cutler, chairs, High School, • 2 00 C. H. Pease, " 4 50 Daily Republican, notice, 50 , . 60 61 1.:11'S. Irwin, cleaning, Amity, High, East Street, $16 50 D. W. Blodgett, East St. and Amity St., $4 45 lIrs. Linnehan, " South Grammar, South East, Green, 12 00 'V. D . Cowls, fencing material, East St., 18 50 S. H . Hall, '-I North Grammar, North Primary, City, 10 00 A. F. Bardwell, repair of clock," 1 00 • C. A. Puffer, "South 'Vest, 2 10 E. D. Marsh, " "chair, 25 Jackson &Cutler," materials, 2 98 E>. Clll'rier, repairs, N. Gram., High and Amity St., 53 00 N. W. Burnett, " e:itra labor, etc., 12 75 F. S. Ashley," fence, stove, door and key, City, 1· 95 J. A. Rawson, " clocks, etc., 4 25 L. J. Spear, repairs, Amity St., 65 T. Dickinson, '_I stove pipes, 1 25 F. Bolter, cleaning w"eH, S. Gram., 3 00 Total, $410 26 M. L. Merritt, fitting keys, etc., 2 75 J. Clowes, labor, East St., 30 SUPPLIES. Lee & Phillips, dust pan, 15 Hektograph Co., ink, 50 E. D. Marsh, curt.ains, brushes, etc~, $ 3 83 E. D. Marsh, chairs, 5 45 A. H. Brown, brooms, 450 L . H. Allen, wire screen, 1 25 H. Holland. sundries, 4 40 G . B. Gallond, truant service, 5 00 F. P. Ainsworth, brooms, 50 H. L. Read, " " 5 00 J. E. Williams, supplies, 10 50 J. Jameson, rent of room, 23 00 Belchertown, tuition, Linnehan and Pratt children, 9 33 Tqtal, $23 73 Total, $238 83 REPAIRS. L. S. Bartlett, glazing, $ 60 G. Graves, painting, 'glazing, 69 14 W. W. Hunt, repairs and stove, 66 59 '\Tm. E. Smith, Amity, High and fence East Street, 52 87 H. W. Haskins, N. Primary and Grammar, 5 75 T . M. Armstrong, S. Grammar, . 1 00 F. L. Pomeroy, S. Grammar, S. East and Green, 18 75 W. W. Cowles, N. Grammer and Primary, 16 10 Lee & Phillips, Amity St., 23 66 H .. Holland, sundries, / 5 18 L. J. Powers, siatirlg, Amity St., 35 37 J. A. Rawson, repair of clocks, 2 25 A. Dwight. "pnmp, S. ~ Grammar, 4 00 J . .U. Harris, concrete, Amity and N. Grammar, 23 70 A. W: Barnard, High school, 4 50 W. Thurber, repairs, East St., 1 00 63 SECOND YEAR. Cresar or Nepos, La.tin Prose ClBsar or Nepos, L . P . Geometry "Fall Greek Lessons • { French French .!.lgebra. Algebra Physics Cresar or Nepos, Latin Prose Cresar or Nepos, L. P. , Geometry . Winter Greek Lessons ~ French { French Algebra Algebra Physics Cresar or Nepos, Latin Prose Cresar or Nepos, L. P. Geometry Spring Greek Les.-ons { French French Algebra Algebra Rhetoric Course of Study in the' High School. TRIRD YEAR. Cicero or Sallnst, Latin Prose Cicero or Sanust, L . P. ,Moral Science Fall { Anabasis Physics English Lit. Geometry Geometry Astronorur .Cicero or SaUust, Latin Prose Cicero or' SaUust, L. P. l~olitcal Econ. Winter Ana.basis Physics English Tj t. { Geometry Geometry Chemistry Cicero or Sallust, Latin Prose Cicero or Sallust, L . .p. Geology There are thl'E>e courses-Classical. ~Dglish and Latin, and English. Spring Anabasis Rhetoric English Lit. The first two are of foul', the third of three years. A student taking { Geometry Geometry Rpviews either course in full, and passing satisfactory examination, is entitled to a diploma for the course, and the honor of regular graduation. FOURTH TEAR. Any person admitted to the school, and unable to take a regular Clrusical. English and Latin. course, is permitted to join any class for which he is found qualified. Vi'gil M oral Science Illiad English Literature Candidates for this school are expected to pass satisfaetory exam { French Virgil or Astro)loroy inations in United States History, Physical G.eography, Language, Virgil _Political Economy including grammar, analysis anti composition. Practiaal Arithmetic, Winter I1liad English Ljteratp.re { French Virgil or Chemistry Algebra to simple fractions, Natural Histol'Y, nnd the elements of Virgil and review Reviews Physiology. A certificate from the teacher of a candidate from out Spring Reviews { E nglish Literature of tOWIl, stating that these conditions, 01' an equivalent, have been French VirgH or Chemistry complied with, is accepted as satisfactory. COURSE OF STUDY, FIRST YEAR. Cla8sical. English and Latin. English. I {Latin Lessons Latin Lessons Algebra Fall History, Medireva,l History, Mell ireval History, Med. Physiology Physiology P,hysioiogy Lati n Lessons Latin Lessons Algebra Winter History, Modern History, Modern { History, Mod. . Elements of Eng. Com. Drawing Drawing / Latin Less~s Latin Lessons Algebra Spring Arithmetic, reviewed { Arithmetic, reviewed Arith. reviewed History, Ancient Botany Botany • ROLL OF HONOR. Graduates from High School m 188s. The scbolars whose names are found in the following list are worthy of honora~le mention 101' their constancy and regularity ill school at tendance. The following named me"mbers of the eniol' Class. baving com pleted the prescribed course in their several departments, received Number perfect in attendance the entire year, 17. diplomas June 19th: " "', " for two terl.l1s, 55. " " " " " one term, 103. mGa SCHOOL. ELVA A BLODGETT, MARIAN E. DICKINSON, Perfect one term: Bessie Ashcroft, Arthur Brainard, Clara Long, MARY E CROWELL, MARTHA 111. RUSSELL. Fannie Long, Oliver Pease, Gertrude \Voodiu. Two terms: Gertrude Spaulding. FIRST GRA.lnIAR. Two terms; Dwight Dickinson, Willie Hyde, Jennie Crowell, Robert Smith, Mabel 1\1orse. One tetm: Bess.ie Ashcroft, Carrie Kimball, Lillie Piper,John Rawson, Fannie White, Frank StoCkbridge. SECOl\"D GRAlr:UAR. One term; Mabel Morse, Lucy Bigelow, Abbie Holley, Fannie White, Grace ' Vobdin, Dwight Dickinson, \V!llie Hyde, Rob'tSmith. THIRD GRAM~AR . Two terms : Annie McGrath, Charlie Adams, Fred Averell, Fred Grover. One te;·m: Carrie Barnard, Lilian Brown. Flora Clark, Emma ~awkins, Susie Heath, Bessie Sears, Nellie Taylor, Louisa Trott. 66 67 KORTH GRAMMAR. SEC020.'D PRIMARY. Three terms: Sybel Hall, Mar} Eastman. Two terms : Fred Tay TJu'ee terms: Homer Tillson, John Tillson. Two terms: Carl lor, Elroa Heald, Katie Taylor, Frank Ainsworth, Bertie· Mansur. Morgan, Gilbert Culver, Michael Britt, Hattie Dillon. One term: One term: Hollis Adams, Bessie Cartel', Percy Cushman, Andy Cut Minuie Bates, Mary Lee, Anna Beston. Nellie Gleason, Lizzie ting, Afary ~ellogg, Katie Roberts, Ned !Smith, '''alter Boynton. Smith, Celia Trott, MichaetMurph~, HalTY Heath. SOUTH GRAmIAR. EAST PRIM.ARY. Two terms: Grace Johnson. One term: Stella Dickinson, Gertrude Three tel'IDS: Fred Curtiss, Charles Hyde. Two terms: !\fabel Miller, Alfred Read, Frank Read. Read, Adella King, Frank Blodgett, 'Villie DaJ'l'igan, Harry Hubhard, Fred. Thayer, Arthur 'fumeI'. One term: Bertha Ball, Lena Bart FIRST INTER:!UEDIATE. lett, Norah Darrigan, Norah Dowd. Three terms: Hany Peatie, Nellie White. Two ~erms: l\famie Hyde, Anna Scannell., Elliott Dickinson. One term: Nellie Osgood, NORTH PRIMARY. Nellie Spaulding, Marian Thomas, Belle Th:tyer, Nellie W'"hite, Three terms: Ella Dickinson, Myra l;:Iobart. Two terms: Hattie Arthur Heath. Bertie Haskell, Gertie Merrick, GeOl:gie Thomas, :Matthews, Essie Cowles. Maud Dickinson, Hattie Spear, Fanny J ames Lee, Frank ThOJ;npson. East.man, Clara Parker. One tm:m : Raymond Dickinson, Annie Adams, Edith Brown, florence Dickinson, Edith Hall, Stella Pnffer. SECOND INTERMEDIATE. CITY PRIMARY. Three terms: Susie White. Two terms: Josephine Bruce, Sadie Powers, Willie Lockhart, Eddie Fisher, Willie Sears. One term: Two terms: Essie Roberts. One term: Carrie Hall, Lydia Hall, Robert Merritt, Charles Pease, Mike Scannell, I\finnie Culver, John James Hardacre, Renben Roberts, Nellie Albee, Angie Roberts, Linehan. Effie Smith, Eddie Wilbur. EAST INTERMEDIATE. MILL V.ALLEY. Three terms: Nellie Curtis, Bessie Parents. Two terms: Jessie ' One term: Walter Gaylord, Bradford Brown. Chapin, Luna Thayer, Mary Wiley, Charlie Strong. One term: Jessie Dickinson, Hattie Gold., Sadie Loveridge, Rosa Pratt. SOUTI} GREEN. One term: Fred Shaw, Katie Dicki9son. NORTH INTERMEDIATE. SOUTH EAST. Two terms: Oliver Heald, Lillian Smith, Effod Taylor. One Tllree terms: Henry Bates. Two terms: Carey Hayward. term: Charlie Ainsworth, Fred Hardacre, Margie Hall, Reuben Roberts. SOUTH WEST. FIRST PRIMARY. None perfect in attendance. one term or more during the year. Three terms; Luther Bate,;;, Geo. Barnard, Rupert Dickinson. Two terms: Fanny Graves, Augusta Trott, Dennie Murphy, Harry Thomas, Lucy 'Vetherbee. One term: Christina Martin, Bessie Liberty, Clara 'Vood, Grace Draper" Mary Hurley, Bridget Hurley, Mary Linehan, Fred Bigelow, Nellie Hoar.