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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1879 Annual Watertown Report b ANNUAL REPORT OF TIIE OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OE WATERTOWN, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 18 7 J. :t r r � g 01 BOSTON : &OCKWELL AND CI-IURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS, NO. 39 ARCII ST3LEET. 1879 . 1 TOWN OFFICERS, 18 i 8, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, a2id Appraisers. OLIVER SHAW, Chairman, SAMUEL WALKER., Clerk, JAMES W. MAGEE. Town Clerk. TILDEN G. ABBOTT. Town Treasurer. JOHN K. STICKNEY. Assessors. GEORGE L. NOYES, Chairman, JOHN W. TUTTLE, JAMES F. LYNCH. School Committee. REv. J. F. LOVERING, Chairman, Term expires March, 1881. CHARLES W. STONE, Secretary, it 49 " 1879. JESSE F. WHEELER, cc " it 1880. REv. THOMAS W. BISHOP, it 99 99 1879. JEREMIAH J. SULLIVAN, it it 11 1881. LUTHER B. MORSE, M.D., '° It 94 1879. Auditor. HOWARD RUSSELL. Constables. GEORGE PARKER. EZRUM V. HOWARD, SAMUEL F. STEARNS. Surveyor of Highways. WALDO A. LEARNED. Collector of Taxes. GEORGE L. NOYES. 4 TOWN OFFICERS. Fence-Viewers. JOHN COOLIDGE, EZRUM V. HOWARD, DANIEL A. TAINTER. Trustees Free Public Library. CHARLES J. BARRY, Chairman, Term expires in 1879. GEORGE K. SNOW, Secretary, " It " 1881. GEORGE N. MARCH, Treasurer, " " 111880. A. C. STOCKIN, " Is 111881. JOSHUA COOLIDGE, it It 111880. ALFRED HOSMER, M.D. 't " 1879. Field-Drivers. SUPPLY T. SHARP, JOHN REGAN, WENDELL W. PATTEN, EZRUM V. HOWARD, IIARRY E. DADMUN, ARTEMUS B. ROGERS, BARTHY McSHERY, JOHN G. B. DADMUN, SAMUEL S. GLEASON, JOSIAH B. HOLDER. - Officers appointed by the Selectmen. Regular Policemen. GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD. Policemen with pay when on duty. SAMUE-L F. STEARNS, JAME,S F. BURKE, THOMAS CARROLL, RICHARD NEWMAN. Policemen appointed without pay. GEORGE H. GREGG, OSCAR F. KNOX, HIRAM McGLAUFLIN, JOSEPH COLLINS, EDWARD PATCHETT, HENRY P. HUBBARD, A. A. BARKER, P. J. FLANERY. Fire and Special Police with pay while on duty. L. ALLEN SHAW, CHARLES H. LOUGEE, DAVID B. TRASK, JAMES H. FRASER, JEREMIAH H. RUSSELL. TOWN OFFICERS. 5 Engineers of Fire Department. GEORGE B. MOORE, Chief, CHARLES W. BERRY, WILLIAM E. FARWELL. Keeper of Lock-up. HIRAM McGLAUFLIN. Sextons and Undertakers. ALEXANDER GREGG, GEORGE H. GREGG. Pound-Deeper and Keeper of Almshouse. ZACHARIAH BOODY. Sealer of Weights and Measures. GEORGE H. GREGG. Surveyors and 1fleasurers of Mood and Bark. CHARLES W. BERRY, ARTEMUS B. ROGERS, WILLIAM H. PEVEAR, HARRY E. DADMUN. Clerks of the Market. J. ALBERT SULLIVAN, GEORGE PARKER. Neasisrers of Grairi. FREDERICK HUTCHINS, JOII\ BOY CE. Public Weigher and Superintendent of Hay Scales. THOMAS PATTEN. Private Meighers of Hay, Coal, Live Animals, etc. EDWARD B. EATON, WILLIAM P. HARRIS, WILLIAM H. PEVEAR, B. F. WYETH, THOMAS GAVAN, A. D. HENDERSON, L. P. HAMMOND, . ROBERT GILLESPIE. Tanitor of Town Wall. GEORGE H. GREGG. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. In presenting their annual report the Selectmen desire to make it as concise• as possible. The various matters sub- mitted to them by vote of the town have had due considera- tion, and they feel confident that all settlements made by them will be approved. TOWN HOUSE. The Trustees of the Free Public Library recommended in their last annual report a radical change in the arrangements of the room occupied by the library. The recommendation was adopted, and by vote of the town the Selectmen were associated with the Trustees in carrying out its provisions. The change made has largely increased the accommodation of the library, both for the reception and issuing of books, while a convenient and well-lighted reading-room has been furnished, fronting on Main street. For further details of the change the report of the Trustees is referred to. CELLAR PLO WAGE. In the report of last year attention was called to the flowing of water into the cellar. The Selectmen were in- structed to adopt'some method to prevent its recurrence. After consulting with various parties it was decided to run a brick and cement wall, from a point near the corner of the engine-house on Church street, to the stable cellar, thus cut- ting off any direct percolation of water through the soil from the brook. A brick and cement wall was also built oil the REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 7 inside of the engine-house cellar wall, its foot eighteen inches below the foundation of the original wall. As this new wall runs nearly along three sides of the cellar, it is believed that it will prevent the writer from flowing into the lock-up, if it does not entirely prevent it from running into the basement of the engine-house. The expense incurred was eight hun- dred (800) dollars. There being no appropriation for this work payment was made for the same from the contingent fund. DREDGING CSARLES RIVER. The petition to the General Government, filed in the Department of the Interior, for dredging Charles river has so far met with a favorable response that a survey has been made. It is very, desirable that the project should be ap- proved by Congress, as there can be no doubt that the work contemplated would not only encourage individual enter- prise, but materially help the general prosperity of the town. TEMPLETON FUND. The income of this fund, amounting to $175, has been distributed among seventy families, under the direction of the Overseers of the Poor. SOLDIERS' AID. In compliance with the provisions of an Act of the Legis- lature, approved May 17, 1878, various sums have been expended for the assistance of poor and indigent soldiers and sailors. The full amount thus paid out has been $327.50. This has been drawn from the Contingent Fund, and will be refunded by the Commonwealth. S TREET LIGHTS. During the past year seven (7) new lamp-posts have been set up ; six (6) for naphtha and one (1) for gas. The cost 8 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. of lights has not varied since the last report, being $21 per annum for gas, and $18 for naphtha. There are now in use 181 lamb-posts,-95 burning naphtha and 86 gas. CE III ETEBY. The wall and gates at the Cemetery need repairing, and .the sum of $150 is asked for that purpose, and for care of the Cemetery. POLICE. The affairs of this department are in a very satisfactory condition. The members composing the Police force, both regular and special, we look upon as careful and trust- worthy men. GRID(DES AND C UL YERTS. In our estimates for this year we have asked for an appro- priation of $1,500 for this department. It is more than probable that the Galen-street bridge will need to be re- planked soon, at an estimated cost of $1,100. NEW STREETS. No new streets have been accepted the past year. A petition has been received for laying out and extending Nichols avenue from Elton avenue to a point on Arlington street. The public convenience seems to demand that this avenue should be open to travel. After conference with the petitioners therefor, the Selectmen decided to sign their petition, and instructed the Town Clerk to forward the same to the County Commissioners. No time has as yet been set by the commissioners for a hearing on above petition. GRATrEL LOT. A gravel lot has been purchased on Franklin street of Daniel A. Tainter, for $500. REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 9 FIRE DEPARTMENT. This department continues to have, what it deserves, the confidence of the public. It is gratifying to state that the character of its members, the attention of its officials to all the necessary details, and the vigilance exercised in caring for the material of which it has charge, make it worthy of the generous consideration of the town. We invite special attention to the report of the Board of Engineers, and the recommendations it embraces. FIRE-ALARM TELEGRAPH. At a town meeting held TIlay 27, 1878, the Selectmen and Board of Engineers. were authorized to construct a Fire- Alarm Telegraph, connecting Mt. Auburn and ,Etna Mills with the Enaine House. An appropriation of $800 was made for this purpose. The work has been done. For details reference is made to the report of the Board of Engineers. CONCRETE WALKS. In the construction of these walks $527.54 have been expended. Wherever a street-crossing has been made, what is known as the Abbott patent has been used. Two and one half years ago this kind of concrete was put down in the square near the town pump, and proves to be, thus far, all that it was represented. The agents for the above concrete think that it would be economy to use it instead of stone pavements on the streets, and we would suggest that a section of it be laid down for the purpose of test- ing it. ABSENAL STREET. Arrangements have been made by the Selectmen and Sur- veyor of Highways, with the Walker and Pratt Manufactur- ing Company, for filling in a portion of Arsenal street 10 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. opposite the Ladd estate. The plans for the same are on file in the Town Clerk's office. The agreement is as follows :— "That the Surveyor of Highways determine the quantity, and cause a plan and profile of said proposed filling to be deposited in the office of the Town Clerk. The Walker and Pratt Manufacturing Company to be paid, when the town votes to appropriate money for widen- ing Arsenal street, by the cubic yard, —the price to be based on the average haul from the nearest cut, and at the wages current at the time the appropriation may be made. "WATERTO`VN, June 25, 1878." N. H. CBAFTS. The claim of N. H. Crafts, on account of drainage sur- veys and report, has been settled by the payment in full of $800. It was voted by the town to print so much of Mr. Crafts' report as concerned drainage. Since the above vote was passed, some considerable number of persons have de- sired to have the whole report printed. The expense already incurred seems to warrant some preservation in con- venient form of the results secured. We would suggest that the original manuscript be bound in book form, and de- posited in the town safe. A large expenditure of money would thus be saved to the town treasury, by not having the report printed, while the report itself would be as free to t�e inspection of any citizen as are any of the town records. IVA.TFR SUPPLY. At a town meeting held July 17th, 1878, the town refused to appoint a committee to confer with the City of Newton or elsewhere,with reference to the whole matter of water supply for the town. The Selectmen were then, and are now, of the opinion that REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. 11 this whole subject of water supply is worthy of the most careful consideration by the town, and would recommend that a committee be appointed to investigate this subject, and report at some future meeting. TOWN DEBT. It is a matter of congratulation that the town debt has been reduced by the amount authorized by vote of the town, and the remainder so taken care of as to be subject to a lower rate of interest. For details as to the funding of the debt, reference is made to the Town Treasurer's Report. One note of $10,000 matures February 15, 1880. Among the estimates for the year 1879-80, we have suggested, for paying a portion of the town debt, $10,000. The amount asked for in the reduction of the town debt last year wag $5,000 ; but the sum paid on the debt the preceding year was $7,500. The amount spoken of for this year's reduc- tion is not largely in excess of the sum last named, and, with the more hopeful outlook for business, is not greater than should be raised. ESTIMATES. In submitting estimates for the ensuing year it must be understood that each department is responsible for the appropriation asked for. It would evidently be impossible for the Selectmen to have that particular knowledge of all details that would justify them in curtailing the estimates made ; nor is there any disposition to criticise what must be presumed to be the careful judgment of those who are familiar with the needs of the respective depiirtments. Yet the Selectmen desire to express with emphasis their convic- tion that the utmost economy should be exercised in the town expenditures. In these times there should be a steady and persistent effort for retrenchment. It is well known 12 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. that the pay of the laborer has been subjected to large re- ductions ; that skilful mechanics are unable to secure employ- ment but a portion of the time, and then at a reduced price. Property, real and personal, has largely depreciated. Even the valuation by the assessors of property in town, though considerably reduced, is regarded by many as too high. In view of such facts, it seems reasonable that there should be a corresponding decrease in expenditures. In order that this subject may be considered with the attention its importance demands, we submit the follow- ing : That the town, before making any appropriations, ap- point a committee to advise with the various departments, and to report at an adjourned meeting. Such an adjourned meeting will give ample opportunity to consider the various reports, and prevent hasty action. Respectfully submitted, OLIVER SHAW, SAMUEL WALKER, JAMES W. MAGEE, Selectmen of Watertown. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. BIRTHS. The whole number of births registered during the year 1878 is one hundred and seventeen (117), or four (4) less than in 1877. The number of births is in the ratio of 1 to 43.58+ of the whole population. Of the whole number born, sixty-eight (68) were males, and forty-nine (49) were females. One hundred and eleven were born in Watertown, ?11 Three were born in Newton, 3 One was it Boston, I One I " Bolton, 1 One I " Walpole, N.H., 1 117 There were born of American parents, 34 cc cc Irish " 50 English " 5 American and foreign parents, 17 c c c c Eliglish and Irish " 3 49 Scotch and Irish is 2 94 Unknown cc G 117 NOTE.—The Iast census taken, 1875, reports Watertown as having 5,099 inhabitants. 14 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. MARRIAGES. The whole number of marriages recorded for the year 1878 is fifty-seven (57), eight more than in 1877. • First marriage of both parties, 52 First and second marriage of both parties, 4 First and third marriage of both parties, 1 57 Number of marriages, both parties native born, 27 foreign 21 native and foreign born, 9 57 Oldest couple married, groom's age, 45 years. bride's age, 48 Youngest couple married, groom's age, 19 It, cc cc bride's age, 19 c c The number of intentions of marriage is 69. Ratio to population, 73.89+. OCCUPATION OF GROOMS. Laborers, 10 ; Farmers, 7 ; Hostlers, 3 ; Boot and Shoe Makers, 2 ; Carpenters, 2 ; Clergymen, 2 ; Clerks, 2 ; Grocers, 2 ; Iron Moulders, 2 ; Teamsters, 2 ; Book-binder, 1 ; Books and Stationery, 1 .; Blacksmith, 1 ; Brakeman, 1 ; Coachman, 1 ; Commercial Traveller, 1 ; Currier, 1 ; Gard- ener, 1 ; Glass Manufacturer, 1 ; Hardware, 1 ; Ice Business, 1 ; Paper-maker, 1 ; Physician, 1 ; Printer, 1 ; Machinist, 1 ; Milk-dealer, 1 ; Mechanic, 1 ; Salesman, 1 ; Student, 1 ; Stove-mounter, I ; Superintendent of Factory, 1 ; Uphols- terer, 1 ; 'Pool-puller, 1.. Total, 57. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. 15 DEATHS. The whole number of deaths registered for the year 1878 is seventy-nine (79), or twenty-two (22) more than in 1877. The ratio of deaths to the population is 1 to 64.54+. Of the whole number of deaths forty-five (45) were males and thirty-four (34) were females. CONDITION OF PERSONS DECEASED. Single persons, 42 Married 9 9 28 Widowed " 9 79 NAM AGE, AND CONDITION OF SOME OF THE OLDER PERSONS DECEASED. Trs. Mos. Days. Bridget Travis, 89 6 Female. Widow. Leonard Whitney, Sr., 87 7 11 Male. Widower. William A. McCurdy, 85 7 Male. Married. Asa Pratt, 84 8 8 Male. Married. Miles Sprague, 83 8 Male. Married. Susan Goodnow, 82 10 21 Female. Widow. John Coolidge, 81 9 Male. Married. Sarah P. Eagar, 81 9 Female. Widow. Lucinda Pierce, 81 2 13 Female. Widow. Benjamin Clarke, 78 8 26 Male. Married. Paul F. Aldrich, 77 Male. Married. Joseph Hancock, 74 3 10 Male. Married. Julia Mahoney, 70 Female. Widow. Mary Sheridan, 70 Female. Married. Joseph Bird, 69 1 10 Male. Married. George Pierce, 68 8 8 Male. Married. 16 REPORT OIL TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRARR. Yrs. Mos. Days. Dominick Corrigan, 68 Male. Single. Asa Fitz, 67 9 Male. Widower. Ebenezer Cate, 67 4 Male. Married. Abbie H. Livermore, 62 7 20 Female. M irried. Norris Collins, 61 11 27 Male. Married. The number of persons deed under 5 yrs. of age is 23 it " betw'n 5 & 10 << << 2 << << << 10 & 20 << « 9 << « 20 & 30 91 6 30 & 40 91 <F 9 40 & 50 11 4 << << << 50 & 60 1, 5 " " " « 60 & 70 « « 7 << < 70 & 80 << << 5 80 & 90 It 9 79 The number of deaths of persons native-born is 63 cc 4C 91 foreign << 16 79 The number of deaths of native-born parentage is 28 it ' foreign << is 35 1.6 " native and foreibu-born parent- age is 3 The number of deaths of unknown parentage is 13 79 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. 17 NOSOLOGICAL TABLE. CAUSES OF DEATH. TABULAR LIST. CLASS 1. ZYMOTIO DISEASES. Order 1. Miasmatic. Searlatina, 3 Diphtheria, 1 Croup, 1 Hooping-cough, 1 Typhoid fever, 3 Erysipelas, 2 Dysentery, 2 Diarnccea, 2 Cholera infantum, 4 Cholera-morbuS, 1 Internal fever, 1 21 CLASS 2. CO-NSTITUTIONAL DISEASES. Order 1. .Diathetic. Dropsy, 1 Cancer of the breast, 1 2 Order 2. Tubercular. Consumption, I1 CLASS 3. LOCAL DISEASES. Order 1. VerZOu3 SJSfem. Apoplex-y, 1 Paralysis, Epilepsy, Convulsions, 1 Brain disease, 3 2w 18 REPORT OF TOWN OLERK AND REGISTRAR. Order 2. Organs of Circulation. Heart disease, 5 Order 3. Respiratory Organs. Bronchitis, 2 Pneumonia, 3 Typhoid pneumonitis, 1 6 Order 4. Digestive Organs. Tuphlo enteritis, 1 Hemorrhage of the bowels, 2 Scirrhous stomach, 1 Jaundice, 1 Cirrhosis of the liver, 1 6 CLASS 4. DEVELOPBMgTAL DISEASES. Order 1. Of Children. Still-born, 2 Infantile, 4 Septicaemia, 1 Uraemia, 1 S Order 2. Of Women. Preternatural labor, 1 Order 3. Of Old .People. Old age, 3 Ter<atoma, 1 g Order 4. Diseases of Nutrition. Marasmus, 1 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. 19 CLASS 5. VIOLENT DEATHS. Order 1. Accident or Negligence. Fracture of skull, 1 Fall on the ice, producing coma, 1 Found dead ; cause unknown, 1 3 Order 4. Suicide. Drowninc, 1 Total, 7 LAWS CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION OF DEATHS. SECTION 1. The clerk of each city and town shall receive or obtain, and record and index, the following facts concern- ing the births, marriages, and deaths therein, separately numbering and recording the same in the order in which he receives them, designated in separate columns. In the record of Births, the date of the birth, the place of birth, the name of the child (if it have any), the sex and color of the child, the names and the places of birth of the parents, the occupation of the father, the residence of the parents, and the date of the record. In the record of Marriages, the date of the marriage, the place of marriage, the name, residence, and official sta- tion of the person by whom -married, the names and the places of birth of the parties, the residence of each, the age and color of each, the condition of each (whether single or widowed), the occupation, the names of the parents, and the date of the record. In the record of Deaths, the date of the death, the name of the deceased, the sex, the color, the condition (whether sin- gle, widowed, or married), the age, the residence, the occu- pation, the place of death, the place of birth, the names and 20 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. places of birth of the parents, the disease or cause of death, the place of burial, and the date of the record. SECT. 2. Parents shall give notice to the clerk of their city or town of the births and deaths of their children ; every householder shall give like notice of every birth and death happening in his house ; the eldest person next of kin shall give such notice of the death of his kindred ; the keeper of a workhouse, house of correction, prison, hospital, or alms- house, except the State almshouses at Tewksbury, Bridgewa- ter, and Monson, and the master or other commanding offi- cer of any ship, shall give like notice of every birth and death happening among the persons under his charge. Who- ever neglects to give such notice for the space of six months after a birth or death shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars. SECT. 3. Any physician having attended a person during his last illness shall— when requested within fifteen days after the decease of such person —forthwith furnish for registration a certificate of the duration of the last sickness, the disease of which the person died, and the date of his decease, as nearly as he can state the same. If any physi- cian refuses or neglects to make such certificate he shall for- feit and pay the sum of ten dollars to the use of the town in which he resides. SECT. 4. Every sexton, undertaker, or other person hav- ing charge of a burial-ground, or the superintendent of burials having charge of the obsequies or funeral rites preliminary to the interment of a human body, shall forthwith obtain and - return to the clerk of the city or town in which the deceased resided or the death occurred, the facts required by this chapter to he recorded by said officer concerning the de- ceased, and the person making such return shall receive from his city or town the fee of ten cents therefor. The clerk, upon recording such facts, shall forthwith give to the person making such return a certificate that such REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. 21 return has been made, which certificate such person shall deliver to the person having charge of the interment, if other than himself, before the burial when practicable, other- wise within seven days thereafter. When a burial takes place and no certificate is delivered as aforesaid, the sexton, undertaker, or other person having charge of the interment, shall forthwith give notice thereof to the clerk, under penalty of twenty dollars. SECT. 5. The clerk of each city and town shall annually, on or before the first day of February, transmit to the sec- retary of the Commonwealth, certified copies of the records of the births, marriages, and deaths, which have occurred therein during the year ending on the last day of the pre- ceding December. SECT. 6. The record of the town clerk relative to any birth, marriage, or death, shall be primd facie evidence, in legal proceedings, of the facts recorded. The certificate signed by the town clerk for the time being shall be admis- sible as evidence of any such record. SECT. 7. The clerk shall receive from his city or town for obtaining, recording, indexing, and returning to the sec- retary of the Commonwealth, the facts in relation to-a birth, twenty cents ; a marriage, ten cents ; a death, twenty cents for each of the first twenty entries, and ten cents for each subsequent entry, as the same shall be certified by the secre- tary of the Commonwealth ; but a city or town containing more than ten thousand inhabitants may limit the aggregate compensation allowed to their clerk. He shall forfeit a sum not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars for each refusal or neglect to perform any duty required of him by this chapter. SECT. 8. The superintendents of the State almshouse at Tewksbury, Bridgewater, and Monson, shall obtain, record, and make return of the facts in relation to the births and deaths which occur in their respective institutions, in like 22 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REQTBTRAR. manner as is required of town clerks. The clerks of said towns shall, in relation to the births and deaths of persons in said almshouses, be exempt from the duties otherwise re- quired of them by this chapter. SECT. 9. The secretary shall, at the expense of the Com- monwealth, prepare and furnish to the clerks of the several cities and towns, and to the superintendents of the State alms- houses, blank books of suitable quality and size to be used as books of record under this chapter, blank books for in- dexes thereto, and blank forms for returns, on paper of uni- form size; and shall accompany the same with such instruc- tions and explanations as maybe necessary and useful. City and town clerks shall make such distribution of blank forms of returns furnished by the secretary as he shall direct. SECT. 10. The secretary shall cause the returns received by him for each year to be bound together in one or more volumes, with'indexes thereto. He shall prepare from the returns such tabular results as will render them of practical utility, make report thereof annually to the legislature, and do all other acts necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. SECT. 11. Any city or town containing more than ten thousand inhabitants may choose a person other than the clerk to be registrar, who shall be sworn, and to whom all the provisions of this chapter concerning clerks shall apply. The returns and notices required to be made and given to clerks shall be made and given to such registrar under like penalties. SECT. 12. The secretary of this Commonwealth shall prosecute, by an action of tort, in the name of the Com- monwealth, for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture imposed by this chapter. SECT. 13. Any city or town may make rules and regula- tions to enforce the provisions of this chapter, or to secure a more perfect registration of births, marriages, and deaths, therein. REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR. 23 CAUSES OF DEATHS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. Accidents — Hemorrhage of bowels, 2 Fall on the ice, pro- HOOplllg-C011gh, 1 ducing coma, 1 Infantile, 4 Fracture of skull, 1 Internal fever, 1 Apoplexy, 1 Jaundice, or diseased Bronchitis, 2 liver, 1 Cancer of the breast, and Marasmus, 1 dysentery, 1 Old age, 8 Cholera infantum, 4 Paralysis, 1 Cholera-morbus, 1 Pneumonia, 3 Chronic diarrhoea, 1 Preternatural labor, 1 Cirrhosis of the liver, 1 SepticLemia, 1 Consumption, 11 Scarlatina, 3 Convulsions, 1 Scirrhous stomach, 1 Croup, 1 Still-born, 2 Diarnccea, 1 Teratoma, 1 Diphtheria, 1 Tuphlo enteritis, 1 Disease of the brain, 1 Typhoid fever, 3 Dropsy, 1 Typhoid pneumonitis, 1 Drowned, 1 Uremia, 1 Dysentery, 2 Found dead ; cause un- Epilepsy, 1 known, l Erysipelas, 2 — Heart disease, 5 79 DOGS. The number of male dogs licensed the past year is 154 << << << female << << << << << << 4 Total number licensed, 158 Amount received for licenses :— 154 male dogs, at $2 each, $308 00 4 female " " $5 11 20 00 Total gross amount received, $328 00 24 REPORT OF TOWN CLERIC AND REGISTRAR. Clerk's fees :— 158 licenses,'at 20 cents each, $31 60 Total net amount received for licenses, $296 40 MIDDLESEX, ss., Dec. 2, 1878. Tilden G. Abbott, Clerk of the Town of Watertown, has paid into the Treasury of said Middlesex County Two hun- dred and ninety-six and 3 e-u dollars, for dog licenses, as per his account of 30th ult., for the year 1878. AMOS STONE, County Treasurer., The whole number of dogs killed during the past year, as by return of Samuel F. Stearns, constable, is 45. LIBRARY NOW IN SELECTAjrB2VS BOOM. Laws of the United States, 3 vols. 80 General Statutes of Mass., 1836 to 1872, 4 vols. 80 46 94 " with Supplement, 2d ed., 2 vols. 80 Acts and Resolves of Mass., 1860-1878, 19 vols. 80 Herrick's Town Officer, 1 vol. 80 Mass. Special Laws, from the adoption of the Constitution to A.D. 1870, 13 vols. 80 Mass. Digest by Bennett & Heard, 3 vol& 80 Mass. Term Reports, from 1804, 17 vols. 80 Pickering's Term Reports, vols. 1 to 24, inc., 24 vols. 80 Metcalf s << 96 . " 1 to 13, inc., 13 vols. 8° Cushing's 99 cc « 1 to 121 inc., 12 vols. 80 Gray's << It << 1 to 16, inc., 16 vols. 80 Allen's << It << 1 to 14, inc., 14 vols. 80 Mass. Reports, by A. G. Browne, jun., Nos. 97 to 124, inc., 28 vols. 80 REPORT OF TOWN CLERIC AND REGISTRAR. 25 Public Documents of Mass. from 1858 to 1877, ine., 83 vols. 80 Mass. Register and Military Record, 1 vol. 80 Record of Mass. Vols., 1861-65, by the Adju- tant-General, 2 vols.4° Industry of Mass., 1855, 1 vol. 80 Census of Mass., 1860, 1865, and 1875, 5 vols. 80 Journal of Valuation Committee, 1860, 1 vol. 80 Plymouth Colony Laws, ed. by Wm. Brigham, 1 vol. 80 Ancient Charter and Laws of the Mass. Bay, Pub. by order of the General Court, 1814, 1 vol. 80 Reports of State Board of Health, 1872 to 1877, 6 vols. 80 « Board of State Charities, 1868, 1869, 1871, 18729 1873, 5 vols. 80 Notes on General Statutes, by U. H. &C Geo. G. Crocker, 2d edition, 1 vol. 80 Report of State Board of Education, 1871-1876 inclusive, 5 vols. 80 Watertown Town Reports, from 1860 to 1877, 10 vols. 80 Perpetual Laws of the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts from 1780 to 1816, 6 vols. 80 Respectfully submitted, TILDEN G. ABBOTT, To= Clerk. REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF POOR. This department has been managed substantially the same as last year. The Overseers decided to continue the ser- vices of Mr. Noyes, for the purpose of investigating the cases of all applicants for aid ; also all cases where other towns and cities have given aid to parties who claim a settlement in this town. We find this system works to the advantage of the town, as it enables the Board to decide at once who, or what place, is liable by law for the support of persons re- ceiving aid at the hands of the Overseers of the Poor, thus diminishing the chances of litigation. The case of Antonio Bomein has been withdrawn from the referee, as evidence sufficient was obtained from old records to establish the fact that he was a State pauper at the time of the incorporation of the town of Belmont. Mr. and Mrs. Z. Boody have had charge of the Almshouse for the past ten years ; and we believe that those persons who are obliged to,make the above place their home in their old age are fortunate in receiving their generous sympathy and care. INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. Name. Age. *Mackin, Joseph 82 years. *Norcross, Lucretia . . . . 72 66 Tufts, John R. ' . 69 4 *Tufts, Eliza D. 68 it Bomein, Antonio 55 66 REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 27 I�'umo. Age. Hager, Gerry 50 years. Gardner, Abigail 60 c *Wood, Mary 82 4 Hushes, Patrick 73 cc Bacon, Samuel . . . 65 '' Bond, William 55 44 Riley, Catherine 68 c c Ray, Mary 78 44 Johnson, Abraham Ei5 cc .FOR A PORTION OF THE YEAR. Swan, Elizabeth, left May 1. Welch, Maria, , Dec. 1. Welch, Lena, c c c c Fagan, Catherine c c c Riley, James, Jan. 27. Williams, Sarah, came July 27, there now. Whitney, Amasa, c c Dec. 25, c c c c Rooney, William, cc June 1, there apart of tiv� time since. Rally, James, at Lunatic Asylum, lVorcester. Butterfield, Harriet L., Flynn, Margary, c c 44 61 Hanberry, Date, at State Workhouse. For those marked * this town is entitled to $1.10 per week, for each one from the town of Belmont. There have been 982 tramps lodged and fed in the Police Station during the year. OLIVER SHAW, Overseers SAMUEL WALKED,, of the JAMES W. MAGEE, Poor. REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. The undersigned has the honor to submit herewith the following report of the work done and the expenses in- curred by the Highway Department for the ,year ending Jan. 31, 1879. The amount appropriated at the annual meeting for the maintenance of highways was $6,000 ; to which must be added the sum of $6305.34, the cost of work done for other departments, and credited to the Highway Department. The amount expended was $6,602.85 ; the details of which are as follows :— Arlington street, gravelled in part, $153 78 Arsenal street, general repairs, macadamizing, 285 96 Boyd street, 12 10 Belmont street, 10 60 Cottage street, 16 90 Common street, 97 60 Cuba street, 7 05 Centre street, 19 04 Church street, 69 34- Coolidge avenue, 20 46 California street, 26 79 Cost of work done for the Drainage, Culverts, and School Departments, 562 37 Cost of 1,914 tons of stone delivered at the crusher, 748 05 Elm street, 25 38 Franklin street, ' 11 28 l REPORT OP SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. 29 Fayette street, 45 00 Galen street, 109 54 Green street, 33 84 Grove street, 67 92 • Garnet street, 4 00 Howard street, 18 33 Irving street, 22 46 Jewett street, 22 .56 Lexington street, 48. 65 Main street, paved from Galen to Mt. Auburn street, macadamized from Galen to Green street, and at the Waltham town line ; re- paired, cleaned, etc., 945 83 Myrtle street, 10 58 Morse street, 31 15 Market street, general repairs, 267 82 .Mt. Auburn street, macadamized from Irving ' street to a point opposite cemetery, 500 feet on Bailey's hill, and from Main street to railroad crossing, 656 60 Marshall street, 19 75 Maple street; 8 46 Orchard street, gravelled in part, 114 28 Old road to Waltham, 15 50 Palfrey street, 55 20 Phillip street, 6 58 Parker street, 24 00 Pleasant street, gravelled in part, repaired, 256 32 Pearl street, 8 46 Patten street, 12 69 Picking off loose stones, work in gravel pits, trim- ming trees, sundry jobbing, etc., 238 86 Pay-roll for February, 1878, including the expense incurred by the heavy snow•storm of that mouth, 365 28 Riversit_le place, 9 87 30 REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. Removing snow and ice in December, 1878, and January, 1879, $195 50 School street, 17 63 Spring street, 72 48 Summer street, 31 00 Sundry repairs, new tools, horseshoeing, etc., 571 62 Warren street, 16 92 Williams street, 18 33 Watertown street, 110 70 White street, 11 28 Winter street, 15 51 Walnut street, 33 06 Water street, 22 56 Total amount expended, $6,602 85 The amount of work done for the Drainage Department has been the digging, refilling, and laying of pipe as fol- lows :— 580 feet 8-in. cement pipe on Morse street, cost 13 cts. per foot. 296-feet 10-in. cement pipe on Main street, cost 91 cts. per foot. 300 feet 1 ft. X 1 ft. 6 in. oval cement pipe on Market street, near Prospect street, cost 30 cts. per foot. 756 feet 9-in. cement pipe on Arlington street, cost 12 cts. per foot. This pipe commences at a point opposite the old cemetery on Arlington street, and extends through the land of Mr. J. Coolidge, to the outlet in a pond West of the estate of Mr. L. Rich. These pipes are intended for surface drainage, and in no case should sewage be allowed to enter them. REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. 31 The amount of crushed stone used upon the streets the past year Was 1,978 tons, distributed as follows :— On Spring street, 41 tons. Main street, 475 Market street, 155 << Arsenal street, 372 << Mt. Auburn street, 935 << The stone cost, on an average, 39 cents per ton delivered at the crusher. The cost of crushing Was 20 cents per ton. The cost of a ton of stone crushed and delivered on dif- ferent streets is as follows :— On Main street, near Chestnut street, 84 cents. Mt. Auburn street, near Bailey's hill, 80 it Arsenal street, near depot, 90 it Main street, near Waltham town line, 92 « There have been 1,158 square yards of cobble-stone pave- ment relaid on Main street, from Galen to Mt. Auburn street. A contract was made With Gore and Woodard, of Boston, to relay the stone for 15 cents per yard ; the department furnished the gravel, stones, and prepared the bed ; the total cost was 31 cents per square yard. A 15 in. X 9 in. eccentric pattern crusher has been bought of the Blake Crusher Co., New Haven, Conn., by the com- mittee, consisting of the Selectmen and Surveyor of High- way. A thorough examination Was made of the several machines in use, and this machine surpassed all others in strength, simplicity, and the amount of work that it accomplished. It requires an engineer with six men to operate it, and has 32 REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. crushed, on an average, 76 tons per day. The engine has been thoroughly repaired; a few changes have been made to increase its speed and to obtain better results. The new gravel bank bought by the Selectmen, on Frank- lin street, has proved satisfactory for the purpose for which it was intended ; that is, a covering for crushed stone. I have excavated to hard-pan, as far as I have gone, and filled in with street-cleanings; so that the lot, for building pur- poses, will not be affected by the removal of the gravel. The wages of the men were determined from a knowledge of what the adjoining cities and towns were paying. The laborers received $1.50 per day, and the teamsters received $1.75 per day, regularly ; as the salary of the Surveyor was not determined by the town, there was an understanding with the Selectmen that it should be $1,000. s I have changed the cross-section of the streets that have been macadamized, believing that the proper cross-section is that formed by two inclined planes meeting in the centre of the roadway with the angle slightly rounded ; by this method drainage is greatly facilitated, and vehicles are induced to travel the street Nnally and indifferently on every part. The heavy rains of July and August caused the depart- ment an immediate outlay of $350, in repairing damages done by the storms; this, with the snow-storm of Feb., 1878, was the only extraordinary expenditure that came upon the department. In recommending that the appropriation for 1879 be$8,000 I do it with a feeling that the inhabitants of the town will appreciate the effort to keep the highways up to a proper standard, so that they may compare favorably with those of other towns. The sum of $6,000 is insufficient to keep 25 miles of streets in repair. The value of work to be done in repairing macadamized streets, caused by the heavy rain-storms of last year, is a REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. 33 large item; the washing off the finer particles left many streets in a rough condition. A large portion of Main street,from the railroad bridge to the Waltham town-line, should be picked, and receive a light application of material ; there are portions of Mt. •Auburn and Nlarket streets where this treatment would be effective. Arsenal street has received but little attention for the past few years, it having been presumed, from year to year, that a special appropriation would be made to widen and improve it. . The street is in such a poor condition that a large amount of work should he performed upon it next year, necessitating the expenditure of a large portion of the appropriation. The street should be macadamized from Elm street to the. Brighton bridge. .About 2;200 feet of fence is needed orr, the marsh ; it should have been built this year,but I did not feel justified in contracting the width of the street, which at this point is about 30 feet. Sufficient filling, at least, should be done, to give stability to the fence posts, if the town does not deem it advisable to widen at this point. Material can be obtained by cutting down Coolidge ave- nue, Arlington or Arsenal streets, to proper grades. To fill 5 feet on each side of marsh would cost, $600 LL 10 69 i< << << GG IC -1,300 2,200 feet of fencing would cost, 300 2,000 feet of macadamized road, @ $1.20 per foot, 2,400 I have figured that the crusher be moved to Arsenal street, and that the stone be obtained from Brighton. Thus you will see, that to fill 5 feet on each side of marsh, making a 40-foot street, and macadamizing from Brighton bridge to Elm street, would cost, at least,. $3,000; this would leave $5,000 to be expended on the other streets. 3w 34 REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS. The department is in need of a street-roller; a great many persons overestimate the value of a roller with respect to its weight; it will be evident that a roller should be as heavy per inch in length as a cart-wheel is per inch of tire ; if not, the cart-wheels would cut into the rolled surface, and produce ruts. The street-rollers that are in general use are made of cast- iron, exert a pressure of 420 lbs. per tire, and cost $250. The department has used a roller the past year that comes as nearly to what a perfect roller should be as any that are in use. It is made of wrought-iron, capable of being loaded with water; will exert a pressure of 690 lbs. per tire when empty, aud, when loaded, 1,050 lbs. per tire. The roller is in good condition, and can be bought for$125. Respectfully submitted, WALDO A. LEARNED, Surveyor of Highways. REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:The Board of Engineers of the Watertown Fire Depart- ment respectfully submit their annual report of its condition, ending February 1, 1879, with a feW suggestions which we think will add to its efficiency. The organization consists of a Chief Engineer and two As- sistant Engineers, with two companies, of thirty-three mem- bers, sixteen of which, including a stoker, are attached.to the steamer under the command of Jdhn A. York. There is also an engine-man and driver permanently employed, one or both of which will be found at the engine-house by day or night. The hook and ladder carriage is operated by fifteen men, with Michael Carroll as foreman. The town has been remarkably ,free from fires the past year; conse- quently the Fire Department has had but little to do. The organization is composed of good material, and whenever a, fire has occurred has shown its efficiency by a ready response. The apparatus consists of one steamer, one four-wheeled hose carriage, one hook and ladder carriage, a fuel wagon, pung, and four two-wheeled hose carriages, located in differ- ent parts of the town, to be operated in connection with the force pumps. The whole apparatus appears to be in good condition, ready at a moment's notice. The steamer has been overhauled and repaired the past year, and, together with the- hose carria a and supply wagon, has been renovated, and is now in a condition to compare favorably with those of other towns. The hook and ladder carriage is too large to be operated by the present 3 r REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. force of fifteen men, and we would renew our recom- mendation of last year, that the town dispose of the same without delay, and purchase one better adapted to the wants of this department. The department at present is supplied with 4,300 feet,of hose, 1,450 feet of which is cotton, and the remaining 2,850 feet are leather, some of which is not relia- ble unless placed at a long distance from the engine; and we would suggest the purchase of 800 feet of cotton hose the present year, in order to have a reel of 1,100 feet of dry hose at all times. At the present time we are obliged to carry a certain amount of leather hose on the carriage, and it tends to weaken and destroy the cotton hose, on account of the oil which is applied to it for its preservation. Our water supply consists of nine reservoirs, in connection with the water- pipes laid in 1la.in street, which furnish water through seven hydrants, and w think it would be practicable to ex- tend the pipes through the intersecting streets, as far as Summer and Patten streets. And we would also recommend the location of a reservoir at the corner of Coolidge avenge and Grove street. The four horses under our charge are, in our opinion, competent to perform the duties required of them the ensuing year. Since our last report the town has constructed, and placed under our charge, a Fire-Alarm Tele- graph, with three alarm boxes, located as follows : Box No. 3 on James H.Flagg's grocery store at Mt. Auburn,box No. 4 on the depot at East Watertown, and box No. 5 on the office of the 1Etna Mills. It is also connected with a gong in the engine house, which gives us the exact location of a fire. The per- manent Wien of the department have attached the telegraph wire to the .apparatus formerly operated by hand, for the pur- pose of ringing out the horses, so that the first blow on the gong from either box will place the horses in their position on the engine and hose carriage. The whole system is in good working order, and will be appreciated in case a fire occurs at the east or west end of the town. The department REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 37 has been called to fifteen alarms of fire during the past year; seven of this number were for fires out of town. At the burning of 11r. Treat's house, at East Watertown, this de- partment did not respond, owing to the insufficiency of the alarm. The amount of property destroyed was $9,600, and the insurance on the same was $8,900. The expenses of the department the past year were $4,927.30, and the receipts were$43.00 and for the support of the department the ensuing year we respectfully recommend an appropriation of$5,200, which will include salaries, hay and grain, fuel and light, shoe ing horses, incidentals and repairs. The fire police are becom- ing more valuable every year, and we hope the organization. will be continued. We desire to express our thanks to the members of this department for their promptness in respond- ing to the call of duty, and performing the same with a will- ingness that is sure to command respect. The local police, have aided us in many ways, for which they will accept our thanks. All of which is respectfully submitted, G. B. MOORE, Engineers C. W. BERRY, of WM. E. FARWELL, W.F.D. p TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS. Grants of money made by the town of Watertown for the year 1878, and ordered to be assessed upon the polls and estates of the town, according to law, except the amount of $8,000 to be drawn from the Contingent Fund : — Almshouse, support of poor, $4,500 00 Bridges and culverts, 1,000 00 Care of cemeteries, 75 00 Contingent with other credits, overlays, etc., 2,000 00 Concrete walks, 500 00 Discounts and abatements, 31000 00 Drainage and crusher, 2,000 00 Fire Department, 5,600 00 Free Public Library, 22500 00 Gravel lot, 700 00 Highways, and clearing sidewalks, 6,000 00 Hose for Fire Department, 700 OU , Heating apparatus for West School, 1,500 00 Interest on town debt, 5$ 00 00 Insurance, 400 00 I. B. Patten Post 81, G. A. R,, 200 00 Police, 31150 00 Printing, 700 00 Schools, 18,750 00 Salaries, 3,000 00 Street lights and lamp-posts, 3,700 00 Town debt, paying portion of, 5,000 00 Town Hall? heating, lighting., and care of, 1,000 00 Amount carried forward, $712475 00 TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS. 39 Amount brought forward, $71,475 00 By vote of the town, the following sum seas appropriated as follows : — From Contingent Fund, 8,000 00 . $63,475 00 Voted, To assess balance of town grants on the polls and estates of the town, according to law. Voted, That the amount of dog tax for 1877 be appro- priated to the Free Public Library. Amount received, $335 36 Amount to Free Public Library, $335 36 Voted, That the overlayings on taxes, and all other sums received •into the treasury, not specially appropriated, or pertaining to definite departments, be placed to the credit of the Contingent Fund. , Voted, That the suni of $800 be appropriated to de- fray the expenses of a fire-alarm telegraph, said sum to be drawn from the Contingent Fund. Voted, That the Selectmen be empowered to transfer from the Contingent Fund, such sums of money as may be necessary to make good, overdrawn appropriations of other departments. ASSESSORS' REPORT. . VALUATION AND TAXES OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN FOR THE YEAR 1878. The valuation of real estate, $4,930,500 00 96 49 t' personal estate, 2,085,250 00 Total valuation, $7,015,750 00 The number of polls, 1,305. AMOUNT ASSESSED. State tax, $4,280 00 County tax, 3,091 71 Town grants, 63,475 00 Overlay, 1,920 79 $72,767 50 Tax on 1,305 polls, at $2 each, $2,610 00 << << estates, $7,015,750,at 1 o/e, 70,1.57 50 Total tax assessed, $72,767 50 Valuation of property of religious societies exempt from taxation, $93,520 00 The number of steam-boilers in use, 22 9 " 11 enrolled militia, 659 " school children between the ages of 5 and 15 years, 834 dwelling-houses, 905 ASSESSORS' REPORT. 41 The number of horses, 436 is " cows, 188 it " bulls, 1 " " " oxen, 0 " acres of land taxed, 2,0486 Respectfully submitted, GEO. L. NOYES, Assessors JOHN W. TUTTLE, of JAMI ES F. LYNCH, Watertown. COLLECTOR'S REPORT. To the Auditor of the Town of Matertown . I herewith submit my report of the collection of taxes for 1876, 1877, and 1878. 1876. DR. To uncollected taxes per report Feb. 1, 1878, $920 27 interest collected, 27 43 $947 70 Cat. By cash paid Town Treasurer, $464 39 Balance uncollected, 483 31 $947 70 1877. Du. To uncollected taxes per report Feb. 1, 1878, $9,812 72 •• interest collected, 489 40 $10,302 12 CIt. By Cash paid Town Treasurer, $9,712 10 Balance uncollected, 590 02 $10,302 12 1878. DR. To amount of taxes committed, $721767 50 « additional taxes, 32 00 << non-resident bank tax, 8-''0 94 << interest collected, 20 40 $73,640 84 e� COLLECTOR'S REPORT. 43 CR. By cash pail Town Treasurer, $62,890 79 • << cash paid County Treasurer, county tax for 1878, 3,091 71 Balance uncollected, 7,658 34 $73,640 84 I%lo,t respectfully yours, GEO. L. NOYES, Town Collector. The above statement has been duly examined and found to be correct, proper vouchers having been presented. HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor. IL TREASURER'S REPORT, Herewith I present my report of receipts and expendi- tures for the year ending Jan. 31, 1879. The Auditor has made monthly examinations of my ac- counts, and vouchers for the same, and in his report given a detailed statement. At the annual meeting, in March, 1878, it was suggested that the Treasurer (under the direction of the Selectmen) be empowered to borrow a sum not exceed- ing $60,000, for the purpose of paying such indebtedness of the town as had already matured (and liable to be called for at any time), at the lowest rate of interest such paper would demand on the market. Iu view of this, a proposal for a loan of $40,000,bearing interest (5) five per cent. per an- num, was advertised in three of the Boston papers, bids for the same to be tendered on or before the 1st day of April, 1878. Several institutions responded ; but the best terms were offered by Messrs. Brewster, Bassett & Co., bankers of Boston, being a premium of one per cent. ; provided they could have the whole amount. This was accepted, and, at their request, eight notes, of$5,000 each, bearing date April 1, 1878, and running from five to ten years, were nego- tiated with them. The above amount not being sufficient to meet all the obli- gations required, the balance was offered to, and taken by, those citizens of the town who were desirous of making such investment; and was also in accordance with the expression of the meeting manifested at the time. The accompanying statement of the town debt explains in ;k TREASURER 98 REPORT. 45 detail the whole transaction, the rates of interest now being paid, and maturity of notes. Retrenchment being the order of the day, and necessarily so, it is earnestly hoped that the town will adopt a policy in this direction in the future, and that the gradual liquidation of the debt be continued until the whole shall be extin- gushed. The receipts have been $168,066 84 The expenditures have been 1662775 04 Balance in the treasury, $1,291 80 Respectfully submitted, JOHN K. STICKNEY, Treasurer. WATERTOWx, Feb. 12, 1879. The accounts of J. K. Stickney, Esq., Treasurer, have been duly examined by me, proper vouchers have been shown for expenditures, and the balance as here given is correct. HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor. 46 TREASURER'S REPORT. f f � G O, v pp to pp ey�� O '�.. oAo � W aOo a0 00 aWo � oW0 oW0 � o�D 00 y ry r+ .-• r• r• .y .r .� n .r r• rr .-• C � ••i •-1 .. PI r•i PI 14 PI ••i ri r,• O C N_ a _ _ _ _ _ e,, O O p•pap S O S S O O O O O O S O S O �D .rO•r�� O .toy W •n o O�q O Qi .0 N N N N 1- c- Q COV ••1 C1 �1 a M 10 � C� I u� �U O �i b �ti W •�! •q •O �! 7 '•J b •P! lo cl N 7 O O O O O O O O U •OCi ItM O S 8 •n �tj �q W W •q •C h n r� .. •-i ry � Ci V V • • . • • • • . • • ti ti yj ''•y • • • ao • W 1 • �. • • • • • • co r � O O cai A� c 4 F F a c c tl 00 o Sz .o M N 4D a7 r •+ L L w q Ca r7 0 0 a 0 Z m q p x TREASURER'S REPORT. 47 a� ►4 cri H W • 1 Q era" p M a � O o A w A rz N 07 N ~ d � O l- O N N N s-� O M i. V 7 Q �1 J p'a h C Qi O O O pp rO7 pb O p c7 Ci N r � O R �h a o .� mco co Cs .� • H 1.1 t9 o Q ci 4 h 9 a a ~ 10 f4 V ti N O ts A s0 fa z z z AUDITOR'S REPORT. • SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JANUAI{Y 31, 1879. RECEIPTS. Cash in Treasury, Feb. 13, 1878, $3,844 19 Received of George L. Noyes, collector, taxes and interest, 1876, 464 39 George L. Noyes, collector, taxis and interest, 1877, 9,112 10 George L. Noyes, collector, taxes and interest, 1878, 62,890 79 Borrowed of Union Market National Bank, in anticipation of taxes, at 4j, 5, and 51 per cent., 35,500 00 ON ACCOUNT OF ALBISHOUSE. Received of City of Lawrence, aid of Mrs. Friel, $23 70 Treasurer of Common- wealth, temporary support of paupers, 94 98 Treasurer of Common- wealth, support of paupers, 14 23 Town Belmont, sup- port of paupers, 233 43 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 49 Deceived of City of Boston, aid of Daniel Quinn, •$124 70 f City of Boston, aid of Wm. Sime, 19 63 City of Newton, aid of Mrs. Hannah Hall, 104 00 Town of Boxford, aid of Abram Hill, 17 00 Z. Boody, sale of farm produce, 8 50 Win. Wallace, account of rent, 48 00 Highway (Z. Boody) labor, 58 00 Highway,liay and straw, 208 00 Contingent aid to Abram Johnson, 49 00 Contingent aid to Louis Lemmius, 13 50 Sundry parties refunded aid, 37 75 $1,054 42 ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHWAYS. Received of J. W. Tarleton, for fencing, $5 00 School Department, la- bor, 16 00 Bridges and culverts, labor, 164 00 Drainage, labor, 382 37 4w �r— 50 AIIDITOR's REPORT. Received of Waldo A. Learned, sale of loam, iron, etc., use of derrick, and ' teaming, 37 97 $605 34 ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN HALL. Received of George H. Gregg, jan- itor, rent to Feb. 1, $289 70 5289 70 ON ACCOUNT OF POLICE. Received of Hiram McGlauflin,board of travellers, $15 00 $15 00 ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS. Received of Treasurer of Common- wealth, school fiend, $95 21 S. F. Stearns, sale of old pipes, 5 00 C. C. McLauthlin, ex- change of books, 7 86 _--- $108 07 ON ACCOUNT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Received of J. Boyd & Son, old hose, $5 00 Geo. B. Moore, manure, old rope, etc., 38 00 $43 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 51 ON ACCOUNT OF FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Received of County Treasurer, dog tax, $335 36 $335 36 ON ACCOUNT OF SIDEWALKS. Received from George L. Noyes, from abutters, $122 62 $122 62 ON ACCOUNT OF HEATING APPARATUS, WEST SCHOOL. Received of Walker and Pratt Manufacturing Com- pany, old iron, $6 92 , $6 92 ON ACCOUNT OF INTEREST. Received of Brewster, Basset & Co., premiums, $400 00 Brewster, Basset & Com- pany, elapsed inter- est, 94 44 $494 44 ON ACCOUNT OF IIIGH-SCHOOL ANNEX. Received of Almshouse, old build- ing, $20 00 $20 00 52 AUDITOR'S REPORT. BIISCELLANEOUS. Received of S. S. Gleason, auc- tioneer's license, $2 00 L. H. Maynard, auc- tioneer's license, 2 00 Chas. Durham, taxes and interest,lots 14, 15,16, 17, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 144 76 Central Mutual Insnrauce Company, returned premiums, 7 68 J. B. Durham, taxes and interest, lots 20, 21, 22, 31, 3Z, 33, Wil- liam Brimmer land, 93 82 A. Greg;, sale of grave lot No. 145, John McPhie, 20 25 A. Gregg, sale of grave lot No. 146, Leonora Brigham, 8 00 • A. Gregg, sale of grave lot No. 147, James H. Smith, 18 00 A. Gregg,, sale of grave lot No. 148, Harriet and Geo. Hancock, 18 00 A. Gregg, sale of grave lot No. 149, Allen Nor- cross, 12 25 A. Gregg, sale of grave lot No. 150, George H. Long, 34 50 A. Gregg, sale of grave lot No. 151, Harriet N. Faxon, 42 50 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 53 Received of A. Gregg, sale of grave lot No. 152, H. W. Macurdy, $42 50 Treasurer of Common- wealth, corporation tax, 2,501 72 Treasurer of Common- wealth, bank tax, 1,211 79- Treasurer of Common- wealth,State aid, 1877, 800 00 W. H. Ingraham, return premium on insurance, 72 00 Thomas Patten, fees for weighing at town scales, 204 74 Town Treasurer, John Templeton fund to December 1, 1878, 175 00 Jesse F. Wheeler, trial justice fees, 48 99 $5,460 50 ON ACCOUNT OF NEW LOAN, AS PER VOTE OF THE TOWN AT 31ARCH MEETING}. Received of A.Augusta Learned, $1,300 00 Mrs. Anna Learned, 1,800 00 Martha Whitney, 1,500 00 Susan B. Whitney, 1,500 00 Brewster, Basset & Company, 40,000 00 Bertha, M. Whitney, 1,000 00 $47,100 00 $1689066 84' 54 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Ef XPENDIT UR ES. To cash paid Almshonse, $6,476 92 Bridges and culverts, 459 69 Care of cemeteries, 75 00 Contingent, 2,877,7d Discounts and abate- ments, 3,235 43 Drainage and crusher, 2,118 24 Fire Department, 4,927 30 Free Public Library, 2,835 36 Fire-alarm Telegraph, 800 00 Gravel lot, 500 00 Highways, 61602 85 Hose for Fire Depart- ment, 493 00 Heating apparatus for Nest School, 1,506 85 High-School annex 1,520 72 Interest, 5,180 64 Insurance, 388 50 I. B. Patten, Post 81, G.A.R., 200 00 Police, 3,045 25 Printing, 476 02 Schools, 19,013 41 Salaries, 2,975 00 Street lights, 3,614 63 State-aid, 774 00 Sidewalks, 527 54 Town debt, portion of, 5,000 00 Town Hall, 1,271 19 Templeton fund, 173 00 Borrowed money, 37,500 00 State tax, 4,280 00 AUDITORes REPORT. 55 To cash paid Bauk tax, $824 76 Old loan notes, 47,100 00 $166,775 04 Balance in Treasury, 1,291 80 $168,066 84 ALMSHOUSE. To appropriation, $49500 00 Z. Boody, Supt., sale of farm produce, 8 50 Treasurer of Commonwealth, temporary support of paupers, 94 98 Treasurer of Commonwealth, support of paupers, 14 23 Town of Belmont, support of paupers, 233 43 City of Boston, aid of Daniel Quinn, 124 70 City of Boston, aid of William Sime, 19 63 City of Newton, aid of Mrs. Hannah Hall, 104 00 Town of Boxford, aid of Abram Hill, 17 00 City of Lawrence, aid of Mrs. Friel, 23 70 William Wallace, on account of rent, 48 00 Highways, labor, Z. Boody, 58 00 Highways, hay and straw, 208 00 Contingent State aid to Abram Johnson, 49 00 Contingent State aid to Louis Lemmins, 13 50 Sundry parties refunded aid, 37 75 Contingent transferred as authorized Nov. 30, 922 50 $6,476 92 SALARIES. Z. Boody, Superintendent, $450 00 Annie McAska, services, 156 50 $606 50 56 AUDITOR 98 REPORT. FISH. Randall & Nelson, $5 83 J. H. Snow., 20 94 $26 77 GROCERIES. C. W. Berry, $321 52 Otis Brothers & Co., 44 14 Samuel Noyes & Co. 69 70 $435 36 PROVISIONS, 3IEAT, ETC. W. H. Lyman, $105 73 E. S. Plaisted, 42 78 . L. A. Shaw, 46 71 H. P. Mason, 43 78 $239 00 DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES. Otis Brothers, $124 46 S. H. Coombs, 25 98 I. W. Pinkham, 20 50 $170 94 CLOTHING. A. B. Rogers, $69 40 -- $69 40 FUEL. a R. Gilkey, $26 00 Pevear& Russell, 6 00 Thomas Gavan, 74 13 BAer Brothers, 45 38 $151 5 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 57 HARDWARE- , TOOLS, ETC. Alfred Howes, $10 95 R. H. Paine, 4 63 $15 58 FURNITURE AND CROCKERY WARE. Luther Bent & Co., $14 97 George E. Adams, 50 — $15 47 CARPENTER WORK. Berry & Moody, stock and labor, $58 29 $58 29 GRAIN AND FLOUR. Coffin & Magee, $379 87 $379 87 BLACKSMITH WORK. W. C: Foley, $2 00 James Hall, 9 86 John Ross, 19 60 $31 46 HARNESS REPAIRS. Thomas Patten, $15 37 George McWhirter, 20 $15 57 MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS. Thomas L. French, $69 78 Henry Russell, setting glass, 2 00 $71 78 MEDICINES AND MEDICAL ATTENDANCE. J. A. Sullivan, $39 37 Dr. L. B. Morse, 51 00 — $90 37 5$ AUDITOR Is REPORT. MISCELLANEOUS. A. D. Drew, repairing boots and shoes, $17 25 R. Gilkey, lumber, 4 28 N. C. Sanger & Son, sawing, 30 E. A. Colbath, butter, 24 40 T. P. Emerson, expressage, 1 65 J. H. Stone, plaster and lumber, 1 79 School Department, outbuilding, 20 00 William Wallace, labor, 32 00 Walker & Pratt Mfg Co., tinware and stove repairs, 16 60 Thomas Gavan, manure and labor, 10 00 Wm. Perkins, manure, 5 25 John Tucker, wheelwright work, 75 Howard Brothers, ice, 23 00 W. Horne, dressing hogs, 2 00 Henry Russell, Paris green, 1 55 Z. Boody, butter and apples, 14 60 << It cow, 45 00 « sundry expenses and fares, 5 60 $226 02 $2,603 89 ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE. . Burke, James, aid by various per- sons, $16 07 Baker,Isabella, aid by City of Boston, 10 00 Bright, George W., aid by various persons, 2 00 Butterfield, Harriet L., at Worcester Lunatic Hospital, 182 68 Benton, Mrs. Perrin, aid by payiiig rent, 35 00 AUDITOR's REPORT. 59 Bradlee, Martin, aid by town of Sud- bury, $62 63 Booker, Mrs., aid by City of Boston, 104 91 Bacon, Elizal)eth,' aid by City of Boston, 13 50 Chant, Mary A., aid by City of Bos- ton, 4 88 Coffin, Thomas, aid by various per- sons, 9 00 Clarke, Mrs. B., aid by various per- sons, 22 50 Coleman, Mrs. Wm., aid by various persons, 5 78 Carey, Mrs. Mary, aid by various persons, 46 51 Chase, Mrs. Charles, aid by payment of rent, 98 00 Condon, Mrs. Bridget, aid by various persona, 24 64 Crowley, Mrs..J., aid by various per- sons, 19 11 Clarke, Francis, aid by various per- sons, 2 00 Clouse, Mrs. Ellen A., aid by various persons, 13 75 Clouse, Mrs. Ellen A., aid by City of Cambridge, 19 84 Dunn, Mrs. Mary, aid by various persons, 80 81 Daniels, Mrs. Ann, aid by various persons, 27 89 Dailey, Mary Ann, aid by City of Cambridge, 72 00 Donovan, Bartholomae, aid by va- rious persons, 4 50 60 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Ellison, Malcolm, aid by various per- sons, $32 63 Eagan, Mrs., aid by various persons, 42 00 Flynn, Mrs., " " " 159 14 Fiug, Mrs., " " " " 49 75 Fearick, Mrs., " " " " 59 05 Fisher, Mrs., " 91 " 4 25 Flynn, Margery, aid by Worcester Lunatic Hospital, 189 71 Fenton, Dennis, aid by various per- sons, 9 94 Grigg, Mary, aid by various persons, 5 00 Green, Julia A.,aid by City of Boston, 3. 38 Hill, J. D., aid by various persons, 23 65 Hughes, Charles H., aid by various persons, 69 07 Hall,Mrs. Hannah, aid by two dollars ' a week, 104 00 Hall, Mrs. Thomas, aid by various persons, 11 00 He$erman, Mrs. John, aid by various persons, 36 26 Harrington, C., aid by various per- sons, 6 00 Hill, David, aid by various persons, 17 00 Hill, Abram, " " " 17 00 Hallet, Miss Anna, aid by various persons, 44 79 Hanberry,Hite, at State Workhouse, 91 25 Kelly, Mrs. John, aid by various per- sons, 73 07 Lemmins, Louis, aid by various per- sons, 55 95 Linnehan, Jeremiah, aid by various persons, 5 50 AUDITOR'S IMPORT. 61 McSherry, Owen, aid by various per- sons, $113 59 Mills, IV. J., aid by various persons, 30 00 McGinnis, Mrs., aid by $5.50 per montli, 66 00 Murphy, Mrs. Michael, aid by vari- ous persons, 2 00 McGuire, Mrs. W. J., aid by various persons, 3 26 McLauthlin, James, aid by various persons, 109 75 Mills, Andrew, 2d, at State Reform School, 21 00 Noonan, John, aid by various per- sons, 89 00 Nugent, Miss Julia, aid by various persons, 48 00 Nichols, D. S., aid by various per- sons, 3 19 Quinn, Daniel, aid by various per- soils, 123 71 Quinlan, John', aid by Town of Need- ham, 174 78 Ring, Mrs. John, aid by various per- sons, 100 65 Regan, Mrs. B., aid by $5 a mouth, 60 00 Rose, John, aid by various persons, 11 00 Richardson, Mrs. C., aid by various persons, 3 65 Ralley, James, aid by Worcester Lu- natic Hospital, 58 00 Regan, Mrs. David, aid by various persons, 1. 50 Sheridan, C., aid by various persons, 35 00 Sime, Win., 6.1 It 15 38 62 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Spalane, Wm. J., aid by various per - sons, $79 00 Sprague, Miles, aid by various per- sons, 35 00 Sullivan, John J., aid by various per- sons, 101 04 Sullivan, Mrs. Ellen, aid by various persons, 26 00 Skinner, Mary, aid by City of Bos- ton, 37 50 Travellers, aid by refreshments, 55 29 • Victory, Mrs., aid by various persons, 35 12 Welch, Michael, aid by various per- sons, 6 00 White, Mrs. C., aid by various per- sons, 4 65 Welsh, John, aid by $10, 3 months; $8, 9 months, 102 00 Whitney, Amasa, aid by various per- sons, 229 33 Welch, Mrs. M. B., aid by various persons, 19 00 Walker, Charles E., aid by $2 a month, 24 00 Ward, John M., aid by City of Cam- bridge, 2 00 Williams, Eliza, aid by City of Bos- ton, 31 50 Sundry persons, aid refunded, 28 75 $3,573 03 $6,476 92 r 1 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 63 BAND TAX. To amount reed of Treasurer of Commonwealth, $1,211 79 46 paid « « it 824 76 Balance to contingent, $387 03 BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. To appropriations, $1,000 00 EXPENDITURES. R. Gilkey, plank, for arsenal bridge, $67 30 J. H. Stone; plank, for ,Etna Mills and, Galen street bridges, 12 89 J. -H. Stone, plank, for Brighton bridge, 66 18 Stetson & Pope, hard-pine plauk, 10 68 Berry & Moody, labor and spikes, 65 69 Moses Whiting, << 46 15 Wm. Marrion, cover stones for cul- verts, 23 80 James O'Mara, labor, 3 00 Highways, 164 00 $459 69 Balance unexpended, 540 31 $1,000 00 CARE OF CEMETERIES. To appropriation, $75 00 EXPENDITURES. A. Greg-, mowing grass and labor, $75 00 64 AUDITOR'S REPORT. CONTINGENT. To appropriation, $2,000 00 State ,rreaSUrer, Corporation tax, 2,501 72, State Treasurer, balance of National Bank tax, 387 03 Charles Durham, tax and interest, Lots 14, 15, 16, 17, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 144 76 J. B. Durham, Tax and Interest, Lots 20, 21, 22, 31, 32, 33, Wm. Brimmer Laud, 93 82 S. S. Gleason, auctioneer's license, 2 00 L. H. Maynard, 46 2 00 W. H. Ingraham, return premiums of insur- ance, 79 68 John -McPhie, grave lot No. 145, , 20 25 Leonora Brigham, grave lot �To. 146, 8 00 James H. Smith, grave lot No. 147, 18 00 Harriet and George Huncock, brave lot No. 148, 18 00 Allen Norcross, brave lot No. 149, 12 25 George H. Long, brave lot No. 150, 34 50 Harriet N. Faxon, brave lot No. 151, 42 50 H. W. Macurdy, grave lot No. 152, 42 50 Thomas Patten, fees for weighing tit town scales, 204 74 Jesse F. Wheeler, trial justice fees, 48 99 $5,660 74 Overlay of taxes, 1878, 1,920 79 $7,581 53 EXPENDITURES. C. C. McLauthlin, stationery, file- boxes, and advertising, $34 50 Watertown " Observer," advertising town warrants, assessors' notice, etc., 33 65 AUDITOR'S REPORT. {j5 N. Gee, ringing bell, Feb. 22, $2 00 A. F. Haynes, ringing bell, Feb. 22, and March 4, and July 4, 6 00 T. G. Abbott, postage, 65 George H. Pratt, short-hand reporter, March meeting, 10 00 Berry & bloody, labor and stock, bird-houses, hay-scales, etc., 21 92 J. Q. Bradish, pens and pencils, 6 00 Boston "Post" Publishing Co., ad- vertising proposals for new loan, 8 00 Boston "Daily.Advertiser," advertis- ing proposals for new loan, 8 00 J. B. Goodrich, legal service, adver- tising Newton sewer case, 50 00 J. B. Goodrich, legal service, re- tainer in division of town, 100 00 A. E. Rosebrook, witness fee, Geo. Sawyer case, 2 00 Samuel Learned, umbrella stand, Selectmen's room, 3 00 «Tm. Rogers, care of town clock, 50 00 Andrew T. Mills, raising and lower- ing flag-staff, 13 00 T. P. Emerson, expressage, 4 25 John Doss, repairs on water-cart, 15 90 town pump, 1 75 John Madden, new bier for cemetery, 10 00 George F. Morgan, abstracts of deeds and mortgages, 33 03 George S. Bowen, repairs on town pumps, 3 75 Rockwell & Churchill, envelopes, 13 50 Caleb Kingman, new town pump, 23 00 Lynch Brothers, horse-hire, assessors, 12 00 5 tiv 66 AUDITOR's REPORT. • R. H.Paine, hardware for cemetery, $3 80 Charles Cummings,ringing bell, Feb. 22, July 4, 3 75 D. W. Kinsman, ringing bell, Feb. 22, July 4, 3 75 Mrs. A. Wolletzer, interest on award by town on Cross street, 23 22 David A. Allen, rubber, 1 50 Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co., water-pipes, 2 00 Geo. E.Tule, painting street-signs, 42 00 A. D. Henderson, raising draw, Brighton bridge, 64 00 J. H. Critehett, express, 50 A. Gregg, burial of child found in brook, 5 00 A. Gregg, death returns, 11 50 George B. Stockwell, horse-hire, policemen, 33 50 George B. Stockwell, conveyance Thomas Laffey to hospital, 3 50 T. G. Abbott, recording births, deaths, and marrigres, 85 60 Geo. L. Noyes, looking up Corpora- tion tax, 15 00 George L. Noyes, check-book, post- age, printing notice, etc., 13 00 Thomas Patten, town weighing and Weigher's book, 4 89 Thomas Patten, salary, weigher town scales, 102 37 Samuel L. Batchelder, refreshments, March 4, Nov. 5, to town officers, 27 00 Recording deed, gravel lot of D. A. Taintor, 1 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. - 67 Union Market National Bank check- book, $3 00 $920 78 Extra Expenditures, authorized by vote of the Town. ON ACCOUNT OF WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE. N. Henry Crafts, in full settlement for re- port on water supply and drainage, $900 00 ON ACCOUNT OF WATER WALL AND IMPROVE- MENTS AT TOWN-HOUSE. Thomas L. French, mason Work, $696 04 Moses Whiting, carpenter Work, 33 42 $729 46 AID RENDERED INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAIL- ORS, AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 282, ACT OF 1878. James Kenedy, $54 50 J. F. Bernard, 28 50 W. W. Eaton, 99 00 A. Johnson, 49 00 J. McNamara, 37 50 Louis Lemmins, 13 50 Wm. Sime, 45 50 $327 50 The following amounts Were trans- ferred from this account by the Board . of Selectmen, as authorized by a vote of the Town, November 30, 1878, to meet deficiencies in these depart- ments : — Almshouse, $922 50 Drainage and Crusher, 118 24 Construction of Fire-Alarm Tele- graph, 800 00 High-School annex, 11500 72 68 AUDITOR'S REroRT. Schools, $155 34 $3,496 80 Balance unexpended 1,206 99 $7,581 53 DISCOUNT AND ABATEMENTS. To appropriation, $32000 00 Interest and taxes, 537 23 --- $3,537 23 E=NDrrURES. Thomas McCarthy, abatement on tax on land taken by the town, 1867, $5 00 George L. Noyes, collector, discount on taxes, 1878, 20090 86 George L. Noyes, collector, abate- ment on taxes, 1876, 86 47 George L. Noyes, collector, abate- ment on taxes, 1877, 602 10 George L. Noyes, collector, abate- ment on taxes, 1878, 451 00 $3,235 43 Balance unexpended, 301 80 $3,537 23 DRAINAGE AND CIR USHER1. To appropriation, $2,000 00 Contingent transfer, authorized November 30, 118 24 $29118 24 • EXPENDAURES. James Hall, iron dogs, $11 84 Moses Whiting, carpenter, work and stock, 25 52 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 69 Marcellus, Day, & Co., drain-pipe, $508 86 Davis&Farnum Mfg. Co., oval grate, 1 80 Thomas L. French, mason-work and stock, 71 85 John Ross, grate, bars, and bolts, 22 60 F. T. Cummings, mason-work and stock, 31 83 R. H. Paine, drain-pipe, 7 62 J. H. Stone, lumber and cement, 7 96 W. A. Learned, Supt. labor (High- ways), 382 37 J. L. Sands, brick, 6 50 Blake Crusher Co., new crusher, 870 57 Boston & Albany R.R., freight on crusher, 46 18 Fitchburg R.R. Co., freight on castings, 2 96 R. Gilkey, lumber for crusher, 10 14 South Boston Iron Co., pulley and machine work, 2 45 Geo. S. Bowen, repairs on crusher, 3 50 Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., labor and castings, 70 83 Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 11 37 J. W. Wilson, labor and irons for crusher, 21 49 $2,118 24 FIRE DEPARTMENT. To appropriation, $5,600 00 J. Boyd & Son, old hose, 5 00 George B. Moore, sale of ma- nure, old rope, etc., 38 00 $5,643 00 70 AUDITOR'8 REPORT. Expenditures. PAY-ROLL. Board of Engineers, to Feb.1, 1879, $350 00 Hosemen (15) Steam Fire Engine Co., to Feb. 1, '79, 759 99 Hook and Ladder Co. •(15), to Feb. 1, '79, 751 68 Hiram McGlauflin, engineer, 972 00 H. G. Pierce, driver, 830 04 J. R. Harrison, stoker, 75 00 J. H. Rogers, driver, one week, 16 67 J. H. Perkins, relief engineer, 18 90 $3,774 28 HAY, STRAW, AND GRAIN. Thomas L. French, hay and straw, $160 68 Levi Miles, hay, 57 10 T. P. Emerson, hay and straw, 14 08 George F. Russell, hay, 70 14 Coffin & Magee, grain, 154 40 456 40 FUEL AND LIGHTS. R. Gilkey, wood, $3 00 Pevear & Russell, coal and wood, 60 45 Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., gas, 62 70 $126 15 SHOEING. N. B. Thompson, $42 35 W. C. Foley, 37 98 Mo 33 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 71 REPAIRS. John Ross, blacksmith work, $20 75 George E. Teele, painting, 108 75 J. A. York; repairing hose, 6 45 S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, stock, and labor, 18 56 R. H. Paine, hardware, 3 11 Alfred Howes, hardware, 6 46 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, stock, and labor, 3 '14 Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co., machine work, 12 41 J. Boyd & Son, pipes, swivels, and repairs, 45 75 Hollingsworth & Whitney, cotton- waste and packing, 3 96 George McWhirter, harness repairs, 17 78 Hunneman & Co., valve springs, 3 20 Campbell Bros. & Co., repairs on steamer, 26 60 Morrill & Allen, repairs on steamer, 66 43 343 35 MISCELLANEOUS. Andrew T. Mills, varnishing doors, $2 25 H. A. Johnson, polishing-oil, 2 25 George Holbrook, expressage, 4 50 C. C. McLauthlin, stationery, 1 80 C. W. Berry, oil, salt, brushes, etc., 32 73 Mrs. P. Welch, washing bed-clothes, 24 00 T. P. Emerson, expressage, 30 I. W. Pinkham, cotton cloth, 2 65 Mrs. Jas. Gould, making sheets and pillow cases, 1 00 72 AUDITOR'S REPORT. Chas. H. Bright, use of pung, $10 00 S. E. Woodard, sulphate of iron, 1 36 J. H. Critchett, expressage, 2 25 J. W. Storer, blue vitrol, 20 20 Thomas Patten, nickel bitt, -1 50 James Burns, pung: 40 00 $146 79 $4,927 30 Balance unexpended, 715 70 $5,643 00 FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. To appropriation, $2,500 00 Dog tax, 335 36 $2,835 36 EXPENDITURES. George N. Marsh, treasurer, $2,835 36 FIRE-ALARDI TELEGRAPH. To contingent, $800 00 EXPENDITURES. Jos. W. Storer, contract, $800 00 GRAVEL LOT. To appropriation, $700 00 EXPENDITURES. D. A. Tainter, $500 00 Balance unexpended, 200 00 $700 00 AIIDITOR.'S REPORT. 73 HIGHWAYS. To appropriation, $6,G00 00 J. W. Tarleton, fencing, 5 00 School Department, labor, 16 00 W. A. Learned, labor on bridges' and culverts, 164 00 W. A. Learned, labor on drain- age, 382 37 W. A. Learned, sale of iron and loam, use of derrick, etc., 37 97 $6,603 34 Expenditures. LABOR. Wm. Perkins, pay-roll, $313 28 Waldo A. Learned, pay-rolls, 4,738 70 Z. Boody, labor, 58 00 $5,109 98 MATERIAL FOR ROADS. G. H. Willard, gravel, $9 70 J. E. Cassidy, 44 57 20 J. W. Priest, C4 5 85 Miss H. Stone, • 30 60 Michael Hughes, 3 20 John Conant, 32 60 Abner French << 5 20 A. O. Davidson, << 3 70 William Perkins, 19 20 Horace Jenison, 7 60 Thomas Gavan, screened sand, 15 00 J. W. Tarleton, stone, 33 00 13. Whitney, « 44 50 D. F. Tripp, << 19 08 $286 43 74 AUDITOR'S REPORT. HAY, STRAW, AND (TRAIN. Almshouse, hay and straw, $208 00 Coffin & Magee, grain, 251 60 $459 60 HORSE-SHOEING} AND REPAIRING} TOOLS. W. C. Foley, $127 08 ' John Ross, 64 62 $191 70 e REPAIRS. John Madden, wheelwright Work, $36 64 Alfred Howes, hardware and tools, 22 91 R. H. Paine, << it 21 93 Geo. S. Bowen, repairing lantern, 75 Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., labor and iron, 6 13 Thomas Patten, new harnesses and repairs, 60 74 $149 10 I3REAMNG OUT ROADS. Thomas P. Emerson, $13 50 R. Gilkey, 28 50 George H. Sleeper, , 10 00 $52 00 FENCING. R. Gilkey, lumber, $9 33 J. H. Stone, " 4 52 $13 85 MISCELLANEOUS'. Thomas 1 . Emerson, expressage, $Z 45 Aaron R. Gay, record and time book, 3 40 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 75 Thos. Gavan, wood and coal for crusher, $63 75 C. W. Berry, lard and kerosene oil, pails, etc., 8 79 J. E. Cassidy, gravel screen, 7 50 Gore & Woodard, stone-paving, 173 70 Gilbert Davis, horse-blankets, 15 50 George E. Teele, painting, 75 Thomas B. Adams, belt, 27 09 Z. Boody, sled, 30 00 John Page, paints and oils, 7 26 $340 19 $6,602 85 Balance unexpended, 2 49 $6,605 34 HOSE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT. To appropriation, $700 00' EXPENDITURES. James Boyd & Son, 500 feet Paragon hose and couplings, $495 00 • Balance unexpended, 205 00 $700 00 HEATING APPARATUS, FOR LEST DISTRICT. To appropriation, $1,500 00 Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., old iron, 6 92 $1,506 92 76 AUDITOR'8 REPORT. EXPENDITURES. Ingalls & Kendricker, furnace, pumps, etc., $1,506 85 Balance unexpended, 07 $1,506 92 HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX. To Contingent, $1,500 72 Almshouse, old building, 20 00 $1,520 72 EXPENDITURES. T. L. French, mason work and stock, $106 72 H. W. Macurdy, carpenter work, 58 45 Geo. H. Staples, '< 94 11320 00 Geo. F. Meacham, plans, -35 55 $1,520 72 INTEREST ON TO WIV DEIST. To appropriatiou, $5,500 00 Brewster, Basset & Co., premiums, 400 00 Elapsed in- terest, 94 44 $5,994 44 EXPENDITURES. Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, 18 months, on $t0,000, at 7 per Cent.21 $1,050 00 Boston Five Cent Savings Bank, 7 months 1 day, on $6,000, at 5j per cent., 193 42 ' Books were closed before interest was due in February. See 1877 Re- port; only 6 months'interest paid. AUDUOR'8 REPORT. 77 Hinckley &Co., 2 months, on $4,000, at 6 per cent., $40 00 Mercantile Savings Institution, 2 months, 9 days, on $13,225, at 6 per cent., 152 08 Lowell Institution for Savings, 6 months, 14 days, on $8,000, at 51 per cent., 247 89 Lowell Institution for Savings, 1 year, on $5,500, at 6 per cent., 330 00 Treasurer of Commonwealth, 6 months,_ on $9,268, at 6 per cent., 278 04 Treasurer of Commonwealth, 1 year, on $1,500, at % per cent., 292 50 Watertown Savings Bank, 6 months, on $6,000, at 6 per cent., 180 00 Watertown Savings Bank, 6 months, on $3,000, at 6 per cent., 90 00 Watertown Savings Bank, 6 months, on $1,000, at 6 per cent., 30 00 Watertown Savings Bank, 6 months, on $1,500, at 6 per cent., 45 00 Watertown Savings Bank, 2 months, 11 days, on $400, at 5 per cent., 3 94 Watertown Savings Bank, balance of Interest on Old Loan Notes, 277 50 A. A. Learned, 2 months, 22 d►►ys, on $1,000, at 6 per cent., 13 66 Martha and Susanna B. Whitney, 2 months, 22 days, on $1,500, at 6 per cent., 20 50 Mrs. Luke Forbes, 5 months, 2 days, on $2,000, at 6 per cent., 50 66 Mrs. Luke Forbes, 4 months, 22 days, on $900, at 6 per cent., 21 30 78 AUDITOR's RE,PORT. Mrs. Luke Forbes, 1 month, on $100, at 6 per cent., $0 50 Mrs. E. Glines, 2 months, 21 days, on $1,000, at 6 per cent., 13 50 Eliza J. Norcross, 6 months, on $200, at 5 per cent., 5 00 Ann J. Norcross, 6 months, on $700, at 6 per cent., 21 00 INTEREST ON NEW LOAN. Brewster, Basset, & Co., 6 months, on $35,000, at 5 per cent., $875 00 Watertown Savings Bank, 6 months, on $5,000, at 5 per cent., 125 00 Ann J. Norcross, 6 months, on $700, at 5 per cent., 17 50 Annie Learned, 6 months, oil $1,300, at 5 per cent., 32 50 Annie A. Learned, 6 months, $1,800, at 5 per cent., 45 00 Martha Whitney, 6 months, $1,500, at 5 per cent., 37 50 Susana B. Whitney, 6 months, at $1,500, at 5 per cent., 37 50 Bertha M. Whitney, 6 months, on $1,000, at 5 per cent., 25 00 John Templeton Fund, 1 year, on $2,500, at 7 per cent., 175 00 Union Market National Bank, Dis- count on Notes, 454 15 $5,180 64 Balance unexpended, 813 80 $5,994 44 .AUDITORS REPORT. 7 INS URANCE. To appropriation, $400 00 EXPENDITURES. W. H. Ingraham, Premiums, Insur- ance on High-School Building and High School Annex, $165 00 S.T. Sharp, Premiums, Insurance on Hospital, West District, and High. School-Buildings and Pianos, 223 50 $388 50 Balance unexpended, 11 50 $400 00 It J. B. FATTEN, POST 81, G.A.R. To appropriation, $200 00 EXPENDITURES. C. C. White, Treasurer, Post 81, $200 00 POLICE. To appropriation, $3,150 00 Hiram McGlauBin, board of lodgers, 15 00 $3,165 00 EXPENDITURES. George Parker, regular, 1 year, to February 1, 1879, $1,003 75 E. V. Howard, regular, 1 year, to February 1, 1879, 1,003 75 80 AUDITOR'8 REPORT. S. F. Stearns, special, $335 50 Thomas Carroll, 122 36 Richard Newman, 142 33 James Burke, 128 30 Geo. H. Gregg, 8 25 P. J. Flanery, special, 92 25 J. H. Frazer, 61 8 50 C. E. Lougee, 16 13 75 H. P. Hubbard, « 8 25 Henry Horne, " 8 25 Hiram McGlauflin, keeper of lock-up, 1 year, to February 1, 1879, 60 00 H. P. Hubbard, fire 1 50 H. B. Cheney, fire, 18 00 L. A. Shaw, << 9 00• Chester Sprague, « 1 50 C. E. Lougee, 10 50 D. F. Trask it 9 00 J. H. Frazer, it 2 25 J. H. Russell, it 5 25 C. C. McLauthlin, blank-book, 50 N. & W. Gas Company, gas, 49 20 Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Com- pany, mash-basin, 82 C. W. Berry, soap, sand, and . matches, 2 49 $3,045 25 Balance unexpended, 119 75 $3,165 00 FRIN TING. To appropriation, $700 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 81 EXPENDITURES. Rockwell & Churchill, 1,150 Town Reports, extra copies of School and Library Reports, town war- rants, and binding forty Reports in cloth, $412 70 C. C. McLauthlin, warrants, tax- bills, Assessors' notices, blanks Overseers of Poor, outside-aid notices, billheads, etc., $63 32 — $476 02 Balance unexpended, 223 98 $700 00 SIDE WALKS. To appropriation, $500 00 Geo. L. Noyes, from Abutters, 122 62 — $622 62 EXPENDITURES. D. F. Tripp, concrete laid, $527 54 Balance, 95 08 $622 62 NOTE.—There is duo from abutters tho sum of$267.02. SALARIES OF TORN OFFICERS. To appropriation, $3,000 00 EXPENDITURES. Rev. J. F. Covering, School Com., $30 00 Rev. M. M. Green, is it 50 00 sW 82 AUDITOR'8 REPORT. John Murray, School Com., $50 00 Rev. T. W. Bishop, School Com., 50 00 J. F. Wheeler it it 50 00 Charles Brigham, it cc 12 50 Charles F. Fitz, it it 12 50 George L. Noyes, Assessor, '78-279, 200 00 J. W. Tuttle, Assessor, '78,'79, 200 00 J. F. Lynch, 200 00 George L. Noyes, Collector, 600 00 T. G. Abbott, Town Clerk, << 400 00 J. K. Stickney, Treasurer, 350 00 Howard Russell, Auditor, << 150 00 Oliver Shaw, Selectman, 200 00 Samuel Walker, it 200 00 J. W. Magee, '< << 200 00 $2,975 00 Balance unexpended, 25 00 $3,000 00 SCHOOLS. To appropriation, $18,750 00 C. C. McLauthlin, exchange of books, 7 86 S. F. Stearns, sale of old pipes, 5 00 Treasurer of Commonwealth, proportion of School fund, 95 21 Contingent transfer authorized November 30, 155 34 $19,013 41 Expenditures. SALARIES OP TEACHERS. Professor Selah Howell, 1 year, $1,850 00 George S. Turner, 1 year, 1,200 00 AUDITOR 28 REPORT. 83 George W. Andrew, 1 year, $1,000 00 Ellen M. Crafts, I year, 700 00 Etta B. Dadmun, 1 year, 650 00 Lilla Frost, 9 months, 575 00 Edward F. Thomas, 5 months, 500 00 Hattie B. Crafts, 9 months, 437 50 Alice J. Norcross, 1 year, 475 00 Mary D. Patten, 1 year, 450 00 M. P. Turner, 1 year, 450 00 Laura A. Gale, 1 year, 850 00 Nellie E. 1,Villiams2 1 year, 450 00• Bertha M. Whitney, 1 year, 450 00 Maria J. Bancroft, 5 months, 237 50 H. Maria Tucker, 5 months, 232 50 Mannie B. Patten, 1 year, 450 00 Emma, H. McLauthlin, 5 months, 225 00 Charles E. Whiting, 5 months, 150 00 Joanna M. Riley, 9 months, 385 00 M. B. Newman, 8 months, 285 50 H. M. Towle, 5 months, 150 00 Georgie C. Tucker, 5 months, 225 00 Corinne Brainerd, 5 months, 225 00 Maria H. Macurdy, 5 months, 150 00 Alice L. Watts, 4 months, 136 00 Sarah F. Coolidge, 9 months, 319 25 A. P. Goss, 1 mouth, 26 00 Lucie M. Rogers, 1 month, 28 25 Sophie E. Dwight, 1 month, 20 00 George W. Andrew, 1 month, even- ing, 50 00 Henry G. Carey, 105 00 $13,437 50 84 AUDITOR'S RE,PORT. SALARIES OF JANITORS. Nathaniel Gee, 7 months, $604 13 Mrs. Julia Sullivan, 1 year, 75 00 Afrs. M. Austin, 1 year, 102 25 A. H. Stone, 6 months, 830 52 George F. Robinson, 4 months, 213 40 Nathaniel Gee, truant officer, 24 14 Richard Newman, << 9 96 Thomas Carroll, it 6 64 George Parker, It 6 64 E. V. Howard, 64 6 64 -- $1,379 32 FUEL FOR SCHOOL-HOUSES. Pevear & Russell, coal, $440 00 Thomas Gavan, it 393 50 A. D. Henderson, 19 110 00 Aiken & Woodard, charcoal, 97 46 $1,040 96 BOOKS AND STATIONERY. C. C. McLauthlin, books and sta- tionery, $1,171 01 ` Ginn & Heath, music charts, read- ers, etc., 112 83 R. S. Davis & Co., books, 34 36 Rockwell & Churchill, questions, 7 00 J. F. Lovering, Longfellow's and Jean Ingelow's poems, 5 80 M. W. Tewksbury, books, 12 37 A. E. Stockin, LL d .0 61 Lee & Shepard, 49 5 00 Nichols & Hall, 96 14 82 $1,453 80 AUDITOR 18 REPORT, 85 REPAIRS. George S. Bowen, repairing re sisters and conductors, $1 7 47 H. W. Macurdy, carpenter work, 125 51 Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co., shaker and furnace repairs, 56 75 S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 254 81 Ingalls & Kendricken, furnace re- pairs, 21 40 Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 1 73 F. T. Cumminss, mason work and cleaning furnaces, 15 67 R. H. Paine, wire netting, staples, and hardware, 2 62 A. Howes, hardware, 53 26 F. E. Hamblin, mason work, 13 88 E. O. Morris, repairing slate roof, 16 78 A. G. Whitcomb, desks and seats, 245 09 D. Bright, white-washing, 10 00 C. H. Wilson, carpenter work, 1 50 W. H. Wicks, id 45 83 Geo. E. Teele, painting, 1 75 Highways,repairing bank-wall,South District, 16 00 _ Henry Russell, painting and setting glass, 55 04 S. F. Carrier, repairing pump, 3 95 — $959 04 EXTRA REPAIRS. Changing outside doors ordered by State officials. S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, $54 98 H. W. Macurdy, << 26 48 J. T. Blaisdell, 66 96 $G AUDITOR'S REPORT. W. J. Mills, painting and graining doors, $10 00 $158 42 MISCELLANEOUS. School Committee, stationery and office incidentals, charts, framing maps, and sundry expenses, $71 71 C. W. Beimy,, brushes, oil, etc., 9 92 Luther Bent & Co., repairing seats and curtains, and moving settees, 32 70 T. W. Bicknell, Journal of Educa- tion, 1 year, 3 00 N. Gee, watchman, 9 00 Thomas Gavan, moving snow, ashes, r� and grading, 112 r 5 John Allen, tuning pianos, 11 50 Wadsworth Bros. -& Howland, brass instruments, G 00 Howard & Parker, truant officers, 30 00 Wm. Rogers, repairing clocks and bells, G 25 Hiram Whitney, repairing and clean- ing clocks, 14 00 T. P. Emerson, expressage, 17 70 Albert Snow, drawing frames, 10 00 D. F. Tripp, concrete laid, 64 80 Merrick, Otis & Co., disinfectant, 3 28 Otis Brothers'& Co., washing-soda, mops, and oils, 4 88 Mrs. Austin, cleaning school-rooms, 10 10 Lewis Hoeffiier, tuning pianos, 10 00 B. F. Nutting, examining school drawings, 5 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 87 B. F. Nutting, on account instruc- tions in drawing, $100 00 Geo. B. Stockwell, horse-hire, 19 50 S. E. Woodard, acids and alcohol, 2 78 F. G. Barker, printing programmes and tickets, 9 00 Laura F. Armitage, teaching, 17 50 Margaret Riley and Ellen McNamara, cleaning windows, 3 00 $584 37 $19,013 41 STREET LIGHTS AND LAMP-POSTS. To appropriation, $3,700 00 EXPENDITURES. Globe Gas Light Co., lighting and care, $1,617 00 Globe Gas Light Co., lamp-posts and lanterns, 148 75 Newton & Watertown Gas Light Co., lighting and care, 1,829 95 Newton &Watertown Gas Light Co., frame and lantern and setting post, 12 73 George S. Bowen, repairing street lanterns, 2 50 Walker & Pratt Manufacturing Co., painting lamp-post, 70 John Coffee, moving lamp-post, 1 00 A. F. Richardson, setting lamp-post, 2 00 $3,614 63 Balance unexpended, 85 37 $3,700 00 88 AUDITOR'S REPORT. STATE TAX. To amount assessed, $4,280 00 Paid Treasurer of Commonwealth, 4,280 00 STATE AID. To amount from Treasurer of Commonwealth, $800 00 EXPENDITURES. Charles F. Jackson, 12 months, $72 00 John Hallihan, 12 months, 120 00 Deborah Bright, 12 months, 48 00 Mary Severance, 12 " 48 00 Mary McCabe, 12 " 48 00 Maria Levally, 12 " 48 00 Otis A. Pollard, 12 " 54 00 Sarah W. White, 12 " 48 00 Horace W. Otis, 12 " 72 00 AndrewL.Flohr,12 " 72 00 Mary L. Sawtell, 12 " 48 00 Mary Murphy, 12 48 00 Alice Crotty, 12 " 48 00 $774 00 Unea-pended balance, 26 00 $800 00 TOWN DEBT. To appropriation, $5,000 00 Amounts borrowed from sundry parties to pay old loan notes, as authorized by vote of the town,— Brewster, Bassett, & Co., 40,000 00 Mrs. Anna Learned, 1,800 00 Miss A. Augusta Learned, 1,300 00 AUDITOR P8 REPORT. 89 Martha Whitney, $1,500 00 Susan B. Whitney, 1,500 00 Bertha M. Whitney, 1,000 00 $52,100 00 EXPENDITURES. A. Augusta Learned, note of Jan. 4, 1874, $1,000 00 M. and S. B. Whitney, note of Jan. 8, 1874, 1,500 00 - Hinckley & Co., note of August 13, 1872, 4,000 00 Mercantile Savings Institution,note of August 9, 1873, 13,225 00 Five Cent Savings Bank, note of August 5, 1864, 6,000 00 Lowell Institution for Savings, note of October 7, 1856, 8,000 00 Mrs.LukeForbes,note of Nov. 20, 1863, 2,000 00 Mrs. Luke Forbes, note of Dec. 1, 1869, 900 00 Mrs. E. Glines, note of Feb. 2, 1863, 1,000 00 Treasurer of Commonwealth, note of May 23, 1868, 9,268 00 Watertown Savings Ban].:, part of notes April 22, 1872, 307 00 Watertown Savings Bank, notes of Feb. 8, 1872, 3,000 00 Watertown Savings Bank, note of Feb. 2, 1874, 1,500 00 Watertown Savings Bank, note of June 7, 1872, 400 00 $52,100 00 90 AUDITOR 98 REPORT. TOWN HALL: HEATING,LI GHTING,d ND CARE OF. To appropriation, $1,000 00 Geo. H. Gregg, janitor, rent to Feb. 1, 1879, 289 70 $1,289 70 EXPENDITURES. Geo. H. Gregg, janitor, to Feb. 1, 18799 $432 00 A. D. Henderson, coal, 324 49 Thomas Gavan, coal, 12 00 Newton &Watertown Gas Co.,gas, 208 20 Perry & Moody, carpenter work, 152 54 Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 4 38 Moors & Whyte, wire-netting, 71 55 A. Howes, keys, brooms, chisel, and tacks, 1 90 R. H.Paine,keys, brooms, nails, and tacks, 1 07 John Page, filling and varnishing book-case, 10 00 Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co., labor on steam-fixtures, 19 25 C. W. Berry, window brush, mop, soap, matches, etc., 5 55 Howard Brothers, ice, 11 00 S. E. Woodard, alcohol, 2 00 George McWhirter, sponges, 50 George Bowen, tin dippers, 75 Henry Russell, 14 01 $1,271 19 Balance unexpended, 18 51 $1,289 70 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 91 TEMPLETON BENEFICENT FUND- The Templeton Fund, $2,500, the income of which is dis- tributed annually, according to the term of the bequest, statement of which can be seen on page 65 of Town Report for 1874, is loaned to the town by the Selectmen, they hold- ing the Town Treasurer's note for the amount, and collect- ing annually (December 21) interest at the rate of seven per cent., which is the income to be, distributed. To interest on $2,500, one year, to Dec. 21, 1878, $175 00 EXPENDITURES. Otis Brothers, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, $67 00 Fletcher & Towne, goods delivered sundry persons, by order Select- men, 2 00 C. W. Berry, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, 19 00 Samuel Noyes & Co., goods de- livered sundry persons, by order Selectmen, 7 00 W. H. Lyman, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, 3 00 Lynch Brothers, goods delivered sundry persons, by order Select- men, 14 00 L. A. Shaw, goods delivered sundry persons, by order Selectmen, 25 00 E. S. Plaisted, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, 15 00 Pevear & Russell, goods delivered sundry persons, by order Select- men, 13 00 92 AUDITOR°$ REPORT. I. W. Pinkham, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, $2 00 J. H. Flagg, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, 2 00 Thomas Gavan, goods delivered sun- dry persons, by order Selectmen, 4 00 $173 00 Balance unexpended, 2 00 $175 00 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, EX- CLUSIVE OF TOWN DEBT, TO FE, B. 11, 1879. ASSETS. Cash balance in hands of Treasurer, $1,291 80 Due from State, on account of State aid, 327 00 Due from State, on account of paupers, 23 38 Due from. Treasurer of Commonwealth, on ac- count of Bank and corporation tax, 682 01 Outstanding taxes 1876, in hands of Geo. L. Noyes, 483 31 Outstanding taxes 1877, in hands of Geo. L. Noyes, 590 02 Outstanding taxes 1878, in hands of Geo. L. Noyes, 7,658 34 D. D. Dickenson, land and buildings sold Oct. 17, 1877, for assessment on sidewalks, 79 58 Uncollected taxes, J. F. Boyd, lot 46 and silk factory, bought for taxes 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, with expenses and interest to April 10, 1877, 588 50 Due from abutters for sidewalk, 267 02 $11,990 96 AUDITORS REPORT. 93 LIABILITIES. Note due Union Market National Bank, due April 7, 1879, borrowed in anticipation of taxes, $3,000 00 Surplus, $8,990 96 The above statement closes the report of the financial department for the year. The town debt has been reduced $5,000, in accordance with the provision made for that purpose. The debt is now $74,293, and drawinb annual interest, as follows : — (See table, pate 46). $10,000 00 at 7% $700 00 4,500 00 << 61% 292 50 5,500 00 « 6% 330 00 54,293 00 5% 2,714 65 $74,293 00 $4,037 15 Respectfully' submitted, HORACR RUSSELL, Auditor. 94 AUDITOR'S REPORT- ESTIMATE S FOR THE YEAR 1879. For Schools, $20,000 00 Fire Department and engineers, 52200 00 Support of door, 4,500 00 Highways acid drainage, 8,000 00 Bridges and culverts, 1,500 00 Interest on town debt, 4,600 00 Salaries, 3,000 00 Discounts and abatements, 3,000 00 Paying-portion of town debt, 10,000 00 Police, 3,150 00 Insurance, 150 00 Free Public Library, 11300 00 Concrete walks, 500 00 Contingent, with other credits, 1,000 00 Street lights and lamp-posts, 3,500 00 • Printing, 600 00 Heating, lighting, and care of Town Hall, 1,000 00 Care of cemeteries, and gravel for do., 150 00 Isaac B. Patten Post, 200 00 $71,350 00 AUDITOR'S REPORT. 95 SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, APPROPRIATIONS, AIITD EXPENDI- TURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1879. Transfers Unex- ece Appro Receipts. to Depart- Total Ex- pr4ations. p ments Over. penditures. pended drawn. Balances. Almsbouse . . . . . . . $4,500 00 $1,054 42 $92'2 50 $6,476 9.2 Bridges and Culverts . . . 1,000 Ou , , , , , , 459 69 $540 31 Care of Cemeteries . . . . 75 W 75 00 Contingent . . . . . 2,00000 5,581 53 . . . 2,877 74 *4,703 79 Discounts and Abatements 3.000 00 637 23 . 3,235 43 301 80 Drainage and Crusher. . . 2,000 00 , , 11S 24 2,118 24 Fire Department . . . . . 6,60000 43 00 . . . 4,927 30 715 70 Free Public Library . . . 2,500 00 335 38 2,885 36 . . . . . Fire-Alarm Telegraph. . . . , �S00 00 8W OU Gravel Lot . . . . . . i00 00 500 00 200 00 Highways . . . . . . 6,0110 00 005 34 . . . 6,602 85 240 Hose for Fire Department. 700 00 . . . , . . . 495 00 205 00 Beating apparatus for West School . . . . . . . . . 1,500 00 0 02 1,506 85 07 High School Annex . . . . 20 00 1,500 72 1,520 72 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 5,500 00 494 44 . . . 5,180 64 .813 80 ` Insurance . 400 00 * 3S8 50 11 50 I.B. Patten Post 81,G.A.R.. 200 Ou . . 200 OU Police. . . . . . . . . . . 8,150 00 15 60 . . 3,045 25 219 75 Printing. . . . . . . . . . 700 00 . . . 476 0.2 2.23' 98 Schools . . . . . . . . . . 18,750 00 108 07 155 34 19,013 41 . . Salaries . . . . . . . . . 3,000 00 . . . 2,975 00 25 00 Street Liglits . . . . . . . 31700 00 . . . 3,614 63 85 37 Sidewalks. 500 00 122 62 . . . 527 54 95 08 Town IInll . . . . . . 1,000 00 280 70 . . . . 1,271 10 18 51 Templeton Fund . . . . . . 115 00 . . . 173 00 2 00 Town Debt . . . . . 5,000 00 . . . . . . 5,000 00 ' ' ' Taxes paaid to February l0,1570, ' less interest collected(carried to discounts and abatements) and overlay. Taxes carried to contingent, each item being Included in the receipts of its respective accounts . . . . . 70 609 26 . . . . . Borrowed Money . . . , . 35,600 00 . . . . . . Borrowed tf New loan. , , ' ' ' • 4i,100 00 State Aid . . . 8110 00 . . . . .774 00 . Cash in Treasury,Feb.13,�1878, , . 3,844 19 . . . ' . ' State Tax paid .'. 4,280 00 Batik Tax-see Account ,2 ' ' Corporation Tax to Contingent. . , , , • Borrowed Money paid. . . . . . . . . . . . �37 500 00 . . . Old Loan Notes paid . , . . , . . , , • 47,100 00 . . . Balance in Treasury, Feb. 11, 1879. . . . . . . . . 1,201 80 . . . . �,16 ,"4'2 OS $167,242 OS *From balance of Contingent Account deduct transfers $3,496.80, leaving an actual balance of$1,200.99 only. APPRAISEMENTT Personal property at the Almshouse in Water- town, pertaining to and used on the Town Farm, $29340 50 Pertaining to and used on highways, 4,417 50 $6,758 00 Additional inventory of the above property can be seen at the Selectmen's room, in a book kept for that purpose. OLIVER SHAW, SAMUEL WALKER, Appraisers. JAMES W. MAGEE, SCHEDULE AND VALUATION Or TOWN PROPERTY, TOWN FARM, — 31 acres of land, $600, $18,900 00 Buildings on the salve, as follows, viz. :— House, $2,000 00 Barn, 2,500 00 Hospital, 1,000 00 5,500 00 $24,400 00 Personal property, as per appraise- ' ment, $2,340 50 Used on roads, 4,417 50 6,758 00 TowN-HOUSE AND LAND, AND ENQINE- HOUSE, — 12,920 feet of land, 60 cents, $7,752 00 Town-house and Engine-house, 23,500 00 Furniture iaTown-house,includiuc heating apparatus, 3,000 00 34,252 00 HIGH ScI3ooL-HOUSE,— 57,010 feet of land, $6,000 00 High School-house and furniture, 27,500 00 33,500 00 Philosophical apparatus, 1,500 00 Library and piano, 500 00 Carried forzaard, $100,910 00 7 W. 98 SCHEDULE AND 'VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. Brought forward, $100,910 00 CENTRE SCHOOL-IIOUSE, — 15,318 feet of land, $2,500 00 School-house and furniture, 9,000 00 Piano, 150 00 — 11,650 00 EAST SCHOOL-HOUBE,- 27,378 feet of land, $1,300 00 School-house and furniture, 7,000 00 Piano, 150 00 8,450 00 WEST SCIIOOL-MOUSE,— 21,500 feet of land, $1,400 00. School-house and furniture, 10,000 00 Piano, 150 00 11,550 00 NF,w Wr.,ST SCIIOOL-HOUSE,— Land, 48,120 feet, $1,600 00 School-house and furniture, 5,000 00 6,600 00 SOUTH SCHOOL-I-IOUSE, — 11,830 feet of land, $1,200 00 School-house and furniture, 9,000 00 Piano, 150 00 10,350 00 Free Public Library and furniture, 10,000 00 Iron safe at Town Treasurer's, 40 00 Ilay-scales, 150 00 Gravel bank on Beacon Hill, 1 2-5 acre land, 1,000 00 • grater-cart, 200 00 Tainter gravel lot, 400 00 Carried fomard, $161 ,300 00 AUDITOR 18 REPORT. 99 Brought forward, $161,300 00 APPARATUS USED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT, — Steam Fire-engine and Hose-car- riage, $3,500 00 4 horses used on Engine and Hose- carriage, 700 00 Hose, harnesses, and furniture, 2,500 00 New Houk-and-Ladder Truck, 800 00 4 1Iose-carriaiges, 300 00 Tender wagon, pung, and equip- ments, 300 00 8,100 00 Total valuation of town property, $169,400 00 s 100 SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. 0'~D M .-1 Cl N .-1 !~A .•� C7 C; O~D yNj •••1 CAO O Cl C '4 ~ M .Wi .�. ~ n r ram+ '� rr w h M tj w co m m [Rr o CI O o.�II O S.�I o. 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To George Parker, a.Constable of the Town of Watertown, Greeting:— In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the legal voters of Watertown to meet in the Town Hall on 11londay, the 3d day of March next, ensuing, at 9 o'clock, A.M., to act upon the following articles, viz. :— ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting. ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year. ART. 3. To hear the reports of the town officers, and of committees heretofore appointed, and act thereon. ART. 4. To grant such sums of money as may be thought necessary for the uses and expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and for paying a portion of the town debt, direct how the same shall be raised, and act thereon. ART. 5. To see what method the town will adopt for the collection of taxes for the ensuing year, choose a col- lector of taxes, and act thereon. ART. G. To see if the town will adopt the jury-list, as submitted by the Selectmen, or act thereon. ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer to borrow on the credit and behalf of the town, under the direction of the Selectmen, such sums as may be necessary for the use of the town, not exceeding $50,000, in anticipation of the taxes, or act thereon. ART. 8. To see if the town will grant the sum of $200 104 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING. to Isaac B. Patten Post No. 81, G.A.H., for the purpose of assisting the Post in defraying the expenses of decorating the graves of the deceased soldiers on the next Decoration Day, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon. ART. 9. To see if the town will purchase additional hose for the use of the Fire Department, grant money for the same, or act thereon. AUT. 10. To see if the town will construct a reservoir at the junction of Grove street and Coolidge avenue, as recom- mended by the Board of Engineers of the Fire Department, grant money for the same, or act thereon. ART. 11. To see what action the town will take with reference to watering the streets, grant money for that pur- pose, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon. ART. 12. To see what action the town will take with reference to draining Market street, if necessary grant money for the same, or act thereon. ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to request the Selectmen to grant no licenses for the sale of spirituous liquors during the ensuing year,except to one or more apoth- ecaries, for medicinal and mechanical uses, or act thereon. ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to request the Se- lectmen to enforce the Liquor Law, or act thereon. ART. 15. To see what action the town will take with reference to celebrating the 250th anniversary of the settle- ment of Watertown, which will occur in the year 1880. ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to have the Free Public Library and Reading:,-Room kept open on Sunday afternoons and evenings, or act thereon. ART. 17. To see if the town will appropriate money to continue the water-pipes up Mount Auburn, Main, Church, and Spring streets, and to order the pipe now running over the Mill Creek to be laid beneath the same, or act thereon. And you are required to notify and warn the legal voters aforesaid, by leaving at every inhabited house in the town a WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING. 105 printed notice containing all the articles to be acted upon, and also by posting up two or more of such printed notices in conspicuous public places in the town, seven days at least previous to the time of such meeting. Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to us, the subscribers, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands, with the seal of the town affixed, at Watertown, this fourteenth clay of February, A.D. 1879. OLIVER, SHAW, Selectmen SAMUEL IVALKEP, of JAMES W. MAGEE, T Fatertown. o f. coN° �_ A LIST OF JURYATEN, As prepared by the Selectmen, Feb. 3, 1879, to be passed upon at the Annual March Meeting. Adams, Edward H., Lynch, James F., Bent, Luthery Macurdy, H. W., Berry, Chas. W., McLauthlin, Joseph L , Blaisdell, James T., March, Stillman P., Bowen, George S., Moody, Geo. H., Brigham, Charles, Noyes, George L., Burnham, Charles H., Pierce, Benj. H., Burns, Jos. H., Perkins, Charles T., Chase, Lewson E., Perkins, Frank H., Conant, Marvel J., Perkins, William, Cummings, F. T., Priest, David H., Crocker, W. H., Rogers, Artemus B., Critchett, James H., Rosebrook, Alvin E., Dadmun, W. H., Russell, Howard, Dow, Benjamin H., Sherman, William, Drake, Nathan, Shipton, Ambrose J., Davis, Robt. L., Sleeper, George H., Edwards, Wm., Sparrow, Seth E., Farwell, William E., Stickney, John K., Fewkes, Jesse, Stockwell, George B., Flint, D. B., Stone, Joshua C., Gardner, Chas. B., Stone, Joseph H., Gavan, Thos., Tainter, Daniel A., Hall, John, Tainter, George, Haynes, Alberto F., Tucker, John, Howes, Samuel C., Tuttle, John W., Howard, William C;., West, Thomas P., Kendall, Francis, Whitney, Hiram, King, William S., Wiswell, Henry M., Learned, Henry J., Woodward, J. B., Locke, Henry W., White, Abram. Published by order of the Selectmen. TILDEN G. ABBOTT, Town Clerk. FORTY-FIRST .tNl NUAL REPORT or THU SCHOOL COMMITTEE a or WA- TERTOWN , FOR l8 7 8- 79 . BOSTON : PRLSS OF ItOCKIVELL AND CHURCHILL , No. 39 ARcii STREET. 18 7 9 . K WATERTOWN, MASS., Feb. 17, 1879. IN SCHOOL C051MITTEE. Voted, That the Report of the Chair- man be adopted as the Annual Report of the Committee, with the exceptions noted. CHARLES W. STONE, Secretary. REPORT . To the School Committee:— At the beginning of the year the members of the School Committee were as follows:— Charles W. Stone (term expires in 1879). Thomas W. Bishop (term expires in 1879). John Murray (term expires in 1880). Jesse F. Wheeler (term expires in 1880). Jeremiah J. Sullivan (term expires in 1881). Joseph F. Lovering (term expires in 1881). In October Mr. Murray resigned. After the most urgent solicitation had failed in persuading him to withdraw his resignation, it was accepted. The va- cancy thus made was filled by the election, in the manner prescribed by law, of Luther B. Morse, M.D. The General Committee, officered and divided into Sub-committees, is as follows: — J. F. Lovering, Chairman. Charles W. Stone, Secretary. SUB-COMMITTEES. HIGH SCHOOL. J. F. Lovering, Chairman. Charles W. Stone, T. W. Bishop. 4 SCIIOOL REPORT. EAST DISTRICT. J. J. Sullivan, Chairman. T. W. Bishop, Charles W. Stone. CENTRE DISTRICT. J. F. Wheeler, Chairman. J. F. Lovering, L. B. Morse. SOUTH DISTRICT. L. B. Morse, Chairman. Charles W. Stone, J. F. Wheeler. WEST DISTRICT. T. W. Bishop, Chairman. J. J. Sullivan, J. F. Lovering. FINANCE AND REPAIRS. L. B. 11lorse, Chairman. Charles W. Stone, T. W. Bishop. MUSIC, DRAWING, AND TEXT-BOOKS. Charles W. Stone, Chairman. T. W. Bishop, J. F. Lovering. ' The committee thus organized has given careful attention to the general conduct of the schools, and endeavored, as far as possible, to discharge with fidelity the duties laid upon it. Fifteen special meet- ings, besides the regular monthly meetings, have been held. The general interest in the ordinary busi- ness affairs of the schools thus indicated has been supplemented by frequent visits to the schools for the inspection of those details affecting discipline and method of instruction. The conviction has grown stronger throughout the year that no interests con- cern the well-being of the town more nearly than• those intrusted to the School Committee. If the SCHOOL REPORT, 5 statement of Rdnan, that " education is, with modern society, a matter of life and death," cannot be ac- cepted without qualification, no one will dispute that education is of serious and immediate impor- tance. If the children of to-day were to be re- garded only as the highest achievements of modern civilization, because they inherit what the past has toiled for and secured, there would be good reason for the most thoughtful care of them; but when, in addition, it is true that they are to be looked upon as adventurers, preparing for new discoveries in the life before them, that care ought to be more vigilant and persistent. They are not palimpsests, recording experiences, which those curious in such matters may study and interpret; they are mysterious oracles, in- dicating an enlarged possibility for character and work. Richter, in his dlsenSsion of education, has written much that is suggestive, but no one phrase is more significant than this: Each generation of children begins the history of the world anew." So far as appears, the orclivary criticism passed upon public schools includes two 'particular objec- tions: Teachers do not work, and children are taught too much: A brief comment may be of ser- vice. l.—T.LACHERS DO NOT WORK. It is not disputed that teachers might not do more work, or that they might not improve in methods of work. No one, however earnest an advocate of public-school instruction he may be, will assert that 'Lerana on the Doctrine of Education. Chap. 1, § 1. 6 SCHOOL REPORT. the most is being done that can be done. Indeed, the more earnest the advocate, the more zealous he is likely to be in his opinion, that, if not more work, at any rate better work shall be done. Yet there are those who say teachers do not work. With them it is a denial of fact, not a question of method. When this conviction comes after serious and patient in- vestigation, it may be well to consider whether there are not grounds for complaint in the habits of some individual teacher. It is not contended that there may not be incompetent or indolent teachers, as well as incompetent or indolent laborers or business men. 1[For the most part,however, the objection under con- sideration is made by those who have no disposition to study the facts in the case, and, let it be added, but little ability to do so. They may have a certain rude education which comes from a restricted ex- perience in practical affairs. They may have gained by that an easy manual dexterity in some art, or a ready shrewdness in some business. But this can by no means qualify them to judge accurately of matters outside of, or beyond their ordinary sphere of action or habit of thought. A woodpecker, devoting his at- tention all his life to worms, would find a livelihood where an eagle would starve, but that will not make him monarch of the skies. A mole, with its small red eyes set in one direction, may see under the sod what a man could not discover under the light of the sun, but that does not make it equal in strength or intelli- gence. One clay a cobbler said he thought Prof. Pierce, of Cambridge, "did not know much, because Sentences in brackets dissented from by J. J. Sullivan, Esq. SCHOOL REPORT. 7 he did know how to make a waxed end." The cob- bler's knowledge was not to be despised, and, for his trade, skill in making waxed-ends is of importance; but the cobbler's judgment of the mathematician re- vives the old proverb, -Ye sutor ultra crepidam-« let the cobbler stick to his last."] It may he stated as a fact that no class do more faithful, steady, and effec- tive work than school teachers. And it may be added, that no employment is a more continuous drain upon vital energies than school teaching. For the most part, every teacher earns the stipend paid, and earns more than that, viz., the respect and grati- tude of every parent and friend of the children. 2.--CHrLDRE'T ARE TAUGHT TOO MUCH. This objection is made by those who acknowledge the importance of public schools and wish them well, and, also, '[by those who are unfriendly to the schools and i�'ho mask their unfriendliness behind a pre- tended solicitude for the children.] That children are taught too much, is evidenced, they say, by lack of vigorous health — their vitality is exhausted. So there are instances of impaired eyesight, of distorted figures, of loss of color and appetite, and of a growing disinclination to any cheerful and elastic activity. All this may be true in isolated cases, but the explanation given that it is because the children are over-burdened with study, is not true; at least it is not true of the children attending school in this town. The utmost vigilance has been exer- cised in this particular by the committee and the i That part of the sentence in brackets dissented fro►n by J.J. Sullivan,Esq. $ SCHOOL REPORT. teachers. The schedule of studies, incorporated into this report and authorized for the future, is the care- ful result of the most patient comparison with courses of instruction in vogue in other schools, and of the most frank and earnest conference between the committee and teachers and of the committee among themselves. The method pursued was as fol- lows:—Each teacher was invited to give, and did give, a detailed statement of what should be done by his or her school in one year. These separate reports were consolidated. This consolidated report was then compared with courses of instruction prescribed in other towns. Then a draft was made averaging the teachers' reports as corrected by what was re- quired in other schools. Then the teachers of the separate grades were invited to meet and correct the draft thus made, so far as it concerned their grade. This final corrected draft was submitted to the whole committee and passed as printed. It is not given as complete. There are certain features which are only tentative. It is expected that larger experience will authorize changes, especially in the High School, where it may be found necessary to have fewer studies. 'But of this, after the care taken, all inter- ested may be reasonably sure that there is no ground for the complaint that the children in the schools are taught tot) much. Grant that this is true, and yet grant what is also true in certain instances, that the health of the chil- dren is not so good as it might be, it would be well to recognize and appreciate certain homely but un- Dissented from by J. J. Sullivan, Esq. SCHOOL REPORT. 9 deniable facts. Physical vigor depends largely upon direct personal care. Parents are responsible for the habits of their children out of school hours. They are not free from blame in this matter. Dress and diet, indolent lounging about the house, novel-read- ing, and late hours,—these are more chargeable with the loss of vitality than any school duties. It must be confessed, however, that there are two sources of ill-health which immediately concern the schools. One is the ventilation of the school-rooms. It is a fact which has been considered altogether too little that no school-room in town, with one or two -excep- tions'only—and we have twenty-one in use —is ade- quately ventilated. 'There has been one improve- ment in this respect since last year, when in one of the schools certain privies, constructed in the build- ing with an utter disregard of correct sanitary prin- ciples, were ventilated into an ash-pit, which had an immediate opening into one of the largest school- rooms. But there is much more that ought to be done. "The United States hospitals allow from eight hundred to one thousand two hundred cubic feet of air to the individual. The British India jails give prisoners six hundred and forty-eight cubic feet of air." In one of our Primary Schools, by no means the worst, each child has only one hundred and fifty- three cubic feet of air, and in one of the best Gram- mar Schools only three hundred and six cubic feet of air. Would it not be well to consider whether our chil- dren shall receive less than a sick soldier or a*healthy convict. The means of ventilation in the rooms above 'This sentence dissented from by J. J. Sullivan, Esq. 2 w. s. lO SCHOOL REPORT. s referred to are insufficient, and, although the Primary School has two recesses, ten minutes each, in the morning and one of fifteen minutes in the short after- noon session, and the Grammar School has a teacher in charge who is most carefully solicitous of his own health and that of his school, it is necessary, in order to secure ventilation, to open the windows, thus en- dangering the health of the children in another way, i.e.,by subjecting them to all unavoidably direct draft.l Then, again, the teachers in some schools have been careless in not having the children under their charge avail themselves of the opportunity which recess is meant to give for a good breath of fresh air outside the school-room. Sometimes there has been exercise in the school-room at recess. In stormy weather, or when it is severely cold, this is allowable, but only then; and even then the advan- tage of the exercise is rendered almost nugatory by the larger deterioration of the air in the room, even when care is exercised to have the windows opened generously, which is not always done. The first source of depraved health,—poor ven- tilation,—it is hoped, will be removed the coming year: The second,—misuse, or rather no use, of recess,—will, doubtless, no longer be chargeable against any school, as a specific regulatioli has been made covering the whole matter. Moreover, it is urged that the children are taught 'That the danger from this source is neither imaginary nor exaggerated, read the following:-11 As to the practice of ventilating in winter by opening windows, we say, in the words of Angus Smith, °though foul air is a slow poison, we must nQt forget that a blast of toll air may slay like a sword."'- Report State Board of Health, 1874, p. 437. SCHOOL REPORT. 1] too much;* not only because their health suffers, but because the instruction given is, as a whole, imprac- tical. This introduces a new and important subject for discussion. It will not do to answer it by a denial. The rebuttal to such denial is altogether too ready. A careful study of our school system dis- covers many imperfections. If school work' is fo be judged by the results of school work, there can be no doubt that very much said in criticism of that work is justified. There is no problem more intri- cate .than that which seeks to adjust the relative- importance of studies which all concede are valuable, and to determine the methods by which these studies shall be pursued. It is said, and said with truth, "that many young people—graduates of our public schools — are not capable of doing any work for which any one should pay a dollar; nor can they write a decent letter at fifteen, nor even read a news- paper well." An effort has been made looking to a change in this respect. For instance, sewing has been introduced into one or two Primary Schools; book-keeping is to be taught in our Grammar Schools.' There are other very important and neces- sary changes that should be made. The question is not what the changes shill be, but how shall they be effected` For years our schools have been the target for abuse. Men of little or no education have de- nounced them; men who think they shall be heard for their loud speaking have sought the cheap ap- plause of town meeting by practising upon the public 'It may also be stated that especial attention has been paid to instruction, in writing in all schools excepting the High School. 12 SCIIOOL REPORT. schools. One year ago, when an earnest effort was made to do something for the schools, the most vir- ulent abuse was heaped upon those who sought to help the cause of public education in this town. Yet, ' that there is need of correcting errors and reforming methods, no one disputes. For the most part, how- ever, the criticism of our schools should be, not that too much is taught, but that many things should be taught that are neglected, and that much is taught that might be taught in a better way. It may be well to consider, for one thing, that to a very considerable extent the value of our school system culminates in the Grammar School. To a large extent the High School is the luxury of a few. To a large extent the Grammar School marks the high tide of the possible education of the great mass of children. In this connection, the serious and lamentable fact cannot be denied that nine-tenths of those who graduate from our Gram- mar Schools have no such knowledge of the practical value of what is taught as they should have. They may be able to parse a sentence according to the most approved pedagogic rules, yet not able to write one; they may be able to bound China, or tell the height of Mount St. Elias, and yet not know the counties in Massachusetts, or in what direction from their own home is the capital of the State; they may be able to do all the review exercises in arithmetic, yet unable to measure a load of wood, tell how much corn goes to a bushel of meal, or keep the books of a grocer who is sharp enough, without education, to sell sand for sugar, and clover leaves for tea. f SCHOOL REPORT. 13 'But while a just and temperate criticism is at all times to be received with deference, there is no excuse for any criticism, direct or implied, which is entirely without knowledge of the facts in the case. That disposition is always to be frowned upon which is captious and overbearing. In this connection, though with no purpose to make any forced application of what has been said, it may be well to call attention to a petition sent to the committee during the past year concerning the metric system. It is well known that some of the signers are among the most generous and faithful supporters of our schools, and, doubtless, subscribed their names in compliment to the originator of the petition, and any reflection upon them, however slight, is distinctly and unequivocally disavowed. The fact remains, nevertheless, that the body of the petition shows the most lamentable lack of knowl- edge of school affairs, so far as the special demand made is concerned. Here is the petition: — c` The undersigned respectfully urge the impor- tance of bringing into immediate operation every . influence and agency which can facilitate and pre- cipitate the general adoption of the metric system. They therefore request your Board to so arrange the mathematical department of the schools under your charge that instruction shall be given in the metric method only, to the entire exclusion of the old system of weights and measures." 'This paragraph dissented from by J. J. Sullivan. 14 SCIIOOL RErORT. ~ The answer returned was as follows: — " So fat' as your petition recognizes the value and importance of the study of the metric system, it is in full accord with the views and action of the commit- tee. More than a year ago — nearly a year and a half ago — a member of the committee, who deserves, and will always receive the respect of every gentle- man—introduced the subject your letter contemplates to the committee. The result of repeated conferences was, that a frill set of metric weights and measures was placed in the High School, partial sets in the Grammar Schools,and metric charts in all the schools. Not only was this done, but a gentleman distin- guished as a mathematician, and as an advocate of the metric system, was invited to lecture, and did lecture, before the teachers of the public schools and the citizens generally. Moreover, in all the schools -the study of the system is required, and scholars have been examined in it, and in case of any vacancy in the list of teachers, no person can be a successful candidate without passing a thorough examination in the system. " From the above it will be'evident to you that the committee have not been unmindful of the matter to which you call attention. They believe that the system is destined to become in this country, as in others, the only one In use. They are eager to do what they can to exert all just influence to facilitate such a desirable result. They are by no means sure, however, that their influence is sufficent ' to precipi- tate its general adoption,' and are, therefore, agreed that it is inexpedient at this time to grant your SCHOOL REPORT. 15 petition, and give I instruction in the metric system only, to the entire exclusion of the old system of weights and measures.' " To return, however, to the more immediate subject under discussion, it may be added that the whole question of Industrial Education is of serious im- portance. When such expressions as these are current: " The public schools foster a disinclination to manual labor; 71 lC Our young men have a great in- disposition to physical labor; " ' - "After intemper- ance, untrained labor is the worse evil; and all our average boys are fit for,. on leaving the common schools is to be newsboys, or cash-boys in the great retail shops, or to peddle lozenges".' It is certainly worth our while to consider if some new and better approved method of instruction cannot be introduced into our schools. Two centuries ago Wm. Penn asked the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania to adopt this provision, " That all children within this province, of the age of twelve years, shall be taught some useful trade or skill, to the end that none may be idle, but the poor may work to live, and the rich, if they become poor, may not want." Three cen- turies ago Montaigne. wrote " Bookish learning is a poor stock to go upon." And if we look back through more than twenty centuries, we shall find this suggestive statement, by one who may be deemed the schoolmaster, not of Athens alone, but of all ages and all lands,— the illustrious Plato, —that, "The class of craftsmen who have furnished human life with the arts is dedicated to Hephaestus and-Athene," i.e., Harper's Mag., Feb., 1870, p. 411. =Wendell Phillips. 3 E. E. Hale. 0 16 SCHOOL REPORT. to Vulcan; god of the forge, and Minc,rva, goddess of the brain; the one stands for manual labor, the other for intellectual labor. Our conclusion is not less study, but better methods of study. TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS. It is hardly necessary to give any detailed account of the teachers or of the schools. Of the teachers, it may be said that they are, for the larger number, well equipped for their work, and do their work with commendable diligence. Some changes might be for the advantage of the schools; whether they will be made, is a question for the committee in charge next year to determine. Certainly no teacher should be retained who, however willing to work, is un- happy in temper or of scant qualifications, and no teacher, however excellent in temper or well-quali- fied, who is indifferent and indolent. Of the schools,it may be generally stated, that in discipline and scholarship, the out-lying districts, as a whole,have made more decided improvement than the Centre District. Of the Grammar Schools, the order and habits of study in the West are commend- able; the quality of work in the South deserving of special notice; the diligence and advancement of the East praiseworthy. Yet any one of these might lay good claim to what is given to the others. Of the Centre Schools, it is not possible to speak with as much satisfaction as one year ago, yet there are schools which, as a whole, or in part, ai°e exceptions to this statement; while in justice to all, it must be said, that sickness, and a change of teachers, have in- terfered seriously with the progress of the schools. t t SCHOOL REPORT. 17 In the East District the schools, instead of being as last year,under the charge of two teachers,—one for the Grammar and one for the Intermediate and Primary,—are under the charge of three teachers; the-salary paid to the three being less than that pre- viously paid to the two. The principal in charge of the building and of the Grammar School is Miss Etta B. Dadmun, whose management has been excellent, as it was expected it would be. Miss M. Blanche New- man, transferred from the West Intermediate School, where she served as assistant, has had charge of the Intermediate School, and is to be commended. The Primary School has been in charge of Miss Helen M. Towle, whose first experiment in teaching has been made with cheerfulness and good hope. In the Centre District, Miss Georgia C. Tucker has had charge of the Intermediate No. 2. She has had considerable experience in a neighboring town; and during her service here has shown herself to be a diligent, trustworthy, and skilful teacher. The teacher in charge of the Intermediate No. 3 resigned her position early in the fall on account of ill health. Her place has been admirably filled by Miss Alice L.Watts. Indeed, so great confidence has she won, that, on the temporary resignation of the assistant teacher in the Grammar School in January, she was put in charge of the 3d Class, and has ac- quitted herself with credit. The vacancy made by her promotion has been for the last few weeks filled by Miss Lucy M. Rogers, who has also taught as a substitute in the West Primary No. 2. Her work has been very faithfully and acceptably performed. 18 SCHOOL REPORT. The only other new teachers are in the West Inter- mediate,—Miss Corinne Brainerd and her assistant, Miss Maria H. Macurdy. Miss Brainerd, by her gentle and lady-like demeanor, her firmness and good sense, —strengthened, as she always has been, by the an- thority of the Master of the Grammar School,—has wrought a most excellent work, both as regards dis- cipline and instruction. She has been ably helped by her assistant, Miss Macurdy, who promises to be as successful in our schools as a teacher as she was as a scholar. The High School began the year with good prom- ise. Nothing has been neglected on the part of the committee to have it hold the position it should. Without caring to influence the judgment of the friends of the school one way or the other, it is hoped that those interested will attend the examin- ation in March, which will be made Rilly and freely. The school sustained a great loss by the resignation of Miss Lilla Frost, whose personal interest in the scholars was reciprocated by their affection for her, and whose work was most faithfully performed. The position made vacant by her retirement has been filled by Miss Alvina P. Goss, a graduate of the State Normal School, Salem. If she fulfils the promise her work thus far gives, she must prove a valuable accession to the working force of our schools i THE EVENING SCHOOL. This school began in November, and has met twice 'A part of the committee have been of the opinion that it might be well to have only one assistant in the High School. SCHOOL REPORT. 19 a week. It has been under the charge of Mr. George W. Andrew, whose success last year encouraged the committee to believe he would meet with success this year,—as he has. He has been ably assisted by Miss Georgia C. Tucker, who brought to this school the same diligence and tact which she has shown in her clay school. Instruction has been given in read- ing, spelling, writing, arithmetic, book-keeping, and drawing. The class in drawing has been under the charge of Prof. Nutting. Mr. Andrew, in his report of the school, writes: "The earnestness shown by those who have availed themselves of the advantages offered has been very great." The attendance, not- withstanding several evenings have been exceedingly inclement, has been good. " The whole number," according to Mr. Andrew's report, "connected with the school has been 69; the smallest number present on any evening, 22; the largest number, 51." Should the school be continued another season, it will prob- ably begin the last of September or early in October, as many of those in attendance have come from the extreme east and west parts of the town. ` MUSIC. Within the last few months the committee have secured the services of Mr. Henry G. Carey. It is hoped that the work done by him will prove a full indorsement of the choice made. The committee can find satisfaction in this fact: that Mr. Carey has received an appointment to instruct students in Har- vard College in vocal music. 20 SCHOOL REPORT. DRAWING. There is no need to 'qualify the praise clue Prof. Benj. F. Nutting. His help has been very valuable, much more so than the compensation he has received., He has taught in the High School, in the Grammar Schools, in the Evening School, and has also had a class in drawing well attended by the teachers. It is very desirable that his services may be re- tained; for it cannot be out of place to appropriate to our schools what was written with wider appli- cation: — "Never is a nation finished while it wants the grace of art. Use must borrow robes from beauty; life must rise above the mart. Here, as yet,in our republic, in the furrows of our soil, • Slowly grow art's timid blossoms 'neath the heavy frost of toil. Spurn it not, but spare it,—nurse it, till it gladdens all the land." The judgment that has thus been expressed con- cerning matters affecting the interests of the schools has not been formed without sufficient study of facts. During the past year the committee have visited the schools 1,396 times. This is largely n excess of the visits n'iade in previous years. The following table for the last ten years may prove Suggestive:— VISITS OF COMMITTEE AND OTHERS. 1869-70, by committee, 77 By others, 240 1870-71, cc cc 90 cc cc 199 1871-72, cc cc 216 It 'c 190 1872-73, cc cc 153 cc It 277 1873-743 It 'c 189 cc " 365 1874-75, 'c cc 194 cc 'c 374 1875-76-, cc c c 363 is c' 307 1876-77, 'c cc 201 cc c' 229 1877-783 cc cc 564 It 'c 474 1878-79, 'c ct 11396 cc cc 632 SCHOOL REPORT. 21 In eight years—from 1869-70 to 1877-78—the committee, visited the schools 1,483 times. During the past year the visits of the committee come to within 87 as many. For the two years I have had the honor to- serve on the committee, 1,960 visits have been made. With the exception of only three years, more interest has been shown apparently by the citizens than by those to whose direction the schools have been entrusted. The past year has witnessed an increased interest. Yet a still larger and more. general interest would be for the advantage of the schools. In the Greek system of education, there was a law that no one above the age of a child should visit the school-room when the children were within, —i.e., during school hours,—excepting the teacher's son, or brother, or daughter's husband; and if any one did intrude,he should be punished with death. It might almost be supposed that the terrors of this law had exerted a deterrent influence upon the public mind. CHILDREN IN TOWN. The number of children in town between five and fifteen years of age, as returned by the assessors for 1878, is 834. SCHOOL Boons. The books charged against the schools are as follows: — No.of Books High School 1,220 Centre Grammar 888 West " 350 South " 310 East 311 22 SCHOOL REPORT. Centre Intermediate No. 1 434 Centre " " 2 516 Centre " " 3 320 West " 446 East 202 South and Primary 151 Centre Primary No. 1 146 Centre " " 2 181 East 49 196 West " No. 1 130 West " " 2 101 ffItnaMills " 75 NAMES OF GRADUATES FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1878. In the four years' course. First Grade, Adelaide Stockwell.' Frederick George Barker.' Second James Henry McDonough. Walter Bradlee Snow. Alfred Ellsworth Turner. Iia the three year's' course. Second Grade, Ada Paige Emery. Maria Hayes Maeurdy. Patl'ick Francis Burke. NAMES OF SCHOLARS NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY DURING THE YEAR. Sigh School. Edward Burke. Nellie Edgecomb. Thomas Carroll. Ella Greene. 1 bliss Stockwell and Duster Barker having secured every year of their four years' course an average of over 90 per cent. in their studies, received, as a special honor, besides their diplomas, a copy of Jean Ingelow's poems, and Longfellow's poems, respectively. SCHOOL REPORT. 23 Edward Dadmun. Ruth W. Howard. Charles Learned. Lizzie Kinsman. Jennie Kinsman. Anna T. Lovering. Clara M. Perham. Maggie Riley. Mabel Russell. Lizzie Skinner. Ditty L. Stone. Louise Whitney. Ida Worcester. Centre Grammar. Dora Dadinun. Jennie Watts. -+ast Grammar. None. South Grammar. Edward F. Hughs.' Bridget E. McCarthy. West Grammar. George S. Parker. Annie A. Seery. James E. Nevins. Date C. Sullivan. Centre Intermediate No. Z. Mabel Pratt. Emma Hutchins ( Absen6) one day. ent Arthur Shaw (oneday) day). Centre Intermediate No. 2. None. Centre Intermediate No. 3. Susie Burnham.' 1 Absent one half day; excused. 24 SCIIOOL IMPORT. East Intermediate. None. South Intermediate and Primary. Emma Grace (Absent one I tardy twice co J West Intermediate. Irving Fletcher. Ruth Robinson. Henry Howard. George Howard. John J. Sullivan.' Centre Primary No. L Michael Shay. Centre Primary No 2. Emma Looker. East Primary. Mary Callan. - est Primary No. I. Cornelius Coffee. Effie J. Howard. Thomas Coffee.- West Primary No. 2. John Corcoran. Etna Mills. Joseph Nugent. Maggie Coleman. I Son of John P. Sullivan. SCHOOL REPORT. 25 Teachers and tlteir Salaries.l SCHOOL. TEACHERS. SALARY. High ..................... Selah Howell ...... . $2,000 ........... .......... Ellen Al. Crafts ...... .... ..... 700 « Alvina P. Goss...... .... .... . 650 East Grammar............ Etta B. Dadmun ........ . .... 750 " Intermediate ........ M. Blanche Newman ......... 400 Primary ............. Helen M. Towle .............. 300 Centre Grammar....... George S. Turner....... .... . 1,200 " " Hattie B. Crafts......... ...... 500 Intermediate No. 1.. Alice T. Norcross ........ ..... 475 " " " 2.. Georgia C. Tucker ........... 450 3.. Alice L. Watts...... .... . ...• 450 Primary No. 1 ..... Diary D. Patten.... . .... . . ... 450 2 ..... Diary P. Turner..... ...... ... 450 South Grammar ....... ... Laura A. Gale ............... 900 " Inter. and Primary... Ellen E. Williams............. 450 AVest Grammar.. .. .. . . ... George N. Andrew........... 1,000 it Intermediate....... .. Corinne Brainerd.............. 450. Maria H. Macurdy ........... 300 " Primary No. 1 .. Bertha M. Whitney450 Ed cc cc 2 ..... Al.B. Patten................. 450 IEtna Mills Primary Joanna-M.Riley. 450 Evening School ........... George W. Andrew.... ........ 100 at cc Georgia C. Turner ...... 50 Teacher of Drawing. ...... B. F. Nutting................. 500 Teacher of Music.......... Henry G. Carey............... 300 1 When new teachers on probation and substitutes are employed the salary is modified. 3 w. s. 26 SCHOOL 1tErORT. Janitors. Ih A]t E, DISTRICT. SALARY. George W. Robinson....... High School and Centre.... ..•• $600 Andrew H. Stone..••..••• South and West.••• .••• • ••.• • 500 Mary Austin ...... ...... . East ... • 125 Julia Sullivan .... .••• ••• r-tna Mills ...... .......... .. 75 Truant Officers. DISTRICT. SALARY. George Parker ...... ...... Centre, South, and West.•.•• •• 420 . Ezrum V. Howard•.•• . .•• " " " 20 Thomas Carroll .... .... ... East ................. ........ 20 SCHOOL REPORT. 27 .-4 co .•4 o to m'wlay 0i Ci •� C� ap CD GD N it a PS a to -hr 6 'BLST M m �n O c� d� ,-� cM L7 .} o � c:�y c: c, c� a a a c: � s 'SLSI T o �Z c� co m e: cz oo6. eq e� a c a C) a m oo "r ''3 c� N L7 -o N ti c� N ti In o c� N ea oo u •U118•( coA co N � m '4 N •-� cc •}i to N m m N a PE m N u� to m C �n ao co cj N 'w.ia,y e� m N w ti m ti N 10 m co co 10 m m m m P7 e . 8L8L 00 co ca c� c�� Go `f+ ,m 4, cm.� 00 00 0 waay G 1et c� co 'A N m m m am 13LRT o ' ' O -4' o » N co c: to 04 c 'w.aay cv N a; m m I-.) N ,a m m v 10 co m wo PE m • o 'SLBt °L° co .. L c Z m �� to . o c uaiay i' m m c� c� m m .r CO V ,r IZ . c a '8LSI ao o N o -� ,-•� i— oo �o .••r ti ,� ►` FI ►. � ti M N L� m .r u� N m cp 1' tr •tea p y ri• Cj '� N m � N lei E`I FI ~ PE.L v cm °�° a � a m m co co o"• a •o u I N., '8L8I ,=ay c o c� � � to ti. h •d � z P 7 » r, 0 0 8LSI -ca �weiy c » m di cm c M o 0 0 o z z " z z s o cn a A Z c x 4 vs v c-i r0 ci " d a 28 SCHOOL REPORT. TEXT BOOKS IN USE IN THE P1tI3fAR.Y, INTERMEDIATE, AND GRAMMAR SCHOOLS. Primary. Franklin Primer. Franklin 2d Reader. Franklin 3d Reader. Greenleaf's Primary Arithmetic. Duntonian Writing Primers, Nos. 1, 2. Walter Smith's Drawing Cards, 1st and 2d Series. Intermediate. Franklin 3d Reader. Franklin 4th Reader. Gilberes Introductory Spelling-book. Colburn's Intellectual Arithmetic. Greenleaf's Practical Arithmetic. Hailer's Primary Geography. Hater's School Geography. Swinton's Language Primer. Swinton's Language Lessons. (New ed.) Duntonian Writing Book, Nos. 1, 2, 3. Walter Smith's Intermediate Course in Drawing, Nos. 1, 2, 3. Grammar. Franklin 4th Reader. Franklin 5th Reader. Gilbert's Graded Test Spelling-book. Greenleaf's Practical Arithmetic. Greenleaf's Intellectual Arithmetic. Swinton's Language Lessons. (New ed.) Swinton's English Grammar. (New ed.) Harper's School Geography. Hooker's Book of Nature. Higginson s United States History. Duntonian Writing Books, Nos. 4, 5, 8, 9. DtIffIs Common School Book-keeping. Walter Smith's Freehand Drawing-hooks, Nos. 1, 21 3. AllOOL R>:PORT. 29 s ¢ m ¢ 00 u u v u u x m » m x ru. ru. tom. .F i (� L•; W F'� L:7 V U V U +a h h h Ds it FBI iN W C..( x U � m - V f' C L^,0V goo i. t tO Cp 00 LO .Q •v •v v v V @ @ @ @ @ ,.a r 0 Zm x•-• a q:i a A �00 ax rx Ij.a U • U .� Q C LA �^— x C C j to q M of M i SO SCHOOL £RPOR17. \ j j \ 2 § § § \ � t t 2 )C4 23 • \ j\(� �\ �) f § d ( ) ¥ y = 42 ■ ' Cl 4.4 0 © �® �� �§ 3 / k�\ \]§ §\ "0 i -a i 00 o � � $ / - m .4J �\ 2 § §4-�j 3 cc Z \\ p $ 6i j <3f 4j{ . <)§ M }�\ � \I�_ )I/§ /3■ ' �= J=ri em 0 ; I § 3;: . �=7 /[k J�77to A\§ QEs �2a�e «sa | \ | \ \ SCHOOL REPORT. AI ] � ] � � \ A t & m - d§ \® ) jj\ ] e ■ A � . i�� o 0 5� . k Q \c � d ' �0 O 2 k, §Ak )\/ 0 t \ \. 7ƒ/ . �§ wC, § 4�\ Q . .2 a � ! .a / \ � § _ �j■ � �_�& \ \f §), /°§3§ � . ■ e,m k 7�� ] A�j] A2&J \ei m A!o �a)� /] � G � k 32 SCHOOL REPORT. .9 Qu ua,nw e a 'D wwua rq tz bD .0,0.0 to V O1 {7 G G O Q c. .. e3 o d ai C7 :7 N boo a ��L..•V.Q G imi P. �1 P+•C A O O - - O C q r !4 d m W a°ia A q 8 R Q wow .raw .r w �w� a x D. u m' o ci e cs A c H a c a P7 W d G a 0 be 40. Se �,a u N Ej o ° c°, m C L o ,..y ca o a W * MC: w•rw i~4 m o M; N N V A p, •O� coma p c- 04 uo lac ^� O W �i: . Cr�J -W ��v � Z v &0 co war•r co cz cD q _ m� _ 3a.a pp _ w GD V - c7 d O V w•'O'+ br L 8 "Co. u- - F a °3 �� qo. . G O m V F•tom. V V..�i -N CM Ey ..V C i•1 a SCHOOL REPORT. 33 1 HIGH SCHOOL ANNEX. . The attempt to improve the sanitary conditions of the High School has proved a success. No unpre- judiced person will deny that the change was neces- sary. The comfort and health of the pupils have been greatly improved. STEAM-HEATING APPARATUS. The committee was instructed to have a steam- heating apparatus put in the West Grammar School- house at an expense not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars. This has been done. Proposals were in- vited early in the summer, and, after protracted con- sideration, that of Messrs. Ingalls & Kendricken, of Boston, was accepted. A Clogston cast-iron, boiler, No. 3, thirteen sections, was set up. Every school- room, five in number, is warmed by both direct and indirect radiation, excepting the basement school- room, which could be warmed only by direct radia- tion. The steam-heating apparatus displaced two hot- air furnaces and a large stove. One of the furnaces was in such a condition that it was sold for old iron. The other has been set up in the East Grammar School-house, and has done excellent service during the past winter. The stove still remains on hand. REPAIRS. In the West Grammar School-house the floors were found to be in such a condition as to make very con- Dissented from by J. J. Sullivan, Esq. 34 SCHOOL REPORT. siderable repairs, if not the entire renewal of the flooring imperative next'year. It was judged best, therefore, while some necessary changes were made by the introduction of the steam-heating apparatus, to tighten the floors, repairing such portions as needed it most. It was found necessary, also, to repair and renew seats and desks, not only in the West Grammar and Intermediate, but also in the South Grammar school-rooms. Changes in the outside doors of all the school- houses, so that they should swing outwards instead of inwards,were ordered last fall by the State author- ities. The expense incurred in compliance with the order has been charged in the Auditor's report to_the School Department, as an extra and unlooked-for expenditure. REPORT OF SUB-COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS, EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR ENDING TAN. 31, 1879. Salaries of teachers . $13,555 00 Salaries of janitors and truant officers, 1412 32 Books and stationery 0 12472 80 Fuel 1,040 96 Incidentals and ordinary repairs 1,128 56 Renewal of desks 245 09 Change of doors ordered by the State authorities 158 42 $192013 15 .Appropriation by the town $182750 00 Town's share of school fund 95 21 Sale of old hooks and papers 12 86 'Transferred from contingent fiend 155 08 ' $19,013 15 C. W. STONE, T. W. BISHOP, L. B. MORSE, Committee. 1 The amount from the contingent fund covers expense incurred by order of the State authorities; were it not for that expense there would be a bal- ance in favor of the schools of .3.34. 36 SCHOOL REPORT. ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1879-80. Salary of teachers, including Evening School . & 6 $14,000 00 Janitors and truant officers 1400 00 Fuel . 1,200 00 Books and stationery 11200 00 Incidentals and ordinary repairs ' 1,000 00 $182800 00 For concrete walks, special repairs,' and painting AEtna Mills and High- School buildings $12200 00 RECOMMENDATIONS. In last year's report certain recommendations were made. Three are repeated, with additions. It is recommended 2— 1.—That a strip of land north-east of the Centre Grammar School, three rods wide, and the length of the school lot,be purchased for the use of the school, the present yard being too limited for the number of children using it. It has been suggested as the principal objection to this purchase that the «strip of land" could not be had without considerable expense. If this is true, can- not the grade of the present yard be raised at the lower end, and the whole or larger part of the yard concreted? 2.—.That the land north of the High-School premises, running fiom Common to Marshall street, 'Including the introduction of the Eureka ventilators in certain schools. 'Approved by the majority of the Committee. • SCHOOL REPORT. 37 and from the school lot to Spring street, be purchased for the use of the school as a play-ground. If the land cannot be bought on reasonable terms, cannot a play-ground or common be purchased in some other part of the town easily accessible and con- venient for the children of the public schools' Should the latter not be deemed practicable, will the town authorize the committee to erect a cheap build- ing in the north corner of the high-School lot on Common street for a gymnasium, if the cost of build- , ing be raised by private subscription? 3.—That the committee be authorized to elect- and employ a Superintendent of Schools at a salary not to exceed dollars. In this connection attention is called to a part of the able report of the School Committee for 1870-71, in which the need of a Superintendent of Schools is favorably urged: — "Those business and professional men who are suitable for the management of school affairs; who comprelTend the workings, wants, and necessary modifications of school systems; who can properly anticipate the demands of an increasing population, and who can judiciously superintend the outlay of public fluids, have every year less and less com- mand of their time. . . . It is coming to be a fact, that a School Committee composed of such men, will not do all that is expected of them." 4.—That in filling the vacancies on the School Board, two at least shall be women of culture and leisure, who are known to be interested in the public education of children, and will devote themselves to the care of our schools. 38 SMOOL REPORT. 5.—That for the better security of the school property two fire-alarm boxes be set up, at some con- venient place, one near the High-School building, and one near the West Grammar-School house. 6.— That the town authorize the Committee to dispense with an assistant teacher in certain schools, whose average attendance is over fifty. PERIODICAL LITERATURE. Reference was made last year to what was called "Street Schools; " i.e., the assemblage of young per- sons at the street corners and other public places. By the fidelity of the police, these schools have decreased in number. There is another matter in which all parents, at least, should be interested; and that is the prevalence of a hind of literature which is not merely question- able, but vicious. It is not necessary to advertise these prints by any enumeration of them. The reference to them at all is made that parents may see to it that the children are not contaminated by what they read. The generous provision made in our excellent Public Library for the supply of entertaining and instructive reading, and the untiring vigilance exercised in the inspection of papers, periodicals, and books free to the public in that library, male it entirely possible for those who wish enjoyable and wholesome reading to have it without recourse to printed matter which is meant to pander to a depraved taste. SCHOOL REPORT. 39 CLOSING REMARKS. This repol•t of the work of the schools will indicate what has been attempted, and the thoughtful care which has been had of what should be regarded as one of the most vital interests of the town. It is not claimed.that there have been no mistakes, or that the past year has been one of entire success. The law of progress in education, as everywhere else, is not that there shall be no failures, but that ad- vancement shall be made despite of failures. No one doubts the just renown of Michael Angelo. Yet, it is said that, in the city of Florence, are many works ` begun and abandoned " by this great artist. He would not accept them. They did not express his idea. IIis thought outstripped his best perform ance. Still, despite these unfinished attempts, — these failures,—he wrought in a grand sincerity. The faith that possessed him he put into a verse which admits of this translation : — " The sculptor never yet conceived a thought That yielding marble has refused to aid; But never with a mastery he wrought Save when the hand the intellect obeyed." The work attempted by the committee—let the confession be made frankly—is not, by any means, finished. What remains to be clone is great, im- portant, difficult. It will require serious attention, patience, and zeal. '[Some who know nothing of the pains that have been taken, who are more eager to I Sentences in brackets dissented from by J. J. Sullivan, Esq. J 40 SCHOOL REPORT. criticize than to assist,who are so honey-combed with prejudice that they would exult over defeat, even while they profess to desire success, may underrate the progress that has been done. It is enough to say,that all.honest differences will be respected, even though they may be given without courtesy; that all honest attempts to benefit the schools will have re- spectful attention, though they may not be approved; but that whatever is characterized by unreasonable and ignorant opposition can only have,what it should expect, severe rebuke.] "While the work of advancing and benefiting the schools should be carried forward as rapidly as possible, even a slow rate of progress should not operate as a discouragement. «If I am building a mountain," said Confucius, ".and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I shall have failed in my work. But if I have placed but one basketful on the plain, and go on, I am really building a mountain." All which is respectfully submitted to the members of the School Committee. J. F. LOVERING, Chairman School Committee. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN, 1879 . BOSTON : 6 PRESS OF ROCK WELL LL -AND CHURCHILL, No. 39 ARCH STREET. 1879 . BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR 1878-1879. CHARLES J. BARRY . Term expires 1879. ALFRED HOSMER. 1879. JOSHUA COOLIDGE 1880. GEORGE N. MARCH . 1880. GEORGE K. SNOW '° 1881. A. C. STOCKIN i° Is 1881. CHARLES J. BARRY, Chairman. GEORGE K. SNOW, Secretary. GEORGE N. MARCH, Treasurer. Executiroe Committee. . CHARLES J. BARRY, GEORGE K. SNOW, GEORGE N. MARCH. Committee on Books. CHARLES J. BARRY, ALFRED HOSMER, JOSHUA COOLIDGE. Committee on Finance. GEORGE N. MARCH, GEORGE K. SNOW, A. C. STOCKIN. Librarian. SOLON F. WHITNEY. Assistant Librarian. Miss JANE STOCKWELL. s TRUSTEES ' REPORT. The Trustees of the Free Public Library, in rendering their annual report to the town, have the pleasure of announe- ing that the improvements contemplated at the date of their last report have been completed, and that the money appro- priated has been judiciously expended. Under the vote of the town, at the March meeting, they have met the Selectmen in convention four times, at which the various plans for remodelling the room were freely dis- cussed. A full transcript of the proceedings at these meet- ings has been entered upon the record-book of the Trustees of the Library. The most important result of the alterations made is the acquisition of a much larger space for books ; and, the appropriation having been ample, many periodicals have been bound, at a cost of about seventy-five dollars, which, under the previous arrangement, had been suffered to deteriorate in value simply from the lack of shelf-room. The reconstruction of the room has been accomplished without impairing the usefulness of the reading and reference rooms, bringing the former under the eyes of the Librarian, and thus ensuring better order than did the previous one. The new methods of heating and ventilation have improved the atmosphere, and added to the comfort as well of visitors as of the Librarians. The circulation has not been as large as for the two pre- vious years, and we regret to add that it is the first year since the Library was established in which there has been no increase. As the Library was not closed during the progress 4 TRUSTEES' REPORT. of the alterations, while in 1871 when similar alterations were made it was closed for three months, we thought there would be but little interruption to the circulation ; but this, or some other cause, not clearly manifest to us, has reduced it considerably. When this discovery was made, the cause was supposed to be local ; but after reading the reports of the Librarians connected with the Libraries of Boston and its vicinity, we find that they have had a similar experience. The attendance in the reading-room has not been as large as formerly. Various causes have contributed to this result. The evening schools have had a larger attendance. A popular course of lectures, and other entertainments, have been given this fall and winter. A partial revival of business has given employment to many who had previously resorted to the Library. On the whole, although the number has been less, we think a more studious class have availed them- selves of the privileges of the room. The annexed report of the Librarian, giving a more de- tailed statement of its affairs, renders it unnecessary for the Trustees to do more than call attention to it. He has kept himself well advised of all new methods and improvements introduced into the larger Libraries of our neighboring cities, by frequent visits to them during the past ,year, and the information obtained from these visits has resulted in great benefit to our own. The Trustees cannot refer too often to their obligations to him for his zeal and fidelity. A sense of justice and propriety demands that we should ex- press our appreciation of the patient services of his assist- ants, and of their promptitude and courtesy to all the visitors of the Library. The method of charging books by slips has recently been introduced. Although it involves a little more labor, it en- sures more perfect accuracy. This method, or some form of it, has been adopted in all of our large Libraries. The Librarian of the Boston Atheuvaum, in his report just pub- TRUSTEES' REPORT. rJ lished adds the weight of his testimony to its great value over any other method hitherto in use. Since the publication of the general catalogue, in 1870, nine supplements have been printed with the town reports, including that of 1879. The amount of labor required in searching this large number has been the source of frequent complaints on the piirt of applicants. We fully admit the justice of these complaints ; but the publishing of an entire new catalogue by alphabet would be attended with so much labor in its preparation and expense in printing, we forbear asking for an appropriation for that purpose in this present . era of retrenchment, though the growth of the Library, and the demand for a new one, may require it to be done a year or two hence. The increasing popularity of periodicals is yearly becom- ing niore manifest, and, as no inconsiderable proportion of the annual appropriation for the purchase of boobs has been expended in this direction, we deem it appropriate to quote the following editorial upon that subject from the "Christian Advocate," which we fully endorse, and the truth of which will commend itself to every reader :— "Philosophers and theologians, scientists, writers on art and historians, poets and novelists, reformers and enthusi- asts, one and all, who have something to say, are no longer content to issue an occasional volume, or satisfy them- selves with the hearing of a group of scholars. They accommodate themselves to the stir of our active life, they ask an hour's attention, and gain it, when they would plead in vain for a longer hearing; and they have found out that the seed they sow is producing an abundant harvest. "The manifest tendency is to use the periodicals that secure the largest circulation. In the early part of the century the scholars and men of literary culture began to turn to the quarterly reviews as a desirable vehicle for their discussions ; but within the last twenty years they have learned that the 6 TRUSTEES' REPORT. monthly magazine offered better facilities. They found that it ensured a large audience, more frequent opportunities of communication, and brought them into more familiar rela- tions with the people. As the weekly and daily journals have grown in importance they have not been dilatory ill employing their columns as a still more facile instrument for their purposes. The result is, as we said in the beginning of this article, the periodical press in its various forms is doing more to mould the thought of our time, to shape the character of the people at large, and give direction to public affairs, than all other agencies combined. The circulation of magazines and weekly journals of all classes is counted by hundreds of thousands. All the pulpits of our land have not so many hearers. The mechanical genius of our age has lent its aid most liberally to bring about these results, and the periodical has become the cheapest form of literature. This is one of the chief elements of its rapid growth. The literature of the world is no lonrer the exclusive possession of the rich ; the periodical has placed it within the reach of those of the most moderate means." In answer to the appeal made in our last report, for con- tributions in money by individuals, we have the pleasure of announcing the receipt of one hundred and sixty dollars from an anonymous source. We trust that in our next report we may be able to announce further contributions. The accession of books by gift the past year has been liberal, and by purchase much larger than usual. The recent destruction by fire of the Public Library at Hingham, located in a wooden building, admonishes us of the insecurity of our own. Even if the value of the books is covered by insurance, money cannot indemnify the town for the serious loss it would sustain if such it calamity should befall ours. The laud and building at Hingham were the gift of that noble-hearted merchant, Hon. Albert Fearing, a native of the town. We earnestly hope that some citizen TRUSTEES REPORT. 7 or native of Watertown will contribute of his means a sum sufficient not only for the purchase of the necessary lot of land, but for the erection thereon of a fire-proof building, which, while it would be an ornament to the town, would stand as a perpetual memorial of his generosity. The Trustees, who for so many years have had the care and custody of this valuable property, and who have watched its growth with so much pride and interest, naturally feel anxious for its preservation, and it is this feeling which actuates them in placing the matter once more before the town in their annual report. The report of the Treasurer will show that the whole amount appropriated by the town at its last annual meeting has been expended for the purposes recommended in our last report. The advent of a new year involves the necessity of renewed efforts on the part of the Trustees and the town to advance the interests of the Library and to meet the require- ments of its readers. In order that the Trustees may be able to do their part, an appropriation of thirteen hundred dollars is asked from the town, in addition to the dog tax. Signed in behalf and by authority of the Board, CHARLES J. BARRY, Chairman. February 4, 1879. S TRUSTEES REPORT. GEORGE N. MARCH, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH TIM TRUSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. RE,CEIPTS. 1878. Appropriation $2,500 00 Amount of dog tax 335 36 Anonymous contribution 160 00 Sale of catalogues . 10 72 On account of fines 76 07 $3,082 15 EXPENDITURES. On account of alterations and improvements in library-room, heating, binding, etc.:— Paid Berry &Moody, carpenters $451.47 ' • 17 60 Walker&Pratt ManWng Co.,heating 169 49 Thos. L. French, mason 17 11 Lord, Whittemore, &Putney, matting 71 10 Henry Russell, painting . 56 33 Geo. P. Clark, gas-fittings 59 15 W. W. Pratt, curtains 16 60 J. T. Blaisdell,desk and umbrella-stand 12 00 H. C. Diamond, date stamp . 12 00 American Library Association, supplies 65 01 A. F. Haynes, framing . 5 40 Signs, labor, etc. 6 11 Geo. K. Snow, desk 2 88 S. T. Blanchard, binding 55 34 C. C.McLauthlin, 5 92 J. D. F.Brooks, 15 65 $1,039 16 CONTMENT. Paid S. F. Whitney, librarian and assistant $600 00 Jane Stockwell,assistant librarian 337 50 TRUSTEES REPORT. 9 Paid for gas to April, 1878 $39 60 °f .is July, CA 30 60 as " Oct is 29 40 44 11 Jan., 1879 . . , . 48 90 C. C. McLauthlin, printing 5 25 49 'i postal cards and printing 163 S. F. Blanchard, rebinding 4 25 J. D. F. Brooks, °' 19 88 T.P.Emerson, express 6 60 J. H. Critchett, 1 85 Stationery 8 70 Postage and P. O. box 2 08 Sundry payments by librarian 7 12 $1,143 36 BOOKS AND PERIODICALS. Paid Commissioner of Patents,—drawings, and specifications of patents, 12 vols., to Oct., 1878 $31 20 C. F. Fitz, for books 10 80 W. B. Clark, 15 00 Estes & Lauriat, 44 65 197 47 10 42 " 35 26 " 52 28 `• " " 41 63 Lee & Shepard, •• 76 85 " " " 61 27 " 9974 03 " 66 18 08 " " 30 45 " it '` 40 91 Lucius R. Paige, '� 5 00 Wm. Cushing, 2 50 J. D. F. Brooks, 11 00 Subscription for A A Library Journal" (2 years) . 10 00 N. E. Subscription Agency, periodicals, 1879 130 82 $899 63 $3,082 15 r REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. To the Trustees: — GENTLEMEN, — In compliance with the requirement of Article IX. of the Rules and Regulations, I submit this my eleventh annual report. The Library is in a healthy growing condition. By reference to Appendix I., the use and growth of the Library, as compared with the ten preceding years, will be readily seen. The changes and improvements asked for in the last report, and for which the town made the necessary grant of money, have been made ; and we may hope that all feel that the funds have been judiciously expended. If the rooms now lire not all that one could wish, we feel that we have made the best pos- sible arrangement of the space at our disposal. Tile public will feel least satisfied with the reading-room ; but a generous proportion of the room is separated to this use. The book- shelves will iiow accommodate the natural growth of the Library for several years to come. We can find room now, by the redistribution of space and the extension of alcoves, four all the books that the friends of the Library may feel Nvilling to bestow, or the town,in this long-continued depres- sion of business, and consequent necessity for retrenchment, will feel willing to purchase. If there is any inconvenience to any from the change in the entrance to the Library, or from the limited space devoted to the waiting-room, or reading-room, no complaints have been made ; but, on the other hand, all have shown rather pleasure than displeasure, and it generous disposi- tion to assist in making the best use of our present quar- ters. REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. I L While we express pleasure in the possession of improved apartments, we cannot forget, with each sound of the fire- alarm, and especially since the destruction within a few months of two valuable libraries, —one on this side, and the other on the other side of the Atlantic, —thsit our rooms are in a wooden building, directly over the sleeping alrlrtment of common tramps and criminals, and surrounded by prop- erty whose destruction by fire would involve ours also. The town may pay for as large insurance as insurance companies will allow, and, in case of loss, may receive the money to make new purchases ; but those who know most about the difficulty of obtaining completed sets of some works, or copies in any form of others, of the labor of classifying and preparing those for use, will understand the anxiety of those who know most about this collection. May the town, or some of its wealthy citizens, provide against this dander before it is too late, by setting apart the means for a suitable fire-proof structure, separated from other buildings. The new charging system has been introduced, and the expense of the necessary apparatus has been included with other expenditures for improvements. In some respects takers of boobs will find the new system more convenient than the old. We hope to shorten the time required to re- ceive a book, cancel its charge, and issue another. The date of each loan will be put upon the back of the taker's card, attention to which will enable him more easily to avoid the necessity of paying fines, and secure to the Library a more rapid circulation of its volumes. The advantages of the sys- tem to the public, however, are rather more indirect. It enables the officers of the Library to see more perfectly,at any time, the extent and character of the circulation ; to trace the loss or injury of any book to its proper source ; to find, if need be, at any time, exactly who has any volume not on the shelves. Perhaps the public will appreciate the fact that the present 12 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. system and methods of administration are an improvement upon the old, if they see the difference between the last annual examination of the Library and the methods in use years ago. It was always thought necessary to close a library for one or two to six weeks, according to the extent of the Library, for the annual examination. We had so far improved upon this practice before the present year as to make this annual examination without closing the Library at all. But it required consider- able work for many weeks to check off the volumes, not found upon the shelves, as they came in, before it could be definitely ascertained whether any volumes bad been lost or not. This year the entire examination, preparation as far as possible having been made for it beforehand, was com- pleted in a single day, before the hour for opening the Library ; books not on the shelves, but for which a slip, with the number of the taker, was held as pledge, being checked as in the Library. Thus the nearly twelve thousand volumes, and many pamphlets,—those cattilogued, —were gone over, and every volume or pamphlet not found on the shelves entered in order, on sheets prepared for the pur- pose ; then numbers of books charged by slips were cancelled ; numbers of volumes at the binder's were cancelled ; num- bers lost and paid for, as well as numbers lost in former years and not paid for, were cancelled,—to find only 1 four volumes missing from the shelves of those actually in the Library a year ago, or which have since been placed upon the shelves. Thus into a single forenoon we were able to condense the work that under the old systems would have taken weeks. By the present system of charging, losses in the future will be less frequent than they have been in the past. Some citizen of the town may wish, for some particular .1 Two of these have since been found, leaving a possible loss, at most, of two volumes out of the 30,000 issued, or one hundred and fiftictli of one per cent. REPORT OF THE LIMURIAN. 13 purpose, to see a certain volume of the Library; it will be possible, in a very few minutes, to tell him, if the volume is not on the shelves, just who has possession of it, thus en- abling him to find it, if worth so much trouble. A hunt, under the old system, through the accounts of two full ledgers might have resulted in out- just overlooking the number. A large number of pamphlets and papers have been bound during the past year, more than in all the years before since the opening of the Library. You have preserved for future use a large mass of printed matter, much of it of very great value, by putting it into substantial bindin,s, at small cost. This is a permanent improvement; and I hope you will ask, and the town will grant, a sufficient sum for the coming year to cover the expense of binding as large, or a still larger number, of our remaining store of valuable pamphlets. Pamphlets, arranged and classified in sets, are easily preserved ; reviews, in complete sets, bound for ready reference, are frequently of very great value. The cobpera- tion of librarians and the special labors of several scholars well fitted for the work of indexing periodical literature is giving a new value to those mines of valuable truth and thougllt to which there have been no clues, or which have been so buried in rubbish and confusion that only the few could afford to work them, and these scholars specially trained for such work. Now the alphabetical index will make the search for a valuable article on any subject of inquiry as easy as finding the spelling or definition of a word in a dictionary. The time will soon come when it will be as desirable and useful to a town library to have its sets of leading periodicals as it is now admitted to be that each citizen should have on his table at home a good dictionary. I hope you will ask for sufficient means to enable you to take advantaige of the sale of numbers of the leading reviews to complete our sets,. It is for the interest Of the town that you be in position to make early purchases to extend and complete our sets. 14 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. The reading-room tables are well furnished with the cur- rent periodicals. A complete list will be found in Ap- pendix III. The selection is intended to meet the wants of all. Indeed, one may find here the freshest products of the ablest pens of either side of the Atlantic. Less attention has been paid to furnishing boys with even desir- able illustrated papers like the "Illustrated London News," or "Harper's NVeekly," for instance, than to provide more mature minds with the best thought in the different depart- ments. It would be easy to fill a room many times as large as ours, if we should provide illustrated papers and maga- zines, even of the hest Bind, with young people willing to be instructed, if only at the same time they might be interested and amused. But where can we find the room? We have received several considerable donations of books and pamphlets the past year. Their number, with an alpha- betical list of the donors, will be found in Appendix II. Miss Abby W. Francis has given a copy of the "Congres- sional Globe," extending through the interesting period just preceding and following the secession of the South, with all the interesting 'and important debates of Congress of that period. This is no less interesting to us for bearing the autograph of Charles Sumner, —the copies having been sent to her late father, our much-esteemed former fellow- townsman, Dr. Francis. Our representative in Congress, ex-Governor Win. Claflin, has furnished us with the missing numbers of the "Ofcial Gazette of the U. S. Patent Office," nearly 200 of them, which have been put into good bindings, and are ready for future reference. He is also supplying us with the current numbers as they are issued. With these, and the regularly issued monthly volumes of "Specifications and Drawings of Patents," with full indexes, now filling six large volumes, our collection of patent-office reports is be- coming more complete and valuable. They are frequently, — constantly, —consulted. It is im- REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 15 possible to say of how great value they may be to the indus- try of the town. We only know that a full knowledge of their contents would tend immensely to stimulate that genius for invention which is doing so much for the present day, and which is destined to do far more in the future, in directing, assisting, and adding force to the hand of man in all his manifold industries. If the young man of the present day felt that to waken his latent powers, train his band and his brain to the useful arts and industries for the aid of man, was as noble as in ancient times it was felt to be to cultivate the arts of war; that to be a great mechanic was as noble as to be a great general,—we should find less pressure for office and into trade, and greater willingness to engage in all the productive industries, which are always doubly useful in every community. In the department of the fine arts you have added a set of the "London Art Journal," and many smaller books on.the history of the various arts, the biography of artists, on the application of the arts to the adornment and beautifying of our homes. Time and space would fail, to enlarge on the additions of the past year, many of which are of very great value ; we trust none are useless. It gives me great pleasure to commend the faithful and continued service of my. assistants. This is a place where one needs all the knowledge he can get to enable him to do his work well. Their desire and constant endeavor, I know, is to extend their knowledge of books as fast as possible, and to meet every reasonable demand or wish of those using the Library. s I am happy to say that the quality of the reading does not deteriorate. While some High-School scholar, even, occa- sionally calls for a volume of Mrs. Southworth, or the thin but entertaining volumes of Oliver Optic, fit food perhaps for babes (intellectual), there are many—an increasing 16 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. number—who have advanced beyond the passive condition in which entertainment only is thought of, who come to the Library in search of more solid food. Perhaps it is for a book of travel to throw light on some geographical question, or to get a view of some foreign people, or to see through other's eyes some more delightful land. The demand for in- structive and entertaining books of travel is greater, not only with us, but with the public generally, as is shown by the more frequent attempt of publishers to compete for public patronage. Perhaps a volume of history is in demand to clear up some disputed point in the life of the past. "The greatest study of mankind is man." How can the young— and few are old in this respect—become interested in them- selves and their kind as a part in the great scheme of human life more easily than by the aid of some bright and philo- sophic book of history? It seems to me that much of the reading of the public is chance, haphazard 'reading. Calls for books by the young sometimes seem to me the earnest but aimless struggles of those grasping for higher things, but lacking proper direction. It is true that some occasionally, as if by chance, or by good wit, or, perhaps,by the intelligent aid of friends, fall upon some inspiring biography, or chance to open some charming book of verse, when, being communicative, a demand springs up among their friends for the volume which has long lain idle on the shelves. How much better it is for the town to do what it can to create a taste for reading, even if it must for the weakest and thinnest of reading, by those who would read nothing better, if so be it can discourage idleness on street-corners, tippling in bar-rooms, or association for evil purposes 1 The habit of reading once formed renders better things possible. It is a proper question for the statesman and the philan- thropist to discuss, bow far aid should be furnished in this direction. The public schools may and are doing much- REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 17 but what can the Library itself do to make known the value and character of its treasures? How much should be spent in advertising its possessions? How far should its officers go in trying to exert an influence upon those who may call for books? The Library,the Free Public Library, is founded on the principle of perfect freedom of choice for all who make use of it. There is frequent opportunity to recom- mend a good book in answer to inquiry; but each must be left to learn the art of choosing, with such helps as may be given him indirectly. If you felt that quantity rather than quality of reading was most desirable, it would be easy to swell the number of volumes circulated by being less critical in your selections. Would it not be well for the Trustees of the Public Library to institute a course of public lectures that would be at once instructive and entertaining; that would tend to lead people to books for the aid that good books can give ; that would prevent the young from reading poor books? These lectures, while occupied chiefly with the riches of our Eng- lish literature, would incidentally impart some information on the best methods of reading and study, and, by the per- sonal enthusiasm of lecturers, lead to a new interest in the best sources of knowledge. I have no doubt that a course might be arranged that would be appreciated by the public, and which might not only pay for themselves but do some- thing towards furnishing the material to supply the demand which the lectures themselves would create. ' There is a wonderful difference in the breadth of vision of different school-rooms, as well as in the faithfulness and ac- curacy of the work done. There is an appreciable difference in the influence of the various school-rooms oil the choice of books. Witness the late demand from High School scholars for works bearing upon or illustrating .American history. If there could be some combined action on the part of the whole corps of teachers in the town to direct and assist 2 W. L. 18 REPORT OF TI3E LIBRARIAN. their pupils in the choice of books, the benefits now reaped by the few would be extended to all the youth of the town. The Library is a powerful instrument for (rood; but,like all instruments of complicated structure and use, it requires skill in its management and direction. The young, es- pecially, should be assisted in finding its treasures. Parents and teachers,who watch the unfolding of the minds and char- acters of those under their charge, are in the best position to give the needed hint, to mention the right book, or to point out the best course of reading to lead to better thought and to nobler action. It is suggested to me that it might be useful to call attention of parents and teachers to the bibliographical aids furnished by many of the periodicals which are always to be found on our reading-room tables. Many of the magazines have pages devoted to the review and notice of books as they appear. The reviews are, perhaps, chiefly valuable to us for this purpose. No one is obliged to ac- cept the judgment of any oiie critic. A publication I ike the Literary World," for instance, gives a list of the more important articles in the monthly magazines and reviews, is ori;final and candid in its judgment of books, and in many ways, no doubt, might help to a better selection of books. I have been asked to insert some little note after the title of books in the annual supplements, pointing out their charac- ter. It is a question with me, not whether such could be 4 made useful, but whether the town would be willing to in- cur the extra expense of printing the supplements which this must involve. But here, in the mass of fresh criti- cism placed upon the tables each month, can be found val- uable aid to any who would intelligently form a taste for good books, or who would help others so to do, or who would lead those who look to them for intellectual food to the best storehouses of useful knowledge. I do not forget that you exercise very great care in REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 19 scrutinizing the monthly lists of books which are proposed for purchase ; that, by your usage, no book strongly objected to by any of your number is ever purchased ; and that thus you do an indispensable work in rejecting from the great mass of books most of those that would prove otherwise than useful. I know that a very great amount of time is spent in making the best selections. You call ill the aid of all using the Library in suggesting new books for purchase. You carefully select from those called for all you deem of most value to the town. , The Library itself is the best witness to the value of your service. But all books are not equally valuable to all men. What do we now need most to make the Library more useful to the town? Perhaps I should answer, in view of the regrets I hear expressed,—not quite complaints,—of the difficulty of ascertaining just what books of any given author, or what books on any given subject, or whether any books with particular titles, are in the Library, or not, that our most pressing need, at present, is a new finding-list, or, as we have called it, a new catalogue. It takes so long now to hunt through the ten different alphabets to find a certain book that people are discouraged in the use of the catalogue and its numerous supplements. Tile librarians can get on with their card catalogue ;but the people who use the Library, especially parents and teachers at home, trying to help their children, must find it exceedingly irksome to use such a catalogue. With the town, it is, however, simply a question of dollars to the printer,—say five hundred,—whether the Town can afford to print from the cards one alphabetical list rather than continue to use the ten which have now accumulated. What private bookseller, who wishes to recommend his books to the attention of the public whom he really expects to seek his books, would be content with such a number of separate detached lists? They are the growth of time. They must accumulate in the future. But has not the time arrived, 20 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. notwithstanding we all feel poor, to ask the town to author- ize the printing of a consolidated catalogue in place of the next annual supplement? It must be authorized a year or so in. advance. It could be prepared during the coming year, and, if desired, could be expanded so as to contain some helpful notes on the more important books. Of course ,you hope to provide for the reading-room the usual supply of periodicals, and for the shelves the best of the new books as they appear. The economical manage- ment of our Library will bear comparison.on the score of ex- pense with any of our neighboring libraries. I hope you will deem it prudent and wise to recommend the three things to which I have called special attention. A hundred dollars for binding, besides the usual repairs; two or three hundred invested in back volumes of periodicals, to com- plete our sets before they become scarce and expensive ; and say five hundred dollars set apart for use another year in a new catalogue,in all less than a thousand dollars,— will yield far more satisfactory results than the exceedingly wise and opportune investment the past year, in the improve- ments which will be so useful to all for years to come. You and the town will be able to judge whether such a sum can- not be better spared, for this present year atleast, from some other usual expenditure. We do not long for the extra labor involved in this recommendation, but are willing to see that the work is properly done, and that not a cent of the public funds is wasted. Gentlemen, thanking you for your continued courtesy, and words of encouragement and wise direction, I submit this report of present progress and recommendations for the future needs of the Library for your careful consideration. SOLON F. 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G4 Bird, Mrs. Joseph...... .... ........ .... ...... .... .... .. 7 Boston Public Library.... .... .... . . ........ ...... .. •• •• o Bradlee, Rev. C. D.,Boston, Mass..... ..•. • • •••• • ••••• .• 27 5 Brookline Public Library 1 Chapin, Geo. I-I........... .... ...... ...... .... .... .... . 2 Chicago Public Library...... .... ...... .. .... .... .. .... . 1 Claflin, Hon.William, M.0............ .... .. .. . ..... .... 17G 16 Davis, R. L., Esq............... ..... ..... ............. 1 Dedham Public Library............ ..................... 1 Dickinson, John W..... .... .... .... .................... 1 Ditson, Oliver, & Co. "Dwight's Journal of Music......... 26 c< <' it °°Ditson's Musical Record........... 7 Fitz,Charles F..... .... .... .......................... .. 2 17 Flint,Hon. Chas. L., Sec. of the State Board of Agriculture 1 Francis, Miss Abbie B., Cambridge, Mass. ............... 4 72 Gerner, Henry & Son, 11 Gerner's Weekly................. 13 Gleason, Samuel 5..................................... 68 Goodnow Public Library........ ........................ 1 Harvard University ............ ...... .................. 2 Hosmer, Alfred, M.D..... ...... ........................ 26 Kendall, Francis,Esq.......... 3 Kendall, John H., New Orleans, La...................... 1 Knox, John Jay........................................ 1 Lancaster Public Library............................... 1 Lawrence Public Library...................... .... ..... 2 Loyd, Mrs. Wm........................................ 6G McLauthlin, C. C...................................... 10 March, Geo. N., Esq................................... 3 Massachusetts, Commonwealth of...... .................. G Massachusetts Society, "Our Dumb Animals...... ........ 8 Melrose Public Library................................. 1 Mercantile Library, N. Y............................... 1 New Bedford Public Library............................ 1 Newburyport Public Library............ ............••.. 1 Newton Public Library.... ............................. 1 Nicholson File Co., Providence, R. I..................... 1 Nigers, Mrs. C........... .......................... .... 3 Pierce, Mrs. Joel.......... .................... ........ 4 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN. 23 ramph. V018. and Papers. Potter, J. H., "Watertown Observer........ . ..... ....... 31 St. Louis Public Library... .......... ...... . ..... ....... Scott, Patrick....... . .. ... ... ..... ...... ... ..... .. .... 8 Snow, Geo. K., Esq. .... .. ...... .. .... .... .... . ..... ... 3 Taunton Public Library.... .. ...... .. . .... ...... . ...... 2 Titcombe, Mrs. L. W. T....... .... .. .. . ..... . ..... ..... 119 25 Townsend, Prof. L. T., D.D..... ...... .... ..... . . ...... 1 U. S. Bureau of Education............ ....... . ..... .... I I Waltham Public Library.......... Watertown, School Committee of......•••• • ••.•• •.•.••.• 19 Watertown, Selectmen of......... .... ... ..... .... .... .. 2 Wayland Public Library.................... .. .......... 1 Weiss, Rev. John, Boston, Mass........... . ... .. .... .... 1 White, Smith, & Co., 11 The Folio.. ....... ...... .... .... . 12 Whitney, Mrs. Bradshaw............ ...... .. .. .... .... . 2 Whitney, Solon F........... .... .... .. .. .. .... .... .. .. . 13 Woburn Public Library.... . ..... .... .... ...... .. .. .... . I Worcester Public Library...... . ..... . ... .. ...... . ...... 1 749 154 24 REPORT Or THE LIBRARIAN. APPENDIX III. LIST OF PERIODICALS ON THE TABLES OF THE READING— ROOM. Agriculturist, The. Nineteenth Century. American Journal of Science and Arts. North American Review. American Library Journal. Official Gazette of the U. S. Patent American Naturalist. Office. Atlantic, The. Our Dumb Animals. British Quarterly. Pequossette. Christian Register. Popular Science Monthly. Contemporary Review. Publisher's Weekly. Ditson & Co.'s Musical Record. Punch. Eclectic Magazine. Quarterly Bulletin of the Nuttall Edinburgh Review. Ornithological Club. Folio, The. Sanitarian, The. Good Fords. St. Nicholas. Harper's Magazine. Saturday Magazine. International Review. Science News. Journal of Chemistry. Scientific American. Literary World. is " Supplement. London Quarterly. Scribner's Monthly. Manufacturer and Builder. Unitarian Review and Religious Mag- Naturalist. azine. Nation, The. Watertown Observer. Nature. Westminster Review. N. E. Historical Register. Woman's Journal. N. E. Journal of Education. tiVATERTONN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE NINTH S-UPPLEMENT. 1579 . WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. LIST OF BOOKS ADDED DURING 1878. THE NINTH SUPPLEMENT. Books with no location number must be called for by title and volume. Abbott, E. A. Philochristus: memoirs of a disciple of the Lord. B., 1878. 160........................................ 534.12 About old story-tellers. Mitchell, Donald G.................... 1033.2 Adams, W. D. Dictionary of English literature. L., n.d. 80. Adams, W.T. (Oliver Optic.) Isles of the sea. B., 1877. 160. 962.30 Lake breezes. (Great western series.) B., 1879. 160.. 202.5 Addresses and orations. Choate, Rufus ....................... 474.10 Addresses on the presentation of the sword of Gen. Andrew Jack- son to the Congress of the U. S. Wash., 1855. 80...... 456.21 Asthetics. V6ron, Eug6ne. Tr. by W. H. Armstrong ........ 474.11 Africa. Barth, H. Travels and discoveries in north and central Africa, in the years 1849-1855.......................... 374.6 Gillmore, P. The great thirst land..................... 875.4 Stanley, H. M. Through the dark continent; or, the sources of the Nile, around the great lakes of equatorial Africa, and down the Livingstone river to the Atlantic.... 376.6,7 Agamenticus. Tenney, E. P.................... .......... .... 231.25 Agriculture. Reports of the Mass. board of agriculture, 1854, 1863-1877............................................ Reports of the U.S.patent-office,and of the commissioner, for 1847-1876 incl., except 1852 and 1854............... Albert,Prince. The life of his royal highness the Prince Consort. Martin, Theodore .................................... 774.5-7 Alcohol: its use and abuse. (Health primers.) Greenfield, W. S................................................ 910.15 Alcott, Louisa M. Under the lilacs. B., 1878. 3 cop. 160-.272.60-62 Alden, I. M. (Pansy.) The Chautauqua girls at home. B., n.d. 121,............................... .............. 276.38 Four girls at Chautauqua. B., n.d. 120.. .............. 276.37 Links in Rebecca's life. B., 1878. 160...... ........... 254.22 28 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Alger, Horatio,jr. Bound to•rise. B., n.d. 160.............. 283.52 The young adventurer. B., n.d. 160...... ............ 202.6 Allston,Washington. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F... 770.13 Almanac, The American, and treasury of facts, statistical, finan- cial, and political, for the year 1878 .................... 843.20 America, A Parisian pastor's glance at. Grand Pierre, J. H..... 810.11 American agriculturist. N.Y., 1872-1877. 6 vols. 40......... American girl and her four years in a boys' college. Anderson, 0. S. L............................................ . 284.36 American literature, A century of. 1776-1876. Beers,H.A., ed. 471.21 American naturalist. Salem, 1868-1877. 11 vols. 80......... Amicis, Edmondo de. Constantinople. N.Y., 1878. 12°....... 334.12 Ancien regime, The, as it existed on the continent before the French revolution. Kingsley, Charles.................. 882.2 Ancient literature, Illustrated history of, oriental and classical. Quackenbos, J. D..................... .... .... ........ 472.9 Anderson, A. D. The silver country, or the great south-west. N.Y., 1877. 120...................................... 374.3 Anderson, 0. S. L. (Sola.) An American girl and her four years in a boy's college. N.Y., 1878. 120......0..0.... 284.36 Anderson, Robert. The Lord's prayer. L., 1840. 160......... 531.28 Angelico, Fra. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F.......... 770.12 Anglo-Saxons, History of. Palgrave, Sir Francis.............. 882.1 Apostolic fathers. Holland, H. S........... .................. 531.29 Appendix to the third part of the Friendly debate, being a letter of the conformist to the non-conformist. . L., 1670. 160.... 551.37 Aquarium: its inhabitants, structure, and management. Taylor, J. E................................... .............. 932.26 Architecture. Holly,H. H. Modern dwellings in town and coun- try adapted to American wants and climate,with a treatise on furniture and decoration.... ........................ 376.5 Mason, Geo. C. The old house altered................. 937.14 Narjoux, Felix. Notes and sketches of an architect taken during a journey in the north-west of Europe .... .--- --.. $75.6 Arizona as it is; or the coming country. Hodge, H. Co...... ... 321.24 Armenia,and the campaign of 1877. Norman, C. B..... .... .... 375.3 Armies of Asia and Europe, The. Upton, Emery.............. 886.8 Arnold's campaign against Quebec, Account of. Henry, J. J. ... 884.2 Around the world in the yacht Sunbeam, our home on the ocean for eleven months. Brassey, Mrs. Anne...... .......... 375.5 Art. Art journal. With catalogues of industry of all nations. 1851, '62, '67......................................... Darley, F. 0. C. Sketches abroad with pen and penail.. $78.3 Liibke, Dr. W. Ecclesiastical art in Germany during the middle ages.......................... ................ 145.18 Magazine of art. Illustrated.......................... Ruskin, J. Deucalion. Collected studies of the lapse of waves and life of stones .... ...... ...... . ..... .... ....444.22,23 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 29 Art. Ruskin, J. Mornings in Florence: being simple studies of Christian art, for English travellers. ........ ............ 444.21 See Astheties. Artist biographies. Sweetser, M. F....... . ..... .... ...... ....770.1-15 Allston . . . . . . . . . 770.13 Murillo . . . . . . . . . 770.4 Angelico . . . . 770.12 Raphael. . . . . . . . . 770.18 Claude Lorraine. . . . 770.8 Rembrandt.. . . . . 770.3 DUrer . . . . . . . . 770.7 Reynolds,Sir Joshua. . . 770.2 Guido Rent . . . . . . . . 770.6 Titian. . . . . . . . . . . 770.1 Landseer . . . . 770.14 Turner . . . . . . . . 770.11 Leonardo da Vinci. . . . . 770.9 Van Dyck. . . . . . . . . 770.10 Michael Angelo . . . . . 770.6 Arundel motto. Hay, Mary Cecil ............................ 274.56 Asia Minor, Greek cities and islands of. Vaux, W. S. W. ...... 810.24 Aspirations of the world. Child, Lydia M. .......... . ..... .... 551.40 Astronomy, Popular. Newcomb, Simon ............ . ..... .... 935.16 Atkinson, W. P. On the right use of books. B., 1878. 1G- ... 470.4 Atlantic monthly.' B., 1857-1877. 40 vols., and index. 80..•.. Attwood, C. G. Annual report of the Boston board of trade. 1877 ................................................ Auer, Adelheid von. It is the fashion. (Star series.) Phil., 1879. 160............................. ........ ...... 296.44 Auerbach, B. Landolin. N.Y., 1878. 160 ............ ....... 296.49 Aunt Charlotte's stories of German history for the little ones. Yonge, C. M.............. ....................... .... 810.23 Aytoun, W. E., ed. The ballads of Scotland. Edin. &L., 1859. 2 vols. 12e ...... ...................................742.35,36 Bacon, Francis, The life and times of. Spedding, James........ 884.7,8 Bailey, J. M. England from a back-window. B., 1870. 120... 373.2 Baker, W. M. A year worth living. B., 1878. 120........... 285.13 Ballads of Scotland. Aytoun, W. E., ed......................742.35,36 Barker, Lady Al. A. Stories about:- L., 1871. 160 ........ 203.10 Barth, Henry. Travels and discoveries in Africa. Phila., 1865. 374.6 Bartlett,M. C. Little figures; and other stories. B., 1878. 160. 203.2 Bartlett, William Francis, Memoir of. Palfrey, F. W.......... 721.43� Beach, W. W. The Indian miscellany. B., 1877. 8e ......... 878.3 Beaconsfield, Earl. See Disraeli, B. .Becket, Thomas, Life and times of. Froude, J. A............. 714.30 Beecher, Mrs. H. W. All around the house. N.Y., 1878. 120. 932.28 Beers,H.A.,ed. A century of American literature. N.Y., 1878. 471.21 Berthoud, H. Stories of bird life. L., 1875. 120........... . .. 932.25 Biart, Lucien. The two friends. L., 1879. 120...... ......... 276.41 Bible. Commentary. Maurice, F. A. The unity of the New Testament. A synopsis of the first three gospels and of the epistles of St. James, St. Jude, St. Peter, St. Paul, with a commentary on the epistle to the Hebrews......... 555.18 -Palfrey, J. G. The relation between Judaism and Christianity ............ .............................. 526.14 -Thom, J. H. St.Paul's epistles to the Corinthians.... 530.15 30 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIO LIBRARY. Bible. Commentary. Thompson, J. S. The monotessaron; or, the gospel history, according to the four evangelists.. 555.17 Geography. See Coleman, L. Historical text-book and atlas of biblical geography............................. 527.7 Bibliographia genealogica Americana: an alphabetical index to American genealogies and pedigrees. Durrie, D. 5......... .......... .............. .......... ...... 144.6 Bird life, Stories of. Berthoud, H............................ 932.25 Bishop, N. II. Voyage of the paper canoe. B., 1878. 80...... 374.1 Black, Wm. Greenpastures and Piccadilly. N.Y., 1878 ...... 276.33 Macleod of Dare. N.Y., 1879. 120 ............... .... 285.8 Blackie, J. S. The wise men of Greece. L., 1877. 120 ....... 744.83 Blackstone, Wm. Commentaries on the laws of England. Port- land, 1807. 4 vols. 80 ...... ..... . .. .... .... ........133.13-16 Blair, Hugh. An abridgment of lectures on rhetoric. Camb., 1802. 16o........................................... 420.15 Block Island, History of, from its discovery. Livermore, S. T. . 820.8 Bluffton: a story of to-day. Savage,M. J..... ................ 285.14 Bonaparte, C. L.,joint a:ithor. See Wilson, A., and Bonaparte, C. L., American ornithology......•. •......•.• .•...••.142.26-28 Books, On the right use of. Atkinson, W.P..... .............. 470.4 Boston. Attwood, C. G. Annual report of board of trade...... Constitution of the Boston clearing-liouse association..... M.2.21 King, Moses. hand-book of Boston. Illustrated ....... 374.7 History of. See Cornell, W. A. Recollections ......... 841.7 Botany. Taylor, J. E. Flowers; their origin,shapes,perfumes, andcolors.... ....... ......... ..................... 932.33 Wakefield, Priscilla. An introduction to botany ........ 931.23 See Ferns in their homes and ours........ .... .... ...... 983.80 Bound to rise; or, Harry Walton's motto. Alger, H.,jr........ 283.52 Bourbon lilies,a story of artist life. Champney,Lizzie W..... .. 296.43 Boy trapper. Fosdick, C. A............................ ...... 283.53 Bradlee, C. D. The grand hereafter. Pamph..... .... ........ M.5.9 Natural and revealed religion. Camb., 1878. 120..... M.5.13 Thirtieth anniversary of Harrison Sq. Church, Dorches- ter.......................................... ........ M.5.14 Bradlee family, History of the. Doggett, S. B. ............. ... N.4.6 Brassey, Anne. Around the world in the yacht "Sunbeam." N.Y., 1878. 80 .................. .................... 375.5 Brewer, E. C. Dictionary of phrase and fable. L., n.d. 120.. *120.3 Bright, J. B. The Brights of Suffolk, England. B., 1858. 80.. 144.14 Brooks, Phillips. Sermons. N.Y., 1878. 120 .......... ...... 533.18 Browning, E. B. Earlier poems of. 1826-1833. N.Y., 1878. 750.9 Bryant, Wm. C. Life, character, and writings of. Curtis, G. W. 712.33 Bunce, J. T. Fairy tales: their origin and meaning. L., 1878...... ................ ................. .......... 203.7 Bureau of education. The training of teachers in Germany ..... T.L.- CATALOGUE OF BOOBS. t`31 Burlingame, E. L., ed. Current discussion. Vol. 1. Interna- tional politics. N.Y., 1878. 120....................... 1035.1 Burritt, Miliu. Chips from many blocks. Toronto, 1878. 120.. 472.7 Burying the hatchet. (Forest Glen series.) Kellogg, Elijah.... 202.1 Butler, Charles, of Lincoln's inn, Reminiscences of. N.Y.,1824. 2 vols. 160...................... .... .. .. ...... .. .... 710.1,2 Cambridge, Massachusetts, History of. Paige, L. P...... .. .... 836.13 Camels for transportation, Report of secretary of war on pur- chase of...................... ........,.............. 937.13 Cameron, alfrs. H. L. Deceivers ever. N.Y., 1878. 80...... .. 274.54 Campbell, J.F. My circular notes. N.Y.,n.d. 2 vols. in 1. 120. 373.1 Canoeing in Kanuckia. Norton, C. L., and Habberton, J..... .. 374.4 Carroll, A. E. The star of the west. B., 1857. 120........... 472.8 Castlemon, Harry,pseud. See Fosdick, C. A. Caton, J. D. The antelope and deer of America. N.Y., 1877. 80. 938.1 Ceramics. See Pottery. Chambers, T. K. Principles of diet in health and disease. See Cookery, Lessons in. Ed. by Eliza A. Youmans........ 342.31 Chambers, W. Stories of remarkable persons. Edin. and L., 1878. 160 ................ ................ ........... 711.37 Champney, L. W. Bourbon lilies: a story of artist life. B., 1878. 160 .. .... . ..... ...... ......................... 296.43 Chatterbox. Clarke, J. E., ed. 1870-1878. 11 vols. ........207.1,3-12 Chautauqua girls at home. Alden, I. M....................... 276.38 Child, Lydia M. Aspirations of the world. B., 1878. 160..... 551.40 The duty of disobedience to the fugitive slave act. B., 1860. 160,tract....... .... . ...... .................... M. 2.23 Children's treasury of English song. Palgrave, F. T., ed....... 743.32 China. Eden, C. 1I. China: historical and descriptive........ 371.1 Field, H. M. From Egypt to Japan.................... 874.2 Gray, J. H. China. A history of the laws,manners,and customs of the people................................. 375.1,2 China hunters' club. Slosson, A. T. On New England ceramic art.................................................. 933.25 Chips from many blocks. Burritt, Elihu...................... 472.7 Choate, Rufus. Addresses and orations. B., 1878. 120........ 474.10 Church, Alfred J. Stories from Homer. N.Y., 1878. 160..... 471.17 Church music. Memoirs of a New England village choir. Dedi- cated to the Handel and Haydn Soc., and written with the design of improving church music. Gilman, Samuel .... 532.16 Civilization. The origin of nations. In two parts: on early civilization, on ethnic affinities............ ............. 820.7 Claiborne, J. F. H. Life and times of Gen. S. Dale. N.Y., 1860. 160........................................... 712.30 Clark, Edson L. The races of European Turkey. N.Y.,1878. 80. 371.8 Clark, N. R. Saint Augustine. (The fathers for English readers.) Lond., n. d. 160............. ..•• •.•• ...... 531.31 82 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Clarke, Charles and Mary C. Recollections of writers. N.Y., n.d. 12e ............ ................................ 722.35 Clarke, E. 11. Visions: a study of false sight. B., 1878. 16e.. 955.81 Clarke, J. F. Go up higher; or, religion in common life. B., 1877. 16e.......... .... .... ......................... 520.14 Memorial and biographical sketches. B., 1878. 120..... 713.27 Clarke,R. S. (Sophie May.) Dottie Dimple stories. B., n.d. 24e. Dottie Dimple at her grand. I Dottie Dimple at school . . 971.5 mother's. 971.1 II Dottie Dimple out West. 971.3 Dottie Dimple at home. 971.2 Dottie Dimple's Flyaway 971.6 Dottie Dimple at play . . . 971.4 Little Prudy series: Captain Horace . . . . . . 971.9 I Fairy book . . . . . . . 971.11 Cousin Grace . . . . . . . 971.19 Littic.Prudy. . . . . . . . 971.7 Dottie Dimple. . . . . . . 971.12 Sister Busy . . . . . . . . 971.8 Quinnebassett girls. B., 1878. 160.................... 283.50 Claude Lorraine. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F. ...... 770.8 Clay, Hon. Henry, Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of, and the funeral sermon of Rev. C. M. Butler... 717.18 Clement, C. E. Handbook of legendary and mythological art... 120.4 Coburn, F.W. The centennial history of the battle of Benning- ton. B., 1877. 8e. Pamph........................... N. 9.18 Coffin, Charles C. The story of liberty. N.Y., 1879. 80....... 208.1 Coins. The early coins of America, and the laws governing their issue. Crosby, S.S. .......................... ........ 857.10 Colden, C. The history of the five Iddian nations depending on the province of New York. N.Y., 1866. 80........ .... 878.2 Coleman, L. An historical text-book and atlas of biblical geog- raphy ........ ................ ...................... . 527.7 Colleges, American, and"the American public. Porter, Noah.... 563.81 Common law. See Lam. Complete guide to ornamental leather work. B. and Camb., 1854. 120........................................... 93125 Conder, C. R. Tent work in Palestine. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 8e. 876.3,4 Coney, T. Fifty sermons and discourses. L., 1750. 12e ...... 555.16 Congressional globe. Wash., 1856-1873. 61 vols. 40...... .... -- Congressional record. 1873-1877. 25 vols. 4e ........... .. .. Conscience. With preludes on current events. Cook, Joseph .. 534.13 Constantinople. Amicis, Edmondo de................... . ..... 334.12 Constitution of the Boston clearing-house association. B., 1875. 16e. Pamph. .... ................ ................ .... M. 2.21 4 Contemporary review. L., 1873-1878. 11 vols. 80............ Contributions to North American ethnology. W., 1877. 2 vols. 4e. Vols. 1 and 8.................. . ..... . ...........857.11,13 Cook, Joseph. Conscience. With preludes on current events. B., 1879. 12e.............. .......... ................ 534.18 Cookery. Kirkland, E. S. Six little cooks; or, Aunt Jane's • cooking class. ...... 910.11 Terhune, M. V. (Marion IIarland.) The dinner year- book ...................... .... .... .................. 342.82 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 33 Cookery. Whitney,.Mrs.A. D.T. Just how: a key to the cook- books ................... ........................ .... 910.12 Youmans, E. A., ed. Lessons in cookery............... 342.31 Cornell,Wm.Al. Recollections of"ye olden time." B.,1878. 120. 841.7 Costumes. Le costume historique............................ *1044.8 Craigie, M. E. Once upon a time. N.Y., 1877. 12o .......... 203.9 Creasy, E. S. History of the Ottoman Turks. N.Y., 1878. 120. 884.1 Crosby, S. S. The early coins of America. B.,1878. 40...... 857.10 Cumnock,R. M.,ed. Choice readings. Chic., 1878. 120...... 474.8 Cupid and the sphinx. Flemming, I-I.......................... 272.63 Currency. Poor, 11. V. Resumption and the silver question.... 933.23 -U. S. Treasury department. Report of the comptroller of the currency. 1878 .................................. M. 7.15 Curtis, G. W. The life, character, and writings of William Cul- len Bryant. N.Y., 1879. 120......... ................ 712.33 Cusack, M. F. The liberator: his life and times. Kenmare, n.d. 2 vols. 80 ......... ...... . ..... . .................... 887.3,4 ed. The speeches and public letters of the liberator. Dublin, 1875. 2 vols. 80 ........................ .... 887.1,2 Cushman, Charlotte: her letters and memories of her life. Steb- bins, E. ............................................. 714.31 Cutts, E. L. Saint Jerome. L., n.d. 160........ ............ 531.32 Cyprus: historical and descriptive. Locher, Franz von........ 874.9 Daisy Thornton and Jessie Graham. Holmes, Mary J.......... 273.56 Dakota, The mineral wealth, climate, etc., of Black hills of. Jenney, W.P................................. ........ M. 6.19 Dale, Gen. Samuel, Life and times of. Claiborne, J. F. H...... 712.30 Dana,J.D. Manual of mineralogy and lithology. N.Y.,1878. 120. 933.33 Darley,F.O.C. Sketches abroad with pen and pencil. B.,1878. 120. 373.3 Darwin, C. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species. N.Y., 1877. 120 ............................ 934.21 Daudet, A. The little Good-for-nothing. B., 1878. 120....... 272.59 Deaf and dumb, Alphabet of. Language addressed to the different senses ............................................... M. 1.28 Deceivers ever. Cameron, Mrs. H. L......................... 274.54 De Leon, Edwin. The Khedive's Egypt. N.Y., 1878. 120..... 872.2 Designs and instructions for decorating pottery. B., n.d. 120 .. 933.26 Dictionary of phrase and fable. Brewer, E. C................. 120.8 Disraeli, B., ecv2•1 of Beaconsfield. The political adventures of Lord Beaconsfield .......................... .... .... .. 721.45 Upwards of 100 cartoons from "Punch.................• 717.26 Doddridge, J. Notes on the settlement and Indian wars of the western parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Albany, 1876. 160 ..................................... ...... 883.2 Dog. Hill, J. W. The.management and diseases of the dog ... 932.27 Walsh,J.H. (Stonehenge.) The dog in health and disease. 105.2 3 W. L. 34 WATERTOWN FREE PIIBLIO LIBRARY. Doggett, S. B. History of the Bradlee family. B., 1878. 120. N. 4.6 Dolbear, A. E. The telephone. B., 1877. 240................ 350.3 Domestic animals. Stock-breeding. Miles, Manly ............ 934.23 Donald's school days. Howard, 0. 0. ..........•••••••.•••••• 202.1 Dorchester, Harrison Sq. Church, Thirtieth anniversary of. Sermon by C. D. Bradlee....... ..................... M. 5.14 Dottie Dimple stories. 6 vols. Clarke, R. S. Dottie Dimple at her grand• Dottie Dimple at school . . 971.5 mother's. 977.1 Dottie Dimple out Wost . . 971.3 Dottie Dimple at homo. . . 971.2 Dottie Dimple's Flyaway . 971.6 Dottie Dimple at play . . . 971.4 Douglas, Amanda M. From hand to mouth. B., 1878. 160.... 276.35 Drake, F. S. The town of Roxbury. Roxbury, 1878. 80...... 854.8 Drake, S. G. A particular history of the five years'French and Indian war in New England. 1744-1749. Albany, 1870. 877.4 Draper, J. W. Scientific memoirs. N.Y., 1878. 8e.... . ..... 937.11 , Drift-weed. Thaxter, Celia.......................... .... .... 741.40 Diirer, Albert. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F..... ..... 770.7 Durrie, D. S. Alphabetical index to American genealogies and pedigrees. Albany, 1878. 80......................... 144.6 Dutchman's fireside. Paulding, James K...................... 276.32 Dwight's Journal of music. B., 1873-1877. 4 vols. ..... ...... Dymond, J. The accordancy of war with the principles of Chris- tianity. Phil., n.d. 8e.......... .......... ............ 535.18 Eaton, J.,jr. Report of the commissioner of education. 7 vols. Ecclesiastical history. Mosheim, J. L. Ecclesiastical history, ancient and modern.:.......................... .... 544.18-23 Smith, Philip. The history of the Christian church during the first ten centuries........................... .... .. 533.17 Sprague, W. B. Annals of the American pulpit; or com- memorative notices of distinguished American clergymen of various denominations..................... ..536.8-11 &517.8 French, R. C. Lectures on medieval church history.... 536.7 Eclectic magazine, The. Old series. 1844-1864. G3 vols. New series. 1865-1877. 26 vols..... ............ •.......•• Eden, Charles H. China, historical and descriptive.L., 1877. 160. 371.1 Education. Bureau of education. Training of teachers in Germany.................... ............ ............. T..L.- Eaton, John. Report of the com►ilissioner of education for1870-1876...... .... ............................... - Hale, E. E. What career? .... .... ................... 551.39 Johonnot, J. Principles and practice of teaching..:..... 563.2.9 Porter, N. American colleges and the American public.. 563.31 Royce, S. Deterioration and race education.... ........ 563.30 Eggleston, Edward. Roxy. N.Y., 1878. 120................ 273.52 -and Seelye, L. E. Tecumseh and. the Shawnee proplict.... .... .. ...... .... .......... ............ .... 883.8 • CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 35 Eggleston, G. C. Red Eagle and the wars with the Creek Indians of Alabama. N.Y., 1878. 120.......... .............. 883.4 F.gleston, N. H. Villages and village life. N.Y., 1878. 120 ... 933.24 Egypt. De Leon, Edwin. The Rhedive's Egypt............... 372.2 Field, II. AT. From Egypt to Japan.................... 874.2 Electricity and the electric telegraph. Prescott, G. B..... ...... 937.10 Elocution. See Reading. Emerson, Ralph W. Fortune of the republic. B., 1878. ]Go.... 471.18 Emerton, J. 11. The structure and habits of spiders. Salem, 1878. 120.... ....... ............................... 932.23 England. Bailey, J. M. England from a back-window......... 373.2 Green, J. R. History of the English people.......... .. 886.1,2 Guizot, F.P.G. The history of England from the earliest times to the reign of Queen Victoria.................... 883.5- Hare, A. J. C. Walks in London.... .................. 372.3 Lecky, W. E. H. A history of England in the eighteenth century .............................................. 885.1,2 Tait, C. W. A. Analysis of English history, based on Green's Short history of the English people.............. 882.3 English literature, Dictionary of. Adams, W. D........... .... "English men of letters." Ed. by John Aforley...............732.30-33 Snmuel Johnson,by I I I Edwnrd Gibbon, by J. C. Stephen. . 732.30 Morison 732.31 Walter Scott, by R. �H. Percy B. Shelley, by J.A. Mutton. . . . . . . . . 732.32 Symonds ... . . . . . . 732.33 Epitaphs. The graveyards of Boston. First v. Copps'hill epitaphs. 144.15 Ethnology. Rawlinson, G. The origin of nations........... .. 820.7 U. S. geographical and geological survey of Rocky Moun- tain region. Contributions to North American ethnology. Vols. 1 &3..........................................857.11,13 Etiquette, Sensible, of the best society. Ward, :Ifrs. H. 0. ..... 533.14 Europe. Darley, F. O. C. Sketches abroad with pen and pencil. 373.8 May, T. E. Democracy in Europe............. ........ 886.G 7 See Ancien regime.... .... ........ ...... .... . ..... .... 882.2 Europeans, 'rite. James, Henry,jr. .................. ........ 276.43 Eustis, H. L. Genealogy of the Eustis family. B., 1878. 80... N. 4.7 Every day. Pike, F. W. A. ................ ........ ...... .... 285.7 Evolution. The different forms of flowers on plants of the same species .... .... .... .................. ........ .... .... 934.21 ........... ........ Ewing, J. H. Jan of the windmill. B., 1876. 16o............ 283.51 Exercise and training. (Health primers.) Ralfe, C. 13......... 910.14 Face illumined, A. Roe, E. P....... .... ..................... 273.55 Fairy guardians. Willoughby, F................. ............ 203.1 Fairy tales, their origin and meaning. Bunce,J. T............. 203.7 Fantasy and passion. Fawcett, Edgar......................... 753.28 Farrar, Frederic W. Language and languages. N.Y., 1878. 120. 441.20 Farrell, J. The lectures of a certain professor. L., 1877. 120. 472.12 36 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Fathers, the early Christian,for English readers. The apostolic fathers. . 531.29 I St. Augustine. . . . . . 531.31 The defenders of the faith. 531.30 St.Jerome . . . . . . . 531.32 Faust. Goethe, J.W. von. Tr.by Bayard Taylor. Parts 1&2. 766.8&21 Fawcett, Edgar. Fantasy and passion. B., 1878. 16e......•.. 753.28 Ferns in their homes and ours. Robinson, John............... 933.30 Field, H. M. From Egypt to Japan. N.Y., 1877. 120........ 874.2 Fields, J. T.,and Whipple, E. P., eds. The family library of British poetry from Chaucer to the present time. B., 1878. So.............................................. *146.16 Files and rasps, A treatise on. Nicholson, W. T......... .... .. 926.25 Finley, Martha. Mildred Keith. N.Y., n.d. 120 ............ 297.17 First violin, The. Fothergill,Jessie .......................... 296.45 Fisher boys of Pleasant Cove. Kellogg,Elijah................ 962.34 Flemming, I1. Cupid and the sphinx. N.Y., 1878. 160..... .. 272.63 Fletcher, Julia. Mirage. (No name series.) B., 1878. 16e... 296.42 Floriculture. Winter greeneries at home. Johnson,E. A. ..... 933.28 Flowers: their origin,shapes,perfumes,and colors. Taylor, J. E. 932.33 Forbes, R. B. Personal reminiscences. B., 1878. 12e ........ 713.28 Forest Glen; or, the Mohawk's friendship. 'Kellogg, Elijah..... 962.37 Forestry, Report upon. Hough, F. B......................... 347•- Fortune of the republic. Emerson, it. W...................... 471.18 Fosdick, C. A. (Harry Castlemon.) The boy trapper. Phil., n.d. 16e............................................. 288.53 Foster, C.J. The white horse of Wootton. Phil., n.d. [1878.] 12e. 27G.42 Foster, Al. A course 9f elementary practical physiology. L. 1878. 120 ........................................... 932.29 Fothergill, Jessie. The first violin. N.Y., 1878. 16e........ 296.45 Four girls at Chautauqua. Alden, 1. M......... .............. 276.37 Fox, G.T. A memoir of the Rev. Henry Watson Fox, B. A.... 721.44 France. Green, S. G. French pictures. Drawn with pen and pencil. Illustrations.......................... ........ 857.16 Kirkland, E. S. A short history of France for young people............ ............................. ...... 881.1 Lacombe, Paul. A short history of the French people.. 882.4 Murray, E. C. Grenville. Round about France.......... 872.7 Taine, H. A. The French revolution .................. 884.3 Van Laun, H. The French revolutionary epoch......... 885.7,8 Francis, Convers, Memoir of. Newell, W. .................... M. 4.35 Freeman, E. A. Comparative politics, with the unity of history. N.Y., 1874. 120...................................... 886.10 French poets and novelists. James, H.,jr................••... 1033.1 Frenchmen, Modern. Hamerton, P. G......................... 712.32 From hand to mouth. Douglas, A. M........................ 276.35 Frothingham, N. L. Sermons. B., 1852. 120................. 545.23 Frothingham, 0. B. Gerrit Smith. N.Y., 1878. 120......... 714.29 Froude,J.A. Life and times of Thomas Becket. N.Y., 1878. 120. 714.30 • CATALOGUE OF BOOTS. 37 Gardens. Parks and gardens of Paris. Robinson, W.......... 937.12 Gardner, E. C. Home interiors. B., 1878. 160................ 931.24 Garrett, Edward. The house by the works. N.Y., n.d. 1878. 120. 273.50 Gay, F. L. John Guy of Dedham, Mass., and descendants. B., 1879. 80. Pamph.................................. .. N. 4.9 Gemini. (No name series)................... ................ 296.47 Genealogies. See Bibliographia genealogica Americana. Durrie, D. S........... ...................................... 144.6 Geography, biblical, An historical text-book and atlas of. Cole- man, Lyman .... ......................... .... ........ 527.7 Geology. Hayden, F. V. Ninth annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories embracing Colorado, for 1875......................... 347.1 Hayden, F. V. Preliminary report of the U. S. geo- logical survey of Wyoming........ .............. ...... 347.- Hitchcock, C. H. The geology of New Hampshire ....*137.15,16 Huxley,T.H. Physiography: an introduction to the study of nature ........................ .... .... .... .... .. .. 933.22 Le Conte, Joseph. Elements of geology ...... . .... .... 935.17 Germany. Aunt Charlotte's stories of German histury for the little ones. Yonge, C. M. ............................ 810.23 Gibbon, Edward. Morrison, J. C. (English men of letters) .... 732.31 Gift, Theo. See Havers, Dora. Gillmore, P. The great thirst land. L. P. & N.Y., n.d. 80.... 375.4 Gilman, S. Memoirs of a New England village choir. B., 1829. 532.16 Gladstone, W. E. Homer. (Literature primers.) N.Y., 1878. 420.16 Cartoons from "Punch.................... ............ 767.10 Goethe, J. W. von. Faust. Tr.by Bayard Taylor. Parts I. and II. B., 1876. 8.....................................766.8,21 West-easterly divan. Tr. by John Weiss. B., 1877. 160. 750.10 Hayward, A. (Foreign classics)............. .......... 431.27 Good words. L., n.d. 8 vols. 80. .......................... Graham, Ennis. See Molesworth, airs. Grand Pierre, Rev. J. H. A Parisian pastor's glance at America. B., 1854. 12o.................. .... ...... ...... ...... 310.12 Gray, J. H. China. L., 1878. 2 vols. 80....•.. .... ........ 3 7 5.1,2 Great Britain. The British tonrists. Mavor, W. .............. 3G0.1-5 Greece. Harrison, J. A. Greek vignettes. A sail in the Greek seas.................... .... .... ..................... 370.2 Sergeant, L. New Greece ............................ 375.7 Greek philosophers. The wise men of Greece. Blackie, J. S... 744.33 Green, A. K. The Leavenworth case. N.Y., 1878. 120........ 276.44 Green, J. R. History of the English people. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 80..... .................... .................... 886.1,2 ed. Literature primers. N.Y., 1876-7. 5vols. 160..420.5,6,9,10,16 Green pastures and Piccadilly. Black, William................ 276.33 Green, Samuel G. French pictures. L., n.d. 40............. 357.16 38 WATERTOIVN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. . Greenfield, W. S. Alcohol: its use and abuse. (Health primers.) N.Y., 1879. 240.................. ........ 910.15 Groliman, W. A. B. Gaddings with a primitive people. N.Y., 1878. 160 .......... ............................... 871.2 Guido Reni. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F.......... .. 770.6 Guizot, F. P. G. The history of England. N.Y., 1878. 4 vols. 883.5-8 Gustafson, Z. B. Meg: a pastoral, and other poems. B., 1879. 742.25 Gwendolen. A sequel to George Eliot's 11 Daniel Deronda." B., 1878. 120 ............ ............................... 254.26 Hale, E. E. Mrs. Merriam's scholars. B., 1878. 160 ... . ..... 203.3 What career? B., 1878. 160................... ...... 551.39 Hallock, C. The sportman's gazetteer and general guide. N.Y., 1877. 12o........................................... 932.24 Hamerton, P. G. Modern Frenchmen. B., 1878. 120.... .... 712.32 Hammersmith: his Harvard days. Severance, M. 5..... . .. .... 285.12 Hare, A. J. C. Walks in London. N.Y., 1978. 12o..... . ..... 372.3 Wanderings in Spain. L., 1873. 160.... . ..... . . ...... 872.4 Harland, Marion. See Terhune, M. V. Harper's magazine. N.Y., 1850-1878. 56 vols. 80........... Harrison, J. A. Greek vignettes. B., 1878. 240 ............. 370.2 Harvey, P. Reminiscences and anecdotes of Daniel Webster. B., 1878. 8?.............................. . . .... . . .. .... 715.25 Hathercourt. Molesworth, Mrs..... .... ............. ........ 29G.50 Havers Dora. (Theo. Gift.) Maid Ellice. N.Y., 1878. 161, .. 296.51 Hay, Mary Cecil. The Arundel motto. N.Y., n.d. 80........ 274.56 Hayden, F. V. Ninth annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories for 1875. W., 1877. 8o.... .............................. .......... 347.- Preliminary report of the U. S. geological survey of Wyo- ming. W., 1871. 80......................... ........ 347.- Hayward, A. Goothe. (Foreign classics.) Phil., n.d. 160 .... 431.27 Health. Reports of the Massachusetts Board of health, to 1878.. Studley, M. J. What our girls ought to know........... 932.22 Health primers. 1. Exercise and training. Ralfe, C. H..•... 910.14 2. Alcohol: its use and abuse. Greenfield,W. 5....... 910.15 IIeat. Scientific memoirs, being experimental contributions to a knowledge of radiant energy........................... 937.11 Hedge, F. Il:. Ways of the spirit. B., 1878. 160............. 552.42 Henry, J. J. Account of Arnold's campaign against Quebec. Albany, 1877. 120............... .... .......... ...... 884.2 Her title of lionor. Parr, Harriet................6. ........... 273.54 Heraldry. The pursuivant of arms; or, heraldry founded upon facts. Planch6, J. R.................................. 1036.14 Heroes of Asgard. Leary, A. and E......................... 203.5 Heyse, Paul. In Paradise. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 160 ........272.57,58 Hill, A. S. The principles of rhetoric ........ ................ 474.7 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 39 Hill, J. W. The management and diseases of the do;. N.Y. 120. 932.27 His inheritance. Trafton, Adeline.......... .................. 285.11 History. Freeman, E. A. Comparative politics six lectures: with the unity of history............................... 886.10 '1funsell, J. The every day book of history and chro- nology .......................................... .... 878.4 Hitchcock, C. H. The geology of New IIampshire. Concord, N. H., 1874. 2 vols. 40 .......... ..................•137.15,16 Hitchcock, R. D. Socialism. N.Y., 1879. 120..... . ... .. .... 1061.14 Hodge, H. C. Arizona as it is. N.Y., 1877. 160............. 321-24 Hogg, James, "the Ettrick shepherd." Tales and sketches,with a memoir of the author. L. and Edin., 1878. 6 vols. .283.54-59 Holland, II. S. The apostolic fathers. L., n.d. 160....... .... 531.29 Holley, Marietta. Josiah Allen's wife as a P. A. and P. I. Hart- ford, Conn., 1878. 120........... ....•....• ••••..•••• 285.15 Holly, H. H. Modern dwellings in town and country, adapted to American wants and climate. N.Y., 1878. 80.......... 376.5 Holm, Saxe,pseud. Stories. (Second series.) N.Y., 1878.... 284.37 120 ................................................. Holmes, Nrs. Al. J. Daisy Thornton and Jessie Graham. N.Y., 1878. 12o..................... .......... ............ 273.56 IIolmes, Oliver W. John Lothrop Motley. B., 1879. 120..... 711.36 Home and no home. B., 1867. 180...............• .•.•• ...•.. 951.35 Homer. (Literature primers.) Gladstone, W. E. ...... ....... 420.16 Homes. Beecher, Mrs. H:W. All around the house.• •• . ... .. 932.28 Gardner, E. C. Home interiors ................. ...... 931.24 Holly, H. H. Modern dwellings in town and country.... 376.5 Mason, Geo. C. The old house altered................. 937.14 See Ferns in their homes and ours. Robinson, J.; Poets' homes; also,Winter gieeneries at home. Johnson, A. E. Hough, F. B. Report upon forestry. Wash., 1878. 80....... 347.- House by the works. Garrett,E.............................• 273.50 House-plans for everybody. Reed, S. B....................... 933.29 Howard association of New Orleans. Report of receipts, expe..di- tures,and their work in the epidemic of 1878. N.0., 1878. 80. Pamph........................................... N.3.8 Howard, Gen. 0. 0. Donald's school days. B., 1879. 160.... 202.4 Howe, R. The labor side of the great sugar question. N.Y., 1878. 8°. Pamph.................................... M.6.21 Hudson, H. N. The works of Shakespeare. With notes, and a life of the poet. B., 1876. 11 vols. 160..............130.5-15 Hullah, J. Music in the house. Phil., n d. 120............... 933.27 Hutton, R. H. Sir Walter Scott. (English men of letters.) N.Y., 1878. 120...... .... ................. .......... 732.32 Huxley, T. H. A manual of the anatomy of invertebrated animals. N.Y., 1878. 12 ..................................... 934.20 -Physiography: an introduction to the study of nature. N.Y., 1878. 160...... ...... .......................... 933.22 40 AVATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Ike Partington; or, the adventures of it human boy and his friends. ShiIlaber, B. P.............. .. ...... .... .... 272.64 In Paradise. Heyse, Paul .................... .... .... . . ... 272.57,58 In the wilderness. Warner, C. D............... ........ .. .... 370.1 Index to the North American review, vols. 1-25. Cambridge, 1878. 80.............................. .............. -- India. From Egypt to Japan. Field, II. M. .................. 374.2 Indians. Beach, W. W. The Indian miscellany .... .......... 878.3 Colden, C. The history of the five Indian nations depend- ing on the province of New York....................... 878.2 Contributions to North American ethnology. Vols. 1 and 3 ............................ ..................857.11,13 Doddridge, J. Notes on the settlement and Indian wars of the western parts of Virginia and Pennsylvania........ 883.2 Drake, S. G. History of the five years'French and Indian war in New England and parts adjacent................. 877.4 Eggleston, G. C. Red Eagle and the wars with the Creek , Indians of Alabama............................. ...... 883.4 Eggleston, E., and Seelye, L. E. Tecumseh and the Shawnee prophet..................................... 883.3 Jackson, W. H. Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians........ ....................... M.6.17 • Matthews, W. Ethnography and philology of the Hidatsa Indians........................ ................ ...... 847.— Penhallow, S. Histbry of the wars of New England with theEastern Indians......................... .......... 878.1 International review. N.Y., n.d. 4 vole. 80.................. Ireland. Cusack, M. F. The liberator: his life and times ..... 887.3,4 — The speeches and public letters of the liberator....... 887.1,2 Sullivan, A. M. New Ireland 841.6 Isles of the sea. Adams, W. T. (Oliver Optic.).......... .... 962.30 It is the fashion. Auer, Adelheid von ........................ 296.44 Jackson, Andrew. Addresses on the presentation of the sword of Gen. Andrew Jackson to the Congress of the U. S. .... 456.21 Jackson, W. H. Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians. Wash., 1877. 80. Pamph.......... M.6.17 Descriptive catalogue of the photographs of the U. S. geo- logical survey of the territories. Wash., 1875. 80. Painph. M.6.18 James, Henry,jr. The Europeans. B., 1879. 120 ....... .... 276.43 --French poets and novelists. L., 1878. 120. ............ 1033.1 Jameson, Anna, Memoirs of the life of. Macpherson, Gerardine. 714.32 Jamieson, A. A grammar of logic and intellectual philosophy. New Haven, 1822. 160 .......... .................... 510.23 Jan of the windmill. Ewing, J. H. ...... ..................... 283.51 Jardine, Sir William, ed. The naturalist's library. L., 1866. 40 vole. 160 ...... .... ... .... . . .. . ............*130.16-140.28 CATALOGUE OF BOOBS. 41 Jenney, W. P. The mineral wealth of the Black lulls of Dakota. Wash., 1876. 80. Pamph................. ...... . ..... A1.6.19 Jewett, Sarah 0. Play days. B., 1878. 160 ...... ...... .... 203.4 Jewish church, Lectures on the history of the. Stanley, A.P.556.9-11 Job Singleton's heir. Marshall, Emma........................ 285.9 Johnson, A. H. The Normans in Europe. B., 1877. 180 ..... 850.26 Johnson,E. A. Winter greeneries at home. N.Y., n.d. 120.... 933.28 Johnson, Samuel. Stephen, Leslie. (Eng. men of letters).-.-. 732.80 Johnstone, H. A. M. B. A trip up the Volga to the fair of Nijni- Novgorod. Phil., n.d. 120 .......................... 374.5 Johonnot, James. Principles and practice of teaching. N.Y., 1878. 120............................ ................ 563.29 Josiah Allen's wife as a P. A. and P. I. Holley, Marietta ...... 285.15 Judson, Jfrs.Ann H., Memoir of. Knowles, James D. ...••... 712.31 Geary, A. and E. The heroes of Asgard. L.&N.Y., 1872. 1GO. 203.5 Keary, E. The magic valley. L., 1877. • 160 ................ 203.8 Keats, John. Letters to Fannie Brawne. N.Y., 1878. 120..... 711.34 Keightley, T. The mythology of ancient Greece and Italy. N.Y. 1878. 12a. .......................................... 441.21 Kellogg, Elijah. Burying the hatchet. B., 1879. 1GO ........ 202.1 The fisher boys of Pleasant Cove. B., 1874. 1G° .....• 962.34 Forest Glen. B., 1877. 1GO ......••••••••• ••• 962.87 The mission of Black Rifle. B., 1876. 16o ..•.•• •••••. 962.31 Sowed by the wind. B., 1875. 160 ...• •... • • • •• • • •••• 962.35 A stout heart. B., n.d. 160. .... .... .... .... . .. . . .... 962.32 The whispering pine. B., 1875. 160 ...... .... .... .... 062.33 Winning his spurs. B., n.d. 160...... . ............... 962.36 Keramos, and other poems. Longfellow, H. W. ............... 753.29 Derr, Michael Crawford, Memorial addresses on the life and character of...................................... .... 787.17 King, Moses. Hand-book of Boston. Camb., 1878. 120 ...... 374.7 Kingsley, Charles. All saints' day, and other sermons. N.Y., 1878. 1G° .......................................... 554.28 Ancien regime. L., 1867. 120 ....................... 882.2 Kingston, W. H. G. The seven champions of Christendom. L. &N.Y., 1879. 120 ........................ .......... 273.53 Kirkland, E. S. Six little cooks. Chicago, 1877. 160 ........ 910.11 A short history of France for young people. Chicago, 1879. 160 ........................ .... .... .......... 881.1 Knowles, J. D. Memoir of Mrs. Ann H. Judson. B., 1829. 160. 712.31 Labor. Evolution of labor. Needham, Daniel .....••• .•...... M.2.20 Lacombe, Paul. A short history of the French people. B., 1878. 882.4 Lake breezes. Adams, W. T. (Oliver Optic) ...•.• .•.•..•... . 202.5 Landolin. Auerbach, Berthold .............. .... . ..... . ..... 296.49 Landseer, Sir Edwin. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F. 770.14 42 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Language. Farrar, F. W. Language and languages .......... 441.20 Language addressed to the ditferent senses. Manual alphabet .......... .......... .............. .......... M.1.18 Oliphant, T. L. K. The old and middle English 471.20 Latin literature, A history of. Schmitz, Leonhard........ ...... 471.19 Law. Blackstone, William. Commentaries on the laws of Eng- land., Notes by Edward Christian.... .................133.13-16 The same. With many notes. Ed. by G. Sharswood....146.14,15 Maine, H. S. Lectures on the early history of institutions. 887.6 Leather-work. A complete guide to ornamental leather-work... 931.25 Leavenworth case, The. Green, Anna I{.............. ........ 276.44 Lecky, W. E. H. A history of England in the NVIIth cent urN. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 80................................ 885.1,2 Le Conte, Joseph. Elements of geology. N.Y., 1878. 80.. .... 936.17 Lectures of a certain professor. Farrell, Joseph ........... .... 472.12 Legouv6, E. Reading as a fine art. B., 1879. 160 ..... ...... 470.3 Leonardo da Vinci. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, Al. F. .... 770.9 Life and reflections of Charles Observator. Sabin,E. R......... 5518.8 Life of Mine. de In Rocl►efoucauld. B., 1878. 160............. 711.35 Light. See Draper, J. W. Scientific memoirs .... . . .... ...... 937.11 Links in Rebecca's life. Alden, I. i4i.............. .... .... .... 254.22 Little figures, and other stories. Bartlett, M. C. ...... ........ 203.2 Little Good-for-nothing. Daudet, Alphonse ................... 272.59 Little Prudy series. G vols. Clarke, R. 5.....................971.7-12 Captain Horace . . . 971.9 Fairy Book . . . . . . . 971.11 Cousin Grace . . . . 971.10 Little Prudy. . . . 9'1.7 Dottie Dimple. . . . . . . 071.12 Sister Busy . . . . . . . 971.8 Live boys. Morecamp, Arthur .................... .......... 202.2 Livermore,S. T. A history of Block Island. Hartford,1877. 16e. 820.8 Locke,D. R. (PetroleuniV.Nasby.) Apn.percity. B., 1879. 120. 276.39 Locher, Franz von. Cyprus; historical and descriptive. N.Y. 1878. 8o .... ....................................... 374.9 Loftie, Mrs. Social twitters. L., 1879. 1Ge ................. 420.17 Logic, A grammar of. Jamieson,A........................... 510.23 London. Bare, A. J. C. Walks in London 372.8 Thornbury, W., and Walford, E. Old and new London. 136.16-21 Longfellow, II. W. I;;Gramos, and other poems. B., 1878. 160. 753.29 ed. Poems of places. B., 1876-78. 26vols. 16e ......745.19-44 Recent additions. Vol.NVI. Switzerland and Austria . . . . . 745.34 Vols.YVII.,XV11I. Germany . . . . • . . . . . . 745.35.36 Vol.XIX. Greece and Turkey in Europe . . . . . . . . . . 745.37 Vol.YID. Ituasin . 745.38 Vols. XXI:N%III. Asia. . 745.3i141 Vol.XXIV. Africa. 745.42 Vols.XXV.,XXVI. New England. . . . . . . . . . . . 745.43,44 Lord's prayer, The; a manual of religious knowledge. Ander- son, R..... .... ...................... ................ 531.28 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 43 Luebke, Dr. W. Ecclesiastical art in Germany during the middle ages. Edin. &L., 1877. 80.... ...... .... .... .... . ..... 145.18 Lyrics of loyalty. Moore, F., ed....... . ..... . .. ... .... ...... 741.39 Maealister, A. Zoology of the vertebrate animals. N.Y., 1878. 910.13 Macdonald, George. The marquis of Lossie. Phil., 1878. 80.. 274.55 Paul Faber, surgeon. Phil., 1879. 80.... ............. 217.31 Macleod of Dare. Black, William .................. ......... 285.8 blacpberson, G. Memoirs of the life of Anna Jameson. B., 1878. 80 .................................... ...... .. 714.32 Macy, W. H. There she blows 1 B. & N.Y., 1877. 160....... 254.27 Diadame Gosselin. Ulbach, L................. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... 254.23 Magazine of art. L., 1878. 80. Illus...... ........ .......... Magic valley. Leary, E..................... ........ .... .... 203.8 Maid Ellice. havers, Dorn. (Gift, Tlieo.) ......... .... .... .. 296.51 Maine, H. S. Lectures on the early history of institutions. N.Y., 1875. 80 ......... .......... ................... 887.5 Mallock, W. H. The new Paul and Virginia. N.Y., 1878. 120. 285.10 The new republic. N.Y., 1878. 120......... .... .... .. 276.34 Malta: past and present. Seddall, Henry............ . ..... ... 886.9 Marmorne. (No name series) ...................... ......... 296.48 Marquis of Lossie. Macdonald, George.......... ............ . 274.55 Marshall, Emma. Job Singleton's heir. N.Y., 1879. 120..... 285.9 Mrs. Mainwaring's journal. N.Y., 1877. 120 .......... 254.25 Martin, T. The life of his royal highness the Prince Consort. N.Y., 1875. 3 vols. 120............. ................. 774.5-7 Martin, F. The statesman's year-book for 1878...... .......... 1051.27 Martin, W. C. L. General history of humming birds. L., 1861. 140.30 Mason, Geo. C. The old house altered........................ 937.14 Masque of poets, A. Including Guy Vernon. (No name series) 752.30 Massachusetts. Board of agriculture. Twenty-fifth annual re- port. 1877. With index of 25 vols.................... Massachusetts Board of health. Eighth and ninth annual reports. 1877, 1878........................................... Massachusetts Medico-legal society, Transactions of the. Camb., 1878. 80. Pamph. ............ ...................... N. 3.7 Public documents. For the years 1867-1877. 44 vols. 80. Mathews, W. Oratory and orators. Chicago, 1879. 120....... 472.11 Matthews, W. Ethnography of the Hidatsa Indians. Wash., 1877. 80.............. .... ................ ........... 347.- Maurice, F. D. The unity of the New Testament. B., 1879. 120. 555.18 Mavor, W. The British tourists. L., 1798. 5 vols. 240...... 360.1-5 May, T. E. Democracy in Europe. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 80 ... 88G.6,7 Mayer, A. M: Sound: a series of experiments. N.Y., 1878. 120. 932.31 Meg: a pastoral, and other poems. Gustafson, Z. B............ 742.25 Memoirs of a New England village choir. Gilman, Samuel..... 532.16 44 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Memorial addresses on the life and character of Michael Crawford Kerr. Wash., 1877. 80 .............................. 737.17 Memorial and biographical sketches. Clarke, J. P. ...... ...... 713.27 Michael Angelo. (Artist biographies.) 'Sweetser, M. F..... ... 770.5 Mildred Keith. Finley, Martha ...................... .... .... 297.17 Miles, Manly. Stock-breeding. N. Y., 1877. 120...... .. .... . 934.23 Mineralogy and lithology, Manual of. Dana, J. D...... .. . . .. .. 933.33 Minor poems. Shelley, Percy B.................. .... . ..... .. 752.29 Mirage. Fletcher, Julia. (No name series) .... .............. 296.42 Mission of Black Rifle. Kellogg, Elijah .......... ........ .... 962.31 Mitchell, Donald G. About old story-tellers. N.Y., 1878. 16e. 1033.2 Modern history, Epochs of. Morris, E. E., and Phillpotts, J. S., eds. The Normans in Europe. Johnson, A. l:I. ......... 850.26 Molesworth, Mrs. (Ennis Graham,pseud.) Iiathercourt. N.Y., 1878. 16o .......... .... .... .... .......... .... ...... . 296.50 Tell me a story. L., 1875. 160 .... .. .. .. ....... ...... 203.11 Money. Walker, F. A. ................. .... .... ............ 475.13 See Poor, H. V. Resumption and the silver question..... 933.23 Moore, Frank, ed. Lyrics of loyalty. N.Y., 18G4. 1Ge....... 741.39 Moors. The story of the Christians and Moors of Spain. Yonge, C. M................................... ............... 880.1 Morecamp, Arthur. Live boys. B., 1879. 160 ......... .... .. 202.2 Morison, J. C. Gibbon, Edward. (Eng. men of letters.) N.Y., 1878. 120 ........................................... 732.81 Morley, J., ed. English men of letters. N.Y., 1878. 4 vols. *732.30-88 Samuel Johnson, by Stephen,Leslie . . . . . . . . . . 732.30 Edward Gibbon, by llorlson,J.C. . . . . . . . 732.31 Walter Scott,by Hutton,R.II. 732.32 Percy B.Shelley,by Symonds,J.A. . . . . . . . . . . 732.33 Morris,E.E.,and Phillpotts,J. S.,eds. Epochs of modern history. The Normans in Europe. Johnson,A.H................ 850.26 Mosheim, J. L. Ecclesiastical history. Phil., 1797. 6 v. 80..544.18-23 Motley, John Lothrop. Holmes, 0. W............... .. . . ..... 711.36 Mozart: a biographical romance. Rau,Heribert.... . .. . ... .. .. 296.41 Mrs. Mainwaring's journal. Marshall, Emma.... .... .... .... .. 254.25 Mrs. Merriam's scholars. Hale, E.E. ............ ........ .... 203.3 Munsell, J. Chronology of the origin and progress of paper and paper-making. Albany,1876. 120..................... 934.22 The every-day book of history and chronology. N.Y., 1858. 8o.................................. .... .. ..... 878.4 Murillo. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F......... .. . ... 770.4 Murray, E. C. G. Round about France. L., 1878. 120....... 872.7 Music in the house. Hullah, John........................ .... 933.27 My circular notes. Campbell, J. F........................ .... 873.1 Mythology. Church, A.J. Stories from Homer............. .. 471.17 Clement, C. E. A handbook of legendary and mythologi- cal art.... .... .. . ................................... 120.4 Keightley, T. The mythology of ancient Greece and Italy....... .. .... . . .. .. .... . . .. .. ........ .... .... .... 441.21 CATALOQUE OF BOOKS. 45 Narjoux, F. Notes and sketches of an architect,taken during a journey in the north-west of Europe. B., 1877. 80..... .. 375.6 Nation, The. N.Y., 1865-1877. 25 vols. 40......... ........ Natural history. Caton, J. D. The antelope and deer of America............................................. 938.1 Emerton, J. H. The structure and habits of spiders..... 932.28 Huxley,T. H. A manual of the anatomy of invertebrated animals....................... .................... ... 934.20 Jardine, Sir William, ed. The naturalist's library L., n. d. 40 vols..... .......................*130.16-27; *14001-28 Contents:—Birds, Vols. 1-14; Quadrupeds, Vols. 15-27; In- sects,Vols.28-34; Fishes,Vols.35-40. Biographical notices icith portraits are given in these volumes of the following naturalists: Aldrovandi, Vol. 17; Aristotle, Vol. 14; Azam, F.d',Vol. 19; Banks, Sir J.,Vol. 38; Barclay, J., Vol. 24; Bewick, T., Vol. 10• Bruce, J. Vol. 11; Buffon, Vol. 27; Burckhardt, J. L., Vo{. 40; Cam,per, P., Vol. 21; Cnvier, G., Vol. 16; Dru•Drury,Vol.15; Geer, C. de, Vol.28; Gesner, C., Vol. 20; Haller, A. von, Vol. 13; IIuber,Vol. 34; Hunter, J.,Vol. 22; Lacep6de, Comte,Vol. 26; Lamarck, J.B. P. de, Vol. 31; Latreille, 11. A.,Vol. 32; Le Valliant,Vol. 12; Linumus, Vol. 0; Merian, U.S.,Vol.30; Pallas, P.S., Vol. 18, Pennant, T., Vol. 7; Peron,F.,Vol. 25• Pliny, Vol. 9; Raffles, Vol. 8; Ray, J., Vol. 33; Itondelet, W., Vol. 36; Salvani, H., Vol. 35; Schomburgb, R. It., Vol.39; Sibbald, SirR., Vol. 1; Sloane, Sir 11.,Vol. 23; Smellie,W.,Vol. 2; Swammerdam, J., Vol. 28; Walker, J., Vol. 3; Werner, A. G.,Vol. 29; Wilson, A.,Vol.4; Willoughby,F.,Vol.5. Martin,W. C.L. General history of humming-birds .... 140.30 Smith, C. 11. Natural history of the human species ..... 140.29 Taylor, J. E. The aquarium: its inhabitants, structure, and management...................................... 932.26 Thomson, C. W. Voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic ............ ..•................ ............... 376.1,2 Wilson, A. Leisure time studies; chiefly biological...... 932.32 Wilson, A., and Bonaparte, Prince Charles L. American ornithology...................................... ....142.26-28 Nature. Vols. 12-16. L. & N.Y.,1875-1877. 80............. Neal, Alice B. No such word as fail. N.Y., 1865. 120 ........ 953.32 Needham, Daniel. Evolution of labor. Ayer, Mass., 1878. 80. M. 2.20 New England. Drake, S. G. A particular history of the five years' French and Indian war in New England........... 877.4 Penliallow, S. The history of the wars of New England with the Eastern Indians............................. .. 878.1 New England journal of education. B., 1875-1877. 6 vols., bound in 3 ................................ ........... New Hampshire. Sanborn, E. D. History of New Hamp- shire ................................ .... ............ 877.1 Webster, Daniel, and others. Festival of the sons of New Hampshire............................... ............ M. 6.16 New Paul and Virginia. Mallock, W. H................... .... 285.10 New republic. Mallock, W. H.............. .......... .... .... 276.34 Newcomb,Simon. Popular astronomy. N.Y., 1878. So........ 935.16 46 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIQ LIBRARY. Newell, W. Memoir of the Rev. Convers Francis,D.D. Camb., 1866. 80. Pamph..................................... M. 4.35 Nicholson, W. T. A treatise on files and rasps. Prov., R.I., 1878. 40.... ....... ..... . .... .... .... .... ...... .... .. 926.25 Nine years old. Tabor, E................ ...... ...... ........ 203.6 Nineteenth century. L., 1877. 2 vols. 80 ...... . ... .. . ..... .. No name series. Gemini. B., 1878. 1GC .... ...... .... .. .. . .. 296.47 Marmorne. B., 1878. 164) .... .... ...... ...... . . . ... . . 296.48 A masque of poets. B., 1878. 1G°....... ...... .. . . .. .. 752.30 - Mirage. B., 1878. 1G°................. .... . . .. .. .. . . 296.42 Signor llon:tldini's niece. B., 1879. 160.. .. .. ... .. .. .. . 296.46 No such word as fail. Neal, Alice B. ........ ...... . . .... .. ... 953.32' Norman, C.B. Armenia,and the campaign of 1877. L.,P.,&N. Y. [1878.] 120.......... ........................... .. 375.3 North star and the southern cross: the experiences, impressions, and observations,in a two years'journey round the world. Weppner, Margaretha................................. 372.5,6 Northfield, Mass., A history of the town of. Temple, J. If., and Sheldon, G. .......................................... 877.2 Norton, C. L., and Habberton, J. Canoeing inhanuckia. N.Y., 1878. 160....................................... ..... 37.1.4 Nuttall, T. A manual of the ornithology of the U. S. and of Canada.. Land and water hirds. B., 1834 and 1840. 2 vols. 160.......... .... ...... ...... .................. *120.1,2 Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon.Daniel Webster. Wash., 1852. 80.... .......... ............. 717.19 Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of the Hon.Henry Clay. Wash., 1852. 8°............ ...... ............. 717.18 O'Connell, Daniel. Speeches and public letters. Dublin, 1875. 2 vols. 8°........................................ .... 887.1,2 The liberator: his life and times. Cusack, M. F......... 887.3,4 Oliphant, Jfrs., ed. Foreign classics for English readers.......431.25 27 Petrareb,by Henry Reeve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.25 Pascal,by J Tulloch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.26 Goethe,by A.Hayward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431.21 Oliphant, T. E. K. The old and middle English. L., 1878. 16e.. 471.20 Once upon a time. Craigie, M. E............................. 203.9 Oratory and orators. Mathews, W....................... ..... 472.11 Ornithology. Nuttall, T. A manual of the ornithology of the U. S. and of Canada. Land and water birds............. *120.1,2 Wilson, A.,and Bonaparte, Prince C.L. American orni- thology .............................................142.26-28 Owen, J. The nature, power, deceit, and prevalency of in- dwelling sin in believers. N.Y., 1811. 160.............. 510.24 Paige, L. R. History of Cambridge,Massachusetts. B., 1877. 80. 836.18 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 47 Palestine, Tent work in. Condor, C. R........................ 376.3,4 Palfrey,F.W. Memoir of William Francis Bartlett. B.,1878. 160. 721.43 Palfrey, J. G. The relation between Judaism and Christianity. B., 1854. 8o.............. .................. ......... 526.14 Palgrave, F. T., ed. The children's treasury of English song. N.Y., 1875. 160.... ......................... ......... 743.82 Palgrave, Sir Francis. history of the Anglo-Saxons. L. &N. Y., 1876. 12o........ .... ............ ............ .... 882.1 Pansy,pseud: See Alden, I. M. Paper and paper-making, Chronology of the origin and progress of. Munsell, Joel ...... .............................. 934.22 Paper city. Locke, D. R. (Petroleum V. Nasby).............. 276.39 Paris, Parks and gardens of. Robinson, W.................... 937.12 Parker, J. Springdale abbey. Phil., 1869. 120............... 273.51 Parker, Theodore. Additional speeches. B., 1867. 2 vols. 120. 533.15,16 Parr,I-I. (Holme Lee.) Her title of honor. Chic.,1878. 120....... 273.54 Pascal. Tullock, J. (Foreign classics)....................... 431.26 Patents, U. S.. Annual reports of the commissioner of patents. 1847-1871. 55 vols. 80............................... General index of the official gazette and monthly volumes of patents of the U. S. patent office. 6 vols. in 3. 40.... Official gazette of the U. S. patent office. 14 vols. 40.... Specifications and drawings of patents. May 30, 1871, to July, 1878. 131 vole. 40.......................... .... United States patent office. Subject-matter index of patents for inventions, issued by the U. S. patent office, from 1790 to 1873. 3 vols. 40 ............ ........ .... - Paul Faber, surgeon. Macdonald, George.......... ........... 217.31 Paulding, J. K. The Dutchman's fireside. N.Y., 1868. 120.... 276.32 Tales of the good woman. N. Y., 1867. 120............. 276.31 Pearls for young ladies. Ruskin, John. Collected and arranged i)y Mrs. L. C. Tuthill.................................. 204.1 Peep behind the scenes, A. Walton, Mrs...................... 953.31 Pemaquid, a story of old times in New England. Prentiss, Airs. E....................................... ........ 272.56 Penliallow, S. The history of the wars of New England with the Eastern Indians. Cin., 1859. 80.... .. . ...... •......... 878.1 People's journal. L., n.d. Vols. 6-8.... . .. .. .... . ..... ...... Pequossette. 1873-1878 .................. ...... .... .... .. .. . 138.- Petit, Amelie V. How to read. N.Y., 1878. 12o........... ... 474.9 Petrareh. Reeve, H. (Foreign classics)...... ................ 431.25 Periodical works. Bound volumes. American agriculturist. N.Y., 1872-1877. 6 vols. 40.. American naturalist. Salem, 1868-187 7. 11 vols. So... Atlantic. B., 1857-1877. 40 vols. and index. 80....... Chatterbox. For 1870, 1871, 1873-1878.......... .....207.1,3-12 Contemporary review. L., 1873-1878. 11 vols. 80..... 48 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Periodical works. Bound volumes. Dwight's journal of music. B., 1873-1877. 4 vols. 4e.. Eclectic magazine. B., 1844-1877. 80. Old series. 63 vols. New series. 26 vols. ...................... ..... Good words. L.,n. d. 8 vols. 80.............. ...... Harper's magazine. N.Y., 1850-1878. 56 vols.and index. International review. N.Y. [1874-1877.] 4 vols. 80... Magazine of horticulture. 7 vols. 80 .................. Nation. N. Y., 1865-1877. 25 vols. 40............ ... Nature. L. &N.Y., 1875-1877. 4 vols. 80.........•.. New England journal of education. B., 1875-1877. 6 vols. bound in 3. Fol.. ............................... Nineteenth century. B., 1877. 2 vols. 80............. People's journal. Vols. ............................ 11'equossette. from beginning, 1873-1878, bound in one volume.................................... ........... 138.- Popular science monthly. N.Y., 1872-78. 12 vols. 8e.. Popular science monthly supplement. N.Y.,1878. 1 vol. 80. Punch. 1871-1877. 15 vole. 40..........•. St. Nicholas. N.Y., 1873-1877. 4 vols. 80...... •.. Sanitarian. N.Y., 1873-1877. 4 vols. 80..•. ... Scribner's magazine. N.Y., 1870-1877. 15 vols. So---- Unitarian review and religious magazine. B., 1862-1878. 24 vols. 80......................................... Watertown Press: Bound in three volumes............. Woman's journal. B. & Chic., 1870-1877. 8 vols. bound in 4. Fol............................................ Philadelphia. See Cornell,W.A. Recollections......... ...... 811.7 Phillips, Wendell. The philosophy of the abolition movement. N.Y., 1860. Pampli. ............................ ..... M. 2.21 Physiography: an introduction to the study of nature ...... ..... 933.22 Physiology. A course of elementary practical physiology. Foster, 11r. .................................................. 933.29 Pike, F. W. A. Every day. B., 1871. 120................ ... 285.7 Pittsfield, Mass., The history of. Smith, J. E. A............. .. 878.5,E Pizarro: his adventures and conquests. Towle, G. M........... 202.3 Planch6, J. R. The pursuivant of arms. L., n.d. So.......... 1036.14 Play days. Jewett, Sarah 0.................................. 203.4 Poetry. Browning, E. B. Earlier poems. 1826-1833 ...... ... 750.9 Fields,J.T.,and Whipple, E. P,eds. The family library of British poetryfrom Chaucer to the present time........ *146.16 Longfellow, H. W. Poems of places. 26 vols..........745.19-44 Recent additions. Vol.XVI. Switzerland and Austria. . . . . . . . . . 745.34 Vols. XVII., XVIII. Germany. . . . . . . . 745.35,36 Vol.XlX. Greece and Turkey in Europo . . . . . . . 745.31 Vol.XX. Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.38 Vols.XXI.-X<11I1. Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745.39-11 Vol.XXIV. Africa . . . . . . . . . . 745.42 Vols.XXV., XXVI. New England . . . . . . . . . . 745-43.44 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 49 . Poets' homes. Pen and pencil sketches of American poets and their homes. Stoddard, 11. 11., and others.............. 472.13 Poganue people. Stowe, II. B................................ 276.36 Political adventures of Lord Beaconsfield. N.Y., n.d. 160..... 721.45 Politics. Burlingame, E. L., ed. Current discussion: a collec- tion from the chief English essays on questions of the time. Vol. I. Internatiomd politics.......................... 1035.1 Freeman, E. A. Comparative politics...... . 886.10 May, T. E. Democracy in Europe: a history .......... 88G6,7 Poor,H.V. Resumption and the silver question. N.Y., 1878. 120. 933.23 Popular science monthly. N.Y., 1872-1878. 12 vols. 80...... Popular science monthly supplement. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 80. . Porter, Noah. The American colleges and the American public. N.Y., 1878. 120 ..................................... 5G3.31 Pottery. Slosson, Annie T. The china hunters' club...... .... 933.25 Young, Jennie J. The ceramic art..................... 144.13 Prentiss, IVrs. E. Pemaquid. N.Y., n.d. 160 ................ 272.56 Prescott, G. B. Electricity and the electric telegraph. N.Y., 1877. 80............................................. 937.10 Proctor, R. A. Pleasant ways in science. N.Y., n.d. 120 ..... 933.32 Punch. L., 1871-1877. 15 vols. 40..................... .... Punch." Benjamin Disraeli,Earl of Beaconsfield. L., 1878. 40. 717.2G Gladstone,Wm. E. Cartoons from [[Punch." L., 1878. 80. 767.10 Putnam, G. Sermons. B., 1878. 160 ....................... 520.15 Quackenbos, J. D. Illustrated history of ancient literature. IN.Y., 1878. 120 .................... ................. 472.9 Quebec. Accounts of Arnold's campaign against Quebec. Henry, J. J.......................................... 884.2 Quincy. See Cornell, W. M. Recollections .................. 841.7 Quinnebasset girls. Clarke, R. 5............ ................. 283.50 Racinet,A. Le costume historique. Paris, 1876. 80. (Part 3) *1044.3 Ralfe, C. 11. Exercise and training. (llealth primers.) N.Y., 1879. 2.10.... .... ................................... 910.14 Raphael. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F...... .... ..... 770.15 Rau, Heribert. -Mozart: a biographical romance. B., 1876. I G0: 296.41 Rawlinson, G. The origin of nations. N.Y., 1878. 160....... 820.7 Readers. The young ladies'elocutionary reader. Russell, :1. U. 472.10 Reading. Legouvc, E. Beading as it fine art.... ...... .. . . .... 470.3 Petit, Amelie V. How to read ...... ............ . ..... 474.9 Readings. Choice readings for public and private entertainment. Cumnock, R. 1%f., ed..... .... ...... .... ................ 474.8 Recollections of 11 ye olden time." Cornell, W. M......... ..... 841.7 Records of the Bubbleton parish. B., 1854. 120...... ........ 254.28 Red Eagle, and the wars with the Creek Indians of Alabama. Eggleston, G. C............................. ...... .... 883.4 4 W.L. r 50 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Red Jacket. The life and times of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, or Red Jacket. Stone, W. L.......................................... 877.3 Reed, A., and Matheson,J. A narrative of the visit to the Amer- ican churches by the deputation from the Congregational union of England and Wales. N.Y., 1836. 2 vols. 120..545.21,22 Reed, S. B. house-plans for everybody. N.Y., n.d. 120 - 933.29 Reeve, H. Petrarch. (Foreign classics.) Phil., 1878. 160... 431.25 Rembrandt. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, 11. F............ 770.3 Reminiscences of Charles Butler, Esq., of Lincoln's inn..... .... 710.1,2 Resumption and the silver question. Poor, H. V..... .... ...... 933.23 Reynolds, Joshua. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F. ..... 770.2 Rhetoric. Blair, li. An abridgment of lectures on rhetoric .... 420.15 Bill, A. S. Principles of rhetoric, and their application.. 474.7 Robinson, J. Ferns in their homes and ours. Salem, 1878. 120. 983.30 Robinson, W. Parks and gardens of Paris. L., 1878. 80 ..... 937.12 Rochefoucauld, dime. de la, Life of............................ 711.35 Roe, E. P. A face illumined. N.Y., n.d. [1878.] 120........ 273.55 Rogers, C. Life of James Hogg,the Ettrick shepherd. See Hogg, James. Tales and sketches. Vol. I..... .... .... .... .. 283.54 Routledge's Every girl's annual. L., 1878. 12°.... .. ...... ... 204.2 Roxbury, The town of. Drake, F. 8..... .... . . .... ...... .... . 854.8 Roxy. Eggleston, Edward ...... ........ ...... .... ...... .... 273.52 Royce, S. Deterioration and race education. B., 1878. 120 .. 563.30 Ruskin, J. Deucalion. N.Y., 1865, '77. 2 vols. 120 ........444.22,23 Mornings in Florence. N.Y., 1878. 80•....•.. •••• •••• 444.21 Pearls for young ladies. Collected and arranged by Mrs. L. C. Tuthill. N.Y., 1878. 120............... .... .... 204.1 Russell, A. U. The young ladies' elocutionary reader. B., 1846. 120 ................ ................. ........ .. 472.10 Russia. A trip up the Volga to the fair of Nijni-Novgorod. Johnstone, H. A. M. B. ....................... ........ 374.5 Sabin, E. R. The life and reflections of Charles Observator. B., 1816. 160 ...... ..................................... 551.38 St. Augustine. Clarke, Wm. R. (The fathers for Eng. readers). 531.81 St. Jerome. Cutts, E. L. (The fathers for Eng. readers) ...... 531.32 St. Nicholas. N.Y., 1873-1877. 4 vols. 80........ .•••..... Sanborn, E. D. history of New Hampshire. Manchester, N.11, 1875. 80............................ ................ 877.1 Sanitarian. N.Y., 1873-1877. 4 vols. 80................... Sarcasm of destiny. Sherwood, M. E. W....... ............ .. 276.30 Savage, M. W. Bluffton: a story of to-day. B., 1878. 120.... 285.14 Schmitz, L. A history of Latin literature. N.Y., 1878. 1GO.. 471.19 Science. Pleasant ways in science. Proctor, R. A............. 933.32 Scotland. See Ballads. Scott, Walter. Hutton, R. H. (Eng. men of letters) ......... 732.32 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. rJI Scribner s magazine. N.Y., 187 0-187 7. 15 vols. 80 .......... Sea, The: its stirring story of adventure, peril, and heroism. Whymper, F. ............................ ............ 837.7 Seddall, II. Malta: past and present. L., 1870. 80.......... 88G.9 Sergeant, L. New Greece. L., P., and N.Y. [1878] ......... 375.7 Sermons. Bradlee, C. D. The grand hereafter............ ... M. 5.9 -Natural and revealed religion. Carob., 1878. 120.... M. 5.13 Brooks, Phillips. Sermons.............. .............. 533.18 Clarke, J. F. Go up higher........................... 520.14 Coney, T. Fifty sermons and discourses ............... 555.16 Frothingham, N. L. Sermons.................. ....... 545.23 Kingsley, Charles. All saints'day, and other sermons... 554.28 Parker, Theodore. Additional speeches, addresses, and occasional sermons................. .. .... .... .... ....533.15,16 Putnam, George. Sermons•......... ...... .... .... .... 520.15 Sheldon, D. N. Sin and redemption .... . ..... ..... .... 530.1G Taylor, J. J. Christian aspects of faith and dutyy.... .... 530.17 Seven champions of Christendom. Kingston, W. H. G.......... 273.53 Severance,M.S. Hammersmith: his Harvard days. B., 1878. 12c 285.12 Shakespeare, William. Works. With notes, and a life of the poet by the editor, H.N. Hudson. B., 1876. 11 vols. 160. 130.5-15 .Sharswood, G. Life of Wm. Blackstone, with notes on his com- mentaries. (q. v.) .............. .....................146.14,16 Sheldon, D. N. Sin and redemption. N.Y., 1856. 120 ........ 530.16 Sheldon, G.,joint author. See Temple, J. H. Shelley, Percy B. Alinor poems. B., 1878. 160.............. 752.29 Symonds, J. A. (Eng.men of letters).................. 732.33 Sherwood, M. B. W. The sarcasm of destiny. 'N.Y.,1878. 120. 276.30 Sherwood, M. W., ir. The little Good-for-nothing. By'Daudet, A. B., 1878. 126.................................... 272.59 Shillaber, B. P. Ike Partington. B., 1879. 160............... 272.64 Signor Monaldini's niece. (No name series) .... ...... .... .... 296.46 Silver country; or,the great southwest. Anderson,A. D...... .. 374.3 SIavery. Child, L. Al. The duty of disobedience to the fugitive slave act.......... ............ .............. .... ..... M. 2.23 Phillips, Wendell. The philosophy of the abolition move- ment ............ .......................... .......... M. 2.22 Spirit of the South towards northern freemen............ Al. 2.24 Slosson, Annie'T. The china hunters' club. N.Y., 1878. 120.. 933.25 Smith, C. H. Natural history of the human species. L. 160 ... 140.29 Smith, Gerrit. Frothingham, 0. B..... ........ ............... 714.29 Smith, J. F. A. The history of Pittsfield, Mass. B., 1869. 80.. 878.5,6 Smith,P. The history of the Christian church during the first ten centuries. N.Y., 1879. 120 .......... ................. 533.17 Social twitters. Loftie, Mrs..... ........ .... ................. 420.17 Socialism. Hitchcock, R. D. .... ............................ 1061.14 Sola, pseud. See Anderson, Olive San Louie. 52 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Sound: a series of simple, entertaining, and inexpensive experi- ments in the phenomena of sound. Mayer,A. 31....... .. 932.31 Sowed by the wind. Kellogg, Elijah .................. .... . . .. 962.35 Spain. Aare, A. J. C. Wanderings in Spain........ ... ..... .. 372.4 Yonge, C. M. The story of the Christians and Aloors of Spain...................................... .... .... .. 880.1 Spectrum analysis. See Draper, J. W. Scientific memoirs .... 937.11 Spedding, J. 7'fe and times of Francis Bacon. B., 1878. 2 vole. 120 .................... .... .................... 884.718 Speeches. Additional speeches,addresses,and occasional sermons. Parker, Theodore........................ ............533,15,16 Spiders. See Natural history. Spirit of the South towards northern freemen and soldiers defend- ing the American flag.... ...................... ....... M. 2.24 Spofford, A. R., ed. The American Almanac. N.Y., and Wash., 1878. 120...................... ...................... 343.20 Sportsman's gazetteer and general guide, The. flallock, C...... 932.24 Sprague, W. B. Annals of the American pulpit. N.Y., 1857,'59. 5 vols. 80................... .... ..............586.8-11 &517.8 Springdale abbey. Parker,Joseph.... ..................... ... 273.51 Stanley, 11. 'Al. Through the dart: continent. N.1:., 1878. 2 vols. 80............ ....... ... .. . .... .... .......... ... 376.6,7 Star of the west. Carroll, Anna E.. ... . ................. ...... 472.8 Statesman's year-book for 1878. Atartin, Frederick........ ..... 1051.27 Steam-enl-ine. A history of the growth of the steam-engine. Thurston, R. H. (International scientific series) ...... .. 933.31 Stebbins, Emma. Charlotte Cushman. B., 1878. 120.... ..... 714.31 Stephen, Leslie. Samuel Johnson. (Eng. men of letters.) N. Y., 1878. 120...... ............ ............ .... ...... 732.30 Stock-breeding. Miles, Manly ............................... 984.23 Stoddard, R. H., and others. Poets' homes. B., 1877. 120..... 472.13 Stone, Wm. L. Tile campaign of Lieut.-Gen. John Burgoyne, and the expedition of Lieut.-Col.Barry St.Leger. Albany, 1878. 120.... .................................. ...... 883.1 The life and times of Sa-go-ye-wat-ha, or Red Jacket. With it memoir of the author,by his son. Albany, 1866. 80. 877.3 Stories. IIolm, Saxe,pseud. Second series................ ... 284.37 Stories about: -. Barker, Lady M. A............. .... ..... .. 203.10 Stories from Homer. Church, A. J. 471.17 Stories of remarkable persons. Chambers, W...."... .. .. .. .. ... 711.37 Story of liberty. Coffin, C. C....................... .... .. ..... 208.1 Stout heart. Kellogg,Elijah .................. .......... .... . 962.32 Stowe, H. B. Poganue people. N.Y. [1878.] 120........... .. 276.86 Uncle Tom's cabin. New ed. B., 1879. 120. ill. 2 cop. 28a".5,6 Streckfuss, A. Too rich. Tr. by Mrs.Wister. Phil., 1878. 120. 254.24 Studley, Mary J. What our girls ought to know. N.Y., 1878. 120. 932.22 Sugar. Howe, R. The labor side of the great sugar question... Al. 6.21 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 53 Sugar. Wells, D. A. The sugar industry of the United States and thetariff...................................... ....... At. 6.20 Sullivan, A. M. New Ireland. Phil., 1878. 120............... 841.6 Sweetser, Al. F. Artist biographies. B., 1878. 15 vols. 160......770.1-15 [See Artist biographies.] Symonds, J. A. Shelley. (Eng. men of letters.) N.Y., 1879. 120. 732.33 Tabor, E. Nine years old. L., 1873. IGO.................... 203.G When I was a little girl. L., 1874. 16................. 203.12 Taine, I-1. A. The French revolution. N.Y., 1878. 120........ 884.3 Tait, C. W. A. Analysis of English history. L., 1878. 120.... 882.3 Tales and sketches by the Ettrick shepherd. 6 vols. ...........283.54-59 Contents: Vol.I. Life of James Ilogg,the Ettrick shepherd; The Brownie of Bodsbeek; The wool gatherer; The surpassing adven- tures of Allan Gordon; A tale of Pentland;Ewan WGabbar 283.54 Vol.It. The bridal of I'olmood; Storms; A shepherd's wedding; Country dreams and apparitions; A story of good Queen Bess; Sound morality; 'Trials of temper; The fords of Callum; The Cameronian preacher's tale . . . . . . . . 293.55 Vol.ill. The hunt of Eildon; The adventures of Basil Lee; Adam Bell; Dancan Campbell; An old soldier's tale; Katie Cheyne; The long pack; A country funeral; The shepherd's calendar. . 283.56 Vol. 1V. The shepherd'. L-Aendar; Emigration; The two bigb. sanders; Tlx:watchmaker; A story of the Forty-six; A tale of the martyrs; Adam Scott; The baron St.Gio; The mysterious bride; :vature's mauic lantern . . 283.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vol. V. Private memoirs and confessions of a fanatic; Some re- markable passages in the life of an Edinburgh Baitlie; Julia WKwizie. . . . 283.58 Vol. Vt. Mary Jfoutgomery; The siege of Roxburgh- The adven- tures of Col. Peter Aston; Gordon the gipsey; Wit Pringle o'the Yalr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283.59 Tales of the good woman. Paulding, J. Ii. ...... .............. 276.31 Taylor, Bayard, tr. Faust, by Goethe, J. W. von. Parts I. and II. B., 1871 and 1876. 2 vols. 80................... 76G.8,21 Taylor, I3. F. Between the Gates. Chic., 1878. 170........•. 372.1 Taylor, J. E. The aquarium. L., 1876. 120......... .. ...... 932.26 Flowers; their origin, shapes, perfumes, and colors. B., 1878. 120 .......................................... 932.33 Taylor, J. J. Christian aspects of ftith and duty. N.Y., 1851. 530.17 Tecumseh, and the Shawnee prophet. Eggleston, E.,and Seelye, Lillie E. .............. ............................... 883.3 Telegrnph, Electric. See Prescott, G. B. Electricity, etc....... 937.10 Telephone: an account of the phenomena of electricity,magnet- ism, and sound, as involved in its action. Dolbear, A.E. 850.3 Tell me a story. hiolesworth, Mrs............................ 203.11 Temperance. Alcohol: its use and abuse. Greenfield,W. S.... 910.15 Temple, J. It., and Sheldon, G. A history of Northfield, Mass. Albany, 1875 80.................................... 877.2 Tenny, R. P. Agamenticus. B., 1878. 240 .... .............. 231.25 Terhune, N1. V. (Marion Harland.) The dinner year-book. N.Y. (1878.] 12..................................... 342.32 Thaxter, Celia. Drift weed. B., 1879. 240........ .......... 741.40 Theology. Abbott, E. A. Philochristus: memoirs of a disciple of the Lord. .............. 534.12 54 WATE1tTOWN FREE PliBLIC LIBRARY. Theology. Clarke, J. F. Go up higher; or, religion in common life .... ............................... .............. 520.14 Dymond, J. An inquiry into the aecordancy of war with the principles of Christianity.. .... ..................... 535.18 The fathers for English readers. 4 vols., viz.: The apost.olle fathers. llolland,11.S. . . . . . . . . . 531.29 Defenders of the faith. Watson,F. . . . . . . . . . . . 631.30 St.Jerome. Cults,E. L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:11.31 St.Augusduo. Clark,W.It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531.39 pledge, F. pI. Ways of the spirit...................... 552.42 Owen, J. The nature, power, deceit, And prevalency of in-dwelling sin in believers ........................ .... 510.24 Townsend, L. T. The intermediate world:......... .... 532.15 There she blows! )Macy, Capt. W. H........... .......... .... 254.27 '.Thom, J. II. St.Paul's epistles to the Corinthians. B.,1852. 120. 530.15 Thomson, Sir C. NV. The voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic. N.Y., 1878. 2 vols. 80.................... 376.1,2 Thompson, J. S. The monotessaron; or, the gospel history, ac- cording to the four evangelists. Baltimore, 1829. 80.... 555.17 Thornbury, W.,gnd Watlford, E. Old and New London. L.,n. d. G vols. 40. ill........................... ........13G.1G-21 Thurston, R. II. A history of the growth of the steam-engine. N.Y., 1878. 120........................... .......... 933.31 Titian. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F....... ........ .. 770.1 Too rich. Streckfuss, A. After the German, by Mrs. Mister... 254.24 Towle, G. M. Pizarro: his adventures and conquests. B., 1879. 1GO........................................... 202.3 Townsend, L. T. The intermediate world. B., 1878. IGO..... 532.15 Townsend, V. F. A woman's word; and how she kept it. B., 1879. 120............ ................. ...... ........ 276.40 Trafton, Adeline. Ilis inheritance. B., 1878. 120............ 285.11 Trees and shrubs. See Bough, F. B. Report upon forestry .... 347.- Trench, R. C. Lectures on medieval church history. N.Y., 1878. 80...... ...................................... 530.7 Tulloch, J. Pascal. (Foreign classics.) Phil. [1878.] 160... 331.26 Turkey. The races of European Turkey. Clark, E. L......... 374.8 Turkish war. Armenia, and the campaign of 1877. Norman,C.B. 375.3 Turks. History of the Ottoman Turks. Creasy, E. 8.......... 884.1 Turner. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F............... 770.11 Tuthill, Mrs. L. C. Pearls for young ladies. Collected from the later works of John Ruskin, LL;D. N.Y., 1878. 120... 204.1 Two friends. Biart, Lucien.................................. 276.41 Tyrolese life. Gaddings with a primitive people. Grohman, W. A. B..... .... .................... ............ ........ 371.2 Ulbach, L. Madame Gosselin. N.Y., 1878. IGO ............. 254.23 Uncle Tom's cabin; or, life among the lowly. New edition, with illustrations, and a bibliography of the work by George Bullen. (2 cop.)............. .... ...... ...... .... .... 285.5,6 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS. 55 Under the lilacs. Alcott, L. M. (3 cop.)................ ....272.60-62 Unitarian review, and religions magazine. B., 1863-1878. 21 vols. 80 ............................................ United States public documents. Agriculture. Reports of the commissioner for 1862-1876............................ Congressional globe. IV,ash., 1856-1873. 61 vols. 40.. Congressional record. 1873-1877. 25 vols. 40......... Education. Reports of the commissioner for 1570-1876.. Geological survey. Hayden, F. V. Ninth annual report of the U. S. geological and geographical survey of the territories, for 1875 .................................. 347.- -- Preliminary report of the U. S. geological survey of Wyoming,etc..... ................. .... ............ 347.- Patent office. Annual reports of the commissioner of pat- ents. Wash., 1847-71. 55 vole. 80 .................. .. - General index of the official gazette and monthly vol- umes of patents of the U. S. patent office. W., 1872-77. 6 vols. bound in 3. 40 ............. ...... ............. -Official gazette of the U.S. patent office. W., 1875-78. 14 vols. 40...... ............... ...... ................ - Specifications and drawings of patents. W., 1872-78. 131 vols. 40 .... ................................. .... - Subject-matter index of patents for inventions, issued by the U. S. patent office from 1790 to 1873. W., 1874. 3 vols. 40.......... ...... ............. ............... Secretary of War. Report on the purchase of camels for military transportation .......................... ...... 937.13 Treasury department. Annual report of the comptroller of the currency. Nash , 1878. 80. Paniph. ............. M.7.15 U. S. history. Coburn, F. W. The centennial history of the battle of Bennington........................ ........... N.9.18 U. S. Travels in. Bishop, N. H. Voyage of the paper canoe... 374.1 Taylor, B. F. Between the Gates ..................... 372.1 Upton, E. The armies of Asia and Europe. N.Y., 1878. 80 .. 88G.8 Van Dyck. (Artist biographies.) Sweetser, M. F. ........... 770.10 Van I.aun, H. The French revolutionary epoch. N.Y.,1879. 2 vols. 120 ...... ........................ ........ .... 885.718 Vaux, W. S. W. Greek cities and islands of Asia Minor. L., 1877. 160 ................. .......... ...... .... .... .. 810.24 V6ron, I:ug6ne. (Esthetics. L. and Phil., 1879. 1°..... ...... 474.11 Villages and village-life. Egleston, N. H. ..... .... .. .... ...... 933.24 Vision of Echard, and other poems. Whittier, J. G. ...... ...... 753.30 Visions: a study of false sight. Clarke, E. I-I.. .......... ...... 955.31 Voyage of the "Challenger." The Atlantic. Thomson, C. W. 376.1,2 Wakefield, Priscilla. An introduction to botany. B., 1811. 160. 931.23 56 WATERTOWN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY. Walford, E.,joint author. Old and new London. Pols. 3, 4, 5, &G. Vols. 1 and 2 by }falter Thornbury............ 136.16-21 Walker, F. A. Money. N.Y., 1878. 80......... .... .... .... 475.13 Walsh, J. H. (Stonehenge.) The dog. L.,B. &N.Y., 1873. 80. 120.5 Waltham. Historical address delivered before the citizens of Waltham, July 4, 1876.................... ............ N.9.17 Walton, Mrs. A peep behind the scenes. N.Y., 1878. 160 .... 953.31 Ward, Jh-s. H. O. Sensible etiquette of the best society. Phil., 1,478. 120 ........ .................................. 533.14 Warner, C. D. In the wilderness. B., 1878. 180 ............ 370.1 Watertown Press. Bound in 3 vols. Waltham, 1870-77. ....... Vol.I. From April 15,1870, to April 26,1872. Vol.II. From biIay 3,1872,to Jan.29,1875. Vol.III. AValthnm Pree Press, from Feb. 5, 1875, to April 2, 1R75. ♦Patvrtown Press [new series], from April 9, 187-5, to Nov. 5, 1875. Waltham Free Press from Nov. 12,1875,to Dec.28, 18T7. Fute.-lume �rtion of each ,umber of the Waltham Free Press deaotetrto Watertoton items. Watson, F. The defenders of the faith. L., n.d. 160.......... 531.30 Webster, Daniel, and others. Speeches at the festival of the sons of New Hampshire. B., 1850. 80. Paper ............ M.G.G1 Webster, Daniel. Harvey, Peter. Reminiscences and anecdotes of Daniel Webster.................................... 715.25 Obituary addresses on the occasion of the death of....... 717.19 Weiss, John, tr. Goethe's West-easterly divan.. B., 1877. 160. 750.10 Wells, D. A. The sugar industry of the United States and the tariff. New York, 1878. Pamph....... .............. .. M.6.20 Weppner, M. The north star and the southern cross. L., 1875. 2 vols. 120 ............ ...... .. ... .... .. .. .... ........ 372.5,6 West-easterly divan. Goethe, J. W. N-wn. Tr. h John Weiss.. 750.10 When I was a little girl. Tabor, L. .... . ..... .. ..... ..... .... 203.12 Whispering pine. Kellogg, I.lijah. .... .... .. .... . . . . . . . . . . ... 962.33 White horse of Wootton. Foster, C. A. .... .... .... .. .. I..... 276.42 Whitmore, W. H. The graveyards of Boston. First volume, Copps'hill epitaphs. Albany, 1878. 80.......... ...... 144.15 Whitney, AIrs. A. D. T. Just bow: a key to the cook-books. B., 1879. 16o............................ ............ 910.12 Whittier, J. G. The vision of Echard, and other poems. B., 1878. 160 .... .... ............................ .... ... 753.30 Whymper, F. The sea. L., P., &N.Y. [1878.] 80.. ..... .... 337.7 Wilderness, In the. Warner, C. D. ...... ...... .... .... . ..... 370.1 Willoughby, F. Fairy guardians. L., 1875. 1_'".... .... .... .. 203.1 Wilson, Alexander, and Bonaparte, C. L. American ornithol- ogy. With Life of Wilson by Jardine, W., in vol. 1. L., n.d. 3 vols. 80...... ...........................142.26-28 Wilson,Andrew. Leisure-time studies,chiefly biological. N.Y., 1878. 12o................. ...... ..................... 932.32 Winning his spurs. Kellogg, Elij;ih .. . ..... . ... . . . ..... . . .... 962.36 'Vise men of Greece. Blackie, J. 6. ...... . .... . .... .... ..... 744.33 CATALOGUE OF BOOKS- 57 Wister, Mfrs. A. L., ir. Too rich. After the German of Adolph Streckfuss. Phil., 1878. 120............. •••• •.•• ..... 254.24 Woman's journal. 8 vols. bound in 4............ .... .... ..... Woman's word, and how she kept it. Townsend, V. F... .. ..... 276.40 Works. Shakespeare, Wm. ............................... 130.5-15 Wyoming, Preliminary report of the U. S. geological survey of. Hayden, F.V....... ............................. 347.— Year worth living. Baker, W. M............................. 285.13 Yellow-fever, 1878. Howard association of New Orleans. Re- port of receipts, expenditures, and their work, in the epi- demic of 1878...............:........................ N. 3.8 Yonge, C. M. Aunt Charlotte's stories of German history for the little ones. L.,1878. 160............. .... ............ 810.23 Story of the Christians and Moors of Spain. L., 1878. 160. 880.1 Youmans, B. A. Lessons in cookery. N.Y., 1878. 120....... 342.31 Young adventurer. Alger, H.,jr............................. 202.6 Young, Jennie J. The ceramic art. N.Y., 1878. 80 .......••. 144.13 Zoology of the vertebrate animals. lklacalister, A..... ..... .... 910.13 INDEX . PAGE Auditor's Report 48 Almshouse Account 55 Appraisement 96 Assessors'Report . 41 Bank Tan 63 Bridges and Culverts 63 Care of Cemeteries 63 Collector's Report. 42 Contingent Expenses 64 Discounts and Abatements 68 Drainage and Crusher 68 Estimated Expenses for 1877 94 Fire Department 69 Fire Department, Engineer's Report 36 Free Public Library 72 Fire-Alarm Telegraph 72 Gravel Lot 72 Highways 73 Hose far Fire Department 75 Heating Apparatus for Wells District 75 IIigh-School Annex 76 Insurance 100 Interest Account 46 Interest on Town Debt. 76 Isaac B. Patten.Post 81, G.A.R. 80 Jurymen, List of 106 Police 79 Printing 79 Registrar's Report. 13 Report of the Overseers of the Poor 26 Report of Surveyor of Highways . 28 Report of the Selectmen 6 Report of Treasurer 46 Salaries of Town Officers 81 Schedule and Valuation Town Property 97 INDEX. PACM Schools . 82 Sidewalks 81 State Tax 88 State Aid 88 Statement of Assets and Liabilities 92 Street Lights and Lamp Posts 87 Summary of Receipts, Appropriations, and Expenditures 95 Synopsis of Valuation and Taxation on Watertown 102 Templeton Beneficent Fund . 91 Town Debt 88 Town Grants and Appropriations . 88 Town Hall, heating, lighting, and care of 90 Town Officers 8 Warrant for Town Meetinb 108 J