HomeMy Public PortalAbout1889 Annual Watertown Report ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE OFFICERS OF TIIE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN,
FOR THE,
YEAR ENDING- JANUARY 31, 1889.
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WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BAREM R, PRINTER.
1889.
POPULATION.
The whole number of inhabitants of Watertown, per State
Census of ISS5, was 6238. Males, 3004 ; females, 3234-•
TOWN OFFICERS, 1888.
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Appraisers.
-CHARLES BRIGHAM, EDWARD F. PORTER,
HIRAM D. SKINNER.
Town Clerk.
WILLIA71f H. INGRAHAM.
Town Treasurer.
JOHN K. STICKNEY.
Assessors.
WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM, Chairman. SAMUEL S. GLEASON,
WILLIAM E. FARWELL, Clerk.
School Commitlee.
JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman, Term expires March, 1889.
*M. J. KELLEY, it " 1° 1889.
JOSHUA C. STONE, 44 k. " 1890.
JAMES D. MONAHAN, it 4' to 1890.
CHARLES W. STONE, Clerk, 44 is 1891.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, 44 it " 1891.
Auditor.
HOWARD RUSSELL.
•Resigned February 18,1889.
4 TOWN OFFICERS.
Constables.
EZRUM V. HOWARD, GEORGE PARKER,
DANIEL H. COONEY.
Surveyor of-highways.
'17HOMAS G. BANDS.
Collector of Taxes.
WILLIAM E. FARWELL.
Fence Viewers.
GEORGE PARKER, LUTHER BENT,
THOMAS H. WICKS.
Trustees of Free Public Library.
JOSHUA COOLIDGE, Chairman, Term expires 1889.
HORACE W. 0TIS, for one year, " " 1889.
A. 0. DAVIDSON, " " 1890.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, " t6 1890.
REv. R. P. STACK, `' " 1891.
EDWARD E. ALI X, " " 1891.
Board of Health.
DAVID FLANDERS, GEORGE A. TOWER,
GEORGE F. ROBINSON, delined to serve.
Offleers Appolyated by Selectmeye.
Field Drivers.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD.
DANIEL H. COONEY, JOLT REED.
REUBEN PUFFER, JAMES F. BURKE,
CHARLES E. LOUGEE, FREED H. HOWAR.D_
JOHN O'BRIEN,
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Begular Police.
GEORGE PARKER, EZRUM V. HOWARD,
DANIEI. H. COONEY, TIIOMAS F. LYONS,
JAMES F. BURKE, West District.
TOWN OFFICERS. J!•'
Special Police, with pay when on duty.
FRANK II. DRAKE, HERBERT A. PHILBRICK,
GEORGE H. GREGG, CHARLES E. LOUGEE,
LINUS A. SHAW, JAM S D. EVANS,
JOHN H. HOLT, CHARLES H. NYE,
DENNIS J. SULLIVAN, *FRANK DOWNES,
AMBROSE SHIPTON.
Special Police, without pay.
tGEO. BARRINGTON, Cambridge, FRANKLIN C. HATCH,
tB. S. DOWNS.
For 4th of July Week.
AUSTIN BEDELL, CARROLL D. DIMICK,
MICHAEL CARROLL, GEORGE MERRY.
Almoner.
GEORGE F. ROBINSON.
Beeper of Lockup.
JOHN H. HOLT.
Inspector of Oil.
ROBERT L. DAVIS.
Janitor of Town Hall and Sealer of Weights and Measures.
:GEORGE H. GREGG.
Measurers of Wood and Bark.
CHARLES W. BERRY, WILLIAM H. PERKINS,
HARRY E. DADMUN, JOHN J. GAVIN.
•June 18,Frank Downs resigned as Special Police, and James Mee was ap-
appointed to All his term.
t E.S.Downs to serve at aft.Auburn Cemetery, be having been previously
appointed by Cambridge City authorities; also at request of Mayor of Cambridge,
George F.Barrington,of Cambridge,to serve within the limits of Watertown.
t December 1st, Geo. H.Gregg resigned his position as Janitor of Town Hall
and John 11.Holt was appointed to 1111 the unexpired term.
G TOWN OFFICERS.
Measurers of (grain.
WILLIAM H. PERKINS, JAMES W. MAGEE,
GEORGE C. UPHAM.
Public Weigher and Superintendent of Hay Scales.
THOMAS PATTEN.
Weighers of Coal, Ilan and Live Stock.
MICHAEL HAMROCK, WILLIAM H. PEVEAR,
WILLIAM P. HARRIS, JOHN J. GAVIN,
WALDO A.LEARNED, HARRY E.DADMUN,
JAMES H. FI.AGG.
Registrars of Voters.
*MICHAEL B. COLLIGAN, Chairman, WM. H. INGRAHAM, Clerk.
0. W. DIMICK. WILLIAM C. FOLEY.
Deeper of Almshouse and Pound.
JOHN REED.
Board of Engineers and Forest Fire Wards.
JOHN ADDISON YORK, tBRADFORD HOLBROOK,
$MICHAEL CARROLL, 2nd.
*September 25,Allehael B. Colligan tendered his resignation as Registrar of
Voters,and Cornelius D.Regan was appointed to 1111 the vacancy.
t November 19, Bradford Holbrook tendered his resignation as one of the
Fire Engineers,and Perez Shurtlefl was appointed in his pace.
S Alicheal Carroll,_d, resigned December 17,to take effect Jan.1,1889. John
F.Regan was appointed to All vacancy.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT,
That the town has entered upon an era of material prosperity is
evinced not only by the increased growth of building operations,
the demand for laying out new streets and for the improvement
of old ones, by the various schemes for the improvement of real
estate, and the proposed development and extension of railroad
facilities, but it is strikingly manifested in the sanguine feeling
that exists in the minds of the community regarding the future of
the town. Men seem to join in an earnest and loyal spirit to act
for its best interests, and it is particularly noteworthy and com-
mendable that party or personal prejudices have not prevented a
practically unanimous action for the public good on all the ques-
tions which have been submitted to the citizens for action during
the past year.
This tone of public sentiment should be fostered. Nothing
can better advance the welfare of the town than good words
spoken for it by its own citizens, combined with a disposition to
act sensibly and considerately in the disposal of public questions.
Among the results of such harmony, we commend particularly
the building of the new almshouse, the enlargement of the public
library, and the construction of the Morse Field drainage system ;
and we hope that these evidences of a healthy and generous public
spirit may be appreciated sooner or later by those other citizens,
who, forgetful of the honorable record of this, the earliest incor-
porated town in the Commonwealth, have been persuaded from
supposed selfish interests to consent to its mutilation and serious
injury.
Again we are forced to the utmost vigilance to prevent the suc-
cess of a scheme whose very existence depends upon the tempo-
rary residence of less than a dozen persons.
The testimony elicited from the witnesses in the recent hearings
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for annexation of the Morse Field district to Newton,was the best
encomium upon the political and social condition of this town that
could have been presented, and any attempt at disparagement of
its schools,its library,or its other institutions,was on the face either
frivolous or plainly the assertion of prejudice or lack of informa-
tion.
This year other hands than those of our own people are raised
against us, and we have the spectacle of a number of the citizens
of a neighboring city hoping, perhaps, to gain increased political
power, endeavoring to persuade the Legislature that the munici-
pality of which they are but a small portion of the inhabitants, is
desirous of acquiring to the serious detriment of its neighbor, that
neighbor's domain.
That this course is neither the desire nor sentiment of the peo-
ple of the city of Newton, we have the assurance of many of its
influential citizens, and we are pleased to note that apparently it
has received no official aid or comfort.
The relation between the two municipalities has been always
harmonious and pleasant. In no case more so than in the recent
conferences, which, by the combination of mutual interests, re-
sulted in the construction of the comprehensive drainage system
on the south side of the river. Nothing could have been more
satisfactory in civic intercourse than the joint action of the com-
mittees for the two governments. Differences of opinion as to
methods were readily harmonized and a perfect accord obtained,
both in the preliminaries and the prosecution of the work, which
has been completed in a most satisfactory manner, reflecting credit
upon all parties concerned. We confidently hope that nothing may
happen in the near future to injure or alienate the good feeling
which should always exist between the two towns.
Highway Depart4nent.
The report of the Surveyor of Highways hereinafter given will
be found to indicate that more work has been done in macadam-
izing and gravelling of streets, more paving of gutters, than the
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year before, and we trust that a similar gain may be obtained in
each succeeding year until the roads shall be in perfect condition
throughout the limits of the town. It is not sufficient simply to
keep the highways in ordinary repair, but they should be materi-
ally improved and work upon them so thoroughly done that the
cost of repairs may consequently be diminished, and so that the
demands of this department for that purpose may be steady and
regular and not subject to fluctuation, except for special require-
ments, which may be met by special appropriation. Of these,
several are now pressing and will require your attention.
I. MAINSTREET. The condition of Main street from the Square
to its junction with Mount Auburn street, has for a long time been
justly the subject of criticism ; but the difference of opinion among
those most directly interested as to the manner in which the sub-
ject should be treated has been an obstacle to any progress in the
matter. It is, however, imperative that some action should be
taken at once, and a special appropriation made therefor. We,
ourselves, differ in judgment as to the proper material to use, and
we find the opinion of acknowledged experts in road building,
whom we have consulted, equally at variance. We leave it, con-
sequently, to your judgment whether this section of street shall be
paved with square blocics or macadamized. If the former method
be adopted, the cost will be about $2,500, and if macadam is
substituted the expense would be less, probably not more than
one-half. Our recommendation contemplates a sum sufficient for
paving. Whichever way this is done, great care should be exer-
cised in grading to get rid of the water flow in a speedy and ef-
fectual manner.
2. MOUNT AUBURN STREET. Apetition forthe removal of the
horse railroad track into the middle of the street for the remaining
distance to Mount Auburn bridge has been received and referred
to the next Board of Selectmen. Should this meet their approval
the expense to the town would be considerable, even upon the
most favorable terms that may be made with the railroad com-
pany.
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The occasion would be opportune for a revision of the lines of
this street, which need straightening in many places and should
be as nearly as practicable of uniform width. This should be
done before the improvements contemplated in the Adams and
other estates in this section have so far progressed as to make
such revision the source of controversy and expense.
3. ARSENALSTREET. The appropriation for the year has been
expended with a slight over-draft, chiefly in the filling on the
Bigelow estate opposite the Arsenal grounds.
The results of the suits now pending between Messrs. Emerson
and Madden on the one part, and the County Commissioners
and the town on the other, may so affect the interests of the latter
that it has not been thought prudent to do anything further on the,
south side of this street until a decision has been reached.
4- PROPOSED EXTENSION Or SCHOOL STREET. The petition
of Edward Adams and others for laying out an extension of
School street through the property of the Adams estate, and of
Wilson and others to the Union Market station, was duly consid-
ered by the Selectmen, and for various reasons which have been
made public, they were given leave to withdraw. An appeal has
been made to the County Commissioners, who have appointed a
hearing on March I Ith.
GUTTERS. The recommendation of last year relative to the
paving of gutters has been carried into execution in various places
with good results in diminishing the injurious effect of heavy
rains. A further continuance of this policy will in a few years
show a decided economy in the expenditure for repairs.
WATERING STREETS. The same maybe said of the advantages
of watering the streets, which has been much more extended this
year than in years before, and we should advise a somewhat
larger appropriation to be expended in the same manner,
with the understanding that private subscription shall equal
the amount contributed by the town.
NEW STREETS. Bailey road was laid out as far as completed
and accepted by the town at the meeting Jan. I I, 1889.
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At the same meeting the withdrawal of opposition to the pro-
posed widening of Irving street ensured the execution of that
project the coming season.
SIDEWALKS. Concrete sidewalks have been laid on the follow-
ing streets: Chester, Franklin, Washburn, Marshall, Otis, Gar-
field.
Expensive repairs were found necessary, and the urgency was
so great that we have felt justified in overrunning the appropria-
tion. These repairs have been made principally on Common,
Palfrey, Mt. Auburn, Walnut, and School streets.
MORSE FIELD DRAINAGE SYSTEM. The main drains for this
system comprising a large water shed in Newton and the Morse
Field district in Watertown, were satisfactorily completed by the
joint committee of the two municipalities in September, 1888.
Immediately following this, under the instruction of your com-
mittee, the engineer carried on the work of laying the laterals,
etc., in our town, all of which has been thoroughly done, and this
locality is now provided with as perfect drainage as can be de-
vised. The appropriation was $6,000, and the total cost has
been only $4,I15.98-
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS. See Report of Surveyor of High-
ways.
Police.
The number and persons of the regular police are the same as
last year, and they have been as vigilant and earnest as usual in
the performance of their duties. In the number and persons of
special police some change has occurred. The services of these
special officers is frequently required to supplement the duties of
the regulars. There has been less complaint of trespass upon
fields, orchards, gardens, etc., owing perhaps to the rewards of-
fered for information leading to the conviction of any persons for
such offences. If such is the effect of offering reward, it seems
best to continue, as no case of claiming said reward has occurred.
The general peace and good order in the town is noticeable when
compared with only a few years past. The arrests for drunken-
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ness are largely of cases from trains and horse cars, and a sober,
respectful demeanor upon the streets gives evidence of improve-
ment very gratifying to all the people, and promise of complete
immunity from scenes of drunkenness and disorder which had too
frequently occurred but a few years since. The open sale of liquor
is not known or hardly suspected among us. The searches by
warrant have failed in some instances because the persons
keeping them have been able to secrete the article about their
person, and have in some cases defied the officers to touch them,
and as no right yet is legal to search a person for liquor, though
it is as contraband as counterfeit money or burglars' tools (which
may be seized upon the person), yet this, even as dangerous and
more destructive than those, must be left as sacred and inviolable.
It is, we believe, even sold in some instances from the pocket;
this only shows to what extremes it is driven. However, we are
glad to note an advance of moral and legal sentiment in the com-
munity, which will finally vindicate itself and further restrict the
article from sale as a beverage. With the license of only one
apothecary there was some dissatisfaction among many of the
citizens, owing to what they thought an unjust discrimination, but
the facts disclosed and known to the Board we are sure would
have justified our decision in their minds had they understood
them. The sales by the one licensed are so much less than the
aggregate of the-three previously licensed, that none can doubt
that either the health rate has greatly improved, or other kinds of
medicine are found adequate for their treatment.
Searches made, 15
No liquors found 9
Seizures and Complaint, co
Convictions, S
Acquitted, z
Fines, j
Sent to House of Correction, z
Fled and forfeit of bonds, c
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The case of exceptions pending last year were overruled and
sentence House of Correction and fine followed.
Bath Souse.
Mr. Charles H. Nye, a special police officer, has had charge
of the bath house for his second season, and has attended to the
duty in a satisfactory manner. It is open from June ist to Sep-
tember 15th. The number using it was:
Men, 178
Boys, 4559
Cemeteries.
The receiving tomb in the Common street burial ground has
been enlarged to nearly double its former size, and the entrance to
it changed to the rear end, and the door also enlarged, so that it
is much more convenient for the purposes required than formerly.
The elm trees at this and at the old ground,corner of Mt.Auburn
and Arlington streets, have been furnished with protectors from
the ravages of canker worm. The care of these grounds by Mr.
A. Gregg is (as for many years past) satisfactory.
Water.
The water supply has continued the past year, as heretofore, to
be a source of great convenience as well as of necessity, and as
far as we know, is fully appreciate(] for its pure quality and ample
supply. The number of hydrants added by extensions of pipe in
streets is 5, and the whole number is now 179. The watering of
streets, we think, is conducive to health, cleanliness and comfort,
as well as a preservation to the streets. The annual expense to
the town must increase as the pipes are extended, and we think it
for the interest of the town to purchase the property according to
the terms of the charter.
Town Salt.
The hall, hall-ways and ante-rooms have been whitened and
painted, and the back end of hall, with part of entry-way, have
been sheathed where plastering was in many places broken, and
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is now in a very good condition. Mr. George H. Gregg, who
had acted as janitor for about sixteen years, resigned the position
December I, 1888, and Mr. John H. Holt was elected to the
vacancy, and is giving satisfaction in the discharge of the duties
required.
The Inspector of Buildings for the State is required to examine
all public halls and give a certificate of the number of persons
that can be allowed to be assembled at one time, and no greater
number are permitted than said certificate allows without certain
penalties being liable. In view of this fact and provision of law,
which was passed last year, it appears more evident than before
that a larger hall must be provided. The legal voters of the town
number about i,zoo; the certificate only admits of 500, so that
less than half the citizens can be admitted within the hall at one
time. In view of these facts, we recommend that the town take
some measure towards a new or enlarged Town Hall. (Chap.
426, x ass.
Street Lights.
There has been considerable change during the year in this de-
partment. The incandescent lights, of which there were eighty
in our last report, have been increased to 178, in most cases dis-
placing gas and oil lights, but quite a number have been placed
where extensions of lights were needed, about 4o new lights on
the following streets: Arsenal street from Clay hill to the bridge,
which had not been lighted before; on Mt. Auburn street to the
bridge; also on Main street to the Waltham line are now lighted by
them ; they have been placed on Riverside, Irving, Royal, Elm,
Arlington,Walnut, Palfrey,Spring, Marshall, Garfield streets and
Russell avenue. With a few exceptions they have proved very
satisfactory; the exceptions were owing to the additions of circuits
which, in forming and reforming others, sometimes produce in-
equalities, and need rearranging to make complete circuits. We
are confident that they will on the whole be found superior in many
respects to anything heretofore used, and afford better light for
less cost. It is contemplated to place three arc lights additional,
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one on Spring street at the railroad crossing, one at southerly
end of bridge on Galen street, and one near the Bemis station.
The price of these is reduced from i2o to too dollars each a year,
so that the seven, by displacing several small lights, will cost but
little more than the four did. Since June last all the electric
lights have been used on a new schedule of time, which is more
favorable than formerly, viz: instead of twenty nights or moon
schedule (as it was called) a month, with extra pay for stormy or
cloudy nights during the moon's appearance, they are lighted on
every dark night during the month without extra pay. The ques-
tion of continuing the incandescent lights through the whole night
as the arcs are is strongly urged, and if the town is willing to
increase its appropriation so as to cover the whole night,we think
it would be a great convenience, and thus add another laurel to
its reputation of being in advance of the adjoining cities for im-
provements in this line. We already see that the more light is
given, the more is desired; applications are quite numerous and
pressing, so that we recommend an increase in the amount for this
purpose.
There are a large number of street lanterns and some lamp
posts that might be sold.
The Newton and Watertown Gas Light Co. have become the
owners of the Newton Electric Light & Power Co., and a pro-
visional rate has been made with them, to continue until otherwise
ordered.
Feb. i, ISS9, the number of Arc Lights, 4
cc c cc Incandescent Lights, 178
u cc cc Gas c` 37
cc cc cc Oil cc 91
Sate of Towta Property.
It was found that a curious error had been made many years
ago and continued in the various transfers of the gravel lot on
Franklin street, affecting the completeness of the title to the prop-
erty. Upon its discovery, and after an ineftbctual attempt
by counsel to get the signature of the party necessary to
rectify the error, the payment made by Mr. Flanders was
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refunded with interest, and the land is again in the town's•
possession. Authority should be given the next Board of Select-
men to take immediate measures for perfecting the title.
Although we were directed by the last March meeting to sell
the gravel lot on Pleasant street, the order was coupled with a
proviso, which was plainly illegal, and which, if carried into ef-
fect, would involve the town in serious difficulties. We have
therefore allowed the matter to remain for your further considera-
tion.
Claims.
The suit of James Cavanagh, mentioned in last year's report,
has been compromised by the payment of $7.8o, including costs.
A petition from Stephen A. Decker has been received, asking
that the town will compensate him for injuries received in Janu-
ary, 1888, which will be referred for action in town meeting.
Petition.
A petition has been received from residents on Common street
and neighborhood, that a reservoir be built in that vicinity for
protection in case of fire.
Historical Monuments.
Three monuments or tablets have been placed in position.
They are granite stones, similar to those on the Lexington road.
One commemorates the building of the "great bridge "over
Charles river, one the location of the meeting-house, where the
Second Provincial Congress was held, and the third, that of the
house where Warren rested on the eve of the battle of Bunker
Hill.
Town Records.
Some of the towns in the state have commenced the publication
of their early records, and while we do not care to urge or advise
any present expenditure even for so laudable a purpose, yet we
would suggest the great and increasing value of such historical
compilations, and that the honor and credit to be derived there-
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from may well be sought after by some one of our citizens of
education, literary habits and sufficient leisure to devote to such
laborious work, and that it is fair to expect the town would not
refuse to lend pecuniary assistance in its publication.
.Town By-Laws.
We have thought it advisable to print again the By-Laws of the
town, and to recommend their constant appearance in future an-
nual reports. Insufficient attention is paid by the citizens to their
requirements, and consequently it frequently happens that they
are unconsciously violated, thereby imposing unnecessary care
upon the authorities. The neglect on the part of persons build-
ing or about to build, to give proper notice or obtain permits, is
notable, and streets or sidewalks are often improperly encum-
bered with building materials, involving danger of accident.
There are many proper regulations in regard to building which
are of sufficient importance to be embodied in our By-Laws,
or perhaps might constitute a distinct building law. These, how-
ever, at present may be limited to such as affect plumbing and
drainage, and protection against fire.
Expenditures for the Year.
It is gratifying to call your attention to the financial result of
the year. The actual amount of money expended by the different
departments and committees, including extras in building and
extraordinary expenses, being about thirteen hundred dollars less
than the appropriation.
Respectfully submitted.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, Selectmen
EDWARD F. PORTER, of
HIRAM D. SKINNER, I Watertown.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
This board is pleased to be able to state to the citizens of the
town that the long-talked-of almshouse is at last completed, and
that, after having been open to the inspection of the public for
two days, on the thirtieth of January last, the inmates of the old
house, to their great joy, were transferred to the new one. It
gives the board much pleasure to state, furthermore, that the large
and imposing structure on the northerly side of Orchard street, is
very complete in all its appointments for the convenience and
comfort of those who may need its protection as a home, and is a
building of which the grand old town may be justly proud.
With its large and pleasant dining-room, warmed by direct radia-
tion, and ventilated by an open fireplace, it contains the elements
of comfort to an unusual degree. Adjoining this room is the
pantry containing a sink supplied with hot and cold water faucets.
The kitchen is well supplied with all utensils needed for its daily
work. It contains a ten inch range with a sixty-five gallon boiler,
so that there is at all times an abundance of hot water for kitchen
uses. It has also connected with it a brick oven with ample
accommodations for baking.
The laundry, which is also situated in the basement, contains a
set of kettles of thirty-gallons capacity ; a sink with faucet for
cold water. The floor is cemented. The range from the old
house found a place here. The remainder of the basement is
used for boiler room, store rooms, ice closet, vegetable rooms,
and coal bins.
On the first floor the superintendent has three rooms:—a din-
ing-room, a sitting-room and a parlor. The keeper's dining-room
is furnished with a dumb waiter on which all food is sent direct
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to the table from the kitchen. The parlor furniture is entirely
new, most of it being upholstered expressly for this house. j
On this floor are two sitting-rooms for the inmates, both on the j
sunny side of the house, one for the men and the other for the
women. The rest of the floor is used for sleeping-rooms for the
inmates. The sleeping-rooms, which contain two beds each, are
all furnished alike. The furniture provided for each inmate is as
follows : one iron bedstead with best steel springs, a mattress,
two pillows, blankets, comforters and spread; also one bureau, a
wash stand, a bowl and pitcher and looking-glass.
The second floor is divided into hospital-rooms, sleeping-rooms
and bath-rooms. The hospital-rooms are the pleasantest in the
house. The sun shines into them during the entire day. They
are warmed by steam and well ventilated. There are also two
large dormitories on this floor, large enough to contain eight beds
each. One of the two bath-rooms is for the use of the keeper;
the other for the inmates.
All the rooms are large, airy and pleasant. The house is ad-
mirably adapted to the use for which it is intended—a home for
the poor.
The principles put forth in the report of last year with reference
to disbursing outside aid have been adhered to with good results.
The policy of the town in this particular is approved by those
most conversant with the subject and is being generally adopted
throughout the state.
We would recommend that the old almshouse be in part torn
down, such parts being taken to erect a shed at the new house,
for the storage of wood, shelter of wagons, etc., and the remainder
left to cover the cellar which may be utilized for the storage of
vegetables.
An unexpected balance in this department, nearly sufficient for
the purpose, will render it unnecessary to ask the town to appro-
priate money for furnishing the new house.
Dr. Tower has during the year efficiently discharged the duties
of town physician. George F. Robinson has satisfactorily filled
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the place of almoner. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have faithfully per-
formed the duties of keepers.
There has been produced and sold from the town farm during
the past year, produce to the value of five hundred and fifty dol-
lars. The land needs to be cultivated before the yield will be
large; but as the soil is deep and good, repeated tillage and liber-
al coats of dressing alone are needed to bring forth a large yield
in the future.
The keeping of swine should be continued, as the town teams
collect the swill, it should be fed to them, and thus return the
cost of collecting it. The appraised value of swine now owned
by the town is five hundred dollars. The death of one of the
horses used on the farm necessitated the purchase of another at
the cost of one hundred and fifty-seven dollars. This bill and
two others, dating back to '86, make up the unusual expenditures
in this department for the past year.
Persons FiellJ Supported for the E?ttire Year.
Name. Age.
Gerry Hager, 59 years.
Samuel Bacon, 73
William Bond, 64
Cyrenus Bates, 35
John Welsh, 77 "
Michael Welsh, 63
Charles Doughty, 53 "
Maurice Galvin, 63
Charles Rogers, 3 "
Abraham Johnson, 68
Thomas Whiton, 76 "
Catherine Fagen, 70
Ellen Buckley, 4- "
Harriet Lawler, 45 "
Elizabeth Swan, 58
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. 21
For a Portion of the Year.
John Williams, 50
Charles Walker, 35
Patrick Loftis, 55 "
John McNeely, 22
Ben Walker, 21
Bridget Hanigan, 62
Nelly McCormick, 24
Maria Manning, 6o
Mary Rouke, 30
Etta Rouke, io
John Rouke, 5
In Worcester Lunatic Asylum.
FULL YEAR.
Margery Flynn.
Anolia Ford.
PART OF YEAR.
Ellen M. Shea, Worcester.
Abraham Johnson.
James W. Mulhern.
Harriet L. Butterfield.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, &1ect-nen
EDWARD F. PORTER, of
HIRAM D. SKINNER, Watertown
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
MIDDLESEX, SS:
At the Superior Court, begun and holden at Lowell, within and
for the County of Middlesex, on the second Monday of March,
being the ninth day of said month, Anno Domini, IS85 ;
The following By-Laws of the town of Watertown in said
county are presented to this Court for approval, to wit:—
ARTICLE I.—AUDITOR.
SEc. I. In addition to the town officers required by the Stat-
utes of the Commonwealth to be elected, there shall be chosen
annually one Auditor, whose duty it shall be to examine and cer-
tify to all bills presented for payment before being passed upon
by the Selectmen. He shall also keep a correct account of debit
and credit with each appropriation or department, so that the
sum or balance pertaining to each can be seen at any time during
the year, and at the close of the financial year he shall audit the
Treasurer's account and submit his report.
SEc. a. The Auditor shall not certify to the Selectmen any
bills for which there is no appropriation. No money shall be
paid from the treasury of the town upon any bills without the cer-
tificate of the Auditor and the order of the Selectmen for the
same.
ARTICLE II.—APPRAISERS.
SEC. 3- It shall be the duty of the Selectmen to annually ap-
praise the property of the town, and submit the appraisement to
the town.
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 23
ARTICLE III.—SCHOOLS.
SEC- 4. The School Committee, at the meeting for their or-
ganization, shall appoint not exceeding four persons, who shall
act as truant officers, as specified by the Statutes of the Common-
wealth.
SEC- S. Any minor between the ages of seven and fifteen
years, convicted of being an habitual truant, or wandering about
in the streets or public places, having no lawful occupation or
business, not attending school, and growing up in ignorance,
shall be committed to the House for the Employment and Re-
formation of Juvenile Offenders at Lowell, for such time not
exceeding two years, as the Justice of the Second District Court
of Eastern Middlesex may determine.
ARTICLE IV.—PUBLIC WAYS.
SEc. 6. Whoever shall throw stones, sticks or other missiles,
or shoot with, or use a bow and arrow in any of the streets, or
upon any of the sidewalks in the town, shall forfeit and pay into
the town treasury, for each offence, a sum of not less than one
dollar, to be paid by each offender, or his or her parents or guar-
dians respectively.
SEc. 7. No person.having charge of any beast with intent to
drive the same, shall suffer or permit any such beast to run, galop,
trot, pace, or go at any rate exceeding ten miles to the hour
through any way or street in this town, and any person who shall
violate the provisions of this By-Law, shall be liable to a penalty
of not less than five dollars for each otence.
SEC. S. No person shall tie or fasten any horse to, or have the
same standing by any ornamental or shade tree, in or near the
streets, lanes or places of this town, so near as to injure any un-
protected tree, or wrongfully injure or abuse such tree in any
other manner, under a penalty of not less than one dollar.
SEc. 9. No person shall place or cause to be placed upon any
footpath or sidewalk, any wood, lumber, iron, coal, trunks, bales,
crates, casks, barrels, stone, packages or other things, or allow
24 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
any door or gate to swing outward over any street or highway,
for more than one hour after being notified by a constable, police
officer, or other person, to remove the same,under a penalty of not
less than three dollars for each offence.
SEC. io. Whoever shall drive, wheel or draw any coach, cart,
wheelbarrow, hand-cart, velocipede, bicycle, or any carriage of
barden or pleasure (excepting children's carriages drawn by
hand), upon any sidewalk in the town, or permit any horse, cat-
tle, swine or sheep under his or her care, to go upon any sidewalk
in the town so as to interfere with the convenient use of the same
by all passengers, or behave himself in a rude or disorderly man-
ner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language in any
public place in the town, or near any dwelling house or other
building therein, or be or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any
doorstep, portico, or any other projection of any house or other
building not his own, to the annoyance or disturbance of any
person, or by any noise, gesture, or other means, wantonly and
designedly frighten any horse in any street or other public place
in the town, or shall throw stones, snowballs, sticks or other
missiles, or kick at football, or play at any game in wliich a ball
is used, or fly any kite or balloons in any public ways in the town,
shall forfeit and pay for each offence not less than five dollars and
not more than twenty dollars.
Snc. i t. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowling-
piece, pistol, or other firearm, or any fire-crackers or torpedoes,
or make any bonfire or other fire in any street or public place of
the town, or within ten rods of any dwelling house, excepting in
the performance of some duty, under a penalty of five dollars for
each offence.
S$c. i2. No person shall make any indecent figure, or write
any words, or make any marks upon, or cut, whittle or deface in
any manner aiiy wall, post, fence or building, or in any public
place whatever in this town, nor post, nor paint any advertisement
of any nature upon any rail, rock, bridge, wall, fence or building,
without the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof, and
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 25
of the Selectmen of the town, in case the property or structure is
the property of the town, and any person by himself or his agent
offending any provision of this By-Law, shall forfeit and pay the
sum of not less than five dollars for each offence.
SEC. 13. All persons intending to erect, repair or take down
any building on land abutting on any way which this town is
obliged to keep in repair, and who desire to make use of any por-
tion of said way for the purpose of placing thereon building ma-
terials or rubbish, shall, before so placing any building materials
or rubbish, give notice to the Selectmen. And thereupon the
Selectmen may grant a permit to occupy such a portion of said
way to be used for such purpose as in their judgment the necessi-
ty of the case demands and the security of the public allows; such
permit in no case to be in force longer than ninety days, and to be
on such conditions as the Selectmen may require, and especially
in every case upon condition that during the whole of every night,
from twilight in the evening until sunrise in the morning, lighted
lanterns shall be so placed as effectually to secure all travelers
from liability to come in contact with such building materials or
rubbish. Any person violating any provision of this Section,
shall forfeit and pay into the town treasury the sum of ten dollars
for each day his offence shall have continued, and shall so reim-
burse the town for all expenses by way of damages or otherwise,
which the town may be compelled to pay by reason of the way
being so encumbered.
SEc. i+ No person shall be allowed to coast on any sidewalk,
or upon any street that crosses another street or railroad track.
Any person offending against the provisions of this By-Law, shall
forfeit and pay a sum not less than one dollar for each offence.
SEC- 15. All persons intending to erect buildings to be used
as block tenement houses, stalls, manufactories, storehouses or
purposes of a similar nature, shall, before commencing the erec-
tion of such building, give five days' notice to the Selectmen of
the town of their intention so to do, and of the materials to be
used in their construction, and the locations of all such buildings,
26 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
the manner of construction, and the materials used shall be sub-
ject to the inspection of the Selectmen at any and all stages of
progress in the work.
SEc. 16. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen forthwith, after
notice being served upon them of a person's intention to erect a
building such as is comprised in the foregoing Section, to view
the premises, and at such times as they deem proper, or whenever
called upon by any of the citizens of the town in writing, inspect
the work and materials used with reference to the prevention of
fire and protection of life. And if, in their judgment, the
location, the materials used, or the manner of construction, shall
be such as to endanger life or contiguous buildings to an extraor-
dinary extent by reason of fire, they shall immediately take meas-
ures to enjoin the party or parties erecting such building from
their proceedings in such erection.
ARTICLE V.—HAZARDOUS BUILDINGS.
SEC- 17. No business of an extra hazardous nature shall be
carried on in any building that would endanger the lives or prop-
erty of other persons in its immediate neighborhood by fire, with-
out having a night watchman constantly employed from five
o'clock, P. M., until seven o'clock, A. M., under a penalty of not
less than five dollars per night during the time that such watch is
not kept while the business is being carried on; and any building
of such nature remaining unoccupied and the owners failing to
employ such watchman upon the request in writing of five or
more citizens to the Selectmen for that purpose, the Selectmen
shall employ a suitable night watch to take charge of the premises
each and every night from five o'clock, P. m., until seven o'clock,
A. m., at the expense of the owners or possessors of the building,
or either of them.
SEc. 18. Upon all buildings on the line of the streets where
roofs are so pitched as to shed snow or water upon the sidewalks
or streets, it shall be the duty of the owners of such buildings to
erect good and sufficient barriers to prevent such fall or slide of
BY—LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 27
snow or ice as may endanger the safety of person or persons pass-
ing upon the sidewalk or in the street, under the penalty of ten
dollars for neglect of such duty, in addition to whatever damage
may arise in consequence of the falling of snow or ice from the
premises.
SEC. i9. No drove of cattle shall be driven over or through
any street or public thoroughfare in this town, unless attended by
two or more drivers, one of whom shall be not less than eighteen
years of age. And the owner of any cattle driven in violation of
the provisions of this By-Law, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not
less than ten dollars for each offence. This section shall not ap-
ply to those who are not dealers, and who drive their cattle to
and from pasture as occasion requires.
SEC. zo. No building shall be moved over any way in this.
town which this town is obliged to keep in repair, without the
written permit of the Selectmen being first obtained, and any per-
son so moving or assisting in moving any such building without
such permit being first obtained, or any such person who shall
not comply with the restrictions and provisions which the Select-
men may think the public security demands, shall forfeit and pay
into the town treasury for every such offence, fifty dollars, pro-
vided such restrictions and provisions are set forth in the permit,
provided also, that the Selectmen shall in no case grant a permit
for the removal of any building whatsoever, which in the course
of its removal will be likely to damage any trees, the property of
individuals, whether standing in the road or in the field, unless
the consent of such individual is first obtained.
SEC. 21. In case any building shall be removed contrary to
the provisions of the foregoing section, the owner of the building
shall reimburse the town all expenses by way of damages or
otherwise, which the town may be compelled to pay by reason of
the way being so encumbered.
ARTICLE VI.—HEALTH.
SEC. 27. No person shall convey or cause to be conveyed
throubli any street in this town any night-soil, slaughter-house
28 BY-LAWS. OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
offal or blood, except in a vehicle effectually covered and water-
tight. And no person having charge of such vehicle when con-
taining any such substance, shall allow the same to stand in any
street or square, without a permit from the Board of Health.
Whoever shall violate any of the provisions of this section, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each and every offence.
SEC. 23. No person, without the license of the Board of
Health, shall throw into, or leave in or upon any street, court,
lane, alley, public square, public enclosure, vacant lot, or any
pond, brook, canal, creek, or other body of water, within the limts
of the town, any dead animal, dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders,
shavings, hair, shreds, oyster, clam, or lobster shells, waste
paper, rubbish, or filth of any kind, or any refuse animal or veg-
etable matter whatsoever. Nor shall any person throw into, or
leave in or upon flats or tide water within the jurisdiction of the
town, any dead animal, or other foul or offensive matter. A vio-
lation of any provision of this section shall subject the offender to
a fine of five dollars.
SEc. 24. If any of the substances mentioned in the preceding
section shall be thrown or carried from any house, warehouse,
shop, cellar, yard, or other place, or left in any of the places spec-
ified in the preceding section, the owner and occupant of such
house, warehouse, shop, cellar, yard or other place as aforesaid,
and the persons who actually threw, carried or left the same, or
who caused the same to be thrown, carried or left, shall severally
be held liable for such violation of this ordinance, and all such
substances shall be removed from the place where they have been
so thrown or left, as aforesaid, by such owner, or occupant, or
other person, within two hours after personal notice in writing to
that effect given by the Board of Health or any public officer, or
such removal shall be made under the direction of said Board or
its officers, and the expense thereof borne by such owner or occu-
pant.
SEc. 25. No person shall collect swill or house offal in any
street without license from the Board of Health, and said license
BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN. 29
shall designate the locality within which he may collect such swill
or house octal. No person acting under such license shall allow
any vehicle used for collecting or conveying such material to be
drawn over or stand upon any sidewalk. A violation of any of
the provisions of this section shall subject the offender to a penalty
of two dollars and a forfeiture of his license.
ARTICLE VII.—POLICE.
SEC. 26. The Selectmen shall appoint annually subject to re-
moval by the Board, two or more police officers, who shall re-
ceive from the town such compensation as the selectmen may
deem reasonable, and who shall remain in office until others are
appointed in their stead, whose especial duty it shall be to see
that these police regulations are duly enforced. They shall dis-
perse all noisy gatherings in the streets or other public places, and
may and shall take into custody all disorderly persons, and per-
sons found wandering at unseasonable hours, and in suspicious
places, and hold them in custody until they can be brought before
a magistrate for examination.
SEC. 27. All idle or disorderly children who shall spend their
time in the streets or fields, all persons who shall congregate im-
properly in any public place, or in any unauthorized manner dis-
turb the public quiet, or shall on Sunday engage in any idle sport
or needless labor, or fishing or hunting, or who shall at any time
deface, pull down or injure any building, fence or sign, or other
structure in this town, not under their own rightful control, or
who shall trespass on any property, real or personal, or wrong-
fully remove therefrom, or injure thereon any tree, plant, shrub,
fruit or vegetable, or who shall create any disturbance of or in
any lawful meeting of the citizens of this town, or be guilty of
using profane or obscene language in public or in the hearing of
others,or who shall indecently expose their person by bathing or
in any other way in sight of the public road or of any private
dwelling, or shall permit any dangerous animal to go at large, or
make any needless and alarming noise or tumult, or leave or
30 BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
occasion any needless obstruction, or make any nuisance in the
highway, or on any sidewalk, or on any bridge, shall for each
and every one of such offences be severally liable to a fine not
exceeding twenty dollars.
SEc. z8. Whenever the word "street" or "streets" is men-
tioned in these By-Laws, it shall be understood as meaning all
alleys, lanes, courts, public squares and public places, including
sidewalks and gutters, unless the contrary is expressed, or the
construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent; and
all fines collected under these By-Laws shall innure to the town
of Watertown.
Which said By-Laws being seen and understood by the Court,
are on this twentieth day of May, A. D., 1885, approved.
In testimony that the foregoing is a true copy of record,
I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said Court,
ISEAL] this twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
THEO. C. HURD, Clerk.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health of Watertown submit the following as
their report for the year ending Jan. 31, 1889.
Classiflcatto?t of the Causes of Death.
ZYMOTIC.
Typhoid Fever, z
Cholera Infantum, G
Diphtheria,
Entero Colitis, I
Pertussis, I
Total, 12
LOCAL DISEASES.
Meningitis, traumatic 1
Nephritis, intersticial 1
Bright's Disease, a
Heart Disease, 10
Enlarged prostate and cystitis,
Paralysis, I
Strangulated Hernia, I
Nephritis, acute, I
Abdominal Dropsey, I
Diabetis, I
Pneumonia, catarrhal, I
Chronic Cystitis, I
Bronchitis, G
Pneumonia, g
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis, 3
Congestion of Lungs, a
Disease of Kidneys, I
:32 REPORT OF BOARD OF HEATH.
Oedema of Glottis, I
Congestion of Liver, z
Sarcoma of Left Pleura, I
Apoplexy, I
Abcess, 1
Chropic Myelitis, 1
Chronic Pulmonary Catarrh, z
Tubercular Meningitis, I
Chronic Nephritis, I
Hemiplexia of Left Side, I
Total, 56
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Tuberculosis, I
Marasmus, 3
Phthisis, 6
Blood Poisoning, I
Acute Urxmia, I
Consumption, . 6
Effects of fever of mother, I
Total, 19
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Old Age, 6
Old Age and Dropsey, I
Total, 7
ACCIDENT.
Drowning, I
Fall, injuring head, I
Fracture of Skull, I
Total, 3
UNCLASSIFIED.
Stillborn, 4
Unknown, a
Total, 6
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 33
Of the deaths reported, twenty-two were under five years ; four
were reported as stillborn ; fifteen were over seventy years old
and seven over eighty, leaving us fifty-five deaths between the
ages of five and seventy and that with a population of about 7000.
We doubt very much if there are many towns in this Common-
wealth with so small a mortality.
Contagious Diseases
have had very little to do with this mortality, as there have
been very few such cases in our midst for the past year. For the
protection of our schools and homes, physicians are required to
report to the Board of Health any disease dangerous to the public
health, under their care. Such cases are at once reported to the
Superintendent of Schools and also to the Public Library.
Much credit is due the local physicians for the prompt manner
in which they have complied with the law in this respect. We
have had some trouble with physicians from our neighboring
cities, but in time we hope they too will learn to respect their
neighbors.
The following table will show the number of contagious diseases
reported, as well as the months in which they occurred.
DISEASES. tV. V '� bA
a
44 � � � .n, ten., .4 cn O Z A E�
Diphtheria ............. I ... ... ... 1 I 3
Scarlet Fever........... 3 2 ... ... 7 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
Typhoid Fever.......... 3 3
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cholera Infantum....... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 ... ... ... ... to
——————— —————Total............ 4 2 ... ... 8 4 5 5 1 29
SzviU and Garbage.
At the last annual Town Meeting there was some discussion in
regard to the collection of swill and garbage by contract. After
fully considering the matter the Board were unanimous in the
opinion that it was not wholly a consideration of money, bu
34 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
rather one of public health and convenience which could be best
served by continuing as we had the year before. Certainly the
town ought to be able to do its own work in a thorough manner
just as reasonable as it can be done by contract. There is no
other way to get this work done faithfully and in a cleanly manner.
Our right to control this matter was questioned by some, and
much annoyance was caused by its collection by small boys in
different parts of the town. After giving an abundance of notice
to the different individuals interested, to stop, we found it neces-
sary to go to Waltham in order to settle some of the finer points
-of the law. We did this much against our own inclination ; we
were simply driven to do it. We are still of the opinion that the
town should collect and use its own swill, and that other matter
connected with the health department should also be placed under
the same control.
Treadaway Brook
still continues to be a source of annoyance to the Board of Health,
as well as a direct injury to those obliged to live along its banks;
and it will continue so until it is walled and covered. Notwith-
standing the fact that the brook has been thoroughly cleaned out
once by the Board it is hardly in a commendable condition at this
time. The town will soon have to take some action in this
:matter.
Nuisances.
The following nuisances have been investigated and dealt with
according to requirements:
Vaults and cesspools full, 27
Defective vaults, 5
New cesspools ordered built, 3
Vaults ordered repaired, 2
Cesspools condemned, 4
Sinks without traps, 9
Filthy yards, 3
Filthy house inside, I
Filthy cellars, 7
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. 35
Owing to the extreme wet season, many cellars have been wet.
We had occasion to inspect thirteen such because of complaint,
but this season has filled many a cellar always dry before.
It may be safely stated that the sanitary condition of the town
has been much improved, particularly in regard to surface clean-
liness and the plumbing of tenement houses, which is perhaps
due to the increased interest of the public in the work of the
Board of Health. The statistics of what are considered prevent-
able diseases will sustain us in this assertion. However, there is
still work left for the next Board to do.
The River
has been less of a nuisance this year than heretofore. The con-
stant rains have kept the basin full, and the mills above have
been doing less work the past summer, we are told, all of which
has kept the river clean. But this is no guarantee for a future
season ; we are of the opinion that if there was a good channel from
the dam to a little below the bridge much of the nuisance would
be done away with, that might require an expense of possibly five
hundred dollars.
We are hoping that the gluten from Spears' starch factory will
not find its way into the river again. We have granted him a
license to establish
A PIGGERY.
near the river. At present they are keeping fifty pigs there.
We have visited the place many times and find it kept clean with
less odor from the piggery than from the factory. We consider
it much less of a nuisance than the gluten has been in years past,
fermenting on our river-bed at low tide. This license was
granted as an experiment subject to being revoked at any time if
a failure, and was so understood by Mr. Spears.
Besides this, twenty-seven licenses have been granted for the
keeping of swine under stables. There appears to be some mis-
understanding in regard to the keeping of swine, which a careful
reading of the regulations would at once dispell. Any person
36 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
desirous of keeping swine must apply to the Board of Health for
a license to do so and the license is good for only one year un-
less otherwise specified.
Cleric and dflent.
From year to year the question of recompense for actual time
and labor expended by the members of the Board of Health, has
been much discussed. There are many calls upon the time, and
many unpleasant things to do which cannot be shown in a re-
port of this character. This year this work was allotted at the
beginning of the year to Mr. David Flanders, he to act as clerk
and agent for the Board. This has taken much of his valuable time,
as such work has to be done largely in the day time, and the
Board recognized such services in the sum of one hundred dollars,
a small compensation for the labor done.
Expenses.
W. Symes, labor, $z 50
Mrs. Clyne, labor, 3 jo
E. V. Howard, serving notice, 3 50
B. E. Potter, 4 00
S. S. Gleason, S 00
(Banks) Treadaway brook, 43 75
D. Flanders, 100 00
$165 25
Amount of appropriation, $zoo 00
Balance unexpended, $34 7$
The Board recommend that the following appropriation be
made for 1889, $zoo 00
G. A. TOWER, I Board of
D. FLANDERS,S Health.
REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
[Extracts frona Public Statutes, Chap. 8o, Sect. z8. ]
The board of health of a town shall make such regulations as
it judges necessary for the public health respecting nuisances,
sources of filth and causes of sickness within its town.
Whoever violates any such regulation shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS."
Offal.
REG. i. No person shall convey, or cause to be conveyed
through any street in this town, any night-soil, slaughter-house
offal or blood, except in a vehicle effectually covered and water-
tight.
REG. z. No person shill throw into, or leave in or upon, any
street, court, lane, public square or enclosure, or any vacant or
occupied lot owned by the town or the public, or into any pond,
canal, creel: or stream of water within the limits of the town, any
dead animal or vegetable matter, or waste water, rubbish or filth
of any kind, nor shall any person throw into or leave in or upon
any flats or tide-water within the jurisdiction of this town, any
dead animal or other foul or offensive matter.
REG. 3. No person shall collect swill or house offal in any
street without a license from the Board of Health, and no person
acting under such license shall allow any vehicle used for collect-
ing or conveying such material, to be drawn over or to stand upon
any sidewalk.
Drains and Brooks.
REG. 4. No sink or waste water shall be turned into or
thrown upon the streets or gutters, or sidewalks of the town.
All brooks, open drains and sluiceways shall be kept free from
38 REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
such obstructions as in the opinion of the Board may endanger the
public health, and upon notice from the Board of Health, the
owner or occupant shall remove such obstruction within the time
allowed by said Board.
REG. s. No person shall suffer any waste or stagnant `eater to
remain in any cellar or on any lot of land, or vacant ground owned
or occupied by him, so as to become a nuisance, or offensive, or
dangerous to the public health.
Cesspools and Privy Vaults.
REG. 6. The vaults of every privy shall be below the surface
of the ground. Every privy vault hereafter constructed shall be
built of brick and cement, and shall be situated at least two feet
distant from the line of any adjoining lot, and the same distance
from every street, lane, alley, court, square or public place, or
public or private passage-way, and shall be so constructed as to
be conveniently approached, opened and cleansed.
REG. 7. Every privy vault constructed shall be made tight so
that the contents thereof cannot escape therefrom.
REG. 8. All pipes connecting a water closet with a soil pipe
shall be trapped, each separately and close to the connection with
each water closet. All waste pipes shall be trapped, each sep-
arately and close to the connection with each bath, sink, bowl or
other fixture.
REG. g. Cesspools and privy vaults shall be emptied and
creansed at least once each year, and at such other times as may
be necessary to prevent them from becoming offensive, or when-
ever the Board of Health may require. If the occupant neglect
tq empty and cleanse any vault or cesspool within forty-eight hours
after notice so to do, the Board of Health will have the same emp-
tied and cleansed at the expense of the owner or occupant of the
estate.
REG. io. No cesspool or privy vault shall be opened or
cleaned out between sunrise and nine o'clock, p. M., at any time
between the first day of May and the first day of December, with-
REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 39
out a special permit in writing by the Board, nor the contents
thereof moved through any street between sunrise and nine
o"clock, P. M.
Diseased Animals, Sate of Food, Etc.
REG. i i. No animal affected with an infectious or contagious
disease shall be brought within the limits of the town.
REG. 12. No diseased animal or its flesh, shall be sold or
offered for sale, and no decayed or diseased, or unwholesome
meat, fish, vegetable or fruit, or other article of food, shall be
sold or offered for sale, and the Board of Health may cause the
seizure and destruction of all such diseased or unwholesome ani-
mal, fish, fruit or vegetable matter, so sold or offered for sale.
$wine.
REG. 13. No swine shall be kept in any part of this town
which is within one mile of the Town House, corner of Main and
Church Streets, without a license from the Board of Health, and
then only in such place and manner as said Board shall prescribe.
REG. 14. No person keeping swine shall so keep or locate
them as to cause a nuisance or create offensive odors which annoy
or injure his neighbors or the public.
Slaizghter Houses.
REG. 15. No new slaughter house shall be established within
the limits of this town. Those already established must be kept
free from all offensive smells, and all offal must be removed or
disposed of daily.
REG. 16. No melting or rendering house shall be established
or used as such within the limits of the town, except by special
permission of the Board, and with such restrictions and regula-
tions as they may judge best.
REG. 17. No manufacturing or other business giving rise to
noisome or injurious odors shall be established or continued with-
in town limits, except in such locations and tinder such regula-
tions as this Board shall assign.
40 REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
RED. iS. No fish, slaughter house offal, pigs' feet, or other
decaying animal matter shall be left upon land for purposes of
fertilization without being ploughed in, or otherwise made inof-
fensive.
Vaccinatioit.
REG. ig. All children must be vaccinated before attending
public schools in this town.
Restriction of#Disease.
REG. ao. Any householder in whose dwelling there shall break
out a case of cholera, yellow fever, small-pox, scarlet fever,
diphtheria, or any other disease dangerous to the public health,
shall immediately notify the Board of Health. of the same, and
until instructions are received from the Board, shall not permit any
clothing or other property that may have been exposed to infec-
tion, to be removed from the house, and upon the death, recovery
or removal of such person, the rooms occupied and the articles
used by him shall be disinfected by such householder in a manner
approved by the Board of Health.
[Extract from Acts of z885. Chapter z98. ]
The School Committee shall not allow any pupil to attend the
public schools while any member of the household to which such
pupil belongs is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, or
during a period of two weeks after the death, recovery or removal
of such a person ; and any pupil coming from such household
shall be required to present to the teacher of the school the pupil
desires to attend, a certificate from the attending physician or
Board of Health, of the facts necessary to entitle him to admission
in accordance with the above regulation.
REG. ai. No person shall inter or cause to be interred, any
dead body in a grave where the top of the coffin is less than three
feet from the surface of the ground surrounding the grave.
REG. zz. No body shall be disinterred between the first of
June and the first of October, without permission from the Board
of Health.
REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HEALTH. 41
REG. 23. At the direction of the Board, a flag may be dis-
played on any house in which there is a case of small-pox,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other disease, which in the opinion of
the Board may endanger the public health. No person shall re-
move or in any way meddle with said flag without permission
of the Board of Health.
REG. 24. No person shall open or clean out a privy vault or
cesspool within a mile of the Town Hall, without a special per-
mit in writing from the Board. No person shall convey or cause
to be conveyed through any street, court, lane or public square,
any night-soil, slaughter house offal or blood, without a written
license from the Board.
REG. 25. The body of a person who has died of diphtheria,
scarlet fever, small-pox, or any other disease that in the opinion
of the Board may endanger the public health,-shall 'not be con-
veyed through the streets in any upholstered vehicle.
REG. z6. The body of any person dying of cholera, small-pox,
varioloid, diphtheria, or scarlet fever, if placed in a receiving-
tomb, shall be inclosed in a metallic coffin hermetically sealed.
REG. z7. No person, except the immediate members of the
family, and the persons necessarily concerned in the burial, shall
enter a house where there is lying the body of a person who has
died of diphtheria, scarlet fever or small-pox.
REG. z8. The body of any person dying, who has previously
and within twenty days from the date of death been reported by
the attending physician to the Board of Health, as having had
cholera, small-pox, diphtheria or scarlet fever, shall within
twenty-four hours be interred, and shall be subject to Regulations
numbers twenty-six and twenty-seven.
The Board most earnestly request the cooperation of all citi-
zens in securing the desirable sanitary condition, to promote
which the foregoing regulations are issued.
All citizens are requested to notify the Board of any-existing
nuisance or cause of injury to health.
42 REGULATIONS OF BOARD OF HFALT11.
The Police of this town are hereby directed to cause the fore-
going regulations to be strictly enforced, and to report any viola-
tion thereof.
G. A. TOWER, } Board of
D. FLANDERS, Health.
REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
To the Honorble Board of Selectmen:
GENTLEMEN,—I respectfully submit for your consideration the
report of the doings of the Highway Department for the year
1888.
The past year has been somewhat different from former years;
the snow storm of March i2th was quite an additional expense,
as the snow was so heavy that the plows could not remove it from
the sidewalks as usual, and quite a large amount of shoveling
was necessary to make the walks even passable. An extra num-
ber of men were required, as Mt. Auburn, School, Galen, and a
large portion of Main street were badly drifted.
During the summer and fall, about the usual amount of crushed
stone and gravel was used on the streets, but the continued heavy
rain after the 27th of September closed our gravel pit, so that we
could not get a load of gravel from that time until December 7th,
when the first loads were taken from our pit and put on Arling-
ton street, there being all this time from one to three feet of water
in the pit. December loth, a nine-inch drain pipe was put in
and the water somewhat reduced, but not enough to enable us to
get gravel. December i i th, a new roadway was made, and we
commenced to work on the outside of the pit, which gives us all
the gravel required.
Gravel has been put on the following streets: Old Waltham
road, Bridge street, Cuba,Middle,Watertown,Main,Mt.Auburn,
Spring, .Common (near Belmont line), Park, Otis, Washburn,
Morse, Walnut, Summer, Forrest, Riverside, Chester, Arlington,
Coolidge avenue, Garfield and Whitney-892 two-horse loads. In
January, sty loads on Orchard street, and ioo loads on Orchard
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•street sidewalk, making 1,507 tNVO-horse loads used on the above
streets, and on sidewalks.
MAIN STREET.
Commencing at Waltham line, there have been 2,300 feet of this
road covered with crushed stone and fine gravel, twenty-six feet
wide, and from four to six inches deep. There remains only
about Too feet to be covered with crushed stone, which will put
:this.street in good order and should last for several years, from
Waltham line to the railroad bridge. From this bridge to the
Square, the road is in good condition, and it will require but little
expense to keep it so.
The portion of this street from the Square to Spring street (as
:is well known,) is in bad condition, caused largely by the laying
of .two water pipes at different times. If the town think best to
continue the use of paving stones on this small portion of the
street, I would respectfully recommend the use of square block
granite paving. This would require a special appropriation,
probably of about $2,500.
There have been about 350 tons of crushed stone used on Ga-
len, Mt. Auburn,Arsenal and No. Beacon streets in patching up.
MOUNT AUBURN STREET.
This street is badly worn in many places, and will want a coat-
ing of crushed stone from about opposite the house of Mr. George
Stearns to the estate of Mr. George Frazier. From this estate to
Mt. Auburn bridge it is in good condition. Should the town
order the removal of the horse railroad track from the side to the
middle of the street, it should be done before the crushed stone
is on.
IRVING STREET.
This street would have received some necessary repairs this
season, had it not been for the proposed widening of the same. As
.the town has voted to do this work,I see no reason why work can-
not be commenced early in the spring.
REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF MGHNVAYS. 45
The streets_ on the south side of the river where the large drain
was put in, should have been re-graded this fall; but it was
thought best to have the trench well settled before doing this
work.
ARSENAL STREET.
This street is in good condition from the Square to Clay Hill.
From this hill to Union Market station, it should have a coating
of crushed stone. From the station to Coolidge avenue it is in
good condition, only a little patching being necessary, and from
this avenue to the draw-bridge, it is, and has been for several
years, in bad condition. As a large part of the heavy teaming
passes over this street, it should always be in good condition.
Should the town decide to do anything to this portion of the
street, it will require a special appropriation.
The work on the large fill opposite the Bigelow estate, and the
cutting down of the sidewalk opposite the Burns house, was done
by the Highway Department.
NORTH BEACON STREET.
This street is in good condition from the Square to about oppo-
site the residence of Mr. John E. Cassidy. From this point to
the draw bridge, it should have crushed stone put on nearly the
whole distance.
Considerable work has been done on streets on the outskirts of
the town. Coolidge avenue, Arlington street from Mt. Auburn
street to Belmont line, Orchard, Lexington, Common over the
hill to Belmont lime, have been re-graded and put in good con-
dition.
CATCH BASINS.
There have been five new catch basins put in on Garfield street,
and one rebuilt and made larger on Mt. Auburn street, corner of
Summer street. The whole number of catch basins, not including
culverts or waterways, is x4g. Catch basins, with necessary drain
pipe, are much wanted on Franklin, Centre, Otis, Chester, Wash-
burn, and Irving streets; also on Main street near the railroad
bridge, opposite the houses owned by Thomas L. French.
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REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
About i,ioo feet of ten-inch drain pipe and 125 feet of twelve-
inch pipe have been used, and about 150 feet of nine-inch pipe
taken up to make room for the new drain on the south side, has
been relaid in other places.
PAVED GUTTERS.
New paved gutters have been put in as follows: z50 feet long,
zj feet wide, on Riverside street; go feet long, 21 feet wide, on
Summer street; 26o feet long, 31 feet wide,on Mt. Auburn street;
Zoo feet long, zj feet wide, on Garfield street. Total, 82o feet.
Old paved gutters taken up and relaid: 382 feet on Garfield street
and 50 feet on Summer street.
WATERING STREETS.
The town appropriated $500 for this purpose, to which must
be added $357 collected by private subscription by Officer How-
ard, making a total of $8J7, from which has been paid the High-
way Department, for labor, $355 ; P.J. Kelly, for labor, $214-7,5 ;
the Watertown Water Supply'Co., for water, $250. Total,
4S19.25 ; leaving a balance of $37.75 unexpended.
The experiment of the town in using more water on its streets
which are covered with crushed stone, has been, in my opinion,
a success. The drivers of the Fire Department, Messrs. Pattee
and Nichols, commenced to water April 17th, and continued
through the season, doing their work as usual to the entire satisfac-
tion of persons on their route, which routes were fixed by the
engineers of the Fire Department. The Highway Department
commenced May 1st and worked till October ISt. July Ist it was
found necessary to use more water than could be used with two
carts, and Mr. P. J. Kelly was engaged from this time to October
1st. I think a larger appropriation could be used to good advan-
tage on our roads.
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS.
The bridges were put in good order in ISS7, consequently have
required but little expense the past year. The large culvert on
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Russell avenue, which takes the water from Mt. Auburn and
Garfield streets and Bailey road, was found to be nearly filled up
with the wash from the hill ; it has been cleaned out, and is now
in good condition.
SWILL, ASHES AND GARBAGE.
The work done by this department the past year has been more
than that of 1887, as the Board of Health wisely revoked all
licenses to other persons and placed the whole matter in the High-
way Department. The limit for the collection of swill and ashes
has been extended, and will probably require some further exten-
sion this year.
HIGHWAY PROPERTY.
There has been added to this property one new two-horse tip
cart, built by Mr. John Ross, at a cost of $175, and one pair of
second-hand harnesses for $25, which have been paid for from the
regular appropriation. One stone wagon has been sold for $4o,
and the amount charged to the appropriation. All the tools,
carts and harnesses will be found in good condition. There are
five horses connected with this department. The black horses
used on cart No. I are as fine a pair as can be found ; those used
on cart No. 2 should be sold and a new pair purchased; the white
horse used single in the collection of swill and ashes, while he is
quite old, will probably last some time longer.
In connection with the crusher, the town should have a pair of
Fairbanks Scales for the purpose of weighing stones, as they are
purchased at the crusher. I am satisfied they would prove a good
investment for'the town.
In December and January, when it would be expected that we
should be at work shoveling snow, picking ice, and sanding the
sidewalks, we have been putting gravel on the sidewalks on Or-
chard, Arsenal, North Beacon, Mt. Auburn, White's avenue and
Summer streets.
The open mild winter up to the time of writing this report
(Feb. 8), while it has saved considerable expense in handling
48 REPORT OF SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS.
snow and ice, has been quite severe on the roads. With frequent
rains and freezing and thawing, the roads must necessarily be in
bad condition when the frost comes out in the spring.
The snow plows have been called out but twice at the time-
of writing this (Feb. 8), November 25th and January zest.
My thanks are due the regular police officers, Messrs. Parker,
Howard, Cooney, Burke and Lyons, for their cooperation and
promptness in reporting any dangerous or bad places in the streets,
or sidewalks found by them in the regular dischage of their duties..
Unexpended valance, $11.87.
Respectfully submitted.
THOMAS G. BANKS,
Surveyor of Righways.-
February S, I SS9.
REPORT OF THE TOWN IMPROVEMENT
SOCIETY,
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:—
GENTLEMEN,—The Watertown Improvement Society, by its.
Secretary, submits for your consideration, its Annual Report.
The treasurer, Charles F. Jackson, charges himself with the
following:—
To balance on hand Feb. I, 1888, $65 26
Appropriation, 100 00
Amount received from abuttors, 80 50
<< uncollected, 1 75
$247 51
CR.
By cash paid for 63 trees, $63 00
it " " 45 protectors, 54 00
I'< << « labor, 83 77
4 64 It loam, 17 25
Sundry small charges, I I S3
Balance of bills receivable, 1 75
Cash on hand, 15 91
$247 51
At the request of the Society last spring, at its annual meeting,
the town generously granted the sum of two hundred dollars
($200.00), to be used for the purpose of erecting granite tablets
or monuments, to mark historic places, or places of public inter-
est in town, and Joshua Coolidge and Charles Brigham were
added as committee on the partof the town for erecting the same.
In pursuance of that object the committee held several meetings
and finally selected three sites for the location of the tablets or
50 REPORT OF TOWN IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY.
monuments: one on the bridge over Charles river, one on Mar-
shall street where the old Marshall Towle house formerly stood,
and the other on Mount Auburn street, near the site of the old
church where the meeting of the Colonial Congress was held
when driven out of Boston by British troops. We placed suita-
ble inscriptions upon each, briefly commemorative of the occur-
rences with which they were connected, and your Committee
trust that the object for which the money was granted has been
fully attained. The monuments will become public educators;
every boy or girl that stops to read the inscription will become
interested in the history of our town, and if, in the course of
events the hand of the spoiler may seize our territory, and '.ve
become merged in some other municipality, we may congratulate
ourselves that the old town of Watertown will have a record of
which her children may be justly proud. The cost of the tablets
did not exceed the appropriation.
The wants of the society for planting trees may be larger this
year than the past; with the opening of new streets more trees
may be called for. Some work should be done on the public lot,
known as Titcomb place, or park, and wherever public necessity
-or improvement may call, a just town pride or public spirit should
,compel us to listen to the demand.
The usual good success has followed the planting of the trees,
and I think the abuttors freely respond to the call made upon them
for their proportional share of cost. Whatever sum the town
may grant, the Improvement Society will endeavor to faithfully
use for the best interest of the town.
Respectfully submitted.
WILLIAM H. INGRAHAM, Secretary.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND REGISTRAR.
BIRTHS.
The number of births registered during the year t888, was one
hundred and thirty-seven (137), being an increase of eleven (II)
over 1887. Of the number registered, seventy-six (76) were
males,and sixty-one (61) were females. Of the number registered,
one hundred and twenty-six (t 26) were born in Watertown ; four
(4) were born in Newton ; one each in Lynn, Saxonville, Bel-
mont, Otter River, Cambridge, Montreal, Can., and Portsmouth,
N. H.
Included in the whole number were three pairs of twins (one
pair males, one pair females, and one pair one male and one fe-
male) and one colored.
Born of American parents, 57
Irish parents, 34
American and foreign parents, 24
British Province parents, g
Canadian parents, t
English parents, t
German parents, 2
West India parents, t
British Province and Irish parents, 3
English and Irish parents, t
German and Irish parents, 2
Scotch and Canadian parents, t
Prince Edwards Island parents, t
Total, 137
52 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES.
The number registered for 1888 was eighty-five (85), being an
increase of seven (7) over 1887.
First marriage of both parties, 69
First and second marriage of both parties, 15
Second marriage of both parties, r
Total, S5
Number of both parties native born, 29
6< <c •c foreign " 34
native and foreign born, 22
Total, 85
Occupation of Groo?ns.
Blacksmith, 5 ; Clerk, 3 ; Foreman, r ; Foundry hand, 3 ;
Printer, r ; Laborer, r i ; Lawyer, r ; Wool Dealer, r ; Mill
hand, 6 ; Shoemaker, r ; Merchant Tailor, r ; Dial Painter, r ;
Cigar Dealer, r ; Butcher, 2 ; Broker, r ; Barber, r ; Hostler, 2 ;
Shovel maker, r ; Foreman for contractor, 2 ; Physician, r ;
Teamster, 2 ; Painter, 2 ; Salesman, 3 ; In Shoe Shop, r ; Ma-
chinist, 3 ; Foreman in factory, r ; Leather Dresser, i ; Triper,
i ; Factory operative, r ; Paper maker, 3 ; Coachman, i ; Car-
penter, r ; Gas maker, r ; Dealer in Sewing Machines, r ; Pail
maker, r ; Druggist, r ; Grocer, r ; Shipper, 2 ; Dyer, r ; Horse
Car Driver, i ; Engineer, 3 ; Horse Car Conductor, r ; Hack
Driver, r ; Moulder, r ; Stove Mounter, i ; Gardener, i ; Farmer,
r ; Laundry hand, r. Total, 85.
DEA THS.
The number of deaths registered this year was one hundred and
two (102), being one less than in 1887.
The number of males was forty-six (46) ; the number of fe-
males was fifty-six (56).
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Condition.
Married, 29
Single, 60
Widowed, 13
Total, 1 oa
Name, dye and Condition of Persons Deceased, Aged
Seventy Years and Upward.
Yrs. Dios. Days.
John C. Campbell, 73 Married.
Newell Brown, 88 5 9 Widowed.
Irene Pierce, 84. io Widow.
Samuel N. Howell, 70 3 26 Married.
Ellen Farrell, 73 Widow.
Asenith Rumrill, 84. 10 Single.
Laura E. StaHbrd, 73 6 Single.
John Murry, 74 6 Married.
Ann Riley, 70 Married.
Hannah Livermore, 88 Single.
Catherine Barron, 80 Widow.
Almira H. Clarke, 78 7 23 Widow.
Thomas Langley, 87 11 Widower.
Timothy Murphy, 77 7 Widower.
Catharine C. Cushing, 89 5 6 Widow.
Mary F. Learned, 78 Single.
Eliza Taggard, 96 15 Widow.
Jeremiah Russell, 70 g Married.
Jabez Ward Barton, 86 1 12 Married.
Sarah D. Lowell, go Widow.
James Turney, 88 i 1 Married.
Catharine Sharpe, go Widow.
• Whole number, 22.
Number of persons deceased under 5 years, is 32
" " 11 between 5 and io years, is 2
io and 20 4
54 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Number of persons deceased between 20 and 30 years, is 15
" " it " 30 and 40 S
cc cc cc cc 40 and 50 " 2
it it << it 50 and 6o 4
it 44 it 44 6o and 70 13
it over 70 years of age as per names, 22
Total, 102
Number of native born, 74
Number of foreign born, 28
Total, 102
For causes of death, see report of Board of Health.
DOGS.
The number of dogs licensed was 353
Amount received for licensing: —
326 male dogs at $2 each, $652 00
27 female clogs at $5 each, 135 00
Total, $787 00
Deduct fees for licenses, 70 6o
$716 40
Paid County Treasurer, as per receipts.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., June 4, ISSS.
Received of William H. Ingraham, Town Clerk of Watertown,
Mass., One Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars, on account of Dog
Licenses, as per his return of June 1, 1888.
$198.00. J. O. HAYDEN,
County Treasurcr.
EAST CAAIBRIDGE, MASS., Dec. I, ISSS.
Received of William H. Ingraham, Town Clerk of Watertown,
Mass., Five Hundred Eighteen Dollars and Forty Cents, on ac-
count of Dog Licenses, as per his return of Dec. 1, 1888.
$51S.40. J. O. HAYDEN,
County Treasterer.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK. 55
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Respectfully submitted.
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Town Clerk.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The Assessors submit the following as their Report, showing
the financial standing of the Town :—
Value of real estate of residents, $4,367,550 00
personal estate of residents, 11165,508 00
C' << real estate of non-residents, 1,139,350 00
personal estate of non-residents, 238,580 00
Total, $6,g1o,988 oo
Total value of real estate, $5,5o6,9oo oo
44 44 " personal estate, 1,4o4,o88 oo
$6,g1o,988 oo
Showing an increase in value of real estate of $136,o6o o0
Increase of personal, 30,893 00
Total increase over last year, $166,953 00
The increase of dwellings so apparent and gratifying last year,
has been steadily continued, of equally as good a class, while the
opening of large estates, like the Adams, Whiting and Ladd,
give assurance of a steady progress in the growth of the town.
The increased advantages of churches and schools should tend to
make the town a desirable location for citizens to make,within its
borders, pleasant homes, and while the increase of population al-
ways tends to increase of expenditures, it is hoped that the increase
of property will serve to meet the attendant expenses and the same
low rate of taxation may continue as in former years.
JS ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Number of dwelling houses in town, 1,210
it 11 horses, 550
44 11 cows, 283
it 11 bulls, 5
it it swine, 95
t6 11 acres of land taxed, 2,030
polls taxed, I,S I 1
41 11 persons liable to military duty, 1,196
°i " children between 5 and 15 years of age, 11243
State Tax for the current year was $8,212 50
County Tax for the current year was 4,6o8 19
Town grants, 82,Ioo oo
Overlay, 88 66
Total, $95)009 35
The tax on I,&I polls was $3,622 00
Anticipated corporation tax, 51000 00 8,622 oo
Leaving to be assessed upon estates, $86,387 35
Requiring a tax of $12.50 per thousand, being the same rate as
was assessed in 1887.
SHIPPING.
The value of shipping engaged in foreign trade, owned by
residents of this town, was $40,172 00
The amount taxed to residents here, 3,746 86
$36,425 14
The tax upon which balance will be allowed to the town by
the State Treasurer in adjusting balances.
STEAM BOILERS.
The number of steam boilers returned to the state is 35, ones
more than last year.
ASSESSORS REPORT. 59
The amount of property exempt from taxation under the law
Nvas :—
In church property, $IO2.070 00
Sunny Bank and Parochial School land and buildings, 25i500 00
Total, $127,570 00-
An increase of$27,200 over the previous year.
In conclusion we may say that if in our March meeting we
vote for increased expenditures, it will necessitate an increased
rate of taxation.
In justice to the Board we should say, the action of the Legis-
lature for the past years has greatly increased the labor of the
Assessors and there has been no provision made for payment for
this extra work. Some cities and towns have recognized this by
granting additional pay to the Assessors for their services. Oth-
ers have authorized the employment of clerical help to do this
extra work. We respectfully ask the consideration of the town
to this subject.
Respectfully submitted.
Wm. H. INGRAHAM, Assessors
Wm- E. FARWELL, of
S. S. GLEASON, Watertown-
60 ASSESSORS' REPORT.
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COLLECTORS REPORT.
To the Auditor of the Town of Watertown:—
I herewith submit my report of the collection of taxes for 1882,
1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887 and 1888.
1882.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $229 03
CR.
By uncollected taxes. $229 03
1883.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $182 25
CR.
By uncollected taxes, $1S2 25
1881.
Dtc.
Uncollected taxes, $232 37
CR.
By uncollected taxes, $232 37
1885.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $271 25
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $68 75
By uncollected taxes, 202 50
$271 251
62 COLLECTOR)$ REPORT.
1886.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $3,989 73
Interest, 234 46
CR. $4,224 19
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $3,980 o6
Uncollected taxes, 244 13
$4,224 19
1887.
DR.
Uncollected taxes, $17,189 43
Interest, 450 57
$17,64o oo
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $13,727 59
Uncollected taxes, 3,912 41
$17,640 00
1888.
DR.
Amount committed, $90,856 50
Additional, 194 50
Interest, 26 49
$91,077 49
CR.
By cash paid Town Treasurer, $69,959 92
it 44 County Treasurer, 4.6oS 19
Uncollected taxes, 16.509 33
$91,077 49
Most respectfully yours,
WILLIAM E. FARWELL, Collector.
I have examined the accounts of W. E. Farwell, Collector,
and find the uncollected balances, as shown above to be correct.
HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor.
TREASURER'S REPORT,
On April ist, 1SS8, the town debt had been reduced to$c8,000,
but later in the year an appropriation was made of $11,500 for a
new almshouse, and also the sum of$3,000 for certain alterations
to be made in the Free Public Library Building. These amounts
were severally borrowed of Messrs. Brewster, Cobb & Ester-
brook in loans, as per vote passed at a town meeting held on
August 16th, 188S, at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, viz :—
The note for $3,000 one year from date, a note of$5,5oo running
ten years, and one for $6,000 for fifteen years. This last note
was subsequently declared illegally drawn, by Messrs. Brewster,
Cobb & Esterbrooks' counsel in regard to the time, and they re-
quested a new note to replace it, in order to conform to the
statutes, and at a town meeting held on January i tth, i889, a
vote drawn by their counsel, was submitted and acted upon, as
was also the ratifying what the Treasurer had done in negotiating
previous loans for renewing matured paper, and all has been
satisfactorily arranged. Annexed is a tabular statement of the
present indebtedness of the town. The Treasurer would suggest
that the town appropriate the sum of $3,000 to pay the note
maturing November I, 1889, and also authorize him, under the
direction of the Selectmen, to borrow such sums of money as
may be required, in antiticipation of taxes, to meet the current
expenses.
The Auditor has made monthlvexaminationsof the Treasurer's
accounts and vouchers, and in his report they will appear in
detail.
64 TREASURER'S REPORT.
The receipts have been, $2o6,748 98
The expenditures have been, 205,832, 81
Balance in the treasury, $916 17
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN K. STICKNEY, Treasurer.
WATERTowN, February 18, 1889.
The accounts of John K. Stickney, Treasurer, have been duly
examined by me, proper vouchers have been shown for expendi-
tures, and the balance as here given is correct.
HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor.
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REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DE-
PARTMENT.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:—
The report of the Board of Engineers of the Watertown Fire
Department for the year 1888 is herewith respectfully submitted.
During the year Mr. Bradford Holbrook and Mr. Michael
Carrell resigned as members of this Board, the former having
served four years and the latter seven years.
Mr. Perez T. Shurtleff and Mr. John F. Regan were appointed
to fill the vacancies.
Orgaidzation.
JOHN A. YORK, Chief Engineer.
PEREz T. SHURTLEFF, tst Assistant.
JoxN F. REGAN, Secretary.
Pequossette Steam Fire Engine Company, No. I, fourteen men.
WARREN TAYLOR, Foreman,
JoxN H. HOLT, Engineer.
J. R. HARRISON, Fireman,
MOSES PATTEE, Driver Engine.
GILBERT NICHOLS, Driver Hose Carriage.
A. Ill. Drew Hook and Ladder Company, No. I, ten men.
M. W. LYONS, Foreman.
Apparatus.
One steam fire engine ; I four-wheeled hose carriage; I hook
and ladder truck; I fuel wagon; I pung, and four two-wheeled
hose carriages.
REPORT OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT. 69
The town has increased very much in.the number of its buildings
as well as in population, but the Fire Department has not been
increased at all,and, as will be seen by the above list, the appar-
atus is the same as it was sixteen years ago. The people of the
East section of the town are agitating the subject of having a hose
carriage and company for that district. The four-wheeled hose
carriage at the engine house is not in a safe condition to carry
1200 feet of hose, the amount necessary, but is all right to carry
from 400 to 5oo feet. We recommend that a new hose wagon be
purchased and stationed at the engine house, that a suitable build-
ing be erected at the East end of the town and that the hose car-
riage be stationed there.
Hose.
Thirty-nine hundred (3900) feet of hose are in service on the
hose carriages and at the engine house. It is in good condition
and will be sufficient for the coming year
Water for Fire Purposes.
The water service for fire purposes rendered by the Watertown
Water Supply Company has been satisfactory. The hydrants in
service at the present time number 179, five having been added
the past year.
Horses.
Of the five horses in this Department, three are in good condi-
tion. The two others are getting old and should be replaced at
an early date. The hook and ladder truck is too great a load for
one horse and another should be purchased for service with him
on the truck.
Fires and Alarms.
There were sixteen alarms of fire during the past year, fifteen
being for fires in town and one for a fire in Newton. Total losses
on buildings, $5,559; total losses on contents, $3,645 ; total in-
surance paid, $8,624.
70 REPORT OF ENGrnTEERS OF FIRE DEPIIRTIIIENT.
Fire Alarnt Telegr(q)h.
The fire alarm service is in good working order. The town
voted a fire alarm striker and a new box. The committee having
the matter in charge, consisting of the Boards of Selectmen and
Engineers, after considering the matter, purchased a striker and
box of the George M. Stevens patent. They have both been
thoroughly tested and have proved satisfactory. There are ten
boxes in all.
Receipts a2td Expendititres.
Appropriation, $5,500 00
Receipts from all sources, 43 00
$5 643 00
Salaries, $4,151 43
Hay, straw and grain, 583 00
Fuel and lights, 39 40
Shoeing horses and harness repairs, 114 11
Repairs, 446 oo
Miscellaneous, 184 15
$5,513 09
Balance, $24 91
Recontinendation.
We recommend for the use of this Department for the coming
year the sum of $5,500. This will include salaries, supplies,
fuel, gas, improvements and support of the fire alarm telegraph.
Acknowledfl entents.
We extend our thanks to the firemen for the prompt and ear-
nest manner in which they performed their duties; to the police
for attending to the Department at all fires, and to the citizens
who rendered valuable aid, especially at the fire in Gilkey and
Stone's lumber yard.
JOHN A. YORK,
PEREZ T. SHURTLEFF, .Engineers.
JOHN F. REGAN,
TOWN GRANTS AND APPROPRIATIONS,
For schools and superintendent, $26,000 oo
Highways and drainage and watering streets, 10,500 00
Fire department, 5,500 00
Police, 5,300 00
Bridges and culverts, 350 00
Interest, 1,400 00
Paying a portion of town debt, 2,500 00
Salaries, 3,175 00
Discounts and abatements, 2,000 00
Insurance, 500 00
Free Public Library, and dog tat, 2,500 00
Concrete walks, 750 00
Street lights, 4,000 00
Contingent, 1,000 00
' Printing, 700 00
Lighting and care of town hall, 800 oo
Painting inside of town hall, 250 00
Care of cemeteries, 100 00
Alteration of receiving tomb, 200 00
Isaac B. Patten Post, Si, G. A. R., 200 00
State aid, 500 00
Military aid, 500 00
Removing ashes, swill and garbage, 1,000 00
Town Improvement Society, 300 00
Hydrant service, 7,500 00
Board of health, 200 00
Support of poor, 5,750 O0
Widening Arsenal street, 2,000 00
72 APPRAISEWENT.
Care of bath house, 175 00
Fire alarm, 45000
86,r o0 00
A grant of six thousand dollars was made last year for drain-
ing Morse Field. The Town Treasurer was also directed to
borrow, on one year's time, the sum of three thousand (3,000)
dollars to improve the Public Library ; making a reading-room
and also Trustees' room, if thought expedient.
Aug. 16th, granted for concrete, High School grounds and sur-
roundings, $goo. Also for town clock, $500, to be assessed
upon polls and estates the ensuing year.
The bill for the town clock was paid from contingent fund last
season, and will not be included in this year's assessment.
APPRAISEMENT.
Pertaining to and used on highways, $4,314 50
Live stock, furniture, and provisions at alms house, 3,932 SS
$3,247 38
For items of both accounts, see appraisal on book in Town
Clerk's office.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, Selechnen
EDWARD F. PORTER, . of
HIRAM D. SKINNER, I Watertown.
VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY. 75
Brought forward, $175,024 38
Apparatus Used by Fire Department.
Steam fire engine and hose carriage, $3,375 00
Five horses for engine and hose carriage, 1,000 00
Hose, harnesses and furniture, 2,000 00
New hook and ladder truck, boo 00
Bangor ladder, 125 00
Four hose carriages, 200 00
Tender-wagon, pung and equipment, 300 00
7,600 00
Public Library.
Land, $10,000 00
Building and improvements, 32,000 00
Library and furniture, 12,000 00
54,000 00
-Miscellaneous.
Iron safe at Town Treasurer's 40 00
Hay-scales, 125 00
Gravel bank on Bacon Hill, 1 2-5 acres of land, 1,000 00
Titcomb land, 14,000 00
Bath house, 700 00
Total valuation of town property, $252,489 38
AUDITOR'S REPORT,
SCIIEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE FISCAL
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1889.
RECEIPTS.
Cash in treasury February 14, 1888, $4,549 45
Received of William E. Farwell, col-
lector, taxes and inter-
est, 1885, 6S 75
William E. Farwell,col-
lector, taxes and inter-
est, 1886, j.gSO o6
William E. Farwell, col-
lector, taxes and inter-
est, 1887, IW 27 59
William E. Farwell, col-
lector, taxes and inter-
est, 1888, 69,959 92
Borrowed of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, at 4 %, 15,000 00
Treasurer of Common-
wealth, at 31 25,000 00
Watertown Sav'gs Bank,
at 41 %, 7,500 00
Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, at 4 47600 00
$IS7,2S5 77
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Received of city of Lawrence, for aid
rendered Annie Grey, $44 00
AUDITOR IS REPORT. 77
Received of city of Lowell,for aid ren-
dered Henry Thomas, 23 50
Received of town of Abington, for aid
rendered Daniel Quin-
lan, 13 00
Received of town of Belmont, for aid
rendered Mrs.Connors
and Mrs. Rooney, 236 oo
Received of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, for aid ren-
dered State paupers, 94 17
Received of city of Worcester, for aid
rendered Mrs. Thom-
as Clohssey, 26 oo
Received of town of Abington, for aid
rendered Mrs. Marga-
ret Connors, 84 13
Received of John Reed, Superintend-
ent, sale of farm pro-
duce, 434 15
Received of Highway Department, for
hay and straw, 250 00
Received of New Almshouse Depart-
ment, coal furnished
for drying plastering, 76 50
$1,398 45,
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF CEMETERIES.
Received of Alexander Gregg, for sale
of grave lots, $227 00
$227 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF CONCRETE 'WALKS.
Received of abuttors, assessments of
one-half the expense
of laying, $495 43
$495 43
78 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Received of Almshouse Department,
for manure, $35 00
Received of John A. Fork, for sale of
old hose, 8 00
$43 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Received of West End Street Railway
Co.,for labor on snow, $20 00
Received of Thomas G. Banks, Su-
perintendent, sale of
old wagon, 4000
Received of Thomas G. Banks, sun-
dry outside labor, 27 50
Received of New Almshouse Depart-
ment, for labor, grad-
ing and teaming wa-
ter, 65 50
Received of Health Department, for
cleaning out brooks
and other labor, 43 75
Received of Contingent Department,
for labor on park, 64 00
Received of Sidewalk Department,for
filling and grading, 64 00
Received of Bridges and Culvert De-
partment, for labor on
saille, I09 OO
Received of Arsenal Street Depart-
ment,for labor,widen-
ing and filling, I,079 00
Received of Ashes and Garbage De-
partment, for labor,
collecting and remov-
ing, 1,247 00
AUDITOR)fi REPORT. 79
Received of Street Watering Depart-
ment, for labor, wa-
tering, 355 00
Received of Morse Field Drain De-
partment,for labor and
tools, S3 20
Received of Street Light Department,
for labor moving
and setting posts, 26 75
$3,224 70
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF INTEREST DEPARTMENT.
Received of Union Market National
Bank, interest on de-
posits, $15o 62
Received of Brewster, Cobb & Esta-
brook, premium on
coupon bonds and
elapsed interest, 93 S7
$244 49
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF POLIgE DEPARTMENT.
Received of Unitarian Society, police
services, $2 50
Received of Circus troupe, show li-
cense, 7 50
Received of A. O. Delano, court fees, 7 00
Received of J. H. Holt,keeper of lock-
up, fees for lodgings, 15 25
$32 25
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF PCBLIC LIBRARY.
Received of S. F. Whitney, for fines
and sale of catalogues, $12S 69
Received of County Treasurer, dog
tax for 1888, 673 42
$S02 11
80 AUDITOR 18 REPORT.
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF ASH AND SWILL DEPARTMENT.
Received of Thomas G. Banks, su-
perintendent, for sale
of swill, $7 5 00
$75 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT.
Received of Charity Lodge, rent of
room at Bemis school, $25 00
Received of Treasurer of Common-
wealth, proportionate
part of school fund, 36 63
Received of A. C. Stockin, discount
on books, 2 25
$63 SS
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN HOUSE DEPARTMENT.
Received of George H.'Gregg, jani-
tor, rent of hall to Dec.
I11888, $23s 00
Received of J. H. Holt, rent of hall
to Feb. 1, 1889, 51 00
$289 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF STREET LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
Received of Pevear& Russell, damage
to lamp post by team, $12 00
$12 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF TEMPLETON FUND DEPARTMENT.
Received of Town Treasurer, interest
allowed, $I20 00
$120 00
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF WATERING STREETS.
Received of West End Street Raihvay
Co., $15 00
AUDITOR7S- REPORT. 81
Received of Thomas G.Banks, Super-
intendent,amount col-
lected from abuttors, $342 00
$357 00
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS.
Received of E. F. Barnes, auction-
eer's license, $2 00
J. B. Woodward, drug-
gist license. 1 00
Phillips & Coe, druggist
license, 1 00
William Snow, billiard
table license, 2 00
L.B. McAskell, billiard
table license, 2 00
J. R. Currier,billiard ta-
ble license, 2 00
F. C. Howard, billiard
table license, 2 00
Treas'r Commonwealth,
corporation tax, 91104 10
Treas'r Commonwealth,
National Bank tax, I1202 29
Treas'r Commonwealth,
State Aid, Chap, 252, 262 18
Treas'r Commonwealth,
State Aid, Chap, 301, 202 00
Treas'r Commonwealth,
Foreign Ship tax, 452 98
David Flanders, sale of
land, Franklin street, 750 00
Thomas Patten, fees for
weighing on town
scales, 93 35
$12,078 90
$206,748 98
82 AUDITOR' REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
To cash paid Almshouse, $7,420 25
Bridges and culverts, 715 35
Board of Health, 164 75
Bath house, care of, 167 05
Contingent, 4,711 87
Cemeteries, 313 67
Cemetery, alteration in
receiving tomb, 200 00
Concrete walks, 1,747 55
Concreting school yard, goo 00
Discounts and abate-
ments, 2,300 99
Draining Morse Field
district, 4,115 9S
Fire department, 5,51 S 09
Fire alarm, 448 81
G. A. R., I. B. Patten
Post 81, 200 00
Highways and drainage, 13,217, 83
Hydrant service, 7,373 73
Insurance, 487 31
Interest, 2,158 87
Military aid, 451 70
Martha Sanger Fund, 10 00
New Almshouse build-
ing, 12,131 04
Police, 5,213 79
Printing, 61 z 45
Public Library, 3,243 49
Public Library improve-
ments, 2,99S 91
Removal of swill, ashes
and garbage, 1,247 00
State aid, 408 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 83
State tax, 8,212 20
Salaries, 3,175 00
Schools, 25,679 98
Street lights, 41150 05
Town House, 1,o86 14
Town Hall, painting in-
side, 270 42
Town debt, 21500 00
Templeton Fund, 120 00
Town Improvement, 300 00
Town clock, 595 03
Watering streets, 819 25
Widening Arsenal street 2,o87 91
National Bank tax, 863 05
Borrowed money, 77,500 00
$205,83z 81
Balance in treasury, g t 6 117
$2o6,748 98
Receipts and Expenditures in Detail.
ALMSHOUSE.
Receipts.
To Appropriation, $5,750 00
.City of Lawrence, for aid ren-
dered Annie Grey, -14 00
City of Lowell, for aid rendered
Henry Thomas, 23 50
Town of Abington, for aid ren-
dered Daniel Quinlan, 13000
Town of Belmont, for aid ren-
dered Mrs. Connors and Mrs.
Rooney, :36 oo
S4 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
for aid rendered State pau-
pers, 94 17
City of Worcester, for aid ren-
rendered Mrs. Thos. Clohs-
sey, 26 oo
Town of Abington, for aid ren-
dered Mrs. Margaret Con-
nors, S4 13
John Reed,superintendent, sale
of farm produce, • • 434 15
Highway Department, for hay
and straw, 250 00
New Almshouse building, for
coal, 76 50
Contingent transfer, 271 80
$7,420 25
Expenditures
SALARIES.
John Reed, keeper. one year, $500 00
George F. Robinson, almoner,and ex-
penses, I15 00
Dr. G. A. Tower, town physician,
one year, 200 00
Mary Murphy, domestic, 76 oo
Kate Stanton, L° 76 oo
James Quirk, labor, 224 00
$I,I9I 00
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS.
C. W. Berry, groceries, $83 35
E. F. Sheik & Co., coffee, salt and
spices, 56 66
E. A. Benton, groceries, 86 43
E. C. & A. B. Hall, groceries, 72 o6
AUDITOR 78 REPORT. 85
N. B. Hartford, groceries and provis-
ions, 64 08
J. H. Snow, fish, 93 80
Hackett Brothers, provisions, 43 66
Michael O. Halloran, potatoes, 15 75
Lynch Brothers, groceries, 87 68
W. H. Lyman, provisions, 37 58
Field & Melvin, 44 53 76
H. P. Mason, cc •65 57
T. F. Kelly, " 26 6z
$787 00
HAY AND GRAIN.
Perkins & Co., $235 75
Lowell Brothers, standing grass, 70 00
Michael Courtney, hay, 53 13
$358 88
DRY GOODS AND CLOTHING.
Otis Brothers, dry goods, $85 29
Lunt & Tarlton, dry goods, 37 73
J. R. Parlin, clothing, 5 00
Hub Clothing Store,clothing, 2 50
$130 52
FUEL.
Pevear & Russell, $53 84
Patrick Condon, 112 50
$166 34
BLACKSMITHING AND MISCELLANEOUS REPAIRS.
John Ross, blacksmithing, $46 85
W. H. Greenleaf, plumbing, 47,)
Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co., stove
lining and repairs, 8 77
A. D. Drew, repairing shoes, 5 55
Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 18 13
Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 15 6o
86 AUDITOR)S REPORT.
Thomas Collins, harness repairs, 30 90
J. F. Ham, shoeing, 24 Z$
— $154 8n
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dr. J. R. McLaughlin, veterinary sur-
geon, $Io 00
Lowell Brothers, breeding sow, z5 00
S. S. Gleason, plow, z 50
George E. Teele, hardware and tools, 34 11
Luther Bent & Co., dishes, furniture,
and baskets, 15 98
Lynch Brothers, manure, 10 00
J. P. & P. H. Sheridan, manure, 15 75
J. B. Woodward, medicines, 9 60
Thomas L. French, hotbed sash, 4 00
R. H. Paine, hardware and tools, 7,7 68
L. A. J. Ayer, manure, 8 oo.
Dean H. Pettee, wagon, 3000
George H. Sleeper, one gray horse, 157 00
Warren Soap Co., potash and hogs-
head, 3 63
S. S. Gleason, Enterprise, z 38
George F. Taylor, medicines, 5 25
Howard Brothers, ice, and killing
swine, 32 50
F. K. Hubbard, use of horse, 1 50
John O'Brien, 11 it 3 75
S. S. Vinal, cotton canvas, and ex-
. press, 3 35
Swill and Ashes Department, swill col-
lected, 75 00
Fire Department. manure, 35 00
$511 9$,
$3,300 53
88 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Ford, Anolia,Worcester Lunatic Hos-
pital, $169 92
Fitzpatrick, Mary, aid by city of Bos-
ton, 43 00
Ford, John, Cambridge Hospital, 26 o0
Gallagen, Mrs. M., monthly aid, 162 00
Goding, Mrs. L. E., fuel, 36 14
Grey, Annie, burial, i8 00
Houson, Mrs., rent, 1886, 63 00
Hill, David B., fuel, 1: 75
Iago, Bridget, Cambridge Hospital, 41 50
Keefe, Michael, House of Correction, 19 00
Lindley, Ida M.,aid by city of Boston, 17 99
Milner, Mrs., fuel, 23 82
McDonald, Frank W., groceries, 2 00
Morrill, Emily M., aid by city of Bos-
ton, 16 oo
McCormick, Nellie, medical attend-
ance, 8 74
McDonald, Mrs. J., aid by city of
Boston, 42 69
McGrath, Mrs. M., rent, 1886, 19 50
McNeal, John, Cambridge Hospital, 25 50
Mulhern, James W., Worcester Lu-
natic Hospital, 97 49
McSherry, Owen, House of Correc-
tion, 11 56
Pond, Mrs. Kate, aid by city of New-
ton, 7 90
Penderghast, Frank S., aid by city of
Boston, 24 00
Quinlan, Daniel, groceries, 97 50
Quinlan, Mrs. John, aid by town of
Framingham, 1J9 28
Rooney, Mrs., groceries and rent, 13S 00
AUDITORS REPORT. 87
FURNISHING NEW ALMSHOUSE.
Walker & Pratt ManuPng Co., range
and fittings, $87 50
H. W. Martin, window shades, furni-
ture and carpets, 338 36
National Wire Mattress Co., iron bed-
steads, 216 oo
Otis Brothers, blankets, spreads, cot-
ton and crash, 109 28
Luther Bent & Co., furniture and bed-
ding, 2S9 18
Chester Sprague, table for dining-
room, 14 00
Thomas Ferden, varnish and shellac, 10 29
$I,034 61
$4,335 14
ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OUTSIDE OF AL.%iSIIOUSE.
Booker, Bridget, rent and aid by city
of Boston, $29 SO
Butterfield, Harriet L., at Worcester
Lunatic Hospital, 95 75
Belcher,Mrs. Thomas, fuel and grocer-
ies, 21 01
Byrnes, Michael, rent, ISM, 2S oo
Clohssey, Mrs. Thomas, groceries, 36 oo
Coolen, Samuel, Cambridge Hospital, 8 68
Corcoran, Mrs. P., monthly aid, 162 00
Clatiin, R. F., fuel and groceries, 67 00
Connors, Mrs. Margaret, groceries, 2 00
Clyne, Mrs. M., rent, 6o oo
Connors, Mrs. William,groceries and
fuel, 82 63
Flynn, Margery, Worcester Lunatic
Hospital, 169 92
SCHEDULE AND VALUATION OF TOWN
PROPERTY.
Town Farm.
New almshouse, $I2,000 00
3ij acres of land, 15,000 00
Buildings on the same, as follows, viz :
House, 50000
Barn, 2,50000
Hospital 1,000 00
31,000 00
Personal Property, as per appraisement, $3,932 88
Used on roads, 4,314 50
8,247 38
Town-Horse and Land and Engine-House.
i2,920 feet of land, 6o cents, $7,752 00
Town-house and engine-house, 237500 00
Furniture in town-house, including
heating apparatus, 21500 00
33,752 00
Phillips (High) Schoolhouse.
57,010 feet of land, 86,000 oo
High schoolhouse and furniture, 25,000 00
3P,000 00
Philosophical apparatus, $1,500 00
Library and piano, 50000
2,00000
Francis (Centre) Schoolhouse.
15,3i8 feet of land, $3,500 o0
Schoolhouse and furniture, 6,500 00
Piano, 150 00
10,150 00
Carried fonsard, $I 16,149 3S
74 VALUATION OF TOWN PROPERTY.
Brought forward, $I16,149 38
Coolidge (East) Schoolhouse.
27,378 feet of land, $1,300 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 7,000 00
Piano, 150 00
---- 8,450 00
Spring ( West) Schoolhouse.
21,500 feet of land, $1,400 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 9,000 00
Piano, 150 00
-- 10,550 00
New West Schoolhouse.
48,120 feet of land, $1,500 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 5,000 00
6,500 00
Parker (South) Schoolhouse.
11,830 feet of land at 15 cents per foot, $1,775 00
Gleason land, adjoining, 4,000 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 7,500 00
Piano, 150 00
13,425 00
Lowell Schoolhouse.
15,648 feet of land $450 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 3,000 00
3,450 00
Grant Schoolhouse.
34,E feet of land, $4,000 00
Schoolhouse and furniture, 12,500 00
16,500 00
Carried forward, $175,024 39
AUDITORS REPORT. 89
Regan, Mrs. Thomas, rent, $94 o8
Sprague, Mrs. Ellen M., aid by town
of Barnstable, 72 00
Sullivan, Mrs. Florence, monthly aid, 162 00
Smith, Mrs. Annie E., 46 49 162 oo
Shea, Ellen M., at Worcester Lunatic
Hospital, 112 35
Skinner, Charles, aid by State, 128 93
Sharp, Mrs., bedding, 9 30
Tufts, W. H., aid by town of Concord, 75 00
Tripp, Alden W., investigating settle-
ment, 9 o6
Travellers, refreshments, i 90
Vahey, Mrs. John, monthly aid, 162 00
Whiton, Thomas L., aid by city of
Lowell, 30
Welch, Thomas, at House of Correc-
tion, 20 87
Record book for almoner, 1 25
$3,085 It
$7,420 25
BRIDGES AND C U'L VERTS.
To Appropriation, $350 00
Contingent transfer, 365 35
$715 35
Expenditures.
To Gilkey & Stone, lumber, $1-o Sr
Thomas H. Wicks, lumber and
carpenter work, 110 45
Berry & Moody, carpenter work, 92 1_F
George E.Teele,nails and spikes, 9 68
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 1 02
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 117 19
90 AUDITOV S REPORT.
H.F.Merrifield, repairs on draw-
bridge, $3 00
Davis & Farnum Manuf ng Co.,
iron pipes, 50 or
D. F. Tripp, concrete on Galen
street bridge, 51 20
John O'Brien, labor on School
street culvert, 10 85
Highway Department, labor, log 00
$715 35
BOARD OF HEALTH.
To Appropriation, $200 00
$200 00
. .Expenditures.
To William Sime, labor, cleaning at
Mrs. Sharp's, $2 50
Mrs. Clyne, labor,cleaning at Mrs.
Sharp's, 3 50
E. V. Howard, serving notices, 3 00
Briggs E. Potter, carriage hire, q 00
S. S. Gleason, advertising, S oo
Highway Department, cleaning
out brook, and other labor, 43 75
David Flanders, clerk and agent
for the Board, coo 00
$164 75
Unexpended balance to contingent, 35 25
$200 00
BATH HOUSE,
To Appropriation, $c 75 00
- $175 00
AUDITOR?S REPORT. 91
Expenditures.
To Berry & Moody, sundry repairs, $6 45
Charles Libye, keeper, 159 50
A. C. Fletcher, one patent floor
scrub, 75
George E. Teele, broom, 35
$1<7 05
Unexpended balance to contingent, 7 95
$175 00
CONTINGENT.
To Appropriation, $1,000 00
Received of E. F. Barnes, auctioneer
license, 2 00
J.B.Woodward,druggist license, 1 00
Phillips & Coe, &4 it 1 00
William Snow, billiard table li-
cense, 2 00
L. B. McAskell, billiard table li-
cense, 2 00
J. R. Currier, billiard table li-
cense, 2 00
F. C. Howard, billiard table li-
cense, 2 00
Treasurer of Commonwealth,cor-
poration tax, 9,104 10
Treasurer of Commonwealth,bal-
ance National Bank tax, 339 24
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
State Aid, Chapter 252, 262 18
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
State Aid, Chapter 301, 202 00
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
Foreign Ship tax, 452 98
92 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Thomas Patten, fees for weighing
on town scales, $93 35
David Flanders, deed of land on
Franklin street, 750 00
$12,215 85
Overlay tax, 88 66
$12,304 51
Received from the following depart-
ments, unexpended balances:
Board of Health, $35 25
Bath house, 7 95
Cemeteries, 13 33
Discounts and abatements, 410 53
Draining Morse Field district, 1,884 02
Fire department, 24 91
Fire alarm, I 19
Highways and drainage, 11 87
Hydrant service, 126 27
Insurance, I2 69
Military Aid, 48 30
Police department, 118 46
Printing, 87 55
Public Library, 690 18
improvements, 1 09
State Aid, 92 00
Schools, 383 90
Town House, 2 86
Watering streets, 37 75
$3,990 co
$16,294 61
Expenditures.
To H. C. Daniels, carriage hire, $10 00
George A. Merry, refreshments,
March and November meetings, 98 25
AUDITOR 18 REPORT. 93
McLauthlin & Co., stationery and
assessors' books, $45 73
Gardner N. Priest, ringing bell, 6 00
S. S. Gleason, services as mod-
erator, io 00
J. F. Lynch, postage stamps and
envelopes, i 9 00
J. J. Sullivan, legal services, S2 40
New England Telephone Co.,
telephone, 59 55
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work on
Park, zS S4
Little, Brown & Co., town books, 14 50
S. S. Gleason, advertising, 'and
sale of land on Franklin street, 25 00'
William Rogers, care of town
clock one year, 50 00
B. E. Potter, carriagehire, police
and selectmen, 79 50
B. F. Rundlett, painting park
fence and signs, io 59
Walker &Pratt Manuf ng Co.,re-
pairing tank at engine house, 110 75
Kern & McLoud, abstracts of
deeds, 21 75
Fred. G. Barker, stamped envel-
opes, and advertising, 53 25
Samuel Merchant, raising draw, 44 00
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of James Fahey, 96 00
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Pat. Fahey, 96 00
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of J. J. Currie, 13401
94 AUDITOR)B REPORT.
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of J. Lonerghan, $129 30
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Jerry Casey, 103 12
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Frank Manion, 6o 17
House of Angel Guardian, sup-
port of Willie Smyth, 26 15
W. F. Learned, survey of site for
Almshouse, 12 50
W. F. Learned, survey,plansand
estimate cost of widening Irving
street, 40 50
Moses Whiting, park signs, 2 37
Adams Express Co., express on
bonds given by Mr. Pratt to
Public Library, 8 50
W. E. Farwell, pens, postage
and book, 7 00
Jno.Ross,repairing street fount'n, 1 25
Chas. F. Jackson, copying plans
for assessors, 2 50
J. K. Stickney, check books, post-
age and State Aid returns, 21 75
Board of Registrars, salary, 200 00
S. S. Gleason, advertising war-
rants and notices, 92 75
S. M. Spencer, town seal press, S 00
James Paxton, collation to Drain-
age Committee, 30 00
W. A. Greenough, Town Direc-
tory, 2 00
David Flanders, return of deed of
land bought on Franklin street,
on account of flaw in title, 750 00
AUDITOR S REPORT. 95
J. B. Goodrich, legal services, $Goo oo
James Cavanaugh, settlement of
suit and costs, 2So 00
Alexander Gregg, death returns, 17 00
Boston Woven Hose Co., chute
and canvas for fire escape, 120 00
Jas. Farquhar's Sons, repairs on
roof Library building, 216 of
F. K. Hubbard, carriage hire,
police, g 00
Johnson& Harvey, legal services,
District Court, 20 00
Wm. H. Ingraham, collecting,
recording and indexing births,
marriages and deaths, 101 70
Wm. H. Ingraham, looking up
bank and corporation tax, 10 00
Charles Cummings, ringing bell
Feb. 2z and July 4, .1 00
S. S. Gleason, looking up bai l<
and corporation tax, ; 00
Thomas Patten,one-halfof weigh-
ing fees, 46 6S
Highway Department, labor on
Park, 64 oo
Treasurerof Commonwealth,one-
fourth of druggist license, jo
A. O. Delano,court expenses and
witness fees, Galen street fire
inquest, 208 85
Wiggin&Ham,detective services,
Galen street fire case, 416 12
$4,711 87
96 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
The following amounts were transferred from this account by
the Board of Selectmen, authorized by a vote of the Town, Jan,
111 1889, to meet deficiencies in these departments:—
Almshouse, $271 80
Bridges and culverts, 365 35
Interest, 514 38
New Almshouse, 631 04
Removal of swill and ashes, 172 00
Sidewalks, 502 12
Street lights, 138 05
Town IIall, painting inside, 20 42
Town clock, 45 03
Widening Arsenal street, 87 91
$2,748 ro
$7,459 97
Unexpended balance, $8,834 64
$16,294 61
CEMETERIES.
To Appropriation, $100 00
Received of Alexander Gregg, sale of
grave lot, No. 203, 42 50
" " No. 204, 18 oo
" " No. 2o5, 22 50
" No. 2o6, 12 00
No. 207, 12 00
No. 208, one grave, 10 00
No. 209; one grave, 10 00
No. 2 I o, 100 00
$327 00
Expenditztres.
To Alexander Gregg, care of ceme-
teries, $175 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 97
To Moses Whiting, repairing gates,
Grove street, $7 84
Ethan A. Paddock, tree protect-
ors, 45 00
W. F. Learned, plans and repairs
on receiving tomb, 40 83
Chas. F. Jackson, alterations in
plan of cemetery, 25 00
John O'Brien, covering receiving
tomb, 20 00
$313 67
Unexpended balance to contingent, 13 33
$327 00
ALTERATIONAND ENLARGING RECEIVING TOMB.
To Appropriation, $200 00
$200 00
Expenditures.
To Joseph Ross, contract for enlarg-
ing, $200 00
$200 00
CONCRETE WALKS.
To Appropriation, ,$750 00
Assessments collected, 495 43
Contingent transfer, 502 12
$I,747 55
Expenditures.
To D. F. Tripp, concrete walks and
crossing,andrepairingold ones, $1.654 97
Horace W. Otis, filling, Mt. Au-
burn and Washburn streets, 2S 5S
Highway Department, labor fill-
ing and grading, 64 00
$1,747 55
98 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
CONCRETING YARD AT HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
To Appropriation, $900 00
$900 00
Expenditures.
To D. F. Tripp, concreting, $900 00
• $900 00
DISCOUNTS AND ABATEMENTS.
To Appropriation, $2,000 00
Interest collected, 7 1 I 52
$71I 52
Expenditures.
'To William E. Farwell, collector,
abatements for 1886, $S5 40
William E. Farwell, collector,
abatements for 1887, 731 75
William E. Farwell, collector,
abatements for 1888, 250 52
William E. Farwell, collector,
discounts for 1888, I,233 32
$2,300 99
Unexpended balance to contingent, 410 14
$2,71I 52
DRAINING MORSE FIELD DISTRICT.
To Appropriation, $6,000 o0
$6,000 00
Expenditures.
To city of Newton, three-seventh of
cost of main drain, $2,735 42
Gilkey & Stone, lumber and
cement, 107 24
•
AUDITOR 7S REPORT. 99
To George E. Teele, drain pipe, $87 25
R. H. Paine. it it -7�0 40
Pevear & Russell, brick, 131 67
Jas. F. Lucas, building catch
basins, 74 25
W. H. Carberry, traps, 31 50
T. P. Emerson, expressage on
traps, 10
W. F. Learned, pay rolls em-
ployes, 351 35
W. F. Learned, professional ser-
vices and superintending, 225 00
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
repairing pipes, 3 05
Richard Downing,teaminggravel, 7 75
Pat. Regan, sharpening picks, 1 'O
R. P. Stack, sand, 4 50
Highway Department, tools and
labor, 83 20 ,,
$47115 98
Unexpended balance to contingent, 1,884 oz
$6,000 00
FIDE DEPARTMENT.
To Appropriation, 1 $5,500 00
Received from Almshouse Depart-
ment, for manure, 35 00
J. A. York, sale of old hose, 8 00
$5,543 00
Expenditures.
PAY ROLLS.
To Board of Engineers, one year to
Feb. 1, 1889, $285 00
100 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
Steam Fire Engine Co., one year
t0 Feb. I, I SS9, $7 I 0 00
Hook and Ladder Co., one year
to Feb. I, I SS9, 506 So
J. H. Holt, engineer, one year to
Feb. I, 1889, 991 63
Moses Pattee, driver, one year to
Feb. I, I SS9, 830 00
Gilbert Nichols, driver of hose
carriage, one year to Feb. 1,
ISS9, 590 00
J. R. Harrison, stoker, one year
to Feb. 1, 1889, 75 00
J. R. Harrison, relief engineer
and driver, 67 00
F. D. B. Hill, relief driver, 84 00
Henry Howard, relief driver hose
carriage, 6 00
Charles Colligan, driver of truck, 6 00
$4,151 43
HAY, STRAW AND GRAIN.
To George H. Sleeper, hay, $290 43
Perkins & Co., hay and grain, 292 57
$5S3 00
FUEL AND LIGHTS.
To Thomas Gavin, wood, $2 So
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, 36 60
$39 40
SHOEING AND HARNESS REPAIRS.
To J. F. Ham, shoeing, $86 31
Thomas Collins, harness repairs, 17 75
Thomas Patten, " cc Io 05
$I14 II
AUDITOR 18 REPORT. 101
REPAIRS.
To Edwin Rogers, trap lock, repair-
ing gong, wires, etc., $38 45
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 102 27
Clarence S. Burr, resetting one
butt, 1 00
George E. Teele, hardware, 29 31
John Ross, sundry repairs, 19 55
Alexander Boyd, pipes, coup-
lings, and repairing hose, 69 75
R. H. Paine, hardware, 13 69
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 8 og
F. S. Milner, painting, 2 00
George Stevens, labor on striker, 2 74
C. E. Berry, repairing haloes, 3 00
M. E. Dardis, painting pang, 12 00
Chester Sprague, hard pine floor, 141 95
Henry Russell, oiling floor, 2 20
$446 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
To C. W. Berry, soap, oil, matches
and brushes, $15 56
Luther Bent & Co., bedstead and
bedding, 28 75
Mrs. J. Barry,washing bed cloth-
ing, 33 00
McLadthlin & Co., blank books, 1 Io
Walker & Pratt Manuflng Co.,
cuspidor and repairs, 2 60
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water, 15 00
Boston Woven Hose Co., Haley
nozzle and reducer, 23 00
B. E. Potter, use of horse, 3 00
102 AUDITORS. REPORT.
To Dr. J. R. McLaughlin,veterinary
surgeon, $I.l 00
G. F. Blake Manuf ng Co., valve
springs, 5 .40
Hall Rubber Co., fire coat, 5 00
Andrew J. Morse, hose nippers, 7 50
H. F. Bright, clipping horses, 6 oo
T. P. Emerson, expressage, 6 6o
J. B. Woodward, medicines, 17 64
- ;}i I 84 I 5
$5,518 09
Unexpended balance to contingent, 24 91
$5,543 00
FIRE ALARM.
To Appropriation, $450 00
$450 00
Expenditures.
To George M. Stevens, one tower
striker, $300 00
George M. Stevens, one fire alarm
box, 70 00
Chas. L. Bly, wire, buttons,keys
and hooks, 14 39
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 61 07
John Ross, repairs on striker, 3 35
$448 81
Unexpended balance to contingent, 1 19
$450 00
G. A. R., I. S. PATTEN POST 81.
To Appropriation, $zoo 00
$200 00
AUDITOR 18 REPORT. 103
Expenditures.
To Charles White, treasurer, $200 00
$200 00
HIGHWAYS AND DRAINAGE.
To Appropriation, $10.000 00
Received of West End Street Railway
Co., for labor on snow, 20 00
Thos.G. Banks, Sup't.,sale of old
wagon, 40 00
Almshouse Department, grading,
teaming water,and other labor, 65 So
Health Department, cleaning out
brook and other labors, 43 75
Contingent Department, labor on
Park, 64 00
Sidewalk Department, filling and
grading, 6.1 o0
Bridge and Culvert Department,
labor on same, log 00
Arsenal Street Department, filling
and widening, 1.0i9 00
Swill and Ashes Department, la-
bor collecting, 1,247 00
Street Watering Department, for
labor watering, 355 00
Morse Field Drain Department,
for labor and tools, 83 20
Street Lighting Department, mov-
ing and setting posts, 26 75
T. G. Banks, Sup't, sundry out-
side labors, 27 50
$13,224 70
Expenditures.
To Thos. G. Banks, Sup't, one year, $1,200 00
Thos. G. Banks, pay rolls for
employes, 8,282 50
$9,482 50
104 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
MATERIAL FOR ROADS.
To Bart. Shellan, stone, $70 26
John O'Brien, stone and gravel, 214 18
W. W. Treat, gravel, 5 00
P. J. Kelly, stone, 87 20
James O'Brien, stone and gravel, 45 15
Patrick Condon, stone, 68 25
Chester Sprague, gravel, 15 00
C. H. Reed, gravel, 9 40
M. M. French, sand and gravel, 3 50
Bradshaw Whitney, stone, 33 40
J. W. Barrington, gravel, 4 75
R. P. Stack, sand, 9 30
W. H. Perkins, gravel, 26 25
$591 64
TEAMING MATERIAL FOR ROADS.
To Bart. Shehan, $75 25
Patrick Condon, 128 25
John O'Brien, 92 35
P. J. Kelly, 275 50
William McGuire, 63 59
Thomas Gavin, 249 25
$884 19
HAY, STRAW AND GRAIN.
To Almshouse Department, hay and
straw, $250 00
Perkins & Co., grain, 344 35
$594 35
SHOEING AND BLACKSMITHING.
To F. C. Harthertz, shoeing and
repairs, $36 99
Patrick Regan, sharpening picks, 39 70
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 105
To John Ross,wheelwright work and
blacksmithing, $103 25
J. F. Ham, shoeing, 15 50
J. F. Nolan, " 62 85
$3o8 29
FENCE MATERIAL AND CARPENTER WORK.
To Berry & Moody, carpenter work, $34 79
J. Cartwright, repairing fence, 1 00
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 17 05
Moses Whiting, " " 23 40
$76 24
REPAIRS.
To Thomas Collins, harness repairs, $29 20
Dardis & Griswold, painting wa-
ter carts, 20 00
New England Machine Co.,boiler
repairs, 29 63
Thomas Patten, harness repairs, 22 85
M. E. Dardis, painting cart and
street signs, 20 I2
$I2I 8o
DIISCELLANEOUS.
To McLauthlin & Co., blanks, $1 50
T. P. Emerson, express, 65
B. T. Rundlett, painting street
signs and posts, 38 00
Chas. Foley, labor on snow, and
sanding sidewalks, 49 05
Patrick Doody, labor on snow,and
sanding sidewalks, 71 45
Irving Wheeler & Co., hame and
hood, 4 00
George H. Sleeper, labor on sno%v, 17 50
106 AUDITORS REPORT.
To A. T. Rice, lettering street signs, $15 30
George E. Teele, hardware,tools
and drain pipe, 282 33
C. H. Rollins, labor on street
fountains, 24 51
R. H.Paine,tools and drain pipe, 243 74
George H. Sleeper, double har-
ness, 20 00
John Ross, new double cart, 175 00
Otis Brothers, rubber boots, 6 50
W. H. Bustin, horse collar, 7 00
F. S. Milner, lettering street
signs and painting tool box, 17 50
Henry Russell, painting sign and
post, 2 84
Jas. McLauthlin, building catch'
basins, So 00
J. B. Woodward, medicines, 1 30
J. H. Critchett & Son, express, 45
Pevear&Russell, fuel for crusher, 41 S 1
Samuel Walker, engine oil, 7 50
C. W. Berry, salt, oat meal and
oil, 3 49
Nally's express, use of horse, 36 75
Geo. Springall&Co., blanket and
express, 5 65
13,212 83
Unexpended balance to contingent, 11 S7
$13,224 70
HYDRANT SERVICE.
To Appropriation, $7,500 00
$7,500 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 107
Expenditures.
To Watertown Water Supply Co.,
use of hydrants, 174,to April 1, $3,670 83
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
use of hydrants, 176, to Oct. 1, 3,702 90
$7,373 73
Unexpended balance to contingent, 126 27
$7,500 00
INS UR-,I IPCE.
To Appropriation, $500 00
— $50o 00
Expettdititres.
To Ellison Coolidge &Co., insurance
Public Library, $6o oo
S. T. Sharp, insurance, Public
Library, 6o oo
W. H. Ingraham, insurance,High
School building and new Alms-
house, 367 31
— $487 31
Unexpended balance to contingent, 12 69
$500 00
INTEREST.
To Appropriation, $1,400 00
Received of Union Market National
Bank, interest on deposits, 15o 62
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook,
premium on coupon bonds, 6 87
Elapsed interest on notes and
bonds, 37 00
$1,644 49
Contingent transfer, 514 38
$2,158 87
108 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Expenditures.
To Cambridgeport Savings Bank,six
months' interest on $io,000, at
5 %, $250 00
Watertown Savings Bank, one
years' interest on $5,000, at
4 %, 200 00
Watertown Savings Bank, six
months' interest on $5,000, at
4f %, 112 50
Watertown Savings Bank, six
months' interest on $2,500, at
41 %, $56 25
Lowell Institution for Savings.
one years' interest on$5,5oo, at
6 %1 110 00
Treasurer of Commonwealth, in-
terest on loan notes, 894 o6
David Flanders, 7 months, 18
days' interest on $750, at 6 %, 28 50
Watertown Savings Bank, one
month's interest on $2,500, at
4f %1 9 37
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, 4
months, 14 days' interest on
$5,000, at 4 %, 74 44
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook, 4
months, 14 days' interest on
$5,000, at 41 %, 83 75
John Templeton Fund, one year's
interest on $2,500, 120 00
$2,►58 87
AtILIT:IRY AID.
'1'0 Appropriation, $5oo 00
5 00 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 109
Expenditures.
To Thomas Donlan, 12 months, $72 00
Daniel Johnson, 12 " 72 00
Charles J: Towle, 12 " 96 oo
Loui Lemmins, 12 " 96 oo
Thomas E. Dardis, 7 " 42 00
Owen Monahan, 4 " �4 00
Mrs. Lucy Milner, 1 " 4 00
Abram Johnson, 3 " 45 70
. $451 70
Unexpended balance to conti ngent, $48 30
$500 00
NEW 1LMSSO USE.
To Appropriation, $11,500 00
Contingent transfer, 631 04
$I2,131 04
Expenditures.
To Chester Sprague, contract and
extras, $9,61 1 56
Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
heating apparatus, 1,177 45
Sanford Phipps, plans, specifica-
tions and superintending, 525 00
W. F. Learned, laying out lot, 8 00
A. F. Haynes, sketches for build-
ing, 50 00
Thomas Gavin,building cesspool, Ito 00
Pay rolls of employes for grading, 366 49
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
service pipe, 97 49
Patrick Regan, sharpening picks, I 05
D. F. Tripp, concreting gutters, 34 00
Chas. L. Nye, 2 days police duty, 5 00
110 AUDITOR�8 REPORT.
George S. Bowen, repairing lan-
tern, 3 00
Highway Department, grading,
and teaming water, 65 50
Almshouse Department, coal fur-
nished for drying plastering, 76 50
$I2,131 04
POLICE. •
To Appropriation, $5,300 00
Unitarian Society, police duty at
banquet, 2 50
Circus troop, showman's license, 7 50
A. O. Delano, juvenile court fees, 7 00
J. H. Holt, keeper of lockup,
traveller's fees, 15 25
$5,332 25
Expenditures.
To Thos. F. Lyons, 1 yr. to Feb. 1, '89, $915 00
Dan'l H. Cooney, 11 44 " 910 00
E. V. Howard, << cc cc 915 00
Jas. Burke, " " " 915 00
George Parker, 96 856 25
Denis J. Sullivan, spccial, 236 25
H. A. Philbrook, << 28 12
L. A. Shaw, " 135 00
Charles L. Nye, 1000
A. J. Shipton, ro 00
George A. Merry, 5 00
Michael Carroll, 7 50
C. D. Dimick, it 5 00
James Mee, it r 3 2 50
C. A. Bedell, 4` 7 50
Frank H. Drake, cc 2 50
AUDITOR 18 REPORT. 111
To J. H. Holt, keeper of lockup, 1
year, 60 00
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas for the year, 61 00
C. W. Berry, sand and matches, 2 17
$5,213 79
Unexpended balance to contingent, i t8 46
$5,332 25
PRINTING.
To Appropriation, $700 00
$700 00
Expenditures.
To Fred. G. Barker, Town Reports,
tax lists and voting lists, $544 10
McLauthlin & Co., tax bills, war-
rants and sundry notices, 68 35
$612 45
Unexpended balance to contingent, 87 55
$700 00
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To Appropriation, $2,500 00
County treasurer, dog tax, 1887, 631 56
'County treasurer, dog tax, 1888, 673 42
S. F. Whitney, librarian, fines
and sale of catalogues, i aS 69
$3,933 67
Expettditures.
To S. F. Whitney, librarian, $712 50
Miss Jane Stockwell, assistant, 450 00
Miss M. E. Sherman, assistant, 87 50
•To apply to Public Library appropriation,1889.
112 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To Wm. McCaferty, janitor, 1Cg2 gS
Clarke & Carruth, books, 105 27
R. R. Bowker, Publisher's
Weekly, 5 00
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, 241 00
Miss S. Chase, books, 1000
Estes & Lauriat, books, 358 13
Ethan A. Paddock, filling tree
protectors, 1 50
N. D. C. Hodges, subscription
to "Science," 3 50
W. H. Halliday, books, 47 20
Walker & Pratt Co., furnace re-
pairs, 2 73
C. F. Libbie & Co., books, 22 6o
Pevear& Russell, fuel, 41 55
U. S. Patent Office, specifica-
tions and drawings of Patents, 62 40
Fred. G. Barker, printing postals
and labels, 15 75
Jos. W. Ripley, binding books, 165 34
J. T. Blaisdell, carpenter work, 38 12
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, 33 00
Henry C. Nash, books, 37 00
Thomas Gavin, fuel, 161 55
D. W. Burchstead, books, 10 00
T. P. Emerson, expressage, 5 10
Kenny's Express, it 5 00
J. H. Critchett&Son,expressage, 5 95
C. H. Rollins, plumbing repairs, 10 30
H. W. Martin, picture frames,
and repairing table, 13 00
Globe Gas Light Co., globe and
reflector, S 00
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 113
To A. H. Raffe & Co., periodicals, $137 71
Little, Brown & Co., books, 58 25
J. L. Smith & Co., books, 1 20
Johnson Brothers, mason work, 22 00
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., atlas
case, and repairing table, 26 4o
S. F. Whitney, books and peri-
odicals, 14 40
S. F. Whitney, Librarian, cash
paid for cleaning, .12 S4
Post office, box and postage, 10 55
Express charges and messenger, 4 37
Stationery and printing, 10 40
Lumber, tools, hardware and
pails, 14 8--
Books, pamphlets and periodicals, 4S 5S
$3,243 49
Unexpended balance to contingent, 690 18
$3,933 67
PUBLIC LIBRARY IMPROYEMEATS.
To Appropriation, ' $3,000 00
$3,000 00
Expenditures.
To Cousens Brothers, mason work, $1,251 94
Berry & Moody, carpenter work, SO' 84
C. H. Rollins, plumbing, 143 75
Bubier & Co., iron railing, 100 00
Chas. H. Dodge, fireplaces, 135 00
Braman, Dow & Co., iron stair-
case, 90 00
L. Haherstrah& Son, decorating, 120 00
R. Hollings & Co., gas fixtures, 97 34
114 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To B. T. Rundlett, painting, $102 16
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., shelv-
ing, . 100 80
Wakefield Rattan Co., mats, 29 80
C. H. Burnham, carpenter work, 8 32
R. H. Paine, bolts, eyes and
brads, 99
Geo. E. Teele, hooks, screws and
rivets, 2 24
E. P. Badger & Son, copper con-
ductors, 9 7
B. E. Patterson, repairing gas
regulators, 5 00
$2,99S 91
Unexpended balance to contingent, r 09
$3,000 00
REMOVAL OF ASSES AND SWILL.
To Appropriation, $1,000 00
Received of Almshouse Department
for swill collected, 75 00
Contingent transfer, 172 00
$I,247 00
Expenditures.
To Highway Department, collecting
swill, $588 50
Highway Department, collecting
ashes, 658 50
--- $1,247 00
STATE AtD.
To Appropriation, $500 00
$joo 00
AUDITOR 78 REPORT. 115
Expenditures.
To Mary McCabe, z 2 months, $48 oo
Edward Lord, 12 96 48 oo
Mary L. Sawtelle, 12 cc 48 00
Ellen McNamara, 12 " 48 00
R. W. Ireland, I 72 00
L. A. Flohr, 12 " 72 00
Ellen Shuegrew, zo 40 00
Henrietta M. Cotting, 8 " 32 00
$4o8 o0
Unexpendend balance to contingent, 92 00
$500 00
SALARIES.
To Appropriation, $3,175 00
$3,z 75 00
Expendttuz•es.
To Board of Selectmen :—
Charles Brigham, $200 00
Edward F. Porter, 200 00
Hiram D. Skinner, 200 00
Board of Assessors:—
W. H. Ingraham, 450 00
W. E. Farwell, 250 00
S. S. Gleason, 250 00
School Committee:—
Charles W. Stone, 50 00
J. C. Stone, 50 00
C. S. Ensign, 50 00
M. J. Kelly, 50 00
J. A. Mead, 50 00
J. D. Monahan, 5o 00
116 AUDITORS REPORT.
To ToNvii Treasurer: —
J. K. Stickney, $300 00
Town Clerk :—
W. H. Ingraham, 350 00
Town Collector:—
W. E. Farwell, 450 00
Town Auditor: —
Howard Russell, 225 00
$3,175 00
STATE TAX.
To amount assessed, $S,212 50
$8,2I2 50
Expenditures.
Amount paid Treasurer of Common-
wealth, $8,2I2 50
- $8,212 50
SCHOOLS.
To Appropriation, $2,600 oo
Charity Lodge, rent of room, Be-
mis school, 25 00
Treasurer of Commonwealth,
School Fund, 36 63
A. C. Stockin, discount on books, 2 25
$26.o63 SS
Expenditures.
SALARIES OF SUPERINTENDENT AND TEACIIETIS.
To George R. Dwelley, superintend-
ent and teacher, $2,500 00
George S. Turner, 1,300 00
Miss Ellen M. Crafts, 8o0 oo
Anton Marquardt, 700 00
AUDITOR�8 REPORT. 117
To Miss Etta B. Dadmun, $700 00
Miss Anna D. Hall, 600 oo
Miss E. P. Skinner, 600 oo
Miss Alice J. Parsons, 600 oo
Mrs. L. A. Campbell, 600 oo
Miss J. McDonough, 600 oo
Miss Eolith B Ashley, 562 88
Miss Mannie B. Patten, 550 00
Miss E. A. Adams, 550 00
Miss Minnie L. O'Brien, S50 00
Miss Fanny W. Richards, 525 00
Miss H. M. Wiggins, 540 00
Miss S. Alice Fell, 500 00
Miss Ruth W. Howard, 500 00
Miss Joanna M. Riley. 500 00
Miss Alice C. Bullard, 500 00
Miss Lillian M. Stratton, 500 00
Miss Alice V. Winslow, 500 00
Miss Mary E. Madden, 475 00
Miss Mary E. Burns, 450 00
Miss Margaret L. Sullivan, 450 00
Miss Lizzie A. Burbank, 450 00
Miss Clara E. Davis, 300 00
William K. Norton, 300 00
Miss Nellie E. Williams, 250 00
Miss Viola L. Pool, 250 00
Miss Jennie F. Lewis, 16o oo
Miss E. K. Mitchell, 4000
Miss Christine Greene, 39 00
Miss Etta F. Comstock, 6 oo
Miss Annie Skinner, t 00
Miss Fewkes, 1 00
S. H. Hadley, teacher of music, 450 00
Miss Lizzie A. Herrick, teacher
of drawing, 00 00
— $t 9.099 88
118 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
EVENING SCHOOLS.
To George S. Turner, $Io6 67
Miss Fannie W. Richards, 53 33
Miss Alice J. Parsons, 53 33
Miss Joanna M. Riley, 53 33
William K. Norton, 38 33
Miss Christine Greene, 8 33
Miss Mary E. Madden, 8 33
$321 65
SALARIES OF JANITORS AND TRUANT OFFICERS.
To George F. Robinson, $6g9 96
Andrew H. Stone, boo oo
Mrs. Mary Austin, 99 96
J. K. Tarlton, 6o oo
Mrs. Ryan, 6o o0
Geo. F. Robinson, truant officer, 20 00
Andrew H. Stone, 11 'A 16 oo
E. V. Howard, « 44 20 00
George Parker, At " 20 00
$1,595 92
BOOKS, STATIONERY AND PRINTING.
To McLauthlin & Co., books and
stationery, $1,342 93
E. E. Babb & Co., books, 7 94
New England Publishing Co.,
books, 4 00
Willard Small, books, I 17
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., books, 13 00
Wm. Ware & Co., books. 16 5
J. L. Hammett, books and school
supplies, I22 5S
D. Appleton & Co., books, 5 63
Thos. Groom & Co., record
books, 25 00
AUDITOR IS REPORT. 119
To A. S. Barnes & Co., books, $6 75
A. C. Stockin, readers, 22 50
Estes & Lauriat, books, 50 00
Warren P. Adams, books, 7 50
Fred. G. Barker, organization
cards and programmes, 32 45
Wright & Potter Printing Co.,
school certificates, 8 25
Ginn & Co., books, 10 42
$11676 64
REPAIRS AND INCIDENTALS.
To W. H. Greenleaf, plumbing, $I 00
J. H. Studholm, new clock and
repairs, 9 00
A. L. Thompson,carpenterwork, 28 81
George E. Teele,hardware, 13 85
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 284 26
C. H. Rollins, plumbing, 3 00
Henry Russell, window shades,
painting, and setting glass, 137 66
N. C. Sanger, one round window, 6 00
Walker & Pratt ManuPng Co.,
furnace and stove repairs, 94 33
R. H. Paine, hardware, 19 30
Festus Egan, plumbing, 3 00
J. E. Bell, repairing blackboards, 22 26
B. T. Rundlett,painting, 8 25
Jas. McLauthlin, whitening, 50 00
Geo.H.Tarlton,repairing clocks, 17 75
Gilkey & Stone, lumber, I 1 07
J. T. Blaisdell, carpenter work, 23 90
Geo. S. Bowen, washbowl, and
conductor repairs, 5 50
$73S 94
12O AUDITOR'S REPORT.
FUEL.
To Pevear & Russell, $198 65
Thomas Gavin, 500 76
George H. Sleeper, 561 47,
Robert Fawcett, charcoal, 77 12
$1637 95
MISCELLANEOUS.
To J. C. Stone, removing ashes and
cutting grass, $7 SO
J. H. Critchett & Son, expressage, 75
Murphy, Leavens& Co., dusters and
brushes, 8 21
A. C. Fletcher, rubber hose, ash
barrels and mugs, 49 45
A. G. Whitcomb, school furniture, 4S 90
H. W. Martin, window shades, 10 00
Educational Supply Co.,school sup-
plies, 17 13
Thomas Hall, electric machines, 7 00
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas and rent of burners, 26 So
Hugh Hart, trimming trees, 3 00
W. C. Norton, supplies for labora-
tory, z 09
A. H. Stone, cleaning windows, 30 00
D. C. Heath & Co., maps is 00
Lynch Brothers, broom, 30
Otis Brothers, silk and crash, I 13
Henry Collins, repairing shades, 1 75
C. W. Berry, sand, oil and mats, a 73
L. H. Allen, expressage, 4 75
Eastern Educational Bureau, maps, 43 00
L. Bent & Co., shades, 4 70
Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water, 150 00
AUDITORS REPORT. 121
To S. S. Gleason, advertising school
notice, 13 70
Ethan A. Paddock, filling tree pro-
tectors, 6 00
A. E. Rowe, electric battery sup-
plies, 3 04
George L. Turner, repairing drum, 3 00
J. A. Mead, car fares and telegraph, Z 04
Thomas Gavin, cleaning vaults and
other labors, I IO 75
Boston Wall Paper Co., paper, I 80
Lunt&Tarlton,ribbon for diplomas, 5 34
James Dennis, floral decoration, 3 00
D. F. Tripp, concreting, 26 51
Charles French, filling diplomas, 13 40
Mrs. Ryan, cleaning, 3 20
S. H. Hadley, use of orchestra 15 00
Boston Belting Co., rubber hose, 15 00
A. Mudge & Son, diplomas, 2S 13
Mrs. M. Austin, cleaning, 6 25
Dennis M. Carty, cleaning school
yard, 2 00
B. E. Potter, carriage hire, 10 00
M. E. Dardis, lining blackboards, 2 00
Charles Harrington, Kindergarten
papers, 5 00
George F. Robinson, cleaning win-
dows, 23 00
E. A. Benton,brooms, sand and oil, 4 5S
L. A. Shaw, services at exhibition, 1 2;
J. K. Tarlton, mowing weeds, 50
Mrs. Vahey, washing floors, 2 j0
Fitchburg R. R. Co., freight on
book covers, 2 58
John Allen, tuning pianos. 57 00
122 AUDITOR IS REPORT.
To George F. Taylor, chemicals, 4 05
J. B. Woodward, chemicals, 2 75
Holden Book Cover Co.,book covers, 78 64
T. P. Emerson, express, 14 50
Fairbanks, Brown & Co., scales, 5 00
$gog 00
$25,679 98
Unexpended balance to contingent, 3 3 90
$26,o63 88
STREET LIGHTS.
To Appropriation, $4,000 00
Pevear&Russell, damage to lamp
post, I2 00
Contingent transfer, 138 05
$4,150 05
Expenditures.
To Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., oil, gas, and electric lights
to Feb. 1, 1889, $2,779 82
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., lantern frame and setting
post, 9 68
Newton Electric Light & Power
Co., electric lights, 1,351 30
George S. Bowen, repairing lant-
erns, 9 25
$4,150 05
TOWN HOUSE, LIGHTING, AND CARE OF.
To Appropriation, $Soo 00
George H. Gregg, janitor, rent of
hall to Dec. i, 2;S 00
J. H. Holt,janitor, rent to Feb. 1, 51 00
$1,089 00
AUDITOR 78 REPORT. 123
Expenditures,
To George H. Gregg, janitor to
Dec. 1, 1888, $i33 30
J. H. Holt, janitor Feb. I, 1889, 66 66
Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., gas, 223 So
Pevear & Russell, fuel, 362 50
George E.Teele, dusters and hard
ware, S 71
L. Bent & Co., waste basket, a 20
Walker & Pratt Co., reflector for
foot lights, 2 15
Moses Whiting, carpenter work, 3S 94
R. H. Paine, shovels, locks, and
pails, 10 01
E. C. & A. B. Hall, brushes and
pails, 7 73
George A. Hunt, repairing slate
roof, 10 70
Lucius Bemis, repairs in lockup, 1 39
Charles L. Bly, bell wire and
button, 1 50
C. W. Berry, soap and sand, go
C. H. Rollins, gas fitting, 1 70
H. W. Martin, picture frames, 1 so
Thomas Collins, sponges, 75
Thomas P. Emerson, moving
piano, 11 70
$I,oS6 14
Unexpended balance to contingent, 2 36
$1,08g 00
TOWN HALL, PAINTING INSIDE.
To Appropriation, $250 00
Contingent transfer, 20 42
270 42
121 AUDITOR 78 REPORT.
Expenditures.
To Moses Whiting, repairing wood
work, $41 42
Henry Russell, painting, 134 00
Alonzo J. O'Connor, repairing
and whitening ceiling, 95 00
$270 42
TO WN DE, BT.
To Appropriation, $2,500 00
$2,500 00
Expenditures.
To Watertown Savings Bank, one-
half of note, April c, ►S7S, $2,500 00
$2,500 00
TOWN IMPR0VEMENT.
To Appropriation, $300 00
$300 00
Expenditures.
To W. C. Strong, 63 maple trees, $63 00
Gilkey & Stone, tree protectors, 37 00
M. J. Donohoe, memorial tablets, 200 00
$300 00
THE TEMPLETON BENEFIT FUND.
The Templeton Fund of $2,500, the interest of which is dis-
tributed annually, according to the terms of the bequest (state-
ment of which can be seen on page 65, of the Town Report of
1875), is loaned to the town by the Selectmen, they holding the
Town Treasurer's note for the amount, and collecting annually
(Dec. 21) the interest, which is the sum to be distributed.
To interest allowed on $2,500 one
year to Dec. 2r, 1888, $120 00
$c 20,00
AIIDITOR'S REPORT. 125
Expenditures.
GOODS WERE DELIVERED BY THE FOLLOWING PARTIES TO
SUNDRY PERSONS, ON ORDERS FROM THE SELECTMEN.
Paid Otis Brothers, $40 00
N. B. Hartford, 1000
Field &Melvin, 14 00
Lunt & Tarlton, S 00
Pevear & Russell, S 00
Hackett Brothers, 2 00
C. W. Berry, S 00
Lynch Brothers, I ZI 00
E. C. & A. B. Hall, 6 o0
W. H. Lyman, 4 00
E. A. Benton, 6 oo
$120 00
THE MARTHA SANGER FUND.
Amount of bequest, with interest to
Feb. I, 1888, $507 39
Interest at 5 fo, to Feb. 1, 1889, 25 36
$532 75
Expenditures.
To Charles C. White, treasurer of
Post 81, G. A. R., for dis-
bursement, $I 0 00
$10 00
Balance, $522 75
TORN CLOCK.
To Appropriation, $S50 00
Contingent transfer, 45 03
$595 03
Expenditures.
To Howard Watch and Clock Co.,
one striking tower clock, $475 00
126 AUDITOR'S REPORT.
To Walker & Pratt Manuf ng Co.,
castings, $18 48
S. F. Stearns, carpenter work, 53 78
Henry Russell, painting dials, 47 77
$595 03
YVATERINGI STREETS.
To Appropriation, $500 00
Thos. G. Banks, collected from
abuttors, 357 00
$S57 00
Expenditures.
To Watertown Water Supply Co.,
water for season, $250 00
P. J. Kelly, for labor watering, 214. 25
Highway Department, for labor
watering, 355 00
$819 25
Unexpendedbalaticetocontingellt, 37 75
$S57 00
WIDENING ARSENAL STREET.
To Appropriation, $2,000 00
Contingent transfer, 87 91
$2,a87 91
Expenditures.
To Edward S. Smilie, boundary
lilies, $18 20
John Ross, bolts and washers for
fence, 8 85
Moses Whiting, building fences, 84 28
Gilkey & Stone, lumber, 16 17
Geo. E. Teele, drain pipe and
spikes, 19 91
AUDITOR�8 REPORT. 127
To Thomas Gavin, labor filling, $157 50
John O'Brien, " 44 117 50
George H. Sleeper, labor filling, 162 50
P. J. Kelly, 64 244 25
William McGuire, " 84 00
James O'Brien, 46 62 50
Pat. Condon, 44 33 25
Highway Dept, " 1,079 oo
$2,087 91
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES Eg
OLUSIPE OF TOWN DEBT TO FEB. 1, 1889.
To balance in hands of Treasurer,
Feb. 18, 1889, $g 16 17
Amount due from State on ac-
count of State Aid, 40S 00
Amount due from State on account
of Military Aid, 225 85
Outstanding taxes, 1882, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 229 03
Outstanding taxes, 1883, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 182 25
Outstanding taxes, 1884, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 232 37
Outstanding taxes, 1885, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 202 50
Outstanding taxes, 1886, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 244 13
Outstanding taxes, 1887, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 3,912 41
Outstanding taxes, 1888, in hands
of W. E. Farwell, collector, 16,509 38
Amount due from abuttors on ac-
count of sidewalks, 326 78
$23,388 87
128 AUDITORS REPORT.
Liabilities.
To Amount due Brewster, Cobb &
Estabrook, note of Dec. 24,
1888, $1 5,000 00
Miss Martha Sanger bequest,with
interest to Feb. 1, 1889, 522 75
Amount due Public Library, dog
tax of 1888, 673 42
$16,196 17
Surplus, $7,192 70
The above statement closes the financial department for the
year. The Town Debt had been reduced $2,500, in accordance
with the provision made for that purpose, but was increased later
in the year, on account of the appropriations made for building
the new Almshouse and for improvements at the Public Library.
The debt is now $32,500, and drawing annual interest as follows
(See Treasurer's table, page 65) :—
$32,500 00 at 4 % $1,300 00.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD RUSSELL, Auditor.
AUDITOR'S REPORT. 129
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS, APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDI-
TURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1889.
Transfers Unex-
Departments. ApQropri- to Depart- Total Ex. pended
atioas. Receipts, ments enditures. Balances.
overdrawn. p
Almsbouse.................... $5,750 00 $1,30.s 45 '271 $n $7.4%20 2.5 .........
Bridges and Culverts........ 350 00............ 385 ) 715 35 ..........
Board of Health.............. 20000............ ............ IC4 75 $35 25
Bath IIouse,care of.......... 175 00............ ............ 167 0.5 7 115
Contingent................... 1,000 00 15,294 61 ............ 4,711 87 jl1,582 74
Cemeteries................... 100 00 227 00 ............ 313 67 13 33
Cemeteries.receiving tomb. 200 00 ............ ............ 200 00 ..........
Concrete Walks.............. 750 00 44543 502. 12 1,747 M ..........
Concreting School lard. .. 900 00► ........... ........... 900 00 ..
... ....... . . .......
Discounts and Abatements.. 2,000 00 711 52............ 2,30n 99 41053
Draining Morsefleld.......... 6,000 00............ ............ 4,115 98 1.884 02
Fire Department............. 5,500 00 43 00 ........... 5,518 09 2t 91
Fire Alarm.................... 4.50 00............ ............ 448 81 1 19
G.A.IL. I.B.Patten Post 81, 200 00............ ............ 200 00..........
Highways and Drainage..... 10,000 00 3,224 70............ 13,212 83 11 87
Hydrant Service....... ..... 7,500 00............ ............ 7,373 73 12827
Insurance..................... 500 00 ............ ........ ... 487 :11 12 69
Interest....................... 1,400 00 244 49 514 .118 2,158 87 ..........
]Military Aid.................. 500 00............ ............ 451 70 48 80
New Almsbouse.............. 11,500 00.......... Gil M 12,131 0s ..........
Police......................... 5,300 00 32 25............ 5,213 79 118 46
Printing...................... 700 00............ ............ 612 45 87 55
Public Library............... *1,131 1% 1110111 ............ 3243 49 61.0 18
Public Library Itnprovem'ts 3,00000............ ............ 2,99.4 91 1 09
Removal of Ashes & Swill.. 1,000 00 75 00 172 00 1,2s7 00 ..........
State Aid............ ........ .50000............ ............ 40S 00 9'2 00
State Tax..................... .......... ............ ............ 8,212 50..........
Salaries....................... 3,175 00...... ........... 3,175 00
Schools. ................. 26,000 00 63 88..... 25,679 98 �St'3 90
...... . .......
Street Lights.................. 4,00000 12 00 13805 4,15005 ..........
Town House,lighting&care 8o0 00 2S9 00............ 1,086 14 2 86
Town Hall Painting.......... 250 00............ 20 42 210 42 ..........
Town Debt.................... 2,500 00............ ............ 2.500 00...... ...
The Templeton Fund... ... .......... 120 00............ 120 00 .........
The Alartha Sanger Fund.... .......... ............ ............ 10 00 ..........
Town Improvement......... 30000............ ............ 800 too ..... ....
Town Clock................... 5.50 00 ... ............45 03 595 03 ...
........ ..Watering Streets .. 500 00 ;5 00 819 2.5 37 75
Widening Arsenal Street.... 2,00000............ 8791 2,OS7 91 ..........
Taxes paid to Feb. 18 I889. .......... ............ ............ ............ ..........
lessinterest colleetcd(car. .......... ............ ............ ............ ..........
ried to discounts and abate........... ............ ............ ...... ... ..........
menu) and overlay taxes.......... ............ ............ ............ .........
(carried to contingent). ......... ............ ............ ............ ..........
each item being included in.......... ............ ........... ............ ... .....
the receipts of its respect- ........... ............ ..........
ive accounts............... .......... ...'80 936 14............ ............ ..........
Borrowed Money............ .......... 0.5:000 00............ ......... . ..........
Borrowed Monev,paid...... .......... ............ ............ 77,500 00
National Bank 'Pax. ......... S6.4 05 ........... �863 Or)..........
......... . .
Cash in Treasury,Feb.14,1888.......... 4,549 45 ... ........ ...... ..... ..........
Balance in Treasury, Febru. .......... ............ ............ ........... ..........
ary 18, 1889.................. .......... ... ........ ............ 916 17 ..........
Deduct from amt.of Receipts.......... $210,739 08............ ........ ...
unexpended balances car........... .... ........... ............ ..........
ried to contingent.......... .......... 3,990 10..... ...... ......... . ..........
Leaving actual receipts.... .......... $200,748 0s $2,748 10 $206,74s 9. ..........
t From balance of Contingent Account deduct transfers, $2,748.10, leaving an
actual balance of$8,834.64.
*Appropriation$2,500.60,and Dog tax,1887,$631.M.
ESTMATES FOR THE YEAR, 1889.
For Schools, , $25,500 00
Highways and drainage, 10,600 00
Fire department, 5,500 00
Police, 5,300 00
Bridges and culverts, 350 00
Interest, 1,800 00
Town debt, 3,900 00
Salaries, 3,775 00
Discounts and abatements, 2,000 00
Insurance, 200 00
Free Public Library, 2,150 00
Concrete Walks, 750 00
Street lights, 5,000 00
Contingent, 1.000 00
Printing, 750 00
Lighting and care of town hall, Soo 00
Painting school houses, 600 00
Care of cemeteries, 100 00
Isaac B. Patten Post, 250 00
State aid, 500 00
Military aid, 500 00
Removing ashes and garbage, 1.000 00
Town improvement, 200 00
Hydrant service, 8,000 00
Board of health, zoo 00
Support of poor, 5,500 00
Widening of Arsenal street, 1,000 00
Bath house, 175 00
Widening Irving street, I,400 00
$88,800 00
A LIST OF JURORS,
As prepared by the Selectmen, Feb. 14, '*, and submitted for the con-
sideration of the Town at the Annual March Meeting,as required by law:
Alexander, Wm. A. Hall, Edward C.
Atwood, William F. Hall,John.
Berry, Charles W. Hancock, Geo.
Barker,Joseph G. Haynes, Alberto F.
Barnard, Samuel O. Hobbs, Nathan.
Bemis, Lucius. Holmes, Thomas F.
Benton, Edward A. Howard, Frederick I-1.
Bigelow,Jonathan. Hubbard, Henry P.
Blaisdell,James T. Knox, Oscar F.
Burchstead, David W. Learned, Waldo A.
Burnham, Charles H. Lee, James.
Burns,Joseph II. Lougee, Charles E.
Barton, S. M. Madden,James.
Bustin, Wm. H.,Jr. Monahan,James D.
Benjamin, Wm. 1.1. Martin,Henry W.
Bailey, Frank M. Mayo, Emery M.
Bedell, Charles A. McLauthlin, Lewis.
Cahill.James. Merrifield, Hosea F.
Campbell, Cyrus H. Newcombe,John W.
Carroll, Michael. Otis, Ward 'M.
Carter,John W. Phipps, Sanford.
Cashman, Daniel, Priest, David II.
Cleveland, L. Sydney Paine, Richard II.
Cole, Alton B. Pierce, Ch. Q
Chamberlain, Willard N. Puffer, Reuben.
Chadbourne, Henry R. Regan, John F.
Chase, Henry. Richards, Abraham L.
Cobb, Freeman W. Robinson, Geo. F.
Colligan, Dlichael B. Russell, Charles W.
Cunnift, Martin J. Roberts, William G.
Cushing, William, Robinson, G. Fred.
Dadmun, Harry E. Rogers, M. Thatcher.
Day, Geo. 11. Shaw, Linus A.
Davenport, Albert N. Savage, Wallace W.
Drake, Frank I-1. Sharp, Supply '1'.
Drew, Atwood D. Sherman, Charles F.
Dumphy, Patrick J. Shipton, Ambrose J.
Dunne, Geo. C. Shurtlefl', Perez T.
Earle,James H. Stone, Andrew I1.
Edwards, Wm. H. Stockin, A. C.
Evans,James D. Snow,Walter B.
Farwgll, Wm. E. Thompson,Albridge L.
Fitch, Wm. A. Tarlton, Lewis B.
Flanders, David. Trickey, Fordyce P.
Fletcher, Albion C. Tugman,James J.
Foskett, Geo. W. Tuttle,John W.
Gardner, Charles B. Vaughan, Geo. B.
Gavin,Thomas. Whitney, Hiram.
Gilkey, James H. Woodward,James B.
Gleason, Samuel S. Wilson, George L.
Goodwin, Andrew. Whitcomb, Francis E.
Gregg, Geo. H. Wiswall, Henry M.
Hackett, Francis J. Whitney, Solon F.
Published by order of the Selectmen,
W. H. INGRAHAM, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
To George Parker, a Constable 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 in Watertown,on Monday, the'eleventh
day of March next, at 7.30 o'clock, a. m., to act on the following
articles, viz :
ARTICLE i. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
ART. z. To choose all necessary Town officers for the year
ensuing.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of the Town officers and of any
committees heretofore appointed, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To grant such sums of money as may be thought
necessary for the use and expenses of the Town the ensuing year,
and for paying a portion of the Town debt, direct how the same
shall be raised, or take any action relating thereto.
ART. s. To see what method the Town will adopt for collec-
tion of the taxes the ensuing year, choose a collector, and fix com-
pensation for his services, or act thereon.
ART. 6. To, see if the Town will adopt the list of Jurors as
submitted by the Selectmen, or take any action thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas-
urer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow such'sums
of money for the use of the Town, not exceeding fifty thousand
dollars, as may be necessary in anticipation of the taxes of the
current year, and issue the notes of the Town therefor, and all
debts incurred under the authority of this article shall be payable
from said taxes,.or take any action thereon.
WARRANT FOR TOVW MEETING. 133
ART. 8. To see if the Town will grant a sum to aid the Isaac
B. Patten Post, No. 81, G. A. R., in defraying the expenses of
decorating the graves of deceased soldiers on the next Memorial
Day, direct how the same shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 9. To give in their votes upon the following question :
" Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in
this town?" The vote shall be by separate ballot, and the ballot
shall be "Yes" or "No." In taking this vote the Check List
and patent ballot box must be used, and the ballot must be not
more than five, nor less than four and one-half inches in width,
and not more than six, nor less than five and one-half inches in
length.
ART. io. To see if the Town will instruct the Assessors to
abate the tax assessed upon David B. Flint for the year 1887 on
the estate now called Sunny Bank, or take any action thereon.
ART. i i. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Fire
Engineers, under the direction of the Selectmen, to locate the old
hand hose carriage at some convenient place at East Watertown,
or act thereon.
ART. 12. To see what course the Town will adopt to remove
the flow of water from Franklin, Otis and Wasliburne streets.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will grant the sum of six hun-
dred dollars to paint the school houses, direct how it shall be
raised, or act thereon.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will grant the sum of thirty-six
hundred dollars to build a soldier's monument, direct how the
same shall be raised, or act thereon.
ART. 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen,
after hearing the petition, to pay to Stephen Decker a sum of
money as compensation for injuries received by him, from boys
coasting, if, in their judgment, it should seem advisable, or act
thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to
build a reservoir on Common street, or on the Court of Common
street, for the better protection of the residents on Meeting-house
hill, or act thereon.
134 WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will grant a sum of money for
the improvement of Main street, between Galen and Mt. Auburn
streets, or take any action relating thereto.
And you will notify the legal voters of Watertown to meet at
the time and place herein specified, by leaving at every inhabited
house in town, a printed copy of this Warrant, and also by post-
ing two or more of said copies in public conspicuous places in.
town seven days prior to time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your do-
ings thereon to the subscribers on or before the time of said meet-
ing.
Given under our hands, this eighteenth clay of February, A. D.,
ISSg.
CHARLES BRIGHAM, Selectmen
EDWARD F. PORTER, of
F1IRAM D. SKINNER, N atertown.
2'H E
FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF TIIE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF
WATERTOWN ,
FOR 1888-89.
WATERTOWN:
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER.
1889.
SCHOOL CONIMITTEE.
i888-�89_
DR. J. A. MEAD, Chairman, Term expires 1889.
C. W. STONE, Secretary, fig &L 1891.
JOSHUA C. STONE, °G it 1890.
JAMES D. MONAIIAN, 44 " 1890.
DR. M. J. KELLEY, I &° 1889.
C. S. ENSIGN, " °` . 1891.
SUB-COMMITTEES.
Phillips School, Common Street.
DR. J. A. MEAD, Chairman, C. W. STONE, J. C. STONE,
C. S. ENSIGN, DR. M. J. KELLEY, JADES D. MONAHAN.
Francis School, Xt. Auburn Street.
JADES D. MONAHAN, Chairman, C. S. ENSIGN, J. C. STONE.
Parker School, Galen Street.
C. S. ENSIGN, Chah-man, DR. M. J. KELLEY, J. C. STONE.
Coolidge School, Mt. Auburn Street.
J. C. STONE, Chairman, C. S. ENSIGN, C. W. STONE.
Grant School, White's Avenue.
C. W. STONE, Chairman, J. C. STONE, DR. J. A. MEAD.
Spring School, Main Street.
DR. M. J. KELLEY, Chairman, C. W. STONE, JAUEs D. MONAHAN.
Evening School, Grant Building.
DR. J. A. MEAD, Chairman, C. W. STONE, J. C. STONE,
C. S. ENSIGN, DIt. M. J. KELLEY, JADES D. MONAHAN.
Bemis School, !Etna Mills.
DR. M. J. KELLEY„ Chairman, C. W. STONE, JADES D. MONAHAN.
Lowell School, Orchard Street.
J. C. STONE, Chairman, JADES D. MONAHAN, DR. M. J. KELLEY.
Finance and Repairs.
C. W. STONE, Chairman, J. C. STONE, DR. M. J. KELLEY.
Textbooks, Music and Drawing.
C. S. ENSIGN, Chairman, DR. J. A. MEAD, DR. M. J. KELLEY.
Nomination of Teachers.
DIt. J. A. MEAD, Chairman, C. W. STONE, C. S. ENSIGN.
Superintendent.
GEORGE R. DWELLEY,
Office: Town Ball. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 3 3-4, to 4 3-4 o'clock, P. M.
WATERTOWN, MASS., Feb. Iz, 1889.
In School Committee, Voted, That the Chairman's Report
of this date be accepted and adopted as the Annual Report of the
School Committee to the town, and voted to print for distribution
the report of the Superintendent of Schools.
Attest: CHARLES W. STONE,
Secretary
CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
To the .31enabers of the School Committee:—
It seems to me that at no time during the last four years have
the schools been in so satisfactory a condition as they are at
present.
An ample appropriation has enabled us to prevent the resigna-
tion of some of our best teachers whose merit and ability our
neighbors have fully appreciated. The retention of these teachers
has maintained a high standard of teaching, and has contributed
largely to the very satisfactory condition that now exists.
The improvement in the High School during the past year has
been marked. The addition of a new teacher has relieved the
other teachers of the extra work they were doing, and has
strengthened the scientific department. An average student can
fit now for Harvard in our High School in four years without
outside tutoring.
Full particulars of the work accomplished in the other schools
can be found in the Superintendent's report.
The opening of the Parochial school last September took out
of our schools nearly four hundred scholars. This large loss
necessitated closing three schoolrooms. Of these three school-
rooms one, at the Francis, has been reopened, and the other two,
at the Spring, are still closed.
The evening school has been opened three months, and, al-
though attendance has not been as large as it was last year, very
good work has been done by those who have improved the
opportunity.
At present all the schoolrooms in the centre of the town are
occupied, and, at the present rate of increase, they will soon be
uncomfortably crowded.
6 IS REPORT.
A new schoolhouse should be erected during the coming year.
This house should be located on the north side of the railroad
track. The western part of the town has ample accommodations
for years to come, but the northern and eastern part will soon fill
a large building. I would suggest the advisability of disposing
of the Francis building—formerly known as the Centre—and �r
adjoining land on Mount Auburn street, and of building a large
eight-room building on Spring sti-eet. The present building is
old, and without many of the modern conveniences. Spring
street, being a side street, is better adapted for a school than a
main street like Mount Auburn.
A special appropriation of one thousand dollars for an Indus-
trial School is included in the estimates for the coming year. It
is proposed to establish a cooking school, and to teach the use of
tools.
Although allowance was made in the estimates for the past year
for the decrease in expense caused by the Parochial school, we
still have, after paying for the evening school, an unexpended
balance of four hundred dollars.
Before closing this brief report I wish to extend my thanks to
the members of the school committee for the generous support,
and confidence that they have given to me during the three years
that I have had the honor to be chairman of this board.
I desire also to say to our faithful and efficient teachers, that
their excellent work has been fully appreciated, and to assure
them that they have merited the thanks, and won the respect of
all who are cognizant of their zealous and successful efforts to
raise the standard of the Watertown schools.
JULIAN A. MEAD, Chairman.
REPORT OF FENA_NCE COMMITTEE. 7
REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
Expenditures for Schools for the Year ending/ January
31st, 1889.
Appropria- Amount
tions. expended.
Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent.......... $iq,800 0o$zq,ogq 88
At
" Janitors and Truant Officers..... ...... I,Soo 00 i,61S 92
Text Books and Stationery....................... 1,800 00 1,737 70
Repairs and Incidentals.... ... .................. 1,700 00 1,655 45
Fuel .............................. .......... .... 1,200 00 1,307 70
$26,000 00$25,V6 65
Evening School..................... ............ .... ...... 263 33
$25,679 98
Total appropriation, $26,000 oo
Rent of room in Bemis School, 25 00
Town's share of School Fund, 36 63
Discount on Books, 2 25
$26,o63 88
Amotint not expentlecl, 383 90
CHARLES W. STONE, Finance
M. J. KELLY, Committee.
JOSHUA C. STONE,
S REPORT OF FINANCE COIrIMITTEE.
Estimate for Appropriations for 1889-90.
Salaries of Teachers and Superintendent, $19,500 00
Salaries of Janitors and Truant Officers, 1,600 oo
Textbooks and Stationery, 1,500 00
Repairs and Incidentals, 1;700 00
Fuel, 1,200 00
Industrial School, 11000 00
$26,500 00
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT,
To the School. Committee of Watertown:—
GENTLEMEN,—In compliance with custom, the Superintend-
ent herewith respectfully submits to you—and through you to the
citizens of the town—his sixth Annual Report.
Somewhat gladly he speaks of good accomplished ; somewhat
hopefully in his suggestions of change, of the good he foresees.
He rejoices as he tells the story of the year, that six friends of
education approved so much that is helpful ; as he pleads for new
studies and new helps, it is with convictions strong as the swell
of the Atlantic.
The following are the principal acts of the year:—
I. The change of the Grant Primary from a school of a
single grade to a school of two grades.
II. The consolidation of four single-grade schools in the
Spring building into two schools of two grades each.
III. A re-arrangement of grades in two of the Parker schools.
Formerly, an equal division of the pupils in attendance gave one
school for the lowest Primary grade, and a second school for the
three succeeding grades. Now, the more symmetrical arrange-
ment of two grades for a school has become practicable.
IV. The discontinuance of the Francis Primary, of the Spring
Primary of the second grade, and of the Spring Grammar of the
sixth grade.
The above changes are consequences of the contraction in
attendance from i,I I I in February to 812. in September.
V. The appointment of a Teacher of Sewing. During one
day of the week, instruction in needlework is now given by a
special teacher. The teaching is limited to the girls of the three
lower Grammar grades; and the work done is plain, ordinary
work of a wholly practical kind, and suited to common domestic
needs.
ZO SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
VI. The appointment of an Assistant Teacher of Music.
The gentleman who has been appointed as assistant is a singing-
master long and favorably known in his profession. Special
instruction in singing is now given for two days in the week,—
or double the time hitherto devoted to the subject. The assistant
is teacher and musical director in the Primary schools; the for-
mer teacher, in the High and Grammar schools.
VH. The establishment of a Department of Science in the
High School, and the appointment of an additional teacher for
this school, as Teacher of Natural and Physical Science. The
gentleman in charge of the new department is a recent graduate
of Harvard; and, during his last year of student life, was pro-
fessor's assistant in the very subjects he is now employed to teach.
VIII. The extension of the Drawing-Teacher's instruction to
the Primary and lower Grammar grades. The present arrange-
ment brings the skilful teaching of a specialist into the training of
twice as many pupils as formerly received it.
IY. The introduction of Single Entry Book-keeping, and a
more systematic study of Business Forms, into the Grammar
schools.
The study of these forms begins in the sixth grade with Letters
and Bills; continues in the fifth grade with Receipts and Accounts
Current; in the fourth grade with Checks and Orders; and in
the third grade with Notes, Due Bills, and Drafts.
In the second grade the pupils are taught how to ]seep Personal
Accounts and a Cash Account, and in the first grade, how to keep
a simple set of books,—including Day Book, Cash' Book, and
Ledger. The forms are taught through all the variations needful
to meet widely different conditions.
To secure the time for this work in the higher grades, the
study of the following parts of Arithmetic—whose value is
disciplinary rather than practical — has been discontinued : %
(i) Latitude and Longitude ; (2) the Metric System ; (3)
most of the work in the Least Common Multiple and the Great-
est Common Divisor; (4) the speculative Problems in Inter-
SUPERMTENDENT78 REPORT. 11
est; (5) Present Worth and True Discount; (6) all Rules
respecting Partial Payments, except the United States' Rule ;
(7) the Cube Root, and (8) all difficult problems in Men-
suration.
X. The introduction of the study of Civics into the Gram-
mar schools. This subject is now taught in the two highest
grades for a half hour per week, (i) with reference to Town, (2)
to County, (3) to State, and (4) to National Government.
XI. The reconstruction of the Geography Course in the
Grammar schools, and the extension of the study into the Primary
grades.
The elementary parts of this subject can be successfully taught
to the youngest pupils (i) through field lessons, (2) through sand
modelling, and (3) through varied objective instruction and map
drawing.
For the Primary schools the course of study in use is substan-
tially that outlined by Mr. Parker, Principal of the Cook County
Normal School, Illinois, in his book, " How to Study Geogra-
phy," and, for the Grammar schools, that by Mr. King, Princi-
pal of the Dearborn School, Boston, in his book 11 Methods and
Aids in Geography."
The aims in the changes have been to secure (t) an earlier mas-
tery of the subject, (2) more rational methods in instruction, and
(3) amid the perplexing diversity of the facts, a more satisfactory
discrimination between essentials and non-essentials.
XII. The introduction of Love's "Industrial Instruction"
into two of the Primary schools. This is a slight extension of
the kindergarten work already in all these schools, with more
numerous appliances and devices, and their more systematic use.
The occupations of the first year are Block Building, Straw
Stringing, Bead Stringing, Learning Colors, '.Tablet Laying, Pa-
per Folding, Drawing, and Gymnastics. The occupations of
the second year are Stick Laying, Picture Cutting, Scrap-Book
Making, Spool Work, Paper Embroidery, Braiding, Inventive
Drawing, and Gymastics. The occupations of the third year are
12 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Perforated Cardboard Embroidery, Slat Plaiting, Mat Weaving,
Drawing, and Gymnastics.
If permitted, the Superintendent will early introduce this in-
struction into the rest of the Primary schools, except those of
three grades.
XIII. The continuance of the Evening School through another
year. i
This school began Nov. i2th, is in session on Monday,Wednes-
day, and Friday evenings,has five teachers, and has had an aver-
age membership of fifty-three, and an average attendance of
thirty-nine. The school is still at its work; and, in its special
field, is unquestionably a valuable educational agency.
XIV. The purchase of additional Supplementary Readers.
There have been bought during the year, in part to replace
worn out material, and in part to furnish interesting new matter,
6 sets of First Readers. 25 books each.
6 " " Second cc 25 C6 It
.3 cc cc Third « 25 cc cc
XV. The purchase of the following charts, reference books,
and apparatus: —
2 Yaggi's "Anatomical Charts." For the use of the Grant
school and the High school.
6 vols. Winsor's "History of the United States." For the use
of the Grant school.
6 large Historical Wall-Maps, showing in colors and dates the
successive acquisitions of territory by the United States. One for
-each of the history-studying Grammar schools.
7 Tables for the Sand Modelling of continents and other relief
-forms. One for each of the Grammar schools not previously
supplied.
g Movable Blackboards. One for each of the schoolrooms of
two or more grades not previously supplied.
Heavy card-board and rubber pens. For the use of all the
teachers in the preparation of wall-maps, drawings for class in-
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struction, and charts in squares and colors, showing such things
as the comparative size or population of countries.
2 sets of Relief Wall Maps. Six maps in a set. One set for
the Grant school, and one for the Coolidge school.
io copies Fisher's 11 Essentials of Geography." For the desks
of the Grammar school teachers. A guide-book as to things ex-
pected to be taught.
zo copies King's "Methods and Aids in Geography." For the
desks of the Primary and Grammar school teachers.
z copies Bradley's Reference Atlas. One for the Grant Gram-
mar, and one for the Coolidge Grammar of higher grade.
4 copies Mitchell's Reference Atlas. One for each of the fourth
grade Grammar schools.
3 Quarto Dictionaries. One for the High school, one for the
Spring Grammar of the fourth grade, and one for the Coolidge
Grammar.
A considerable quantity of Kindergarten material.
XVI. The reconstruction and expansion of the High school
Course of Study." For a programme of the work of this
school, see appendix to this Report.
XVII. An inquiry into the Temperance instruction given in
the schools.
The law says:—
« Physiology and Hygiene, which, in both divisions of the
subject, shall include sfiecial instruction as to the e�ect of al-
coholic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics on the human syste.1n,
shall be taught as a regular branch of study, to all fiufiils in
all schools sufifiorted wholly or in fiart by public money."
The Superintendent has questioned every teacher of the subject
respecting the kind and extent of the instruction given ; and in
every instance has received the assurance that the subject is care-
fully and sympathetically taught in accordance with the plain in-
tention of the statute.
His own observation points the same way; as does that of
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other visitors to the schools who have given the subject thoughtful
attention.
A text-book which shall faithfully represent the wishes of tem-
perance workers is now under consideration.
f
Five teachers have left your schools during the past year;- 1
one from illness, a second for foreign travel, two for homes of
their own, and one for a greatly increased salary.
The drawing teacher and the sewing teacher represent the only
changes.
The creation of three new departments has given you three new
teachers,—a sewing teacher for one day in the week, an assistant
singing master for one day in the week, and a full time teacher in
natural and physical science.
The following facts respecting the four new teachers employed
since March last, will show the kind of teachers the Committee is
urgent to secure:—
(i). The assistant in music is principal teacher and diroctor
Of the subject in the schools of the city of Malden.
(z). The teacher of sewing is also a teacher of sewing in the
Boston schools.
(3). The teacher of drawing who began the September term
with you was called to the city of Somerville, at a salary of
•$I,2oo for eight months' teaching; and the present teacher—
since she began her work in your schools—has refused two offers
Of $1,2oo each, and has an offer of$1,500 for the next year under
consideration.
(4). The teacher of physical science in the High school was
professor's assistant at Harvard last year, and is now giving to a
class in your school exactly the same instruction as is there given
to one division of the Freshmen. r.
In the main, and judged by what they attempt, the schools are
in a satisfactory condition.
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There is not a poor teacher in the ranks. There are many who
would be of the best anywhere.
Indeed, books on methods of teaching are now so good and so
numerous, and so cleverly illustrate how the skilful teacher devel-
ops both pupil and subject, that there is no excuse whatever for
inferior work.
The improvements to be looked for in the immediate future of
the schools will spring, for the most part, (i) from an increase in
apparatus and reference books, (2) from an extension of the use
of natural methods in teaching, and (3) from a further reconstruc-
tion of the plan of study in the interests of practical utility.
Under the first of these heads one might suggest, as apparatus
yet to be provided for assistance in teaching the single subject of
Geography, dissected maps, stencil maps, printed progressive
outline maps,—already in use in several of your schools,—more
of the ordinary globes, blackboard globes, relief globes, and a
solar camera with slides to show the forms of land and water,
productions, animals, public buildings, cities, etc.
As respects reference books, though most of the schools are
already well equipped, every school, from the Fourth Grammar
upward, should have a large dictionary, a pronouncing gazeteer,
a large atlas, and a recent cyclopedia of some sort.
Under the second head experience would suggest—for the
accurate perceptions they tend to develop—a voider use of clay
modelling, drawing from the object, and the sand moulding of
surfaces to show contour and relief.
These processes of training, it is agreeable to state, already
have an honored place in your schools.
A help not yet used, but to be used the coming summer, is the
field lesson. In teaching about plants, trees, stones, birds,
brooks, slopes, etc., this out-door instruction is a face to face con-
tact with the things studied, and a source of the most vivid im-
pressions. In addition to its immediate and original value, a
single excursion becomes subsequently the foundation for a score
of object lessons.
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Whenever desirable that a part of a school only should be en-
gaged in this way, the rest of the school will be taught by the
substitute-teacher.
A further help, already skilfully employed by your best teach-
ers, and capable of still broader application, is the " discovery"
method. This is a free and rapid conversational process by
which teachers and pupils build up between themselves a little
system of knowledge respecting a particular subject. Its aim is
first to elicit what the children know, and then to use this as a
bridge to what is yet unknown. Its plan is to guide the pupils
through a course of inquiry which begins in ignorance or half-
knowledge and ends with a clear sight of the truth. When a
question is put which the children cannot answer, the teacher
puts other questions related to what they already know of the
matter, and thus leads them by a round-about road to the point
they failed to reach by the direct route. Now, knowledge thus
discovered calls into spontaneous activity the powers of the child,
and is a thousand-fold more valuable than knowledge passively
received from book or teacher.
The method sees in the child not a vacant house to be furnished
and tenanted, but an unfolding soul, and secures growth and
breadth and health through exercise.
Under the third head much needs to be suggested. As today
understood, education is not linear, but spherical, and is a many-
sided, all-round development of faculty. It seeks to give symme-
try, skill, and strength to body and mind alike. It takes into
account the usefulness as well as the disciplinary value of studies,
and looks to the probable future of the child as well as to
ideals in training.
More than two thousand years ago, Agesilaus, king of Sparta,
was asked 11 what boys should learn." His answer was, 11 what
they will Practise as men ;" and the saying, for its wisdom, has
etched itself•into the memory of the race.
The mass of mankind is not literary, —apparently never was
intended to be,—and the world is farm, market, and factory
SUPERUNTENDENTIS REPORT. 17
rather than college; yet the training of children, especially in the
higher grades, is distinctively bookish, and the praises and prizes
of the school go to girls and to boys of studious preferences.
There is little recognition—except, perhaps, to repress—of
the swarm of activities eager for outlet.
The eye is not sufficiently trained to direct the band ; the hand
is not sufficiently trained to be the ready servitor of the mind.
And just beyond the schoolroom are the givers of the world's
work, and the holders of the world's wealth, demanding for their
well-paid employments intellects trained to organize, to construct,
and to execute.
Afresh the question rises how best to fit the boy and the girl to
meet the perpetually recurrent want of food, clothing, and shelter,
for the pitiless competitions, and the inevitable surprises so soon
to come.
Shall we teach them to know many things, or to do many
things, or both?
Arnold, of Rugby, once said that his love of an institution was
justly to be measured by his efforts to improve it.
In this spirit let us approach the plan of studies of the schools,
here, it may be, to abbreviate and there to enlarge and enrich.
W e would nowhere abridge save for proportion in plan and ben-
efit in results. But we would add, or, if already introduced,
would add to, the instruction—approved by experience in this
country and abroad—which gives to girls the ability to sew, to
cook, and to manage the affairs of a household, and to boys that
expertness in the use of the six universal tools which will every-
where be helpful to them, whatever their position in life, and will
hold them in readiness, now and always, for the speedy mastery
of any industrial occupation.
In view of the fact that ninety-five per cent. of the children
who go out of the schools engage in manual employments for a
livelihood, the general training of the hand would seem to be the
indispensable correlative to the general training of the mind.
Dr. Wm. T. Harris—a very eminent educational authority—
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says that many other things can be taught in the schools besides
the six studies which open the doors into the great departments
of human learning. But their right to be taught must be proved
by their general utility and the extent to which they can be taught
in progressive lessons and with such apparatus as is, or may be,
introduced into the school." He then proceeds to give emphatic
sanction to cookery as such a subject.
The chairman of the Committee on Manual Training in the
Boston Schools speaks as follows of the Schools of Cooking.
" They are exceedingly popular with the parents. They bring
keenly interested girls from great distances to the work. We
can all see the great comfort and value these girls carry into their
homes. No schools established among us ever received such
quick appreciation from all classes of our people."
The Superintendent of Schools of Canton, says:—
" The instruction given in the Canton School Kitchen follows
very closely the course given in the Boston schools. It is so ar-
ranged that the pupils progress, by successive steps, from the
more simple ways of preparing food, to those processes that re-
quire considerable skill and judgment." He further says, " that
there were more than one hundred girls receiving instruction in
his Cooking School, and that three only abandoned the training
by reason of their own or their parents' lack of interest; that he
addressed seventy letters to as many girls of the class, asking if
the instruction in cooking interfered with other school work, and
was informed that it did not, except in the case of two girls living
far off from the school ; and that his own carefully formed con-
clusion was that in ordinary circumstances a cooking annex was
no interference with the regular work of the schools."
As estimated by a teacher of much experience in the specialty,
an afternoon cooking school would cost $400 a year for furniture,
supplies and instruction.
Though Sewing is now taught in your schools,and by a special
teacher, it does not receive the attention its importance merits,
nor the attention given it in the foreign educational codes. You
SUPERINTENDENT 7S REPORT. 19
devote to it one hour a week in the fourth, fifth and sixth ye.ir of
school.
In London, little children begin to be trained to the use of
the needle in the first vear.
In the continental rstates the Common School course of study
generally runs through eight years.
The following statements show the grades and the hours in
which needlework is taught:—
In Austria, it is taught three hours a week in the third, fourth,
fifth and sixth year, and four hours a week in the seventh and
eighth year.
In Prussia, two hours a week throughout the eight years.
In the Canton of Neuchatel,—which may fairly enough repre-
sent Switzerland, —the minimum.is two hours a week, for each
of the first four years, four hours a week for the fifth and sixth
year, and two hours a week for the seventh year. The maximum
allows four hours more during the course.
In Belgium, for the first and second year, three hours a week;
for the third, fourth, fifth and sixth year, four hours a week; for
the seventh and eighth year, sewing and domestic economy five
hours a week.
Condensing the above into a single week of the course, a com-
parative summary thus exhibits the instruction given :—
1888. Watertown 3 hours per week.
i880. Austria 20
Prussia 16
Neuchatel minimum 18 " °' "
it maximum 22 " " "
Belgium 32 " it "
The figures are significant. They embody the belief of whole
nations as to the worth of this training; and they mutely appeal
for action which shall dull the edge of contrast.
A perfect education would—on one side of it—be a perfect
adjustment of the child to the mature life to follow ; and it will be
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a fresh step toward the ideal—as well as a seven-league stride in
the useful—when the occupations of the girl in the school antici-
pate in some measure the occupations of the woman in the home.
It is accordingly recommended that in the coming year provis-
ion be made for a full-time sewing teacher with a salary of $500.
Housekeeping is the fundamental industry of woman. Sewing
and cooking are but two of its processes. As a preparation for
life, a knowledge of housekeeping is more important to a girl than
a knowledge of geography, or history. The girl who does not
prepare herself for its duties, in her father's house or elsewhere,
is of those foolish ones who go forth to meet the bridegroom with-
out oil in their lamps.
The elements of housekeeping have for several years been
taught in the Belgian schools. The following is their schedule
of topics:—
°t (I) Conditions necessary for a healthy home. Ventilation,
cleanliness. (2) Furniture and its care. (3) Warming and
lighting. (4) Washing. The use of soap and of liquid chlo-
rides. Removal of grease. (5) Care of linen, bed-clothing, and
garments. (6) Practical suggestions as to alimentation, quality
of foods, and their preservation. (7) General instruction as
to culinary preparation. (8) Drinks. (9) Kitchen. closets.
(io) Toilet of young people. (it) Family receipts and ex-
penses."
The above programme is quoted, not as a preliminary to a spe-
cific recommendation, but as indicating what will probably be the
next step in the industrial training of girls after sewing and cook-
ing have become fully naturalized in your school curriculum.
In twenty of the public schools of New York city, in workshop
or kitchen, ten thousand boys and girls now receive manual in-
struction. The principals of these schools report, as a conse-
quence, « increased interest, readier apprehension, better appli-
cation, more accurate representation, and easier and better disci-
pline."
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The Board of Education recommends that " Manual Training,
in the broad educational sense, be continued where it now Pxists,
and extended as rapidly as circumstances will permit, with a view
to its final adoption by all the schools."
Says the principal of a school in which six hours a week are
given to instruction in the mechanic arts:—" I regard it as a
most valuable part of our educational course. It is not simply
manual training, it is brain training, character training. Its philo-
sophical basis is the education of the senses, the opening of the
' windows of the soul.' The lessons are all problems in the con-
crete, and develop system, exactness, and the habit of earnest
effort, in using well ordered means to attain the desired end."
Says a second principal, in whose school nine hours a week are
given to hand-craft, and whose boys are from ten to seventeen
years of age :-I I The aim kept in view in our manual training is
simply educational. If the work done by the boys has sometimes
had value, that is incidental—we have no more expected any
results of commercial value from their manual training than from
their study of arithmetic or English. Our purpose is, by careful
teaching and supervision, to train eye and hand and mind to per-
form well and accurately a number of simple hand-craft opera-
tions, and to combine them in construction.
We have found no difficulty in incorporating manual training
into our school curriculum. We give the usual amount of time
to the common school studies, and have taken that needed for
manual training from what is generally put down as spare or play
time. Experience leads us to believe that the progress of the
school in the usual studies has not been at all lessened in con-
sequence of the introduction of manual training. We get
over as much ground, and fully as well, as we would without
it..$
There is a large body of similar evidence, but the limitations of
this Report compel brevity in citation.
Partly because of its obvious utility, but much more because of
its educative influence in giving accuracy to the eve, readiness to
22 SUPE=TENDENT 9 S REPORT.
the hand, and executive force to the character, it is recommended
that a Manual Training school be established in April, and that
the sum of $75o be appropriated to cover the necessary outlay for
tools, material, and instruction.
For two years or more there has been such a school in the
neighboring city of Waltham, and the following figures*represent
the actual cost of tools and instruction, and a close approxima-
tion to the cost of material.
The boys to be trained are divided into classes of ten each, and
each class is given one lesson a week of an hour and a half in
length. The same tools and appliances are used by the successive
classes.
Actual cost of work-benches for a class of io, $io6 73
44 " 11 tools and all other outfit for a class of io, 148 75
'c instruction for four classes at $2-.50 per
lesson, $io per week. For year of 40 weeks, 400 00
Estimated cost of white-wood material for 4 classes, 40
weeks, estimate based on actual cost for 7 classes
7 weeks, 78 64
$734 Iz
The teacher keeps the tools and room in order for the price
named. Seven hundred and fifty dollars is asked, as there may
be some variation in the cost of tools or material in the year to
come.
In the event of the establishment of a Manual Training school,
the instruction can best be given to four divisions of boys taken
from the Grant Grammar. Each division will have one lesson a
week in the afternoon.
If experience elsewhere may be expected to repeat itself with
you, the interest of the boys in the work will guarantee at least
ninety per cent. of attendance.
In the High school the interest in practical Physics is very
great, and the boys are uniformly present, if in health. The
hand-work in the experiments seems to rouse to better head-work,
SUPMUN TENDENT18 REPORT. 2e3
and the results of the laboratory practice support the position
now confidently taken by many educators that manual training of
some sort is essential to the most successful mental training.
In all the industrial subjects hitherto adopted or now recom-
mended the Superintendent is working on a definite plan toward
definite ends. This plan appears but in glimpses and parts in
any one Report, and it is impossible perhaps adequately to present
it in narrow limits. But he will submit an outline of what is
doing, and sought to be done, in a single direction.
Already in the Primary schools the children are trained to cut
paper patterns of many forms, both selected and original. They
thus become dexterous in the use of blunt pointed scissors.
In the stringing of beads and peas, they are taught to thread
the needle and the use of needle and thread.
On their entrance into the Grammar schools, they are prepared
to begin plain sewing. In the first three years of Grammar train-
ing they learn " over-and-over " sewing, "running," "stitching,"
"hemming," " gathering," and ' darning."
At this point instruction now terminates.
If the recommendation of the present Report is adopted, the
instruction will be extended to the older girls in the Grammar
schools, and will enable them to cut, fit, and make all such gar-
ments as are, or may be, made in the home; and, if they choose,
on " Graduation Day" they may receive their diplomas in an
attire which is mainly of their own manufacture.
As the Superintendent re-reads what he has written, and recalls
—as is natural at the close of his Report—tile many things
which contribute to the prosperity of the schools, he sees afresh
and sharply how little of progress was possible,—even with
Committees and teachers eager for advance,—but for the gener-
osity of the town.
24 SUPERINTENDENT 18 REPORT.
Always for education has there been the open hand ; always the
warmth and glow of public confidence and friendly interest.
In return, the schools have enriched as they have been them-
selves enriched ; and, more fortunate than the alchemists of old,
they have transmuted the fine gold of the appropriations into
knowledge, accomplishment,worldly success, and character. And
because they benefit, and benefit in proportion to expenditure,
they seek new channels through which their benefits may stream.
The time is ripe for expansion and development. Never before
did inventive art offer so many helps. Never before did so many
fingers beckon toward new utilities.
Respectfully submitted.
GEORGE R. DWELLEY,
Superintendent of Schools.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 5, 1339.
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"PENDIX.
STUDIES OF THE FOURTH CLASS.-FIRST YEAR IN THE IIIGII SOHOOL.
TEACHERS. SUBJECTS. TEXT-BOOKA, ETC.
Mr.Norton....... I'ny9iology.. ... Walker's Physiology. Selected chapters,first
Physical Geog- half year,two recitations per week.
Mr.Norton........ raphy......... Guyot's Physical Geography. Second half
year,four recitations per week.
Mr.Norton........ Algebra ........ Wentworth's Elements of Algebra. Four rec.
itations per week throughout the year.
Pork completed to the end of Equations of
the First Degree. 31any problems given
from other text-books.
Dr.Marquardt— Latin............j.Jones's Latin Lessons, the first half of the
year.
The first Book of Ctesar's Gallic War,the sec-
ond half of the year. Daily conversion of
English into Latin. Four recitations per
week throughout the year.
Dr.Marquardt.... German.........IThree hundred pages of Otto's Grammar.
Spoken German the language of the class.
room from a very early stage. Authors
read, "Dr. Wespe," "Der zerrbroehene
Krug," and "Der gerade Weg der beste."
_ Four recitations per week throughout the
year.
Miss Crafts.......History......... Alorris's English History. Four recitations
per week throughout the year.
Miss Crafts. ......English.... .... Kellogg's Rhetoric, including (1) Invention,
(3) Qualities of Style, (3) Prosody. Studies
In American Literature from Whittier,
Holmes,and Longfellow.
iLives of leading American authors and their
works. For collateral reading,Underwood's
Hand hook of American Literature. Four
recitations per week throughout the year.
Mr.Dwelley... ..,civics...........ITuxt-book for the subject in general,111acy's
Our Government. For town, county, and
State, Towle's Synopsis of the Constitution
and Laws of:1lassachusetts. Forthe nation,
Andrews's JIanuttl of the Constitution. Four
recitations per week throughout the year.
Miss Lewis....... Drawing........!The American-Text-Book of Art Education.
Clark edition. tios.9and 10. One recitation
hour per week. The work is in (1)construe.
Lion,free hand and instrumental, (2) 11epre-
j sentation,(3)Decoration.
26 SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
STUDIES OF THE THIRD CLASS.-.SECOND YEAR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. •SUBJECTS. TEXT-BOOKS, ETC.
Mr.Norton....... Geometry ...... Wentworth's New Piane Geometry. Five
books. Four recitation hours per week.
Study in this subject is but in part directed
to the comprehension of the reasoning of
the author; there is much original demon.
stration of theorems and problems. Geom-
etry,as today taught,develops power in the
student in precisely the same way as Arith-
metic and Algebra develop it.
Mr.Norton........ Physics......... Avery's First Principles of Natural Philoso-
phy. Eight recitation hours per week,four
for experiments,and four for discovery and
exposition of the laws illustrated. On so-
count of the size of the class, the cost of
apparatus many times duplicated, and the
inability of one teacher to supervise the
work of so many,the experiments are in a
majority of cases performed by the teacher.
During the last two months of the year,the
members of the class individually perform
the first ton of the forty experiments re-
quired by the Harvard examinations.
Dr.Marquardt.... Latin............ Three books of Cwsaes Gallic War. Constant
translation of English into Latin. Also,Part
I.of Harkness's Latin Composition.
Dr.Marquardt.... German......... Otto's Grammar finished. Authors read,
Sobiller's Wilhelm Tell, Goothe's Herman
and Dorothea, Lessing's Minna you Barn-
helm, Chamisso's Peter Sehlemihl,and so.
lections from Gustav Freytag's poetical
works. Four recitation hours per week,
three for conversation and reading,and one
for compositions in German upon the sub.
jects read.
Miss Crafts. ...... 111stoty......... Barnes's History of France. First half year.
General Lectures upon Modern History.
Second half year. Four recitation hours
per week.
Miss Crafts. ...... English......... Abbott's How to Write Clearly, Meiklejohn's
History of the English Language. Trench
on the Study of Words. Collier's English
Literature, as far as and including Shak-
spearo. Study of the masterpieces found in
Underwood's Hand Book of English
Liters-tore. Your recitation hours per week.
Mr.Dwelley...... Greek........... First forty of White's Greek Lessons. Good-
win's Grammar, and daily conversion of
English into Greek. Xenophon's Anabasis
begun. Four recitation hours per week.
Mies Lewis....... Drawing........ Subjects of Training, (1)Working Drawings,
(2) Grouping and Plant Forms, (3) historic
Ornament and Design. One recitation hour
per week.
SUPERRI TEIAS'DENTIS REPORT. 27
STUDIES OF THE SECOND CLAss.THIRD YEAR IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SUBJECTS. TEXT-ROOKS, ETC.
Mr.Norton........ Physics......... Eight recitation hours per week. Various.
reference books in constant use. During
the first half of the year,the remaining thir.
ty of the Harvard experiments are per.
formed by the pupils under the careful su.
pervislon of the instructor.
Mr.Norton........Chemistry...... Eight recitation hours per week. Avery's El-
ements of Chemistry. The time is spent
largely in discovery of natural laws and
the chemical properties of elements and
compounds through laboratory investiga-
tion.
Dr.llarquardt.... French.......... The first fifty lessons in Otto's Grammar. One
hundroQ and fifty pages in Hachette's First
French Reader. Weekly compositions in
French. Twenty French poems committed
to memory. From an early date daily con-
versations in French respecting the subjects
read. Four recitation hours per week.
Doss Crafts....... History.......... Smith's Smaller History of Greece. First half
year. Leighton's history of Rome. Second
half year.
Miss Crafts....... English......... Study of the plays of Shakspeare required for-
admission to Harvard, IM-90. These are
(1)Julius Cwsar, (2)As You Like It, (S) Mid.
summer Night's Dream. Continue study of
authors in Collier's English Literature,and
their works as found in Underwood's Hand
Book of English Literature.
Mr.Dwelley.. .. Arithmetic..... Greenleaf s Ifigher Arithmetic. The aims in
this study are mental training,and a famil-
iarity with business methods.
Mr.Dwelley...... Latin............ Eight recitation hours per week,four devoted
to the critical reading of eight or more Ora-
tions of Cicero,and four to Latin composi-
tion through Harkness's Latin Proso Com-
position,and to the sight-reading of Latin
as follows:—(1) Harkness's Latin Reader,
two months, (2) Three books Viri Romae,
two months,(3) Lives in Cornelius Nepos,
two months,(4)The last three books Cmear's•
Gallic War,two months,(b) Previously un-
read Orations of Cicero,two months. The
composition and sight reading are done
by those only who are fitting for college.
Mr.Dwelley...... Greek........... Eight recitation hours per week,four spent
in the critical reading of four books of the
Anabasis and parts of the hellenica, and
four in the study of Jones's Greek Composi-
tion,and in the sight-reading of three books
of the Anabasis and parts of the Helleniea.
Miss Lewis ...... Drawing........ Subjects, (1) Machine Drawing, (2) Charcoal
Shading, (3) historic Ornament. One reei.
tation hour per week.
28 SUPERINTENDENTS REPORT.
STUDIES OF THE FIRST CLASS.—FOURTH YEAR IN THE Hirai SCHOOL.
TEACHERS. SUBJECTS. TEXT-BOOKS, ETC.
Dr.Marquardt.... French.......... Otto's Grammar completed. Authors read,
Henry Greville's Dosla, Racine's Athalie,
Moliere's L'Avare,Corneille's Horace,and
Scribe et Legouve's Batatllo de Dames. For
sight-reading, Sandeau's Scigliere. Con-
versations based on Hennequin's Idiomatic
French throughout the year. French pooms
committed to memory as last year. Four
recitation hours per week.
Miss Crafts....... History......... Continue Leighton's History of home. First
half year.
'bliss Crafts....... Botany ......... Gray's Field Book. Class analysis of one
hundred species of plants. Four recitations
per week.
Miss Crafts...... English......... The rest of the Harvard requirements for
1890, viz:—Macaulay's Lays of Ancient
Rome, Scott's Quentin Durward, Dobson's
Eighteenth Century Essays, Goldsmith's
Deserted Village and Vicar of Wakefield, •
Macaulay's Life of Johnson,and Essay on
Boswell's Life of Johnson, Carlyle's Essay
on Boswell's Life of Johnson,and Johnson's
Vanity of Human Wishes.
Mr.Dwelley...... Book-keeping.. Bryant and Stratton's High School Double
Entry Bookkeeping. Taught practically
and with direct reference to use and useful-
ness. Three recitation hours per week.
Mr.Dwelley...... Latin........... Six Books of Virgil's Xneid. Sight-reading
from Ovid's Metamorphoses, and the last
six books of the ANold. Arnold's Latin
Prose Composition, and conversion of
English history, biography, and speeches
into Latin. Four recitation hours per week.
Mr.Dwelley...... Greek........... Herodotus,first half year,Homer's Iliad,see-
ond lialf year. Sight roadingfrom those au-
tbors in the parts not critically read. Ar-
nold's and Sidgwick's Greek Prose Compo-
sition. Conversion of narrative English
into Greek. Four recitation hours per week.
'bliss Lewis....... Drawing........ (1) Machine and Building Drawing, (1) Sauce
Shading, (8) Design in Color. One recita-
tion hour per week.
Music, Declamation,and Composition,one exercise per week throughout the
course.
SUPERINA TENDENT7S REPORT. 29
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
I. Population.
Population of Watertown, census of 1855• 6,238
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age,
May I, I S88. 1'243
II. Teachers.
Number of Teachers in the High School, ¢
44 " 9' " Grammar grades, II
it " " Primary " I2
" " special teachers (music, drawing, and
sewing,) 4.
Whole number of teachers, 31
III. Pupils.
Whole number of pupils enrolled, 1,Io5
Number over 15 years of age, 145
Average number belonging, 898.7
49 daily attendance, 843.7
Percentage of attendance (upon the number
belonging), 93.9
JANITORS.
NAME. SCHOOLS. SALARY.
George F. Robinson....... Phillips and Grant............ $700
Andrew H. Stone..........(Parker, Spring,and Francis.... boo
Mary Austin...............(Coolidge...................... Ioo
Mrs. Ryan................. Bemis......................... 6o
Joseph Tarlton............. Lowell........................ 60
TRUANT OFFICERS.
NAME. DISTRICT. I SALARY.
George Parker.......... .... Centre, South, and `Vest....... $20
Ezrum V. Howard......... 64 it 49 <. ....... 20
George F. Robinson....... " `• •• ....... 20
Andrew H. Stone......... " .....• 20
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NAMES OF PUPILS NEITHER ABSENT NOR
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HIGH SciiIooL—Agnes Sample, Frank Gilkey, Hiram Hart-
well, Frank Masters, James McCafferty, Kennard Rand,James
Skehill. COOLID(m GRAMMMAR—Kate ROckett. GRANT GRA-
MAR—Minnie Brown, Madeleine Dyer, Lizzie Howard, May
Rand, May Thomas, Allan Emery, Sidney Ensign, Willis
Learned, Arthur O'Neil. FRANcts GRAMMAR—Lois Fitch,
George Rockwell. PARKER GRAMMAR—Maggie Healey, Emma
Hunt. SPRING GRAMMAR—Andrew Glynn, Marshal Lawson,
Walter Norcross. LowELL—George Brown.
EVENING SCHOOL.
Whole number registered, 97
Average enrollment, 53
Average attendance, 39
Expenditures.
Mr. George S..Turner, $90 00
Mr. William K. Norton, 33 33
Miss Alice J. Parsons, , 45 00
Miss Fannie W. Richards, 45 00
Miss Joanna M. Riley, .}5 00
$263 33
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF TIIE
TOWN OF WATERTOWN.
1889.
WATERTOWN :
FRED. G. BARKER, PRINTER,
1889.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
1888-89.
JOSHUA COOLIDGE, Term expires 1889.
HORACE W. OTIS, •' " 1889.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, •' it 1890.
A. 0. DAVIDSON, " " 1800.
REv. ROBERT P. STACK, it it 1891.
EDWARD E. ALLEN, " it 1891.
CHARLES S.ENSIGN, Chairman.
A. 0. DAVIDSON, Secretary.
HORACE W. OTIS, Treasurer.
Executive Committee.
CHART S S. ENSIGN, A. 0. DAVIDSON,
HORACE W. OTIS.
Committee on Books.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, REv. ROBERT P. STACK,
JOSHUA COOLIDGE.
Committee on Finance.
HORACE W. OTIS, REv. ROBERT P. STACK,
A. 0.DAVIDSON.
Trustees of the Asa Pratt Fund.
CHARLES BRIG HAM, A.0. DAVIDSON,
HORACE W. OTIS.
Librarian.
SOLON F. WHITNEY.
Assistant Librarians.
Buss JANE STOCKWELL,
Miss ELLA SHERMAN, until April.
Miss HELEN CUSHING, until Jan.
Miss T. E. MACURDY.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREE
PUBLIC LIBRARY,
In presenting their twenty-first annual report, the Trustees refer
to the report of the Librarian for a detailed statement of the year's
work, and ask that its information and statistics be carefully
perused. In general the results have been gratifying. The
steady increase in the circulation is to be noted, and it is a satis-
factory fact that the Library is freely used by persons living in all
parts of the town.
Through the methods of teaching at present in vogue in the
public schools, with the hearty cooperation of teachers, the young
people are making use of the Library for special work. This must
result in inculcating in them the right manner of using it, and to
seek for such literature as will improve and instruct. To thor-
oughly cultivate the habit of reading,—reading that shall be of
profit, —a person should commence to form the taste at an early
age. It is therefore pleasing to see the reading-room daily filled
with young persons, culling from the magazine and book that
which interests as well as amuses. As long as the High and the
Grant grammar schools have but one daily session, we must wel-
come and provide for these pupils so long as they do not interfere
with the comfort of the general reader. For the foundation work,
which reflects much credit upon this Library in comparison with
many others, too much acknowledgment cannot be given to its
founders, through whose instrumentalities and wise judgment so
much valuable literature was, at an early date, placed upon its
shelves.
As a town for residence, Watertown is rapidly advancing in
4 TRUSTEES' REPORT.
general estimation, and its municipal advantages, all public
improvements with no permanent debt, good churches, good
schools, a good library, and the high moral tone of the commu-
nity, must attract a large and desirable population within its ter-
ritory. To keep pace with increasing demands,—to be in line
with neighboring competing towns,—the appropriation for this
municipal work should be judiciously increased. It has always
been the policy of this Board to make as wise and as prudent
use as possible of the annual appropriation. Often has it been
obliged to dispense with valuable matter, as it did not feel fully
justified in purchasing from limited funds. The policy has been
to spend the appropriation for such matter as would be of benefit,
to the greatest number. While the demand for works of fiction
—the fresh novel—continues, still the true policy should prevail,
of placing nothing upon the shelf but what must have permanent
value. The best of scientific, historical, biographical and mis-
cellaneous works are always sought for as soon as issued from the
press.
As far as practicable, the wishes of readers have been gratified;
and when the Trustees have felt obliged to decline a request, it
has been on account of expense, or knowledge that the work called
for would not be of sufficient general use to warrant the purchase.
Some libraries have been fortunate in donations and bequests,
affording permanent funds to purchase works of rare excellence
and value. What is particularly needed in this, are works of ref-
erence,—not for general circulation,—but for consultation only
in the [library; also fine literary works of art, that from their
beauty and merit, gratify and educate a delicate refined taste, and
add so much to the standard of a library's'excellence. Many
valuable private libraries are being continually offered at auction,
but on account of limited funds, we are unable to take advantage
of these opportunities. In a few years most of the private libra-
ries of the country will have been absorbed by the public libraries,
and it will be too late to get many rare and valuable works.
Works of such a character, it would seem, should not be pur-
TRUSTEES) REPORT. JC
chased from the town's annual appropriation, but from some in-
dependent source. We sincerely trust that present and former
townsmen will not forget the Library's needs, when considering
for what object they shall devote their gifts. No better use,—one
that can be of continuous value, —can be made of wealth than in
the manner indicated.
Gifts of books and pamphlets are always desired; and we feel
that there is much material, possibly of slight value to the owner,
that might be made of great general benefit. To those who
have presented such matter, and the works of art that adorn the
Library walls, the Trustees are extremely grateful.
All historical matter and genealogical records, relating to the
history of this once large town and its families, should be in the
Library ; and we suggest that when a local family name has been
preserved in print, a copy be presented for permanent preserva-
tion and use. Equally so, should be preserved all military or
regimental histories that affect any person who has in any way
been connected with the town; and all works of art, the handi-
work of our towns-people. All donations of articles and heir-
looms of furniture, paintings and mementos of local history will
be fully appreciated.
Last March, the Trustees were reluctantly compelled to accept
the resignation of Miss Ella Sherman (Mrs. Norcross), an assist-
ant librarian, who had faithfully served as such for many years.
The whole matter of this service was placed in the hands of the
Librarian, and has proved satisfactory, as we believe.
The much needed repairs upon the roof and coping of the Li-
brary building have been made by the Selectmen, in accordance
with the vote of the town, and the chimneys made serviceable.
This year the Librarian presents the eighth supplement to the
second catalogue, As will be readily seen, it is questionable
whether this method should be much longer continued.
All reputable libraries have adopted the card catalogue system,
as more convenient and satisfactory. The amount realized from
the sale of catalogues and supplements does not compensate for
G TRUSTEES) REPORT.
the expense. To introduce the new system will involve some ex-
pense and time, but the work should be undertaken at once.
The Trustees urge upon the Library's patrons as careful a use
as possible be made of books taken for home use, and request all
parents and guardians to see that all minors under their-care com-
ply with this suggestion. The Trustees do not wish to rigidly
enforce the rule regarding lost or damaged books, and a little care
may prevent the enforcement of what may become an unpleasant
necessity.
The town having at the last annual meeting accepted the propo-
sition of Mr. Charles Pratt, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. its vote has been
carried into effect by the joint boards of the Selectmen and the
Trustees of the Library. The basement of the building has been
neatly and conveniently fitted up, suitably decorated, and con-
tains a spacious, well lighted reading-room, a general reference
room, where will be found the U. S. Patent Office Reports and
other documents, and a Trustees' room. The whole matter was
placed in the hands of Messrs. Brigham and Spofford, as archi-
tects, with satisfactory results.
Mr. Charles Brigham has given a great deal of time and per-
sonal attention, without compensation, and to his skill and fine
artistic taste, is the town indebted for these fine rooms. It has
been particularly pleasing to see how warmly this improvement
has been seconded by our towns-people, by deeds and words of
encouragement. If substantial aid had not been given by the
friends of'the project, the town's appropriation would have been
insufficient.
For the kindness and aid of the Walker & Pratt Manufacturing
Co., of Messrs. Charles Brigham, D. F. Tripp, the lEtna Mills,
the Water Supply Co., and the Newton & Watertown Gas Light
Co., the town is greatly indebted. Mr. Charles Pratt very gen-
erously has supplemented his gift, by presenting the necessary
furniture for the new reading and reference rooms.
Last summer, Mr. Pratt placed in the hands of the duly ap-
pointed committee, Messrs. Charles Brigham, Horace W. Otis,
TRUSTEES REPORT. 7
and A. O. Davidson, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000)
in five per cent. interest gold bearing railroad bonds. From this
income there will be sufficient funds to supply the new reading-
room with suitable material. In addition thereto, we are assured
of the presentation of reading matter from other sources, some of
such a character as the Trustees might not deem advisable to pur-
chase with this fund.
The new reading-room was informally opened on the afternoon
of February znd, and we trust that it will be patronized by all, es-
pecially by those whom the donor desires to reach. All the material
desired has not been placed on its walls and tables, and the Trus-
tees are open to all fi-iendly suggestions and donations. As to
the limit in age that minors shall be permitted to use the new
room, the Trustees have not determined ; but for quiet and com-
fort, think that none under sixteen years should be allowed;
while minors as early as fourteen years may be allowed in the
upper reading-room, subject to the approval of the Librarian.
As the whole question depends upon the decorum and silence of
the young people, the Trustees prefer to wait before passing a
mandatory vote, and trust that all parents and guardians will co-
operate with them. As the reading-room must be kept open
until 9 o'clock in the evening to be of advantage, it is to be con-
sidered, whether the hours for opening all portions of the Library
should be changed from the present time of 3 o'clock until 8
o'clock, to the hours of from z o'clock until 9 o'clock, and the
Library remain closed during the forenoon. Experience does not
warrant its being opened in the forenoon, as is clearly shown in
the Librarian's Report. All that is desired is the greatest advan-
tage to the greatest number. The additional reading-room in the
Library must increase its current expenses ; but the Trustees ask
for no larger appropriation than that granted the last year.
The sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500) and the dog-
tax is requested for the ensuing fiscal year.
8 TRUSTEES' REPORT.
Statement of Amounts Received and.Expended by the n us-
tees for the Year 1888-9.
Received from town appropriation, $2,500 00
it " dog tax, 631 56
" '• sales of catalogues, 7 40
" " fines, 121 29
$3,260 25
Paid for books, $7S9 65
" " binding,$151.13 ;binders, $14.21, 165 34
" periodicals, 164 59
gas, $241.00; fuel, $203.I0, 444 10
printing, $20.75 ; express, $20.42, 41 17
stationery, postage, etc., 27 3S
repairs, $61.42 ; cases and fur-
niture, $62.52, 123 94
Paid for salaries, $I,250.00;care of build-
ing and grounds, $237.32, 1,457 32
$3,243 49
Unexpended balance, 16 76
$3,26o 25
" ASA PRATT FUND."
Received interest on bonds to Dec. I, 1888, $250 00
it " Watertown Savings Bank, 1 25
$251 25
Paid for periodicals, pamphlets, etc., $SS 69
Balance on deposit in the Watertown
Savings Bank, 162 56
$251 25
Respectfully submitted, in behalf of the Board of Trustees of
the Free Public Library.
CHARLES S. ENSIGN, Chairman.
WATERTOWN, Feb. 4, 1889.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT,
To the Trustees: —
GENTLEMEN,—It becomes my pleasant duty to place in your
brands, for the twenty-first time, an annual report of the condition
and interests of the property under my charge.
The library, while increasing in size, is also growing towards
a still greater degree of usefulness. If we may judge from its use
and fiom its gifts from a large number of people, both among
present and fornVXresidents, it is constantly gaining in its hold
upon the heartsall who love the old town of such ancient and
honorable memories.
Honored certainly in the future will be the memory of all those
who helped to found and establish on an enduring basis, to furnish
and equip with works of literature, of science, and of art, an
institution which proposes to benefit to the extent of its means
and influence every child of the town, every citizen and every
stranger within her borders. In its administration it can know
no barrier of sect or education, of party, or church, or society.
It is a Watertown institution, and must be fostered and cherished
by, and it must be managed for the benefit of, all who reside
within the town limits.
CIRCULATION.
The library has entered upon a period of renewed youth and
vigor. The circulation of books has been larger than ever before ;
it has been 27.3 per cent, larger than the average for the last ten
years. Last year it was the largest in the history of the library.
and this past year it has been more than ten per cent. more than
last year, notwithstanding the confusion a part of the time, due to
he changes and work of mechanics going on for several months;
10 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
.during which we may proudly claim some credit for the fact that
not for a day has the regular work of the library been allowed to
be interrupted.
CATALOGUING.
If readers have experienced some inconvenience from noise and
dirt, and troublesome draughts of air while reading or waiting for
books, you will grant some consideration of esteem for my assist-
ants, who, day in and day out, through it all, have held on in the
regular path of duty without complaining, never ceasing from the
simple but important work in which we feel we are engaged.
Not only have the public been served to a greater extent than be-
fore, but the work of cataloguing our books, preparing frequent
lists for the local papers, cooperating with an association of libra-
rians from the best libraries of the country in the preparation of a
work for the mutual advantage of all our libraries, have gone on
at the same time. A very large number of pamphlets have also
been catalogued, and if bindings or pamphlet boxes can be pro-
vided the coming year to hold and preserve them, a large amount
of valuable material will be, made available for the regular work
of the library.
REGISTERS AND RECORDS.
No interruption has been allowed in any of the registers of ac-
cessions of books or pamphlets, or in the lists which it is required
and expected shall be kept, although this duty, with that of mak-
ing and improving the catalogues, grows with the growth of the
library, and no increase for several years has been made in the
appropriation for the administration of the library. It may be
well to remind the town that it has received the benefit of a large
amount of unpaid labor, else it may not be prepared at no distant
day to make a large increase in its pay for such service, if it should
like to continue to compare favorably with the better libraries in
these respects.
NEW CATALOGUES.
In ISSI a new catalogue was prepared, consolidating the first
LIBRARIAN$ REPORT. 11
catalogue of r87o, and the supplements of the ten following years.
The number of volumes was then about r a,000; now, it is about
half as large again, or, to be more exact, r8,500. It was felt
then that it was burdensome to readers to plod through ten differ-
ent alphabets to find whether some desired volume might be in
the library or not. We are fast nearing the same point of diffi-
culty. For this there are two remedies: one is to consolidate the.
catalogue and supplements, as we did ten years ago, which would
be expensive ; to consolidate the supplements only in one volume,
making it a second volume of the catalogue of about half the num-
ber of pages of the catalogue of 1881, which, though it would
cost less, still would involve considerable expense; or, to begin at
once the preparation of a public card-catalogue.
The large libraries cannot afford the luxury of a frill printed
catalogue. Or, if they could, and should attempt as they occa-
sionally do to make one, they would require before it could be.
completed, a new one of the accumulations made while the former
was being prepared and printed. If the printing of the catalogue
of the books in the British Museum goes on at the present rate of'
thirty volumes each year till the end of the present century, they
will then have new volumes enough for quite a respectable cata-
logue. The catalogue of the Boston Athenmum, which includes
the volumes in the library to 1870, and is a model of accuracy and
usefulness for the rest of the world, was not completed till another
volume or more might have been made for the additions to the
library during the printing of its five compact volumes.
The question as to the remedy for this difficulty, with some of
the considerations on either side, might be stated to the public
and then the matter left for them to consider whether they wish
to appropriate the necessary funds to make any new catalogue,
and if so, what kind of a catalogue. It is largely a question of*
use and expense. Doubtless a full printed catalogue,as complete
as possible, which each family might have at home, would be
very desirable. We have already hinted at the difficulty of mak-
ing any catalogue complete in a growing library. There is noth-
17 LIBRARIANS REPORT.
ing perfectly finished in this world except a dead fossil. Even a
crystal, that is thought to have no life, is capable of continued
.growth under favorable circumstances by outward accretions.
Our library, instead of being a fossil now approaching slow but
sure dissolution, is an infant hardly yet conscious of the growth
that begins to thrill through its alcoves and reading-rooms, or in
this sun-kissed town with its many vacant acres waiting the com-
ing of the throng pressing out from the busy city for homes and
breathing places. If the village has grown during the past year,
anyone can see that its capacity for further growth is as yet una-
bated. May this growth, wholesome and strong, be felt in every
form and means of activity in the young institution whose welfare
we have so much at heart.
That this growth may be wholesome and strong we must have
somewhere and somehow a full and complete catalogue of all our
literary possessions. In iSSo, we quoted Carlyle's saying, 11 A
library is not worth anything without a catalogue; it is a Poly-
phemus without an eye in his head, and you must front the diffi-
culties, whatever they may be, of making proper catalogues."
A printed catalogue combining the supplements, which would
form a second volume of the entire catalogue, can be prepared
:and printed for about a thousand dollars, while the whole cata-
logue arranged under a single alphabet, which would make nearly
three times as large a volume, would probably cost about two
thousand dollars. A card catalogue, re-duplicating and improv-
ing the present card catalogue, could be prepared on cards that
-Could be held in place by rods running through them in a case
which might be placed in front of the delivery desk, for consid-
erably less than either of the others. There is no question in the
minds of those accustomed to their use, of the superiority of such
catalogues which approach always nearest the true idea of a per-
fect catalogue, for one who can use the catalogue in the library
building. Whenever a volume is added to the library, its cards
may be at once written and dropped into place in the alphabetical
:arrangement under subject, and title if not suggesting the subject,
0
It
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 13.
and also under author. This catalogue may thus be made to
represent each day and at all times the exact possessions of the
library. It is the only kind of a catalogue that can be made to
include new books as well as the old books of the library. The
objections to such a catalogue are the space required to hold it,the
fact that it must always be consulted in the library building, and
the difficulties of its use. In regard to the first objection it may
be said that we have sufficient space between the front middle
window and the desk to hold a card catalogue to represent the
accessions of the next hundred years. In regard to the second ob-
jection, it should be said that we might prepare brief finding lists.
of fiction, of travels and descriprion, of history and biography,
or of science and arts, useful and applied, or of any subject or
class of subjects, for home use according to the wants of readers,
as is done in the larger libraries. In regard to the third objec-
tion, we may say, that though the printed page is easier to con-
sult where the eye can scan a hundred titles almost at a glance,
while but one card can be seen at a time, as they are turned one
by one, the difficulties are not insuperable. The greater certain-
ty of finding at once what one desires, if the book belongs to the•
library,in its proper place in the single alphabetical arrangement,
soon reconciles one to the effort required to master the incon-
veniences of its use. Witness the constant recourse to the card
catalogue in Bates Hall, in the Boston Public Library.
Large libraries cannot afford to print full catalogues. We need.
not. The cost might perhaps be devoted better to increasing.
more rapidly the number of needed books. The question may
be safely left to those who provide toe funds and enjoy or suffer
the convenience or inconvenience resulting from their choice.
That provision be made at once for consolidating the supplements•
in one way or other during the coming or following year, all
readers will see is very desirable. If sufficient time be allowed
for preparation,—one or two years at least after the plan is de-
cided on,—the work can be done in connection with the regular
work of the library with greater economy.
11. LIBRAR ANtS REPORT.
The brief annotated lists of books published in the Watertown
Enter firise have doubtless been a convenience to many and of
advantage both to the publisher and to the library.
In some places longer lists are published without expense to
the library, in connection with advertisements. The library gains
the advantage of making known its first accessions, or its store of
books on special subjects, the advertisers gaining opportunity to
enter the houses of intglligent people with their statements of de-
sirable opportunities for bargains, and publishers making the lat-
ter class who hope for pecuniary rewards, meet all the pecuniary
obligations, find recompense for their labors without calling on
the library. This seems to be not entirely an American method,
as many of our excellent European,—notably the English,—
periodicals come to us almost smothered with advertisements.
Knowledge of the new volumes ofl'ered for the public use can thus
from time to time be imparted in an economical, if rather undig-
nified manner.
THE TOWN LIBRARY FOR THE TOWN.
The library may be congratulated that, so far, there have been
no controversies of a sectarian character connected with its man-
agement. It was one of the incentives that led to its foundation
and filled it with enthusiasm that it claimed and received the sup-
port of all classes, all denominations, all political 'parties. It
knew not Protestants as opposed to Catholics, Unitarians or Trini-
tarians, Evangelicals or Anti-Evangelicals, whatever that may be.
It appealed to all lovers of their kind, all who had faith in educa-
tion and the ultimate triumph of truth, all who were willing to
share their means and their time in advocating, collecting, and
making useful such good books as could be got together. It is to
be hoped that at this late day it will not be found desirable or
necessary to divide up on narrow grounds and create a Catholic
library and a Catholic reading-room, an Evangelical library and
an Evangelical reading-room. Literature that is sectarian is lim-
ited in its purpose and scope, and may be had in the various
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churches. The mass of science, and biography, and history and
philosophy, art and poetry, would have to be duplicated in each
library if there were as many libraries as societies. The town
would have instead of one strong library which the union of all
makes possible, a number of smaller and so less valuable libra-
ries. If there are those who prefer to see denominational works
in the public library, let them present them. Each of these would
bear the marl: of the giver,which would recommend them chiefly
to those for whom they were intended. It has always been the
policy of all boards of trustees, at the start and since, to avoid
spending public money for sectarian works, though all such when
moderate in tone have been received when presented.
Some years since a gentleman presented several books to the
library, saying, 11 I wish to loan these to several of my friends.
You take them, and I will send them here for them. You can
remind them without offence, if they mislay them and so forget
them, and I shall with less trouble to myself be sure that they are
constantly in the way of being used." The machinery of a pub-
lic library, with its necessary rules, enable it to do such work better
and with less trouble than private individuals can do it. Happy will
be the time when all strive to emulate the example of Cyrus, who
led against Babylon, the immortal ten thousand Greek soldiers.
It is said of him, that when he had anything which lie particu-
larly enjoyed, he sent a part of it around to his friends with the
message, " Cyrus tried this and found it particularly good, and
wishes his friends also to enjoy it." Add to this example the
later Christian spirit which makes everyone needing aid of any
kind one's neighbor and friend. and we shall have a model the
imitation of which in constant intercourse and our relations with
our neighborhood will do much to make the world better, will
multiply museums and libraries. A book is easily given.
TVE NEW READING-ROOM.
In my report made a year ago, I recited the occasion and the
condition of an oiler to establish what has become the Asa Pratt
Fund. On my own part, I feel deeply grateful to the town for
16 LIBRARIANS REPORT.
accepting and carrying out fully the letter and the spirit of the
conditions of the gift, and if the town does not reap the reward
for its expenditure it will not be from any want of endeavor of
mine to obtain the best possible results for the amount expended.
I feel deeply grateful, and all interested in making labor more
intelligent, more thoughtful, better furnished with technical
knowledge, will feel grateful to all who have contributed their
time and their labor, or their substance, to the realization of this
plan for the extension of the work of the library. Special men-
tion in your report will be made of the contribution of much
valuable time and the set of plans by which all the changes in the
building have been wrought, from the architect, Mr. Charles
Brigham, whose fine taste has produced the pleasing result; of
extensive changes in heating apparatus contributed by the Walker
& Pratt Manufacturing Company, by which the proper heating,
lighting, and ornamentation of the room were possible; of a large
amount of labor and considerable material in putting in a circular
stairway by the ,Etna Mills; of labor and material in moving and
lighting the boulevard lamp, by the Newton & Watertown Gas
Company; of labor and material in moving and making new con-
nection for water supply by the Water Supply Company, to whom
the town is indebted for their constant supply of water for boiler
and toilet uses; for change and repair of concrete walk to Mr. D.
F. Tripp, all of which were free gifts to the library.
Thus, far more pleasing and satisfactory results have been ob-
tained by aid of these valuable gifts which the working men of
the town must enjoy and prize, as the contributions have been
made for their benefit.
The town is again put under obligations of grateful rernem-
brance to Mr. Charles Pratt for the gift of the furniture which
so well furnishes the new reading-room. This furniture and the
cases in the Patent-room were made in a very creditable mamier
by Lawrence, Wilde & Co., of Cornhill, Boston.
OTHER GIFTS.
It has long been my desire to have specimens of the handiwork
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT. 17
of all of our Watertown artists. In the report of 1885, special
mention was made of certain acquisitions in this direction, and
the hope was expressed that we might have other such works of
art for our walls.
Miss Ellen Robbins, last spring, made the library a present of
a magnificent flower picture, a bouquet of chrysanthemums,—
all framed and ready to be hung on our walls. Later, in the
early summer, she offered a companion picture to the one given
earlier in the year, at half price, if so much could be raised. Mr.
John H. Kendall offered to pay one-fifth of the amount required,
Mr. Francis Kendall, two-fifths, Miss Sarah Bemis, one-fifth,and
Mr. H. C. Derby the remaining fifth. Thus was made up the
amount of fifty dollars required to make the beautiful picture a
permanent possession of the library, and the two pictures now
hang on either side of the desk in the upper reading-room.
Mrs. Charles J. Barry has contributed a life-size crayon por-
trait of her husband, a former much esteemed chairman of the
Board of Trustees. The picture is the handiwork of a Water-
town lady who has done good service as a teacher of drawing in
our schools, and who has spent some months perfecting herself in
her art abroad. We hope soon to see similar pictures of other
former chairmen of your Board on our walls, where they will-
please the present generation and perpetuate the memory of the
founders of this institution to generations yet to come.
We have the promise of other pictures and works of art.'s Mr.
Edward Whitney, of Belmont, one of the largest of the original
contributors, and a large contributor to the building fund, has
again shown us evidence of his kindly feeling in answering my
enquiry for specimens of works of Watertown artists. He, with
the cooperation of his sister, Miss Anne Whitney, poetess and
sculptress, has sent us her model statuette of Charles Sumner,
* As this Report is passing through the pre§s, a note from the Secretary of the Pratt
Institute of Brooklyn,N.Y.,announces that he has purchased and forwarded six pictures,
to be used in furnishing the rooms of the Watertown Free Public Library,at the request of,
and as a gift from Mr.Charles Pratt. This is doubtless to express his double pleasure that
so many others have come forward to help the enterprise which he began to foster last year.
18 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
which so many have greatly admired. This has been tempora-
rily located in the upper room. We have been told also, that
Miss Hosmer has promised to send us something of hers, which
would no doubt increase the pride her old townspeople have al-
ready felt in her success in her art.
The Hollingsworth & Whitney Company have continued their
supply of excellent covering paper through another year.
A list of the books and pamphlets given during the past year
will be found in Appendix II. Besides these, and besides the
periodicals purchased by the income of the Asa Pratt Fund for
the new reading-room, we have received the promise of quite a
valuable list of periodicals from the Watertown Magazine Club,
to be sent to the library after the members of the club have all
seen them ; they will be valuable for use for a while on the
tables, and then of permanent use on the shelves when bound.
Mr. Charles A. Stearns, of East Watertown, sent to the library
a large package of Electrical journals, thus furnishing the library
and reading-room with a mass of the best reading on a subject
in which the public are at this time specially interested, and in
which he is an expert. Dr. Julian A. Mead sends the Garten-
laube ; Mr. Fred. G. Barker, publisher of the Watertown En-
terprise, sends quite a number from his list of exchanges; Rev.
Mr. Richardson sends two church papers and one review
regularly; the publishers of the Newton Journal, Newton
Graphic, Waltham Tribune, Waltham Free Press, the Water-
town Enterprise (two copies), all send their publications free to
the library. We shall hope to add others to our list as contri-
butions from publishers, or from persons interested in special
publications.
REPAIRS.
The leaks in the roof, of which mention was made in my report
last year, have been properly remedied. We hope there will be
no further trouble from this source. The chimneys, which have
given us considerable trouble since we first occupied the new
LIBRARIAN$ REPORT. 19
building, by refusing to take away the products of imperfect com-
bustion, or to act efficiently as ventilators, have been cured by
simply removing from their tops the chimney pots with which
they were crowned. Now the cheerful flames on the broad
hearths help to carry off the over-used air and give room for a
canstantly incoming fresh supply.
The catalogue room was enlarged quite satisfactorily by remov-
ing the toilet bowl to the rear of the room. New shelving has been
obtained by dividing one of the cases and by using others stored
in the basement ever since the library was removed to this new
building. In a similar manner new shelving can still be obtained,
although it will require the cases to be put somewhat nearer
together.
CHARACTER OF THE CIRCULATION.
The character of the circulation' has not very materially
changed. Perhaps the quiet student work that was gaining ground,
has suffered a little by absorption of the time and energies of the
librarians in the changes being made for other interests in the
library during the past few months, but now that these are made,
the library will settle down to regular work again, especially to
aid all looking for information on any given subject. As I write
this, the interesting face of a young Miss peering over the desk,
asking what we have in the library about the life of Miss Cary,
comes up as one of the unanswered questions that some other call
pushed aside for the moment, to be forgotten till now. We hope
she persisted in asking one of my assistants until she found some
of the brief sketches of Miss Cary, which can certainly be found
in the library.
ACCESSIONS.
We cannot say. that the addition of new volumes during the last
* During the last year, the following classes of literature have been given out for
home and library use in the proportion indicated in percentages of the whole circulation,
as expressed in figures; viz: Books of reference,including bound periodicals, it;juven.
iles, 18;fiction,42; geography and description,5; art and general literature, 6; theology,
a; education, 9; biography,3; poetry,3; history, 5; science,3.
20 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
year equals that of the past few years. The number of gifts, al-
though creditable, is much smaller than last year, and the number
purchased is also smaller. The remark made last year, that 11 I
have never before felt the need of more money in the library so
keenly as during the past year," is, when I think of the call for
books, still truer than ever. The town and the many corpora-
tions, companies, and individuals, who have responded so hand-
somely the past year, to enlarge our rooms and fit them up so
beautifully, have enlarged our opportunities for usefulness. What
is most needed in a library after all is books. We hope the town,
now other things are provided for, will make a generous allow-
ance for binding our pamphlets, and especially for the Purchase
Of new books. There are two factors entering into every-ac-
cession, the price and the choice. The price is a simple matter;
the town knows whether it can afford it or not. As to the other,
it is a matter in which many fortunate circumstances must com-
bine. The work of genius must be produced, then knowledge of
its existence, of its fitness for peculiar wants, must be gained.
To the selection of books much time has always been given.
In my reading the question always open is, whether this book is
desirable for the library. Persons familiar with any science or
art are constantly consulted as to desirable sources of information.
Several persons have made suggestions of books of considerable
value to the library, others have presented valuable works.
It is thus by the combined efforts of all interested, that this library
can be most enriched.
THE PRESSING NEEDS OF THE LIBRARY.
Beyond the ordinary supply of new books and the moderate
purchase of old standard works of our literature, there is great
need of books of reference. The books purchasers have been
moderate in size,plain or simple in binding, not costly in illustra-
tion. Of course, the more expensive works you have not pur-
chased. We have no funds-for valuable and costly books of ref-
erence. When our citizens invite their friends from abroad to
LIBRARIAN 78 REPORT. 21
walk through the library, we have no remarkable books to show
them. Our library may thus sutler in comparison with other
libraries. Our young people may not feel the want, for they
have little knowledge of elaborate works which by their extent
or by their beautiful illustration might be of incalculable use to
them. I have long felt the want of some permanent fund, or some
benefaction which some of our wealthy citizens, or former resi-
dents would doubtless have made, if it had occurred to them how
good a thing they might have done with a few thousand dollars
devoted to such uses.
To illustrate by mentioning a single work out of hundreds which
might be easily named,—I have tried for the last fifteen years, as
you well know, to induce you to think that a sum less than a
hundred dollars might possibly be spared for a work on historic
costumes. All who have seen it have admired the beauty of its
numerous illustrations. Our young students of history would get
from some of its many instructive plates portrayed in colors, the
exact counterpart of the people in hall or in state, or at their vari-
ous callings, the people of the very country and the very age of
which they are trying to get some idea, and we must confess, con-
fusing and vague ideas, from the pages of their histories. How
vivid and real, for instance, the brilliant court of Louis YIV.
would become to the dullest pupil ! How his eyes would sparkle
at the quaint, perhaps grotesque costume of the peasants of Hol-
land or Belgium in the early part of the present century! How
real our pilgrim ancestors, clad in the garb of the eighteenth cen-
tury, among the Dutch at-Leyden, or embarking at Delft Haven,
if presented as they were with their picturesque surroundings, or
when about to embark in their rude vessels. I cannot blame you
for not giving our young people the means to reproduce in parlor
or on mimic stage, scenes true to life in costume and household
surroundings of the early Romans, or the conquering Saxons, or
the Normans, or any of the contemporaries of our great writers.
It would take near a hundred dollars for the one work I have in
mind ; and yet our young people can get on, as thousands have
2.2 LIBRARIAN IS REPORT.
done before, without such aids in realizing the varying peculiari-
ties of the jumble of peoples and times whose names and dates
they so industriously memorize. A hundred dollars taken any
one of these fifteen years would have been quite a considerable
portion of the allowance for books. The hundred dollars, too,
would buy a hundred interesting stories. It would buy a hundred
smaller works of science. But this may serve to illustrate what
it gracious work for the town is possible for anyone who, out of
his abundance has the heart to set aside a few thousands,—even
:t few hundreds of dollars,—for the purchase of some of the mas-
terpieces of literature, or literature and art combined, which
would illustrate and enrich the valuable collection we already
have. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, in the enlarged and beautifully
illustrated edition, for instance, making the purchase of a hundred
smaller works taken from it unnecessary ; dictionaries and cyclo-
pedias of science and useful knowledge; sets of periodicals first
becoming rare and costly; more durable and consequently more
costly bindings;— many of these would be fitting monuments of
the liberality of men of means who may love to think of the grati-
tude of generations yet unborn.
By a new law of the state, one section of which is given below,*
it is easy to make a bequest which must be held in trust and ad-
ministered according to the wishes of the giver. Would it not
be well to give a brief legal form which might be used by any
person moved to bestow a part of his property when he is done
with it, for such use to the library?
Since the above was written, the following forms for a bequest
have been prepared by emnient legal talent as brief but yet
* Law approved MaY4,ISM Section 4,Chap.3oq. "The trustees so elected by the town
shall have the entire custody and management of the library and reading-room and all
property owned by the town relating thereto; and all money raised or appropriated by the
town for its support and maintenance,and all money or property that the town may receive
by donation from any source,or by bequest, in behalf of said free public library and read-
ing-room,shall be placed in the care and custody of the board of trustees, to be expended
or retained by them for and in behalf of the town for the support and maintenance of its
free public library and reading-room,in accordance with the conditions of each or any do-
nation or bequest accepted by the town."
LIBRAPLIAN18 REPORT. 23
correct and sufficient forms for the purpose stated above. Insert
in the will either of these forms
(I). 111, A. B. of Watertown, in the Commonwealth of Mas-
sachusetts, give and bequeath (if real estate, use I give and de-
vise.') to the Town of Watertown aforesaid, the sum of
dollars for the sole use and benefit of the Free Public Library in
said town."
(z). " I, A. B. of , in the State of , give and
bequeath (use words 'give and devise,' if real estate,) to the
Town of Watertown in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the
sum of dollars, to establish a fund to be designated as I the
Fund,' .the income from which shall be expended in the
purchase of books (or, ° books of reference,' or other objects, as
testator may desire), for the sole use and benefit of the Free Pub-
lic Library in said town."
Every will and codicil should be dated, sealed and signed by
testator at its end, in the presence of three witnesses, who should
note the fact of execution.
The usual statistics will be found in the various appendices.
The question whether the experiment of keeping the library
open forenoons from io to 12 shows sufficient demand for it or not,
can be determined by any person who examines the table showing
the average use for the two years and nine months during which
the experiment of opening in the forenoon has been tried, and
who considers that half at least of those who are counted, are
children who might, perhaps, come to the library as well in the
afternoon. It is the feeling of my assistants that a larger number
have been deprived of the use of the reading-room and library
between 8 and 9 in the evening. Would not the hours z to 9
accommodate a larger number of people than the same number
of hours as now distributed? The convenience of the greater
number I know you desire to secure. If it were not for the ex-
pense, I suppose you would like to keep the library open from
nine in the morning until nine at night. That is hardly necessary.
One could give out in ten or fifteen minutes all the books, on the
average, called for in the forenoon, so far.
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LIBRARIAN'8 REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING AVERAGE USE OF LIBRARY FROM 10 TO I2 A. M.
1886-7. 1887-8. 1888-9.
Month. DAILY. DAILY. DAILY.
Persons. I Books. Persons. Books. Persons. Books.
January.... [The experiment of 7 6 I2 I2
February .. opening the Library in 9 IO 13 it
the forenoon began with
March. ... 7 7 9 II
April .. .. Maya 7 8 to 12
May.:..... 2 2 I 6 6 6 7
June ..... 4 I 7 8 8 To
Jtlly ....... IO ( I I IO I2 9 IO
August..... 9 9 IO 11 I2 I j
September. 6 I 6 6 6 8 10
October.... 6 7 6 6 7 Io
November.. 7 7 8 10 9 13
December.. 7 8 to 10 to 16
That you have given this and a hundred other details of library
management careful thought and only seek the greatest good to
the greatest number, most people fully understand. Some, how-
ever, would on the instant, without a moment's thought, decide
differently, on any one of these details.
May a spirit of wise liberality, with a view to future enlarge-
ment, future use, and future needs, guide the town in all of its
provisions for the growth and sustenance of an institution so well
fitted to benefit the present and all future generations.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
SOLON F. WHITNEY, Librarian.
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 25
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APPENDIX II.
LIST OF DONATIONS OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, ETC.
Pamphlets
DONORS. and
Vols. Papers.
American Unitarian Association,'°Christian Register"
and °'Unitarian Review" ......... .... ...... 64
American Institute, N. Y........ . .... ...... .... .... 1
Ames Free Library, North Easton. .. .. ...... ........ I
Ames, John G....................................... 1
Anonymous, •6 Continental `Meekly Magazine", etc.. 56
Arlington Public Library. .............. ............ 1
Ayer, J. C. &Co.................................... 1
Baldwin, E.D., Pub., "Newton Graphic.".... ...... .. 52
Barker, Fred. G., 61 Watertown Enterprise"...•• •.•. 9
Boston City Government...................... . ..... I
Boston Dep't of Parks, Board of Commissioners...... 1
Boston Public Library.... ...• .. .. .. .... .. . . .. ...... .I
Boston Record Commissioners........... .. .. •••. .... 1
Boston School Committee....... ...... . . .... .... .... 1
Bradlee, Rev. Caleb D..... . . . ... .. . ... .. .. .. . ..... I 1
Brookline Public Library..... .... .... .... . . .... .. .. 1
Butler, Rev. Eber R........ ...... .... .... .... . ... .. 1
Cardiff (Wales) Free Library.. .... .... .... .... ...... 1
Chicago, City of................ .... ...... .... . ..... 1
Children's Hospital, Boston......... .... . . .. .. . ... .. 2
Clarke, Henry `Y................... .... . . . . .. . ..... 17
Clinton, Bigelow Free Library.....•.......• •• •• •• • • 1
Cohen, 11Ias............ .... .... .. . ..... . . .... . ... . . 1
Columbia College Library............. .....•.•.. .... 2
Concord Public Library..... ........ ................ 1
Davenport, Dr. B. F., "Chemical News............. 358
Dawes, Hon. E. L., "Official Bulletin United States
Patent Office"...................0............ 57
Ditson & Co., 11 Musical Record 11.... •••• ...... ...... 12
LIBRARIANS REPORT. 27
Eaton, `rhos. B., Ed., "Waltham 'Tribune............ 303
Eliot, Chas. W., Pres. Harvard University........... 1
Emerson, Fred.W................................... 1
Ensign, Chas. S..................................... 42
Faxon, Henry H............ .................... .. .. 1
Foster, Joseph.......... ........ .......... .... ...... 1
Funk& Wagnalls, Pubs, "'The Voice".... ... ...• • • 52
Grand Rapids, Mich., Board of Trade...• ...... .••. . 1
Grand Rapids, Mich., Public Library...... .... ...... 1
Gleason, S. S., "Watertown Enterprise", etc....... 58
Greeley, Gen. A. W., Chief Signal O,glcer............ 10 187
Gregg, S. Albert, "American Legion of Honor".... 12
Harris, J. L., "Northwest"•••.............. .... .... 2
Harvard University Library..... .... ..........••••. • 1 a
Hayden, H. D., M. C...... ............ .... .... ...... 3 2
Hoar, Hon. Geo. F., M. C.. .................. .. .... 1
Hogan, Edward and Thomas R............. .... .. .. .. 37
Hopedale Public Library.............. .... .... . ..... 1
Indianapolis Public Library............... .... ...... 1
Kimball,J. P., Director of U. S. Mint. .... ........•• 1
Lancaster Public Library............... ............ 1
Lawrence, Andrew, "Commercial Bulletin...... ..... 16
Lawrence,Robert M., 11[.D...................... .... 1
Lawrence, Mass., Public Library.... .... .... .... .... 1
Malden Public Library.............. . ..... .......... 1
Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.. .... 14
Massachusetts Secretary of State................ .... 10 1
Mass. Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,..... 1
"Our Dumb Animals".... .... .... ...... ...... 12
Mass. Society Prevention of Cruelty to Children..... 1
Massachusetts State Board of Health................ 2
Mass. Society for Promotion of Good Citizenship.... 1
Massachusetts Tariff Reform League................ 1
Mead, Dr. Julian A., '•Die Gartenlaube''............ 27
Melrose Public Library............. . . -- -- .. - -.. -- 1
Mitchell Library, Glasgow, Scotland.......... . ... .. 1
Morse, Hon. Leopold.. 3
Newberry Library, Chicago............... ...... .... 1
Newton Free Library ...... ........................ 2.
Omaha Board of Trade............ . ................. 1
Paterson (N. J.) Public Library ..... . . .. .......... L
28 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Peabody Institute, Danvers. ........................ 1
Peabody Institute, Peabody............... .... ...... 1
Pierce, B.H., 2 antique engravings, and............. 3
Pierce, Chas. Q...........................•..... ..... 3 11
Pratt, Geo. H., Ed., "Newton Journal I............. .2
Providence Public Library.... - -- -- - -.... 1
St. Paul, Minn., Public Library.......... ...... ..... 1
Silsbee, Mrs. Alice M.... ........................... 1
Somerville Public Library....................... .... 1
Smithsonian Institute............................... .}
Springfield City Library Association................. 1
Stearns, Charles A.................................. 230
Stockin, A. C.... .......... ........................ . }
Taunton Public Library.... 1
Townsend, Prof. L. T., "Our Day".......... 12
Traveller's Insurance Co., '`Traveller's Record".••• 12
Tufts' College, "'Tuftonion", etc................... 17
United States Adjutant General............ . ..... .. . . 1
United States Bureau of Education.... .... .... .. .... 2 32
United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries.... •2
U. S. Dept. of Interior, °°Congressional Record".... 271
United States Dept. of State, 11 Consular Reports"... 13
United States Life Saving Service............. ...... 1
United States 'Treasury, Lighthouse Board...... .... l 1
Waltham Public Library............................ 1
Waterbury, Conn., Bronson Library................. 1
Watertown Magazine Club, "The Forum", etc....... 261
Westminster, London, Free Public Library.......... 1
Weymouth,Tufts Library.......... . ... .. .... ....... 1
White, Smith $ Co., 11 Folio".... .... .. .. . . ......... 11
Whitney, S. F., 16 Cooperative Index", etc.......... 1 4
Whitney, W. Channing, Minneapolis.......... ...... 1
Woburn Public Library............... ........ .... .. 1
Worcester Free Public Library...................... 2
Wright, Hon. Carrel D.............................. 1
Wright, Mrs. Geo. S., "Scribner's" and tl Harper's" 108
LIBRARIAN)S REPORT. 29
APPENDIX III.
LIST OF PERIODICALS REGULARLY RECEIVED AT THE
LIBRARY.
Those not found on the tables of the Reading-room may be called for at the
Desk.
American Legion of Honor Journal. Home Maier.
American Library Journal. Lend a Hand.
American Naturalist. Library Notes.
Andover Review. Life (N. Y.)
Appalachia. L'Illustration, Paris.
Art Amateur. Literary News.
Atlantic Monthly. Literary World.
Bangor Historical Magazine. Littell's Living Age.
Boston Public Library Bulletin. Magazine of American History.
Century Magazine. Mass. Agr.Esper.Station Reports.
Chambers Journal. Methodist Review.
Chautauquan. Musical Record.
Christian Advocate. Nation, N. Y.
Christian Register. N. E. Historical Register.
Commercial Bulletin. N. E.Journal of Education.
Congressional Record. Newton Graphic.
Contemporary Review. Newton Journal.
Decorator and Furnisher. Nineteenth Century.
Dublin Review. North American Review.
Eclectic Magazine. Notes and Queries, London.
Edinburg Review. Northwest.
Education. Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent
English Illustrated Magazine. Office.
Fliegende Blatter. Our Dumb Animals.
Folio. Our Day.
Forest and Stream. Our Youth.
Forum. Outing.
Garden and Forest. Overland Monthly.
Gartenlaube. Popular Science Monthly.
Good Words. Punch.
Harper's Magazine. Quarterly Review.
Harper's Young People. Queen.
Harvard Univ.Library Bulletin. Science.
3V L11BRARLAN�S REPORT.
Scribner's Monthly ,magazine. Vick's Illustrated Monthly Maga
Specifications and Drawings of Pat- zi ne.
ents from the U.S.Patent Office. Voice.
St. Nicholas. Waltham Daily Tribune.
Swiss Cross. Waltham Daily Press.
Tuftonian. Watchman.
Ueber Land and deer. Watertown Enterprise.
Union Signal. Wide Awake.
Unitarian Review and Religious Woman's Journal.
Magazine. Youth's Companion.
U. S. Consular Reports. Zion's Herald.
PERIODICALS GIVEN BY MR. FRED. G. BARKER, PUBLISHER.
Board of Trade Journal. Portland Transcript.
Horse and Stable. Turner's Public Spirit.
Literature, a weekly magazine. Woburn Advertiser.
Natick Bulletin. Woburn Journal.
Ornithologist and Oologist. Watertown Enterprise (2 conies).
Phrenological Journal.
PERIODICALS GIVEN BY TIIE WATERTOWN MAGAZINE CLUB.
Atlantic Monthly. Harper's Bazaar.
Century. Harper's Weekly.
Christian Register. Life.
Cassell's Magazine of Art. Littell's Living Age.
Forum. St. Nicholas.
Good housekeeping. Scribner's Magazine.
Graphic, London. Temple Bar.
PERIODICALS PURCHASED FROM THE INCOME OF THE
ASA PRATT FUND.
This list is not complete,is partly experimental, the desire being to obtain the
beat practical fourrwls that will be used. Anyone wishing any other journal not on
the list,is invited to confer with either of the Trustees of the Library,or if more
convenient,with the Librarian.
American Architect. Boston Journal (morning edition)
American Agriculturist. Boston Evening Record.
American Artisan, Tinner and Boston Evening Transcript.
House Furnisher. Cabinet Maker, London.
American Garden. Carpentry and Building.
American Gas Light Journal. Dublin Freeman.
American Machinist. Dublin Nation.
American Manufacturer and Iron Edinburgh Scotsman.
World. Electrical Engineer.
Boston Herald (evening edition). Engineering, London.
LIBRARIANr'S REPORT. 31
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspa- Manufacturer and Builder.
per. Massachusetts Ploughman.
Harper's Magazine. New York Herald, Daily.
Harper's Weekly. New York Tribune, Semi-Weekly.
Illustrated London News. Popular Science News.
Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic Poultry World.
Ngws. Scientific American.
Iron, London. Sci. American, Builders' Edition.
Iron Age. Scientific American Supplement.
Journal Exposition de Paris. Shoppell's Modern Houses.
Journal of Franklin Institute. Springfield Republican.
London Weekly Times. Textile Manufacturer.
WATERTOWN
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE EIGHTH SUPPLEMENT
TO SECOND CATALOGUE.
1889.
AVATERTON11N FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Eighth Supplement to Second Catalogue.
1889.
The following list contains the more important of the additions made during the year.
Books with no location number must be called for title. Abbreviations used are
the same as in the Catalogue. Books marked Ref.will be found in cases in the reading
room. Books marked R.C.can be consulted in the reading room by applying to the
attendants. Volumes belonging to bound sets of nearly all the periodicals named in
Apppendix III.,can be had by calling for them by title and volume. So also the contin.
uations of many public documents,both town and city,state and national.
Abbott, Charles C. Waste-land wanderings. N. Y., 1887. 12°....... 962.35
Abbott, W.J. Blue jackets of'76. Naval battles of the revolution.
N. Y., 1888 .... ............................................ .... 875.3
.Actors, Yesterdays with. Winslow, Catherine M ................... 445.20
Adams, Henry. John Randolph (Amer. statesmen.) B., 1887. 120.. 781.4
Adams, John, b. 1735,d. 1826. Morse,J. T.,jr. (Amer.statesmen.).. 781.2
Wallace, Lew. Our former presidents. In his Life of Harrison...1044.27
Adams, John Quincy. Wallace, Lew. Our former presidents......&1044.27
Adams, Josiah. Genealogy of the descendents of Richard Haven... 774.45
Adams, Samuel, b. 1722, d. 1803. Hosmer, J. K. (Amer. statesmen) 781.3
Advance-guard of western civilization. Gilmore,J. R.............. 872.1
.lsthetics. In Hamerton, P. G. Portfolio papers ........... ...... 443.29
Africa. Drummond, H. Tropical Africa........................... 354.35
See Proctor, C. W., ed. Round the globe through Greater Britain. 333.19
Agassiz, Alexander (E.R.) Three cruises of the U. S. coast and ge-
odetic survey steamer 61 Blake," from 1877 to 1880. B., 1888, 2v.
80, illustrated.... ............................................938.33,34
Aimard, G. The tiger-slayer. L., 1865. 160........................ 253.30
Ainger, Alfred, ed. Letters of Charles Lamb. N.Y., 1888. 2v. 120..465.30,31
Mrs. Leicester's school and other writings. By Charles and Mary
Lamb .......................... ................ ............... 465.32
Alcott, L. M. A garland for girls. B., 1898. 160................... 280.36
Lulu's library. B., 1886. 2v. 160.......... ........ ............... 203.19
Alden, J. B.,pub. Cyclopoedia of universal literature. N.Y., 1885-
188. 10v............................................... ......1052.32-U
Algeria, and Algiers. See Crawford, R. Reminiscences of foreign
travel .................. ...... .................. ............... 333.18
4 Eighth SufiAlement-1805 g-of
Alkahest, The, or the house of Clad's. Balzac, H. de............... 212.45
Alma; or, the story of a little music mistress. Marshall, E. .. . . .... 254.37
Almost a duchess. (No name series.) B., 1884, 160..-. . ..... . ..... 281.69
America, Spanish, The capitals of. Curtis, W. F....... . ..... . ..... 336.21
American commonwealth. Bryce,James............... ...... .. ....1053.46
American girls' handy book. Beard, L. and A. B................... 947.17
American literature, and other papers. Whipple, E. P............. 465.33
American pedagogical series. The child and nature. Frye, A.E...T L 135
American statesmen. Ed. by J. T.Morse,jr.
James Madison,by S.H.Gay 781.1 Gouverneur Morris, by T.
John Adams,by J.T.Morse, Roosevelt................... 781.5
Jr............................ 781.2 Thomas Jefferson,by J. T.
Samuel Adams,by J.K.IIos• Morse,Jr.................... 781.6
mer.......................... 781.3 Martin Van Buren,by E. M.
John Randolph, by Iienry Shepard..................... 781.7
Adams....................... 781.4
Amherst college. Catalogue,1887-88......................... . .....
Amicis, Edmondo de. Cuore: an Italian school-boy's journal........ 253.2G
Amos Kilbright: his adscititious experiences. With other stories.
Stockton, F. R.......................................... ....... 283.43
Anders, J. M. House-plants as sanitary agents. Phil., 1887. 120.... 953.8
Andrews, Jane. Stories Mother Nature told her children. B., 1889. 202.65
Animals, On the senses, instincts, and intelligence of. Lubbock, J.. 971.35
Annie Kilburn. Howells, W. D. .................................... 225.45
Appeal to life. (Sermons.] Muuger, 'Theodore T .... .......... .... 510.36
Appleton's cycloptedia of American biography. Ed. by J.G. Wilson
andJ. Fiske .................................. ................. Ref.
April hopes. Howells, W. D........................................ 284.54
Archaeology. See Gentleman's magazine library; also Rome.
Architecture. Clark, T. M. Building superintendence ............ 946.43
Argonauts of North Liberty. Harte, (F.) Bret................. .... 280.28
Arnold, Edwin. Lotus and jewel. Poems. B., 1887. 160 ........... 753.43
With Sa' di in the garden; or, the book of love. B., 1888. 160..... 753.44
Arnold, Matthew. Civilization in the United States. B., 1888. 160.. 433.30
Hutton, R.H. In Essays on some modern guides of Eng. thought. 433.34
Around the world on a bicycle. Stevens, Thomas.... .... ...........325.6,7
Art, Greek and Etruscan. See Dennis, G. Etruria..... .... ........846.12,13
Art Magazine of. L.,1878-88. 10v. 40................... ............
Aryan race, The. Morris, C........................ .... ...... ...... 563.51
Arts, Fine. In Hamerton, P. G. Portfolio papers ..•. • • •. .•.. ...... 443.29
Huish, M. B. Japan and its art .................... .... .... ...... 443.30
Astronomy. Langley, S. P. The new astronomy.... .............. 927.28
At the sign of the lyre. (Poems.) Dobson, A................ ...... 744.44
Atkinson,Philip. The elements of electric lighting. N.Y.,1889. 120 943.32
Atlases. Hewes, F. W. Citizen's atlas of Amer.politics, 1797-1888.. Ref.
Johnston, W. and A. K. The unrivalled classical atlas............ Ref.
Labberton, R. H. New historical atlas and general history....... 827.17
Australasia. Knox, T. W. The boy travellers in Australasia...... 376.39
Wallace, A. W. Australasia. Ethnological appendix by A.H.Keane 353.30
Watertown tPublic Library Catalogue. 5
" B. B. V." See Boyle, Eleanor V. G.
B. O. W. C.,"The. A book for boys. De Mille, James ..... ...... 253.32
Babylon. Ragozin, Z. A. The story of Media, Babylon, and Persia. 883.32
Badminton library of sports and pastimes, ed by Duke of Beaufort,
assisted by A.E. T. Watson.
Cycling,by Beppell,W.C.,t*count Bury............................ 924.42
Boating,by Woodgate,W. B.......................................... 924.41
Baldwin,Joseph. Elementary psychology and education. N.Y.,1887 T L 124
Balzac, H. de. The Alkahest or the house of Clues. B., 1887. 160.... 212.45
Cesar Birotteau. B., 1886. 120 ................................... 212.44
Barnes, Jos. K. The medical and surgical history of the rebellion... 967.1,2
Barr, Amelia E. A border shepherdess. N. Y., [1887.] 120......... 282.63
Master of his fate. N. Y., [1888.] 160 ........................... 282.65
Paul and Christina. N. Y., [1888.] 160................. .......... 282.59
Remember the Alaauo. N. Y., 1888. 100............ .............. 282.72
Bartlett, S. C. The spontaneous element in scholarship..........In T L 134
Bates, Arlo. The Philistines. B., 1889. 120 ........................ 254.40
Beard, L. and A. B. How to amuse yourself and otbers. American
girls' handy book .... .......................................... 947.17
Bee-man of Orn, and other fanciful tales. Stockton, F. R ........... 286.38
Belle-Nivernaaise, The. Daudet, Alphonse....................... .... 255.40
Bent, S. A. flints on language, in connection with sight-reading and
writing In primary and intermediate schools. B., 1886. 180........ 431.43
Bernard, John. Retrospections of America, 1796-1811. N. Y., 1887.. 453.37
Besant, Walter. Fifty years ago. N.Y., 1888. 80, illus............. 844.29
and Rice, J.,joint author. By Celia's arbor. N. Y., [1887.] 8c.. .. 257.11
Better times. Kirk, E. W., nee Olney......................... ...... 255.41
Biber, E. Henry Pestalozzi and his plan of education. L., 1831. 8°.. T L 72
Bibles. See Gomme, G. L., ed. Gentleman's magazine library, v. 8.. 446.34
Bicycling, See Stevens,T. Around the world on a bicycle..... .... 325.6,7
Biding his time; or, Andrew Hapnell's fortune. Trowbridge, J. T... 204.85
Bigelow,John. France and the confederate navy. N.Y.,1888. 120.. 832.37
Billings, J. D. Hardtack and coffee; the unwritten story of army life 935.24
Biography, American, Appleton's cyclopedia of. Vols. 1-5..... .... Ref.
Biography, national, Dictionary of. Stephen, L................ .... R C
Birds. See Miller, O. T. In nesting time......... .... .......... .... 932.46
Black, Ales. The story of Ohio. (The story of the states.) B., 1888. 875.7
Blaine, James G., The words of, on the issues of the day. Vail, W. S.1042.20
Blind brother,The: a story of the Pennsylvania coal mines. Greene,H. 283.33
Blockaded family. Life In southern :Alabama during the civil war.
Hague, P. A......................... .......... .... .... .... .... 832.39
Blue jackets of 176. Abbott, W.J................... 875.3
Boating. (Badminton library of sports and pastimes.) 1Voodgate,W.B. 924.41
Boissier, M. L. G. Madame de Sevigne. (The great French writers). 712.62
Bolton, Sarah K. Famous American statesmen. N.Y., (1888.) 120.. 710.47
Book Illustration. In Hamerton, P. G. Portfolio papers............ 443.29
Bookmaking and book selling. In Gentleman's magazine library. v.8 446.34
6 Eighth Supplement-188g-of
Books and men. Repplier,Agries............. ...................... 471.57
Books, Choice of, and other literary pieces. Harrison, F............ 464.32
Books, Rare. In Gentleman's magazine library, v. 8................ 446.34
Border shepherdess, A. Barr, Amelia E............................ 282.63
Boston. Forter, Bev. E. G. Rambles in old Boston, New England.. 827.16
See also Moore, N. Pilgrims and Puritans.................... .... 831.34
Botany. Gray, Asa. Synoptical flora of N. America, the gamopetalte 966 -
Henslow, G. The origin of floral structures through insect and
otheragencies ...................................... .......... 971.34
Underwood, L. 31. Our native ferns and other allies.... .... ...... 932.47
See also Dame, L. L., and Collins, F. S. Flora of Middlesex county,
'Mass. 1888..... .......... .......... ...... ...................... 937.31
Bothwell. A tragedy. SwInburne, A. C..... ........ .... .... ...... 767.15
Boutwell, G. S. The lawyer, the statesman, and the soldier. 1888... 710.42
Bowman, Anne. The boy foresters. A tale of the days of Robin Hood 253.31
Boy travellers in Australasia. Knox, T. W.......................... 376.39
Boyle, E. V. G. Days and hours in a garden. B., 1884. 160......... 471.56
Boys' and girls' library of American biography.
Hobert Fulton and steam navigation,by T.W.Knot............... 725.38
Life of George Washington,by E.E. Hale........................... 713.49
Abraham Lincoln,by Noah Brooks.................................. 713.50
Bradlee, Bev. C. D. Sermons for all sects. B., 1888. 120........... 555.49
Bradley, Henry. The story of the Goths. (Story of the nations.).... 883.29
Brannt, W. T., ed. Manufacturer of soap and candles. Phil.,1888. 80 937.30
Brewster, William. In Herrick, S, E. Some heretics of yesterday... 555.48
British Columbia. Lees, J. A., and Clutterbuck, W. J. B. C. 1887.
A ramble in British Columbia .... .... ........ ...... .......... .... 352.45
British Isles, Building of the. A study in geographical evolution.
Jukes-Brown, A. J ............... .... .. .... .... ........... 923.39 .
British novelties and their styles. Masson, David........... ........ 420.41
Britons and Muscovites. Guild C .... .............................. 363.37
Brooks, E. S. The story of New York. (The story of the states.) B. 875.6
Brooks, Henry M. Olden-time music: from newspapers and books...822.37
Brooks, Noah. Abraham Lincoln. For young people. N. Y., 1888.. 713.50
Brooks, Phillips. Addresses to Harvard students. 1886-88. In Har-
vardvespers .... .... .... ............ .......... .... .... ......... 551.60
Biography. In Phillips Exeter lectures...........................T L 134
Brown, John. Holst, Dr. Hermann E.von.......... .......... .... .. 710.50
Bryce, James. The American commonwealth. London, 1889. 120-1053.46,47
Buchholz family. Part III. Frau Willhelinine. Stinde, Julius E. W. 286-26
Buddhism. Sinnett, A. P. Esoteric Buddhism .................... 510.35
See also Hart, Rev. T. E. Western China......................... 352.42
Buerstenbinder, E. (E. lVerner.) The spell of home. Mrs. Wister.. 246.38
Building materials. See Thurston, R. H. Materials of construction. 946.45
Building superintendence; for young architects, students,etc., Clark,
T. M .... ............ ...... ........................ .... .......... 946.43
Bulbs; a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers. Rand, E. S.. 934.40
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 7
Bulgaria. See Cos, S. S. Diversions of a diplomat in Turkey....... 346.13
See also Poole, S. Lane. The story of Turkey ........... ......... 883.31
Burglars in Paradise. Phelps, E.S. In Old maids,and Burglars.... 222.46
Burke, Edmund. Reflections on the revolution in France. B.,1872... 450.11
Burnham, Clara L. Young maids and old. B., 1889. 120........... 254.39
Burnham Breaker. Greene, Homer.... .................... ........ 283.34
Butler, B. F.,and others. How to get rich. [Letters pub. in Boston
Herald.] B., 1888. 160.............. ........ . ......... ........... N 1.42
Butterworth, Hezekiah. Zigzag journeys in the Antipodes. B.,1888 334.23
Button's inn. Tourgee, A. W ................ . ..... .... ...... ...... 282.60
By Celia's arbor. Besant, W., and Rice, J . .... .... . ... .... .... . ..... 257.11
Bybury to Beacon street. Dittz, Abby M.... .... .... . . .... . ..... .... 565.41
California of the south. A complete guide-book. Lindley, W., and
Widney, J. P .................................... .......... ...... 352.43
California, Peninsular; the climate,soil,productions,etc. Nordholl,C 325.8
Calvin, John, 1509-1574. In Herrick,S.E. Some heretics of yesterday 555.48
Campan, J. L. H., Mine. The private life of Marie Antoinette. N.Y.,
1887. 12°......................................................... 723.45
Campbell, A. Captain Macdonald's daughter. N.Y.,1887. 120..... 283.30
Canadian Pacific Railway. See Proctor, C.W.,ed. Round the world 333.19
Candles. Brannt, Wm. T., ed. Manufacture of soap and candles.... 937.30
Capital: critical analysis of capitalist production. Mars, K.........1044.28
Capitals of Spanish America. Curtis,W.E..... .... .......... ...... 336.21
Captain Macdonald's daughter. Campbell, A.... .............. ..... 283.30
Carlyle, Thomas. In Hutton, R. H. Some modern guides of English
thought . ..... .... ................ .... ................ ........... 433.34
Carpenter, Esther B. South-county neighbors. B., 1887. 160...... 282.68
Carpenter, Henry B. Liber amoris: the book of love of Brother
Aurelius. [Poem.].............................................. 743.39
Carpentry. Clark,T.M. Building superintendence................ 946.43
Carr. L. Missouri, a bone of contention. (Amer. commonwealths.)
B.,1888. 120................................................... 881.15
Carter, Robert. A summer cruise on the coast of New England. B.,
1888. 120.... .................... ................................. 351.29
Caspian, Journey to the petroleum regions of the. See Marvin C. The
regionof the eternal fire ......................................... 356.32
Castlemon, Harry,pseud. See Fosdick, C. A.
Catlin, George, Indian gallery in the U. S. National museum, (Smith-
sonian Institute).......................... .......................
Cathedral days. A tour through southern England. Dodd,Anna B.. 363.39
Cervantes Saavedra,M.de. Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha 212.11
Cesar Birotteau. Balzac, Honore de ................ ............ .... 212.44
Champney, Eliz. W. Great-grandmother's girls in New Mexico.
1670-80 ............................. . .... .... .... .............. 208.45
Great-grandmother's girls in New France. B., (1887.] 8LI......... 208.44
Three Vassar girls in France. A story of the siege of Paris. B.,
[1898.1 80.:................................................... 335.24
S Eighth Supplenient-1889-of
Charming, Wm. 31. Memoir of. Frothingham,0. B................ 713.34
Chaplin,H.W. Five hundred dollars,and other stories. B.,1886. 120 282.64
Charles the great (Charlemagne), A history of. Mombert, J. T..... 825.34
Charlestown, Mass. Hunnewell, J. F. A century of town life..... 877.23
Chemistry, Watts' dictionary of. ]Morley, H.F., and Muir, M. M.P.
Chicago. Newberry Library. Proceedings of the trustees to 1888...
China: travels and investigations in the 60 middle kingdom." Wilson,
J. H........................................................... 363.36
China, Western. A journey to the great Buddhist centre of Mount
Omei. Hart, V. C .......... .... ............ ................... 352.42
Chinese immigration. In Blaine,J.G. Words on the issues of the day.1042.20
Chintreuil, Antoine, L. 1814, d. 1873. In Hamerton, P. G. Portfolio
papers................................... ...................... 443.29
Christ and christianity. Haweis,H.R. Vol.I. The light of the ages 522.35
Christianity, Evolution and. Teflt,Benjamin F.......... .......... 523.37
Christmas, The book of. Hervey,Thomas K......,................ 452.32
Christmas with grandmother Elsie. Finley, Martha........ .... .... 297.25
Christmas wreck, and other stories. Stockton, Frank R.... .... .... 286.37
Church, Alfred J. Three Greek children. A story of home in old
time. N. Y., 1889.................................... .... ..... 205.86
Church of England,Dictionary of the. Cutts,Edw. L............... 555.46
Choate, Rufus. In Boutwell, G. S. The lawyer, the statesman, etc. 710.42
City of Sarras. (Leisure hour series.) Taylor, U. A .......... ...... 200.18
Civil service. See Blaine, J. G. Words on the issues of the day .....1042.20
See also Long, J. D.,ed.. The republican party............. ......1055.21
Civilization in the United States. Arnold, Matthew................ 433.30
Clark, G. F. History of the temperance reform in Massachusetts,
1813-1883 .... .... .... .............. ............ .... ........ .... 564.33
Clark, T.Al. Building superintendence: for young architects,students,
and others interested in building operations as carried on at the
presentday.... ............................ .... ................ 946.43
Clay, Henry. In Bolton, S. K. Famous American statesmen........ 710.47
Clayden, P. W. The early life of Samuel Rogers. B., 1888. 120 .... 712.47
Clemens,S.L. (Mark Twain.) A tramp abroad. IIartf.,1886. 80.. 346.14
Cleveland, Grover, Life and public services of. Hensel, W.U., and
Parker, G. F...................................................1044.26
See also Norton,C.B. The president and his cabinet..............1043.41
Cleveland, H. W. S., ed. Voyages of a merchant navigator of the
days that are past. From journals and letters of R. J. Cleveland.
N.Y., 1886. 120.................................... ..:......... 362.40
Clover. Woolsey, Sarah C. (Susan Coolidge.)...................... 206.95
Clyde, The,from its source to the sea. Millar, W. J..... ............ 353.28
Coast defences, Our. (U. S.) Hawley, J. B.... ..................b:1055.21
Coffin, C. C. Drum-beat of the nation. First period of the rebellion.
N.Y., 1988. 80.................................. .... ........... 884.35
Marching to victory. Second period of the rebellion, including the
year 1863. N. Y.,1889. 80 ..................................... 884.36
Coligny, Gaspard do. In IIerrick, S. E. Some heretics of yesterday. 555.48
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 9
Comedy. In Everett, C. C. Poetry, comedy, and duty ............. 555.50
Compayre, G. The history of pedagogy. B., 1886. 120 ............ 562.53
Congregationalism. See Goodwin, J. A. The Pl1wrim republic...1055.20
Confessions of Claud. A romance. Fawcett,Edgar.... .... ....... 286.54
Constable,John,b.1776,d.1837. In Hamerton,P.G.Portfolio papers 443.29
Constantinople. Cox, S. S. Diversions of a diplomat in 'Turkey .. 346.13
Poole, S. Lane. The story of t'urkey.............. .... ......... 883.31
Convict labor. In U. S.Bureau of labor. Second annual report... .
Conway, M.D. Pine and palm. A novel. (Leisure hour series.) 1887. 290.17
Cooper, .lames F. The 11 Leather-stocking 11 tales. N.Y., 1875. 80... 237.24
Contents.-1. The deerslayer.-2. The last of the Mohicans.-3. The path.
finder.-4. The pioneers.-5. The prairie.
Corporal Si Klegg and his 11 pard.11 Hinman, W. F.......... ........ 835.25
Cossa,Dr.Luigi. 'Taxation: its principles and methods. N.Y., 1888..1043.39
Costumes. See Knight,C. Old England............... .... .... .... Ref.
Cottin, S. Elizabeth; or, the exiles of Siberia......................In280.34
Courthope, W.J. The liberal movement In Eng. literature. L.,1885. 464.33
Cousin, Victor. Simon,J. (Great French writers.)................. 712.53
Cox, Samuel S. Diversions of a diplomat in 'Turkey. N.Y.,1887. SO. 346.13
Cracker Joe. (No name series.) B.,1887. 160.............. .... .... 281.71
Craik, Mrs.D.M. An unknown country. [Ireland.] N. Y., [1888.] 80 346.15
Cranmer, Thomas. In Herrick,S.E. Some heretics of yesterday... 555.48
Crawford, F.11I. 11larzio's crucifix. I.., 1887. 12°................... 215.54
Paul Patoff. B., 1887. 120................ .................. ...... 280.31
Crawford, Robert. Reminiscences of foreign travel. L., 1888. 80... 333.18
Creighton, Mandell. Cardinal Wolsey. L., 1888. 120............... 882.17
Crimea, Invasion of the. Ringlake, A. 1V. N.Y., 1888. Vols. 5, 6 .. 824.26
Cromwell, Oliver. Harrison, Frederic. ('Twelve Eng. statesmen.).. 882.21
Cross, Mary Ann. (George Eliot.) Essays and reviews. With an in-
troductory essay on the genius of George Eliot by Mrs. S. B.
Herrick. B., 1887. 12°......................................... 474.34
In Hutton, R, H. Essays on some modern guides of Eng.thought. 433.34
See Trollope,T. A. What I remember...................... ...... 724.38
Crusade of the Excelsior. Hnrte, (F.) Bret................... ...... 282.61
Cuba. See Ober, F.A. The Knockabout club in the Antilles ........ 334.10
Cuore: an Italian school-boy's journal. Amicis, E. de............... 253.26
Currier, A.H. The life of Constans L.Goodell, D.D. N.Y. [1887.]. 724.39
Curtis, Wm. E. The capitals of Spanish America. N. Y., 1888. 80.. 336.21
Custer, Elizabeth B. Tenting on the plains; Gen. Custer in Kansas
and 'Texas. N. Y., 1887. 80.............. ...................... 726.30
Cutler, Wm. P., and Cutler, d. P. Life,journals, and correspondence
of Rev. Manasseh Cutler. CIncinnati, 1888. 2 v. 80............717.32,33
Cutter, J. C. Lessons in hygiene. Phil., 1885. 120......... ........ 953.7
Cutts, Edw. L. A dictionary of the church of England.......... .... 555.46
Cycling, Keppell, W.C., viscount Bury. (Badminton library of spurts) 924.42
Cyprus, History of. See 011ier, E. Cassell's Russo 'Turkish war.
Vol.II............... .................... .... ........ .......... 847.2
Czeika,pseud. An operetta in profile. B., 1887. 160................ 433.31
10 Eighth Supplement-1889-of
D., S. E. Mahaly Sawyer; or, putting yourself in her place. B., 1888. 291.32
Daisy Plains. Warner, S. (Eliz. Wetherell).... .................... 286.49
Dalton, William. The tiger prince; or,adventures In Abyssinia. B.,
1865 .............. .... ......................................... 251.40
Dame, L. L., and Collins, F. S. Flora of Middlesex county, Mass.... 937.31
Damon, S. M. Old New-England days; a story of true life. B., 1887. 282.51
Darwin, Charles Robert, Life and letters of. Ed. by his son. N. Y.,
1888. 2v. 121................ .. .... ............ .... .... ......714.48,49
Daudet, Alphonse. Thirty years of Paris and of my literary life.
L., 1888. 120..... .... .... ........ ...................... .... .... 712.49
La Belle-Nivernaise, (and other stories.] L., 1887. 1211 .... ....... 255.40
Contents.-La Belle Nivernaise.-The fig and the idler.-My first dress
coat.-The three low masses.-The now master.
Dawson, John Wm. The geological history of plants. (Int. sel.ser.) 971.32
Days and hours in a garden. Boyle, E. V. B ................ .... .... 471.56
Decorative designs, Lessons in. Jackson, F. G ................ .... 924.32
Deland, Margaret. John Ward, preacher. B., 1888. 120.... .... .... 286.55
De Mille, James. The C6 B. O. W. C." B., 1870. 160................ 253.32
Democratic party. See Hensel, W.U., and Parker, G. F. Life of
Cleveland.... .................... ... ..........................1044.26
Denmark. Hambro, Mrs. C. J. (Philojuvenis.) Edda, or, tales of a
grandmother. History of Denmark to 1448................ .... . 435.31
Dennis, George. Cities and cemeteries of Etruria. L., 1883. 2v. 80.846.12,13
Dennis, John, ed. Robert Southey: the story of his life, in his letters.
B., 1887. 121J. .... .............. .... .......... .... .... .... ...... 713.33
Denver, Col. lit Robert, E. Shoshone and other western wonders.. 351.28
Deserter, The, and From the ranks. Two novels. King, Capt. C .... 286.35
Design, decorative, Lessons in. Jackson, F. G. ......... ............ 924.32
Devil's Ford. Harte, (F.) Bret. In A millionaire of Rough-and
Ready ...... ................ .... .... .... ................ .... ... 280.20
Diamagnetism and magne-crystallic action. 'Tyndall, J. 1888...... 972.32
Diana of the Crossways. A novel. Meredith, George .......... .... 286.29
Diaz, Abby M. Bybury to Beacon street. B., 1887. 120............. 665.41
Dick, the door-boy. Greene, H. In The blind brother......... ...... 283.33
Dickens,Charles. Our mutual friend. Phil. [18-.] 360............ 291.33
Dickens-land, In. See Whipple, E. P. Outlooks on Society, etc...1053.43
Dictionary, English, on historical principles. Murray, J.A.H., ed.*
Dictionary of chemistry, Watts'. Morley, H. F., and Muir, M. M.
P., eds .... .... .... .... .... ........ .... ........................*
Dictionary of lowland Scotch. Mackay, C......................... 171.1
Dictionary of the church of England. Cutts, E. L.................. 555.46
Dictionary of the English language in miniature. L., 1801. 240..... 560.45
Disraeli, B. Kebbel, T. E. Life of Lord Beaconstleld. (Internat.
statesmen.) .............................................. ...... 712.51
Dobson, Austin. At the sign of the lyre. (Poems.) N.Y., 1886. 161). 744.44
Dodd, A. B. Cathedral days. A tour through southern England.
B.,1887.... ........ .............. .... ................ .... ...... 363.39
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 11
Dodge, T. A. Patroclus and Penelope. A chat in the sathIle. B.,
1885, 80 .... ........................................ ........... 926.35
Don Quixote, Adventures of. Cervantes Saavedra, M. de. .. .. . ..... 212.11
Doris and Theodora. Janvier, M. (Margaret Vandegrfft). .. .... ..... 286.28
Drift from two shores. Harte, (F.) Bret.................... .... .... 280.29
Drum-beat of the nation. Coffin, C. C.... .......... .... .... . ...... 884.35
Drummond, Henry. Tropical Africa. N. Y., 1888. 120.... .... .... 354.35
Duffy, Bella. Madame de Stael. (Famous women.) B., 1887. 160... 770.75
Dynamo-electric machines, Principles of. Hering, C.............. 922.40
Ecclesiastical history. Fisher,G.P. History of the christian church 556.21
Hurst,J. F. Short history of the early church.................... 552.57
Short history of the mediaeval church.......... ................ 552.58
Edda; or, the tales of a grandmother. History of Denmark. Ham-
bro, C. J........ .......................... ...... .... ........... 435.31
Education. International education series. W. T. Harris, ed.
Philosophy of education,by J.K.F.Rosenkranz............. .... T L 119
History of education,by F.V.N.Painter........................... T L 120
Rise and early constitution of universities,S.S.Laurie.......... T L 121
Education of man.by F.Froebel.................................... T L 123
Elementary philosophy and education,by J.Baldwin............ T L 12.4
The senses and the will, part I. The mind of the child,by W.
Preyer.............................................................. T L 125
See Technical education; U. S.Bureau of education.
Eggleston,Edward. The Graysons: a story of Illinois. N.Y.,1887. 273.49
Electricity. Atkinson, P. Elements of electro lighting, including
electric generation, measurement, storage and distribution. 1889. 943.32
Fiske, B. A. Electricity in theory and practice................... 936.31
Hedges, K. Precautions to be adopted on introducing the electric
light......... .................................. ........ ........ 922.41
Hering, Carl. Principles of dynamo-electric machines............ 922.40
Lockwood, T. D. Electricity, magnetism, and electric telegraphy. 936.32
Elizabeth; or, the exiles of Siberia. Cottio, S ....................In280.34
Elizabethan age, Literary history of. See Hazlitt, W.
Ellis, G. E. The Puritan age and rule in the colony of the Massachu-
setts Bay, 1629-1685. B., 1888. 80 ............................... 876.1
Ely, R. T. Problems of to-day. Discussion of protective tariff, taxa-
tion, etc. N. Y., 1888.................... ......................1043.38.
and Finley, J. H. Taxation in American states and cities. N.Y.,
[1888.] 80 ................. ............................ .... ....1043.37
Embroidery and lace: their manufacture and history. Lefebure, E. 445.21
Embryology. See Agassiz, A. Three cruises of the U. S. steamer
Bl;kke .............. .... .... ...... ...... ............ .... .....938.33,34
Emerson, Ralph Waldo; his maternal ancestors. Haskins, D. G .... 710.45
Emerson's self. Scudder, H.E. In Men and letters .............. 432.31
Emmerton, J. A. A record of the twenty-third regiment Mass.Vol.
infantry in the war of the rebellion, 1861-1864. B., 1886. SO..... 873.1
Engineering, Civil. 'Thurston, R. H. Text-book of materials of
construction ............... .... ................................ 946.4ii
12 Eighth Sup,61ement-i889-0f
England. Badeau,Adam. Aristocracy In England................. 1050.7
Besant, Walter. Fifty years ago................. ................ 844.29
Creighton, M. Cardinal Wolsey ........................ ......... 882.17
Dodd,Anna B. Cathedral days. A tour through southern England. 363.30
Freeman,E.A. William the conqueror. (Twelve Eng.statesmen). 882.18
Green, J. R. History of the English people. 4 v................ 886.1-4
Guild, Curtis. Britons and Muscovites ........................... 363.37
Hall, E. Chronicle; containing the history during the reign of
Henry IV.,and to the end of the reign of henry VIII. L.,1809. 40 827.18
Knight, C. Old England: a pictorial museum of antiquities...... Ref.
Rolfe,W. J., ed. Tales from English history, in prose and verse .. 562.54
Williams, Rev. C. The seven ages of England .... ................ 821.37
See also Vambery, A. The coming struggle for India ............. 872.2
English dictionary, New, on historical principles. Murray, J.A.H..*
English language, The. Latham, Robert G .••.• .... ................ 466.24
English language,How to talk,or primary lessons in. Powell, W.B. 563.50
English literature. Courthope, W. J., The liberal movement in Eng-
lishliterature .... .... .... .... ........................ .......... 464.33
Ilazlitt, W. Literature of the age of Elizabeth............ ........102.4.22
Linton, W. J. and Stoddard, R. R.,eds. English verse.........746.20-30
31mrtz,Louise. A new method for the study of Eng. literature.... 431.44
.Masson, D. British novelists and their styles..................... 420.41
English surnames. Essay on family nomenclature,etc. Lower,Al.A.171.2,3
Episodes in it life of adventure. Oliphant, L.... .................... 363.40
Equivalents, Law of, in its relation to political and social ethics.
Payson, E .................... ................ ................. 525.36
Eric; or, little by little. A title of Roslyn school. Farrar, F. W..... 202.64
Essays and reviews of George Eliot. Herrick, S. M. 13., ed.... ...... 474.34
Essays on some of the modern guides of English thought. Hutton,
R. H .... .............. ........................ ................ 433.34
Ethics. Everett, C. C. In Poetry, comedy, and duty ............... 555.50
Payson, E. The law of equivalents in its relation to political and
socialethics .... .............................. ................. 625.36
Ethnology. Morris, C. The Aryan race......•••••. .•.. ••••....... 563.51
Etiquette. hall, Florence H. Social customs...................... 1045.1
See also Moulton, E. L. Ourselves and our neighbors.... ......•.. 522.40
Etruria, CIties and cemeteries of. Dennis, G...............•....••846.12,13
Etty, Wm., b. 1787, d. 1849. In Hamerton, P. G. Portfolio papers... 443.29
Europe. Clemens, S. L. (Mark Twain.) A tramp abroad.... ...•� 346.14
blclCenzie,Alex. Some things abroad............ .... ..•. ..•. ..•. 312.23
Silliman, B. A visit to Europe in 1851. 2 v ............ ........352.40,41
Everett, C. C. Poetry, comedy, and duty. B., 1888. 120...... ...... 555.50
Evolution and Christianity. Teftt, 11. F ............................ 523.37
Ewing, Juliana IL Mary's meadow, and Letters from a little garden.
L., [1886.). 120 ........ .................... ........0..0......0 207.72
Eysenbaeh, Wm. Grammar of the German language. B., [188-.] 160 573.17
Watertown /Public Library Catalogue. 13
Fables, Indian. Ramaswami Raju, P. V., ed.... .... ...... .... ...... 431.28
Face to face. Grant, Robert.................... .......... .......... 286.32
Fagots for the fireside. Entertaining games. Hale,L. P............ 911.25
Fair trade unmasked. Medley, G. W.................... .... .... ....1010.24
Family flight around home. Hale,E. E. and Miss Susan ............ 335.15
Famous American statesmen. Bolton, Sarah I{...... ............... 710.47
Famous women.
Hannah Moore,by C.31.Young....................................... 770.74
Madame de Staid,by Bella Duffy .......... .......................... 770.75
Adelaide Ristori,an antobiograpy.................................... 770.76
Farina. (A novel.) Meredith, George............................In284.58
Farmer, Lydia H. The life of La Fayette. N. Y., [1888.] 120.... .. 710.46
Farrar, Capt. A. J. Up the North Branch. B., 1889. 160 ........... 282.71
Farrar, F. W. Eric; or, little by little. A tale of Roslyn school.
Ediub., 1887. 16-1 .......................... ........ ............ 202.64
Julian Home. A tale of college life. Edinb., 1885. 16o........... 202.63
St. Winifred's; or, the world of school. Edinb., 1887. 160 .... .... 202.62
Farrar, James A. Military manners and customs. N. Y.,1885. 120..1051.29'
Fawcett, Edgar. The confessions of Claud. A romance. B., 1887. 120 286.54
Fenn, G. M. The master of ceremonies. N. Y., 1887. 120...... ..... 282.67
Ferns, Our native, and their allies. Underwood, L. M............... 932.47
Fiction. Masson, D. British novelists and their styles: a critical
sketch of the history of British prose fiction.................... 420.41
Field, H. 31. Old Spain and new Spain. N. Y., 1888. 120............ 364.34
Fifty years ago. Besnnt, Walter.......... ................ .... ...... 844.29
Finley, Martha. Christmas with grandmother Elsie. N.Y., [1888.]. 297.25
The thorn in the nest. N. Y., 1886. 120 ........ .................. 286.27
Fisher, G. P. History of the christian church. N.Y.,1887. 80-... .. 556.21
Fisheries. Frye, W. P. In Long, J.D.,ed. The Republican party.1055.21
Fishing. See Carter,R. A summer cruise on coast of New England.. 351.29
Fiske, B. A. Electricity in theory and practice. N.Y., 1888. 8° .... 936.31
Fiske, John. The critical period of American history,1783-1789. B.- 834.29
Five hundred dollars, and other stories. Chaplin, H. W ............. 282.64
Five talents of woman. Hardy,E. J .......... .... .................. 565.42
Flora of Middlesex county. 1888. Dame, L. L. and Collins, F. S...... 937.31
Floral structures,The origin of, through insect and other agencies.
Henslow, G.......................... ........ ................ .. 971.34
Floriculture. In Anders, J. M. House plants as sanitary agents... 953.8
Folklore. McAnally, D. R. Irish wonders..... .................... 434.17
Forests, Sanitary influences of. In Anders,J.M. House plants,etc. 953.8
Fosdick, C. A. (Barry Castlemon.) The steel horse. Phil., [1888.]. 204.84
Fothergill,Jessie. From Moor Isles. A story. (Leisure hour series.) 290.19
Four years with the army of the Potomac. Trobriand, P. R.de...... 874.6
France. Burke, E. Reflections on the revolution in France..... .... 450.11
Mombert, J. I. A history of Charles the great, (Charlemagne) .-- 825.34
Pennell, J. and E. R. Our sentimental journey through France and
Italy ................................ .......................... 352.44
France and the confederate navy, 1862-1868. Bigelow, John......... 832.37
1 Eighth SuPPlement--1889-of
Francesco d'AssisI, Saint, The little flowers of.............. ..... 522.34
Francois, M. L. von. The last von Reckenburg. B., 1887. 120...... 286.39
Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's almanac, and other papers.....1042.19
Bolton, S. K. In Famous American statesmen ........... ......... 710.47
Hale, E.E. and Hale, E. E.jr. Franklin In France..............710.44,45
McMaster, J. B. Benjamin Franklin as a man of letters........... 770.44
Frau Wilhelmine. Concluding part of The Buchholz family. Stinde,
J. E. W.................................. .... .... .............. 286.28
Frederic, Harold. Seth's brother's wife. N. Y., 1887. 120.... ...... 286.44
Frederica Sophia Wilhelmina,111arkgrdfin von Baircuth. Memoirs.
Tr. and ed. by Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein. N. Y.,
1888. 160 ...... ............................ .... ............ .... 731.52
Frederick, crown prince and emperor. A biog. sketch. Rodd, R... 723.46
Freeman, E. A. William the conqueror. ('twelve Eng. statesmen.) 882.18
French writers, The great.
Madame de Sdvignd,by M.L.A.Boissier............................ 712.52
Dlontesquicu,by A.Sorel................................ ............. 712.53
Victor Cousin,by J.Simon.............. ............. ...... 711.54
From Moor Isles. (Leisure hour series.) Fothergill, Jessie..... .... 290.19
From the forecastle to the pulpit. Jones, C.J....................... 554.51
From the ranks. King, Capt. Charles ..............................In286.35
Frothingham, O.B. Memoir of Wm. Henry Channing. B., 1886. 120 713.34
Frye, A. E. The child and nature; or, geography teaching with sand
modelling. (Amer. pedagogical ser.)Hyde Park. 1888. 120....T L 135
Games. Hale, L. P. Fagots for the fireside. A collections of games. 911.25
Garland for girls, A. Alcott, Louisa M......... ................ .... 280.36
Gay, S. H. James Madison. (Amer. statesmen.) B., 1887. 120 ...... 781.1
Genealogy. Kendall, H. The kinship of men......................1053.45
Gentleman's magazine library. Ed. by Geo.L. Gomme. 8 vols..447.26-34
Geography, Classical. Johnston, W. and A. K. The unrivalled
classical atlas. Twenty-three colored maps........ .... .......... Ref.
Geography, Methods and aids for the use of teachers. King, C. F... 563.49
Geography teaching with sand modelling. Frye, A. E. The child
andnature........ .................................. ........... T L 135
Geology. Jukes-Brown, A.J. The building of the British Isles..... 923.39
Gerard, Emily de L. The land beyond the forest. Facts, figures,and
fancies from Transylvania. N. Y., 1888. 120, illus.............. 353.26
German empire, William I. and the. Smith, G. B................... 736.34
German language, Practical grammar of the. Eysenbach, Wrn...... 573.17
Gilchrist, Anne. In Scudder, H. E. Men and letters........ ....... 432.31
Gilds; their origin,constitution,objects and later history. Walford,C.1054.39
Gilman, Arthur. The story of the Saracens. (The story of the na-
tions.) N. Y., 1887. 120.............. .......................... 883.30
Gilmore, J. R. (Edmund Kirke.) The advance-guard of western civ-
ilization. N. Y., 1888. 120............................ .... ...... 872.1
Glasgow. In Millar, W. J. The Clyde, from its source to the sea. .. 353.28
Goethe (J. W. von), The life and works of. Lewes, G. H..........731.53,54
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 15
Goldsmith, Oliver. The vicar of Wakefield. B., 1877. 180.......... 280.30
Gomme, G. L., ed. Gentleman's magazine library. Vols. 1-8......446.26-34
Goodell, Constans L., The life of. Currier, A. H.................... 724.39
Goodwin, John A. The pilgrim republic. An historical review of the
colony of New Plymouth with sketches of the rise of other New
England settlements ....... ............ .... ...... ...... .... ....1055.20
Goose-quill papers. Gulney, Louise I...... .... .... . ..... .... ...... 433.32
Gordon, C. G. Letters to his sister M. [A.] Gordon. L., 1888. 120.. 712.48
Gordon, George Maxwell, the pilgrim missionary of the Punjab.
Lewis, Rev. A................... ............................... 724.41
Goths, The story of the. (The story of the nations.) Bradley, H .... 883.29
Goya y Lucientes, F. In Hamerton, P. G. Portfolio papers......... 443.29
Grant, Robert. Face to face. N. Y., 1886. 120...................... 286.32
A romantic young lady. B., 1886. 120................ .... ........ 286.52
Jack in the bush; a summer on Salmon river. B., 1888. 120....... 221.48
Grant, U. S. In Boutwell, G. S. The lawyer, the statesman, etc..... 710.42
Also see Arnold, M. Civilization in U. S., 433.30; Bolton, S. K.
Famous Amer. statesmen, 710.47; Wallace, Lew. Life of Harri-
son, 1044.27.
Gray, Asa. Synoptical flora of N. America: the gamopetalm .... .... 966,
Graysons, The: a story of Illinois. Eggleston, Edward............ 273.49
Great-grandmother's girls in New Mexico. Champney,E. W..... 208.45
Great-grandmother's girls in New France. Champney, E. W...... 208.44
Greece. Snider,D. J. A walk In Hellas; or, the old in the new..... 374.29
Vincent,J. H.,and Joy,J. R.. An outline history of Greece. 1888. 880.10
See also Church,A.J, Three Greek children...................... 205.86
Greek course in English, Preparatory. Wilkinson, W. C. (C. L. S. C.
course) ................ .... .................................... 405.34
Greeley, Gen. A.W. American weather. A popular exposition of the
weather, including hot and cold waves, blizzards,etc. N.Y., 1888. 973.27
Also many reports, as Chief Signal ollicer of Weather bureau.
Green, J. R. History of the English people, vol. 4. 1683-1815.... ... 864.4
Greene, Mrs. J. R. Henry the second. (Twelve Eng. statesmen. L.,)
1888. 120....................................................... 882.19
Green, Homer. Burnham Breaker. N. Y., 1887. 120................ 283.34
The blind brother: story of the Pennsylvania coal mines. And
Dick, the door boy.............. .......................... ..... 283.33
Greenough, Horatio, Letters to his brother Henry Greenough. B.,
1887. 120.......... .................................. ...... .... 710.43
Guernsey, A. H., and Alden,H, M. Harper's pictorial history of the
rebellion. 2 vols., folio.......... ...............................*
Guild, Curtis. Britons and Muscovites. B., 1888. 120......... ...... 362.37
Guiney, Louise I. Goose-quill papers. B., 1885. 160.......... . ... .. 433.32
Hague, P.A. A blockaded family. Life in southern Alabama( (luring
the civil war. B., 1888. 120 .... ........................ .... .... 832.39
Hale, E. E. Addresses to Harvard students, 18.46-88. In Harvard ves-
pers ...................... .... ...................... .... ....... 551.60
16 Eighth Supplement-1889-of
Hale, E.M. (Continued.)
History of the United States. N.Y.,1887. 121. (C.L.S. C.course). 833.31
How they lived in Hampton: a study of practical Christianity ap-
plied to the manufacture of woolens. B., 1888. 120 ..... ........ 222.50
Life of George Washington. N. Y., 1888. 120 .... .... .... .... .... 713.49
Mr. Tangier's vacations. B., 1888. 120 .................. .... ..... 222.48
My friend the boss. A story of today. B., 1888. 120 ............. 222.61
Physical, mental, and spiritual exercises. In Phillips Exeter lec-
tures.... .................... ......... ........................ T L 134
Ten times one is ten. B., 1887. 120............................... 222.47
and Hale, E. E.,jr. Franklin in France. B., 1887. 2 v.80.......716.44145
and Hale, Miss Susan. A family flight around home. B., 1885. 80. 335.15
ed. Lights of two centuries. N. Y., 1887. 80...................... 735.41
Contenea.-Artists and sculptors.-Prose writers.-Composers.-Poeta.-
Invcntors.
Hale, Lucretia P. Fagots for the fireside. Games. B.,1889. 120.... 911.25
Hall,Basil. The midshipman; autobiograpical sketches. B.,1866. 240. 710.48
Hall, Edward. Chronicle; containing the history of England during
the reign of Henry IV. and to the end of the reign of henry VIII.
L., 1809. 40................ ...................... .... . ... .. .... 827.18
Hall, Florence Howe. Social customs. B., [1887.] 120.... . . .... .. .. 1045.1
Hambro, Mrs. C.J. (Philojuvenis.) Edda; or,tales of a gr.amIniother. 435.31
Hamerton, P. G. The intellectual life. B., 1877. 120....... .... .... 431.20
Portfolio papers. B., 1889. 120 ........................ .... . . .... 443.29
Happy prince, The, and other tales. Wilde, Oscar........... .... .... 205.85
Hardtack and coffee; the unwritten story of army life. Billings,J.D. 835.24
Hardy, E. J. The five talents of woman. N. Y., 1888. 120...... .... 565.42
Hare, A. J. C. Days near Paris. N. Y., [1888.] 120.......... ....... 322.20
Walks In Paris. N. Y., [1888.] 12.... .................. .... ...... 322.21
Harland, Henry. (Sidney Luska.) My uncle Florimond. B., 1888. 160 283.49
Harper's readers. First, second, third, fourth. N. Y., 1888,4 v. 120 560.46-49
Harper's pictorial history of the rebellion. Guernsey, A. IT., and
Alden, H. M. N.Y., 1888. 2 vols., folio........................*
Harris, Wm. T., ed. International education series. See Education.
Harrison, F. Oliver Cromwell. (Twelve Eng. statesmen.) L., 1888.. 882.21
Harrison, Benjamin, Life of. Wallace, I.ew........................1044.27
See also The Republican party, ed. by John D.Long...............1055.21
Harrison, Frederic. The choice of books, and other literary pieces.
L., 1880. 120.................. ................ ................. 464.32
Hart, V. C. Western China. A journey to the great Buddhist centre
of Mount Omei. B.,1888. 120................ .................. 352.42
Harte, (F.) Bret. The Argonauts of North Liberty. B., 1888. 160...280.27
Crusade of the Excelsior. B., 1887, 160 ....:............... ...... 282.61
Drift from two shores. B., 1887. 180......................•...... 280.29
A millionaire of Rough-and-Ready,and Devil's Ford. B.,1887. 160. 280.20
Harvard College. Catalogue, 1886-87........... .......... .... ......
Law school. Catalogue, 1817-1887................ ....••
Peabody, A. P. Harvard reminiscences ........ .••• ••.• • . .• . • •• • • 712.46
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 17
Harvard vespers. Addresses to Harvard students by the preachers
to the university, 1886-88. [F. G. Peabody, Phillips Brooks, E. E.
IIale, A. McKenzie, G. A. Gordon, A. P. Peabody.] B., 1888. 160 551.60
Haskins, D. G. Ralph Waldo Emerson. B., 1887. 12............... 710.45
Haven, Richard, Genealogy of the descendants of. Adams, J........ 774.45
Haweis,11. R. Christ and christianity. [Vol. .I] The light of the ages 522.35
Hawthorne, Julian. Love-or a name. A story. B., 1885, 120.... 284.55-
Hawthorne,Nathaniel. The house of the seven gables. B., 1879. 100 280.31
The scarlet letter. B., 1876. 160...... ............................ 280.32:
Hazlitt, Wm. Lectures on the literature of the age of Elizabeth.....1024.21
Health. Anders, James M. House-plants its sanitary agents........ 953.8
See also Sanitary science.
Heartsease and rue. Lowell, J. R.... ............................. 744.42-
Hedge, F. 11. Martin Luther, and other essays. B., 1888. 120........ 511.34
Hedges, K. Precautions to be adopted on introducing electric light.. 922.41
Hellas, A walk in: or, the old and the new. Snider, D. J..... ....... 374.29
Hensel,W.U.,and Parker,G. F. Life of Grover Cleveland. Phil.,1888.1044.26
Henry II. Green, Mrs. J. R. (Twelve English statesmen).......... 882.19•
Henslow, G. Origin of floral structures, through insect and other
agencies. (International scientific series.) N.Y.,1888. 120..... 971.34
Hering, C. Principles of dynauio-electric machines. N. Y.,1888, 120. 922.40
Herrick, S. E. Some heretics of yesterday. B., 1885. 120........... 555.48,
Contente.-Taular and the mystics-MOM-Una.-Savonarola.-Lati.
mer.-Crammer.-Malanetbon-Knox.-Calvin.-Coligny.-Wm.Brow-
ster.-Wesley.
Herrick, Sophie 11. B. Essays and reviews of George Eliot, with an
introductory essay on the Genius of George Eliot. B., 1887. 120.. 474.34
Hervey, T. H. The book of Christmas; customs, traditions, super-
stitions, fun, feeling, and festivities of the Christmas season..... 452.32
Hewes, F. W. Citizen's atlas of American politics, 1779-1888. A
series of colored maps and charts. N. Y., 1888. Folio.......... Ref.
Higginson, Sarah J. A princess of Java. B., 1887. 12°............. 284.59
Higginson, T. W. Travellers and outlaws. Episodes in American
history .... .................................................... 880.12
Hinman, W. F. Corporal Si Klegg and his "pard." Cleveland, 1888. 835.25
Hinsdale,B.A. The old Northwest,with a view of the thirteen colo-
nies as constituted by the royal charters. N. Y., 1858. 80 ....... 876.2
His one fault. Trowbridge, J. T ...................... .............. 204.81
Historical atlas,New, and general history. Labberton, R. H..,.... 827.17
Historical work. Aspects of. In Seudder, W. E. Men and letters... 432.31
HitherseaHere. Noel, Augusta......... .... ...................... 294.60
Hogarth, Illustrations from. See Knight, C.: Old England, v. 2. .... Ref.
Hole, S. R. A book about roses: how to grow and show them. Edinb. 934.41
Holland, The story of. Rogers,J.E. T. (Story of the nations)..... 883.33
Holst, Dr. H. E. von. John Brown. B. 1889. 160................... 710.50
Homer. The Iliad. Tr.by Ales.Pope. Flasman's designs. (Chandos
classics) . ...... .................... .... .... .... .... ............ 756.1
The Odyssey. Done into English verse by Wm.Morris. L.,1887... 755.4
Same. Tr. by Ales. Pope. Flasman's designs. (Chandos classics.) 756.2
18 Eighth Supplement-1889-0f
Homestead highways. Sylvester, H. At.............. . ......... .... 472.51
Horsemanship. Dodge, F. A. Patroclus and Penelope. A chat in
thesaddle.... .... .... .................... ..................... 926.35
Hosmer, J. K. Life of young Sir Henry Vane. B., 1888. 80......... 876.5
Samuel Adams. (American statesmen.) B., 1887. 120...... ...... 781.3
House of the seven gables. Hawthorne, N................ ...... ..•. 280.31
House plants as sanitary agents. Anders, J.M............. .... .. .. . 953.8
Housekeeping, Progressive. Owen,Catherine... .... • •.. •• •••• .... 961.18
How to get rich. Butler, B. F., and others ............ . . .. ...... .... N. 1.42
How to talk. Powell, W. B......................... . . .. ---• .... .... 563.50
How they lived in Hampton. Hale,E. E.... •• •... •• •••. ...... ...... 222.50
Howells, W. D. April hopes. N. Y., 1888. 120....... ...... .... .... 284.54
Annie Kilburn. A novel. N.Y., 1887. 120 ....................... 225.45
Modern Italian poets. Essays and versions. N. Y., 1887. 120..... 430.17
Hugo, Victor M. Les miserables. B., 1887. 5 v. 120........... ....282.52-56
Same. N. Y., 1879. 120 (Complete in one volume).......... . ..... 253.29
Hugo, Madame. Victor Hugo. By a witness of his life.......... .... 736.36
-Huish, M. B. Japan and its art. L., 1889. 120.............. .... .... 443.30
Humphrey Clinker, Expedition of. Smollett, T. G ....•• ..•. .••...In237.25
.Hundredth man, The. Stockton, F. R ................ ............. 284.56
Hunnewell, J. F. A century of town life: a history of Charlestown,
Massachusetts .......................... ...................... 877.23
Hunting in the jungle. Kellogg, W. F.... .......................... 334.26
Hurst, J.E. Short history of the early church. N. Y., 1886. 160.... 552.57
Short history of the mediveval church. N. Y., 1887. 160.......... 652.58
Huss, Johann. lit Herrick, S. E. Some heretics of yesterday ....... 555.48
Hutton, R. H. Essays on some of the modern guides of English
thought. I.., 1887. 120...................... .................. 433.34
Hygiene, Lessons in: on the maintenance of health. Cutter, J. C.... 053.7
Iliad. See Homer.
In nesting time. Miller, Olive T..... .......... ...................... 932.46
In the clouds. 31urfree, Mary N. (Charles Egbert Craddock) ........ 282.62
Inchfawn. Smith, Mrs. T ............................ ............. 286.48
India, The coming struggle for. Vambery, A.... .... ............... 872.2
Indian cottage, The ............................ .... ...............In280.34
Indian fables. Ramaswami Raju, P. V., ed.... ...................... 431.28
Insects. Lubbock, Sir J. On the senses, instincts, and intelligence
of animals,with special reference to insects...................•... 971.35
Staveley, E. F. British insects...... .......... ................... 923.40
International scientific series.
International law, by L. Levi .......................... .... 971.31
Geological history of plants, by J. W. Dawson ...... ...... . 971.32
The origin of floral structures, by G. Henslow........ ...... 971.34
On the senses, instincts, and intelligence of animals, by
J.Lubbock..................................... .... .... . 971.35
Ireland. Craik, Mrs. D.M. An unknown country.... .... .... . . .. .. 346.15
Lovett, R. Irish pictures drawn with pen and pencil. 1888....... 357.24
Stokes, M. Early christian art in Ireland..... .............. ...... 924.23
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 19
Irish wonders. The ghosts, giants, pookas, demons, etc. McAnal-
ly,D. R.,jr..................................................... 434.17
Iron, Ralph,pseud. See Schreiner, Olive.
Irving, Washington. The sketch-book. N. Y., 1880. 180............ 450.12
Italian poets, Modern. Essays and reviews. Howells, W. D........ 430.17
Italian school-boy's journal. Amicis, E. de. Cuore................. 253.26
Italy, Letters from. Laveleye, E. de...................... .......... 353.29
Ivan Ilyitch, and other stories. Tolstoi, L. N ........ .......... ..... 286.46
Jack Hinton, the guardsman. Lever, C. J ........................... 237 26
Jack in the bush. Grant, R............... ................ .......... 221.48
Jack the fisherman. Phelps,Eliz. S....... .......... .... ............ 567.17
Jackson, Frank G. Lessons in decorative design. L.. 1888. 80...... 924.32
James, H. Literary remains. Ed. by Wm.James. B., 1885. 120... 555.47
Janvier, Margaret. (!Margaret YandegriJt.) Doris and 'Theodora..... 286.28
Rose Raymond's wards. Phil., 1885. 120 .......... ........ ....... 286.34
Ways and means. Phil., [1886.] 1jO................... .... ....... 286.36
Japan. IIuish, ;11. B. Japan and its art .... ............ ...... • ..... 443.30
Lowell, P. The soul of the far East........ .... .............. .... 431.29
U. S. Bureau of education. Cir. of inform. Education in Japan.
In Wilson, J. H. China, etc ...................... .......... ...... 363.36
Japhet in search of a father. -Phil. 1853. 240 P....... .... ............ 280.33
Jean Monteith. McClelland,M. G. (Leisure hour series) ........... 290.15
Jefferson, Thomas. Morse, John T.,jr. (American statesmen)...... 781.6
See also Bolton, S. K., Famous Amer. statesmen, (710.47.) Wallace,
Lew. Life of Harrison, (1044.27.)
Jenkin, Fleeming, Memoir of. Stevenson, R. L............. .... .... 732.43
Jewett, Sarah 0. The king of Folly Island, and other people. B. 1888, 296.48
Jews. Renan, Ernest. History of the people of Israel .............. 525.35
Joan of Are; an epic poem. Southey, Robert................ .... .... 744.43
John, Eugdnie. (E. 1Marlite.) The Owl's nest. Tr. by Mrs. WIster... 283.44
John Ward, preacher. Deland, Margaret.... .......... .......... .... 286.55
Johnson, J.B. 'Theory and practice of surveying. N. Y., 1888. SO.. 946.44
Johnson, Rossiter. The war of secession.' N. Y., 1888. 80.......... 846.14
Johnston, W. and A. K. Classical atlas, in 23 col. maps...... ....... Ref.
Jokai, M. A modern Midas. N. Y., 1884. 120..... ........ .......... 286.41
Jones, C. J. From forecastle to pulpit. Fifty years among sailors... 554.51
Juanita; a romance of life in Cuba fifty years ago. Mann, M....... 286.33
Jukes-Brown, A. J. Building of the British Isles. L.,1888. 120..... 913.39
Julian Home: a tale of college life. Farrar, F.W................... 202.63
]Katie. Tolstoi, L. N. .................... .......... ................ 242.35
]Keane, A. H. Philology and ethnology of interoceanic races .......1053.30
gebbel, T. E. Life of Beaconsfield. (Int. statesmen.) Phil., 1888. 120 712.51
]Kellen, Wm.V. Index to public statutes; and to public acts. 1882-87
Sellogg, W. F. Hunting in the jungle. B., 1888. 80, illus.... ...... 334.26
Keltie, J. S., ed. The statesman's year book, 1887............ .......1041.15
20 Eighth Supplement-1889-of
Kendall, Henry. The kinship of men. B.,1888. 120........ ........1053.45
Kenelm Chillingly. Bulwer-Lytton, E. [G. E.] L.......... .... .... 284.5
Kennedy, David, the Scottish singer. Kennedy,Marjory............ 724.40
Kentucky resolutions of 1798. Warfield,E. D .......... ........... 832.38
Keppell, W. C., and Hillier, G.L. Cycling. B., 1887. 80, illus....... 924.42
Kieffer, H. M. Recollections of a drummer-boy. B., 1889. 160....... 205.69
King, Cape. Charles. 'rhe deserter, and From the ranks. Phil. 1888.. 286.35
King, Charles F. Methods and aids in geography. B.,1889. 120..... 563.49
King of Folly Island, and other people. Jewett, S. 0................ 296.48
King, Moses. Handbook of Boston. Camb., 1878. 120............... 374.7
Kinglake, A. The Invasion of the Crimea. N.Y., 1868-88. 6 v....824.18-26
Kinship of men. Kendall, H.......................................1053.45
Kirk, Ellen W., nee Olney. Better times. B., 1889. 120............. 255.41
Knight, C. Old England: a pictorial museum of antiquities......... Ref.
Knockabout club In the Antilles. Ober, F. A...................... 334.10
Knox, T. W. Boy travellers in Australasia. N. Y., 1889. 80........ 376.39
Knox, John. In Herrick, S. E. Some heretics of yesterday.... ....• 555.48
Kokhanovsky, Madame. The rusty linchpin. B., 1887. 120.... .... 283.42
Labberton, R. H. New historical atlas. N. Y., 1887. 80...... ...... 827.17
Lace, Embroidery and: their manufacture and history. Lefebure, E. 445.21
LaFayette, Life of. Farmer, Lydia H.............................. 710.46
Lalor,J.J. Cyclot)wdia of political science, political economy, and
of the political history of the United States. N.Y., 1888. 3 v. 80.•173 -
Lamb, Charles. Letters. Ed. by A. Ainger. N. Y., 1888, 2 v.....465.30,31
and Mary. Mrs. Leicester's school, etc. N. Y., 1886. 80........... 465.32
Lanciani. R. Ancient Rome in light of recent discoveries. B., 1888.. 357.28
Land question. See Ely, R. T. Problems of today............ . .....1043.38
Landor as a classic. In Scudder, H. E. Men and letters...• .• •• .... 432.31
Langley, S.P. The new astronomy. B., 1888. 81, illus...... . ...... 927.28
Language,Hints on. Bent, S.A............... ....... . .... .... .... 431.43
Last Von Reckenburg, The. Frangois, M. L. von................ .... 286.39
Last of the Mohicans. Cooper, J. F. In Leather-stocking tales...... 237.24
Latham, R. G. The English language. L., 1862. 80...... .... ...... 466.24
Latimer, Hugh. In Herrick, S. E. Some heretics of yesterday ..... 555.48
Laveleye, E. de. Letters from Italy. L., 1886. 120.. .... .... ....... 353.29
Law. Levi, L. International law ..... ... . ... .. . . ............ .... 971.31
Ric Connell,G.W. Trustee process as administered in N.E.states.
Lawless,Hon. Emily. Major Lawrence,F.L.S. (Leisure hour series) 290.16
Lawrence, Amos A., Life of. Lawrence, Wm. B., 1888. 121. . ..... 713.48
Lawrence family, Historical sketches of. Lawrence, R. M.... ...... 775.44
Lawyer, The, the statesman, and the soldier. Boutwell, G. 5........ 710.42
Leather-stocking tales. Cooper, J. F............ ................... 237.24
Lees, J. A., and Clutterbuck, W. J. A rawble in British Columbia. .. 352.45
Lefebure, E. Embroidery and lace: their manufacture, etc. 1889.... 445.21
Letters from a little garden. Ewing, J. H....... ...... ........ ....In207.72
Lever, C.J. Jack Ilinton, the guardsman..... .... ...... . . .......... 237.29
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 21
Levi, L. International law. (Int. scientific ser.) N.Y.,1888. 120..... 971.31
Lewes, G. H. Life and works of Goethe. B., 1856. 2 v. 120......731.53,54
Lewis, A. George Maxwell Gordon,pilgrim missionary of Punjab... 724.41
Libor aujoris; book of love of Brother Aurelius. Carpenter, H. B.... 743.39
Libraries and book clubs. In Gomme, G. L., ed. Gentleman's mag.. 446.34
Life. Tolstoi, L. N., count............................ .... .......... 523.38
Lights of two centuries. Hale,E. E ............................ .... 735.41
Lincoln, Abraham. Brooks, N. A. Lincoln. For young people .... 713.50
Boutwell, G.S. Lincoln the statesman and liberator.............In710.42
See also Wallace, Lew. Life of Harrison ................... ......1044.27
Lindley, W.J.,and Widney, J.P. California of the south. N.Y., 1888 352.43
Linton, W. J., and Stoddard, R. H. English verse. 5 v............740.26-30
Ballads and romances................................................. 746.26
Chaucer to Burns...................................................... 746.27
Dramatic scenes and characters...................................... 36.28
Lyrics of the YIA"th century.................................. . ..... 746.29
Translations..... .......... ........................................... 746.30
Literature, universal, Cycloptedia of. 10v. Alden, J. B.,pub..... 1052.3241
Little master, The. Trowbridge, John T.................. . ..... .... 204.80
Little flowers of St. Francis of Assisi.......................... ...... 522.34
Livermore, Mary A. lily story of the war. IIartf., 1888. 80........ 876.3
Lockwood, T. D. Electricity, magnetism, and electric telegraphy .. 936.32
Logan, John A. • Taylor, W. B. Memorial addresses.......... ...... 737.56
See also Vail, W. S., ed. Words of Blaine, etc.....................1042.20
London. See Besant, W. Fifty years ago.......................... 844.29
Long, J. D., ed. The Republican party. N.Y., 1888. 80, illus.......1055.21
Longfellow and his art. In Scudder, H. E. Dien and letters.... .... 432.31
Lord, John. Beacon lights of history. N.Y., 5v. 121. ...... ......823.24-28
Contents.-I. Antiquity.-II. The middle ages.-III. Renaissance and re.
formation.-IV. Warriors and statesmen.-V. Great women.
Lotus and jewel. Arnold, Edwin ............................. ...... 753.43
Love and theology. Wooley, Celia P.......................... . ..... 286.53
Love,-or a name. Hawthorne, J............................ . ..... 284.55
Lovett;R. Irish pictures, drawn with pen and pencil. 1888. .... .... 357.24
Lowell, J. R. Poetical works. B., 1888. 12°.... ................ .... 744.45
Heartsease and rue. B., 1888. 120.... .... ...... .... .............. 744.42
Political essays. B., 1880. 120. ........ ................ .... ......1043.32
Lowell, Percival. The soul of the far East. (Japan.) B., 1888...... 431.29
Lower, M. A. English surnames. I.., 1875. 2v. 80..................171.2,3
Lubbock;John. On the senses, instincts and intelligence of animals
with special reference to insects. (Int. scientific series.) 1888.... 971.35
Lubo$f Archipovna. Kokhanovsky, Madame..... ................ .... 283.42
Lulu's library. Alcott, L.Al. 2 vols.......... ...... .... .... ........ 203.19
Luther, Martin, and other essays. Hedge, F. 11. . ..... . ..... .... .... 511.34
Mabel Stanhope. O'Meara, Kathleen............ 282.70
McAnally, D. R.,jr. Irish wonders. B., 1888. 80, i I I u; . ..... . ..... 434.17
22 Eighth Supple ment-188g-of
McCarthy, J., and Praed, Mrs. Campbell. The Right Honorable.... 282.66
McClelland, M. G. Jean Monteith. (Leisure hour series.) N.Y.,1887 290.15
McConnell, G. W. A treatise on trustee process. B., 1886. 80......
McCosh, James. Habit and its influence in training at school........ T L134
McCulloch, H. Men and measures of half a century. N.Y., 1888... 876.4
Mackay, C. Dictionary of lowland Scotch. B., 1888. 120........... 171.1
McKenzie, Alex. Addresses to Harvard students. 1886-88........In551.60
Some things abroad. B., 1887. 120 .............................. 312.23
McMaster,John B. Benjamin Franklin as a man of letters. B., 1887. 770.44
Madison, James. Gay,S. H. (American statesmen)............... 781.1
Maertz, Louise. New method for the study of English literature..... 431.44
Magazine of art, vols. 1-10. 1878-1887............................ +
Magnetism. Lockwood, T. D. Electricity, magnetism, etc.......... 936.32
Tyndall, J. Diamagnetism nand magno-crystaallio action. 1888..... 972.32
Mahaly Sawyer; or,11 putting yourself in her place." D., S. E...... 291.32
Maine, Brief history of. Varney, G. J.............................. 834.30
Major Lawrence, F. L. S. (Leisure hour series.) Lawless, Hon. E... 290.16
Making the best of it. Rand,E.A...... ............................ 227.29
Mann, Mary. Juanita; a romance of real life in Cuba. B., 1887 120. 286.33
Manners. Hall, Florence Bowe. Social customs........ .... ....... 1045.1
Marching to victory. Coffin, C. C.... ............ ............ ...... 884.36
Marie Antoinette, Private life of. Caampaan, J. L. II., Madame.... .... 723.45
Marquis of Peaualta. Palaacio Valdes. Armando ..................... 286.47
Marryat, F. Japhet, in search of a father. Phil., 1853. 240.......... 280.33
Marshall, Emma. Alma; the story of at little musle-inistress.... .... 254.37
On the banks of the Ouse. N.Y., (1888.] 120........... .... ...... 254.36
Marvin, C. 'rhe region of the eternal fire. L., 1884. 80............. 356.32
Marx, K. Capital: a critical analysis,of capitalist production ........1044.28
Mary's meadow; and Letters from a little garden. Ewing, J. H..... 207.72
Marzio's crucifix. Crawford,F. M .... ...................... ....... 215.54
Masonry and brickwork. See Clark, T. M. Building superintendence. 946.43
Massachusetts. Public documents. Annual reports, 1867-1887....
Index to the public statutes, and to the public acts of 1.882 to 1887.
By Wm. V. Kellen. B., 1888. 80......................... ......
Ellis, G. E. Puritan age and rule in Mass. Bay. 1629-1685.... .... 876.1
Masson, D. British novelists and their styles. B., 1888. 100........ 420.41
Master of his fate. Barr, Amelia E............. .......... .... . ..... 282.65
Master of the ceremonies. Fenn, George M.... .......... .... .. .. .. . 282.67
Materials of construction, Text-book of. Tburaton, R. H.... .... .. . 946.45
Mathews, J. H. Uncle Rutherford's nieces. N. Y., 1888. 120 .... .. 254.38
Maurice, F. D. In Scudder, H. E. Mien and letters ................ 432.31
Meade, Eliz. T. See Smith, Mrs. T.
Media, Babylonia, and Persia. Ragozin, Z. A. (Story of the nations). 883.32
Medley, G. W: Fair trade unmasked. I.., (1887.] 120 ..............1010.24
Melanothon, Philip. In IIerrick, S. E. Beret ics of yesterday...... 555.48
Memories and portraits. Stevenson, R. L.... ............ .... ...... 453.38
Men and letters. Scudder, H.E................• • ...•• .... .... ...... 432.31
W, atertown (Public Library Catalogue. 23
Men and measures of half a century. McCulloch, H................. 870.4
Mendelsshon-Bartholdy,F. Letters to Ignaz and Charlotte Moscheles 775.43
Merchant marine, American. Wells,D. A. Our merchant marine. 1053.44
Dingley, N.,jr............................... ........ .... .... ..In1055.21
Meredith, G. Diana of the Crossways. A novel. B., 1886. 120 .... 286.29
Shaving of Shagpat; and Farina. B., 1887. 120................... 284.58
Merry men, The, and other tales and fables.- Stevenson,R. L........ 286.50
Meteorology. See Greely. A. W. American weather...............973.27
Mexico. Curtis,W.E. Capitals of Spanish America...... .......... 336.21
}Varner, C. D. Notes of travel in Mexico.............. .... ......In351.30
Middleton, J. H. Ancient Rome in 1885. Edinb., 1885. 80, illus.... 353.27
Middlesex county, Mass., Flora of. Dame,L.L.,and Collins, F. S.. 937.31
Midshipman,The, from Fragments of voyages,etc. Hall, B........ 710.48
Midshipman at large. 'Talbot,C.R................................ 282.69
Military manners and customs. Farrer, J. A............. ..........1051.29
Millar, W. J. The Clyde; its development as a navigable river, etc...353.28
Miller, Olive T. In nesting time. B., 1988. 160....... .... .. ....... 932.46
Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready, and Devil's Ford. IIaarte, (F.)Bret. 280.20
Miserables, Les. Hugo, Victor M ............. ..........282.52-56; 253.29
Miss Curtis; a sketch. Wells,Kate Gannett............... .... ...... 286.40
"Miss Lou." Roe,Edward P ...................................... 286.58
Missions. Lewis, A. J. G. M. Gordon, pilgrim missionary of the
Punjab .................................... ................ .... 724.41
Missouri, a bone of contention. Carr, L. (Amer. commonwealths). 881.15
Mr. '1'angier's vacation. Male,Edward E........... .......... .... .... 222.48
Mrs. Leicester's school, and other writings. Lamb, C. (and Mary)... 465.32
Mitchell,F. A. Ormsby M.Mitchel,astronomer and general. B.,1887 723.43
Modern Midas, A. A romance. Jokai, U .... .... .... ...... .... .... 286.41
Modern Telemachus, A. Youge, C. M...... ...... .... .... .... ...... 223.49
Moldavia. See Walker, Mrs. Untrodden paths in Roumania ....... 356.33
Mombert, J. T. History of Charles the great (Charlemagne.)....... 825.34
Montague, F. C. 'Technical education. [Pamph.].... .......... ....1010.23
Montesquieu. Sorel, A. ('The great French writers).... .... . ... .. 712.53
Moore, Niga. Pilgrims and Puritans. B., 1888. 160..... .• • . .. .. .... 831.34
Moore, Hannah. Youge. C. M. (Famous women) ...... . . .. . . . ..... 770.74
Morley, H. F.,and Muir,M.M.P.,eds. Watts'dictionary of chemistry Ref.
Morris, C. The Aryan race; its origin and achievements. Chic. 1888. 563.51
Morris, Gouverneur. Roosevelt, T. (Amer. statesmen) .... .... .... 781.5
Morris, Wm., tr. The Odyssey of Homer. Done into English verse. M5.4
Morrison, L. A. History of Wiudham,N. H., 1717-1883 ............ 877.21
Morse, J. T.,jr. 'Thomas Jefferson. (American statesmen.) B., 1887 781.6
John Adams. (American statesmen.) B., 1887. 120.............. 781.2
Morton, Levi P. 'Townsend, G. A................................In1014.27
See also'The Repblicaan party, ed. by John D. Long.......... ......1055.21
Moscheles, Felix, tr. and ed. Letters of Felix Mendelssohn. B., 1888 775.43
Moselle river. Waring, G. E.,ir. The bride of the Rhine .......... 320.12
Moulton,E. I.., nee Chandler. Ourselves and our neighbors. B.,1887. 522.40
24 Eighth Szsp.plement-l8og-oj
Munger, T.T. The appeal to life. [Sermons.] B., 1887. 120....... 510.36
Murfree, Mary N. (Charles Egbert Craddock.) Story of Keedon 11111Ira 283.32
In the clouds. B., 1887. 160.................................. .... 282.62
Murray,J.A.H.,ed. New English dictionary on historical principles;
founded on materials collected by the Philological society. Vol.1.
Oxford, 1888................................................... Ref.
Music, Olden-time: from newspapers and books. Brooks, H. M...-. 822.37
My friend the boss. Hale,E. E ..................................... 222.51
My Kalulu, prince, king, and slave. Stanley, H.M................... 284.57
My uncle Florimond. Harland, H. (Sidney Luska).................. 283.48
Nature's serial story. Roe, E. P................ .... .... .... ....... 286.51
Nelly Marlow in Washington. Nichols, Laura D ...... .... . ......... 208.43
New Antigone, The. A romance. L., 1887. 120.......... ........... 286.42
New England. Goodwin, J. A. The Pilgrim republic ...............1055.20
New England,A summer cruise on the coast of. Carter, R........... 351.29
New Mexico,Great-grandmother's girls in, 1670-1680. Champney,E.N. 208.45
New York. Apprentices' Library. Finding list. Subject catalogue..
New York, The story of. Brooks,E. S. (The story of the states)... 875.6
Newell, C. M. The voyage of the Fleetwing. B., 1886. 12° ......... 286.43
Newman, Cardinal. In Hutton, R. H. Essays .......... .... ....... 433.34
Nichols, Laura D. Nelly 1llarlow in Washington. B., [1886.] 8°.... 208.43
Noname series. Almost a duchess ...................... ............ 281.69
CrackerJoe........................ .......... .................... 281.71
Asuperior woman ................................ ............... 281.70
Noel, Augusta. Hithersea Mere. N. Y., 1887. 120 .............. .... 284.60
Nordhoif, G. Peninsular California. N. Y., 1888. $0, illus.... . ..... 325.8
Northwest territory. Hinsdale,B.A. The old Northwest.... ...... 876.2
See also Black, A. The story of Ohio, [875.7]; Cutler, W. P., and
J. P. Life of Rev. blanasseh Cutler, 717.32,33.
Norton, C. B. The president and his cabinet. The progress of the
government of U. S. under Grover Cleveland. B., 1888. 120.....1043.41
Novelists, The Russian. Vogue, E. M. de.......................... 452.31
Ober, F. A. The Knockabout club in the Antilles. B., [1888.]....... 334.10
Odyssey. See Homer.
Ohio, The story of. Black, A. (The story of the states.)............ 875.7
Old maids, and Burglars in Paradise. Phelps, E. S............. ...... 222.46
Old New England days. Damon, Sophie M .......................... 282.51
Oldentime music: from newspapers and books. Brooks, H. M...... 822.37
Oliphant, L. Episodes in a life of adventure. N.Y.,1887. 120...... 363.40
Oliphant, Mrs. M. O. W. The makers (if Venice. L., 1888. 120 ..... 372.30
011ier,Edmund. Cassell's illus. history of the Russo-Turkish war....847.1,2
O'Meara, Kathleen. Mabel Stanhope. B., 1886. 120................ 282.70
On horseback. A tour in Virginia, North Carolina, etc. Warner, C.D. 351.30
On the banks of the Ouse. Marshall, Emma ......................... 254.36
Operetta in profile. Czeika,pseud ............ ...................... 433.31
Ossoli, S. Margaret Fuller, marchesa d'. In Cross, M.A. Essays.... 474.34
Watertown Public Library Catalogue. 25
Ottoman literature. See Poole,S. Lane. The story of Turkey ...... 883.31
Our country: its possible future and present crisis. Strong, J .......1043.40
Our mutual friend. Dickens, Charles.... .... .... .... ................ 291.33
Our now mistress; or changes at Brookfield Earl. Y onge, C. M...... 223.50
Our party of four. Talcott, Mrs. H. B. Goodwin........ ............. 296.47
Our sentimental journey through France, etc. Pennell, J. and E. R... 352.44
Ourselves and our neighbors. Moulton,E.L. Chandler............. 522.40
Outlooks on society, literature, and politics. Whipple, E. P ........1058.43
Owen, Catherine. Progressive housekeeping. B., 1887. 160......... 901.18
Owl's nest, The. John E. (E.Marlitt.) Tr. by Mrs. blister......... 283.44
Palaeio Valdes, A. The Marquis of Pefialta. N. Y., [1887.] 120.... 286.47
Palestine. See McKenzie, A. Some things abroad.................. 312.23
Panics and investments. See Whipple, E.P. Outlooks, etc.... . .....1053.43
Paris, L. P. A. d' Orl6ans, comte de. The civil war in America. 4v..845.8-11
Paris. Washburne, E. B. Recollections of a minister to France ...866.25,26
Paris, Days near. Hare, A.J. C.... ...................... ......... 322.20
Paris, Walks in. Hare, A. J. C .......... ........................... 322.21
Paris, 'Thirty years of, and of my literary life. Daudet, A........... 712.49
Parks, L. His star in the East. A study of early Aryan religions... 524.34
Patroclus and Penelope. A chat in the saddle. Dodge, T. A........ 926.35
Paul nud Christina. Barr, Amelia E..... ............................ 282.59
Paul Patofi: Crawford, F. M................ .... .... ................ 286.31
Payne, `V. II., tr. History of pedagogy, by Gabriel Oompayre....... 562.53
Payson, E. The law of equivalents in its relation to political and so-
cial ethics.... ........................ ............ ...... .... .... 525.36
Peabody, A. P. The eye of God. In Harvard vespers .... .••• • ..... 551.60
Harvard reminiscences. B.,1888. 120....... ............ . . .... .... 712.46
Peabody, F.G. Addresses to Harvard students ...... • ..• .... . .....In551.60
Peckster professorship, The. Quincy, J. P.........•. .•.• .... • • •••. 222.49
Pedagogy. Bent, S. A. IIints on language ........ .••.•. ..•. •••••. 431.43
Compayr6, G. History of pedagogy.......... .... . . .. .. .. .... .... 562.53
Pendennis, History of. Tbackeray, W. M.......... . . . . .. .... ....253.27,28
Pennell, J. and E. R. Our sentimental journey through France and
Italy .......... .... .......................... .......... .... .... 352.44
Perry, Nora. The youngest Miss Lawton,and other stories. B., 1889. 286.57
Persia. Ragoziu, Z. A. Story of Media, Babylon, and Persia....... 883.32
Perspective, Modern: principles and practice of plane and cylin-
drical perspective. Ware, Wm.R..................... ........924.58,59
Pestalozzi, Henry, and his plan of education. Biber, E............. T L 72
Peter Budstone, the boy who was hazed. Trowbridge, J.'1'.......... 204.82 r
Petroleum region of the Caspian. Marvin, C. Region of eternal fire 356.32
Phelps, E. S. Old maids, and Burglars in paradise. B., 1888. 120... 222.46
Jack the fisherman. B., 1887. 121, illus .......................... 567.17
Philistines, The. Bates,Arlo........ .... .... ...................... 254.40
Phillips Exeter lectures,1885-86, by Presidents McCosh, Walker, Bart-
lett, Robinson, Porter, Carter, and Rev. Drs. Hale and Brooks.. T L 134
Philojuvenis,pseud. See Hambro, airs. C. J.
26 Eighth Sufifilement-1889-of
Photography, Amateur: a practical instructor. Tapley, D. J ...... 953.1U
Photography, Quarter century in. Wilson, E.L..... .............. 936.33
Picked up in the streets. Schobert, H. Tr. by Mrs. A. L. Wister.... 285.43
Pilgrim republic. Historical review of the colony of the New Ply-
mouth. Goodwin, J. A........................................1055.20'
Pilgrims and Puritans: planting of Plymouth and Boston. Moore,N. 831.34
Pine and palm. Conway, M. D. (Leisure hour series)............... 290.17
Plants, Geological history of. Dawson, J. W....................... 971.32
Plunkett, Mrs. II. M. Women, plumbers, and doctors. N.Y.,1885.. 953.9
Poetry, comedy, and duty. Everett, C. C .... ....................... 555.50
Poets, Modern Italian. Essays and versions. Howells, W. D........ 430.17
Poor Richard's almanac and other papers. Franklin, B ..............1042.1%
Political economy. Lalor, J. J. Cyclopoedia of political science,
political economy, and political history of United States. 3 vols. *183.-
Marx,K. Capital................................................1042.19
See also Taxation.
Political essays. Lowell, J.R............ ..........................10.13.32
Poole, Stanley Lane, and others. The story of Turkey. (Story of the
nations) ......!................... .... ......................... 883.31
Porter, E. G. Rambles in old Boston, New Eng. B., 1887. 40, illus. 827.1a
Portfolio papers. Hamerton, P. G............................. ..... 443.29
Powell, W. B. How to talk. Phil., [1882.] 180..................... 563.50
President, The [Grover Cleveland] and his cabinet. Norton, C. B...1043.41
Preyer, W. The senses and the will. Pt. I. The mind of the child.-T L 125
Princess of Java; a tale of the far East. Higginson, S. J ........... 284.59
Problems of today. Ely, R. T .... .............. ...................1043.38
Proctor, C. W., ed. Round the globe through Greater Britain.... .... 333.19
Proctor, R. A. Half-hours with the stars. N.Y., 1888. 40, maps.... 924.65
Progressive housekeeping. Owen,Catherine......... ...• • ••• •.•.•• 961.19
Prose pastorals. Sylvester, H. At.... .... .... ..............•• ....... 433.33
Proverbs, Scotch. In Mackay, C. Dictionary of lowland Scotch.... 171.1
Prussia, History of. Tuttle, Herbert. 3 vols .....................833.26-29
Psychology, Elementary, and education. Baldwin,J. (Int.educ.ser.)T L 124
Public lands. Payson, L. E ......................... ...••...••..In1055.21
Public libraries,Our old [England.] In Gentleman's mag. library. 80. 446.34
Puritan age and rule in the colony of Mass. Bay, 1629-85. Ellis, G. E. 876.1
Puritans, Pilgrims and. Moore, Nina .....................• •••• ••.. 831.34
Put yourself in his place. Reade, C .......••••••....•.•••••••. • ••••• 222.19
Putnam's monthly magazine. N. Y., 1853-57. 10v. 8....... .... ....
�► Quincy,J. P. The Peckster professorship. B., 1888. 121.........•• 222.49
Rabbe, Felix. Shelley; the man and the poet. Chic., 1888. 120.... . 732.45
Rachel Armstrong. Wooley, Cella P. Same as Love and Theology- 286.53
Ragozin, Z. A. The story of Media, Babylon,and Persia. N.Y.,1888, 883.32
Ramaswami Raju, P.V., ed. Indian fables. N.Y., 1889. 160...... 431.28
Rand, E. A. Making the best of it. N. Y., 1888. 160 ............... 227.29
Rand, E. S. Bulbs: hardy and tender bulbs and tubers. B., 1884. 120 934.40
Watertowlt rPisblic Library Catalogue. 27
Randolph, John. (American statesmen.) Adams, H.... ........... 781.4
Random recollections. Stanton, H. B .............................. 732.44
Reade, C. Put yourself in his place .......................... ...... 222.18
Reade, C. L., and Reade, C. Charles Reade. A memoir. N.Y., 1887. 710.44
Readers, Harper's; first, second, third, fourth. N.Y., 1888.......560.46-49
Religions. Haweis, H. R. Christ and christianity. Vol. I......... 522.35
Parks, L. His star in the East. Early Aryan religions. ...... .... 524.34
Remember the Alamo. Barr, Amelia E................ .... ...• .... 282.72
Reminiscences of foreign travel. Crawford, R .... .... ...... . . .... 333.15
Renan, E. History of the people of Israel. B., 1.888. 811 ...... . . .... 525.36
Repplier, Agnes. Books and men. B., 1888. 160 ............. . . .... 471.57
Republican party: its history,principles,and policies. Long,J.D.,ed.1055.21
"Right Honorable, The." A romance of society and politics. Mc-
Carthy, Justin, and Praed, airs. Campbell....................... 282.66
Rice, J.,joint author. See Besant, W., and 123ce, J.
Richardson, C. F. American literature. Vol. II. Poetry and fiction. 435.21
Ristori, Adelaide. An autobiography. (Famous women.) B.,1888. 160 770.76
Robert Elsmere. Ward, Nary A.,nee Arnold........................ 286.56
Roberts, Edwards. Shoshone and other western wonders. N.Y.,1888 351.29
Robinson, E. G. Men: made, self-made, and unmade............In T L 134
Rodd, Rennell. Frederick,crown prince and emperor. N.Y.,1888. 120 723.46
Roe, Edward P. "Miss Lou." N.Y., 1888. 120................ ..... 286.59
Nature's serial story. N.Y.,1884. 120............ .... ............ 286.51
Rogers, J. E. Thorold. Story of Holland. (Story of the nations).... 883.33
Rogers, Samuel,Early life of. Clayden, P. W................. ...... 712.47
Rolfe,W. J., ed. Tales from English history in prose and verse...... 562.54
Romano-British remains. In Gentleman's mag. library ..........446.32,33
Romantic young lady. Grant, Robert...... ....... ................. 286.52
Rome, Ancient, in 1885. Middleton, J. H........................ .. 353.27
Rome,Ancient, in the light of recent discoveries. Lanciani, R....... 357.29
Rome as it was under paganism,and as it became under popes.L.,1843 874.4,E
Roosevelt, T. Gouverneur Morris. (Amer. statesmen.) B., 1888.... 781.E
Rose Raymoud's wards. Janvier, Margaret......................... 286.34
Roses, A book about: how to grow and show them. Hole,S. R..... 934.41
Roumania, Untrodden paths in. Walker, Mrs...................... 356.33
Roumanians, planners and customs. Gerard E. de L..............In353.26
Round the globe through Greater Britain. Proctor,C. 11'., ed.... .... 333.19
Royal girls and royal courts. Sherwood, M. E. W....... .... .. .. .... 710.49
Russia. Guild, Curtis. Britons and Muscovites . ..... .... .... ...... 363.37
Vambery, A, The coming struggle for India . . .... ...... .... ..... 872.2
Russian novelists, The. Vogu6, E. Al. de........................... 452.31
Russo-Turkish war, Cassell's illus. history of. 011ier, E ..........847.1,2
Rusty linchpin, The; and Luboff Arehipovna. Kokhanovsky, Mine.... 283.42
Saadi, pluslih-ed-Deen. The 11 Ishk"or third chapter of the L6 Bostan"
of the Persian poet. In Arnold, E. With Sa'di in the garden.... 753.44
Sailor life. Jones, C.J. From forecastle to pulpit.............. .... 554.51
St. IVinifred's; or the world of school. Farrar, F. W........ .... .... 202.62
28 Eighth SuPplement-1889-of
Salem (Mass.) A half century in. Silsbee, 31:. C. D ................ 882.14
Samoa a hundred years ago and long before. 'Turner, G............ 363.38
Sand modelling. Frye, A. E. The child and nature.................T L 135
Saracens, The story of the. (The story of the nations.) Gilman,A.. 883.30
Savonarola. In Herrick, S.E. Some heretics of yesterday ........ 5580.48
Saxons, Manners and customs of. Gerard,E.de L.................In353.26
Scarlet letter, The. Hawthorne, N................................. 280.32
Schobert, H. Picked up in the streets. Tr. by Mrs.Winter......... 285.43
Schreiner, O. (Ralph Iron.) Story of an African farm. B., 1888. 160 291.34
Scotch, lowland, Dictionary of. Mackay, C......................... 171.1
Scott, Walter. Poetical works. B., 1877. 180....................... 741.44
Scudder, Horace E. Men and letters. B., 1887. 120................ 432.31
Senses and the will. Part 1. The mind of the child. Preyer, W... T L125
Sermons for all sects. Bradlee, C. D. .............................. 555.49
Seth's brother's wife. Frederic, Harold............................. 286.44
Sevigne, Madame de. (Great French writers.) Boissier, M. L. G... 712.52
Shakespeare, Wm. Complete works. Phil., 1876. 80.............. 766.24
The handy volume Shakespeare,v.7. Henry V; Henry VI. L., 1866 741.43
Hazlitt,W. Characters of Shakespeare's plays..................In1024.22
Scudder, 11. E. The future of Shakespeare.................. ....14432.31
Shaving of Shagpat, and Farina. Meredith, G................ .. .... 284.58
Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Poetical works. Ed. by W. B. Scott . ...... 756.3
Rabbe, F. Shelley, the man and the poet............. .... .. .. .... 732.45
Shepard, E. M. Martin Van Buren. '(Amer. statesmen).. .... . . .... 781.7
Sheridan, P.H. Personal memoirs. N. Y., 1888. 2v. 81.... . .....736.37,38
Sherwood, M.E.W. Royal girls and royal courts. B., 710.49
,Shoshone and other western wonders. Roberts, E.............. .... 351.28
Siam. See Butterworth H. Zig-zag journeys In Antipodes.......... 334.23
Sight-reading. Bent, S. A. Ilints on language ................... 431.43
Silliman, B. A visit to Europe in 1851. N. Y.,1853. 2 v, 1211 .....352.40,41
Silsbee, M. C. D. A half century In Salem. B., 1887. 160..... ...... 882.14
Simon, Jules. Victor Cousin. (Great French writers) .............. 712.54
Sinnett, A. P. Esoteric Buddhism. B.,1884. 160........... .... .... 510.35
Sketch-book, 'The. Irving,Washington............................ 450.12
Smith, George B. William I. and the German empire. Chic. 1888... 736.34
Smith, Mrs. T. (Eliz. T. Meade.) Inchfawn. N. Y., 1887. 120...... 286.48
Smithsonian Institution. Annual report to July, 1885........ ......
Miscellaneous collections. Vols. XXXI., XXXII., XXl'111 ......
Contents.-XXXI. Gray, Asa. Bynoptieal flora of North America: the
gamopetalac.
XXXII. Clarke,F.W. The constants of nature. Part I. A talo of spe-
cU1c gravity for solids and liquids.-Tuckerman,A. Index to the liter-
ature of the spectroscope.
=XHI. Bulletin of Philosophical Boo.of Wash.,v.6.10.1883-87.
Smollett, S. G. Works, selected and ed. by D. IIerbert. 1878........ 237.25
Snider, D. J. A walk In Hellas. B., 1883. 80....................... 374.29
Soap and candles, Manufacture of. Brannt, W. 'T., ed................ 937.30
Social customs. Hall, Florence Howe............................... 1045.1
Some things abroad. McKenzie, Ales............................... 312.23
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 29
Sorel, A. Montesquieu. (Great French writers.) Chic.,1888. 120.. 712.53
Soudan. See Gordon, C. G.
Soul of the far East. Lowell, P.......................... .... ....... 431.29
South county neighbors. Carpenter, E. B................ ........... 282.68
Southey, R. Joan of Are; an epic poem. B., 1798. 160.... .... ..... 744.43
The story of his life written in his letters. Ed. by J. Dennis ...... 713.33
Spain, Old Spain and new. Field, H. M...................... ....... 364.34
Sparrow, the tramp. A fable for children. Wesselhoeft, L. F...... 201.70
Spanish America, The capitals of. Curtis,W. E.............. ...... 336.21
Spell of home, The. Buerstenbinder, E. (E. Werner.) Tr. by Mrs.
Wister..... .............. .... .......... .... .... .... .... .... .... 246.38
Sprague, C. C. Hand-book of Yolapiik. N. Y.,1888. 120.... ........ 563.52
Springfield, Mass. City Library Assoc. Annual report, 1SSS .... ....
Stael, Madame de. (Famous women.) Duffy, Bella..... . ..... . ..... 770.75
Stanford's compendium of geography and travel. Australasia. 1Val-
lace, A. R.... .... ...................................... .... .... 353.30
Stanley, H.M. My Kalulu, prince, king, and slave. 1887.. .. . ...... 284.57
Stanton, H. M. Random recollections. N. Y., 1887. 120 .... ....... 732.44
Stars, Half-hours with the. 'Twelve maps. Proctor, R. A..... . ..... 924.65
Statesman's year book, 1888. Keltie, J.S.,ed............ .... . .....1041.15
Staveley, E. F. British insects. L..1871. 120...................... 923.40
Stearns, W. A. Wrecked on Labrador. N.Y., (1888.) 120...... .... 204.83
Steel horse, The. Fosdick, C. A. (Barry Castlemon)............. .... 204.84
Stephen, L. Dictionary of national biography. 17 v.......... . ..... R. C.
Stevens, T. Around the world on a bicycle. 2 v.... ...... .... ......325.6,7
Stevenson, R. L. Dlemolr of Fleeming Jenkin. N.Y., 1887. 120.... 732.43
Memories and portraits. N.Y., 1887. 120.... .......... ........... 453.38
The merry men, and other tales and fables. N.Y., 1887. 120...... 286.50
Treasure Island. B., 1886. 160 ........ ................ ........... 216.22
Stinde,J.E.W. The Buchholz family. Part III. Frau Wilhelmine. 286.26
Stockton, F. R. Amos Kilbright. With other stories. N.Y., 1888.. 283.43
The bee-man of Orn, and other fanciful tales. N.Y., 1887. 120.... 286.38
The Christmas wreck, and other stories. N. Y., 1886. 120......... 286.37
The hundredth man. N. Y., [1887.] 120................ .... ...... 284.56
Stokes, M. Early christian art in Ireland. (So. Kensington art).... 924.23
Stories Mother Nature told her children. Andrews, Jane............ 202.65
Story of an African farm. Schreiner, 0. (Ralph Iron).............. 291.34
Story of Keedon Bluffs. Murfree, M. N. (Charles Ejbert Craddock)... 283.32
Story of the nations.
The story of the Goths, by H. Bradley ..................... 883.29
The story of the Saracens, by A. Gilman ................... 883.30
The story of Turkey, by S. Lane-Poole........ .... ......... 883.31
The story of Media, Babylon, and Persia...... ...... . ...... 883.32
The story of Holland, by J.E.T. Rogers..... ...... .... .... 883.33
Story of the states. Ed. by E.t. Brooks.
'The story of New York, by E. S. Brooks................... 875.6
The story of Ohio, by A. Black ............................ 875.7
Strong, Josiah. Our country: its possible future and present crisis..1043.40
Summer; from the journal of Thoreau. Thoreau, Henry D......... 4C3.30
30 Eighth Supplement-1889-of
Summer cruise on the coast of New England. Carter, R............ 351.29
Superior woman, A. (No name series.) B., 1885. 120.............. 281.70
Surnames, English. Essay on family nomenclature. Lower, M. A.171.2,3
Surveying, Theory and practice of. Johnson, J. B................. 946.44
Swampscott: historical sketches. 'Thompson, W.................. 842.28
Sweden, High schools for girls in. U.S.Bureau of edue. Bulletins...
Swinburne, A. C. Bothwell. A tragedy. L., 1882. 120............ 757.15
Sylvester, H. M. Homestead highways. B., 1888. 120............. 472.51
Prose pastorals. B., 1887. 120 .......... ......................... 433.33
Talbot, C.R. A midshipman at large. B., 1887. 130.... ........ .... 282.69
Talcott, Mrs. H. B. Goodwin. Our party of four. B., 1887. 12 ...... 296.47
Tapley, D. J. Amateur photography. N. Y., 1884. 120.... ......... 953.10
Tariff. See Blaine,J.G.; Ely, R.T.; Hensel, W.U.; McKinley,W.,jr.
Taxation. Cossa, Dr. L. 'Taxation; Its principles and methods.....1043.39
Ely,R. T. Problems of today...... .. .. ..........................1043.38
assisted by Finley, J. H. 'Taxation in Amer. states and cities.....1043.37
Taylor, Sir H. Autobiography, 1800-1875. N. Y.,1885. 2 v. 120...732.41,42
Taylor, Henry. Correspondence. Ed. by E.Dowden. L., 1888. 120.. 723.44
Taylor, U. A. The city of SarraR. (Leisure hour series.) N.Y.,1887 290.18
Technical education. Montague, F. C................ ..............1010.23
Tefft, B. F. Evolution and christiauity. B., 1885. 120.......... .... 523.37
Telegraph. In Lockwood, T. D. Electricity, etc........... .... .... 936.32
Temperance. Clark, G.F. The temperance reform In Mass., 1813-1883 564.33
Jones, C. J. From the forecastle to the pulpit........ ........ .... 554.51
Ten times one is ten. Hale,E. E.............. ...... . ......... .... .. 222.47
Tenting on the plains. Custer, Elizabeth B.... ..................... 726.30
Terrace of Mon Desir. A novel of Russian life.... ................. 283.41
Thackeray, W. M. The history of Pendennis. L., 1878. 2 v. 120.253.27,28
Letters, 1847-1855. Ed. by J. O. Brookfield. N. Y., 1887. 80...... 736.35
Theatre. See Bernard, J. Retrospection of America, 1797-1811 ..... 453.37
Theology and religion. Francis of Assisi, Saint, Little flowers of.--. 522.34
.Tones, C. J. From the forecastle to the pulpit.............. ...... 554.51
Munger, T. T. The appeal to life. Sermons ..................... 510.36
See also Ethics.
Thirty years of Paris. Daudet, A........................... ........ 712.49
Thompson, Waldo. Swampscott: historical sketches. L., 1885. 120. 842.28
Thoreau, TI.D. Summer: from the journal of Thoreau.... ......... 463.30
Winter: from the journal of Thoreau. B., 1888. 120.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 463.31
Thorn in the nest. Finley, Martha.................... .. .. .... . . .... 286.27
Three Greek children. Home in old time. Church, A. .T.. .. .. .. .. .. . 205.86
Three Vassar girls in France. Champney, E. W.......... .... ....... 335.24
Thurman, A. G. In Life of Grover Cleveland ......................1044.46
See also Norton, C. B.
Thurston, R.H. Text-book of the materials of construction........ 946,45
Tide-mill stories. 'Trowbridge,J.T.
Phil and his friends......... 20471 The little master............. 204.80
Tinkham brothers'tide•mi11204:72 I His one fault................. 204.81
The satin-wood box......... 2U.78 Peter Budstone.............. 204.e2
Watertown (Public Library Catalogue. 31
Tiger prince, The. Dalton, W...... .............. .................. 251.40
Tiger-slayer, The. Aimard, G................. .................... 253.30
Tolstoi, L. N.,count. Ivan Ilyitch and other stories. N. Y., 1887. 120. 286.46
Katia. N. Y., 1887. 160.................. .................... .... 242.35
Life. N. Y., [1888.] 120............................... .......... 523.38
Tourgee, A. W. Button's inn. B., 1887. 160........................ 282.60
A fool's errand. N.Y., 1880. 160................................. 222.32
Town meeting of to-day. In Ilosmer, J. K. Samuel Adams.......... 771.65
Traill, H. D. William III. ('Twelve En;. statesmen.) L., 1888 120. 882.20
Tramp abroad, A. Clemens, S. L. (Mark Twain) .................. 346.14
Transylvania. Gerard,E. de L. 'file land beyond the forest ...... 353.26
Travellers and outlaws. Episodes in Amer. history. Higginson,T.W. 880.12
Treasure Island. Stevenson, R.L.................................. 216.22
Tri-cycling. See Cycling.
Trobriand, P.R. de. Four years with the army of.thePotomac..... 874.6
Trollope, T. A. What I remember. N. Y., 1888. la° ........... .... 724.38
Trowbridge, J. T. Biding his time. B., 1889. 16°................ .. 204.85
His one fault. (Tide-mill stories.) B., 1887. 12°.... .... .... . .... 204.81
Little master. B., 1887. 160.... .... .......... ........ ...... ...... 204.80
Peter Budstone, the boy who was hazed. B., 1888. 160.... ....... 204.82
Trustee process as administered in New Eng.states. McConnell,G.W.
Turkey. Cox, S. S. Diversions of a diplomat in Turkey.... ........ 346.13
011ier, E. Cassell's illustrated history of Russo-Turkish war...... 847.12
Poole, S. Lane. The story of Turkey......... .................... 883.31
Turner, G. Samoa a hundred years ago and long before. L., 1884. 120 363.38
Tuttle, H. History of Prussia. B., 1884, '88. 3 v. 120.... .... ....833.26-28
Twelve English statesmen.
Cardinal Wolsey,by Mandell Creighton.............................. 882.17
William the conqueror,by E.A.Frooman........................... W2.18
Henry II.,by Mrs.J.R.Green......................................... .c2.19
William III.,by H.D.Traill...................... ........ ........... 682.20
Oliver Cromwell,by Frederic Harrison.............................. M.21
Twenty-third regt.Mass.vol. infantry,Record of. Eunuierton,J.A.. 873.1
Two gentlemen of Boston. A novel. B., 1887. 120 .................. 286.45
Tyndall, J. Researches on diamagnetism and magne-crystallic action 972.32
Uncle Rutherford's nieces. A story for girls. Mathews, J. H....... 254.38
Under the storm. Yonge, C. M.................. ................... 223.48
•
Underwood, L. M. Our native ferns and their allies. N.Y.,1888 .. 932.47
United States. I. Public documents.
Bureau of Education. Circulars of information ............. T L-
1885. No. 4. Education in Japan.
1887. No. 3. Proceedings of dep't of superintendence of the Na-
tional educ. assoc. Washington, March 15-17, 1887.
1888. No. 1. Contributions to Amer. educ. history. Thomas
Jefferson and the University of Virginia.-No. 5. Indus-
trial education in the South. A. D. Mayo.
Bureau of labor. Annual reports of commissioner............. ....
32 Eighth Supplement-1889-of
United States. (Continued.)
Bureau of navigation. Report of commissioner, 1886..............
Census (loth.) Vol. XII. Report on mortality and vital statistics.
Commissioner of fish and fisheries. Bulletins and Reports .........
Commission to Central and So. America. Report of the commission
appointed"to ascertain and report upon the best mode of securing
more intimate international and commercial relations...... . . .. ..
Congress. Memorial addresses on John A. Logan, Feb. 1887..... .. 737.5G
Statutes passed at first session of 50th congress, 1887-88...• •. .
Interstate commerce commission. First annual report, 1887 ....-.
President. Grover Cleveland. Message and documents. 1885-87..
Signal service. Professional papers...............................
Weather review, Weekly and Monthly. [Various dates]..... ....
We have now quite an accumulation of material that will be of value
to any student of meteorology.]
III. Description and travels.
Hale, E.E., and Miss Susan. A family Right around home...,.. 335.15
Roberts, E. Shoshone and other western wonders.............. 351.28
Warner, C. D. On horseback. Tour in Va.,N. Carolina, Tenn.. 351.30
V. History. Abbott, W. J. Blue jackets of '70 ........... ...... 875.3
Bigelow, J. France and the confederate navy, 1862-1868.... .... 832.37
Billings,J. D. Hardtack and coffee ............................ 835.24
Collin, C. C. Drum-beat of the nation. First period of rebellion 884.35
Marching to victory. Second period of rebellion........ ...... 884.36
Fiske, J. Critical period of American history, 1783-1789.... .... 834.29
Guernsey, A. H., and Alden, H. M. Harper's pictorial history
ofthe great rebellion.... .............................. ....
Hale, E. E. History of the U. S., written for the Chautauqua
reading circle, 1887..... .................... .................. 833.31
Hewes, F. W. Citizen's atlas of Amerman politics, 1797-1888.... Ref.
Hinsdale, B. A. The old Northwest...................... ...... 870.2
Johnson, R. Short history of the war of secession......... ..... 846.14
Livermore, M. A. My story of the war................... .... .. 876.3
Lowell, J. R. The rebellion. In Political essays........ .......1043.32
McCulloch, H. Men and measures of half a century ............ 876.4
Paris, L. P., Comte de. The civil war In America......... ......845.8-11
Trobrland, P. R. de. Four years with the army of the Potomitc. 874.6
Winsor, Justin, ed. Narrative and critical history of America... Ref.
See also Hague,P.A.; Hinman,W.F.; Long,J.D.; Warfield,E.D.
VI. Literature. Richardson, C. F. American literature. 2 vols.435.20,21
Whipple, E. P. American literature, and other papers.... ...... 465.33
1lfiscellaneous. Arnold, M. Civilization In the United States. .... 433.30
Greely, Chen. A. W. American weather......................... 973.27
Lalor, J. J. Cyelopoedia of political science, political economy..*173.—
Strong, Josiah. Our country .... .. ....•... ...... ••••...• ...••.1043.40
Unknown country,An [Ireland.] Craik. firs. D. M ...... .... . ..... 346.15
Up the North Branch. Farrar, Capt. C. A. J........ .... .• • •••• ••..•• 282.71
Watertown (Public Libi-ary Catalogue. 33
Vail, W. S., ed. Words of James G. Blaine on the issues of the day ..1042.20
Vambery, A. The coming strnggle for India............. .... ...... 872.2
Vane, young Sir Henry, Life of. Hosmer,James K.................. 876.5
Vandegrift, Margaret,pseud. See Janvier, Margaret.
Varney, G. J. A brief history of Maine. Portland, 1888. 120....... 834.30
Venice, The makers of. Oliphant, Xlrs. M. 0. W. 1888..... ........ 372.30
Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith,Oliver.............................. 280.30
Vincent, J. IL, and Joy,J. R. Outlive history of Greece. N.Y.,1888. 880.10
Vogue, E. M., vicomte de. The Russian novelists. B., [1887.] 120.... 452.31
Volapuk,, Hand-book of. Sprague, C. E.......................... 563.52
Voyage of the Fleetwing. Newell, C. M............................ 286.43
Voyages of a merchant navigator. Cleveland, H.W. S.............. 362.40
Walford, C. Gilds: their origin, constitution, objects, etc. 1888....1054.39
Wallace, A. R., ed. Australasia. L., 1888. 120..................... 353.30
Wallace, Lew. Life of Ben. Harrison. Phil., 1888. 120........ ....1044.27
Walker, F. A. Socialism. In Phillips Exeter lectures.............. T L 134
Walker, Untrodden paths in Roumania. L.,1888. 80................ 356.33
Ward, Mary A., nee Arnold. Robert Elsmere. L., 1&IR8. 120........ 286.56
Ware, W. R. Modern perspective. B., L1882.] 80. 27 plates .....924.58,59
War$eld, E. D. Kentucky resolutions of 1798. N. Y., 1887. 120.... 832.38
Waring, G.E.,jr. The bride of the Rhine.................. ........ 320.12
Warner, C. D. On horseback. A tour in Va., North Carolina, etc... 351.30
Warner, S. Daisy Plains. N. Y., 1885. 120........................ 286.49
Washington, George, The life of. Hale, E. E................... . 713.49
Washburne, E.B. Rocullections of a minister to France, 1809-77.866.25,26
Waste-land wanderings. Abbott. C. C.......... ........ .......... 962.35
Watts'dictionary of chemistry. Morley, 1I.F.,and Muir,11.M. P.,eds*
Ways and means. Janvier, Margaret............. .... .... .... ...... 286.36
Weather, American. Greely, (,den. A. W........ .... .... .... . ...... 973.27
Week away from time. B., 1887. 1211....................... ... . ... 283.31
Wells, D. A. Our merchant marine. N. Y., 1887. 120...... .... ....1053.44
Wells, Kate Gannett. Miss Curtis. B., 1888. 120............ ....... 286.40
Werner, E.,pseud. See Buerstenbinder, E.
Wesley, John. In Herrick, S. E. Some heretics of yesterday....... 555.48
Wesselhoeft, Lily F. Sparrow, the tramp. B.,1888. 160.......... 201.79
What I remember. Trollope,T. A..... ............................. 724.38
Whipple, E. P. American literature, and other papers. B., 1887.... 465.33
Outlooks on society, literature, and politics. B., 1888. 120........1053.43
Wicliff, John, In Herrick. S. E. Some heretics of yesterday......... 555.48
Widney, J. P.,joint author. See Lindley, W., and Kidney, J. P.
Wiemar and its celebrities. Cross,M.A. Essays and reviews...... 474.34
Wife No. 19. Young, Ann E .... ................................... 567.18
Wilde, Oscar. The happy prince, and other tales. B., 1888. 120.... 205.85
Wilkinson, W.C. Preparatory Greek course in English. N.Y., 1887. 465.34
Will, The senses and the. Preyer, W........ ........................T L 125
William the conqueror. (Twelve Eng. statesmen.) Freeman,E.A. 882.18
William III. ('Twelve Eng. statesmen.) 'frail], G. B.............. 882.20
34 Eighth Supplement-188g-of
William I. and the German empire. Smith. G. B.......... .... ..... 736.34
Wilson, E. L. (quarter century in photography. N. Y., 1887....... 936.33
Wilson, J.G.,and Fiske,J.,eds. Appleton's cyclopsedia of American
biography ..................................................... Ref.
Wilson,J. H. China. A study of its civilization, etc. N. Y., 1887. 120 363.36
Windham, N.II., History of. 1719-1883. Morrison, L. A.......... 877.21
Winslow, C. M., nee Reignolds. Yesterdays with actors. B., 1887. ..445.20
Winsor, Justin,ed. Narative and critical history of America.... .... Ref.
Winter: from the journal of 'Thoreau, II. D ........................ 463.31
Winter, .31rs. A. L., tr. The spell of home, by E. Buerstenbinder.... 246.38
The Owl's nest. From the German of E. John .... ............ .... 283.44,
PIcked up in the streets. From the German of II. Schobert ....... 285.43
With Sa 'di in the garden. Arnold, Edwin .•.• ........ ........ ...... 753.44
Wolsey, Cardinal. ('Twelve English statesmen.) Creighton,M .-... 882.17
Woman, The five talents of. Hardy, E. J .... .... .... .......... .... 565.42
Women, plumbers, and doctors. Plunkett, Xrs. II. ,lI ........ ...... 953,9
Woodgate, W. B. Boating. (Badminton library of sports.) 1888 .. 024.41
Woolley,C.P. Love and theology. B.,1887. Later title. Rachel Arm-
strong..... ...................... .............. .... ............ 286.53
Woolsey, Sarah C. (Susan Coolidge.) Clover. B., 1888. 160 ...... 206.95
Wrecked on Labrador. Stearns. W. A............................. 204.83
Yellowstone. In Roberts, E. Shoshone,etc..... .......... .... .... 351.28
Yesterdays with actors. Winslow, C. 111...... .............. ....... 445.20
Yonne, C.M. A modern 'Telemachus. N. Y., 1886. 120............. 223.49
Hannah More. (Famous women.) B., 1888. 150.................. 770.74
Our new mistress. N. Y., 1888. 120 .... .................... ...... 223.50
Under the storm. N. Y., 1887. 120 ............... .......... ...... 223.48
Young, Ann E. Wife, No. 19. Hartf., 1876. 80.... .... .... .... ..... 567.18
Young maids and old. Burnham, C. L.... ............ .......... .... 254.39
Youngest Miss Lawton, and other stories. Perry, Nora ............ 286.57
Zend-Avesta,A study of. lit Ragozin, Z. A. Story of Media, Baby-
lon, Persia........... ................................ .......... 883.32
Zigzag journeys in the Antipodes. Butterworth, H.... .......... .... 334.23
Zoology of the sea. See Agassiz, A. 'Three cruises, etc.... ........938.33,34
INDEX
Almshouse.. . .. .. . . ... . .... . . .... . . ... . . .. . .... . . . .. . . 83
Almshouse, New. . .... . . . .. . . .. . . . . ... . . ... . ... . . ... Log
Appraisement . .... . . .... . . ... . . . ... . . ... . . .. .. . . . ... . 72
Assessor's Report. . ... . ... . . .. . .... . . ... . ... . ... . . ... . 57
Auditor's Report. .... . . ... . . . ... . ... . . 0 .... . . ... . . . . .. 76
Bath House. . .... . . . ... . . .... . . .. ... . . ... . . . .. . ... . ... go
Board of Health, Report of. . . ... . . .. . .. . . . . .... . . . ... .31,go
Board of Health, Regulations of the. . . . .. . . . 37
. . .. . . . . . .. .
Bridges and Culverts.. ... . ... . ... . . .. . . .. . .... . . . .. . ... Sg
By-Laws .. ... . . .. . .... ... . ... . .. .. . . . ... . . ... • • • •.. • . 22
Cemeteries... ... . .... . . ... . . .. . ..... . . . .. . . ... . . ... .. . 96
Collector's Report. . ... . ... . .... . . . ... . ... . ... . . ... . . ... 61
Concrete Walks. . ... . ... . ... . ... . . .. . . .0. . . . .. . . . ... . . 97
Concrete Yard at High School Building. .. ... . . ... . . ... . . gS
Contingent . . ... . .... . . .... . . ... . . ... . . .... . . . .. . . ... . 91
Discounts and Abatements. .. . . ... . . .. . ... . . .. . . . ... . ... 98
Draining Morse Field District.. ... . . gS
... . . .... . . . ... . . ...
Estimated Expenses for ISSg.. . .. . . ... . .... . . . . .. . . ... . . 130
Fire Alarm. . . ... . . ... . .... . . ... . . . ... . . .. . .... . . .... . 102
Fire Department. .. ... . .... . . ... . . . ... . . ... . . . . . . . . . .. 99
Engineer's Report... .... . . . ... . . ... . . .. 6S
Highways.... ... . . ... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . . ... . . ... . . .0 Loa
Hydrant Service.. ... . . . ... . ... . . . ... . .... . . .. . . ... . . . . Lo6
Insurance.. . ... . . ... . . . .. .. .... . . ... . . .. . ... . ... . ...66, io7
Interest . ... . . ..... . . ... . ..... . . ... . . . .. . . ... . . ... .. . 6 Lo7
Isaac B. Patten Post No. Si, G. A. R... . .. . . . ... . ... . . .. 102
Jurymen, List of. ..... . .... . . ... . ... . ..... . . .. . . . ... . . 1 U
Martha Sanger Fund . ... . . .. . ... . ... . . .. . ... . ... . ...65, 125
Military Aid. ... . .. . ... . . .... . . ..... . ... . . . . .. . ... . ... LoS
Overseers of the Poor, Report of. . .. . ... . . . . ... . . . ... . . . IS
INDEX.
Police. .. .... . . .... . . . .. . .... 0 . . ... . . ... 0 ... . ... . .. .. . IIO
Population... . .. . . . . ... . . ... . ... . . . ..... . . .. . ... . . 3
Printing. ... . ... . . . . . ..6 . ... . ... . ... . .. ... . . .. . . .. . . .. III
Public Library. .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . ... . . .. . . III
Public Library Improvements.. .... . . . ... . . ... . . .. . . . . . . 113
Removal of Ashes and Garbage. . .... . . . ... . . . .. . . . . .. . . 114
Receiving Tomb, Alterations.. ... . .... . . ... . ... . . .. . . .. 97
Salaries ... ... . ... . ... . ... . .... . . ..0. . . . .. . . . ... . . .. . . 115
Schedule and Valuation of Town Propertyy... . .. . . . ... . ... 73
Schools and Superintendent.. . . .... . . . .. . ... . . . ... . . . ... 116
Selectmen, Report of . ... . ..... . . ... . . ... . ... . . .. . . .. . . 7
State Aid.. .... . . .... . . .... . . .... . . . ... . . .... . . ... . . . . I14
Statement of Assets and Liabilities.. .... . . . .. . . .. . ... . . .. 127
State Tax . ... . ..... . ... . ... . ... . .... . . ... . ... . . .. . . .. 116
Street Lights. . ... . ... . .... . . ... . .... . . ... . . .. . . .. . . . . 122
Summary of Receipts, Appropriations and Expenditures . . . 129
Surveyor of Highways, Report of.. . ... . . .... . . . .. . . ... . . 43
Synopsis of Valuation and Taxation of Watertown.. . .. . . .. 6o
Templeton Benefit Fund . .... . . . ... . . . .. . . . . ... . . . . . . . . 124
Town Clock. .... . . ... . . ... . . .... . . ... . . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . 125
Town Clerk and Registrar, Report of. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 51
Town Debt, paying portion of . ... . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . 124
Town Grants and Appropriations... .... . . . .. . . .. . . .. . ... 71
Town Hall, painting inside. . ... . .... . . ... . ... . . .. . . . ... 123
Town House, lighting and care of. . .... . . . .. . . . . ... . . . .. I22
Town Improvement Society. .... . . .... . . . .. . . .. . . ... .49, 124
Town Notes, Time of Maturing. . . .. . .... . . . ... . . . .. . ... 65
Town Oflicers . ... . ... . ... . .... . . ... . ... . ... . ... . . ... .
Treasurer's Report.. ... ... . . . .. .... . ... . ... . ... . . . .. 63
Warrant for Town Meeting. . .... . . .... . . . ... . . ... . . ... 132
Watering Streets. ..... . . ... . . . .... . . . ... . . . .. . . .. 126
Widening Arsenal Street. . . ... . . . ... . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . . .. 126
SCHOOL REPORT.
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