THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

OFFICERS OF THE

of Northfield, '• Tfc.

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Year Ending February 18th, 1905,

Grand List of Town 1904, $12,93978,

NORTHFIELD, VT. :

NORTHFIELD NEWS PRINT. 1905..

Basis for Estimating Tax for Coming Year. Selectmen's orders drawn during year Money borrowed 4927.18 Refunded to Treas. 664.60 Orders drawn expenses of previous years 1007.43

$ 12402 82

Orders drawn for 1904 expenses Claims of town officers for 1904 Outstanding bills to be paid

$ 58°3-6' 33i S° 100

THE ANNUAL REPORT

6599 21

OF THE

OFFICERS

$ 6235 ii Net expenses overseer 1904

2697 12

OF THE

Expenses in full 1904 Due N. Savings Bank borrowed 1903 976.35 • 1904427.18 •

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8932 23

H°3 S3 76

Town of Northfield,

\g the expense for the coming year to be ^approximately

the same as the past year, and/if • theivindebtedness to N. Savings Bank is to be met this year,-'ivwill necessitate" raising $10335.76. A tax of 75 cents on a Grand list of $13,000 will yield $9,750, which taken with other sources of income ought to meet the estimated expenses of the town outside of road expenses. J. H. WINCH, ) C. C. BRILL, > Auditors. G. H. RICHMOND, j

FOR THE

Year Ending February 18th, 1905*

Grand List of Town 1904, $12,939.78.

NORTHFIELD, VT. :

NORTHFIELD NEWS PRINT. 1905.

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3 Selectmen's Report,

Town Officers Elected in 1904, Frank Plumley Henry L. Kenyon

Moderator, Town Clerk, SELECTMEN.

C. E. Mack,

J. W. Ryan,

C. B. Tilden,

W. E. Dunsmoor,

C. H. Button

LISTERS.

O. F. Preston

AUDITORS.

C. C. Brill, G. H. Richmond T. H. Winch, Treasurer, H. L. Kenyon Overseer of Poor, W. H. Dillingham Trustee Public Money, H. R. Brown Constable and Collector, W. W. Holden Road Commissioner, H. H. Preston TOWN GRAND JURORS.

C. A. Plumley,

C. S. Richmond,

H. R. Brown

Inspector of Leather, E. B. Van Orman Inspector of Wood, Shingles and Lumber, Chas. Dole Town Agent. Frank Plumley FENCE VIEWERS.

Mayo P. Blake,

E. B. Van Orman,

C. A. Clark

SCHOOL DIRECTORS.

D. B. Adams, term of office expires 1905 ; G. B. T. Edwards, term expires 1906; E. A. Shaw, term expires 1907. TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Frank Plumley, term expires 1907; J. H. Talbot, term expires 1908; W. W. Holden, term expires 1906; W. S. Hazen, term expires 1905 ; H. R. Roberts, 1904. LICENSE COMMISSIONERS.

A. E. Smith, term expires 1909; G. R. Andrews, term expires 1907 ; J. A. Cross, term expires 1905.

Schedule of orders drawn by Selectmen during the year ending February, 1905. No. 1 H. L. Kenyon services as clerk and treasurer $ 54 3° 2 H. L. Kenyon paid 6 memb's board civil authority 4 50 3 W. H. Dillingham services as overseer of poor 75 4 C. B. Tilden services as lister 1903 55 5 W. E. Dunsmoor " " 5850 6 O. F. Preston 5850 7 A. E. Smith license commissioner 19 50 8 G. R. Andrews 18 9 J. A. Cross 16 50 10 A. E. Denny selectman 15 11 J. L. Moseley 5i 75 12 C. E. Mack 18 13 J. H. Talbot auditor 2 14 C. A. Edgerton " " 10 15 J. H. Winch '• " 8 16 Moses King breaking roads 1903 387 17 E. H. Howes error in taxes 1903 i 75 18 Public library appropriation 50.00 and excess of dog fund 132.70 182 70 19 J. H. Talbot rent for Abair 7.00 and electric fixtures .70 7 70 20 C. E. Mack labor and materials clerk's office 655 21 W. B. Mayo certificates of births and deaths 1035 22 W. B. Mayo attendance Leonard Relation family 1903 39 5° 23 W. B. Mayo attendance George Gonyou family 1903 30 50 24 Village of Northfield police service 1903 224 73 25 W. B. Mayo rent clerk's office Jan I to Apr i 1904 3° 26 Northfield Savings bank interest Buzzell mortgage 4 23 27 W. B. Mayo heat clerk's office 1902-03 72 28 Wm. Garvey damage on sleigh 7 25

4 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 /io 41 42 43 44 4; 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 .55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62

Duke & Harrigan goods Bussiere family H. C. Moseley " H. E. Reed rent Concert hall C. A. Plumley conducting 9 prosecutions 1903 Timothy Holland sheep killed by dogs 1903 A. F. Spaulding Memorial day appropriation A. H. Snow land damage H. E. Smith winding town clock S. H. Kent health officer services Feb i6-June 4 1904 State Treas. John L. Bacon state school and highway tax Lucy M. Spinney land damage W. H. Moriarty groceries to Fred Sears Chase & Roys chairs and shades clerk's office Treasurer Washington Co county tax A. E. Winslow resurvey of Water street Charles H. Chamberlin 897 ft plank O. F. Preston services as lister 1904 W. E. Dunsmoor " " C. B. Tilden •' " and postage H. L. Kenyon report to state sup't of education Mrs. Chauncey Denny error in taxes 1903 Charles H. Chamberlin planking bridges J. W. Ryan expense in Blanche Whitton case Selectmen of Northfield legal tender G. R. Andrews land damage Water street C. H. Dutton labor and cash on bridges C. W. Newton repairing two bridges J. P- Brooks services as dog constable H. R. Brown interest U. S. deposit S. H. Kent health officer services to Aug ist 1904 Northfield Savings bank interest on notes to Aug 17 P. Sploid work on bridge G. R. Andrews lumber Farnsworth bridge 1903 J. W. Ryan labor on bridges W. H. Allen band appropriation

23 07 n 46 40 22 50 25 50 30 15 11 95 1638 74 150 20 83 28 76 12606 5 75 9 87 63 63 64 20 28 So 4 4 50 50 18 29 20 7 333 53 22 50 78 54 5 10 9 5° 15°

63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96

Eugene Bourdon labor Rumrill bridge i 80 A. E. Winslow surveying Central and Spring streets 11 C. D. Edgerton conducting prosecutions 1903 18 50 Kingsley & Mead painting hearse and ballot boxes 31 50 W. T. Russell making plan for bridge 2 50 F. P. Houston 4516 ft plank 5870 F. N. Whitney town printing 77 05 S. H. Kent health officer services to Oct ist 1904 21 55 W. B. Mayo rent and heat clerk's office Apr l-Oct I 1904 78 H. L. Kenyon town tax 27 33 C. H. Dutton labor and cash bridges 13 45 Syril Virge lumber and labor Robinson cemetery 10 Mrs. Geo. Hakey board A. Kennedy family during quarantine 24 Northfield Savings bank interest Buzzell mortgage 4 23 H. L. Kenyon collecting taxes 80.32 names delinquent tax payers 8. 45 88 77 W. H. Hurley medical attendance Abair and Driscoll 5 W. C. Lamphier lumber 23 91 Luke Tarbell plank and labor on bridge 101 22 J. W. Ryan labor on bridges 14 85 A. J. Hutchinson labor on Chaffee bridge 9 50 Egerton & Plastridge insurance 4 10 Dr. E. E. Ellis medical attendance Kennedy child 8 L. O. Cass stone culvert Central street 375 A. O. Marble cash and repairs on town clock 20 C. E. Mack labor time and expense 10 25 Kent & Stone repairs connected with town clock 2 50 L. Tarbell 4000 ft 3 in plank 48 Argus & Patriot instruction cards Sept election 2 50 J. A. Houghton 2 days service as ballot clerk 3 C. H. Chamberlin lumber and labor Dunsmoor bridge 6 56 D. Johnson medical attendance Bussiere family 22 A. E. Winslow surveying streets and making plans 13 45 S. H. Kent health officer services to Dec ist 1904 29 75 George Thresher 2 days on road 3

97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 io6.J 107 108 109 no 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130

Whitney & Co. Gouldsville nails 2 47 C. H. Button labor and cash on bridges 33 60 H. B. Briggs labor Center cemetery 36 50 Fred E. Colburn land damages 25 Andrews Aqueduct Co abatement taxes 1903 32 25 Ellen M. Braley land damages 25 Charles E. McNamara expense in Charles Kathan case 11 60 A. W. Holton sheep killed by dogs 6 E. R. Dunsmoor " " " 3 Lyman D. Jones & Son sheep killed by dogs 12 N. K. Woodbury " " " 3 Samuel Matson 42 chickens killed by dogs 16 80 C. H. Button looking after sheep killed by dogs 6 75 C. L. Holton maintaining watering place 3 Timothy Holland " " " 3 Frank Knowles " " •' 3 Luther Rich " " *• . 3 Universalist society land damage 1000 S. H. Kent for West Disinfecting Co Evaporator 3 50 C. A. Shaw medical attendance Aug. Boardman family 29 35 W. B. Mayo rent and heat town clerk's office Oct I , '04 to Jan. i, '05 39 Alex Eddie members Fire Co No. I 1904 32 80 Nfld Sav. Bk. money borrowed $4,500 int. $80.43 4580 43 Halsey W. Clark services as ballot clerk 3 F. P. Houston 344 ft plank 4 64 O. F. Preston repairing bridge 2 J. W. Ryan labor time and expense 10 30 W. W. Holden taxes abated 51 58 Claude L. Morse expense to Enfield on W. Dole case 11 25 Fred Parker reimbursement of taxes 5 04 George W. Brown " " 16 20 Forsyth & Ingram " " 6 34 C. A. Shaw " " 50 J. A. Cross " " i 35 Walter Dole " " 12 60

131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161

A. Broggi " " Minnie E. Smith " « O. D. Edgerton estate reimbursement of taxes D. Falzarano " " C. A. White " " W. H. Moriarty spikes Duke & Harrigan goods for A. J. Boardman family G. W. Tillotson tin for Home George E. Austin lights and electric supplies Nfld Sav Bk int on order 211 of Feb. '04 W. H. Hurley medical attendance La Forest child Nichols & Sanborn Co disinfectants etc R. E. Paine services as ballot clerk 2 days H. C. Moseley goods to A. J. Boardman D. B. Adams services as ballot clerk 2 days C. A. Shaw certificates of births and deaths S. H. Kent health officer services to Feb. 10, '05 Rabidou Lumber Co plank etc F. K. Sawyer cedar posts J. H. Judkins medical attendance Hakey child H. E. Reed members Hook & Ladder Co 1904 George W. Cady members Fire Co No 2 1904 W. W. Holden ser. and cash Sept and Nov elections J. H. Winch certificates of births and deaths W. B. Mayo " " " C B. Belknap lighting Gouldsville bridge Peter Bean damage sustained on highway O. P. Winch services as ballot clerk 2 days J. H. Winch Plumley & Plumley legal services Northfield Savings Bank, money borrowed

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Report of Town Liquor Agency.

Classification of Selectmen's Orders, Officers' services $ 799 °7 Care and labor for cemeteries 49 5° 12 Care of watering troughs 366 32 Health officer 130.90, quarantine 235.42 Physicians, services outside quarantine cases 34 10 295 01 Rent, heat, furniture clerk's office 255.01 Concert hall 40. Printing 79 55 Legal services 207 77 1792 13 Taxes Bridges 432 74 Lighting bridges and elsewhere "3 93 Sheep and fowls killed by dogs 65 80 Land damage (650 of this paid back to treas.) 1280 Fire department 94 60 Appropriation Mem. Day 50. Band 150. 200 " Public library 50. Excess dog tax 132 70 182 70 U. S. deposit 333 se Interest 189 40 Money borrowed 4927 18 Taxes reimbursed and abated 171 50 Police service igo3-'o4 224 73 Stone culvert, Central street 375 Roads 22.51 surveying 30.20 52 71 Painting hearse 30. Care and repairs town c'ock 37.50 67 50 Insane 23.10 personal damages 12.25 35 35 Elections 10.75 Illegal tax expense 4.25 Home 1.60 20 70 Insurance 4 10

$ 12402 82 *See 2nd page of cover.

DR. To amount of liquor on hand Feb. 27, 1904 . CR. By amount sold Amount on hand Feb. 24, 1905 C. E. MACK, J. W. RYAN, C. H. DUTTON.

$

264 47

199 65 47 Selectmen of Northfield.

Assets of the Town, Tax receipts Court expenses due from State Bounties Liquor account 269 copies Town History Snow rollers, road machine, derrick, ropes, plow, scraper regenerator and stone tools Hearse Inventory of Town Home H W Buzzell place subject to mortgage Lot in Beardsley, Minn. 5000 ft plank at $12 S J Flint, mortgage note

361 15 38 65 134

40 86 10 47 5°

275 200 3286 28 300 100 60 75

$ 4911 61

Liabilities of the Town, Selectmen's orders outstanding for current year Overseer's " " " Town officers'claims for services Interest on U. S. Deposit Fund

207 87 178 g8 333 53

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Overseer's Report, The following amounts have been expended for relief of poor outside of the home. Ellen Goggin 69 88 Misses Rich 106 75 Minnie Culver Mrs. Davis 63 30 156 Lizzie Spaulding Harvey Wilson 4 Frank Grenskey 3 5° 64 Mrs. Silsby 21 Luman George 20 Ann Pearsons Miss Fisk 53 Mrs. Abair 55 85 44 Mary Wood and baby 6 50 Mrs. J. Driscoll Luther Knapp 3 30 10 70 Hiram Clark's family Mrs. McKeefe 3 Merritt Partridge 3 52 8 40 Augustus Shontell i Miss Heath Bridget Doyle 85 19 61 Joseph LaClair Mrs. Kimball 5 Si Guy Coburn 4 38 Bert Berry 9 92 Andrew Kennedy 39 98 Miss Wheeler 49 8 James Cone 24 61 D. D. Weller Olivia Linfield 30 4 Mrs. Kenyon

Augustus Boardman Mary Conway

4 65 75 45 Total

1146 40

The following amounts have been expended for the Home: Labor $480 65 Wood 202 50 Goods and provisions 553 98 Funeral expenses 85 25 Insurance 9 88 Incidentals 3 34 Furnishings and repairs 1 42 Total Physicians' bills and medicine Total orders drawn since last settlement Stock and produce sold, from farm Received from town of Fairfax for Mrs. Abair's expenses Received from town of Huntington for care Nelson Speare's family Received from to ivn of Berlin for care of Frank Grenesky's family Received from Mrs. Kenyon's friends payment in full for expense to town

$1464 02 263 95 2874 37

102 68 63 4 07 3 50 4

Total received 177 25 Total expense for poor for past year 2697 12 The general expense for the poor has not been as much as last year. The funeral expenses are more. New goods and repairs are extra. Two or three cases not yet adjusted will be in favor of the town. W. H. DILLINGHAM, Overseer.

Koad Commissioner's urders. ORDERS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FOR LABOR AND MATERIAL BY H H PRESTON AS FOLLOWS : $ 16 35 E S Goodenough 1 5 189 25 A O Smith 156 75 4 87 E Royce A W Norton 124 50 3 10 Michael Brown Byron Garvey 40 1 6 3 A W Holton Fred Dole 1 66 98 I I 25 F K Sawyer A L Case 698 08 W Plastridge H H Preston U 6 85 1 2 8 N D Jones Frank Knowles i 20 4 50 E Little W R Kingston i 4 1 5 O S Cook Geo Dole 2 4 25 Erving Glidden W H Jones i W J Fisk Frank Bacon 342 5° 32 40 i 50 W E Dunsmoor S P Staples 20 35 C J Denison S Glidden 5 72 92 25 5 10 Henry Kirby S J Dyke i i 25 28 60 C Hill L C Whittaker 4 50 Geo Hakey 12 35 Henry Lashua 16 A J Hutchinson C H Chamberlain 78 75 i 05 H A Clough 4 C W Nelson 20 95 Fred Rich Archie Hakey 3 10 5 Geo King Timothy Holland 3 W H Dillingham 6 10 E P Fisk 6 42 B A Denny G R Andrews 15 3 90 J Duggan 176 79 A G Andrews i 80 2 50 W M Stevens Joseph Larochelle 2 4 35 W D Lawton John Perry 2 42 Ralph Howes H C Bagley 6 IS 27 Nelson Brassaw 7 T E O'Grady 2 IO i 50 A E Smith Frank Blake 42 10 1 7 1 5 A H Cook J B Hedges 10 50 1 1 5 5 A Trombly E W Gassett 22 50 i So R E Irish Frank Relation

L B Poor W S Banister F H Roberts L Tarbell P D Pike T W Elliot F Blanchard Charles Mack Felix McCarty Hiram Henry David Boardman A H Lawton J G Hopkins Luther Rich

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O F Preston H L Kenyon CjS Richmond Rabidou Lumber Co John Kinsley H A Locklin Wm Cone S V Verge C Mayo J B Stewart W A Wheeler F W Chase Fred Dyke Savings Bank

Total

Total Credit by cash Balance due

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28 70 5 14 23 3 2025

25 70 10 45 20

$ 4,804 88

H. H PRESTON'S BILL : To cash paid out To work with team, 78 days at $3.50 per day To 165 days as Road Commissioner at $2

Balance due from last year

8 '3 75 * i 37 1 73

$ 12 80

273 330 $ 615 80 93 88 $ 709 68 698 08

i i 60 H. H. PRESTON, Road Commissioner.

H Report of Committee TO FURNISH A PLACE FOR

QUARANTINING

TRANSIENT

cough no deaths. The expenses of the health department for the past year have all been paid by the town. CONTAGIOUS

DISEASES.

Your committee elected at the last annual March meeting to provide by purchase or otherwise for a suitable place for the quarantining and care of transient persons who are or may be ill with contagious or other diseases which under the statutes or the rules of the State Board of Health are subject to quarantine, report as follows : The committee has held several meetings during the year. The physicians of the town were invited to meet with the committee at one of these meetings with the view of selecting some suitable location not too far from the village and yet far enough removed for public safety. Several of the physicians responded to the request and the matter was thoroughly gons over with the result that no place was deeided upon which could be leased for the purpose required. Later on the plan of buying a site and erecting a building was discussed and several locations considered but after making some estimates as to the probable cost of a building suitable for the purpose the committee was of the opinion that they would not feel justified in a matter of this expense without further instructions from the town. The committee believes that further efforts should be made in this direction as it is only a matter of time when a place of this kind will be of value to the town. COMMITTEE.

Health Officer's Report, During the year 1904 there have been 68 deaths, 31 males and 34 females, 3 still born. There has also been 26 bodies brought into this town from other towns for burial; of those that died in town 30 were over 70 years old, 12 were over 80 and 2 were over 90 years old. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.

Twenty-four cases of scarlet fever have been reported with no deaths, 6 cases of diphtheria with I death, n cases of whooping

SCHOOL

BUILDINGS.

As directed by the statute laws of Vermont I made my annual inspection of all the school buildings in town, and as suggested by a circular sent out by State Superintendent Walter E. Ranger I make a report first on location. The location of nearly all the rural school buildings is quite good, only two that I recall are on rather low ground. Second, drainage: All with the exception of those two above mentioned are on elevated ground and the drainage is all right. Third, water supply: There is no running water at any of the town school buildings ; but they are supplied from the nearest springs, the quality of which I am not able to state. Fourth, lighting: The lighting is fairly good, but probably not up to the State regulations in all cases. Fifth, heating and ventilation: The heating seems to be quite adequate for the warmth and comfort of the pupils. The ventilation in all the newly repaired buildings seems to be good. Sixth, water closets: I think that more pains have been taken the last year to keep the closets clean, yet more care could well be used in this direction by using some disinfectant occasionally during hot weather and especially in instructing the pupils to be more careful in the use ot closets. Respectfully submitted, S. H. KENT, Health Officer. Northfield, Feb. 10, 1905.

i6 Surplus Fund.

Dog License Fund,

The Trustee of the Surplus Fund would report that the whole amount of the fund March I, 1904, was $5,558.83 for which amount the Trustee holds a note against the town. The amount of interest that will be due for the year ending March r , 1905, will be $333.53. H. R. BROWN, Trustee. Northfield, Vt., Feb. 18, 1905.

DR. Balance last report License 209 dogs at $i each " 2 " $2 " " 13 female dogs at $4 each

.632 70 209 4 52

$ 897 70

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Inventory of Town Home, Real estate at South Northfield Furniture and tools Provisions Live stock Hay and feed Wood and ashes Mrs. Wardner's bank book Mrs. Mary Hedges1 bank book

$ 2500 392 1S 32 40 88 9i 46 64 69 72 04

$ 3286 28

Paid Public Library " Fees for Licenses " Damages done by dogs " J. P. Brooks dog constable Balance

132 70 22 40

47 55 7 688 05 897 70 188 05

Available for Public Library

Ministerial Fund, DR. 01 38 46

Balance last report Land rents for year 1904

Report of License Commissioners,

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CR. Northfield, Vt., Feb. 18, 1905. The removal from town of J. A. Cross left a vacancy in the board which in view of the no license vote, was not filled. The board held five meetings from February to May 4, after which by advice of counsel they have done nothing to enforce the law. Respectfully submitted, G. R. ANDREWS, ? T . ,-, A T.- c > License Commissioners. A. H,. oMITH,

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Paid Catholic society " Episcopal •' " Universalist " " Methodist " " Cong'l " Cash

7 7 7 7 7

69 69 69 69 69

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iS TOWN OF NORTHFIELD in account with HENR.Y L. KENYON, Treasurer. General Fund,

TOWN OF NORTHFIELD in account with HENRI- L. KENYON, Treasurer. General Fund,

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DR. Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid Paid

selectmen's orders outstanding year 1903- '04 $ 126 90 overseer's " " " 211 70 interest on order No. 157 •< 41 Selectmen's orders year 1904-'05 11767 77 overseers " " 2695 31 bounties on noxious animals 450 " " " due from state 38 10 Paid court expenses 192 49 " " due from state 15 86 Paid State Treas. one-half fines rec'd trom Justices of Peace 17 50 Paid taxes on land in Minnesota 47 Paid 4 per cent allowed taxpayers 334 69 Balance J A Hutchinson tax receipt 1903 i n 94 Names I 60 W W Holden tax receipt 1904 245 61 Names 2 25 361 40 .15767 10

Tax bills last report Dog licenses Bounties on noxious animals last report " to May ist Liquors sold 4 Town histories 1-2 cemetery lot sold Cash from overseer of poor Rent of Buzzell house Town of Fairfax for Abair family 5 J Flint interest on note Land subscription Universalist society Treas. state costs paid by town " " due last report Fines and costs received from Justices of Peace Tax bill 1904 Names Borrowed from Savings bank Over draft

$

51796 242 60 90 So 4 50 199 2 10 114 25 43 5° 70 4 50 650 72 94 31 59 91 09 9°73 59 8 45 4500 40 33

$ 15767 10

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TOWN OF NORTHFIELD in account with HENRY L. KENYON, Town Treasurer.

Highway Department, CR. Cash last report Tax Bills State, Highway tax Town Tax Bill Village Highway Borrowed from Savings Bank

$

328 14 83 23 745 6 4 1600 09 520 73

Henry L Kenyon services as treasurer Attending 3 town meetings Obtaining names of 72 children born Return of 68 deaths 72 births and 28 marriages to sec'y state board of health Four days on abating board Postage and stationery Expenses at Montpelier

3° 6

7 20 17

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35 50

$ 70 25

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f 5 2 7 7 83

DR Paid Road Commissioner outstanding orders 1903-4 Paid Road Commissioner orders 1904-5 4 per cent discount allowed taxpayers Balance: J. A. Hutchinson tax receipt for 1903 13 65 W. W. Holden " •< 1904 38 10 Cash

Claims of Town Officers for Services,

14 85 4781 94 57 31

51 75 371 98

5277 83 The Auditors find orders outstanding in the Highway Department as follows: Two orders of 1903-4 amounting to $ 5 37 Four " ig°4-5 " 15 49

S H Kent 4 days on abating board A S Arthur 2 1-2 S P Staples 3 R W Clark 3 i 1-2 C C Brill Geo Denny i 1-2 Fred Parker i 1 .2 R A Silver i

W H Dillingham overseer of poor 52 days C E Mack selectman 30 days J W Ryan •< 23 days C H Dutton " 24 1-2 days

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3 75 4 5° 4 5° 2 25 2 25

27 oo 78 oo 45 34 5° 36 75 116 25

A E Smith license commissioner 2 days G R Andrews " " 12 00

Grammar School Fund, Land rents due March I, 1904 Paid Graded School District

$ 60 85 60 85

C C Brill auditor 2 days J H Winch " 6 days G H Richmond " 3 days

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To S P Staples

1904 Aug. 27 1-2 day on check list " 31 Sept. 3 1 " " Oct. 29 1-2 " " 1905 Jan. 21 1-2 day abating board '« 28 Feb. 25 " on check list

75 75 i 50 75 75 75 75 6 oo 331 5°

To this may be added the amount paid listers at completion of their work.

190 oo

Report of Library Trustees, During the last year the beneficent work of our Library was seriously interrupted by a disastrous fire on the early morning of May i8th. All the books, about 2,500, save a few which were loaned, the furniture, catalogue, records and other things of value, the accumulations of nine years, were suddenly snatched from us. The smoldering ashes were all that was left of the fruits of the time, thought, labor and money expended, which we cherished with something of the feeling of parents for their children. We began the year hopefully, and with the purpose of endeavoring to make the Library more than ever helpful to its patrons. We were greatly encouraged by the marked success of our efforts. But though cast down and disappointed by the fire, we were not discouraged. We received $1,100 insurance, which gave us the means to start again with all the new and approved Library methods.

23 The most serious problem that confronted us was, where to find a home for our Library. None suitable could be secured till Mr. George W. Brown generously offered us rooms in the house he had purchased of Hon. E. K. Jones. But these were not available till the first of July. Then we took possession of them and began the work of re-organization. The rooms were put in order, furniture and supplies were purchased at a cost of $124.71. Books were secured and by the help of our efficient Librarians and some friends, who generously gave their time, the books were classified, catalogued and arranged on the shelves so that on the I3th of August the Library was opened to its patrons. But it was closed from Nov. I2th to Dec. I4th on account of scarlet fever in the house. Before the fire the Library was open twenty-six days from the commencement of the present fiscal year. But the record of these days was destroyed. Since then it has been open forty-six days, and the total loans are 2,036 to 309 different persons. The largest number loaned in one day is seventy-seven. The amount received from fines is $9.35. Besides the books purchased at a cost of $545.51, we have received valuable donations from Senator Dillingham, Congressman Haskins, George W. Brown, Mrs. Mary Gould and others and we now have 1,000 volumes, some two hundred of which are timely reference books. The evident interest of the people manifested by their expressions of personal loss through the fire and their oft repeated inquiries as to the reopening of the Library greatly encouraged us. They showed unmistakably the important place the Library has made for itself in the minds of the people. It is a question whether there is another institution of the town which makes larger returns for the money expended, in all that goes to make the best, because the most intelligent citizenship. It is our aim so to improve it from year to year that it may become more and more efficient for good. We desire that its fruits shall be so manifest that no one will ever begrudge a single penny appropriated ta its use. Again we bespeak the hearty co-operation and generous support of all citizens in its behalf, believing Dr. Franklin was right, when speaking of the earlier Libraries in this country, he said, "They have improved the general conversation of the Americans, made the common tradesmen and farmers as intelli-

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gent as most gentlemen in other countries, and perhaps have contributed in some degree to the stand so generally made throughout the colonies in defence of their privileges." A recent writer adds, "They (Libraries) awakened such a measure of solid and thoughtful intelligence as has been known in but few other communities in the world's history." What Libraries have done ior other peoples in other times they will do for us in these modern times. Let it be our constant aim to make ours such a force for good in Northfield. H. R. ROBERTS, J. H. TALBOT, FRANK PLUMLEY, W. W. HOLUEN, WM. S. HAZEN.

Orders Drawn by School Directors, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 n 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33

James B Hedges, four cords wood, Holton school $ 18 Marion L Chandler, teaching n weeks, Harlow 77 Glen H Tracy, janitor at Harlow 35° A G Andrews, 2 cords wood for No 14 . 8 W E Dunsmoor, truant officer for 1903 . 45° Dora L Holden, services as director 6 75' Geo B J Edwards '' '' •' '695 D B Adams '• " " 12 75 E A Shaw, services as superintendent 6 75 E H Robbins, 5 cords wood 17.50, 10 gr. pencils $8 25 50 O P Winch, repairs on house at Gouldsville 40 S P George, 3 cords wood 15 75 G H Maxfield, sawing wood at Gouldsville 3 75 Batchelder & Emerson, pails, cups, wash-dish 6 40 C C Brill, blackboard at Harlow 3 C A Wilson, 24 brooms . 4 50 Jennie Staples, teaching 3 weeks at Gouldsville 15 Geo E Smith, painting No i 7 D B Adams, labor and money 20 Nellie E Hedges, cleaning house, Holton district 2 Duane L Robinson, tuition 130 Jessie Freeman, transportation 7 75 Geo E Smith. ii cords wood 7 50 Katherine Hartley, teaching 10 weeks East hill 67 75 Mary Herlihy, teaching 9 weeks East district 54 Cora E Tarbox, teaching 7 weeks at Gouldsville 52 50 Lepha A Hutchinson, teaching 10 weeks at Gouldsville 70 Nellie H Tilden, teaching 10 weeks at Center 70 Bessie E Bullock, teaching 10 weeks, Dillingham 70 Minnie E Holden, teaching 10 weeks, Harlow 70 Joseph Larochell, transportation to Harlow 15 James Cofrin, " " " 18 Jerry Duggan, i cord wood, No 10 5

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34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68

W H Slack, cleaning house, Rabbit Hollow I 50 Flora A Brigham, teaching 10 weeks Rabbit Hollow 70 Ervy Glidden, labor i 25 Hattie Hurley, teaching 10 weeks Holton district 70 Blanche L Dunsmoore, teaching 10 weeks Glidden dist. 65 Jennie I Staples, teaching 10 weeks Fiskville 65 Harold Luther, janitor, Gouldsville 2 50 Beryl Smith, janitor, Holton district 2 50 Walter Verge, janitor, Dillingham district 3 Thomas O'Grady, j cord wood, East hill 2 7*5 Nina M LaMorder, teaching 10 weeks Little Northfield 60 Clara H Holton, teaching 11 weeks Four Corners 66 Northfield Savings bank interest 89 22 S F Hubbard, to apply on contract 75 Bertha Plastridge, cleaning house at Four Corners 175 Arthur Prevost, janitor at Gouldsville 250 Rufus Simons, transportation 30 F W. Chase, 2 cords wood, Little Northfield 8 E A Shaw, repairs $3, janitor 2.50, postage 20 5 70 Geo Beckley, janitor East school 2 25 S F Hubbard, labor and material 29 98 Karl Ferno, janitor No 14 i 50 D Braman, painting as per contract at Gouldsville 54 75 Glen Tracy, janitor at Harlow 2 75 S. F. Hubbard, balance on contract at Center 94 E A Shaw, freight 12 51 Wm E Kingston, transportation 8 25 Geo B J Edwards, repairs on Glidden schoolhouse as per contract 190 S F Hubbard, setting seats at Center 4 92 Ervy Glidden, 2 cords wood No 17 10 Milton Bradley Company, supplies 21 Edward E Babb, supplies 18 45 American Book Company, books 70 92 Ginn & Co, books 12 17 Randolph McNutt, furniture and desks 205 75

69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104

S H Kent, fumigating Leavenworth & Co, maps American Book Company, books E A Shaw as per bill H L Kenyon, collecting taxes Frances Collins, teaching 10 weeks at Harlow Duane L Robinson, tuition Aleck Freeman, transportation Jennie Staples, teaching 10 weeks West hill Florence Staples, teaching 10 weeks Little Northfield Mary E Herlihy, teaching 10 weeks East school Flora A. Brigham, teaching 10 weeks Rabbit Hollow Grace Carpenter, teaching 10 weeks East hill Clemmie Sawyer, teaching 10 weeks Eiskville Vermont Mutual, insurance D B Adams, 10 weeks' board Charles A Brooks, cleaning organ Nellie H Tilden, teaching 10 weeks Center Minnie E. Welch, teaching 10 weeks Gouldsville Lepha A Hutchinson, teaching (o weeks Gouldsville Nina Thurston, teaching u weeks Four Corners Arthur Provost, janitor Gouldsville Ethel Cofnn, janitor Center Jessie A Silver, teaching 11 weeks East school Harold Luther, janitor Gouldsville Charles H Henry, janitor Fiskville Geo Foss, transportation Luther Blanchard, transportation E E Derby, 2 cords wood Edwin R. Dunsmoor, transportation Baker and Legier, painting Geo Kingston, janitor Dillingham school Hattie Hurley, teaching 3 4-5 weeks Holton district Lemieux & Moriarty, transportation Lemieux & Moriarty, transportation Thomas O'Gracly, wood

i 72 7 20 30 80 29 47 65 105 7 5° 65 66 65 68 75 62 50 60 2 60 20 2 25 70 72 50 52 66 250 I 50 66 2 50 2 2 2 14 27 50 107 50 I 50 27 15 4 50 450 6

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105 A E Cobleigh, supplies 59 106 D B Adams, as per bill 8 47 107 Marcia H Hutchinson, teaching 6 weeks in Holton dist 45 108 E H Robbins, supplies 6 40 109 Jessie Freeman, transportation 10 no Duane L Robinson, tuition 105 111 Glen Tracy, janitor 5 i 12 Clifford Austin, janitor 2 50 113 Lepha Hutchinson, teaching 10 wks Harlow bridge 77 5° 114 Thomas O'Grady, i cord wood 3 So 115 W J Plastridge, wood $5 and janitor $5 TO 116 Solon H Staples, janitor in No. 19 5 117 Edward Blake, janitor in No 17 5 118 Florence C Staples, teaching 9 weeks Little Northfield 54 120 F L Orcutt, 1 5 - 8 cords wood for Center 7 43 12 r A E Cobleigh, I cord wood fcr South Northfield 6 50 122 E A Shaw, measuring road 8oc, janitor 2.75, postage 2oc 3 75 123 Geo B J Edwards, census $12.88 and work and cash as per bill 10.70 23 58 124 Egerton & Plastridge, insurance 3 77 125 Royal Bowman, janitor 2 50 126 June J Joslyn, teaching 10 weeks on East hill 65 127 Jennie Staples, teaching 10 weeks on West hill 66 128 Bertha W Averill, teaching 9 weeks in Rabbit Hollow 54 129 Herbert Wason, 8 1-4 cords wood, Gouldsville 28 87 130 Nina Thurston, teaching 10 weeks No 10 50 131 Nellie H Tilden, teaching 10 weeks Center 75 132 Mary Herlihy, teaching 10 weeks in So Northfield 65 133 Northfield Savings Bank, interest 103 86 134 Arthur Provost, janitor. Gouldsville 7 50 135 D B Adams, boarding teacher 25 136 Edith Elliott, teaching 10 weeks at Gouldsville 55 137 Grace Carpenter, teaching 10 weeks at Gouldsville 67 50 138 D B Adams, express 400, sawing wood $i, postage 86c 2 26 139 Frances Collins, teaching 10 weeks on East hill

140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147

Edwin Dunsmoore. transportation Clemmie Sawyer, teaching 10 weeks in Fiskville Lance & Wood, repairs E A Shaw, janitor F L Tracy, 3 cords wood for Harlow H S Glidden, transportation American Book Co, books W E Dunsmoor, truant officer .

30 60 2 75 10 15 10 48 96 6 50 $ 4,844 18

Classification of School Orders. Teachers Repairs Officers Postage Collecting tax Interest Supplies Furniture Wood Tuition Janitors Books Insurance Transportation Truant officer Census Report to State Supt. Incidentals

2594

Total orders

15 626 94 43 I0 i 66 29 47 193 08 152 36 239 66 178 05 340 87 144 16 637 176 So 10 50 12 88 7 20 80 $4844 18

i 3° Liabilities of Town School District, NORTHFIELD TOWN SCHOOL DISTRICT DR.

To E A Shaw 14 days Supt. of schools at 1.50 " services as director for year ending Feb. 15, 1905 9 days To Geo B J Edwards services as director I9o4-'o5 1904 March 3 7 hrs attending Board meeting Gouldsville $ I 05 " 195 hrs " " Town clerk's office 75 April 9 4 hrs hiring teacher and janitor for No 14 60 21 6 hrs hiring janitors and getting houses cleaned Nos 10 and 17 90 2 1 4 hrs getting wood for No 10 60 May I 2 hrs delivering supplies at Nos 14 and 19 30 June 18 9 hrs with Board inspecting houses in Nos 17, 9, 8, and 3 I 35 July 9 7 hrs attending Board meeting at Town clerk's office I 05 Aug. 24 5 hrs with Board inspecting labor performed on Nos 8 and 3 75 Oct. 27 7 hrs attending Board meeting at E A Shaw's I 05 Nov. 21 3 hrs making sundry repairs Nos 14 and 19 45 " 2 6 5 hrs attending Board meeting at Town clerk's office 75 Dec. 3 6 hrs getting wood for No 10 and hiring janitor for No 14 90

$ 21 13 50

10 50

Report of the Town Superintendent of Schools, During the past year thirteen schools of thirty weeks have been maintained. Some have been excellent, while others have been unsatisfactory. A poor school is due in part to the fault of the teacher and partly to the fault of the parents or community.

The teacher, particularly if inexperienced, is likely to err in school management; in such a case the parents should be patient and helpful rather than critical. The teacher has to keep in order from fifteen to thirty pupils from half as many homes while the parents find it a task to control two or three in the home ; besides the teacher must give the best part of her efforts to class work. Let the parents and the community then support the teacher in her efforts to maintain discipline and respect for authority. If the pupil hears the teacher criticized at home or on the way he will carry the same spirit into the school room. See that the children attend with regularity. An absence of a day or two even, makes it necessary for the teacher to go over the work separately or hold an entire class for the absentee to make up lost time. Then visit your school and see for yourself what is being done in the schoolroom rather than accept reports. Get acquainted with the teacher and make her feel that you have an interest in the success of the school work and she will do better work for it. If the people will thus cooperate with the teacher it will do more for the welfare of the schools than the superintendent or directors, or higher wages can accomplish. The school buildings with one exception are in good order. The school house in the Dillingham district should be repaired or rebuilt before using it for school purposes again. The text books should be overhauled, some new selections made, and mutilated copies destroyed. Respectfully submitted, E. A. SHAW, Supt. Northfield, Vt., Feb. i, 1905 To the Selectmen of Northfield : The Directors of the Town School would recommend a tax of one hundred cents on the dollar of the Grand List for schools in said town; twenty cents on the dollar to apply on the indebtedness of said School District. D. B. ADAMS. "^ GEO. B. J. EDWARDS, > Directors. E. A. SHAW. )

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32 Treasurer Town School Department,

State school tax Surplus fund from State

ii3i 2JI

$ 1,939

HENRY L. KENYON in account with Town School District. DIVISION :

DR.

Cash last report Tax receipts, last report Tuitions Land rents collected Seats sold State and public money Tax bill, 1904 Borrowed from Savings Bank

Paid Graded school Paid Town school district Rent uncollected due town district

£ 3 2 7 57 217 84 48 70 21 48

4 1,821 3,421 1,000

Auditors' Report,

$ 6,863 13

1010 16 $ 6,863 13

School Fund, Rents due March ist 1904 Huntington Fund Interest on U. S. Deposit Fund

$ 117 78 105 25 333 S3

936 24 891 81 i n 15 $ 1,939 20

5° 42 62 oo

CR. Paid school directors orders 1903 £ 3 73 " " 1904 4,706 18 4 per cent, discount allowed tax payers 122 82 Paid treasurer Graded School division of State and Public money 936 24 Balance: J A Hutchinson, tax receipts, 1903 39 31 VV W Holclen " " 1904 44 69 84 oo Cash

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The undersigned, acting as Auditors for the Town of Northfield, respectfully report that they believe the foregoing to be correct statements of the financial condition of the Town, the same having been ascertained by them from a careful examination of the books, accounts and vouchers kept by the different officers. J. H. WINCH, -) C. ,C. BRILL, S Auditors. G. H. RICHMOND. )

Annual Town Meeting* The inhabitants of the town of Northfield who are legal voters in .Town Meeting are hereby notified and warned to meet in Armory Hall in the Village of Northfield on Tuesday, March yth, 1905, at 10 o'clock a. m., to act on the following business, vis: 1. To elect a Moderator for the ensuing year. 2. To hear and act on the several reports. 3. To elect all necessary Town Officers. 4. Shall license be granted for sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town. 5. To raise money to defray the current expenses of the Town and its indebtedness, also State, County, State School, and State Highway Taxes. 6.- To see if the Town will vote to raise money for highway purposes in addition to the legal Highway Tax. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the expenses of Memorial Day. 8. To see what, measures the Town will adopt to compensate Firemen. g. To see if the Town will vote to give state jurisdiction to its Constables for the service of process. 10 To see if the Town School District will vote to authorize the Board of School Directors to purchase sites and build school houses. 11. To see if the Town .will appropriate a sum of money for the bent-fit of the Band. 12. Shall the Town School District hold its annual meeting on a different date than that fixed for the annual Town Meeting. 13. To see if the Town will vote to build a Town Hall or what action it will adopt to provide a place to hold Town Meetings. 14 To do any other proper business. Cf E. MACK, •) Selectmen J. W. RYAN, ^ of C. H. DUTTON. } Northfield. Northfield, Vt., Feb. 16, 1905.