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Legislature to grant female suffrage; and the other, 

 whether the town would grant liquor licenses this year. 

 " Water straight" was the verdict In the last case; 

 that is to say, it was voted to use a certain number of 

 hydrants for fire purposes for ten years, and it was 

 also voted to grant no licenses for the sale of liquors. 

 It was voted without a dissenting voice that the town 

 petition for woman suffrage. 



Three classes of people were thus made very happy: 

 the first, those who believed in water and plenty of it 

 for fires and dirt; the second, the teetotalers, who 

 smiled when the moderator announced, Yes, 106, No, 

 196! and the " woman' s-righters," who were perfectly 

 convulsed with laughter. 



Town and County Officers, 1882. 



Selectmen. — Allen Smith, Samuel Woodward, H. 

 C. Pinkham, John W. Hallett, Henry Paddack. 



Town Clerk. — John F. Brown. 



Assessors. — Andrew Whitney, Joseph Mitchell, A. 

 M. My rick. 



School Committee. — Alex. Macy, term expires Feb- 

 ruary, 1885; G. II. Brock, 1884; Helen B. Worth, 

 1885; Albert A. Gardner, 1883; C. K. Manter, 1884; 

 A. H. Gardner, 1883. 



Collector of Taxes. — Henry W. Davis. 



Town and County Treasurer. — Samuel Swain. 



Finance Committee. — Joseph B. Macy, B. C. Easton, 

 T. C. Defriez. 



Commissioners of Sinking Fund. — Thaddeus C. De- 

 friez, term expires February, 1883; E. W. Perry, 

 1885; J. B. Macy, 1884. 



