Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1898, Part 1

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APR 12 1899


Annual Reports


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS,


OF THE


Town of Douglas,


FOR YEAR ENDING


March 1, 1898.


PRESS OF CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, EAST DOUGLAS, MASS. 1898.


Annual Reports


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS,


OF THE


Town of Douglas,


FOR YEAR ENDING


March 1, 1898.


PRESS OF CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, EAST DOUGLAS, MASS. 1898.


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Town Officers, 1897-8.


Town Clerk, CLARENCE H. BACHELER,


Treasurer, WALTER E. JONES.


Selectmen,


WM. ABBOTT, FRANCISCO BOWEN, WM. L. CHURCH


Overseers of Poor,


A. F. JONES, W. P. WIGHT, ORLAN F. CHASE


Assessors,


GEORGE ABBOTT, I. S. BALCOME, C. R. HILL


Trustees Town Library,


A. D. BOWERS, C. J. BATCHELLER, H. O. LAMSON, W. P. WIGHT.


A. H. MARSH,


JOHN U. HUBBARD,


Town Agent, WILLIE MANAHAN.


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School Committee,


STILLMAN RUSSELL, H. O. LAMSON, W. W. BROWN, E. E. YOUNG,


WILLIAM H. EMERSON VERNON T. ESTEN, SOLOMON F. ROOT, C. J. BATCHELLER,


M. M. LUTHER.


Constables,


WM. W. BROWN,


EDW. P. HEATH,


GEO. M. WALLIS,


STILLMAN RUSSELL J. B. HOWARD, FRANK F. YOUNG.


Agent Moses Wallis Devise, AARON F. JONES.


Appraisers Moses Wallis Devise,


I. S. BALCOME, WM. L. CHURCH, HENRY D. WALLIS.


Auditor, GEORGE ABBOTT.


Tax Collector, EDWARD B. KNAPP.


Road Commissioner, ARTHUR F. JONES.


List of Jurors.


TO BE ACTED ON MARCH 21, 1898.


Edgar C. Parker, Aaron F. Jones, Chauncy R. Hill, Andrew J. Thayer,


James W. Wixtead, Edward B. Knapp, Henry D. Wallis, Jesse B. Sweet, George M. Wallis,


James Dermody, Francisco Bowen, Frank Correll, Walter E. Parker,


Milton Humes, A. Fred Marsh, Herbert N. Lougee,


Ralph E. Aldrich,


Eben G. Babson,


Moses H. Balcome,


Vernon T. Esten,


Samuel J. Draper, Charles S. Caswell,


Charles A. Whipple, Charles Mercier,


Thomas H. Meek.


WILLIAM ABBOTT, Selectmen FRANCISCO BOWEN, of


WILLIAM L. CHURCH, Douglas.


Warrant for Town Meeting.


WORCESTER, SS.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Douglas, in the County of Worcester,


Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,


You are directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Doug- las, qualified to vote in Elections and in Town Affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in East Douglas in said Douglas, on 1 Monday, the twenty-first day of March inst., at nine o'clock, in the forenoon ; then and there to act on the following articles :


ART. 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2 .- To choose a Town Clerk, Treasurer, three Select- men, three Assessors, Town Agent, six Constables, Tax Collect- or, Agent Moses Wallis Devise and Three Appraisers on Devise of Moses Wallis, three Fence and three Bridge Viewers, all for one year ; also one Overseer of the Poor for three years, three School Committee for three years, one School Committee for two year, and two Trustees of the Public Library for three years, and one Road Commissioner for one year.


ART. 3 .- To choose all other necessary town officers, and fill any vacancies that may appear.


ART. 4 .- To vote on the question : "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors the ensuing year ?" in this town.


ART. 5 .- To hear the annual reports of the several Town Officers and act thereon.


ART. 6 .- To raise by tax and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the support of the poor, of schools, for repairing school houses, repairing highways and bridges, for


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paying of debts and interest and contingent expenses the ensu- ing year.


ART. 7 .- To determine the time when poll and other taxes shall be collected.


ART. 8 .- To see if the town will vote to instruct the Collector of taxes for the year, 1898, to collect interest on all taxes not paid at a specified time, and to fix said time and rate of interest and see if the town will give the Collector of Taxes the same authority that a Town Treasurer has when Collector.


ART. 9 .- To see if the town will accept the list of names proposed by the Selectmen to serve as Jurors the ensuing year, or amend the same by adding thereto or taking therefrom.


ART. 10 .- To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the Fire Company, the sum of eight dollars each, for their services the ensuing year, no member to receive said sum until he has served his full year ending April 1, 1899, and all fines to be deducted from said amount and covered into the treasury of said company.


ART. 11 .- To see what use the town will make of the Dog Fund, so called the ensuing year.


ART. 12 .- To see what number the acting Superintending Committee of schools shall consist and what their compensation shall be.


ART. 13 .- To see what compensation the town will allow their Tax Collector the ensuing year for collecting taxes.


ART. 14 .- To choose one or more Auditors, in accordance with Sec. 1, Chap. 221, of the Laws and Resolves of the year 1888.


ART. 15 .- To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to furnish state aid to disabled soldiers and their families and for any other purpose not included in Art. 6.


ART. 16. - To see if the town will vote to authorize the As- sessors to abate such taxes as in their judgement ought to be abated, which were assessed in previous years.


ART. 17 .- To see if the town will vote to reimburse to Burton Goddard the sum of $27.06, that being the amount of his tax assessed for 1897, which he paid, which under Chapter 148, of the Laws and} Resolves of 1897 should have been exempt from taxation.


ART. 18 .- To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to Samuel Sibley Post, G. A. R., for charitable purposes, under provisions of


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Chap. 189, Sec. 1, of Acts and Resolves of the year 1885.


ART. 19 .- To see what price the town will pay for teams and labor the ensuing year.


ART 20 .- To hear the report of all outstanding committees and act thereon.


ART. 21-To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for revising and rewriting the old town records [now becoming illegible.


ART. 22 .- To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer to borrow money with the approbation of the Selectmen to pay all necessary expenses when there is a deficiency in the treasury.


ART. 23 .- To see if the town will accept and maintain as a town road, the road leading from the bridge near the Nelson Potter place to the place owned by Charles G. Gazette.


ART. 24 .- To see if the town will vote to increase the bond of the Town Treasurer to the sum of $15,000.


ART. 25 .- To see what disposition the town will make of the license money received for the year 1898.


ART. 26 .- To see if the town will raise and appropriate one hundred dollars to be expended on sidewalks by John C. Ham- mond.


ART. 27 .- To see if the town will vote to divide the salary of Overseers of Poor, the Chairman to receive one hundred dollars and the other members of the board twenty-five dollars each.


ART. 28 .- To see if the town will raise and appropriate twenty-five dollars to repair and keep in running order the Town Clock on the Second Congregational Meeting House, in East Douglas.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attest- ed copies thereof, at the Post Office in East Douglas, at the Post Office in Douglas Center, and at the School House in South Douglas, ten days, at least before the time for holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


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Given under our hands this fifth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.


WILLIAM ABBOTT, Selectmen FRANCISCO BOWEN, of


WM. L. CHURCH, Douglas.


Report of the Selectmen.


The Selectmen of the town of Douglas, herewith respectfully submit their annual report of the financial affairs of the town, for the year ending March 1, 1898.


150 orders have been drawn on the town Treasurer, to the amount of $16,998.91, for the following purposes :


[ Highways and Bridges.


Arthur F. Jones, Supt. of Highways, for repairs on highways, $2,817 25


Schools.


Teachers' salaries, care of rooms, school


supplies, and repairs on school houses, $5,788 69


Overseers of the Poor.


For support of Poor,


$3,000 00


State Aid, Chap. 301.


Arena Chapman,


$48 00


Lucina P. Sibley,


48 00


Wellington Dore,


51 00


Joseph T. Arnold,


50 00


Chandler Titus,


36 00


Thomas Snow,


24 00


Mrs. Henry Cook,


48 00


11


Laura Balcome,


$48 00


Dighton Goddard,


24 00


Wm. S. Reynold,


9 50


Sylvester Chase,


68 00


George Leach,


48 00


Charles E. Green,


36 00


Jacob Blunt,


72 00


James Wilson,


3 00


Sybil Andrews,


36 00


Mary McKenney,


20 00


Wellington H. Balcome,


52 00


Simon H. Paine,


18 00


Chas. A. Whipple,


36 00


Alfred A. Marsh,


36 00


$811 50


Samuel Sibley Post, G. A. R.


Vote of the Town,


$150 00


Fire Company.


Order No. 7,


$12 00


Vote of Town,


320 00


Repairs on engine, and horse for use on engine,


7 00


Supplies for company,


27 36


A. F. Jones, fuel,


10 25


A. F. Jones, fuel,


6 75


$383 36


Soldiers' Aid.


Expense and care of Mrs. Rivers, $23 40


Mrs. Rebecca Nickerson, 10 00


Wm. Abbott. to Chelsea,


7 50


Burial of Wm. Reynolds,


25 00


Board of James Wilson and George Johnson,


74 99


Nickerson case,


20 00


66 16 00


12


Expense Nickerson case,


$3 00


22 00


66


4 00


6 80


66


for medical aid, 20 00


burial, 28 00


$260 69


Town Clerk.


C. H. Batcheller, recording, indexing, and returning births, deaths and marriages, $45 90


C. H. Batcheller, attending eight town meetings, 20 00


attending town clerks meeting, 4 00


Express, postage, stationery, dog lic., etc.


12 96


$82 86


Registrars.


G. A. Gleason, one year, $15 00


Charles Mercier, one year,


15 00


W. H. Babson, one day, 3 00


W. Schuster, one and one-half years,


22 50


Brigham Morse, 5 00


C. H. Batcheller, one year and services as clerk of board, 17 50


$78 00


Election Expenses.


John M. Rawson, four meetings,


$10 00


W. L. Church, 5 00


Wm. Abbott, 5 00


J. W. Wixtead,


5 00


C. J. Batcheller,


2 50


F. Bowen,


2 50


S. Russell,


2 50


Geo. M. Wallis,


2 50


V. T. Esten,


2 50


13


W. P. Wight, F. A. Place, C. J. Batcheller,


$2 50


2 50


2 50


$45 00


Aaron Aldrich Farm.


Paid A. F. Jones, for farm,


$300 00


Sold farm for


$450 00


Gain on farm,


150 00


$450 00


Overseers of Poor.


Salaries,


$150 00


Purchasing Agent.


S. Russell,


$25 00


Town Treasurer.


W. E. Jones,


$75 00


Selectmen.


Wm. Abbott, Francisco Bowen,


$33 34


33 33


Wm. L. Church,


33 33


$100 00


Cattle Inspectors,


Heath and Dermody, inspecting cattle, hogs, and meat, $155 09


Assessors.


C. R. Hill, services, $81 25


14


I. S. Balcome, services,


$68 00


George Abbott, services,


55 00


Books and stationery,


7 56


$211 81


Truant Officer.


F. F. Young,


$15 00


Printing.


Order No. 8,


$95 50


Order No. 74,


15 90


Order No. 140,


4 50


$115 90


Sexton.


M. H. Balcome,


$5 00


Snow Roads.


Snow roads,


$400 00


Miscellaneous.


Rebate of taxes to Nelson Jefferson,


$28 90


Gravel Pit,


100 00


Sibley, sexton,


8 00


Copying by-laws and recording deed,


3 99


Care of Wm. Reynolds,


2 00


Fence posts,


5 00


Village pine cemetery, one lot,


11 00


Time and team with state officers,


5 00


Arthur F. Jones, team to fire,


4 50


Copying and recording by-laws,


4 80


Services as auditor,


5 00


Three watchmen July 4,


7 50


Care of Lunatic,


2 75


W. L. Church, mowing cemetery,


7 00


15


Posting town warrants and notifying officers to take oath, $7 90


Uxbridge Compendium, printing by-laws, 6 00


Thirty-eight settees town hall, 79 20


Posting town warrant, 2 50


Freight on settees,


3 52


Bowen and Church, expense to Worcester, on new school house, 9 65


Paid Mary D. Swan, for land,


200 00


Surveying two mile road, 90 00


E. P. Heath, on dog warrants, posting warrants and printing, 13 00


Geo. W. Taft, services,


10 00


Testing gravel pit,


1 50


Joseph Bowen, returning fifty deaths,


12 50


Returns of Births :


S. P. Holbrook, 1 50


P. L. Couillard,


3 00


Geo. Clark,


4 25


W. R. Wallis, two chestnut boxes,


2 05


E. Sterling, return of eleven births,


2 75


Arthur F. Jones, attending two fires and drawing settees, 3 50


W. E. Jones, expenses as treasurer, R. R. fare, express, etc.,


61 20


Markers for revolutionary soldiers,


22 25


Expense diphtheria cases,


29 26


$760 97


Recapitulation.


Highways and bridges,


$2,817 25


Schools,


5,788 69


Support of poor,


3,000 00


State aid,


811 50


Samuel Sibley Post,


150 00


Fire company,


383 36


Soldiers' aid,


260 69


Town clerk,


82 86


Registrars,


78 00


Election expenses,


45 00


Cemetery addition,


92 79


16


School committee,


$100 00


Purchasing agent,


25 00


Treasurer,


75 00


Selectmen,


100 00


Inspection of cattle,


155 09


Salaries overseers of poor,


150 00


Assessors,


211 81


Truant officer,


15 00


Printing,


115 90


Sexton,


5 00


Expense snow roads,


400 00


Paid for Aaron Aldrich farm,


300 00


Paid on new school house,


1,075 00


Miscellaneous,


760 97


$16,998 9I


WILLIAM ABBOTT, Selectmen FRANCISCO BOWEN, of


WM. L. CHURCH, Douglas.


Approved March 1, 1898,


GEO. ABBOTT, Auditor.


Treasurer's Report.


W. E. JONES, Treasurer.


1897.


DR.


Mar. 1. Cash on hand,


$2,280 10


10. Rec'd from E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96, 200 00


Apr. 2.


A. A. Putnam, Justice, 113 71


State Treas. % corp. tax, 17 36


State Treas. % state paupers, 11 00


27.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96, 100 00


Lee, Higginson & Co, on note, 7,122 50


30


S. Russell, drug. license, 1 00


H. W. Jones, butch. lic. '97,


1 00


W. C. Bathrick & Co., 1st and 4th class licenses, 1,800 00


Edward Genott & Co., 1st and 4th class licenses, 1,800 00


June 3.


F. R. Caswell, butch. lic. '96, 1 00


5.


State Treas. % state paup. 142 88


City of Fall River, 212 00


1 00


14.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96, 100 00


25.


Reuben Brown, pedler's lic. 6 00


29.


Hobby horse license,


10 00


July 3.


A. A. Putnam, Justice,


126 45


6.


Hobby horse license,


10 00


Aug. 3.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 1-7, inc.


9,700 00


10.


Napoleon Lamontague, ped- ler's license, 6 00


State Treas. % paupers, 239 55


23.


John Condon, butch. license,


18


Aug. 23. Rec'd from State Treas. c inspection cattle, $80 66


Sept. 21.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 8-10 inc. 555 00


Nazare Belisle, % pedler's lic. ยท6 00


E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96, 50 00


Oct. 18.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 11-15, inc. 745 00


20.


Walter Cook, Auctioneer's lic. 2 00


A. A. Putnam, Justice, 80 05


Nov. 8.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96,


50 00


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 16-22 inc. 1,700 00


10.


Lavina S. Jones, on note,


500 00


Dec. 13.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 23-29 inc. 800 00


State Treas., c corp. tax,


187 18


bank tax, 135 17


state aid, 903 00 state paupers. 208 75


22.


County Treas., c dog fund '97,


301 26


Selectmen, sale Aldrich farm, 450 00


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 30-31 inc. 200 00


1898.


Jan. 10.


Amabel Signet, pedler's lic. 6 00


A. A. Putnam, Justice, 41 62


12.


E. B. Knapp, Coll. No. 32, 100 00


28. 4 05


E. B. Knapp, Coll. No. 33,


100 00


A. J. Thayer, ins. Aldrich farm,


4 37


Income school fund,


341 71


E. B. Knapp, county tax,


701 00


Feb. 23.


E. B. Knapp, Collector, Nos. 34-35 inc. 250 00


Arthur Jones, Road Com. 36 87


E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96, 100 00


S. Russell, % sale books, etc.


4 28


C. J. Batcheller, Treas. Lib'y, 70 41


Interest on deposits, 57 28


Borrowed from new school


house fund, 1,450 00


Order of abatements to C. S.


28


State Treas., c state paupers


Feb. 8.


19


Caswell, Collector, '93, $41 77 Feb. 28. Rec'd from E. B. Knapp, Collector, '96, 28 61


E. B. Knapp, Coll. '97, No. 36, 338 32


$34,631 91


W. E. JONES, Treasurer. CR.


1897.


Mar. 17. Paid Albert Butler Estate, interest on


note 1 year, to Feb. 11, 1897, $42 00


Albert Butler Estate, interest on


note 1 year, to Feb. 11, 1897, 30 00


29. M. M. Luther, interest on note to Mar. 29, 1897, 12 00


Apr. 2. E. P. Heath, Deputy Sheriff, 7 38


13 55


E. O. Bacon, 66 3. Orders of Selectmen, 1-19 inc.


1,499 52


5. Edwin Moore interest on note 1 year, to Mar. 26, 1896, 120 00


21. Whitinsville Savings Bank, interest on note, 95 00


30. Whitinsville Savings Bank, note and interest,


4,006 84


Lee, Higginson & Co. interest,


129 41


May 1. Lura A. Wallis, interest on note 1 year, to Apr. 20, 1897, 48 00


Orders of Selectmen, 20-30 inc.


1,999 26


4. Wm. Abbott, interest on note 1 yr.


90 00


Wm. Abbott, guardian, principle and interest, 692 25


26. E. P. Shaw, State Treas., one-fourth license money, 1897, 900 25


June 2.


Order of Public Library No. 85, 17 69


Sarah Richardson, int. 1 year to May 30, 1897, 37 96


4. Edwin Moore, int. on note to Apr. 29, 1897, 78 00


5. A. F. Jones, Overseer, 354 88


Orders of Selectmen, 31-42, 1,454 97


12. Edwin Moore, % note to Butler Estate, 300 00


Edwin Moore, int. on two notes one


20


year, $72 00


July 2. Paid J. C. Hammond, 29 37


3. Orders of Selectmen, 43-53, 1,522 86


E. P. Heath, Dep. Sheriff, 85 89


S. Russell, Constable,


12 02


Aug. 7.


Orders of Selectmen, 54-63,


669 93


19. E. N. Jenckes, Agt. int. 1 year to Aug. 17, 1897, 110 00


30.


Order Library, No. 86,


26 68


A. F. Jones, Overseer, 239 55


22 50


Sept. 4.


7.


Order Library No. 87,


19 04


Oct. 2.


Orders Selectmen, 71-80 inc. 1,118 80


10 00


E. P. Heath, Deputy Sheriff,


25 10


26. Note and discount to Lee, Higgin- son & Co.


7,122 50


Nov. 6.


Order abatement to L. S. Whipple 7 10


Orders Selectmen, 81-92 inc.,


998 03


11.


Order Library, No. 88,


211 14


30.


Heirs R. Walling, int. 1 year to Nov. 18, 1897, 65 70


Dec. 3.


Order Library No. 89,


21 80


4. Orders Selectmen, 93-100 inc., 209 41


Orders Selectmen, 101-108 inc.,


1,789 81


15.


A. F. Jones, Overseer,


208 75


State tax,


735 00


1898.


Jan. 1.


Orders Selectmen, 109-117 inc., 915 26


24. Abatement to Milton Humes,


71


E. P. Heath, Deputy Sheriff,


30 76


Feb. 5.


Orders Selectmen, 118-129 inc.,


2,062 39


10.


County tax,


701 00


Discount on taxes,


216 76


Orders abatement, % 1897,


35 56


28


Orders Selectmen, 130-133 inc., Est. Albert Butler, int. on two notes to Feb. 19, 1898, 59 70


111 91


Order Library No. 90, 16 55


A. F. Jones, Overseer, 4 05


Orders Selectmen, 134-135 inc. 24 00


A. J. Thayer, insurance,


Orders Selectmen, 64-70 inc., 396 60


5.


J. B. Howard, Constable,


21


Feb. 28. Paid Orders Selectmen 136-149 inc. $2,169 29


abatement I. T. Johnson, 2 84


66 Selectmen, No. 150, 56 87


Library, 91-94 inc.,


92 52


66 abatement to C. S. Caswell, Call. 1893, 41 77


abatement to E. B. Knapp, Coll. 1896, 5 43


Inhabitants Douglas tax, 23 18


Cash balance on hand. 402 82


$34,631 91


Assets and Liabilities.


Assets March 1, 1898.


Cash on hand,


$402 82


Lockup and school property,


5,000 00


Almshouse establishment,


3,000 00


Personal property at almshouse,


1,658 92


Engine building and lot,


1,350 00


Fire engine and hose,


800 00


Two safes in selectmen's room,


425 00


Road machine, scraper, and tools,


327 49


New books, stationery, etc. on hand,


168 87


Due from state, acct. state aid,


811 50


support state paupers,


1,690 77


inspection of cattle,


155 09


other towns and cities, acct. aid rendered,


178 41


E. B. Knapp, Coll., '96 acct,


248 32


New town hall building and lot,


2,800 00


Unexpended cash in school house fund, including loan to town, 13,855 33


Due from state, account burial indigent soldiers,


50 00


E. B. Knapp, Coll., '97 acct.,


968 30


$33,890 82


22


Liabilities.


Note to Retus Walling Heirs, $1,095 00


Albert Butler Estate, two notes,


900 00


Edwin Moore, three notes,


2,500 00


M. M. Luther,


200 00


Sarah Richardson,


632 68


Wm. Abbott,


1,500 00


E. N. Jenckes, Agent,


2,000 00


Lura Wallis,


800 00


Edwin Moore,


2,000 00


Lavina S. Jones,


500 00


School house loan, 4s.


15,000 00


Order to Mrs A. K. Richardson,


300 00


Interest on above notes,


694 75


$28,122 43


The town has borrowed during the year on its notes, not including the new school house notes, $7,500, and paid up notes to the amount of $14,650.00,


New School House Account.


DR.


Rec'd from bankers, proceeds sale of town notes, $15,000.00 4's, Interest to Feb. 1, '98,


$15,122 22


8 11


$15,130 33


CR.


Jan. 21. Paid for lot of Batcheller heirs, and architect, $675 00


Feb. 9. Paid Union Wall Trunk Co., 600 00


28. Loaned to general fund of town,


1,450 00


Mar. 1. Cash on hand, 12,405 33


$15,130 33


Cash on hand,


$12,405 33


Loaned to town,


1,450 00


Total balance school house fund


$13,855 33


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER E. JONES, Treasurer.


Approved March 15, 1898,


GEORGE ABBOTT, Auditor.


Annual Report of the


Overseers of the Poor,


For the Year Ending March 1, 1898.


CHARLES E. SIBLEY, Supt. of Almshouse.


Personal property at almshouse as per inventory March 1, 1898.


$1,808 46


Personal property at almshouse March 1, 1897, 1,658 92


Showing a balance in favor of the farm over last year,


$149 54


We have made the Superintendent debtor to what he has re- ceived for labor, produce, etc., and credited him with what he has paid out as follows :


1897.


DR. $41 55 .


Mar. 1. Cash in hands of supt.


10. G. Dudley, for labor of team, 3 00


16. James Wilson, for three month's board, 18 00


J. M. Rawson, labor on highway,


1 85


Apr. 21. Fred Chappell, labor and team,


5 25


22. Chas. Hilton, for plowing,


1 50


H. T. Barton, 10 00


Sarah Smith, for bbl. apples,


1 00


Chas. Hilton, for turnips,


25


Lloyd Bros., for wood,


36 00


May


1. Three and one-half cords wood to lockup,


14 00


Alonzo Gove, for board, 5 00


A. F. Jones, labor on highways,


26 50


8. Fred R. Caswell, wood, 6 00


24


1897. May


8. Attending funerals, Scoggie & Barton, team work,


$8 00


3 50


18. Two pigs, 2 75


44 64


Jesse Thompson, pigs,


5 00


H. T. Barton, pigs,


5 00


C. Titus, pigs,


5 00


A. J. Dudley, pigs,


5 00


E. Parker, pig,


2 50


Fred R. Caswell, fifteen dinners,


3 75


H. T. Barton, team work,


12 00


June 5. Merick Parker,


4 00


22. Charles Potter, pigs,


5 00


July


3. Arthur F. Jones, labor on highway,


30 10


26. W. B. Stone, milk,


10 55


Aug. 2. Lloyd Bros., six cords wood,


22 50


Rev. I. T. Johnson, labor on ice,


15 80


Joseph Aslin, milk,


50


Nov. 28. O. Putnam. moving saw-mill,


5 25


Jas. Daley, bbl. cabbage,


1 00


Cad Titus, bbl. cabbage,


1 00


Dec.


4. All. Keith, bbl. cabbage,


75


1 50


Mrs. Rogers, two bbls. cabbage, George Palmer, labor, Labor on cemetery,


2 00


Jan'y 17.


Walter Parker, ten cords wood,


35 00


Feb'y 5. Arthur F. Jones, labor on highways,


11 65


10. Dan'l Rogers, two cords wood,


00


17. Scoggie & Barton, labor with team, For stone,


45


Babson, one bbl. cabbage,


00


25. Walter H. Parker, fifteen and one-half cords wood,


54 25


A. F. Jones, three cords wood to lockup,


12 00


Geo. Fairfield, milk, 1 00


Chas. Hilton, pork and milk,


50


$538 54


CR.


25


1897. Mar. 25. S. F. Root & Co., three pr. hose, Two pr. hose, 30


DR.


28. Augustus Morse, board to March 1, 1897, Walter Parker, pigs,


5 00


A. F. Jones, stone for camp ground,


1 00


21 70


20 00


25


Mar. 7. Tobacco, .. 30


$ 30


22.


W. E. Jones, bushel basket, One half bushel basket, 38 Two bolts, 10


60


25. 11.


S. Russell,


10


22. Whiskey for Mrs. Conley,


50


Jamaica ginger, Opium Mrs. Jones,


1 00


H. Logee repairing chains, Shoeing horses,


2 00


Babson, fish,


2 50


13.


Nole, meat,


1 95


Mrs. Rogers, ten washings,


10 00


Tobacco,


50


Mrs. Balcome, soap,


1 00


Mar. 6. Charles Buxton, chopping wood,


22 70


11. Peter Jarvis, chopping wood, 13 15


Edgar Parker, chopping wood,


31 65


25. Aldrich, grinding,


75


George M. Wallis, sawing,


76


Apr. 10.


W. E. Jones, repairs, etc., Strainer and cap, Screen for doors, etc.


2 14


W. R. Wallis, barbed wire and three hoes, 4 18


S. Brown, repairs on harnesses, 7 50


15 00


May


1. Fred Chapell, bbl. flour,


5 25


7. Pascoag baker, bread and crackers, 8 65


1 50


Walter Putnam, one mo. work,


15 00


28. Augustus Morse, two chains and two iron bars,


3 64


S. Russell, tinct. rhubarb,


20


June


3.


Whitewashing,


1 00


Miss Benson, soap, Tobacco, Tomato plants,


40


15. Mrs. Thompson, sewing for the poor,


1 20


P. Green, car fare,


35


29. Walter Putnam, one months labor,


15 00


July


1. Machine oil, 35


1 25


Two baking tins, Plow point,


75


35


Apr. 10.


40


75


45


30. Walter Putnam, one mo. labor,


8. Repairing shoes,


50


25


26


July 1. Babson, fish,


$4 36.


Chase, strawberries,


3 34


C. Titus, labor, 7 00


Tobacco,


50


6. Pascoag baker,


28 55


Aug.


1. Walter Putnam, labor,


15 00


5. S. Russell, medicine,


4 90


6. W. E. Jones, hardware, 2 30


10 00


J. M. Rawson, paint, Spiral spring,


50


10. Standing grass in cemetery,


2 00


Eighteen rolls fincite (explosive),


2 54


Twelve and one-half lbs. English steel,


2 00


Fifty feet fuse,


25


21. Edgar Parker, cable chain,


2 50


Shaw, soft drag plank,


2 50


W. E. Jones, bolts,


50


Walter Putnam, three weeks labor,


10 75


Sept. 16. C. P. Brown, repairs on harnesses, Tobacco,


25


17. Babson, fish,


3 13


Oct. 8. C. P. Brown, collar pads,


1 25


Napoleon Pluff, repairs on chains,


3 00


11. All. Keith, seven weeks labor, Miss Bugbee, soap, Bottle liniment,


50


12. Pint whiskey Mrs. Conley,


50


16. Dudley, oysters,


1 40


David Keith, cranberries,


50


20. Mrs. Balcome, washing powder,


80


Mrs. Manahan, spices,


95


26. C. Titus, labor,


10 25


1898.


Jan'y 1. Tobacco, 1 25


7. Fred R. Caswell, butchering, 1 50


8. Grinding corn, 00


18. Mrs. Rogers, twenty one washings,


21 00


28 Tobacco,


25


31. All. Keith, labor six weeks,


17 70


Feb'y


Tobacco,


25


Dudley, clams,


30


Oysters, 40


Babson, fish, 1 60


3 00


25 75


50


Mrs. Rogers, ten washings,


60


27


Feb.


Mrs. Manahan, spices, Vanilla, 25


$ 85


9. Aldrich, grinding,


85


Rye meal,


25


Babson, fish,


2 00


10. Tobacco,


1 00


H. T. Barton, sharpening drills,


2 00


. 11. S. Russell, medicine, six mo.


11 00


W. E. Jones, explosives,


1 92


Doz. milk pans,


2 75


Repairs,


40


Two hitch chains,




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