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ANNUAL REPORTS
TOWN OFFICERS
TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Year Ending
MARCH 1, 1909
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OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN OF DOUGLAS
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Year Ending March 1, 1909
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING
Monday, March 15, 1909.
WORCESTER SS.
To any Constable of the Town of Douglas, in the County of Worcester.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the Inhabitants of the Town of Douglas, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, East Douglas, in said Douglas, on Monday, the fif- teenth day of March current, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :-
ARTICLE 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treasurer, a town agent, six constables, a tax collector, an agent and three appraisers on Devise of Moses Wallis, three fence and three bridge viewers, ten highway surveyors, one for each district, a tree warden, an auditor, all for term of one year, also one selectman, one assessor, one overseer of the poor, three members of the school committee, one trustee of the Public Library, one town cemetery commission- er, all for term of three years, also elect one assessor for term of
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one year to fill vacancy, and to vote Yes or No on the question shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town the ensuing year.
ART. 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and out- standing committees and act thereon.
ART. 4. To raise by tax and appropriate such sums of mon- ey as may be necessary for support of poor, for schools, for debts and interest, for salary of superintendent of schools, for maintain- PRE Nd ing street lights, for exterminating browntail and gypsy moths and other contingent expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
100 2000 1500
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for making and repairing highways and townways for the ensuing year and order the same assessed upon polls and estates of resid- ents and non-residents as other town charges are assessed.
ART. 6. To determine the time when poll and other taxes shall be collected, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
ART. 7. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
ART. 8. 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.
ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize the assessors to abate such taxes as in their judgment ought to be abated.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to adopt the provision of Chapter 209 of the acts of 1908 in relation to forest fires.
ART. 11. To see of what number the acting superintending school committee shall consist and what their compensation shall be.
"ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to contract with the Douglas Electric Co. for street lighting the ensuing year, or act in any manner in relation thereto.
1400
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ART. 13. To see what sum the town will raise and appro- priate for the relief of disabled soldiers and their families.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for Samuel Sibley Post, G. A. R., for charitable purposes, under the provisions of Chapter 25, Section 15, of the Revised Laws.
200 ART. 15. To see what salary the town will pay its tax Collect- or the ensuing year.
350 ART. 16. To see what price the town will pay for teams and labor on the highways the ensuing year.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of taxes of the current year and to be paid therefrom.
Q/Ed 100- ART. 18. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for constructing and repairing sidewalks, and under whose supervision it shall be expended.
Sob $100
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to pay twenty-five dol- lars for repair of town clock, so called, to be paid from the contin- gent fund.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the Simon Fairfield Public Library.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to install electric lights along the highway from the house of Mrs. James Dermody to the railroad station at Douglas Center.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to petition the general court, by its selectmen or a committee, for authority to install a system of water works for the town of Doug- las for fire, domestic and other purposes, by acquiring lands and sources of supply within the limits of the town, and authorize the issue of bonds, notes and scrip to defray the expenses of the same, or take any action in relation to the matter.
ART. 23. To see if the town will authorize its selectmen to 'slat En Contract for the installation and maintenance of three electric 2/6.6 street lights on Caswell Court, so-called, and raise and appropriate the sum of money necessary therefor.
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ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to place two or more electric lights on Franklin St.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote the sum of seventy- five dollars to defray the expense of a band for Memorial day.
ART. 26. To see what disposition the town will make of the license money, if licenses are granted.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used on the highways under the supervision of the selectmen, or act or do anything in relation to the same.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to accept the provis- ions of sections 1, 2 and 3 of chapter 104 of the revised laws in re- gard to regulation of buildings.
-ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to adopt the follow- ing by-law: The provisions of sections 1, 2 and 3 of chapter 104 of the revised laws shall be applicable to the whole of said town.
The polls may close at two o'clock.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the Post Office in East Douglas, at the Post Office in Douglas Center 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.
Given under our hands this first day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred and nine.
W. S. SCHUSTER, ) Selectmen W. R. WALLIS, of W. L. CHURCH, Douglas.
Inmore 75
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Pas 100
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Report of the Selectmen.
The Selectmen have drawn orders on the town treasurer for the fiscal year ending March 1, 1909, amounting to $26,353.36 for the following purposes :
Schools
$8,007 34
Ten highway surveyors
2,073 07
Cleaning Main street.
9 25
Tools ...
10 00
Sidewalks .
41 70
Snow roads . 5 00
Railing highway
48 50
Repairs to scraper
29 31
Sewer pipe lower village
41 98
Stone road .
4,560 24
Support of poor
1,250 00
Fire Company
374 52
School Physician
50 00
Douglas Electric Co
1,041 44
State aid
857 00
Soldiers and widows relief .
96 00
Suppressing illegal sale of liquor
50 00
Election expenses
88 75
Fire wardens
617 50
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Assessors .
$283 88
Cattle inspection
49 75
Meat inspection .
39 00
Contagious diseases
4 00
James Smith monument
3,112 69
Dedication monument.
100 60
Debts and interest.
6 10
Bridges
1,921 87
Samuel Sibley Post
150 00
Salaries town officers
525 00
Town clerk.
97 40
Registrars .
60 00
Miscellaneous
751 47
$26,353 36
MISCELLANEOUS.
Snow plow
$65 00
Printing Town Reports
95 00
Reporting births
23 25
Returning deaths
14 75
Weights and measures
112 61
Printing
22 50
Insurance of Poor Farm
35 05
Summonsing town officers
2 40
Town bounds Sutton
11 88
Forest fires, 1907
2 88
Cleaning Town Hall
4 00
Officers 4th of July
7 50
Watching Thayer fire
8 00
Water works expense
5 63
Costs of Holbrook case
162 29
Expense sale of Walling land
25 00
Auditor accounts
29 25
Postal cards and stamped envelopes for collector
15 07
License and other blanks
4 88
Wood for Town Hall.
6 00
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9
'Tree warden .
$ 9 00
Mowing cemetery
12 00
Repair town clock.
50 00
Dog officer
8 00
Ink
50
Sealer of weight .
2 85
Repairing Town Hall.
1 75
Lock-up
25
Care watering trough
5 25
Tree pruners.
4 43
Perambulating town line.
2 50
Expense to Boston .
2 00
$751 47
BRIDGES.
Gilboa
$620 50
Lovett
1,037 38
Lower Village.
49 98
Cemetery
112 75
Hunt parapet .
58 50
Sundries, bolts, etc
42 76
$1,921 87
FIRE WARDENS.
U. I. Peters
$19 40
W. S. Jillson
89 25
W. L. Church
22 50
B. L. Morse
9 00
O. F. Chase
68 40
W. E. Schuster
92 20
Palmer Converse
20 80
W. R. Wallis
232 30
Church and Jillson
22 40
H. D. Albee
3 00
L. A. Buffum 1 80
J. W. Wixtead, rakes, etc 36 45
$617 50
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ASSESSORS.
W. Manahan $71 00
A. H. Brown and books 113 13
L. J. Marsh 97 50
L. J. Marsh, Jr 2 25
$283 88
JAMES SMITH MONUMENT.
Love Bro's $500 00
66
2,450 00
Grading
19 63
Printing programs.
7 50
Surveying
8 05
Staging
7 00
Band
93 40
J. W. Wixtead
13 91
W. R. Wallis, cement, etc
13 20
W. S. Jillson
93 60
G. H. Dudley 7 00
$3,213 29
STATE AID.
Wellington Balcome $72 00
Charles H. Barton 48 00
Elmer H. Balcome 24 00
Horace Belding 48 00
William H. Cook
48 00
Charles E. Green
48 00
Christopher Gazette
54 00
William H. Marshall
48 00
John P. Otis 36 00
Joseph Quinn 48 00
Chandler Titus 48 00
Leander Thompson 48 00
Charles A. Whipple
48 00
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Dorris B. Young .
$48 00
Elisha McKenney . 48 00
Mrs. Charles A. Whipple. 48 00
Dighton Goddard
36 00
Joseph Arnold . 35 00
Abby Young
24 00
$857 00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Wellington Balcome
$32 00
W. S. SCHUSTER, W. R. WALLIS, W. L. CHURCH,
Selectmen of Douglas.
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Treasurer's Report.
WALTER E. SCHUSTER, Treasurer.
1908.
CR.
Charles Labree, court money . $11 27
E. P. Heath, 66 8 80
Apr. 6 Selectmen's orders, 467 to 479 1,941 61
May 4 Selectmen's orders, 480 to 503 3,143 19
30 Expense burial soldier. Paid W. Church .. 2 00
Henry D. Mowry, money returned by state, paupers 30 75
June 1
State treasurer, one-quarter liquor license. 1,000 00
Selectmen's orders, 504 to 516 2,753 97
23 E. P. Heath, collector, abatements
28 45
July 6 Selectmen's orders, 517 to 531.
3,444 65
E. P. Heath, deputy sheriff, court money 49 91
Aug. 3 Selectmen's orders, 532 to 541 2,593 02
10
Sept. 1 Charge collecting check . Selectmen's orders, 542 to 556
3,663 20
662 00
Oct. 1 Edward A. Brown, one-half county tax Charles Labree, officer, court money
56 92
. James Fisher, 66
5 40
Edwin P. Heath,
66
66
62 54
J. B. Howard, 66
23 12
Bert Hughes, 66 66
66
6 21
Willie Manahan, 66 66
66
. ... . .
8 07
66
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Oct. 1 Henry D. Mowry, overseer of poor, money re- turned by state, Aug. 31, $ 37 90
5 Selectmen's orders, 557 to 571 1,768 09
Nov. 2 Selectmen's orders. 572 to 583 1,250 42
16 Arthur Chapin, state tax. 2,035 00
66 repairs state highway 106 25
Dec. 9 E. P. Heath, discount taxes, 1908 245 02
66 town tax 35 57
Selectmen's orders, 584 to 599 1,463 09
1 Edward A. Brown, balance of county tax. . 662 00
31 International Trust Co., school note No. 11, 1,000 00 interest on same 200 00
1909.
Jan. 4 Selectmen's orders, 600 to 612 $1,212 44
29 State treasurer, one quarter of druggist's license 25
31 Collecting check sent to bank 10
Feb. 1 Selectmen's orders, 613 to 622 1,012 99
22 Selectmen's orders. 623 to 641 2,106 69
E. P. Heath, tax collector, abatement. 176 35
H. D. Mowry, money returned by state 22 40
Library orders, 87 to 110 469 72
$33,299 46
1909.
Mar. 1 By cash in hands of treasurer 5,460 78
$38,760 24
In trust, Henry Whiting Fund, Peoples Savings Bank, Wor- cester, for care of cemetery lot In trust, Sarah E. Scott Fund, People Savings Bank, Wor- cester, for care of cemetery lot 51 00
$99 56
$150 56
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1908.
DR.
Mar. 1 Cash on hand $5,946 30
Smith monument fund 3,186 30
$9,132 60
18 Poor account, city of Fall River 13 50
21 School tuition, Edna Leonard . 7 00
31 A. A. Putnam, justice, court money 29 65 Intereston deposits for March 14 70
Apr. 6 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 19 171 04 Francisco Bowen, undertaker license 1 00
28 Nathan Swenson, license No. 522, expires Dec. 1908 8 00
30 Joseph Labelle, 1st and 4th class license. . 2,000 00
Joseph Derham, 1st and 4th class license. 2,000 00 Amos Goodness, four pool tables license. . 20 00
Edward Brown, two 66
10 00
Interest for April 10 91
Napoleon Bonville, one pool table license. . 5 00
May 5
Junk pedler's license
20 00
11 Pedler's license, Stoughton Hewett, No. 105, expires April 1, 1909 8 00
36 25
31 Interest for May .
10 84
June 1 Auctioneer's license, W. H. Herendeen . . July 1 A. A. Putnam, court money Interest for June
2 00
24 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 20, cash abatement
165 45
9 34
8 City of Boston, school department
6 00
15 Pedler's license, Pharhat Farris, No. 402, ex- pires July 15, 1909
8 00
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 1, taxes 1908. 885 00
6 Forest fire, received from Pelky fire 5 20
21
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 2, 1908.
500 00
23 66
66
66 3,
1,225 00
28
66
66
4, 66 4,000 00
30
66
66
5,
66
1,075 00
Aug. 1
66
66
6,
4,100 00
23 State treasurer, support of sick paupers
6 75
15
Aug.11 Druggist's license, H. C. Holden $ 1 00
3 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 7, 1908 1,500 00
13 ..
" 8, " 730 00
E. P. Heath, part payment sale George Wal- ling property, sold as per vote of town. . 100 00
15 Interest for July
31 State treasurer, Arthur Chapin,
2 70
temporary aid . $25 90
State board of charity 12 00
Inspectors of animals . 24 89
62 79
Sept. 1 Interest on deposit for August 15 49
5 E. P. Heath, balance due for sale of George Walling property 250 00
14 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 9, 1908 889 00
15 Frank Strogoff, license, No. 449, expires Sept. 11 8 00
Oct. 1 Interest for September 12 92
A. A. Putnam, court money 120 79
3 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 10, 1908 655 00
5 R. H. Chamberlain, house of correction 10 00 Naseef Abodeely, license, No. 524, expires Sept. 30, 1907 8 00
22 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 11, 1908 taxes. 500 00
Nov. 2 Interest for October . 10 01
E. P. Heath, collector, taxes 1907 $60 10
Interest 23 84
83 94
(Taxes for 1907 paid in full with exception of B. F. Aldrich, case now in court.)
Nov. 2 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 12, 1908. $680 00
6 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 13, 1908 481 00
16 State treasurer, corporation tax . 1,205 70
Bank tax. 207 41
State aid
1,041 00
Temporary aid 1 40
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Nov.16 High School tuition, special cases. $500 00
18 School tuition, Barnet pupil from Sutton .. 7 00
21 L. S. Aldrich, Uxbridge, check for the town share of money returned by state for school supt. 500 00
Dec. 1 Interest for November 8 86
9 E. P. Heath, collector, No. 18 cash. 750 00
Town tax 35 57
31 Discount 245 02
State treasurer, check temporary aid . 21 00
County treasurer, Ed. A. Brown, dog fund 308 12
A. A. Putnam, court money 9 82
Interest for December 10 51
1909.
Jan. 4
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 15, 1908 550 00
27 State treasurer, money returned for school fund 868 81
Feb. 21 Fire damages received from Edward Adams for damage and labor 31 95
1 Interest for January
7 91
Carter's Ink Co., cash returned 50
18 James E. Meehan, rent town hall
15 00
23 Forester's, rent town hall, 2 years to April 1, 1909. 120 00
School tuition, Leonard pupil from Sutton 14 00
E. P. Heath, collector, No. 16. 517 44
by abatements 176 35
$38,760 24
1908.
Mar. 1 James Smith Monument Fund $3,186 30
Money expended by Committee 3,112 69
Balance $73 61
ASSETS.
Cash on hand
$5,460 78
Due from E. B. Knapp, collector, 1896
20 31
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Due from E. B. Knapp, collector, 1897 $145 67
66 66 1899
229 90
66 66 1900
254 22
66
66 66 1901 95 07
Due from E. P. Heath, collector, 1908 613 78
Due from state for state aid
852 00
Due from E. P. Heath, collector 1907 taxes of B. F.
Aldrich, case now in court
396 70
$8,068 43
LIABILITIES.
Four school house notes $4,000 00
WALTER E. SCHUSTER, Town Treasurer.
East Douglas, Mass., Feb. 23, 1909.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Douglas, Mass.
GENTLEMEN:
I have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treas- urer and Tax Collector for the year ending February 29, 1909, and find them to be in good condition. Taxes are well collected and accounted for to the Treasurer.
The Treasurer's cash balance of $5,460.78 is accounted for as follows:
On deposit in National Shawmut Bank of Boston $4,993 91
222 79
Checks undeposited.
Cash on hand 244 08
Total cash on hand and in the bank
$5,460 78
Respectfully submitted,
WM. FRANKLIN HALL, Auditor.
Per A. T. Byrnes.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT. I 908.
BIRTHS.
Whole number 71
Number of males. 37
Number of females 34
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71
American parentage 18
Foreign parentage. 39
Mixed
14
71
MARRIAGES.
Whole number. 35
American birth 28
Foreign birth. 42
Residents of Douglas 57
Elsewhere 13
First marriage.
63
Second marriage
6
Third marriage
1
DEATHS.
Whole number 50
Males
26
Females 24
50
19
American birth 43
Foreign birth.
7
50
Number under 1 year.
12
Between 1 and 5 years
2
66
5 and 10
0
66
20 and 30 66
3
66 . 30 and 40 60
3
66 40 and 50
3
66
50 and 60 66
3
66 60 and 70 66
5
66
70 and 80
6
10
80 and 90
6
66 90and 100 66
1
50
DOGS REGISTERED.
Whole number. . 164
Males, 147 at $2.00 $294 00
Females, 17 at $5.00 85 00
$379 00
Less fees, (164 at 20 cts.)
32 80
Paid to County Treasurer .
$346 20
J. B. CHAPDELAINE, JR.,
Town Clerk.
10 and 20
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER
OF
Simon Fairfield Public Library
1908. DR.
Mar. 1 To balance due from town . $175 81
Balance income Smith fund. . 176 43
Balance income Fairfield fund 141 32
Total balance in favor of Library
$493 56
Income for year as follows :
Dog fund.
$308 12
Interest on Keith fund 8 40
Interest on Smith fund
240 00
Interest on Fairfield fund
175 00
Received from fines.
11 14
Total income
$742 66
$1,236 22
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1908.
CR.
Paid Vera H. Warner, librarian, 13 payments $260 00
Herbert E. Hughes, janitor . 60 00
Douglas Electric Co., lighting 88 61
Frank E. Jones, coal
149 25
A. Van Leeuwen, Jr., 108 shrubs 43 60
B. A. Stockwell, door and window screens 32 17
Books. 163 90
Rebinding books 67 02
Magazines
27 40
Newspapers 19 50
Library Bureau, supplies . 7 86
Cleaning library 8 50
Express, freight and cartage
4 43
Repairing clock
1 00
Chas. E. Horne, sewer construction and water Connection 63 45
John L. Sullivan, mason work for sewer and water 8 00
Geo. F. Searles & Sons, plumbing, etc 26 37
W. R. Wallis, supplies for repairs. 9 18
A. C. Taylor, painting jets and oiling building . . 70 00
$1,110 24
1909.
Mar. 1. Unexpended balances as follows :-
Due from the town $14 21
Smith fund . 92 76
Fairfield fund 19 01
$125 98
$1,236 22
The library has passed another successful year. Several permanent improvements have been made. A water supply has been added, and the building connected with a sewer, which also provides for taking away all the storm water from the roof. The
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metal work of the jets has been painted and the brick work oiled. Window and door screens have been provided, and the grounds have been ornamented by the planting of shrubs.
The library is being much used in connection with our school system, and an addition of books, selected with special reference to the needs of the schools will be made at once.
ENDOWMENT FUNDS.
Mrs. Royal Keith.
$200 00
James Fairfield 5000 00
James Smith.
6000 00
$11,200 00
CHAS. J. BATCHELLER, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF POOR
For Year Ending March 1, 1909.
LEVI A. BROWN, Supt. of Almshouse.
Personal property at almshouse, as per inventory :
March 1, 1908
$2,131 50
March 1, 1909
2,164 74
Increase
$33 24
We have made the Superintendent debtor to what he has received for labor, produce, etc., and credited him with what he has paid out as follows :
1908. DR.
Mar. 1 Cash on hand $26 67
12 qts. milk 60
Labor with team 25 Butter 3.2
2 dinners 50
2 bush. potatoes 2 00
Mar. 1 Eggs $ 15
Apr. 1 Pan 2 00
21} qts. milk 1 08
2 bu. potatoes 2 00
Labor with team 50
1 liver 25
Syrup of figs 45
24
Apr. 1 23 lbs. chicken $2 76 1
Oct. 1
Butter
$ 4 30
Pork 75
Fowls
7 96
Dinner 25
Eggs
2 20
295 lbs. pork
26 55
Potatoes
3 20
4 doz. eggs
80
Squash
90
Calf 6 00
Cream
10
Junk
30
Nov. 1
Butter
5 70
Liver
38
Eggs
1 61
451 lbs. pork
36 08
Liver
25
Calf
5 50
Chicken
66
May 1
21} bu. potato's 19 00
Pork 48 40
Milk
3 78
Labor with team 1 00
Butter
2 15
Cream
30
Eggs
1 15
Junk
1 00
Board
7 00
Potatoes
3 00
Beans
10
Butter
6 12
Dinners
1 75
Eggs
25
Cream
10
Milk
38
Labor with team 7 90
Chicken
40
Calf
5 50
Liver
25
Fowl
75
Pork
15 89
June 1
Eggs
5 43
Potatoes
2 25
Milk
45
Board
3 00
Butter
7 36
Labor with team 2 00 Fowl
66
Jan. 1.
Butter
4 08
June 1
Dinner
25
Milk
30
Cream
05
Potatoes
75
Pie
10
Dinner
25
July 1
Butter
10 99
Eggs
08
Eggs
11 33
Turnips
25
Pies
20
Chicken
1 05
Milk
78
Feb. 1
Butter
1
9:2
Aug. 1
Eggs
8 58
Eggs
46
Butter
9 10
Fowls
1 52
Milk
94
Butter
96
Corn
1 50
Ellen Leach,
Vinegar
20
board from
Calf
9 00
Mar. 1, to
Potatoes
50
Jan. 1 119 35
Sept. 1
Butter
4 76
Milk
1 36
$493 98
Eggs
3 23
Labor with team
50
Vinegar
30
1909.
DR.
Dec. 1
25
1908.
CR.
Mar. 3 Ellen Leach,
medicine $ 50
6 1 hoe 75
30 T. H. Murphy, cash 5 08
Apr. 2 F. F. Young, fish 20
2 Urban Peters, doct'ing cow 1 25
3 W. E. Jones, repair'g stove 65
3 H. Lougee 15
3 John Condon, cash 3 75
6 E. T. Rawson,
S eggs 97
7 1 dish 07
8 Labor killing hogs 1 95
14 1 bx. vanilla 30
5 lbs. coffee 1 00
Cocoa 25
1 lb. tea 35
15 Ellen Leach, re- pairing shoes 40
17
Cream tatar 10
23 M. Benson, kill- ing hogs 1 50
O. Chase, labor 1 35
25 Castle Hill Farm 5 pigs 14 00
28 John Condon, cash 4 00
Ellen Leach, re- pair'g glasses 15
29 Urban Peters, doct'ng horse 1 00
T. Murphy, cash 6 86
O. Chase, labor 1 50 30 66 1 50
2 W. Parker, cow 42 50 O. Chase, labor 1 50 4 O. Chase, labor, 1 50
May 5 Ellen Leach, hose 35
6 O. Chase, labor 1 50
7
66
66 1 50
7 Joseph Martin, re- pairing clock 1 25
75
10
10
Joseph Jenney, medicine 50
11 E. Brown, freight 25
12 E. Barker 50 Ellen Leach, cloth 80
13 E. T. Rawson, weeder 8 50
15 Ellen Leach, waist and cloth 70
19 Orlan Chase 50 John Howard, tea 45
20 W. R. Wallis 2 70 H. Lougee, 1 horse shoe 15
22 Ellen Leach, cloth 20
23
. med. 50
28 Orlan Chase 50
29 Orson Chase, labor 1 50
1908. CR.
June 2 John Condon, cash 4 65
3 John Howard, 5 lbs. coffee 1 00 E. Parker 50
5 Thomas Mur- phy, cash 4 85
7 Ellen Leach, medicine 50
11 F. F. Young, fish 47
Joseph Jenney, medicine 1 00
May O. Chase, labor 1 50 15 Orlan Chase 50
66
25
W. W. Brown, tomato plants 25
9
O. Chase, labor 60 1 50
26
June 15 John Howard,
1 1b. tea $ 35
19
2 boxes straw- berries 25
22 To 28 Orson Chase, labor 7 87
29 John Howard, 1 lb. tea 35
John Condon, cash 4 97
29 Orson Chase, labor 1 75
30 Orson Chase, labor 1 75
July 1 Orson Chase. labor 1 75
2 Orson Chase, labor 50
3 Thos. Murphy, cash 4 16
6 F. F. Young, fish 30
Orson Chase, labor 83 days 14 87
15 Fred Parks, labor 1 35
17 Ellen Leach, medicine 50
28 Ginger 10
John Condon, cash 4 33
Orson Chase,
labor 13 days 2 25
Thos. Murphy, cash 5 04
Aug. 1 Fred Parks, labor 1} days 2 00
5 Ellen Leach, sun bonnet 50
6 John Howard, coffee and tea 1 00 Ellen Leach, medicine 50
9 Joseph Jenney, Dr. 2 visits 2 50
Aug. 11 Extracts $ 40
Orson Chase labor 5 days 7 50
20 F. F. Young, fish 20
21 Orson Chase, labor 1 50
24 E. Parker 25
28 Thos. Murphy, cash 4 00
31 John Condon, cash 4 50
John Bates, whitening ceil-
ing 60
Sept. 7 Coffee, 3 lbs. 65
Tea 35
10 1 pk. cranberry 80
17-25 Labor 6 days 9 00
28 J. W. Wixtead,
ice 2 10
29 1 1b. tea, 1 citron 60
John Condon, cash 4 60
James Cully, 3 days labor 4 50
Oct. 1 James Cully, labor 1 50
Walter Parker,
373 ft.
7 46
2 Thos. Murphy, cash 5 70
5 . John Howard, 3 lbs. coffee 75
8 Ellen Leach, 10 yds. print 70
10 Freight on stove 91
13 W. E. Jones, 6 15
20 S. Chase 6 00
F. F. Young, fish 60
Fred Parks,
labor
35
Ellen Leach,
medicine
50
27
Oct 20 Ellen Leach,
print $ 55
Nov. 5 John Bates,
labor 1 50 James Cully, labor 75
Dec. 12 Henry Cbase, labor $1 00
28 3 lbs. coffee 75
Ellen Leach, cloth 1 00
1909.
12 John Bates, labor 75 Jan. 1 John Condon, meat
13 Ellen Leach, 2 pr. hose 50
Tea 35
Extract 15
Fish 20
14 Ellen Leach, medicine 1 00
E. N. Jenckes,
cash 65 00
John Condon, cash 4 67
J. W. Wixtead, cash 55 00
Thos. Murphy, cash 7 04
16 James Murry, Doctor 3 75
17 Orlan Chase 1 00
20 2 shoats 12 00
24 Soap powder and tea 1 05
Dec.
2 Walter E. Jones 11 51 W. R. Wallis 6 27
4 Thos. Murphy, cash 1 78
T. J. Murphy, meat 3 01
7 J. Jenney and J. Murry, Dr. 5 50
John Condon, meat 86
John Condon, cash 2 88
$475 07
12 S. Copp, filing
saw 20 Orson Chase, labor 50
1909.
Mar. 1 Cash in hands Supt. $17 28 Bills receivable from Wm. H. Emerson, conservator for Ellen Leach, from Jan. 1, to Mar. 1, $16 00
5 41
3 lbs. coffee 70
T. J. Murphy, meat 1 39 John Condon, meat 3 29
Feb. 1 Fred Parks, labor, 3 50 A. Chase, labor 4 00 O. Chase, labor 4 00 Coffee 1 00
28
The Overseers have paid the following bills on almshouse account :
1908.
Apr. 1 Orson M. Chase, salary to April 1 $75 00
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