Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Palmer, Massachusetts 1881, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


FOR THE


TOWN OF PALMER,


AND OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures for the Year ending March 4, 1882.


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PALMER, MASS. JOURNAL PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1882.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


FOR THE


TOWN OF PALMER,


AND OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures for the Year ending March 4, 1882.


PALMER, MASS. JOURNAL PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT. 1882.


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TOWN WARRANT.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. HAMPDEN, SS.


To H. A. NORTHROP, Constable of the Town of Palmer, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn all the inhabitants of the town of Palmer quali- fied to vote in elections and town affairs to meet at the Town House in said Palmer, on Monday, the 20th day of March inst., at ten o'clock a. m., to act on the following articles, viz :


ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


ART. 2. To determine the number of selectmen, overseers of the poor, assessors, school committee, and constables the town will elect for the ensu- ing year.


ART. 3. To act upon the reports of the school committee, selectmen and other town officers.


ART. 4. To see if the town will vote to determine the compensation of the collector of taxes for the ensuing year.


ART. 5. To see if the town will allow a discount upon the taxes that may be assessed for the ensuing year.


ART. 6. To determine the manner the town will take to collect taxes that may be assessed for the ensuing year, and state terms and conditions of the same.


ART. 7. To elect all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.


ART. 8. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the current expenses of the town for the ensuing year, and to appropriate the same.


ART. 9. To see if the town will authorize its treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year, the same to be payable from said taxes.


ART. 10. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges for the ensuing year.


ART. 11. To see if the town will continue to hire the rooms now occupied for a lock-up and tramp room.


ART. 12. To vote by ballot, which shall be, yes or no, according to the pro- visions of chapter 54 of acts of 1881, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors be granted in this town for the ensuing year ?"


ART. 13. To see if the town will by its vote or otherwise ask the Legisla- ture to extend to women who are citizens the right to hold town offices and to vote in town affairs on the same terms as male citizens.


ART. 14. To see what action the town will take in regard to choosing a Board of Health.


ART. 15. To see if the town will accept the list of jurors as revised by the selectmen.


ART. 16. To hear reports of committees and act thereon.


ART. 17. To choose committees and give them instructions.


ART. 18. To see if the town will make an appropriation for the benefit of the Young Men's Library Association.


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ART. 19. To see if the town will raise any money for the celebration of Decoration Day, or towards building a soldiers' monument, and appropriate the same.


ART. 20. To see if the town will accept of the provisions of chapter 158, acts of 1871, being entitled : An act to provide for the selection of road com- missioners.


ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to accept a town way as laid out by the selectmen in Bondsville, beginning near the pond on the old county road and running northerly to the Boston Duck Company canal, thence north- easterly to the center of the Swift river.


ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to discontinue the town way in Three Rivers, leading from the old county road to the point where the said town way is intersected by the new road leading to Gilbert Barker's house.


ART. 23. To see if the town will build a new school-house at Three Riv- ers, or otherwise increase the school accommodations in that village, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to lay a drain to connect with one already laid in front of the house owned by N. K. Rogers, to connect with one now laid near the store of Daniel F. Holden, and appropriate money for the same.


ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to accept a town way as laid out by the selectmen in Thorndike village, beginning on the county road near the house of William Harvey, and running to the house of Henry McGilp.


ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to accept a town way as laid out by the selectmen in the Depot village, on the easterly side of Central street, at corner of land of James Henighan, and running south 31º east by land of said Henighan and land of estate of A. Burleigh to Maple street.


ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to accept a town way as laid out by the selectmen in the village of Three Rivers, commencing at a point on the highway near the house owned by Thomas Sullivan, and running thence in a southwesterly course to intersect a town way near the former residence of Hall J. Kelly.


ART. 28. To see if the town will take any action in regard to removing obstructions from the road leading from Three Rivers to the house of Oscar B. Sikes.


ART. 29. To see if the town will build additional drains and sewers at Palmer Depot Village, and appropriate necessary money for building the same.


ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to accept a town way as laid out by the selectmen in the village of Bondsville, commencing on the Ware road near the house of Luther Collis, and running south of land formerly owned by Cheesboro Lewis.


Names of Selectmen, Overseers of Poor, Assessors, School Committee and Constables who are voted for, must all be on one ballot ; Town Clerk and Treasurer on a separate ballot ; and you are hereby directed to serve this war- rant by posting up attested copies thereof at the different public places desig- nated by the vote of the town seven days at least before the holding of said meeting, and cause this warrant to be printed in the Palmer Journal, at least two issues before the holding of said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands this fourth day of March, A. D. 1882.


E. G. MURDOCK, ) Selectmen


H. G. LOOMIS, of


H. McMASTER, Palmer.


A true copy. Attest :


H. A. NORTHROP, Constable.


Assessors' Report.


APPROPRIATIONS.


For school-teachers, and care of school-houses, . $9,500.00


Contingencies for schools,


700.00


Repairs on school-houses,


500.00


Salary of school committee, .


300.00


Addition, Depot school-house,


2,500.00


Support of Poor,


3,500.00


Contingencies,


2,500.00


Railings,


200.00


Bridges,


500.00


Library Association,


500.00


Interest,


115.00


Sewers at Depot Village,


2.000.00


Soldiers' Monument,


100.00


Road and bridge at Bondsville,


4,000.00


State tax,


1.560.00


County tax,


1,860.16


Overlays on taxes,


392.05


Non-resident bank tax,


723.80


Total on collector's book,


. $34,951.01


VALUATION OF PALMER, 1881.


Real estate,


. $1,479,930


Personal estate, .


.


. 777,587


Total, .


. $2,257,517


Total number polls,


1,311


Tax on each poll,


$2.00


Rate per cent.,


$14.00 per $1,000


PALMER, March 1, 1882.


JOHN CLOUGH, ) Assessors DAVID KNOX, of Palmer.


D. B. BISHOP,


3,500.00


Highways, .


Treasurer's Report


Of the Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending March 4, 1882.


Balance in Treasury March 4, 1881, . $64.90


Received of State Treasurer for Corporation tax, . 545.89


National Bank tax, 422.03


Income Mass. School fund, 261.46


State and Military aid, 872.00


Support State paupers, 34.50


Burial, 15.00


Transportation State paupers, 4.20


County Treasurer, dog fund, 205.33


County Treasurer, lock-up fees, 57.00


George Robinson, lock-up fees, 45.00


Income Thompson fund,


38.42


Income Merrick fund,


34.34


A. D. Smith, for board, Mrs. Burlingame,


43.96


Boston & Albany Railroad, damage to Cem. fence,


50.00


Town of Brimfield, repairs on King and Powers' bridges, 125.94


Town of Brimfield, pauper account,


21.37


Belchertown, bridge account, . Monson, bridge account, . 126.34


2.37


Mary Mason, for bill of Wm. Mason, 4.00


Rent of Town Hall, from E. G. Murdock, . 35.00


Rent of Town Hall, from H. McMaster, 9.70


Circus licenses,


35.00


Auctioneer's license,


2.00


Peddler's license,


1.00


Traveling show license,


2.00


Old plank sold,


8.00


Palmer Savings Bank, borrowed,


5.000.00


Liquor licenses,


2,425.00


H. A. Northrop, tax 1880,


997.46


H. A. Northrop, tax 1881,


31,383.41.


$42,872.62


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EXPENDITURES.


Paid State tax,


. $1,560.00


Bank tax,


·


680.70


County tax,


1,860.16


State Treasurer, 4


amount received for liquor


licenses,


606.25


State aid,


612.00


Military aid,


405.00


Interest on notes,


115.00


Deposited in Savings Bank, on account of soldiers'


monument, .


100.00


Palmer Savings Bank, borrowed,


5,000.00


Interest on borrowed,


49.44


Selectmen's orders,


13,338.70


School committee's orders, . .


. 14,368.72


$38,695.97


Total receipts, .


. $42,872.62


Total expenditures,


. 38,695.97


Balance in Treasury,


. $4,176.65


.


.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES B. SHAW, Treasurer.


Report of Selectmen.


In submitting this Report to the voters of Palmer, we would say that the Highways are in much better condition than they were a year ago, and we would recommend the same system to be continued another year. We have hardened about six miles of road the past season, and if the plan of graveling the same amount each year be continued, we soon shall have good roads. We have purchased a scraper that has worked to our satisfaction, and we think the money well spent.


BRIDGES.


We have had more to do repairing bridges than was thought neces- sary last March. We have had to new plank four bridges entire, and patch up others that will have to be replanked this season. The iron bridges at Three Rivers and Thorndike are settling at one end and must be attended to by competent men that understand them. We think the one at Thorndike should be raised two or three feet.


CONTINGENCIES.


Our contingency record is large. We have had to pay land dam- ages, new roads, straightening roads, lands for cemetery, &c., for which no appropriation was made.


We employed a competent surveyor to survey and estimate expense of sewer at Palmer village. His estimate on it was $5,865. The amount appropriated for that purpose being only $2,000, we did not think best to commence it.


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HIGHWAYS IN 1881.


Samuel Brown, in District No. 1, .


$135.87


Henry McMaster, in District No. 2, 408.05


376.35


421.25


119.00


100.00


H. C. Smith, in District No. 7, . James Olney, in District No. 8, . Calvin Blodgett, in District No. 9,


77.75


80.00


James O. Hamilton, in District No. 10, Eli Smith, in District No. 10 (1879),


112.16


Jerry Dutton, in District No. 11,


353.61


Frank Orcutt, in District No. 12,


94.18


E. M. Bartlett, in District No. 13,


139.00


Daniel Graves, labor in District No. 12,


2.25


George Sanford, hardening road,


18.00


E. L. Greenleaf, hardening road,


46.37


Henry McMaster, hardening road,


132.25


C. D. Foster, hardening road,


64.25


J. K. Knox, gravel and labor,


35.00


J. R. Wellman, labor,


2.00


John Twiss, labor,


8.00


H. S. Ward, labor, .


5.00


Brine O'Rourke, labor,


6.00


O. N. Powell, scraper, No. 4,


6.50


Kimball Brothers, scraper,


200.00


C. A. Brown, plow, No. 6,


10.00


Henry McMaster, labor,


63.41


Henry McMaster, new road.


9.37


Henry McMaster, railing, and filling at Duck,


15.68


Henry McMaster, culvert at Bonds,


8.50


James Fuller, cutting brush,


2.25


Charles Upham, breaking roads,


5.50


F. D. Orcutt,


11.42


David Knox.


1.00


Frank Angell,


3.00


Henry McMaster,


14.75


George Adams,


5.00


H. G. Loomis, H. C. Smith,


13.00


E. M. Bartlett,


16.50


Jerry Dutton,


15.00


D. E. & L. M. Tenny,


2.00


.


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$3,414.37


Charles Hastings, covering stone,


3.00


3.00


C. D. Foster, in District No. 3, . Charles Upham, in District No. 4, M. C. Fenton, in District No. 5, Eugene Shorely, in District No. 6,


119.90


149.25


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RAILINGS.


Calvin Blodgett,


$14.62


H. McMaster, at A. H. Thayer's,


5.40


Erastus Keith, near covered bridge,


7.70


Calvin Blodgett, near Stephen Place's,


33.75


M. C. Fenton, near his house, .


84.00


Charles Upham, near Fay's bridge,


66.25


211.72


NEW ROAD AND BRIDGES AT BONDSVILLE. Appropriation, $4,000.


C. D. Foster, building road, $950.00


Griffin & Thompson, building abutment,


550.60


Due Canton Bridge Co., canal bridge, . 852.00


" Half River Bridge, 1,144.00


$1,996.00


$3,496.60


LIBRARY.


Samuel W. French,


$500.00


BRIDGES.


Samuel Brown, repairing bridge near Josiah Gates' house,


$15.50


J. R. Wellman, repairing bridge near J. H. Keith's, 1.50


F. F. Marcy, labor on King and Powers' bridges, 44.21


J. M. Converse, lumber 60 66


66


148.22


C. A. Brown, nails,


3.25


M. C. Fenton, labor and nails on King and Powers' bridges, 12.00


The Palmer Mills, { cost of repairing canal abutment, . 400.00


Robinson & Brooks, nails for Hastings' bridge, 3.65


Henry McMaster, labor and materials for bridges, 17.44


J. M. Converse, lumber for Whipple bridge, 64.00


14.00


Calvin Blodgett, building stone bridge, near C. R. Shaw's, Merrick Stebbins, lumber for Sexton's bridge, 179.56


Henry McMaster, labor on So. Belchertown bridge, 3.00


G. L. Watkins, plank for bridge near his house, . 1.08


F. F. Marcy, labor and spikes on Sexton's bridge, 73.13


Henry McMaster, labor and money paid out on washout, Three Rivers,


178.05


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The Palmer Mills, for stone for same, .


$65.00


J. H. Keith, repairing bridge near his house, 1.50


T. D. Potter & Co., repairing Bondsville bridge, . 1.50


Jas. O. Hamilton, repairing Whiting bridge, 3.00


Town of Monson, repairing bridges, 2.50


$1,232.09


Received-Cash from Brimfield, for repairs on bridges, $125.94


Received-Cash from Belchertown, for repairs on bridges, 2.37


Received-Cash from Monson, for repairs on 126.34- $254.65


bridges,


$977.44


CONTINGENCIES.


Charles B. Fisk, printing town reports, warrants and advertising,


$ 79.00


J. A. Palmer, enforcing license law, 1880, . 100.00


J. A. Palmer, summoning witnesses at court, express on samples of liquor, 1878, 8.35


John Gaffany, land damage, Dublin street, .


175.00


John Murphy, land damage, Dublin street, . 20.00


Michael Finerty, land damage, Dublin street, 20.00


Mrs. Michael Mack, land damage, Dublin street,


50.00


Mrs. Winnie Wilder, land damage, Dublin street,


20.00


Samuel Doyle, land damage, Dublin street, .


25.00


Estate of Patrick Hill, land damage, Dublin street,


20.00


John M. Converse, land damage, Dublin street,


500.00


R. L. Bond, wood for town house, 1880,


3.25


H. P. Simonds, repairing buggy,


1.50


J. D. Sawyer, cleaning town house, 1880,


5.00


C. M. Slocum, engaged on sewer,


11.90


Charles B. Fisk, printing and advertising,


32.64


D. B. Bishop, Assessor,


112.50


John Clough, Assessor,


112.50


John Clough, books, stationery and postage,


8.25


David Knox, Assessor,


112.50


Frank Barker, building new road to his house,


300.00


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Robert McMaster, digging grave and returning death, . $1.75 R. Robins, cutting brush in cemetery at Four Corners and about town house, 13.00


Charles L. Gardner, cash paid E. C. Davis and Son for surveying, .


16.00


Springfield Republican, for advertising roads and bridges, 4.50


Stephen Place, supporting water tub for horses, 5.00


George White, examining iron bridges, Thorndike and Three Rivers, 10.00


S. S. Taft, services and expenses, 1880, 73.25


Charles L. Gardner, making school-house deed, and administering oaths, 1879, . 5.00


Charles B. Fisk, printing assessors', school committee's and collector's notices, and one warrant, · Joseph Kerrigan, repairing road at Bondsville, as ordered by the county commissioners,


100.00


W. H. Brainard, surveying land for cemetery at Four Corners, 2.00


J. D. Sawyer, land for cemetery at Four Corners, 137.50


O. B. and Otis Sikes, land for cemetery at Four Corners, 75.00


A. L. Haynes, opening graves and returning deaths, 40.80


J. J. Moynahan, returning deaths, 18.25


E. G. Murdock, services as Selectman, 125.00


J. B. Shaw, services as Treasurer,


50.00


J. B. Shaw, recording births, marriages and deaths, David Knox, repairing cemetery fence, Depot Village, . 5.71


David Knox, driving hearse, opening graves and return- ing deaths, 237.50


William E. Hancock, supporting watering tub, 1880, 5.00


William E. Hancock, supporting watering tub, 1881, 5.00


J. K. Knox, supporting watering tub, .


5.00


H. G. Loomis, paid for repairing C. Johnson's wagon, John Clough, sealing weights and measures,


8.00


Palmer Savings Bank, rent of lock-up, and heating, 180.00


J. B. Shaw, cash paid out, and expenses, 5.00


C. A. Brown, repairs on lamp, and nails (railroad bridge), 2.40


H G. Loomis, services as Selectman, 100.00


Henry McMaster, services as Selectman,


100.00


Henry McMaster, on building committee, · 8.00


. E. G. Murdock, on building committee, 1880 and 1881, 10.00


22.76


113.35


1.50


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E. G. Murdock, stationery, stamps, oil, brooms, chim-


neys, paid for watchers, roads and bridges, . $12.85


H. A. Northrop, collecting taxes, 1880, 200.00


H. G. Loomis, stamps and stationery, 5.00


H. A. Northrop, posting warrants, 10.00


H. G. Loomis, on building committee, 10.00


Charles B. Fisk, printing notices,


2.50


Charles L. Gardner, legal services,


30.00


$3,474.01


Cr. Estate of Patrick Hill, outstanding order, 20.00


$3,454.01


Paid land damages, Dublin and River street, in 1880,


$810.00


New Road at Three Rivers, in 1880,


300.00


Burying Grounds, Four Corners,


212.50


Straightening road at Bondsville, in 1880,


100.00


$1,422.50


Eli Smith,


112.16


$1,534.66


Paid out of Contingency fund.


SUMMARY.


State tax,


.


. $1,560.00


State bank tax, .


.


680.70


County tax,


1,860.16


Interest on notes,


115.00


State aid,


612.00


Military aid,


405.00


Support of Poor,


3,041.92


Highways,


3,414.37


Bridges,


1,232.09


Railings,


211.72


Library,


500.00


Contingencies,


3,454.01


Building new road at Bondsville,


950.00


Building abutments at Bondsville,


550.60


.


$18,587.57


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DEBTS OF THE TOWN.


Notes due on demand, Pamelia Rogers, $1,300.00


Reuben Rogers. 1,000.00


Interest on above,


115.00-$2,415.00


CLAIMS AGAINST THE TOWN, MARCH 4, 1882.


Notes and interest,


$2,415.00


Due H. A. Northrop, collector, .


200.00


J. A. Palmer,


100.00


Dr. Wm. E. Holbrook,


30.00


$2,745.00


DUE THE TOWN, MARCH 4, 1882.


Balance in treasury, .


$4,176.65


H. A. Northrop, uncollected taxes,


2,000.00


State, for State aid, .


1,017.00


State, on account State paupers, . 267.75


Town of Chicopee, aid to Connor family,


132.62


$7,684.02


Respectfully submitted.


E. G. MURDOCK, Selectmen H. G. LOOMIS, of


H. MCMASTER, Palmer.


The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations :


Support of Poor,


$3,500.00


Contingencies,


.


.


2,500.00


Highways,


3,500.00


Bridges,


1,500.00


Railings,


.


200.00


Interest,


.


115.00


.


.


Report of Overseers of the Poor.


POOR FARM.


We have finished off four rooms in our almshouse, and made other improvements, and yet the expenses have been less than they have been most years. We have found Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf very efficient. Everything is neat and comfortable, and they are kind to the inmates. We think now, that the expenses for the coming year will be much less than for the last year. Our largest item for sup- port of poor is for those in insane asylums.


SUPPORT OF POOR ON TOWN FARM.


Samuel Shaw, use of sleigh, 1881, $5.00


Calvin Hitchcock, wheel chair, 8.00


A. P. Capon, boarding Charity Barker, from Feb. 1 to May 1, 6.50


Josiah Gates, wheelbarrow, 1879, 5.00


Geo. W. Coleman, plastering,


14.87


Ethan Warriner, carpentering,


30.87


Robinson & Brooks, nails aud brush,


8.16


F. F. Marcy, lumber,


32.83


Geo. Robinson, bolts, screws and knobs,


1.57


A. H. Proctor, one month's salary and money for hired girl,


27.33


Ezra Greenleaf, money paid out,


9.17


C. H. Murdock, goods, poor farm,


2.84


Loomis Brothers, bedstead,


3.50


J. D. Sawyer, soap,


6.50


Heury P. Holden, goods,


85.69


HI. C. Hatch, fish,


2.15


H. C. N. Cross, privy,


8.00


Murdock Brothers, wall paper, ·


2.40


John Barber, making sled and harrow, 1880,


12.70


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Geo. King, balance on painting and produce,


$3.31


J. D. Sawyer, two bbls soap, 8.00


Robinson & Brooks, potato bug exterminator,


6.50


D. N. Squier, blacksmithing, 1880,


36.75


G. A. Murdock, goods,


140.28


Ezra Greenleaf, salary, 11 months,


275.00


Loomis Brothers, sick chair.


2.50


D. B. Bishop, coal, ·


12.19


Foskit & Holbrook, grain, meal, feed, &c,


138.00


A. M. Bond, stove, ram and work, Clark & Hastings, meat, 13.80


38.70


J. D. Sawyer, soap and pumpkins,


4.50


D. N. Squier, blacksmithing, 6.00


J. B. Shaw, goods, .


75.87


to Ellen Owen,


1.51


O. P. Allen, goods to poor farm,


4.85


J. H. Haynes,


1.60


HI. G. Loomis, Overseer of Poor,


50.00


Henry McMaster, “ ·


50.00


E. G. Murdock, .


85.00


E. G. Murdock, sleigh,


35.00


$1,262.44


Invoice, Poor Farm, 1881,


. $1,502.86


66 1882,


1,499.15


$3.71


Whole number of paupers.


21


Average 66


14


Cr. Ezra L. Greenleaf, cash paid out, $179.55


Dr. Cash received for produce, &c., . ·


204.12


Number of tramps at lock-up from March 1, 1880, to March 1, 1882, 220


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SUPPORT OF POOR NOT ON POOR FARM.


John Sullivan, rent for Mrs. Donovan, . $10.00 Willis Morse, boarding Clarissa Moore, 45.50 · Chapin Warner, support of Eleanor Thompson, 29 40 Joseph Thompson, support Ball children, 38.00 ·


James W. Calkins, rent for Mrs. Merrifield, ·


30.00


10.00


Loomis Brothers, coffin for Fred. Ashworth, . Loomis Brothers, coffin for Henry Wallace, . . 10.00 Town of Belchertown, support Geo. Burpee's family, 25.00 Murdock Brothers, goods furnished Pat Sullivan for


Mike Dillon, . 60.00


Murdock Brothers, goods, Pat Fenton, 24.00 .


J. F. Holbrook, coal, Mrs. Colgrove, . 2.00 Mrs. Julia McGrath, support of Hurley boy, 52.00 · H. G. Loomis, team to Poor Farm, 1.50


Dr. G. E. Fuller, attendance on Thomas Callahan, 1880, 15.50


Loomis Brothers, coffins and robes for Ed. Ryan and Thomas Owen, . 27.00


J. J. Moynahan, coffin for Thomas Haley, and opening grave, 12.00 ·


$391.90


A. L. Haynes, coal for Catherine Connor, . . $ 7.00 Holden Brothers, goods for Catherine Connor 18.50 · D. F. Holden, goods for Catherine Connor, . 2.50


J. J. Moynahan, coffin for Mary Connor, ·


10.00


D. F. Holden, goods, Catherine Connor, 6.04


Henry McMaster, car fare and expense of Catherine Connor, . 5.35


Heath & Shaw, goods, Mrs. Connor, 32.17


W. E. Holbrook, medical attendance, Mrs. Connor, 9.00


Holden Brothers, goods, Mrs. Connor, 2.10


Heath & Shaw, goods, Mrs. Connor, ·


10.50


H. McMaster, moving goods, Mrs. Connor, . ·


1.50


D. F. Holden, moving goods, Mrs. Connor, 5.35 ·


W. E. Holbrook, medical attendance, Mrs. Connor, 8.00


Thrudeau & River, goods, Mrs. Connor,


3.00


Heath & Shaw, goods, Mrs. Connor, .


.


11.61


·


- $132.62


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City of Springfield, support Maurace Hannafin, $ 2.96 City of New Bedford, support, Mrs. T. McCarty, 1.00


Town of Agawam, aid to Walter Hill, 5.00


Town of West Springfield, aid to Walter Hill, 7.77 Henry McMaster, wood for Mrs. Merrifield, 7.00


Murdock Brothers, goods to Ellen Herrick, . 10.40


James B. Shaw, for James Hannafin, 36.00


Henry P. Holden, goods to John M. Barton, .


6.00


Foskit & Holbrook, wood to J. M. Barton, .


2.00


Henry McMaster, stationery, stamps, and money paid out for paupers, 13.33


Henry McMaster, wood to Mrs. Merrifield, 2.50


Dr. J. K. Warren, truss for Mrs. Farey, and medi- cal attendance, Ellen Owen, 24.50


Mrs. Daley, care of Ellen Owen,


5.00


Town of Monson, aid to J. M. Barton,


13.51


$661.49


Due from town of Chicopee, for aid to Catherine Connor,


132.62


Paid Northampton Hospital, for support of the following persons :


James Sullivan,


$182.96


Abbey Lines,


157.84


Harriet Gerald,


181.61


Mary Curran,


171.98


Mary Grady,


154.15


$848.54


Paid State Primary School, for support of


Mary C. Blanchard,


$19.00


Edward Y. Young, .


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24.00


Jerry Crowley, .


.


27.00


$70.00


Paid State Reform School,


Dennis Harrigan,


$17.00


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STATE PAUPERS.


G. A. Murdock, goods furnished Agnes Phillips, $8.00


Dr. H. A. Smith, attendance on Mrs. Loury, 8.00


Loomis Brothers, coffin for Moses Nephue, . 10.00 G. L. Hitchcock, medicine for Rosa La Mountain, 16.70


J. J. Moynahan, coffin for 66 10.00


Dr. W. E. Holbrook, medical attendance, Rosa La Mountain, 3.00 Mary La Mountain, care of Rosa La Mountain, 15.50 Loomis Brothers, coffin for Allen boy (drowned), . 10.00


D. F. Holden, goods delivered to Mrs. Andrew Young, 3.90


Heath & Shaw, " 66 66 8.50


Dr. W. E. Holbrook, medical attendance, Mrs. Andrew Young, 4.00


E. M. Turner, meals and lodging tramps while repairing lock-up, 3.75


Seth M. Smith, care of tramp room and provisions, 68.35


H. McMaster, expenses taking Mary Shannon to Tewksbury, 12.75


$182.45


E. G. MURDOCK,


HENRY MCMASTER,


Overseers of HENRY G. LOOMIS, Poor of Palmer.


Report of the Committee on Schools.


The schools, with but one or two exceptions, and those for only a part of the year, have been above the average of years heretofore. The Primary departments at Three Rivers became so crowded the past term, that we were obliged to employ an assistant for the school in the Baptist vestry.


In most of the schools we have retained through the year the same teachers who taught last year, believing, as we do, that every year's experience in teaching adds to the value of the teacher-the teacher becoming better acquainted with the scholars and with the parents, and having more time to perfect his or her method and system of teaching. We are confident that school is in every desirable excel- lence, the best, which has continued the longest under the jurisdiction of the same energetic and progressive teacher.




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