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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
FEB. 1, 1884, TO FEB. 1, 1885,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, No. 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1885.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
FEB. 1, 1884, TO FEB. 1, 1885,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, No. 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1885.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1884.
Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES. Treasurer. DAVID H. BATES. Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
S. W. HOLLIS.
A. O. CLARK.
J. M. KNIGHT.
J. FRANK BATES.
Road Commissioners.
A. O. CLARK, 1887. GEORGE H. ARNOLD, 1886. JAMES L. HUNTER, 1885. School Committee.
T. HAVEN DEARING, 1887. ALBERT E. AVERY, 1887.
MRS. D. A. BROOKS, 1886. GEORGE H. ARNOLD, 1886.
HENRY A. JOHNSON, 1885. SAMUEL A. BATES, 1885.
Collector of Taxes. JOSEPH DYER.
Constables.
HORACE FAXON.
JAMES L. HUNTER. CHARLES THAYER.
GILMAN D. WHITTAKER.
WILLIAM J. DANA.
ELIAS HOLBROOK.
JOHN CAVANAGH.
JAMES McDONNELL.
JOSHUA M. BUNKER.
ALBERT HOBART.
SAMUEL L. DYER. JOHN KELLEY.
THOMAS FALLON.
Auditors.
GEORGE D. WILLIS. JOHN M. BEALS. ALVERDO MASON.
Engineers of Fire Department.
M. A. PERKINS, Chief. J. W. DORETY, Clerk. W. M. RICHARDS. G. D. WHITTAKER. THOMAS SOUTH. ROBERT GILLESPIE. Registers of Voters.
EDWARD AVERY, 1887. F. A. HOBART, 1886. A. S. MORRISON, 1885.
Fence Viewers.
EDWARD HOBART.
JOHN W. DORETY.
JAMES L. HUNTER.
VALUATION
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
AS MADE BY THE ASSESSORS, MAY 1, 1884.
Number of polls .
1,148
Value of personal property .
$778,850 00
Value of real estate
$2,084,675 00
Rate of taxation $14 per $1,000.
Total number of horses
430
Total number of cows
.
404
Total number of dwelling-houses . .
833
Total number of acres of land .
8,098
PROPERTY EXEMPTED FROM TAXATION BY PRO- VISIONS OF CHAP. II., SECTS. 3 AND 7 OF PUBLIC STATUTES.
Braintree Lyceum Co., Hall and Reading-room $750
First Congregational Church
18,000
Union Religious Society
.
19,000
South Parish
11,200
Methodist Society
800
Catholic Society .
3,000
Thayer Academy, real estate
54,000
Thayer Academy, trust funds
.
. 200,000
Report of the Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Pooor.
IN accordance with the usual custom, and in compliance with the by-laws of the town, the following report is respectfully submitted, showing the appropriations and expenditures for the year ending Jan. 31, 1885.
At the annual town meeting the following sums were raised and appropriated : -
For support of schools . $8,400 00
Incidentals for schools 300 00
Incidentals for schoolhouses
300 00
School books
1,000 00
Highways, stone road .
4,000 00 .
General repairs and sidewalks
2,500 00
Town officers
1,800 00
Interest on town debt .
·
2,800 00
Fire Department .
5,000 00 . 2.000 00
Removing snow .
1,000 00 .
Incidental expenses
1,000 00 .
Public Library
650 00
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Janitor
600 00
Repairing horse sheds and improvement of town lands . 300 00 .
For building barn at new almshouse 1,000 00 .
For Quincy Avenue Bridge . 1,000 00 .
For furniture for new almshouse .
· 300 00
For widening Washington Street
·
1,200 00
$35,300 00
At a special town meeting the following sums were appro- priated : -
For Prospect Street ·
$250 00
For Plymouth and Arbutus Avenues ·
300 00
Monatiquot Avenue and Ash Street · 100 00
At the annual meeting the following
$650 00
sums were re-appro- priated : -
For draw-bridge . .
. $2,002 14
For new almshouse .
.
.
818 33
For enforcement of laws
.
.
· 163 50
$2,983 97
Support of poor .
5
Paid bills approved by School Committee, as follows : -
HIGH SCHOOL.
Charles E. Stetson, teaching 40 weeks, at
$35 per week
Martha Reed, teaching 293 weeks, at $11.25
per week
333 00
per week 22 50
Lydia C. Nye, teaching 4 weeks, at $11.25 per week 45 00
M. L. Tupper, coal 48 82
Morrill Williams, kindlings . 3 60
E. P. Hayward, music lessons
25 00
E. P. Hayward, tuning piano
2 00
$1,879 92
POND SCHOOL.
H. E. Wentworth, teaching 40 weeks, at $15 per week . S. Ella Torrey, teaching 40 weeks at $8 per week
$600 00
320 00
Elizabeth M. Thompson, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week 320 00
Susie M. Reed, teaching 24} weeks, at $8 per week
193 60
Ada Carmichael, teaching 1 week, at $7 per week
7 00
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 14g weeks, at $7 per week
103 60
M. L. Tupper, coal
91 69
M. Williams, kindlings
9 00
Mrs. A. L. Cole, cleaning house .
5 55
$1,650 44
UNION SCHOOL.
Wellington Record, teaching 32 weeks, at $15 per week .
$480 00
Edward E. Swallow, teaching 8 weeks, at $15 per week
120 00
Fanny M. Dugey, teaching 20 weeks, at $8 per week
160 00
Abbie A. Mills, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week 320 00 Ida A. Nutter, teaching 8 weeks, at $8 per week . 64 00
. $1,400 00
Jennie Dow, teaching 2 weeks, at $11.25 ·
6
Sara H. Carter, teaching 32 weeks, at $8 per week . $256 00 Ida W. Beal, teaching 20 weeks, at $8 per week 160 00
Michael Brandley, coal
14 00
M. L. Tupper, coal .
87 75
E. P. Allen, care of house .
69 00
George E. Jones, care of house
55 10
M. Williams, kindlings
7 20
$1,793 05
IRON WORKS SCHOOL.
Alverdo Mason, teaching 394 weeks, at $15
per week .
$597 00
Inez A. Penniman, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week ·
320 00
Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week
320 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal . .
18 50
M. L. Tupper, coal
58 50
M. Williams, kindlings
9 60
William B. Morse, Jr., care of house
80 52
Mrs. L. P. Morse, cleaning house . 28 30
Mrs. Corkery, cleaning house
.
$1,436 02
EAST SCHOOL.
Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 381 weeks, at
$111 per week
$429 75
Nettie L. Burt, teaching 384 weeks, at $8 per week
310 40
M. L. Tupper, coal
40 95
M. Williams, kindlings
7 20
Jesse Burrell, sawing and splitting wood 6 60
Jesse Burrell, care of house .
51 25
Margaret Devinney, cleaning house
6 45
$852 60
SOUTH SCHOOL.
M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 40 weeks, at $8
· $320 00
M. L. Tupper, coal
17 55
M. Williams, kindlings
7 50
Mary E. Tenney, care of house . .
15 00
.
.
.
$360 05
per week
.
3 60
.
.
7
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL.
Margaret G. King, teaching 393 weeks, at $6
$237 80
J. F. Sheppard, coal .
7 00
M. L. Tupper, coal
24 55
M. Williams, kindlings
4 50
Martha Penniman, care of house
15 00
Martha Penniman, cleaning house
2 30
$291 15
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Helen A. Record, teaching 20 weeks, at $8 per week
$160 00
Helen A. Record, teaching 20 weeks, at $6 per week
120 00
M. L. Tupper, coal
17 61
M. Williams, kindlings
95
Ada F. Thayer, care of house
15 00
Irene Thayer, cleaning house
5 00
$319 56
WEST SCHOOL.
Warren B. Keith, teaching 74 weeks, at $6.00 per week .
$46 80
Susan O. Lane, teaching, 32 weeks at $6.00 per week
192 00
M. L. Tupper, coal
17 55
M. Williams, kindlings
.
.
.
5 40
J. F. Sheppard, coal
7 00
Elisha Savill, care of house
.
15 00
$283 75
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Mary L. Crowe, teaching 40 weeks, at $8.00
· $320 00
M. L. Tupper, coal .
17 55
M. Williams, kindlings
.
.
6 00
Orrin W. Hollis, care of house
15 00
. .
$358 55
Total for schools
. $9,225 09
.
·
.
per week
.
per week
·
8
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation · Paid J. M. Arnold, brushes, brooms, dusters, etc., Union School $10 47
O. M. Rogers, 1 Vendome heater, Pond School 38 00
O. M. Rogers, 76 pounds Russia pipe, Pond School
19 00
O. M. Rogers, fire pot and lining, Pond School .
8 50
O. M. Rogers, cleaning and blacking stoves, Pond School .
9 75
O. M. Rogers, zinc tacks, labor, etc. Pond School
5 92
O. M. Rogers, brooms, hinges, and screws, coal-hods, shovels, etc., Pond School 3 80
O. M. Rogers, cleaning and blacking stoves and pipes, Union School 13 00
O. M. Rogers, 60 pounds Rusian pipe, Union School 15 00
O. M. Rogers, brooms, brushes, dust- ers, etc., Union School 4 40
O. M. Rogers, blacking and cleaning stoves and pipes, High School 12 00 · O. M. Rogers, fender, coal-hod, dusters, etc., High School 7 50
O. M. Rogers, labor on stoves, South- east School
2 00
O. M. Rogers, blacking stoves, etc., Southeast School ·
5 10
. O. M. Rogers, labor on stoves, South School 2 00
E. P. Allen, books, crayons, etc., Union School 8 15
Albert F. Hall, engrossing diplomas, High School 6 50
Julia F. Hayward, books and crayons, East School 1 95
Julia F. Hayward, books, stamps, pos- tal cards, School Committee 1 78
Julia F. Hayward, paper and crayons, Union School .
1 35
Julia F. Hayward, books and crayons, . Iron Works School . : 52
Julia F. Hayward, paper, West School, 20
$300 00
9
Paid Julia F. Hayward, paper, South School, $0 20
Julia F. Hayward, crayons, Middle Street School 25
Julia F. Hayward, books and crayons, Pond School 2 08
E. P. Hayward, tuning piano, Union School 1 50
A. C. Stockin, books . Fred. W. Barry, paper . 4 40
4 41
Nettie L. Burt, water pail and dipper, East School 50 .
Ann M. Brooks, expenses at teachers' institute ·
5 46
. Orrin W. Hollis, supplies, Middle Street School 1 00
H. A. Pettingell, brooms and brushes, East School 2 54
D. H. Huxford, printing. 17 00
Horace Dana, broom, Middle Street School · 33
.
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies, South- west School . .
74
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies, Pond School
4 73
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies, South School
2 97
P. D. Holbrook, supplies, Middle Street School
3 41
. P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies, High School
19
S. A. Bates, taking school census . 15 00
Paul DeLang, cleaning clock, High School
75
Paul DeLang, cleaning clock, Pond School 75 . . W. K. Baker, expressing, Iron Works School 2 25
W. Bowditch, brooms, East School
60
G. S. Baker, bell, East School 1 00
Sandborn & Damon, repairs on stoves and pipes, Union School 6 50
J. I. Bates & Son, pipe and repairs on stoves, Iron Works School 22 06
J. I. Bates & Son, pipe and repairs on stoves, East School . 15 95
M. V. B. Minchin, cleaning stove and pipe, Middle Street School 1 00
$300 46
10
TEXT-BOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Appropriation . Paid Harper & Brothers, school books and supplies · Boston School Supply Company, school books and supplies . 38 54 Knight, Adams & Co., school books and supplies 156 20
. $1,000 00
92 70
New England Agency, Harrison Hune, agent, supplies .
86 70
New England Agency, D. Appleton Co., agent, supplies . 24 20
&
Clark & Maynard, supplies .
18 00
Carl Shoenof, supplies .
10 80
H. M. Cable, supplies
204 17
C. H. Whiting, supplies
119 43
Prang Educational Company, supplies
28 03
William Ware & Co., supplies
182 01
Ginn, Heath & Co., supplies
12 96
Julia F. Hayward, supplies
24 74
W. A. Kane, services .
1 50
Cora A. Bates, services
3 00
Flora S. Stoddard, services .
1 19
D. H. B. Thayer, horse hire
11 50
S. A. Bates services, in charge of sup- plies.
69 75
S. A. Bates, car fare
6 74
$1,092 16
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
Appropriation
. $300 00
Paid B. J. Loring, Jr., hardware and labor, Iron Works Schoolhouse ·
$5 31
J. O. Whittemore, lightning rods, Iron Works Schoolhouse 3 00
Asa T. Pratt, repairs on East and Iron Works Schoolhouse
17 74
William B. Morse, Jr., setting glass, Iron Works Schoolhouse 25
Geo. D. Newcomb, clean well, Middle Street Schoolhouse · J. H. Macandrew, painting and setting glass, Union Schoolhouse . 24 50
2 50
F. O. Whitmarsh, whitewashing, etc., East Schoolhouse 5 00
11
Paid F. O. Whitmarsh, whitewashing, etc., Iron Works Schoolhouse . $15 75 60 . Mrs. T. Griffin, washing windows, Iron Works Schoolhouse . C. C. Webster, labor and stock, Union Schoolhouse 54 25
C. C. Webster, labor and stock, Pond Schoolhouse 64 00
C. C. Webster, labor and stock, West Schoolhouse 8 87
C. C. Webster, labor and stock, South- east Schoolhouse 5 00
C. C. Webster, labor and stock, Middle Street Schoolhouse 3 62
Robert Brooks, painting, setting glass, etc., Iron Works Schoolhouse
17 66
E. P. Allen, repairing lock, Union Schoolhouse ·
25
William May, cleaning privy
2 00
A. Dyer, man and team grading yard Southwest Schoolhouse . T. B. Stoddard, painting and setting glass, Pond Schoolhouse
11 35
Luke Mulligan, cleaning privy, Iron Works Schoolhouse . J. E. Nash, clock for South Schoolhouse M. L. Tupper, repairs High School-room, A. E. Bradford, setting glass, Pond Schoolhouse
3 50
75
: 25
Thomas Penniman, labor and stock, Pond Schoolhouse
10 95
M. A. Penniman, setting glass, South- east Schoolhouse 90
Josiah Penniman, setting glass and painting, Union Schoolhouse 1 45
H. M. White, glass, Pond School-house,
25
G. H. Arnold, cash paid for cleaning outhouse .
50
Elisha Savill, lock, etc.
57
C. W. Hobart, stock and labor on Union Schoolhouse
46 07
$311 24
ALMSHOUSE.
Dr.
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1884 . . $1,795 08
Paid Morrill Williams, superintendent . 350 00
Morrill Williams, sundry bills .
27 98
90
50
12
Paid P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies . $132 78
H. M. White, supplies . 142 92
J. M. Arnold, supplies . 142 54
W. E. Daily, supplies . 82 45
John S. Nickerson & Co., supplies
86 07
J. Sampson, meat, two years' bills
50 66
R. Porter, meat
81 56
C. W. Hollis, meat
54 32
Henry Mann, meat
18 18
Moses Tibbetts, fish
13 50
B. F. Snow, fish
4 00
A. S. Cobb, fish
6 84
Ambler & Hobart, grain
83 72
John F. Hayward, sugar
5 50
John F. Hayward, hay and grain .
21 25
Sumner & Thayer, hay and grain .
62 09
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing, boots and shoes 101 02
Flora J. Dyer & Co., dry goods 17 02
W. A. Hodges, bread and crackers 59 90
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa, tea
19 88
Silas M. Jones, two pigs
22 00
Charles I Craibe, two pigs
22 00
R. H. White & Co., dry goods
14 50
Jordan, Marsh & Co., dry goods
6 00
F. E. Arhold, shoes and leather
4 36
C. B. Woodsum, expressing .
15 25
Julia F. Hayward, medicine .
: 67
H. H. Thayer, blacksmith work
8 35
Edward Shay, blacksmith work
9 94
O. M. Rogers, tinware, wooden ware, etc.
5 16
J. W. Douty, ploughing and harrowing,
10 23
Peter W. Dyer, labor and produce
3 75
T. F. Finnegan, use of horse
4 00
S. L. Burr, butter
14 24
J. F. Sheppard, coal
196 39
J. F. Sheppard, drag plank .
5 00
E. F. E. Thayer, salt grass .
24 00
W. H. Cobb, tools and garden seeds
7 78
C. W. Stevens, fish
1 27
J. M. Whaley, shoeing horse
1 00
C. G. Anderson, painting and repairing wagon 18 20
Shepard & Norwell, cloth
6 00
Bailey & Co., dustpans
30
Joel Hollis, fresh hay .
3 00
T. H. Libby, wood
5 00
Michael Brandley, wood
5 00
13
Paid T. B. Stoddard, setting glass $1 25
F. W. Morrill & Co., butter 5 44
Goodnow & Wightman, knives and forks 2 00
F. O. Whitmarsh, whitewashing 2 50
Roston Belting Co., hose and couplings .
34 82
N. T. Joy, set of wheels
5 50
Boston Lead Co., repairs on pump ·
5 70
H. B. Whitman, repairs on covered wagon 2 25
Walworth Manuf. Co., fixtures on pump
62
W. Record, hay
9 90
W. Record, apples
4 50
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber ·
7 46
Noah Torrey, medical attendance inmates
14 48
G. C. Hallenbeck, burial of Geo. W. Hall .
15 00
G. C. Hallenbeck, burial of John Bright- man .
15 00
Cash paid hired help
88 50
Braintree school fund, rent of farm 33 months .
58 33
$4,051 90
New furniture bought .
343 25 -- $4,395 15
Cr.
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1885
. $2,023 43
Received from sale of two cows .
105 00
Received from sale of milk
46 79
Received from sale of eggs . .
52 41
Received for kindlings for schools, Town
House and Library
78 75
Received for board of highway horses
55 00
Received for board of teamer
·
60 00
Received for labor and produce
.
76 89
2,498 27
Total cost of poor almshouse
$1,896 88
Less amounts due from town of Holbrook 117 00
4 50
Less amounts due from town of Hingham
121 50
$1,775 38
.
·
on
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INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Age. 58
Days.
George W. Hall
19
George Littlefield
58
366
Thomas Buker
54
366
Tristram Dalton .
74
366
Thomas B. Coffin
79
366
Charles Hayden, 2d
56
366
Sally White
79
366
Mary Ann Littlefield
67
366
Caroline N. Littlefield .
60
366
Maria Barton
62
366
Mary Goodman
46
366
Johanna McMahon
89
298
Jane K. Dyer
49
295
Joseph Gunning
70
224
John Hennesey
26
178
William Callahan
36
178
Elizabeth Penniman
69
178
Frederic Bunker .
37
148
J. Frank Holbrook
49
101
John Brightman
66
57
Maria Kelley
22
116
Charles Hayden .
78
95
John Sommers
87
36
Sarah McCormish
46
13
Mrs. F. S. Riley and child
20
10
327 vagrants
327
Total number of days
5,933
Total number of weeks .
8474
Total cost per week
$2 23
Cr.
Due from Town of Holbrook
$117 00
Due from Town of Hingham
4 50
APPRAISAL AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1885.
One horse .
$250 00
One cow
50 00
Sixty-seven fowl
40 00
One covered wagon
90 00
One express wagon
12 50
One hay wagon .
40 00
One farm wagon
10 00
Two tip carts
70 00
15
One horse sled
$3 00
One sleigh .
10 00
Two snow ploughs
16 00
One harrow
2 50
Two ploughs
7 75
One wheelbarrow
3 50
Three harnesses .
30 00
Manure
24 00
Hay .
63 00
Three ladders
5 00
Hay and manure forks
4 00
Two iron rakes .
1 00
Hay rakes .
1 00
Hay ropes .
1 00
Hoes
25
Iron bar
1 00
Picks and shovels
5 00
Grindstone
4 00
Work bench and tools
1 50
Bush hook
60
Bill hook
50
Robes and blankets
3 00
Steel balances
2 75
Wheel jack and wrench
1 50
Stone tools
1 00
Beetle and wedges
1 25
Towels
5 00
Tablecloths
6 50
Spoons, knives and forks
5 00
Four oil cans and oil .
3 00
Ice chest
2 50
Stoves and range
83 00
Soap, two boxes
11 00
Tobacco
6 45
Five bbls. flour
30 00
One tub
50
Water pails
1 75
Six washtubs
4 50
Baskets, washboards, etc.
3 45
Meal chests and meal .
2 12
Meal bags .
6 00
One half bushel of beans
1 50
Forty bushels of potatoes
28 00
Vegetables
5 00
Two bushels seed peas
6 00
Two and one half bushels grass seed .
4 00
Five tons coal .
27 00
Two hundred pounds salt pork
25 00
16
Ninety-six pounds ham
$12 48
Two pork barrels
2 50
Handcuffs
.00
Iron, stone, tin, and wooden ware
16 00
Crockery and glass ware
15 00
Tables and chairs
53 00
Extension table .
8 00
Brushes, brooms, and dusters
4 00
Three looking-glasses
1 50
Two wire screen doors
: 00
Lamps and lanterns
2 50
One churn .
1 00
Clothes horses
1 00
Clothes wringer
00
Coal-hods .
75
Set of measures
1 50
Butter stamp
75
Two clocks
11 67
Two chests
1 50
Spittoons
6 50
Closet
1 00
Bell
50
Six flatirons
2 00
One desk
3 00
Two rocking chairs
4 00
Chest of drawers
2 50
One carpet
15 00
Two oil-cloths .
6 75
Nine pounds coffee
1 25
One wheel chair .
12 00
One sewing machine .
30 00
Forty-five pounds tea .
16 25
Three hundred and fifty pounds sugar .
20 00
Fifty-four pounds lard
6 75
Three gallons molasses
L 80
One hundred and three pounds butter
28 84
Half-barrel crackers
1 50
Vinegar
1 25
Eggs .
1 00
Preserves, provisions and spices .
12 00
Forty-five pounds salt fish .
1 80
Washing machine
75
Seven wire window screens
1 25
Two tables and one pair clamps
. 25
Sole leather
3 00
Five clothes-lines
. 25
One hundred pounds squashes
, 50
Bed-pan
1 50
17
Rubber blankets
$2 00
Three barrels sweet corn
6 00
One trunk .
50
Twenty chambers
10 00
Seven dustpans
70
One canvas mattress .
2 00
Piece wool carpet
3 00
Wood bedstead .
5 00
Two tables and covers
10 00
Thirty-four barrels
3 40
One sickle
50
One pair hames .
1 25
One bush scythe
85
Three shovels
1 50
One new coal sifter
75
One bench
25
Whiffle-tree and chains
3 25
Two hammers
75
Wood
43 00
Four steel drills .
7 00
Two saw-horses .
60
One sledge hammer
25
Six door-mats
5 00
One water-pot
87
One dining-table
6 00
Hose and carriage
32 00
Ice tongs
75
Pine lumber
3 00
Two hogs .
35 00
Curry-comb and brush
1 00
New rope .
25
Meadow shoes
1 00
One drag
5 00
Two boxes polish
50
One pine table
2 00
One half bushel seed beans
1 25
Twenty-two iron bedsteads .
162 80
Three iron bedsteds
.
15 00
One wood bedstead
2 00
Twenty-eight mattresses
56 00
Twenty-five pairs of blankets
43 75
Sventeen feather beds .
85 00
Thirty-one comforters .
15 50
Three white bedspreads
3 00
Eighty-six sheets
43 00
Sixty-five pillow-cases
16 25
Thirty-five pillows ·
24 25
Two spring balances .
50
2
.
.
18
Eight chairs
$2 00
Scythes and snaths
·
75
Axes and saws .
25
$2,023 43
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Taunton Lunatic Hospital support of Jacob Veasie
$212 50
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of William
Kincaide .
190 67
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Harriet Dyer
201 22
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of John Hen- nesey
142 64
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of William Callahan . 119 44
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Elizabeth Penniman
116 96
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, support of Thomas E. Doyle in Reform School . 22 00
City of Boston, support of Bridget Callahan . 13 19
City of Boston, support of Hanlon Child 14 46
City of Boston, support of Annie Eagan
10 00
City of Boston, burial of George Portlock
10 00 City of Boston, support of Mary Rafferty, at hospital 21 00 City of Boston, support of Michael Tenney at hos- pital 42 00
Town of Quincy, aid to John Sommers
48 06
Town of Quincy, aid to William H. Mulligan 5 12
Town of Pembroke, aid to S. E. Whitmarsh and family
23 50
Town of Randolph, aid to Mrs Sanderson and three children, two years . 148 58
Town of Randolph, aid to Harriet L. Mansfield 25 00
Cash, aid to Harriet L. Mansfield 35 00
F. F. Forsaith, medical attendance to Harriet L. Mansfield 11 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance to Harriet L. Mansfield 1 00
P. H. Holbrook & Co., supplies to Betsy Wild 50 61
T. F. Finnegan, wood to Betsy Wild 4 00
Almshouse, wood to Betsy Wild . 14 00
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies to Elizabeth Saun- ders
51 79
P. D. Holbrook & Co., supplies to Patrick McLaughlin 3 03 · Noah Torrey, medical attendance Patrick McLaugh- lin . 5 00
19
Paid P. C. Holbrook & Co., supplies to Mary A. Night- engale and boy $11 25
H. M. White, supplies to Mary A. Nightengale and boy . 21 00
M. L. Tupper, fuel to Mary A. Nightengale and boy . 12 97
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing for boy
9 55
H. M. White, supplies to Andrew Nightengale 15 00
M. L. Tupper
13 14
H. M. White, supplies to Langley children 24 00
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing to Langley children 6 50
William Bowditch, supplies to T. J. Dalton . 3 00
H. A. Pettingell, supplies to T. J. Dalton 4 00
William Bowditch, supplies to Frank Gorman's children 66 00
H. A. Pettingell, supplies to Frank Gorman's chil- dren 14 00
John Crane, shoes to Frank Gorman's children 3 94
John Taylor, supplies to Frank Gorman's children
24 00
John Taylor, supplies to Terence Starr 2 00
7 69
James Wilson, supplies to Terence Starr
3 75
J. F. Sheppard, fuel to Terence Starr 21 78
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance, Terence Starr 10 00
William Bowditch, supplies to Thomas J. Griffin . 28 00
John Crane, shoes to Thomas J. Griffin 2 85
J. F. Sheppard, fuel to Thomas J. Griffin
3 15
J. F. Sheppard, fuel to Rafferty girls
4 65
J. D. Pierce & Co., medicine, Rafferty girls .
3 20
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance, Rafferty girls .
14 00
William Bowditch, supplies to R. M. Loring
5 00
John Taylor, supplies to R. M. Loring . 6 00
J. F. Sheppard, fuel, R. M. Loring John Crane, boots, R. M. Loring 3 00
7 30
George F. Wilson, supplies to Wm. H. Mulligan . J. F. Sheppard, fuel to William H. Mulligan 3 88
8 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance to William H. Mulligan .
2 67
H. A. Pettingell, supplies to Mrs. Patrick Deviney (charged to State) 2 00
J. F. Sheppard, fuel to Mrs. Patrick Deviney (charged to State) . John Crane, boots, to Willie T. McCormack (to Chelsea) .
1 88
3 00
H. A. Pettingell, socks to Willie T. McCormick
J. M. Arnold, supplies to Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers (Weymouth) . 5 05
37
S. W. Hollis, supplies to Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers. 2 00
John Crane, shoes to Terence Starr
20
Paid J. T. Sheppard, fuel to Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers $9 25
W. A. Hodges, supplies to Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers . 4 13
C. W. Hollis, supplies to Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers . 1 97
T. H. Deering, medical attendance to Mrs. Eliza- beth Jeffers 28 00
- Annie C. Weston, nursing Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers . 6 00
Lydia Peterson, nursing Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers 25 00
Maggie Benoit, nursing Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers
3 35
Annie Benoit, nursing Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers 5 00
Annie Sullivan, nursing Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers 50
Mary J. Levanger, nursing Mrs. Elizabeth Jeffers,
5 60
William Bowditch, supplies to. John ( Weymouth ) 87
Sheehan
James Wilson, supplies to John Sheehan 2 00
L. B. Hollis, supplies to John Sheehan
70
J. F. Sheppard, fuel to John Sheehan 1 81
T. H. Deering, medical attendance, John Sheehan, 6 00
J. F. Sheppard, fueì for Mary Binney (to Wey- mouth)
2 75
Mrs. A. McGaw, supplies to James H. Saunders and wife (to State) . 19 50
William Bowditch, supplies to Morris O'Connor (to State) 2 50
H. M. White, supplies to Rufus E. Mann (to Canton ) · ·
6 00
D. W. Ford, supplies to Henry Ford (to Rock- land) 7 50
G. C. Hallenbeck, care of body of James O'Brien (to South Abington) ·
5 00
Mary Penniman, care of Mary White (to Hol- brook) 11 42
G. C. Hallenbeck, burial of Albert T. Pool . 15 00
Benjamin Stevens, digging grave for Albert T. Pool 3 00
Waldo Holbrook, cash aid .
.
24 00
E. A. Adams, supplies to Jane Smith .
·
40 00
S. F. Newcomb, supplies to Jane Smith 1 00
Miss Margaret Slavin, aid . 10 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance, Frederic S. Riley (charged to town of Hingham) 10 00
Horace Dana, supplies to Frederic S. Riley . 3 00
G. C. Hallenbeck, burial of poor person (refunded) 17 00 T. H. Dearing, medical attendance, Isaac O. Pierce and wife (to Raynhanı) 14 66
Noah Torrey, medical attendance, Isaac O. Pierce and wife . 9 00
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