Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1884-1885, Part 1

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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


14


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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