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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
FEB: 1, 1885, TO FEB. 1, 1886,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, No. 24 FRANKLIN ST. 1886.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
FEB. 1, 1885, TO FEB. 1, 1886,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON : ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, No. 24 FRANKLIN ST. 1886.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1885.
Town Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES.
Treasurer. DAVID H. BATES.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor, and Highway Surveyors. ANSEL O. CLARK. J. MURRAY KNIGHT. J. FRANKLIN BATES.
School Committee.
SAMUEL A. BATES, 1888. LAWRENCE H. H. JOHNSON, 1888.
T. HAVEN DEARING, 1887. ALBERT E. AVERY, 1887.
MRS. ANNA M. BROOKS, 1886. GEORGE H. ARNOLD, 1886.
Collector of Taxes. JOSEPH DYER.
Constables.
HORACE FAXON. GILMAN D. WHITTAKER.
JOHN KELLEY, JR.
THOMAS FALLON. GEORGE W. WENTWORTH. ALBERT HOBART.
Auditors.
GEORGE D. WILLIS. JOHN M. BEALS. ALVERDO MASON.
Engineers of Fire Department.
THOMAS SOUTH, Chief. J. W. DORITY, Clerk. M. A. PERKINS.
Registrars of Voters.
A. S. MORRISON, 1888. EDWARD AVERY, 1887. F. A. HOBART, 1886.
Fence Viewers.
EDWARD HOBART. JOHN W. DORITY. ABIJAH ALLEN.
Superintendent of Schools. JOHN F. CLARKE.
REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and Highway Surveyors.
IN accordance with the usual custom, the following report is respectfully submitted, showing the appropriations and expendi- tures for the year ending Jan. 31, 1886 : -
At the annual town meeting, the following sums were raised and appropriated : -
For support of schools . $8,200 00
Incidentals for schools 300 00
Incidentals for schoolhouses
300 00
Text-books and supplies
.
800 00
Superintendent of schools
· 1,200 00
Grading Union schoolhouse yard . ·
200 00
Grading Pond schoolhouse yard . 100 00 .
Grading East schoolhouse yard, etc. 150 00
Grading Iron Works schoolhouse yard, etc.
100 00
Ceneral repairs on highways . 2,000 00
Repair and construction of stone roads
. 3,000 00
Interest on town debt . . 2,000 00
Town officers
. 2,000 00
Poor in almshouse
. 2,500 00
Poor out of almshouse
. 1,500 00
Fire Department
. 2,200 00
Removal of snow
300 00
Incidental expenses
1,200 00
Public Library
650 00
Janitor
600 00
Improvement of town lands .
·
200 00
Grand Army of the Republic
. 150 00
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Bounty to C. L. Holbrook and Edward Huff . $250 00
Delivering books from Public Library . ·
100 00
Widening Elm Street . .
900 00
Printing ancient records
330 00
Reduction of town debt . . 1,000 00
- -- $32,230 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
Building Pleasant Street
$200 00
Road machine
.
200 00
Text-books and supplies
·
150 00
Extra for schools
50 00
Shingling Southeast schoolhouse .
75 00
$675 00
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid C. E. Stetson, teaching 8 weeks, at $35 per week .
$280 00
C. E. Stetson, teaching 32 weeks, at $30 per week . 960 00
Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 20 weeks, at $11.25 per week . 225 00
Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 12 weeks, 153 75
Lydia C. Nye, teaching 8 weeks, at $11.25 per week 90 00
E. P. Hayward, teaching music 45 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, for coal . 68 25
Charles Thayer, for kindlings 60
M. Williams, for kindlings .
3 60
$1,826 20
POND SCHOOL.
Paid H. E. Wentworth, teaching 40 weeks, at $15 per week · S. Ella Torrey, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week 320 00
$600 00
Elizabeth M. Thompson, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week 320 00
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 19$ weeks, at $7 per week . 138 60
.
5
Paid Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 20 weeks at $8 per week $160 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, for coal . 84 00
M. L. Tupper, for coal 18 75
Paul De Lang, cleaning clock
50
Charles Thayer, for kindlings 80
M. Williams, for kindlings . 10 20
$1,652 85
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Wellington Record, teaching 20 weeks, at $15 per week
$300 00
Charles W. Bean, teaching 20 weeks, at $15 per week
300 00 .
Ida W. Beal, teaching 8 weeks, at $8 per week .
64 00
Sara H. Carter, teaching 20 weeks, at $8 per week
160 00
Sarah L. Hadley, teaching 32 weeks, at $8 per week
256 00
Abbie A. Mills, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 per week
320 00
Susan O. Lane, teaching 20 weeks, at $8 per week 160 00
George E. Jones, care of house 25 10
Edwin F. Walkins, care of house . 90 35
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 90 80
E. P. Hayward, tuning piano
1 50
$1,767 75
IRON WORKS SCHOOL.
Paid Alverdo Mason, teaching 20 weeks, at $15 .
$300 00
J. Edward Pickering, teaching 20 weeks, at $15 300 00
Inez A. Penniman, teaching 8 weeks, at $8 . 64 00
Avis A.Thayer, teaching 40 weeks, at $8, 320 00 Adelaide A. Scott, teaching 32 weeks, at $8 256 00
6
Paid William B. Morse, Jr., care of house . $28 00
Mrs. L. B. Morse, cleaning house . 11 70
William Orr, care of house . ·
70 00
J. F. Sheppard, coal
83 50
J. Donaldson, sawing wood . 3 75
M. Williams, kindlings 7 801
$1,444 75
EAST SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde, teaching 39$ week
at $114
$447 75
Nellie L. Burt, teaching 31 weeks, at $8, 248 00
Rachella R. Kempton, teaching 9 weeks, at $8
72 00
Jesse Burrell, care of house .
54 75
Jesse Burrell, sawing wood .
3 30
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
21 00
M. Williams, kindlings
5 40
$852 20
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 40 weeks, at $8
. $320 00
S. Lizzie Tenney, care of house ·
4 50
Mary E. Tenney, care of house 3 00 ·
Louisa D. Tenney, care of house .
3 00
George T. Fallon, care of house .
1 88
Henry F. Bruso, care of house
3 28
Arthur Getchel, care of house
1 88
J. F. Sheppard, coal
15 75
M. L. Tupper, coal ·
6 25
M. Williams, kindlings
5 40
$365 04
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL.
Paid Margaret G. King, teaching 40 weeks, at $6 . $240 00
Martha Penniman, care of house 17 45
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal ·
15 75
M. Williams, kindlings .
4 80
. $278 00
7
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Paid Helen A. Record, teaching 40 weeks, at $6
$240 00
Ada F. Thayer, care of house 9 00 .
Hiram A. Hayden, “ ‹‹ 6 00 . .
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal .
10 50
M. L. Tupper, coal
. 6 25
$271 75
WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Susan O. Lane, teaching 193 weeks, at $6 . $117 60
Lucy E. Keith, teaching 20 weeks, at $6, 120 00
Elisha Savill, care of house 15 00
J. T. Sheppard & Sons, coal .
15 75
M. Williams, kindlings
9 60
$277 95
MIDDLE STREET SCHOOL.
Paid Mary L. Crowe, teaching 40 weeks, at $8, $320 00
Orrin W. Hollis, care of house .
15 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 10 50
M. Williams, kindlings
3 60
$349 10
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Paid John F. Clarke, services as superinten-
dent 9 months .
$900 00
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Paid John Taylor, water pail, Iron Works . $0 50 Paul De Lang, cleaning clock, South- west 1 50
Paul De Lang, cleaning clock, Middle Street 1 50
Paul De Lang, cleaning clock, Iron Works
1 25
8
Paid Paul De Lang, cleaning clock, Union . $1 00 E. H. Frary, cleaning clocks, Iron Works 1 00
Albert F. Hall, engrossing diplomas, High 2 50
H. A. Pettengill, supplies, East 4 76
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, High ·
37 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and supplies . .
12 55
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Union 26 60
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Pond 19 85
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, West 3 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Southwest 3 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, South 3 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Southeast 3 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Middle Street 2 50
J. I. Bates, repairs on stoves and pipes, East 17 20
G. B. Bates, repairs on stoves and pipes, Iron Works 54 53
Mrs. E. Savill, cleaning house, West 4 00
H. B. Vinton, removing chairs, Union . 25
C. H. Hobart, supplies, Pond
27
C. H. Hobart, supplies, Southeast
37
C. H. Hobart, supplies, South
47
C. H. Hobart, supplies, High 2 67
J. M. Arnold, supplies, Union 3 14
H. Dana, supplies, Middle Street . 3 50
Botton Journal Co., advertising 6 00
E. Savill, supplies, West 1 60
G. B. Rates, repairs on stoves and pipes, Iron Works 4 83
9
Paid S. W. Pratt, repairs on stoves and pipes, Iron Works $2 06
Hollis & Weeks, supplies, Union . 75
Hollis & Weeks, supplies, West . . 42
$233 57
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLHOUSES.
Paid Charles Thayer, cash paid for repairs on lock, High School $1 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on pump, Pond . 1 50 Luke Mulligan, cleaning vault, Iron Works 2 50
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting Union . 18 25
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting Southwest . 1 00
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting West . 1 00
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting Middle Street 1 25
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting Iron Works 4 10
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting East . 1 62
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting Southeast . 1 38
J. H. Macandrew, setting glass and painting South 1 00
William Orr, setting glass, Iron Works, 5 00
Andrew Dyer, grading yard, Southeast, 5 25 L. A. Dyer, grading yard, Southeast . 2 25
I. F. Vinton, 18 loads of gravel, South- east 1 08
Andrew Dyer, grading yard, South 1 75
L. A. Dyer, grading yard, South . 75
J. T. Clark, cash paid for repairs, Mid- dle Street co
. 18
B. J. Loring, Jr., labor and stock, Iron Works 15 30
William May, cleaning vault, Union .
3 50
10
Paid Mary Viger, cleaning house, East $12 00
Thomas Penniman, repairs on Pond 6 50
Thomas Penniman, repairs on South 4 50
Thomas Penniman, repairs on South-
east 5 18
Thomas Penniman, repairs on Middle Street 4 87
Thomas Penniman, repairs on West 2 25
Thomas Penniman, repairs on South- west 1 25
Thomas Penniman, repairs on High 4 10
Henry Gardner, tables for schools 38 43
Moses Hunt, cleaning vault, Pond
4 00
C. C. Webster, labor and stock, Union,
20 62
C. C. Webster, labor and stock, Middle Street 14 12
T. B. Stoddard, labor and stock, Pond, 25 03
T. B. Stoddard, labor and stock, High, 9 00
Hayward Brothers, labor and stock, East 11 72
A. K. Bates, repairs, Iron Works 3 25
H. M. White, door knob, Pond 20
J. T. Clark, cash paid for glass, South- east ·25
J. M. Arnold, hooks and screws, Union, 3 51
97 87
C. W. Hobart, labor and stock, Union, Martha Penniman, setting glass, South- east
1 55
T. B. Stoddard, setting glass, Pond 1 60
$347 46
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation .
$950 00
Paid Knight, Adams & Co., supplies, etc. $180 78
William Ware & Co., supplies 100 64
Harper Brothers, supplies 66 25
C. W. Whiting, supplies
239 89
E. P. Allen, supplies 3 57
Thomas Todd
18 75
George Frost & Co. ·
16 00
11
Paid Porter & Coates . $47 18
J. L. Hammett .
38 20
Boston School Supply Company 40 41
Clark & Maynard · 22 50
Iveson; Blakeman, Taylor & Co. . 16 50
Thompson, Brown & Co.
31 34
Ginn & Co. . 22 04
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co. .
18 40
Cowperthwaite & Co. . 21 40
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn 26 00
F. M. Ambrose . 50 97
D. Appleton & Co. 19 76
Harrison & Hume
3 75
George F. King
6 67
C. W. Clarke 12 00
Prang Educational Company
12 80
C. B. Woodsum, expressing . 13 10
J. T. Clarke, horse hire
1 00
Thomas B. Vinton, expressing
3 75
J. T. Clarke, cash paid expressing .
50
$1,034 15
GRADING YARD UNION SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation · $200 00 Paid Andrew Dyer, 7 days, self and team, $3.50 $24 50
T. F. Finnegan, 5 days, self, at $2.00 .
10 00
T. F. Finnegan, 7 days, team, at $1.50 10 50
J. E. Finnegan, 5 days, self and team, $3.00 15 00
James Maher, 8g days, at $1.75 . 14 88
George E. Arnold, 9} days, at $1.50
14 25
Francis H. Thayer, 5 days, at $1.50
7 50
Michael O'Brien, 1 day, at $1.75 . 1 75
John McGlincy, 2 days, at $1.50 3 00
John Maher, 6 days, at $1.50 9 00
Thomas Finnegan, 4 days, at $1.75 .
7 00
William Spear, 1 day, at $1.50 . 1 50
Michael Bentley, 1 day, at $1.50 . .
1 50
12
Paid Thayer Academy, 115 loads of gravel,
$19 16 163c. · B. L. Morrison, 35 loads of gravel, 12c. 4 20
N. E. Hollis, 177 loads of gravel, 10c. 17 70 To widening Elm Street, 66 loads of gravel, 10c. . 6 60
Josiah F. Holbrook, 62 days, at $1.75, 11 37
To highway teams, 6 days, at $3.00 18 00
Edward Hobart, posts 4 90
$202 31
GRADING YARD POND SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation
$100 00
Paid T. F. Finnegan, 3 days, self, and team, $3.50
$10 50
J. E. Finnegan, 1 day, self and team 3 00
J. E. Finnegan, 13 days, self
2 25
Andrew Dyer, 3 days, self and team
10 50
Andrew Dyer, 248 loads of gravel, 10c.,
24 80
Lawrence A. Dyer, 1 day, at $1.50
1 50
Francis H. Thayer, ¿ day, at $1.50
75
John McGlincy, 3 days, at $1.50.
4 50
John Maher, 3 days, at $1.50
4 50
George E. Arnold, 3 days, at $1.50
4 50
James Maher, 3 days, at $1.75 .
5 25
Josiah F. Holbrook, 3 days, at $1.75 5 25
Thomas Finnegan, 3 days, at $1.75 5 25
Highway teams, 3 days, at $3.00 .
9 00
$91 55
GRADING YARD EAST DISTRICT.
Appropriation ·
$150 00
Paid William H. Spear, 12 days, at $1.50 $2 25
Peter Lowson, 1 day 1 50
F. H. Thayer, 1} days, at $1.50 .
2 25
Thomas Arthur, 1} days, at $1.75
2 62
James Donaldson, 12 days, at $1.50 2 25
John Doherty, 1} days 2 25
13
Paid Heirs of Caleb Stetson, 10 loads of
gravel, at 12c. . $1 20
Highway teams, 1} days, at $3.00 .
4 50
Hayward Brothers, building fence · 50 00
William Allen, building wall
80 00
$148 82
REPAIRS ON IRON WORKS SCHOOLHOUSE.
Appropriation .
.
$100 00
Paid Benjamin J. Loring, Jr., laying floor $95 00
$95 00
ALMSHOUSE.
Dr.
Appropriation . . $2,500 00
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1885 . $2,023 43
Paid Morrill Williams, superintendent 350 00
Morrill Williams, cash paid for sundries, 45 10
R. H. White & Co., dry goods 9 50
John F. Nickerson & Co., groceries ·
77 43
B. S. Snow, fish .
4 00
Houghton & Dutton, spoons
2 36
Edward Hobart, wood . 68 25
O. M. Rogers, tinware and repairs 16 81
C. I. Craibe, pigs
20 00
Keeler & Co., window curtains and chairs 55 49
Howard W. Spurr & Co., groceries 73 72
Hired help in house 118 50 ·
F. W. Morrell & Co., butter
51 97
T. H. Libby, hay, $28.35 ; pigs, $8.00 36 35
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 233 54
J. F. Sheppard & Son, ice 11 85
Hovey & Co., garden seeds . 45
Henry Gardner, lumber and fixing wringer · 6 85
W. A. Torrey, medicine 14 20 .
Summer & Thayer, hay and grain 31 83 · George Sumner, hay and grain $97 70
Ambler & Hobart, grain 156 40
14
Paid F. O. Whitmarsh, whitewashing . $13 75
A. S. Kane & Co., dry goods 17 11
E. F. E. Thayer, standing grass 22 00
W. H. Cobb, garden seeds . 1 59
Braintree Clothing Store, clothing, boots and shoes 69 97
P. J. Starr, fish
8 46
A. Tracy, fish
4 30
W. A. Hodges, bread and crackers
53 45
John Rennie, hay
17 00
C. H. Hobart, groceries
81 59
H. M. White, groceries
104 37
J. M. Arnold, groceries
70 85
Hollis & Weeks, groceries ·
34 94
Bradford & Mansfield, groceries -. 9 69
Rodolphus Porter, meat
90 06
J. Sampson, meat 52 58
Jordan, Marsh & Co., cotton cloth 6 52
Carpenter, Woodward & Morton, shellac, 5 75
C. G. Anderson, repairs on wagon 16 00
Edward Shay, blacksmith work 14 90
Ford & McCormick, burial of John Robinson . 10 00
H. B. Whitman, repairs on harness 2 00
E. F. E. Thayer, standing wood 5 25
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on
John Robinson . 7 00 ·
Noah Torrey, medical attendance inmates
on
7 50
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on
Sarah Davidson 1 50
S. W. Pratt, plumbing .
48
C. B. Woodsum, expressing . 11 65
$4,246 99
Cr.
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1886
$2,067 61
To"board of highway teams 280 50
To building drag 1 50
To kindlings for schools and Town House 60 60
To labor and produce sold .
94 45
·
$2,504 66
15
Total cost of poor in almshouse .
. $17,42 33
Less amounts due from State .
·
$107 18
Less amounts due from Holbrook
.
.
200 78
$1,541 55
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
DAYS.
George Littlefield
59
365
Thomas Buker
55
365
Tristram Dalton .
75
365
Thomas B. Coffin
80
365
Joseph Gunning .
70
82
Charles Hayden .
79
365
Charles Hayden, 2d
57
365
John Sommers
88
365
Frederic Bunker .
38
64
John Hennesey ·
27
365
William Callahan
37
365
Johanna McMahan
90
365
Sally White
80
365
Mary A. Littlefield
68
365
Caroline N. Littlefield .
61
365
Maria Barton
63
90
Mary Goodman
47
365
Elizabeth Penniman
70
365
Jane K. Dyer
51
87
Margaret Slavin .
75
365
John Robinson
38
251
Sarah McCornish
47
90
Sarah Davidson
20
16
245 vagrants
245
22 prisoners
22
Total number of days
6,787
Total number of weeks
9694
Total cost per week .
$1.79
Due from State for John Robinson
$101 57
Due from State for Sarah Davidson
5 61
Due from Town of Holbrook for Sally White
93 60
$200 78
.
.
93 60
·
.
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APPRAISAL AT ALMHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1886.
1 horse
$250 00
Stone tools $1 00
1 cow .
50 00
Beetle and wedges . 1 00
3 pigs 15 00
1 covered wagon
90 00
1 pair hames .
1 25
1 express wagon
12 00
1 hay wagon .
40 00
1 farm wagon 10 00
2 tip carts
70 00
1 horse sled
3 00
1 sleigh
8 00
1 bench 25
1 harrow
2 50
Coal sifter 50
Curry-comb and
brush, etc. 1 00
New rope 1 25
Meadow shoes 1 00
1 drag . 5 00
Ice tongs .
75
8 cords of manure 48 00
Hay and straw
10 00
3 ladders .
5 00
9 hay and manure forks
4 00
2 iron rakes
75
5 hay rakes
75
Hay ropes
1 00
4 hoes .
1 00
Iron bar
1 00
Tablecloths 6 50
3 picks and six
Spoons, knives, and
shovels .
5 00
forks 5 00
Grindstone
4 00
4 oil cans and oil 3 00
Ice chest 2 50
tools 4 00
4 stoves and range .
80 00
Bush hook
60
Soap
5 44
Bill hook .
50
Tobacco and snuff .
2 75
Robes and blank-
Tobacco cutter 75
ets
3 00
64 barrels flour
37 50
Steel balances
2 75
1 tub 50
Wheel-jack and
6 water pails . 1 75
wrench .
1 50
6 wash tubs
3 50
1 sickle 50
1 whiffletree and 6 chains 2 75
4 steel drills 7 00
2 saw-horses 50
2 snow ploughs 14 00
2 ploughs . 7 00
1 wheelbarrow 3 00
3 harnesses
24 00
71 fowl
53 00
Hose and carriage . 28 00
4 scythes and snaths 1 75
5 axes and 5 saws . 5 00,
10} cords of wood . 52 50
Standing wood . . 22 50
5 cords of wood cut and split 40 00
Towels 5 00
Work bench and
1 bush scythe 85
17
4 baskets and 4
1 chest of drawers . $2 50
wash-boards . .
$3 45
1 woollen carpet .
10 00
Mcal chest and meal, 1 00
24 meal bags . . 6 00
2 bushels of beans, . 4 00
65 bushel of potatoes, 55 25
Vegetables .
6 00
5 pounds coffee
78
1} bushel seed peas,
4 50
14 bushel grass seed,
2 50
150 pounds sugar 10 50
4} tons coal . 26 00
65 pound lards .
7 15
250 pounds pork
25 00
1 boiler
2 00
10 gallons molasses and barrel . 3 50
32 pounds butter 8 80
Crackers 50
Hand-cuffs
1 00
Vinegar 50
Eggs. .
60
Iron, stone, tin and wooden ware .
16 00
Preserves, provisions,
Crockery and glass-
and spices . 12 00
ware
15 00
Salt fish
60
Extension table . 8 00
Washing machine 75
22 wire window
2 brushes, 12 brooms and 2 dusters . 4 00
screens . 8 50
3 looking-glasses . 1 50
2 tables, and 1 pair clamps . 1 00
Sole leather
75
6 clothes lines 1 25
100 pounds squash . 1 50
Bed pan 1 50
Rubber blanket
1 00
Coal hods . 50
Sweet corn
7 00
Set of measures
1 50
1 trunk
50
Butter stamp
75
20 chambers .
10 00
2 clocks 11 67
7 dust-pans
50
2 chests
1 50
1 canvas mattress
2 00
8 spittoons
5 00
Piece wool carpet 3 00
Closet 1 00
1 wooden bedstead . 5 00
Bell
50
1 wooden bedstead . 2 00
7 flat irons 2 00
2 tables and covers . 8 00
1 desk
5 00
36 barrels. 4 50
2 rocking chairs
3 50
6 door mats
4 00
2 .
Oilcloth carpet and mat . 6 75
1 wheel chair 10 00
1 sewing machine 25 00
13 pounds tea 6 50
104 pounds ham . 12 00
2 pork barrels 2 00
2 wire screen doors, 1
Lamps and lan-
terns 2 50
1 churn 1 00
Clothes horses 1 00
Clothes wringer 4 00
*
18
1 water pot
$0 87
35 pillows
$24 25
1 dining table
6 00
2 spring balances
50
1 pine table
2 00
3 crutches
75
22 iron bedstead .
162 80
1 air pillow
2 25
3 iron beadsteads
15 00
Window curtains
43 75
28 mattresses
50 00
24 chairs
24 00
29 pairs blankets
48 50
32 chairs
16 00
17 feather beds
85 00
12 chairs .
9 00
31 comforters
15 50
10 tables
15 00
3 white bed-spreads
3 00
1 new dining table .
3 00
96 sheets .
48 00
65 pillow-cases .
13 00
$2,067 61
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation
. $1,500 00
Paid Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Jacob Veasie . .
$217 10
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of
Harriet Dyer . · ·
186 71
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of William Kincaide
186 97
State Treasurer, support of T. E. Doyle at Reform School
6 86
$597 64
Andrew Nightengale.
Paid M. L. Tupper, fuel
$14 95
H. M. White, groceries
·
1 98
C. H. Hobart
.50
18 43
Edward H. Mellus.
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal
$17 00
17 00
Mrs. Nightengale.
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal
$19 50
C. H. Hobart, groceries .
8 38
H. M. White, groceries
12 00
39 88
19
Nightengale Boy. Paid Braintree Clothing Store, clothing $13 00
$13 00
Susanna and Betsy Wild.
Paid C. H. Hobart, groceries
$60 87
Sumner & Thayer, wood
14 00
Andrew Dyer, wood
4 50
T. F. Finnegan, wood
12 25
Lewis Belcher, wood .
6 75
James E. Hobart, sawing wood
3 75
102 12
Elizabeth Saunders.
Paid C. H. Hobart, groceries
$52 20
Noah Torrey, medical attendance
1 50
A. R. Dickenson, medicine .
10
54 80
Langley Boy.
Paid Braintree Clothing Store, clothing
$9 50
9 50
Edward Huff and Family.
Paid Noah Torrey, medical attendance $10 00
W. A. Torrey, medicine
95
10 95
R. M. Loring.
Paid J. F. Sheppard, coal .
$5 65
John Taylor, groceries
15 00
20 65
Mary Rafferty.
Paid cash aid
$4 00
4 00
Thomas J. Dalton.
Paid H. A. Pettengill, groceries .
$12 00
Horace Dana, groceries
4 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
3 65
Jolin Crane, shoes .
4 75
James Wilson, groceries
2 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance
3 00
29 40
20
Gorman Children.
Paid H. A. Pettengill, groceries .
$102 00
John Crane, shoes 9 05
John Taylor, groceries 2 00
$113 05
Terence Starr.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
$14 35
H. A. Pettengill, groceries . .
2 00
John Crane, shoes
·
9 75
James Wilson, groceries
8 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance
5 51
39 61
George C. Buker.
Paid H. A. Pettengill, groceries .
$21 50
John Crane, shoes ·
2 85
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
10 95
G. A. Bowditch, meat
2 65
James Wilson, groceries
3 50
D. J. Pierce, medicine
3 20
44 65
Thomas J. Griffin.
Paid H. A. Pettengill, groceries . $8 80
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
.
7 30
James Wilson, groceries
4 00
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance .
2 67
22 77
Jumes Miller.
Paid H. A. Pettengill, groceries .
$1 82
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 3 40
5 22
Charles E. Goodnow.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
$3 75
H. A. Pettengill, groceries . .
6 00
R. A. Gage, wood .
3 75
13 50
21
Joseph. Gunning. Paid H. A. Pettengill, groceries . $2 50
$2 50
William H. Mulligan.
Paid J. F. Sheppard, coal .
$3 65
George F. Wilson, groceries . 16 13
Town of Quincy, aid .
14 36
34 14
Harriet I. Mansfield.
Paid town of Randolph, aid
$79 00
79 00
Mrs. Saunderson and Family.
Paid town of Randolph, aid $108 62
108 62
Samuel E. Whitmarsh.
Paid town of Pembroke, aid
$66 70
66 70
Leonardo Morales.
Paid town of Weymouth, aid
$15 04
15 04
Paid City of Boston, aid to Annie Eagan · City of Boston, aid to Hanlon Child ·
$9 50
14 71
City of Boston, aid to Catherine Feeney, 1 68
City of Boston, aid to Mary Rafferty .
4 00
City of Boston, aid to Laben Joy 18 75
48 64
Albert T. Pool.
Paid A. L. Chace, medical attendance .
$3 00
Paid city of Cambridge, aid to McKinley boy,
$10 00
10 00
Miss E. Nason. Paid Benj. F. Smith, medicine . $31 20
3 00
31 20
22
Harrington Child. Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance $1 34
$1 34
Jane K. Dyer. Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $0 25
25
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS AND CITIES.
Mrs. A. L. Cole and Family (charged to Brockton). Paid Henry M. White, groceries $104 00 M. L. Tupper, coal 36 00
140 00
William R. Lynch and Family (charged to Brockton).
Paid H. M. White, groceries
$24 00
C. H. Hobart, shoes 1 50
Noah Torrey, medical attendance
3 50
29 00
Mrs. E. Burke and Daughter (charged to Foxboro').
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $13 40
Noah Torrey, medical attendance 17 50
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance 2 67
J. M. Arnold, groceries
14 00
A. R. Dickenson, medicine .
1 50
49 07
John Robinson (charged to State).
Paid Margaret Deviney, aid $12 00
F. F. Forsaith, medical attendance
2 00
David J. Pierce, medicine 85 .
14 85
Sarah Davidson (charged to State). Paid G. W. Tinkham, medical attendance $2 00
D. J. Pierce, medicine . · 75
James B. Ford, conveyance to alms- house 50
4 25
23
Lizzie Decost (charged to State). Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance $6 00
$6 00
Levi A. Bates (charged to Hingham).
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel $14 50
14 50
Lydia Peterson (charged to Provincetown).
Paid J. F. Sheppard, fuel $21 50
21 50
Morris O' Connor (charged to State).
Paid John Taylor, groceries $7 00
John Crane, shoes 3 10
H. A. Pettengill, groceries . 2 00
12 10
Willie T. McCormick (charged to Chelsea) .
Paid J. M. Arnold, supplies
$2 00
H. A. Pettengill, supplies 40
John Kelley, transportation to Chelsea .
4 59
699 00
Henry Ford (charged to Rockland) .
Paid Daniel W. Ford, aid . $67 50
67 50
Maurice Gurney (charged to Harvard) .
Paid James Wilson, groceries · $2 50
J. F. Sheppard, coal . . 5 30
John Crane, shoes 2 50
T. H. Dearing, medical attendance 2 00
12 30
Jean Buptiste Benjamin (charged to State) .
Paid G. C. Hallenbeck, burial of $10 00
10 00
Lawrence Leavett (charged to Randolph).
Paid John Taylor, groceries .
$2 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, fuel 2 00 .
4 00
24
Henry J. Willey (charged to Quincy) .
Paid James Wilson, groceries $4 00
$4 00.
John Sheehan (to Weymouth).
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance $1 34
1 34
Old Mrs. Shethan (to Weymouth).
Paid T. H. Dearing, medical attendance $0 67
67
Ida M. Hoyt (charged to Cambridge).
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