Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1885-1886, Part 1

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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


4


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


1


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


·


.


16


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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