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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
FEB. 1, 1886, TO FEB. 1, 1887.
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON: ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1887.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
FEB. 1, 1886, TO FEB. 1, 1887.
4 TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
BOSTON:
ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 24 FRANKLIN STREET. 1887.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1886.
Town Clerk. SAMUEL A. BATES.
Treasurer. DAVID H. BATES.
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor, and Highway Surveyors. J. MURRAY KNIGHT. J. FRANKLIN BATES. HENRY A. MONK.
School. Committee.
SAMUEL A. BATES, 1888. LAWRENCE H. H. JOHNSON, 1888.
* T. HAVEN DEARING, 1887. ALBERT E. AVERY, 1887.
MRS. ANNE M. BROOKS, 1889. WILLIE H. SHAW, 1889.
JOHN REED, 1887.
Collector of Taxes. CHARLES THAYER.
Constables.
GILMAN D. WHITTAKER.
ALBERT HOBART.
HORACE FAXON.
JOSHUA M. BUNKER.
THOMAS CLINTON.
EDWIN L. CURTIS.
JOHN W. W. ROWELL.
EDGAR HAYDEN.
JOHN KELLY, 2D.
Auditors.
GEORGE D. WILLIS.
JOHN M. BEALS.
ALVERDO MASON.
Engineers of Fire Department. MARCUS A. PERKINS, Chief. JOHN H. MACANDREW, Clerk. FRANK O. WHITMARSH.
Registrars of Voters. EDWARD AVERY, 1887. F. A. HOBART, 1889. A. S. MORRISON, 1888.
Fence Viewers.
EDWARD HOBART.
ALBERT E. AVERY. FREEMAN G. CROSBY.
Superintendent of Schools. * J. T. CLARKE. CHARLES L. HUNT.
* Resigned.
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, 1887.
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
500 00
Text-books and supplies
800 00
Superintendent of schools
1,200 00
Repairs on highways . .
3,000 00
Construction of stone roads
3,000 00 ,
Poor in almshouse 2,500 00
Poor out of almshouse
1,500 00
Removal of snow
1,000 00
Fire Department
2,000 00
Public Library
700 00
Grand Army of the Republic
150 00
Town lands
150 00
Fertilizers for town lands
50 00
Repairs on Town Hall
300 00
Interest on town debt
1,500 00
Town officers
2,000 00
Incidental expenses
1,500 00
New road from Liberty and Commercial to Elliott Streets 2,500 00
Building Elmwood Park
250 00
Building Walnut Avenue
500 00
Janitor of Town Hall .
600 00
Allen Street sidewalk
300 00
Improvement of Plain Street Cemetery, 300 00
$35,000 00
.
.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
For new road from Liberty and Commer-
cial to Elliott Street . $1,000 00
Bridges carried away by the flood ..
5,500 00
Union Street drain 500 00
Reservoir on Hobart Street ·
125 00
Damage by flood 4,000 00 .
Carrying books to east part of town 100 00
Committee on water supply
500 00
- $11,725 00
SCHOOLS.
Appropriation for schools .
$8,400 00
HIGH SCHOOL.
Paid Charles E. Stetson, teaching 40 weeks, at $30
. $1,200 00
Carrie M. Bassett, teaching 40 weeks, at$12.655. 506 25
E. P. Hayward, teaching music 31 00
E. P. Hayward, tuning piano 2 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 51 00
Paid Morrill Williams, kindlings
9 00
$1,799 25
POND SCHOOL.
Paid H. E. Wentworth, teaching 40 weeks, at $15
$600 00
E. M. Thompson, teaching 40 weeks, at $8
320 00
S. Ella Torrey, teaching 40 weeks, at $8
320 00
Sarah L. Arnold, teaching 40 weeks,
at $8
320 00
Joel F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
86 70
Morrill Williams, kindlings
8 40
Mrs. A. L. Cole, cleaning house
1 50
Paul F. DeLang, cleaning clock
1 00
$1,657 60
5
UNION SCHOOL.
Paid Charles W. Bean, teaching 20 weeks,
at $15
$300 00
Herbert E. Walker, teaching 20 weeks, at $15
300 00
Susan O. Lane, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 320 00 Abbie A. Mills, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 320 00
Sarah L. Hadley, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 320 00
Edwin F. Watkins, care of house 9 weeks, at $3 . ·
27 00
Edwin F. Watkins, cleaning house .
1 25
John H. Macandrew, care of house
64 00
C. G. Batson, care of house, 8 weeks, at $4
32 00
Simon DeYoung, care of house, 1 week, at $3 ·
3 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 86 70
R. Allen Gage, wood
5 00
Mrs. P. Donahue, cleaning house
17 40
Mrs. John Hollingshead, cleaning house .
1 00
Thomas Penniman, labor
65
$1,798 00
IRON WORKS SCHOOL.
Paid J. Edward Pickering, teaching 27 weeks, at $15
$405 00
195 00
J. S. Manter, teaching 13 weeks, at $15 Avis A. Thayer, teaching 40 weeks, at $8 .
320 00
A. A. Scott, teaching 40 weeks, @@$8
320 00
William Orr, care of house .
64 00
William Orr, cleaning house
25 00
William Orr, kindlings
60
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
86 70
R. Allen Gage, shavings
90
Morrill Williams, kindlings
8 40
.
$1,425 60
6
EAST SCHOOL.
Paid Victoria P. Wilde teaching 40 weeks, at $11.25 $450 00
Rachella R. Kempton, teaching 20
weeks, at $8 . .
160 00
Jennie G. Carmichael, teaching 20
weeks, at $7 . 140 00
Jessie Burrell, care of house 37 25
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 30 60
Morrill Williams, kindlings
7 20
$825 05
SOUTH SCHOOL.
Paid M. E. C. Bannon, teaching 40 weeks,
at $8
$320 00
Henry F. Bruso, care of house 15 00
Henry F. Bruso, cutting wood 1 00
Joel F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
20 40
Morrill Williams, kindling .
3 60
$360 00
SOUTHWEST SCHOOL.
Paid Helen A. Record, teaching 20 weeks, at $6
$120 00
Isaline R. Hayden, teaching 20 weeks, at $6 120 00
Hiram A. Hayden, care of house . 9 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 15 30
M. L. Tupper
5 75
Morrill Williams, kindlings . · 1 80
$271 85
WEST SCHOOL.
Paid Mabel L. Bates, teaching 20 weeks, at $6
$120 00
Lucy E. Keith, teaching 20 weeks, at $6 120 00
Elisha Savill, care of house ·
15 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 15 30 ·
Morrill Williams, kindlings . . 6 00 .
$276 30
7
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL.
Paid Margaret G. King, teaching 40 weeks,
at $6
$240 00
Martha A. Penniman, care of house 15 00
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 15 30
Morrill Williams, kindlings .
3 60
$273 90
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 5 10
Morrill Williams, kindlings . 3 00
Orrin W Hollis, kiudlings
1 00
Horace Dana, kindlings
25
.
$344 35
Total expended
$9,031 90
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
Paid J. T. Clarke, for 62 months, at $100 · $675 00
C. L. Hunt, for 5 months, at $100. ·
500 00
1,175 00
Unexpended
$25 00
SUMMARY OF SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation
$8,400 00
Dog tax
539 80
State tax
197 34
Braintree school fund .
250 00
Total
$9,387 14
Total expenditures
.
9,031 90
Unexpeided ·
$359 24
.
.
.
.
. $1,200 00
.
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INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLS.
Appropriation
$300 00
Paid O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, High $52 15
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Union 45 87
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Pond 47 40
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, West 3 75
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Southwest 1 75
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, South . 37 00
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Southeast ·
19 25
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and pipes, Middle Street 14 50
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and
pipes, Iron Works 15
O M. Rogers, repairs on stoves and supplies . 6 95
C. H. Hobart, supplies, Southeast 1 24
C. H. Hobart, supplies, Pond 3 93
C. H. Hobart, supplies, Union 1 12
C. H. Hobart, supplies, High 1 22
C. H. Hobart, supplies, Middle Street 3 35
C. H. Hobart, supplies, South 1 16
C. H. Hobart, thermometer . 20
H. A. Pettingill, supplies, Iron Works 3 20
W. A. Torrey, supplies 5 39
G. B. Bates, repairs on stoves and pipes, Iron Works 68 39
Paul F. DeLang, cleaning clock, High 1 00
Paul F. DeLang, cleaning clock, South- west 1 25
Amount carried forward $320 22
9
Amount brought forward $320 22 Paid J. T. Clarke, cash paid for supplies, Middle Street . 4 75
J. T. Clarke, cash paid for supplies, High 13 97
J. T. Clarke, cash paid for shelves and hooks for cases 1 00
G. D. Whittaker, services as truant officer 3 25
Lewis J. Bird & Co., bookcases 50 00
Henry Gardner, repairing chairs 2 25
M. Wells Bridge, for truant school 10 00
S. W. Pratt, supplies . 4 07
J. I. Bates, repairs on stoves 11 55
Horace Dana, supplies 40
Charles Thayer, services as truant officer, 5 35
J. M. Arnold, supplies, Union 3 43 .
Hollis & Weeks, supplies 3 84
D. H. B. Thayer, horse hire . 9 50
E. P. Hayward, tuning piano, Union 1 50
Elisha Savill, supplies .
25
G. C. Hollenbeck, table, labor, and ma- terial, Middle Street 12 75
W. H. Cobb, wire netting, Pond .
·
1 85
$459 93
Exceeds appropriation
$159 93
INCIDENTALS FOR SCHOOLHOUSES.
Appropriation
$500 00
Paid J. B. Rhines, lumber . $14 06
B. J. Loring, stock and labor, Iron Works 7 95
William Orr, setting glass, Iron Works, 2 80
J. T. Clarke, cash paid for cleaning, Union 2 00
J. T. Clarke, cash paid for cleaning, South 50
Amount carried forward $27 31
10
Amount brought forward
$27 31
Paid John H. Macandrew, setting glass,
Union 4 05
John H. Macandrew, labor and stock, Union 20 72
John Malvena, cleaning vault 3 00
Asa T. Pratt, labor and stock, Iron Works 16 90
Thomas B. Stoddard, labor and stock, High 156 42
Jessie Burrell, cleaning, East school . 1 10
11 00
Mrs. Viger, cleaning house, East school . Hayward Brothers, repairs, East school, 10 69 F. O. Whitmarsh. labor and material, East 4 45
F. O. Whitmarsh, labor and material, Iron Works 5 75
F. O Whitmarsh, labor and material, Southeast 6 25
F. O. Whitmarsh, labor and material, Union 5 63
F. O. Whitmarsh, labor and material, West
3 13
F. O. Whitmarsh, labor and material Southwest 3 13
M. L. Tupper, labor and stock, High . 21 72
M. L. Tupper, labor and stock, Pond . 23 82
R. Allen Gage, cleaning vault and yard, Union 5 00
Horace Dana, cleaning vault, Middle 1 25
Thomas B. Stoddard, stock and labor, Pond 11 31
Thomas B. Stoddard, setting glass, South . 50
Thomas B. Stoddard, West . 1 25
Thomas B. Stoddard, Union 2 50
Thomas B. Stoddard, paint and painting, Middle 62
Amount carried forward . $348 50
11
Amount brought forward $348 50
Paid Thomas B. Stoddard, painting signs 3 00
Josiah Penniman, painting and setting glass, Union 4 50
Josiah Penniman, labor and stock,
West
3 43
Josiah Penniman, labor and stock,
Pond 6 00
Martha A. Penniman, labor and clean-
ing, Southeast . ·
4 25
Robert Brooks, setting glass, East 50
Mary Remington, cleaning house,
Middle 1 00
Charles. W. Hobart, labor and stock,
Union
1 39
Thomas Penniman, stock and labor, Southeast 78 28
450 85
Unexpended
$49 15
TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Appropriation
$800 00
Paid Knight, Adams & Co., supplies $59 02 ·
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies 28 34 .
Ginn & Co., supplies .
·
46 99
George F. King & Merrill, supplies .
54 31
Prang Educational Co., supplies .
12 80
D. Appleton & Co., supplies
18 51
Cowperthwaite & Co., supplies
27 10
Van Antwerp, Bragg & Co., supplies
23 52
Charles H. Whiting, supplies
160 79
John H. Pray, Sons & Co., supplies 60 33
Clark, Maynard & Co., supplies ·
20 75
Harper Brothers, supplies 47 60 .
Willard Small, supplies 27 20
Carl Schoenhof, supplies .
11 06
Boston School Supply Co., supplies ·
27 22
Holder Book Cover Co., supplies . ·
19 15
Amount carried forward $644 69
12
Amount brought forward
$644 69
Paid Thomas Todel, supplies
21 00
Albert F. Hall, supplies
2 50
J. L. Hammett, supplies
36 79
Adams & Ingraham, supplies
21 06
William Ware & Co., supplies
35 84
F. M. Ambrose, supplies
6 50
Portor & Coates, supplies
16 05
Harrison & Hume, supplies .
3 75
J. Marcus Arnold, supplies . Eagle Pencil Co., supplies
38 85
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., supplies
5 30
C. L. Hunt .
1 25
Interstate Publishing Co.
3 50
J. T. Clarke, cash expenses and supplies
3 00
Green & Prescott, printing .
5 75
Silver, Rogers & Co., clock .
4 75
Vinton & Son, expressing
5 25
C. B. Woodsum, expressing
22 65
,
Credit by cash
38
Total cost
$878 36 ·
Exceeds appropriation
$78 36
POOR IN ALMSHOUSE.
Dr.
Appropriation
. $2,500 00
Appraisal, Feb. 1, 1886 . $2,067 61
Paid Morrill Williams, superintendent 350 00
Morrill Williams, cash paid for sundries 17 02
Hired help in house 153 00
F. W. Morrill, butter .
83 06
John F. Nickerson & Co., groceries
151 93
Timothy Gay & Co., groceries 64 69
H. M. White, groceries 62 30
C. H. Hobart, groceries
70 26
Amount carried forward . $3,019 87
26
$878 74
13
Amount brought forward . $3,019 87
Paid Horace Dana, groceries
44 78
J. Marcus Arnold, groceries .
59 55
Hollis & Weeks, groceries .
37 04
H. A. Pettingill, one pair gloves R. Porter, meat and provisions
50
42 36
Josephus Sampson, meat
29 67
A. S. Kane & Co., dry goods 19 29
George Sumner, hay and grain
22 99
Ambler & Hobart, hay and grain . 218 56 Braintree Clothing Store, shoes and clothing 63 22
W. A. Hodges, bread and crackers 41 49
J. F. Sheppard & Son, coal .
264 54
J. F. Sheppard & Son, ice .
12 94
T. H. Libby, hay
57 58
T. H. Libby, labor and materials .
12 30
John Rennie, hay and labor. 18 60
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber . 17 95
Pinkham & Willis, furniture 28 50
A. Tracy, fish 4 10
Burr & Tyler, butter
9 24
Jordan, Marsh & Co., bedding
7 30
Peter W. Dyer, three pigs and killing hogs 10 50
Bradford & Mansfield, groceries . 5 74
J. M. Allen, ploughing
6 50
O. M. Rogers, repairs on stove
4 85
F. O. Whitmarsh, cementing cellar
25 60
R. G. Chase & Co., trees
6 00
Albert W. Whitmarsh, painting . 11 00
George S. Baker estate, paint, glass, and putty 10 89
F. M. Gilman, steam cooker 7 45
N. H. Hunt, wood 4 00
Edward Hobart, wood . .
8 75
Joseph Dyer, wood
6 00
Henry Gardner, repairs on pumps and pipes
11 75
Amount carried forward · . $4,151 40
14
Amount brought forward · . $4,151 40 Paid F. O. Wellington, repairs on pumps and
pipes 70
Walworth Manufacturing Co., steam pipe 3 10
E. B. Badger & Son, copper boiler 31 16
H. B. Whitman, cushions and leather 5 10
Edward Shay, blacksmith work 10 10
C. B. Woodsum, expressing 15 75
A. L. Hobart, conveying paupers 3 25
G. C. Hollenbeck, burial of Mary A. Littlefield 15 00
G. C. Hollenbeck, burial of Jane Dyer, 15 00
G. C. Hollenbeck, burial of Samuel Chamberlain 15 00
Ford & McCormick, burial of Thomas B. Coffin . 15 00
Ford & McCormick, burial of Thomas Buker
15 00
Noah Torrey, medical attendance on inmates 16 00
W. A. Torrey, medicine 12 45
A. R. Dickinson, medicine . ·
2 35
D. J. Pierce & Co., medicine 7 00
Louis H. Vaupel, meat
12 00
$4,345 36
Cr.
Appraisal Feb. 1, 1887 . $2,103 42
To board of highway horses 133 50 ·
To kindlings for schools and Town House 60 00
To labor and produce sold .
138 09
$2,435 01
Total cost of poor in almshouse
$1,910 35 .
Less amounts due from Holbrook
·
$117 00
Less amounts due from C. Hanson .
9 00
126 00
$1,784 35
Less than appropriation . $715 65
15
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
AGE.
DAYS.
George Littlefield
61
365
Tristram Dalton
77
365
Charles Hayden, 1st
81
365
Charles Hayden, 2d
59
365
John Somers
91
365
John Hennesey
29
365
Elizabeth O. Penniman
49
865
Sarah McCormish
49
193
Jane K. Dyer .
52
131
Elizabeth Saunders .
87
312
Stillman H. Leavitt .
8
247
Ezra Dyer
69
251
Emily H. Hanson
35
126
Edward French
75
20
Thomas Buker
57
101
Thomas B. Coffin
81
39
William Callahan
38
106
Margaret Slavin
76
250
Mary A. Littlefield
69
7
Minnie Pollard
4
3
Mattie Pollard
13
3
Samuel M. Chamberlain
59
11
194 vagrants
194
5 prisoners
5
Total number of days
· 5,619
Total number of weeks
807
Total cost per week per inmate .
$2 21+
Due from Holbrook, for Sally White .
$117 00
Due from Christian Han-on for board of wife
9 00
$126 00
.
92
365
Sally White
.
82
365
Johanna McMahon
77
365
Mary Goodman
.
.
·
16
APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
.
1 horse .
$225 00
Am't brought forward, $651 35
1 cow
50 00
Stone tools 75
3 pigs .
25 00
Beetle and wedges . 50
1 covered wagon 75 00
1 express wagon
10 00
4 grub hoes 2 75
1 hay wagon .
40 00
Manure 48 00
1 farm wagon
10 00
Hen manure . 2 00
2 tip carts .
70 00
3 harnesses 18 00
1 wheel jack and
Whiffletree, 5 chains
2 25
wrench
1 50
Currycomb, brushes
50
1 horse sled
3 00
Meadow shoes 1 00
1 sleigh
7 00
Grindstone 4 00
2 ploughs .
6 00
Work bench and
1 harrow
2 25
tools . 4 00
1 drag .
4 00
Three ladders
5 00
1 wheelbarrow
2 50
Rubber hose and car-
riage 20 00
42 hens
31 50
Steel balances 2 75
Hay and straw
55 00
Robes and blankets . 2 50
5 hay rakes
75
Coal sifter
40
Hay ropes
75
Ice chest
2 50
Rope .
1 25
Ice tongs ·
50
2 iron rakes
50
Standing wood
3 00
Hoes
. 50
12 cords wood
65 00
1 iron bar .
1 00
2 stoves and range .
66 50
Forks
3 00
2 sets range lining . 1 50
3 picks 5 00
1 boiler
2 00
1 bush hook
50
1 bill hook
35
2 scythes and three
en ware 16 00
snaths
1 25
Scraps .
3 25
1 bush scythe
75
Crockery and glass
1 sickle
50
ware 15 00
4 axes and 4 saws 4 00
Lamps and lantern . 2 50
2 saw-horses . 50
Extension table . 8 00
Am't carried forward, $966 00
Am't carried forward, $651 35
1 steam cooker . . Iron, stone, and wood-
7 50
2 snow ploughs
12 00
4 steel drills 7 00
17
Am't brought forward, $966 00
Am't brought forward, $1,293 68
Vegetables 23 25
Beans
2 00
Seed peas .
3 00
1 pine table
2 00
Grass seed
1 50
10 toilet tables 15 00
24 gals. molasses and
barrel 9 00
Sugar . 12 00
24 chairs
24 00
Butter
20
40 chairs
12 80
Butter stamp . 75
12 chairs
8 00
Crackers
50
6 rocking chairs
8 00
Salt fish
1 20
1 wheel chair . 10 00
Spices, preserves and
Tablecloths
6 50
provisions 12 00
Towels
5 00
Eggs
1 00
Scalding tub
50
Cranberries 1 50
5 wash tubs
2 25
Vinegar
50
15 water pails
3 00
15 tons coal
75 00
Clothes horses 1 00
Coal hods .
50
Clothes wringer 4 00
Molasses barrel and
6 clothes lines
1 25
faucet 1 00
7 flatirons
2 00
42 barrels . 4 20
Set of measures . 1 50
Washing machine
75
2 bushel baskets 80
Bell 50
boards
3 45
Churn
.00
230 lbs. squash .
5 00
1 chest of drawers 2 50
Sweet corn
10 00
Meal chest and meal
1 00
1 trunk
50
Grain .
1 00
Sole leather
75
23 meal-bags
5 75
Crutches
75
Supplies
3 00
9} bbls. flour .
57 00
7 dust pans
0 25
6 lbs. coffee
1 14
8 spittoons
5 00
34 lbs. tea
14 62
Bed pan 1 50
335 lbs. salt pork
53 50
Rubber blanket 1 00
132 lbs. ham .
14 32
20 chambers
10 00
110 lbs. lard .
12 10
Brushes, brooms, etc. 4 00
Am't carried forward, $1,293 68
Am't carried forward, $1,482 33
Dining table . 6 00
Dining table . 3 00
2 tables and covers . 7 00
Office table and chairs 18 00
1 desk . 5 00
Watering pot
75
4 baskets and 4 wash-
2 chests 1 50
1 closet 1 00
2
18
Am't brought forward, $1,482 33
Knives and forks 5 00
4 oil cans and oil
5 00
Soap
6 00
Tobacco and snuff
7 00
35 pillows 24 25
Tobacco cutter
3 00
Handcuffs
1 00
Straw matting
5 00
29 pairs blankets 46 00
Woollen carpet
7 50
35 comforters
25 00
Woollen carpet
2 00
Oilcloth and mat
6 00
6 door mats
3 00
Window curtains 39 37
3 looking glasses
1 50
Sewing machine 25 00
Two wooden bed-
steads . 6 75
22 iron bedsteads
162 80
3 iron bedsteads
15 00
2 clocks
11 67
2 spring balances 50
Am't carried forward, $1,730 55 Total $2,103 42
POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation
. $1,500 00
Paid Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support
of Jacob Veasie $213 49
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of Harriet Dyer . .
72 53
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, support of
William Kincaide
178 75 ·
$464 77
Susanna and Betsy Wild.
Paid Martin Curtis, sawing wood $11 00
James E. Hobart, sawing wood 1 25
Lewis S. Belcher, wood 38 25
C. H. Hobart, supplies . 79 20
Amount carried forward $129 70
Am't brought forward, $1,730 55 28 mattresses 47 50
1 canvas mattress 1 75
17 feather beds 85 00
65 pillow cases 13 00
90 sheets 45 00
3 white bedspreads . 2 50
Air pillow 2 00
24 wire window . screens 8 50
2 wire screen doors . 1 50
New lumber 4 00
19
Amount brought forward $129 70
Paid Noah Torrey, medical attendance 3 00
W. A. Torrey, medicine 65
George B. Jones, digging grave for Su- sanna Wild 3 00
G. C. Hollenbeck, burial of Susanna Wild 15 00
$151 35
Thomas J. Dalton.
Paid Horace Dana, supplies
$7 50
Lewis J. Hart, shoes
1 25
Joel F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
7 18
H. A. Pettingell, supplies
2 39
John Crane, shoes
1 25
$19 57
Mrs. Nightingale.
Paid M. L. Tapper, coal $19 50
C. H. Hobart, supplies
28 18
Braintree Clothing Store, shoes
1 00
A. S. Kane & Co., clothing . 5 00
H. M. White, supplies
2 00
Elmer E. Dyer, wood .
1 50
Bradford & Mansfield, supplies
2 00
Mrs. Sanderson and Family.
Paid Town of Randolph, for aid .
$159 52
Daniel Leahy, for coal . 8 00
Noah Torry, medical attendance
1 00
Elizabeth Nason.
Paid Benjamin F. Smith, medicine
$12 60
D. J. Pierce & Co., medicine
27 38
J. C. Fraser, medical attendance .
63 00
Terrance Starr's Family.
Paid Lewis J. Hart, shoes .
$3 75
John Taylor, supplies . 2 00
Amount carried forward - .
$5 75
$59 18
$168 52
$102 98
20
Amount brought forward $5 75
Paid T. Haven Dearing, medical attendance . 6 00
John Crane, shoes
2 90
$14 65
Mrs. J. Hobart.
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
$9 53
H. A. Pettingell, supplies .
11 73
$21 26
Gorman Children.
Paid H. A. Pettingell, supplies
$108 00
John Crane, shoes
1 65
Lewis J. Hart, shoes
8 75
$118 40
Robert Tipping.
Paid City of Taunton, aid .
$1 96
$1 96
Bridget Riley's Child.
Paid Braintree Clothing Store, clothing $3 79
Mrs. J. D. Burrill, clothing 5 00
$8 79
Edward Huff.
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine
$4 22
Noah Torrey, medical attendance 7 00
$11 22
Mrs. Eva M. Leavitt.
Paid Benjamin Stevens, digging grave
$3 00
G. C. Hollenbeck, burial .
15 00
$18 00
. Leavitt Children.
Paid Braintree Clothing Store, shoes $3 75
Bradford &. Mansfield, supplies 5 00
H. M. White, supplies 48 00
Dr. W. M. Babbitt, medical attendance 18 76
A. S. Kane & Co., clothing 10 69 $86 20
21
Edward M. French. Paid S. C. Bridghan, medical attendance $12 67
$12 67
Mrs. E. Saunders.
Paid C. H. Hobart, supplies $8 00
$8 00
Saunders Boy.
Paid A. O. Clark, cash for boy . $1 00
$1 00
Lorenzo Goodwin.
Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$30 64
$30 64
Samuel'M. Chamberlain.
Paid Monroe Belcher, care and nursing $27 00
W. A. Torrey, medicine 1 15
$28 15
Samuel E. Whitmarsh.
Paid town of Pembroke $161 42
$161 42
Mrs. William Fogg.
Paid City of Lynn, aid
$4 00
$4 00
Gardner Leavitt.
Paid T. Haven Dearing, medical attendance $4 00
$4 00
George C. Buker.
Paid Noah Torrey, medical attendance $2 50
$2 50
C. E. Goodnow.
Paid H. A. Pettingell, supplies .
$2 50
Joel F. Sheppard & Sons, coal 3 53
$6 03
Thomas J. Griffin.
Paid Joel F. Sheppard & Sons, coal
$24 69
D. J. Pierce & Co., medicine 6 86
W. A. Torrey, medicine
.
1 70
Amount carried forward $33 25
22
Amount brought forward $33 25
Paid T. Haven Dearing, medical attendance 4 00 Noah Torrey, medical attendance 3 00
$40 25
Stillman Leavitt.
Paid Town of Quincy, aid .
$18 57
$18 57
Patrick Moran.
Paid Town of Quincy, aid
$13 00
$13 00
Harriet L. Mansfield.
Paid A. L. Chase, medical attendance $24 00
Town of Randolph, aid 55 00
$79 00
A. Nightingale.
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal
$14 98
Braintree Clothing Store, shoes 2 75
H. M. White, supplies
8 00
$25 73
Nightingale Boy.
Braintree Clothing Store, shoes .
$11 10
$11 10
POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS.
Mrs. A. L. Cole and Family (charged to Brockton).
Paid M. L. Tupper, coal $8 30
H. M. White, supplies . 104 00
$112 30
William R. Lynch and Family (charged to Brockton).
Paid H. M. White, supplies
$12 00
Bradford & Mansfield, supplies .
6 00
C. H. Hobart, supplies
5 00
$23 00
Sarah Sproul (charged to City of Newton).
Paid cash for aid
$60 00 .
M. L. Tupper, coal ·
7 75
Ambler & Hobart, wood
3 50
.
$71 25
23
Clara Parker (charged to State). Paid G. D. Whittaker, removing to State Almshouse $7 00
$7 00
Morris Gurney (charged to Howard).
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal $3 53
$3 53
James F. Foley (charged to City of Boston) .
Paid J. F. Sheppard & Sons, coal $15 03
John Crane, shoes 3 10
H. A. Pettingell, supplies
4 00
$20 43
Mrs. Pendergrast (charged to Holbrook) .
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $0 25
$0 25
H. J. Willey (charged to Quincy) .
Paid James Wilson, supplies
$10 00
$10 00
Leander Tupper (charged to State).
Paid Simon Vincent, nursing
$12 50
Ford & McCormick, burial
10 00
$22 50
Mrs. Devinney (charged to State).
Paid T. Haven Dearing, medical attendance $10 00
H. A. Pettingell, supplies
3 00
$13 00
R. H. Moses (charged to State) .
Paid Charles Custance, wood $2 25
T. Haven Dearing, medical attendance
6 00
$8 25
Mrs. George Dunbar (charged to Weymouth).
Paid H. A. Pettingell, supplies .
$3 00
$3 00
Old Mrs. Sheehan (charged to Weymouth). Paid T. Haven Dearing, medical attendance, $6 00 $6 00
24
George S. Cheney (charged to Boston) . Paid Ford & McCormick, burial $10 00
Thomas J. McCormick, care 5 00
$15 00
Mrs. Burke (charged to Foxborough).
Paid W. A. Torrey, medicine $5 70
$5 70
Paid J. M. Knight, cash expenses
$60 50
H. A. Monk, cash expenses 16 26
J. F. Bates .
16 00
Aid to poor persons
25 75
$118 51
Whole amount paid out for poor out of almshouse . $2,132 63
Cr.
Due from city of Brockton for Mrs. A. L. Cole, $112 30 From city of Brockton for William R.
Lynch 23 00
From town of Harvard for Morris Gurney, 3 53
From town of Quincy for H. J. Willey . 10 00
From City of Newton for Sarah Sprowl 71 25
From State for Clara Parker
7 00
From State for Leander Tupper
22 50
From State for Mrs. Devinney
13 00
From State for R. H. Moses
8 25
From city of Boston for James F. Foley
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