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1859
THE TUFTS LIBRARY 3 1648 00240 7319
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,
CONTAINING A
Schedule of the Receipts and Expenditures,
THE
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
THE
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND
STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK,
FOR THE
Year ending March 12th, 1860.
PRINTED FOR THE TOWN, BY HAYDEN & RANDALL, 23 CORNHILL, BOSTON. 1860.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
THE Selectmen of Weymouth for the year ending March 12, 1860, submit the following Report : -
During the year, a new street has been laid out, from North to Neck Street, and accepted by the town ; and, in pursuance of a vote of the town, it has been worked by George W. Pratt, the overseer of the Almshouse.
A continuation of Foye's Avenue has been laid out and accepted by the town, and worked also by Mr. Pratt, the overseer of the Almshouse.
A continuation of Neck Street around Weymouth Great Hill to the water, has been accepted by the town, and no order for work- ing it having been made by the town, no work has been done upon it.
A new road has been laid out from Columbian Street, near the house of Moses Orcutt, to Randolph Street, near the house of Ed- win Thomas, and accepted by the town. And, by a vote of the town, referring the working of the same to the Selectmen, we au- thorized Mr. Jason Holbrook, a highway surveyor of the town, to commence work, and a portion of the road has been worked.
A widening and straightening of Pleasant Street, near, and north of the Sixth District School House, has been made, and a portion of the same has been worked.
A widening of Front Street, near the house of Dr. Fifield, has been agreed upon, and the working of the same remains to be done, and when done, will be a great convenience. The Liquor Agency has been conducted by Mr. A. S. White, as heretofore, in a satisfactory manner,
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 12, 1860.
RECEIPTS OF THE TREASURER, From March 14, 1859, to March 12, 1860.
$24,045 54
Received Town, County, and State taxes, .
· 291 06
State School Fund,
162 00
from State, to refund money paid Weymouth Band,
161 60
for use of Town Hall,
35
" one map,
391 00
tax on dogs,
6 00
from School District No. 1, for assessing taxes,
4 50
2,
66
66
.
66 66
9 00
66
9,
6 00
5,
27 00
Prudential Committee, Dist. No. 1,
.
25,110 05
SCHOOLS.
The town grant for the support of Common Schools was
252 00
The income of the Alewive Fund was
291 06
The town's portion of the State School Fund was
$6,543 06
The town appropriated for the High School in the North Parish,
$1,100 00
The town appropriated for the High School in the South Parish,
700 00
Whole amount for Schools,
$8,343 06
66
6 00
4,
$6,000 00
5
The town voted to divide one-fourth of the Common School money equally among the districts, and the remaining threc-fourths according to the number of children in each district, between the ages of five and fifteen years.
Whole amount for Schools, including the High School, when divided by the number of children between five and fifteen years of age, was, to each, $5 61
Dist. No. 1 had 140 children, and its share was
$610 75
2 54 66
3
264
66
66
66
1,019 90
4
113
5
130
66
66
577 75
6
111 66
66
66
66
515 00
7
134
653 60
8
153
66
66
937 40
9
239
66
10
86
66
66
432 56
11
63
$6,543 06
The accounts of the Districts at the close of the schools for the past year, stands as follows, viz. : -
DISTRICT No. 1 .- LOWELL Q. SPEAR, Prudential Committee.
$54 72
Balance due, March 14, 1859,
610 75
Paid into the town treasury by Prudential Com.,
27 00
$692 47
Paid J. Frances Vining, teacher,
$304 00
A. E. Vining,
199 72
Sarah E. Loud,
108 00
L. B. Vining,
80 75
$692 47
DISTRICT No. 2 .- STEPHEN BATES, Prudential Committee. Balance due, March 14, 1859, 331 55
Appropriation for 1859-60, . · · 327 00
$658 55
66
327 00
.6
521 60
66
590 90
66
356 60
Appropriation for 1859-60, .
6
Paid Stephen Bates, fuel, $20 12
Eliza French, teacher, 259 50
Joseph Loud & Co., coal, 23 50
The expense of the school not yet closed, 75 00
Balance due the District,
280 43
$658 55
DISTRICT No. 3 .- JAMES LOVELL, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 14, 1859,
$588 27
Appropriation for 1859-60,
1,019 90
$1,608 17
Paid James Lovell, fuel, &c., $100 75
Susan J. F. Pratt, teacher, .
315 20
· Mary C. Cowing,
233 20
Maria L. Bates, 66
212 00
Marianna Bates, 66
73 50
Sarah E. Loud,
106 00
James Lovell, fires, &c.,
20 00
Balance due the District,
547 52
.-- - $1,608 17
DISTRICT No. 4 .- MARTIN K. PRATT, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 14, 1859,. .
$90 SS
Appropriation for 1859-60, . - 521 60
$612 48
Paid A. M. Webster, teacher, $236 00
Lizzie W. Johnson, “
156 00
L. Jennie Blood,
18 00
Mary Proctor,
84 00
Balance due the District,
118 48
$612 48
DISTRICT No. 5 .- FRANCIS S. TORREY, Prudential Committee. Balance due March 14, 1859, $253 29
Appropriation for 1859-60,
577 75
$331 04
Paid Harriet M. Vining, teacher, $249 60
Elizabeth T. Torrey,
20 00
Francis S. Torrey, fuel and fires, . ·
42 10
Balance due the District, . 299 34
- $831 04
7
DISTRICT No. 6 .- GEORGE REED, Prudential Committee. Appropriation for 1859-60,
$515 00
Paid W. F. Sampson, teacher,
$236 25
Elizabeth White, “
150 00
George Reed, fuel,
34 67
Chester D. Pratt 2d, teacher,
94 08
$515 00
C. D. Pratt 2d, from Pratt fund. 70 42
DISTRICT No. 7 .- JAMES P. TERRY, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 14, 1859, $112 54
Appropriation for 1859-60,
590 90
$703 44 1
Paid Henry F. Woodman, teacher,
$396 00
Ezra Reed, fuel, .
32 37
M. T. Blanchard, teacher,
70 00
Lucy E. Hunt,
180 00
James P. Terry, fuel, .
8 50
Balance due the District;
16 57
$703 44
DISTRICT No. 8 .- JOSEPH CURTIS, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 14, 1859,
$31 76
Appropriation for 1859-00,
653 60
$685 36
Paid Lydia A. Paddock, teacher, .
$204 00
Isaac L. Blanchard, fuel,
5 50
Joseph Dyer, carting, .
1 05
H. A. Fuller, teacher,
100 00
Joseph Curtis, fuel,
38 25
Susan M. Torrey, teacher,
214 00
Jonathan French,
108 00
Balance due the District,
14 56
$685 36
DISTRICT No. 9 .- ROSCIUS R. WALKER, Prudential Committee. Balance due March 14, 1859, $2 05
Appropriation for 1859-60,
937 40
$939 45
8
Paid T. C. Pratt, teacher, $58 33
Sarah A. White, teacher,
178 00
Mary T. Clapp,
260 00
Anna E. Wright,
178 00
Maria V. Boardman,“
246 00
Balance due the District, .
19 12
$939 45
DISTRICT No. 10 .- JACOB N. BATES, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 14, 1859, $55 95
Appropriation for 1859-60,
432 56
)
$488 51
Paid M. Augusta Fay, teacher,
$196 40
J. N. Bates, fuel,
6 75
Joseph Loud & Co., coal,
22 00
Lydia A. Tirrell, teacher,
111 00
Ursula K. Fletcher, “
136 50
C. P. Joy, fires, &c., ·
8 00
Balance due the District, ' .
7 86
$488 51
DISTRICT No. 11 .- QUINCY POOL, Prudential Committee.
Balance due March 14, 1859,
$95 18
Appropriation for 1859-60,
356 60
$451 78
Paid Sarah B. Thompson, teacher,
$110 00
Quincy Pool, fuel,
16 75
Horace Choate, teacher,
210 00
Balance due the District, .
115 03
.
$451 78
HIGH SCHOOL. - NORTH PARISH.
Appropriation for 1859-60 .
$1,100 00
Paid William K. Fletcher, teacher,
$1000 00
incidentals, 5 71
Rebecca V. Humphrey, teacher,
288 40
Bicknell & White, repairs, 26 51
2d School Dist. for use of school-room,
100 00
C. W. Mellen, incidentals, . ·
6 96
$1,427 58
Deduct amount overdrawn by vote of town, .
327 58
- $1,100 00
9
HIGH SCHOOL - SOUTH PARISH.
Appropriation for 1859-60,
Paid J. P. Terry, for desks,
$135 35
66
fuel,
6 15
60
66 incidental expenses, 1 37
66 repairs, &c.,
22 62
incidentals,
6 76
60
66 fires, &c., .
20 21
Elbridge Torrey, teacher, 600 00
Universalist Society, use of vestry,
64 50
Loud & Reed, blackboards, .
5 18
A. W. Stetson, coal,
26 00
John Canney, carting school furniture, 5 50
$893 64
Deduct amount overdrawn,
193 64
$700 00
SUMMARY OF EXPENSE OF SCHOOLS.
Balance due Districts at the close of last year, $1,616 19 Appropriation for 1859-60, 8,343 06
$9,959 25
Expense of District Schools this year, $6,767 34
Balance due the Districts at the close of the schools,
1,418 91
Expense of the High Schools,
2,321 22
$10,507 47
Deduct amount overdrawn by High Schools,
521 22
$9,986 25
Deduct amount paid into treasury by Pru- dential Committee, $27 00
$9,959 25
HIGHWAYS, TOWN WAYS, AND BRIDGES.
The town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for the repairs of highways, &c., to be expended under the direction of a board of surveyors, $3,000 00
Additional amount expended by surveyors, . 126 44
$3,126 44
2
$700 00
10
For Widening and Building Roads.
Paid Josiah B. Spear, for work on Pleasant Street, $112 50
Geo. W. Shaw, removing rocks on do., 82 00
George W. Pratt, extending Foye's Ave- nue to Broad Street, 67 00
Geo. W. Pratt, building new road from
North to Neck Street, . 67 75
Jason Holbrook, work on new street from Columbia to Randolph Streets, 121 00
$450 25
Expense of removing Snow.
Paid N. Shaw, .
$7 27
Jason Holbrook, .
16 00
James Lovell,
11 06
Asa B. Wales,
6 38
Charles Humphrey,
15 48
Loring Tirrell,
2 67
$58 86
Land to widen and straighten Streets.
Paid G. W. Huntress interest on land damage,
$1 50
widow Susan Tirrell, for land to widen Middle Street,
10 00
Abram Bates do.,
4 00
Moses Orcutt, for land on street from Columbia to Randolph Streets,
23 00
Mrs. Stowell do.,
3 00
Nathaniel B. Derby do.,
10 00
Edwin Thomas do.,
15 00
Willard G. Torrey, for land at Foye's Avenue, 10 00
Heirs of Warren Weston do., 150 00
Chester D. Pratt, land on Pleasant St.,
7 00
Josiah M. Pratt do., 5 00
John McGill do .. . 20 00
11
Ezra Reed, for land on street from Col- umbia to Randolph Streets, . 10 00
John Q. Hollis do., 17 66
$286 16
Paid highway surveyors, to refund money money paid for oxen, carts, ploughs, &c. $258 50 $285 50
Summary of Expense on Roads.
Paid highway surveyors,
$3,126 44
land to widen and straighten sts., . 286 16
removing snow, .
58 86
highway surveyors, to refund money paid
for oxen, carts, &c.,
258 50
for widening and building roads,
450 25
$4,180 21
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES OF THE TOWN HOUSE.
Paid Joseph Loud & Co., for coal, $13 00
R. E. & C. Loud, granular fuel, . 2 25
Francis Tirrell, care of house, 28 75
Wm. G. Nash, oil, &c.,
31 09
$75 09
DAMAGE ON HIGHWAYS.
Paid Geo. Bassett, for damage on Main Street
to horse and carriage, . $25 00
Wm. F. Thayer, for damage on West St. to carriage, .
13 00
$38 00
OLD BILLS.
Paid Eliphalet Loud, for removing snow, $1 30
Loring Tirrell do.,
2 00
Loring Pratt, for work on Pine Street, .
50
Charles Humphrey, balance of highway
tax, District No 2, 1857, ·
81 85
Lovell Bicknell, for opening drain, :
5 00
$90 65
12
EXPENSE FOR THE SERVICES OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen.
Noah Vining, Jr., for services and expenses, $57 25
Z. L. Bicknell, “ 66
51 62
Ebenezer H. Richards,“
66 52 00
$160 87
Assessors.
Noah Vining, Jr., for services and expenses,
$97 00
Samuel Reed,
94 00
Samuel Burrell, 66 6
111 00
$302 00
Overseers of the Poor.
Samuel Curtis, for services and expenses, $80 67
Lemuel Torrey, "
60
17 00
James Tirrell,
66 66
18 50
$116 17
Treasurer.
Gilman Burrell, for services and expenses, .
$58 00
$58 00
Clerk.
J. Austin Rogers, for services and expenses,
$26 89
$26 89
Constables.
Francis H. Tilden, for services and expenses,
$5 70
Wm. Stoddard,
24 10
Jacob N. Bates, 6
66
15 80
$45 60
School Committee.
James P. Terry, for services and expenses, .
$147 75
E. S. Potter,
66 66
114 50
C. W. Mellen, 66 66
127 36
$389 61
Collector.
Cotton Bates, for collecting taxes,
.
$240 46 $240 46
$1,339 60
.
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60
13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid Cotton Bates, uncurrent money, $4 50
Wm. White, printing, . 172 81
Blossom & Easterbrook do., . 1 00
Wright & Potter do., .
10 69
James Humphrey, costs on suit Ninth
School District, . 75 00
Z. L. Bicknell, preparing schedules, 10 00
Noah Vining, Jr., assessor's books, 11 75
" distributing schedules, 3 50
66
66 6 Laws and
Resolves,
3 50
Cotton Bates, distributing Schedules and Laws and Resolves, 10 00
J. P.Terry, school-books for introduction, 54 79
C. W. Mellen, 66 20 00
Henry Loud,
66 25 60
6 stationery, 3 56
selling school-books, 20 00
J. Austin Rogers,“ 66 2 38 ·
Wm. G. Nash, " 3 75
Amos S. White, “ 66 10 79
66
66 books furnished by order
of School Committee, . 3 67
J. P Terrey, do.,
5 31
N. Vining, Jr., cash paid Loud's express, Weym'th Band, to be refunded by State,
162 00
Atherton Pratt, refreshments to Hing- ham Engine Co., at fire at Town Farm, 11 54
Atherton Pratt, do., do., at burning of A. Humphrey's store, . 33 70
M. L. Cushing, taking engine from Town Farm to Hingham, 3 00
Cotton Bates, discount on taxes, . 595 79
remittances, 328 18
State Treasurer, State tax, . 942 00
2 87
14
County Treasurer, county tax, 1985 28
N. Sinclair, to remit illegal taxes, 16 37
J. Austin Rogers, recording births, deaths, and marriages, 73 15
J. Austin Rogers, registering 351 dogs, 35 10
E. Howard & Co. repairing weights and measures,
50 00
Asa B. Wales, dinners School Committee, 3 75
Appraisal Committee, 3 00
examining treasurer's
accounts, 1 00
Francis H. Tilden, bedding, &c., fur- nished lock-up, 13 58
E. Granville Pratt, surveying, ·
1 50
Ebenezer Humphrey, interest, 185 00
Weymouth and Braintree Bank, interest on borrowed money, 31 00
J. Q. Torrey, interest on note,
60 00
J. A. E. Loud, express, 1 18
N. Vining, Jr., surveying,
4 00
Lovell Bicknell, examining treasurer's accounts,
2 00
Silas Binney, killing dogs, .
1 00
John W. Bartlett, selling school-books,
5 92
-
$5,004 51
RECAPITULATION.
Received from all sources,
$25,110 05
Expenditures.
On account of Schools,
$9,088 56
Roads, .
4,180 21
Town House,
75 09
Old Bills,
90 65
Town Officers,
1,339 60
Miscellaneous,
5,004 51
Town's Poor,
6,010 70
..
Damage on Highway,
38 00 - -$25,827 32
·
15
Expenditures, .
. $25,827 32
Received from all sources, .
25,110 05
Amount of expenditures over receipts,
$717 27
Town owed last year, .
3,241 83
Leaving a balance against the town of .
$3,959 10
The following expenses were incurred in addition to the appropria- tions for those purposes.
For oxen, carts, &c., now on hand,
$258 50
High Schools,
521 22
Addition and repairs at Town Farm,
815 65
$1,595 37
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NOAH VINING, JR.,
Selectmen
Z. L. BICKNELL,
of
EBENEZER H. RICHARDS,
Weymouth.
REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overscers of the Poor of the Town of Weymouth, for the past year, respectfully ask leave to make the following Report, the account of which includes the time from the first day of February, 1859, to the first day of February, 1860.
The number of paupers in the house at the commencement of the year, was twenty-three ; the whole number during the year, thirty ; the average was about twenty-two and one-half; the number at the end of the year was twenty-one.
The amount charged by the overseers for their services, postage, travelling expenses, and cash by them, has been one hundred and six- teen dollars and seventeen cents.
The whole sum drawn from the treasury for the support of the poor in the house, including the salary of the Superintendent, has been eighteen hundred and five dollars and nine cents. We have allowed the town for rent of the farm, three hundred dollars, making the whole cost of the poor in the house, twenty-two hundred dollars and eighty- eight cents.
The expense of each pauper per week has been one dollar and eighty- seven cents and about five mills. There have been four deaths at the house the past year, viz. : Ruth Pratt, died Sept. 12, aged 89 years ; Thomas Green, died Oct. 22d, aged 61 years ; Edmond Tirrell, died Oct. 24, aged 43 years; and F. J. Hayden, died Oct. 24, aged 28 years.
The expense for support of the poor out of the house, amounts to ten hundred and thirty-seven dollars and ninety-eight cents. Three hun- dred and eighty-three dollars of that sum has been paid for support of persons at the State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton and Worcester, and there is about ninety dollars due from other towns for the support of their paupers.
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We have expended for additions and repairs on the house, twenty- two hundred and eighty dollars and sixty-five cents. We have also expended on carriage-house and out-buildings, three hundred dollars ; and the cost to repair the damage done to the house by fire, in Octo- ber, was two hundred and twenty-five dollars ; and we have purchased a new stove and apparatus at a cost of sixty-three dollars and fourteen cents.
Expense for Support of the Poor in the Almshouse, from February 1st, 1859, to February 1st, 1860.
DR.
Inventory of February 1st, 1859,
$1,713 16
Rent of Farm, .
300 00
Orders to Mr. Pratt,
2,103 93
$4,117 09
6R.
Inventory of February 1st, 1860,
$1,635 37
Loss of tools, &c., by fire,
140 00
Bills due the town,
140 84
$1,916 21
Balance for support of poor,
2,200 88
--
$4,117 09
Account of Goods, &c., bought and Bills paid, 1859-60, by the Super- intendent.
Paid Charles Humphrey, team,
$44 33
Henry Sinclair, tin ware,
3 68
Granvil Thompson, express,
4 10
David Pratt, team work,
3 00
Lemuel French, gravel, .
2 25
repairing wagon,
20 00
Loud & Rhines, lumber,
17 08
Henry Loud, goods,
78 11
goods bought by Samuel Curtis,
443 45
Joseph Loud & Co., grain and coal, .
252 69
James White, barley, &c.,
15 23
Warren Burrell, labor, 3
.
12 50
18
A. S. White, medicine,
35 99
Mrs. Richards, labor,
11 83
Noah Sinclair, labor,
8 25
Harrison Tirrell, fish, &c.
22 91
Mr. Andrus, tin ware,
4 48
Josiah Martin, meat,
41 49
John O. Foye, hardware and tools,
29 76
for flour,
73 50
R. F. Burrell, cow and beef,
65 58
Walsh & South, harness work,
19 70
Parker, Gannett, & Co., farming tools,
64 98
Binney & Barns, killing hogs, .
4 37
A. Raymond, Jr., beef, .
2 98
Daniel Cohane, labor,
44 86
James Graves, feathers, &c.
9 00
Mr. Lane, soft soap,
10 62
0. Allen, grain,
399 14
A. B. Wales, curing ham,
2 40
L. M. Pratt, tin ware,
20 82
Clapp, Hall, & Co., leather,
15 65
J. M. Goodhue, goods,
146 09
for beef, &c. .
66 88
Mrs. Richards, gratuity, .
2 50
paper and cotton,
2 48
David Lovell, sea-weed, .
2 00
J. D. Pratt, salve, .
2 72
E. W. Smith, beef,
24 44
E. Pierce, harness work,
2 00
for clothing, &c.
9 06
for trees,
2 80
5 95
J. B. Howe, bread and crackers, A. Howe,
11 50
Jeremiah Stetson, gratuity,
: 00
for alewives, .
2 00
Albert Humphrey, leather,
3 11
for shoes,
3 85
" bonnets, clothing, &c.
10 65
Err Cushing, gratuity, .
3 50
19
Sail to cover house,
6 25
Potatoes,
1 25
Carlton, labor,
19 75
horse rake,
7 25
grass seed,
1 04
cedar posts, .
2 00
Ansell Burrell, calf,
1 75
knives and forks, .
1 50
James Thomas, meat,
3 99
for fowl,
4 65
Hinckley, for beans,
6 58
for crockery ware,
2 17
M. C. Dizer & Co., leather,
7 56
N. M. Hobart, goods,
10 39
Ezra Pratt, wood, .
6 00
Thomas French, stone,
2 30
Welch, difference in cows,
15 00
for shoe findings,
2 09
" mittens,
2 75
" bitt stock,
1 25
" set lasts, .
1 37
Albert Tirrell, wood,
22 75
S. Lovell, ice,
10 25
Samuel Reed, smith work,
16 37
Jas. Blanchard, "
9 40
John Spence, stove, &c. .
28 71
Charles Humphrey, pasturing,
50 00
Luke Ward, labor, .
7 00
Dr. E. L. Warren, for medicine and attendance, 41 75
Sundries,
97 32
$2,479 65
George W. Pratt, Superintendent of the Town Farm.
1860.
DR.
Feb. To orders on the Treasurer,
$2,103 93
To amount received for produce,
679 93
$2,783 86
20
1860. CR.
Feb. By bill of goods by him bought, $2,479 65 By his salary, . · 304 21
$2,783 86
Amount received for Produce, Stock, Labor, &c., by Mr. Pratt. Received for making boots and shoes, $66 24
E. W. Smith, hides, tallow, and calves, .
18 46
Harrison Tirrell, hay,
7 20
wood,
46 88
old iron,
12 36
shoats,
50 00
Charles Humphrey, board, .
142 75
Henry Loud, produce,.
26 70
beef and calves,
170 24
butter,
4 29
pork, lard, milk, eggs, and poultry,
134 81
$679 93
Support of the Poor out of the House.
Paid City Salem, for Mrs. Tirrell, .
29 31
" Boston, " Sarah Reed, 96 87
66 " Elizabeth Pratt, 6 86
" New Bedford, for Badelia Howland, .
18 10
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal to Thomas Burrell,
6 25
Mrs. Harding, .
12 50
Richard Torrey,
88
Samuel Curtis, goods, for Thomas Burrell,
53 23
Mr. Dyer,
63 70
Ezra Bicknell, . 7 50
Badelia Howland,
2 00
Sarah E. Woodward,
5 00
Miss -,
4 00
Thomas Pray, for Mrs. Agnes Dyer,
39 00
Charles E. Hunt, for James Nash, .
32 50
Noah Stowell, goods to Ackley Ware,
9 00
:
21
S. S. Foye, wood to Mrs. Sally Harding, . 6 00
Henry Loud, goods to Mrs. Mitchell, 2 00
" " A. B. Main, . 25 39
James Tirrell, goods to Hosea Hollis, E. S. Wright, goods to Isaac Lynfield, 6 06
13 00
Samuel Estes, care of John Cahil, .
9 00
Elnathan Bates, support of Esther Bates at Hospital, 91 60
36 50
Dr. G. W. Fay, medical attendance on Mrs. A. B. Main, do. do. on Mrs. Mitchell, .
6 33
Dr. G. C. S. Choate, at State Lunatic Hospital, for Rosamond Pratt, 166 76
Dr. Choate, at do., for Henry C. Bates, 125 24
E. F. Hall, services in Litchfield case, 5 00
overseers, orders to widow E. Pratt, . 26 00
Mary Bates, 26 00
Ebenezer Roob and daughter, 78 00
Hosea Hollis, 9 00
Dr. J. E. Corlew, medical attendance on John Cahil,
8 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses, Ackley Ware,
12 00
$1,037 98
RECAPITULATION.
Cost of supporting the poor out of the house, . $1,037 98
Cost of supporting the poor in the house, .
. 2,200 88
Total, . $3,238 86
Deduct for use of the town farm,
·
300 00
$2,938 86
22
Cost of Additions and Repairs on Alms-house and Out-buildings.
Paid John Phillips, stone work,
39 83
G. A. Carter, labor,
16 43
Stephen Smith, lead-pipe,
7 33
Benjamin Ells, labor,
320 00
Weymouth Iron Co., nails,
37 52
Stephen Cain, mason work,
335 34
J. S. Foye, labor,
55 13
B. F. Shaw, labor, .
16 25
South Boston Iron Co., iron post,
10 26
Hosea P. Noyes, teaming,
24 67
H. Barnes, labor, ·
4 50
S. S. Foye, labor and posts,
13 35
Ebenezer Smalley, labor,
14 87
J. A. & W. Bird, lead and oil,
96 87
Loud & Rhines, lumber, .
719 43
C. A. Morse, wire work, .
6 92
Grant Daniels, paper,
9 07
Oliver Burrell, labor,
150 84
Isaac Jackson, lumber,
105 98
Loud & Reed, lumber,
234 17
Porter & Loud, lumber, .
13 21
John O. Foye, building materials,
291 30
Edward Jacobs, brick,
69 80
Samuel French, 3d, teaming,
2 00
Albert Hayden, stone, .
16 40
Samuel Curtis, superintending and labor,
85 00
David N. Wade, labor,
73 93
Wm. Bicknell, labor,
4 25
S. R. Small, labor,
22 00
Ford & Burrell, labor,
9 00
E. Pratt, labor,
10 00
John Spence & Sons, stove,
63 14
$2,878 79
23
Paupers in the Almshouse, from Feb. 1, 1859, to Feb. 1, 1860.
Date.
Names.
Age.
Discharged.
Di:d.
Weeks. Days.
Feb.
1,
Jeremiahı Stetson,
82
52
1.
Err Cushing, .
75
1.
Betsey Avery, .
59
-
1
Polly Torrey, .
64
52
1,
Debene Pratt, .
63
-
52
-
1,
Thomas Green,
60
Oct.
22,
37
4
1,
Samuel Badlam,
55
52
-
1.
Lucy Thayer,
36
52
-
1,
Sarah Thayer, .
10
Sept. 15, 1859,
82
2
1.
Salinda Richards,
29
July 24,
24
5
1,
Joseph W. Richards,
6
24.
5
1.
Anne F. D. Richards,
4
24,
Oct.
24.
37
6
1.
Edmond Tirrell,
42
-
24,
37
6
1.
A. B. Rosey,
52
1,
Mary F. Rosey,
2.5
-
52
1.
Angeline Rosey,
7
52
1,
Henry Rosey, .
6
52
-
1.
Catharine Binuey,
52
-
1,
Mary F. Binney,
5
52
-
April 25,
Ruth Pratt,
83
Sept. 12,
11
1
July 20,
Rosey Thayer.
13
28
-
Sept. 13,
David Binney,
50
20
30,
H. C. Bates,
02
17
4
12,
Wilton S. Rosey,
20
-
28,
Charles Thayer, .
15
-
18
-
Different persons,
-
7
-
-
1.
Julia A. Thayer.
10
24
5
1,
F. J. Hayden, .
32
-
52
1,
Benjamin Torrey,
63
Hiram Thayer,
12
52
52
21
27
7
24
Inventory of Stock, Wood, Hay, Coal, Provisions, Farming Implements, &c., February, 1860.
7 cows . $240 00
1 lantern 50
horse and colt
100 00
7 hogs .
126 00
hay chopper 5 00
6 turkeys
6 00
winnowing machine 10 00
hens .
10 00
corn sheller 50
horse cart
34 00
5 hay forks 1 00
2 wagons
52 00
500 lbs pork .
55 00
1 sleigh
10 00
180 lbs. bacon 19 80
1 harness
15 00
90 lbs. lard
10 80
2 draft harnesses
10 00
75 bush. potatoes 45 00
1 roller
6 00
1 bbl. turnips
1 00
1 drag .
1 00
1 bbl. onions 2 00
1 ox yoke
2 00
3 bushels beans lot cabbage
2 00
3 hoes
1 00
20 bushels corn 20 00
ox chains
62
1 bbl. flour
4 00
halters, blankets, &c.
4 00
36 lbs. tea
18 00
lot posts and rails
20 00
4 bushels meal,
4 00
1 cart saddle
2 00
25 lbs. butter soft soap
2 00
wood saws and horse beetle and wedges
: 00
112 lbs. hard soap
7 28
4 iron bars
2 00
lot baskets lot manure
222 00
seed sower
5 00
175 lbs. rice
8 75
8 shovels
7 00
3 cords pine wood
15 00
hay poles
1 00
3 hard
21 00
1 grind stone
10 50
3
66
1 hand hammer
75
tackel and runner
4 00
11 c'ds pine w'd in w'ds 38 50 hard coal . 45 00
3 ploughs
25 00
12 tons English hay
240 00
1 horse hoe
6 00
1 horse rake . 8 00
straw 5 00
2 horse sleds
, 00
10 bushels barley 10 00
1 harrow
5 00
cheese
5 50
carpenter's tools
6 50
buffalo robe 5 00
bush hook . .
2 00
squashes 1 00
bush scythes and snathes
2 00
3 ladders
4 00
1 pr. horse fetters . 1 00
SAMUEL CURTIS,
Overseers of
LEMUEL TORREY,
the Poor.
JAMES TIRRELL,
ice chest . .
6 00
Amount of inventory, $1,635 37
4 00
3 axes
3 00
in woods 15 00
wheelbarrow 3 00
1 ton Salt hay 10 00
5 75
3 00
3 37
6 manure forks
6 00
saddle and bridle 1 25
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25
STATISTICS
FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
Marriages Registered in the Town of Weymouth, in 1858-1859.
Sept. 5, 1858, Abial G. Litchfield and Sarah Cushing, Weymouth.
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