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230TH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD,
For the Year ending January 31, 1881.
CONTENTS :
PAGE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS,
2
SELECTMEN'S REPORT,
4
COLLECTOR'S REPORT, 12
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
13
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE,
I7
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEER,
IS
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY,
20
REGISTRAR'S REPORT, 22
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT,
25
BOSTON : PRESS OF GEO. H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET. ISSI.
230TH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF MEDFIELD,
For the Year ending January 31, 1881.
CONTENTS :
PAGE
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS,
2
SELECTMEN'S REPORT,
4
COLLECTOR'S REPORT,
I2
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
13
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE,
17
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEER, .
18
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, 20
REGISTRAR'S REPORT,
22
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT,
25
BOSTON : PRESS OF GEO. H. ELLIS, 141 FRANKLIN STREET. 1881.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1880.
Town Clerk. C. C. SEWALL.
A. B. PARKER,
WM. F. GUILD,
Selectmen. G. W. KINGSBURY,
WM. F. GUILD.
Assessors.
HAMLET WIGHT, WM. S. TILDEN.
H. F. BULLARD,
Overseers of Poor. G. W. KINGSBURY, A. E. MASON.
Treasurer.
Collector. Auditor.
ISAAC FISKE, M. H. JOHNSON, PHILIP MATHEWSON.
Constables.
H. F. BULLARD,
BENNETT WILSON,
CHARLES HAMANT, GEORGE D. HAMANT.
School Committee.
J. B. HALE, Term expires 1881. WM. S. TILDEN, 66 1881.
WM. F. GUILD,
1882.
HAMLET WIGHT,
Highway Surveyors. J. G. WIGHT, G. W. KINGSBURY,
C. H. RUSSELL, CHARLES DUNN, J. H. BRIGHAM.
Board of Health.
DR. J. H. RICHARDSON, D. D. CURTIS, J. H. GOULD.
Trustees of Public Library.
ISAAC FISKE, Term expires 1883. GEORGE CUMMINGS, 1881.
J. H. RICHARDSON, 66 66 1882.
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HAMLET WIGHT,
Trustees of School Fund. S. J. SPEAR, J. H. BAKER. Sexton. A. B. PARKER. Cemetery Committee. G. W. KINGSBURY, WM. F. GUILD.
A. B. PARKER,
Fence Viewers.
JAMES M. HEWINS, PHILIP MATHEWSON, H. F. BULLARD. Field Drivers. SAMUEL JOHNSON, JR., CHARLES BOOTH, A. D. KINGSBURY, LESTER C. BULLARD, JOHN T. BULLARD, WARREN H. ADAMS, EUGENE BONNEY.
Pound Keeper. GEORGE D. HAMANT. -
APPOINTMENTS BY SELECTMEN.
Engineer. F. E. MASON. Weighers. T. L. BARNEY, JOHN ORD, JR. Measurer of Wood and Sealer of Weights and Measures. T. L. BARNEY. Truant Officers. A. E. MASON, GEO. D. HAMANT. H. F. BULLARD,
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Selectmen of Medfield present. the following Report of Receipts and Expenditures for the year ending January 31, 1881 :-
RECEIPTS.
To cash in Treasury Feb. 1, 1880, $3,253.20
in full for Tax of 1878, 105.31
in full for Interest of 1878, 90.18
on Tax for 1879, 1,275.00
on Tax for 1880,
7,175.00
Corporation Tax, 1880,
840.06
National Bank Tax, 1880,
633.74
State Aid Tax,
250.90
Interest on State School Fund, . 170.19
Interest on Town School Fund,
228.1I
Dog Tax for 1880, .
129.50
Overseers of Poor, .
789.89
Rent of Stores, .
Rent of Hall, 456.06
157.00
Borrowed from School Fund,
375.00
Pedler's License, 6.00
Globes and Chimneys from Town House,
4.12
$15,939.26
EXPENDITURES.
TOWN OFFICERS.
C. C. Sewall, services as Clerk,
$30.00
A. B. Parker, 66 " Selectman, . 75.00
G. W. Kingsbury, “ 66 66
50.00
Wm. F. Guild, 66 66 66
50.00
Wm. F. Guild, 66
66 Assessor, 30.00
Hamlet Wight,
66 66
24.00
Amount carried forward,
$259.00
5
Amount brought forward,
$259.00
Wm. S. Tilden, services as Assessor,
32.00
H. F. Bullard, 6 " Overseer of Poor,
30.00
G. W. Kingsbury, “
66
15.00
A. E. Mason, 66
25.00
M. H. Johnson,
Collector, 1878, in full, 2.24
M. H. Johnson, 66
66
66 1879, in part,
60.00
J. B. Hale, 66
Auditor, 1879, 5.00
J. B. Hale,
" School Committee, 1879, 60.00
Wm. S. Tilden,
66
66
66
1879,
15.00
James Hewins,
66
66
66
1879,
20.00
Geo. R. Keyes,
Police, 1879,
7.00
Wm. Ryan,
7.00
$537.24
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
For the year 1878, .
$7.03
For the year 1879, .
87.47
For the year 1880,
10.09
$104.59
SCHOOLS.
J. S. Burns,
$162.00
C. N. Bentley,
838.00
H. F. Sylvester, .
198.00
Miss S. J. Woods,
135.00
Miss M. B. A. Wight, .
342.00
Miss L. D. Richards,
225.00
Miss E. Bowers, .
99.00
Mrs. M. B. A. W. Dunn,
99.00
F. B. Hall,
72.00
S. N. Bentley,
144.00
John Ord, Jr.,
55.30
$2,369.30
CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES, FUEL, ETC.
A. E. Mason, wood-cutting, etc., North, . $36.00
M. B. H. Bishop, wood-cutting, etc., North, 2.00
W. E. Newell, care North, 16.95
Mrs. J. McGroury, cleaning North,
2.30
Amount carried forward,
$57.25
66
66
6
Amount brought forward, . $57.25
John Ord, care and cleaning Centre, 113.50
Gould & Co., coal, Centre, . 136.00
G. M. Gilmore, care South, . 20.25
Wm. F. Guild, wood-cutting, etc., South,
24.25
$351.25
Amount in Treasury for Schools, Feb. 1, 1880, $934.87
Appropriation by Town, . . 2,400.00
Income from State School Fund, . 170.19
Income from Town School Fund, 228.II
Expended for Schools, $3,733.17
2,720.55
Balance in Treasury to credit of Schools, Feb. 1, 1881, $1,012.62
REPAIRS AND FURNISHING.
J. B. Hale, school supplies, . $50.96
J. B. Hale, exchange of arithmetics, 36.44
J. B. Hale, exchange of geographies, . 18.00
Language Lessons, 1.00
A. E. Mason, supplies,
2.65
Isaac Fiske, supplies, . 7.41
C. T. Frost, labor and stock, well at Centre, 24.10
School Committee, supplies, .
16.77
James Ord, repairing desks, Centre, 1.75
S. J. Spear, printing, 12.00
D. Hoisington, repairs on pump, Centre,
6.50
Gardner Chilson Estate, furnace grate, Centre,
8.00
N. F. Harding, stock and repairs, Centre,
21.39
Parker's Express, .
2.75
T. L. Barney, thermometer, North,
.62
$210.34
HIGHWAYS.
J. G. Wight,
$190.00
Hamlet Wight,
184.77
Charles Dunn, 183.00
Charles H. Russell,
200.40
J. H. Brigham, .
155.01
G. W. Kingsbury,
204.69
$1,117.87
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BRIDGES.
N. F. Harding, plank, . $48.02
EXTENSION OF PLEASANT STREET.
Heirs of James Hewins, land damage, $65.00
J. H. Brigham, grading, 140.00
$205.00
Balance of Appropriation unexpended, . $95.00
CLEARING ROADS OF SNOW.
J. H. Brigham,
$5.96
J. D. Tufts,
4.80
Jerry Johnston,
6.60
H. G. Crosby,.
5.75
$23.1I
MILITARY AID TO PENSIONERS.
C. D. Strang, .
$54.00
Mrs. Mary S. Knapp, .
38.00
Mrs. Mary A. Howard, 48.00
Mrs. Mary A. Kingsbury,
48.00
$188.00
MILITARY AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS.
A. H. Wiley, .
$16.00
E. G. Babcock, 78.00
$94.00
TOWN-HOUSE EXPENSES.
George W. Myers, window for vestibule, $25.00
George W. Myers, repairs on vestibule, $134.33 ; chim-
ney tops, etc., $52.23, .
186.56
Johnson Bros., care, $84.00 ; oil, $12.80, 96.80
N. F. Harding, bookcase for safe vault, etc., 16.45
R. Hollings & Co., chandelier and rebronzing chande-
liers, . 168.80
Gould & Co., coal, .
45.00
D. Hoisington, stove for lock-up, 11.00
G. M. Smith, floor brushes,
6.00
Wm. Ryan, blacksmithing, .55
Parker's Express, 2.75
$558.91
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
B. F. Crehore, Treasurer, services of engine-men, . $221.08 Charles E. Hale, Treasurer, services of H. & L. men, . 122.50
Wm. Ryan, services as fireman, six months, 3.50
W. A. Coolidge, services as fireman, eight months, 4.67
H. M. Parker, six men watching fire, . 4.50
H. M. Parker, horse and wagon to fires, 2.00
H. M. Parker, extinguisher, charges, dusters, lamps, etc., 16.40
H. M. Parker, express charges, 1.30
E. T. Everett, services as steward, 9.00
E. T. Everett, oil furnished, . .40
James E. Pettis, services as steward, . 2.25
James E. Pettis, grate for stove,
.90
Bishop Bros., extension ladder, 24.00
Fred. M. Smith, painting ladders,
6.25
James Ord, lamps and coal-hod,
2.70
J. H. Baker & Co., engine pole, and painting rakes, 3.00
H. G. Crosby, services with team, 10.00
Isaac Fiske, supplies, . 8.75
T. L. Barney, steel rakes, etc., . 5.50
Wm. Ryan, hanging bell on truck, 1.25
$449.95
Pauper expenses at Almshouse, paid by Treasurer, . . $1,642.79 Pauper expenses out of Almshouse, paid by Treasurer, 672.98
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Trustees, as per vote of town, $200.00
NOTES.
Adeline C. Ross, in full, .
$100.00
Benjamin Chenery, in full,
1,250.00
Clarissa Wight Estate, in full,
100.00
F. D. Ellis,
. 500.00
Cynthia M. Clark,
25.00
$1,975.00
INTEREST.
Cynthia M. Clark, .
$5.34
F. D. Ellis,
137.25
Clarissa Wight,
6.05
Adeline C. Ross,
12.06
Chaterine Hartshorn, .
4.50
Amount carried forward,
$165.20
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Amount brought forward, $165.20
Eunice H. Chenery, estate balance annuity, 40.00
Benjamin Chenery, . 50.40
Polly Russell, 24.00
R. E. Sherman, 10.50
'Trustees of School Fund, 149.41
$439.51
INCIDENTALS.
Insurance on library, $12.50
J. B. Hale, procuring teachers, making list of scholars, and postage, 11.05
A. B. Parker, I sail cloth and covers for coffin-rests, 10.25
S. J. Spear, printing deeds and tax-bills, 8.50
W. S. Tilden, procuring teachers, I.20
E. A. Rhodes, care of lamp, . 1.50
Hamlet Wight, road-scraper and gravel-screen, 22.86
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 82.36
Parker's express, . 6.00
H. M. Parker, team to Quincy, H. F. Bullard, . 4.50
Geo. H. Ellis, printing Town Reports, 44.00
H. F. Bullard, legal advice from Esq. Dean, 6.00
N. F. Harding, fence on town-house lot, . 20.00
Miller Bros. & Co., I gem preserver and express, . 36.45
Mrs. E. A. Wheeler, damage breaking through bridge, 5.00
Medway and Walpole taxes, . 9.49
Hamlet Wight, guide-post, .40; perambulating town lines, $6.00, 6.40
C. T. Frost, cleaning well and repairing town pump, 5.95
J. W. Legalle, justice fees in Warren Plimpton case, 1.00
State Treasurer, State tax, 840.00
Wm. F. Guild, one-half cost of 5 stone bounds, 5.75
Wm. F. Guild, 2 stone bounds, Pleasant Street, 1.00
Wm. F. Guild, perambulating town lines, 7.50
O. M. Perrigo, care of town clock,
25.00
J. C. Lovering, surveying Pleasant Street, 11.00
A. B. Parker, returning 33 deaths, . 8.25
Isaac Fiske, stationery and postage, 8.83
C. C. Sewall, recording births, marriages, and deaths,
20.02
C. C. Sewall, attendance at Dover, 1.50
C. C. Sewall, postage and express, . 1.25
$1,225.II
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RECAPITULATION.
By cash paid on Notes, $1,975.00
as Interest, . 439.51
Support of Poor at Almshouse, 1,642.79
Support of Poor out of Alms- house, . 672.98
Town-house expenses. 558.91
Fire Department, 449.95
Town Officers, .
537.24
Extension of Pleasant Street, .
205.00
Abatement of Taxes,
104.59
Public Library, .
200.00
Highways, 1,117.87
Bridges, 48.02
Clearing Roads of Snow, 23.1I
for Schools, .
2,720.55
Repairs and furnishing Schools, 210.34
Military Aid,
282.00
Incidental,
1,225.II
Balance in Treasury, .
3,526.29
$15,939.26
RESOURCES.
Balance in Treasury, Feb. 1, 1881,
$3,526.29
Uncollected Taxes for 1879,
314.92
Uncollected Taxes for 1880,
1,801.97
Due from State for Military Aid to Jan. 1, 1881,
286.23
$5,929.41
LIABILITIES.
Cynthia M. Clark, Note, .
$50.00
Catherine Hartshorn,
175.00
R. E. Sherman,
175.00
Polly Russell,
100.00
F. D. Ellis,
2,000.00
Trustees of School Fund,
2,865.20
$5,365.20
Resources exceed Liabilities,
$564.21
I have examined the above accounts, and find the same correct.
P. MATHEWSON, Auditor.
$12,412.97
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APPROPRIATIONS RAISED BY TAX.
Schools,
$2,400.00
Roads and Bridges,
1,200.00
Support of Poor,
1,200.00
Interest on Debt,
400.00
Payment of Debt,
1,000.00
General Expenses, .
1,400.00
Extension of Pleasant Street,
300.00
$7,900.00
GUIDE-BOARDS.
Guide-boards have been repaired where necessary in all places where it has been usual to maintain them.
Respectfully submitted,
A. B. PARKER, Selectmen GEO. W. KINGSBURY, of
WM. F. GUILD, Medfield.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
M. H. Johnson, Collector for 1878, 1879, and 1880, in account with the Town of Medfield : -
1878.
Dr.
To uncollected Tax, Feb. 1, 1880, $93.79
To Additions to commitment, 11.52
To Interest collected in full, 90.18
$195.49
Cr.
By Taxes paid Treasurer in full, $105.31
By Interest paid Treasurer in full, 90.18
$195.49
1879.
Dr.
To uncollected Tax, Feb. 1, 1880,
$1,589.92
Cr.
By Tax paid Treasurer, $1,275.00
By Tax yet uncollected, .
314.92
1880.
Dr.
To commitment for 1880,
$9,623.75
Cr.
By Taxes paid Treasurer, $7,175.00
By Taxes paid County,
646.78
By uncollected Tax,
1,801.97
$9,623.75
M. H. JOHNSON, Collector.
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1881.
I have examined the above accounts, and find the same correct.
P. MATHEWSON, Auditor.
$1,589.92
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
We respectfully present the following report of the condition of this department : -
CASH PAYMENTS BY OVERSEERS.
W. W. Wheelock, for butter, $9.20
IV. W. Wheelock, for paper, 2.68
W. W. Wheelock, grinding corn, 2.80
W. W. Wheelock, soap,
4.00
Sundry articles, .
6.43
Knives and forks,
1.25
Dried apples,
1.62
Coffee, cheese, and vinegar, .
1.40
B. F. Flinn, for crackers,
3.50
G. W. Kingsbury, for grinding corn, .
2.62
G. W. Kingsbury, butchering hogs, 3.50
H. P. Tabor, for mowing-machine seat, . 2.00
H. P. Tabor, for plough, . 14.00
For services of boar, . 1 2.20
Michael Callahan, for labor,
.75
H. F. Bullard, .50
21 1.85
Gould & Co., flour, .
47.75
Gould & Co., coal, .
34.29
Gould & Co., for plaster,
13.67
Denzil Newell, for four pigs,
16.00
T. L. Barney, for groceries, .
64.42
Johnson Brothers, for groceries,
55.24
I. Fiske, for groceries; 142.80
H. F. Bullard, beef, lumber, and freight, 19.95
Amount carried forward, $665.42
Two pair socks for A. Bailey,
1.00
Gould & Co., for grain,
I4
Amount brought forward, . $665.42
H. M. Parker, five cords manure, . 37.50 John A. Newell, Jr., for one cow, . 33.00
John A. Newell, Jr., two back pads, 3.00
Hamlet Wight, four bushels barley, 3.60
W. W. Wheelock, salary in full to April 1, 1880, 62.50
W. W. Wheelock, salary in part for 1880, 233.00
Lowell Babcock, for stock and labor, 29.50
H. F. Bullard, for lumber and nails, . 8.75
James Bunting, for care of .W. Plympton and labor on farm, 60.00
John Schools, for field-roller, 6.00
N. F. Harding, for screens and repairs, . 26.79
James Ord, for two mattresses and wash-board, 8.35
Fiske & Toleman, for drain-pipe, . 28.03
H. M. Parker, for scythe-snath and drain-pipe, 2.25
O. M. Perrigo, for time-piece,
2.25
Charles Warner, labor, haying, . 40.50
John McGorey, cement and labor, 1.50
William Ryan, blacksmith bill, 36.25
E. P. Tilden, five baskets, 2.75
H. M. Parker, one-half barrel kerosene oil and faucet, 7.08
H. M. Parker, teams furnished for funerals, 3.00
Dr. C. M. Fuller, medical attendance, 31.00
A. B. Parker, for funeral expenses, 74.70
Mrs. E. A. Wheeler, for ice, 9.42
Weber Sawyer, for labor, 2.50
C. T. Frost, for labor and stock, 8.30
Charles Bruce, for stock and labor, 9.60
H. F. Bullard, for cider barrel, 1.75
H. F. Bullard, expenses to Boston for lumber, 1.60
The Overseers, for eighteen cranberry barrels, 8.10
A. E. Mason, for picking over cranberries, . 23.50
W. H. Leatherbee & Son, for lumber,
44.37
Joseph Breck & Son, for corn-sheller, 9.25
D. Hoisington, for tin ware and repairs, 8.85
New York & New England Railroad, for old lumber, 10.00
New York & New England Railroad, for freight, 4.62
J. H. Baker & Co., for repairing wagon, 18.75
Amount carried forward, $1,567.33
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Amount brought forward, $1,567.33 Frank Rhodes, for fish and crackers, 18.44
H. F. Bullard, for augur, bitts, and saw, 3.17
G. M. Hanks, for groceries, . 7.45
T. F. Hanks, for drugs and medicines,
8.81
E. Bullard, for meat, . 51.56
A. W. Shumway, for meat, 11.14
$1,667.90
CASH RECEIPTS BY OVERSEERS.
Cash in hand of Overseers, Feb. 1, 1880, $II.57
Received for milk, .
524.25
Received for cranberries, 148.00
Received for pork, .
77.00
Beef cow, .
30.00
For six calves,
8.50
Potatoes, 4.90
Hens sold,
4.72
Cash received from T. L. Barney,
2.94
Chopping-block,
.50
Received of Allen Brothers,
1.00
$813.38
Total payments by the Overseers, $1,667.90
Due W. W. Wheelock, 100.00
$1,767.90
Receipts by the Overseers, $813.38
Due the Overseers from John A. Newell, Jr., . 31.00
Due the Overseers from Mrs. Widow Captain Soule,
.75
Gain from last year's appraisal, 270.00
For five tramps, .
1.00
$1,116.13
Cost of Paupers in Almshouse, $651.77
PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE.
Silas Allen, 86 years.
Arthur Bailey, 26 years.
Herbert Kingsbury, 35 years, 11 months. Left the Almshouse the middle of January, 1881.
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Mr. Warren Plympton, 84 years. Came to the Almshouse April 29, 1880 ; died Aug. 29, 1880.
Mrs. Warren Plympton came to the Almshouse in May, 1880, and left in July, 1880.
Sarah J. Clark came to the Almshouse June 19, 1880 ; died Sept. 12, 1880.
John Heyford came to the Almshouse Sept. 20, 1880 ; died Oct. 10, 1880.
Average number of Paupers at Almshouse, 4. Average cost per week, $3.12.
Respectfully submitted,
H. F. BULLARD, Overseers 1
G. W. KINGSBURY, of
A. E. MASON, the Poor.
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I have examined the accounts of the Overseers, and find them correct.
P. MATHEWSON, Auditor.
COST OF PAUPERS OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
John Schools, for watching with W. Plympton, $96.00
Gould & Co., for coal for W. Plympton, 3.75
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, for Joseph Harding, 181.86
Taunton Lunatic Asylum, for William Clark, . 57.80
Worcester Lunatic Asylum, for board S. M. Bullard,
173.84
H. F. Bullard, aid furnished J. Heyford,
19.05
A. J. Runnels, for medical attendance, J. Heyford, .
11.00
D. P. Bird, for groceries, .
1.00
Town of Walpole, medical attendance, C. A. Kingsbury, 14.50
H. Wight, for wood furnished W. Plympton, 3.00
Treasurer of the town of Ashland, for Lawrence,
53.18
H. F. Bullard, expenses to Ashland, . 2.25
Dr. J. H. Richardson, bill for W. Plympton, 15.25
I. Fiske, for goods furnished W. Plympton, 40.50
$672.98
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Balance of appropriation in Treasury unexpended, Feb. I, 1880, $40.52
Cash in hands of Committee, Feb. 1, 1880, $23.10
Cash Received for Lots Sold, . 52.00
Cash Received for Hay Sold, . 3.00
$78.10
Paid Joseph Clark, labor mowing, $13.65
Paid John Kingsbury, labor cleaning, 6.15
$19.80
Balance in hands of Committee, Feb. 1, 1881, $58.30
Respectfully submitted,
A. B. PARKER, GEO. W. KINGSBURY. Committee. WM. F. GUILD,
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REPORT OF ENGINEER.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
Gents,- I beg leave to report our Fire Department in good and effective condition.
The Engine and Hook and Ladder Companies are well officered, well organized, and composed of men ready and willing to respond to every call of duty.
The apparatus is all in good condition and well cared for.
I would recommend that the invalid corps be conveyed to and from all fires in hacks ; that they be furnished with reclining-chairs for their comfort, and speaking-trumpets, that they may whisper their orders ; and kid gloves, because it would soil and blister their hands to assist in a laborious capacity ; that they be supplied with liver pads, that they may not become calloused by long sitting in stores in discussing and berating the companies who spend their time and labor to save their property.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF MEDFIELD, FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL, 1881.
Engineer, F. E. MASON.
MEDFIELD FIRE ENGINE CO. Foreman, P. C. GROVER. First Assistant, T. F. BARNEY. Second Assistant, F. M. SMITH. Steward, E. T. EVERETT. Clerk and Treasurer, B. F. CREHORE.
Number of members, including officers,
32
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EXCELSIOR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY, NO. I.
Foreman, E. BULLARD. First Assistant, E. FRANKS. Second Assistant, W. F. HARDING. Clerk, C. E. HALE. Steward, E. A. RHODES. Treasurer, GEO. PETTIS.
Number of members, including officers, . 17
F. E. MASON.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY.
In making our annual report of this institution, we are glad to inform the public of its acceptable condition, that its patronage is fully sustained, and that the popular taste seems to demand books of a higher standard than formerly. Yet we fear our Library is not accomplishing all it might or ought. It should be thoroughly understood that the Trustees are not wholly responsible for its success or failure, but that it depends largely upon its patrons and the public interest manifest. No one is debarred from acting in any way that shall be for the welfare- of the Library, and we shall gladly welcome any co-operation.
With all our various clubs and organizations, why not a Library Club to promote union of effort and secure success,-lectures on books, how to read, and what to read, etc .? Why cannot our Library be more intimately connected with our public schools and become an important auxiliary, the advanced classes re- quired to read some standard work each term, and give a review of the same before the school? The advantage of such a custom must be apparent to all.
Any one wishing a book not already in the Library can give the title to the librarian, and may hope to find it on the shelves, pro- vided it is a suitable book for the place and funds are sufficient. No book is expected to be added to the Library without being examined by a proper committee.
To meet a public demand, and secure the best interests of all concerned, it is important we keep our Library open to the public more hours, and, if possible, that there be a few hours at least, once or twice a week, when it is open as a reading-room. There is no estimating the good that might come from such an arrange- ment. How are these demands to be met? What it needs is a more generous pecuniary support. Without it, your Trustees are powerless to meet these demands, or make the Library what it might and should be.
Respectfully submitted for the Trustees,
J. H. RICHARDSON.
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Dr. ISAAC FISKE, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Cr.
1880.
1880
Feb. I. To cash on hand $134.46
June 5. By cash paid for binding .. $48.10
Sept. 1. By cash paid for catalogues, 13.50
Dec. 8. By 1,000 copies Rules and Regulations. 3.00
1881.
1881.
Jan. 31. To cash received of Town Treasurer. 200.00
Jan. By cash paid Librarian . 75.00
By 89 vols. new books and pamphlets. 90.71
$334.46
$230.31
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REGISTRAR'S REPORT.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS REGISTERED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1880.
Feb. 4. Henry D. Sewall and Ella M. Clark.
March 17. Edgar C. Paine and Alice E. Codding.
Aug. 5. Harry C. Dunn and Mary B. A. Wight.
Sept. 19. Eugene E. Adams and Cecilia Morse.
Oct. IO. William Edgar Kingsbury and Isabel F. Whiting.
Oct. 21. Charles L. Coolidge and Anna Violetta Keith.
Oct. 27. George A. Phillips and Ella M. Codding.
Nov. 3. Henry F. Harding and Manuella J. Rogers.
Nov. IO. Albert J. Babcock and Emma L. Bruce.
Certificates of intentions of marriage were issued, at the dates here given, to the following persons, but no returns of their marriage have been received : -
Feb. 4. Thomas F. Zanes and Hattie D. Allen.
Oct. 21. Thomas J. Brown and Anna L. Tobin.
Whole number of marriage certificates issued, II.
BIRTHS.
PARENTS.
Jan. 21
Ernest Benjamin Johnson.
Feb. 4
John Hanley.
Feb. 23 Joseph Michael Tracy.
March 17
Robert Healy Wright.
March 25
John Francis King.
March 26 John Hagity.
April 7
Amy Sewall Hewins.
May Lura May Wheeler.
Laprelette W. and M. Carrie Wheeler.
July II Chester Eugene Newell.
Denzil and Sarah Jane Newell.
Aug. 22 Herbert William Ryan.
Sept. 3
Herbert Lione Dix.
William and Hughena R. Ryan. Francis G. and Izetta Dix. John and Julia B. McGrory.
Sept. I2 Moses Albert McGrory.
Oct. 23 Abbie Louisa Schools.
John and Eliza R. Schools.
Dec. 6 Abi Eliza Rogers.
Luther S. and Mary E. Rogers.
Dec. .16 Infant.
John F. and Idalette C. Hamilton.
Dec. 28
Roy Lothair Mann.
William H. and Cassandra F. Mann.
Samuel, Jr., and Euphie Johnson. Patrick J. and Elizabeth K. Hanley. James M. and Mary T. Tracy. Robert and Nancy Healy Wright. John and Catharine J. King. Daniel and Catharine C, Hagity. James and Jennie G. Hewins.
Total, 16.
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CHILDREN OF PARENTS RESIDING IN MEDFIELD, BORN ELSEWHERE.
PARENTS.
May
23
Helen Louisa Bass.
June
26
Helen Maria Hartt.
Sept.
9
Walter Davis Kingsbury.
Arthur C. and Hattie G. Bass, Springfield. Aaron and Helen M. Hartt, Milford. Albert D. and Anna J. Kingsbury, Medway.
DEATHS.
AGE.
DISEASE.
Jan. 4
Olive Clark,
89 yrs. 5 mos. 15 days.
Jan. 25
Nancy Smith,
92 yrs. -
- Io days.
Feb. 6 March 4 March 15
Clarissa Wight,
79 yrs. 3 mos 5 days.
March 17
Mary E. H. Jackson, Infant of Robert and N. H. Wright,
7 hrs.
Malformation. Peritonitis.
March 26
Albert H. Wiley,
52 yrs. 9 mos. 14 days.
April 2
Mary E. Tracy,
4 yrs. 6 mos. 18 days.
Scarlet Fever.
April 2 Hannah Hartshorn,
85 yrs. 9 mos. 8 days.
April 19 Ella A. Richards,
April 30
Daniel K. Nichols,
June 4
Cora W. Watkins,
June 5 Sena Thayer,
June I3
Eleazar A. Newell,
July
8
Ellen M. Bennett,
July
12
Obed Hartshorn,
40 yrs. 4 mos. 22 days. 77 yrs. 9 mos. 19 days. 74 yrs. 3 mos. 8 days. 16 yrs. 2 mos. 26 days. 40 yrs. 8 mos. 6 days.
Consumption. Consumption.
Aug. 26 Lucretia Townsend,
Aug.
27
Catharine H. Fairbanks,
Aug. 28
Warren Plympton, Mary T. Derby,
Chol. Morbus.
Sept. 12
Sarah Jane Clark,
23 yrs. 8 mos. 29 days. I yr. 4 mos. 5 days.
Sept. 22
Theodore M. Allen,
Oct. IO John Hayford,
79 yrs. - 27 days.
Oct.
21 Laura S. Wilson,
7 yrs. 3 mos. 19 days.
Nov. 3
Mary C. Cobb,
73 yrs. 3 mos.
Apoplexy. Puerperal F'v'r. Meningitis. Scarlet Fever. Phthisis.
Consumption. General D'bil'y.
July 14
Isaac C. Lane,
General D'bil'y.
Aug. 26 Charlotte R. Mason,
Aug. 26 Frances V. Williams,
82 yrs. 7 mos. 29 days. 88 yrs. 3 mos. 4 days. 83 yrs. 7 mos. 29 days. 83 yrs. 8 mos. 9 days.
Diarrhæa. Old Age. Epilepsy.
Sept. II
Epilepsy. Teething. Dropsy. Bright's Dise'se.
Heart Disease.
Obadiah Brintnall,
76 yrs. 10 mos. 12 days.
28 yrs. I mo. 1 5 days.
Old Age. Old Age. Soft'n'g of br'in. Acute Br'chitis. Pneumonia.
23 yrs. II mos. 13 days. 29 yrs. 4 mos. 22 days. 4 yrs. 4 days. 78 yrs. 4 mos. 14 days. 52 yrs. 7 mos. I day.
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