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Thomas Moran,
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James Sutton,
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Patrick Feeney,
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Cornelius O'Keefe,
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Martin P. Pike, ce
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George B. Dench, ce
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John Mann, ce
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Timothy Sullivan, "
2 62
Thomas Bancroft and others, for blasting,
12 60
Thomas Moran, for repairs on bridge, ·
4 55
Thomas Moran, for drain-pipe, powder, &c., . ·
3 00
Thomas Fardy & Son, for repairs . ·
4 59
Thomas Moran and others, picking stones,
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Paid B. L. Wales, for 140 loads of gravel,
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Daniel Leahy, " 90 " ee
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Daniel Kelliher, for 48 loads of
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John B. Thayer, for labor,
20 00
Total, .
$741 54
DISTRICT NO. 10, MARTIN P. PIKE, Surveyor.
Paid Martin Pike, for team-work, 2 days, 2 teams,
$15 37
Josiah Clark, for team-work, 2 days, ·
7 00
Ephraim Mann, for team-work, 2 days, 2 horses, . ·
9 00
Matthew Graham, for labor, 6 days, .
11 00
Walter A. Jones, ee 5 · 8 75 ·
Thomas Whalin, ee 4 7 00 .
Jedediah French, ee
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Chas. M. Holbrook, ee
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John Desmond, ee
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Patrick Flood,
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Thomas Duff, ee
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Wm. Cunningham,
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Lewis Jones, ee
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Daniel Kiley,
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3 50
Martin P. Pike and others, for picking stones, .
2 50
Total, .
$90 62
SOUTH STREET WIDENING," under ] direction of MARTIN P.
PIKE.
Paid Martin P. Pike for team-work, 81} days $384 00
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$10 00
Jared Whiting, ee
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Charles M. Holbrook, for labor, 822
164 80
Daniel Kiley,
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Moses Mann,
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Michael Crowley,
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Thomas Whalin,
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104 65
Walter A. Jones,
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Jedediah French,
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Lewis Jones,
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John Friel,
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John Mann,
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George Pierce,
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Thomas Duff,
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Matthew Graham,
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Manus Gallagher,
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John Desmond,
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Patrick Feeney,
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1 50
Ebenezer Alden, for 234 loads of gravel,
18 72
Estate of Ephraim Wales, for drawing gravel over land,
1 00
S. B. Corliss & Co., for repairing tools, .
28 00
T. Fardy & Son,
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16 05
Chas. M. Holbrook, for timber and posts,
1 80
William Campbell, for posts, .
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38 13
J. B. Rhines, for lumber,
14 83
H. M. Libby, for labor,
5 40
Martin P. Pike, for carting lumber and railing,. . 5 75
ee
68 00
George B. Dench,
383
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Paid William Hogan, for fence per order of Commissioners, . Patrick McLaughlin, for fence per order of Commissioners, .
$12 50
7 00
Eleazer Beal, for certificates, . 25 00
G. H. Sampson, for rendrock and powder, 133 26
Total,
$1,970 23
Cr. by cash from County for walls and fences, 197 50
Total, $1,772 73
Note. - Amount earned by Martin P. Pike on South street, and paid into the Treasury, $389.75.
MILL STREET WIDENING, under the direction of MARTIN
P. PIKE.
Paid Martin P. Pike, for team-work, 53 days,
$264 25
Thomas Good,
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Manus Gallagher,
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Ephraim Mann,
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Daniel Kiley,
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Thomas Whalin,
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Michael Crowley,
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Lewis Jones,
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Thomas Duff,
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Walter A. Jones,
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Patrick Flood,
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Matthew Graham,
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Moses Mann,
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Paid William Cunningham, for labor, 3837 days,
$67 95
John Desmond, . ce
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George B. Dench, ce .
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James Harris,
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30 62
Thomas Harris, 817 ce
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Patrick Bohan, ce
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Christopher Ward,
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Patrick Barry, ce
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9 62
T. Fardy & Son, for repairs,
9 32
S. B. Corliss & Co., "
6 30
E. A. Perry, for labor and material,
1 80
James G. Hurley, ce
1 00
James Welch, for lighting street, .
5 00
George B. Dench,
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2 00
Expense procuring plan,
2 25
G. H. Sampson, for rendrock and powder, 85 65
William Campbell, for posts, 67 92 ·
9 26
J. B. Rhines, for lumber,
22 17
M. P. Pike, for carting lumber,
2 00
Henry M. White, for nails, &c., 2 63
6 51
R. W. Turner, for gravel,
3 57
John F. Brady, land damage Mill street, 60 00
Heirs Jas. Good, land damage, Mill street, 60 00
Richard Forrest, ce
50 00
Joseph Jones, ce
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31 00
Timothy Sullivan, ce ce
10 00
Benjamin Brown, " Re
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8 00
Total,
· $1,923 22
H. M. Libby, for labor,
Samuel Hamilton, for gravel,
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Note. - Amount earned by Martin P. Pike on Mill street and paid into the Treasury, $266.25.
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid James Riley and others,
$58 35
Isaac N. Linfield and others,
57 30
William White,
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27 55
Thomas Good, Re
18 00
Louis Goeres,
15 17
Martin P. Pike,
10 90
Daniel Leahy,
9 00
George W. Pierce,
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2 10
Total,
$198 37
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Ralph Houghton, undertaker, attending
80 funerals,
$240 00
Ralph Houghton, for returning deaths, . for summoning Medical
19 25
Examiner,
6 00
Total,
$265 25
STATE AID.
Paid sundry persons (as per account State), . $2,199 00
STATE AID UNDER LAW OF 1879. Paid sundry persons (as per account State), . $559 10
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (see for items Engineer's Report), $2,800 27 .
20
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Edson M. Roel, for year 1878,
$124 20
Mary D. Alden, for over-tax,
32 80
Total,
$157 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Auditors for year ending March 1, 1879, $10 00
Engineers of Fire Department (salary and
cash paid) to May 1, 1879, 80 00
Horatio B. Alden, Collector of Taxes, year 1874, 39 93
Edson M. Roel, Collector of Taxes, 1877,
305 73
Edson M. Roel, 1878, ce 193 94
Daniel Howard, Moderator, 1879, as per vote, ·
20 00
James A. Tower, School Committee, in- cluding use of carriage, 1879-80, 175 00
James Molloy, School Committee, 1879- 80, . 95 00
Winslow Battles, School Committee, 1879-80, . ·
97 50
John T. Flood, services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, .
275 00
James A. Tower, services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 275 00 . Daniel Howard, services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 275 00
Total, $1,842 10
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RESERVOIRS.
Paid John B. Thayer, for constructing reservoir
on Mill street, as per contract, . $445 00 John B. Thayer, for constructing reservoir on Oak street, as per contract, . 445 00 . John B. Thayer, for constructing reservoir on North Main street, as per contract, 600 00 John B. Thayer, for constructing reservoir on Main street, opposite Warren street, 600 00 John B. Thayer, for extra cap-stones, grates, &c., 20 00
Charles A. Wales, for globes and lighting,
9 00
Total,
$2,119 00
FILLING RESERVOIRS.
Paid Hose Company No. 1 and others, 30 men, for labor, .
$162 00
Weston P. Alden, for labor as Engineer of Steamer, 72 00
John T. Cartwright, for labor and Fire- man of Steamer, 6 90 ·
A. J. Gove, for drawing Steamer, . ·
61 50.
Seth Mann, for labor, . · ·
5 00
. Timothy Mannicks, for labor, .
1 00
Total,
. $308 40
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STEAM FIRE ENGINE, APPARATUS, AND RE- PAIRING HOUSE. (See Report of Committee.)
Paid Manchester Locomotive Works, for en-
gine and hose-carriage, $3,700 00
American Fire Hose Manufacturing Com- pany, for 1,000 feet of hose, .
850 00
Henry H. Francis, for repairs on engine- house, 314 94
J. J. Kennedy, for 1 set double harness, 70 00 John B. Thayer, for repairs on engine- house, 30 00
Daniel Leahy, for grading yard, &c., ·
13 13
Wm. B. Hathaway, for expenses of Bean and Wilson, engineers, 6 60
A. J. Gove, for expressage, .
1 30
Total, $4,985 97
SPECIAL POLICE.
Paid Thomas Farrell, balance of salary, 1878-
79, . $337 50
Lysander R. Peterson, balance of salary,
1878-79, 29 17
Joseph Abbenzellar, balance of salary, 1878-79, . 25 00
Peter T. Rooney, balance of salary, 1878-79, . 12 50
Thomas Hand, balance of salary, 1878-79, 12 50
James E. Neary, salary, 1878-79, . 50 00
Total, $466 67
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MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid D. HI. Huxford, printing 1,350 town re- ports, ·
$190 25
D. H. Huxford, printing notices, war- rants, &c., 94 87 · Torrey, Bright and Capen, for carpet and oil-cloth, 120 46
Charles E. Higgins, for labor and mate- rial, . 102 65
D. B. White & Co., for paint and oil for hall, . 121 90
H. Hybennet, for painting hall, 55 33
Wm. B. Hathaway, entertaining firemen, 94 34
Wm. B. Hathaway, entertaining town officers, 72 95
R. W. Turner, for insurance, . 60 25
J. White Belcher, for insurance, 86 50
Seth Mann, 2d, for insurance, 47 20
Grand Army Post 110, as per vote, 100 00
Special Police, July 3 and 4, . 75 00
Turner Free Library, as per vote, .
500 00
Charles A. Wales, repairing roof of lock- up, . 45 00
Joshua Spear, for posts delivered 1874, . 28 50
Colin Boyd, care of selectmen's office, .
25 00
Henry H. Francis, services as constable,
22 50
James N. Bullock, horse-hire,
24 00
Francis A. Stanley, for flagstaff and re- pairs, 18 64 ·
Expense of Engine Committee to Concord, 16 20
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Paid Messrs. Tower & Howard, cash paid, $35 20
John G. Poole, postage, 21 40
A. J. Gove, expressage, 16 75
. William Campbell, repairs on hearse, 15 00
Benjamin Bisbee, for damage to sleigh, 15 00
Peter A. Wales & Sons, for repairs,
21 75
Peter A. Wales & Sons, for snow- plough, .
15 00
Ward & Gay, for order-books,
14 00
John B. Thayer, labor and material, 11 00
Charles A. Wales, for labor and material,
11 09
Ralph Houghton, for labor and repairs, . 12 75
Frank L. Tilton, for stationery,
10 35
Geo. D. Goodwin & Co., for drain-pipe, .
9 40
Colin Boyd, for labor and merchandise, .
10 68
Colin Boyd, for care of hall, town meet-
ings, . 7 50
Charles K. Darling, for assessors', books,
7 50
Nathaniel Stearns, for merchandise, 8 00
Patrick McSweeney, for labor and mate- rial, . 6 00
Daniel Leahy, for wood,
6.00
Eleazer Beal, for surveying, &c.,
7 05
Frank Porter, for stationery, .
5 83
Adam F. Jones, for wood,
5 06
Martin P. Pike, distributing town reports, 1879, .
5 00
Green & Prescott, for books, ..
4 00
Charles E. Higgins, for painting roof of lock-up, 3 00
25
Paid Colin Boyd, for preparing wood, .
$4 50
Dennis Fox, for labor, . 3 00
Doane & Greenough, for stationery, 3 00
John S. Abbott, for stone trough, . 3 00
D. B. White & Co., for supplies, . 3 00
Messrs. Twomey & Mahoney, for labor, . 3 00
M. R. Warren, for stationery,
2 75
M. Sansen, for pens,
2 50
Thomas Groom, for tax-books,
2 00
Edward A. Perry, for setting glass, 1 83 Hale S. Howard, for labor on scales, 70 R. M. Pulsifer, for advertising, 50
Total,
$2,215 63
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
There has been very little or no material change from that of last year in the cost of aiding the poor out of the Alms -. house. The same number call for assistance year after year, some requiring aid permanently, others only temporarily when compelled by sickness or lack of employment. The Almshouse is still under the management of Mr. Martin P. Pike and his wife, the matron. The condition of the build- ing is remarkably good, neatness and order being apparent in every apartment. The rooms are all well warmed and ventilated, the food, plain and wholesome, regular hours for sleep and meals, doubtless the good health of the inmates, is attributable to the sanitary condition of the institution, and to the faithful and watchful warden and matron, who spare no pains to insure to the poor who are placed in their charge, all necessary comforts. The farm is now well under culti- vation, contributing a good share of vegetable supplies for the house. The necessity of more working stock and farm- ing utensils has long been felt, and we have this year pur- chased a horse, two carts and a mowing-machine, at an expense of three hundred and forty dollars. In addition to the duties incumbent upon our superintendent, he has had in charge this year the widening of South and Mill Streets, as ordered by the County Commissioners. The widening of South Street necessitated the removal of a very large ledge
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near Union Street, which was considered a very difficult and expensive undertaking. The whole work was performed under the direction of Mr. Pike, and is entirely satisfactory to the public. Mr. Pike has with the town teams earned and paid into the Treasury during the year, six hundred and ninety-four dollars and thirty-seven cents, said amount very materially reducing the expenses of our Almshouse. Whole number supported at the Almshouse during the year ending March 1, 1880, in whole or in part was thirty-one; the average number, twenty-one, an increase of one for a full year.
Names of persons supported in the Almshouse for the year ending March 1, 1880 :
Polly Copeland.
Maggie Mclaughlin.
Emory Delano .*
Teresa Long.
Eunice Delano. *.
Ellen Barry.
Ellen Kennedy.
Patrick Barry .*
Peter Reardon.
William Morrisey. #
Catharine Condon.
Mary A. Quinlan. t
Mary Barry .*
Katie Quinlan.
Hannah Barry .*
Margaret Quinlan.
Lewis Linfield.
Mary O'Brien.
Elias Cole.
John O'Brien. *
Frances McMath.
James O'Brien.
Michael Clark.
Henry Jones .*
George C. Currie .*
Mary Veazie .*
Ellen Buckley.
James Harris.
Angeline Buckley.
George Weaver.
Mary E. Buckley.
* Discharged.
t Deceased.
# Refunded.
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SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR THE ALMS- HOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid Martin P. Pike, Superintendent, one year, $500 00
Charles Prescott, for supplies, 439 24
J. White Belcher, for grain and meal, 240 73
Josiah Clark, for meat,.
173 21
R. W. Turner & Co., for coal,
160 69
John Orr, for horse,
150 00
William Campbell, for cart and drag,
130 00
N. Rosenfeld, for merchandise,
71 24
I. D. Page, for supplies,
69 23
Whittemore Bros., for mowing-machine, .
60 00
Sidney French, for boots and shoes,
49 40
Walter Cartwright, for repairs,
48 30
William Jessop & Son, for steel,
32 55
C. P. Fairbanks, for clothing, 23 40
Ralph Houghton, for coffins and robes, .
28 00
William Campbell, for repairs,.
22 65
Charles A. Wales, for labor, material and supplies, 25 28
E. A. Allen, medical aid,
32 00
Warren M. Babbitt, medical aid,
10 00
Ames Plough Co., for plough,
13 00
S. W. Mann, for pigs, : · 12 00
Heirs of William Cole, for pasture,
16 00
Singer Manfg. Co., for Singer machine, . 15 00
Haskins and Montague, for chains, 12 73
Joseph McMullin, for clothing, 12 00
Joshua Spear, for wagon, 10 00
Frank Porter, for medicine, .
12 81
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Paid A. J. Gove, for expressage, . $12 55
Braintree Clothing Store, for clothing, .5 00
. For carriage robe, . 6 00
L. Hoffman, for clothing, 4 75
S. M. Clark, for labor, . .
4 50
Freeman, for fish, .
4 08
Kate McMullin, for merchandise,
3 84
Thomas Whalin, for labor,
3 75
Mrs. Healy, for nursing, 3 00
3 00
Horse doctor and for medicine,
T. Fardy & Son, for labor and material, . 3 25
William A. Hodges, for supplies, . ·
2 80
Mrs. Garland, for tailoring, . . 2 50
John B. Thayer, for labor and material, . 2 00
Henry M. White, for supplies, 1 62
D. B. White & Co., for supplies, . 1 35
F. L. Tilton, for medicine, 1 52
Old Colony R. R. Corporation, 0 25
29 90
Sundry bills, Total, $2,465 12
Cr. by cash paid Treasurer, for labor, board
and produce sold, and by bills due, . 1,319 87
Net cost,
$1,145 25
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
ANN F. THAYER.
Paid Esther M. Thayer, for board, . $100 00
EDWIN AND MARY CHESSMAN.
Paid A. S. Niles, for board, 208 00
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Paid R. W. Turner, for coal, $15 50
E. A. Allen, for medical aid, . 1 00
for Levi L. Holbrook, at State Lunatic Hospital, . 178 16
for James F. Forrest, at State Lunatic Hospital, . 189 52
for Mrs. Maggie Snow,* at State Lunatic Hospital, . 176 82
for Mrs. Edward Welch, at State Lunatic Hospital, . 39 64
for John Lynch, * at State Lunatic Hosp'al, 38 90
for John Harris, at State Reform School, 31 00
for Thomas Fencer, at " ce ce
28 00
for Patrick Fencer, at State Workhouse, . 12 50
for Mrs. Hugh McMahon and family, 199 00
for Mrs. William Grady and ee
.
162 75
for John C. Kelliher and family, 152 62
for Asa Morton, · .
122 10
for Hiram Holbrook and family, 119 50
for Mrs. Philip Kenney and family, 138 00
for Mrs. James Riley and ee
·
133 50
for Mrs. Jonathan Hunt and ce
93 50
for Ozias D. Daniels,
233 70
for Michael Magraine and family,
141 05
for J. Wales Sylvester and family, part at Canton, . 182 09
for Mrs. Francis Knox at Canton, .
.
49 00
for Mrs. John Fencer at Brockton, . 106 70
for Mrs. Austin L. Cole at Braintree, 89 67
Deceased.
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Paid for Mrs. Almira Giles at Braintree, $78 25
for Mrs. Bernard Purcell, Jr., and child, 92 55
for Thomas Donohue and family, . 87 87 ·
for Mrs. E. S. Pulson and family, . 88 35
for Richmond Jones and family, 67 73
for Mrs. J. Newton Clark,
56 00
for B. W. Sylvester and family,
78 25
for Mrs. Hiram Wilson,
82 52
for Hiram Wilson,
12 25
for Mrs. Hannah E. Eddy,
55 00
for Mrs. Bernard Gill, .
49 00
for Gerald Garrity and family,
41 00
for Mrs. Margaret E. Kennedy and
family, 57 00
for Mrs. Patrick McKay and family, 32 50
for George Clark, ·
·
30 90
for Mrs. John Welch and family, .
36 23
for Mrs. Lucinda Holbrook (Jason, Jr., at N.H.), 53 00
for Thomas Kelly and child, . 48 25
for Mrs. Shepard Wood and family, 62 50
for Patrick Barry at Dorchester Asylum,
14 00
. 59 13
for L. P. Holbrook and wife at Quincy, for Mrs. Patrick Howard and family, part at Braintree, 121 68
for Alexander Holbrook and family, 38 00
for Thomas Duff and family, . 20 00 ·
for James Fitzgerald,
.
14 00
for Mrs. George A. Faunce, . 8 00
for Mrs. Margaret Deneil, ·
7 00
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Paid for Mrs. Richard Carey and family,
$6 00
for Hugh Galligan and family at Wor-
cester, 5 90
for William Barry, 1 00
for Bartholomew Bunberry and family at Springfield, 2 10
for Mary A. Scott at Boston, . 2 00
for sundry bills for aid, . ·
58 86
for sundry bills for aid, refunded, . 62 10
Total, $4,471 14
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE SETTLEMENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK, THROUGH MILI- TARY SERVICES.
Paid for Lewis N. Weathee, at State Lunatic
Hospital, . $184 67
for Mrs. William H. Simpson and family, 262 53
for Mrs. Christiana Sloan and family, 117 93
for Mrs. Rose Murphy and family,
116 00
for Mrs. Thomas F. Hand and family, 106 84
for Mrs. John Mann and family,
101 95
for Albert W. Stetson and family, ·
183 50
for Walter A. Jones and family,
133 40
for John Crosby and family,
102 85
for Albert W. Howard and family,
56 00
for Mrs. Lysander C. Morse, at Brockton, 72 26
for Mrs. O'Gorman, at Boston, 51 40
for Mrs. Mary Mullins, at Boston, 37 22
for Mrs. C. V. Sloan, at Brockton, .
38 72
for William Tilson and family, 54 40
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Paid for John Kiley, $23 00
for L. F. Leavitt and family, at Quincy, 36 44
for Aaron Leavitt and family, at Quincy, 13 00
for Margaret McLaughlin, at Chelsea,
23 00
for Lorenzo D. Eddy,
6 00
for George F. French, .
2 00
for William Whitten,
3 25
Total,
$1,726 36
One third paid by Holbrook. Additional expenses in the Almshouse paid by Holbrook.
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Frederic Fowler, Jr., Easton, .
$203 30
for Francis Blanchard, Brockton, 202 90
for Stephen Farnum, Methuen,
85 00
for Elizabeth Farnum, Methuen,
72 50
for Lucius Hollis, Holbrook, . 187 29
for Catharine Curtis, Holbrook,
62 70
for Isaac N. Pendergrass, Holbrook,
6 00
for Lysander Miller, Holbrook,
1 00
for Bridget Hoye, Taunton,
73 00
for George C. Currie, Canton,
38 65
for John F. Clark, Stoughton,
165 90
for James' O'Sullivan, Stoughton,
4 00
for Edmund Burke, Foxboro,
35 50
for Alva M. Nightingale, Duxbury,
·
31 25
for Hewitt Baker, Pembroke,
34 00
for James Ward, Hanover,
20 00
for John C. Durgin, Mansfield,
.
12 00
for Emory Delano and wife, Leicester, .
8 80
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Paid for Chandler Cox, Braintree,
$4 00
for Mrs. William Faunt, Braintree, 1 35
for John Burns, North Brookfield, . 3 10
for Charles M. Moore, Boston,
3 50
for Charles Whitney, Medway, ·
9 00
for Peter Gallagher, Quincy,
15 00
Total,
$1,279 74
STATE PAUPERS.
Paid Colin Boyd, for lodging 647 tramps in
lock-up,
$140 00
Colin Boyd, for labor and sundry bills, . 27 48
Hurley & McSweeny, for labor and ma- terial, 8 00
D. B. White & Co., for supplies,
·
16 04
R. W. Turner & Co., for coal,
12 00
Henry H. Francis, for labor and material,
7 30
James N. Bullock, for filling beds,
4 00
William H. Smith, for charcoal, 4 80
Town of Quincy, .
4 50
F. L. Tilton, for medicine, ·
2 50
John B. Thayer, for labor and material, .
3 50
Total,
$230 12
Paid for Peter Lomby, .
$8 00
for Mrs. Robert E. Weaver, .
13 15
Total,
$251 27
Included in the expenses of poor in the almshouse, poor out of the almshouse, poor whose settlement is in Randolph and Holbrook, poor of other towns and state paupers, are
35
the following sums of money paid to the physicians for medical aid rendered for one year, ending April 5, 1880 : -
Dr. Charles C. Farnham,
$75 00
Dr. Thaddeus T. Cushman,
75 00
Dr. Emory A. Allen, 75 00 ·
Dr. Warren M. Babbitt, .
75 00
Dr. Augustus L. Chase,
75 00
Dr. Frank C. Granger,
75 00
Total, $450 00
The undersigned, auditors of accounts for the financial year ending March 1, 1880, have attended to the duty assigned them, and report that they have examined the books and accounts of the selectmen, and find them correctly kept, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn upon the treasurer.
V. H. DEANE,
FRANK MORTON, HALE S. HOWARD, Auditors of the Town of Randolph, 1880.
Randolph, March 18, 1880.
ALMSHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, PROVISIONS, &C., MARCH 1, 1880.
1
2 horses,
$400 00
2 cows, .
80 00
13 hens, .
8 00
2 pigs, .
14 00
42 tons of hay - English,
100 00
¿ ton of fresh hay, .
5 00
36
1 farm wagon, $65 00 .
2 horse carts, 150 00
1 swing drag, 50 00
1 mowing-machine, 60 00
1 carriage,
100 00
1 stump and rock extractor and hook, .
30 00
4 harnesses,
50 00
4 draft chains,
10 00
1 sled, .
3 00
1 grindstone,
10 00
1 wheelbarrow,
3 00
3 scythes and snaths,
4 00
3 rakes,
1 75
7 hay and manure forks,
5 00
7 shovels, 1 spade,
6 00
3 ploughs,
25 00
1 cultivator, .
7 00
1
iron bar, 1 pick,
2 50
2 axes, 2 hatchets, 1 bill-hook,
5 00
4 hoes, .
1 25
1 saw-horse, .
75
1 snow shovel,
50
1 churn,
2 00
1 boiler, .
2 00
60 bushels of potatoes,
55 00
¿ box of soap,
4 00
6 pounds of coffee,
1 00
1 gallon of molasses,
50
8 pound of sugar, ·
1 00
¿ barrel of flour, ·
5 00
·
.
.
37
18 iron bedsteads,
$100 00
28 colored blankets,
.
.
·
20 00
25 white blankets,
20 00
5 colored bed-spreads,
4 00
5
comforters,
7 00
7
feather-beds,
56 00
19
under-beds,
25 00
57
sheets,
24 00
10 double sheets,
5 00
36 pillow-cases,
15 00
16 feather pillows,
9 00
20 towels,
2 50
table-cloths,
5 00
6 wooden trunks,
3 00
3 dining-tables,
12 00
5 light-stands,
3 00
60 chairs,
30 00
4 00
25 00
6 flat-irons,
2 25
1 hammer,
75
1 wood-saw, ·
.
1 25
1 steelyards, .
1 50
1 clothes-wringer, .
5 00
3 hammers and 33 drills,
45 00
Crockery ware,
40 00
Wooden ware,
20 00
Tin ware,
12 00
1 clock,
4 00
1 cord wood, . .
6 00
.
Ash-barrel, sifter, hod and shovel, Cooking-stove and furniture,
.
.
38
1 road-scraper,
$30 00
22 tons of coal,
18 00
300 pounds of pork, .
36 00
1 washing-machine,
8 00
95 pounds of lard,
10 00
9 lamps,
4 50
30 flour barrels,
3 00
15 yards of calico,
1 50
6 yards of crash,
48
104 pounds of ham,
10 00
Total,
$1,895 98
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1880-81.
The following estimate of expenses for the ensuing year is presented for the consideration of the town : -
For schools (see report of School Committee), repairs, furniture and incidental expenses, $8,500 00
highways 3,000 00
general town expenses,
8,000 00
reduction of town debt, 5,000 00
Fire department (see report of Engineers,
3,464 00
$27,964 00 Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. FLOOD, JAMES A. TOWER, DANIEL HOWARD),
Selectmen of Randolph.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
1879-80.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Randolph :
Professor Teufelsdrockh, in "Sartor Resartus," says, "I " too acknowledge the all but omnipotence of early culture "and nurture. Hereby we have either a doddered dwarf " bush or a high-towering wide-shadowing tree; either a sick " yellow cabbage or an edible green luxuriant one. Of a truth, " it is the duty of all men to note down with accuracy the " characteristic circumstances of their education, what fur- " thered, what hindered, what in any way modified it."
Recognizing in some degree the value of the statements enunciated by the professor, although at the time they did not have his words in mind, and desiring that all citi- zens should have an opportunity of visiting the schools, and, remembering their own advantages, should note with accuracy the circumstances of the education of the children in this town, the School Committee, at a meeting held March 31, 1879, passed the following order : -
" Voted, that whereas we have drifted far from the land- marks of the fathers of the New England school system in abrogating the custom of yearly public examinations or ex- hibitions in the common schools which formerly prevailed, and that thereby parents have been deprived of the opportunity for obtaining an intelligent basis for the constant criticism of pupils, teachers and the school committee which should con-
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