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Royal T. Mann, for double team, 8,3% days, 41 50
Thomas Good, for single team, 2 days, ·
7 00
Samuel Willard, for single team, 1 day, 3 50
Francis E. Stetson, for single team, 4 days, 14 00
John Desmond, for labor, 52-& 10 days, 92 40
Thomas Duff, for labor, 52-% days, .
92 40
Thomas Whalin, for labor, 52-% days,
92 40
Matthew Graham, for labor, 50276 days,
88 10
Patrick Bowen, for labor, 34 days,
59 50
Lewis Jones, for labor, 46.3 l'o days, .
81 02
Charles H. Cole, for labor, 30-16 days,
52 67
David Lane, for labor, 2676 days,
46 72
Ansel Mann, for labor, 23} days,
41 14
Daniel Kiley, for labor, 13-16 days, 22 92
Daniel Kiley, for labor, 8 days, 16 00
Moses Mann, for labor, 14 days, 24 50
Patrick Barry, for labor, 16-3% days, . 28 52
9
Paid Maurice E. Scanlan, for labor, 13-30 days, . $23 27
Thomas Johnston, for labor, 15-3% days, 26 77
John B. Thayer, for labor, 122 days, . 25 00
Jedediah French, for labor, 82 days, . ·
17 00
Jedediah French, for labor, 7 days, · 12 25 .
Frederic Winnett, for labor, 92 days, 16 62
William Shields, for labor, 6 days, 10 50
James Donohue, for labor, 8-36 days, . 14 52
Christopher Ward, for labor, 11-86 days,
19 77
Forrest Whalin, for labor, 11 days, ·
19 25
Lawrence Ormsby, for labor, 6 days,
10 50
John A. Mann, for labor, 6 days, .
10 50
Ebenezer Holbrook, for labor, 62 days, 11 37
Josiah Clark, for labor, 122 days, 21 88
Sylvanus Thayer, for labor, 4 days,
7 00
Noah Chessman, for labor, 4 days, Martin L. Eddy, for labor, 4 days,
7 00
Martin L. Eddy, for labor, 41% days,
7 33
Frederic Miller, for labor, 4-2- io days, . 7 35
Charles Alden, for labor, 82 days, 14 87
Michael Sheridan, for labor, 2 days, .
3 50
William White, for labor, 2 days,
3 50
George B. Dench, for labor, 578% days,
10 28
Mason Lovering, for labor, 4 days,
7 00
John Gill, for labor, 2 days,
.
3 50
Patrick Mullins, for labor, 5 days,
8 75
Patrick Barry, for labor, 7 days,
12 25
Charles Leavitt, for labor, 4 days,
7 00
Alva N. Nightingale, for labor, 4 days,
7 00
Morton Holbrook, for labor, 4 days, . 7 00
James Slowey, for labor, 2 days, ·
3 50
James Danahey, for labor, 2 days,
3 50
7 00
10
Paid Joshua Hunt, for labor, $1 88
Timothy Sullivan, for labor, 5.60 days, 9 80
William T. Piper, for repairing culvert, 8 00
Daniel Sullivan, for labor, 2 days, 3 50
Andrew Tracy, for labor, 2 50
S. B. Corliss, for labor, 1 50
E. A. Perry, for labor, · 3 00
Frederic Endicott, for surveying, 6 84
S. B. Corliss, for stone, 17 11
T. Fardy & Son, for labor and material, 19 82
Frank H. Langley, for labor and material, . 12 29 Daniel R. Porter, for labor on snow plough, 1 50 Martin P. Pike, for carting loam, 3 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., for lumber for railing, 43 06
William B. Brown, for labor and material, . 2 45
Isaac N. Linfield, for hoe, .
60
Amasa Clark, for 67 loads of gravel, . 6 70 ·
Joshua Hunt, for 108 loads of gravel, 9 18
James Carroll, for 46 loads of gravel, 4 09
Michael Ford, for 50 loads of gravel, . 4 61
Moses C. Beal, estate, for 196 loads of gravel, 19 60
A. S. Niles, for 69 loads of gravel, . 5 82
A. Prescott, for 203 loads of gravel, . 17 30
Seth Mann, 2d, for 113 loads of gravel, 11 30
Martin L. Eddy, for 152 loads of gravel, 15 20
Sundry persons, for picking stones, 138 60
Total, $2,082 75 .
UNION STREET WIDENING.
Paid Martin P. Pike, for services, 90,7 days, $180 10
Martin P. Pike, for 2 horses and carts, 90zł0 days, 270 15
11
Paid Josiah Clark, for double team, 12-3 days, $61 50
Jared Whiting, for double team, 6 days, . 30 00
Jackson Belcher, for single team, 7} days, 22 50
Thomas Good, for single team, 3} days, ·
12 25
Matthew Graham, for labor, 94} days,
165 37
Thomas Duff, for labor, 882% days,
154 78
David Lane, for labor, 40 days, 70 00
Charles H. Cole, for labor, 80776 days,
141 22
Ansel Mann, for labor, 7275 days, 126 17
Daniel Kiley, for labor, 9723, days, .
194 30
John Desmond, for labor, 8528 days, . 1.50 38
Lewis Jones, for labor, 8221 days, 144 47
Charles Alden, for labor, 9913 days, . 174 39
George F. French, for labor, 25,8% days,
44 27
Moses Mann, for labor, 48.2% io days, 84 34
Thomas Whalin, for labor, 7223 days, 127 12
Jedediah French, for labor, 29 days, 58 00
Owen Sullivan, for labor, 2246 days, 39 72
Patrick Bowen, for labor, 38216 days, 68 34
James Slowey, for labor, 18-3 days, .
32 02
Patrick Sheridan, for labor, 18-36 days,
32 02
David Irving, for labor, 3.5, days,
5 38
Michael Sheridan, for labor, 6 days, . 10 50
James Lyons, for labor, 2 days,
3 50
Charles Jones, for labor, 2 days,
3 50
Joseph Graham, for railing street,
11 87
Royal T. Mann, for posts, 9 60
T. Fardy & Son, for labor and material, 50 71
Frank H. Langley, for labor and material, . 45 45
Jackson Belcher, for lighting street, . 5 05
Sidney French, for lighting street, .
5 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., for lumber, . 25 90
12
Paid George H. Sampson, for atlas powder,
$140 80
Total,
$2,700 67
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Elbridge Jones and others, $14 55
Rufus A. Thayer, 1 25
Martin L. Eddy, and others,
10 25
James Reilly, and others, .
27 12
Royal T. Mann, and others,
20 45
Martin P. Pike, and others,
47 89
Thomas Good, and others,
22 90
A. J. Gove,
2 00
Total,
$146 41
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Auditors for the year ending March 1, 1883, $10 00
Engineers of Fire Department for services and extra time to May 1, 1883, 107 50
E. M. Roel, Collector of Taxes, 1882, . 384 74
Winslow Battles, School Committee 1883-4, .
110 00
James Molloy, School Committee
1883-84, .
100 00
Thomas Dolan, School Committee 1883-4, . 100 00
Royal T. Mann, for services as Select- man, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor and Surveyor of Highways, John B. Thayer, for services as Select- man, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor and Surveyor of Highways, 300 00
400 00
13
Paid Rufus A. Thayer, for services as Select- man, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor and Surveyor of Highways, $300 00
Total, .
$1,812 24
STATE AID.
Paid sundry persons (as per account State ), $1,537 50
Total, .
$1,537 50
STATE AID UNDER LAW OF 1879.
Paid sundry persons (as per account State ), $1,562 72
Total, .
$1,562 72
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Edson M. Roel, for the year 1883, $509 40
Total, . $509 40
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Ralph Houghton, undertaker, attending
75 funerals,
$225 00
Total, .
$225 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (see for items, engineer's
report ), .
$1,811 86
Total, .
$1,811 86
CR.
By cash received from Braintree and Hol-
brook, · 104 59
Net cost,
·
$1,707 27
14
RESERVOIR SOUTH MAIN STREET.
Paid Corliss - and . Woodman, contractors, balance of contract, . $250 00
Total, .
$250 00
REPAIRS OF STETSON HALL.
Paid Henry H. Francis, for labor and material, $583 63
A. R. Prescott, for labor and material, 44 16
T. Fardy & Son, for labor and material, 11 50
N. H. Tirrell, for painting, 8 25.
Total,
$647 54
JAMES D. LEE CASE.
Paid John L. Eldridge, amount of verdict, $100 00
John L. Eldridge, costs two trials, 137 35
Colby and Wales, for professional services, two trials, 300 00
209 29
Sundry persons, for witness fees (1882), · Sundry persons, for witness fees and costs (1883), 228 09
Total costs for two trials, . $974 73
GUIDE BOARDS.
Paid Nathaniel H. Tirrell, for painting, $12 75
T. Fardy & Son, for bolts and spikes, 1 25
Edwin M. Mann, for posts and labor, 3 00
William B. Brown, for labor and material,
11 75
Total, $28 75.
.
15
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Daniel H. Huxford, printing 1300 town reports, · $249 00
Daniel H. Huxford, printing poll lists, war- rants, notices, &c., 115 00
J. White Belcher, for insurance, 252 63
Seth Mann, 2d, for insurance, . 79 00
Constables, for services July 3 and 4, 45 00
William B. Hathaway, entertaining town officers, 65 50
Grand Army, Post 110, as per vote, .
100 00
Dennis Fox, for damages, 15 00
Thomas Farrell, for services as constable 15 00
William F. Rooney, witness fees, 20 00
John T. Flood, expenses on (1883) report and copying, 40 00
Colin Boyd, care of selectmen's rooms, 25 00
Colin Boyd, care of hall, town meetings, ·
5 00
Henry H. Francis, for services as constable,
27 50
John T. Flood, adm'r land damages, Silver street, . 10 00
Charles K. Darling, for stationery,
6 60
F. Porter, for stationery, . 2 11
Thomas Groom & Co., for tax book,
1 75
Colin Boyd, for labor and merchandise,
24 85
John B. Thayer, for labor on lock-up, 5 75
Charles E. Higgins, for painting lock-up, . 9 00
Doane & Greenough, for stationery, . 11 25
Ward & Gay, for draft books, . 14 00
Edwin M. Mann, for wood, 16 50
Jedediah French, for labor,
2 50
16
Paid Nathaniel H. Tirrell, for painting, $9 67 Sundry persons, for cleaning wells, 11 90
H. B. Libby, for repairing engine house No. 2,. 55 00
Wales Bros., repairing pumps, .
9 00
Constables, for special services, 150 00
Peter Sheridan, for labor on well, and grad-
ing, 12 00
Estate of Moses C. Beal, for posts and rails (1882), 3 18
D. B. White & Co., for supplies, 12 97
Hiram C. Alden, for copying valuation book,
20 00
William B. Brown, for labor and material, . 2 20
John H. Field, for postage and box, . .
6 18
Isaac N. Linfield, for town directories, ·
1 20
T. T. Cushman, for services for board of health, . 1 00
M. M. Alden, for labor and material, 2 75
Charles A. Wales, for labor and mdse.,
10 61
A. J. Gove, for expressing,
10 60
A. J. Gove, for carriage hire, 13 75
Martin P. Pike, for distributing town re- ports,. . 5 00 ·
Messrs. Mann, Thayer and Thayer, expenses to Boston, Brockton, Taunton, Dedham and other towns, 62 25
Total, . $1,557 20
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The past year, as is very generally known, has been one of unusual depression with all business interests, and to this cause is due, in a great measure, the many and persistent calls for help made on the Overseers of the Poor. The dis- tribution of the appropriation for the relief of the outdoor poor requires much labor, which is continually increasing, as new applications for aid are constantly being made. It has been our desire to keep within the appropriation, and we have been able to do so, and to make a small saving. The almshouse, under the care of the superintendent, Martin P. Pike, and wife, has been kept during the past year in the same neat and orderly manner as formerly, and we are sat- isfied that the inmates have been properly cared for. Mr. Pike has earned with the town teams and paid into the treasury the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars and thirty-six cents ; also seventy-one dollars and seventy-seven cents for produce and stock sold.
The whole number supported at the almshouse during the year was twenty-three. Average number sixteen and one- quarter.
Names of persons supported in the almshouse for the year ending March 1, 1884 : -
Francis McMath,
Lewis Linfield,
Elias Cole, t
Ellen Buckley,
Maggie Morrisey,
Angeline Buckley,
William Morrisey, Jr., David MeKay,
+ Deceased.
18
James Connoly, §*
Maggie Quinlan,
Catharine Heney,
Margaret Hollis, t
William Doyle,
Barrelle Stetson, **
Michael Clark,*
Annie P. Linfield, t
Teresa Long, Mary E. Buckley,
John B. Sylvester,*
Margaret Purcellt
James E. Upham, Katie Quinlan,*
William Shea. §
SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR THE ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid Martin P. Pike, superintendent, one year, $600 00
Charles Prescott, for supplies, 410 19
J. White Belcher, for grain and meal, .
296 65
R. W. Turner & Co., for coal, 166 90
Josiah Clark, for meat, 159 16
Frank H. Langley, for labor and material, 57 66
H. H. Guinan, for clothing, 50 60
Sidney French, for boots and shoes, 44 40
N. Rosenfeld, for mdse., 42 06
Silas Pierce, for mdse., 40 66
A. F. Wentworth, for cow, . 40 00
William S. Hills, for flour, 38 75
David Lane, for labor, 76 30
A. H. Thayer, for two pigs, 22 00
Ralph Houghton, for coffin, robe, &c., for Margaret Hollis, ·
15 00
Ralph Houghton, for coffin, robe, &c.,
for Elias Cole, . ·
14 00
* Discharged. + Deceased.
+ Refunded. § Refunded in part.
19
Paid Charles E. Higgins, for painting, . $27 07
H. B. Libby, for labor, 20 00
D. B. White & Co., for supplies, . 18 69
John B. Thayer, for labor, mdse., 12 50
Presser Lloyd, for mowing salt grass, 18 00
A. J. Gove, for expressage and hay, 17 86
Heirs of William Cole, for pasturage, 16 00
Royal T. Mann, for carting salt hay,
6 00
A. & O. W. Mead & Co., for mdse., Parker & Gannett, for mdse.,
5 00
Walter Cartwright, for repairs,
4 15
I. D. Page, for supplies, 7 50
C. F. Hovey, for mdsc., 4 75
F. Porter, for medicine, 4 80
A. B. Gilman, for labor, 15 70
T. Fardy & Son, for labor and material, 9 35
Royal T. Mann, for bedding hay, 5 17
C. A. Wales, for labor and material, 4 70
Mrs. C. Holbrook, for nursing, 3 00
Mrs. Hurley, for nursing, .
1 00
Mrs. McGrane, for nursing, . 1 00
Mary Thayer, for nursing, . 6 00
Albert F. Wentworth, for supplies, 3 63
A. J. Towns, for ice, . 9 00
John F. Carey, for fish,
12 25
Ellen Barry, for nursing, .
6 12
James E. Upham, for labor,
8 25
Albert M. Taber, for supplies, 5 30
James Riley, for dressing hogs, 4 50
Charles F. Roberts, for fowl, 5 00
Charles E. Lyons, for meat, . ·
2 73
Wales Brothers, for repairing pump,
2 00
11 00
20
Paid A. L. Chase, for medical attendance, $ 89
Hardy Dyer & Co., for mdse., 1 90
(). C. Railroad Company, for freight, 1 03
William B. Brown, for labor, 50
Sundry bills, 46 13
Total, :
$2,402 80
CR.
By cash paid treasurer for labor by Martin P. Pike and town teams $750 36
cash paid treasurer for labor by David Lane, . 116 72
cash paid treasurer for milk, pro- duce, &c., sold, ·
71 77
cash paid treasurer for board, amount included in bill paid by the town of Holbrook, . ·
363 44
cash paid treasurer, amount re- funded, 28 30
amount due for board,
104 00
bills due for labor, &c., ·
16 92
1,451 51
Net cost,
$951 29
RELIEF OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Levi L. Holbrook, at State Lunatic Hospital, $182 47
for James F. Forrest, at State Lunatic Hos- pital, . 183 01
for Mary A. Forrest, at State Lunatic Hos- pital, . 99 98
21
Paid for Horace E. Holbrook, at State Lunatic
Hospital,
$188 83
for Leonard A. Jones, at State Lunatic Hospital, 107 74
for John C. Kelliher and family,
277 75
for Edwin and Mary Chessman,
276 25
for Isaac Holbrook and family,
246 35
for Mrs. George F. Eddy and family, 198 07
for Mrs. Jonathan Hunt and family, 125 60
for Mrs. Edward Brackin and family,
190 92
for Mrs. Hugh McMahon and family,
162 65
for Mrs. William Grady and family,
159 00
for Mrs. Philip Kenney, . 52 00
for Mrs. Thomas Donohue and family,
32 35
for Mrs. John DeNeil and family,
132 25
for Mrs. John Lynch and family, 73 50
for Mrs. E. S. Pulson and family, 72 75
for Mrs. Hiram Wilson, 101 51
for Mrs. Francis Myers,
60 00
for Mrs. Francis Smith,
33 36
for Mrs. James Butler,
45 00
for Mrs. Annie R. Brunberry and family, at Lowell, 34 75
for Ann F. Thayer,
100 00
for William S. Allen and family,
69 52
for Loring Jones,
96 00
for Noah Holbrook and wife,
111 93
for Paul T. Clark, .
47 01
for Luther F. Thayer,
82 50
for Michael Lynch, at Palmer,
19 02
for George Clark,
24 72
for Francis Myers, . ·
.
8 45
22
Paid for Louisa Thayer (1882), $31 57
for George C. Currie, 31 23
for Lucinda Holbrook (Jason, Jr. ), . 49 00
for Mrs. John Fencer, at Brockton, . 20 37
for Charles A. Weeks,
5 00
for Asa Morton,
18 00
for George Raymond,
63 75
for Peter Brophy, .
80 68
for Mrs. Thomas Addison, at Boston,
5 00
for John W. Sylvester,
3 00
for Alexander Holbrook and wife,
90 75
for Thomas English,
4 25
for Luke O'Riley and family,
88 67
for William Thayer,
37 25
for Mrs. Bradford Sylvester, at Stoughton,
5 00
for Michael O'Keefe,
4 00
for Hiram Holbrook and family,
48 00
for Lysander P. Holbrook, 4 50
for sundry bills for aid,
64 15
for sundry bills for aid refunded,
16 00
Total,
. $4,265 41
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE SETTLEMENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK THROUGH MILITARY SERVICES .*
Paid for Lewis N. Weathee, at State Lunatic
Hospital, $188 88
for James O'Brien, at State Reform School, 50 28
for John O'Brien, at State Reform School, 46 71
for Mrs. Francis Boyle and family, ·
220 19
for Mrs. Thomas F. Hand and family, 115 46
23
Paid for Christiana Sloan and family,
$173 97
for Morton Holbrook and family, 106 72
for John Crosby and family, 74 51
for Albert Howard and family, 73 50
for Albert W. Stetson and family,
87 50
for Lawrence F. Leavitt and family,
47 52
for George W. Cook and family, 37 13
for John E. Mann and family, at Hubbard-
ston, 49 03
for Charles H. Eddy and family,
72 75
for James M. Holbrook and family, at Hol- brook, 24 00
for George E. Mann and family, at Hub- bardston, ·
14 52
for Mary Mullins and family, at Boston
48 00
for Sarah A. (Morse ) Bond and family, at Brockton, 108 50
for Mrs. Henry M. Thayer, at Holbrook, 4 50
for Lorenzo D. Eddy, 17 75
for William Shea, 14 00
for Mrs. C. V. Sloan, at Brockton, 12 50
for Henry I. Sloan, at Brockton,
13 75
Total,
$1,601 67
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Frederic Fowler, Jr., Easton, $238 00
for Mrs. Wilfred N. Pendergrass, Holbrook, 130 00
for Mrs. Nathaniel Nichols, Holbrook, 120 30
for Nathaniel Holbrook, Abington, . 125 25 ·
for Benjamin F. Carey, Lawrence, · 82 78 ·
* One third paid by Holbrook. Additional expenses in almshouse paid by Holbrook,
24
Paid for Stephen Farnham, Methuen, · $86 25
for Mrs. Thomas H. Saunderson, Braintree, 67 01
for Mrs. Bridget Hoye, Taunton, 53 00
for Alva M. Nightingale, Duxbury, 40 78
for George F. Kehr, Canton, 36 28
for John Lyman Wood, Sharon,
8 25
Total,
$987 90
STATE PAUPERS.
Paid Colin Boyd for lodging 348 tramps in lockup, $140 00
R. W. Turner & Co., for coal, . 13 00 ·
Frank H. Smith, for charcoal, . 3 60
D. B. White & Co., for supplies, .
12 39
C. C. Farnham, for medical aid, 2 25
T. T. Cushman, for medical aid, 2 00
John Holman & Co., for beds, . 7 00
Colin Boyd, for repairing,
6 22
Total,
$186 46
for Annie Lynes
18 00
Total,
$204 46
Included in the expenses of the poor in the almshouse, poor out of almshouse, poor whose settlement is in Randolph and Holbrook, poor of other towns and state paupers, are the following sums of money paid to the physi- cians for medical aid rendered for one year, ending April 7, 1884 : -
Dr. Charles C. Farnham, $50 00
Dr. Thaddeus T. Cushman, ·
50 00
Dr. Warren M. Babbitt, . · ·
.
50 00
25
Dr. Augustus L. Chase, . ·
$50 00
Dr. Frank C. Granger, . 50 00 .
Total, .
$250 00
The undersigned, elected at the annual town meeting in April, 1883, as auditors of the accounts of the town of Ran- dolph, respectfully report that they have examined the ac- counts of the Selectmen, and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn on the Treasurer.
C. G. HATHAWAY, ELISHA MANN, JR., C. F. McMAHON, Auditors of the Town of Randolph.
Randolph, March 15, 1884.
ALMSHOUSE ESTABLISHMENT.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, PROVISIONS, &C., MARCH
1,1884.
2 horses,
$450 00
2 cows, .
100 00
1 road-scraper, 175 00
3 tons of hay, English,
69 00
1} tons of hay, salt,
18 00
2 horse carts, .
150 00
1 carriage,
·
100 00
1 farm wagon,
60 00
1 mowing-machine, .
50 00
1 swing drag, .
50 00
1 pair of wheels with pole,
50 (0
26
3 harnesses, $50 00
1 double harness, 50 00
1 two-horse sled with shafts and pole, 50 00
1 stump and rock extractor and hook, 30 00
4 draft chains, 1000
1 grindstone, .
10 00
2 ploughs,
15 00
1 wheelbarrow,
3 00
7 hay and manure forks, .
5 00
1 cultivator, 7 00
4 shovels, 1 spade, .
3 00
1 iron bar and 1 pick,
2 50
3 hoes,
1 00
3 rakes, .
75
2 scythes and snaths
2 00
1 saw-horse
75
Grain, .
10 00
800 pounds squash,
25 00
8 hens, .
6 00
4 pounds oatmeal,
25
10 pounds tobacco, .
4 00
1 churn, .
4 00
33 bushels of potatoes.
20 00
1 gallon molasses,
50
14 pounds of sugar,
1 20
1 peck of beans,
75
Carpenter tools,
5 00
¿ bbl. flour, .
5 50
3 pounds chocolate,
1 00
18 iron bedsteads,
100 00
20 colored blankets,
15 00
14 bedspreads,
8 75
27
7 comforters, .
$7 00
9 feather-beds,
60 00
18 under-beds,
26 50
35 sheets, 21 00
36 pillow-cases,
12 50
41 feather pillows,
13 50
25 towels,
3 25
2 table-cloths,
1 50
6 wooden trunks
3 00
3 dining-tables,
12 00
5 light-stands,
3 00
60 chairs,
30 00
Ash-barrels, sifter, hod and shovel, .
4 00
Cooking-stove and furniture,
55 00
6 flatirons,
2 50
1 hammer,
75
1 pair steelyards,
1 50
1 wood saw, .
1 25
1 clothes-wringer, .
5 00
3 hammers and 33 drills,
45 00
1 fire-extinguisher,
40 00
1 ice-chest,
12 00
Crockery ware,
40 00
Wooden ware,
20 00
Tin ware,
12. 00
2 cords of wood,
8 00
1 clock, .
4 00
1 road-scraper,
20 00
1} tons of coal,
12 00
300 pounds of pork,
45 00
1 washing-machine, 8 00
60 pounds of lard, .
9 00
.
28
9 lamps,
$4 00
35 flour barrels,
3 50
125 pounds of ham,
17 50
6 yards of gingham, 60
2 brooms, 50
$2,283 30
ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES FOR 1884.
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 $8,270 00
general town expenses, items :
Miscellaneous, . $1,700 00
Almshouse, .
2,500 00
Outside poor, .
4,300 00 .
Military aid,
900 00
9,400 00
Highways,
2,200 00
Fire department (see report of engineers), 2,000 00
Town debt,
5,000 00
Union street,
300 00
$27,170 00 Stetson High School (see report of trustees). 1,500 00 Total, ·
$28,670 00
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
1883-84.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
" Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused gen- erally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties ; and as these de- pend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of edu- cation in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legisla- tures and magistrates, in all future periods of the Common- wealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions, re- wards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a na- tural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punc- tuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor and all so- cial affections and generous sentiments among the people." (Con. Mass. Chap. 5, Sect. 2, 1780.)
" Six years after the settlement of Boston, the general court voted the sum of £400 towards the erection of a pub- lic school or college " - the germ of the present university at Cambridge.
" Before the close of the season, the budding seminary re- ceived its first and most munificent bequest, the legacy of John Harvard, a clergyman of Charlestown, and a lover of learning. One half his whole property and his entire
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library was the amount of this bequest - a sum greater than that apportioned by the court ; and though large bequests have since been received, the benefaction was so timely and the sum so generous that the name of the legator was at once conferred upon the college, and it still owns him as its principal and earliest founder.
At the early date of 1642, "a charter for the college had been granted, and a board of overseers established ; and the seminary itself was under the charge of President Dunster, a man of eminent talents and singular worth, who, though differing in sentiment from many of his contemporaries, con- tinued at its head for the period of nearly fourteen years, discharging with fidelity the duties of his office. The insti- tution thus started was fostered by all favorable to its inter- ests, and the clergy and laity vied with each other in contributing to its funds."
" The grammar school at Cambridge, established at a very early period, and nearly coeval with the settlement of that town, under the charge of famed 'Master Corlet,' taught the preparatory branches, a certain degree of acquaintance with which was necessary for admission to the college."
" Village schools," says the above writer, "had been es- tablished at this period, - 1643, -which varied in efficiency according to the sums appropriated for their support, and the competency of the persons employed as instructors.
" Both in Massachusetts and in the Plymouth Colony, schools were supported by law, and great care was taken that the benefit of education should be enjoyed by all. In- stances of neglect were exceedingly rare. Poverty prevented many from giving their children the highest advantages ; but comparatively few could be found whose instruction had been wholly overlooked.
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" The literary attainments of the age, it is true, were not extensive ; yet there was no idle waste of superfluous energy here. A preparation for the duties of practical life was sought by the most ; and there were those who could be sat- isfied only with copious draughts from an inexhaustible fountain."
We see here that our ancestors knew what agencies were necessary in the founding of states, that they acted well up to their knowledge, though self-denial, privation and hardship. had to be endured thereto. With all their concern for and confidence in church and creed, they saw that intelligence, stimulated by education in the masses, must be fundamental in a government by the people ; and schools and colleges came to administer their blessings alongside chapels and
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