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Paid John Harris, labor, 6 days 12 00
. Daniel Elliott 3% day . 30
Royal W. Turner, 104 loads of gravel 7 28
Samuel Hamilton, 84 loads of gravel 5 88
Thomas F. Lynch estate, 207 loads of gravel . 14 49
Daniel Elliott, 149 loads of gravel. 10 43
For scraping,
18 80
Wales French, for 6 loads of gravel 42
$342 16
DISTRICT NO. 8. - THOMAS MORAN, SURVEYOR.
Paid Thomas Moran and team, 26-6 days $100 16
Joseph McAuliff and team, 2-5 days
9 37
Robert McAuliff and team, 8.1 days John Carroll and team, 5 days ·
28 94
18 75
Thomas Moran, labor, 38 days
7 60
Patrick Welch, labor, 10% days .
20 40
Cornelius Ahearn, labor, 9-1 days
18 20
David Ahearn, labor, 3% days, Patrick McMahon, labor, 11 }~ days
23 40
James Blythe, labor, 9,7 days
19 40
Robert LcAuliff, labor, 8 days
16 00
Timothy Kiley, labor, 3 days
6 00
John Shields, labor, 16,& To days
33 60
Peter McCouerty, labor, 5-6 days
10 60
Robert McAuliff, labor, 2-4 days .
4 80
Matthew Moran, labor, 5,4 16 days
10 80
James Carroll, labor, 2 days
4 00
Patrick Crosby, labor, 4 days
8 00
Patrick Sullivan, labor, 1 day
2 00
Dennis Sullivan, labor, 2% days
4 80
James Gogan, 317 loads of gravel
31 70
.
.
6 40
12
Paid Thomas Moran, 18 loads of gravel
1 26
For scraping
35 25
421 43
Credit by Loam sold 3 25
$418 18
DISTRICT NO. 10. - PATRICK CLARK, SURVEYOR.
Paid James Riley and team 42 days $ 16 75
Josiah Clark and team, 3 days 3} hours. 12 50
Patrick Clark, labor, 13-6 days 26 20
John E. Clark, labor, 5 days
10 00
James B. Clark, labor, 10 1 days.
20 20
Edward Riley. labor, 4 days 8 00
Frank Riley, labor, 1} days .
3 00
John Welch, labor, 1'5 7 day ·
1 40
Aaron Daniels, labor, 2 days
4 00
Thomas Johnson, labor, 8-6 days .
17 20
Morton Holbrook, labor, 3 days
6 00
Patrick F. Clark, labor, 1 day
1 00
Charles Clark, labor, 1 day .
1 00
James Riley, scraping .
25 25
Patrick Clark, labor and material .
1 75
Daniel Kiley, 4 loads of gravel
40
Josiah Clark, labor, & day .
1 50
Patrick Clark, 156 loads of gravel .
15 60
$171 75
HIGHWAYS, SPECIAL REPAIRS.
Paid Thomas Moran and team, labor, 18% days $ 69 00
James Keenan and team, labor, 6 days 21 00
Thomas Good and team, labor, 14} days 53 98
13
Paid James Riley and team, labor, 828 days 32 43
James Riley, scraping . 23 28
William Mahady and team, labor, 142 days . 53 25
Martin F. Smith and team, labor, 98% days 36 74
James Riley, use of horse, 11 days 19 51
James Riley and double team, labor, 1 day 5 50
James Riley and others 19 86
John Carroll and team, labor, 5-4 days
23 65
John Carroll, drawing stone
2 00
For use of town team, 23-3 days 73 37
Robert McAuliff and team, labor, 152 days
58 11
Josiah Clark and team, labor, 6% days 24 23
William White and team, labor, 1 day
3 50
F. E. Stetson and team, labor, 32 days
12 87
Daniel Kiley. carting
50
A. J. Gove, carting
35
C. H. Mann and team, 2 days Richard Blanche, labor, 1 day
2 00
Patrick Bohan, labor, 52& days Thomas Duff, labor, 25} days
51 00
Dennis Sullivan, labor, 10 days
20 00
Thomas Donahoe, labor, 204 days
40 50
Timothy Sullivan, labor, 32 days
7 00
Thomas Patten, labor, 78 days
15 50
James Blythe, labor, 1 day
2 00
Bearnard O'Flaherty, labor, & day
1 50
John Lyons, labor, 4 days
8 00
James Keenan, labor, 162 days
33 50
James Barry, labor, ¿ day
1 00
Patrick Welch, labor, 3.6 days
6 20
Matthew Graham, labor, 60-1 days
120 20
Cornelius Ahearn, labor, 263 days
53 20
David Ahearn, labor, 432% days
86 90
John O'Keefe, labor, 129 days
3 90
7 50
105 50
14
Paid Thomas Whalen, labor, 7-3 days
14 30
F. E. Stetson, labor, 7} days 15 00
4 20
9 55
4 00
5 50
James Riley, labor, 1128 days
23 30
John Rienstien, labor, 1} days
3 00
Thomas Johnson, labor, 9,3% days
18 30
John Johnson, labor, 4-9% days Ansel Mann, labor, 3& days
9 80
7 50
Weston Mann, labor, 123 days
3 30
Charles Bump, labor, 423 days
8 30
Charles Mann, labor, 323 days
7 30
Thomas Riley, 2% day
30
George F. French, labor, 2-6 days
5 20
Souana Jones, labor, 13 days
3 50
Patrick Brady, labor, 5 days
10 00
James Lyons, labor, 54 days
10 50
Patrick McMahon, labor, 3 days
6 00
Daniel Kiley, labor, 65 days
13 25
Michael Ford, labor, 2 days
4 00
Francis Cullen, labor, 9% days
18 40
John Shields, labor, 92 days
19 00
John B. McGrane, labor, 628 days
13 30
Patrick Crosby, labor, 126 days
2 40
Michael Lagin, labor, 163 days
33 20
Patrick Clark, labor, 2-6 days
4 80
Charles Lawless, labor, 1 day
2 00
H. Gore & Co., paving
58 08
Charles A. Payne, labor, 1} days
1 50
George W. Pierce, labor,
43 05
John Sheehan, labor, 8} days
17 00
H. Pritchard, labor, 27 days T. Good, labor, 44 days John Crosby, labor, 2 days Michael Good, labor, 22 days James O'Riley, labor, 82% days
16 40
15
Paid John Desmond, labor, 8} days 17 00
William C. Barry, labor, 122 days
25 00
Joseph Crosby, labor, 1}
100
Michael Crowley, labor, 2 days ·
4 00
Gataneo Baergaloupe, labor, 2% day
60
J. Carroll, labor, 3} days ·
6 40
Mathew Moran, labor, ¿ day
1 00
William Mahady, labor, ¿ day
1 00
Andrew Nightingale, labor, 1-8% days
3 60
Joseph Mahar, labor, § day .
75
James Fardy, labor and material
2 45
Maurice Scanlon, labor
25
Frank H. Langly, labor and material
12 14
Martin L. Eddy, labor, 22 days
5 00
H. B. Libby, labor and material
11 71
Daniel Leahy, posts
2 75
Samuel Hamilton, 34 loads gravel . Lynch Estate, gravel .
16 91
Seth Mann, 2nd gravel,
13 30
J. Carroll, gravel
1 72
M. F. Smith, paving stone
1 00
H. M. White, powder and lanterns
1 00
Mrs. Riley, sand .
20
C. A. Wales, gravel
3 22
James Keenan, gravel .
2 00
Dennis Sullivan, gravel
17 71
S. B. Woodman, labor and use of derrick
121 00
Hannah Belcher, gravel
17 60
Amasa Niles, gravel
.
42
Charles Prescott, gravel
1 12
Josiah Clark, gravel
2 22
W. F. Martin, stone
2 50
Kerosene and lighting lanterns
2 60
J. V. Beal gravel
2 71
2 38
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Paid Clara Alden, gravel
60
M. Ford, gravel .
15
· James Keenan, post For bridge stone .
1 50
M. Graham, use of tools
60
H. L. Mudgett & Co., lanterns 1 50
T. J. Mackedon, kerosene and lighting lanterns 5 00
For use of scraper
25
F. E. Stetson, gravel
2 60
Thomas Moran, gravel.
5 67
Joshua Hunt, gravel
5 27
E. Taber
77
J. Campion .
2 45
S. B. Corliss, covering stone
107 30
Geo. D. Goodrich, drain pipe 58 06
John Desmond, gravel .
1 50
Credit for drain pipe sold, 8 60
$2004 55
PAVING.
Paid Matthew Graham, labor, 15 days . $33 75
Patrick Bohan, labor, 132 days
27 00
William C. Barry, labor, 142 days
29 00
David Ahearn, labor, 1325 days
27 50
Patrick Brady, labor, 1 day .
2 00
Patrick McMahon, labor, 1 day
2 00
2 50
Michael Gogan, labor, 14 days James Lyons, labor, 22 days
5 00
Martin F. Smith, labor, 7 days
14 00
William Mahady and team, 5 days
18 75
Martin F. Smith, use of horse, 82 days . 14 87
Geo. B. Dench and team, 3 days .
11 25
·
$2013 15
20
17
Martin F. Smith, paving stone
$4 00
Lynch estate, gravel .
2 10
C. A. Wales, gravel .
2 10
Lynch estate, paving stone
1 00
French, paving stone
90
James Fardy, repairing
55
H. Gore & Co., paver and rammer 15 days
101 25
Car fares
1 40
Total,
$300 92
GUIDE POSTS AND STREET SIGNS.
Paid M. D. Jones & Co., 31 iron signs
$62 00
Patrick McMahon, labor, 22 days
5 50
Michael Lagin, labor, 3& days
7 50
John B. McGrane, labor, 1 day
2 00
Daniel McGerigle, labor, 2} days .
5 00
N. H. Tirrell, painting signs and posts
5 80
Ephraim Wales, 13 posts
3 90
Wheeler Reflector Co., 25 posts
43 75
Burdett & Williams, screws
2 61
Old Colony R. R. Co., freight
2 00
John B. Thayer, cash paid
1 00
Daniel Leahy, carting
1 00
Total,
$142 06
STREET CROSSINGS AND SIDEWALKS.
Paid Randolph Business and Improvement Society . $300 00
Patrick Bohan, labor, 1 day 2 00
Patrick Brady, labor, 1 day
2 00
S. B. Corliss, edge stone
35 00
S. B. Corliss, setting stone
19 95
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Paid David Wilson, concreting $13 61
James Riley, removing tree 13 13
Chandler Cox, lighting lantern
10 00
Painting fountains .
1 00
E. H. Tarbell, street lantern .
5 50
Charles Prescott, oil and chimneys . .
3 11
$404 30
REMOVING SNOW.
Paid Thomas Moran and others $25 52
James Keenan and others
9 15
William White and others
18 55
Geo. W. Burrell and others
8 40
Martin L. Eddy and others
6 50
William Mahady and others
4 45
Thomas Good
3 72
James Riley . ·
.
7 80
$84 09
TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, AND OVERSEERS OF POOR.
Paid Peter B. Hand
· $400 00
John B. Thayer
.
.
. 300 00
Michael J. Daly
.
.
· 300 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid John B. Wren
· $125 00
Thaddeus T. Cushman .
.
. 100 00
Thomas Dolan .
· 100 00
.
.
.
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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
Paid John T. Flood
. $50 00
James Fardy .
. 50 00
· George H. Wilkins . . 50 00
Hiram C. Alden
75 00
COLLECTING TAXES.
Paid Thomas Dolan, taxes of 1887 .
$164 55
Thomas Dolan, taxes of 1888 . 200 00
Engineers of Fire Department services May 1, 1888
75 00
Town auditors for the year ending March 1,
1888
15 00
·
Total, $2,004 55
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.
Paid Post 110, G. A. R.
$100 00
Total,
$100 00
STATE AID.
Paid sundry persons (as per account State) . · $1,628 00
Total.
$1,628 00
MILITARY AID (CHAPTER 30, SECTION 10.)
Paid sundry persons (as per account of State) $1,290 00
One-half paid by the State $645 00
Paid by Holbrook 148 33
Paid by Randolph 496 67
Total, $1,290 00
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ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Thomas Dolan for the year 1887 $376 20
Total, $376 20
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Paid Ralph Houghton attending 82 funerals . $287 00
Total, $287 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid sundry bills (for items see Engineers Report ) $2,049 48
Total, $2,049 48
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid Thomas Farrell, police duty and constable ser-
vice
$113 50
C. F. Parker, surveying 35 40
Wales Bros., repairing pumps, etc. .
12 50
E. Forrest Knight, police duty
124 25
E. A. Perry, labor and material
1 00
J. White Belcher, insurance
251 50
Howard House, supplies
60 00
D. H. Huxford, printing town reports, war- rants, voting lists, poll tax lists, notices, bill-heads, &c.
433 52
Colin Boyd, supplies and care of Selectmen's office 69 15
William Mahady, team and labor
9 37
Henry C. Sheppard, stationery 1 10
Rockwell & Churchill, license blanks .
5 50
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Paid Seth Mann, 2d, insurance $65 25
Daly Bros., labor and material 39 78
John T. Flood, services as moderator 20 00
N. H. Tirrell, labor and material
26 17
Patrick Bohan, labor
5 00
Cornelius Ahearn, labor
6 00
David Ahearn, labor
5 60
Town team, labor 4 90
Dennis Sullivan, labor, 22 days
5 00
J. Aug. Shadswell, book
4 00
R. H. White & Co., mdse. .
12 00
John & James Dobson, mdse.
21 88
F. A. Belcher, supplies Selectmen's room 7 50
Frank J. Donahoe, police and constable service
29 75
George A. Pool, police service 21 25
John P. Rooney, police service
21 25
Lincoln Stetson, police service
21 25
M. R. Warren, books
2 25
Albert W. Stetson, labor
5 20
George Goodhue, material and plumbing
13 99
Fred. A. Spear, printing notices .
9 50
Town of Stoughton tax, Upham lot 7 02
Charles H. Belcher, supplies
33 93
Michael Stanton, police duty
156 25
Peter B. Hand, cash paid
38 30
H. M. White, supplies Selectmen's office
2 58
John Lyons, labor
1 00
George B. Dench, labor
11 50
Charles Prescott, lanterns
1 70
Ephraim Wales, wood Selectmen's office 13 00
F. E. Stetson, damage to carriage
8 00
Josiah T. King, special service 12 50 .
Royal W. Turner, insurance
45 00
·
Eugene Campana, labor and material
5 26
22
Paid Asa P. French, professional service $ 8 00
W. H. H. Cowles, damage to carriage . 9 85
Robert McAuliff, damage to carriage
10 00
Michael J. Daly, cash paid .
6 00
John B. Thayer, cash paid
9 60
Edwin Mann, wood, office
16 00
James Fardy, labor and material
2 75
A. J. Gove, sundry bills
68 67
G. W. Wales, postage, &c.
7 29
C. A. Wales, labor and material 64 65
Peter B. Hand, services as Board of Health .
20 00
John B. Thayer, services as Board of Health 20 00 Michael J. Daly, services as Board of Health 20 00
James Murphy, professional services 3 00
$2,066 16
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor submit the following report for the year ending March 1, 1889 . -
The Almshouse and inmates remained under the superintend- ence of Calvin Sanford and wife until January 1, 1889. The decease of Mr. Sanford necessitated engaging the services of a superintendent and matron, and George R. Weaver and wife were engagad to fill the unexpired term for which Calvin San- ford and wife had been engaged. Mr. Weaver and wife were highly recommended for the position, as persons of special fitness, proved by years of experience in the management of similar institutions ; and they have been appointed superinten- dent and matron of the almshouse for one year, ending March 1, 1890, at a salary of four hundred and seventy five dollars.
The almshouse has been shingled during the year, at an ex- pense for labor of eighty-two dollars and ninety-three cents, which with other necessary expenses has increased the net ex- pense of maintaining the almshouse the past year. An institution of this kind requires a sufficient supply of water for domestic purposes and protection against fire, and the Overseers of the Poor recommend that the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appropriated by the town for the above-named purpose.
The expense of poor out of almshouse has been in excess of the previous year, due to the depression in business and the greater amount of aid required by aged persons. Persons receiving aid on account of military services have availed them- selves of the provisions of Chapter 438 of the Acts of 1888, which has caused an increase in this class of aid.
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NAMES OF PERSONS SUPPORTED IN ALMSHOUSE DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1889.
David McKay
52 weeks.
Lewis Linfield
52
Edmund Eddy
52
66
William Doyle
52
Ann Holbrook
52
Catherine Heney
52
§ Frances McMath
51
§ Polly Eddy
22
Maggie Morrissey
52
66
Teresa Long
52
66
Mary Maxwell
52 66
Ellen Buckley
52
66
* William Tilson .
52
+ Henry D. Holbrook
52
66
Bridget Long
40
.6
Lucy Long
31
Į James Conley
25
Rufus I. Jones
47
George A. Cook
8
Joseph Fritz
.
23
66
William Morrissey, Jr.
52
66
EXPENSES FOR ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
Paid F. H. Langley, labor and material $ 10 65 Calvin Sanford, on account of salary 125 00
Julia Sanford, balance of salary to Jan. 1, 1889 291 67 .
Calvin Sanford, supplies . . .
58 83
J. White Belcher, use of pasture · 16 00
. . * Refunded $36 00. t Refunded $40 00. # Refunded $10 05. § Deceased.
.
25
Paid F. A. Belcher, supplies $116 62
Francis Smith, for hens
8 00
D. B. White, for coal .
192 00
S. Austin Thayer, supplies . 198 33
Charles Prescott & Co., supplies .
496 75
George W. Burrell, 4 cords of manure . 28 00
John F. Carey, supplies
35 29
Matthew Graham, labor
16 87
Franklin Porter, supplies
17 62
M. Norton Hunt, supplies
3 50
David W. Tucker, for pasture
6 00
Sidney French, supplies
25 50
Charles H. Prescott & Co., supplies
133 90
James Fardy, labor and material .
56 60
John F. Fowkes, supplies
3 25
Charles F. Maynard, supplies
10 60
A. L. Chase, medical attendance and truss
25 00
R. B. Wendell, supplies
2 50
H. B. Libby, shingling almshouse
82 93
Ingalls & Kendricken, repairs and examination
4 50
C. J. Berry, asbestos roofing
8 00
S. B. Woodman, material
·
3 25
John Meaney, 2 shoats
10 00
Josiah T. King, labor .
1 00
Cobb, Bates & Co., supplies
93 18
Gass, Doe & Co., butter
43 90
A. J. Towns, ice
10 00
William G. Harris, carpet
24 20
Jeremiah McCarty, labor ·
1 00
Old Colony R. R. Co., freight
93
H. H. Guinan, supplies
85 75
Thomas F. Swan, mouldings
2 64
James E. Nash, clock .
1 50
Wales Bros., repairing
.
11 00
.
·
.
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Paid Albert Hawes, supplies $303 05
H. M. White & Co. 1 65
George R. Weaver, salary to March 1, 1889 66 66
C. A. Wales, supplies
19 00
Oliver M. Sheridan, medical attendance and supplies 41 57
$2,694 12
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Labor town team .
$157 66
Stock and produce sold
37 56
Board of sundry persons
303 05
Town of Holbrook, board of sundry
persons
370 73
$869 00
Net expense of almshouse $1,825 12
RELIEF OF POOR OF RANDOLPH OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for Horace E. Holbrook, at State Lunatic Hospital
$169 92
for Mary A. Forrest, at State Lunatic Hos- pital 157 56
for William J. Kinsley, at State Lunatic Hospital 68 25
for Margaret Ward, at State Lunatic Hos- pital 169 92
for Bridget Gallagher, at State Lunatic Hospital
81 30
for Timothy Donahoe, at State Lunatic Hospital 176 34
for Charles H. Abbott . 53 00
for Mrs. William H. Ainsley and family
239 57
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Paid for William Allen and family
$115 41
for 'William Abbott
12 25
for Ellen Addison and family
10 00
for Susan Acherson
14 25
for Mrs. James Butler .
45 00
for Annie Bunburry and family
101 98
for Patrick Barry
49 25
for Lorena Beal
90 75
for Mrs. Edward Bracken and family for Elmer G. Biglow
24 00
for Mrs. Maurice Colbath
61 00
for Mrs John Carey and family .
50 43
for Mrs. John DeNeil and family
141 75
for Thomas Donahoe and family
67 40
for James D. Fox and family
220 53
for Mrs. John Fencer .
34 75
for James Fitzgerald and wife
51 50
for William Farnum
25 00
for Hiram Holbrook and family
62 35
for Mrs. Noah Holbrook
52 00
for Alexander Holbrook and wife
73 00
for Isaac Holbrook and wife .
148 33
for Mrs. Jonathan Hunt
109 25
for Lucinda Holbrook
52 00
for Loring Jones
16 00
for John Leahy
59 42
for Bridget Long .
66 84
for William Kelliher
1 60
for Mrs. Hugh McMahon and family
153 25
for Timothy Mannix
81 25
for Mrs. Elizabeth Myers
60 00
for Frederick Miller
18 00
for John McKay, child
9 85
for Thomas Murray
86 00
189 87
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Paid for Mrs. Delazon Mann $35 00
for Frederick Nolan
7 75
for Mrs. Fanny Niles
46 50
for Mrs. Luke O'Riley and family
141 00
for Margaret Riley
40 52
for Ann F. Thayer
100 00
for Mrs. John F. Sullivan and family
69 17
for Mrs. Elizabeth Green
52 00
for Catherine Smith
39 00
for Patrick McMahon
7 25
· for Louisa P. Sloan
23 60
for William Shields .
20 00
for Francis McMath
17 00
for Mrs. Danforth Chandler'.
7 50
for Charles H. Wood and family
28 20
for sundry persons aid refunded
127 38
$4,231 99
RELIEF OF POOR WHOSE MILITARY SETTLEMENT IS IN RANDOLPH AND HOLBROOK.
Paid for Lewis N. Weathee, at State Lunatic Hos-
pital $169 92
for Mrs. Frank Boyle and family
78 00
for Mrs. Elizabeth Dumphy and family .
296 28
for Patrick Doherty
40 00
for George F. French .
4 00
for Thomas F. Hand and family
89 50
for Ebenezer Holbrook and family
143 50
for Albert Howard
72 88
for Maurice Kiley, board of child .
23 00
for Lawrence Leavitt ·
.
80 05
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Paid for James Meaney and family
$261 97
for John E. Mann and family
159 25
for Mary Mullins
72 00
for Albert W. Stetson and family
114 20
for William Whitten
12 00
for Flora Cook
26 75
for Sarah Bond
35 00
for Lysander Morse
3 25
for Christiana Sloan and family
84 18
for sundry persons, aid refunded
18 10
$1,783 88
POOR OF OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for Louis Crovo, Boston $ 10 00
for Frederick Fowler, Easton
169 00
for Abbie L. French, Holbrook
3 00
for Mrs. Nathaniel Nichols, Holbrook
55 42
for Rufus I. Jones, Holbrook
1 55
for Louisa Pool, Holbrook
137 50
for Lucius Hollis, Holbrook
3 00
for Mrs. Wilfred N. Pendergrass and children, Holbrook 160 00
for Mrs. John Glover, Quincy
7 25
for Hiram Hunt, Quincy
24 00
for Harriet L. Mansfield, Braintree
60 00
for Andrew C. Nightingale
39 50
for Mrs. Bridget Hoye, Taunton .
53 49
for Alvah M. Nightingale, Duxbury
10 00
for Mrs. John C. Welch. Weymouth
17 00
for Lysander Alden and wife, Avon
21 67
for Henry Wentworth, Canton
22 00
for Patrick Fleming
5 00
$799 38
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STATE PAUPERS.
Paid Colin Boyd, keeper of lockup one year . $138 17
Colin Boyd, supplies 45 50
Charles H. Belcher, supplies 17 56
Frank F. Smith, charcoal
3 90
J. Foley, washing blankets .
6 00
H. B. Libby, labor and material .
.
1 57
George W. Pollock, labor and material
6 00
John B. Thayer, labor and material
3 30
C. C. Farnham, medical attendance
3 00
D. B. White, coal
6 75
C. A. Wales, labor and material . 10 04
Overseers of Poor, aid to sundry persons 2 84
$244 83
The following sums of money have been paid to the several physicians, for medical aid to persons under charge of the Over- seers of the Poor, to April 1, 1889 : -
Dr. Thaddeus T. Cushman $ 50 00
Dr. Charles C. Farnham
50 00
Dr. Emory A. Allen
50 00
Dr. Warren M. Babbitt
50 00
Dr. Augustus L. Chase
50 00
Dr. Frank C. Granger
50 00
Dr. Oliver M. Sheridan
50 00
$350 00
RANDOLPH, March 15, 1889
The undersigned auditors of the Town of Randolph re- spectfully report that they have examined the accounts of the
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Selectmen, and find them correct, with proper vouchers for all orders drawn upon the Treasurer.
CHARLES G. HATHAWAY, WILLIAM J. LONG,
Auditors.
ALMSHOUSE AND TOWN FARM.
APPRAISAL OF STOCK, FURNITURE, PROVISIONS, &C., March 1, 1889.
1 horse
$ 50 00
1 cow ·
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50 00
2 swine . .
12 00
19 hens
12 00
6 tons of English hay
120 00
¿ ton salt hay
3 00
1 road scraper
175 00
2 horse carts
125 00
1 farm wagon
70 00
1 carryall .
85 00
1 two-horse wagon
60 00
1 swing drag
60 00
1 mowing machine ·
40 00
1 hay cutter and feed trough
8 00
2 gravel screens
15 00
2 cart harnesses
30 00
1 carriage harness
10 00
1 pair double harnesses
50 00
1 two-horse sled, with shafts and pole
50 00
4 draft chains
10 00
2 grindstones
8 00
1 carriage jack
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2 00
6 baskets
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2 00
32
3 ploughs
$16 00
1 new plough
15 00
1 harrow 5 00
8 hay and manure forks 5 00
4 shovels . 5 00
2 iron bars and 3 picks
5 00
3 wood-saws and saw-horses
4 00
4 hoes, 8 garden and hay rakes
4 00
4 scythes and snaths
3 00
2 hand-saws, plane and square
4 00
1 bit-stock and bit, and iron vise, hammer, &c.
5 00
3 stone hammers and 32 drills
42 00
35 flour barrels
5 25
15 cords of hard wood, fitted for stove
120 00
1} tons of coal
10 00
3 bushels of potatoes
2 70
Garden vegetables
5 00
1 barrel of flour
8 00
10 pounds of butter
3 00
60 pounds of lard
7 20
500 pounds of pork
60 00
20 pounds of crackers
1 60
40 gallons of molasses
.
20 00
15 gallons of vinegar
5 00
1} bushels of beans
3 75
10 jars of pickles and preserves
2 00
250 pounds of sugar
15 00
24 pounds of tea
11 00
Spices
2 00
5 pounds of tobacco
2 00
Grain and meal
2 00
1 cooking range and furniture
45 00
100 pounds of ham
14 00
50 pounds of bacon .
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6 50
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20 gallons of kerosene
2 40
1 kerosene barrel
1 50
1 small stove
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5 00
1 fire extinguisher
40 00
9 flat irons
4 00
¿ box of soap
2 00
1 sewing machine
16 00
¿ box of soap powder
2 00
Crockery ware
40 00
Wooden ware
15 00
1 ice chest
12 00
Clothes wringer and tin ware
15 00
10 hand, 3 hanging lamps, 3 lanterns
8 00
1 clock
4 00
12 cuspadores
6 00
26 iron bedsteads
156 00
12 feather beds
75 00
25 under beds
36 00
70 sheets
35 00
36 colored blankets
36 00
26 white blankets
26 00
64 pillow cases
12 00
12 bed spreads
12 00
31 comforters
31 00
54 feather pillows
32 00
30 towels
4 00
5 table cloths
6 00
7 small and 4 dining tables
2 00
· 1 black walnut extension
10 00
2 all-wool carpets
45 00
60 chairs
30 00
6 brooms
1 50
1 churn
4 00
Coal shovels and hods
5 50
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34
3 axes
3 50
1 wheelbarrow
3 50
1 tobacco cutter
4 00
1 snow plough
15 00
1 sleigh 25 00
1 carriage robe, 2 horse blankets
8 00
$2,301 90
ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES FOR 1889.
The following estimate of expenses for the ensuing year is presented for the consideration of the town :-
For schools (see report of school committee) $8,989 27
Stetson High School (see report of trustees) .
3,200 00
Miscellaneous town expenses ·
2,000 00
Highways, general repairs ·
2,000 00
Highways, special repairs
1,500 00
Paving
500 00 .
Removing snow
200 00
Fire department (see engineer's report) ·
2,480 00
Poor in almshouse
2,000 00
Poor outside
4,000 00
Randolph and Holbrook
1,000 00
Military aid
600 00
Town officers ·
2,000 00
7,575 00
Water works (see water commissioners report) Water supply for almshouse (see overseers of poor report) 250 00
Turner Free Library ( see report of trustees ) . 600 00
Interest on town debt .
Respectfully submitted,
PETER B. HAND, JOHN B. THAYER, MICHAEL J. DALY,
Selectmen of Randolph.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH. 1888-9.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The school committee present to the citizens of Randolph a report of the schools, their progress and present standing, as also an account of expenditures for the past year.
The committee are pleased to report the schools in good condition, and reasonable progress has been made in the past year through effort on the part of the teachers to make the work better.
The world makes progress as the years pass by, and there is a possibility of doing better work today than in the past. Conditions change in the schools, and there must be a cor- responding change on the part of teachers to meet the new conditions.
Our school population is not what it was twenty years ago, both as to numbers and mental characteristics ; the new con- ditions may be better or worse than the old, certainly they are different and demand a change in the methods of teaching.
But conditions after all change slowly and the wise teacher sees what there is of value in a new method, takes and uses it for the good of his pupils, but is not led into any extremes by the adoption of the impracticable, and our schools will compare favorably with the schools of the majority of towns in the state.
The schools have been in session thirty-eight weeks, ex- clusive of vacations, with the exception of the usual holidays from time to time, and there has been only one change in the corps of teachers.
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