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No. of Steers & Heifers,
130 Acres used for Common, 25
Number of Horses,. 166
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the duty of the Prudential Committee to repair the injury or supply the defect. For such purposes he has the whole credit of the District at his command. He must make these provisions, and the District must pay for them. For no one of the above purposes can he take any part of the money raised by the town for the support of Schools. They are charges upon the District ; and the District must raise the money necessary to defray them.
It often happens that the Prudential Committee is embarrassed for want of a small sum of ready money in his hands, to pay for trifling repairs, or purchase necessary articles of small value. He is unwilling to impose upon the District and town all the trouble incident to the levying and collecting of a small tax, in order to de- fray contingent expenses. As the law now stands, the proper way to meet these contingencies is, for the District to vote a small sum-ten, twenty or fifty dollars, according to its circum- stances or probable wants-to be placed in the hands of the Pru- dential Committee, to be by him applied to defray this class of expenses, as they may arise ; he, of course, being accountable to his successor, at the end of his official term, for any surplus re- maining in his hands. (See Horace Mann's Tenth Annual Re- port, pp. 82, 3, 4.)
When a nation is tranquil and prosperous, it presents but few facts which are deemed worthy of record. Times of disaster, convulsion and change create abundant materials of history. This remark is equally true in small societies and in great com- munities. When the common schools of a town are going on well, with a satisfactory degree of order and success, the story of their unpretending, but not unimportant labors, may be told in a few words. During the past year not many events have occurred, which demand particular notice in this report. Two only out of the whole number of our teachers, have left their schools, for any cause, before the end of the terms for which they were employed. One of these was obliged, by illness, to resign her charge, after ten weeks of useful and acceptable service. The other was advised to do so, by the Superintending Committee, because he had unfortunately failed to satisfy reasonable expecta- tions. Though superior to most common school teachers, in education and ability, he did not appear to be well adapted to the work he had undertaken. In both cases the vacancies were im- mediately and well supplied, and the schools were conducted prosperously to the end of their respective terms, without suffer -. ing the injury which may be generally expected from a change of Instructers.
For the rest, in no more than two instances has any expression of dissatisfaction reached the Committee. In one of these, the complaint, coming from a single individual, was, after investi- gation, dismissed as altogether groundless, the matter of it having arisen from a controversy among children, at a distance from the school, beyond the control and without the knowledge of the teacher.
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The other case was more serious. The Committee were in- formed that the school was suffering from disorder, for want of a faculty of government in the Instructer. It appeared to us, upon investigation, that the complaint was not without grounds. The discipline of the school was not what might be desired. But the Teacher was an amiable and accomplished young lady, who seemed to have all the qualities of an excellent Teacher. She was willing to take advice, and it was hoped that she would so profit by it as to make her school what it should be. Besides, her difficulties had arisen, not from her fault, but from the mis- conduct of certain large and wilful boys, who promised amend- ment. As the Prudential Committee did not propose her removal, it was thought best that she should finish her term, of which but a few weeks remained. We heard no more complaint, but the state of this school, at the last summer examination, was less satisfactory than the rest.
With these exceptions, which we feel bound to notice, the ex- aminations of the year have been highly gratifying. The pro- gress of all the schools has been beyond our hopes. Three of them-one, the largest in town-have been, through the winter, under the care of female teachers, who have managed them with eminent ability and success. Comparing the present condition of all the schools with what it was a year ago, we find a decided change for the better. In mental activity, habits of application, and promptness and accuracy of recitation, we have observed a very general and striking improvement. A larger number of scholars than in former years, have passed well through the or- dinary studies of the schools, and entered with zeal and success upon the higher branches of education. Their exercises in Al- gebra, Geometry, Natural Philosophy and Physiology, are very creditable to their industry and intelligence. When we see what can be done by a few good scholars, under our present defective system of instruction, we deeply feel the want of a higher school, in which the many, under systematic training, may have the advantage of more extended knowledge and a more thorough mental discipline.
On the whole, we have been unusually fortunate in securing the services of Instructers, whose intelligence, fidelity and capacity to teach and govern, entitle them to the approbation and confidence of the community. The discipline of all the schools, . with the one or two exceptions we have mentioned, has been very satisfactory,-in several of them, the order was perfect and beau- tiful. But while we congratulate ourselves upon the state of our schools, as compared with what they were one year or two years ago, we do not mean to imply that they are all equally good, or that any of them have reached a high intellectual position. Some of them are quite humble institutions ; and a part of their pupils are so inconstant in their attendance, so idle and careless in their habits, that we can discover in them no disposition to profit by such means of education as they afford. It is a sad thing to
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see rational and immortal beings content to remain stationary, near the point of absolute, blank ignorance, from year to year, with nothing but the growth of their bodies to mark the passage of time, and their approach towards maturity.
We do not deem it necessary to give a detailed account of each of the schools, or to institute a comparison between them. When the management of all has been good, it is not easy to give a separate and adequate expression to the merits of each. The qualities of a Teacher are not the only conditions of a good or a bad school. The fact that one school is more advanced in its studies, or better in its discipline, than another, is not always to be attributed to the ability or faithfulness of its instructer. Cir- cumstances, quite independent of these, may have caused the difference. Influences, long and secretly working in certain families or neighborhoods, may depress or elevate the moral and intellectual character of a school. Hence, we may find in one quarter a kind of traditional or hereditary stupidity,-in another, an eager curiosity, which hungers for knowledge like a famishing child for bread. Here is a set of children, who are earnest to make all they can of their opportunity to learn,-there is another of the same age, who seem naturally to dislike a lesson, as heartily as one can dislike a mere stranger.
In this connection, we cannot help remarking how much there is in the influences of home, the street, and the neighborhood, to blunt or to quicken the young intellect,-to foster habits of idle- ness and insubordination, or promote industry and respect for authority. These different kinds of home and street influence may account for great differences in the character of schools which enjoy equal advantages of instruction. It may be feared that there is not always sufficient care to employ and nourish the minds of children, in their leisure hours, by interesting books. It would be hardly possible to find one, who enjoys reading at home, a bad scholar at school. A good and happy home, where reverence for authority is habitual; where the affections are cherished by kindness, and the intellect by communion with wisdom, is the best nursery of talents and virtues, that will adorn the school and bless the community.
We cannot easily overstate the importance of this home preparation for the school. It consists essentially in the culture of the heart, the mind, and the manners. Its fruits are, obedience to authority, reverence for the right, and love of knowledge. How little difficulty would be found in maintaining the discipline and intellectual life of a school, if every child carried into it, from the influences of home, a pre-disposition to love and respect its teacher, and to derive the largest possible benefit from its studies.
The Committee are gratified to observe a growing interest in the schools, manifested by more frequent visits from parents and friends. During the past year, three or four times as many persons have attended the examinations, or visited the schools at
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other times, as in the year before. ' This is a promise' and prophecy of better things to come. . We hope that these expres- sions of interest will increase and become universal. We earnestly recommend to all our fellow citizens, that they occa- sionally see with their eyes, and hear with their own ears, what the children are domg-that they may encourage and stim- ulate their progress-that they become acquainted with the Instructers-appreciate their labors and difficulties, and be ready to give them their countenance, sympathy and support.
We also urge upon them again, the recommendation of last year's report,-" to take care that their children attend school with all possible constancy." When that report was presented, the average daily attendance was about seventy per cent of the whole number of scholars. The average attendance the past year has increased to about seventy-five per cent. This is a considerable gain, but still there is a loss too serious to be a matter of indifference,-an absolute waste of one-fourth of the money raised by the town for the support of its schools ! But this large pecuniary loss is trivial in comparison with the injury done to the schools themselves. We again appeal to the good sense and. parental affection of the community, in the hope that they will adopt at once the resolution to reduce this unspeakable mischief to its lowest possible amount.
Your Committee deeply regret that a great majority of the scholars leave the schools at too early an age, when they are just entering upon that period of life and stage of discipline in which they would derive from them the greatest benefit. In all our winter schools, there have been but forty-six of both sexes, who have arrived at the age of fifteen. From the great progress made by these older pupils, we can appreciate the inexpressible loss of the rest, who have fallen off in their unripe state, when they were about to reach that condition in which they would most rapidly develope and improve their minds, by the higher studies adapted to maturer years. We are aware that there are, In most cases, weighty reasons for withdrawing them so prematurely from the schools. Their services are often wanted at home. But is the necessity so great that the evil must be submitted to ? Is there no remedy ? Shall there be no winter in our year, with its cold winds and imprisoning storms, in which the minds of the rising generation may find time for refreshment and generous culture in the school room, their natural home ? We plead for the rights of the mind. We urge the right of every child that comes into the world, to the best education which the Public Schools can give; and we respectfully submit that hardly any sacrifice for this object ought to be deemed too great or costly.
C. STETSON, J. SOUTHWORTH, Committee.
A. EVERETT STETSON.
South Scituate, April 7, 1851.
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EXPENSES, &c.
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
FROM
MARCH 1, 1851, TO MARCH 1, 1852,
ALSO
LIST OF TOWN AND COUNTY TAXES,
AS ASSESSED IN THE YEAR 1852.
BOSTON: WILLIAM A. HALL, PRINTER, 22 SCHOOL STREET. 1852.
REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR OF THE
EXPENSES AND DISBURSEMENTS
OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE, For the Year ending March 1, 1852.
Alm shouse Expenses for the Year 1851-52.
Articles on hand, March 1, 1851.
3 tons English hay $33.00-1 ton F. hay $6,00 ...... $39 00 1-2 ton straw 3.00, 23 cd. 6ft. pine wood 65.20, cow 15.00 83 20 19 cd hd wood 90.25, 2 shoats 24.00, 205 lbs. tallow 17.20 131 45 74 lbs. butter 12.95-59 lbs. cheese 4.72-37 lbs. candles 4.44. 22 11
8 bush potatoes 6.80-1 bush onions 50-80 galls
soap 16.00. 23 30 60 lbs lard 6.00, 100 lbs bacon 10.00. 750 lbs pork 75.00 91 00 1600 lbs beef 112.00, 200 lbs grease, 12.00, 6 lbs tea, 1.86 125 86 60 lbs tobacco 18.00, 4 lbs snuff 50, Chocolate 17. 18 67
32 bushels corn 22.72, 1 bushel beans 2.00. 24 72
20 galls molasses 5.00, 5 bushels salt 2.00, 57 lbs rice 2.85 9 85
14 Hens
3 50
Cash paid following Bills. -572 66
1890 1bs beef a 5 1-2c of Josiah Cushing. 103 95
867 66
66 a 54c of. Daniel Otis. 45 52
743 66 a 5gc of Nathaniel Brooks. 41 79
Beef at sundry times of John E. Corthell 39 57
230 83
60 bushels corn of Moses Whiton a 70c. 42 00
Paid Albion Turner for carting the same 1 80
60 bushels corn of R. M. Smith a 63c. 37 80
10 bushels corn of Michael Welsh a 85c 8 50
90 10
Amount carried forward. $893 59
4
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. amount brought forward .. ·$893 59
10 bushels rye of Albion Turner a 90c 9 00
4 66
William James a 90c 3 60
6 66 66 " David Torrey a 90c 5.40
2
" Samuel Foster a 85c
1 70
12
" Joseph Northy a 80c. 9 60
3
66 66 " Chandler Clapp a 80c. 2 40
5
66 66 " 'Turner Hatch a 80c. 4 00
10 " Michael Welsh a 82c. 8 20
43 90
25 ft maple wood of Elijah Cudworth a 4.75. 14 84
12 ft 66
Benjamin R. Jacobs a 4.75 7 12
12 ft pine
2.75
4 13
8 ft maple 66 " John E. Corthell a 4.75 4 75
24 ft pine " Nancy Jacobs a 2.75. 8 25
9 ft maple " Josiah Cushing a 4.75. 5 33
24 ft birch 66 " Abial Turner a 4.00 . 12 00
79 ft maple " Nathaniel Turner a 4.75. 46 91
26 ft oak
" Samuel C. Cudworth a 5.25
17 06
24 ft
66
" Elijah B. Turner a 5.25.
15 75
136 14
1 cow of Rufus Farrows. 30 00
1 " " Moses F. Rogers . 30 00
60 00
517 lbs shoats a 7c of Hatch & Groce. .36 19
242 lbs. " a 6 and 7c of John E. Corthell 15 66
51 85
Dr. A. E. Stetson for medical attendance. 25 00
Rachel Cushing for pasturing cows. . 6 25
D. Fearing & Co. for 83 lbs Rope a 16c. 1 42
Anson Robbins for coffin for Harrison Curtis 4 00
35 ft boards
70
4 70
Eli Curtis of sloop Liberator for freight 1 61
Moses F. Rogers 10 bushels potatoes. 7 50 Elias W. Pratt for conveying body of H. Curtis to almshouse .. . 12 Michael Beach for taking care of body of H. Curtis. 25 John E. Corthell horse to plough. 1 25 John K. Nash, wagon to Marshfield, 15c, wagon to harbor 15c, oxen and cart 2 1-2 days 2.75. 3 05 William James 78 ft boards 93, oxen and wagon to harbor, 67 1 60
Nathaniel Turner for purchasing stock and beef. 1 50
Joseph Meritt's Bill.
Horse to plough 50c, Rivet in wagon 6c. 56
Hooping tub 14c, tube for tunnel 10c 24
Amount carried forward. .$1241 73
5
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. $1241 73
Mending hoe 6c, horse to plough 56c. 62
Hooping tub 16c, mending sneath 14c 30
Latch and staple 30c, horse and wagon to mill 33c 63
Horse to get in 14 loads hay.
40
Horse and wagon twice to Rhoda Sylvester's.
66 " up river 50c, to Black Pond Swamp 17 ... 67
5 lbs. nails 50c. 5 3-4 lbs bolts 40c .
90
Mending 2 coffee pots 8c, latches and staples 8c.
16
Horse to B. Gerney's 25c, 2 lbs spikes 18c.
43
Nails 8c, Shrpening crow-bar 12c. 20
Horse to mill 50c, horse to cart loam 25c 75
6 screws 4c, 10 hinge nails 7c .. 1L
4 staples 20c, horse to cart potatoes 15c. 35
Horse to get in corn 10c, horse 3 hours 18c 28
Damper and staples 20c, Latch, guard and screws 14c. 34
Mending spectacles 12c, horse to cart sand 25c 37
Butcher knife 33c, soldering pail 12c 45
Horse to move Bartlett Barrell .. 20
Horse to Blanchard's 37c, horse and sleigh 42c 79
55
10 80
Carr & Eaton's Bill.
283 lbs butter a 15c 4.28, 42 lbs cheese a 6₺c 2.73. 7 01
Carting and freight . 50
7 51
E. B. Gilbert's Bill, for the month of March.
1 bbl flour 5.50, 2 1b c tartar 50c,. 6 00
13 lbs 8 oz d apples 1.08, 6 lbs sugar 51c .. 1 59
3 sks cotton 6c, 6 lbs raisins 48c, 4 1b cloves 10c .. 64
6 qts vinegar 30c, 1 1b tea 46c, 10 1bs 8 oz fish 41c,. 1 17
Matches 17c, 14 lbs 8 oz fish 33c, crackers 12c, .. 62
6 lbs sugar 51c, raisins and cloves 10c, 61
28 yds sheeting 2.59, 2 lb salæratus 16c, 75
4 lb nutmegs 36c, 20 1b chocolate 3.60,. 3 96
2 sks cotton 8c, 1 qt molasses 8c, 1 1b raisins 8c
24
50 crackers 25c, 5 lb raisins 40c, paper pins 8c.
1 41
Crackers 14c, 6 eggs 5c, crackers 25c ..
44
1 bottle pain killer 50c, 6 1b sugar 51c, 1 1b tea 46c 1 47
2 sks thread 20c, 2 qts oil 46c, 7 1b flour 25c . 91
1 lb raisins 8c, 1-2 1b salæratus 4c, 1 1b tea 46c 58
23 12
Amount carried forward
$1283 16
5 brooms 1.00, 4 1b sugar 26c, 1 comb 15c 73
Mending pick hoe 25c, mending hinges 30c.
50
5
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. .. .$1283 16
E. & C. C. Blanchard's Bill.
April. 1 bbl flour 5.38, 3 1b tea 90c,. 6 28
17 1b fish, 68c, 15 lb sugar 1.16. 1 84
181b 12 oz sole-leather 3.57, blotting sand 6c. 3 63
10 1b 12 oz kip 1.55, calf skin 1.40. 2 95
May 1 bbl flour 5.25, 12 1b d apples 84c. 6 09
1 green jacket 1.50, 1 quire paper 20c,. 70
Sept. 21 1-2 oz split leather 43c, sheep skin 40c. 83
3 pr soles 18c, 2 gills tinc rhubarb 23c. 41
1 bottle pain killer 37c. 15 lb cheese 1.16. 1 53
Dec. 11 1b 4 oz sole-leather 2.03c, 11ft 6 in kip 1.67 .. 3 70
1852.
Jan. 24 lbs tobacco 5 28
34 24
George H. Torrey's Bill.
1851.
March 33 lbs fish 1.16, plaster 12c. 1 28'
15 1b 12 oz fish 63c, 12 yds Denim 1.50. 2 13
June 8 oz cotton 23c, 1 pair shoes 75c. 98
1 pair shoes 50c, 1 hat 30c. 80
July 12 yds print 1.20, 1 yd sheeting &c .. 1 28
Needles 6c, shoes 62c, 9 lbs 4 oz butter 1.67.
2 35
Clothing for Bowers 3.44, 6 yds print 60c 4 04
- Aug. Paid S. Tower for mowing. 6 75
9 yds print 90c, 10 yds ticking 1.95. 2 85
Sept. 1 lb. logwood 5c, 1 bbl flour 5.25. 5 30
Oct. 8 yds alpacca 2 67, cambric and silesia 28c. 2 95
Whalebone 6c, 1 lb 1 oz yarn 1.00. 1 06
1 lb pepper 18c, 39 1-2 yds sheeting 3.16 3 34
8 lb butter 1.44, 9 1b 12 oz fish 39c. 1 83
Clothing for Samuel Gundoway . 4 55
7 46
Silk and buttons 21c, 3 lbs 4 oz butter 59c 80
3 20
Nov. 8 1bs 8 oz butter 1.62, 10 yds c flannel 1.00
62
1 1-2 doz eggs 30c, 8 oz allspice 12c.
42
3 pans 30c, 1 pair shoes 75c
1 05
Dec. 2 sks yarn 30c, 2 sks white yarn 28c. 58
7 yds flannel 70c, 1 1b 1 oz yarn 1.16 1 86
1852
Jan. 8 1b 12 oz cheese 70c, 1 pair socks 42c 1 12
Feb. 32 1-2 yds sheeting 2. 54, 1 pair shoes 70c 3 24
64 45
Amount carried forward
$1381 85
8% yds cassimere 6.66, 4 yds linsey 80c
Cutting 2 pair pants 25c, 9 1b fish 36c. 61
39ª yds sheeting 3.16, hooks and eyes 4c.
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Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward $1381 85
1851 John K. Nash's Bill.
July. 1 Bbl flour 5.25, 2 1b coffee 30c. 5 55
4 lb raisins 24c, 10 lbs salæratus 70c. 0 94
1 bed cord 67 c, 2 lb yarn 2.00. 2 67
Aug. 33 yds sheeting 3.04, 5} lbs cheese 50c.
3 54
1 bbl flour 5.25, 1 bag salt 18c. 5 43
5 lbs rice 25c, 104 lbs butter 2.05. 2 30
3 gall oil 48c, 5 1b. rice 25c 0 73
gall oil 48c, 10 1b rice 50c. 0 98
3 1b tea 96c, 5 lbs nails 20c.
1 16
9 lbs cheese 81c, 2 lbs nails 8c
0 89
1b. cassia 22c, 3 qts oil 72.
0 94
Nov.
1} cream tartar 36c, 4 lb nails 16c
0 52
1} yds denim 23c, 15 lb raisins 98c.
1 21
1 lb nails 13c, 1 lb raisins 5c. 0 18
1} hhd salt 4.50, 1 bbl flour 5.25 9 75
9 yds sheeting 48c, 3 lbs butter 63c. 1.11
5 " sheeting 40c, 2 lbs nails &c. .. 0 48
1 1b nails 13c, 1 lb cream tartar 24c, 1 chamber 12c 0 49
1 broom 18c, 1 1b cream tartar 24c. 0 42
1-2 yd denim 7c, 7 lbs sugar 49c 56
39 85
Francis Child's Bill.
April. 814 yds sheeting 6.54, 414 yds print 2.66 8 80
Ebenr. Nickerson's Bill.
April. 200 lbs cod fish a 2.75.
5 50
Nov. 1 quintal fish 2 75
8 25
Nash, Callender & Co.'s Bill.
Sept. 1 Hf chest tea, 43 lbs a 31c. 13 33
1-2 box chocolate 3.12, Truckage & Freight 50c 3 62
Oct.
1 quintal fish
3 19
20 14
H. & I. Stickney.
April. 63 lb butter a 15c, 9.45, 118 lb cheese 7.67
17 12
31-2 bush. beans 5.28, barrel 20c.
5 48
22 60
Martin L. Hall's Bill.
Dec. 123 gall. molasses e 20c 24.60, carting 25c. 24 85
1852
Feb. 44 lbs tea a 31c 13.64, 51 1b butter 16c 8.16. 21 80
25 lb chocolate 4.00, 40 lb sugar 2.60. 6 60
Freight
0 60
53 85
Amount carried forward $1535 44
8
Almshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. $1535 44 1851
Henry Clapp's Bill.
April. 324 yds print a 10c 3.28, 5 1-2 oz yarn 39c 3 67
1 lb 11 oz yarn 1.55, 20 lbs batting 2.20. 3 75
7 42
Nash, Callender & Co.'s Bill.
April. 1 hhd molasses, 118 gall. a 25c. 29 50
] bbl sugar, 184 lbs a 63c. 12 90
1-2 chest tea, 45 lbs a 32c. 14 72
Truckage
0 25
57 37
Charles F. Joy's Bull.
June. 59 lbs cheese a 7c 4.13, 30 1b. do a 5 1-2 1,65 5 78
J. & H. H. Faxon's Bill.
May. 1 bbl crackers 3 25
July. 1 do
3 25
Sept. 1 66 do
3 25
Nov.
1
do
3 25
13 00
Solon Fisher's Bill.
Nov. 104 lbs butter a 14c. 14 56
74 1b cheese a 64 4.62, cartage 12c. 4 74
19 30
Martin L. Hall's Bill.
Nov. 55 lbs rice a 3 1-2c 1.92, bag 10c. 2 02
2 lbs ginger 12c, 2 lbs cassia 66c 0 78
1 lb nutmegs 95 c, 1 1b c tartar 20c, freight 12c .. 1 27
4 07
1852 J. S. Chamberlain's Bill.
Jan. 60 lbs cheese a 6 1-2c 3.90, freight 13. 4 03
1851 Charles Foster's Bill.
May. 15 gall. vinegar 3.26, 3 1b d. apples 25c . 3 51
2 bbl apples 2.50, 1 bbl apples 62c. 3 12
6 gall. cider 0 50 -
7 13
William James' Bill.
April. 1 pk beans 40c, oxen 4 day 75c. . 15
Oxen to harbor for goods .. 0 50
2 yoke oxen and wagon to harbor. . . 1 33 Time and expenses to Hingham and Boston 2 50 Plough 13 days. 0 87
Nov. Cash paid for 1 bbl flour. 5 00
11 35
Amount carried forward. $1664 89
Almshouse Expenses. 9
Dr. Amount brought forward . $1664 79
James N. Sparrell's Bill.
April. Coffin and shroud.
4 50
June.
do
do
4 50
9 00
1852 John Nye's Bill.
Feb. 1 bbl No. 1, mackerel 8.75, freight 33c. 9 08
Nathaniel Clapp's Bill.
3 bush. beans a 1.75. . . 5 25
H. N. Gardner's Bill.
Freight on goods from Boston. 1 00
1851 Charles T. Foster's Bill of Supplies.
April. 3 1b sugar 25c, 1 1b tea 46c. 1 1b salæratus &c. 0 79
¿ lb c tartar 6c, 1 qt beans 6c, measure 25c. 0 37
71 1b lime 71c, 1 oz nutmegs 9c, wicking 38c. 1 18
Medicines 52c, milk 16c, whip 12c 0 80
Thread 1.09, stancheon ring 12c. . 1 21
Card 5c, bolt 12c, mending Jamp 14c. 0 31
5 1b rosin 15c, 3 bowls 24, beef 10c. 0 49
Horse to H. Clapp's 42c, 1 1-2 quires paper 28c 0 70
Tin ware 1.13, d. apples 32c, salts 18c. 1 63
3 chambers 36c, cassia 5c, moss 12c. . ) 53
Shoe binding 20c, 2 pails 25c, basket 25c 0 70
May. Starch 11c, 4 lb nutmegs 33c, butchering hogs 83c 1 27 Herrings 30c, saltpetre 2c, tape 4c. 0 36
Wicking 15c, 3 qts oil 45c, laths 25c. 0 85
Nails 29c, 1 pk beans 48c, lamp chimney 20c 0 97
Cask lime 1.17, oxen and plough 25c. 1 42
1 lb salæratus 7c, box soap 108 lbs 6.48. 6 55
Oxen to plough 75c, garden seed 64. 1 39
Twine 8c, 50 1b turnips 50c. 3 Jb raisins 21c 0 79
Box pills 25c, laths 16c, ocre 10c. 0 51
June. Paid H. Dana 75c, 19 1b f. fish 30c. 1 05
1 lb pepper 16c, pins 7c, herrings 50c. 0 73
C tartar 10c, tin pail 38c, 3 pans 90c. 1 38
3 1b raisins 21c, altering coat 15c.
36
1 1b salæratus 7c, 2 1b nails 8c, matches 20c. 0 35
July. 22 lbs fish 44c, cloth 15c, freight 1.12. 1 71
13 eggs 13c, dipper 4c, comb 12c. ) 29
Ink 10c, eggs 12c, 1 bushel potatoes 80c. 1 02
Freight 13c, 4 1b raisins 28c . 0 41
1 1b ginger 12c, 1 qt paint oil 13c. 0 25
Lawrence's bill painting, glazing and stock 3 32
Aug. Cassia 6c, fitting shoes 8c, peppermint 16c. 0 30
109 ft joist 1.60, 11 1b butter 1.84, tin ware 45c. 3 89
Paid D. Phillip's bill 6 bushels potatoes 4 80
42 68
Amount carried orward
$1731 80
2
10
Alinshouse Expenses.
Dr. Amount brought forward. . $1731 80
5 15 coffee 50c. 1 gt oil 15c, butter 5.67. 6 32
Paid for 1 bbl crackers bought April 5th 3 75
2 white-wash brushes 1.12, broom 20c. 1 32
Butter 2.00, pills 25c. cheese 54c 2 70
pr shoes 40c. 5 1b coffee 50c. spoons 32c 1 22
2 baskets 8Oc. 2 1b raisins 14c. fixing saw 25c. 1 19
Waggon Se, school books and freight #8c 0 86
Sept. 1-2 1o c tartar 12c, paper 20c. chocolate 15c. 0 47
1 15 raisins 7c. wafers 5c. 2 oz nutmers 18c. ) 30 Eggs 14 :. 185 ft boards 2.22. 7 1-2 1b butter 1.50. 3 66 Paid Mrs. Franks' passage to Boston. . 00
2 10 raisins 14c, starch 12c. 0 26
Hooks and eyes llc. paid Thirza Freeman 50c. 0 €1
Shoe lining 10c. 2 lb raisins loc, nails 22c. 0 48
C tartar Cc, 1 pr hinges lec, piping cord 4c. 0 20
14 1b fsh 3Gc. wicking 4c. raisins &c. 0 48
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