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2 00
1 lot of hard soap, 1 set of measures,
4 50
1 wash-board and 2 wash-boilers,
2 50
7 beds, bedsteads and straw beds,
28 00
1 bed spread, 12 comfortables, 1 quilt,
13 00
14 pillow slips, 17 bed sheets,
10 00
3 bed blankets, 15 towels, 5 00
3 stoves and pipes and copper tank, 28 00
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3 screen doors and oil stove, 5 50
Carpet and 2 clothes horses, 4 00
2 clocks and 3 looking-glasses, 3 00
4 kettles, spider and griddle,
3 00
4 lamps and steel-yards,
2 25
Groceries on hand,
8 00
Crockery and tin-ware,
10 00
4 tables and 20 chairs,
7 00
4 bureaus, brace and bits, 7 25
Appraisal, 1891,
$1,111 70
66 1890,
1,082 05
WILLIAM BABBITT,
Selectmen
HERBERT A. DEAN, of Berkley.
PETER L. CHACE,
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REPORT
OF THE
Town Clerk for 1890.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY 1890.
Child's Name.
Earle Whitaker,
Born Feb. 6, 1890.
Frank E. Terry, Born May 2, 1889. No name, Born April 26, 1890.
Albert E. Shaw, Born Sept. 23, 1890.
Mildred Phillips, Born Oct. 23, 1890.
Parents' Name.
Frederic Whitaker,
Ella Whitaker, Frank B. Terry, Anna H. Terry,
J. A. Smellie, E. D. Smellie, Chas. E. Shaw,
Grace E. Shaw, D. Benjamin Phillips, Carrie L. Phillips.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY 1890.
April 2. Samuel W. Phillips of Berkley, to Louise M. Thrasher of Taunton. Married by E. A. Lyon, Berkley.
June 9. Charles E. Shaw of Berkley, to Grace E. Fisher of Taunton. Married by E. C. Bass, Taunton.
July 6. Curtis F. Cummings of Taunton, to Idella Angell of Berkley. Married by E. Dawes, Lakeville.
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Aug. 12. D. Benjamin Phillips of Berkley, to Carrie L. Terry of Freetown. Married by R. M. Pea- cock, Somerset.
Aug. 14. Charles A. Macomber of Berkley, to Elizabeth M. Nickerson of Lakeville. Married by G. H. Flinn, Berkley.
Oct. 11. Lester C. Moranville of Lakeville, to Julia Borden of Taunton. Married by B. A. Chew, Berkley.
Nov. 9. Alton A. Allen of Fall River, to Ella M. Mosher of Berkley. Married by J. E. M.
Wright, Berkley.
Nov. 26. Thomas T. Burt of Berkley, to Laurilla A. French of Berkley. Married by J. E. M. Wright, Berkley.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF BERKLEY 1890.
Name.
Date.
Y.
M.
D.
Disease.
Nancy E. White,
Jan. 10
62
7
21
Pneumonia
Sarah A. Butters,
Jan. 18
83
2
6
Elijah Wilbur,
Jan. 19
87
0
24
John S. Staples,
Jan. 21
64
4
13
Bronchitis
Harriet J. Marble,
Mar. 5
68
C
0
Johanna Driscoll,
Mar. 10
80
0
0
Oliver F. Seekell,
Mar. 12
57
0
8
Cancer.
John Westgate,
Mar. 12
70
0
0
Gangrene.
Mary M. Pierce,
Mar. 20
49
11
20
Scirrlius
Darius Sandford,
May 14
88
9
20
George W. Pittsley,
June -
30
1
20
Drowning
Sarah Crane,
June 12
58
6
6
Peritonites
Obadiah Lawton,
June 25
80
0
0
Hepatites
Clarence H. Sylvester, Aug. 9
0
3
1
Hercules Dean,
Oct. 21
55
5
20
Phthisis
Selden N. Bowen,
Oct. 31
30
0
Blood Poison
Hannah B. Burt,
Nov. 2
71
11
7
Heart Failure
Lucinda F. Phillips,
Nov. 5
63
8
13
Dropsy
Caroline Burt,
Dec. 1
82
0
0
Old Age
Eliza Hoxie,
Dec. 26
78
4
14
Heart Disease.
GILES L. LEACH, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
School Committee
OF THE
Town of Berkley, for the Year Ending March 2, 1891.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
James Darius Dillingham, Term Expires, 1893
Calvin T. Crane,
1891
Rollin H. Babbit, 66 1892
SCHOOL BOARD, 1890-1891.
James D. Dillingham, Rollin H. Babbitt,
Calvin T. Crane, TEACHERS.
Mr. Alton W. Reed, Miss E. M. Huntington,
Miss Julia R. Burt,
Nellie M. Fewkes,
Mary Waitt,
" Mary O'Connell,
" Alida B. Goucher,
Lute M. Hanscom,
" Nellie A. Kinsman, " Mattie Coffin,
" Sarah Crane, 66 Melissa T. Virgin,
Miss Lizzie A. Cook. SUPPLY AGENT.
C. T. Crane,
TRUANT OFFICERS.
Chas. Corey, Wm. H. Crane,
Chas. F. Paull.
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To the Inhabitants of the Town of Berkley :- The undersigned, School Committee of Berkley, herewith submit their Annual Report of Schools for the year end- ing March 2, 1891 :
COMMITTEE WORK.
Your committee organized on March 20, 1890, by the selection of James Darius Dillingham as Chairman, and Calvin T. Crane as Secretary. The care of school property was apportioned as follows :- To J. D. Dillingham, the Dis- trict Nos. 4, 6 and 7 schools ; to C. T. Crane, the District Nos. 1 and 2 schools ; and to R. H. Babbitt, the District Nos. 3 and 5 schools. Wm. H. Crane, Chas. Corey and Chas. F. Paull, were appointed Truant officers, and their reports are appended hereto. At a subsequent meeting William G. Simons was appointed School house Agent in District No. 7, to have the care and letting of Academy Hall, etc. Teacher's certificates have been properly issued ; labels regulating the use of school property have been printed and pasted in all the books. The introduction of report cards into our schools has greatly improved their efficiency and raised in a marked degree the standard of scholarship. Printed instructions carefully prepared for use of our teachers have very considerably diminished the expense of immediate supervision. The more careful use of school property by pupils has been repeatedly em- phasized, resulting in a marked decrease in the number and nature of injuries to school furniture. In the selec- tion of teachers every reasonable effort has been made by your committee to secure the services of efficient and suc- cessful teachers, but there are always people ready to re- commend "so-called " teachers to an unsuspecting school board. All the schools have been properly visited, and Chairman Dillingham has several times visited all the schools to carefully inspect their workings and advise with
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the several teachers as to the best methods of instruction. Called to a more extensive field of labor, he has been obliged to resign, and a copy of his resignation may be found appended hereto. The study of manners has also been introduced into all our schools.
OUR TEACHERS.
During the past year Berkley has lost in Miss Sarah Crane, a teacher of over forty consecutive years of suc- cessful experience in the school room. In District No. 1 Miss Julia R. Burt has been doing superior school work ; Miss M. T. Virgin has accomplished very successful re- sults in District No. 4. In general it may be said there has been much to praise and little to criticise in the work of our teachers of the current year.
OUR SCHOOLS.
The schools of Berkley are equal, if not superior, to those of the neighboring towns. Our three terms of school have amounted to thirty-three weeks. Behind the closed doors of the school room the teacher is doing a work of the most far-reaching consequences as to the pupil's future success, and the welfare of society. Itis therefore our duty, as parents and public-spirited citi- zens, to zealously promote all school interests by giving our fullest sympathy and encouragement to the teachers and school board in the grand work of education, and also by frequent visitations of our schools for the purpose of seeing with our own eyes and hearing with our own ears the actual work of the school room.
OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
Our school buildings are in a fair condition, but several must be repainted soon. District No, 4's out- building should be remodelled. Our school buildings ought to be insured. A careful examination of Town
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Records failed to show any vote of the town as to "shade trees " or any appropriation therefor, and so your commit- tee were legally stopped from further action on the mat- ter. Few towns of our population and resources in Mas- sachusetts can boast of more convenient school buildings, or more modern furniture.
EDUCATION OF TO-DAY.
The teacher must not convert the pupil into a walk- ing encyclopedia : for education is not measured by pages, nor confined to books. All the forces surrounding us from infancy up are educating us : some for good, and some for evil. The more attractive the agencies, the more satifac- tory will be the results. Education, to-day, aims at the practical, and seeks to fit the pupil for the practical walks of life. More school-apparatus and books of reference are demanded, as well as more scientific teaching. The days of " keeping school " are over. Teaching now is elevated to a profession, equal in dignity to that of law, medicine and theology. Let us as citizens put forth every effort to make our schools successful. Let us, as parents, encourage perfect sympathy between teacher and child, and stimu- late our children to make the most of their golden oppor- tunities for mental development. If our children lay the foundations of their mental structures firm and broad their success in life is guaranteed, for genuine education is only another name for opportunity.
THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
Country schools are very apt to suffer from the in- different instruction of persons deficient in education and experience. Our best educated and most experienced teachers are attracted by higher salaries, and hence our schools yearly become training schools for city schools, and our teachers leave us just when they are best quali-
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fied to do most satisfactory work. The census of 1890 shows a marked decrease in Berkley's population and wealth, and should the next ten years witness the same decrease, then the future of our schools becomes a vital question to the tax-payer. One of the essential elements entering into a town's prosperity is a good school ; hence the improvement of our schools is now an all-important problem.
I. SHORTER TERMS AND HIGHER WAGES.
It is possible to pay higher wages to our teachers, and shorten the length of the terms. Such a course would not diminish the number of our schools; nor would it insure better teachers and schools.
Only the experienced superintendent, in these days of cheap diplomas and wholesale recommendation, can secure the professional teachers who will build up our schools.
II. CONSOLIDATION AND GRADATION.
Our schools could be consolidated by vote of the town, and then graded, involving a special appropriation for the conveyance of children. Geographically consid- ered, our school houses can not be located so as to make this plan feasible. The closing up of several of our school houses, and the disposition of the same would also foster local strife, harmful to the best interests of the town. Still Berkley needs fewer schools, and those graded.
III. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
A superintendent of sound education, and profession- al experience would greatly improve our schools. Better teachers would be secured ; more modern methods of teaching introduced. Under his direct and watchful su- pervision the teachers would do more earnest, thorough and practical work and their mistakes would be corrected,
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and their methods improved. Now our schools have a committee of three, but then one man would be account- able, and responsibility could be readily fixed.
Chapter 431, of Legislative Acts of 1888, provides that two or more towns, each having a value under $2,500,- 000, and together containing not less than thirty and not more than fifty schools, may unite and employ a superin- tendent of schools. to be annually chosen by the school committee of the union district assembled in joint conven- tion, and that they "shall determine the amount of ser- vice to be performed by him " in each town, and appor- tion the amount to be paid by each town to him for ser- vices.
If the several towns will unitedly pay to the superin- tendent of schools $750, the state will pay $1000, one-half of which goes towards his salary, and the other half to be distributed according to average attendance among the several towns for payment of their teachers. If unsatis- factory this arrangement may be discontinued at end of year. District superintendency of schools has already re- ceived the hearty approval of educators and teachers, and the stamp of popular favor. The services of a superin- tendent of schools, one day each week in Berkley, would be well worth the additional expenditure of $50 to $75 which would be required to comply with the provisions of this act. Without making any formal recommendations, we leave the matter in your hands, confident of the wis- dom of your decision.
CONCLUSION.
Every cent spent on our public schools is well spent. Long after we have passed away our children will grate- fully remember our services in their behalf. If we leave a good education to our children we have furnished them
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with a valuable opportunity for self-advancement, and if they fail to use it, not we, but they are at fault. As in the past, may our schools of the future be an ornament to our town.
JAMES DARIUS DILLINGHAM, CALVIN T. CRANE, ROLLIN H. BABBITT.
Berkley, Feb. 11, 1891.
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TOWN WARRANT.
ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 9TH, 1891.
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To hear the report of any Town Officers or Committees.
3. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year, in- cluding one School Committee for two years and one for three years, and such other additional School Committees as it may be thought best.
4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year and determine in what way and how it shall be appropriated.
5. To determine the manner of repairing the highways and bridges the ensuing year. '
6. To vote the pay of the Treasurer and Collector for his service the ensuing year.
7. To take action on the Juror List reported by the Selectmen.
8. To see if the Town will vote any money to be expended on Memorial Day.
9. To see what action the Town will take concerning building a road from Stephen Hathaway's corner to the land of John O. Babbitt, agreeable to petition of said Babbitt and ten others.
10. To see if the Town will reconsider its acceptance of Sections 74, 75, 76 and 77 of Chapter 27 of the Public Statutes, agreeable to the petition of J. W. Thrasher and thirteen others.
11. To see if the Town will vote the funds for a new out-building in District No. 4, and appoint a Building Committee therefor.
12. To see what action the Town will take as to the partition fence between the Myrick School premises and the property of Clothier Haskins.
13. To see if the Town will accept the provision of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888, relating to the employment of a Superin- tendent of Schools and appropriate money therefor.
14. To bring in their votes, Yes or No, in answer. to the question, " Shall Licenses be granted in this Town for the sale of In- toxicating Liquors."
15. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of the taxes for the present year.
16. To see if the Town will vote the money and authorize the repairs of the buildings at the Town Farm.
17. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.
ANNUAL REPORT.
ROLL OF HONOR FOR 1890-91.
List of names of scholars securing 90 per cent, or over, in studies and deportment during 1890-91 in Berkley schools :
DISTRICT NO. I.
Lillie M. Blinn, Susie M. Allen, A. Louise Allen, Emma H. Cummings, Jennie A. Cummings, Frances A. Hatch, Sarah H. Hammond, Fannie M. Wellman, Flossie G. Hathaway, Sammie H. Cook, Josie H. Babbitt, Freddie W. Blinn, Allan L. Hatch, Joseph Armstrong, Willie A. Burt, George Hatch, Roy O. Well- man, George Holden and Alton H. Babbitt.
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Willie Babbitt, Clara Macomber, Arnold Angell, Jennie Westgate, Addie Bowen, Fred Clark and Grace Phillips.
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Grace Bassett, Bertrand Cummings, Frank Haskins, Roy Cushman, Miriam F. Babbitt, Robert Cushman, Belle Cushman, Charles D. Babbitt, Albert Storey and Harry E. Whittaker.
DISTRICT No. 4.
Irving Anderson, Hattie Grinnell, Charles Cummings, Lizzie Davis, Irving Cummings, Eddie Belcher and Elsie Delano.
DISTRICT No. 5.
Eva G. Strange, Alice M. Terry, Ada H. Strange and Eudora M. Westgate.
DISTRICT No. 6.
Maggie T. Ellis, Dora C. Thrasher, Theo. H. Thrasher, Lela M. White, Chester F. White, Edith F. Fletcher, Chester A. Reid, Frank A. Reed, Wm. H. Wardell, Arthur E Wardell, Bertie C. Wardell, Clarence D. Lincoln. Harry B. Lincoln, Charles F. Lincoln and Lawrence E. Phillips.
DISTRICT No. 7.
J. Eva Hinds, Abbie E. Hinds, Walton Farmer, Lena B. Macomber, Percy Haskins, Florence E. Macomber, Hattie P. Williams, Theo. M. Anthony, Susie M. Smellie and Levi Has- kins.
" Look for the man in the child."
ANNUAL REPORT.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
SCHOOL MONEY RECEIVED.
Town Appropriation,
$1,600 00
State School Fund,
309 63
Dog Fund, Tuition Fees,
107 24
10 00
$2,026 87
SCHOOL MONEY EXPENDED.
Teachers Salaries,
$1,624 50
Fuel for School Houses,
131 27
Care of School Houses,
47 13
School Supplies,
135 64
$1,938 51
ABSTRACT OF TRUANT OFFICERS REPORTS.
Mr. Chas. F. Paull and Mr. Wm. H. S. Crane report no cases of truancy. Deputy Sheriff Chas. Corey has attended to several cases with very beneficial results. Owing to the vigil- ance of the school committee and truant officers, the number of ordinary truant cases has been unusually small, and no cases of habitual truancy have come to the knowledge of your com- mittee during the past year.
To the Secretary of Board of Selectmen, Berkley, Mass :
BERKLEY, MASS., FEB. 1I, 1891.
Sir :- I hereby resign from the school board of Berkley ; said resignation to take effect at the end of current school year. Respectfully yours,
JAMES DARIUS DILLINGHAM, Chairman of School Committee.
No. of School.
TEACIIER'S NAMES.
Number of Terms.
Enrollment.
Average Member-
Average Attend-
Number of Pupils
Number of Pupils
Times of Tardi-
Number of Visits of
Number of Visits of
Tupils Over 15 Years.
Pupils Between 8 and
Pupils Under 5 Yrs.
Length of Terms in
Month Wages of
Average Yearly Cost
of Education Pupils.
Julia R. Burt,
1
22
19
=
7
31
1
I4
8
2
I4
-
12
32
2
II
20
19
3
7
5I
13
48
3
16
1
II
N
Mary Waitt,
I
26
I7
14
+
75
Alida B. Goucher,
N
23
23
20
I
5
41
3
20
I2
O
0
Nellie A. Kinsman,
3
26
25
N
2
5
49
5
1
II
30
Mary O'Connell,
1
2I
19
I4
2
69
1
20
IO
30
Lute M. Hanscom,
2
23
22
19
1
35
56
0
1
N
I2
30
IO
3
3
21
20
16
N
A
47
1
O
II
30
Mattie E. Coffin,
1
N
6
16
4
7
IO
54
0
O
13
32
A
Melissa T. Virgin, 66
3
20
19
19
6
8
14
I
19
H
2
6
10
24
Lizzie A. Cook,
I
a
6
5
3
3
2
7
7
6
4
3
I2
7
I 2
24
33
5
3
5
5
4
2
6
5
II
A
00
IO
30
6
Alton W. Reed,
N
I7
16
I2
5
7
16
36
8
I7
I2
17
00
3
14
14
6
1
6
5
3
25
10
34
Nellie M. Fewkes,
N
23
20
00
4
7
41
61
H
23
I2
34
IO
7
3
20
20
16
6
O
+
2
18
II
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ANNUAL REPORT.
The above table deserves the careful attention of cvery voter. Number of children in town between ages of 5 and 15, 155, and between the ages of 8 and 14, 108.
1
3
26
25
23
4
10
22
8
5
1
IO
2
.
I2
00
00
I4
2
4
25
2
00
I7
Sarah Crane,
1
18
I 5
13
I
8
IO
14
II
Ella M. Huntington,
1
00
26
A
I 7
0
14
Citizens.
Committee.
15 Years.
Weeks.
Teachers.
ship.
ance.
Not Absent.
Not Tardy.
ness.
6
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$32
$12
60
6
00
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ANNUAL REPORTS
-OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
-OF THE-
TOWN OF BERKLEY,
TOGETHER WITH A
Valuation and Tax List
For the Year Ending Feb. 15, 1893.
TAUNTON: J. S. SAMPON, PRIVIRE. 1893
€
ANNUAL REPORTS
- - -OF THE-
TOWN OFFICERS
- -OF THE-
TOWN OF BERKLEY,
TOGETHER WITH A
Valuation and Tax List
For the Year Ending Feb. 15, 1893.
TAUNTON: J. S. SAMPSON, PRINTER. 1893.
Treasurer's Report.
FOR THE YEAR, FROM FEB. 15, 1892, TO FEB. 15, 1893
RECEIPTS.
Cash in Treasury, Feb. 15, 1892, $1,021 43
D. B. Gurney, 12 checks for Sally Cummings, 72 00
Eli Wardell, Road Commissioner overcharge, 5 25 C. T. Crane, Guardian for Samuel W. Phillips, 42 25 Oyster Note, 1,525 00
C. N. Simmons, Fish Note, 65 00
Charles Corey, fish note,
65 00
Hired, Machinist National Bank,
500 00
A. M. Alger, fines from 1st Dist. Court from July 1st to Aug. 1st, 10 00
Hired, (. T. Crane,
400 00
Town of Middleboro' for Emma I. Hackett, 49 73
Corporation Tax, 114 84
National Bank Tax, 768 34
Military Aid, Chap. 279, Acts of 1889,
188 07
State Aid, Chap. 301, Acts of 1889,
226 00
G. R. Macomber, auctioneer's license, 2 00
John Allen, children attending Myricks school, 3 75
Income Mass. School Fund, 443 31
Dog fund,
121 99
Dr. Hayward, privilege of hunting on B. Town Farm, 15 00
Uncollected taxes of 1891, 124 20
Am't assessed, State, County and Town tax, 4,400 16
$10,163 32
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ANNUAL REPORT.
MISCELLANEOUS BILLS.
Glenwood Co. 3 chairs for No. 3, $2 70
Thomas Seekell, cleaning stove pipe, school house No. 6, 1 50
M. G. Mosher, Town Farm agent, balance of salary, 82 19
G. L. Hammond, care Town Hall from Mar. 5, to April 2, 2 10
Geo. A. Marden, corporation tax, 39 28
C. M. Wade, Meeting Commissioners at Berk- ley and Dighton bridge, 1 50
George Tyler & Co. section for road scraper, 16 60
Taunton Gazette Office, advertiseing for town farm agent, 2 00
Brownell & Burt, express wagon for town farm, 75 00 F. R. Washburn, pump for town farm, 7 20
Town of Middleboro, care of fish, 20 00
H. N. Strange, meeting at Town Hall, with Selectmen 4 times, 3 00
H. N. Strange, ¿ ton Nitrate of Soda for Berk- ley Town Farm, 25 00
Crowell & Savery, zinc, nails, for town farm, 2 69
M. G. Mosher, 9 days service at town farm, 9 00
Nelson Blinn, labor on barn and shed at town farm, 36 85
A. G. Williams & Co. lumber for town farm, 88 39
Interest, Machinists National Bank, 6 39
J. C. Standish, care Berkley and Dighton bridge Jan. 1, to April 1, 18 75
1
J. H. Thrasher, mowing bushes at school house yard, No. 6,
2 50
C. H. Buffington, printing voting lists,
7 75
66 66 town ballots, 2 00
66
moderator ballots, 50
66
" town reports, 43 20
Hired of C. T. Crane, 400 00
Interest on same, 1 95
Henry Hathaway, labor on town farm buildings, 35 00
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F. R. Washburn, 15 lbs. nails, 55
James F. Clarke, painting at town farm, 1 80
66 setting glass at town farm and school houses, 85
Wm. F. Lincoln, abatement on taxes, 75
Geo. F. Pratt, county tax, 637 26
James F. Phillips heirs, abatement on tax, 5 00
Thomas F. Dean's estate, 7 cords wood for town farm, 10 50
Machinists National Bank, 500 00
G. L. Hammond, labor at town hall, and kerosene, 1 25
Wm. H. S. Crane, repairs on school house No. 3, 1 55
Benj. B. Caswell, 66
" 6,
1 50
Julius C. Haskins, Election Inspector, 1 50
A. J. Briggs Constable at State Election, 1 50
H. A. Briggs, getting By-Laws printed for Berkley and Dighton bridge and put- ting up same, 2 78
N. G. T. Bowen, Election Inspector, 1 50
Lizzie Smith, cleaning school house No. 2, 1 50
Herbert F. Briggs, Election Inspector, 1 50
Charles E. Clarke, 66 1 50
Mary L. Corey, cash paid for repairs and utensils for schools 2, 6, and 7, 5 74
C. O. Thresher, labor on school house No. 3, 9 95
State Tax, 367 50
T. H. Buffington, two cows for town farm, 98 00
('rowell, Savery & Co., lead, oil, glass and putty, 6 61 66 30 lbs. nails for school
house No. 3, 1 13
Henry Hathaway, labor on town farm buildings, 7 25 66 " " school house, No. 3, 4 00
N. G. Case, whitewashing and repairing plaster- ing at No. 6, 7 00
S. W. Cook, care of town hall six months to Jan. 1, and oil for same, 4 50
A. G. Williams & Co., 6 m. shingles and cart- ing for school house No. 3, 25 00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Shrinkage on taxes, 1891 & '92, 36 90
R. Macomber, dusting brush and door handle, 43
N. H. Strange, transportation of pupils from No. 5 to No. 6, 10 weeks, 37 50
George E. Thrasher, cleaning stove-pipe, school- house No. 6, 50
Percy Haskins, repairing clock and settee, school- house No. 7, 50
Walter A. Strange, repairs school-house No. 5, 1.35
J. C. Standish, care of Berkley & Dighton bridge 9 months up to Dec. 31, '92, 50 63
J. C. Standish, labor on bridge,
1 50
Henry Hathaway, labor at town farm, 4 hours, 1 00
C. T. Crane, cash paid out for Justice fees, 1 15 66 " school utensils, 67
H. R. Strange, "
66
66
75
Joseph Winslow, ¿ cord wood at town hall, 2 25
N. H. Strange, meeting with selectmen from June 2, '92 to Feb. 16, '93 6 00
R. H. Babbitt, Election Inspector,
1 50
Little, Brown & Co., book (Index Digest) 8 60
Discount on taxes, 418 41
$3211 55
VAULT.
E. C. Morris & Co., door, for vault, $80.00
J. T. Cummings, digging out foundation for vault, 2.00
C. W. Cook, labor on vault and freight,
7.72
N. G. Case, 66 66
127.78
A. G. Williams & Co., joist for vault,
.31
Crowell & Savory, material, used on vault,
3.13
O. C. R. R. Co., rail-road iron, 20.00
J. T. Cummings, delivering 14 loads sand, 5.60
A. G. Williams & Co., lumber, 43.02
Nelson Blinn, labor, 16.00
Staples Coal Co., lime and cement, 22.05
Henry Hathaway, labor, 20.00
7
ANNUAL REPORT.
James F. Clarke, painting, 6 70 J. W. Hart & Co., brick, 78 70
N. G. Case, labor, 5 10
Cong. Society, lumber,
8 11
$446 22
SCHOOLS.
H. A. Dean, 2 cords wood delivered No. 2, $8 00 George F. McCall, janitor 4 weeks, No. 6, 1 00
B. F. Dean, sawing and housing 2 cords wood, No. 2, 3 00
B. F. Dean, sawing and housing wood, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, 12 00
M. K. Pope, janitor 4 weeks, No. 4, 1 00
Percy A. Haskins, janitor 3 terms No. 7,
12 05
G. A. Westgate, janitor 12 weeks, No. 2,
3 00
Charles D. Babbitt, janitor 12 weeks, No. 3, 3 00
Willie Babbitt, sawing and splitting wood, No. 2, 94 Alvin Briggs, 5 feet pine wood, No. 2, 2 50
TEACHER'S SPRING TERM 1892.
Emma Smith,
3 weeks, No. 2, 21 00
C. O. Abel, 1
66 2, 8 00
Rose A, Manning, 6 66
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