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BILLS APPROVED.
TEACHERS' SALARIES,
Paid F. B. Whiting, 1 term,
$70 00
Marda M. Partridge, 1 term,
140 00
Mary A. Putuam, 1 term,
70 00
E. Mabelle Albee, 1 term
70 00
Alice R. Walker, 2 terms,
140 00
Mary A. Leamy, 3 terms,
230 00
Nellie I. Ellis. 3 terms,
240 00
Catherine Regan, 1 term.
70 00
Sadia A. Webb, 1 term,
70 00
W. A. Hunter, 1 term,
80 00
Marcia P. Hill, 2 terms,
160 00
Octavia W. Hathaway, 1 term,
80 00
E. N. Shirley, 1 term,
110 00
A. L. Saben, 2 terms,
200 00
Total, $1,730 00
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CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS.
Paid Geo. H. Miles.
$40 00
H. E. Wheeler,
35 00
James Scott,
10 00
E. C. Dudley,
10 00
M. D. Potter,
10 00
C. A. Hammond,
40 00
D. W. O'Leary,
17 50
H. E. Wheeler,
40 00
A. O. Chickering,
8 00
A. F. Brown,
15 00
D. W. O'Leary,
17 50
Herbert Heald,
16.00
A. F. Brown,
40 00
H. E, Wheeler,
40 00
Dennis Smith,
15 00
Herbert Heald,
24 00
Total, $378 00
BOOKS AND SUPPLIES ..
Paid Sawtelle & Co.,
$10 65
Edward Whitney,
18 14
American Book Co.,
42 28
Lee & Shepard,
3 34
Sanford & Co.,
5 00
Geo. F. King & Co.,
12 60
Thompson Brown & Co.,
28 64
Maynard Merrill & Co ..
1 68
D. C. Heath & Co.,
9 00
Ginn & Co.,
12 71
Silver Burdett & Co.,
12 20
King & Merrill,
3 97
Leach Sherwell & Sanborn,
36 15
Thompson Brown & Co.,
22 96
Total, $218 92
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FUEL.
Paid Dennis O'Leary,
$10 00
Wm. C Temple,
31 10
C. A. Spooner,
15 00
Joseph Davis,
10 00
E. Wellington,
5 00
F. D. Forbush,
6 00
Henry Moore,
10 00
L. S. Putnam,
4 75
Total, $91 85
JANITORS.
Paid B. W. Putnam,
$9 00
Norman Pultz,
5 00
Geo. E. Smith,
2 50
Anna B. McGann,
2 75
O. W. McGann,
3 00 .
E. A. Bemis,
80
Teachers,
28 47
Total, $51 52
CONTINGENT.
REPAIRS AND FURNISHINGS.
Paid F. A. Nichols,
$1 03
H. Converse,
2 19
E. Dudley,
2 75
F. Hathaway,
19 75
D. & C. P. Stevens, doors, windows, etc.,
26 68
Wm. J. Hunt,
17 31
Geo. S. Gates,
10 74
Stillman Fletcher,
75
Total, $81 20
INCIDENTAL.
Paid Dr. Chamberlain, $3 00
STATISTICS.
SPRING.
FALL.
WINTER.
SCHOOL.
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per Month.
Enrollment.
Average
Average
Attendance.
Per Month.
Enrollment.
Membership.
Attendance.
Wages
Number over
Number under
5 years.
Between
8 and 14 years.
TEACHERS.
MARCIA P. HILL,
C Prim 28 28 No. 9 No. I
26
$32 3431
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$32
0
O
OCTAVIA W. HATHAWAY,
30 27
2.3
$32
0
0 24
FLORA B. WHITING,
19 17.2
13.8
28
22 19.97 |17.37
28 18 15.13 11.63
28
I
O 20
MARY A. PUTNAM,
I2
II.5
28
O
O
II
E. MABELLE ALBEE,
O
OII
ALICE R. WALKER,
2, 3,4
No. 5 31 28.7 6, 7 23 23 16|14
26.6 20.9 I2
28
27 23.45 20.75 35 31.28
28 19 17 6 32 34 323
17.I 29.8
32
3 2 19
NELLIE I. ELLIS,
32 27 23.73
21.25
32
4
1 17
CATHERINE REGAN, SADIA A. WEBB,
No. 8
14 14
11.92
W. A. HUNTER,
10.5
32 I
OIO
E. N. SHIRLEY,
High
23 18
20
44
33 283
25
40 33 283
243
40|14
019
2,3 13 No. 4 13
I2
II.7
28
28
I
I 16
MARY A. LEAMY,
29.5 26.8
32 32 28.93 28
Membership
Wages
Average
Average
Per Month.
15 years
Membership.
Wages
MARDA M. PARTRIDGE,
A. L. SABIN,
28 13|12.3
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ROLL OF HONOR.
The following is a list of those scholars who have been neither absent or tardy during one or more terms of School, :
Julia Cullen,
Alice McGann,
Matthew Cullen.
Warren Wales,
Anna McGann, John McGann, Eva Goldthwait,
Bertha Stearns,
Leon Portrais,
Arthur P. Sanderson.
Harry Wales,
Sammie Ashworth,
Frank Denny,
Belle A. Baker,
Edgar Fay, Robert Hunter,
Harry N. Bartlett,
Charles Putnam,
Clarence Stone,
Jennie Browning,
Edith Cheever,
Emma Taylor,
Lila Cheever,
Jimmie Carbonno,
Eddie Hunt,
Freddie Hunt,
Gertrude Hunt.
CONSOLIDATIONS,
For the Spring term No. 2 and 3 were consolidated; the Fall and Winter terms No. 2 and 3 with No. 4, No. 9 with the center and No. 6 with No. 7 through the year. If we were obliged to maintain a school in each district with two in the center, eleven teachers would be required, whereas by this consolidation only seven were needed, saving to us quite a sum, after paying for the transporting of pupils, thus enabling us to secure better and more experienced teachers for all the Schools.
A still further consolidation might be advisable.
MEMORIAL DAY.
The last session of the Schools prior to Memorial day, was devo ted to patriotic exercises.
In the observance of the day the children were out in force, and performed the parts assigned them to the satisfaction of all.
The fifteen dollars appropriated for the occasion accomplished all that we could reasonably expect. .
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TRUANCY.
"The Town has made provisions as the law demands relative to truants and absentees from school.
We have called upon the truant officer but very little during the year, in fact we know of but one or two cases of pupils absenting themselves from school of their own accord. Non-attendance and irregularity is chargable to parents or guardians who keep their children at home without sufficient reason. We would remind such parents that they are liable to a fine of twenty dollars for cach offence. If this practice is continued your committee will be obliged to enforce the law more strictly in the future, however 'un- pleasaut the duty may be.
REPAIRS.
We have expended quite a sum in repairing the house in W. Rutland, but have not completed what was contemplated. The old seats should be taken out and new ones put in, and the house should be painted before another term of School.
We expended a small sum in District No. 4, and more will be re- ·quired another year.
The house in the Center and the one in District No. 1 should be put in better condition.
We are sorry to say that there are some evil disposed persons who delight in battering doors and breaking windows; possibly we may find out who the guilty ones are, who should be punished as severely as the law will allow.
LENGTH AND NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.
We have been able to maintain thirty weeks of School divided into three terms of ten weeks each, designated as the Spring, Fall, and Winter terms.
During the Spring term we have eight Schools, but in the Fall and Winter terms, only seven.
Your Committee are sure that the change in the length and uum- ber of terms is satisfactory both to the parents and scholars.
Our expectations have been realized and we find it more easy to retain good teachers with the three terms of ten weeks than it was with two terms of fourteen weeks.
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Therefore we would earnestly and respectfully recommend the necessary appropriations to secure the thirty weeks of school the coming year ; and as a basis for your action we estimate the follow ing appropriations necessary.
For teachers salaries, supplies, fuel, and care of school-
houses, $1,500,00
Conveyance of pupils, 775.00
Of the Dog fund, 100.0
CONDITION AND CHARACTER OF THE SCHOOLS.
The laws of the State impose upon the School Committee the duty of seeing to it that the public schools are in a condition and o a character best calculated to advance the improvement and pro mote the good of the pupils.
It has been said that the character of the school depends upor the character of the teacher and the character of the teacher wil depend upon the compensation. We have endeavored to do the best we could with the means at our disposal to improve the con dition of the schools; and are sure that some improvement ha been made within the past year. We are fully aware that much more can and ought to be done, to make our schools what they should be. But to accomplish what is necessary, it needs the united effort of all the citizens in town, realizing that it is one of thei most important duties to cherish and foster the public schools, and make some sacrifice in order to accomplish the desired result.
HIGH SCHOOL.
The High School has been maintained throughout the year, the last two terms taught by the same teacher with satisfactory results
We believe that this School by proper support and encourage ment, can be made prolific in stimulating our children to higher in tellectual attainments and nobler purposes.
Your Committee after due consideration have come to the con clusion that it is of the utmost importance for the best interest o this school, to have a regular three years course of studies to b pursued, with certain regulations pertaining thereto, and also for it better discipline.
The following Studies and regulations have been decided upor and adopted :
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STUDIES.
FIRST YEAR.
Winter.
Arithmetic,
English,
English,
Geography,
Geography.
Writing.
Writing,
Reading,
Reading,
Spelling.
Spelling.
SECOND YEAR.
Winter.
Latin lessons or
Spring. Latin lessons or
Physology,
Physical Geology,
Rhetoric,
Rhetoric,
Algebra,
Algebra,
U. S. History.
English History.
THIRD YEAR.
Winter.
Spring.
Cæsar or
Cæsar or
Natural History
Geology,
Geometry,
Astronomy,
Phyiscs,
Physics,
Eng. Literature.
Eng. Literature.
REGULATIONS.
SELECTION OF STUDIES.
On entering the school each pupil will be required to select one of the courses prescribed and to take the full number of studies in the course selected, unless special arrangements are made with the school board.
DEMERITS.
When the conduct of a pupil is injurious to the discipline of the school, the principal shall suspend such pupil, and report the case to the school board at once.
Fall. Arithmetic, English,
Geography,
Writing, Reading, Spelling.
Fall. Latin lessons or Physology, Rhetoric,
Algebra, U. S. History.
Fall.
Cæsar or
Physical Geography,
Geometry,
Physics,
English Literature,
Spring. Arithmetic,
.
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SCHOLARSHIP.
At the middle and close of each term, a statement showing prog- ress and deportment of each pupil will be sent to the parent or guardian.
MAKING UP STUDIES.
Every recitation missed by absence must be made up or marked zero. If a pupil wishes to make up a study missed the day before, he will state his desire at the beginning of the recitation. In other cases special arrangements must be made with the teacher.
EXAMINATIONS.
Written examinations will occur at the middle and close of each term, and all examinations must be satisfactorialy passed. When absence from examination is necessary the pupil will be required to pass the examination before he can be received again into the same or higher grades.
CONDITIONS.
No pupil will be allowed to graduate, or to pass from one year of the course to another, whose standing falls below 65 per cent. in any one study.
HONORS.
The valedictory and salutatory shall be assigned upon the basis of scholarship.
These regulations and the studies prescribed for the school we believe will animate all pupils that wish to enter it, to do their very best while in the primary schools, and do after entering it, to work with a will, and determination to master all the studies pursued.
External agencies alone, will not bring about the desired result; we must have the support and encouragement of all the parents and friends of education, and above all we want the services of a good teacher, without which, no good school can exist.
DUTIES OF PARENTS.
As a rule we all believe that if we are engaged and interested in any important undertaking or work, we look after that work per- sonally and constantly, knowing that it is the only way to insure success. Then let us inquire what more important work or busi- ness have we as parents than to secure for our children the best possible education that is within our reach.
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So we say visit the schools, see to it that your own children are orderly and studious and advancing in their several studies.
The frequent visits of parents we believe will greatly benefit the school in regard to good deportment and perfectly learned lessons, and you will know by this personal observation the general charac- ter of the school.
A report of the doings of the school by your children on coming home at night is often misleading, as all such reports, usually indi- cate that they themselves, have been good, and studious, and all the wrong doing has been done by the other scholars.
We think the proper thing to do before passing judgement based upon any report that is calculated to injure the character of the school or the reputation of the teacher, is to investigate the matter thoroughly and impartially. Finally we would call upon all par- ents, voters and citizens of the town to do their utmost to make our schools what they should be , by sufficient appropriations of money, and the approval of necessary forward movements, that will enable our children to get a good education, morally and mentally, with which we are comparatively safe, but without which, we are in peril.
IN CONCLUSION.
We are pleased to state that as a whole the schools have been progressive, and the teachers have been ambitious to make their work tell for the best interest of the children committed to their charge. To them, we would extend our thanks for their faithful- ness and earnest zeal.
To the parents and all those who have shown an interest in any way, we wish to express our high appreciation of their interest, en- couragement, cordial co-operation and support.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. HUNTER, WILLIAM C. TEMPLE
FRANKLIN HATHAWAY,
School Committee of Rutland.
10.00 30,00 8,00 3,00 6.85 20,00 8.75 12,00 13460
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1895.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1895.
OAKHAM, MASS .: I. W. MULLETT, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER, 1895.
TOWN OFFICERS,
MODERATOR. Charles R. Bartlett.
TOWN CLERK. George A. Putnam.
M. R. Moulton,
SELECTMEN. F. G. Bartlett, T. Sibley Heald.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Henry A. Kennen, George W. Cowden, Henry Converse.
ASSESSORS.
Charles R. Bartlett, C. W. Dodge,
Wm. C. Temple.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Walter A. Hunter, Wm. C. Temple, Franklin Hathaway. SEXTON.
Roland C. Prescott.
LIBRARIAN. Mrs. Freeman R. Foster.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. Chester W. Dodge.
ROAD COMMISSIONER. Henry A. Kennen.
CONSTABLES.
Fred B. Stearns, J. Warren Moulton.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE. Wm. C. Temple, Mrs. Geo. B. Munroe, Mrs. L. Q. Spaulding.
MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER.
George A. Putnam, J. W. Moulton,
Joseph O'Herron, Addison Childs.
Geo. A. Putnam,
FENCE VIEWERS. Daniel Demond, A. B. Fisher.
FIELD DRIVER. Dennis O'Herron.
POUND KEEPER. George W. Hudson.
AUDITOR. F. R. Foster.
WARRANT
FOR
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1895.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
WORCESTER, SS. TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF RUTLAND:
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland to meet at the Town Hall in said Rutland, on Monday the fourth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit:
ARTICLE I .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 .- To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
ART. 3 .- To see if the Town will accept of the reports of the Town Officers and committees for the past year, or act thereon.
ART. 4 .- To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the support of the Public Schools; for repairs on the Highways; for the support of the Poor; for surveys on State Highways; for use Memorial Day; for Contin- gent Expenses, paying Debts and appropriate the same.
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ART. 5 .- To see if the Treasurer shall be collector of Taxes, and determine the compensation of the same.
ART. 6 .- To choose all necessary Town Officers and Com- mittees for the ensuing year.
ART 7 .-- To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors as présented by the Selectmen.
ART. 8 .- To see if the Town will instruct their Assessors to abate any Taxes in the hands of their Collector.
ART. 9 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town. with the approval of the Selectmen.
ART. 10 .- To vote by ballot Yes or No to the question, Shall license be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in the Town.
ART. II .- To see if the Town will vote to build a new Town Hall and raise money for the same, or act anything thereon.
ART. 12 .- To see what interest shall be collected on Taxes not paid in a specified time.
ART. 13 .- To see if the Town will vote' to instruct the Trustee of the Meade fund to return said fund to the Town Treasurer together with the interest thereof, or act thereon.
ART. 14 .- To see if the Town will vote to move the new Hearse House from one to two hundred feet or the moving of the same by the Rural Cemetary Associa- tion, or act thereon.
ART. 15 .- To see if the Town will vote to sell any of their unoccupied School Houses, or act thereon.
ART. 16 .- To see if the Town will authorize their School Committee to provide transportation for children of school age to and from school houses remote from their homes and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 17 .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to furnishing accommodation for impounding cattle, or act thereon.
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ART. 18 .- To see if the Town will vote to increase the size of their Town Hall and appropriate money for the same, or act thereon.
ART. 19 .- To see if the Town will vote to comply with the law in regard to Truant Scholars, or act thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof, agreeable to the vote of said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fifteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.
M. R. MOULTON, Selectmen F. G. BARTLETT, of
T. SIBLEY HEALD, Rutland.
Y chools 1500
Highways 1200
Pour 800
Harveys 5.0
Memorialday 25
FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE 1 .
HOLDEN POOR FARM ASSOCIATION,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1895.
With the close of another year the Board of Management respectfully submit to the inhabitants of the towns forming the Association the following report:
INMATES RECEIVING SUPPORT:
Name. Age. Settlement. Began. Period of Support. No. Days.
Martha Parker, 56, Holden,
April 1, 1890. Continues. 365
Lizzie Kenney, 38, 66 April 1, 1890. 365
Nahum S. Newton, 64, "
Dec. 24, 1891. 365
Bridget Kennen, 96,
Apr. 11, 1892. Died Mar. 16. 44
Patrick Doyle, So, 66
Nov. 1, 1892. Continues. 365
Peter King, 77, Apr. 26, 1893. 365
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Nancy Boynton, 56, Hubbardston. Apr. I, '90. Continues. 365 David Rice, 76,
Apr. I, '91. 365
Moses Clark. 17,
May 26, '91. 365
Henry Clark, I5, May 26, '91. Left Oct. I. 243 66
Charles Clark, 19, 66 May 26, '91. Died July 4. 154
Emmons Smith, 84, 66 Aug. 5, '92. Died Feb. 22. 22 Elbridge G. Thatcher, 77, 66 Oct. 6, '92. Continues. 395
Hugh Lake, 24, Dec. 2, '94. Left Jan. 7. 37
Maria Whitney, 54,
Dec. 18, '94. Continues. 45
Mary Whitney, 15, ( .
Dec. 18, '94. 45
Minnie A. Whitney, 10 months. "
No charge made.
2006 Eunice Walker, 69, Oakham. April 1, 1892. Continues. 365 George Ash, 72, 66 April 1, 1892. Died Oct. 22. 264
Lavina B. Field, 70, 66 Oct. 31, 1894. Continues. 93
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Rosa Boen, 56, Rutland. July 22, 1893. Continues. 365 Louisa Smith, 64, .6 Mar. 6, 1894. 332
* Austin Preston, 53,
Jan. 1, 1894. 306
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Mary Cutting, 64, Westminister. Apr. I, '92. Died May 7. 96
William Baker, 78, Apr. I, '92. Continues. 365
Margaret Cronin, 52,
Apr. I, '92. 365
Adaline Eager, 54,
Apr. I, '92.
365
Frank Lavine, 16, Jan. 9, '94. Left Apr. 14. 73
Adrian R. Eaton, 22, 66 July 27, '94. Left July 30. 4
Sarah Blake, 57 66 Jan. 24, '95. Continues. 8
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Whole number of inmates, 30. Died, 5. Left the institution, 4. Remaining, 21. Total days board furnished, 6876 or 982 weeks and 2 days. Average weekly number, 18.89 plus.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Cash received for milk,
$751 58
calves, 70 00
66
" board, 10 00
Due for February milk,
51 IO
Handel Winship's board, 32 00
$914 68
EXPENSES.
Warden's Salary,
$550 00
Outside Labor,
207 82
Inside Labor,
156 00
Groceries,
423 23
Grain,
579 03
Meat,
166 99
Dry Goods, Clothing and Sundries,
319 58
Pigs,
9 00
Ice,
9 45
Wood,
68 25
Medical Attendance,
32 50
Fertilizer,
123 80
General Repairs,
91 29
Furnace Bulk-head and Fire Escape, 277 02
Away 59 days.
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Fire Extinguisher,
21 00
Stove, 35 53
Harness, 23 00
Rent,
200 00
Interest on Personal Property,
120 99
$3414 48
Deducting sales,
914 68
Balance being net expense, $2499 80
A weekly expense for each inmate of $2.545.
THE EXPENSE TO EACH TOWN IS AS FOLLOWS:
Holden,
$679 48
Hubbardston,
729 29
Oakham, 262 49
Paxton,
Nothing.
Rutland,
364 65
Westminster.
463 89
$2499 80
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE CONDITION
FOR
EACH
YEAR OF THE ASSOCIATION:
Number of Inmates.
Weekly Total
Cost per Week.
First year, I2
7.7-26 377-5-7
$2.875
Second year, I6
II.7-26 586
2.243 plus.
Third year, 26 21.25-26 1142
1.959 plus.
*Fourth year, 30
22.37-306 967 2.232 plus.
Fifth year, 30
19.89 plus. 982.2-7 2.545
Average. No. Weeks.
The inmates have received the kind treatment which a due regard for the comfort of our unfortunate wards demands and their health has been exceptionally good as is shown by the small expense for medical attendance. Of the thirty persons who have received support within the year twenty- one remain, four have left to care for themselves and five have been removed by death, of the latter with the exception of one, a youth of nineteen, who died of consumption, all were persons well advanced in years. Nahum S. Newton of Holden, a veteran of the late war, having waived his claim for support elsewhere as provided by Chap. 447, Acts of 1890, is receiving "soldiers relief" here. Handel Winship of Westminster, a worthy old gentleman of 84 years, of a good
Io months.
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family, has been boarded at this institution since Dec. 6. His present mental condition requiring a constant watchfullness and restraint such as could not be expected elsewhere. The Association receives four dollars a week for his board. It is worthy of note that notwithstanding the continued business depression the support furnished has been less than for the two previous years, being only fifteen weeks more than for the ten months covered by the preceding report. Paxton is fortunate in having no ward so needy as to require support here. While this condition together with the limited demand for milk which has necessitated the fattening of a number of calves and the making of considerable butter, has con- duced to the increased cost per week in maintaining the poor. The more important factor in this increase, has been the improvements on the house, required by the State In- spector of Public Institutions. The furnace for the warming the rooms of the inmates, with the bulk-head which it neces- sitated together with the fire escape and fire extinguisher afford means of comfort and safety which the spirit of the age demands, but the cost of which should be considered as different from ordinary annual repairs required for the main- tenance of an institution of this kind. But for the expense of these permanent fixtures the cost per week would have been about the same as last year. By comparing the cost of outdoor labor, grain, fertilizers, tools, the depreciation in the value of stock and tools and the increased rent on real and personal property made necessary by the working of a farm of this size; with the income derived therefrom it becomes clear to all as it has been for some time to the managers of similarinstitutions all over the state, thatthecultivation of more land than is required to produce what is needed for the con- sumption of the inmates is a source of loss rather than profit. A pleasant feature which deserves notice was the bountiful Christmas dinner of turkey and such accompaniments as are usually found only on the tables of the rich, contributed by Hon. F. S. Coolidge of Fitchburg, a native and former resident of Westminster. We trust that his example may be followed, and with each recuring Christmas, some one may gladden the hearts of our unfortunates, by a similar act of charity.
HOBART RAYMOND, WESTMINSTER, Chairman,
JESSE ALLEN, OAKHAM, Secretary,
F. S. HOLT, HOLDEN, Treasurer, JOHN ADAMS, HUBBARDSTON,
H. H. PIKE, PAXTON,
HENRY A. KENNEN, RUTLAND,
Board of Management.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS
OF THE POOR
The following report of the Overseers of the Poor for the wear ending Feb. 1, 1895, is respectfully submitted.
Three persons have been supported at the Almshouse in Holden for all or a part of the year.
NAMES.
WEEKS.
DAYS.
Rose Roane,
52
365
Louisa Smith,
47
332
Austin Preston,
44
306
143 weeks and 2 days.
Expense for the same at $2.54₺ a week,
$364 65
EXPENSES.
Paid C. W. Woods, rent for Mrs. Ed. Clark, $ 3 50
C. W. Woods, rent for Mrs. Ed. Clark, 3 35
L. W. Reid, mending clothes of Austin Preston, I 00
Geo. R. Spooner, attending Albert E. Clark,
64 00
F. W. Hatstat, aid for C. W. Bowers, 25 00
R. C. Prescott, burial of Mrs. R. Sawyer,
8 50
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John F. Davis, board for L. W. Soney, $10 00
Dr. W. E. Chamberlin, for L. W. Soney, 33 00
C. W. Allen, hospital bill, 51 07
E. C. Dudley, rent and wood for Mrs. Ed. Clark, 15 00
H. A. Kennen, moving Mrs. Ed. Clark, 2 50
H. Converse, bill, Mrs. Ed. Clark,
47 80
H. Converse, bill, A. E. Clark,
37 82
Hospital bill for John Delhanty,
13 46
Town of Dana for Mrs. Martin,
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