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Lastly, we wish that all books would be returned by each one as soon as read, to the Library, we have no doubt that many times the practice of taking books and lending them to neighbors is the cause of fines, we have no objection of course to any one taking books from the Library and letting their neighbors read them, if they will look after them, and also let the Librarian know who has had them. Probably the Library does not get the credit of any where near all the times that the books are read, and besides it is difficult to find out who has misused them.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE S. DODGE, GEORGE A. PUTNAM,
JAS. G. SHANNON. } Libarary Committee.
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The following Births, Marriages and Deaths were recorded for 1884.
BIRTHS.
NAMES.
PARENTS.
DATE OF BIRTH.
Mary Augusta,
Stephen J. and Cora L. Locke,
William Edward,
George C. and Emily A. Taft,
Ellen Mildred,
Daniel W. and Mary Ellen Leary,
Agnes Lizzette,
Joseph and Rosalia L. Millett,
27, 4
Alice Hattie,
Elmer B. and Sarah A. Wood,
April 6,
Grace Lawrence,
Lyman E. and Emma F. Wilson,
" 7, 66
Howard Scott,
H. Jones and Carrie N. Davis,
June 2, 6
Alice,
Henry W. and Eliza J. Bartlett,
July 1,
Charles Andrew,
Andrew S. and Lora L. Charter,
4,
Emma Addie,
George W. and Addie L. Handy,
66 5, 66
Lottie Lorena,
George T. and Annie E. Baker,
44 8,
66
Frederick Scoville,
Fred. S. and Abbie R. G. Hunt,
Aug. 20,
66
Edward Ainsworth,
Edward and Flora Ann A. Clark,
Sept. 16,
Stephen Irving,
Zebulon Jr. and Chloe D. Strong,
" 28,
Flora,
Joseph and Zoe Shaw,
" 28,
66
Mary Frances,
Peter S. and Mary Ellen O'Connor,
Nov. 6,
Enola Elvira,
Era C. and Elenor S. Dudley, " 21,
66
MARRIAGES.
April 22, 1884, George Morrow and Annie McCutheon, both of Holden. Robert J. Shirley of Grafton and Nellie D. McCutheon of Holden.
66
23,
66 George A. Fay and S. Maude Demond, both of Rutland.
May 13, John R. Metcalf and Mary L. Carpenter, both of Rutland.
June 4,
66
Clarence L. Smith of Burlington, Vt., and Elmina A. Foster of Rutland.
July 9,
Henry L. Babbitt and Hattie A. Morse, both of Oakham.
Oct. 22,
Charles A. Hatstat and Minnie E. Allen, both of Rutland.
Nov. 13, 66
William C. Temple and Belle A. Demond, both of Rutland.
Dec. 30,
66 Frank L. Cheever and Charlotte L. Pierce, both of Rutland.
DEATHS.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAMES.
AGES.
March 27, 1884,
Mrs. Joanna Leary,
Aged 94 years.
June 11, .6
66
James Gerry Reed,
71
66
7 months. 4
11 days.
uly 1,
14, 60
Mrs. Betsey Reed,
66
91 66
1
66
6
21
66
66
50
2
66
8
66
15
66
Oct. 22,
Mrs. Hannah D. Miles,
66
83
3
64
7
66
Dec. 9,
Ada F. Barr,
1 6
15
66
11, 6.
Lewis M. Smith,
..
18
66
6.
7
The following-named persons, mostly former residents of Rutland, were brought into town, and buried.
Feb. 14, 1884.
Martha I. Townsend,
Aged 22 years, 66
19
66
2 months, 4 8
66
May 1, Charles A. Phelps.
66
67
2
66
June 1, 66
William E. Bryant,
66
82
66
66
2
66
Sept. 10, 66 Charles E. Parker,
19
66
7
10
66
21. 66 Charles R. Parker,
66
5
10
66
15
66
66
66
22, وتـ
66 Mrs. Roxana S. Nixon,
66
Aug. 14, 66
Nathaniel Taylor,
66
80
70
66
9
6:
19
66
26,
66
Elizabeth M. Clair,
66
21
7 5
66
14
Sept. 1, 66
15,
66
John M. Calhoun,
21
82
9
16
Nov. 20, 66
Jonathan A. Clark,
Aug. 11, 66 30,
66
Mary Emily Bliss,
66
1
GEORGE A. PUTNAM, TOWN CLERK.
11 days.
April 19, 6
66
Wilbur E. Wesson,
54
.. 24,
Mrs. Ellen Sheridan,
66
Strong,
Alice Bartlett,
Mrs. Susan E. Glazier,
10
William,
James and Ellen Scott,
Oct. 2,
66
Sept. 27, 1883. Feb. 28, 1884. March 12, “ 66
66
66
28, 66 Mrs. Betsey C. Armington,
66
6
66
20
22, 6
66
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Report of the School Committee.
FELLOW CITIZENS :
Again we are called by the requirements of law to give a detailed report of the years work in our public schools.
Number of pupils enrolled in the School Registers, 235
Number between five and fifteen,. 203
Number between eight and fourteen, 134
Number over fifteen, 28
Number under five, 4
Number of non-residents, 6
As reported by the assessors, May 1st, 1884, number of minors in town between the years of five and fifteen 196, between eight and fourteen 127.
We do not deem it necessary to speak of the schools or teachers separately, but in the short space we shall devote to them, to treat them as a whole. While our schools have been conducted with varying degrees of success yet as a whole, commendable progress has been made.
One of the most pleasant things connected with our school work is to watch the mental and physical growth of the children intrusted to our care; and it is our constant aim to secure such teachers as will guide this growth in the right direction.
The Winter term of some of our schools was interupted by the presence of contagious diseases. Sickness and the fear of contagion rendered the attendance in some schools very irregular. The death of the teacher caused the closing of one school, and though the term was short, yet we believe that the teachers influnce for good will long be felt in the town,
We wish again to call the attention of our teachers to the impor- tance of their calling, and urge the necessity of a more careful traning to enable them to successfully perform their numerous, and
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in many cases, delicate duties. To direct the mental, moral and physical growth of twenty children is a responsibility which requires, on the part of the teacher a talent of no mean order. There must be a mutual sympathy and respect between teacher and pupil; and failing this, the school falls short of the highest success. The impres- sion the teacher makes on the mind of the pupil will be retained long after the school term in which they were associated. A hasty or idle word may make a life-long remembrance. Guard well then your sacred calling and try by your earnestness to lead those under your care, to higher conceptions of life and its duties than they have before known.
A public library which fails to elevate the literary taste of the comunity in which it is established, is a public evil, rather than blessing, and a hindrance to progress. We do not accuse our library of this, yet we feel, when we consider that the habit of reading, (as well as other habits,) which we form in our youh, usually cling to us through life, that the library has never had its proper influence in the schools of the town.
Teachers could do much in interesting their pupils in a course of reading which would be helpful to them in many ways, now and in the future.
Library Committees could do much in making such selections of books as would lead the young people of the town, teachers and scholars alike, to form a taste for reading and study, which would indeed prove a blessing to them,
We again earnestly call the attention of parents to the influence they can exert on our schools. Punctual attendance is one of the requisites of a successful school; and it is largely in your power to cause your children to be thus punctual. A careful interest in your childrens studies, and in what they read would do much to encour- age them to greater exertions in their school work, and to strive harder to merit the approbation of all interested in their welfare. You can do much to uphold the teachers in the difficult duties of their calling by giving them the sympathy and praise they merit. You cannot expect your children to respect a teacher of whom they hear you speak dispargingly or in ricicule. Education is the great- est gift you can bestow on your children. A good education is of priceless value to any one. There is no self-denial or hardship you would not undergo to properly feed and clothe your children : how much more important that the immortal mind should be carefully
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trained and nourished, in order that they may be enabled to develope to the highest degree the talent which God has given to every one.
Money used in the support of schools will yield an interest of future prosperity to the town which stocks or bonds can never give. We call upon you then to uphold the schools established by the Fathers, and as you prize the future welfare of the town, to keep them in the column of progress and improvement, which is ever ad- vancing; so that when our children are called to take up the burdens of life, they can look out upon the field of duty from the vantage ground of a liberal education.
In obedience to the state law we have provided free text-books in our schools. The expense has been considerable, but in the future it will be much less as we have now a good stock of books on hand.
Your committee feeling the necessity that our schools should be provided with modern books, have, at a very slight additional ex. pense introduced new readers in our schools. They have proved very satisfactory. The greater part of the expense for repairs has been to shingle No. 1 school house and to paint and paper inside of the same.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
$1500 00
Town Appropriation,
312 30
Dog Fund,.
122 60
Tuition due from Non-residents,
22 66
.
$1857 56
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' Salaries for current year,
$1280 80
Teachers' Salaries unpaid, .
180 00
Fuel and Janitors,
105 25
Transportation of Scholars,
66 75
Incidentals,
23 39
$1656 19
CONTINGENT.
Books,
$395 65
Repairs,
94 62
Stove,.
14 00
Arrears,
6 67
.
$510 94
State Fund,
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SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR 1884-5.
SUMMER TERM.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Weeks.
Whole Number
of Pupils.
Average
Membership.
Average
Cases of
Tardiness.
No. not Tardy
or Abseut.
Wages of
Teachers
per Month.
No. of Visitors.
Centre,
12
37
35.66
34.3
7
13
$40.
16
No. 1,
12
24
19.34
17.43
24
3
24.
12
No. 2,
12
16
15.8
15.36
25
8
24.
9
No. 5,
12
28
23.83
23.5
101
7
24.
22
No. 7,
12
31
25.17
21.80
35
1
24.
25
No. 8,
12
19
15.06
12.6
5
1
24.
co
No. 9, .
12
13
13.
12.60
11
4
24.
26
High School, Fall,
12
30
23.42
21.08
42
2
60.
12
WINTER TERM.
SCHOOLS.
No. of Weeks.
Whole Number
of Pupils.
Average
Average
Cases of
Tardiness.
No. not Tardy
or Absent.
Wages of
Teachers
No. of Visitors.
Centre,
12
41
38.67
37.30
10
17
$40.
20
No. 1,
12
26
19.57
17.85
23
3
28.
7
No. 2,
12
22
17.97
16.82
38
24.
17
No. 3,
1
4
4.
3. 7
0
2
28.
1
No. 5,
12
30
23.11
20.97
148
3
28.
16
No. 6,
103
34
30.37
24.83
14
2
28.
9
No. 8,
12
28
21.92
19.21
0
3
30.
6
High School, Winter ..
12
13
Unfinished.
60.
per Month.
Membership.
Attendance.
Attendance.
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NAMES OF TEACHERS, WAGES, &c.
SCHOOLS. TERMS.
TEACHERS.
Amount of
Cost of Fuel
and Janitors.
Amount paid for Repairs.
Centre, . .
. Summer,
Marcia P. Hill,
$120.
$17.25
$5.50
Winter,
Marcia P. Hill,
120.
No 1,
Summer,
Mary L. Wells,
72.
18.50
83.82
No. 2,
Summer,
Belle A.Demond,
72.
5.00
. Winter,
Sarah Moulton.
7:2.
No. 3,
Summer,
Lewis M. Smith,
26.
.62
No. 5,
Summer,
Alice E. Cowden
72.
1.80
Winter,
Alice E. Cowden .
84.
13.63
No. 7,
Summer,
Sarah O. Moulton,
72.
No. 6,
Winter,
S. Nellie Boyce,
72.80
2.00
3.50
No. 8,
Summer,
Alice M. Pratt,
72.
19.00
Winter,
Walter A. Hunter,
90.
No. 9,.
... Summer,
Jennie I. Lovell,
72.
1.50
High Sch.,. Fall,
J. N. Darling,
180.
13.75
.... Winter,
J. N. Darling,
.
180.
t
Wages.
Wiuter,
Alice M. Pratt.
84.
Winter,
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Below is a list of those scholars who, by the constancy and punc- tuality of their attendance, deserve honorable mention. The list is compiled on the basis of excusing one day's non-attendance and one tardy mark.
CENTRE HIGH SCHOOL.
Fall Term.
Winter Term.
Henry B. Davis,
Unfinished.
Fred. F. Cowden,
Bertie D. Smith,
Nellie I. Bruce.
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Summer Term.
Winter Term.
Mary A. Demond,
Mary E. Browning,
Lizzie M. Putnam,
Lucy C. Dodge,
Nellie I. Bruce,
Cora B. Eames,
Frank F. Dana,
Lizzie M. Putnam,
Willie M. Demond,
Mary A. Putnam,
Sumner A. Taylor,
Etta S. Putnam,
Arthur S. Dodge,
Marcia Z. Sherwood,
Albert N. Putnam,
Leslie Armitage, Lucius M. Bacon,
Marcia Z. Sherwood,
Bertie D. Bartlett,
Mary A. Putnam,
Arthur G. Dodge,
Matthew Sherwood,
Frank F. Dana,
Mark A. Putnam,
Hamilton Sherwood,
Clarence Dodge, Willie M. Demond,
Loring J. Taylor,
Leroy S. Putnam,
Carrie S. Pierce,
Albert N. Putnam,
Cora B. Eames,
James Sherwood,
Lottie E. Browning.
Matthew Sherwood,
Sumner A. Taylor, Loring J. Taylor,
George B. Woodis.
Hattie E. Dana,
James Sherwood,
Mark M. Putnam,
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No. 1. SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Carrie E. Allen, Lizzie M. Stackpole, Bertha E. Allen,
Winter Term. Lizzie M. Stackpole, Carrie E. Allen, John T. Davis, George A. Hatstat, Arthur W. Davis,
No. 2 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Jennie Hammond,
Nellie Hammond,
Anna Hammond,
Jennie Campbell,
Katie Hammond,
Frank H. Miles,
Lewis A. Forbush,
Charlie J. Campbell.
Winter Term. Anna Hammond, Nellie Hammond, Jennie Campbell, Katie Hammond,
Hannah Hammond.
No. 5 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Effie Wesson,
Vara A. Stearns,
Edna W. Charter,
Mabel R. Charter,
Effie E. Goulding,
Bertha L. Stearns,
Henry C. Goulding,
Earnest W. Bliss.
Winter Term. Effie M. Wesson, Mae E. Stearns, Lewis E. Moore,
No. 6 AND 7 SCHOOLS.
Summer Term. Lillie May Chamberlin, Dora I. Dudley, Cora O. Dudley,
Winter Term. George H. Rice, Dora I. Dudley,
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No. 8 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. Willie E. Brooks,
Winter Term. Mary A. Truax, Willie E. Brooks, Roland Moore, Leslie Moore.
No. 9 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Emma Woodis, Ella Woodis,
· Rosie Woodis, George B. Woodis,
Helen Moulton, Lena Woodis,
Sammie Moulton,
Mercie Upham.
Whole number of names on record 95. Whole number whose record is perfect for the year 20, a gain of 2 over last year.
Respectfully submitted,
LAWTON T. HADLEY, WALTER C. BOYCE, WALTER A. HUNTER,
School Committee.
5
175 175 175
175
1 15
17
175 175 17%
32.78 21.12 11.47
7 64.77
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND,
For the Year Ending February 15th, 1886.
WORCESTER : PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, OPP. EL.M.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS,
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND,
For the Year Ending February 15th, 1886.
WORCESTER : PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, OPP. EL.M.
TOWN OFFICERS.
M. R. MOULTON.
SELECTMEN, F. G. BARTLETT, J. W. MONROE.
TOWN CLERK, GEORGE A. PUTNAM, TREASURER AND COLLECTOR. BENJAMIN F. BROWNING.
D. F. SMITH,
OVERSEERS OF POOR, J. MILO SKINNER, J. S. KENNEN.
ASSESSORS,
ALONZO DAVIS, T. S. HEALD,
C. R. BARTLETT.
L. T. HADLEY,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, W. C. BOYCE, W. A. HUNTER.
ROAD COMMISSIONER. E. C. ALLEN. CONSTABLES, B. F. BROWNING, GEO. S. PUTNAM. SEXTON, GEORGE S. PUTNAM.
D. F. SMITH,
LIBRARIAN, MRS. F. R. FOSTER.
A List of Jurors presented by the Selectmen, for the ensuing year,
Walter H. Bartlett, George W. Cowden, Stephen W. Fay, Elijah Goulding, George W. Hudson, Lawton T. Hadley, Fred S. Hunt, William W. Prescott, Dennis A. Smith, John N. Sargent, Walter B. Ware, Henry A. Kennen. Joel Stone, William C. Temple, Elbridge Acker, M. M. Stackpole.
WARRANT
FOR MARCH MEETING, 1886.
WORCESTER, SS. To David F. Smith, Constable for the Town of Rutland :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Rutland, on Monday, the first day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles : To wit.
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year.
4. To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the sup- port of the Public Schools; for repairs on the Highways ; for the support of the Poor; for the contingent charges and paying debts ; and for the suppression of the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town the ensuing year ; and appropriate the same.
5. To determine the manner of repairing the Highways, and mak- ing them passable when encumbered with snow.
6. To see what interest shall be charged on Taxes not paid in a specified time.
7. To see if the Treasurer shall be Collector of Taxes, and to determine the compensation of Treasurer and Collector.
8. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors as presented by the Selectmen.
9. To see if the Town will vote to limit the number of Schools in Town, or act thereon.
10. To see if the Town will pay some one to ring the Bell for deaths, and at specified hours of the day.
11. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town, under the direction of the Selectmen.
12. To see if the Town will vote to grant License for the sale of Intoxicating liquors in the Town.
13. To see if the Town will make any change in the Bridge over Mill brook on the Miles road, or act thereon.
14. To see if the Town will rescind the Votes passed by the Town in regard to exempting property from taxes in the Town, or act thereon.
15. To determine the manner of warning future Meetings.
16. To see what method the Town will adopt to have their Town House taken care of.
17. To do any other business which may legally come before said meeting.
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 yonr doings theron, 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 1886.
M. R. MOULTON, Selectmen F. G. BARTLETT, of Rutland.
J. W. MUNROE,
REPORT OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY,
AS APPRAISED BY THE OVERSEERS FEBRUARY 13th, 1886.
Real estate,
$2,500 00
Farming tools and household furniture,
600 00
Horse,
85 00
Oxen,
145 00
7 cows,
245 00
2 three-year olds,
45 00
1 two-year old,
25 00
1 pair two-year old steers
45 00
5 shoates,
50 00
4 pigs,
10 00
45 fowls,
25 00
6 tons English hay,
120 00
3 tons meadow hay,
24 00
1} tons Hungarian,
25 00
2 tons Rye straw,
24 00
Corn fodder,
15 00
7 bushels oats,
3 15
8 bushels barley,
8 00
5 bushels rye,
3 75
65 bushels corn,
48 75
150 bushels potatoes,
90 00
Garden vegetables,
10 00
12 barrels apples and canned fruit,
16 67
Cider vinegar,
41 00
6
Salt pork,
$ 8 00 12 00
Salt beef, Lard, Butter,
7 30
3 24
Beans and peas,
9 50
Tallow and candles,
2 30
Flour,
3 00
Soap and salt,
5 00
Tea, crackers, sugar and molasses,
4 88
Spices and creamtartar,
75
Lumber,
3 00
Lead, glass and nails,
2 50
Barb wire,
4 70
Fresh beef and beef hide,
12 82
Dried apple,
1 20
$4,279 51
SUMMARY OF EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Interest on real and personal estate, appraised February
13. 1885, at 6% on $4,225 15,
$253 50
Salary of warden for the year ending April 1, 1886,
365 00
Bought flour, meal and crackers,
285 37
Meat and fish,
55 66
Tea, sugar and molasses,
70 59
Spices. creamtartar, and soda,
9 70
Cloth, yarn and thread,
18 99
Grinding grain.
4 89
Oil, stove polish, etc.,
7 18
T'in, earthen and glass ware,
5 89
Matches, soap and salt,
12 80
Tobacco and pipes,
10 20
Boots and shoes,
4 40
Making cider,
18 18
Paper and brooms,
2 66
Blacksmithing,
8 45
Farming tools and use of same,
53 06
Stock keeping and use of same,
36 07
Grass and other seeds,
17 09
Paris Green, lime and phosphate,
50 85
Labor,
137 70
Repairing buildings,
7 89
Medicines,
4 74
Doctor bills at almshouse,
9 00
Geo. S. Putnam, coffin for Joseph Newcomb,
15 00
Cheese,
2 97
$1,467 83
7
SUMMARY OF INCOME AT ALMSHOUSE.
Sold 1,300 pounds butter,
$323 78
Eggs and poultry,
12 09
Grass and other seeds,
26 27
Hay and straw,
16 67
Board for Davis Browning,
70 20
Vegetables,
63 70
Stock and use of same,
38 58
Calves,
57 52
Beef,
66 18
Rags,
1 76
Increase in appraisal of personal property,
54 36
$731 11
Net expenses at farm,
$736 72
Whole number of weeks board, 417
Cost per week, $1 77
The following persons have been supported at the almshouse the past year, ending Feb. 13, 1886.
Michael Croning,
age, 86
52 weeks.
Lucy Sawyer,
74
52
Asa Lakin.
85
52
Eliza Lakin,
8.2
52
66
Davis Browning,
66
87
(died Sept. 9th.)
29
Joseph Newcomb,
66
65
(died May 3d.)
11
Asahel Preston,
66
78
8
66
Charles Newton,
66
73
36
66
Josiah Ware,
28
37
66
Mrs. William O. Smith,
58
17
66
R. J. Brooks,
74
3
66
Harry F. Leonard,
10
66
Tramps, (22)
3
Whole number of weeks, 417
TOWN ORDERS FOR 1885 AND 1886.
March 7, George A. Kimball, for hay,
$97 50
April 1, Clifton Parkhurst, for salary 1884,
188 20
18, Mrs. E. E. Dana, phosphate,
48 55
April, Hospital bill,
41 99
Town of Westboro, for E. Rice,
24 95
81
52
66
Rebecca Browning,
5
8
May 5, Geo. S. Putnam. coffin for Joseph Newcomb, $ 15 00 June 10, J. Thomas Lawless, for labor, 20 00
July 11, Hospital bill, 52 95
14, Clifton Parkhurst, salary for 1885, 30, J. Thomas Lawless, for labor,
28 00
10 00
Sep. 11, J. Thomas Lawless. for labor.
15 00
17, Clifton Parkhurst, salary, 1885,
150 00
Oct. 29. Dr. J. G Shannon, for Farrington,
19 50
April 19, Dr. J. G. Shannon, for Joseph Newcomb,
6 00
Nov. 3, A. Hatstatt, for aid Farrington,
4 00
4, J. Thomas Lawless, for labor,
15 00
7, Hospital bill.
42 71
Dec. 3, J. Thomas Lawless, for labor,
48 85
4, Geo. S. Putnam, coffin for Mrs. Farrington,
20 50
Jan. 4, Clifton Parkhurst, salary 1885,
20 00
16, Hospital bill,
44 51
21, Geo. S. Putnam, coffin for Lyman Wilson,
10 00
27, Town of Grafton for Stratton Family,
41 00
18, Mrs. E. E. Dana, goods for Lyman Wilson,
7 29
Nov. 1, Bates & Glazier, keeping stock,
30 72
D. F. Smith. expenses,
2 50
Feb. 10, A. Hatstatt, goods for Farrington,
7 70
Henry Bliss, for board and transportation of Wm. E. Kerles, a State Pauper,
6 26
J. G. Shannon bill, 2 50
$1,021 18
CR.
Cash Received of Town Treasurer, to balance, $1,021 18
EXPENSE OF SUPPORTING PAUPERS OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Lunatic Asylum for Wm. O. Smith, $182 16
Town of Grafton for S. A. Stratton, 41 00
Town of Westboro, for E. Rice, 24 95
Dr J. G. Shannon for Mrs Farrington, 19 00
Geo. S. Putnam, for robe and coffin for Mrs. Farrington, 20 50
Geo. S. Putnam, robe and coffin for L. Wilson, 10 00 Mrs. E. E. Dana grocers for Mrs. L. Wilson, 7 29
9
A. Hatstat, groceries for Mrs. Farrington, $11 70 Henry Bliss, for board and transportation of Edward Kerles, state pauper, 6 26
$322 86
Reimbursement from state,
6 26
Making a total of
316 60
Expenses at almshouse.
736 72
Overseers expenses,
2 50
Overseers services,
49 00
Making a total of $1,104 82
As expense of supporting the Town and other Paupers the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
D. F. SMITHI,
Overseers J. MILO SKINNER, of Poor.
JAMES S. KENNEN,
Rutland, February 15, 1886.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
B. F. BROWNING, Treasurer.
Dr.
1885.
Mar. 17, Received of F. R Foster, Treasurer,
for the year 1.885, $1,584 22
Apr. 4, do do do 266 00 22, do do do
431 00
May 2, do
200 00 do do June 6, do do do 250 00
July 1. do do dc 100 00
1, Received of Selectmen, cash borrow, 1,000 00 3, Received of 1). Demond. Auct. Lic. 2 00
17, Received F. R. Foster, Treas. 100 00
Aug. 1, do do do 176 00
25, do do do
150 00
Sept. 4, Received of Geo. A. Putnam, cash bor. 300 00 Received of E. Muzzy, cash borrowed, 100 00 Received of Town of Holden, State Aid reimbursed of Myron J. Kennan, 8 91 19, Received of First National Bank of Worcester, cash borrowed, 493 54 Oct. 3, Received of F. R. Foster, Treas., 1884, 176 00 Nov. 7, Received of G. W. Hudson, for use of Town Hall, 2 51
1, Received of F. R. Foster, Treas., 1884, 217 38 28, Received of W. J. Hunt, poll tax, 2 00
Dec. 5. Received Corporation Tax, 83
Received National Bank Tax, 39 40
Received State Aid, reimbursed, 211 27
23, Received of G. W. Cowden, cash bor. 100 00 Received of F. R. Foster, Treas., 1884, 75 00
11
1886.
Jan. Received County Dog Fund, $136 57
27, Received School Fund, 211 17
28, Received of F. R. Foster, Treas., 1884, 25 16 Feb. 15, Received of Overseers, Pauper Aid, 6 26
Received for Board of D. D. Browning, 70 20
15, Amount of Tax Bills, 7,985 11
$14,420 53
Cr.
1885.
Feb 24 Paid interest on note at Mutual Life Assurance Institution, $100 00 -
24, Paid interest on note at Wor. County Institution for Savings,
300 00
Sept. 4, do do do 300 00
24, do Mutual Life Assurance, 100 00 192 00 Oct. 12, Paid one-half county tax,
Nov. 4, Paid Assessors abatement on taxes,
200 00
4, do do do 180 00
9, Paid E. Muzzy note and interest, 101 00
10, Paid abatement on taxes, 217 38
23, Paid Geo. A. Putnam note and int,,
303 08
27, Paid one-half county tax,
192 00
27, Paid Wor. County Instution for Sav- ings, note and interest, 1,016 33
28, Paid abatement on taxes, 8 00
Dec.
12, Paid State Tax, 420 00
23, Paid note and interest at First Nat- ional Bank, 500 00
1886.
Feb. 15, Paid 200 orders, 6,228 40
$9,981 99
Balance in treasury, Feb. 15, 1886, including tax bills, $4,438 54
Respectfully submitted,
B. F. BROWNING, Treasurer.
Rutland, February 15, 1886.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Rutland :
Your Selectmen respectfully present the following as the finan- cial condition of the Town for the year ending Feb. 15, 1886.
We have drawn upon the Treasury during the past year 200 or- ders, amounting to $6228 40.
The appropriations for the Town were as follows :
State Tax,
$420 00
County Tax,
384 00
Town Grant,
7000 00
Overlay on Taxes,
181 11
LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Worcester Savings Inst'n, note and interest to Mar. 1, $15,300 00 State Mutual Life Assurance Co. 5,100 00
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