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Also by weekly report cards each parent is informed concerning the work and deportment of his children, and if not satisfactory they open a way at once for explanation or mutual consultation be- tween parents and teachers, which is always desirable.
It is not intended that these reports should take the place of fre- quent visits to the school by the parents, and we wish here to urge such calls as most salutary in their influence upon the schools, and the best means of obtaining reliable information concerning them.
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No person, certainly no parent, ought ever to harshly criticise a school which he has not personally visited.
In all our smaller towns, that
GRADATION OF PUPILS
which exists in the larger towns and cities is not possible, even if it were desirable. But your committee are of the opinion that even in this town a definite course of study might be prepared covering the ground advisable to be gone over by the average pupil in the common schools, upon the successful completion of which by the pupils, certificates properly prepared and signed should be given. The natural effect of such a plan would be to induce the pupil to continue in school after the statute compelling his attendance had lost its force because of his age, and to stimulate parents to the same end. But we shall reckon without our host if we fail to note that any plan, however good in itself, may be of but little use if the teacher be not in sympathy with it, or not amply qualified by nature and education for her work ; while even a poor plan may be a suc- cess in the hands of a competent and enthusiastic teacher.
And this leads us to remark that in our mind
TEACHERS IN GENERAL
may be divided into three classes ; viz.
I. Excellent,-those who possess marked ability to teach, togeth- er with enthusiasm arising from love of the work ;
II. Good,-those who having less ability, still are zealous in their work, and constantly improving ;
III. Indifferent,-those who know less of the principles of teach- ing, and have no special love for it.
Teachers who belong to the first two classes it is always desirable to retain.
It is an entirely erroneous idea, entertained, however, by many, that education alone makes the teacher, and that lack of success as a teacher necessarily involves reproach. No truth is more patent than that people differ in gifts and adaptation to certain kinds of work. Would all our best educated men even make successful law- yers, physicians or merchants ? The question answers itself.
As a whole, our teachers have been faithful, the work has pro- ceeded harmoniously, and the results attained warrant us in saying that it has been successfully done.
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It is but just to say, that many of our teachers have done work that money alone can not fully recompense.
But is there nothing else, by proper attention to which our schools may be improved ? Most assuredly, yes.
Home government, and proper moral influence there ; active in- torest and encouragement in the work of your children ; attention that your children are constant and punctual at school; sympathy with and the firm support of the teacher, especially at home ;- these and many others so often enumerated in school reports and else- where, will be of material aid in making our schools what we all wish to see them,-the best possible.
ONE NEED
which seems to us imperative must not fail of mention. There are no suitable wall maps in our schools, and consequently the work in history and geography is much retarded. Indeed, it is utterly im- possible to do good work in either branch without them. The ex- pense of even a limited number will be considerable, but it seems to us false economy to delay their purchase longer.
Finally, Fellow Citizens, we have taken it for granted that you are all as much interested in the welfare of our common schools, " the common educators of the common people," as your committee can be ; that you realize the relation they sustain to our civil gov- ernment and free institutions, and that you will wisely and liberally provide for their proper maintenance in the coming year.
SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR 1886-7.
.No. of pupils enrolled in School Registers, 240
No. between five and fifteen, 203
No. between eight and fourteen, 162
No. over fifteen, 37
No, under five, 1
No. of non-residents, 4
No. of minors in Town May 1st, 1886, between the years of five and fifteen, 198
Between eight and fourteeu, No return.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
RECEIPTS.
Town Appropriation,
$1800 00
State Fund, .
311 75
Part of Dog Fund,
36 57
$2148 32
EXPENDITURES.
Teachers' Salaries for current year,
$1769 00
Fuel and Janitors,
101 73
Books and Supplies,.
230 00
$2100 73
CONTINGENT.
Repairs on School Houses, $105 53
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SUMMER TERM.
#
SCHOOLS.
No. of Weeks.
Whole number
of Pupils.
Average
Average
Cases of
No. not Tardy
Wages of
Teacher
per Month.
No. of Visitors.
Centre Primary. .
12
40
35.41
34.15
9
11
$36
19
No. 1,
12
14
12.66
14.41
3
11
24
17
No. 2,
12
13
11.75
10.94
17
3
24
8
No. 3,
12
19
15.20
13.75
14
0
26
19
No. 4,
12
15
13.50
13.12
13
3
24
13
No. 5,
11
33
30.16
27.39
21
7
32
22
No. 6,
12
18
15.41
13.63
5
4
24
17
No. 7,
12
14
9.83
9.16
6
0
24
21
No. 8,
12
15
14.33
13.75
23
0
28
13
No. 9,
12
10
9.66
·9.66
13
2
24
15
WINTER TERM. .
Centre Primary . .
12
31
26.08
24.25
2
5 $36
15
No. 1,
12
16
12.66
11.84
32
1
26
11
No. 2,
12
11
11.
10.55
10
4
26
15
No. 3,
12
19
14.75
12.3
31
0
24
3
No. 4,
12
20
19.66
18.8
6
6
56
14
No. 5,
13
28
25.
22.83
39
0
28
5
No. 6,
12
19
17.54
16.6
11
4
28
19
No. 7,
12
12
9.87
7.39
33
0
26
7
No. 8,
12
22
19.71
17.37
89
2
28
7
No. 9,
12
9
7.66
7.31
12
1
26
14
Centre Grammar. .
12
36
30.66
27.53
87
2
50
13
Membership.
Attendance.
Tardiness.
or Absent.
1
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NAMES OF TEACHERS, WAGES, &c.
SCHOOLS.
TERMS.
TEACHERS.
Amount of
Wages.
Cost of Fuel
and Janitors.
Centre
Summer,
Marcia P. Hill,
$108.
$9.50
Primary,
Winter,
Marcia P. Hill,
108.
No. 1,
Summer,
Millie F. Stackpole,
72.
2.00
Winter,
Cora E. Clark,
78.
No. 2,
Summer,
Ava S. Bigelow,
72.
2.00
Winter,
Mary A, Leamy, Ina A. Potter,
78.
4.00
Winter,
Mary L. Ammidon,
72.
No. 4,
Summer,
Etta L. Miles,
72.
14.55
No. 5,
Summer,
Nelly F. Munroe,
88. 91.
No. 6,
Summer,
Alice M. Pratt,
72.
17.33
Winter,
Alice M Pratt,
84.
No. 7,
Summer,
Jennie E. Gates,
72.
18.50
Winter,
Ella M. Ball,
78.
No. 8,
Summer,
Frances I. Putnam,
84.
13.00
Winter,
Frances I. Putnam,
84.
No. 9, Summer,
Nellie G. Spaulding
72.
3.50
Winter,
Nellie G. Spaulding
78.
Centre
Grammar,
Winter,
Walter A. Wheeler,
150.
3.00
Total,
1769.
101.73
Winter,
Etta L. Miles,
78.
14.35
Winter,
Lizzie J. Andrews,
78.
No. 3,
Summer,
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. A star before the name indicates those so excused.
CENTRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Henry B. Davis,
Bertie D. Smith, *Mary E. Browning.
CENTRE PRIMARY.
Summer Term.
Winter Term.
Lizzie M. Putnam,
Bertie D. Bartlett,
Julia T. Prescott,
Albert N. Putnam,
Etta L. Putnam,
Wendell F. Browning,
Mary A. Demond,
Willie M. Demond,
Lucy C. Dodge,
Marcia Z. Sherwood,
Mary E. Browning,
*Jessie I. Taylor,
George E. Loughman,
*Bertha A. Taylor,
Albert N. Putnam,
*Frank F. Dana,
B. Wesley Putnam,
*B. Wesley Putnam,
Clarence C. Dodge,
*Leroy S. Putnam.
Willie M. Demond,
*Bertie D. Bartlett, *Jessie I. Taylor,
*Marcia Z. Sherwood,
*Lottie E. Browning,
*James Sherwood,
*John Scott,
*Wendell E. Browning.
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No. 1 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Winter Term.
Carrie E. Allen,
Arthur W. Davis, *Nellie M. Bigelow.
Hattie S. Bigelow,
Bertha E. Allen,
Lillie P. Wilson,
Nellie E. Hatstat,
Thedie E. Allen,
Hattie D. Leadbetter,
Arthur W. Davis,
George M. Bigelow,
Harry L. Wilson,
Ellis Wilson.
No. 2 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Mary A. Mellen,
Katie Hammond,
Hannah Hammond.
Winter Term. Anna Hammond,
Katie Hammond, Hannah Hammond, James Mellen.
No. 3 SCHOOL.
Summer Term. M. Edith Smith.
Winter Term.
No. 4 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Sarah Bemis,
Nellie Griffin,
Leslie Armitage,
Arthur Smith, * Michael Nihin.
Winter Term. Lucy C. Dodge, Mary A. Putnam, *Mary Nihin, Sarah Bemis, Leslie Armitage, Arthur Dodge, *Nellie Nihin, *Lilla Sanderson, Clarence C. Dodge, *Burtie R. Potter ..
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No. 5 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Winter Term.
Ernest W. Bliss,
Mary G. Cullen,
John F. Cullen,
Nettie E. Davis,
Bertha L. Stearns, May E. Stearns, Vara A. Stearns,
*James A. Cullen,
*Clifton H. Davis, *Elsie H. Davis, *Effie M. Wesson.
No. 6 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Lily M. Chamberlin.
Mary E. O'Leary,
Dora E. Dudley,
Myrtie C. Edwards.
Winter Term.
Mary L. Kennen,
Lily M. Chamberlin,
Cora O. Dudley,
George H. Rice, *Mary E. O'Leary, *Robert D. O'Leary.
No. 7 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Winter Term. *Mary L. Valley, *Gertrude Kennen.
No. 8 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
*Kate Delehanty, *Mary E. O'Herron, *Dennie E. O'Herron.
Winter Term.
Leslie Moore, Roland Moore, Maud Moore, *Thomas O'Herron.
*Nettie E. Davis, *Lewis E. Moore.
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No. 9 SCHOOL.
Summer Term.
Lena M. Woodis,
George B. Woodis,
*Helen A. Moulton,
*Etta M. Woodis,
*Rosie N. Woodis,
*Sammie F. Moulton,
*Mercie E. Upham.
Winter Term.
Ella S. Woodis, *Lena M. Woodis, *Sammie F. Moulton.
Whole number of names on record, 109
Perfect for the year, 21
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER A. WHEELER, LAWTON T. HADLEY, CHARLES R. BARTLETT,
School Committee.
WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS. To Benjamin F. Browning, Constable for the Town of Rutland.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are di- rected 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 seventh day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following ar- ticles : viz.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2. To choose a Town Clerk.
3. To hear the reports of the Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon.
4. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year.
5. To determine what' compensation the Town will allow its officers.
6. To determine the manner of repairing the Highways and Bridges, and make the same passable in Winter.
7. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses and to pay Town debts, and appropriate the same.
8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen.
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9. To vote by ballot Yes, or No, in answer to the question, Shall License be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town.
10. To determine the time when all Taxes shall be made payable. and make regulations concerning the same.
11. To see if the Town will purchase one additional Road Machine.
12. To see if the Town will provide a suitable place to house their Road Machines and Tools.
13. To see if the Town will insure their School Houses.
14. To see if the Town will vote to sell their Railroad Stock, or act thereon.
15. To see what action the Town will take concerning the loca- tion of a Railroad Depot for the centre of the Town.
16. To see if the Town will accept the List of Jurors as present- ed by the Selectmen.
17. To see if the Town will do anything to improve the old Burying Ground and the ground in front of the same.
18. To see if the Town will vote to have their Records Indexed, or act thereon.
19. To see what disposition the Town will make of the money presented by William Meade.
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 twenty-fourth day of February, in the year 1887.
JOHN W. MUNROE,
Selectmen HENRY CONVERSE, of
WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, Rutland.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
00R
f& Rutland,
For the Year Ending Feb. 15, 1888.
WORCESTER :
PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM 11.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
of # Rutland,
For the Year Ending Feb. 15, 1888.
WORCESTER :
PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM 11.
TOWN OFFICERS:
M. R. MOULTON,
SELECTMEN : F. G. BARTLETT, T. SIBLEY HEALD.
TOWN CLERK : GEORGE A. PUTNAM.
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR : FREEMAN R. FOSTER.
OVERSEERS OF POOR :
DAVID F. SMITH, HENRY A. KENNON, E. C. DUDLEY,
ROAD COMMISSIONERS : C. E. ALLEN, HENRY A. KENNON.
CONSTABLES :
FREEMAN R. FOSTER, GEORGE S. PUTNAM,
JOHN W. ADAMS, CHARLES ALLEN, DAVID F. SMITH,
SEXTON : GEORGE S. PUTNAM.
LIBRARY COMMITTEE :
GEORGE S. DODGE, GEORGE A. PNTNAM, L. T. HADLEY.
LIBRARIAN : MRS. FREEMAN R. FOSTER.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK :
GEORGE A. PUTNAM,
CALEB A. WARE, ADDISON CHILDS.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER :
CALEB A. WARE, GEORGE A. PUTNAM RUFUS A. SAWYER.
FENCE VIEWERS :
GEORGE A. PUTNAM, FREEMAN R. FOSTER, CALEB A. WARE.
WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS. To FREEMAN R. FOSTER, Constable for the Town of Rutland.
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are di- rected 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 fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, to wit :
1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.
3. To hear the Reports of the Town Officers and Committees, and act thereon.
4. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year.
5. 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 Contingent Expenses and paying Debts ; and appropriate the same.
6. To determine the manner of Repairing the Highways, and make them passable when encumbered with snow.
7. To see if the Treasurer shall be Collector of Taxes, and to determine the compensation of the 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 authorize their Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town, under the direction of the Select- men.
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10. To vote by ballot Yes, or No, in answer to the question : Shall license be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town.
11. To see what interest shall be paid on Taxes not paid in a specified time.
12. To see what the Town will do in regard to Street Lights, or act thereon.
13. To see what method the Town will adopt to have their Town House taken care of.
14. To see if the Town will vove to discontinue any part of the Miles road, so called, or act thereon.
15. To see if the Town will vote to have a piece of road near Joseph Davis' accepted as a Town road, or act thereon.
16. To see what method the Town will adopt for digging and filling graves, and attending funerals with the hearse, the ensuing year.
17. To see if the Town will purchase a new Road Machine, or act thereon.
18. To transact any other business that may properly come be- fore the meeting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting attested copies thereof, agreeable to the vote, 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 eighty-eight.
M. R. MOULTON, Selectmen 1 F. G. BARTLETT,
T. SIBLEY HEALD,
of Rutland.
LIST OF VOTERS.
A
Adams, John W. Avery, David P. Allen, Benjamin Allen, Charles W. Allen, Stephen P. Allen, Edward C. Armitage, George Acker, Elbridge Allen, Walter F.
B
Bartlett, Francis G. Bartlett, Charles R. Bartlett, Walter H. Brooks, Volney E. Bigelow, J. Warren Browning, B. Franklin Browning, George P. Bond, Thomas
Baker, Lyman A.
Baker, Abel
Baker, Edwin H. Bemis, Herman N,
Brigham, Lawson S. Barr, William H. Bigelow, George E. Buttrick, John B. Bliss, Henry C. Baker, George T. Bigelow, F. Carter C
Clark, J. Edmund Chickering, Samuel D.Fairbanks, Oliver C.
Chickering, Merrill Clair, John D. Cahoon George Cahoon, George P.
Cody, Richard Cowden, George W. Campbell, Thomas L.
G
Gates, George A. Chamberlain, Ahira L.Gates, George S. Gleason, Dennis
Chamberlain, Elisha
Childs, Addison
Cronk, William
Gleason, Michael Griffin, John H. Graton, John F.
Converse, Henry
Chickering. Otis N.
Crover, Henry S.
Conlin, James Cheever, Frank L. Charter, Andrew S. Conner, Daniel M.
D
Davis, H. Jones Davis, Joseph Davis, John C. Demond, Daniel Damon, Galen P. Delehanty, Patrick Dudley, Era C. Dodge, George S. Davis, George M. Dana, Charles H. Davis, Henry B.
F
Forbush, Frank D. Fletcher, Stillman J. Foster, Freeman R. Fay, Stephen W. Fay, George A.
Fisher, Alvan B. Foster, James R. Foster, B. Franklin Foster, John W.
H
Henry, Edwin Holden, Miles
Homer, George W.
Hatstat, Alfred
Handy, George W.
Hunt. Fred. S.
Hatch, William D. Hudson, George W. Hunter, James Hammond, William H.
Hadley, Granville K.
Hadley, Lawton T.
Hadley, James H. Healey, William E. Heald, T. Sibley Hunter, William J. Hanff, Louis M. Hammond, Hugh Hubbard, Edgar S. Holden, George L.
J
Jordan, Amasa Johnson, Fred D.
Gillespie, Frank L. Green, Samuel C. Gouldling, Elijah
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K
King, John B. King, Horace Kennen, Henry A. Kennen, Myron J. Kelley, John
L
Lane, Elbridge Lane, Calvin
Leary, Daniel
Leary, Michael
Loughman, Michael
Leadbetter, George W
Leadbetter, George E. Leary, John E.
Prescott, Roland C. Prescott, Walter H. Prescott, Edwin S. Peirce, Andrew J. Peirce, Charles Peirce, Frank E.
Peirce, George W.
Peirce, Orrin Prouty, Schuyler Prouty, Edward J. Pratt, Albert B. Preston, Edward F. Putney, Giles F, Putnam, Daniel C. Parkhurst, Clifton
Powers, Edward
Putnam, David F.
Stone, E. Eugene Spaulding, Lorenzo Q. Smith, Dennis A. Strong, Joseph A. Stone, Joel Sargent, Luther Strong, Amos Smith, Horace A. Strong, Francis
T
Temple, William C. Taylor, Simeon D. Taylor, James M. Taylor, George M.
M
Miles, Rufus B.
Miles, Adin H.
Muzzy, Edmund
Munroe, James L.
Munroe, George B. Munroe, John W. Meade, Elias F. Moulton, Menzies R. Moore, Henry Mollen, Edward Metcalf, John R. McCarthy, Daniel Miles, Joseph Moulton, Joseph M. Miles, George H.
O
O'Herron, Dennis Oliver, Hiram B.
P
Putnam, George A. Putnam, George S. Prescott, Sylvester
Prescott, William W. Seaverns, Samson
R
Reid, Charles E. Reid, Albert A. Rogers, N. Taylor Rice, Henry D.
Reynolds, Frank
Reynolds, Frank, Jr.
S
Stone, Edward J. Sawyer, B. Martin Sawyer, Rufus A. Smith, David F. Smith, M. Myron Skinner, J. Milo Scott, Ebenezer W. Sargent, John N.
Welch, Thomas Woodbury, Arthur P.
Wheeler, Walter A. Ware, Josiah F. Welch, William J. Welch, John J. Williams, George F.
Sargent, George R. N. Wales, Warren G. Stone, Charles E. Stearns, Levi H. Sargent, Newton I. Spooner, Daniel Strong, Zebulon Strong, Zebulon, Jr. Sughrue, James Y Shannon, James G.
Young, Charles H.
U
Upham, Charlea H. Upham, Alfred E.
W
Wheeler, Paul Wheeler, H. Edward Wheeler, Daniel R. Woodis, George P. Wells, John B. Wellington, O. Clark Wellington, Ebenezer Wales, Ivory Wesson, Cyrus H. Ware, Caleb A.
REPORT OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Schedule of Property, as Appraised by the Overseers,
FEBRUARY 14, 1888.
Real Estate,
$2,500 00
Farming tools and household furniture,
650 00
2 Horses,
190 00
Oxen,
100 00
2 yearlings,
18 00
1 two-year old bull,
30 00
1 two-year old heifer,
33 00
10 cows,
300 00
2 hogs,
35 00
35 fowls,
20 00
11 tons of English hay,
165 00
1} tons of fodder,
18 00
17 bushels of corn,
11 90
Grass seed,
3 00
10 bushels of potatoes,
7 50
Garden vegetables,
9 00-
Apples,
3 50
10 bbls vinegar,
58 80
Salt pork,
15 00
Fresh pork sausages,
15 00
Lard and butter.
3 00
Tallow and candles,
1 50
Beans and peas,
3 50
Flour,
2 50
Soap and salt,
1 25
Spices and cream tartar,
1 50
Lumber,
6 00
Barb wire,
8 00
Phosphate,
8 00-$4,247 95
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SUMMARY OF EXPENSE AT ALMSHOUSE.
Interest on real and personal estate, appraised
February 14th, 1887, at 6%, on $4,189 59, $251 38 Salary of Warden for the year ending April 1, 365 00
Town orders to settle accounts, 351 20
Bought flour, meal and crackers, 181 66
Meat and fish,
72 95
Tea, sugar and molasses,
55 18
Spices, cream tartar and soda,
12 11
Cloth, yarn and thread
24 12
Grinding grain,
1 21
Oil, stove polish, etc.
6 43
Tin, earthen and glass ware,
8 04
Matches, soap and salt,
10 60
Tobacco and pipes,
11 00
Paper and brooms,
1 04
Boots and shoes,
14 16
Blacksmithing,
7 40
Farming tools and use of same,
31 73
Stock and use of same,
235 25
1 horse,
150 00
Grass and other seeds,
7 25
Paris green, lime and phosphate,
30 60
Labor,
125 88
Repairing building,
7 51
Medicines,
2 40
Medical attendance,
25 25
Hay,
39 64
Furniture,
40 90
2 Coffins, robes and cases,
26 00
Calves and butter,
21 45
Repairing water pipe,
2 50
E. C. Dudley, for labor and lumber,
14 70-$2134 24
SUMMARY OF INCOME OF ALMSHOUSE.
Sold butter and cream,
$224 38
Calves,
25 42
Eggs and poultry,
22 80
Stock keeping and use of same,
51 50
Stock sold,
227 50
Meat and fish,
5 04
Lumber,
3 10
Vinegar,
11 60
Rec'd from Otis Palmer's family,
100 00
66 B. Eugene Browning for
91 00
Davis Browning,
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66 66 Brooks Brothers for R. J. Brooks, 14 00 Cash in hands of Warden, 20 94
Increase in appraisal of property,
28 96- $826 24
Net expenses at farm, $1308 60
Whole number of weeks board, 467
Cost per week, $2 80
The following persons have been supported at the Almshouse the past year, ending Feb. 14, 1888 :
Robert Demond, age, 11 months, 20 days, 2 weeks, died Mar 2.
Moses Clark,
77 years, 8
17
died June 16.
Michael Cronin,
87
17
Asa Lakin,
87
52
Mrs. Lakin, 6
84
52
Charles Newton, 66
75
37
Reubin Brooks, יר 76
11
Davis Browning, 60 83
80
52
Mrs. Wm. O. Smith,
60
52
Lucy Sawyer,
76
52
Harry F. Leonard,
66
7
52
Tramps (76)
Whole number of weeks, 467
TOWN ORDERS FOR 1887 AND 1888.
March 7, Geo. S. Putnam, coffin and robe for Robert $ Demond, 8 50
April 1 Clifton Parkhurst, for salary, 250 0
1 Order to settle account, 351 20
16, Wilson & Holden, flour for Mrs. Lyman Wilson, 5 00
10, Hospital bill, 42 09
May June
E. C. Dudley, for hay, 9 00
20, Mrs. E, E. Dana, for phosphate, 38 00
20, Mrs. E. E. Dana, shoes for Preston, 1 25
10 85
20, Joseph Davis, shoes and flour for Mrs. Wilson, 20 00
20, Clifton Parkhurst, for labor,
15, Geo. S. Putnam, coffin and robe for Otis Palmer, 18 00
15, Dr. Sawyer, for Mr. Palmer, 8 00
1, John McCoy, for labor, 20 00
1, J. G. Shannon, for Robert Demond, 10 00
1, J. G. Shannon, for Orin Ackley, 13 50
July
Otis Palmer,
63
52
Asahel Preston, 66
11
10
July
1, J. G. Shannon, for Michael Cronin, $ 7 50 75
1, J. G. Shannon, for Charles Newton,
30, John Michel, for labor,
21 00
30, Hospital bill, 49 75
Aug 1, E. C. Dudley, for use of horse,
16 00
1, John Conley, for labor,
4 42
1, Mrs. E. E. Dana, for boots and thread,
3 11
1, C. Parkhurst, for hay, 30 64
100 00
Sept. 1, E. C. Dudley, use of horse, 26, Geo S. Putnam, coffin and robe for Farrington, 10, Hospital bill,
42 71
10, City of Worcester, for Eugene Pierce,
2 85
Oct.
1, Clifton Parkhurst, for salary,
75 00
1, Joseph Davis, flour for Mrs. Lyman Wilson,
5 00
7, Charles Allen, taking care of Farrington,
58 00
7, C. H. Young, groceries for Farrington,
9 82
Nov. 1, Henry Converse, for Meat,
33 92
1, B. F. Browning, for horse,
1, Frank E. Codding, for taking care Farrington,
8 00
1, Dr. Chamberlin, for Farrington,
18 00
Jan. 1, Joseph Davis, flour for Mrs. Lyman Wilson,
42 71
1, F. F. Phelps, for stove pipe,
4 90
Feb.
11, Clifton Parkhurst, for salary,
8 50
11, Town of Southbridge, for E. Rice,
15 56
11, Leonard Stone, for stove range,
36 00
11, E. C. Dudley, for labor and lumber,
14 70
11, Town of Barre,
116 64
11, Thomas Lawless, for labor, approved last year, but not drawn, 43 70
Total, $1,809 07
EXPENSE OF SUPPORT OF PAUPERS OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid Lunatic Asylum for Wm. O. Smith, $177 86
City of Worcester, for Eugene Pierce, 2 55
Charles Allen, for taking care Farrington, 57 50
Groceries for Mrs. Lyman Wilson, 21 10
G. S. Putnam, coffin and robe for Farrington, 21 00
Chas. H. Young, groceries for A. Farrington, 9 28
Frank E. Codding, care for Farrington, 8 00
Dr. Chamberlin, for Farrington, 18 00
Town of Southbridge, for E. Rice, 15 56
Dr. Spencer, of Barre, for Mrs. Eliza Clark, 35 00
Dr. J. G. Shannon, for Orrin Ackley, 13 50
The Town of Barre, 116 64- $495 99
5 25
1, Hospital bill,
35 00
1, Dr. Spencer, Barre, for Mrs. Eliza Clark,
150 00
', Clifton Parkhurst, for salary,
23 25
21 00
11
Received for A. Farrington, etc. from Orrin Ackley,
49 00
6 00 - 55 00
Making a total of Expenses at the Almshouse, Overseers' services,
$ 440 99 1308 00
49 50
$1798 49
As expense of supporting the Town and other Paupers for the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
D. F. SMITH,
Overseers
Feb. 15, 1888.
H. A. KENNEN, of Poor.
E. C. DUDLEY,
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