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E. C. Bumpus, counsel, tax-collector law 3 00
J. B. Drew, expressing, town clerk 2 90
A. J. Richards, postage and envelopes 6 00
A. J. Richards, for recording deeds . 4 00
A. J. Richards, stationery, selectmen 6 00
A. J. Richards, expenses to Lynn and Taunton, 1 95
Town of Quincy, use of lock-up 9 00
$892 37
NOTES PAID.
For Money borrowed in anticipation of taxes . $19,000 00 · South Weymouth Savings Bank, note dated May
1,1880 . 6,000 00
East Weymouth Savings Bank, note on account, dated May 1, 1880 . · East Weymouth Savings Bank, balance on note, dated May 1, 1880 .
2,650 00
4,850 00
East Weymouth Savings Bank, note dated Aug. 1,1877 . · Weymouth Savings Bank, note dated April 22, 1880
5,000 00
10,000 00
75
For Mercy L. Littlefield, note dated June 18, 1878 . $500 00
Mercy L. Littlefield, guardian, note dated June 18, 1878. 500 00
$48,500 00
INTEREST PAID.
Paid on notes discounted .
$189 11
Joseph Totman
273 00
Joseph R. Totman .
315 00
Thomas Humphrey .
157 50
East Weymouth Savings Bank .
480 78
South Weymouth Savings Bank
300 00
Weymouth Savings Bank
455 62
Mercy L. Littlefield, two notes, 1860
68 60
Pratt school fund
154 60
Tufts Library .
66 25
City of Cambridge, note, $5,000, 4 per cent
200 00
Attleboro' Savings Bank, note, $5,000, 4 per cent 200 00
Geo. L. Myers, note, $5,000 4 per cent .
200 00
$3,060 46
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
Paid State tax
$5,070 00
County tax
4,115 41
National-bank tax
4,043 31
$13,228 72
Discount on taxes
$3,183 27
REMITTANCE OF TAXES.
1875. Remitted
$8 76
1876. Remitted
6 00
1877. Remitted
29 51
1878. Remitted
50 56
1879. Remitted
298 11
:
76
1880. Remitted
$697 68
1881. Remitted
418 92
$1,509 54
Remittance of tax, estate of Esther Torrey, as per vote of the town . $10 24
Remittance of deposits to Town Treasurer, with Bates & Albee, as per vote of the town $1,017 07
INTEREST COLLECTED ON TAXES.
Interest collected on taxes, for the years 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880 $961 11
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, ELIAS RICHARDS.
Taxes committed for 1881 $97,430 48
Taxes collected and paid Treasurer . 88,611 50 ·
Amount of taxes due the town
$8,818 98
TOWN DEBT.
1880.
May 1. Thomas Humphrey, note, 51 per cent . . $3,000 00
May 1. Joseph Totman, note, 5g per ct. 5,200 00
May 1. Joseph R. Totman, note, 54 per cent 6,000 00
May 1. Pratt school fund, note, 5 per cent . ·
3,092 00
April 1. Note, payable three years, 4 per cent, due April 1, 1883, 5,000 00
April 1. Note, payable four years, 4 per cent, due April 1, 1884, 5,000 00
April 1. Note, payable five years, 4 per cent, due April 1, 1885 5,000 00 1881.
March 12. Trustees of Tufts Library, 5 per cent . 2,600 00
$31,942 00
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ASSETS.
Cash in treasury, as per audi-
tors' report to the town . $8,853 78
Less town orders out unpaid . 800 18.
- $8,053 60
Amount of tax committed to Elias Rich- ards, unpaid
8,818 98
State aid, allowed by the State, Chap. 301
3,490 00
State aid, allowed by the State, Chap. 252 986 09
Due from the State, for paupers .
293 00
Due from other towns and cities, aid to paupers
416 75
22,058 42
Town debt
·
$12,883 58
STATE RELIEF, CHAPTER 252.
Paid Daniel H. Vining
$48 00
Edward Tesney
96 00
Amos R. Coolidge .
24 00
Humphrey Cokley .
12 00
Anson F. Bicknell .
56 00
Thomas Kelley
45 00
Charles W. Raymond
78 00
Patrick Connors, 2d
44 00
Thomas Maguire
96 00
Patrick Murra ·
120 00
Solomon W. Wright
60 00
Judah Wrightington
162 00
Patrick McCue 72 00
William E. Stone
24 00
Charles Goldthwaite
76 00
78
Paid Winfield S. Blanchard
$143 00
Jeremiah Holbrook .
39 00
Albert Bates .
12 00
Elbridge L. Leach .
104 00
Samuel W. Hunt
101 00
Oliver A. Morse
8 00
George Holbrook, hospital
175 59
William R. Rogers, hospital
187 67
John A. B. O'Kief, hospital
188 93
$1,972 19
Amount allowed by the State .
986 09
Balance charged to poor account
$986 10
STATE AID, 1881.
Paid Henry S. Abbott
$48 00
Walter S. Adlington
48 00
Andrew J. Baker
48 00
Frederic T. Bicknell
48 00
Otis Blanchard
48 00
Charles H. Burrell, 2d
48 00
Robert Buttimore
48 00
Howard Baker
48 00
Alonzo Blanchard .
27 00
Galen A. Carter
48 00
George V. Carlton .
48 00
Thomas Cahill
48 00
Francis E. Coolidge
48 00
Charles A. Crocker
48 00
Joseph T. Dame
48 00
John C. Eldridge
48 00
James Ford .
72 00
Benjamin F. Foss
48 00
Edward B. Gardner
120 00
79
Paid Jacob Gardner, Jr.
$36 00
Frederick J. Gammons
20 00
Cornelius Healey
48 00
Lyman T. Holmes
48 00
Patrick Howley
36 00
Thomas Howley
48 00
Thomas Mee .
48 00
Riley E. Jenkins
92 00
Joseph Lamar
48 00
Daniel Lamson
48 00
William A. Lewis
48 00
Charles T. Linfield .
48 00
Daniel E. Louney
48 00
Patrick Lynch
48 00
Ellis V. Lyon
48 00
Andrew Mahoney
48 00
Patrick McCue
9 00
William McNair
72 00
Charles J. McMorrow
72 00
William J. Pedman .
102 00
Henry Perry .
48 00
Alfred Peterson
72 00
Benjamin F. Pratt, 2d
48 00
Josiah Q. Pratt
96 CO
Charles F. Pray
48 00
Elijah Prouty .
48 00
Michael Riley .
30 00
George W. Russ
72 00
Edward Slattery
60 00
John G. Slattery
48 00
Owen Smith
18 00
William W. Smith .
48 00
Sargeant L. Stoddard
36 00
Samuel C. Taylor .
48 00
Stillman Thayer ·
·
48 00
William G. Thayer ·
·
48 00
Aaron P. Nash, Jr. .
72 00
80
Paid William F. Thayer .
$48 00
Christopher P. Tower
72 00
George P. Lord
72 00
Gilbert F. Willett
48 00
Patrick Ward
54 00
Oliver Simmons
18 00
John Hope
36 00
George F. Hayden .
24 00.
Edwin G. Babcock .
38 00
Frank H. Miller
42 00
Henry F. Miller
28 00
Uriel Josephs .
20 00
James R. Gilligan
19 00
Samuel J. Ross
9 00
Isaac Thomas
8 00
George W. Arrington
8 00
Stephen Clapp
8 CO
Jason Smith, Jr.
48 00
$3,490 00
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
THE Overseers of the Poor of the town of Weymouth respect- fully submit the following report, with tables of the expense of sup- porting the poor in the almshouse, hospitals, and of the outside assistance rendered for the year ending Dec. 31, 1881.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur C. Austin have continued in charge of the almshouse and town farm. at a salary of $500, and have discharged their respective duties to the entire satisfaction of the Board.
No deaths among the inmates proper have occurred during the past year. Mrs. Rosanna Carney, who boarded at the house, died March 12, 1881 ; and Michael Wade, who was removed to the house May 12, 1881, died the same day. The expense of maintaining the poor in the almshouse is about the same as last year, which we
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consider very satisfactory ; we have been able to secure to the town the expense of maintaining Lucius A. Tirrell during the year.
The expense of maintaining the poor out of the almshouse has been reduced to the town about $700, but still continues large ; but with the increase of population, it is difficult to reduce the amount.
During the past year, a committee of the Board visited the Taunton Lunatic Hospital, and saw all the persons who are main- tained at that institution at the expense of the town ; their condition is such we would not advise any change in their maintenance.
THOMAS H. HUMPHREY,
WILLIAM NASH, AUGUSTUS J. RICHARDS, JACOB BAKER, J. R. ORCUTT,
Overseers of the Poor.
ACCOUNT OF SUPPLIES BOUGHT IN 1881.
Paid William G. Nash, groceries $43 98
J. R. Orcutt, groceries . 47 65
E. L. Warren, medicine . 21 52
Granville Thompson, repairing
clock . 75
J. G. Worster & Co., groceries 1 10
Waldo Turner, for sled . .
22 00
J. Loud & Co., 2 .barrels flour 18 00
Newton & Beale, butter and cheese, 38 37
C. E. Moody & Co., groceries 135 73
Oscar W. Whitcher, leather . 12 71 ·
George S. Baker, filing saws, and . glass . 5 50 .
Milton H. Read, clothing .
5 50
John Delano, doctoring cow . .
2 00 John W. Bartlett, groceries
9 49
Mrs. Bates, nursing Mrs. Carney 5 50
E. Bourk, expressing . 8 15
E. Bourk, potatoes
3 60
.
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Paid C. Kimball & Co., potatoes $29 95
Everett & Gleason, grass seed 16 80
Expenses to Boston 4 10
Expenses to Tukesbury Almshouse,
18 73
Washington Merrett, repairs . 50
Joseph F. Taylor, trees .
6 00
Weymouth Iron Co., weighing hay, 40
Weymouth Iron Co., herring . 1 75
Mary French, dress making . 5 50
C. G. Easterbrook, Weymouth Ga- zette 2 00
For cabbage plants
1 10
A. Tracy, for fish . 3 78
Geo. T. Rand, for hats .
1 00
Snuff for Mrs. Makepeace
45
Medicine for J. Gillion . 25
J. V. Fletcher & Co., beef
3 19
Benjamin Dyer, labor 80 00
M. K. Pratt, journal
9 00
Alfred Wyman, medicine 50
For Paris green 30
Waterman T. Burrell, painting 9 77
P. A. Wales, pump
21 00
John Crane, shoes . 8 24
E. H. Pray, shoes . .
2 80
William H. Hutchinson, dry goods,
1 38
Haskell & Adams, groceries .
101 12
Bryant & Bailey, groceries
12 91
Henry Loud, groceries .
14 27
Samuel Curtis, groceries 5 31
Samuel Curtis, for wood
18 25
Leavitt, for ham . 4 00
Stephen Cain, mason work
44 52
Lyman & Gibbs, dry goods . 3 00
Cash to inmates for agricultural fair, 2 40
For whip stock 25
J. A. Torrey, soap
26 25
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Paid John Trafton, mowing salt hay $3 00
George T. Rand, dry goods 9 22
I. A. Cushman, sundries
3 00
Peter Fotler, for pigs
24 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber . 3 06
John M. Walsh, repairing harness . 1 95
Z. L. Bicknell & Co., groceries
27 75
Thomas South, blacksmith
29 45
George Davis, meat
73 66
S. W. Pratt, tinsmith
3 47
J. B. Howe & Co., bread
19 31
Dry goods
1 75
L. S. Kimball, potatoes .
4 00
Sundries
67
Josiah Martin, provisions
60 11
Loring Tirrell, wood
32 50
Thayer & Tirrell, cutting wood
45 25
Joseph Loud & Co., grain
212 73
Joseph Loud & Co., coal
209 56
Joel F. Sheppard, coal .
169 12
S. W. Pratt, repairs 28 61
Richard Halnan, cow
50 00
Chipman, Son & Co., carpet
20 74
W. G. Nash, phosphate .
10 00
William P. Nason, horse
175 00
William G. Nash, manure
41 12
Alexander Sherman, repairs .
6 25
W hittemore Bro., mowing machine . 60 00
Whittemore Bros., hose . 2 20
James Moore, wood 78 12
Reuben Loud & Sons, wood .
33 37
William Humphrey & Co., wood 12 50
Stephen Cain, repairs . 10 76
46 70
John M. Walsh, harness and repairs, Old Colony Railroad Company, freight · Walworth Mfg. Co., radiators and piping
70
75 85
84
Paid George W. Fay, M. D., attendance, $54 57
E. Bourk, expressing 2 20
Solomon Lovell, ice
9 40
Loud & Pratt, lumber
3 59
Anson L. Wright, labor piping
21 00
$2,518 56
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS, 1881.
For milk
$32 87
Tufts Library, for wood
8 00
Weymouth Iron Co., old iron .
12 35
Cash from Michael Wade
84
D. D. Randall, for hay .
13 80
Lemuel French, for labor
58
Trunk sold. .
3 00
Edwin Clapp, for hay
53 79
Stephen Cain, for hay
36 15
F. B. Pratt, for hay
34 32
Edwin Clapp, for poultry
85
For removing dead horse
50
For use of stone drag
75
Bryant & Bailey, butter and eggs 11 91
Z. L. Bicknell & Co., butter and lard 6 88
George Davis, beef and poultry 28 48
Josiah Martin, stock
40 72
By carting coal and wood to poor out of the almshouse, also to school-
house, lock-ups, engine houses and Town House . 521 03
Of Hannah Pedman, State aid
48 00
A J. Richards, guardian of Rose Carney for board 30 87
Of A. J. Richards, guardian of Lucius A. Tirrell, for board . 140 00
Of Joel Pratt, for board .
104 00
·
1,130 69
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OVERSEERS.
DR.
To cash paid for goods . . $2,518 56
To cash paid W. C. Austin, for services . 500 00
To rent of farm · · 300 00
To inventory, Jan. 1, 1881 ·
. 2,178 43
$5,496 99
CR.
By cash received for labor, produce, and
board. as per memorandum . $1,130 69
By inventory, Jan. 1, 1882 2,896 75 .
4,027 44
Cost of poor in almshouse
$1,469 55
EXPENSE OF POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Assistance to William Holbrook and wife, $126 55
Isaac Collier and wife ·
145 60
Thomas Gammons . 101 89
Mrs. B. F. Godwin and children 173 41
Stephen A. Bicknell . 71 10
Roger Bicknell . 65 00
Truman N. Reed
14 25
Joshua Pratt
55 96
Mrs. Alex. White and chil-
dren
353 63
Mrs. John Clark and chil- dren 135 08
Mrs. Herbert Estes and child's burial 52 25
Edward Kiley, child . 39 00
Julia Cronin, child 42 70
Mrs. Thomas Wall
55 30
James H. Grady and family and burial 62 05
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Assistance to Michael Wade, burial $20 00
Mrs. John Burrell 66 62
Thomas W. Nash 81 55
James H. Binney and burial 71 17
Sarah McGee, burial .
20 00
Lois Dyer .
90 40
Bella Sampson . ·
10 00
Mary Conniff and children .
249 81
Elizabeth Fennell and chil-
dren
200 55
Mrs Patrick Cahill and chil-
dren
258 50
Mrs. Jeremiah Toomey and children ·
125 01
Mrs. Daniel Currey and children 96 40
Mrs. Thomas Donovan and children 149 15
Murrey children 109 80
Mrs. Fogerty 20 55
Mary White
72 00
Mary Roberts and' children 70 55
Susan F. Larmey 156 00
Mrs. I. L. Wing
160 88
Mrs. P. W. Maxim . 104 00
James T. Borden
107 31
William Fogerty, Jr.
65 00
Mrs. Myles Clark and chil-
dren
38 76
Mrs. G. H. Shaw and chil-
dren
134 38
Hervey Thayer and wife 184 04
Mrs. J. J. Poole ·
71 40
George H. Hayden .
98 00
Mrs. John Clavin and chil-
dren
288 14
Otis H. Hobart
·
127 13
87
Assistance to Josiah M. Pratt and wife . $88 92
Whelan boy
18 00
Mrs. Peter Burke
28 29
Mrs. Albert Ford
75 00
Children of Richard Speare,
104 17
Laban Dunbar .
3 00
Eben N. Bean .
39 00
S. Edgar Burrell
8 93
Mrs. Jobn Blanchard, 2d,
and children . 159 40
John Orcutt and wife ·
136 26
Jessie Davis's children
31 11
Mrs. R. G. Skinner and
children
30 00
Henry C. Bates
78 00
Roswell Corvin
7 00
Lucretia Derby
16 50
Hannah Pedman
90 60
Sarah O'Connell
80 50
Mrs. Samuel A. Bates and children 82 05
Mrs. Asa Hollis
55 00
Charles S. Bosworth .
7 00
Margaret Powers
8 55
Patrick Conley .
4 00
Deborah Ford and child 50 40
$5,942 80
Paid Town of Hingham, aid to Josiah E Loud, 1880
$7 00
Town of Hingham, aid to Mrs. C. H Maxim and child . 87 00
Town of Spencer, aid to Paul White and family .
44 54
City of Brockton, aid to Charles E. Fairbanks and family . 8 00
City of Boston, aid to Edward Cole- man 7 32
88
Paid City of Boston, aid to Augusta
Cushing
$48 00
City of Boston, aid to Mary D. Harley 24 00
City of Boston, aid to Harriet Stet-
son 32 88
City of Boston, aid to Patrick Lewis
30
City of Boston, aid to Sophia Row- ley . 2 88
City of Boston, aid to Lydia A. Rich 36 00
City of New Bedford, aid to Adelia Howland . 20 90
City of New Bedford, aid to Betsy Jeffers 39 00
City of Lowell, aid to Catherine Slatterley . 38 00
City of Lowell, aid to Hannah Handley 37 50
Town of Walpole, aid to Nancy
Carnes and daughter, 1880 . .
28 44
Town of Walpole, aid to Nancy Carnes and daughter, 1881 65 16
Town of Braintree, aid to Napoleon Tellier, 1878 10 00
Town of South Abington, aid to Mary J. Reed. 1880 . 28 54
Town of Stoughton, aid to Elbridge L. Leach, 1879 95 00
Town of Stoughton, aid to Elbridge L. Leach, 1880 104 00
State workhouse, board John Young 5 71
State workhouse, board Harriet Wright 3 43
State workhouse, board Catherine Hurley 31 00
$804 60
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TAUNTON HOSPITAL.
Paid For care and board of Elizabeth M.
Leach
$190 09
For care and board of Hiram Blan- chard
180 22
For care and board of Elmer Crocker 205 82
178 78
For care and board of Hannah Joyce For care and board of Margaret Lon- ergan
179 06
For care and board of James H. Lloyd
208 75
For care and board of Charles H. Copeland .
197 27
For care and board of Mary E. Foye . . · 186 93
For care and board of Benjamin E. Pratt . 215 72
$1,742 64
WORCESTER HOSPITAL.
Paid for care and board of Hannah
Handley
$179 68
Supplies to Naomi Pike, for Newburyport, $39 00
Isabella Nelson, for Rockland, 39,00
Margaret DeNeil, for Randolph, 17 00
Thomas Ward, for Randolph,
61 50
36 04
Mary F. Nason, for Braintree . Gertrude Mee, for South Scit- uate
66 75
John White, for Taunton 13 00
Ellen Magoun, for Stoughton . 156 00
Charles W. Tucker, for Taun- ton. 6 61
Leonard Smith, for Somerset . 45 50
Clifford J. Manter, for Taunton 48 00
179 68
90
Supplies to Nathan M. Reed, for Lowell . $4 00
Nancy S. Sturtevant, for Pem- broke . 192 18
Family of Thomas Murphy, for
Abington 4 00
Michael McCormick, for Boston 2 00
Henry Nicholson, for State 88 75
Ann McCaul, for State . 24 50
Michael Brusand, for State 6 00
Maria Lawless, for State 2 00
Michael P. McGuire, for State 28 50
Ovid Goine, for State 15 00
Samuel Turner, for Foxboro' . 7 28
$902 61
For repairs pest house
$5 04
5 04
$9,577 37
Deduct amounts that are paid for State paupers and persons who have settlements in other towns and cities
902 61
$8,674 76
RECAPITULATION.
Paid for support of poor in almshouse
$1,469 55
Paid for support of poor out of almshouse 9,577 37
$11,046 92
Deduct rent of town farm
300 00
$10,746 92
Aid furnished indigent soldiers, not paid by the State, 986 10
Total cost of poor .
$11,733 02
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PAUPERS IN ALMSHOUSE, JAN. 1, 1882.
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE.
DISCHARGED.
Weeks.
Days.
1881.
Jan.
1,
Elizabeth Tirrell.
62
Now here
52
1,
Alonzo Tirrell
42
52
1,
Leroy Tirrell.
40
52
1,
Lucius Tirrell
37
boarder.
52
1,
Elizabeth C. Tirrell
27
66
52
George Loud
40
52
66
1,
Lucy Thayer
58
52
66
1,
Elbridge Colson.
57
66
52
1,
Mary F. Rosey
47
52
1,
Nancy Makepeace.
84
Left June 22. Returned
35
5
1,
Rose Carney
77
Boarder. Died March 12. 1881.
10
1
66
1,
Henry Carr
60
Left May 11, 1881
18
4
66
1,
Obed Raymond
70
Now here
52
1,
Ira Raymond.
51
"
52
Barney Pratt
59
52
66
1,
Joel Pratt
60
66
boarder.
52
1,
John W. Gillion
78
Benj. Dyer
59
Left Dec. 20, 1881. From
15
3
18,
Samuel V. White
68
July 18, 1881 41
6
May
7,
John Young.
61
Now here ..
34
12,
Michael Wade.
69
Died May 12, 1881 ..
34
June
15,
Otis H. Hobart
49
Left Nov. 23. Returned Dec. 29, 1881 ..
23
Aug.
21,
Ovid Goine.
51
Left Aug. 23. State
2
Oct.
28,
Hannah Pedman
59
Now here. "
9
1
Nov.
22,
Barney Lynch .
70
5
4
Vagrants.
6
5
1,014
3
1,
1,
Ida A. Davis
21
Now here
52
1,
1,
April 18, 1881, hired .. Left May 7. Returned
7,
Harriet Wright
36
pauper .
52
Oct. 14, 1881
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INVENTORY OF LIVE STOCK, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, WOOD, HAY, PROVISIONS, ETC., AT THE ALMS- HOUSE, JAN. 3, 1882.
3 horses . $100 00
4 draught chains $3 00
4 cows
150 00
4 stake chains 1.00
6 pigs .
30 00
2 wrenches 1 50.
81 fowls
23 00
1 set of measures
50
2 ox carts 20 00
5 baskets . 4 00
2 sleds
35 00
3 hogsheads . 2 00
2 farm wagons 120 00
1 half-hogshead . 25
1 hay wagon . 20 00
50 barrels 6 00
2 horse carts . 45 00
75 rails . 3 00
1 covered wagon 75 00
23 cords of manure 160 00
1 sleigh
3 00
5 tons of coal 35 00
1 pung .
14 00
29 cords of wood . 186 00
2 wheelbarrows 5 00
28 tons of hay 700 00
1 roller 3 00
3 tons of salt hay 50 00
1 wheel drag .
9 00
600 lbs. of pork 60 00
1 snow plough 2 00
300 lbs. of ham 30 00
2 mowing machines,
90 00
12 bbls. of flour 15 00
1 horse rake .
1 00
6 ploughs .
20 00
112 lbs. of tobacco 6 00
1 horse hoe
1 00
125 lbs. of lard
$16 00
1 buckling harrow .
5 00
· 30 lbs. of coffee 2 50
1 two-horse harrow . 15 00
5 lbs. of tea
2 25
1 one-horse harrow . 1 00
150 lbs. of sugar 12 75
6 double harnesses . 60 00
69 lbs. of soap 4 50
2 single harnesses . 40 00
2 bbl. of soap 3 00
2 cart harnesses 5 00
3 scythes . 2 00
4 ox yokes . 1 00
1 chain harness
2 00
2 bush scy thes and
4 whiffletrees and
snaths 1 50
chains
3 00
10 rakes
2 50
2 robes
15 00
2 drag rakes . 1 00
4 halters
2 00
6 hay forks 2 00
3 blankets
1 00
2 hay poles 50
2 surcingles
1 00
1 hay cutter . 5 00
Brush, curry-combs,
2 ropes
50
and cards
1 00
2 grindstones
3 00
6 snaths 2 00
1 gal. of molasses 50
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10 shovels . $6 00
2 boxes $1 50
4 manure forks
2 00
4 brooms . 1 50
14 hoes .
3 00
21 bbls. of onions 7 50
1 potato hoe . 25
2 grub hoes
25
1 spade
25
3 ladders 1 50
1 iron rake
25
2 hog hooks . 1 50
3 iron bars
4 00
4 pick-axes
2 50
5g bushels of meal 4 50
1g bushels of corn 1 25
2 flails
25
4 meal bags Balances 5 00
1 0)
1 corn-sheller Meal chest and
2 00
75 lbs. of dried apples, 7 50
5} tons of roots . 69 00
9 axes .
5 00
160 bushels of potatoes 175 00
Saws and saw
12 bushels of beans . 5 00
horses .
2 50
30 lbs. of butter
10 50
Beetle and wedges
1 00
15 lbs. of saleratus 1 00
3 hatchets
50
3 casks 2 00
Chest of tools . 5.00
1 force pump 1 00
2 stone hammers
3 00
16 lbs. of spices 3 00
30 lbs. of cheese .
4 25
1 drag . 3 00
Total
$2,896 75
E. S. BEALS, ELIAS RICHARDS, F. DEXTER PRATT,
Appraisers.
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY.
THE Trustees of the Tufts Library beg leave to submit their third annual report : -
The library has been open during the year three hundred and six days. The total number of loans during that time has been 57956, an average of one hundred and eighty-nine a day ; as com-
1 bbl. of rye 1 75
2 Set of stone tools 3 00
2 blocks and rope 1 40
1 bush hook 1 50
feed trough
2 00
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pared with 49571, an average of one hundred and sixty per day, for 1880.
The largest number on any one day was three hundred and fifty, and the smallest forty-five. The circulation may be classified as follows : Fiction, 78 per cent ; travels and periodicals, 4 per cent each ; history and biography, 3 each ; arts, literature and natural science, 2 each ; and all others, 2.
The total number of borrowers to date is 2807, located as fol- lows : Ward One, 413; Ward Two, 514; Ward Three, 1252; Ward Four, 354 ; Ward Five, 264.
Reference was made in the last report to arrangements partially completed for delivering books in different sections of the town. Such arrangements were completed early in the year, and books are now delivered once a week to all applicants, through agencies at five different points. By these means the library is made accessible to all who may wish to avail themselves of its privileges.
The number of books so distributed is at the rate of nearly 25000 a year, being four hundred and fifty weekly ; one hundred per week being sent to Ward One, one hundred and twenty to Ward Two, one hundred and twenty to Ward Four, and one hundred and ten . to Ward Five.
This constitutes, as will be seen, not far from one half of the entire circulation of the library. It does not, however, include the whole circulation for those wards ; as many readers, especially from Wards One and Two, take their books directly from the library. The cost of the transportation of the books to and from the library has been the only expense thus far incurred in this distribution of books outside the library, the delivery of the books free of charge having been generously undertaken by certain citizens. But these parties are unwilling to render this service longer without compensa- tion, and arrangements are now being made to secure a continu- ance of this work at reasonable prices.
The expense of such transportation and distribution of books for the coming year will be not far from $250.
On account of the increased circulation of the library, it has been found necessary to employ an assistant for certain hours of the week during the year.
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A card catalogue of all books in the library was completed dur- ing the summer. The work was done in a highly satisfactory man- ner under the supervision of Miss Ellen Bradford, of Winchester, aided by several young ladies of this town. It is proposed that this catalogue shall be kept up, so as to include all books in the library whenever placed upon the shelves. Its value to those who have occasion to frequent the library cannot be overestimated, as it furnishes at all times a complete index of the contents of the library, under subject, title, and author.
Three bulletins have been issued during the year, containing about 1200 new books, making the whole number now in the library about 5100. It will be readily seen that this number of books is small considered with reference to the circulation of the library.
Probably there are few libraries in the Commonwealth whose circulation is so large in proportion to the population. This furnishes at once a justification for the existence of the library and a reason for its liberal support.
It has now entered upon the third year of its existence. The friction incident to entirely new machinery has worn off, and the trustees take great pleasure in pronouncing it in admirable run- ning order. Much of the credit for its prosperous condition is due to the faithful and intelligent labors of Miss C. A Blanchard, the librarian. They commend it again to your cordial support. They would recommend an appropriation of $1500 for the ensu- ing year. Respectfully submitted,
Z. L. BICKNELL,
President of the Board.
JANUARY 2, 1882.
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDI- TURES OF TUFTS LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1881.
RECEIPTS.
1881.
Jan. 1. Amount of cash in the treasury $318 53
1. Amount received for books lost 1 90
17. Amount received of Selectmen, interest
Tufts fund . 200 00
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Jan. 17. Amount of deposit in Weymouth Savings Bank, withdrawn .
$254 06
66 17. Amount of dividends in Wey mouth Sav- ings Bank, withdrawn 5 08
March 4. Amount of subscription, F. W. Lewis, Esq. . 200 00
4. Amount from counsel in Weymouth v. Brigham 3,747 20
May 9. Amount received of selectmen for print- ing . 8 00
July 8. Amount received of Underhay & Co., for oil barrels returned 1 50
Sept. 15. Amount received of Selectmen, interest, town note (6 months) ·
66 25
Oct. 5. Amount received, of discount on Lee & Shepard's bill, Sept. 16 .
26 64
Dec. 31. Amount received for fines collected by librarian 163 73
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" 31. Amount received for catalogues sold by librarian .
69 49
" 31. Amount received for rents of George T. Rand (for store) 300 00
" 81. Amount received for rents of C. G. Easter- brooks (Gazette Office) 150 00
$5,512 38
EXPENDITURES, 1881.
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