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J. C. Wendell, refreshments for town officers 11 50
J. J. Malone, legal services, 1882 10700
Winckley, Thorp & Dresser, books for Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor . 50.75
Asa B. Pratt, notifying town officers . 2 00
Elias S. Beals, services and expenses, Braintree Bridge case . 10 00
James T. Pease, reward
400 00
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Paid C. K. Darling, books for assessors $11 00
W. T. Rice, alteration in town clerk's office . 6 00
S. L. Damon, difference on safe for town clerk's office 200 00 W. N. Cushing, dinner for committee at trial of road machine 9 20
D. S. Murray, services, moderator 10 00
Loud & Lovell, furnishing clerk's office 38 90
W. H. H. Moulton, damage to wagon on River Street . 39 35
Elbridge Nash, Grand Army Post 58, Memorial day 300 00
Everett C. Bumpus, legal services before Legislative Committee on Braintree Bridge case . 50 00
Geo. A. Cushing, postage, stationery, and fares . 24 50
Day & Pratt, assessors' scale-book 6 00
Otis Cushing, freight on reports 1 00
S. W. Pratt, lantern for engine house, Ward 3 6 00
Thos. Groom & Co., collector's books, 10 25
Chester D. Pratt, services in locating the bounds of town wood lot 6 75
Geo. F. Maynard, services enforcing dog law, Wards 4 and 5 24 45
Sidney Greenwood, killing and burial glandery horse 10 00
Asa B. Pratt, collecting dog license, Ward 1 8 75
Asa B. Pratt, collecting dog license, Ward 2 10 50
Asa B. Pratt, collecting dog license, Ward 3 12 25
Asa B. Pratt, extra services 8 00
J. C. Wendell, refreshments for town officers 15 50
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Paid George W. Taft, road machine . $245 00
O. C. R. R., freight on road machine . 8 70
Quincy L. Reed, surveying, 1882 78 00
S. W. King, labor and material for guide-posts . 7 75
Otis Cushing, hauling road machine 1 50
Otis Cushing, horse at trial road ma- chine . 6 00
A. Tirrell, assisting Q. L. Reed 2 00
George W. White, serving warrants for town meetings 13 00
Alfred Wyman, writing fluid
75
A. J. Randall, carriage Memorial day, 10 00
Winckley, Thorp & Dresser, order- books 20 00 ·
H. H. Richards, guide-posts 3 75
S. W. King, setting guide-posts 7 15
A. W. Blanchard, printing . 2 00
Wilmot Cleverly, notifying town
officers
. 4 30
Wilmot Cleverly, serving warrants
town meetings · 5 00
Edward Bicknell, legal services . 25 00
Ford & McCormick, returning thirty- nine deaths . 9 75
Samuel Curtis, returning 53 deaths 13 25
W. B. Lougee, returning 21 deaths 5 25
J. E. Rice & Son, returning 42 deaths 10 50 J. C. Fraser, returning 55 births . 13 75
W. A. Drake, returning 13 births
3 25
J. A. Raymond, 182 burial permits 18 20
W. G. Nash, stationery
11 52
George W. Conant, iron-work road machine 1 90
Witness fees and expenses in the case of Cushing v. the town 117 00
Sargent L. Stoddard, painting guide- boards 27 70
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Paid Henry A. Nash, postage and fares . $7 28
Elijah Simpson, assisting Q. L. Reed . 1 00
Goodwich boy, assisting Q. L. Reed . 20 Almshouse, labor locating bounds to wood lot 4 50
$2,063 79
MEMORANDA OF SETTLEMENT
WITH ORAN WHITE, COLLECTOR AND TREASURER FROM 1874 TO 1880, INCLUSIVE:
Cr.
By error in commitment, 1878 . $519 07
error in commitment, 1879 .
29
remittances overlooked, 1876 . 198 84
remittances not credited, 1874 to 1880 . 178 76
error in discount, 1874
90
error in discount, 1875
1 97
error in discount, 1878
4 87
error in discount, 1879
5 81
error in discount, 1880
6 67
$917 18
Dr.
To error in commitment, 1874 . $100 00
error in commitment, 1875
78 50
error in commitment, 1876
25 77
error in commitment, 1877
11 44
error in commitment, 1880
8 15
error in discount, 1876
1 28
error in discount. 1877
4 73
balance South Weymouth Fire District tax of 1875 94 75
balance due Oran White
592 56
$592 56
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For which an order was drawn on Treas-
urer · · . · $917 18
Total miscellaneous accounts
.
. $19,821 44
Orders drawn on Treasurer on miscellaneous accounts, 19,738 73
ALMSHOUSE.
Cr.
By Wood, and carting coal to schools $337 77 Wood, and carting coal to Fire Depart- ment . 25 88
Wood, and carting coal to Town House, 26 76
Wood, and carting coal to lock-up 7 35
Labor removing snow from highways
110 00.
Labor grading Town House
44 10
Labor locating bounds, town wood lot .
4 50
$556 36
STATE AID.
CHAP. 301. 1
.
Paid Henry S. Abbott
$48 00
Walter S. Adlington .
48 00
George Arnold .
36 00
Edwin G. Babcock
8 00
Andrew J. Baker
48 00
Howard Baker
36 00
Wife
12 00
Fred T. Bicknell
48 00
Alonzo Blanchard
36 00
Otis Blanchard .
48 00
Chas. H. Burrell, 2d .
$60 00
Robert Buttermore
·
48 00
80
Paid Galen A .Carter
$48 00
Geo. V. Carlton .
48 00
Thomas Cahill .
48 00
Stephen Clapp
48 00
Francis E. Coolidge
48 00
Chas. A. Crocker
48 00 _
Joseph T. Dame
48 00
John C. Eldridge
48 00
James Ford
16 00
Benjamin F. Foss
48 00
Fred J. Gammon
24 00
Edward B. Gardner
72 00
Wife .
48 00
Jacob Gardner, Jr.
36 00
James R. Gilligan
48 00
George F. Hayden
8 00
Cornelius Healey
48 00
Lyman T. Holmes
48 00
Jeremiah Holbrook
48 00
John Hope
16 00
Patrick Howley .
36 00
Thomas Howley
48 00
Riley E. Jenkins
72 00
Uriel Josephs
48 00
James G. Jones
48 00
Joseph Lama .
48 00
Daniel Lamson
48 00
William A. Lewis
48 00
Chas. T. Linfield
48 00
Daniel E. Looney
48 00
George P. Lord
54 00
Patrick Lynch .
48 00
Andrew Mahoney
48 00
C. J. McMorrow
12 00
William McNair
72 00
Thomas Mee
32 00
Frank H. Miller
56 00
Henry S. Miller
48 00
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Paid Terrence Murphy
$18 00
Aaron P. Nash, Jr.
72 00
Thos. G. Nightingale
36 00
William J. Pedman
40 50
Wife
64 00
Henry Perry
48 00
Alfred Peterson
72 00
Benjamin F. Pratt, 2d
48 00
Josiah Q. Pratt .
48 00
Chas. F. Pray
48 00
Elijah Prouty
48 00
Benjamin F. Robinson
12 00
Wife .
4 00
John Roachman
4 50
Samuel J. Ross
36 00
Geo. W. Russ
48 00
Wife
24 00
Edward Slattery
60 00
John G. Slattery
48 00
Owen Smith
18 00
Jason Smith, Jr.
48 00
William W. Smith
48 00
Sargent L. Stoddard
48 00
Samuel C. Taylor
48 00
William G. Thayer
48 00
William F. Thayer
48 00
Stilman Thayer .
48 00
Isaac Thomas .
8 00
Christopher P. Tower
48 00
Patrick Ward
48 00
Gilbert F. Willett
.
48 00
$3,467 00
Orders drawn on Treasurer for State aid, chap. 301, $3,467 00
NOTE. - The State allowance this year is $3,482, the difference ($15) being for amount previously drawn from Treasurer, but not allowed by the State.
TRIAL BALANCE.
DEC. 31, 1883.
Dr. Cr.
Schools
$32,789 71
Town Treasurer, orders drawn for
schools
$32,451 94
Highways .
17,334 19
Town Treasurer, orders drawn for highways .
17,224 19
Fire Department
8,435 55
Town Treasurer, orders drawn for
.
Fire Department . 8,409 67
Town House
302 49
Pumps and wells
21 37
Lock-ups
150 28
Police
1,903 70
Suppressing illegal sale of intoxicating liquors
574 30
Committee on Town Accounts
387 66
Tufts Library
1,580 42
Town Treasurer .
20 00
Real estate
42 95
Historical Society
152 82
Water Commissioners
21 50
Discount
3,271 60
Printing
712 13
Town officers .
4,696 87
Miscellaneous expenses
2,060 79
Hingham and Quincy bridges
3,330 00
Almshouse
556 36
Town Treasurer, orders drawn for mis- cellaneous accounts 19,738 73
State aid, chap. 301 .
3,467 00
Town Treasurer, orders drawn for State aid .
3,467 00
Oran White, collector
592 56
$81,847 89
$81,847 89
TREASURER'S REPORT.
REMITTANCE'S ON TAXES, 1883.
On tax of 1877
$2 00
On tax of 1878
2 00
On tax of 1880
6 30
On tax of 1881 and 1882 .
15 04
On tax of 1883
46 64
$71 98
DISCOUNT, 1883.
Wilmot Cleverly, on tax of 1883 $3,271 60 ·
INTEREST PAID.
George Meyer, on note for $5,000 at 4 per cent $200 00 E. R. Price, treasurer, on note for $5,000 at 4 per cent 100 00 W. W. Dallinger, treasurer, on note for $5,000 at 4 per cent 200 00
Joseph Totman, on note for $5,200 at 54 per cent 273 00
157 50
J. R. Totman, on note for $6,000 at 54 per cent 315 00 Thomas Humphrey on note for $3,000 at 5} per cent. Pratt School Fund, on note for $3,092 at 5 per cent . 154 60 East Weymouth Savings Bank, on note for $10,000, 9 months, at 4 per cent . 300 00 · . Weymouth Savings Bank, on note for $10,000 at 4 per cent . 207 66 South Weymouth Savings Bank, on note for $10,000 at 4 per cent 112 21 Bassett, Whitney & Co., on notes for $20,000 dis- counted 242 78
$2,262 75
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STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.
$5,490 00
State tax
National Bank tax
.
4,497 10
County tax .
4,225 58
$14,212 68
NOTES PAID.
E. R. Price, treasurer, note dated April 1, 1880 . $5,000 00
East Weymouth Savings Bank . 10,000 00
Weymouth Savings Bank .
. 10,000 00
South Weymouth Savings Bank
15,000 00
Notes discounted payable to order
20,000 00
$60,000 00
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, WILMOT CLEVERLY.
Taxes committed for 1883
. $105,985 08
Collected and paid Treasurer
. 84,060 67
Balance of tax of 1883 unpaid . $21,924 41 .
Amount of unpaid taxes for 1882
851 12
Balance of taxes unpaid
. $22,775 53
ASSETS OF THE TOWN, JAN. 1, 1884.
Balance in the treasury
$1,094 86
Due from Wilmot Cleverly, tax of 1882
851 12
Wilmot Cleverly, tax of 1883
21,924 41
Wilmot Cleverly, as discount on county . 43 60
taxes, 1882 and 1883
Individuals to refund hospital expenses, etc. ·
681 26
South Scituate for aid to Gertrude Mee 54 57
Pembroke for aid to Andrew O. Bates 5 00
East Bridgewater for aid to O'Brien Quigley 128 60
Rockland for aid to Isabella Nelson . 60 25
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Due from Newburyport for aid to Naomi Pike
$61 10
Rochester for aid to George W. Swift 4 45
Taunton for aid to Clifford I. Manter .
106 00
Lowell for aid to Nathan M. Reed
51 00
Stoughton for aid to Ellen McGuire .
156 00
Cohasset for aid to Deborah Enos
31 25
South Carver for aid to Hannah Casey
9 00
Boston for aid to Mary McCarty 18 00
Boston for aid to George Currie 4 00
Duxbury for aid to Henry T. Gardner
60 03
Hingham for aid to Souther children .
37 00
the State for Mrs. W. Ryan
46 43
Nathan L. Hunt
140 75
1881
293 00
1882
29 21
State aid, chapter 301 ·
.
3,482 00
State aid, chapter 252
927 49
$30,300 38
TOWN DEBT.
Thomas Humphrey, note at 5} per cent
$3,000 00
Joseph Totman, note at 54 per cent .
5,200 00
J. R. Totman, note at 54 per cent
6,000 00
Pratt School Fund, note at 5 per cent
3,092 00
Note dated April 1, 1880, payable April 1, 1884, at 4 per cent ·
5,000 00
Note dated April 1, 1880, payable April 1, 1885, at 4 per cent ·
5,000 00
Town orders for 1883 unpaid .
9,835 46
$37,127 46
Assets
30,300 38
Balance of town debt
.
$6,827 08
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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 for the year ending Dec. 31, 1883 : -
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Austin resigned the charge of the alms- house at the expiration of their term, April 1, 1883, and were suc- ceeded by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cummings, residents of the town, at a salary of $500 per year for their services.
The treatment and care of the inmates by the present superin- tendent and matron have been kind and watchful, and their methods of conducting the domestic affairs of the house have been prudent and economical, and in all respects highly satisfactory to the Over- seers.
It was found necessary to have more help in the house as well as on the farm, and the services of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thurston were secured. They have proved themselves to be valuable assist- ants.
The product of the farm during the past year has been less than might reasonably have been expected ; not, however, from any lack of skill or faithful labor on the part of the superintendent and his assistant, but owing to the unfavorable season for crops.
The change of superintendents necessitated expenditures for inside painting, new carpets, and other material, and it was also found necessary to purchase new mattresses, blankets, and other bedding for the use of inmates. These expenses, with the expense of building a walled passage from the piggery to the barn cellar, could not properly be charged to the support of inmates for the present year ; therefore, as will be seen by our statement, they have been carried to improvement account.
During the year one birth has occurred in the house, and there have been two deaths among the inmates, with about the usual amount of sickness requiring the services of a physician.
The calls for assistance outside of the house continue large, and have been unusually so during the past two months. Most of the
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late applications have been from families having small children, and whose wants in almost every instance have been occasioned by the squandering of earnings on the part of the parent in the exces- sive use of intoxicating liquors. The almshouse is hardly a proper place for cases of this description ; and the Overseers, after giving the matter much thought, are unanimously of the opinion that it would be economy on the part of the town to erect a building suit- ably arranged in small tenements for the accommodation of such families. The building should be located near the present house, in which all food should be prepared and served, and from which steam could be taken for heating purposes, when required. This matter is worthy the serious consideration of the tax-payers of the town.
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The bills for medical attendance and medicine on poor account the past year amount to over six hundred dollars, which is a large increase over former years, and was thought by the Overseers to be excessive, and they accordingly addressed a communication to each of the physicians in town, soliciting proposals for perform- ing such services, including medicine, as the poor of the town might require at a fixed sum, for the terin of one year from the 1st of January.
Proposals were received from seven of the ten physicians in town. That of W. A. Drake, M. D., being the lowest for the district comprised of Wards 1, 2, and 3, including the almshouse, he was awarded the same for the sum of $100 for a term of one year. R. E. Browns, M. D., being the lowest for the district comprised of Wards 4 and 5, the same was awarded to him for the sum of $70 for the term of one year.
A committee of the Board have recently visited all our patients at the Taunton Lunatic Asylum, and perhaps, with one exception, it was thought best not to make any change in their maintenance for the present.
THOMAS H. HUMPHREY, HENRY A. NASH, WILLIAM NASH, GEORGE A. CUSHING, JACOB BAKER,
Overseers of the Poor.
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ALMSHOUSE. - SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES FOR 1883.
Dr.
Inventory of Dec. 31, 1882 $2,990 24
Paid grantuity to Mrs. Austin .
25 00
J. D. Austin, services ·
60 00
W. J. Dana, 2 cows and calf
110 00
Haskell & Adams, groceries
84 39
Jos. Loud & Co., coal
213 36
Jos. Loud & Co., grain
47 30
W. T. Burrell, painting and setting glass .
23 45
Elbridge Nash, drugs and medicine ".
10 50
Commonwealth Clothing House, clothing
46 25
C. E. Moody & Co., groceries
125 41
J. F. Sheppard, coal . 142 75
3 50
Stephen Cain, labor and material
10 53
Geo. W. Fay, medical attendance
49 87
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses John Young 20 00
Samuel Curtis, funeral expenses Harriet Wright . 20 00
W. A. Drake, medical attendance 2 25
522 71
W. G. Nash, manure
37 88
Ambler & Hobart, grain 398 73
Charles Thurston and wife on account, services 200 00
W. C Austin and wife, services to April 1 168 75
Samuel Curtis, bills, goods
21 84
Alfred Wyman, medicine . .
1 68
John Crane, shoe findings . 2 75 .
Dodge, Gilbert & Co., hardware 1 59
John Gillion, cash
3 00
Geo. T. Rand, dry goods .
6 65
Newton & Beals, groceries .
8 70
Haskell & Adams, groceries
11 88
Geo. S. Baker, filing saws .
75
C. A. Hunt, mittens .
Geo. W. Fay, manure
9 00
W. G. Nash, groceries
89
Paid expense to Boston $ 50
Edward Bourke, expressing
6 55
Benj. F. Smith, salve
50
John A. Cushman's bill
2 00
Timothy Cohen, labor
9 05
Dennis Cohen, labor . ·
2 37
Martin K. Pratt, Boston Journal
1 54
S. W. Pratt, tinware .
4 18
J. W. Walsh, bill
8 45
Andrew Tracy, fish
4 92
J. B. Howe & Son, bread
22 86
J. H. Wallace. bill
3 70
Thomas Smith, iron work .
7 25
Cash to inmates for care Harriet Wright
3 00
Bryant & Co., apples
45
Ahlf, repairing wagon
50
J. B. Howe & Son, bread
3 36
Josiah Martin, meat .
101 62
Alfred Wyman, drugs and medicine
25 14
John Crane, shoe findings
86
S. W. Pratt, bills
10 56
George R. Davis, meat
5 02
George R. Davis, killing hogs
5 25
Mrs. Langford, manure
3 75
McMannis, manure
10 00
Edward Bourke, cabbage plants .
3 50
Edward Bourke, expressing
11 90
W. K. Baker & Son, expressing .
5 45
Geo. Gardner, manure
9 75
Cash for groceries
3 37
Cash for lantern
75
Cash for fish
2 40
Cash to inmates for care Harriet Wright
4 28
Bouldry, tinware
1 87
Cash for paper and envelopes
35
Cash for shoes .
.
4 00
John G. Worster & Co., groceries
7 97
90
Paid Geo. T. Rand, dry goods .
$1 25
Cash for dry goods · ·
7 48
Cash for fruit and vegetables
5 46
Expenses to Boston .
3 40
Hat for Raymond
1 25
Cash for herring .
1 50
Timothy Smith, woman's clothing
5 52
Cash for woman's clothing .
4 20
J. H. Wallace, shoeing horses
3 50
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
21 21
C. M. Ward, harness oil
2 50
Cash to inmates Memorial day
1 98
Cash for shaving soap
85
Simson Gutterson for use of seed sower
25
Cash for clothing
3 32
Timothy Smith, underclothing
8 58
Cash for weighing
30
Cash for garden seeds
55
Andrew Tracy, fish
23 14
Cash for 2 quarts rum for Mrs. Canterbury .
1 75
Expenses to Bridgewater almshouse, J. Ryan
2 30
Otis Cushing for pig .
5 00
Cash to Obed Raymond
4 15
Cash for cabbage plants
50
Cash for whip
1 50
Samuel Curtis, bill goods
10 38
Geo. S. Baker, filing saws and hardware
15 95
John Walsh, repairing harness
6 90
Cash to inmates, Fourth July
7 00
Cash to inmates, Christmas
5 00
John Delano, doctoring cow
4 00
C. Ahlf, repairing wagon
5 75
W. & W. Tirrell, 3 pair shoes
5 25
Thomas South, bill
32 55
Cash to Mrs. Thayer .
2 00
Cash to inmates, admission to fair
5 40
Chas. E. Moody, groceries .
6 15
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Paid J. A. Torrey, soap
$22 25
Use of lock-up, Rockland
5 00
Glasses for Mr. Carr .
25
Geo. Sampson, seaweed
1 00
Robt. Cushing, repairing blind
50
J. M. Walsh's bill
16 20
E. H. Pray, shoes
12 21
Cash for 4 barrels of apples
10 00
Martin K. Pratt, Boston Journal
4 50
S. Lovell, ice
10 73
Cash for saw $1.00, cap $1.00
2 00
Cash for pair live turkeys .
5 00
Chas. Thurston and wife, services to date
58 00
Joseph Cummings and wife, services to date
375 00
Town for rent of farm
300 00
Town for 75 cords wood
150 00
$6,870 09
INVENTORY OF LIVE STOCK, FARMING TOOLS, WOOD, HAY, PROVISIONS, ETC., AT THE ALMSHOUSE JAN. 1, 1884,
3 horses . $450 00
2 mowing machines $75 00
5 cows
200 00
1 horse rake 4 00
8 hogs and pigs
120 00
7 ploughs 20 00
56 fowls 45 00
1 horse hoe . 1 00
1 buckling harrow . 5 00
2 sleds .
45 00
1 two-horse harrow 15 00
2 farm wagons
120 00
1 one-horse harrow 1 00
1 hay wagon
20 00
2 double harnesses 60 00
2 horse carts
45 00
2 single harnesses , 40 00
1 covered wagon
.60 00
2 cart harnesses 5 00
1 sleigh 5 00
4 ox yokes . 1 00
1 pung
12 00
1 chain harness 2 00
2 wheelbarrows
5 00
5 whiffletrees and
1 roller
3 00
chains : 4 00
1 wheel drag
9 00
2 robes 15 00
1 snow plough
2 00
5 halters . 4 00
2 ox carts 20 00
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4 blankets $6 00
2 ropes . $0 50
4 surcingles .
2 00 3 grindstones . .
15 00
Brush, currycombs,
1 winnowing ma-
and cards . 5 00
chine 5 00
1 whip 1 50
50 vine protectors . 7 50
5 draught chains
5 00
1 pig box
50
5 stake chain's .
1 50
12 shovels 7 00
2 wrenches 1 50
5 manure forks 2 00
1 set of measures
50
14 hoes 3 00
4 baskets
3 00
1 potato hoe 25
2 hogsheads
1 50
2 grub hoes 50
1 half hogshead
25
1 spade .
25
25 barrels
7 40
3 iron rakes 2 50
75 rails
3 00
3 iron bars . 4 00
34 cords manure
204 00
4 pick axes . 3 00
2 tons coal .
13 00
1 bush hook 1 50
1012 cords wood .
534 25
2 flails
25
27 tons of hay
600 00
2 00
1} tons salt hay and fodder
20 00
450 pounds pork .
45 00
9 axes
5 00
200 pounds ham
26 00
Saws and saw horses . . 3 50
50 gals. molasses
22 50
Beetle and wedges 1 00
25 lbs, tobacco
11 25.
3 hatchets 1 00
100 lbs. lard .
11 00
Chest of tools 5 00
10 lbs. coffee
1 32
2 stone hammers 3 00
35 lbs. tea
12 95
7 lbs. cheese 1 00
387 lbs. sugar
28 65
2 boxes . 1 50
75 lbs. soap . 5 25
Brooms 1 50
10 gals. soap
80
¿ bbl. onions 1 25
Set of stone tools 3 00
6 snaths.
2 00
2 bush scythes and
snaths . 1 50
5 rakes
1 50
2 drag rakes
1 00
8 hay forks .
3 00
Balances . 5 00
2 hay poles
50
1} tons of roots 25 00
1 hay cutter
5 00
165 bushels potatoes 100 00
3 scythes
2 00
5 ladders 10 00
2 hog hooks 1 50
2 blocks and rope. 1 50
5 bushels of grain . 3 75
2 meal bags 50
1 corn sheller Meal chest and feed trough 2 00
& barrel flour . 6 00
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8 bushels beans $26 00
100 lbs. beef .
$10 00
44 lbs. butter
15 40
100 cabbages . 8 00
25 lbs. saleratus
2 00
5 coal shovels . 4 00
1 force pump
1 00
2 I barrel crackers 1 75
Spices 4 00
2 bushels corn . 2 00
1 drag
3 00
2} barrels apples 11 25
Kerosene oil .
3 00
25 lbs. fish
1 50
1 pair skids
3 00
50 lbs. sausage meat
8 00
Salt
25
1 barrels sour-crout 8 00 Pickles 11 00
¿ barrel graham
meal
2 50
1 pair turkeys . 5 00
Total .
$3,370 52
ELIAS RICHARDS,
GILBERT NASH,
Appraisers.
ALMSHOUSE RECEIPTS FOR 1883.
Cr
F. D. Pratt, for hay
$24 38
James French, for peas
50
Cash for old iron
1 25
Cash for milk
19 74
Geo. W. Fay, for hay .
74 33
Geo. A. Cushing, for hay
50 60
Chas. Thayer, for labor of S. White
21 65
J. Ward, for use of team .
4 13
Timothy Cohen, for use of team .
6 00
Thomas Humphrey, for use of team Burns, for labor .
1 12
Cash for mowing
2 00
Josiah Martin, cow
38 22
Josiah Martin, calf
1 9 35
Cash for old iron .
1 22
Cash for premiums at fair
3 35
Cash for pigs
62 16
Cash for milk and eggs
111 69
.
3 00
94
Cash for butter and eggs
$10 72
W. G. Nash, butter and eggs
12 96
W. G. Nash, onions and beets
11 50
J. A. Torrey, pork
6 30
Joel Pratt, board
84 00
Hannah Pedman. board
16 00
Jairus White, board and expenses
119 00
Schools, wood and carting coal
337 77
Fire Department, wood and carting coal
25 88
Lock-ups, wood and carting coal .
7 35
Highways, for labor 110 00
Town House, for labor, wood and carting coal 70 86
Town wood lot, for labor locating bounds 4 50
Outside poor, coal, wood, and carting coal 612 04
Inventory, Dec. 31, 1883
. 3,370 52
$5,234 09
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SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Dr.
To Inventory of Jan. 1, 1883 . $2,990 24
" Supplies and expenses per memo. . 2,886 10
" W. A. Austin, services to April 1 168 75
" Joseph Cummings, services to Jan. 1 .
375 00
" Rent of farm 300 00
" Wood from town wood lot .
150 00
$6,870 09
Cr.
By Receipts from produce, labor, etc., per
memorandum .
. $1,863 57
" Inventory of Jan. 1, 1883 . . 3,370 52 ·
5,234 09
Cost of poor in almshouse .
$1,636 00
95
EXPENSES OF POOR OUTSIDE OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Assistance to Mrs. Mary Cahill $269 94
Mrs. Mary Cunniff
256 30
Mrs. Mary Donovan 158 20
Mrs. Ellen Tooney
144 80
Murry children .
139 40
Mrs. Mary White, Ward 2 72 00
Mrs. James H. Vining . 8 65
Mrs. Hannah S. Pratt .
20 00
Mrs. Geo. Shaw and children,
140 27
Josiah M. Pratt and wife
62 87
Harvey Thayer and wife 335 44
Mrs. John Clarin and children, 287 23
Mrs. John J. Poole 147 70
Edward Kiley's child
40 00
Hugh Cronin's child
40 00
Oscar Haferly's child
71 00
Joshua Pratt 77 02
Cornelius Connell and family, 211 99
Mrs. Alex. White and family, 203 56
Jossie Davis's children . 150 40
Mrs. B. F. Godwin
18 00
Mrs. Albert Ford
52 00
Mrs. William Holbrook
120 92
Mrs. Asa Hollis .
54 50
Mrs. Anna Keene
64 00
Isaac Collier and wife
63 27
Thomas Gammon
111 98
Stephen A. Bicknell
70 00
Roger Bicknell
52 00
William H. Davy and family, 53 00
Richard Spear's child .
84 00
George W. Hayden
96 85
Mrs. John Blanchard, 2d, and
family
159 96
-
96
Assistance to Henry C. Bates $98 00
Thomas W. Nash 9 75
Mrs. John Clark and family . 96 93
Charles E. Raymond and fam- ily, 1882 and 1883 76 82
Mrs. John Burrell 54 81
Mrs. Nancy Bates
26 00
Mrs. P. W. Maxim.
104 00
William Fogarty .
65 00
Mrs. Oliver A. Morse and
family 230 67
Patrick Casey 4 00
Mrs. Mary Binney
15 65
Mrs. J. L. Wing .
144 00
Mrs. Susan F. Larney and
family 156. 00
Mrs. Mary Shields 27 65
Byron W. Loud .
20 00
Mrs. James Dee .
30 40
Samuel Wrightington . 115 10
Mrs. Sarah O'Connell 70 05
Mrs. Roswell Corbin
37 00
Mrs. Chauncey Howe .
37 00
Elbridge L. Leach
5 50
Sidney L. Tower .
68 00
Mrs. Fogarty
23 23
Mrs. Timothy Connors . 16 90
Mrs. Daniel White
13 99
Mrs. Thomas Wall
67 87
Mrs. Mary Roberts
17 10
Mrs. Miles Clark and family
55 10
Mrs. Jas. Barrett and family 177 20
Mrs. Makepeace, medical at- tendance . 46 50
Thomas Ryan's family . ·
26 00
Thomas Doran's family 1 50
Mrs. Peter Burke 11 95
97
Assistance to Alonzo Blanchard $17 15
James McEvoy · 65 46
Samuel R. Loud . 15 00
John Hope . ·
10 00
H. Austin Spear's child 13 00
Michael Doran .
18 93
Mrs. Ann Pratt
13 00
Mrs. Daniel O'Connell and
family 10 00
Mrs. Mary A. Hearn . 17 83
Mrs. Sheehan 16 43
Mrs. Goodwin
· 12 00
Mrs. James Grady
7 75
Napoleon Tellier and family 57 72
Mrs. Margaret Powers 18 55
Michael Hanley, burial
20 00
Mrs. Conley
4 00
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$6,103 74
MISCELLANEOUS OUTSIDE POOR ACCOUNT.
Paid George A. Cushing, expenses to Boston $2 50
George A. Cushing, expenses to Taun-
ton ·
3 25
George A. Cushing, horse-hire and fares to Hingham 3 95
City of Worcester, transportation Ellen Ronan 1 10
G. W. Batchelder, transportation John Ryan . 4 00
Ford & McCormick, burial Mrs. Thos. Ryan 20 00
$34 80
Paid Town of Abington, for assist ince ren- dered Mrs. John Orcutt $51 75 Town of Pembroke, for assistance to Jas. D. Kimball . 153 00
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