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48 00
Mehitable B. Cudworth .
24 00
James H. Cunningham
72 00
George Curtis
16 00
Sarah E. Curtis
48 00
Olive J. Cushing
48 00
Israel A. Dailey
44 00
Frances M. Dalton
48 00
George H. Doble
8 00
Ellen Doren
24 00
Edward Earley
28 00
Jane B. Estes
48 00
John Fennell
48 00
Mary S. Fitts
48 00
Elizabeth A. Fogg
48 00
Annie Fox
48 00
Ellen Fraher
48 00
Nancy E. Gardner
48 00
Hannah Gardner
24 00
Mary A. Gardner
24 00
Jacob Gardner
6 00
Samuel E. Gay
50 00
Patrick Gloster
36 00
William Harrington
48 00
George Hayden
48 00
Ann M. Hayden .
48 00
Lucy A. Hayden
4 00
Elizabeth Hayward
48 00
Anna H. Hersey ·
20 00
Elmer Hewitt
36 00
Charles L. Holbrook
60 00
Elias Holbrook
24 00
Jane T. Holbrook
24 00
Caroline L. Holbrook
48 00
Samuel V. Holbrook and wife
120 00
Barney T. Hollis .
48 00
John Q. Hollis
36 00
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Paid Oliver Houghton .
$12 00
John W. Howley .
48 00
Patrick Howley
24 00
Katie S. Hunt
16 00
Thomas Hyland
36 00
Ruth R. Jones
24 00
Samuel W. Jones .
48 00
William W. Jones and wife
96 00
Rebecca C. Kilburn
48 00
Joseph Lama
72 00
Thomas Lanagan .
36 00
Susan F. Larmey .
48 00
Susan Leach
48 00
Lucinda B. Lewis .
24 00
Susan R. Loud
24 00
Samuel R. Loud
48 00
William E. Loud .
20 00
Caroline B. Lovell
48 00
Margaret Lufkin
24 00
Ellen Lynch .
8 00
Dominick McDavitt
48 00
Mary McNair
36 00
Edward McQuinn .
72 00
William F. Merchant,
36 00
Mary O. Mitchell .
48 00
Rowena C. Morse .
12 00
Elizabeth E. Moulton
24 00
Martin Murphy
36 00
Catherine Murphy
30 00
Margaret Murra
32 00
Thomas J. Nightingale
45 00
Mary O'Connell
48 00
Catherine O'Connor,
48 00
William Orcutt and wife
96 00
Thomas Otis .
48 00
William Pedman .
72 00
Mary A. Peterson .
48 00
Margaret A. Phillips
48 00
114
Paid Sarah A. Piercc .
$36 00
Augusta M. Poole
48 00
Clinton F. Pope and wife
46 00
Hiram Porter
36 00
Hannah T. Pratt
24 00
Martha W. Pratt
24 00
Susan M. Pratt
24 00
Narissa H. Pratt .
48 00
William L. Pratt
8 00
Betsey Prouty
48 00
Charles W. Raymond
60 00
Ella M. Raymond
48 00
Michael Reilly
48 00
Urban B. Rice
72 00
William P. Rice
48 00
Mary J. Robinson
24 00
Samuel J. Ross
36 00
John Ryan
3 00
Hannah E. Our
48 00
William W. Sanborn
36 00
Elizabeth H. Saville
24 00
Andrew J. Shaw
72 00
George Shaw
48 00
Reuben Smith
48 00
Avis A. Smith
24 00
Mary Shine .
4 00
Susan E. Souther
48 00
David W. Spinney
48 00
Louisa H. Stoddard
48 00
Annie Allen .
32 00
Sarah J. Sweeting .
44 00
Amealin A. Sylvester
48 00
Martha W. Thayer
48 00
Edwin Thomas and wife
72 00
Ann C. Torrey
24 00
Olive G. Torrey
48 00
Christopher P. Tower
72 00
Ann Tracy
44 00
115
Paid Johanna Tracy
$48 00
James Trainor
72 00
Daniel Vining
12 00
Lydia J. Vining
24 00
Louisa Vining
48 00
James C. Wendell .
48 00
Francis M. Wilbar .
48 00
Alice Jordan .
48 00
George W. Wing .
24 00
Lucy C. Wrightington
48 00
Job Young .
32 00
Susan M. Young
16 00
Due from State
$6,182 00
MILITARY AID.
CHAPTER 279.
Paid Alonzo Blanchard
$96 00
Charles S. Bosworth
16 00
George N. Cole
28 00
Eli H. Estes .
36 00
Henry A. Gardner
90 00
George L. Hayden
96 00
Byron W. Loud
25 00
John Newman
72 00
Franklin Reed
223 10
Solomon W. Wright
52 00
$734 10
Due from State, one-half
367 05
Town, one-half
$367 05
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APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$202 93
Appropriation March 2, 1896
500 00
$702 93
Unexpended balance
$335 88
PAYMENTS UNDER CHAPTER 62.
Paid Gordon Willis, for John W. Bates, burial agent, for burial of Franklin Reed .
$35 00
$6,584 05
Due from State
$35 00
STATE.
Dr
To payments under Chapter 301 ·
$6,182 00
payments under Chapter 279
367 05
payments under Chapter 62 35 00
$6,584 05
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APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$1,226 08
Appropriation, Chapter 301
6,000 00
Appropriation, Chapter 279 1,000 00
$8,226 08
$1,642 03
117
SOLDIERS' RELIEF UNDER CHAPTER 447.
Paid Mrs. John L. Mckeever
$120 00
Rowena C. Morse .
118 14
Mrs. Charles Cram
60 00
Charles W. Raymond
156 00
George N. Cole
36 00
Elias H. Deere
144 00
Ellen Toomey
90 00
Christopher P. Tower
72 00
George Hayden
144 00
Mrs. Roswell Corbin
48 00
Ellen Coleman
79 00
Sanford Makepeace
96 00
Caroline F. Cleverly
96 00
Daniel Vining
30 00
John W. Howley .
9 00
W. W. Sanborn
50 20
David W. Spinney
20 00
Caroline L. Holbrook
2 00
Amos Coolidge
6 30
Solomon W. Wright
17 75
James Kennedy and family
16 90
Annie Fox
8 00
Byron Loud .
10 00
Mary A. Gardner
20 75
Rachel J. Clapp
4 00
James B. Prouty
36 00
C. M. Leavitt
6 00
Thomas Hyland
14 00
Albert Davison
34 29
Patrick Lines
130 36
Susan Leach
130 36
Mary F. Rosey
106 36
James Sullivan
130 36
Simeon Bearce
18 00
118
Paid Frederick Coolidge
$69 79
Mrs. James Pratt .
39 00
Elizabeth Bragg, to be refunded by Abington . 105 41
$2,273 97
APPROPRIATION.
March 2, 1896
$2,000 00
Expended in excess
$273 97
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND BOARD OF HEALTH.
Paid George L. Newton, services to Jan. 1 . $450 00
Jacob F. Dizer, services from March 2 to Jan. 1 375 00
C. E. Bicknell, services to Jan. 1 . 450 00
Bradford Hawes, services to Jan. 1 450 00
services as clerk of boards to Jan. 1 350 00
Gordon Willis, services to Jan. 1 . 450 00
Nelson W. Gardner, services to March 2
75 00
$2,600 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$610 94
Appropriation March 2, 1896 . 2,600 00
$3,210 94
Unexpended balance .
$610 94
ASSESSORS.
Paid Wilmot Cleverly, services to Jan. 1 $260 00
John W. Bates, services to Jan. 1 and services as clerk of board
310 00
F. H. Cowing, services to Jan 1 .
260 00
Gilman B. Loud, services to Jan. 1
150 00
270 00
Gordon Willis, services to Jan. 1 . F. D. Thayer, services to March 2, and for clerical assistance 1895 .
80 00
Bradford Hawes, services to March 2
15 00
$1,345 00
120
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$183 00
Appropriation March 2, 1896 .
1,100 00
Appropriation March 2, 1896, for clerk .
200 00
$1,483 00
Unexpended balance .
.
$138 00
TOWN TREASURER.
Paid John H. Stetson, services to January 1 .
$450 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$112 50
Appropriation March 2, 1896
450 00
$562 50
Unexpended balance
$112 50
TOWN CLERK.
Paid John A. Raymond, services to January 1
$125 00
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$31 50
Appropriation March 2, 1896 . 125 00
$156 50
Unexpended balance
$31 50
· AUDITORS.
Paid John W. Bates, services
$15 00
George E. Reed, services 15 00
$30 00
APPROPRIATION. March 2, 1896
$30 00
121
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Paid W. A. Drake, services and expenses and ser- vices as chairman . $100 00
Joseph Chase, Jr., services and expenses .
42 00
William Hyde, services and expenses ·
42 00
James H. Flint, services and expenses, 1895 and 1896 100 00
Bradford Hawes, services and expenses . 50 00
H. A. Thomas, services and expenses .
50 00
A. W. Blanchard, services and expenses .
20 00
J. A. Cushing, services and expenses
8 33
$412 33
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 .
$110 92
Appropriation March 2, 1896
350 00
$460 92
Unexpended balance
$48 59
REGISTRARS.
Paid Benjamin F. Smith, services and
expenses
$84 80
John A. Raymond, services and expenses
77 65
services as clerk
25 00
Charles A. Carpenter, services and expenses
82 30
D. S. Murray, services and ex- penses
87 70
$357 45
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
Paid Willard H. Dunbar, services $600 00
Martin E. Hawes, services, tax of 1893 300 00
$900 00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Paid Asa B. Pratt, services to Jan. 1 $67 50
SUMMARY OF EXPENSE OF TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen, Overseers and Board of
Health
$2,600 00
Assessors
1,345 00
Treasurer
450 00
Town Clerk
125 00
Auditors
30 00
School Committee
412 33
Registrars
357 45
Collector of Taxes .
900 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
67 50
$6,287 28
APPROPRIATIONS.
Balance from 1895 . .
$1,201 85
Appropriation March 2, 1896
5,500 00
$6,701 85
Unexpended balance
$414 57
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JOHN H STETSON, Treasurer.
Dr.
To cash from proprietors of Lovell's Grove . $200 00
Wm. H. Mace, proprietor of Lakeview Park . 100 00
66
interest on deposits . 58 15
interest on overdue taxes .
717 69
County of Norfolk, for fines 10 00
East Norfolk District Court, for fines
191 57
Chas. Hawes, for pump .
5 00
refunded on account of Mary Shine, Chap. 447 . 30 00
6€
1 Quincy and Boston Street Railway Co., on account of highways State Treasurer, on account of state highway
289 04
6,543 30
$8,144 75
JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer.
Cr.
By 1,806 orders drawn (not including poor account) as follows :-
For payment of notes . $75,500 00
of' State, County, National Bank and Corporation tax 12,798 54
of sundry accounts . 128,767 22
$217,065 76
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TRIAL BALANCE, DEC. 31, 1896.
Dr.
Cr.
For support of schools
$43,151 41
transportation of scholars
1,787 90
highways, repairs
12,288 29
Bridge street re-location
200 00
Front street re-location
1,514 83
Phillips street extention
136 64
highways, setting curbstone
110 80
highways, removal of snow
2,680 90
Hingham and Quincy bridges
1,080 00
land damage
125 00
State highway, Bridge street
1,987 05
fire department
6,662 21
hook and ladder truck, ward 2
1,000 00
hose wagon, ward 5 .
490 00
police department
4,726 62
protection of fish and game
200 00
town house
102 40 .
Tufts library
2,524 61
printing and advertising
1,606 45
abatement and remittance
of
taxes
1,908 04
interest and discount
3,514 25
electric lighting
6,866 50
hydrants and fountains
6,250 00
Memorial Day .
400 00
miscellaneous expenses
3,796 22
State aid, etc., due from state
6,584 05
military aid, chap. 279
367 05
soldiers' relief, chap. 447 .
2,273 97
town officers
6,287 28
State, County, National Bank and Corporation tax 12,798 54
bills payable, notes paid 75,500 00
bills payable, notes approved
$82,000 00
.
.
.
.
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For John H. Stetson, treasurer, notes approved
John H. Stetson, treasurer, cash John H. Stetson, treasurer, orders drawn
$82,000 00
8,144 75
217,065 76
$299,065 76 $299,065 76
STATEMENT. OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1896.
OBJECT OF APPROPRIATION.
Appropriation.
Expended.
Unexpended Balance.
Expended in Excess.
Schools
$52,825 90
$43,151 41
$9,674 49
$
Transportation
2,400 00
1,787 90
612 10
Land damage .
125 00
125 00
Highway repairs
12,000 00
12,288 29
288 29
Bridge street .
200 00
200 00
Front street .
1,500 00
1,514 83
14 83
Phillips street
200 00
136 64
63 36
Hingham and bridges .
Quincy
1,020 00
1,080 00
60 00
Setting curbstone .
110 80
110 80
Removal of snow .
3,434 57
2,680 90
753 67
Fire Department .
6,787 15
6,662 21
124 94
Hose tower,
Lovell's
Corner .
200 00
200 00
Hook and Ladder truck, Ward 2.
1,000 00
1,000 00
Hose wagon, Ward 5 :
500 00
490 00
10 00
Police Department
5,015 31
4,726 62
288 69
Protection of fish an.
game
200 00
200 00
Town House .
178 22
102 40
75 82
Tufts Library .
3,024 61
2.524 61
500 00
Printing and advertising
2,016 50
1,606 45
410 05
Abatement and remit- tance of taxes
1.195 18
1,908 04
712 86
Interest and discount .
3,772 96
3,514 25
258 71
Bills payable .
5,500 00
5,500 00
Electric lighting
2 20
6,866 50
1,995 70
Miscellaneous expenses
3,762 48
3,796 22
33 74
Memorial Day
400 00
400 00
Hydrants and fountains
6,250 00
6,250 00
Town officers .
6,701 85
6,287 28
414 57
State aid, etc., due from State
8,226 08
6,584 05
1,642 03
Military aid
702 93
367 05
335 88
Soldiers' relief
2,000 00
2,273 97
273 97
State highway
*6,543 30
8,530 35
1,987 05
Poor account .
16,000 00
17,795 43
1,795 43
$162,419 24
$150,461 20
$17,360 01
$5,401 97
5,401 97
17,360 01
$167.821 21
$167 821 21
.
.
*Amount paid by State to J. H. Stetson, Treasurer.
TUFTS FUND.
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF THE SEVERAL OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE FUND WAS DONATED BY THE LATE QUINCY TUFTS, DECEASED.
LECTURE FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $5,000 at 4% interest
Balance January, 1896 .
$1,909 14
Jan. 1897. Received from income 200 00
Jan. 1897. Received from Savings Bank interest . 86 81
$2,195 95
READING ROOM FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $2,500 at 4% interest
Balance January, 1896 .
$1 77
Jan. 1897. Received from income
100 00
Sundry Bills paid .
$101 77
101 35
Jan. 1897. Balance · . $ 42 . ·
128
CEMETERY FUND.
Deposited with Massachusetts Hospital Life In- surance Co., $500 at 4% interest Jan. 1897. Received from income $20 00
Paid Treasurer, North Weymouth Cemetery Association 20 00
LIBRARY FUND.
Deposited with the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co. $2,500 at 4 % interest .
Jan., 1897. Received from income $100 00
Paid Frank H. Mason, Treasurer 100 00
SHADE TREE AND SIDE WALK FUND.
Deposited with the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Co., $2,000 at 4% interest .
Balance Jan. 1896 $87 57
Jan 1897. Received from income 80 00
$167 57
Vouchers for payments on account of the Tufts Fund are. held by the chairman of the Selectmen, by whom payments were made.
GORDON WILLIS,
Chairman, Selectmen of Weymouth.
THE REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Weymouth submit herewith their annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1896, together with the Auditor's appraisal of property at the alms- house, made January 1, 1897.
ALMSHOUSE.
The establishment has continued through the year under the careful management of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cummings who close their labors here with the calendar year of 1896, the health of Mrs. Cummings forbidding a further continuance of their super- vision. In the severing of their connection with the house and farm we feel that the town loses the services of a faithful and painstaking superintendent and matron.
The duty of selecting their successors was one upon which we entered with no little diffidence. From among eight applicants for the position, the choice was made of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Rolfe who were filling a like position in the Town of Norwell; and they assume their duties here with the beginning of the year 1897.
They were visited at their work in Norwell where they have given excellent satisfaction and come to us with the sincere re- grets of the Overseers of the Poor of that town, and we trust the future will show that the selection was a wise one.
The tendency has been toward an increase in the number of in- mates during the year, the number of weeks showing 123 greater than last year, but with no actual increase in the cost, although
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an apparent increase is shown by reason of the shrinkage in the inventory, which brings the cost per week .13 greater than that of last year, viz. : $2.51 +.
There have been four deaths in the house during the year, not including one of a state pauper, Francis Davis, who died August 21, aged 1; Samuel V. White, who died August 23, aged 82; Reed Blanchard, who died Nov. 2, aged 86, and Michael Ander- son, who died Nov. 11, aged 67.
The number of tramps who have been provided with food and lodging has increased to 2,327. In addition to food and lodging this class is now provided with work at the wood pile, which is having a salutary influence in reducing the number who apply.
ASSISTANCE RENDERED OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Owing largely, no doubt, to the continued business depression, the calls for assistance from the poor out of the house has steadily increased, and notwithstanding the most careful management, the amount expended in the relief of the outside poor has materially exceeded that of last year.
It may become necessary to furnish the rooms on the upper floor at the Almshouse to make additional accommodations, that some who are now helped outside may be taken there.
We would suggest whether it might not be a wise plan for this town to adopt the system of administering all relief to this class of poor from a central office as is done in many places. The system has decided advantages, and with a careful selection of a person to have charge of the business it seems to us that a con- siderable saving might be effected in this direction.
We are sorry to have to record also an increase in the number of the insane in hospitals, seventeen whose maintenance is paid by the town, having been the whole or a portion of the year in these institutions against twelve last year.
The appropriation at the last annual meeting was $16,000; there has been expended $17,795.43, making an overdraft of $1,795.43.
The system of employing town physicians has been changed from the practice of past years by employing one for each ward.
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Dr. William A. Drake has been employed for Ward 1 and the Almshouse, at a salary of $100; Dr. James C. Fraser for Ward 2 at $60.00; Dr. George D. Bullock for Ward 3 at $50; Dr. K. H. Granger for Ward 4 at $40, and Dr. E. N. Maberry for Ward 5 at $50.
GORDON WILLIS, BRADFORD HAWES, C. E. BICKNELL, GEORGE L. NEWTON, JACOB F. DIZER,
Overseers of the Poor of Weymouth.
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ALMSHOUSE SUPPLIES AND EXPENSES, 1896.
Inventory of Jan. 1, 1896
$4,678 58
Paid C. Ahlf, repairs .
26 75
B. F. Paine, clothing 5 00
T. South, blacksmith work
28 33
Joseph Poulin, blacksmith work
10 50
Thayer & Lohnes, blacksmith work
2 75
Weymouth Gazette
8 00
Mary Meaney, care of Mrs. Spear .
84 00
Nellie Collins, care of Mrs. Spear
78 00
Michael Connors, labor on farm
15 50
Catherine Moran, labor in house
228 00
Mrs. E. A. Moran, labor in house
177 50
Mrs. McNaire, labor in house
38 16
Bertha St. Claire, labor in house
66 50
Mrs. Bertha Gurney, labor in house
36 00
Z. C. Gurney, labor on farm .
132 00
D. W. Pratt, labor on farm
72 60
J. Pierce, haircutting and shaving . Henry Loud, furniture .
70 00
Reuben Loud & Sons, sawdust
3 00
George Richards, bill
1 00
George H. Bicknell, leather
3 50
Stephen Cain, whitewashing
4 00
L. J. Hart, clothing
16 76
E. Monroe Thayer, clothing
7 00
E. Bourke, expressing .
80
A. W. Baker, expressing
32 93
Michael Delory, salt hay
5 00
Hayward, making vinegar
5 76
Larkin Soap Co. .
10 00
W. E. Cunningham, paper bill
6 00
A. Tracey, fish
74 15
12 40
F. E. Hobart & Co., dry goods Samuel Thompson, killing hogs, etc.
43 74
28 38
Weymouth & Braintree Publishing Co.
2 00
Joseph Cummings, labor on farm
3 00
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Paid Dr. C. H. Davis, veterinary services
$10 00
W. T. Burrell, painting .
13 86
Sherman, sawdust .
2 50
C. D. Harlow. medicine .
2 50
Fore River Engine Co., lumber
2 98
O. Q. Ball, oil
44 30
William Dean, labor
13 25
Timothy Cohen, labor
2 50
S. W. Pratt, bill .
23 67
A. K. Bates, repairs
1 25
George Peckham, goods
2 00
William Dowse, labor
2 00
C. W. Lerned, bill
12 50
Patrick Weathers, labor .
1 50
Cornelius Green, gravel .
50
Henry A. Nash, salt hay
10 80
Granville Thompson, bill
2 55
for clothing for Michael Carroll
3 50
for clothing for William Dean
10 00
for moving Fred. Coolidge
1 00
for moving Isaac Tower
2 00
for set of sleds.
20 00
for weighing hay
10
for clams
75
for freight
1 60
for berries
4 50
for repairs on mowing machine
8 00
for sending telegrams
50
for repairing Walter Gilliver's leg
1 00
barrels .
2 00
inmates to fair
2 00
P. O. box rent
1 00
eggs
38
Allen, Shapleigh & Co., supplies
51 28
John P. Nickerson & Co., supplies
415 93
F. Putnam & Co., supplies
6 50
Ambler & Hobart, grain
629 83
for funeral services
4 00
134
Paid C. E. Bicknell, on wood account
$23 50
Gordon Willis, supplies
29 43
J. H. Stetson, treas., water rent
67 50
:
A. S. Jordan, insurance
200 25
A. J. Richards & Sons, coal .
289 78
Bradley Fertilizer Co., fertilizers
59 00
Ford Furniture Co., carpets, etc.
44 33
Eldridge, Baker & Bain, supplies
50 19
Baker Hardware Co., tools, etc.
38 26
Geo. W. Conant, farm wagon
60 00
Wilson, Larrabee & Co., supplies
105 66
J. A. Torrey, soap
32 87
W. G. Nash, supplies
68 01
James Moore, wood
35 00
George McMackins, wood
40 00
H. A. Bass, ice
19 89
Walter P. White, cutting wood
56 56
E. W. Hunt. mdse.
73 18
J. M. Walsh, harness and repairs
40 80
Thayer & Lohnes, blacksmith work
10 68
J. E. Connell, medicines, etc.
29 88
J. B. Rhines & Co., mdse.
17 09
F. A. Sulis, dry goods .
106 45
S. B. Totman, supplies .
84 84
Stephen Cain, repairs .
5 40
L. J. Hart, clothing
23 85
Joseph Poulin, 1 drag, etc.
6 40
B. F. Paine, clothing
12 00
Weymouth Clothing Co., clothing
12 75
C. F. Vaughan, supplies Thomas South, Jr., blacksmith work
8 75
Josiah Martin, meat
412 05
Town for rent of farm
300 00
Alexander Cummings, services
850 00
Total
$10,559 69
13 22
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INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS HOUSE, JANUARY 1, 1897.
3 horses ·
$300 00
blankets 13 00
5 cows
225 00
axes .
4 50
18 hogs and pigs .
110 00
saws and horses 10 00
3 sleds
60 00
beetle and wedges 2 00
1 2-horse cart
35 00
hatchet ·
50
1 coal wagon .
100 00
11 stake chains 5 00
2 farm wagons 120 00
8 wrenches . 4 00
1 2-horse cart 50 00
measures and
1 covered wagon . 50 00
baskets 5 00
1 pung 5 00
4 hogsheads 3 00
2 wheelbarrows 3 00
18 barrels 1 80
1 roller
5 00
6 vinegar barrels . 7 50
1 drag . 6 00
75 fowl
45 00
1 mowing machine
25 00
scythes, snaths and ropes 5 00
5 ploughs .
25 00
1 cultivator
5 00
forks and poles 2 50
7 hoes 1 40
hay cutter 3 00
4 iron bars . 3 00
2 pick axes
2 00
1 brush hook
50
1 corn sheller
2 00
meal chest and
trough . 2 00
1 horse hoe 1 00
shave horse .
1 00
1 buckling harrow 5 00
cross-cut saw .
1 50
1 2-horse harrow 20 00
seed sower
7 00
1 1-horse harrow 3 00
water sprinkler
50
2 double harnesses 25 00
300 ft. cotton hose
and nozzle .
75 00
75 ft. rubber hose 3 00
1 2-horse harrow .
25 00
1 snow plough
10 00
8 whippletrees and chains .
15 00
robes 5 00
hames
2 00
rope and block 1 00
grindstone 8 00
70 vine protectors 5 00
8 spades and shovels 2 00
7 manure forks 2 50
1 single harness . 35 00
2 cart harnesses . 20 00
1 carriage jack . 1 00
136
halters
3 00
2 butter boxes 2 00
lead reins
3 00
2 bushels beans .
2 50 spices 6 00
68 lbs. butter
17 00
chest of tools . 8 00
25 gals. kerosene oil 2 25
4 ladders .
12 00
blocks and ropes 1 50
2 doz. brooms 5 00
balances . 3 00
tobacco ·
15 00
skids
2 00
25 00
6 coal shovels
3 00
ladder hooks 1 00
270 lbs. lard . 17 00
1 hay knife . ·
1 00
200 bu. potatoes 100 00
2 spade forks 1 00
800 cabbages . 40 00
1 horse rake
15 00
2 pork barrels 1 00
4 lanterns
1 00
16 hams
24 00
scales
3 00
20 lbs. coffee 6 00
1 oil can 1 00
150 lbs. tea
45 00
1 shoe jack
3 00
90 lbs. fish 4 50
2 stable brooms .
50
90 lbs. dried apples 5 40
4 feed baskets
3 00
step ladder 80
lumber
5 00
copper pump salt
50
hall lantern
2 00
crackers . 2 50
wire line .
3 00
Quaker oats
2 00
barbed wire
50
24 mop handles 2 00
nails
1 25
1 oil tank
7 25
safe
25 00
15 bbls. apples
18 75
40 cords manure
160 00
200 lbs. squash
4 00
8 chains
8 00
16 lbs. saleratus . 1 box clothes pins
50
3 stable pails
1 50
200 bu. vegetables . 80 00
grain
7 00
10 lbs. raisins 1 00
8 tons of coal 40 00
40 lbs. starch 2 00
11 lbs. pearline 1 10
64 barrels flour .
32 00
tobacco cutter . 1 00
276 lbs. sugar ·
13 80
clothing . 66 00
jars and pre-
serves .
40 00
posts and rails . 45 00
96
30 tons of hay
600 00
4 barrels of pork 48 00
3 00
cleaver .
50
4 barrels vinegar soap 11 75
brushes, combs and cards 3 00
137
household fur-
10 lbs. rice . $ 60
niture .
.
$700 00
sage 7 00
chimneys
1 20
disinfectant
12 00
standpipe and
stone tools
4 00
hose ·
50 00
15 cords prepared
wood .
105 00
$4,023 31
We, the undersigned, appraise the Town farm, 64 acres land
$6,400 00
Buildings on same
10,000 00
. Woodland, 60 acres
300 00
$16,700 00
JOSEPH DYER. CHARLES P. HUNT. GEORGE E. REED: Auditors.
138
RECEIPTS ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE FOR 1896.
Cash for board Albert Davison
$34 29
66 Patrick Lines
130 36
Susan Leach
130 36
Frederick Coolidge
6 79
James Sullivan ·
130 36
66 Mary F. Rosey .
106 36
66 from Mary F. Rosey for board
24 00
for board and clothing, Solomon W. Wright .
52 00
for wood and carting coal to poor ·
597 59
" for wood and carting coal to lock-ups, town house, and engine houses
66 50
" for wood
409 25
for pigs and calves
56 00
for coal wagon ·
75 00
for board, James Lawrence
5 00
for board, Antoine Hennesse
1 79
for butter and milk
32 46
for butter in account with W. G. Nash .
12 82
for work on snow
73 00
$1,943 93
Inventory Jan. 1, 1887
4,023 31
Total
$5,967 24
SUMMARY OF ALMSHOUSE.
EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS OF 1896.
Dr.
To inventory of Jan. 1, 1896 $4,678 58 .
supplies and expenses as per memorandum 4,731 11
Alexander Cummings and wife, services 850 00
town for rent of farm
300 00
$10,559 69
139
Cr.
By receipts on account of Almshouse
$1,943 93
inventory of Jan. 1, 1897
4,023 31
$5,967 24
Cost for the year
$4,592 45
ASSISTANCE RENDERED TO POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE
WARD ONE.
Paid Cora Ruggles' children .
$96 00
Rachael A. Spear .
102 71
Lucy A. Packard .
72 00
Abbie L. Joy and child .
90 80
Wallace Manuel
192 00
Edwin Bicknell
70 20
Stephen A. Bicknell
63 00
Joseph McDonald .
1 37
Plummer Hardwick
3 00
John R. Burns
7 95
$699 03
WARD Two.
Paid Ann Lynch .
$185 25
Harriet M. Burrell
92 40
Catherine Moran
251 73
Ann Crosby .
48 75
Mary Mawn .
78 28
Mrs. Geo. Cudworth
83 20
Mrs. Charles Tormey
83 00
140
Paid Mrs. James Bullard
$61 00
Mrs. William Roberts
68 20
Mrs. Thompson
15 20
Mrs. John Gagion
143 86
Mrs. James Barrett
9 20
Mrs. Frank E. McFaun
16 00
Mrs. James McGuire
4 00
Mrs. William Healey
20 00
William Fogarty
94 40
C. F. Litchfield
11 00
Kennedy children .
72 00
W. H. Pratt 2d
14 71
James Canary
12 00
George W. Bates
3 75
John Hanley, 2nd
144 91
Fred Loring
5 20
Martin Gagion
82 02
Josiah Tirrell
20 00
Frank Donahue
10 00
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