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Feb.
17.
Robert Scott Gamble.
George W. and Sadie G. Gamble.
Feb.
23.
Christina Mclaughlin.
James F. and Annie Mclaughlin.
Mar.
19.
Francis Dominick Kennedy.
John T. and Catherine Kennedy. John and Nellie Mitchell.
April
15.
Mary Matilda Beckwith.
Asa and Melissa Beckwith.
April
24.
Maggie Lewin Callow.
Thomas and Effie Callow.
May
9.
May
17.
Mary Evelyn Ballard Ruberg.
June
I2.
Nathan Leonard Adams.
June
22.
Priscilla Curtis Ames.
July July
14.
George Capen Simpson.
29.
Jennie Eason Clough.
Aug. 5.
Lillian Gertrude Clark.
Aug. 14.
Merritt Norman Whipple Clark.
Norman W. and Maria W. Clark.
Aug. 16.
Hattie Emeline Locke.
Henry W. and Hattie M. Locke.
Sept. 16.
Forest Chester Wilson.
Forest E. and Ida M. Wilson.
Sept. 24. 3
Alice May Ryan, Annie Margaret Ryan, George Cook.
twins.
Michael and Susan Ryan.
Sept. 29.
Sept. 30. Bessie Ray Harrison.
Charles and Grace E. Harrison.
Oct. 17.
Marguerite Elizabeth Sullivan.
Oct.
30.
Keith Reddington Spaulding.
John J. and Jennie Sullivan. Herbert R. and Lilla D. Spaulding.
Nov. IO.
Mabel Florence Rodowsky.
John and Anna M. Rodowsky.
April
25.
James F. and Mary E. Allen.
May
2.
Wendall Parker Allen. Alice Montgomery Partridge. Harry Lewis Dewar.
Walter J. and Louise A. Partridge. John R. and Sadie Dewar.
H. J. and Ellen Z. Ruberg. Lewis L. and Katy D. Adams.
Frank T. and Effie C. Ames. Thomas P. and Edith M. Simpson. George W. and Ida A. Clough. Alansón H. and Clara A. Clark.
Ernest and Catherine Cook.
Total number of births, exclusive of 2 stillborn, 30. Males, 13. Females, 14. Not ascertained, I.
PUBLIC STATUTES, CHAPTER 32. [EXTRACT.]
SECTION 2. Parents shall give notice to the clerk of their city or town of the births ... of their children. Every householder shall give like notice of every birth . . . happening in his house. ... The keeper of a workhouse,
Feb.
6.
April
9.
Ruth Agatha Mitchell.
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house of correction, prison, hospital, or almshouse, except the State alms- house, and the master or other commanding officer of a ship shall give like notice of every birth ... happening among the persons under his charge. Whoever neglects to give such notice for the space of six months after a birth . . . shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $5.
Notwithstanding the requirements of the law, there is no class of town statistics so difficult to procure as the record of births. Parents are especially negligent in this respect. Parties leave town, and it is sometimes impossible to get the full data. Any one knowing of births that have not been published will confer a favor by reporting them to the Town Clerk.
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1894.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Feb. 7.
Laura M. Stone,
Somerville, Mass., Norfolk, Mass., Medfield,
¿ In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer.
Feb. 17.
Arthur A. Wright,
Bertha W. Crawford, Medfield,
April 7.
Frederick A. Wildes, Medfield,
Medfield,
In Millis, by Rev. A. H. Wheelock.
April 17.
Evelyn E. Adams, Daniel H. McPhee, Effie McIsaacs,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Donnelly.
May
8.
Howard N. Wilcox,
Hartford, Conn ,
In Medfield, by Rev. A. M. Crane.
May 29.
Fannie Crawford,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer.
June 19.
Richard Gormin,
Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Donnelly. In Natick, by Rev. M. F. Delaney.
July
28.
Margaret A. Burke, James Tobin, Julia A. Swift, Emery L. Turner,
Sherborn, Mass., Medfield, Middleboro, Mass., S Medfield,
In Providence, R.I., by Rev. J. A. F. McBain. In Sherborn, by Rev. Edmund Dowse.
July
29.
Emma J. Garfield,
Medfield,
Sept.
5.
Gertrude N. Rogers, § Waldo A. Fitts,
Millis, Mass., Medfield,
Sept. 19.
Emma F. Ward,
Dedham, Mass.
In Dedham, by Rev. N. T. Dyer.
Chauncey W. Bodfish, Medfield,
In Medfield, by Rev. J. A.
Nov. 20.
Mary A. Laverty, Medfield,
- Savage.
George E. Drew,
Medfield,
Medfield,
Reginald E. Lantz,
Medfield,
Medfield,
June 28.
Catherine McGrath, Thomas Davitt,
Medfield,
§ George L. L. Allen,
Medfield,
¿ In Medfield, by Rev. J. A. Savage.
Whole number of marriages recorded, 13. Married in town, 8. Married out of town, 4. Non-resident couples married here, I.
In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dver.
Bertha B. Codding,
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DEATHS RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1894.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Jan.
7.
Rebeckah N. Maker.
65
2
I
Bronchitis.
Jan.
14.
Sarah A. Harrington.
55
8
22
Inflammation of Bowels.
Jan.
28.
Mary H. Coltman.
41
IO
I2
Pneumonia.
Feb.
6.
Lester W. Blood.
30
8
9
Enlarg. of Liver and Spleen.
Feb. 26.
William P. Hewins, 2d
27
9
17
Phthisis Pulmonaris.
April 12.
Herbert W. Getchell.
I
6
2
Bronchitis.
May
II.
Abbie Keyou.
62
9
16
Cancerous Tumor.
May
22.
Eliza E. Williams.
86
8
2.2
May
24.
Jane H. Chipman.
56
4
16
Cancer.
June
II.
John Schools.
68
3
3
"Paralysis.
July
5.
Eliza F. Turner.
70
II
6
Consumption.
July
13.
John E. Brennan.
25
9
6
Accidental Drowning.
July
19.
Mary S. Wells.
77
2
II
Paralysis.
July
28.
Alice May Hopkins.
IO
18
Convulsions.
Oct.
12.
John T. Bullard.
7I
II
Uræmia.
Oct.
16.
Ebenezer T. Adams.
87
3
19
Bright's Disease. Bronchitis.
Dec. 30.
Edward Grace.
60
Tuberculosis.
Aug. 18.
Mary A. Fuller .**
61
9
18
Apoplexy.
* Died out of town.
Total number of deaths recorded, 19. Male, 9. Female, 10.
This is the smallest number of deaths recorded since 1876. Below will be found the number of deaths occurring during the past twenty years : -
1875,
I5
IS85,
28
1876,
18
1886,
29
1877,
23
1887,
2I
1878,
23
1888,
22
1879,
3I
1889,
2.0
1880,
35
1890,
2I
1881,
22
1891,
29
1882,
20
1892,
3I
1883,
27
1893,
27
1884,
20
I894,
19
Total for the 20 years,
481
Average per year,
24
The principal causes of death have been as follows: consumption, 59; heart diseases, 42; pneumonia, 37; paralysis, 31; old age, 25; cancer, 21 ; brain diseases, 22; apoplexy, 18; summer complaints, 13; accidental, 16; bronchitis, 8; typhoid, 10; blood-poisoning, 9; influenza and la grippe, 7; Bright's disease, 10; diphtheria, 6; peritonitis, 8.
STILLMAN J. SPEAR,
Town Clerk.
Nov. 30.
George Cook.
2
I
Pneumonia.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
R. A. BATTELLE, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD.
Dr.
Cr.
To uncollected tax, 1892,
$293.38
By cash paid Treasurer,
$247.40
By abatements tax, 1892, 45.98
$293.38
$293.38
Paid Treasurer interest, .
$22.34
To uncollected tax, 1893,
$2,238.62
By cash paid Treasurer, . $1,875.00
By abatements tax, 1893, 113.89
By uncollected tax of 1893, .
249.73
$2,238.62
$2,238.62
By interest paid Treasurer, tax, IS93,
$69.97
To commitment, 1894,
$13,918.74
By cash paid Treasurer, . 11,600.00
By uncollected tax, 1894, 2,318.74
$13,918.74
$13,918.74
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1895.
Correct.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector. P. H. LEAHY, Auditor.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The annual report of the School Committee is respectfully sub- mitted : -
ORGANIZATION.
At the beginning of the year the Committee met, and organized by the choice of James Hewins, Chairman, and George R. Chase, Secretary.
TEACHERS.
There have been no changes in the corps of teachers during the year. They are hard-working and faithful, and strive to perfect themselves in their calling.
TEACHERS' INSTITUTES.
A teachers' institute was held in Walpole in November, under the direction of the State Board of Education. Our teachers closed their schools, and attended with profit. Mr. John T. Prince, Agent of the State Board of Education, visited each school in town in December. He met the teachers on a Friday after- noon in January, and reviewed their work, offering criticisms and suggestions.
DISCIPLINE.
The government of our schools is kind and friendly, but suffi- ciently exacting so that mischief or thoughtlessness is not allowed to interfere with work.
MANNERS AND MORALS.
Manners and morals are not neglected, but are taught by pre- cept and example with gratifying results that appear in the school- room, and, it is believed, elsewhere.
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CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS.
The matter of transportation of pupils and consolidation of schools was, by vote, referred to the School Committee. We do not recommend the consolidation of the schools at present. When the asylum for the insane shall be completed, it is quite probable that provision for many additional pupils must be made either at the North School or elsewhere. At present the number of pupils in the North School is fifteen. The South School has twenty-four pupils, with a prospect that for years the number will not diminish. We recommend that the transportation of pupils be deferred until such time as consolidation shall take effect.
INCREASED SCHOOL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Something must be done to afford room by September, at the latest, for incoming classes. Take a single instance. The High School room is now filled. There are forty-two pupils. Three are expected to leave at the end of the summer term, twenty-one to enter, making a net increase of eighteen. In all the other rooms at the Centre School the crowding and the question of what to do with new classes are more serious than in the High School. It is urged that without further delay this important matter receive the attention which it demands. Crowded as pupils now are in the schools, pressed for time as teachers now are with three grades in a room, when there should never be more than two, there must be some slighting of children and great lack of opportunity for indi- vidual work.
At the end of the summer term examination questions, which were given in another and a larger town, were given to our pupils. It appeared from the results that our pupils were nearly a year be- hind, having lost this amount of time between the Primary School and the High School on account of crowding both in numbers and in grades. It is, however, true that in the town mentioned the grade had been raised within a year or two; and our schools cor- responded quite closely, grade for grade, with the old grading. Attention is called to the difficulty of raising our standard under existing conditions.
How shall increased accommodations be furnished ? There are
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reasons why the best plan would be to enlarge the present build- ing at the centre. Among these reasons is the desirability of having a male teacher at the head of the large building.
We therefore recommend that the centre building be enlarged by the addition of a wing containing two rooms ; and we further recommend that the town appropriate the sum of six thousand ($6,000) for such addition and for furnishing the same, and that that amount, or whatever sum the addition shall cost, shall be borrowed, and paid in ten equal annual payments.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
In this school between forty and fifty pupils are gathered in one room under a single teacher. Recitation presses upon recitation " toe upon heel." One teacher has twelve recitations daily. Va- rious necessary exercises take so much of the time that but nine- teen minutes can be found for the principal recitations. The school is but poorly supplied with books of reference, and is en- tirely without philosophical or chemical apparatus. The scholars who attend the school should have every advantage that can rea- sonably be afforded them, though it is true that the school is sup- ported at considerable expense, when we consider that such sup- port is voluntary. The large attendance, showing that pupils remain in the school as long as possible or until the end of the course, is a gratifying feature of the school.
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
The boys and girls of Medfield are generally inclined to do their part, and cheerfully and industriously, as a rule, apply them- selves to their tasks. By their manner they welcome visitors to the schools, and no doubt often wonder that visits are so rare.
" Thank Heaven for noble, lovely children, both . Of tender years and maturer growth; For those who children are in childhood's time And full of manliness in years of prime."
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Length of School in Weeks.
Whole Number of Scholars.
Average Attendance.
Percentage of Attendance.
No. over 15 Years.
SCHOOLS.
Salary of Teachers.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
High, .
IO
15
II
34
48
42
32.34
44.34
39.25
90+-
95++
92+
22
21
23
$950
Grammar,
IO
15
II
44
51
46
39.02
43.21
42.97
92+
95+
95+
5
2
3
450
Intermediate,
IO
15
II
54
51
49
43:9
45.7
43.7
84+
95+
92+
O
O
O
425
Primary,
IO
15
II
55
58
52
43.4
47.71
46.17
89++-
86++
91+
O
425
North, .
IO
15
II
23
24
16
20.17
16.33
12.9
87.7
67.2
80.6
O
425
South, .
IO
15
II
21
25
25
16.8
23.3
22.6
95.5
93.2
91.3
425
ROLL OF HONOR.
Neither absent nor tardy for five years, Sadie A. Hanks; one year, Edith Bailey, Charles Bullard, Walter Harlow, Willie Sawyer, Cyrus Thorn, Mamie A. Tufts.
In behalf of the Committee,
GEO. R. CHASE.
.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
HIGHWAY WORK.
Paid Geo. W. Kingsbury, Supt.,
695 hours at 25 c.,
$173.75
Thomas Rourke,
649
66
" 20
129.80
L. J. Codding,
3123
66
" 20
62.50
F. B. Morse,
I4
“ 20
2.80
H. W. Hutson,
4
'' 20
.80
Thomas King,
2492
" 20
49.90
John W. Simmons,
384
6 20
76.80
J. A. Quincy,
446
“' 20
89.20
A. D. Kingsbury,
5042
66
'' 20
100.90
H. B. Wilson,
25
" 20
79.20
Alie Gay,
I3
"' 20
2.60
C. W. Strang,
386
"' 20
77.20
Silas Wilkinson,
36
66
20
7.20
Richard Gorman,
413
"' 20
8.30
J. J. Sullivan,
69}
"' 20
13.90
Michael Toner,
198₺
66
" 20
39.70
F. B. Quincy,
I6
66
" 20
3.20
T. F. Rourke,
77
66
" 20
15.40
A. H. Clark, for chestnut posts,
1.75
Hamlet Wight, for chestnut poles and posts,
4.04
N. F. Harding, spruce railing,
.62
E. M. Bent, drain pipe,
1.60
N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R., freight of drain pipe,
2.64
$948.80
HIGHWAY TEAM WORK.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury, horse,
619} hours at 20 C.,
$123.90
W. E. Kingsbury,
3944
66 " 40
157.70
F. B. Morse,
93
"60
55.80
H. W. Hutson,
66 " 60
60.90
J. H. Schools,
60
( : " 60
36.00
Carried forward, .
$434.30
66
66
"' 20
5.00
Charles Booth,
396
66 .
66
66
.
36
Brought forward,
$434.30
Paid H. G. Crosby,
123 hours at 60 c.,
73.80
J. H. Brigham,
140
66
" 40
56.00
F. S. Wight,
5I
" 60
30.60
A. H. Clark,
III
" 60
66.60
H. M. Parker,
209
66
" 60
125.40
C. H. Russell,
I39
66
" 60
83.40
J. A. Newell,
1322
66
" 60
79.50
Wm. F. Weiker,
58
66
" 60
34.80
A. L. Allen,
33
66
" 60
2.00
$986.40
GRADING CENTRE SCHOOL-HOUSE GROUNDS.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury,
173 hours at 25 C.,
$43.25
G. W. Kingsbury, horse,
66
" 20
23.40
Martin Kennedy and team,
35
" 60
21.00
F. S. Wight and team,
45
" 60
27.00
A. H. Clark and team,
30
" 60
18.00
W. E. Kingsbury and team,
109
66
" 40
43.60
L. J. Codding,
124
66
" 20
2.45
Charles Booth,
I16
66
20
23.20
Thomas Rourke,
1703
66
"' 20
34.10
Michael Toner,
54
66
" 20
7.20
A. D. Kingsbury,
35
" 20
7.00
J. T. Bullard, 271 loads of gravel at 5 c.,
P. Hanley, 20 loads of gravel at 15 c.,
3 00
Blood Brothers, fertilizer, .
5.25
Blood Brothers, grass seed,
2.55
$285.35
GRAVEL ACCOUNT.
Paid Lorenzo Harding
for 334 loads at 5c. load,
$16.70
John Noonan
90
66
" 5
4.50
John T. Bullard
27
66
66
66
1.35
David Meaney
200
Moses C. Adams
535
66
66
26.75
Martin Garfield
45
66
66
66
2.25
Edgar W. Kingsbury
100
66
66
6:
5
5.00
66
66
66
66
"' 20
10.80
H. Frazier,
36
66
5
66
5
10.00
5
5
$66.55
13.55
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TOOLS, AND REPAIRING THE SAME.
Paid Blood Brothers for 6 shovels, 4 hoes, I pick, .
$5.80
Codding & Schools, 6 shovels,
3.90
66 66 2 snow shovels, .70
66 66 66 2 iron rakes,
1.00
F. W. Cutter, sharpening picks, etc ,
3.90
J. A. Fitts, I hoe, .
.35
R. W. Baker, repairing road machine,
.50
$16.15
SNOW ACCOUNT. BREAKING OUT ROADS.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury,
75 hours at 25 C.,
$18.75
Alonzo Lewis,
I2
66
" 20
2.40
G. K. Ricker,
32
66 " 20
6.40
Wm. Lewis,
32
66 " 20
6.40
H. B. Wilson,
9
"' 20
1.80
A. Hewit,
3
66
'' 20
16.40
J. Kealey,
IO
" 20
2.00
Charles Foss,
3
66
''20
.60
Edgar Sherman,
3
66
" 20
.60
F. B. Morse,
I3
66 " 20
2.60
E. H. Ellis,
5
" 20
1.00
C. H. Russell,
178
66
" 20
35.60
J. H. Schools,
66
66
"' 20
13.20
John Conners,
I5
" 20
3.00
Charles Garfield,
I5
"' 20
3.00
Wm. Ramsdale,
I5
" 20
3.00
J. M. Bean,
27
" 20
5.40
W. H. Lock,
I7
" 20
3.40
H. S. Pember,
18
" 20
3.60
A. A. Kingsbury,
25₺
6' 20
5.10
H. G. Crosby,
242
" 20
48.40
J. A. Simmons,
2.35
J. H. Brigham,
20
" 20
4.00
H. M. Parker,
33
.6
" 20
6.60
G. L. L. Allen,
20
' 20
4.00
Carried forward, .
.
.
$200.20
66 66
20
.60
H. W. Hutson,
82
66
66
66
66
66
' 20
66
66
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Brought forward, .
$200.20
Paid G. W. Bruce,
6 hours at 20 c.,
1.20
M. Andrews,
20
“
" 20
4.00
C. W. Strang,
8
66
'' 20
1.60
J. A. Quincy,
18
66
"' 20
3.60
J. M. Alexander,
5
66
" 20
7.10
Hamlet Wight,
IO
66
" 20
2.00
W. E. Kingsbury,
4
20
.80
A. D. Kingsbury,
162
66
' 20
3.30
James Geary,
IO
66
"' 20
2.00
Elmer French,
I3
.6
"' 20
2.60
H. H. Whitney,
3
66
" 20
.60
A. L. Allen,
15
"' 20
3.00
G. W. Woolvett,
7
" 20
1.40
Martin Andrews,
I6
66
"' 20
3.20
J. Noonan,
93
66
" 20
1.90
T. King,
20
"20
4.00
M. Toner,
133
"$ 20
2.70
C. Booth,
IO
66
" 20
2.00
W. E. Kingsbury,
I2
66
" 20
2.40
J. C. Trent,
8
66
" 20
1.60
H. M. Parker,
I8
66
" 20
3.60
$257.90
GRADING TOWN HOUSE GROUNDS.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury,
234 hours at 25 C.,
$5.92
G. W. Kingsbury, horse,
37₺
" 20
7.50
W. E. Kingsbury and team,
212
" 40
8.60
A. H. Clark and team,
I7
66
" 60
I0.20
C. H. Russell and team,
8
66
" 60
4 80
C. Booth,
172
66
"' 20
3.50
A. D. Kingsbury,
22₺
66
20
4.50
W. E. Kingsbury,
5
66
“' 20
1.00
Thomas Rourke,
40%
66
66
8.10
J. A. Quincy,
66
'' 20
I.IO
P. Hanley, 30 loads of gravel at 15 c.,
4.50
66
"' 20
1.00
Charles Booth,
35號
'20
2.10
Thomas Rourke,
66
66
66
66
.
20
$59.72
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BREAKING OUT AND SANDING SIDEWALKS.
Paid H. G. Crosby,
112 hours at 20 C.,
$22.40
C. A. Latham,
26
66
" 20
5.20
Alonzo Lewis,
20
66
66
20
4.00
E. Pearson,
272
66 20
5.50
Henry H. Clark,
18
66
"' 20
3.60
Wm. H. Cook,
19
“' 20
3.80
T. King,
35
66
20
7.00
J. W. Simmons,
27
66
66
20
5.40
A. L. Gay,
292
" 20
5.90
J. A. Simmons,
112
66
66
20
2.35
Wm. Stevens,
232
66
4. 20
4.70
L. J. Codding,
37
6.20
7.40
Irving Maker,
392
" 20
7.90
J. Noonan,
I7
"' 20
3.40
S. F. Turner,
23₺
20
4.70
J. H. Brigham,
IO
20
2.00
T. Rourke,
30₺
“'20
6.10
A. D. Kingsbury,
323
66
“' 20
6.50
H. M. Parker,
18
66
' 20
3.60
G. W. Kingsbury,
41
66
" 25
10.25
$121.70
BRIDGE ACCOUNT. .
Paid Geo. McQuestion & Co., timber and plank,
$57.45
N.Y. & N.E. R.R. Co., freight on plank and timber,
4.82
G. W. Kingsbury,
65 hours at 25 C.,
16.25
W. E. Kingsbury and horse,
29
" 40
11.60
A. D. Kingsbury,
27
20
5.40
Thomas Rourke,
I3
66
“ 20
2.60
Michael Tonner,
9
66
‘ 20
1.80
J. A. Quincy,
9
"' 20
1.80
$101.72
SEWER ACCOUNT.
Paid G. W. Kingsbury,
773 hours at 25 C.,
$19.30
W. E. Kingsbury and horse,
58₺
" 40
23.40
Thomas King,
36 66 " 20
7.20
Carried forward, .
. $49.90
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
66
40
Brought forward, .
$49.90
Paid L. J. Codding,
124 hours at 20 C.,
2.45
C. Booth,
45
" 20
9.00
Michael Toner,
31
6.
" 60
4.20
A. H. Clark and team,
4
" 60
2.40
H. M. Parker and team,
73
66
" 60
4.40
Martin Rourke,
3
66
"' 20
.60
F. B. Quincy,
7 3
" 20
1.50
C. W. Strang,
5
" 20
1.00
A. D. Kingsbury,
9
" 20
1.80
Thomas Rourke,
I5
66
" 20
3.00
J. A. Newell and team,
5
" 60
3.00
J. A. Quincy,
9
" 20
1.80
H. G. Crosby, pumping out catch basin, .
3.60
Steer Brothers, care of filtering bed, .
3.00
$97.85
RECAPITULATION. RECEIVED ON SELECTMEN'S ORDERS.
On account of Highway work,
$2,017.90
Bridges,
44.27
Geo. McQuestion & Co., plank,
57.45
Snow,
379.60
Grading Centre School grounds,
285.35
Grading Town House grounds,
59.72
Grading sewer,
97.85
$2,942.14
EXPENDED.
On account of Highway work, .
$2,017.90
Bridges, for labor, etc.,
44.27
Timber and plank, .
57.45
Snow,
379.60
Grading Centre School grounds,
285.35
Grading Town House grounds, 59.72
Grading sewer,
97.85
$2,942.14
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY, Supt. of Streets.
" 20
6.20
C. H. Russell and team,
7
..
.6
66
66
66
.
.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Medfield respectfully present the following report : -
Amount of the appraisal of the personal property at the Almshouse Feb. 1, 1895.
$2,078.64
Amount of the same 1894,
1,664.52
Gain,
$414.12
Receipts of the Farm :
Milk sold,
$521.40
Pickles, .
35.03
Fat hogs,
39.45
Cucumbers and corn,
24.06
Beans,
5.25
Eggs, .
4.78
Calves,
7.50
Apples, .
2.15
Balance from P. Atwood for pasturing horse 1893,
II.06
Use of horse,
2.00
Old iron,
.30
E. Bullard, for calves in 1893,
71.74
$724.72
Providing for 662 tramps at 20 C., . $132.40
Bills due : -
Meadow hay,
$46.00
Milk, .
40.31
Sweet corn, .
10.18
$96.49
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Payments by the Treasurer of the expenses at the Almshouses :- Paid Philip, salary in full to April 1, 1894, . $91.67
Joseph W. Robinson, on account of salary. 333.30
66 hired man, 140.00
Blood Brothers for grain and feed,
331.08
Codding & Schools for groceries, etc.,
M. F. Campbell, hardware and tools, etc.,
10.24
Geo. Bolster, bread and crackers,
John E. Williams, I horse, 100.00
H. M. Parker, I horse,
100.00
W. H. Clark, bread and crackers, 1893, 35.45
6.59
J. W. Robinson, expenses to Boston, . 1.82
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for clock and hat, 2.50
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for whitewash brush, 1.25
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for spider. . .50
Blood Brothers, fertilizer, . 56.00
Blood Brothers, seed potatoes,
II.25
Blood Brothers, garden seeds, 2.73
Blood Brothers, I ton of coal, 6.50
J. W. Conger, supplies, 31.90
F. M. Smith, painting covered carriage, . 10.00
F. M. Smith, painting express wagon, 10.00
R. W. Baker, repairs on covered carriage, 23.55
G. W. Kingsbury, cash paid for window sash, 1.00
F. H. Tibbetts, I mattress, 4 bed springs, 12.00
Blood Brothers, I lawn-mower, . 3.00
Blood Brothers, I peck of sweet corn, .38
Blood Brothers, I bag of salt, .70
H. G. Crosby, I set bitts and brace, 3.00
Wm. F. Harding, fish and oysters, 55.84
W. W. Preston, supplies, . 18.08
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for 12 window-shades, 3 40
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for cabbage plants, . 1.30
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for 1 bureau and com mode, . 2.75
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for freight of bed springs, .48
Carried forward, . $1,696.10
160.16
Geo. Battelle, grain, 6.13
21.55
Medfield Market, meat,
43
Brought forward, $1,696.10
Paid A. F. Engley, supplies, .
2.40
Clark & Boulster, bread and crackers, 5.58
Boston Branch, groceries, etc.,
200.28
M. C. Warren, iron vise,
4.00
Mrs. C. A. Wilkinson, supplies,
47.05
J. A. Fitts, groceries,
196.84
Wm. Ryan, shoeing and jobbing, 1893, 12.35
Wm. Ryan, shoeing and jobbing, 1894. 5.85
E. Bullard, meat, . 122.83
Medfield Market, 34.22
A. A. Dean, shoeing and jobbing, 2.25
Blood Brothers, seed barley,
4.00
Blood Brothers, grass seed,
6.25
Blood Brothers, bag of salt,
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for teapot, . .70
.75
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for bed pan, 1.35
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for step-ladder,
1.25
J. W. Robinson, expenses to Boston, .92
J. E. Lonergan, 14,200 lbs. of coal, 42.60
C. H. Russell, labor on barn cellar wall, .
13.92
Dr. A. Mitchell, medical attendance on inmates, 22.00
J. J. Cunningham, boots and shoes,
4.70
J. W. Conger, supplies, 23.77
H. A. Jordan, . 4.50
J. W. Robinson, cash paid for tea-kettle, etc., 2.25
C. W. Spaulding, repairing wood wagon, . 7.85
L. Babcock & Son, glass and setting, . 1.25
Martin L. Cheaney, difference in cows,
105 00
E. J. Keyou, medicine, . 2.70
F. W. Cutter, shoeing and jobbing, 7.75
M. C. Adams, service of bull, 2.00
W. S. Stevens, medicine, 6.05
G. W. Kingsbury, butchering two hogs, 2.25
G. W. Kingsbury, grinding grain, 3.60
Hamlet Wight, sawing lumber, 9.83
H. W. Wight, ice, 4.40
H. M. Parker, supplies and express,
3.55
Carried forward, . $2,519.94
J. W. Robinson, blankets and robes, 5.00
44
Brought forward, . $2,519.94
Paid E. M. Bent, cement, 1.60
J. W. Robins, I stove, . 10.00
J. J. Cunningham, repairing harness, etc., 15.15
J. J. Cunningham, shoes, etc., 6.90
J. B. Hale, insurance on personal property, . 14.75
C. F. Bruce, meat, 98.24
$2,666.58
Inmates in Almshouse Feb. 1, 1895 : -
Mrs. N. H. Cheaney, aged 71 years.
Miss Affie Hanks, aged 27 years.
Alphies B. Hanks, aged I year 11 months.
Clarence A. Kingsbury, aged 42 years.
Emma Kingsbury, aged 41 years.
Flora Kingsbury, aged 17 years.
Lottie Kingsbury, aged 6 years.
James F. Cary, aged 43 years. Admitted July, 1894. Average number of paupers, 772.
Average cost per week, $4.83.
SUPPORT OF THE POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
.City of New Bedford, for aid furnished Mrs. Watson Cooper,
$9.00
Dr. J. A. Flandreau, for medical attendance on Lyman Wiley, 11.25
Geo. Benson, nursing and care of Lyman Wiley, . 15.00
Funeral expenses of Lyman Wiley (for robe, casket, and expense of moving his body from London- derry, Vt.), . 56.30
A. B. Parker's services at the funeral of Lyman Wiley, 8.00 G. W. Kingsbury, for telegraphing, etc., on account of L. Wiley, 2.50
City of Chicopee, for aid furnished Mrs. Geo. E. Rich- ardson and family, 41.25
Aid furnished Mrs. Lucy Small, 20.00
Aid furnished Mrs. Emma Shattuck, . 14.00
Codding & Schools, goods for Louise Guild, 25.96
Carried forward, . $203.26
45
Brought forward, . $203.26
Codding & Schools, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, II.25
J. A. Fitts, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, 3.00
Boston Branch, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, . 8.15
H. A. Jordan, goods for Geo. H. Morrill, 7.95
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