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59.52
Wm. F. Harding, for fish and oysters,
29.70
J. M. Johnson, for bread, crackers, etc.,
20.91
J. H. Gould, meal, bran, etc.,
95.00
J. H. Gould, coal,
41.43
Blood Brothers, meal, oats, bran, etc.,
46.86
Wm. Ryan, blacksmithing,
10.15
Wm. Ryan, haying tools,
4.20
Wm. W. Preston, repairing pumps, 5.60
Wm. W. Preston, repairing tinware and bathtub, .95
Wm. W. Preston, dipper,
.35
Waldo E. Kingsbury, grinding corn, 7.50
H. G. Crosby, carting ice, . 6.50
J. A. Fairbanks, repairing boots and shoes, 6.85
Geo. H. Wight, four gallons vinegar, . .80
Geo. H. Wight, one cask, .75
Geo. H. Wight, making cider, 5.12
I. L. Lawrence, salary in full, 95.00
I. L. Lawrence, cash paid for labor packing ice, 2.40
Thomas Rourke, packing ice, .
3.50
Mrs. I. L. Lawrence, clothing for Kingsbury family, . 3.15
J. G. Wight, stock and labor on barn, . 7.00
John W. Shumway, labor on barn,
L. Babcock & Son, oiling floors, . 1.35
3.37
L. Babcock & Son, glass and setting, . 2.20
L. Babcock & Son, paint, varnish, and stain, 5.08
M. F. Campbell, repairs on mower, 8.00
M. L. Cheney, difference in exchange of cattle, 5.00
J. H. Baker & Co., 2 whiffletrees, 1.50
A. A. Dean, blacksmithing, 7.52
L. A. Ready, for preserve kettle,
.75
G. W. Kingsbury, butchering hogs,
2.00
R. M. J. Grant, underclothes and mittens for H. A. Kingsbury, . 5.40
R. M. J. Grant, shoes, $2.75, and arctics, $1.25, 4.00
Amount carried forward, $790.28
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Amount brought forward,
$790.28
Paid E. L. Metcalf, bread, cake, etc.,
1.39
J. W. Conger, dry goods,
5.20
J. W. Conger, two pair boots,
2.50
J. H. Wyeth, salary in full to February I,
306.00
S. L. Wyeth, labor on farm,
90.00
Overseers' stationery, postage, etc.,
1.46
Tyler Thayer, plan for Almshouse,
20.00
On account of tramp-house : -
Paid N. F. Harding, lumber, nails, and lead,
59.70
J. G. Wight, stock and labor,
35.49
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor,
17.43
James Ord, six mattresses, .
12.00
Total payments by Treasurer,
$1,341.45
ITEMS NOT INCLUDED IN TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
Received of E. E. Newell, for eggs,
$0.44
E. E. Newell, for produce,
3.02
E. L. Metcalf, 32 bushels rye,
3.50
T. L. Barney, for eggs,
.80
M. L. Cheney, for calf,
1.50
T. L. Smith, for hay,
2.80
T. L. Smith, for ploughing,
1.00
J. G. Wight, for vegetables,
1.84
$14.90
PAYMENTS.
Paid E. E. Newell, for meat,
$3.46
E. L. Metcalf, for bread, etc.,
3.50
T. L. Barney, for groceries,
.80
L. A. Wiley, service of bull,
1.50
Geo. H. Wight, making cider,
1.84
$II.IO
Paid Treasurer, but not included in our total payments, 3.80
Total receipts from farm,
$733.06
Total receipts from appropriation,
600.00
Total receipts,
$1,333.06
Total payments,
1,352.55
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Poor at Almshouse : -
Herbert A. Kingsbury, age 46.
Clarence A. Kingsbury, age 41,
Emma Kingsbury, age 37,
---
Flora Kingsbury, age 13,
Discharged April 23.
Infant Kingsbury,
Average number, 226
Cost per week,
$3.81
In estimating the cost of supporting the town's poor, the following items have been deducted from the total payments : -
Receipts from farm, $733.06
Plan of Almshouse,
20.00
Tramp-house and furnishing,
124.62
Lodging 130 tramps at twenty-five cents each, 32.50
$910.18
Poor out of Almshouse : ---
Paid Taunton Insane Asylum,
Board of John E. Bullard, . $ 169.46
Board of Sylvester L. Woods,
169.47
Worcester Insane Asylum, board of Susan M. Bullard, 169.46
Westboro Insane Asylum, board of Lewis M. Richards,
130.92
City of Boston, aid furnished Wm. Adams, 8.25
Mrs. H. R. Hunt, cash, 10.00
Mrs. Lucy F. A. Small, cash,
47.00
Dr. A. J. Runnells, for medical attendance in family of C. A. Kingsbury, . .
16.00
$720.56
Statement : -
Account with Town of Brewster,
Balance due Feb. 1, 1889,
$26.00
Cash paid Lucy F. A. Small,
47.00
$73.00
Received Feb. 8, 1889,
$26.00
Aug. 13, 1889,
28.00
$54.00
Balance due Feb. 1, 1890, . .
. $19.00
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Account with S. E. Carr, guardian for J. E. Bullard.
Balance due Feb. 1, 1889,
$97 92
Paid Taunton Insane Asylum, .
169.46
$267.38
Received of S. E. Carr, guardian,
134.00
Balance due Feb. 1, 1890,
$133.38
Appropriation, .
$600.00
Received of Town of Brewster,
54.00
Received of S. E. Carr,
134.00
$788.00
Total payments, .
720.56
Respectfully submitted, JONATHAN G. WIGHT, ) Overseers WM. F. GUILD, of the HENRY J. DUNN, Poor.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE. YEAR 1889.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
PARENTS.
1888
Nov. 5. Dec. 17. 1889.
William Clifton Schools.
Arthur Sumner Fales.
George W. and Lizzie Schools. William E. and Abbie A. Fales.
Jan. 26.
Chester Charles Warner.
Charles and Lizzie E. Warner.
Feb. 5.
Harrison Mills Bussey.
James B. and Millie E. Bussey.
Feb. 18.
Reuben A. Kingsbury.
Albert D. and Annie H. Kingsbury.
Feb. 21.
Roland Busby Newcomb.
Albert E. and Jennie Newcomb. George W. and Mary E. Morrill. John H. and Minnie E. Schools.
Mar. 6. Mar. 24. Apr. 17.
James William Tracy.
James M. and Mary Tracy. James E. and Lillian J. E. Wilkins.
Apr. 22.
Beatrice Isabel Kingsbury S Tobin.
Michael and Anna Tobin.
May 15. June 12.
Orion Wight.
Herbert W. and Della Wight. John and Nellie Mitchell.
July 17.
Mary Bellinda Sweeny.
Martin and Hannah E. Sweeny.
Aug. 8.
Bernice Staniford Chipman.
Albion S. and Edith T. Chipman.
Aug. 1 5.
Arthur Bliss Ryan.
William and Hughena Ryan.
Aug. 21.
Francis Henry Kingsbury.
Allan A. and Lillian P. Kingsbury.
Aug. 25.
Florence Rebecca Adams.
Lewis L. and Nora B. Adams.
Sept.14.
Chester Mervin Dyer.
Sept.17.
Alice Lillian Melanson.
Oct. 6. Chester Warren Turner.
Oct. 27.
Ruth Herbert Plympton.
Nov. 9. George Allen Strang.
Nov. 21. George David Cox.
Dec. 9.
Unnamed.
William H. and Stella I. Bailey.
Dec 16. Olive Idella Morse.
Fred H. and Louisa M. Morse.
Dec. 29.
Unnamed.
Geo. H. and Florence A. Wright.
Mary Augusta Schools.
George Edward Wilkins.
Bertram Edgar Kingsbury ¿
'Twins.
Edgar W. and Isabel F. Kingsbury.
June 13.
Henry Francis Mitchell.
Elmer H. E. and Alice E. Dyer. Alfred and Mary J. Melanson. George H. and Marian E. Turner. Geo. Lowell and Ellen M. Plympton. Geo. F. Allen and Abbie E. Strang. William J. and Margaret A. Cox.
Total number of births, 29. Males, 18. Females, IO. Unknown, I.
N.B .- Parents are reminded that they are required by law to give notice, within ten days thereafter, of all births occurring in their families. Blanks for this purpose will be furnished on application to the Town Clerk.
Feb. 24.
Irving Cleveland Morrill.
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MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1889.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. I.
Albert S. Chipman, Edith T. Grover,
Medfield, Mass., { Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass.,
In Medfield, by Rev. A. W. Jefferson.
Feb. 24.
Margaret A. Griffin,
Medfield, Mass., S
Feb. 27.
Mary L. McDonald, Charles S. Wilson,
Mar. 7. Anna C. Briscoe,
April 19.
James Buntin, Eunice Cox,
Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., S
In Medfield, by Rev. G. W. Lawrence.
June 4.
Orlando Mckenzie, Agnes F. Crane,
Norfolk, Mass., Medfield, Mass., §
¿ In Boston, by Rev. O. P. Gifford.
July 8. Charles F. Leeds,
Mary A. Cook,
Aug. 13.
John W. Webb, Frances C. Morrisey,
§ Dover, Mass., Medfield, Mass., S Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., { Medfield, Mass., S § Millis, Mass., 2
In Medfield, by Rev. Wm. W. Hayward. In Boston, by Rev. Francis J. Hale. In Sherborn, by Rev. Edmund Dowse.
Sept. 5.
Anna N. Richardson,
In Medfield, by Rev. Wm. W. Hayward. In Medfield, by Rev. G. W. Lawrence.
Sept. 15.
Jeremiah B. Hale, Josephine E. Plimpton, Llewellen Clark,
Medfield, Mass., ) Medfield, Mass., { Medfield, Mass., S Holliston, Mass., l In Medfield, by Rev. G. W. Lawrence. « In Medfield, by Rev. Louis S. Bowerman. Medfield, Mass., S Medfield, Mass., { Medfield, Mass., S § Medfield, Mass., ¿ In Boston, by Rev. Geo. Monroe, Me., A. Crawford. In Medfield, by Rev. Wm. W. Hayward. Medfield, Mass., { { Medfield, Mass., S § Medfield, Mass., { In Foxboro, Mass., by Medfield, Mass., S Rev. Fr. P. H. Callanan. Medfield, Mass., ¿ In Millis, Mass., by Rev. Medfield, Mass., E. O. Jameson.
Oct. 12. Abbie R. Lakeman, Oct. 16. Alphonso L. Allen, Martha A. Webber,
Oct.
30.
Oct. 30.
Timothy F. Kennedy, Katy F. McLaughlin, Henry N. Clark, Carrie J. Guild, Herbert W. Babcock, § Gertrude H. Dodge, Frederic M. Smith, Hattie E. Harlow, George W. Gamble, Sadie G. Trask,
W.Brooksv'le,Me., S Medfield, Mass., Boston, Mass.,
¿ In Boston, by Rev. Au- gustus M. Haskell.
Nov. 28.
William H. Locke,
Dec. 3. Hattie M. Fisher,
Perrin B. Colburn,
Dec. 7. Mabel S. Morse,
Medfield, Mass., 1 Medfield, Mass., S Medfield, Mass., 1 Medfield, Mass., S Dedham, Mass., { Medfield, Mass., S
In Medfield, by Rev. Wm. W. Hayward.
Aug. 26.
Fred W. Abell, Mary J. Wood,
Jerry B. Daniels,
Sept. 12.
John G. Ashley, Ada C. Glidden, George H. Turner, Marian E. Leeds,
Sept. 15.
Nov. 5.
Medfield, Mass., 1 In W. Brooksv'le, Me.,by Rev. Wilson Lennond.
Nov. 12.
In Medfield, by Rev. L. S. Bowerman. In Medfield, by Rev. G. W. Lawrence.
Total number of marriages, 22. Married in town, 14. Married out of town, 8.
Boston, Mass.,
In Medfield, by Rev. Fr. P. H. Callanan. In Medfield, by Rev. Wm. W. Hayward. In Medfield, by Rev. Theodore Gould.
William J. Cox,
William M. Grant,
§ Medfield, Mass., { Medfield, Mass., S
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DEATHS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1889.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
DISEASE.
Tan. 3.
Hannah L. Gardner.
40
IO
19
Pneumonia.
Jan. 25.
Emma F. Johnson.
48
30
Heart Disease.
Feb. 14.
Bridget Callahan.
55
Hepatitis and Anasarca.
Apr. 15.
Lizzie F. Fales.
45
IO
I2
Heart Disease.
May 10.
George F. Adams.
68
9
I3
Paralysis.
May 24.
Anna Guild.
89
3
2
Old Age.
June 18. June 22.
Peter W. Nelson.
32
2
20
Typhoid Fever.
Aug. 13.
John W. Shumway.
68
4
20
Typhilitis.
Sept. 13.
Harriet Wheeler.
80
6
2
Debility.
Sept. 23.
John A. Hunt.
69
6
21
Bright's Disease.
Oct. 6.
George R. Cameron.
2
II
Tubercular Enteritis.
Oct. 12.
Abigail Adams.
90
7
Pneumonia.
Oct. 19.
Karen Peterson.
57
6
I2
Consumption.
Nov. 6.
Christena M. Robinson.
76
I
II
Heart Failure. Bronchitis.
Dec. 13.
Edith T. Chipman.
18
6
23
Consumption.
Dec. · 13.
Charles Hamant.
77
20
Paresis.
Dec. 24.
Cora L. Crosby.
18
8
26
Consumption.
Between the ages of 90 and 100 years, Between the ages of 80 and 90 years, Between the ages of 70 and 80 years,
I
3
Between the ages of 50 and 70 years,
5
Between the ages of 30 and 50 years,
5
Between the ages of 10 and
30 years,
2
Under 10 years of age,
2
Total,
20
Males,
7 Females,
I3
A true copy.
Attest :
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Town Clerk. 3
I
Premature.
Sept. 14.
Leonard C. Wheeler.
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5
25
Phthisis Pulm.
Nov. 21.
Olive V. Reed.
84
9
13
2
Anna Tobin.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee of Medfield, in compliance with the requirement of the law, present the following report of the condi- tion of the schools of the town : -
NORTH AND SOUTH SCHOOLS.
Both of these schools are in excellent condition. The faithful and efficient work of Miss Dorr and Mrs. Chase has become too well known throughout the town to make any further comments upon these schools necessary.
CENTRE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
This school has enjoyed the same remarkable prosperity which has always attended the labors of its present teacher. In some respects, this is our most important school. Here the larger num- ber of our children are started upon the road to knowledge, and how well they are started those of you who are parents can attest.
CENTRE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
Miss Lucette Colby has continued in charge of this school throughout the year; and it is in a very satisfactory condition. Miss Colby is an excellent teacher.
CENTRE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Miss Laura M. Hewins resigned as teacher of this school, at the end of the spring term, to accept a position in the Ames School in Dedham; and the Committee engaged the services of Miss Edith L. Winn, a graduate of the Framingham Normal School. The most pleasant relations exist between Miss Winn and her pupils, and the school is doing well.
HIGH SCHOOL.
During the spring term, after many years of faithful service, Mr. Grover resigned as teacher of this school, to accept a more lucrative
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position in Boston. With his departure, the town lost a faithful, efficient, and conscientious teacher. The Committee were fortu- nate in securing in Mr. Grover's place Mr. Eugene F. De Nor- mandie, of Sherborn, who is doing good work and giving entire satisfaction. The Committee are trying the experiment of raising the grade of the school, making the course four years instead of three ; and it is hoped that parents and pupils will co-operate to make the change successful.
SCHOOL FLAGS.
During the past year renewed interest in our country's flag has been awakened, and efforts are being made to have that flag float over as many of our school-houses in Boston and elsewhere in the Commonwealth as possible. This is a most praiseworthy object. The fostering of the spirit of patriotism should have a leading place in the education of our children, and the national ensign, the sight of which fills the heart of every lover of his country with patriotic zeal, should be very familiar to them. In the words of another, let us say of the flag to our sons and our daughters : " Be- hold it! Listen to it! Every star has a tongue : every stripe is articulate. There is no language or speech where their voices are not heard. There's magic in the. web of it. It has an answer for every question of duty. It has a solution for every doubt and perplexity. It has a word of good cheer for every hour of gloom or of despondency."
STATISTICS.
Length of School in Weeks.
Whole No. of Scholars.
Average Attendance.
Percentage of Attendance.
No. over 15 years.
Wages of Teachers per month.
Schools.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
High,
16
12
28
34
3I
18
29
25
8I
83
83.33
21 18
14 $105
$90 $90
Grammar, .
16
12
34
37
34
29.95
31.7 29.I
92.5
95.3
85.5
2
5
6
45
45
45
Intermediate, .
II
I2
39
46
43
34. I
40.2
35.1
91.59 93.8
85.6
I
I
40
40
40
Primary
6
12
44
51
48
35.4
45
42
83.04 93.95 88.42
40
40
40
North,
16
12
29
26
24
25.5
22.3
22.45 93
92
91
40
40
40
South,
IT
I6
12
22
17
17
16.4
16
14.7
90.6
96.4
86.4
. .
40
40
40
-
·Where the winter term shows a falling off in the average and percentage of attendance, the loss has been occasioned by sickness.
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ROLL OF HONOR.
Neither absent nor tardy during the year : Mary Babcock, John A. Hanley, Mabel Guild.
Number of children between five and fifteen years of age in the town May 1, 1889, 197.
LIST OF TEACHERS.
Mr. EUGENE F. DE NORMANDIE, of Sherborn, . High School.
Miss EDITH 'L. WINN, of Foxborough,
Grammar School.
Miss LUCETTE COLBY, of Haverhill, Intermediate School.
Mrs. MARY B. A. DUNN, of Medfield,
Primary School.
Miss ABBIE M. DORR, of Cordaville, North School.
Mrs. SUSAN M. CHASE, of Medfield,
South School.
In behalf of the Committee,
JAMES HEWINS, Chairman.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MEDFIELD SCHOOL FUND.
Note given by Town of Medfield, bearing date of Jan. 23, 1874, for . $1,610.20 Note given by Town of Medfield, bearing date of May 2, 1885, for 875.00 Note given by Town of Medfield, bearing date of Oct. 1, 1888, for ·
Note given by Sarah A. Chickering, secured by mortgage, for 250.00
25.00
Deposits in Framingham Savings Bank,
1,000.00
Total,
$3,760.20
Respectfully submitted,
HAMLET WIGHT,
JOSEPH H. BAKER, Trustees. RALPH A. BATTELLE, S
MEDFIELD, Feb. 1, 1890.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Cash reported in hands of Committee, Feb. 1, 1889,
$34.10
received for lots sold, . . 313.00
received for old hearse house,
15.00
received of Town Treasurer, 136.67
$498.77
Cash paid, error in Report, Feb. 1, 1889, $0.20
S. J. Spear, blank deeds,
5.00
C. T. Frost, for stone front new tomb, 175.00
C. T. Frost, for labor and use of derrick, 48.50
G. W. & F. Smith Iron Co., door,
26.00
Frank Frost, hanging door, .
5.80
William Ryan, sharpening tools, .
5.21
J. H. Baker & Co., sundries,
2.45
E. M. Bent, cement,
7.00
Whalen, cutting stone,
4.75
N. F. Harding, boards,
1.18
John Noonan, stone work,
28.92
Jerry McCarthy, labor,
37.15
J. H. Schools, labor,
45.77
M. Brennen, labor,
17.00
William E. Briscoe, labor,
11.37
E. Cavenaugh, labor,
15.00
William Dugan, labor,
10.05
King Parker, labor,
4.37
James Kennedy, labor,
2.10
Stranger, labor, .
1.65
Dennis Calahan, labor,
.50
John McGrory, labor, .
1.00
Estate of J. W. Shumway, labor,
8.00
Robert Crawford, labor,
2.00
A. B. Parker, teaming,
32.80
$498.77
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH CLARK, A. B. PARKER, E. V. MITCHELL,
Cemetery Committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENLARGEMENT OF THE CEMETERY.
The Committee on the Enlargement and Improvement of the Cemetery respectfully submit the following report : -
At the annual meeting of the town in March last, it was voted that the cemetery be enlarged. A vote taken to show the prefer- ence of the meeting decided that the opposite side of the pond from the present cemetery was most desirable ; and it was further
Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair, and that said committee secure land for this enlargement, and that the committee be not restricted as to the amount of land purchased or price paid therefor.
At a special town meeting held on the 18th of May, the com- mittee reported that, in accordance with the action of the town as given above, they had purchased the land designated, which in- cluded a tract owned by Mr. Henry M. Parker, comprising eight and thirty-two one-hundredths acres (8130%), at a cost of four hun- dred dollars, also a tract of land, with buildings thereon, of Ham- let Wight, guardian of Daisy E. Curtis, comprising two and eighty- three one-hundredths acres (21%3%), at a cost of eight hundred dollars, and recommended the appropriation of twelve hundred dollars for payment for the land and thirteen hundred dollars for laying out, fencing, and improving the property purchased, and connecting the new ground with the old cemetery. At a special town meeting held May 25, the Town Treasurer was authorized to borrow twelve hundred dollars to be applied to the payment for the land and thirteen hundred dollars for improving the same. It was
Voted, That the Cemetery Committee appointed at the annual meeting in March and the committee chosen to purchase the land be constituted a commit- tee with authority to expend the money authorized by the town in improving the land purchased by the committee.
In the execution of the trust committed to them, the committee have exercised their best judgment commensurate with the means at their disposal. The old mill buildings were sold and moved
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away, and an entrance to the grounds provided at this point, from which is a new drive, following the banks of the pond to the new stone bridge which has been built across the stream at the upper end, which bridge forms the connection between the old and new grounds, with the exception of a small tract included in the old mill site. This bridge is a substantial single arch structure, constructed of granite, with a span of eight feet, and twenty feet in width. The committee would recommend that the coming year this bridge be provided with guard-stones and rails, both for the purpose of furnishing a proper finish and as a safeguard against accident. The site of the old mill buildings has been filled and graded, the street wall extended, and a few lots made available at this point. An overflow has been constructed at the dam, so as to insure its safety. The unenclosed portions of the new purchase have been fenced with a post and rail fence.
In the new grounds on the opposite side of the pond from the old cemetery and from the gate on Main Street to the bridge there has been constructed about three-fourths of a mile of ave- nue, laid out mostly in a winding manner, so as to bring out the natural beauties of the locality. The land is so admirably broken and undulating, comprising hill and dale, rock and plain, lake and grove, that the natural features are capable of being greatly devel- oped by artificial means.
There have been surveyed and laid out in the tract included in the purchase about four hundred and fifty lots, averaging about sixteen feet square; and land available for about two hundred and fifty lots has not as yet been plotted out. The pond has been cleaned out, the underbrush on the borders cleared away, and the banks seeded to grass.
Receipts.
Appropriation,
$1,300.00
Gift of Colonel Edwin V. Mitchell toward expense of bridge, 100.00
Gift of Mr. Jeremiah B. Hale toward expense of bridge, 100.00 Sale of old buildings, . · 69.00 .
Received of Mr. Henry M. Parker for hay, 31.82
Received for old iron sold,
13.84
$1,614.66
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Expenditures.
Advertising and selling buildings,
$4.21
Labor in old grounds,
65.63
J. Johnston, culvert,
27.50
C. H. Russell, teams,
16.75
W. Marshall, gravel,
5.70
H. G. Crosby, teams,
30.00
J. Johnston, bridge,
300.00
H. G. Crosby, teams,
65.00
66
103.12
66 66
36.38
William Ryan, wire,
14.82
J. Johnston, wall,
50.00
N. F. Harding, lumber and posts,
27.80
John Schools, labor,
51.02
John Y. Thurston, gravel,
20.60
Hamlet Wight, posts,
11.25
John H. Schools, labor,
12.25
Estate of John W. Shumway, labor,
5.00
T. King and Rhodusky, cleaning pond,
3.50
C. H. Russell, teams,
45.00
J. Clifford,
1.58
H. G. Crosby, teams,
59.53
John Schools, labor,
9.59
L. Codding, pond,
3.50
J. Tracy,
4.37
H. G. Crosby, teams,
54.00
J. H. Baker, stakes,
22.50
John Schools, labor,
19.30
John Schools, labor,
29.41
J. Johnston, dam,
10.00
T. L. Barney, grass seed and nails,
4.00
N. F. Harding, lumber,
5.33
J. McGrory, setting posts,
II.17
J. Y. Thurston, gravel,
24.70
E. U. Sewall, posts,
5.00
C. H. Russell, teams,
66.00
R. K. Parker, labor,
42.53
T. King, labor,
69.53
James Ryan, .
26.74
James Tracy,
24.55
John Rhodusky,
69.23
J. Clifford,
35.36
Amount carried forward,
$1,493.45
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Amount brought forward,
$1,493.45
D. M. Bent, .
43.23
L. Codding, ·
.
26.30
J. H. Baker & Co., stakes,
II.00
$1,573.98
Receipts,
$1,614.66
Expenditures,
1,573.98
Balance in hands of committee,
$40.68
From Messrs. Searle, Dailey & Co., deposited in treasury to be applied to new grounds, . $263.33
From Searle, Dailey & Co., deposited in treasury to be applied to old grounds, 136.67
Paid by Colonel E. V. Mitchell for cleaning out pond, not included in above statement,
100.00
$ 500.00
It may be considered a matter of congratulation on the part of the citizens of the town of Medfield that land could be obtained for cemetery purposes at this time, when absolutely needed, con- tiguous to the grounds which have been in use since the first set- tlement of the town. This not only gratifies a sentiment as con- necting the past with the present and future, but it insures to a very great extent the continued care and preservation of the grounds hitherto in use, as one of the first effects of establishing a new cemetery in another locality of the town, is that the old ground is allowed to fall into neglect and decay.
There is, perhaps, no one standard by which a community can be judged so accurately as by its place of burial of the dead, and no surer index of its thrift and taste. Go where we will, if we see the place where they who have preceded us on the stage of life lie buried cared for, beautified, and adorned, we judge a people who have a reverence for God, a love for man, who possess high aspirations, and have a reverence for sacred places and sacred things. If, on the other hand, a community makes poor provi- sion as to grounds, and even these are neglected and uncared for, we feel that here there is but little thought of the most holy and sacred things of life and less thought of the solemn lessons of death. May the care bestowed on these grounds, both the old and new, indicate on the part of this community a realizing sense of the obligations of the living to the memory of the dead and the most sacred regard for holy places and things !
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The committee indulge the hope that, at some day not far dis- tant, some memorial to the soldiers of this town, who gave their lives " that a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, might not perish from the earth," may adorn these grounds, and be to us, and those who shall come after us, a constant re- minder of their sacrifices and sufferings.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. HEWINS, ALONZO B. PARKER, JOSEPH A. ALLEN, ALBERT A. LOVELL, JOHN H. RICHARDSON, -
Committee.
E. V. MITCHELL,
The undersigned, members of the Committee on the Enlargement and Improvement of the Cemetery, desire to acknowledge, in behalf of the town, their appreciation of the interest in the work of the committee, and the generous gifts in this direction of the firm and individuals hereinafter mentioned.
To Messrs. Searle, Dailey & Co. we are indebted for the gift of four hundred ($400) dollars, the amount paid for land purchased of Mr. Henry M. Parker, which amount was deposited in the town treasury.
To Colonel Edwin V. Mitchell, our associate on the committee, we are under obligations for the interest which he has manifested and his hearty co-operation. To him we are indebted for the gift of one hundred ($100) dollars to be applied toward the ex- pense of the new bridge, for the gift of one hundred ($100) dollars to be applied to the cleaning out of the pond, for the deed of a strip of land bordering on Dale Street for the purpose of straight- ening the line at this point, and for the free use of gravel bank for gravelling the avenues.
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