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35.00
Flag for C. School-house,
12.00
Fireworks for the flag-raising,
10.70
Express on fireworks and flag,
.30
George S. Perry, supplies,
33.75
Harper & Bros., supplies,
5.67
Effingham, Maynard & Co., supplies, .
2.04
Wm. W. Preston, repairs on door-spring, C. School- house, .25
Wm. W. Preston, repairs on pump, N. School-house, 1.25
Boston Spar Co., flag-staff, C. School-house, 24.00
William Ryan, irons for flag-staff, C. School-house, 12.00
Blood Bros., 4,190 lbs. of coal, C. School-house, .
13.09
Amount carried forward, ·
$639.76
7
Amount brought forward, $639.76
Paid H. M. Parker, express,
4.05
J. E. Lonergan, one cord of wood, C. School-house, 5.50 William S. Tilden, 6 readers and 2 lessons to teachers, 4.16
N. F. Harding, labor of flag-staff, II.25
G. A. Morse, services as truant officer, 1889, 3.25
J. E. Lonergan, eighteen tons of coal, C. School- house, 107.40
A. F. Engley, two steel mats, N. School-house, 6.00
Mrs. McGrory, cleaning N. School-house, 3.50
J. Johnston, cleaning out vaults and removing ashes, C. School-house, 6.00
Medfield Water Co., laying and connecting pipes for water at C. School-house, 50.00
W. W. Preston, repairing pump, N. School-house, .50
W. W. Preston, coal-hods, etc., C. School-house, . .92
James McGrory, sawing wood, N. School-house, . J. B. Lippincott Co., supplies,
1.00
Horace Partridge Co., supplies, 10.00
8.80
Leach, Shewell & Sanborn, supplies, 1.20
George S. Perry, supplies, 44.75
Boston School Supply Co., supplies,
3.77
Thompson, Brown & Co., supplies, 3.25
American Book Co.,
3.07
G. D. Hamant, three cords oak wood, S. School- house, 19.50
G. D. Hamant, one cord pine wood, C. School- house, 5.50
J. E. Lonergan, coal, C. School-house, 47.63
J. E. Lonergan, wood, C. School-house, 4.75
T. L. Barney, brushes, oil, etc., C. School-house, . 4.05
Wm. S. Tilden, 6 readers and 2 lessons to teachers, 4.16
H. M. Parker, express, 4.20
$ 1,007.92
Appropriation for fuel, care, supplies, and books . $1,200.00
Expended for fuel, care, supplies, and books, 1,007.92
$192.08
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REPAIRS ON SCHOOL-HOUSES.
Paid W. W. Preston, stock and labor N. School-house,
J. McGrory, 66 66 66
C.
.
N. F. Harding,
66
C. 3.53 .
N. F. Harding, 66 66 66
N.
·
2.38
L. Babcock & Son, 66 66 N.
2.15
L. Babcock & Son, "
6.48
L. Babcock & Son, " 66 66
66 C. S.
.75
C. F. Bruce, 66 66 66
C.
66
8.25
$38.41
Appropriation for repairs,
$ 100.00
Expended for repairs,
38.41
Unexpended,
$61.59
HIGHWAYS.
Paid C. H. Russell, repairs on Orchard Street, 1889,
$17.24 H. M. Parker on account of highways, 2,667.41
$2,684.65
Appropriation for roads and sidewalks, $2,600.00
For items see Superintendent's report.
BRIDGES.
Paid Union Lumber Co. for plank,
$24.49
H. M. Parker for repairing bridges, 142.58
$167.07
Appropriation,
100.00
Exceeded,
$67.07
For items see Superintendent's report.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid W. W. Preston, stove grate, etc., $1.15
Calvin Fuller for services of fire-engine men, 310.50
Frank Briggs for services of Hook and Ladder men, 131.00
Amount carried forward, $442.65
$1.00 13.87
.
66
9
Amount brought forward, $442.65
Paid A. A. Blake, care of fire-engine,
14.25
J. W. Paige, stencil-marker, lock, etc., 1.92
W. Grace, care of Hook and Ladder truck, . 10.00
J. Hinman, charges for extinguishers, 16.00
Board of Engineers, services, 42.00
H. M. Parker, express,
3.00
J. E. Lonergan, pine limbs,
.75
E. M. Bent, one-half ton of coal, Hook and Ladder room, 3.15
E. M. Bent, two feet of wood, Hook and Ladder room, 1.25
E. J. Keyou, glycerine and sweet oil, 3.75
W. W. Preston, stove-pipe and labor Hook and Ladder,
1.00
T. L. Barney, oil and lamp chimney, .22
$539.94
Appropriation,
800.00
Unexpended,
$260.06
GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid James Ord, twenty-six feet of drain pipe, $7.02
Fred H. Morse, tending sewer basin,
13.00
Geo. H. Ellis, two order books,
7.00
Geo. H. Ellis, printing 700 Town Reports,
102.93
Geo. H. Ellis, printing 100 Cemetery Reports,
8.75
Geo. H. Ellis, printing 25 School Reports, . 2.50
G. W. Kingsbury, postage on town reports, .
4.00
G. W. Kingsbury, mucilage, ink, and stationery,
.80
Thomas Groom & Co., tax book, . 1.50
W. W. Preston, repairing town pump,
1.25
Morse, Whyte & Co., gravel screen,
8.00
Parker & Wood, road tools,
20.77
George Tylor & Co., sections and point for scraper,
8.00
H. M. Parker, express, . .
10.85
H. G. Crosby, services as constable July 4 and 5, 3.00 G. A. Morse, services as constable July 4 and 5, 3.00 Bennett Wilson, services as constable July 4 and 5, Amount carried forward, · $205.37
3.00
IO
Amount brought forward, $205.37
Paid W. E. Fales, special police service,
5.00
W. F. Abell, care of town clock one year, 25.00
W. W. Preston, repairing pump, etc.,
1.15
W. F. Guild, assessors' book,
1.00
W. F. Guild, schedule blanks,
2.75
S. J. Spear, printing,
15.50
L. Babcock & Son, painting street boards,
3.00
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor on catch basin, N. Street, 12.50
G. W. Kingsbury, perambulating town lines, set- ting bound-posts, and cash paid for splitting the same, 13.00
Geo. W. Bruce, perambulating town lines and set- ting bound-posts, 12.00
J. McGrory, setting guide-posts, 1.50
William Ryan, sharpening picks, . .75
James Hewins, legal advice for Overseers, 5.00
G. A. Morse, posting four town-meeting warrants, 4.00
T. L. Barney, two stone posts,
2.50
T. L. Barney, weighing hay and straw, .57
A. B. Parker, returning twenty deaths for 1890, 5.00
J. H. Baker, repairing road-scraper, 1.15
J. H. Baker, repairing snow-plough, 2.25
S. J. Spear, recording births, marriages, and deaths, 14.55
S. J. Spear, journey to Dover, .
2.00
S. J. Spear, postage and stationery, . 2.25
N. F. Harding, making and putting up street boards, 9.49
William Ryan, repairing road-scraper, . 4.80
H. M. Parker, express, 2.30
H. M. Parker, stone covers for catch-basins, etc., . 13.50
G. W. Bruce, postage and stationery, .65
H. M. Parker, on account of labor on sewer, 26.74
H. M. Parker, trimming brush and removing snow, 48.85
H. M. Parker, services as Superintendent of Streets,
163.20
$607.32
Appropriation,
1,000.00
Expended,
607.32
Unexpended,
$392.68
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TOWN HOUSE EXPENSES.
Paid W. W. Preston, cleaning out furnace, etc., $1.00
E. M. Bent, one cord of wood, 5.50
W. H. Everett, care of Town Hall, 150.00
Blood Bros., 3,940 lbs. coal, 12.28
Blood Bros., 2,150 lbs. coal, 6.72
Blood Bros., two tons coal, . 12.50
N. F. Harding, repairs on door and check-spring, 5.98
L. Babcock & Son, stock and labor,
5.43
Lawrence, Wilde & Co., four office chairs, 26.00
H. G. Crosby, 34 nights in hall, 17.00
J. Johnston, cleaning vaults, 10.00
J. B. Hale, writing leases, 1.00
N. F. Harding, stock and labor in west room, 19.67 Medfield Water Co., laying and connecting pipes for water in Miss Rhodes's store, 35.00
W. W. Preston, repairs on furnace,
17.50
Mrs. F. H. Phelps, cleaning hall and anterooms, . 6.50
Mrs. F. H. Phelps, soap, ammonia, etc., for same,
.79
Mrs. Clara Babcock, cleaning hall and anterooms, 6.55
C. F. Bruce, stock and labor on chimney, .
21.00
L. Babcock & Son, setting glass,
4.00
G. W. Bruce, for man 23 hours cleaning hall, William Ryan, braces for chimney,
4.02
2.90
Blood Bros., 2 tons of coal, . 13.00
W. W. Preston, brush, coal-sieve, etc.,
2.10
N. F. Harding, staging for chimney,
25.47
$411.91
Rents of stores and hall,
$687.18
Expended,
411.91
$275.27
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid Wm. C. Allen, services as Registrar, 1889,
$6.00
H. F. Bullard, services as Registrar, 1889, 6.00
J. G. Hutson, services as Registrar, 1889,
6.00
S. J. Spear, services as Registrar, 1889, Amount carried forward,
6.00
$24.00
I2
Amount brought forward, $24.00
Paid R. A. Battelle, collecting in full for 1889,
105.9I
R. A. Battelle, collecting in part for 1890, 90.00 James Hewins, services as School Committee, 1889, 35.00
Joseph Allen, services as School Committee, 35.00
Wm. P. Hewins, services as Assessor, 1890, 40.00
Wm. F. Guild, services as Assessor, 1890, .
40.00
A. B. Parker, services as Assessor, 1890,
30.00
B. Wilson, services at November election, 1890, 2.00
W. F. Abell, services as Balloting Clerk, 1890, 2.00
I. B. Codding, services as Balloting Clerk, 1890, 2.00
E. E. Newell, services as Balloting Clerk, 1890, 2.00 Joseph E. Allen, services as Overseer of Poor, 20.00 William Ryan, services as Overseer of Poor, 20.00
H. W. Hutson, services as Overseer of Poor, S. J. Spear, services as Town Clerk,
20.00
G. W. Bruce, services as Selectman,
50.00
G. W. Kingsbury, services as Selectman, 75.00
H. M. Parker, services as Selectman, 50.00
R. A. Battelle, services as Treasurer, 60.00
A. A. Lovell, services as Auditor,
15.00
Appropriated,
650.00
Exceeded,
. $107.91
MILITARY AID.
Paid E. G. Babcock,
$108.00
Watson Cooper,
·
.
72.00
$180.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Joseph Clark, Quartermaster of Moses Ellis Post II7, G. A. R.,
$50.00
Appropriation,
$50.00
TAXES.
State Tax, .
. $1,015.00
County Tax,
780.56
Amount carried forward,
$1,795.56
40.00
$757.91
I3
Amount brought forward,
.
$1,795.56
Town of Millis,
7.50
Town of Walpole,
1.67
$1,804.73
Abatement of Taxes, .
$68.20
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid W. W. Preston, for lamp and bracket, $0.75
H. W. Austin, insurance on books, 37.50
De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., library books, 102.15
Miss L. M. Johnson, services as Librarian, 85.00
N. F. Harding, stock and labor, 32.56
J. Herbert Baker, for supplies, 7.13
J. Herbert Baker, labor on Catalogues, 15.00
J. Herbert Baker, cash paid for labor on Catalogues, 27.25
Library Bureau for brass numbers, 27.36
H. D. Humphrey, library books, . 29.20
L. Babcock & Son, stock and labor,
27.10
S. J. Spear, for printing, 11.50
G. H. Ellis, printing 500 Catalogues, 243.85
G. H. Ellis, printing 100 bound in cloth,
16.00
Mrs. E. P. Ord, one set "Darkest Africa," 7.50
H. M. Parker, express,
3.75
$673.60
Appropriation,
$100.00
Dog Tax,
246.98
Cummings Income,
50.00
Discount on printing Catalogues,
25.00
$421.98
Exceeded appropriation,
$251.62
SUPPORT OF THE POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Payments,
$1,377.02 ·
For items see Report of Overseers. Appropriation,
$600.00
Income,
779.44
.
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SUPPORT OF THE POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Payments,
$50.00
For items see Report of Overseers.
1 SUPPORT OF INSANE AT HOSPITALS.
Payments, .
. $508.40
For items see Report of Overseers.
NOTES PAID.
Paid Searle, Dailey & Co., money borrowed in anticipa- tion of taxes, . . $3,000.00
George H. Smith, executor to the estate of Joanna H. Smith,
500.00
$3,500.00
INTEREST ON BORROWED MONEY.
Paid Medway Savings Bank, $150.00
Hamlet Wight, guardian for Daisy E. Curtis, 105.00
Hamlet Wight, Trustee of School Fund, 150.61
Mrs. John W. Shumway, 50.00
Searle, Dailey & Co., . 63.35
G. H. Smith, executor to estate of Joanna H. Smith, 25.00
$543.96
Appropriated,
$600.00
Expended,
.
543.96
$56.04
CEMETERY.
Paid Cemetery Committee for plan to the addition to
the cemetery, .
$328.97
Cemetery Committee on account of care of same, 300.00
$628.97
Unexpended from last year, . $263.33
Appropriation,
300.00
$563.33
Exceeded,
$65.64
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid for Teaching schools, . · $2,936.95
Fuel, care, supplies, and books,
1,007.92
Repairs on school-houses,
38.41
Highways,
2,684.65
Repairs of bridges,
167.07
Fire Department, .
539.94
General expenses, .
607.32
Town-house expenses,
411.91
Town officers,
757.91
Military aid,
180.00
Memorial Day,
50.00
Taxes, .
1,804.73
Abatement of taxes,
68.20
Public Library,
673.60
Support of the poor at Almshouse,
1,377.02
Support of the poor out of Almshouse,
50.00
Support of the insane in hospitals,
508.40
Borrowed money,
3,500.00
Interest on borrowed money,
543.96
On account of cemetery,
628.97
Whole amount of payments,
$18,536.96
RESOURCES.
Balance in treasury Feb. 1, 1891,
$3,825.49
Uncollected taxes for 1890,
1,883.20
Due from State, for military aid, 1890,
90.00
Due from Sarah E. Carr, guardian for John E. Bullard,
170.88
Due from town of Brewster for aid furnished Mrs. Lucy A. Small, .
15.00
Due from Overseers of Poor,
58.53
$6,043.10
LIABILITIES.
Medway Savings Bank,
$3,500.00
Trustees of School Fund,
2,510.20
Hamlet Wight, guardian for Daisy E. Curtis,
2,100.00
Estate of John W. Shumway, note,
1,000.00
Amount carried forward,
$9, 110.20
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Amount brought forward,
$9,110.20
Cummings Trust Fund,
1,000.00
George M. Smith Trust Fund, . 500.00
Mary T. Derby's Legacy for care of cemetery lot, 100.00
George M. Smith's Legacy for care of cemetery lot, . 100.00
Outstanding order, 5.00
$10,815.20
Liabilities exceed resources,
$4,772.10
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. KINGSBURY, ) Selectmen GEORGE W. BRUCE, of
HENRY M. PARKER, Medfield.
Examined and found correct.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
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ENGINEERS' REPORT.
TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN :
Gentlemen,- We beg leave to report our department in good condition.
The Engine and Hook and Ladder Companies are well officered and well organized, and are without doubt as good men as the department ever had. They are first-class, ready and willing to respond to every call of duty.
The machines are in good condition and ready for use.
We have on hand eighteen hundred feet of good sound hose.
We have been wonderfully favored, and have no fires to report.
We recommend the building of two reservoirs, one on Pleasant Street and one on North Street, in case of fire, as the town is in need of some such water supply on the above-named streets.
MEDFIELD ENGINE COMPANY NO. I.
Foreman, G. F. MITCHELL. Treasurer, HENRY YOUNG.
First Ass't, D. M. BENT. Clerk, CALVIN FULLER. Second Ass't, C. CLARK. Steward, A. A. BLAKE.
Total membership, 32. Average attendance, 20.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. I.
Foreman, M. E. GRIFFIN. Treasurer, J. E. ALLEN.
First Ass't, J. E. ALLEN. Clerk, F. T. BRIGGS. Second Ass't, T. F. KENNEDY. Steward, W. N. GRACE.
Total membership, 20. Average attendance, 18.
J. W. PAIGE, - Board W. F. HARDING, of
W. E. FALES,
Engineers.
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector for 1889 and 1890, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF MEDFIELD. .
Dr. 1889.
1889.
Cr.
By Cash and Abatements paid
Treasurer,
$1,606.67
To uncollected Tax for 1889, . .
$1,606.67
Interest paid Treasurer,
·
$65.31
1890.
To commitment for 1890,
. . $13,983.20
1890.
By Cash paid Treasurer,
$12,100.00
Uncollected Taxes,
1,883.20
$13,983.20
MEDFIELD, Jan. 31, 1891.
R. A. BATTELLE, Collector.
Examined and found correct.
ALBERT A. LOVELL, Auditor.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Amount of personal property at Town Farm February I, $2,246.62 POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Appropriation,
$600.00
Received of C. & B. Wight, milk,
669.55
T. L. Smith, hay,
2.80
T. L. Smith, ploughing,
1.00
Albert Dean, cider,
.
1.30
William Cook, hay,
11.30
Lodging strangers,
1.00
Poultry, .
12.50
Eggs,
.30
William Cook, hay,
17.20
Two calves, .
2.75
William Ryan, straw,
3.85
Boston Branch, potatoes,
4.50
E. E. Newell, pork,
27.36
Eggs,
12.28
Potatoes,
5.00
Use of roller,
.35
$1,379.44
Due from E. Bullard, potatoes,
9.90
Charles Bullard, hay,
9.93
William Cook, hay,
15.00
C. F. Bruce, cow,
16.00
Joseph Page, straw,
7.70
$1,437.97
H. W. HUTSON. WILLIAM RYAN. JOSEPH E. ALLEN.
6.40
F. B. Morse, hay,
.
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PAYMENTS.
Paid T. L. Barney, groceries, .$63.54
C. F. Bruce, meat,
34.39
E. E. Newell, meat, 46.32
J. A. Fitts, groceries,
72.78
Blood Bros., grain,
239.86
J. M. Johnson, bread and crackers,
20.42
W. W. Preston, pump and repairs,
12.65
A. L. Allen, two tons bran,
34.00
A. L. Allen, 132 pounds meat,
6.60
A. L. Allen, 2 bushels rye, ¿ bushel grass seed,
3.25
J. H. Wyeth, salary in full,
374.80
Albert Dean, blacksmithing,
15.61
J. B. Bussey, one cow,
40.00
H. W. Hutson, one cow,
44.00
J. A. Newell, balance between cows,
6.00
E. L. Metcalf, crackers,
3.67
William Harding, fish, .
32.76
N. F. Harding, lumber,
9.55
Wm. Ryan, shoeing horses, repairing mowing ma- chine and wagons, 42.35
Lowell Babcock, paint,
5.19
G. H. Morrill, 65 pounds tree ink, 6.25
5.63
E. Bullard, meat, .
20.45
Geo. W. Kingsbury, grinding corn,
1.50
Geo. W. Kingsbury, killing hogs,
3.00
H. E. Farnsworth, crackers,
11.00
John Noonan, cleaning well,
3.00
William Weiker, two tons sprouts,
27.00
J. W. Conger, dry goods,
13.60
Boston Branch, groceries,
52.60
Nathaniel Adams, service of bull,
2.00
Dr. Richardson, medical attendance,
3.25
Peter Gorman, salary,
120.00
$1,377.02
Joseph Curtis, meat,
2I
Poor out of Almshouse : - Appropriation,
$600.00
Paid Taunton Insane Hospital,
Board of Sylvester L. Woods, . $169.46
Worcester Insane Hospital, Board of Susan M. Bullard, ·
169.48 338.94
Unexpended, .
·
$261.06
Poor at Almshouse : -
Herbert A. Kingsbury, age 47.
Benjamin Cheeney.
Average number,
Cost per week,
$6.00
Lodging 146 tramps at 25 cents each, . $36.50
Total receipts of Farm,
$837.95
Appropriation,
600.00
Total,
$1,437.95 .
Total Payments,
1,377.02
Unexpended,
$60.93
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan. 8.
Charles Hudson Danforth.
Jan. II.
Henry Edwin Young.
Feb. 16.
Eva May Dean.
Feb. 21.
Roland B. Newcombe.
Feb. 27.
Zilpha Clark.
Albert A. and Margaret Dean. Albert E. and Jennie Newcombe. Wilbert H. and Abbie M. Clark.
Mar. 12.
Harold Stevens Tuell.
May 8.
Edna May Newell.
May 26.
Clarence Bolton Grant.
June 9.
Albert Clarence Webb.
July IO.
Mildred Warner.
Aug. 9.
Leo. Henry Dawson.
Aug. 22.
Duncan Robert Locke.
Sept. 10.
Herbert Lemuel Dana Morrill.
Dec. 7.
Mabel Luella Clark.
Dec. 15.
Nara Agnes Lynch -
Fred B. and Helen M. Danforth. Henry E. and Ada M. Young.
Everett D. and Ada M. Tuell. Edward E. and Florence P. Newell. William and Mary Grant.
John W. and Frances C. Webb. Charles and Lizzie Warner. James H. and Abbie D. Dawson. William H. and Hattie M. Locke.
George W. and Mary E. Morrill. Alanson H. and Clara A. Clark Daniel and Mary Lynch.
Total number of births, 15. Males, 9. Females, 6.
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.
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MARRIAGES IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1890.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCES.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan. I.
Mary A. Newell,
Medfield, Mass., 5
Jan. 19.
Catherine A. Davett,
Jan. 25.
Chilla M. Byrd,
Feb. 15.
George E. Bonney,
Harriet E. Cheney,
Edward C. Snyder,
Mar. 19.
Carrie C. Fuller,
May I.
George H. Shumway, Ida May Rogers,
Medfield, Mass., Warner, N.H.,
May
24.
Bertha T. Atwood,
Medfield, Mass.,
May 28.
Jane F. Flagg,
Medfield, Mass., Needham, Mass., ) Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Eastport, Me., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass.,
L. S. Bowerman. In Boston, Mass., by Rev. John Koren. In Millis, Mass., by Rev. E. O. Jameson. In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer. In Lynn, Mass., by Rev. John D. Pickles.
Sept. 17.
Mary E. Larrabee,
Medfield, Mass.,
Sept. 23.
Daniel W. Thomas, Ida E. Fuller,
Walpole, Mass.,
In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer. In Medfield, by Rev. N. T. Dyer.
Nov. 4.
Kate E. Stone,
In Medfield, by Rev. W. W. Hayward.
Nov. 6.
Nellie I. Wood,
§ Herbert A. Bryant,
Nov. 27.
Grace M. Hurlburt,
Boston, Mass., Boston, Mass.,
In Medfield, by J. B. Hale, justice of peace. In Foxboro, by Rev. Fr. P. Callahan. In Amherst, N.H., by Rev. A. M. Pendleton. In Medfield, by Rev. W. W. Hayward. In Medfield, by Rev. L. S. Bowerman. In Warner, N.H., by Rev. Robert Bennett. In Foxboro, Mass., by Rev. A. L. Snell. In Needham, Mass., by Rev. John Peterson. In Medwav, Mass., by Thomas B. Lomney. In Medfield, by Rev.
June 8.
Daniel T. Haggerty, Mary E. McGuinness,
Frank T. Briggs,
July 24.
Mabelle E. Braman,
Theodore Pederson,
July 24.
Karen A. Yellum, Jesse M. Bean,
' July 31.
Mary E. Cossinger,
Edward M. Bent,
Sept.
Emma L. Richards, Seth L. Grant,
Medfield, Mass.,
Nov. 2.
Frank J. Miller,
Ada Smith, John Garland,
Henry R. Grant,
Medfield, Mass .. New York, N.Y., Medfield, Mass., S. Framingham,Mass., S. Framingham, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass.,
In Yarmouth, Me., by Rev. L. Reynolds. In Medfield, by Rev. L. S. Bowerman.
James H. Grant,
Medfield, Mass , 1
John T. Kennedy,
Medfield, Mass.,
Waldo E. Kingsbury,
Medfield, Mass., Medfield, Mass., Amherst, N.H., W.Dedham,Ms., Medfield, Mass., Woonsocket, R.I., Medfield, Mass.,
William A. Fales,
Lincoln A. Farnsworth, Medfield, Mass.,
Total number of marriages, 19. Married in town, 9. Married out of town, IO.
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DEATHS IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1890. '
DATE.
NAMES.
AGE. Yrs. Mos. Days.
DISEASE.
Jan.
I.
Susan J Chase.
71
9
2S
Heart Disease.
Jan. IS.
Henry F. Wight.
60
2
I
Anæmia.
Mar.
II.
Lucy Morse.
S3
2
7
Disease of Heart.
Mar. 17.
Bertha M. Wiley.
16
II
I7
Consumption.
April
· I.
Nancy Curtis.
S2
3
19
Heart Failure.
April
I.
Charles S. Chabot.
44
5
20
Convulsions.
April 17.
Bernice S. Chipman.
So
6
I3
Heart Disease.
May
5.
Julia Lamb.
67
6
S
Heart Disease.
May
19.
Hughena Ryan.
36
4
25
Peritonitis.
July
IO.
William F. Mason.
56
6
I
Consumption.
July
24.
Andrew J. Johnson.
63
S
IS
Dropsy.
Aug.
IS.
Mildred Warner.
I
17
Whooping Cough.
Sept.
3.
Albert A. Lovell.
9
I
25
Paralysis.
Oct.
I 5.
Joanna H. Smith.
S2
9
4
Heart Failure.
Oct.
19.
Lucinda Brigham.
S3
II
19
Marasmus.
Nov.
2.
Bridget A. Mulligan.
49
Tumor.
Nov. 28.
William H. Mann.
36
I
5
Dec.
21.
Abigail L. Fiske.
S2
IO
IS
Pneumonia.
Dec.
30.
Mary Parker.
S3
I
S
Debility.
Between the ages of 80 and 90 years,
S
Between the ages of .60 and So years,
4
Between the ages of 40 and 60 years,
3
Between the ages of 20 and 40 years,
2
Between the ages of 10 and 20 years,
I
Under 10 years of age,
3
Total,
21
Males,
S Females,
13
A true copy.
Attest :
STILLMAN J. SPEAR, Town Clerk.
S
9
Marasmus.
April 25.
George W. Winship.
July
16.
Millie F. Jordan.
2
Heart Failure.
Concussion of Brain.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The annual report of the School Committee is herewith respect- fully submitted : - ,
At the close of the summer term last year Mr. E. F. De Nor- mandie, principal of the high school, Miss Winn of the grammar school, and Miss Colby of the intermediate school, resigned their positions to engage in other pursuits.
The following persons were appointed to fill their places : Mr. Edwin H. Whitehill, a graduate of Amherst College and a teacher of experience, as principal of the high, Miss Carrie A. Smith of the grammar, and Miss Edith E. Hewins of the intermediate schools, the two latter being graduates of the Framingham Nor- mal School. All are doing very satisfactory work. We can add nothing to our previous reports of the excellent work done by Miss Dorr of the North, Mrs. Chase of the South, and Mrs. Dunn of the primary schools.
Few towns have a more faithful, efficient, and harmonious corps of teachers ; and their classes are more nearly up to the required standard than formerly.
We have reason to expect much better results at the annual summer examination than heretofore.
READING.
During the past year the teachers have given extra attention to reading, and much improvement has been made ; but more remains to be done, especially in the upper departments.
A remark lately made by a gentleman visiting the schools of a neighboring city might be applicable to schools generally. He said that the reading was quite good in the primary grades, but grew poorer and poorer through the upper grades.
DRAWING AND MUSIC.
During the year Mr. Bailey, State teacher of drawing, has met the teachers several times to systematize this department; and as
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much has been accomplished as could be expected in the time devoted to it.
Mr. W. S. Tilden has also met the teachers to aid in musical instruction, to whom we are under obligations.
HYGIENE.
While the laws of the State require that instruction shall be given in hygiene in all the schools, especially concerning the evil effects of tobacco and spirituous liquors upon the young, the fol- lowing laws indicate what the community is expected to do to aid in this important work : -
(Chap. 72, Acts of 1886.)
SECTION I. No person shall sell any cigarette, snuff, or tobacco in any of its forms to any person under sixteen years of age.
SECT. 2. No person other than the minor's parent or guardian shall give any cigarette, snuff, or tobacco in any of its forms to any minor under sixteen years of age.
Penalty not exceeding $50.
(Chap. 390, Acts of 1889.)
SECT. 24. Whoever, by himself or his agent or servant, sells or gives intoxicating liquors to a minor, either for his own use, the use of his parent or of any other person, or allows a minor to loiter upon the premises where such sales are made, shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each offence, to be recovered by the parent or guardian of such minor in an action of tort.
To instil into the minds of the children right principles and to protect them from forming bad habits are sacred duties of any people.
SCHOOL FLAG.
Last fall Mrs. Dunn and Miss Colby, with their pupils, gave a very successful entertainment in the Town Hall, and raised suffi- cient funds to purchase a fine flag, which was presented to the Centre School with appropriate exercises, aided by the Moses Ellis Post and the Medfield Band.
DISCIPLINE.
The discipline in all the schools is very satisfactory. It is remarked by strangers who visit them that they rarely see so well behaved and neatly dressed a class of pupils. This speaks well for the home influence as also for the teachers.
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