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Primary Department.
MRS. C. P. HOWARD, Teacher.
The Summer Term in this department, has furnished us with no prominent features for commendation. The disci- pline of the school being extremely lax, it need not be sur- prising that small progress was made in studiousness aud scholarly behavior. The remark made by a visitor that "she did not know whether it was school-time or recess," portrays in a general manner the condition of the school. This term was also cut short by sickness, which, under the circumstan- ces, was not much to be regretted.
Winter Term.
HAMMOND, Visiting Committee ; D. H. PRATT, Teacher.
Mr. Pratt is a member of the School Committee of Easton, and has an enviable reputation as a teacher and disciplinarian among his own townsmen. And we are happy to say, that among us he is winning " golden opinions."
Taking the report of Dr. Collamore for the Summer Term, as a basis for the remark, we feel ourselves authorized to say, that he has brought "order out of confusion," and has secured a good degree of interest on the part of the scholars in their studies, and thoroughness and correctness in their recitations. We think the District are receiving an equivalent for their money.
Primary Department.
MRS. L. K. COOPER, Teacher.
Mrs. Cooper has been before the public as a teacher several terms, and as a Committee, we shall not add to former reports.
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District No. 2.
COPELAND, Visiting Committee ; MISS O. T. HOWARD, Teacher.
This school was under the care of the same teacher who taught it with success the summer before, but owing to the school being considerable larger, or for some reason, unknown to the Committee, the school was not marked with the same degree of energy which we had before found in her schools.
Winter Term.
HAMMOND, Visiting Committee ; E. G. AMES, Teacher.
Mr. Ames is a member of the School Committee in North Bridgewater. He is an old teacher, correct, competent and successful.
The term was but ten weeks, and altogether too short to secure the best interests of the school.
District No. 3.
COPELAND, Visiting Committee ; MISS EMILY B. REED, Teacher.
This school was, both summer and winter, under the care of a teacher who is so well known in this town, that it is needless for us to say more than that she maintained the character she has so long enjoyed, as one of our very best teachers.
The winter term was shortened on account of sickness, which very much lowered the per cent. of attendance and impaired the usefulness of the school.
District No. 4.
COLLAMORE, Visiting Committee ; MRS. M. L. SEELE, Teacher.
At the Committee's first and second visits, this school pre- sented some features requiring correction, and it was feared that the term might not result favorably to the interests of
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the school. Some hints were therefore given by us as to its management and conduct. At subsequent visits it was found that considerable improvement in this respect had been made, and the last half of the term was characterized by good order and fair progress in studies. On the whole, the school was tolerably successful, and we were happily disappointed in the result. The sudden illness of the teacher, near the comple- tion of the term, prevented a formal examination.
District No. 5, Summer Term.
COLLAMORE, Visiting Committee ; MIss M. B. HALL, Teacher.
The Summer Term of this school may be considered as quite successful. Without any striking display of energy or activity, the school was conducted quietly and steadily, the recitations were in the main, prompt and intelligible, the dis- cipline mild, but apparently effectual. Criticisms might of course be made on minor points, but on the whole the appear- ance of the school was quite satisfactory.
Winter Term.
COPELAND, Visiting Committee ; Miss M. B. HALL, Teacher.
The remarks upon the summer school, will apply equally well to the winter term.
District No. 6.
Under the care of the East Bridgewater Committee.
District No. 7.
COPELAND, Visitor ; MISS H. F. PERKINS, Teacher.
This school has heretofore been marked by great irregular- ity of attendance; more so in fact than any other school in town (last year the per cent. of attendance being only 66 of the whole number), therefore we did not, at the commence-
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ment, look for any marked improvement, but rather a dull, tedious summer for both teacher and pupils, but when, at sub- sequent visits, we found nearly every scholar there, and labor- ing with diligence, we were very happily disappointed.
The teacher deserves much praise for her judicious intro- duction of general exercises, thereby relieving the monotony of the daily routine, and keeping up the interest of the schol- ars, besides giving them much information which will be of use to them in every day life.
This school, as will be seen by the table, has the highest per cent. of attendance of any summer school.
District No. 8.
COPELAND, Visitor ; MISS S. S. WADE, Teacher.
This was Miss Wade's first attempt at school teaching, and she found the school, at the commencement, in a very disor- derly state ; but at the second visit of the Committe, we marked the order, perfect, which she maintained throughout both summer and winter terms ; the school also made fair pro- gress in their several studies, and we think Miss Wade prom- ises to make an excellent teacher.
Union District.
HAMMOND, Visiting Committee ; W. H. ALDEN, Teacher.
Mr. Alden came to us a stranger, and we were not hasty in forming our opinion of him. After careful and frequent exam- inations of his school, we feel ourselves prepared to say, that as a common school teacher, he is competent, interested, faithful, and eminently successful. No recitations we listened to as a Committee were more satisfactory than those of this school. The order we have regarded as a little lax, but not sufficiently so as to essentially injure the school.
This want of discipline we are constrained to believe has arisen from an unusual readiness to submit to authority, which has naturally resulted in a more lenient government than would have otherwise been established. Mr. Alden has been assisted by Miss Orinthia 'T. Howard, who has proved herself admira- bly adapted to her work.
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SCHOOL HOUSES.
The very first thing towards having a good school, is to have a good school house, and there has certainly been a great improvement in them within the last ten years ; but there is still room for much more. The house in No. 3, although a very good one in other respects, is altogether too small for the school, and has subjected both teacher and scholar to much inconvenience. Those in Nos. 4 and 7 are old and ill arranged, and we hope before many years to see them give place to more modern structures.
That in No. 8 is entirely unfit for a school-room in every respect, and we hope the district will take measures to substi- tute something more suitable for the purpose before another year goes by.
Before concluding our Report, we would wish to say some- thing to arouse an interest in the people of this town for their schools. It may be answered, that we already raise more money for this than for any other one thing ; this we admit, nor shall we ask you to raise more, (although we believe there is no more profitable way of investing money than in educating our children), but we do ask you to take more interest in expending the money you have voted ; we ask you to bestow a little of your time as well your money ; we ask you to have interest enough in your schools to go to your district meetings, and see that men are chosen for prudential committee who have some interest in the welfare of your schools, and see to it that they expend your money so as not to lay the town liable for heavy fines for not having a sufficient amount of schooling. We ask you to have suffi- cient interest in your children's welfare to occasionally visit them in their school-room, for nothing else will do so much to increase their interest as to know that their parents are interested in them, and not that only, but it encourages your teacher. We think our teachers have endeavored to do their duty, and a large majority have succeeded in keeping good schools. One of the greatest discouragements which they have to contend with is the irregularity of attendance, but this has been remedied in some measure the past year. And to encourage those who have been punctual, and to endeavor to stimulate others to do likewise, we subjoin a list of all those scholars who have neither been tardy or absent during the past year.
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DISTRICT No. 1. GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT. Summer Term.
Alice Howard. Hannah Dunbar.
Adelia Dunbar.
Helen Howard. Lucy Billings. Lizzie Hancock.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Ella L. Rounds.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
Winter Term.
James Pasco.
William F. Winship.
William C. Pasco.
Joseph Pasco. Adelia Dunbar.
Herbert Howard.
Everett Gould.
Hattie M. Jennings.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
Herbert Alger.
Joseph Jennings.
Irving Howard.
Anna Rounds.
Charles Burke.
Ella Rounds.
Loraine Alger.
Carrie Copeland.
DISTRICT No. 2.
Summer Term.
Frank. Copeland. Fred. Hartwell.
Winter Term.
Fred. Hartwell. William Connolly.
DISTRICT No. 3.
Summer Term.
Lizzie Martin. Harriette Copeland. William Berkley.
Edward G. Hersey.
Alice Howard.
Hannah Dunbar.
Louisa Jennings. Mary Alger.
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Winter Term.
Samuel Copeland. Charles W. Copeland.
DISTRICT No. 4.
Sarah F. Howard. Helen Packard.
DISTRICT No. 5.
Summer Term.
Dianna Beals. Katie Dolan.
Katie Hassett.
John Dolan.
DISTRICT No. 7.
Louise Copeland. Mary L. Perkins. Helen Ripley.
Charles Kane.
Walter C. Ripley.
Fred. Ripley.
DISTRICT No. 8.
Summer Term.
Jane Howard. Susan A. Holmes.
Emma V. Millet.
Irene A. Edgecomb.
Amanda Howard.
Eugene O. Geary.
Winter Term.
Susan A. Holmes.
Emma V. Millet.
Amanda Perkins.
Albert S. Hayward.
UNION DISTRICT.
Walter C. Ripley.
The number of scholars between five and fifteen, the first of May, 1861, was 375.
Per order of the Committee.
FRED. COPELAND, Secretary.
SUMMER TERMS.
Districts.
Teachers.
No. of Scholars between 5 and 15.
Whole No. attending Sohool.
Average attend- ance.
Per cent
Amount appro- of attend- priated for each ance. District.
No. 1.
Primary Department. .
Mrs. C. P. Howard. S
95
54
39
.72
No. 2.
Miss O. T. Howard .. .
40
45
37
.82
170 92
No. 3.
Miss E. B. Reed. . ..
31
34
28
.83
147 34
No. 4. .
Mrs. M. L. Selee. . .
48
42
33
.78
191 85
No. 5.
Miss M. B. Hall .....
43
59
38
.81
178 76
No. 6.
21
72
59
54
.92
254 67
No. 8. .
Miss H. F. Perkins .. . Miss S. S. Wade. . .. .
25
32
27
.84
131 63
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WINTER TERMS.
Districts.
Teachers.
Whole No. of Scholars.
Average attend- ance.
Per cent of attend- ance.
No. 1.
Primary Department. .
L. K. Cooper.
51
47
.92
No. 2.
E. G. Ames.
37
32
.88
No. 3.
E. B. Reed. .
36
30
.83
No. 5.
M. B. Hall ..
41
35
.85
No. 8 ..
S. S. Wade .
32
27
.84
Union.
O. T. Howard, Assistant . .
72
52
.74
S Grammar Department.
Mrs. L. K. Cooper .
42
33
78
$314 87
Grammar Department. .
D. H. Pratt.
50
46
.92
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W. H. Alden ..
82 72
No. 7. .
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
TOWN CLERK
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1863.
BOSTON : J. E. FARWELL AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, NO. 37 CONGRESS STREET. 1863.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND
TOWN CLERK
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1863.
BOSTON: J. E. FARWELL AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, NO. 37 CONGRESS STREET. 1863.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
: THE Selectmen of the town of West Bridgewater submit the follow- ing Report, showing the receipts, expenditures, and financial condition of said town for the year ending March 1, 1863.
We have examined the accounts of the Town Treasurer, and find that there has been received into the Treasury the following sums, viz :
Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, March 1, 1862, $ 2,385 78
Received on taxes of 1862, 6,473 99
Massachusetts School Fund,
76 13
On taxes of 1861,
3 07
For dog licenses,
52 00
For fine for keeping an unlicensed dog,
10 00
From the liquor agency,
5 09
For supplies to paupers belonging to other towns,
26 51
From the State, for aid furnished to families of volunteers in the army in 1861,
719 04
Money borrowed of Austin Packard,
500 00
William Baylies,
1,000 00
Francis Dunbar,
450 00
Azel Howard,
2,550 00
Howard & Washburn,
2,000 00
P. & N. Copeland & Co.,
500 00
Mary R. Marshall,
500 00
Avery Fobes,
300 00
J. A. Fobes,
100 00
Caroline Williams, 100 00
E. W. Alger,
100 00
N. Brainard,
100 00
Azel Lothrop,
100 00
H. P. Dunbar,
200 00
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Received money borrowed of W. D. Lindsey,
$ 200 00
D. W. Tinkham,
100 00
William O. Alger, 100 00
M. McMurphy,
90 00
William J. Stanley,
100 00
S. D. Bartlett,
200 00
J. A. Millett,
200 00
E. C. Colwell,
200 00
P. J. Leonard,
200 00
John Kane,
75 00
A. W. French,
100 00
L. F. Alden, 90 00
James Fryes,
100 00
Elizabeth Colwell,
100 00
J. M. Whitman,
100 00
Melvin Caldwell,
125 00
C. H. Colwell,
100 00
E. R. Bartlett,
75 00
H. M. Mitchell,
100 00
Bradford Packard, 50 00
E. S. Copeland,
100 00
John Copeland,
100 00
S. M. Washburn,
100 00
G. T. Shaw,
100 00
A. F. Shaw,
100 00
John Shipman,
75 00
J. L. Freeman,
100 00
J. M. French,
150 00
John O'Neil,
75 00
Hiram Curtis,
200 00
C. T. Morse,
100
100 00
L. E. Hayward, Davis Alger, 500 00
Received of the town of Somerset for transferring seven men to their account, 1,050 00
Received of the town of Swansey for transferring six men to their account, 900 00
$ 24,406 61
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We find that the Treasurer has paid from the treasury the following sums, viz : -
Paying bounties to volunteers in the army,
$ 8,100 00
Disbursements to families of volunteers,
3,124 39
State tax,
1,710 00
County tax, 920 28
For the support of schools,
1,623 99
For repairing the highways,
923 28
For the support of the poor in the Almshouse,
529 00
For the support of the poor out of the Almshouse, 330 00
For the support of H. S. Jackson at the Reform School,
26 00
Soldiers' Aid Society,
150 00
Taxes abated for the years 1856 to 1861,
109 10
For printing town reports, blanks, &c.,
31 62
For the use of the Town Hall,
40 00
To Liquor Agent, to increase the stock,
30 00
A part of school district tax in Dist. No. 1,
17 00
The balance of school district tax in Dist. No. 2,
10 95
A part of school district tax in Dist. No. 3,
20 04
A part of school district tax in Union District,
60 00
J. L. Freemen's note,
100 00
James Fryes's note,
100 00
William O. Alger's note, with interest,
101 60
Hiram Curtis's note, with interest,
203 83
Azel Howard, two notes, with interest,
259 36
Howard & Washburn, four notes, with interest,
2,026 00
Charles T. Morse, a note, with interest,
102 45
Albert W. French, a note, with interest,
101 83
Caroline Williams, a note, with interest,
102 77
Elizabeth Colwell, a note, with interest,
102 50
Orders drawn by the Selectmen, for incidental exp's,
482 74
Six per cent. discount the taxes of 1862,
387 58
Balance now in the Treasury, 2,580 90
$ 24,406 61
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Due the several school districts,
Highway districts,
$ 1,117 92 376 96
For borrowed money, For interest on notes, about
9,455 00
482 00
ASSETS.
Due from the State, for aid to families of volunteers,
$ 3,408 45
Balance in the treasury,
2,580 90
5,989 35
Balance against the town,
5,241 53
$ 11,230 88
Disbursements to families of volunteers are now about $ 340 to $ 350, monthly. The town will soon be called upon for $ 40 for use of the hall, besides the expenses of the poor, and other contingent expenses.
The town voted to raise the sum of $ 1,400 for the support of schools, to which was added the income of the Massachusetts School Fund, $76.13 ; which was divided as follows, viz : -
District No. 1, with 100 persons between five and fifteen years, $ 313 30
66
179 79
3,
4,
5, 66
6, 66
66
66
66
66
60 89 00
7,
16
66
286 11
8,
66
28 41 41 24 89 29 46
66
135 30
66
66
66 167 43
66 167 43
$ 1,476 13
District Nos. 4 and 7 each spend one half of their school-money in the Union District, which is $ 226.77 for Union District, and leaving No. 4 but $ 83.71, and No. 7 but $ 143.06.
Each School District's account with the Town Treasury now stands as follows, viz : -
2,
66
137 77
$ 11,230 88
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DISTRICT NO. 1.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 328 65
Appropriation of 1862,
313 30
Amount,
641 95
Drawn from the Treasury,
387 61
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 254 34
DISTRICT No. 2.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 172 12
Appropriation of 1862,
179 79
Amount,
351 91
Drawn from the Treasury,
170 38
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 181 53
DISTRICT No. 3.
Balance due the District March 1, 1862,
$ 109 85
Appropriation of 1862,
135 30
Amount,
245 15
Drawn from the Treasury,
124 25
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 120 90
DISTRICT No. 4.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 100 15
Appropriation of 1862,
83 71
Amount,
183 86
Drawn from the Treasury,
80 84
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 103 02
DISTRICT No. 6.
Has no funds in the Treasury.
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DISTRICT No. 7.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862, Appropriation of 1862,
$ 114 31
143 06
Amount,
257 37
Drawn from the Treasury,
106 50
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 150 87
DISTRICT No. 8.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 122 21
Appropriation of 1862,
137 77
Amount,
260 98
Drawn from the Treasury,
171 21
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 89 77
UNION DISTRICT.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 224 06
Appropriation for 1862,
226 77
Amount,
450 83
Drawn from the Treasury,
233 34
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 217 49
FOR REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
The Town voted the sum of $ 1,000 for repairing the highways. Said sum was divided among the several Districts by the Selectmen and Surveyors of Highways, as follows : -
To District No. 1,
$ 200 00
2,
175 00
3,
180 00
4,
150 00
5,
150 00
6,
145 00
$ 1,000 00
.
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Each District's account with the Town Treasury now stands as fol- lows, viz : -
DISTRICT NO. 1. SAMUEL N. HOWARD, Surveyor.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 61 33
Appropriation of 1862,
200 00
Amount,
261 33
Drawn from the Treasury,
233 70
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 27. 63
DISTRICT NO. 2. LINUS E. HAYWARD, Surveyor.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 35 90
Appropriation of 1862,
175 00
Amount,
210 90
Drawn from the Treasury,
143 40
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 67 50
DISTRICT NO. 3. ERLAND THAYER, Surveyor.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 59 00
Appropriation of 1862,
180 00
Amount,
239 00
Drawn from the Treasury,
149 10
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 89 90
DISTRICT NO. 4. FRANCIS COPELAND, Surveyor.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 52 38
Appropriation of 1862,
150 00
Amount,
202 38
Drawn from the Treasury,
151 97
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 50 41
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DISTRICT No. 5. ALBERT W. FRENCH, Surveyor.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 30 69
Appropriation for 1862,
150 00
Amount,
180 69
Drawn from the Treasury,
136 11
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 44 58
DISTRICT NO. 6. DANIEL B. TAYLOR, Surveyor.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1862,
$ 60 24
Appropriation, of 1862,
145 00
Amount,
205 94
Drawn from the Treasury,
109 00
Balance due the District, March 1, 1863,
$ 96 94
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Dr. A. Millett, for examining militiamen,
$18 00
Expenses of taking Mrs. Clarasa Packard's deposition at Marshfield, 14 92
For school-books, ordered by the Committee,
3 55
Willard Ames, for moving wall back on the road,
9 00
For blank books, postage, and expressage,
4 98
For travelling expenses, ·
14 87
Jonathan White, Esq., for services,
3 00
G. M. Pratt, for various duties,
18 20
For gravel, purchased by Surveyors,
15 33
George Pratt, for warning town officers,
2 50
John B. Holmes, for tolling the bell,
5 50
care of and lighting the Town Hall,
6 00
Caleb Howard, for tolling the bell, 3 50
For witness' fees, in case of Town vs. Bird,
4 60
$ 123 95
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid James Howard, for services as Selectman, Assessor,
Overseer of the Poor, and Military Committee, $ 118 87 Albert Copeland, for services as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Military Committee, 57 25
George D. Ryder, for services as Selectman, Assessor, Overseer of the Poor, and Military Committee,
20 62
Fred. Copeland, as School Committee, 33 70 For surveying, 1 00
Charles Hammond, as School Committee,
19 50
Nahum Leonard, Jr., 66
18 00
James Copeland, as Road Committee,
11 90
Thomas Ames, 66
26 25
Jabez Gould, 66
3 23
Barnabas Dunbar,
2 25
Austin Packard, for services as Clerk,
5 52
Other services, 7 00
Job Bartlett, for going with the hearse, 28 25
Care of hearse and returning deaths, 5 40
$ 358 74
EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS OF THE ALMSHOUSE,
For the year ending March 1, 1863.
Amount of stock at the Almshouse, as estimated, viz : -
3 tons of English hay, at 17.00,
$ 51 00
3 tons of swale hay, at 14.00,
42 00
12 tons of meadow hay, corn fodder, and straw,
15 00°
1} bushels wheat,
3 00
6 barley,
6 00
20
corn,
22 00
1
66 beans,
3 00
1
meal,
1 00
350 lbs. salt beef, at .08,
28 00
50 66 dried beef, at .12,
6 00
350 " salt pork, at .10,
35 00
154 lbs. ham, at .10,
15 40
70 lard, at .13,
9 10
12
24 lbs. butter, at .30, $ 7 20
45 bushels of potatoes, .55, 24 75
6 00
A lot of other vegetables, ¿ bbl. flour,
3 00
1 horse,
30 00
2 oxen,
130 00
5 cows and 1 calf,
157 00
2 swine,
22 00
16 hens,
6 75
2 turkeys,
3 00
1 cart,
35 00
1 pair ox-wagon wheels and hay cart,
10 00
1 ox sled,
5 00
1 harrow,
5 00
4 ploughs and 1 cultivator,
15 00
Shovels forks, and hoes,
5 00
Axes, hatchets, iron bar, wedges, and pickaxe, Haying tools,
10 00
Ox-yoke and wood saws,
5 00
1 wheelbarrow,
5 50
1 fall and blocks,
5 00
1 gindstone,
3 50
4 chains and team harness for horse,
7 00
120 loads manure,
120 00
A lot of logs,
90 00
Beds, bedsteads, and bedding,
110 00
1 clock,
2 50
Stoves and fixings,
20 00
Bills due the house,
31 00
$ 1,116 20
EXPENDITURES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for meat.
$ 32 90
Fish,
10 66
Rye,
7 92
Bread,
11 24
Wheat, to sow,
2 63
Butter and cheese,
3 76
Beans,
1 70
5 50
13
Paid for apples,
$ 2 50
Groceries,
1 30
Medicines,
2 28
Ice,
2 87
Soap,
6 09
Work on the place,
4 90
Repairs,
11 50
Butchering,
2 1.7
Smith work,
6 26
Wares and articles not named,
10 31
Clothing,
11 32
Wheelbarrow,
5 50
Fall and blocks,
5 00
Use of a horse,
1 63
Cattle,
15 27
Swine,
4 08
Hens,
2 82
The town of Norton, a claim on horse,
12 75
For manures,
20 05
H. Pool's bill, for flour, grain, clothing, groceries, &c.,
287 72
Warden's services,
150 00
Dr. J. C. Swan, a bill for 1861 for med. attendance,
23 50
Unpaid bills, about,
9 00
Interest on farm, tools, and furniture, at 6, 9, and 10 per cent., as before,
219 81
Inventory of stock on hand, March 1, 1863,
743 43
$ 1,632 87
RECEIPTS OF ALMSHOUSE.
Received for milk,
$2 00
Eggs,
6 99
Calves,
19 26
Fowls,
6 89
Hay,
3 50
Grease and ashes,
4 54
Butter,
2 50
Pigs,
8 00
Hide, &c.,
6 32
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Received for colt, $ 19 00
Straw braid,
3 50
Pine boards,
6 82
Old iron and lead,
7 09
Use of bull,
12 25
Work off the place,
15 93
G. Pool's board, Boot between oxen,
10 00
Received from other sources,
5 00
Inventory of stock on hand March 1, 1863,
1,116 20
$ 1,258 51
Expenditures of Almshouse,
$ 1,632 87
Receipts of Almshouse,
1,258 51
Balance against Almshouse,
$ 374 36
The average number of paupers in the Almshouse for the year ending March 1, 1863, was 743. The average cost per week, including the interest on the Almshouse establishment, was about ?8} cents. The present number of paupers in the house is six.
EXPENSE OF SUPPORTING THIS TOWN'S POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for supplies for S. A. Pike and children at North Bridgewater,
$ 20 58
Paid for Phebe Dunbar, at North Bridgewater, 21 71
For William Dunbar and family, at Raynham,
134 51
For George Pool and family,
6 75
$ 183 55
2 72
15
EXPENSE OF POOR BELONGING TO OTHER TOWNS.
Paid for supplies for W. N. Jackson, of North Bridgewater, $ 19 51
A. Dean's family, of Taunton, 7 00
Funeral charges and supplies for E. Lumbert, Jr., and family, - settlement unknown,“ 115 25
Supplies to Martin Cunningham's family, t 4 65
$ 146 41
JAMES HOWARD, Selectmen
ALBERT COPELAND, of
GEORGE D. RYDER, West Bridgewater.
LIQUOR AGENCY.
DR.
To stock in trade, March 1, 1862,
$ 100 00
Sales of liquors during the year,
281 86
Cash from the Town Treasury,
30 00
$ 411 86
CR.
For liquors bought during the year,
$ 224 58
Agent's salary,
75 00
Incidental expenses,
43
Stock in trade, March 1, 1863,
111 85
$ 411 86
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
DR.
Total stock invested in the Agency,
$ 130 00
CR. Stock in trade, March 1, 1863,
111 85
Loss,
$ 18 15
ALBERT COPELAND, Agent.
* We have not been able to find the settlement of the Lumberts, although we have tried every available source that we know of. They probably belong to Falmouth.
t Cunningham was killed in the army, and we supposed him to be a State pauper.
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INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGE RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGE- WATER, FROM JAN. 1, 1862, TO JAN. 1, 1863.
No. Date.
Names of Groom and Bride.
1. Feb. 10, Nahum Stetson, Jr., and Alice W. Ames.
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