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The school census for May 1, 1894, gave 265 children in town between the ages of five and fifteen years. Of these 221 were in the common schools, 7 in the Howard school, 4 taught at home, 8 (6 above 14 years) at work, 2 incompetent, 7 sick and 16 young and not yet in school.
Professor Willard has furnished the following High School statistics.
Number admitted in Sept. 1894, 1.0
28
Number attending Fall term,
Number of different pupils for the year, 32
Percentage of attendance for Fall term, 89%
CALENDAR FOR 1895.
WINTER TERM, Jan. 7 to March 22, 1895. 11 weeks.
Vacation. 2 weeks.
SPRING TERM, April 8 to June 14. 10 weeks.
Vacation. 12 weeks.
FALL TERM, Sept. 9 to Dec. 20. 15 weeks.
Recess. Thanksgiving week after Wednesday.
Vacation. 2 weeks.
WINTER TERM. 1896, Jan. 6th.
Changes in this will be made to meet special needs in any school.
The school formerly called North Centre, will now be known as the North.
There has been during the past year, gratifying gain in the per cent. of average attendance, from 90 to 92.9 per cent.
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The present law relating to school attendance and truancy.
"Chap. 188. Sect. 1. Every person having under his control a child between the ages ef eight and fourteen years, * * * * * shall annually cause such child to attend some public day school in the city or town in which he resides, for at least thirty weeks if the schools are kept open that length of time, with an allowance of two weeks time for absence not excused by the superintendent of schools or the school committee ; such period of attendance shall begin within the first montli of the fall term of school, and for each five days of absence of any such child thereafter, in excess of the above allowance, before the completion of the required annual attendance of thirty weeks, the person having such child under his control shall, upon the complaint of the school com- mittee or any truant officer, forfeit to the use of the public schools of such city or town a sum not exceeding twenty dollars ; but if such child attended for a like period of time a private day school approved by the school committee of such city or town, or if such child has been other- wise instructed for a like period of time in the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools, or has already acquired the branches of learning required by law to be taught in the public schools or if his physical or mental condition is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable, such penalty shall not be incurred."
A portion of our share of the State School Fund has been expended for reference books and apparatus.
The substitution of cheap paper for slates is perhaps some- what more expensive, but as it contributes so much to quiet cleanliness in the school room, it is deemed wise to make a trial of its use.
It will be necessary this year to provide fresh geographies in place of the old ones now in use, and also to complete the change of arithmetics in some of the lower grades.
We refer all interested to the report of our Superintendent which shows the present condition of our schools, and offers suggestions and recommendations for the consideration of both the committee and the community.
We fully endorse his suggestions in reference to conveying the older pupils from remote sections of our town to one of the grammar schools, that they may have equal opportunities with pupils who live within reasonable walking distance from these schools, and we recommend the town to grant a moderate sum to enable us to carry this just measure into effect.
We also recommend for this year the following appropria- tions :
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For the support of schools, $3,700.00
For repairs and incidentals, 300.00
For text-books and supplies, 200.00
At the annual meeting two members of the committee should be elected for three years.
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. SHORES,
M. K. CROSBY,
A. S. LELACHEUR,
School
W. H. BOSWORTH,
Committee.
G. C. HOWARD,
H. M. WILLARD,
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Jan. 24th, 1895.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
To the School Committee of West Bridgewater:
I herewith submit my annual report of the schools of this town for the year ending, Dec. 31, 1894.
Number of schools in town, 9
9
Number of teachers required,
Number of teachers employed during the year, including two music teachers, 12
Number of schools having different teachers,
1
Number of children in town between the ages of 5 and 15
years, as shown by the census taken May, 1894 265
Number, between 8 and 14 years, as per census, 166
Number of different pupils of all ages, enrolled on school registers, 307
Greatest number enrolled in any school, (Matfield,) Least 66 66 (East,) 25
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Average membership, 227.67
Centre Grammar, 30; Centre Primary, 26.49 ;
Cochesett Grammar, 24.10; Cochesett Primary, 31.5;
East, 20; Matfield, 32.97; North, 14.2;
South, 18.37; Jerusalem, 29.98.
Average attendance, 209.04
Centre Grammar, 28.36; Centre Primary, 22.72;
Cochesett Grammar, 28.78; Cochesett Prim'y, 28.09 ;
East, 18.55; Matfield, 29.88; North, 13.56; South, 16.38; Jerusalem, 27.91.
Average attendance per room, 23.22
Per cent of average attendance, .929
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Centre Grammar, .945 ; Centre Primary. . 897 ;
Cochesett Grammar, .945; Cochesett Primary, .911;
East, .927 ; Matfield, .906 ; North, .955 ;
South, .891; Jerusalem, .93.
Per cent of average attendance for 1893, .90
Number of children in attendance over 15 years of age, 9
Number of children in attendance under 5 years, 7
Number of children in attendance between 8 and 14 yrs. 184
Number of visits made by Truant Officers, 10
Number of truants found,
0
Number of employment certificates granted, 8
I am pleased to record the fact that the per cent of average attendance has increased nearly three per cent over that of last year. With due allowance for the exceptionally severe weather and bad traveling of last winter, the average atten- dance is as good as could reasonably be expected. Could parents be thoroughly awakened to the idea that the school is an important business for their children, a business that can receive their attention for only a few years, there would be fewer absences for trivial reasons.
Absences are regarded by many parents as trifling, when, in reality, they are most important. Do parents realize that, by allowing their children to be absent, they are doing an injury to the school, besides making neutral its influence upou the child concerning character building? Can we not have the hearty co-operation of every parent on this subject?
Pupils in the Grammar Schools have taken great interest in the reading tables established in their respective school-rooms during the year. Every day, a few minutes are profitably spent in the review or discussion of what has been read of in- terest during the day. The success of this plan the past year is sufficient evidence for asking for a small appropriation nec- essary to continue the work the coming year.
Our schools are now all supplied with sets of dry and liquid measures so indispensible to accurate results in teaching
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Weights and Measures. The public examinations held last June, showed that good use had been made of them in the school work.
Lippincott's Geographical Gazetteer, and Rand, McNally's Atlas of the World have been added to the list of reference books for the Grammar Schools.
TEACHERS.
It will be noticed in the table of statistics that only one change has been made in our regular teaching force for the year. At the close of the summer term, Miss Dunn closed her labors as teacher of the East School and was succeeded in Sept. by Miss Hattie A. M. Turner who has entered upon her duties in a manner that is full of promise for the best results.
I can but speak in terms of praise of our teachers and the earnest purpose which actuates them all.
Teachers' meetings have been held during the year when- ever new subjects or new methods were to be presented, and I think these meetings have been helpful to the teachers and in- directly so to their pupils.
MUSIC.
About fifteen to twenty minutes a day (or about one twen- tieth of the school time) are devoted to the study and practice of music in our schools. On account of the resignation of Miss Barrows at the close of the summer term, we were compelled to engage the services of another teacher. We consider our- selves fortunate in securing, as director of Music, Mr. E. F. Sawyer of Allston, Mass. Mr. Sawyer comes to us with years of successful experience in this work. He handles the subject skillfully and the pupils are making rapid progress under his supervision.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC,
Mr. R. D. Mc Keen, Superintendent of Schools, West Bridge- water, Mass.
Dear Sir.
When I undertook the supervision of the instruction in music in the schools of West Bridgewater, for my own information and for the purpose of comparison with subsequent tests, I exam- ined all the pupils in the first four grades. The test was very simple-namely, to sing the scale, and the results are given in the following table:
Grade.
I
II
III
IV
Total.
Whole number of pupils
48
43
38
29
158
Number unable to sing scale correctly,
38
23
15
8
S4
Percentage " 66
.82
.53
.40
.27
.53
A similar test was made during the last week of the Fall term with the following results:
Grade.
I
II
III
IV
!Total.
Whole number of pupils.
33
37
34
31
135*
Number unable to sing scale correctly,
12
8
5
2
27
Percentage "
.36
.22
.15
.06
.20
A comparison of these tables shows that in the short period of three months the percentage of pupils unable to sing the scale cor- rectly decreased from .53 to .20. An examination at the end of the school year in June, will undoubtedly show much greater im- provement.
These figures are interesting in that they show what has been done, in a short time in one direction; the improvement that has been made in tone-production, articulation, rhythm, and reading cannot be tabulated.
The claim of the study of music to an important place in the public school curriculum is now so almost universally admitted that
* (No test made at Jerusalem school, so many pupils being absent on account of sickness.
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argument in its behalf is not necessary. Committees, superinten- dents, and teachers concede its hygienic, disciplinary and aesthetic usefulness. But few realize the great value of music, if rightly taught, as a means of mental discipline. In this respect it stands on a par with arithmetic. To sing at sight, correctly, exercises in various keys and kinds of rhythm, requires thought and brings into action the faculties of preception, memory and judgment. The eye must be quick to recognize the pitch and the time-value of notes; the memory, impressed by previous drill, should instantly recall the tones represented by the notes, the carefully trained voice give them utterance in sweet, pure tones, while the sensitive ear tests the result.
Iknow of no study that exercises so many of the faculties of the mind.
During the term just finished an effort has been made to secure an improvement in the quality of tone, greater facility in reading, and a more accurate sense of rhythm with gratifying success. 1 am indebted to the committee, the superintendent, and the teach- ers for hearty cooperation without which improvement would be impossible.
For the remainder of the school year the work will be continued on the same lines and I confidently expect that the progress of the pupils will be such as to justify the wisdom of the committee and superintendent in introducing into the schools the systematic study of music.
Very respectfully, EDMUND F. SAWYER, Supervisor of Music.
Boston, December 31, 1894.
TEACHERS' LIBRARY.
The changing conditions and increasing requirements of our schools demand of teachers a more thorough professional training and a broader knowledge than in former years. The teacher's professional improvement depends largely upon her
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reading, and if she limits herself to a casual study of her edu- cational papers or periodicals, however instructive they may be, she will not be fitted to impart the needed instruction by the best and most improved methods. Every teacher should pursue a course of reading each year in one or more of the subjects .-- History, Science, Literature or Pedagogy. In many cities and towns of the state, a "Teachers' Library has been started that furnishes a means of self improvement to those teachers who cannot well afford to obtain it otherwise. Such a library could be made possible in West Bridgewater if a small appropriation was made each year for this purpose.
Why not make a beginning the coming year?
NATURE WORK.
Nature Work has not received any special attention, but the work has steadily progressed. It has not been taught as a study isolated from all others, having no relation or con- nection with other subjects. The knowledge gained from the study of Nature not only strengthens that gained from other subjects, as history, geography &c., but is a natural foundation for expression in language and drawing.
As far as practicable, we have followed the "Outline of Na- ture Study" prepared by Mr. A. C. Boyden, and papers in nearly all schools are preserved showing the pupils' work in this line.
READING AND ENGLISH.
The most unsatisfactory results now obtained in our schools are in Reading and the ability to use good English. Many pupils can solve, in a skillful manner, difficult problems in arithmetic. and do creditable work in geography or history, but cannot read common prose with expression or express their thoughts grammatically on any subject. The results reached
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in teaching the use of good English would be more gratifying if teachers and parents would be co-workers. However pains- taking our teachers may be, unless the children are guarded by their parents in the home, and in the selection of play mates, our labors in this line will continue to fall short of what they should.
We are making strenuous efforts for improvement in read- ing in the schools. In my opinion, the first four years of the childs school life is sufficient time, under ordinary circumstan- ces, to teach them how to read, and from this time onward, it should be the teacher's purpose to make the child acquainted with good literature and to create a love for good reading. How can we secure these ends? We are fairly well supplied with good reading matter, but how can we best secure the desired results while so many other subjects solicit our atten- tion? To meet the requirements of the present age and com- ply with the Statute Laws, we have added, from time to time, extra work in various lines, until to-day our schools are crowd- ed to the utmost.
The teachers are so hurried in their work that proper time is not given the pupils for thought and reflection. Were our schools closely graded, with only one or two classes in a room much of this difficulty would be avoided. . In our eight years of school life, we are expected to give the children a fair know- ledge of the essentials of arithmetic, geography and gram- mar; to create a taste for good reading; to read music, and sing in the different keys ; to obtain a general knowledge of the physiology of our bodies and of the laws of health. All this work is to be begun in the first year of school and carried on harmoniously through the entire course.
I commend to your careful consideration the fact that at the Centre and Cochesett, there are four grades in each room; five grades in the North, South and Matfield schools ; six grades in the East school, and seven in the Jerusalem school. In each grade, work is being done in the subjects enumerated, although
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in all schools the work of one grade is united with that of another in one or more of the subjects Reading, Spelling, Geog- raphy, or Language.
What wonder is it that our teachers feel hurried and carry with them from the school room that heavy burden of care so destructive to the vitality of every hard working teacher.
There is not time for the individual assistance that is often needed to help the dull, backward pupil onward.
This defect in our school system can but be acknowledged by all, and attempts to remedy should demand our attention. While it would be unwise to make a sudden change in our school system, we can make a gradual transition. Our aim should be, not to curtail the amount of work required, not to hurry the children through it, but to improve the quality of the work already attempted and give opportunity for thought and development. To do this, we must lessen the number of grades in charge of one teacher, and extend the time now taken to complete our Course of Studies from eight to nine years. A pupil entering our schools at five years of age, and passing with- out interruption through the several classes will graduate at the age of fourteen or fifteen-none too old to begin work in the High School
Let us give our pupils thorough and careful instruction in those studies that are of educational value and which will serve as their best equipment for life's work.
We could easily take the first step in this improvement as suggested, if the town would grant a small sum of money for the necessary conveyance of the older pupils, from the more mixed schools to the Grammar schools at the Centre and Cochesett.
This would lessen the number of classes in these mixed schools and improve the quality of work in all the schools and give the higher grades, in all sections, equal opportunities.
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PROMOTIONS.
At the close of the summer term, four from the Cochesett Grammar, and seven from the Centre Grammar school, having completed our "Course of Studies," were awarded diplomas.
As such a large proportion of the graduates from our Gram- mar Schools succeed in gaining admission to the High School, Prof. Willard has kindly consented to admit to the High School, without examination, all pupils who satisfactorily complete the "Course of Studies" in the public schools of this town and are awarded diplomas.
I trust that the coming year may see the schools of West Bridgewater steadily improve. My whole time is given to finding the best means and methods for desired results. A few defects have been pointed out in our school system and suggestions for improvement have been made. We are not, in a true sense, experimenting in any department of our work, but are laboring along the lines acknowledged by our best thinkers and educators.
I wish to thank the school committee, teachers and citi- zens for the generous support and encouragement given me in my work. I realize in a lively sense the obligations I am under to you all.
Respectfully,
R. D. McKEEN,
Jan. 23, 1895.
ANNUAL REPORTS
· OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
. OF .
WEST BRIDGEWATER
. FOR THE .. .
Year Ending, January Ist, 1896,
TAUNTON, MASS .:
PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF J. S. SAMPSON.
1896.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE ·
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
. . OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER.
·
. FOR THE
Year Ending, January Ist, 1896.
TAUNTON, MASS .: PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF J. S. SAMPSON. 1896.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1895.
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF POOR, AND ASSESSORS. JOSEPH A. SHORES.
E. BRADFORD WILBUR. SAMUEL G. COPELAND. OVERSEER OF POOR. ANNA S. LELACHEUR. TOWN CLERK. CHARLES R. PACKARD. COLLECTOR AND TREASURER. GEORGE M. PRATT. SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
MRS. M. K. CROSBY. GEO. C. HOWARD,
WILLIAM H. BOSWORTH.
JOSEPH A. SHORES, MRS. A. S. LELACHEUR, H. M. WILLARD. TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
CHARLES R. PACKARD, MRS. CHARLOTTE A. WILLIAMS, MISS ELIZABETH KINGMAN, MISS EDITH F. HOWARD, HORACE M. WILLARD.
JOSEPH A. SHORES,
ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
JOSEPH C. HOWARD, WILLIAM F. RYDER.
LOREN A. FLAGG. CONSTABLES.
DANIEL W. GARDNER. ELLIS R. HOLBROOK, HENRY G. KINNEY.
LOREN A. FLAGG, PRESTON WEST, CHARLES H. EGAN.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. GEORGE M. PRATT. FIELD DRIVERS.
CHARLES H. EGAN, HERBERT A. LOTHROP, ALBERT L. ALGER, GEORGE W. HOWARD, EDWARD MADDEN.
CHARLES E. SULLIVAN, GEORGE J. KINGMAN.
FENCE VIEWERS.
CLINTON P. HOWARD, LOREN A. FLAGG. JOSEPH C. HOWARD.
MEASURERS OF LUMBER.
ALGERNON S. LYON. MALBOY A. RIPLEY. SAMUEL L. RYDER, DANIEL B. DAVIS.
LESTER P. RIPLEY,
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK.
FRANK H. JONES,
HORACE BARTLETT. CHIAS. R. PACKARD,
HENRY C. KINNEY, WILLIAM F. RYDER, CLINTON P. HOWARD.
JAMES A. FOBES,
REGISTRARS. LUCIUS DUNBAR,
CURTIS EDDY.
AUDITORS.
CHARLES E. TISDALE,
CHARLES T. WILLIAMS.
POUND KEEPER. WARDEN OF TOWN FARM.
Annual Report of the Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Selectmen.
The following report of the financial condition of the town January 1, 1896 is respectfully submitted :
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
VALUATION.
As Assessed May 1, 1895.
Value of real estate,
$854,636.00
Value of personal estate,
141,476.00
Total,
1
$996,112.00
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax, County tax,
$600.00
1,329.60
$1,929.60
Town grant,
$10,750.00
Overlay,
685.31
$11.435.31
Total tax,
$13,364.91
Rate of tax, $12.50 per $1000.
Poll tax, $2.00
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Number of polls
456
acres of land,
9162
dwelling houses,
370
horses,
396
cows,
651
sheep.
37
swine,
111
young stock,
99
fowls,
1,415 .
APPROPRIATIONS
Headstones for deceased poor $50.00
For support of schools,
3,700.00
school supplies and repairs,
500.00
repairs of highways and sidewalks,
3,000.00
support of poor,
1,500.00
town officers,
900.00
incidentals,
600.00
memorial service,
100.00
Transportation of Scholars,
150.00
School Superintendent,
250.00
$10,750.00
TOWN PROPERTY
Value of New Almshouse and wood-house,
$5,000.00
town farm,
3,500.00
personal property,
2,460.00
eight school houses,
12,300.00
town library,
2,500.00
derrick,
50.00
road scraper,
100.00
JOSEPH A. SHORES, E. BRADFORD WILBUR, SAMUEL G. COPELAND,
} Assessors.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF POOR
INVENTORY AT ALMSHOUSE JAN. 1st, 1896.
16 tons English hay,
$288.00
8 tons meadow and swale hay,
80.00
corn,
70.00
32 bushels beans,
7.00
13 cows,
520.00
1 horse,
50.00
25 fowls,
13.00
1 heifer,
30.00
2 oxen,
160.00
potatoes,
80.00
50 bushels turnips,
25.00
5 bushels beets,
2.00
cabbage,
5.00
350 lbs. pork,
35.00
45 lbs. lard,
4.50
70 lbs. butter,
18.00
13 bbls. flour,
7.00
groceries,
20.00
200 lbs. sugar,
10.00
40 lbs. tea
10.00
3 pork barrels,
2.00
soap and oil,
9.40
hay knife,
1.25
express wagon,
20.00
step ladder,
1.25
corn sheller,
4.00
carpenter's tools,
9.00
¿ bbl. Graham Flour,
.50
45 lbs. Rolled Oats.
1.00
200 lbs. Hams and Shoulders,
20.00
600 lbs. Beef
36.00
molasses,
10.00
Amount, carried forward
$1,548.90
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Amount brought forward,
$1,548.90 4.00
hay cutter,
3 stoves,
12.00
grind stone,
4.00
wheel hoe,
6.00
household furniture,
216.00
tinware,
11.00
crockery, etc,
24.00
3 churns,
8.00
wooden ware,
15.00
beds and bedding,
110.00
table linen and towels,
3.00
2 hay wagons,
50.00
1 covered wagon,
30.00
2 tip carts,
50.00
1 pung,
8.00
harnesses,
15.00
3 ox yokes,
6.00
ox sled and wheelbarrow,
6.00
robes and blankets,
6.00
mowing machine and rake,
40.00
6 plows 3 harrows and other tools,
70.00
horse sled,
7.00
manure and ashes,
120.00
coal,
80.00
2 ladders,
3.00
washing machine,
10.00
wood and lumber,
50.00
$2,512.90
Inventory Jan. 1st. 1895
2,470.53
Gain in Inventory,
$42.37
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand Jan. 1 st. 1895.
$26.92
Received for milk,
895.20
66
60 stock,
187.78
potatoes,
55.25
66
eggs,
3.00
66
vegetables,
18.25
66
66 labor,
5.00
66
66 lumber,
18.12
Drawn from treasury for
$47.81
Geo. Tyler & Co. 18.93
W. T. Shurtliff, · 107.44
L. R. Churchill,
18.96
66
Isam Mitchill & Co.,
17.55
66
W. C. Whiting,
17.50
66
George H. Holmes, 5.94
George H. Knapp, 27.63
J. A. Fuller, 100.00
George T. Shaw,
29.90
66
،،
66
Lincoln H. Allen, 40.00
Brown & Wiley, 36.83
W. G. Goodrich & Co., 36.29
N. W. Bradford, 70.62
5.00
1
Dr. W. H. Brownell, 15.50
Dow Manfg. Co.,
12.90
J. S. Sargent & Co., 27.38
Wm. E. Cole,
31.61
66
66
Williams & Clarke
Fertilizer Co., 112.00
66
66
66
Walter A. Brown, 3.20
Amount carried foward
$2,230.55
66
66
J. M. Howard & Son,
238.04
.66
L. A. Flagg,
66
66
66
66
66
8
Amount brought forward Drawn from treasury for
2,230.55
66
Horace Atwell,
2.25
66
Brown & Logue,
50.97
L. H. Adams,
27.88
E. H. Lothrop
60.51
66
E. F. Goward.
44.91
66
66
66
A. S. LeLacheur,
1.10
E. J. Bean,
35.00
.6
66
A. S. Lyons,
4.50
Geo R. Drake,
39.68
Chilton Howard,
1.00
66
A. M. Taylor,
4 50
Sanford Winter,
33.80
J. O. Dean,
175.49
$2,714.44
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury per almshouse account,
$1,504.92
Gain in Inventory,
42.37
Cash on hand,
73.66
115.93
$1,388.99
From the above account there has been
Paid for paint and painting buildings, repairs on barn, putting water into barn,
$98.00
49.00
23.50
$170.50
Frank P. Hatch,
2.30
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EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
$30.82
meat,
209.54
grain,
479.61
coal,
60.51
butter, cheese, coffee and Tea,
81.05
medicine and Doctor bills,
34.00
Fish,
23.59
clothing,
55.58
painting buildings and other repairs,
219.40
labor,
345.02
seeds,
16.60
hay,
30.71
fertilizer,
115.50
lumber,
22.55
furniture and bedding,
33.30
stock,
130.00
tools and hardware,
65.71
cash to Paupers,
5.00
tobacco,
9.12
smithwork,
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