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1.00
soap and oil,
.50
hay knife,
1.25
express wagon,
10.00
step ladder,
1.25
corn sheller,
4.00
carpenter's tools,
9.00
2 pigs,
15.00
Amount carried forward,
$1,502.80
6
Amount brought forward,
$1,502.80 4.00
hay cutter,
5 stoves,
15.00
grind stone,
4.00
wheel hoe,
6.00
household furniture,
210.00
tinware,
10.00
crockery, etc.,
15.00
3 churns,
8.00
wooden ware,
15.00
beds and bedding,
95.00
table linen and towels,
3.00
2 hay wagons.
50.00
1 covered wagon,
40.00
2 tip carts,
50.00
1 pung,
8.00
harnesses,
25.00
3 ox yokes,
6.00
ox sled and wheelbarrow,
8.00
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,
100.00
coal,
94.73
2 ladders,
3.00
washing machine,
10.00
wood and lumber,
36.00
water pipe,
29.00
$2,470.53
Inventory Jan 1st, 1894,
2,120.26
Gain in Inventory,
$350.27
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RECEIPTS AT ALMSHOUSE.
Cash on hand Jan. 1st, 1894,
$22.40
for milk,
1,058.28
stock,
62.00
potatoes.
84.98
eggs.
21.78
cabbage.
54.50
vegetables,
8.75
corn.
25.00
Lumber,
16.50
Drawn from treasury for
L. A. Flagg for coal. seeds and repairs,
205.28
H. D. Reed & Co., flour, 29.05
G. R. Drake, grain, 89.15
J. O. Dean, grain and fertilizer, 486.57
Frank W. Alger, stock and meat,
159.17
Barns Brothers, meat,
3.96
L. H. Adams, smith work,
15.55
E. T. Goward for hay and pasturing,
121.79
E. B. Wilbur, fertilizer and stock,
147.50
A. H. Walker, services,
3.00
G. H. Holmes, groceries, 16.51
Geo. Tyler & Co., pipe and repairs,
28.55
A. M. Taylor, repairs,
3.85
$2,664.12
EXPENDITURES AT ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for flour,
$34.05
meat,
201.43
grain,
559.37
coal,
181.60
butter, cheese, coffee and tea,
80.50
Amount carried forward, 1,056.95
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Amount brought forward,
1.056.95
fish,
21.64
fowl,
12.00
clothing,
51.55
repairs,
66.30
labor,
311.24
seeds,
18.80
hay,
83.79
fertilizer,
166.90
lumber,
4.00
bedding,
11.80
stock,
207.00
tools,
8.00
cash to paupers,
5.80
smith work,
34.35
pasturing stock,
28.00
groceries,
177.20
hardware,
8.11
sawing lumber,
13.77
wardens salary,
350.00
Cash on hand Jan. 1st, 1895,
26.92
$2,664.12
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR AT ALMSHOUSE.
Drawn from treasury per almshouse account, $1,309.93
Gain in inventory,
$350.27
Cash on hand,
26.92
377.19
$932.74
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE.
Edmund Alger, Albert Staples, Conn Sullivan,
AGE.
WEEKS.
81
52
52
52
60
52
9
George B. Randall, Michael Ryan, Ansel Alger,
68
52
46
52
67
52
Fred Packard,
26
5
The warden during the year has lodged and fed (72) seventy-two tramps.
EXPENSES OF POOR OUT OF HOUSE.
Aid to Frank Fadden's children,
$145.00
Fred Leonard,
226.00
Abbie Fadden,
39.00
Mrs, Merton Churchill's children,
125.00
Mrs. Kenney,
64.00
Nathaniel Pratt,
15.33
Geo. W. Ellis,
159.84
Mrs. Frank Hayward,
127.21
Mrs. Mary A. Blake and son,
36.55
Mrs. Ruth Brown,
10.50
George N. Blanchard,
12.75
Fred Packard,
98.86
Charles E. Miller, Jr.
17.50
Mrs. Hannah Harvey,
163.30
John Neilson,
5.45
Miss Kate Ring,
16.00
Emanuel Lewis,
5.25
Arthur Harvey,
29.19
John Reeves,
6.67
William Bismore,
48.00
Susan E. Dunbar's children,
90.00
Charles E. Fisher and family,
32.26
Hayward children,
174.00
Russell W. Morse,
6.00
John Norman,
6.00
Total cost,
$1,659.66
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$1,659.66
Received from New Bedford for William Bismore, 48.00
Received from Raynham for Chas. E. Miller Jr .. 17.50 ·
Due from Easton for Geo. N. Blanchard,
12.75
Plympton for N. Pratt, 15.33
State, for Ellis, Brown and Blake families, 206.89
John P. Hayward for Mrs. F. Hayward. 127.21
$427.68
$1,231.98
JOSEPH A. SHORES E. BRADFORD WILBUR, S. G. COPELAND,
Overseers
of
MRS. A. S. LELACHEUR,
j the Poor.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Appropriation,
$600.00
Paid Enterprise Pub. Co., 3.39
Charles E. Churchill,
2.00
Dr. F. W. Whitmarsh, reporting births,
1.25
J. S. Sampson, printing reports,
40.80
C. P. Howard, rent town hall,
75.00
E. L. Brown, surveying town line,
30.00
Daniel Perkins, rent of office,
Thomas Groom, collector's book and paper,
3.95
William E. Fay, printing, 7.75
5.00
F. W. Howard, care of old cemetery, 3.00
Howard, Clark & Co., reporting deaths, 1.75
Geo. M. Pratt, printing and postage, 12.70
E. B. Wilbur, cash expenses and use of team, 31.96
J. A. Shores, cash expense, use of team & postage, 39.99 Geo. D. Alden, counsel Packard case, 20.00
Hosea Kingman, counsel Gardner hen case, 46.00
Miller liquor case,
Henry S. Porter, services, 5.46
Little, Brown & Co., books,
3.50
L. E. Hayward, care of old cemetary, 1.00
L. A. Flagg, 2.15
Frank H. Redman, repairs,
1.00
G. R. Drake,
.53
E. S. LeLacheur, reporting birth,
.25
Jas. F. McAnaugh, fighting fires,
.75
Edward McAnaugh, fighting fires,
.75
18.00
Henry Withington, care monument grounds,
$357.93
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE SCHOOLS.
Appropriation for schools, $3,700.00
" school repairs and supplies, 500.00
superintendent,
250.00
Received from school fund,
206.84
66 state for superintendent,
166.66
$4,823.50
There has been drawn from the treasury for schools,
$4,044.14
For superintendent of schools,
249.96
school supplies,
184.36
school repairs,
308.16
$4,786.62
Balance unexpended,
36.88
LIBRARY.
Drawn from the treasury for the Library,
$251.26
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
Appropriation, $100.00
Paid William E. Cobbett, 100.00
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TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation,
$800.00
Paid Chas. E. Tisdale, auditor, 2.50
Horace W. Howard, auditor,
2.50
Chas. E. Tisdale, election officer,
1.80
Elias R. Holbroke, constable,
9.60
S. G. Copeland, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor, 130.25
Jos. A. Shores, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor, 234.10
E. B. Wilbur, selectman, assessor and overseer of poor,
149.00
Chas. R. Packard, town clerk,
65.08
Lucius Dunbar, registrar,
5.00
James A. Fobes, registrar,
7.75
Chas. H. Egan, election officer and constable,
6.05
Geo. M. Pratt, treasurer and collector,
200.00
Martha K. Crosby, clerk of school committee,
10.00
L. A. Flagg, constable,
28.84
Hiram E. Weston, constable,
7.24
Henry L. King, services,
13.78
Mrs. A. L. LeLacheur, overseer of poor,
9.00
Curtis Eddy, Registrar,
4.20
E. B. Wilbur, inspector of cattle and beef,
150.00
$1,036.69
FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF HIGHWAYS.
Appropriation for roads and sidewalks,
$3,500.00
Drawn from treasury on bills approved by
Road Commissioners, 3,454.26
Balance, $45.74
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STATE AID.
George N. Blanchard,
$108.00
Charles E. Churchill,
72.00
William T. Britton,
71.00
William E. Cole,
48.00
William Crockett,
48.00
Lucius Dunbar,
72.00
James P. Gallagher,
72.00
Linus E. Hayward,
36.00
Henry Hiatt,
48.00
William H. Jennings,
72.00
James H. Leonard,
72.00
John A. Millet,
5.00
Andrew W. Perkins,
72.00
Nathaniel Pratt,
72.00
Horace N. Weld,
72.00
Mary E. Alger,
48.00
Mary E. Howard,
48.00
Estella E. Howard,
48.00
Elizabeth O. Packard,
44.00
Mary J. Reeves,
48.00
Eliza F. Richardson,
48.00
Thomas Mason,
48.00
William B. Smith,
57.00
William E. Cobbitt,
48.00
Clarissa K. Howland,
48.00
B. Mary Dorgan,
44.00
Henry Withington,
28.00
Chas. T. Williams,
66.00
Ruth W. Hayward,
48.00
Abigail Cole,
28.00
$1,639.00
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TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in Treasury Jan. 1st, 1894,
$2,716.18
Income of school fund,
206.84
Dog fund,
417.44
Police court of Brockton,
120.00
City of New Bedford,
48.00
Borrowed of Home National Bank,
4,924.70
Received from state, for Supt. of Schools,
166.66
Received tax bills for 1894,
13,017.34
Corporation tax,
523.98
National Bank tax,
456.38
Interest on taxes,
42.96
State aid,
1,574.00
Raynham, for C. E. Miller Jr.,
17.50
Plympton, for N. Pratt,
17.50
John P. Hayward, for Mrs. Hayward,
102.75
Brockton, for state and county tax,
320.42
Fines from prisoners,
15.00
Butcher's license,
1.00
$24,688.65
EXPENDITURES.
Home National bank,
$5,000.00
County tax,
1,517.03
State tax,
980.00
Amount carried forward,
$7,497.03
16
Amount brought forward,
$7,497.03
State aid,
1639.00
Schools,
4,044.14
School repairs,
308.16
School supplies,
184.36
School superintendent,
249.96
Town officers,
1,036.69
Incidentals,
357.93
Abatement,
99.01
Library,
251.26
Memorial,
100.00
Poor out of the house,
1,659.66
Almshouse,
1,309.93
Highways and sidewalks,
3,454.26
Cash and uncollected taxes Jan. 1, 1895,
2,481.84
Interest on loan,
15.42
$24,688.65
Condition of Treasury January 1, 1895.
Cash on hand,
$251.71
Uncollected taxes for 1893,
274.36
. Uncollected taxes for 1894,
1,955.77
$2,481.84
In obedience to the instructions of the town, the under- signed have examined the accounts of all town officers for the year ending December 31, 1894. We find all orders drawn by the Selectmen properly vouched for by receipted bills.
CHARLES T. WILLIAMS, CHARLES E. TISDALE, Auditors.
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NAMES OF JURORS.
For acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meet- ing.
Lorenzo A. Tower,
Abial Washburn,
William H. Bosworth,
J. S. Jones,
George Burk,
Warren C. Kinney,
Charles H. Caldwell.
George H. Knapp,
Charles E. Churchill,
Arthur C. Peckham,
Frank Copeland,
Seba H. Marshall,
Bradford Copeland,
Herbert W. Packard
Charles H. Egan,
Japhet B. Packard,
Linus E. Hayward,
Joseph E. Ryder,
George C. Howard,
William F. Ryder,
Jonas Hartwell,
Charles E. Tisdale,
Julius Hayward,
Joseph Vosmus,
Fred J. Hambly,
E. B. Wilbur,
Joseph A. Shores,
Charles T. Williams,
William L. Woodworth,
Lucius Dunbar,
Clinton P. Howard,
Horace Bartlett.
NAMES OF JURORS DRAWN IN 1894.
Curtis Eddy,
Frank P. Hatch,
Geo. W. Howard,
Hiram E. Weston.
WE RECOMMEND THE TOWN TO APPROPRIATE.
For support of poor,
$1,500.00
support of schools, 3,700.00
school repairs and supplies,
500.00
highways and sidewalks,
3,000.00
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Town officers, incidentals, 800.00
900.00
public lectures,
100.00
memorial service,
100.00
superintendent of schools,
250.00
The next annual meeting will be held on Monday the Fourth day of March.
JOSEPH A. SHORES.
Selectmen,
E. BRADFORD WILBUR, Assessors and
SAMUEL G. COPELAND. S Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Road Commissioners have approved bills to the following named persons for material and work on roads and sidewalks.
Joseph Breck & Sons.
$16.00
Arthur J. Parker,
29.40
Eleazer Cole,
3.00
Charles H. Merrill,
31.60
Loren A. Flagg,
155.50
Waldo Bros.,
36.95
Joseph Vosmus.
2.50
Howard George,
14.00
William Penpraes,
4.00
I. E. Wheeler,
36.40
C. Denley,
4.80
John Burk,
8.40
Horace Atwell,
3.50
E. Wilson Macomber,
1.70
T. F, Wentworth.
1.65
F. J. O'Connor.
1.60
George O'Connor,
1.60
C. T. Williams,
40.50
P. O'Connor Estate,
99.00
Prescot Snell,
87.60
John Cashman.
65.00
Patrick Keenan,
28.50
Daniel Sullivan,
73.00
James Hennessy ,
2.00
Thomas Dunn,
6.00
Peter Keenan,
25 00
Amount carried forward,
$779.20
20
Amount brought forward,
$779.20
E. B. Wilbur.
76 85
Hugh Gormley,
91 00
Edgar Billings.
18.00
Thomas Hennessy,
35.85
Horace Bartlett,
84.15
John J. White,
66.00
John Courtney,
27.40
William Church,
54.00
Bradford Copeland,
22.50
Michael Mccarthy,
36.20
L. E. & E. Copeland,
22.00
Chas. E. Leonard.
62.30
Hatch & Carey,
1.65
Ole K. Ness,
5.60
Jos. C. Howard,
169.05
Owen Conlon,
4.00
Geo. H. Stone,
3.15
E. A. Godfrey,
38.70
Geo. Wilbur,
5.25
W. F. Ryder,
260.50
Geo. Hopkins,
397.42
Terrence Keenan,
127.50
John Luddy,
138.00
James Keenan.
66.40
William Quinlan.
82.80
William Gorman,
143.00
John A' Hern,
28.50
Daniel Lynch,
18.00
James McAnaugh,
27.00
J. E. Ryder.
13.50
Michael Quinlan,
18.00
Albert L. Alger.
99.60
C. H. Fuller,
115.75
Amount carried forward,
$3,138.82
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Amount brought forward,
$3,138.82
W. R. Keith.
4.25
Charles H. Eagan,
34.15
E. N. Fisher,
3.55
Geo. W. Howard,
10.89
Michael King,
15.00
Phelix McGinn,
1.70
James F. McAnaugh,
8.00
John Norman,
1.60
W. K. Dickerson,
28.80
Erland Thayer,
8.50
L. E. Hayward.
16.10
Charles Howard,
8.50
Elihu Leonard,
5.25
Clinton P. Howard,
79.60
Julius M. Hayward,
89.55
$3,454.26
Amount appropriated,
3,500.00
Amount expended,
3,454.26
Balance of appropriation,
$45.74
Due from J. M. Hayward for Drain Tile,
25.75
$71.49
We recommend the town to raise thirty-five hundred dollars.
WILLIAM F. RYDER, - L. A. FLAGG, Road Commissioners. JOS. C. HOW ARD.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages Registered in West Bridgewater in the year 1894.
May 20. Charles S. Lawson and Anna Jonson, both of West Bridgewater.
June 13. John S. Bergstrom and Annie O. Asklund, both of West Bridgewater.
14. Jonas Hartwell and Etta L. Goss, both of West Bridgewater.
July 5. Thomas Luddy of West Bridgewater and Nellie O'Brien of Bridgewater.
Sept. 18. Charles M. Howland of West Bridgewater and Adele Millard of Brockton.
19. William A. Hambly and Ruth H. Bartlett, both of West Bridgewater.
Oct. 24. Charles A. Lothrop of West Bridgewater and Saba Keith Perkins of Bridgewater.
Nov. 15. John Golden and Ellen Morrison, both of West Bridgewater.
23. Jose P. De Avila of Brockton and Angilinia L. Silva of West Bridgewater.
27. Edward Ransbottom and Annie Kane, both of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 24. Nahum J. Wilbur of Raynham and Eveline D. Lyons of West Bridgewater.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN 1894.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
SEX.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
189).
AAng.
28,
Arthur Silva.
Male
John and Theresa Silva.
1892.
Dec.
24,
Nellie Gertrude Crosby
Female
Willard V. Crosby and Gertrude E. Sherick.
1893.
March
7
Grace Edna Burke
Female
Jolin Burke and May Pittsley.
Ang.
)
Ralph L. Allen ..
Male .
Lineoln H. Allen and Lana D. Shaw.
Dec,
8
Berthia Elizabeth Battles
Female
William F. Battles and Cora E. Brainard.
1894.
Mary Cabral
Female
Jose Cabral and Julia A. Andrada.
..
30
Wesley Newton Churchill
Male
Thomas H. Churchill and Carrie M. Brett.
Feb.
3
Helen Amelia Pratt.
Female
Edwin L. Pratt and Mary H, Pope.
66
13
Bertha Mabel Clark ..
Female
Wallace Clark and Minnie H. Alger.
March
29
Alice Eveline Parry .
George W. Parry and Susan M. Middleton.
23
April May
27
Alfred Silva
John D. Robbins and Mary K. Doucette.
3
Harold Emerson Brooks
Male
Benjamin F. Brooks and Alice Hall. Nathaniel Pratt and Esther Boyd. Henry W. Parry and Catherine McLean.
..
23
Chester Russell Ripley
Lester P. Ripley and Mary J. Hunter Herbert A. Lothrop and Jennie W. McLeod.
Ang.
11
Alice Belle Alger.
D. Webster Lambert and Nettie M. Stvles.
Sept.
19
Albert Alger Howard
Clinton P. Howard and Harriet F. Alger. Howard E. Billings and Agnes M. Hemingway.
Oct.
20
Jennie Elizabethi Dunbar
Channing F. Dunbar and Jennie Harvey.
Nov.
10
William Henry MeAnaugh
Male
Edward H. MeAnaugh and Mary J. Hayes. Fred A. Alger and Mabelle P. Wilde.
66
15
Fred Bradford Alger
Dec.
17
Mary Joseph Cabral
Female .
Jose Cabral and Julia Andrada. Octave Belmore and Elise Cadeau.
..
24
Daniel Kent
+
Male . Philip Kent and Jane Leary.
25 Helen Buekley .
Female Cornelius Buckley and Bridget Hennessey.
25
Louise Gormley
Hugh Gormley and Susan Larkin.
28
Lottie Emma Ellis
George W. Ellis and Ida Blake.
5
Thomas William Hennessey
Male James W. Hennesey and Margaret Scanlon.
31
Ruth Elizabeth Miller
Charles E. Miller Jr. and Lanra E. Blake.
17
-Chassez.
Male
Theophile and Adele Chassez. John and Theresa Silva.
June
1
3
Margaret Esther Pratt
Female
20
Alexander Winfield Cameron Parry.
Male .
July
20
Florence Louisa Lothrop
Female
Cyrus E. Alger and Minnie K. Gonld.
23
Herbert Rexford Lambert.
Male
29
Anna Hortense Billings.
Female
18
Ida Belmore.
Female
Janie Catherine Robbins
Joseph S. and Mary George.
Jan.
17
Julia George ....
DEATHS REGISTERED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN 1894.
DATE.
NAMES OF DECEASED.
Y.
M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Jan.
Carrie F. Reeves ..
17
8
Typhoid Fever.
..
23
Francis Dunbar
75
2
10
Disease of Heart.
Feb. 12
Hattie F. Redman
43
2
12
Congestion of Lungs
..
23
Mark Dunbar.
81
4
26
Old Age.
March 6
Laura Lothrop ..
73
3
Chronic Diarrhoe
3
Bertha E. Battles
2
26
Convulsions
20
Mary Galvin ..
16
11
27
Phthisis
May 21
Ivory Leavitt.
65
Pueumonia ..
June 19 ..
Frank D. Woodworth ..
11
7
12
Diphtheria
26
Eunice Folsom
82
July
Hannah I. Thurston .
71
0
James McFadden
49
17
Maria A, Wilds.
36
2
5
Peritonitis.
Plymouth
Sept. 1
9
Arthur E. Cobbett ..
2
Cholera Infantum.
Oct.
1
George A. Vosmus
30
28 8
Carcinoma of Rectum .. "Mitral Insufficiency .
27
Almon H. Rounds ..
75
15
Rehoboth.
Nov.
16
Elizabeth O. Paekard ..
70
7
..
19
Benjamin Howard ...
75
29
Mitral Insufficiency ....
..
23
Sarah L. Hersey.
72
28 Apoplexy
Dec. 1
Mary Jane Perkins. 52
14
Heart Disease.
W. Bridgewater. W. Bridgewater. Broekton
John E. Reeves and Carrie Shipman. Jonas Dunbar and Sybil Perkins. Israel H. Ross and Harriet M. Miller. Josiah Dunbar and Sybil Perkins. Joshua Morse and Silenee Wade. Win. F. Battles and Cora E. Brainard. Michael Garvin and Annie Sheridan. John Leavitt
Wm. L. Woodwortlı & Adelia Dunbar. Bennett Monroe and Lucy Sprague, Jonathan Pierce and Lydia Eddy. John McFadden and Cathtrine Foley. Jolin A. Wilds & Maria T. Alexander. Elmer Goodrich and Clara Baxter. Viola Cobbett.
Foster J. vosmus and Sarah B. Moore. . Ward Richards and Mehitable Brown. Arnold Kingman & Emeline Bosworth Cyreanus Rounds and Mercy Howard. Nathan Joyee and Nancy Sherman. Benjamin B. and Olive Howard. Calvin Murdock and Polly Leonard. Melvin O. Perkins and Mary A. Willis.
24
27
Alice W. Gould
50
11
21
Tumor of Bowels
12
Justin W. Richards.
65
772 2
Old Age
20 Hemorrhage of stomach Fracture of Skull
Somerset Ireland
Gilbert T. Goodricli
2 Cholera Infantum.
Bridgewater.
W. Bridgewater. W. Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater. Broekton
Mitral Insufficiency .... Dysentery
Marshfield
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W. Bridgewater. Broekton
W. Brookfield ... Brockton Easton .
W. Bridgewarer. Bridgewater. Buxton, Maine .. St. Albans, Vt ... Vermont.
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TOWN MEETING.
Plymouth ss :
To any Constable of the Town of West Bridgewater in the County of Plymouth, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified to vote at elections and in town affairs, to assemble at the Town Hall, in said town, on Monday, the Fourth day of March, at one o'clock in the afternoon then and there to act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the annual report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary town officers.
ART. 4. To bring in their votes "Yes" or "No" on the following question: "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?"
ART. 5. To act on the list of jorors as reported by the Selectmen.
ART. 6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
ART. 7. To see if the town will raise one hundred dollars for public lecturers.
ART. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow money, in anticipation of taxes, to pay charges against the town.
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ART. 9. To see if the town will order the road commis- sioners to build a sidewalk on South Main street, and appro- priate money for the same. (By request.)
ART. 10. To see if the town will appropriate money for necessary transportation of pupils to Grammar schools.
ART. 11. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to take a lease of the lower hall and the room adjoining in the new Grange building, for town uses. (By request.)
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
The total number of volumes in the library, Dec. 31, 1894, was 4,246, the number of additions during the year being 189.
The books loaned for the year were divided amongst the several classes as follows, viz :-
Agriculture,
10
Art.
10
Biography,
96
Fiction,
2,253
General Literature,
132
History,
93
Humorous Works,
47
Juvenile Works,
826
Magazines,
759
Poetry,
77
Works of Reference,
20
Science,
43
Travels,
70
4,436
COST OF MAINTAINING THE LIBRARY.
Receipts.
Balance from 1893 account,
$ 1.52
Received from Town Treasurer,
251.26
Fines and sales of catalogues, etc.
10.63
$263.41
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Expenditures.
For Letters and Numbers,
$ 1.58
Material and labor for shelves.
3.33
Book Buyer,
1.00
Estes & Lauriat,
60.35
Librarians Salary,
104.36
Magazines,
34.46
Work on Catalogue,
13.00
Johnson's Cyclopaedia.
35.15
Stationery, express, postage, etc.
6.18
C. P. Howard, (wood)
2.00
Fire extinguishers,
2.00
$263.41
Financial Condition of the Library :-
Balance unexpended Jan. 1, 1894,
303.48
Dog Tax for 1893,
417.44
720.92
Drawn from Treasury to Dec. 31, 1894,
251.26
Balance unexpended,
469.66
·Interest on same one year, @ 5%
23.48
493.14
Dox Tax 1894,
338.09
Due Library Jan. 1, 1895,
831.23
The Cornelia Alger Fund now amounts to
717.23
Respectfully submitted for the Trustees of the Public Library.
CHAS. R. PACKARD.
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
At the beginning of the school year of 1894 the follow- ing were members of the committee :
G. C. HOWARD and W. E. BOSWORTH for three years. Mrs. A S. LELACHEUR and H. M. WILLARD for 2 years. J. A. SHORES and Mrs. M. K. CROSBY for one year.
The organization for the year was as follows :
J. A. SHORES. Chairman.
M. K. CROSBY, Secretary.
G. C. HOWARD and W. H. BOSWORTH. Committee on. Repairs.
L. A. FLAGG, H. E. WESTON and C. H. EAGAN, Truant Officers.
The schools were assigned as follows :
North and South to Mr. Shores.
Cochesett to Mr. Howard.
Centre to Mrs. LeLacheur.
East and Matfield to Mrs. Crosby.
Jerusalem to Mr. Bosworth.
H. M. Willard and M. K. Crosby were chosen committee on Music.
To J. A. Shores, A. S. LeLacheur and M. K. Crosby was assigned the examination of teachers selected to fill vacancies.
M. K. Crosby was appointed agent for school supplies.
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FINANCIAL REPORT.
TEACHERS
Paid Miss E. E. Wilson,
35 weeks 3 days,
$346.20
Miss E. A. Morrow, 36
432.00
Miss I. S. Wood
36
360.00
Miss M. J. Dunbar,
36
403.00
Miss W. A. Holmes, 36
360.00
Miss R. L. MacDonald, 36
360.00
Miss A. Dunn,
22
..
187.00
Miss H. Turner,
15
6 .
135.00
Miss M. A. Dewyre,
38
412.00
Miss M. C. Keith,
36
360.00
Miss L. A. Burke,
1 week, 1 day,
10.80
Miss H. D. Howard,
1 week, 3 days, 14.40
Miss L. M. Smith,
3 days,
5.40
Miss A. A . Barrows. (music)
75.00
Mr. E. J. Sawyer, (music)
52.06
Paid Conveyance of Music Teacher,
55.13
$3,567.99
JANITORS.
Paid for Jerusalem,
$14.00
Cochesett,
25.00
Centre,
27.00
South,
14.00
East,
14.00
Matfield,
14.00
North Centre,
14.00
North, (for January)
1.50
$123.50
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MEASURES, REFERENCE BOOKS AND TUITION.
Lippincott's Gazetteer. (2 copies)
$16.00
Webster's large dictionary, 8.50
Periodicals for Grammar Schools, 9.04
Rand. McNally & Co's Atlas, (2 copies)
3.50
7 sets of liquid and dry measures,
14.70
Easton for tuition, one pupil,
6.00
$57.74
FUEL.
Paid S. G. Copeland, 3 cords oak wood,
$15.00
J. E. Ryder, 5 cords hard, 3 cords pine, 37.00
L. A. Flagg, 8,200 lbs egg coal, 27.66
L. A. Flagg, 8,000 lbs egg coal,
25.00
L. A. Flagg, 1,000 lbs stove coal,
3.50
L. E. & E. Copeland, 3 cords hard wood, 1 cord pine wood and labor, 24.00
Charles Nelson, labor, 2.50
C. T. Williams, 9 cords hard wood, 3 cords pine, 57.00
G. W. Ellis, labor, 4 cords,
8.00
P. K. Bacon, fuel for North School,
8.50
E. Thayer, one-half cord pine wood, 2.00
for labor on wood at Jerusalem, 2.50
for labor on wood at East, 1.25
C. Keene, labor, 15.50
E. T. Snell, 2 cords hard wood, 4 cords pine, 26.00
H. Withington, labor on wood, 17.00
W. Penpraese, labor on wood, 22.50
$294.91
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Expenditures.
Teacher's wages,
$3,567.99
Fuel,
294.91
Janitors,
123.50
Tuition,
6.00
Reference Books and Measures,
51.74
$4,044.14
Receipts.
Town grant,
$3700 00
Income of Massachusetts school fund,
206.84
On account of District Supervision,
166.66
$4,073.50
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Paid J. L. Hammett, readers and general supplies, $36.58 American Book Co., geographies, histories and spelling blanks, 12.38
The Thorp and Martin Mfg. Co., paper, pencils and other supplies,
39.15
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., readers.
4 94
University Pub. Co., readers,
40.10
Ginn & Co., histories and music books, 49.77
The Prang Educational Co., drawing books,
1.44
$184.36
New Supplies on hand Dec. 31, 1894.
Davis' readers, histories, and arithmetics,
$32.54
Copy, drawing and exercise books,
8.01
Paper, pencils, pens, crayons, etc.,
9.87
$50.42
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Inventory of stock on hand Jan. 1, 1894, 37.80
Amount drawn from treasury, 184.36
Inventory of new stock, Dec. 31. 1894,
$50.42
Supplies furnished schools,
171.74
REPAIRS.
General Repairs and Incidentals.
Paid O. R. Leonard, whitening at Jerusalem and Matfield,
$10.00
Jarvis Burrill, printing.
19.06
Shingles. 6 M. for East building,
20.40
Other stock for East,
2.61
I. M. Charlton, labor at East,
5.00
S. D. Bartlett, labor at East,
5.00
Fence at Jerusalem, labor and stock,
26.15
Geo. E. Leach, 13 days painting at Centre,
32.50
Geo. E. Leach, stock for same,
19.53
Geo. E. Leach, inside work, 6 days and stock, (Jerusalem) 23.44
Geo. E. Leach, inside work, 6 days and stock, (Matfield)
26.52
J. H. Fairbanks, labor on stoves and stock,
19.62
Expressage,
6.50
Constable service,
6.50
Postage, stationery and small incidentals, 16.39
Small Repairs, Furnishings and Cleaning.
Jerusalem,
$2.65
Cochesett,
17.75
South,
4.71
Centre,
24.40
East,
4.60
Mattield,
3.10
North Centre,
11.73
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Whole amount of repairs.
$308.16
Cost of school supplies,
184.36
Town grant for repairs and supplies. 500.00
The average membership in the schools for the year has been 227.67, and the cost of supplies furnished by the town has been $171.74 or 79.8 cents per scholar.
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