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William L. Kittredge, for printed notices 1 25
For express and postage . 25
$44 00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Isaac E. Day, collecting $13,977.38 at 9 mills .. $125 80
.
66
66 dog tax 10 00
$135 80
CONSTABLES.
Paid Isaac E. Day, for posting warrants for three
town meetings. $12 00
12 00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Edwin R. Hodgman. care of schools for third
term of 1881 and 1882 $50 00
Edwin R. Hodgman, making annual report. 10 00
Making school returns. 1 50
Services as secretary of the board. 1 00
Examining teachers
1 00
Express .
50
Expense in going for teacher and distribut- ing school books 3 00
J. S. Moulton, care of schools for spring term of 1882. 50 00
J. S. Moulton, care of schools for fall term end- ing November 17. 50 00
J. S. Moulton, desk books for teachers 5 50
$172 50
16
ORDERS DRAWN BY THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR DURING THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1885.
March. By order
$138 00
April.
66
142 48
May. 66
249 79
66 66
350 00
July. 66
200 95
August. 66
161 52
October. 66
191 41
November. 66
203 22
December. 66
7 12
January. 66
216 27
66
169 00
-$2,029 76
EXPENSE OF THE TOWN LIBRARY, INCLUDING SER- VICES OF LIBRARIAN.
Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian in February
and March . . $9 17
Clara M. Wiley, express on public documents 20
April, Paid Directors of library. 21 19
Clara M. Wiley, serviees as librarian for April and May .. 12 00
Aug., Paid Directors of library.
83 43
Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for June and July. . 12 00
Oct., Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for Au- gust and September .. 12 00
Nov., Paid Directors of library 101 42
Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for Octo- ber and November 12 00
H. C. Church, record book 1 50
Feb., Clara M. Wiley, services as librarian for De- cember and January. 12 00
H. C. Church, for twenty pounds paper 2 20
Feb., Paid Directors of library
89 75
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing 400 copies appendix . 6 50
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston printing 500 book labels 1 75
$377 11
TOWN HOUSE.
EXPENSE OF HEATING, LIGHTING AND CARE OF SAME.
Feb. 15, W. W. Johnson, for 152 ft. wood. $10 17
March, F. W. Howe, sawing wood in February. .. 2 50
$12 67
Amount carried forward.
$12 67
Amount brought forward. $12 67
Mar., T. A. Bean, services as janitor for February, 7 00
Whithed & Co., for 1350 lbs. stove coal. 5 23
66 " 8,960 " broken coal. 33 60
Cartage of coal. 3 87
April, T. A. Bean, services as janitor for March .. . 7 00
John M. Fletcher, 30 gallons of kerosene oil. 4 50 66 ¿ doz. lamp chimneys ...... 50
July, John Feeney, services as janitor for April, May and June. 21 00
October, John Feeney, services as janitor for July, August and September.
21 00
John M. Fletcher, for 6} ft. wood. 66 for oil.
70
Nov., Whithed & Co., 6,210 lbs. coal.
21 74
Cartage of coal.
2 33
J. H. Wilson, sawing wood. 1 65
Jan., W. W. Johnson, 7 ft. wood.
3 63
John Feeney, services as janitor for October, November, December 21 00
Feb., J. H. Wilson, cutting wood ,
3 00
Clara M. Wiley, for two cords of wood. 10 00
Wright & Fletcher, for wicks and chimney ... 4 63
66 for 40 gallons K. oil .. . . . 6 80
$184 06
$196 73
INCOME FROM TOWN HOUSE.
Received from State, for armory rent. $175 00
66 66 T. A. Bean, janitor 4 00
66
66 John Feeney, 66 29 00
$208 00
PRINTING.
Paid Marden & Rowell, printing school reports .. . $26 50 J. A. Cameron, printing notices for Assessors 1 25
Campbell & Hanscom, printing notices for Assessors . .
1 75
Bacheller & Dumas, printing and binding 10 tax books.
10 00
Stone, Bacheller & Livingston, printing tax bills
3 00
Circulars.
2 50
700 town reports
75 45
8 order books
4 25
One three-quire book
2 50
State aid blanks .
2 75
Blanks for numbering scholars.
2 25
Bill-heads, blanks, notices, envelopes, &c ..
21 77
$153 97
3
4 88
18
INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid John S. D'Evelyn, for services auditing $ 3 75
Overseers' accounts.
4 78
Railroad freight on 150 stools for town house John M. Fletcher, for appraising property at town farm in Feb., 1882. 2 00
John M. Fletcher, for blank book.
40
T. A. Blodgett, appraising property at town farm in 1881-82. 4 00
A. P. Richardson, attending 23 funerals with hearse . 34 50
A. P. Richardson, teaming stools from depot to town house 1 00
Express charges ..
1 90
For stencil for town.
75
For ink and ink-stands for town house.
2 75
First parish, for use of bell for year ending March, 1882. 7 50
Express charges on printers' proofs of town report, including charge from depot ..... 2 15
Express on bundles of town reports, including charge from depot. . 70
One telephone message to Lowell 30
J. W. Haskell, for keys for town safe .. 4 80
H. H. Wilder, boiler for town house kitchen. 2 25 Daniel Falls, express charges, &c. 1 90
Adams & Co., for 150 stools for town house. . 45 00 J. A. Healey, for taking care of Michael Hoar two nights previous to his committal to Worcester Insane Asylum . 4 00
A. W. Cummings, appraising property at town farm 1880-81-82. 6 00
John M. Fletcher, for ¿ dozen round-pointed shovels .
6 25
John M. Fletcher, for } dozen steel road rakes 3 00 Union Society, for use of bell for year ending March, 1882. 7 50
Marshall & Hamblett, for professional services for year 1881 50 00
C. E. Adams, lock for town house outside door. 2 50
Express charges from Keene, N. H., on two scraper-plates.
1 50
for blotting-blocks.
35
C. E. Adams, for seven keys for outside door of town house . 1 00
$202 53
Amount carried forward.
$202 53
19
Amount brought forward.
$202 53
Paid Expense for committing insane to hospital at
Worcester, not reimbursed by the County 7 80 Josiah Vose, for gravel for swamp road. 10 00
Express
20
For mending chair for town house.
25
Charles E. Adams, for cord for window weight
45
Express on package from Aver.
25
Charles Whidden, for telephoning on town business . 1 20
Humphrey Machine Co., two scraper-plates .. . J. T. Colburn, work at west burying ground ..
12 00
6 50
Alvan Fisher, balance of appropriation grant- ed by the town in 1879 to aid in publish- ing a history of the town. . 100 00
Nelson Tuttle, repairs on road scraper ..
5 50
Fiske & Spalding, for glass for town house. .
1 43
John M. Fletcher, for wardrobe hooks and screws. 72
E. A. Stevens, repairs at town house.
1 15
E. G. Nutting, work at north burying ground.
5 00
Samuel M. Hutchins, work at east burying ground ..
3 00
F. O. Decatur, as per bill.
35 96
Charles W. Blood, for tin cases for documents in town safe.
8 40
Town clerk of Groton, for certificate
25
Edward A. Hamlin, for attendance at court at Cambridge in Hittinger case :
4 20
Edward A. Hamlin, for attendance at hearing before County Commisioners in Hittinger case, on abatement of tax. 4 50
Wm. M. Lee, setting guide posts
1 00
Joseph B. Heald, M. D., affidavits in case of Mrs. George O. Wright and Ephraim Buttrick ..
4 20
Dr. Hartwell of Ayer, affidavit in case of
Mrs. George O. Wright, including Jus- tice's fee. .
2 25
25 00 Alvan Fisher, for land taken for road repairs. Wm. L. Kittredge, expenses in attending hearing before County Commissioners in case of Hittinger. . 2 50
Wright & Fletcher, as per bill.
45 12
F. P. Coggeshall, for one box of rubber bands Humphrey Machine Co., for one casting. . .
1 00
1 10
$290 93
$493 46
20
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND EXPENSE OF BOOKS, ETC., FURNISHED SCHOOLS.
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 1.
Paid for putting up stove. $1 17
E. A. Stevens, setting glass, &c., in August. . 2 68 66 66 " in October. 62
Wright & Fletcher, for brooms, bell, &c .. 1 30
... 66 66 for ink and crayons .. . 1 20
66
for arithmetic and speller 75
$7 72
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 2.
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for crayons. $ 43
66 66 for pail, brush, etc., .... 1 15
66 66 66 for geography, reader,
etc. . 4 38
66
66 for glass. 45
$6 41
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 3.
Paid for repairs on desk. $1 20
66 chairs 1 30
C. W. Blood, for stove pipe, zinc, labor, etc ... 11 57 Arthur Wright, for two readers. 1 25
66
for broom and pail. 60
66
for two spellers. 50
66 for crayons. . 60
Wright & Fletcher, for geography and reader 95
$17 97
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 4.
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for crayons, ink and paper $ 90 66 66 66 for reader, etc .. 1 18
$2 08
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 5.
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for crayons aud broom. $1 40
66 66 66 for dust-pans, dipper, etc 60
66 66 for mug, pail, etc .. 48
66 66 for brush, etc 45
$2 93
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 6.
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for crayons. $ 60
66 66 66 for brooms. 60
66 66 for reader. 83
$2 03
Amount carried forward. $39 14
21
Amount brought forward.
$39 14
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 7.
Paid Wm. C. Edwards, for repairs $8 15
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 8. 8 15
Paid for putting up stove. . $1 17
Hiram Dane, for slating black-board 3 00
Arthur Wright, for crayons. 20
Wright & Fletcher, for speller 50
4 87
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 9.
Paid for reseating two chairs. $1 00
Wright & Fletcher, for crayons and broom. . 75
1 75
SCHOOL HOUSES NOS. 10 AND 11, GRANITEVILLE.
1882.
Paid James Carmichael, for setting glass. $2 50
For putting up stove .. 1 16
S. Randlett, for repairs. 1 25
H. D. Pierce, for cutting brush 1 00
Arthur Wright, for crayons.
80
66 for geography and readers. . 2 86
66 for pencils. 68
66 for brooms, pails, etc. 1 76
12 01
Total expense for twelve schools $65 92
The school committee found it necessary to furnish the upper room in the school house at Forge Village, owing to the increase in the number of scholars. The expense of furniture and labor has been as follows :
Paid A. G. Whitcomb, for 42 No. 1 desks. $157 50
66 for one chair. 1 25
for one teacher's desk. 14 00
66 for two settees. 6 40
$179 15 Freight bill for furniture. 2 67
William C. Edwards, two days' labor. 5 50
Expense in procuring furniture and carting to school house. 6 00
$18 17
$197 32
EXPENSE OF PAINTING SCHOOL HOUSES.
By vote of town, passed March, 1882, the Selectmen were authorized to paint school houses Nos. 1, 7 and 9. Proposals were
Paid E. A. Stevens, for labor putting in furniture. 4 00
22
received for doing the work by the yard, the town to furnish the stock. The work was awarded George B. Hildreth, and the follow- ing is the expense incurred :
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 1.
Measured 822 yards, @@ 4 cts. per yard. $32 88
Extra work setting glass. 75
Cost of stock bought of Wright & Fletcher 41 19
$74 82
SCHOOL HOUSE NO. 7.
Measured 350 yards, @@ 4 cts. per yard $14 00
Painting blinds. 2 00
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for stock. 21 26
$37 26
SCHOOL HOUSE No. 9.
Measured 350 yards, @ 4 cts. per yard $14 00
Painting blinds . 2 00
Setting glass. 75
Paid Wright & Fletcher, for stock. 25 29
$42 04
Paid E. A. Stevens, for measuring surface of school houses Nos. 1, 7 and 9 $4 25
$4 25
The following is the expense of painting the fence about the Common, the work being done by the day :
Paid George B. Hildreth, for labor $27 00
Wright & Fletcher, for stock. 22 27
$49 27
$207 64
STATE AID TO INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, As authorized by Chap. 252, Acts of 1879.
1882.
Paid January.
$43 00
February
43 00
March.
54 00
April 51 00
46 00
June
46 00
July . .
38 00
August. 38 00
September
27 00
October
27 00
November
35 00
December
40 00
$488 00
May
23
STATE AID TO SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' FAMILIES, As authorized by Chap. 301, Acts of 1879.
1882.
Paid January. $41 00
February
27 00
March. 27 00
April 27 00
May 27 00
June
27 00
July.
27 00
August.
27 00
September
27 00
October
27 00
November
27 00
December
27 00
$338 00
STATE AID.
Expense incurred in looking up soldiers' settlements.
Paid G. T. Day, going to Springfield, Westfield, Lee and Attleboro', to look up settle- ments of soldiers claiming aid, expense as follows:
$6 75
Hotel bill.
3 75
Two days' time
4 00
$14 50
Paid G. T. Day, going to Millville in case of Thos. Lawler, as follows:
Car fare to Blackstone and return .. $4 50
Carriage hire from Blackstone to Mill-
ville and return. 2 00
Certificate of Physician 2 00
Time and expense . 3 00
$11 50
$26 00
REPAIRS ON ROADS.
The Selectmen, being authorized by the Town to ex- pend, as Highway Surveyors, the sum of $2,000 for repairs of roads and bridges, report as follows :
Paid George Hutchins, for cutting brush.
$4 50
for putting up railing on
swamp road 5 25
$9 75
Amount carried forward.
$9 75
Car fare.
24
Amount brought forward. $9 75
Paid George Hutchins, for shovelling gravel 2 25
Harry Turner, in June. 22 26
Dennis Casey, in July . 34 59
Joseph Allard, April, May and June 70 54
William Reed, 2d 23 28
John Hickey. 5 64
Dennis Casey
18 15
Harry Turner
33 90
William Reed, 2d.
34 25
James Dubey.
12 00
Levi Lamotte.
8 22
Cyrus Hamlin .
31 50
William Reed, 2d
10 96
Joseph Allard.
20 90
Dennis McCarthy
2 20
C. O'Brien, mowing brush.
17 88
Joseph Allard.
12 25
James Hildreth.
19 10
Albert King.
17 83
Joseph Allard
6 18
James O'Brien .
53 16
A. P. Richardson
3 85
Hammett D. Wright, for covering stone for bridge near Dennis McCarthy's.
6 00
Peter Lord .
3 74
Albert King, for October and November
40 41
Saul Lord.
16 44
Levi Lamotte.
13 70
Joseph Allard.
2 33
Daniel Ward.
3 75
H. D. Pierce, with town teams.
282 81
Angus McDonald, repairing bridge.
4 75
William M. Lee, repairing bridge and fur- nishing stone.
7 00
Alber tKing.
9 59
Levi Lamotte.
16 71
William Reed, 2d
7 75
Saul Lord.
54 45
Levi Lamotte,
10 00
G. T. Day, for man and team in May and June. .
3 63
George S. Frederick, mowing brush
1 50
C. R. P. Decatur.
1 50
Charles McCarthy, work in 1881.
5 00
H. D. Pierce, with man and town teams. 515 71
-$1,467 66
$1,477 41
25
NEW ROAD AT GRANITEVILLE.
At a town meeting, held in August, 1882, the town voted to accept the report of the Selectmen, in favor of laying out a new road in Graniteville, as petitioned for by F. G. Sargent and others, and the expense has been as follows :
Paid H. D. Pierce with town teams, and Allard, Lamotte
and others. $130 00
$130 00
EXPENSE OF BREAKING ROADS DURING THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1882.
March, T. C. Reed $ 2 25
Feb., W. W. Johnson. 13 80
1 80
Feb., Henry Chamberlin
6 75
March, C. A. Wright.
7 15
66 George H. Hartford.
5 47
66 L. O. Butterfield
6 72
Feb., William Reed.
18 00
March, James O'Brien
21 25
Feb., John Flynn .
1 50
" John H. Horan
2 00
6 John Wilson .
4 60
March, W. W. Johnson
3 25
66 Gilmer Stone.
2 80
66
Edward E. Wright.
1 35
66 Stephen E. Hutchins and others
15 45
66 Edwin E. Heywood and others
32 70
68 Samuel M. Hutchins
1 60
66 Julian Hildreth .
34 20
66 George E. Gould. 22 50
80
Feb., C. H. Wright.
2 74
66 O. and E. Coolidge
5 50
66 J. H. Whitney
5 85
66 Otis Keyes and sons
9 90
66
Frank C. Wright.
1 20
66 Samuel L. Taylor and others
38 10
66 George Hutchins and others 46 65
66 Joseph H. Wilson.
2 03
66 N. B. Blood.
2 17
March, John Murphy .
60
66 William M. Vose.
7 95
66 Francis Caldwell.
1 65
$332 53
Amount carried forward.
$332 53
4
March, John A. Haley
66 J. O. Wright. 2 25
William Symmes
26
Amount brought forward. $332 53
Feb., John Wayne.
12 37
March, Ai Bicknell
3 05
T. C. Reed.
2 70
Samuel Humiston .
1 80
Henry D. Pierce and town teams
57 93
66 William C. Edwards. 23 55
John W. Day 14 00
66 Allen R. Perham
27 89
66
James Hildreth .
30 00
Fletcher Brothers
17 25
66
A. P. Richardson 4 60
66
William Agnew . 4 80
66 George P. Wright 2 00
1 20
66 William Reed, 2d.
2 85
66 Frank W. Bannister 3 37
Feb. and March, George T. Day, men and oxen .. . March, Frank Goss.
1 25
William Reed, 2d.
2 25
Feb., T. A. Blodgett
6 60
March, C. Murphy .
3 45
J. W. Blodgett
3 97
66
M. F. Downs.
24 45
66 P. Shugrue 13 65
2 00
66
Asaph B. Cutter
3 00
S. B. Grey. 1 65
$288 33
$620 86
At the last March meeting the Town voted to raise and appro- priate. the sum of $350.00, for the completion of the wall at the East Burying Ground, and the Selectmen have incurred the follow- ing expense in completing the wall :
Paid George Yapp, for laying 54} perch of stone. $68 12
66 for setting capping .. 5 45
66 for extra work setting posts,
pointing wall and lowering ledge .. 27 62
Paid Hammett D. Wright, for 580 ft. capping @ 30 cts.
174 00
Paid Hammett D. Wright, for two posts, ham- mered. 24 00
Paid Thaddeus A. Blodgett, for splitting stone for wall 26 75
Paid Thomas E. Symmes, for surveying wall. 1 00
Town teams and men 113 00
$439 94
Merrick Reed . .
16 70
Feb., J. T. Colburne.
27
At a special meeting of the Town held August 26, 1882, a vote was passed, authorizing the Selectmen to cause a well to be dug at the Town House. Proposals were received for doing the work, and the contract was awarded to Dennis McCarthy, at the follow- ing rates : $3.50 per foot for earth work and $7.00 per foot for ledge work, the Town to furnish stone for well delivered on the ground. After digging about eighteen feet, a strong spring was struck, which flooded the well so that it became necessary to pump almost con- tinually to enable the men to work. Feeling it was essential to sink the well to such a depth as would give a permanent supply of water, the Selectmen incurred the expense of employing parties to keep the well free from water, so the work could go on till a proper depth was reached. The expense has been as follows :
Paid Dennis McCarthy, for earth and ledge work. $147 32 A. P. Richardson, for work at well. 3 00
Ai Bicknell, for work at well .. 75
J. H. Wilson, for work at well . 6 15
Thaddeus A. Blodgett, for splitting stone .. .. 10 00
H. M. Hutchins, for work pumping. 41 00
G. T. Day, for 1} day's time, for man and oxen . 5 00
Paid G. T. Day, for split stone.
2 50
For work of Town team.
6 00
T. A. Bean, assisting in cleaning out well ... 2 50 George H. Holt, for pump, cement, chestnut plank, cleaning out well, etc. 27 04
$251 26
By vote of the town passed at the last March meeting, the Select- men were authorized and instructed to cause a well to be dug at the Center School House. Proposals were received and the work was awarded to Dennis McCarthy, at the following rates: $3.50 per foot for earth work, and $5.00 per foot for ledge work. The expense is as follows:
Paid Dennis McCarthy, for 9 ft. earth work. $31 50
66 for 11 } ft. ledge work. 56 25
For work of town teams 4 00
Edward E. Wright, assisting in cleaning out well 90
George H. Holt, pump, chestnut plank, cement, labor building platform, cleaning out well, &c 22 35
$115 00
28
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Moses B. Ford. $4 46
Richard Billings . 2 00
Sherman L. Prescott.
3 17
Isaac G. Minot, error
58
·
$10 21
SUMMARY.
1882.
1881.
1880.
1879.
1878.
1877.
1876.
1875.
1874.
1873.
1872.
Town Officers
CA
380 67
$ 439 47
CA 436 81
$ 380 16
$ 345 32
375 97
$ 427 44
$ 944 24
$ 456 87
$ 412 79
$ 351 02
Tax Collector and Consta- bles .
147 80
143 39
178 40
141 55
147 98
152 34
116 28
150 00
161 74
160 00
107 00
School Committee
172 50
166 33
168 25
164 75
170 00
183 40
254 50
197 00
190 00
105 00
100 00
Town Library
377 11
536 38
319 20
340 05
299 49
336 28
243 21
277 58
328 00
262 27
287 54
Town House
196 73
175 84
183 45
171 12
166 47
Printing
153 97
142 95
126 90
119 75
110 68
179 85
110 45
204 00
135 00
83 00
150 00
School Houses
65 92
190 55
170 96
164 91
118 35
189 36
204 42
584 00
90 00
6,377 70
3,233 02
Incidental Expenses
493 46
508 27
500 42
460 07
870 71
897 11
531 03
1,315 61
966 07
2,424 67
1,441 97
State Aid
338 00
363 00
427 50
360 00
533 50
414 00
472 00
492 00
620 00
696 00
612 00
State Aid to Indigent Sol- diers and Expenses ·
514 00
387 40
449 00
229 70
374 40
Roads and Bridges
1,477 41
1,552 07
1,504 19
1,454 98
1,871 82
1,808 13
2,244 85
1,957 54
2,426 93
2,320 12
2,192 14
New Road at Graniteville.
130 00
164 00
170 88
69 00
99 47
Breaking Roads
620 86
420 00
70 86
239 22
140 26
Overseers of Poor
2,029 76
2,147 94
1,680 66
1,913 32
1,561 39
2,331 00
3,418 00
1,907 50
2,142 00
2,000 00
2,777 00
Abatement of Taxes .
10 21
266 44
231 86
216 45
151 45
224 28
98 47
883 42
444 03
197 60
112 18
Painting School Houses, etc. .
207 64
28 38
189 10
School Furniture, etc.
197 32
306 90
Town House Well
251 26
216 75
School House Well
115 00
3,662 64
· Wall at East Burying Ground .
439 94
364 30
1,179 97
$8,319 56
$12,021 98
$6,614 13
.
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GEORGE T. DAY, ARTHUR WRIGHT, ALBERT P. RICHARDSON, Selectmen of Westford.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Overseers of Poor submit the following report for the year ending February 10, 1883.
AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT THE ALMSHOUSE, INCLUDING FARMING TOOLS, BY APPRAISAL OF THE COMMITTEE.
February 10, 1883 $2,812 35
February 3, 1882. 2,770 04
Gain on personal property
$42 31
RECEIPTS.
Income from the Farm, as by H. D. Pierce's Books.
Received for milk
$527 63
for cider
38 07
for beef 28 51
for calves
44 00
for hog
20 50
for pork
39 23
for pigs
58 00
for onions
45 73
for beets
4 07
for apples
33 00
for turnips
25
for peas.
4 22
for cabbages.
3 32
for pop corn.
1 50
for vegetables
2 68
for work off the farm
164 75
for work on roads
1,009 93
for potatoes
13 90
for butter
50
for cheese
5 23
Amount carried forward.
$2,045 02
31
Amount brought forward $2,045 02
Received for eggs. 1 48
for chickens
11 47
for cranberries 61 65
for hide and tallow
10 65
for soap grease
25
for bull. .
25 00
for string of gold beads
2 00
for stove.
10 00
for butchering. .
1 00
for board for Betsey Hildreth.
21 00
Cash on hand at last settlement.
220 23
Received from H. D. Pierce, master of almshouse.
65 00
Gain on personal property
42 31
$2,517 06
PAYMENTS.
Paid for labor
$581 97
for harness work.
14 75
for blacksmith work.
78 34
for putting in pump
17 00
for work on farm.
33 11
for mending tin ware.
40
for weighing hay ..
1 35
for fixing mowing machine and express.
5 50
for fixing stove.
3 45
John P. Green
6 75
for butchering
4 50
for groceries
120 95
for sugar.
3 19
for butter.
72 63
for fish.
7 44
for cheese
6 89
for crackers.
35 66
for potatoes
4 50
for beans ..
3 60
for tomatoes
70
for currants
20
for meat.
89 80
for tripe.
40
for turkeys.
7 49
for rye meal
75
for grain.
646 10
for middlings
7 17
for hay.
145 30
for plow points
2 58
for cross bar
75
Amount carried forward.
$1,903 22
32
Amount brought forward.
$1,903 22
Paid for bit stocks.
1 75
for bits.
97
for iron.
1 50
for medicine.
5 25
for tin ware.
1 80
for slop pail.
1 00
for paint brush.
10
for knives and forks
1 50
for milk can
1 25
for broom.
45
for car fare, .
70
for feed baskets.
4 75
for wheel-barrow
3 00
for cabbage plants.
1 00
for watering pot.
1 00
for crockery
25
for combs.
15
for sofa.
3 00
for bedstead.
1 00
for sieve.
1 00
for ladder
2 00
for cradle.
50
for paper.
25
for account book.
1 00
for syringe.
1 50
for well stone.
3 00
for berries
1 20
for soap
5 85
for bull
20 00
for cow.
36 00
for Betsey Hildreth's funeral expenses
17 00
E. Tower, for doctoring horse. for clothes for inmates.
4 41
for goods. .
235 20
for board for child
3 00
for bed bug poison .
2 50
Overseers of the Poor
65 00
H. D. Pierce, for services as master of almshouse
350 00
J. Feeney, as per bill. 15 24
J. A. Walkden, as per bill 14 70
A. Wright, for coal. 10 69
60 83
A. Wright, for goods ..
10 50
J. B. Heald, M. D., as per bill
$2,797 51
Deduct proceeds sold from the farm $2,517 06
Cash in H. D. Pierce's hands 59 02
Amounts carried forward.
$2,576 08 $2,797 51
2 50
33
Amounts brought forward. . $2,576 08 $2,797 51 The expense of keeping 113 tramps 28 25
$2,604 33
Leaves as the cost of supporting the poor inside of the almshouse. $193 18
COST OF SUPPORTING POOR Outside of the Almshouse.
Paid Town of Groton for Edward Holt $145 25
Burial expenses of Jacob Reed. 18 00
J. R. Whitney, for expenses of Jacob Reed. 10 00
Union Grocery Co., for goods for Emily Lew 5 00
Geo. W. Stearns, M. D., for attendance on Mrs. Holt. 19 00
Bickford & Son, for goods for Furbush Pike. 8 00
Town of Littleton, for Wm. Nichols. 34 35
Treasurer of Lunatic Asylum at Worcester, for A. H. Woodward, Rufus Keyes, T. W. Dupee, George O. Wright and Mary E. Wright. 736 41
A. Wright, for goods for C. H. Spaulding 44 00
A. Wright, for goods for J. Davie. 46 00
J. B. Heald, M. D., as per bill. 49 50
J. W. Day, for moving J. Larkin .
7 00
City of Lowell, for aid rendered J. Larkin.
9 00
City of Lowell, for aid rendered Mrs. Henry Nutting ..
12 00
Wright & Fletcher, for goods delivered Emily Lew. .
35 00
David Reed, for services as Overseer of the Poor ....
10 00
David Reed, for time and expense in the Callahan case. David Reed, for car fare.
9 00
1 40
E. Prescott, for time and expense in going to Groton to see about E. Holt and family, and bringing them to the almshouse .. 4 00
E. Prescott, for time and expense in the Callahan case. 1 50
E. Prescott, for time and expense about Mrs. O'Brine. 2 50
E. Prescott, for time and expense in going to Wor- cester about the case with the town of Gardner. .
4 00
E. Prescott, for time and expense in investigating the Watson case, as per bill. 18 90
E. Prescott, for services as Overseer of the Poor .. 7 00
E. Prescott, for making report to Board of State Charities .
2 50
E. Prescott, for postage stamps and stationery
1 50
A. Fisher, for time and expense in going to Lowell to see about the Nutting children 3 00
A. Fisher, for making out report to town. 5 00
A. Fisher, for services as Overseer of Poor 10 00
Amount carried forward. $1,256 81
5
34
Amount brought forward. $1,256 81
Received from town of Bridgewater $49 16
66 town of Chelmsford 22 00
66 66 city of Lowell. 38 00 66
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