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<br />The sixth day of March we examined and appraised the 'property
<br />belonging to the Town, and connected with the Poor Farm, to wit : ,
<br />2 Swine, . $ 16
<br />1 Horse cart, . 15
<br />1 Harrow and 1 cultivator, 4
<br />2 Ploughs, ▪ 10
<br />17 Fowls, . • 6
<br />Vinegar and casks, . 8
<br />4 Chains and lead chains, 2
<br />1 Cart harness, . 4
<br />1 Plough harness, 2
<br />2 Manure forks, 1
<br />4 Hoes,
<br />2 Draft chains, . • 3
<br />1 Wagon harness, • 7
<br />2 Heifers, two years old, 36
<br />1 Cow, . 30
<br />7 Tons of hay, . 84
<br />Hay forks and hay cutter, 3
<br />1 Feed trough, . . 1
<br />1 Pung sleigh, . . 2
<br />1 Horse wagon, . . 35
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<br />Stake wagon for hay,
<br />Fire -wood,
<br />Horse sled,
<br />Saws,
<br />Baskets, .
<br />Provision in the pantry,
<br />Galls. molasses,
<br />Tons of coal,
<br />Potatoes,
<br />Salt pork,
<br />Casks in cellar,
<br />Tea, brooms and rice,
<br />White beans,
<br />Stocks of boards,
<br />Corn,
<br />Hay rakes a• nd 2 ▪ scythe
<br />snaths, 2 50
<br />Furniture in the house, 200 00
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<br />18 75
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<br />26 25
<br />$ 710 40
<br />On the first of March, the number of persons in the Alms -house
<br />receiving support from the Town was ten. The oldest was 97, and
<br />the youngest was 57 ; they averaged 77 years. From these, not
<br />much labor was to be expected ; yet the products of the farm will
<br />show a good degree of industry, well directed.
<br />One of the inmates, before alluded to, voluntarily left the House
<br />and went to the State of Vermont, with the avowed intention of never
<br />returning. Two of the others having become heirs to small amounts
<br />of property, have been put under guardianship ; and the Town is now
<br />receiving pay for their board. Although the Overseers would not
<br />think it best to convert the Alms -house into a Boarding-house, yet
<br />as these two old persons had been there a long time, and manifested
<br />no wish to remove, but a strong desire to stay, as it was " their
<br />home,"—and as in all probability they will again become chargeable
<br />to the Town, it was thought advisable to let them remain, for the
<br />present at least, as the room was not wanted for other purposes.
<br />Their names are Stephen Winship and Jonathan Trask.
<br />About the 20th of June, a male child was left at the door of James
<br />Mead, late in the evening, and there abandoned. It has been placed
<br />in good hands, and named William Albert Stone.
<br />In looking into the Statutes for a better understanding of our duties
<br />as Overseers, we found in chap. 22, sec. 3d and 4th, that the law
<br />required us to meet " once in every month, and at other times as
<br />occasion may require." This requirement we have observed, by
<br />meeting at the Town Hall on the last Monday in each month. We
<br />think this regular meeting of the Board secures many advantages,
<br />some of which would otherwise be lost.
<br />We would say, in this connection, that the roof of the Alms -house
<br />will need to be shingled the coming season, and recommend the Town
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<br />to make early provision for that necessary expense. We also suggest
<br />the economy of giving the House a coating of paint ; the window
<br />sashes and the doors, with some other parts of the building, will
<br />otherwise decay very fast.
<br />Expenditures of the Overseers.
<br />Paid Bennett & Saville, for groceries,
<br />L. R. Crosby, for tobacco,
<br />Lexington and W. C. Railroad Co., f▪ or transportation,
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<br />CC Whitcher, Sackrider & Co., for grain,
<br />C' Bennett & Saville, for groceries,
<br />John B. Smith, for labor as carpenter,
<br />64 Harrington & Locke, for painting wagon,
<br />46 Gershom Swan, for mason work, .
<br />Lex. and W. Camb. Railroad Co., for transporta• tion,
<br />" Howard Emerson, for butter,
<br />64 James H. Hallett, for bedding,
<br />Albert Fitch, for beef,
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<br />G. Bray, for horse,
<br />Henry Durell, for bbl. of • mola▪ sses,
<br />Ayer & Raymond, for bbl. of flour,
<br />John Hastings, for rye,
<br />Gershom Swan, for mason work,
<br />H. W. Vinal, for oats,
<br />Lex. and W. Camb. Railroad C▪ o., for • transporta• tion,
<br />Whitcher, Sackrider & Co., for grain,
<br />A. P. Spofford, for boarding Isaac Blodgett,
<br />Albert Fitch, for grain,
<br />Franklin V. Butters, for dry go▪ ods,
<br />Lex. and W. Camb. Railroad Co., for transporta• tion,
<br />James Mead, for nursing,
<br />Colburn Hadlock, for butter,
<br />George F. Chapman, for services, .
<br />F. M. Harrington, for horse hire,
<br />William M. Ashby, for sawing lumber,
<br />F. V. Butters, for dry goods,
<br />Geo. F. Chapman, for sundries,
<br />Patrick Reynolds, for bacon, .
<br />Eli Simonds, for hay for litter,
<br />Bennett & Saville, for groceries,
<br />Surveyors of highways, for labor,
<br />Henry Mulliken, for carpentry,
<br />A. T. Perkins, for bug poison,
<br />C. K. Tucker, for wheelwright work,
<br />Henry Durell, for salt fish,
<br />F. V. Butters, for dry goods,
<br />A. E. Thomson, for dry goods,
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<br />$217
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<br />Amount carried over, . $ 565 15
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