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Vol. Ill. No. 5 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1906 
Three Cents 
» MANCHESTER ALMSHOUSE 
Not in such a poor condition as the state com- 
missioners report would indicate — No Idiots 
there 
The annual report of the state board 
of charity, which was submitted to the 
legislature this week, had the follow- 
ing tosay of the almshouse at Man- 
chester. 
“Warden, William H. Haskell ; mat- 
ron, Mrs. Haskell; salary, $375. 
Served here 17 years. No assistance. 
Total annual cost, $2190.23; net, 
$1219.04. Wooden building, with 
iron fire escapes and no other fire pro- 
tection. No sitting room; ten sleep- 
ing rooms, with 12 beds. No bath 
room. Weekly bathing in tub insist- 
ed on; no water closet ; two privies. 
Heating by hot water. Lighting by 
oil. No separation of sexes. Nine 
inmates; six men and three women. 
Two men work around the barn; one 
woman does kitchen work, one sews. 
Ages, two between 40 and 50; three 
between 50 and 60; one between 60 
and 70; one between 70 and 80; two 
between 80 and 90. All inmates per- 
manent. Two have relatives in town. 
Two men idiotic ; one woman a crip- 
ple. Thirteenacres of land; sixacres 
ploughed; nine acres tilled; chief 
products: barley and _ vegetables- 
Prescribed register kept. The hot. 
water system of heating, and the iron 
fire escape are recent improvements. 
Further improvemeuts under consid- 
eration.” 
This report is rather misleading in 
the light of the actual facts connected 
with the local institution. Chairman 
Swett of the Overseers of the Poor 
said when the report was called to his 
attention that some of the statements 
were not true. 
“As a matter of fact,” he said, 
“We have a bath room and a toilet at 
the poor farm and the inmates are 
far from idiotic, and are entered upon 
the overseers’ books as sane. We 
have recently inspected the alms- 
house and found it in a very good 
condition and admirably kept.”’ 
ANNUAL ROLL-CALL 
Baptist Church in Manchester Held Roll-Call 
and Reunion — Some Interesting Speakers 
The annual roll-call and reunion of 
the Baptist church of Manchester was 
held in the vestry of the church 
Wednesday evening, at which time 
also the business of the annual meet- 
ing was completed and reports of the 
various auxiliary societies were read. 
After the roll call the evening was 
brought to a close by remarks of a 
somewhat reminiscent nature, by sev- 
eral of the members and past members 
of the church. 
An excellent supper was served by 
the advisory committee of the Ladies’ 
REV. E. H. BREWSTER 
who presided at the Annual Roll Call 
Aid, and the executive committee of 
the Church Aid societies as follows: 
Mrs. Helen Willmonton, Mrs. Abbie 
Bullock of the former, and Mrs. 
Brewster, Mrs. Hattie Baker, Mrs. 
Edward Crowell, Mrs. Albert Crowell, 
Mrs. Chas. Mason and Mrs. Alice 
Preston, of the latter. The menu in- 
cluded cold ham, tongue, roast pork, 
beef, hot roast lamb, salads, pies, 
cake, fruit, coffee, etc. 
It was a little after 6 o’clock when 
Rev. Mr. Brewster asked divine bless- 
ing, and after the inner man (and 
woman) had been properly attended 
to the social end of the evening’s pro- 
gram was looked after. At 8 o’clock 
the ajourned business meeting was 
called to order and after singing by 
the congregation, prayer by the pas- 
tor and scriptural reading by Deacon 
Robt. Baker, Clerk J. Davis Baker 
called the roll. One hundred and 
seven members responded to their 
names, 
The reports of the auditor and of 
the prudential committee were read, 
showing the financial condition of the 
society on much better basis than any 
previous year. The report of the 
Bible school, read by Robert Baker, 
followed, as also did those of the 
young people’s union, read by Miss_ 
Alice R, Rainville ; the Church Aid by 
Mrs. Ellery Rogers; the Woman’s 
Foreign Missionary society by Mrs. 
C. L. Crafts; the Woman’s Home 
Missionary circle by Mrs. Ellen I. 
Horton ; the Farther Lights by Miss 
Emma Prest, and of the Junior Union. 
The report of the young people’s so- 
ciety showed that $100 had been given 
for the Mary Hawley Briggs fund, 
which provides scholarship for stu- 
dents in Japan. All these reports 
showed the societies to be ina healthy 
condition. 
After the business meeting had 
been formally declared closed Mr. 
Brewster, who presided, announced 
he had arranged a brief program. 
Deacon T. B, Stone gave a talk on 
“Portraits from memory,” which con- 
stituted an account of some of the 
older members of the church since he 
became a member in 1870. He said 
there had been three ministers sent 
out from that church — Samuel Chee- 
ver, B. F. Tuck and Thos. C. Russell, 
the former two having passed away. 
He spoke also of the past deacons of 
the church -— John Baker, Jacob Will- 
monton, John Collins, Samuel Chee- 
ver, Geo. Hartley and Joseph Baker. 
Included among the older members, 
now dead, of which he spoke, were 
Thomas Ray, Thos. H. Kitfield, Wil- 
liam Fitz, Henry T. Bingham, Wm. 
