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expense to the Society, particularly for the last twenty-four
years; as they had to be watched day and night, and
waited upon on all occasions, not being capable even to
dress or undress themselves.
  Therefore, allowing the moderate sum of seventy-five
dollars for each, yearly, for the twenty-four years above-
mentioned, after deducting the fifty dollars paid by the
town, amounts to 3550,00.
  It is ascertained from the records of the town of Enfield,
that the sum expended of the town tax for the support of
paupers, during twenty-four years past, does not
exceed                                        3245,50
  The Society have paid of this tax about one-
seventh, which is                           - 463,64
  And this subtracted shows that the rest of the
town have paid                              - 2781,86
  The Society's expense for the idiots brought
down                                          3550,00
  The above one-seventh paid by the Society
brought down                                - 463,64
  Which being added amounts to              - 4013,64
wholly sustained by the Society.
  Now it can be seen, at what expense the Society have
been more than all the rest of the town, for the support of
paupers.
  The Society's expense, exclusive of the town, 4013,64
  The town's expense exclusive of the Society, 2781,86
  Expense of the Society more than all the rest --
of the town,                                - 1231,78
  Exclusive of the above expense, we have supported the
poor of our own Society without receiving one cent of the
town's money.
  From the records of the town as above, it appears that
the said Society have paid of school taxes in the above 24
years,                                      - 1546,37
  And have received for the benefit of their own
district,                                   -   796,50
  Leaving of our tax for the other districts in-
town,                                          749,87
  Thus, from the above it will appear whether the great
alarm about pauperism was founded on any thing really