Town annual reports of Carver 1874, Part 1

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Part 1


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN.


OF THE


TOWN OF CARVER,


FOR THE


Financial Year ending March 10, 1874,


TOGETHER WITH THE


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TOWN CLERK.


ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 30TH, 1874.


PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM & BOOK JOB PRINTERS, CORNER OF COURT AND NORTH STREETS. 1874.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN


OF THE


TOWN OF CARVER,


FOR THE


Financial Year ending March 10, 1874,


TOGETHER WITH THE


REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TOWN CLERK.


ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 30TH, 1874.


PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM & BOOK JOB PRINTERS, CORNER OF COURT AND NORTH STREETS. 1874.


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Report of the Selectmen.


CITIZENS OF CARVER :


The Selectmen submit their Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the past year, together with such other facts as may be of interest.


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


THOMAS COBB, Treasurer.


DR.


To cash on hand at commencement of the year .. . $3,703 25


rec'd from Oscar E. Bliss, license to peddle 6 00


rec'd from William Dunn. 6 00


rec'd front Wm. L. Randall, license to peddle 6 00


rec'd from A. G. Ashley, license to peddle .. 6 00


rec'd from J. C. Chandler for stone post. . . 1 25


rec'd from sale of pauper effects. 1 70


rec'd fronr State Treasurer, corporation tax 389 33


rec'd from State Treasurer, Nat'l bank tax. 582 35


rec'd from State Treasurer, military bounty


49 00


rec'd from State Treasurer, armory rent .. .


50 00


rec'd from State Treasurer, amount of State Aid paid to soldiers and families.


760 00


rec'd from State Treasurer, income from State school fund 131 43


rec'd from County Treasurer, dog licenses .. 107 56


rec'd from Thomas Cobb, rent of Town farm 25 00


rec'd from collection of taxes. 5,695 65


rec'd from interest on taxes 17 10


Total receipts


$11,540 62


4


The Treasurer is credited with payments on the several accounts as follows :


CR.


Paid for support of poor $1,296 18


support of schools


2,048 53


repair of highways


1,182 23


repair of bridges


130 16


State Aid to soldiers and families


736 80


military expenses


99 00


State tax


1,035 00


County tax


770 37


Pay of Town officers.


411 97


clearing the roads from snow


169 88


repair of school-houses


106 33


Miscellaneous expenses


62 03


Abatements on taxes.


36 27


Cash on hand March 10, 1874


3,455 87


$11,540 62


POOR.


Expenses and Receipts connected with the support of Poor the past year, by item :


Expenses at the Almshouse


$332 98


EXPENSES AWAY FROM THE ALMSHOUSE.


. Paid for support of Foster Shaw $58 50


Patience Robbins


117 50


Willard Sears


101 29


Barton Fuller


42 89


Sally Denham


39 00


Caroline Wrightington


28 43


Ansel Barrows.


37 31


Joseph A. Bates


85 05


Paid for sickness and burial of Rebecca Lucas


45 50


Paid sickness expenses of A. P. Robbins


407 73


Total expenses away from the Almshouse, ... 963 20


5


Total expenses of Poor $1,296 18


Balance from appropriation of 1872 $252 11


Appropriation of 1873 1,000 00


Rent of Town farm


25 00


Value of pauper goods sold.


2 95


Deficiency 16 12


$1,296 18


SCHOOLS.


Receipts and expenses connected with the town schools the past year :


Undrawn balance of 1872 $331 79


Appropriation of 1873 1,600 00


From State school fund


134 43


From license of dogs


107 56


$2,173 78


Paid the several schools


$2,048 53


Balance undrawn 125 25


$2,173 78


BRIDGES.


Receipts and. expenses connected with the repair of Bridges the past year :


Balance from appropriation of 1872 $72 23


Appropriation of 1873.


100 00


$172 23


Paid repair of Beaver Dam bridge, Dist.


No. 2 $16 75


Paid repair of bridge at Wenham, Dist. No. 5 113 41


Balance unexpended 42 07


$172 23


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HIGHWAYS.


Receipts and expenses connected with the repair of High_ ways the past year :


Balance from appropriation of 1872 $68 70


Appropriation of 1873 1,200 00


$1,268 70


Paid Highway District No. $63 98


Highway District No. 45 49


Highway District No. 3


50 80


Highway District No. 4 $66 79.


Highway District No.


87 48


Highway District No. 6


40 67


Highway District No. 7.


42 25


Highway District No. 8


53 68


Highway District No. 9


Highway District No. 10


313 76


Highway District No. 11


144 84


Highway District No. 12 35 43


Highway District No. 13 105 16


Highway District No. 14 55 50


Highway District No. 15 76 40


Total amount expended


$1,182 23


Balance undrawn. 86 47


$1,268 70


15-


014 96 0


11080


7


1


Amounts due the Districts as follows :


District No. 3


$8 38


District No. 7 5 15


District No. 8. 6 08


District No. 9


13 88


District No. 10.


12 51


District No. 11


38 30


District No. 14


19 57


$103 87


Overdrawn.


District No. 13 $9 00


District No. 15


8 40


Balance undrawn


86 47


$103 87


MILITARY EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS.


Paid Company L for May inspection . . $49 00


Armory rent 1873. 50 00


$99 00


Received from State for May inspection. $49 00


from State for Armory rent .... 50 00


I


$99 00


MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES THE PAST YEAR.


RECEIPTS.


Pedlers' licenses $24 00


Corporation tax


389 33


National Bank tax


582 35


Interest on taxes


17 10


Total receipts


$1,012 78


Deficiency


183 84


$1,196 62


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EXPENDITURES.


Paid Treasurer's and Collector's commission, 1872, $131 63 R. M. Dempsey, services as Constable, 1872. . . 8 23


S. F. McFarlin, services on the School Commit- tee, 1872. 20 55


R. B. Pearson, services on the School Commit- tee, 1872. 13 00


R. J. Brett, services on the School Committee, 1872 11 79


E. T. Pratt, services on the School Committee, 1872 9 00


E. D. Shaw, services on the School Committee, 1872 8 50


R. M. Dempsey, services on the School Commit- tee, 1872 13 87


Andrew Griffith, services and expenses as one of Selectmen and Overseers of Poor, 1872 47 48 Alvin Perkins, services and expenses as one of Selectmen and Overseers of Poor, 1872, 22 42


H. A. Lucas, services and expenses as one of Selectmen and Overseers of Poor, 1872, 29 00 Peleg McFarlin, services and fees as Town Clerk, 1872 26 25


Thomas Cobb, for returning deaths 1 50


Avery & Doten, for printing Town Reports. . . .


28 50


Avery & Doten, for printing School Reports .. . 16 50


S. F. McFarlin, expenses in obtaining School Teachers . 10 53


Jesse Murdock and others for painting and re- pairing School Houses. 106 33


Amount carried forward. $505 08


9


Amount brought forward .. . $505 08


District No. 1, for clearing the roads of snow, 10.82 District No. 2, for clearing the roads of snow, 14 90 District No. 3, for clearing the roads of snow, 38 14 District No. 4, for clearing the roads of snow, 16 04


District No. 5, for clearing the roads of snow, 26 63


District No. 6, for clearing the roads of snow, 6 00


District No. 7, for clearing the roads of snow, 2 80


District No. 8, for clearing the roads of snow, 21 62


District No. 12, for clearing the roads of snow, 4 00


District No. 13, for clearing the roads of snow, 20 60


District No. 15, for clearing the roads of snow, 8 33


Andrew Griffith, for assessing taxes, 1873 .. 20 00


Alvin Perkins, for assessing taxes, 1873 17 50


H. A. Lucas, for assessing taxes, 1873 18 75


For tax books 2 25


I. C. Bent, for services and expenses on the ' Herring Committee, 1873. 12 75


Eli Southworth, for services and expenses on the Herring Committee, 1873 4 00


Total miscellaneous expenses $750 21


Transferred from Bank tax to Appropriation for sup- port of Poor 446 41


$1,196 62


There being a change in the law taxing Bank stock since our annual appropriations were made, the assessors felt justified in reducing the amount appropriated for support of Poor, $446.41, and transferring said sum from Bank tax to the Poor account. 2


10 -


STATE AID TO SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES.


Paid Everett T. Manter


$120 00


Daniel Dunham


72 00


A. R. Drew


72 00


Mary T. Dunham.


88 80


Almira H. Barrows


96 00


Huldah McFarlin.


96 00


Nancy L. Pratt.


96 00


Caroline W. Pratt


48 00


Guardian to H. I. Atwood.


48 00


Paid out on account of 1872.


884 00


$1,620 80


Received from State $760 00


Still due. 860 80


$1,620 80


ABATEMENT ON TAXES.


Ralph Copeland, tax of 1873.


90


Wilson Perkins, tax of 1873


67


Reuben Gurney, tax of 1873 ..


2 00


Charles F. Forbes, tax of 1873.


2 00


Josiah B. Drew, tax of 1872.


2 00


Benjamin Gurney, tax of 1872


2 00


Jonathan P. Morse, tax of 1872


2 00


Augustus Oakland, tax of 1872.


2 00


William Pratt, tax of 1872


2 83


Jesse M. Shaw, tax of 1872.


2 00


Stillman Ward, Jr., tax of 1872.


2 00


John Griffith, tax of 1871.


2 00


William Pratt, tax of 1871 2 87


Samuel M. Vaughan, tax of 1871. 2 00


Alverado Wrightington, tax of 1871 2 00


William Pratt, tax of 1870 2 00


Albert Shurtleff, Jr., tax of 1870 5 00


$36 27


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STATE TAX.


Whole amount assessed as required by Warrant .. . $1,035 00 Paid State Treasurer amount of tax. 1,035 00


COUNTY TAX.


Whole amount assessed as required by Warrant. $770 37


Paid County Treasurer amount of tax. 770 37


LIABILITIES.


The liabilities of the Town are as follows :


Treasurer's and Collector's commission, 1873, unpaid $135 61 Peleg McFarlin, services as Town Clerk, 1873, unpaid Andrew. Griffith, services and expenses as one of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, 1873, unpaid. 39 88


35 05


Alvin Perkins, do


38 40


H. A. Lucas, do


23 39


R. M. Dempsey, services as Constable, 1873, unpaid Peleg McFarlin, services and expenses as one of the School Committee, 1873, unpaid


8 50


S. F. McFarlin, services as one of the School Com- mittee, 1873, unpaid.


40 00


E. T. Pratt, do.


16 25


School appropriation undrawn. 125 25


86 47


Estimated Poor bills unpaid 100 00


100 00


Estimated snow bills unpaid.


Total liabilities $804 80


-


Appropriation for repairs of highways undrawn


56 00


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ASSETS AVAILABLE.


Cash in Treasury .. $3,455 87


Uncollected taxes on bills of 1871. 1 05


Uncollected taxes on bills of 1872. 94 58


Uncollected taxes on bills of 1873. 567 54


Due from State for aid paid to soldiers and families 860 80


Due on note of E. P. Bumpus against A. M. Bumpus 170 00


Total available assets $5,149 84


ASSETS NOT AVAILABLE.


Town Farm. $700 00


Personal property in the house. 150 00


No. 1 school-house and lot


950 00


2 school-house and lot. 625 00


3 school-house and lot 760 00


4 school-house and lot 1,000 00


5 school-house and lot.


950 00


6 school-house and lot 700 00


8 school-house and lot. 800 00


$6,635 00


AMOUNT RAISED BY TAXATION IN 1873.


State tax


$1,035 00


County tax 770 37


For schools. . 1,600 00


1,200 00


For repair of highways


100 00


For repair of bridges


For Poor. 553 59


$5,258 96


13


RATE OF TAXATION.


Poll tax, $2.00. Rate on property per $1,000, $9.00.


TOWN VALUATION 1873.


Real estate


$331,442 00


Personal estate


192,971 00


$524 413 00


Number of polls, 269.


Number of houses taxed, 231.


Number of horses taxed, 144.


Number of cows taxed, 215.


Number of sheep taxed, 94.


Number of acres of land taxed, 18,478.


Names and ages of the poor who have been fully supported or assisted during the year :


Sally Dunham 61 years old.


Sally Denham 82


Patience Robbins 68


Joseph A. Bates 32


Caroline Wrightington.


63


Foster Shaw.


39


Barton Fuller. 24


Willard Sears.


64


Ansel Barrows


72


Rebecca Lucas. 75


A. P. Robbins


22


E. P. Bumpus, died July 29.


80


The Almshouse has been let to Mrs. Barrows, she to board the poor for a given sum per week. Only three have been under her charge during the year ; average number two.


14


We give the rate of taxation in Plymouth County, as usual, together with a few other towns in the State, to show how other people have been taxed the past year :


Abington


$12 80 per $1,000 00


Bridgewater


10 90


Carver.


9 00


Duxbury


17 60


East Bridgewater


16 50


Halifax.


11 00


Hanover.


16 50


Hanson .


18 40


Hingham


14 00


Hull.


10 00


Kingston.


5 50


Lakeville.


10 50


Marion


18 20


Marshfield


19 20


Mattapoisett.


6 50


Middleborough


14 30


North Bridgewater


17 00


Pembroke.


13 20


Plymouth


16 40


Plympton


13 00


Rochester


15 00


Scituate.


22 20


South Scituate


16 00


Wareham


18 00


West Bridgewater


11 70


Eastham


27 00


Truro.


25 20


Adams


27 00


Florida


28 00


Monroe


32 00


New Salem


29 00


Pelham


34 00


Brighton


9 10


Nahant


4 50


15


The same appropriations throughout are recommended as of last year, to pay current expenses :


Repair of highways $1,200 00


Repair of bridges 100 00


Support of poor. 1,000 00


Support of schools


1,600 00


State tax. .


1,000 00


County tax 770 37


The substance of our report is, that our poor have cost us $358:29 more than last year, by the unusual expense of about $450.00 caused by small pox breaking out in Town, which ex- pense we have placed in the poor account, for the reason that there will be no reimbursement. The deficiency of $16.12 may be paid out of the usual appropriation of next year.


The appropriations for other departments have been ample to meet expenses, excepting that the income from miscellaneous sources has not paid expenses. No appropriation is called for at this time ; if not self-sustaining, the deficiency may be paid out of the surplus cash in the Treasury.


While the balance in favor of the Town has decreased $175.00 since last report, we still have a surplus of $4,345.00 of cash or its equivalent' available to meet all ordinary demands upon the Treasury the ensuing year without borrowing.


In conclusion, we remark, that the dull times have had no tendency to increase our expenses, and that however humble a position our little Town bears, we have had only what we could pay for, and paid for all we have had, (an idea perhaps not very popular, but one greeted with some satisfaction when tax bills are presented) and out of 341 towns in the State only 11 show a lower tax rate than Carver.


Respectfully submitted, ANDREW GRIFFITH, ALVIN PERKINS,


H. A. LUCAS, S


Selectmen and Overseers of Poor.


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TOWN MEETING.


Contents of Warrant for Town Meeting to be held on Mon- day, March 30th inst., at 1 o'clock P. M.


ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.


ART. 2 .- To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.


ART. 3 .- To see if the Town will accept the report of the Se- lectmen.


ART. 4 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the support of Roads, Poor, Schools, Bridges, and any other expenses the current year.


ART. 5 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen if found necessary, in anticipation of taxes.


ART. 6 .- To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all taxes unpaid after a certain date.


ART. 7 .- To see if the Town will vote to make the yards of field drivers, Town pounds the present year.


ART. 8 .- To see if the Town will take any action relative to our herring privilege.


Given under our hands the eighteenth day of March, A. D. eighteen hundred and seventy-four.


ANDREW GRIFFITH, ) Selectmen ALVIN PERKINS, of


H. A. LUCAS, Carver.


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· Report of the Town Clerk.


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN CARVER, 1873. February 10. Charles Peterson, of Wareham, and Hannah Chorllson, of Carver.


April 7. Charles S. Parsons, of Carver, and Lucy J. Cole, of North Bridgewater.


May 3. Ebenezer Dunham, Jr., and Mary E. Gates, both of Carver.


May 29. Lothrop W. Barrows and Ada A. Merritt, both of Carver.


June 9. E Watson Shaw and Mary Whidden, both of Carver. September 3. Albert Griffith, of Carver, and Joanna E. Went- worth, of Bridgewater.


October 7. Albert S. Sparrow, of Middleboro, and R. Frances Dunham, of Carver.


November 24. Axel Emanuel Fagerberg and Sophia Bernadine Anderson, both of Carver.


November 26. Rufus W. Lucas, of Carver, and Lucy Ann Soule, of Plympton.


December 1. John Bent, of Carver, and Irene Augusta Smith, of Middleboro.


Whole number of Marriages, ten. Number of Births, twenty- seven. Number of Deaths, twenty-three.


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DEATHS REGISTERED IN CARVER IN 1873.


AGE.


PARENTS.


DATE.


NAMES.


Years.


Mos.


Days.


Feby 28,


Charles O. Tillson,


36


9


Dropsy,


Luther and Cynthia. Ansel and Jane.


Mar. 5,


Elizabeth Cole,


43


. .


.


Tumor,


John and Mary.


15,


Stephen Bumpus,


Benjamin and Relief.


19.


Isaac Shaw,


83


. .


..


Consumption,


April 5,


Hannah M. Sherman,


34


. .


. .


Benjamin and Abigail.


12,


Ruth Shurtleff,


85


7


. .


Wm. B. and Rebecca B.


May


8,


Angelo L. Phinney,


10


7


. .


15,


Thomas Savery,


1


10


13


Congestion of the Brain.


23,


Sophia Stringer,


43


1


13


Consumption,


Zepheniah and Mary.


26,


R. W. Andrews,


78


8


15


Old Age,


29,


Edmund Bumpus,


3


8


15


Heart Disease,


29,


Gertrude Holmes,


2


..


. .


Nervous Prostration,


.


Zenas A. and Ellen A.


26,


Eva L. Tillson,


1


3


15


Drosy of the Brain,


Nov.


4,


Lucy Cole,


54


3


17


Cancer,


Levi and Lucy Chase. Lothrop and Sally.


14,


Lothrop Barrows,


58


. .


Zenas and Polly Thomas.


15,


Louisa Bent,


47


. .


..


Horatio W. and Mary.


20,


William Bonney,


26


7


..


Dec.


15,


Mabel Drew,


24


..


.


Consumption,


Caleb and Sarah Atwood.


18,


Nancy Atwood,


90


10


13


Apoplexy,


Caleb and Joanna Tinkham.


24,


Harriet Southworth,


60


5


..


Heart Disease and a fall,


Benjamin and Bashy. Charles H. and Mary L.


Aug. 4,


Josephine F. Vaughan,


69


.


.


Levi and Phebe Vaughan.


Sept. 5,


Elista Sherman,


7


·


Teething,


John B. and Varetta.


Oct.


20,


Varetta R. McFarlin,


85


6


. .


Paralysis,


Peleg and Hannah. Edmund and Victoria.


18


July


51


..


. .


A Fit,


Andrew and Elista.


Consumption,


Paralysis,


Pneumonia.


Convulsions,


Alvan P. and Lizzie C.


..


Consumption,


Typhoid Fever,


Typhoid Fever,


James and Mary J. Breach.


DISEASE.


. .


*


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


OF THE


1


TOWN OF CARVER,


FOR THE


School Year ending April, 1874.


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REPORT.


FELLOW CITIZENS :


Your Committee, having in charge the educational interests of the Town, hereby submit their Annual Report for the year ending April, 1874.


In the judgment of your Committee, the schools of the Town are in a healthy and vigorous condition, the year having been marked for great harmony of action, and attended, we believe, with more than ordinary success. The schools have been apportioned equally in length, or as nearly so as possible, among the several districts, excepting that it was deemed expedient to consolidate Districts No. 1 and 6, for the Winter term. This action was acquiesced in by the districts, and we believe proved mutually beneficial.


The following is our Statistical Report, appended to which will be found such General Remarks as we regard pertinent to the duties entrusted to our hands :


Town appropriation . $1,600 00


Massachusetts School Fund.


134 43


Balance from last year's account


197 73


Received from Middleboro


7 50


Received from Plymouth


7 00


Received from Dog Fund


107 56


Total amount received $2,054 22


22


The following are the expenditures in the several districts for the past year :


District No. 1. (Green).


Paid Mr. C. F. Kendall, teaching $369 25


Mr. L. W. Reckard, wood. 8 00


Mr. Sullivan Shaw, sawing. 2 50


$379 75


District No. 2. (Pope's Point).


Paid Miss I. Augusta Smith, teaching. . . $279 00


Mr. Stephen Atwood, wood. 13 57


$292 57


District No. 3. (Centre).


Paid Miss Nettie Barrows, teaching. .. . . $140 00


Mr. T. M. Southworth, teaching. ..


110 00


Mr. Eben Shaw, wood. 10 50


$260 50


District No. 4. (Furnace Village).


Paid Mr. W. F. Hayward, teaching


$332 40


Mr. Ichabod Shurtleff, wood


7 75


Mr. N. S. Cushing 1 25


Mr. Joseph T. McFarlin, cartage.


65


Mr. Frank Tillson, sawing


2 50


$344 55


District No. 5. (Wenham).


Paid Mr. E. T. Pratt, teaching.


$270 12


Mr. Levi Ransom, wood. 6 75


Mr. Daniel Dunham, wood


5 00


Mr. Gould, sawing


78


$282 65


District No. 6. (North).


Paid Miss Addie Ward, teaching $140 00


23


District No. 8. (South).


Paid Mr. Harvey D. Reed, teaching . $210 00


Miss Addie Blackwell, teaching. .. 77 00


Mr. Gustavus Atwood, wood 10 50


$297 50


Paid for care of school-rooms, cleaning, etc. $16 95


Total amount expended


$2,014 47


Balance in the Treasury . 39 75


The number of scholars in town between the ages of five and fifteen years, as returned by the Assessors, is 205. The whole number of all ages attending school the past year is 214. Of this number 4 were under five years, and 26 were over fifteen years of age. The cost of each scholar to the Town has been $9.41.


The following are the Statistics of the several school terms :


District No. 1.


Ist term.


2d term. 3d term.


Length of school in months



21


23


Wages of teacher per month


$45 00


$50 00


$50 00


Whole number of scholars


27


39


48


Average attendance


33


38


41


Number of scholars under 5 years


0


0


0


Number of scholars over 15 years.


1


2


6*


* Including three from North.


District No. 2.


Ist term.


2d term. 3d term


Length of schools in months.


3


2


21


Wages of teacher per month.


$36 00


$36 00


$36 00


Whole number of scholars


24


23


26


Average attendance.


19


18


21


Number of scholars under 5 years


0


0


0


Number of scholars over 15 years


4


3


4


24


District No. 3.


Ist term.


2d term. 3d term.


Length of schools in months


3


2 $28 00


23


Wages of teacher per month


$28 00


$40 00


Whole number of scholars.


23


20


26


Average attendance.


19


18


23


Number of scholars under 5 years 2


1


0


Number of scholars over 15 years.


0


0


6


District No. 4.


Ist term.


2dl term. 3d term.


Length of school in months.


23


21


Wages of teacher per month.


$44 00


$48 00


$40 00


Whole number of scholars.


45


39


38


Average attendance .


37


30


30


Number of scholars under 5 years 0


0


0


Number of scholars over 15 years.


4


4


4


District No. 5.


Ist term.


2d term. 3d term.


Length of school in months


3


14


23


Wages of teacher per month.


$36 00


$36 00


$40 00


Whole number of scholars.


25


22


26


Average attendance. .


21


20


21


Number of scholars under 5 years


1


0


0


Number of scholars over 15 years


0


1


3


District No. 6.


Ist term.


2d term. 3d term


Length of school in months.


3


2


Wages of teacher per month


$28 00


$28 00


Whole number of scholars


13


12


Average attendance ..


11


10


Number of scholars under 5 years


0


0


Number of scholars over 15 years.


2


3


District No. 8.


Ist term.


2d term. 3d term.


Length of school in months.


3


2


Wages of teacher per month.


$42 00


$42 00


$28 00


Whole number of scholars.


39


34


25


Average attendance ..


31


27


23


Number of scholars under 5 years


1


0


0


Number of scholars over 15 years


3


3


2


25


The following are the names of those scholars who were neither absent or tardy during the several terms :


DISTRICT No. 1.


2d Term. 3d Term. W. F. Chandler.


Charles W. Shaw.


Horace Thrasher.


Geo. W. Pratt.


Laura C. King.


Henry L. Pratt.


Bessie W. Ward.


Susan B. White.


DISTRICT NO. 2.


1st Term. Henry F. Shaw. John W. Shaw.


2d Term.


Aurie B. Shaw.


Willie F. Atwood.


Henry F. Shaw.


John W. Shaw.


3d Term. Aurie B. Shaw.


Mary E. Richards.


Herman E. Murdock.


Walter W. Richards.


Willie H. Ashley.


Henry R. Shaw. John W. Shaw. Lucian W. Atwood.


DISTRICT No. 3.


3d Term. Myra A. Shaw. Laura L. Barrows.


Hannah B. Barrows.


Elmer F. Shaw. Bartlett M. Shaw.


DISTRICT No. 4.


2d Term. Frank T. Gibbs. J. W. Threshie.


DISTRICT NO. 5.


1st Term. Estella Pratt. Millie Appling. Annie Appling.


2d Term. Lizzie Robbins. Frank Hammond. Alton Chandler.


3d Term. Millie Appling. Annie Appling.


DISTRICT No. 6.


2d Term. John S. Robbins.


1st Term. Annie H. Robbins. Sammie W. Lucas. Willie F. Livingstone. Stephen T. Livingstone. Willie B. Drew.


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1st Term. Stella C. Richards. Susan B. White.


Chas. W. Shaw.


1st Term. J. Ellis Threshie. Emily B. Bumpus. Frank T. Gibbs. Charles Threshie. Albert A. Perkins.


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DISTRICT No. 8.


Ist Term.


Hattie R. Manter. Henry S. Griffith. Ira Murdock. Willie B. Murdock. Wilson McFarlin.


2d Term. Oscar Atwood, Henry S. Griffith. Wilson McFarlin.


3d Term.


Alton H. Shurtleff.


GENERAL REMARKS.


We do not expect to shed any new light upon the general subject of school management. We do not hope to break ground on any field of thought not already carefully considered by those who have preceded us ; but, as the supervisors of your schools, we are impressed by certain observations, vital to the welfare of our educational system, and which, we believe, cannot be too sedulously pressed upon your attention.


The first proposition we would urge upon your con- sideration relates to the absolute necessity of cooperation of the home-circle and the school-room. A teacher must be " something more or less than human," who can achieve any notable success, without the concurrent action and sympathy of the parents. To suppose a school can be set in motion, and run successfully for a term of months, without any practical outside sympathy, or auxiliary aid, is a lamentable delusion, that cannot be too thoroughly dispelled. We believe this to be a prac- tical suggestion, worthy of your most candid and earnest attention. We do not indulge in Utopian dreams ; we do not look for anything like perfection ; but when we shall see the heads of families in this town thoroughly


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and vitally awake to the importance of parental co-opera- tion in school matters, we shall have gained a long march toward a higher educational plane, and many of the seeming defects of our school system will disappear. But, in presenting this line of thought, we do not lose sight of the fact that in the teacher finally lies the secret of suc- cess. To achieve success in teaching, in the highest and best acceptation of the term, requires a diversity of peculiar gifts. A great linguist, a great mathematician, a great grammarian, or all of these, may prove a very poor teacher. To exercise a firmness and vigor that shall incite a school to action, and insure strict discipline, and accompany these qualities with a wise forbearance and kindness, that shall win respect and confidence ; to be able to inculcate the spirit as well as the letter, the principle as well as the rule of a problem, to supplement the possession of knowledge with a genius for imparting it, such are some of the requisites of a good teacher .: To secure such a union of qualifications in every teacher is no easy task, though, in making our selections, we have borne the principle steadily in mind.


Absenteeism and tardiness are among the worst evils of our schools. No student can succeed in his studies whose mind is distracted by irregular attendance, while it is a positive injury to any school to have its attention diverted by the arrival of tardy members. And here again, we invoke the united efforts of parents and teach- ers, for greater punctuality in attendance, to the end


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that, as nearly as may be, each pupil may occupy his or her seat, and our schools be as nearly as possible intact, at the sound of the teacher's bell.


We cannot omit to speak in terms of gratitude of the generous appropriation which has been bestowed upon our schools. It has enabled your committee to employ teachers of good standard qualifications, while the length of the schools has been such as to insure the most satis- factory results, not only in the progress made but in the thoroughness observed, which, after all, is the essential of all true progress.


At the opening of the school-year a surplus existed in the school fund of about two hundred dollars, which has been mostly expended, in accordance with the best judg- ment of your committee. To afford the schools the same advantages for the coming year that they have enjoyed the past year, will require an increased appropriation of nearly two hundred dollars. We hope this increase will be granted, for money, which is the " sinews of war," is as truly the sinews of our schools. In conclusion, we sin- cerely trust the practical interest and sympathy which the Town has shown for our schools, may suffer no decline. In the education of our children is involved not only our present prosperity, but our hopes for the future. We are sanguine that a cause so vital to the best interests of society and good government, will con- tinue to receive a generous support at your hands.


PELEG McFARLIN, - School S. F. McFARLIN, Committee


E. T. PRATT, of Carver.


CARVER, April, 1874.


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