Town annual reports of Carver 1890, Part 1

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Publication date: 1890
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SELECTMEN


OF THE


TOWN OF CARVER,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 5, 1890.


TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE


TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Annual Town Meeting, March 31, 1890.


MIDDLEBORO' : H. L. THATCHER & CO., STEAM PRINTERS, 1 890.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


. SELECTMEN


OF THE


TOWN OF CARVER,


FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 5, 1890.


TOGETHER WITH THE REPORTS OF THE


TOWN CLERK AND SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Annual Town Meeting, March 31, 1890.


MIDDLEBORO' : H. L. THATCHER & Co., STEAM PRINTERS, 1890.


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REPORT OF SELECTMEN.


Citizens of Carver : -


The Selectmen submit their Annual Report of the receipts and expenditures of the town for the past year, with such other facts as may be of interest.


TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


ANDREW GRIFFITH, Treasurer. DR.


To cash on hand March 3, 1889, · .


$1,940 76


Rec'd from State Treasurer balance corpo- ration tax, 9 38


Sale of herring privilege,


21 75


W. L. Randall, license to peddle, 6 00


Geo. B. Fuller, license to peddle, 6 00


J. Bent, overpaid bill, 1888, I 88


Wm. Savery, agent-loan, 1,000 00


Sale of provisions and fowl, almshouse, 8 15


Allen Bennett's estate, 15 00


State Treasurer, corporation tax, 622 57


State Treasurer, National Bank tax, 859 47


State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 279,


71 00


State Treasurer, State Aid, Chap. 301,


279 30 State Treasurer, income Mass. School Fund, 205 73 P. McFarlin, trustee Ellis School Fund, 165 00 G. Atwood, trustee Pratt School Fund, 100 00 County Treasurer, dividend from dog licenses, . 132 92


Martha Bumpus estate,


75 00


Rent of almshouse, .


12 50


4


Rec'd from collection of taxes,


$5,764 59


Interest on delinquent taxes, Griffith Cemetery Fund, . Total receipts,


29 32


207 14


. $11,533 46


IS90


CR.


March 5. Paid support of poor,


$1,926 60


Support of schools, 2,076 38


Repairs of highways,


1, 198 39


Repairs of bridges,


218 06


Repairs of schoolhouses,


77 82


School books and incidentals,


199 80


State Aid, Chap. 301,


302 80


State Aid, Chap. 279,


144 00


Incidental town expenses,


574 40


Special repairs highways,


75 00


State tax,


640 00


County tax,


784 97


Wm. Savery, agent, loan,


1,000 00


Town house account, 13 12


New road, So. Carver, account,


9 50


E. W. Peirce Post, S, G. A. R.,


15 00


Griffith Fund, Wareham Savings Bank,


207 14


Cash on hand March 5, 1890,


2,070 48


$11,533 46


SCHOOLS.


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


DR.


To balance from 1888, . $ 32 56


Appropriation of 1889,


1,500 00


J. Bent, overpaid bill, 1888, I 88


Ellis School Fund, app. to No. 4,


165 00


Pratt School Fund, .


100 00


Mass. School Fund,


205 73


Dividend dog licenses,


132 92


$2,138 09


5


CR.


Paid approved bills of School Committee as follows :-


Leila B. Thomas, teacher, No. 5, $161 IO


Leila B. Thomas, janitor, No. 5, 3 50


Sadie F. Atwood, teacher, No. 8, 285 00


Sadie F. Atwood, janitor, No. 8, 4 50


Vesta B. Shaw, teacher, No. 3, 240 00


E. B. Perkins, teacher, No. I Grammar, . 240 50


Nellie E. Gammons, teacher, No. 4 Primary, 78 00


Lizzie M. Schouler, teacher, No. 4 Primary,


I26 00


Lizzie M. Schouler, janitor, No. 4 Primary,


4 50


Charles L. Bates, teacher, No. 4 Grammar, Charles L. Bates, janitor, No. 4 Grammar, 4 75


270 00


Carrie E. Soule, teacher, No. I Primary, .


210 00


Carrie E. Soule, janitor, No. I Primary,


25


Carrie E. Soule, transportation of books, 30


Bernice E. Cornish, teacher, No. 2, . 90 00


Tirzah S. Morse, teacher, No. 5,


119 00


Myra A. Shaw, teacher, No. 2,


135 00


Harry Cassidy, janitor, No. 2, . 3 00


A. S. Hammond, Janitor, No. 5,


2 75


E. H. Eames, janitor, No. I Grammar, 4 50


Willie Thomas, janitor, No. I Primary, I 50


C. F. Cornell, sawing wood, No. I, . 6 78


T. T. Vaughan, wood bill, No. 3, . 6 50


Geo. P. Lincoln, wood and sawing, No. 5, 12 63


Abial T. Shurtleff, wood bill, No. 5, I 13


A. F. Cornish, sawing wood, No. 3, 75


Ellis Gibbs, sawing wood, No. 3, 4 50


C. Robbins, wood bill, No. I, . 15 40


W. T. Southworth, sawing wood, No. 2, . 3 37


E. Hacket, sawing wood, No. I, 3 12


G. Atwood, wood and sawing, No. 4, 14 33


G. Atwood, wood and sawing, No. 8, · IO 22


Miss N. G. Swift, cleaning, No. 4, . 4 50


6


Mrs. A. E. Winslow, cleaning, No. I, 3 00 Mrs. M. E. Braddock, cleaning, No. I, 6 00


Total expenses, . . .


Balance unexpended, .


$2,076 38 61 71


$2,138 09


HIGHWAYS.


Receipts and expenditures connected with the repairs of high- ways the past year :-


DR.


To balance from 1888,


$ 71 IO


Appropriation of 1889,


1,200 00


$1,271 IO


CR.


Paid S. N. Gould, surveyor, 1888, $ 3 90


John Dunham, surveyor, 1888, 12 90


P. J. Holmes, surveyor, 1888,


9 25


Joseph Morris, surveyor, 1888,


2 02


H. T. Hammond, commissioner,


385 12


I. S. Shurtleff, same, .


382 35


O. L. Shurtleff, same,


402 85


Total expenses,


$1, 198 39


Balance unexpended,


72 71


$1,271 IO


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BRIDGES.


Receipts and expenses connected with repairs of bridges the past year :-


DR.


To balance from 1888, $130 71


Appropriation of 1889, 25 00


$155 71


Overdrawn,


62 35


$218 06


7


CR.


Paid expenses of bridge at Beaver Dam, . $ 44 61 Expenses of bridge at J. E. Vaughan's bog, 27 53


Repairs of Fresh Meadow bridge, 104 68


Repairs of Pope's Point and Quiticus bridges, 41 24


Total expenses,


$218 06


REPAIR OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.


Receipts and expenses connected with the repairs of school- houses the past year :-


DR.


To balance from 1888, $72 06


Appropriation of 1889,


50 00


$122 06


CR.


Paid J. F. Lucas, repairs, No. I, $ 2 00


N. Lincoln, repairs, No. I, . 3 08


Bill for paint, No. I, . I3 31


H. Coombs, painting, No. 1, 20 58


E. B. Atwood, for lumber, No. I, 5 26


E. A. Richards, labor and nails, No. I, I 43


T. R. Peirce, stove, No. 2, . 9 00


J. Southworth, repairs, No. 3, 3 72


J. F. Shaw, carting cinder, No. 4, 2 60


G. Atwood, repairs, No. 4, . 7 93


James Harris, repairs, No. 5,


50


G. Atwood, repairs, No. 8, .


4 54


G. Atwood, repairs, No. 2, . 3 87


Total expenses, .


$77 82


Balance unexpended, .


44 24


$122 06


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SCHOOL BOOKS AND INCIDENTALS.


Receipts and expenses connected with school books and school incidentals the past year :-


DR.


To balance from ISSS, $ 26 97


Appropriation of 1889,


125 00


$151 97


Overdrawn,


47 83


$199 So


CR.


Paid I. A. Bent, for freight, express and car fare, .


$ 4 90


I. A. Bent for broom and pencils, 8c


E. W. Babb & Co. for books, . 121 98


G. F. King & Merrill for stationery,.


3 79


Leila B. Thomas, transportation of books,


I5


Carrie E. Soule, transportation of books, 25


Carroll W. Clark for maps and globes, 55 60


John Shaw for pencils, ·


85


C. L. Bates for bell, . I 00


J. C. Whitehead, utensils for schools, . I 55


G. Atwood, car fare, freight and cart- age,


· 8 93


Total expenses,


$199 80


NEW ROAD.


Receipts and expenditures connected with new road at South Carver :-


DR.


To balance from ISSS, .


$33 50


CR.


Paid Marcus Atwood for monuments and setting, . $ 8 00


Marcus Atwood for railings, I 50


Total expenses, . $ 9 50


Balance to new account,


24 00


$33 50


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STATE AID.


Receipts and disbursements connected with State Aid to sol- diers and families under Chap. 301, the past year :-


DR.


Due from the State,


$350 80


CR.


Paid B. F. Fuller. . $ 8 80


H. K. Swift, .


60 00


L. N. Shaw, .


· 36 00


Charles Atwood,


· 44 00


Isaac Shaw, .


18 00


Abby H. Eddy,


48 00 .


Caroline W. Pratt,


48 00 .


Lucy W. Fuller,


· 36 00


P. Jane Barrows,


·


4 00


Total disbursements,


$302 80


Paid previous to March 3, 1889,


48 00


$350 80


SPECIAL REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.


DR.


To appropriation of 1887, $75 00


CR.


Paid H. T. Hammond, repairs near S. W. Gould's,


$35 00


I. S. Shurtleff, repairs near E. Dunham's,


40 00


$75 00


POOR AND INDIGENT SOLDIERS' AID. Receipts and disbursements under Chap. 279 the past year :-


DR.


Due from the State, $84 00


One-half paid by Carver,


.


84.00


$168 00


IO


Paid Manoah Hurd,


. $96 00


S. J. Ham, .


48 00


Total disbursements, .


. $144 00


Daid previous to March 3, ISS9, .


24 00


$168 00


TOWN HOUSE ACCOUNT.


DR.


To balance from ISSS, ȘIIO 75


CR.


Paid J. Southworth, voting shelves, labor


and materials,


$13 12


Balance unexpended, .


· 97 63


POOR. ȘIIO 75


Receipts and expenses connected with the support of the poor the past year :-


DR.


To appropriation of ISS9, $1,S00 00


Rec'd from Allen Bennett estate,


15 00


M. A. Bumpus estate,


75.00


Sale of fowl and provisions.


S 15


Rent of almshouse, .


12 50


$1,910 65


Overdrawn,


15 95


$1,926 60


CR.


Paid provisions for almshouse. $199 75


Matron services,


105 00


Wood bill.


16 50


Clothing and shoes,


4 21


Medical attendance,


63 55


Expense of four burials,


9S 00


Total expense in almshouse,


$4S7 01


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EXPENSES OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.


Paid aid to :-


M. and C. Wrightington, $136 04


Mrs. Anna Tornrose, IIO 41


John Thomas, and medical attendance, 70 75


Charles Robery, Wareham, 104 00 Wilson McFarlin, Taunton Lunatic Hospital, 169 46


C. W. Pratt, aid to Wm. Pratt, . 65 00


Addie Shurtleff and children, 44 00


Town of Northbridge, aid and burial of Mary Kilroy, 50 00


Town of Plymouth, aid and medical


attendance, A. Casey, . 180 85


Town of Falmouth, aid to Landers child, . 19 78


City of Chelsea, aid to S. J. Ham, II 50


City of Boston, aid and burial of J. F. Bent, . 26 29


Town of Norwell, medical attendance on A. Casey, 9 00


Geo. F. Morse, medical attendance on Mary Thomas, 27 60


E. H. Cornish, medical attendance on Allen Stringer, 19 50


J. B. Williams, board of Bennett and Sears, . 118 35


J. B. Williams, lunch and care of 99 tramps, 24 75


Clothing bill for W. Sears, . 5 3I


Town of Plymouth, aid to Mrs. I. F. Atwood under Chap. 298, . 193 00


Sylvia C. Dunham, aid under Chap. 298, 54 00


Total outside aid, . $1,439 59


Total expense of poor, . $1,926 60


1 2


DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES.


DR.


To appropriation, .


.


$15 00


CR.


Paid Leander Alden, quartermaster E. W.


Peirce Post,


$15 00


INCIDENTAL TOWN EXPENSES.


DR.


To appropriation of 1889, $ 625 00


Rec'd corporation tax,


631 95


Sale of herrings,


21 75


National Bank tax,


859 47


Pedlers' licenses,


12 00


Loan,


1,000 00


Interest on taxes,


29 32


$3,179 49


CR.


Paid A. Griffith, treasurer and collector, commission, 1888, . $160 49


Printing, postage and stationery, ·


9 13


A. Griffith, Selectman, Overseer of Poor, Registrar of Voters, and ex- penses, 1888,


A. T. Shurtleff, same, 72 42


29 00


E. B. Cole, same,


30 00


A. T. Shurtleff, town clerk services, . 35 00


A. T. Shurtleff, postage and express, . 4 26


H. L. Thatcher, blank books, town offi- cers, 45


Irene A. Bent, member School Com- mittee, 1888, 35 25


Pratt Brothers, printing Assessors' no- tices, . .


I 37


E. W. Shaw, returning deaths, 4 years, 4 00


13


Paid G. Atwood, member School Commit- tee, 1888, 17 25


G. Atwood, making guide-board, 1 00


I. C. Bent, repair and oiling town scale, 2 87


H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing town reports, 44 00


C. K. Darling for Collector's book, I 50


A. Griffith, Assessor, 1889, 20 00


A. T. Shurtleff, same, 20 00


F. A. Ward, same,


20 00


M. E. Shurtleff, copying valuation, ·


7 00


H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing pauper notices, I 5S


Stationery for town house, .


Interest on borrowed money, 43


25 00


N. Sherman, returning deaths, 2 years, 2 25


J. W. Atwood, returning deaths, 1889, 2 75


Carbolic acid, order Board of Health, 40


S. B. Briggs, constable service, 1888, 8 00


S. B. Briggs, member Herring Com- mittee, 1889, 4 00


J. Murray, care A. Stringer family (diphtheria,) 15 00


Total incidental and town expenses, $574 40


State tax, .


640 00


County tax,


784 97


Loan,


. 1,000 00


$2,999 37


Deficiency of 1887 and 1888,


55 50


$3,054 87


Balance to new account, .


124 62


$3,179 49


.


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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT.


A. GRIFFITH, Collector. DR.


ISS9.


March 3. To uncollected taxes of IS79, $82 29


CR.


I S90.


March 5. By taxes uncollected, .


.


$82 29


DR.


IS89.


March 3. To uncollected taxes of 1886,


$2 74


CR.


IS90.


March 5. By taxes collected in 1889, .


$2 74


DR.


IS89.


March 3. To uncollected taxes of ISS7,


$28 21


.


CR.


1 890.


March 5. By taxes collected in 1889,


$14 47


Amount taxes uncollected,


13 74


.


$2S 21


1889.


DR.


March 5. To uncollected taxes of ISS8,


.


$801 90


CR.


1890.


March 5. By taxes uncollected in ISS9, .


$741 31


Eben Ellis, poll abated,


.


2 00


Charles W. Peirce, poll abated,


2 00


15


March 5. Wm. F. Stanley, poll abated, 2 00


Sarah Ryder, real abated, . 4 36 Amount taxes uncollected, 50 23


$SOI 90


DR.


1889.


Aug. 3. To amount of taxes of 1889, . $5,705 57


CR.


1890.


March 5. By amount of taxes collected in 1889, $5,006 07 Frederic Burgess, tax abated, real, 86 Howard Swift and Bros., tax abated, personal, 86 Amount taxes uncollected, 697 78


$5,705 57


CARVER, March 5, 1890.


We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing accounts, and find them to be correct.


JAMES A. VAUGHAN, ) Auditors of NELSON SHERMAN, Carver.


TOWN ASSETS.


1 890.


March 5. Cash in the treasury,


$2,070 48 Due from State, aid to soldiers, Ch. 301, 66


350 So


Ch. 279, 84 00 66 Taunton, aid to Shurtleff family, 144 00 Uncollected taxes of 1879, 66


82 29


1887,


13 74


66


66


1888,


50 23


66


66


1889,


697 78


Total assets,


.


.


$3,493 32


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LIABILITIES.


A. Griffith, Treasurer and Collector com- mission, ISS9, unpaid, .


$ 159 53


A. Griffith, printing, postage and stationery, 13 II


A. Griffith. Selectman, Overseer of Poor. Register of Voters, and expenses,


74 86


A. T. Shurtleff, same, .


31 00


Fred A. Ward, same, .


32 00


A. T. Shurtleff, town clerk services,


35 00


A. T. Shurtleff, postage and express,


4 42


N. Lincoln, member of School Committee,


29 00


N. Sherman, Auditor,


2 00


J. A. Vaughan, Auditor, .


I 00


School appropriation undrawn, 61 71


Highway appropriation undrawn.


72 71


Bills for poor unsettled, estimated,


200 00


All other demands, estimated.


100 00


Total estimated liabilities, $816 34


Assets over liabilities,


$2,676 9S


ASSESSORS' STATISTICS, ISS9.


Value of personal estate,


$155,340


Value of real estate,


434,960


Total valuation,


$613,590


Value of buildings,


$155,435


Value of land,


302,815


$434,960


Raised by taxation :-


For support of poor,


$1,800 00


Support of schools, .


1,500 00


Repair of highways,


1,200 00


Special repair highways,


75 00


Repair of bridges, .


25 00


Repair of schoolhouses, .


50 00


School books and incidentals, .


125 00


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For removal of snow, highways, $ 25 00


Town incidentals, ·


625 00


State tax,


. 640 00


County tax,


784 97


Decoration soldiers' graves,


15 00


$6,864 97


Deduct est. Bank and Corporation tax,


1,200 00


$5,664 97


Overlay, .


40 60


Total taxes committed to Collector,


.


$5,705 57


Rate of taxation, .


$8 60


Poll tax,


$2 00


Number of polls taxed,


214


Number of persons taxed,


531


On poll only,


60


On property,


471


Number horses taxed,


171


Number shotes taxed,


49


Number mules taxed,


6


Number ponies taxed,


5


Number donkeys taxed,


2


Dwellings taxed, .


270


Acres of land taxed,


20,208


Acres cranberry bog taxed,


675


APPROPRIATIONS, 1890.


The following sums are recommended to meet current expen- ses the ensuing year :-


Support of poor,


$1,450 00


Support of schools, .


1,500 00


Repair of highways,


1,200 00


Repair of bridges, . 125 00


Repair of school-houses, .


50 00


Number cows taxed,


I68


Number neat cattle other than cows,


71


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School books and incidentals, .


150 00


Town incidentals,


500 00


Fire-proof vault,


100 00


Poor soldiers and families under Chap. 298,


350 00


The Corporation and Bank taxes are estimated to yield $1,200. The County tax will be the same as last year, unless there is a change after this writing. The State tax very likely will be a little lower. With the adoption of our recommended appropri- ations, the chances are for a trifle lower tax rate in 1890.


POOR.


We recommend an appropriation of $1,450 00 for support of poor proper, and an appropriation of $350 00 for support of poor soldiers and their families under Chap. 298, which requires a special appropriation. This class of poor are not treated as ordi- nary paupers. The Overseers deemed it best to close the alms- house, four out of five of the inmates having died. One hundred and twenty-eight tramps have been fed and lodged during the year. The expenses of the poor are within the appropriation, which is quite satisfactory, considering the amount of sickness and number of deaths.


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FIRE PROOF VAULT.


To answer the demands of law, it becomes necessary to build a fire-proof vault in the town house, for the safe keeping of the town records. Our iron safe is too small to contain but a small part of the records, which are required to be kept in a fire-proof room. To delay the matter, may lay the town open to prosecu- tion by the Commissioner of Public Records for neglecting to comply with the law. One hundred dollars is recommended for the purpose.


Our appropriations, in the aggregate have paid the expenses, thus leaving us substantially in about the same condition as one year ago.


Respectfully submitted,


ANDREW GRIFFITH, Selectmen ALBERT T. SHURTLEFF, of FRED. A. WARD, Carver.


To the Citizens of Carver :-


The undersigned, after a service of eight years as a member of your Board of Selectmen, respectfully declines to again be considered a candidate for re-election.


Thanking you for the confidence reposed in me in the past,


I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant,


A. T. SHURTLEFF.


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TOWN MEETING.


Contents of Warrant for town meeting, to be held at the town house, on Monday, the 31st day of March, 1890, at one o'clock, p. m.


ARTICLE I .- 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 raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.


ART. 4 .- To determine the manner of repairing the highways and decide the compensation for labor thereon.


ART. 5 .- To decide when taxes shall become due, and whether any interest shall be charged after a certain date.


ART. 6 .- To see what pay the town will vote the Treasurer and Collector and other town officers.


ART. 7 .- To see if the town will instruct the Treasurer to hire money, under the direction of the Selectmen, if found nec- essary, in anticipation of taxes the ensuing year.


ART. S .- To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen.


ART. 9 .- To see if the town will vote to make the yards of field-drivers town pounds, provided they also be chosen pound- keepers.


ART. 10 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to a claim held against the city of Taunton for aid rendered the Shurtleff family.


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ART. II .- To see if the town will vote to re-imburse L. J. Shaw, a field-driver, for taking a horse illegally. (By request.)


ART. 12 -- To bring in their votes by ballot, "Yes" or "No," upon the question, Shall license be granted in this town for the sale of intoxicating liquors ?


ANDREW GRIFFITH, Selectmen


FRED. A. WARD,


ALBERT T. SHURTLEFF, of Carver.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK For the Year 1889.


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR ISS9.


ISS9. Jany. 9. Walter William Richards of Carver, and Sarah J. Hollis of Halifax.


Mch. 17. George Shaw Murdock of Carver, and Minnie War- ren Cahoon, of Marshfield.


Mch. 31. Charles Braddock and Carrie F. Ransom, both of Carver.


May 15. Josiah Jowitt of Chatham, N. J., and Mary Page Savery of Carver.


May IS. Daniel Neal Johnson and Alma May Pratt, both of Carver.


May 26. William L. Johnson and Grace I. Robbins, both of Carver.


May 31. Herbert Laroy Cushman and Drusilla Barton Grif- fith, both of Carver.


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June 6. Nathan F. Washburn of Carver, and Alberta F. Vail of Lakeville.


July 20. Ephraim C. Westgate and Harriet Wrightington, both of Carver.


Aug. 12. John W. Ellis of Carver, and Sarah W. Fish of West Brewster.


Aug. 17. Winslow H. Sears and Mary E. Lucas, both of Mid- dleboro.


Aug. 18. Henry F. Shurtleff of Carver, and Ella Manamon, of Wareham.


Sept. 14. John W. Carleton of Plymouth, and Angeline F. Appling, of Carver.


Nov. 7. Harvey W. Raymond and Mamie F. McLean, both of Plymouth.


Nov. 23. George E. Wilbur and Alice C. Ryder, both of Mid- dleborough.


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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR IS89.


1889.


NAME.


PARENTS.


Jany. 19,


Lydia May Washburn,


Edward A. and Helen B.


Jany. 20,


Clara Bell Shurtleff,


Roswell and Ida W.


Feby. 19,


Harold Clifton McKay,


James S. and Helen F.


1


Mch. 6,


Robert Dexter,


George and Cora.


April 30,


Charles Evarts Bates,


Charles L. and Georgia R.


May I,


Russell Ferdinand Shurtleff,


Robert F. and Henrietta F.


May 9,


Cora Spaulding Rickard,


Joseph B. and Abby J.


May 22,


Nellie Earl Benson,


Huldah L. Benson.


May 27,


Henry Clifton Washburn,


Joseph H. and Emma G.


June I,


Sumner Garfield Braddock,


Charles and Carrie F.


June 16,


Ellis Dexter Atwood,


S. Dexter and Lydia C.


June 23,


Margaret Ellen Lincoln,


Alfred F. and Mary A.


July 26,


Ethel Eugenie Carre,


Frederick E. and Gertrude.


Aug. 30,


Rotha Washburn,


Samuel D. and Cora B.


Sept. 2,


Bernard Elsmere Shaw,


Franklin H. and Nannie A.


Sept. 6, Sept. 8,


Julien Mozart Southworth,


Thomas M. and Lucy A.


Sept. 20,


Edward Shaw,


E. Watson and Mary.


Oct. 20, Arthur Anderson,


William and Ellen.


Nov. 21,


Viola Virginia Taber,


William B. and Laura M.


Nov. 25, Mary Cornish Chandler,


Dec. 26,


Clara Benson Cushing,


Samuel B. E. and Mary D. Alfred M. and Flora M.


Frank Harrison Cole,


Theron M. and Annie H.


DEATHS REGISTERED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1889.


DATE. 1889.


NAME.


Y.


M.


D.


Jany. 10.


Winthrop McFarlin.


I


5


13


Pneumonia.


Mch. 9.


Matilda G. Worcester.


67


IO


1


May


3 .


Perez Thomas Shurtleff.


66


3


II


Congestion of Liver.


May


6.


Benjamin F. Fuller.


68


2


9


Result of Spinal Injury.


May 19.


Frederick C. Sherman.


53


9


17


Congestion of Liver. Paralysis.


May 22.


Amanda Pratt.


72


3


18


June


2.


Asa Wrightington.


80


2


6


Old Age.


Benjamin and Mary. John and Mary,


June 19.


Martha Bump.


65


Paralysis.


June 27.


Ansel Barrows.


87


II


23


Nervous Prostration.


Sept. 10.


Allen Bennett.


78


-


6


Consumption.


Sept. 14.


Eben D. Shaw.


66


7


I


Unknown.


Oct. 7.


Mary Briggs.


38


4


14


Blood Poisoning.


Oct. 10.


Cora F. Dexter.


18


6


28


Bright's Disease.


Elijah and Lydia Baxter.


Nov. 8.


J. Alton Southworth.


23


4


Diabetes.


Jason and Abby.


Dec. 4.


Theron C. Crocker.


I


2


4


Measles.


Lemuel N. and Betsey A.


Dec. 27.


Ira C. Bent.


69


4


8


Congestion of Lungs.


Asa and Lydia.


Summary,


( Marriages, 15. Births, 21. Deaths, 17.


ALBERT T. SHURTLEFF, Town Clerk.


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Sept. 20.


Edward Shaw.


Ansel and - Shepherd and Betsey. Joseph and Hannah. E. W. and Mary. Andrew and Eliza Bump.


Old Age.


Cyrus and Rahamah E. Tabor. James and Elizabeth. Benjamin and Polly. Joseph R. and Betsey. Gideon and Lucy Shurtleff.


Congestion of Brain.


Peleg and Eldoretta.


AGE.


CAUSE OF DEATH.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


Citizens of Carver :- Your School Committee, in accordance with law and the established custom, would submit the following report for the year ending March Ist, 1890.


Each school, with one exception, which has had twenty-nine weeks, has been in session thirty weeks during the past year, and your Committee have continued the policy of retaining those teachers who have had a previous successful experience in the work desired of them. The Spring term of each school was taught by those who taught the preceding terms-a reference to last year's report may be of interest-one of whom, Miss Vesta B. Shaw, has taught in town eleven years in succession, two others, Miss Carrie E. Soule and Mr. Charles L. Bates, have each taught seven years successively, and one, Miss Sadie Atwood, four years, which shows the interest and respect accorded to them by our citizens and your Committee, and we feel that it cannot be unjustly bestowed on those who have given the best portion of their lives in this employ. The other five, who worked with zeal and fidelity, had taught two or more terms in town. At the Fall term of the schools, we were obliged, but loth, to make three changes in our teachers, caused by that num- ber resigning their positions. Miss Cornish, of No. 2, resigned, to enter the State Normal School at Bridgewater. In her place, we were pleased to be able to reinstate, as teacher, Miss Myra A. Shaw, lately returned from a course at the State Normal School, she having served the town there as teacher previous to entering the same, who satisfactorily taught the Fall and Winter terms.


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To fill the vaeancy caused by the resignation of Miss Gam- mons, of No. 4 Primary, we obtained the services of Miss Lizzie M. Schouler, of Rock, Mass. She, having taught five terms successively in a mixed school in a neighboring town, came to us well recommended, and has pleasantly and profitably, as we believe, taught the last two terms of school. Readily adapting herself to this grade, she has won the good will of parents and pupils.


Miss Thomas, of No. 5, having taught one year successfully, disappointed your Committee and the parents of the district by resigning. Miss Tirzah S. Morse, of Rochester, Mass., was engaged, and has taught the last two terms of school. She had been a student for a year at the Normal School, but had no expe- rience in teaching publicly. We believe she labored with fidelity in her charge and that a more extended practice would have met the requirements of the district and the expectations of the Com- mittee.


The errors of our teachers-for we must acknowledge that they are human, and liable to err-we would speak of hereafter in a general manner, knowing that it is easier to find fault than to suggest remedies. We would not criticise severely, as we believe that our teachers generally have the interest of the schools at heart, and are working for the best development of the same. We are told "There are no two blades of grass alike"; so are all all classes of things, and our teachers are no exception to the general rule, and differ materially in their methods and their reg- ulations of the school-room. Your Committee acknowledge that all our teachers, without exception, have received all propositions from them kindly and respectfully.




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