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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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