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0
0
0
November,
2
2
0
December,
4
2
2
Total,
22
14
8
Under 5 years of age, Between 5 and 10,
66
20 and 30,
1
0
40 and 50,
0
1
66
50 and 60,
2
1
60 and 70,
3
70 and 80,
5
1
-
14
- 020 100 2 1 0 8
Age of oldest person deceased, 85 years.
BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS DECEASED.
MALES.
FEMALES.
Born in United States,
Ireland,
3
1
-
14
8
Deaths for the five preceeding years :
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
29
22
24
24
20
1
3
0
0
1
0
10 and 20,
MALES.
FEMALES.
-
80 and 90,
11
23
Causes of death classified according to the nomenclature adopted by the State Board of Registration.
ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
Diph theria
1
Disease of Heart,
1
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Cancer,
2
Mortification,
1
Phthisis (Consumption of Lungs),
4
LOCAL DISEASES.
Apoplexy,
4
Convulsions,
1
Pneumonia,
1
Peritonitis,
1
Hernia,
1
Nephria (Brights Disease),
2
Bronchitis,
1
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Infantile Debility,
1
Still-born,
1
DOGS.
The number of Dogs licensed during the year ending Nov. 30, 1888, with the receipts and settlement of the account with the County Treasurer, is as follows :
RECEIPTS.
60 male dogs, at $2.00 each, $120 00
3 female dogs, at $5.00 each, 15 00
$135 00
Less fees, 63 dogs at 20 cents each,
12 60
$122 40
Paid Lewis Warner, County Treasurer,
$122 40
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Amount paid the County Treasurer on this account for the five previous years :
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
$80.40
$72.00
$92.40
$101.40
$101.40
There have been recorded in the Town Clerk's office from March 1st, 1888, to March 1st, 1889, eight mortgages of per- sonal property. All other papers, two.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. BILLINGS, Town Clerk.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The schools have suffered considerably from the loss of effi- cient and experienced teachers. The loss of such teachers is a serious one, when we consider that not more than one in ten who attempt teaching is gifted to teach well, and even a natur- ally gifted teacher requires six or eight years' experience to ma- ture her. [Springfield allows its teachers to reach the maximum salary in eight years.] In the interest of the town, it is certain that trained and talented teachers ought not to be al- lowed to leave our schools on account of pay. A just discrimi- nation on the part of the committee would give that rank to but few, and these could be made useful beyond their own schools to all the teachers and schools in town.
The course of study mentioned in last year's report has been used and more or less closely conformed to in all the schools. It has served to show beginners how far pupils had progressed, what was before them, how much they ought to accomplish, and in what order subjects should be taken up. Stricter conformity to it would prevent teachers from pushing some favorite study or a favorite class to the neglect of others, a fault still some- times seen in our schools.
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The law of 1888 provides that two or more towns may unite in employing a superintendent of schools. The towns so unit- ing must have together not more than fifty nor less than thirty schools, and the valuation of each town must not exceed $2,500- 000. The law also provides that $1,000 shall be paid by the State to the towns so uniting, at the end of each year in which they have maintained a school superintendent ; of which $500 shall go towards the salary of the superintendent and $500 to- wards salaries of teachers, provided, however, the towns together have raised $750 for salary of superintendent and each town has raised for schools an amount equal to the average amount raised by that town during the three years next preceding.
Should Hatfield unite with Williamsburg and Hadley to form a superintendent district, its share of the $750 to be raised for superintendent's salary would be about $170, and it would re- ceive of the $500 to go towards teachers' salaries, $113. Thus the town would actually raise but $170 more than it now does, and $113, or all but $57, would go to lengthen its schools.
Williamsburg and Hadley seem convenient towns with which to unite, and some correspondence has been had with their com- mittees, who express themselves favorable to it.
The need of such superintendence is apparent, and its benefits would be immediate and emphatic. " The duties of selecting and examining teachers, of arranging courses of study, of directing methods of instruction and school government, of providing proper means of teaching and study, and inspecting schools with reference to their management and progress," certainly cannot be well performed by an improvised school committee, devoting most of their time and thought to other matters.
A special appropriation will be needed for outbuildings at the Center, West Hatfield, and West Brook, to make these accommo- dations conform to the suggestions of the agent of the State Board of Education.
27 STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS EM- PLOYED, &c.
CENTER-GRAMMAR.
Eunice J. Morton, Grace B. Marsh.
Number of scholars enrolled,
31
Average membership, 22
Average attendance,
20
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$195
CENTER-PRIMARY.
Carrie L. Warner.
Number of scholars enrolled,
42
Average membership,
39
Average attendance,
35
Number of scholars under 5 years of age,
1
Number of weeks school,
32
Amount paid as wages,
$247
HILL-GRAMMAR ..
Elsie E. Elder, Mary L. Waite, Seraph M. Loomis.
Number of scholars enrolled,
13
Average membership,
14
Average attendance,
12
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
3
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages, $227
HILL-PRIMARY.
Mary L. Waite, Martha P. Swinerton.
Number of scholars enrolled,
49
Average membership. 33
Average attendance,
27
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$195
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WEST HATFIELD-GRAMMAR. Rosella E. Clark.
Number of scholars enrolled,
33
Average attendance,
29
Average membership, 26
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
2
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$217
WEST HATFIELD-PRIMARY.
Lizzie D. Porter.
Number of scholars enrolled,
29
Average membership,
26
Average attendance,
24
Number of scholars under 5 years of age,
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$186
WEST BROOK.
Number of scholars enrolled,
36
Average membership,
28
Average attendance,
25
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
2
Number of weeks school, 31
Amount paid as wages, $217
FARMS.
Hattie A. Carl.
Number of scholars enrolled, 31
25
Average attendance, 23
3
Number of scholars under 5 years of age, 2
Number of weeks school, 31
.
Average membership,
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
Amount paid as wages, $199
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Number of persons between 5 and 15 years,
239
8 and 14 years, 149
scholars enrolled, 264
between 5 and 15 years,
251
156
Average attendance in all the schools,
192
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
10
Number of scholars under 5 years of age,
3
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Appropriated by the town,
$1,700 00
Received from State Fund,
208 03
66 Dog Fund, 89 75
66 Tuitions, Northampton, 55 25
$2,053 03
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO SCHOOL MONEY.
Amount of teachers' wages,
$1,683 00
Expended for fuel,
209 63
66 " care of houses,
118 95
66 " encyclopedias,
33 75
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$2,045 33
Balance unexpended,
$7 70
Appropriated for music,
$150 00
Expended for music,
150 00
Appropriated for books and supplies,
$235 00
Expended
260 06
Expenditure over appropriation,
$25 06
Appropriated for seats at West Hatfield and West Brook, $230 00
Expended for seats, 210 90
Balance unexpended, $19 10
8 and 14 years,
Average membership in all the schools,
216
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EXPENDED FOR REPAIRS.
Repairs of blackboards : Liquid slating, Labor,
$23 05
13 25
36 30
Less slating unused,
8 64- $27 66
Cleaning houses :
Center,
$5 00
Hill,
5 00
.West Hatfield,
5 00
West Brook,
2 50
Farms,
2 50- $20 00
Calcimining two rooms at West Hatfield,
$12 82
Repair of clocks,
5 87
Repair of slate roofs, etc.,
33 42
Repair of stoves and pipes, etc.,
28 10
Door and transom window,
6 38
Supplies for repairs :
E. M. Martin,
$2 73
J. H. Howard,
6 73
I. R. Clark,
10 27
E. E. Wood,
16 03
Miscellaneous,
18 82- $54 58
Labor :
John Statder,
$ 8 75
E. P. Lyman,
21 83- $30 58
Old Bills :
Theodore Baggs, Eames and Sprague,
$4 67
1 13-
$5 80
Total for repairs, etc, $225 21
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ESTIMATE OF EXPENDITURES FOR 1889-90.
For Schools, for 35 weeks,
$2,000 00
66 " 31 66
1,700 00
Books and Supplies,
250 00
Music Teacher,
150 00
Music Books,
50 00
C. M. BARTON, GEORGE C. MARSH,
School
S. S. DWIGHT,
Committee.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Hatfield,
For the Year Ending March 1st, 1890.
NORTHAMPTON, MASS. : WADE, WARNER & CO., PRINTERS. 1890.
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ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING, MARCH 17, 1890.
ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a moderator to preside in said meeting.
ART. 2 .- To choose all necessary Town officers for the ensuing year, including three members of the School Committe, one each for one, two and three years.
ART. 3 .- To choose an Elector under the Will of the late Oliver Smith, Esq.
ART. 4 .- To revise and accept the list of Jurors submitted by the Selectmen.
ART. 5 .- To hear the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and School Committee, and act thereon.
ART. 6 .- To receive and pass on Town accounts.
ART. 7 .- To take action in relation to raising money to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
ART. 8 .- To see what method the Town will adopt for the maintenance and repairs of highways and bridges for the ensuing year.
ART. 9 .- To see what action the Town will take in relation to prompt payment of taxes for the ensuing year.
ART. 10 .- To see if the Town will make an appropriation for the Public Library, and choose a committee for the same.
ART. 11. - To take action in relation to the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
ART. 12 .- To see if the Town will appropriate money to defray the expenses of celebrating "Memorial Day."
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ART. 13 .- To take action under Chap. 100, Sec. 5 of the Public Statutes. The vote must be by separate ballot, Yes or No, in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this town ?"
ART. 14 .- To see if the Town will employ a Teacher of Music in the schools.
ART. 15 .- To see if the Town will take action in relation to the care of the cemeteries in Town.
ART. 16 .- To see if the Town will take action under the law of 1888, relating to a School Superintendent.
ART. 17 .- To see if the Town will appropriate money for special repairs on school houses.
ART. 18 .- To see what action the Town will take under Chap. 37, Sec. 4, of Public Statutes, in relation to providing a fire- proof safe or compartment, for the preservation of books and records of the Town.
ART. 19 .- To see if the Town will take action in relation to the copying of Town records.
ART. 20 .- To see if the Town will take action in relation to draining water from highway on School street and Whately road.
ART. 21 .- To see if the Town will provide a public watering trough on Main street.
ART. 22 .- To see if the Town will take action in relation to having the high ways, or portions of them, surveyed, and permna- nent boundaries fixed by County Commissioners, or otherwise, as the Town may direct.
ART. 23 .- To see if the Town will take any action in relation to sidewalks.
Selectmen's Report.
To the Inhabitants of Hatfield :
Your Selectmen respectfully submit the following report of the expenditures of this Town for the year past.
Our roads are in ordinary repair, though we would recom- mend some special repairs, hardening, draining, &c., in various places.
One of the dry bridges, near Edmund Powers, will have to be rebuilt. Pine bridge will need quite extensive repairs. Other bridges, as far as we know, will need only ordinary repairs.
POOR.
We have the following persons boarded in families :
Charles Morton, at $3.00 per weck.
Michael Ryan, at $2.00 per week.
Patrick Russell, at $2.75 per week.
Joseph Beauregard, at $2.00 per week.
Letta Wheeler, at $1.50 per week.
We have at the Northampton Lunatic Hospital A. M. Rich- mond, Irving Richmond, and Fred. L. Mosher, a gain of two since last year's report.
Tramps have been quite numerous during the year, we having provided for 233, at an expense to the Town of $112.57, as you will see by report. We are in hopes for "better things," under the present arrangement.
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OLD BILLS.
Charles Marsh, shoveling snow 1888, John Merrick,
1 50
A. E. Harris,
1 06
Mrs. S. R. Wight, 66 66
75
John J. Regan,
66 66
3 75
Dennis Regan,
66
2 25
Eurotas Morton, labor on highway 1888, 17 12
E. S. Warner,
13 12
John B. Ryan,
66
3 00
M. E. Warner, timber and labor, 1888,
20 06
Marcus Morton, administrator C. E. Waite's estate, sand, highway, 4 00
Emma Alt, care of Mrs. Holdfelder,
14 29
J. S. Deinlein, “ 66
3 75
Theo. Baggs, keeping tramps. 9 00
E. M. Martin, goods to Chas. Morton, 3 50
$ 98 40
POOR.
John Karin, board of Michael Ryan, $ 120 86
John Goodchild, board of Pat. Russell, 141 00
C. M Barton, medical attendance P. Russell, 1 00
Peter Beloise, board of Jos. Beauregard, 104 00
W. W. Field, board of Charles Morton, 156 00
Mary Wheeler, board of Lotta, 78 00
Sisters of Charity, board of John Tobin,
18 00
N. L. Hospital, board of A. M. Richmond, 169 46
66 Irving Richmond, 114 67
66
Fred Mosher, 40 86
City of Northampton, aid to D. Doolan and wife, 84 00
City of Northampton, aid to L. Powers family; 102 33 W. H. Dickinson, rent, Mrs. Dodge, 48 00
E. M. Martin, goods to Chas. Morton, 2 80
John Wenzel, keeping tramps, 95 50
66
$ 1 25
7
Theo. Bagg, keeping tramps, $3 00
Jared Remington, keeping tramps, 9 50
J. H. Howard, crackers to tramps, 4 07
E. Goodwin, wood to tramps, 1 50
J. H. Howard, groceries to Patricks family, 25 16
J. H. Howard, groceries to Barbara Cotz, 8 53
W. J. Lyons, meat to Patricks family, 1 92
W. W. Gore, “ 6 15
E. Goodin, wood, 66
3 00
H. Shumway, wood, 10 00 66
Jared Remington, sawing wood, 6 25
C. M. Barton, medical attendance, Patricks, 2 00
$ 1,357 56
To be paid by Town of Wenham, $ 48 00
State, Patricks family, 54 48
State, Doolan, 42 00
$ 144 48
STATE AID.
Mrs. Covill, $ 24 00
Mrs. Anderson,
24 00
$ 48 00
SCHOOLS.
Alberta Pierce, teaching,
$ 217 00
Seraph M. Loomis, "
217 00
Mary L. Waite,
248 00
Grace E. Webber, «
197 00
Martha P. Swinerton, teaching,
54 00
Rosella E. Clark, 66
217 00
Lizzie D. Porter,
66
217 00
Hattie Carl, 66
63 00
Augusta Richardson,
66
154 00
Carrie L. Warner,
66
176 00
Oscar Belden, janitor,
7 90
Henry Videmayer, janitor,
2 50
8
Arthur Ritchmeyer, janitor,
$7 15
Elisha Hubbard, Jr.,
9 00
Homer Raboin,
5 00
Jos. Schepp,
11 25
Willie Burke,
7 50
Morris Powers,
3 00
Mrs. John Smith, sweeping and cleaning,
23 25
Sarah McHugh, sweeping,
7 50
Sarah McHugh, cleaning,
5 50
Hattie Kingsley, sweeping,
15 50
Augusta Richardson, sweeping,
5 50
Edith Howard, sweeping,
2 00
Mrs. John Jendron, cleaning,
5 00
Mrs. Vielemeyer,
3 00
Kittie Dea, sweeping,
1 50
Geo. Steele, sawing wood,
1 00
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$ 1,883 05
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
R. P. Smith, coal, 1888, $ 51 78
H. C. Hammond, supplies,
22 50
S. S. Dwight, coal,
126 75
E. M. Martin, coal,
23 85
E. E. Wood & Son, supplies,
4 00
S. S. Dwight supplies,
8 15
C. M. Barton, supplies and postage,
9 76
F. G. Bardwell, wood,
5 25
Alfred Harris,
16 00
J. H. Howard, brooms,
2 00
$ 270 04
SCHOOL BOOKS.
H. C. Hammond, $ 22 50
Harper Bros,
53 84
A. C. Stockin,
8 10
S. E. Bridgman & Co.,
37 23
$ 121 67
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SCHOOL HOUSE REPAIRS.
A. L. Strong, lumber, $ 9 65
F. J. Saffer, labor and material, 35 95
John McKenna, labor and material,
6 50
S. W. Kingsley, labor, 1 35
W. B. Langdon, 16 70
E. M. Martin, nails,
75
E. E. Wood & Son, merchandise,
13 73
Shumway & Riley, stoves,
14 51
L. A. Tabor, clocks,
5 00
$ 104 14
OUTBUILDINGS.
F. J. Saffer, $ 100 00
$ 100 00
MUSIC.
Thomas Charmbry, $ 150 00
$ 150 00
MEMORIAL DAY.
J. E. Doane, committee,
$ 50 00
$ 50 00
CEMETERIES. -
W. H. Dickinson, treas. V. I. Society,
$ 100 00
$ 100 00
LIBRARY.
Henry Childs, binding books, $ 66 95
R. M. Woods, books and lumber, 14 52
J. H. Sanderson, librarian, 1888-89, 67 30
66 66 cleaning, &c., 7 75
E. F. Billings, books, 6 00
2
10
S. E. Bridgman & Co., books, $70 09
W. D. Billings, cataloguing books, 6 00
Mt. Tom Printing Co., cards, 2 25
E. Goodin, wood and sawing, 5 50
J. H. Howard, kerosene oil &c., 1888-89, 6 74
$ 253 10
HILL BRIDGE.
A. L. Strong, lumber, $ 100 60
D. W. Wells, boards, 1 33
G. Vollanger, labor,
5 25
M. Hayes,
3 00
John Shechan, “
3 00
E. S. Warner and man, labor,
12 00
Michael Boyle, labor,
3 00
M. E. Warner, “
3 50
James Mullens, "
1 50
Joseph Murray, labor and tools,
6 00
$ 139 18
A. L. Strong, lumber for bridge on Depot
Road, $ 4 23
H. Shumway, plank for bridges, 37 06
$ 41 29
FILLING BRIDGE ON DEPOT ROAD.
J. Carl, man and team, $ 1 75
M. E. Warner, man and team,
1 75
E. S. Warner, 1 75
J. B. Ryan, 1 75
James Ryan,
1 75
J. J. Ryan, labor,
68
M. Boyl, labor,
67
John Sheehan,
68
John McGrath, labor,
67
Joseph Stoddard, “
68
W. W. Gore, 66
67
Fred Wagner, 66
1 35
11
John May, labor,
$ 68
Joseph Smith, 60
67
Thos McGrath, 66
68
L. Raboin, 66
67
John Kiley,
68
John Steinglein,
67
$ 18 20
SPECIAL REPAIRS, PONSETT HILL.
M. Lamontain, labor,
$ 2 50
James Ormon, .6
5 00
Thomas Sheehan, labor,
7 50
Charles Kingsley,
5 00
John Sheehan,
66
10 00
Thos McGrath, 66
7 50
M. W. Kingsley, 66
4 38
M. Hayes,
66
8 13
Fred Wheeler,
5 00
John Kiley, 66
4 38
David Fitzgerald,
7 50
John Cooney,
8 75
Daniel Cahill, 66
.
3 75
John McGrath, 66
7 50
R. McGrath, 66
6 25
Dennis Fitzgerald, “
6 50
William M. Jones, team,
6 50
Lewis Raboin,
26 87
H. S. Hubbard,
66
6 50
Michael Boyl,
66
22 25
John McHugh, 66
24 50
E. S. Warner,
19 25
J. B. Ryan, 66
13 00
J. D. Porter, 66
13 00
M. E. Warner,
66
26 25
B. M. Warner,
24 88
Thaddeus Graves, sand,
7 80
H. G. Maynard, stone,
6 50
N. H. St. Railway, wheelbarrows,
6 00
$ 302 94
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LINSEED ROAD.
G. Steele, labor,
$2 75
G. Vollanger, labor,
13 12
Peter Saffer, «
32 56
J. J. Steinglein, labor,
8 25
John May, 66
1 37
J. A. Cutter, 66
10 37
L. Dooppmann,
3 50
Jos. Newman, 66
3 00
F. J. Saffer, 66
3 00
Johu Volanger, 66
1 37
H. Shumway,
15 00
A. L. Strong, lumber,
5 52
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$99 81
MAIN STREET.
D. W. Wells, team and labor,
$5 39
W. H. Dickinson, team and labor,
4 03
John McHugh, 66 66
15 93
Michael Boyle, labor,
4 05
John Sheehan,
4 05
George Saffer,
1 35
P. J. Boyle, 66
1 35
E. B. Dickinson, sand and tile,
6 35
J. A. Sullivan, tile,
29 25
$71 75
SCHOOL STREET.
Thomas McGrath, labor,
$4 52
George Steele,
66
7 .50
Geo. Volanger, 66
7 50
John McGrath, 66
3 82
J. J. Steinglein, 66
2 36
John Kiley,
66
2 35
John May,
66
4 37
Lewis Raboin,
66
2 03
Jos. Stoddard,
66
3 02
13
E. S. Warner, team,
$1 75
J. B. Ryan, 66
7 17
Wells & Barnes, " 30 69
M. E. Warner, “ Michael Proulx, "
7 87
5 42
.J. Carl, 66
9 62
Jas. Ryan, 66
6 12
S. G. Hubbard, "
3 50 .
H. Shumway, "
35 00
John McHugh, "
2 43
Michael Boyle, labor,
6 92
Jos. Smith,
4 05
W. W. Gore, 66
2 36
J. J. Ryan, 66
3 02
John Sheehan, 66
12 95
Thomas A. Nolan, labor,
1 35
J. A. Sullivan, tile, Porter Machine Works, drills and sharpening, 5 00
$199 32
WILKIE'S HILL, GRADENING AND HARDENING.
J. Carl, team, $3 50
E. S. Warner, team, 3 50
M. E. Warner, team, 3 50
Wells & Barnes, team, 7 00
J. B. Ryan,
3 50
Michael Proulx, 66
5 25
James Ryan, 66
3 50
John Sheehan, labor,
1 35
Michael Boyle,
1 35
J. J. Ryan, 66
1 35
Jos. Smith, 66
1 35
Jos. Stoddard,
1 35
T. A. Nolan, 66
1 35
John Kiley, 66
67
J. J. Steinglein, labor,
1 35
W. W. Gore, 66
1 35
$41 22
16 63
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TURNPIKING WHATELY ROAD.
H. Shumway, $34 50
$34 50
GENERAL REPAIRS HIGHWAYS.
E. S. Warner, school house hill and foot walk, $8 93 D. W. Wells, Jericho, 4 50
Trimming trees, etc., Sept. 17, 10 03
B. M. Warner, 66 66 66 66 12 34
E. E. Wood & Son, explosives,
7 15
G. M. Donelson, Doppman crossing,
11 85
N. J. Powers, Farms, 12 40
C. W. Marsh, Farms, 5 25
E. W. Field, soil for Farms highway, 4 92
A. W. Hammel, Ferry road, 14 10
John Deinlein, Railing Depot road,
5 00
T. A. Nolan, Chestnut street,
3 25
Peter Beloise, 66 66
3 00
John Kiley, 66 66
38
Peter Saffer, wall, river bank,
27 00
J. H. Howard, spikes, etc.,
5 74
H. Shumway, 14 25
$150 09
HIGHWAYS.
H. Shumway, ordinary repairs,
$500 00
$500 00
TOWN OFFICERS.
W. D. Billings, serving warrants, Town meet- ings, $24 00
W. D. Billings, serving Warrants, Dogs, 3 00
WV. D. Billings, Assessor and copying Valua- tion Book, 100 00
W. D. Billings, Town Clerk, and Clerk of Board of Registrars, 100 00
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W. D. Billings, recording births, deaths and marriages, $20 00
J. D. Porter, Selectman, 125 00
M. E. Warner, 50 00
C. A. Jones, 66
50 00
G. C. Marsh, School Committee, 1888-89, 25 00
S. S. Dwight,
1888-89, 62 50
C. M. Barton, 1889, 50 00
W. C. Dickinson, Treasurer, 100 00
C. B. Dickinson, Collector, 120 00
J. T. Fitzgibbons, Assessor, 82 50
C. L. Warner, 66
45 0G
C. K. Morton, Elector, 10 00
$967 00
MISCELLANEOUS.
American Road Machine Co., edge for Mch., $ 8 00
C. B. Dickinson, tax bills and book, 9 45
Oscar Belden, abatement of tax, 8 00
J. C. Melendy, storage of road machine 2 years, 5 00 C. P. Daugherty, painting road machine, 18 00
J. D. Gill, books for Assessors, 6 20
S. W. Kingsley, repairs ladders, &c., 7 50
John McHugh, hauling road machine, 1 00
J. II. Howard, voting shelves, cartage and setting up, 15 00
E. P. Lyman, repairs town hall, 2 10
A. M. Peck, work in cemetery and recording deaths, 8- 50
Maurice Fitzgibbons, care watering trough, 2 50
W. L. Smith & Co., chairs and cover for table, town hall, 11 92
W. G. Bassett, counsel, Assessors, 4 00
opinion on Mayers Tobacco tax, 5 00
Bond & Mason, . ( 66
66 4 00
D. Aiken & Son, 66 66 10 00
W. D. Billings, postage, 2 00
J. H. Howard, 2 46
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J. HI. Howard, expenses to Orange, F. Mosher, $1 95
Tally sheets, 1 00
66
freight and Justice of Peace, 75
66
grates for drain, 1 00
66
66 W. G. Bassett, counsel R. R.
crossing, 2 00
John McHugh, guide board, Ferry, 75
Wade, Warner & Co., Selectmen's order book, 5 25 S. E. Bridgman & Co., stationery &c., to W. D. Billings, 1887-88-89, 5 60
C. L. Warner, legal advice and expenses, assessors, 10 00
Gazette Printing Co., reports, 32 00
John McHugh, sawing wood, town hall, 1 50
C. D. Bardwell, janitor and sawing wood, town hall, 19 75
Frank Lovett, repairs Mrs. Covill's roof, 1 00
S. P. Billings, Justice of Peace, 3 00
F. H. Bardwell, distributing votes on amend- ment, 1 00
B. M. Warner, distributing votes on amend- ment, 1 00
Dennis McGrath, inspector at election, 2 00
Joseph Mayers Sons, tobacco tax refunded, 288 00
H. Shumway. express on books, 10 95
$ 519 13
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. HOWARD, Selectmen M. E. WARNER, of Town C. A. JONES, of Hatfield.
I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen of Hatfield for the year ending March 1, 1890, and have found them correct, with proper vouchers on file for all warrants drawn, amounting to seven thousand six hundred twenty dollars and thirty-nine cents, ($7,620.39.)
D. W. WELLS, Auditor.
HATFIELD, March 3, 1890.
17 APPROPRIATIONS TOWN OF HATFIELD, 1889.
Highways and Bridges,
$1,600 00
Schools,
1,700 00
Poor,
1,200 00
Town Officers,
900 00
Contingencies,
500 00
Interest,
100 00
School Books,
250 00
Public Library,
250 00
Music in Schools,
150 00
Cemeteries,
100 00
Memorial Day,
50 00
Sohool House Repairs and Outbuildings,
100 00
School Superintendent,
185 28
Special repairs School street,
200 00
$7,285 28
LIST OF JURORS REPORTED BY THE SELECT- MEN FOR THE YEAR 1890.
Fred H. Bardwell,
Arthur F. Curtis,
Charles W. Marsh,
E. M. Martin,
Lewis A. Billings,
M. P. Bradford,
David Billings,
M. N. Hubbard,
Edward B. Dickinson,
S. W. Kingsley,
Wm. H. Dickinson,
Edwin W. Field, Martin Lyons,
Henry G. Moore,
Benjamin M. Warner,
George M. Donelson,
John H. Sanderson, Silas S. Dwight,
Walter H. Langdon, Samuel P. Billings,
Edward Sheehan
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
WM. C. DICKINSON, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF HATFIELD.
DR.
Cash rec'd from Cooley B. Dickinson, col., $ 415 58
Carlton H. Crafts, col., . 7,749 15
National Bank Tax, 1,636 89
Corporation Tax,
298 29
Income of School Fund, 209 64
Dog Fund, 68 54
State Aid, 48 00
Support of State Paupers, 35 20
Town of Whately, tuition, 30 00
C. D. Bardwell, on account, 19 75
J. E. Doane, settlement of acct. 15 00
E. S. Warner, old plank, 3 20
$10,529 24 -
TO CASH RECEIVED FROM TEMPORARY LOANS.
Hampshire Savings Bank,
$ 1000 00
66
66
1000 00
. 66 66
1000 00
66 66
1000 00
-$ 4,000 00
$14, 529 24
18
19
Cr.
By balance due Treasurer from old acct., $ 118 73 Cash paid Selectmen's orders, $7,620 39
County Tax, 1,364 93
State Tax, 960 00
Interest on notes,
127 99
$10,073 31
BY CASH PAID ON TEMPORARY LOANS.
Hampshire Savings Bank,
$ 1000 00
1000 00
66 66
1000 00
66
66 66
1000 00
~~~ $ 4,000 00
Balance in Treasury,
337 20
$14,529 24
IN ACCOUNT WITH COOLEY B. DICKINSON, COLLECTOR.
CR.
By balance uncollected taxes, 1888-89, $ 421 48
Interest on taxes,
4 10
$ 425 58
DR.
To cash received,
$ 415 58
Orders of abatement,
10 00
$ 425 58
IN ACCOUNT WITH CARLTON H. CRAFTS, COLLECTOR.
CR.
By Assessors Warrant, 1889-90, $8,178 80
Addition to Warrant, 12 40
Interest on taxes, 29 96
$ 8,221 16
20
DR.
To cash received, Orders of abatement, Discount on taxes,
$7,749 15
14 96
111 76
Balance uncollected taxes,
345 29
--
$ 8,221 16
SUMMARY.
Cash in Treasury, Uncollected Taxes, 345 29
$ 337 20
Due from State Board of Charities, 96 48
Town of Wenham, support of Mrs. Dodge, 48 00
C. D. Bardwell,
38 51
In favor of the town,
-
$ 865 48
I have this day examined the books of the. Treasurer and find them correctly cast and properly vouched, and there is a balance in the treasury of three hundred thirty-seven 20-100 dol- lars.
D. W. WELLS, Auditor.
Hatfield, March 1, 1890.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
The vital statistics of the Town of Hatfield, for the year 1889, are as follows :
BIRTHS BY MONTHS.
.
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES.
January,
3
2
1
February,
3
2
1
March,
1
1
April,
2
1
1
May,
2
1
1
July,
3
2
1
August,
2
2
September,
4
4
October,
1
1
November,
1
1
December,
4
2
2
-
Total,
26
11
15
BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS.
Born in United States, 6. Canada,
14
12
2
3
21
Father.
Mother.
June,
22
Born in Ireland,
1
1
Germany,
9
5
India,
1
-
-
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26
Births for the five previous years :
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
33
32
39
30
22
MARRIAGES BY MONTHS.
NO.
January,
1
February,
1
March,
1
April,
2
July,
1
August,
1
September,
1
October,
1
November,
1
Total,
10
First marriage of both parties,
8
First marriage of bride, -
1
Second marriage of groom,
1
Second marriage of bride,
1
Third marriage of groom,
1
Age of oldest bride,
70 years.
Age of youngest brides, (2)
17
66
Age of oldest groom,
62 66
Age of youngest grooms, (2)
21 66
BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS MARRIED.
Born in United States,
8
Canada,
1
66 Germany,
1
1
1
Ireland,
Bride. Groom. 8
10
10
23
Number of certificates of marriage issued from this office,
10
Marriages recorded for the five previous years :
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
10
9
5 6 7
DEATHS BY MONTHS.
-
NO.
MALES.
FEMALES.
January,
1
1
February,
5
1
1
March,
21
1
1
April,
2
2
June,
2
1
1
July,
6
4
2
September,
1
1
December,
2
1 1
-
Total.
22
13
9
Under 5 years of age, Between 5 and 10,
0
0
66
20 “ 30,
0
0
30 “ 40,
2
1
66 40 " 50,
1
3
66 50 " 60,
0
2
66
60 4 70,
3
0
66
70 “ 80,
1 2
6. 80 " 90,
1
-
13
9
Age of oldest person deceased, 81 years.
BIRTHPLACE OF PERSONS DECEASED.
Born in United States, 66 Ireland,
Males. Females.
9
8
2
Males.
Females.
6
0
10 “ 20,
·
0
0
1
May,
24
Born in Germany,
Canada,
1
1
1
-
13
9
Death rate for five previous years :
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
22
24
24
20
22
Causes of death classified according to the nomenclature adopted by the State Board of Registration.
CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Cancer,
1
Phthisis, (Consumption of Lungs,)
5.
LOCAL DISEASES.
.Disease of Heart,
1
Apoplexy,
3
Convulsions,
3
Pneumonia,
3
Peritonitis,
1
DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Premature Birth,
2
Old Age,
1
Still Born,
1
VIOLENT DEATHS.
1
Drowning, (Accidental,)
.
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DOGS.
The number of Dogs licensed during the year ending Nov. 30th, 1889, with the receipts and settlement of the account with the County Treasurer, is as follows :
RECEIPTS.
65 Dogs,
$ 133 00
Less fees at 20 cents each,
13 00
$ 120 00
Paid Lewis Warner, County Treasurer,
$ 120 00
Amount paid the County Treasurer on this account for the five previous years :
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
$72 00
$92 40
$101 40
$101 40
$122 40
There have been recorded in the Town Clerk's office, from March 1st, 1889, to March 1st, 1890, seven mortgages of personal property. All other papers four.
Respectfully submitted,
W. D. BILLINGS, Town Clerk.
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REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The money appropriated for schools has given us but 31 weeks, whereas, formerly, and till within three years, the school year has been 35 or 36 weeks.
At the same time, school work has been increasing. Vocal music now takes 1-12 of the time ; language teaching has grown from almost nothing to require another twelfth of the school time, while observation lessons and "incidental teaching" have an equal share. Thus one-fourth of the time daily is now used for teaching what a few years ago was scarcely recognized in our school-rooms. In the old studies more rather than less is required. This is especially true of primary arithmetic, the reading lesson, and geography.
Many country. towns, recognizing the necessity for it, have increased the length of their schools; we, on the con- trary, have met the demand for more work with a lessened time to do it in. We cannot return to the customs of the past in our schools. The old studies must be learned as be- fore or better than before, and the later innovations must have a place. The times demands a development of intelli- gence and the faculty of expression, and not the rythmic
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memorizing of years gone by. Our best schools may be defective and open to criticism; indeed we know they are so, but we shall not perfect them by substituting the customs which the educated world has discarded. The remedy is not backward but onward.
The question of school-district superintendance will again come before the town. An older law than that of 1888 gave towns the legal right to unite in districts for the purpose of maintaining school superintendents. The law of 1888 provides that if the district formed has not less than 30 or more than 50 schools and the salary of the superinten- dent is not less than $1250 yearly and has been maintained for one year, and if the towns forming the district have each raised by taxation as much money for the support of schools as they have raised on an average for the three previous years, then the state will pay to such district $1000, one- half of which shall go toward the pay of superintendent and one-half shall be used for the support of schools.
Should Hatfield unite with Deerfield and Leverett, as now seems possible, the money matter, as near as can be cal- culated without the figures of school attendance in the towns for this year, would stand thus :
Salary of Superintendent,
$1,250 00
Deerfield's share,
$430
Leverett's share,
112
Hatfield's share,
208
To come from the state,
500
$1,250 00
Hatfield would get of the $500 to go for the support of schools $138 nearly.
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STATEMENT OF SCHOOLS, TEACHERS EM- PLOYED, ETC.
CENTER-GRAMMAR.
Mary L. Waite.
Number of scholars enrolled, 30
Average membership, 23
Average attendance,
20
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$248
CENTER-PRIMARY. Carrie L. Warner.
Number of scholars enrolled,
41
Average membership,
39
Average attendance,
36
Number of scholars under 5,
1
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$248
HILL-GRAMMAR.
Seraph M. Loomis.
Number of scholars enrolled,
28
Average membership,
25
Average attendance,
22
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$217
HILL-PRIMARY.
Martha P. Swinerton. Grace E. Webber.
Number of scholars enrolled, . 31
Average membership, 21
Average attendance,
19
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages, $197
30
WEST HATFIELD-GRAMMAR. Rosella E. Clark.
Number of scholars enrolled,
24
Average membership,
26
Average attendance, 23
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
1
Number of weeks school, . 33
Amount paid as wages, $231
WEST HATFIELD-PRIMARY.
Lizzie D. Porter.
Number of scholars enrolled,
33
Average membership, 24
Average attendance,
21
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$217
WEST BROOK.
Alberta L. Pierce.
Number of scholars enrolled,
39
Average membership,
29
Average attendance,
24
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
2
Number of weeks school,
31
Amount paid as wages,
$217
FARMS.
Hattie A. Carl.
Augusta I. Richardson.
Number of scholars enrolled, 31
Average membership, 21
Average attendance,
19
Number of weeks school, 31
Amount paid as wages, $217
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SCHOOL STATISTICS.
Number of persons between 5 and 15 years,
247
66 66 לל 8 and 14 years, 157
Number of scholars enrolled, 257
253
Number of scholars between 5 and 15 years, 66 66 8 and 14 years,
160
Average membership in all the schools,
208
66 attendance in all the schools,
184
Number of scholars over 15 years of age,
3
Number of scholars under 5 years of age,
1
APPROPRIATIONS AND RECEIPTS.
Appropriated by the town, $1700 00
Received from state fund, 309 64
66 dog fund, 65 54
Due, Tuitions from Northampton,
63 75
Received Tuitions from Whately, 30 00
Contributed at West Hatfield,
14 00
$2,182 93
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO SCHOOL
MONEY.
Amount of Teacher's wages, $1,774 00
Expended for fuel,
224 63
66 care of houses,
114 55
66
for charts,
22 50
Balance unexpended, 47 25
$2,182 93
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Appropriated for music.
$150 00
Expended for music, 150 00
Appropriated for books and supplies,
$250 00
Expended for books and supplies,
121 67
Balance unexpended, $128 33
An unpaid bill for books will diminish this balance con- siderably.
Estimate of Expenditures for 1890-91.
For schools, $2,000 00
For Books and Supplies, 250 00
For music teachers,
150 00
C. M. BARTON,
S. S. DWIGHT, School Committee. OSCAR BELDEN.
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