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26. " income from Massachusetts school fund, 195 28
" cash of Geo. H. Metcalf, on account of taxes for year 1880, 440 00
26, " cash of Geo. H. Metcalf, on account of taxes for year 1881, 2,225 00
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26, " cash of Geo. H. Metcalf, on account of taxes for 1 year 1882, 17,600 00
31, " cash from Geo. H. Morse, amount overdrawn on ac- count of high ways, . 5 73
« 31, cash from Selectmen, amount overdrawn on account of medicine, 2 00
$30,316 61
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with Town of Norwood. CR.
1882.
Dec. 1. By cash paid Geo. B. Talbot, $3,600 00
1. " interest paid Geo. B. Talbot,
80 00
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4. . " cash paid W. H. Bigelow,
2,000 00
66 4. " interest,
55 59
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13. " State tax,
1,880 00
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13. " Selectmen's orders,
21,499 89
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13. " Assessors' orders for abatement, 47 04
$29,162 42
1883.
Feb. 1. Balance in Treasury,
1,154 19
$30,316 61
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer of the Town of Nor- wood, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly .vouched ; and that the foregoing is a true statement of the con- dition of the treasury the first day of February, 1883.
CHAS. E. POND,
CALEB ELLIS, Auditors. ALBERT G. WEBB.
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L. W. BIGELOW, TREASURER OF NORWOOD, in acct. with CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS.
DR.
1882.
Feb. 1. To cash in treasury, $390 51
" of A. G. Webb, for lots, etc.,
180 00
$570 51
CR. 1882.
By Commissioners orders, $402 32
1883.
Feb. 1. " cash in treasury, 168 19
$570 51
We hereby certify that we have examined the books and accounts of L. W. Bigelow, Treasurer of the Town of Nor- wood, and find them correctly kept, and the payments duly vouched ; and that the foregoing is a true statement of the con- dition of the treasury the first day of February, 1883.
CHAS. E. POND, 1 CALEB ELLIS, Auditors. ALBERT G. WEBB,
AUDITORS' REPORT.
The undersigned, Town Auditors for the year ending Jan- « uary, 31, 1883, are of the opinion that, though hitherto the audi- tors have reported only on the mathematical correctness of the Treasurer's and Collector's accounts, it is also our duty to re- port any irregularities or neglect of duty that may come to our knowledge. We find that the balance in the treasury consists in part of cash on hand, and the remainder is a promissory note, payable on demand, for $500, between private parties, showing of itself no evidence of being the property of the town, not being made payable to the Treasurer, or endorsed into the treas- ury, but was handed over to us as being the property of the town. We have no absolute knowledge of the purpose for which this note was given, but suppose that the money which should be in the treasury was loaned out,-illegally, as we think,-and this note given therefor. We disapprove the whole transac- tion. It establishes a dangerous precedent, and we trust it will not be repeated. We are surprised to find a balance of
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about $269, including the interest due upon it, of the tax of 1880 not yet collected. This is the first time that a tax com- mitment has not been closed up by the third audit. This delay is censurable, as most of it might, with a little energy; have been collected long ago, and a small part of it could be yet, but most of it is now lost either to the town or the Collector. At the last annual meeting the town voted that the Collector be directed to use all the power of the law to collect, immediately after January 1st, 1883, all outstanding taxes, and yet this mandate of the town has been disregarded ; no power of the law has been invoked, and we are aware of no extra effort to collect ; consequently, a balance of several years' taxes, with interest due, amounting to more than $2,400, is still outstand- ing. We consider it the Collector's duty to perform the work assigned him by the town with promptness and energy, doing justice to all by showing favors to none, which in our opinion he has failed to do.
CHAS. E. POND, CALEB ELLIS, Auditors. ALBERT G. WEBB,
Norwood, February 17, 1883.
VITAL STATISTICS.
BIRTHS.
SONS.
Jan. 23. Edward Lovell Fisher-Edwin E. and Leonora M.
66 26. John Thomas Drummey-Michael and Mary A.
Feb. 14. Carl Howard Baker-Elmer H. and Sarah L.
66 22. Ralph Kenneth Condon-Charles and Ella.
April 3. Richard Martin Cuff-William and Bridget.
4. Charles Frederic Marshall, Jr. - Chas. F. and Sarah A.
18. William Francis Burke-James F. and Julia H.
19. Edward Jagot Lavine-Joseph V. and Mary J.
May 10. Timothy Thomas Scannell-William and Nora.
27. John Timothy Casey-G. Patrick and Katherine.
June 6. James Frederick Kiley-John F. and Emma F.
Aug. 13. Fred Charles Balduff-Julius and Louisa.
20. Herbert Samuel Morrill-Edward H. and Jane.
26. Chester Hollis Williamson-Wm. A. and Harriet E.
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29. John O'Leary-Patrick and Sarah A.
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Sept.
66
William Rorke-William and Mary Ann. 8. 9. Leo Bayer-Lewis and Julia.
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11. Edward O'Brien-John O. and Annie.
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15. Joel Arnold Boulester-George O. and Ella M.
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18. Michael Joseph Feeney-Daniel and Margaret.
25. John Francis Logan-Thomas M. and Jane M.
Oct. 1. William Murphy-Michael and Bridget.
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14. Francis Cronan-John and Catherine.
66 16. Michael Lyden-Martin and Bridget.
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27. Leon Gilbert Morrill-George H., Jr., and Mary E
66 27. Martin Costello -- James and Abbie.
28. Martin Joseph Cashen-Edmund S. and Josie A.
Nov. 10. William Henry Brady-John T. and Ella A.
18. Walter Grant-Theodore, Jr., and Caroline M.
28. Joseph Trainer Ludwig-Daniel H. and Kate.
DAUGHTERS.
Jan. 1. Mary Elizabeth Cuff-William J. and Mary H.
Feb: 5. Mary Curran-Morgan and Bridget.
Mar. 12. Annie Louisa Odenwalder-George and Annie M.
April 6. Edith Florence Brooks-Marshall S. and Isabel.
66 9. Edith Elizabeth Halberg-Isidore and Mary S.
30. Helena E. Hartshorn-James A. and Alla C.
May 10. Mary Josephine Lavine-Louis and Mary.
66 20. Katherine Farwell Colburn-Isaac and Louisa.
22. Mary Theresa Rafferty-John William and Theresa.
June 8. Margaret L. Barrett-Henry W. and Mary E.
13. Celia Fahy-Patrick and Bridget:
66 14. Alice Gertrude Lane-Enos and Mary.
July 25. Katherine Genevieve Mahoney- Florence J. and Julia A.
66 27. Ellen Kennedy-John and Mary.
Sept. 16. Mary Ellen Hawkins-Patrick and Hannah.
16. Abbie Oldham-John and Sarah.
66 26. Eleanor Louisa Fuller-George B. and Sarah J.
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Oct. 23. Mary Maletta Fetting-Emil and Susanna.
Nov. 19. Sarah Brooks-Charles A. and Madora.
66 26. Mary Adeline Kelley-Charles H. and Sarah.
Dec. 14. Elizabeth Bastian-Christopher and Christine.
25. Ann Marion Clarke-Henry S. and Marion.
30.
Rosamond Clifford Stock-Eustis and Marion.
MARRIAGES.
Jan. 1. By Rev. R. J. Johnson, Charles Ryan and Mary Allen, both of Norwood.
2. By Rev. B. W. Barrows, Henry F. Achorn and Mary F. Glover, both of Walpole.
12. By Rev. J. J. McNulty, Patrick Folan and Ann Conlin, both of Norwood.
21. By Rev. Calvin S. Locke, Fred M. Bailey and Ann B. Wiggin, both of Norwood.
Feb. 18. By Rev. R. J. Johnson, Thomas Hefron and Cath- erine Curran, both of Norwood.
Mar. 14. By Rev. W. H. Savery, Edward P. Talbot and Anna Brooks, both of Norwood.
April 12. By Rev. George Hill, Charles Henry Shattuck and Emma F. Wheelock, both of Norwood.
23. By Rev. R. J. Johnson, Peter Curran and Mary Leonard, both of Norwood.
May 9. By Rev. Ellis Mendell, Edson D. Smith and Fannie G. Morse.
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June 1. By Rev. Ellis Mendell, William S. Spaulding and Emma B. Adams, both of Norwood.
June 4. By Rev. R. J. Johnson, Francis Rooney, of Nor- wood, and Anna O'Connell, of Boston.
8. By N. A. Appollonis, Justice of the Peace, Frank J. Proct and Augusta Schiponoski, both of Nor- wood.
11. By Rev. Ellis Mendell, Joseph A. Coburn and Sarah A. Fagan, both of Norwood.
27. By Rev. Ellis Mendell, Albert E. Ware, of Nor- wood, and Marion E. Billings, of Walpole.
Aug. 1. By Rev. J. J. MoNulty, Daniel. Murry and Margaret Ellston, both of Norwood.
2. By Rev. George Hill, Elmer E. Clapp and Anna F. Hill, both of Norwood.
17. By Rev. B. W. Barrows, Henry M. Merrill and Ida M. Coops, both of Canton.
Sept. 13. By Rev. R. J. Johnson, Thomas J. Kerrisey and Sarah A. McManus, both of Norwood.
Oct. 29. By Rev. F. J. Mundy, of East Weymouth, Edwin P. Butterfield, of Norwood, and Anna D. Whitney, of Scituate.
Nov. 8. By Rev. Ellis Mendell, John Schuster and Elizabeth Williams, both of Norwood.
25. By Rev. Charles S. Berkins, of Boston, Warren G. Bird and Mabel G. Wing, both of Norwood.
30. By Rev. George F. Babbitt, of Provincetown, Sam- uel M. Winslow, of Norwood, and Clarissa E. Marston, of Dorchester.
Dec. 3. By Rev. Ellis Mendell, Lyman F. Gerald, of Nor- wood, and Mary A. King, of Canton.
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DEATHS.
DATE.
NAMES.
YEARS.
MONTHS.
DAYS.
1882.
Jan.
5
Lizzie A. Pond
22
12
James M. Fairbanks
72
2
16
Elizabeth Park
67
7
25
Moses Rhoades
80
7
31
Willard Gay, Esq.
64
28
Feb.
17
Patrick Lee
2
13
18
Honora Casey.
95
23
Honora Cronin
84
28
Cornelius Reardon
11
2
Mar. 10
Luthera B. Tidd .
45
4
7
12
Michael W. Tobin
27
7
9
13
Patrick Roach
67
21
Mary E. Shedd
24
10
11
April 26
Ella M. Fetting
46
May
10
Hollis M. Colcord
36
6
28
19
Hannah J. Shattuck
42
4
2
June
9
Ebenezer F. Talbot
68
5
9
19
Jarvis Gay
78
7
July
14
Mary A. Colman
23
9
8
Aug. 11
Frank Bastian
1
1
9
16
Joseph Page
84
8
13
. 21
Jane E. Kennedy
54
10
24
Sept. 15
Oliver Ellis
19
3
18
17
Moses E. Webb
67
9
7
19
Mary L. Talbot
71
11
28
26
Maggie A. Morrissey
77
10
6
Oct.
8
Celia Fahy
3
25
20
Andrew J. Williamson
18
10
2
31
John H. Barlow
21
10
21
Nov. 10
Emma H. Shedd .
18
4
27
20
Walter Grant .
1
30
Bridget E. Neville
1
5
2
Dec.
3
Mary Mahoney
70
7
Leo Bayer .
3
13
12
Nellie F. Scannell
18
S
·
27
Daniel Prescott Pond
76
6
14
29
Patrick Kannally
AGES.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
New School-Building ..
The money appropriated by the town at its last annual meeting for the erection of a new schoolhouse was expended last summer for the purpose designed. The builder, Mr. M. H. Howard, did his work well and promptly, and the house was ready for occupation at the opening of the Fall term. It gives general satisfaction, and deservedly so, being an improvement on previous school buildings in healthy elevation and desirable conveniences.
To provide a water-supply the cost of a well would be con- siderable, as the ground is solid rock, and as an experiment a filter-cistern was put in the cellar, which has been in use through the winter. The water lias not been entirely palatable for drink- . ing, as was to be expected while the cistern is new, but when it has been once emptied, cleansed, and refilled the quality will probably be improved. It was found advisable to purchase more land for the building and grounds than was first contem- plated, and this made it necessary for the building-committee to exceed the appropriation.
Miss Marcia Shumway was elected teacher of the new (East) school, and her pupils now number thirty-nine, who occupy the upper room, the lower story remaining vacant but fully fitted and ready for future need.
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North School.
The two departments of the North School remain, as at the commencement of the year, under the care of Miss L. B. Thompson and Miss Lucy Guy. The temporary transfer of Miss Thompson to the Assistant's place in the Everett School, unexpectedly vacated, made it necessary to employ a teacher in her room, and Miss M. G. Leadbeater, of Hyde Park, served as her substitute through most of the Spring term.
Everett School.
Familiar names are missed from our corps of teachers in the Everett School. On Wednesday, the 22d of March, Miss Clara B. Pullen, Master's Assistant, was thrown to the ground while getting into a carriage, near the Public Library, and seriously disabled. The stroke of a snow ball, flung by a care- less boy, frightened the horse and caused the accident. The injury to this faithful teacher, causing her much expense and suffering, was also an injury to the school, and obliged several classes for some time to discontinue the studies of which Miss Pullen had immediate charge. In the Fall she was still unable to resume her duties, and Miss Ada M. Fogg was employed as substitute, in which capacity she still serves.
The second and sixth departments have been under the charge of Miss Harriet French and Miss Lizzie C. Tucker, Miss Emma Wheelock and Miss Fannie Morse having resigned at the close of the previous school year.
In the interest of convenience and health, as well as of good order and quiet, a south door was cut in Everett building last March, and the advantage of it has been manifest in the relief of the other entries, and the direct access given to the primary scholars into their schoolroom, obviating all the former exposure and disturbance.
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Mr. Atwood's plan of interesting the older school-boys in mechanical work, and the few tools allowed him for that pur- pose, have been some saving to the town in the item of carpen- ter's labor, and even in small matters of painter's and plummer's work. A missing or displaced latch, lock or hinge, a loose seat- iron, a broken pane of glass, or a refractory door or shutter is often endured a long time, causing great inconvenience and trial of patience, because considered too small a thing to justify the hiring of a skilled workman's time and hands. Such bits of mending have been done by the boys (on Saturdays, and in hours otherwise unemployed), and the jobs have been done well. They have themselves, or with the help and direction of the Principal, made and painted screens to protect the cellar win- dows, set glass windows in the out-houses, and panes of glass in the schoolhouse, fitted and painted six new window-sashes in the basement, set twenty-four desks in the Assistant's recitation- room, repaired desks, settees, and map-fixtures, and the fences in the yard, covered the steam-pipes, and lined the gutters in the water-closets.
Boys love to use tools, and this work has been a pleasure to them-and their industry has extended to making as well as mending. Convenient shelf-closets, for books and apparatus, have been very neatly put up in some of the school-rooms, a division-fence in the rear, and some simple pieces of philosophi- cal apparatus and furniture have been made, and board-parti- tions run across the cellar, utilizing the basement space, for- merly cluttered with rubbish and ashes, as separate play-rooms for the girls and boys during recess-time in stormy weather-all at less expense than the lowest "Chinese cheap labor," and quite to the advantage of the lads in lessons of useful occupation and in early practice with the hammer, saw, and plane.
We may add that the improvements and conveniences real- ized as the result of this mechanical education are worth at least much more than the cheap lumber used in making them.
Besides these improvements, gratuitous repairs, etc., Mr. Atwood's force of young helpers has for the past two years
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cleared the cellar of the usual coal-ashes and waste, free of cost -a scavenger job for which the committee formerly paid ten dollars annually.
Balch School.
Miss Florence Hill, teacher in the upper department of Balch School, retired from her duties for needed rest, during the Fall term, and Miss Helen C. Allen, of New Bedford, took her place, Miss Hill returning in December. Miss Viola Littlefield continues her work in the second department.
The furnace in this building is badly worn, and scarcely worth repairing. Many days during the past winter it has been impossible to warm the upper room without the aid of a stove, or even the lower room comfortabiy. Some improvement is called for here, and it may be necessary before another winter to purchase a new furnace.
Music.
Miss Fannie H. Cragin, for several years our instructor in music, making thè round of the schools twice a week, resigned during the summer, feeling unequal to the task, and the com- mittee secured the services of Mrs. Emma F. Mitchell, who did efficient work through the 'Fall term, when her resignation again . left vacant a position not easy to fill. 'By request, Miss C. Bar- ron, a teacher of some experience in Boston and vicinity, came and made a trial, but though evidently well qualified for the' required work, she found it too hard for her. .
Subsequently Miss Cragin was able to resume her former duties, in part, giving her attention chiefly to the primary schools, and, under this arrangement, she continues to teach.
A small balance of the appropriation made for musical instruction remains unexpended.
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Drawing.
Several years ago special instruction in drawing was given at regular hours in the schools, but this was necessarily discon- tinued, as the appropriations did not warrant the employment of a drawing-teacher. Since then the daily teachers have done what they could, but this branch has not received the systematic attention which its importance deserves. Its recognized use, in training the constructive faculty, and accustoming children to accuracy of free-hand movement, and right ideas of form, has made it one of the required studies of a common school educa- tion in the State, and persons who would become school-instruct- ors are examined in this as in other branches.
At present we must depend upon our regular teachers to give drawing its proper place as a study, but. without the direc- tion of an expert, as in music, they can do little save in a gen- eral way. The few visits of Prof. Charles M. Carter, of the Normal Art School, by arrangement with whom the Principal succeeded in securing a short series of (gratuitous) lessons, are the nearest approaches we have been able to make to any stated professional instruction in drawing. Only four of these lessons have been given, and at intervals of four weeks, to teachers alone.
Professor Carter's hour in Norwood was a very inconven- ient one, obliging the teachers to dismiss their schools at ten o'clock in the morning, but his services are in continual demand, and he could give no other time.
Damage, &c., by. Pupils.
Every effort has been made to prevent careless or wilful damage to buildings and school property, but as the only effectual check upon such acts is to make them expensive to the perpe-
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trators, and these can hardly ever be identified, the preventive efforts usually could not go much beyond admonitions and inces- sant watch. In three instances, however, we are happy to say, the parties were detected, and full payment was made by the parents-a result chiefly due to the vigilance and vigor of the teachers.
Boys should remember that they cannot always break win- dows and smash doors without being found out. We are glad to believe that most of the pupils respect (as they are faithfully taught to do) the houses, rooms and furniture given for their benefit, and in the newer schools (and very rarely in the Everett) there has been no cause of complaint.
One case of punishment for insolent manners, early in the year, was called in question, and legal redress was sought ; but both law and public opinion sustained the master. A similar out-come of every similar case would do much to discourage young hoodlumism in the streets and play-grounds, and convince every smart schoolboy that it pays better to be a gentleman than to be a rowdy.
Text-Books.
The purchase and care of the supply of school-books has been undertaken by the Principal, during the past year ; an arrangement by which pupils can now be furnished with such as they need at the wholesale prices. This agency was assumed not without considerable trouble to himself, and with the chance of personal expense rather than personal profit. The plan was adopted in the interest of convenience and cheapness, the last of which two considerations every parent appreciates who is obliged to furnish the money for a new book.
It is the business of the Principal to arrange the annual scheme of studies for all the schools in the town, and this brings the matter of text-books necessarily under his direct attention,
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and naturally under his direct charge. His willingness to act as store-keeper enables us to assure an immediate and simultaneous supply to any class or classes requiring books, and at prices lower than our merchants could afford, Mr. Atwood's margin being simply a small per centage allowed him by the publishers off the wholesale rate, to cover expenses of transportation, handling, oversight, and insurance.
The increase noticed in the number of different reading- books in the primary schools was justified not only by the known advantage of variety as a means of interesting little children, but on the ground that education gains in real thoroughness as it gains in breadth. The English language cannot be learned at its best without the use of many different books-as no one can thor- oughly learn the Latin language by reading nothing but Cæsar or nothing but Virgil. Instead of confining them to one book, it is well to allow children pasture-room enough to give them a taste of new and different expressions and illustrations that may fur- ther inform them and help them. If, in addition to the copies of juvenile papers, or magazines like "Our Little Ones," read to them by the teacher or given to them to read, a fresh primer is occasionally introduced, the expense is slight, and it may appear to most parents that the end justifies the means.
About two hundred and thirty dollars' ($230) worth of books have been sold during the year. The following is the list of text-books now in use in our schools, with schedule of prices :
READING AND SPELLING.
Monroe's 1st Reader
$0 20
$0 24
66
2d
66
35
42
3d
66
50
60
66
4th
66
60
70
66
5th
66
90
1 05
1 00 1 20
1
66
6th 66
Net. Retail.
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Net. Retail.
McGuffey's Revised 1st Reader
$0 17
$0 20
66 66 2d 66
30
35
3d 66
42
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Parker and Marvel's Supplementary 1st Reader
30
36
2dl 66 30
36
Worcester's New Primary Speller
18
24
66 Pronouncing
25
30
66
School Dictionary
80
1 00
66 Comprehensive Dictionary
1 40
1 75
MATHEMATICS.
Greenleaf's New Primary Arithmetic
18
22
66 Practical 66
68
80
66 Elementary Algebra
1 00
1 15
Bradbury's Geometry (University Ed.)
1 28
1 50
Meservey's Book-keeping
80
1 00
GEOGRAPHY. -
Warren's Primary Geography
54
63
Common School Geography
1
25
1 50
66 Physical 60
1 35
1 56
Hall's "Our World," No. 1
60
75
NATURAL SCIENCES.
Steele's Fourteen' Weeks in Philosophy
1 00
1 25
66
66 Physiology
1 00
1 25
Appleton's Young Chemist
75
90
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GRAMMAR.
Net. Retail.
Quackenbos' Language Lessons
42
50
Ellsworth's Copy-books (per doz.)
1 20
1 50
MUSIC.
Mason's Intermediate Music Reader
53
67
Eichberg's High School
94
1 18
HISTORY.
Higginson's Young Folks' History of U. S.
1 20
1 50
LATIN AND FRENCH.
Harkness' New Latin Grammar
1 05
1 30
Latin Reader
87
1 10
6 Cæsar
1 05
1 30
Allen and Greenough's Virgil
1 12
1 40
Searing's
66
1 60
2 00
Otto's French Grammar
1 30
1 60,
66
Reader
1 10
1 40
Madame Foa's Contes Biographiques
80
1 00
DRAWING.
Prang's Series . .
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Health.
No sickness has invaded our schools, during the year, to materially affect the attendance ; nor could it fail to be seen that our teachers were suffering less by being crowded with the charge of too many pupils. In one or two cases the · uniform good health of the teacher through the year has been so excep- tional as to be obviously traceable to the relief caused by reduc- ing the number of her scholars.
In the new buildings, owing to the superior ventilation, and better arrangements for comfort and convenience, there would seem to be no need of the children's suffering from poisoned air, or extremes of heat and cold.
Our accommodations are greatly enlarged, and though they are not beyond improvement, it must be said that the town has provided well for its schools. The committee, and the parents, teachers, and scholars, unite in congratulations.
THERON BROWN,
STILLMAN C. DAVIS,
School
GEORGE HILL, Committee.
REPORT OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Town appropriated,
$540 88
Chickering Fund,
8 64
Fines collected,
16 08
.
$565 60
EXPENSES.
Rent,
75 00
Salary,
150 00
Books,
288 78
Supplement,
24 00
Printing,
7 75
Paper,
3 20
Fuel,
1 81.
Books and incidentals,
15 06
$565 60
Books in library,
3,262
Volumes issued last year,
16,000
Books needing re-binding,
40
66
renewing, 33
66
lost,
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The interest in the library is increasing. More books were taken last month than in any month during its existence. We need more books.
J. W. TALBOT, Librarian.
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REPORT OF CEMETARY COMMISSIONERS. 3
The Board of Commissioners have little to report in addition to the facts contained in the following financial accounts presented herewith.
It will be seen that only seven lots have been sold during the year, and therefore the receipts have been much smaller than was anticipated. Total lots sold from beginning have been fifty-four There have been no extensive improvements made. The limited funds on hand have been devoted to payment of balances due on tomb contracts, together with bills for work on the grounds about · the tomb and the main avenues.
After paying the two outstanding bills a balance of $74 51 will remain in the treasury towards the expenses of the new year.
Several citizens have expressed a purpose to secure lots in the spring, but the Commissioners believe it is best that a small appro- priation should be made by the town for the use of the cemetery.
There has been a commendable degree of interest taken by the owners of lots, and many very fine monuments have been already erected.
An early purchase of lots will be a great help in making needed improvements.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS O. WINSLOW, / ALBERT G. WEBB, Commissioners.
C. WILLIS MORSE,
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HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with TOWN DR. OF NORWOOD. CR.
1882-3. . For receipts from May 21. Chas. E. Hartshorne and Chas. P. Pond, lot 140 and posts, $30 00 June 1. Henry F. Shattuck, lot 414, 25 00
1882-3.
By payments
May 31. L. W. Bigelow,
Town Treasurer,
$30 00
June 1. L. W. Bigelow,
Town Treasurer,
25 00
Aug. 28. L. W. Bigelow,
Town Treasurer,
65 00
Jan. 30. L. W. Bigelow,
Town Treasurer,
60 00
12. Sarah L. Colcord, lot 175 and posts, 15 00
21. Emil L. Fetting, lot 171 and posts, 15 00
July 8. Henry F. Shattuck, posts, 5 00
Aug. 28. Nelson B. White, lot 67 and posts, 30 00
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Sept. Amelia B. and W. F. Mason, lot 413 and
posts, 30 00
Jan. 15. Chas. B. Dexter, lot
416 and posts, 30 00
$180 00 $180 00
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HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with TOWN DR. OF NORWOOD. CR.
1882.
Feb. 1.
Balance on hand, $390 51
Receipts from
Treasurer, .
180 00
1882.
June 3. By S. B. Corliss, bal.
tomb contract,
$121 34
S. B. Corliss, bal.
bound posts,
.
36 00
30.
Doane & Greenough, 5 25
July 29.
Francis Tinker, re-
cording deeds,
8 00
Aug. 9.
Martin Curran, la-
bor on avenues,
30 38
Dec. 2.
John Nugent, bal.
tomb contract,
60 00
John Nugent, on
account work on
avenues,
100 00
1883.
Jan. 30. W. A. Talbot, plants
and labor,
41 35
31. Balance on hand,
168 19
$570 51
$570 51
UNSETTLED BILLS.
C. Willis Morse, surveying, &c., $15 00 John Nugent, balance of work on avenues, 78 68
TOWN MEETING WARRANT.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either Constable of the Town of Norwood in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in Village Hall, in said Town, on Monday, the 5th day of March, next, at one o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. : -
ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.
ARTICLE 2 .- To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
ARTICLE 3 .- Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this town? The check-list shall be used and the vote shall be by separate ballot, and ballots shall be Yes or No in answer to the question.
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ARTICLE 4 .- To hear and act on the report of the Auditors on the Treasurer's and Collector's accounts.
ARTICLE 5 .- To see if the Town will accept of the List of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen and posted as required by law.
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ARTICLE 6 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Collector.
ARTICLE 7 .- To see if the Town will fix the time within which taxes assessed therein shall be paid, and authorize the Collector to charge interest at the rate of seven per cent. a year on all taxes remaining unpaid at that time.
ARTICLE 8 .- To see what compensation the Town will allow for the Collection of Taxes.
ARTICLE 9 .- To hear and act on the Reports of Committees.
ARTICLE 10 .- To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the Repairs of the Highways, and agree upon the method of repairing the same.
ARTICLE 11 .- To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the Support of Schools the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 12 .- To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the Teaching of Music in the Public Schools.
ARTICLE 13 .- To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for the support of the organization of the Fire Department the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 14 .- To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to repairing or rebuilding the Reservoir near Engine House No. 2, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 15 .- To see what disposition the Town will make of the money received for Dog Licenses.
ARTICLE 16 .-- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the support of the Public Library.
ARTICLE 17 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the purpose of repairing the Hearse or purchasing a new one.
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ARTICLE 18 .- To raise such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray Town charges not otherwise provided for the cur- rent year.
ARTICLE 19 .- To see what action the Town will take in regard to providing a Watering Place on Washington Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 20 .- To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to continue the salary of Miss Clara M. Pullen, a teacher in the Everett School, from the time of her injury to such time as they deem best, said salary not to exceed the sum of three hundred dollars.
ARTICLE 21 .- To see if the Town will accept of the extension of Day Street from Washington Street to Broadway, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 22 .- To see if the Town will accept of the exten- sion of Howard Street from corner of Herbert Morse's land to the northwest corner of L. G. Howard's land, as laid out by the Select- men, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ARTICLE 23 .- To see if the Town will accept of the extension of Railroad Avenue from the North Schoolhouse to the land of Christy Bastian, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
ARTICLE 24 .- To see if the Town will appropriate money for the Setting of Trees on the Public Streets, or take any action relating thereto.
ARTICLE 25 .- To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of taxes.
ARTICLE 26 .- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate money for the care of Highland Cemetery.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies at the Post Office and in each of the several
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Churches and Railroad Stations in said Norwood, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before the time and day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood, this twenty-second day of February, A.D. 1883.
TYLER THAYER, Selectmen GEO. H. MORSE, of Norwood.
A true copy. Attest :
.
FRANK A. FALES,
Constable of Norwood.
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