Report of the selectmen of the town of South Scituate 1854-1868, Part 26

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STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.

MARRIAGES. 1867

Date.

Names.

Residence.

Age.

Occupation.

Birthplace.

1867.

Jan. 1, Seth Foster,

· So. Scituate, 36

Expressman,

So. Scituate.

Mary Eliza Lincoln,

. Boston, 24

Boston.

27, S. Osmer Leach, Lucy Frances Clapp,

. N. Bridgewater,

Shoe finisher,

Stoughton. Scituate.

May 31, Jonathan J. Simmons, Polly Turner,

Pembroke, 20

Farmer,

Scituate.

June 20, Marshall H. Litchfield, · Scituate, Abby Turner,

So. Scituate, 47

So. Scituate,

Ship builder,

So. Scituate.

July 9, Marcellus Jones, Judith M. Sprague,

So. Scituate,

So. Scituate.

Aug. 10, Joshua S. Bates,

· So. Scituate, 22

Shoemaker,

Hanover. So. Scituate. Swansey.

Sept. 8, John A. Pierce,

So. Scituate,

24 25

Hanover.

22, Albert Joyce, Orvilla Hatch,

· Marshfield,

Shoemaker,

Marshfield.

Oct.

7, Ira Bryant, Susan Stoddard,

· Charlestown,

Gentleman,

Turner, Me.

10, Ezekiel E. Gunderway, Lucy Winslow,

So. Scituate,

Shoemaker,

So. Scituate. So. Scituate.

Nov. 13, Joseph T. Hartt, Nellie L. Brownell,

So. Scituate. 20

Shoemaker,

Abington.

26, Francis Sheldon, Mary C. Tolman,

So. Scituate, 24

Gentleman,

Hanover.

Dec. 5,

27, Albert Jacobs, Lydia A. Pocorney, Charles C. Pratt, Hannah B. Hartt,

. No. Scituate, So. Scituate, Hingham, So. Scitua e,

Carpenter,

Hingham.

17, Seth S. Hersey, Jr., Mabel C. Burrell,.

So. Scituate.

20, Dennis Tuffey, Bridget Tuffy,

So. Scituate, So. Scituate,

Laborer,

Ireland.

· Marshfield, 24

Shoemaker, Marshfield-

Pembroke.

20, Thomas B. Waterman, Clara Crooker,

So. Scituate, 17

So. Scituate, 30

Shoemaker,

So. Scituate.

Abby S. Gardner,

So. Scituate,

Farmer,

Caroline L. Beach,

So. Scituate,

Marshfield, 21

So. Scituate, 45

Quincy.

So. Sciluate, 18

So. Scituate, 35 Gentleman,

Brooklyn, N. Y. Vt.

So. Scituate.

« San Francisco, So. Scituate, 21

Tacker,

So. Scituate.

Charlestown.

& Hanover, 28

Marshfield.

So. Scituate.

DEATHS. 1867

Date. Name.

Age, yrs.

Birth place.

Disease.

Jan. 16, > Henry T. Hatch,

So. Scituate,

Feb. 5, Mary Stockbridge,

8, Sarah H. Lee,

12, Matilda Winslow,

17, Evelina Gunderway,

9 mos.

18, · Theodore Turner,

21, Betsey Merritt,

24, Edwin P. Pincin,

Mar. 7, Henry C. Horton,

13, Samuel Dyer,

Weymouth,

April 7, Deborah Bailey, 7, Sarah A. Winslow,

So. Scituate,

29, Hettie Lee,

13, George E. Winslow,

Dropsy. Consumption. Scrofula.

July 16, Sarah Foster,

Pembroke,

Consumption.

Aug. 16, Hannah C. Turner,

So. Scituate,

Consumption.

25, Sarah A. Willis,

Calais, Me.,

Paralysis.

Sept. 11, Frank Cazneau,

Șo. Scituate,

Consumption.

14, Walter Foster,

Dropsy.

19. Desire Cushing,

Old age.

30, George H. Fogg,

3 days.

Oct. 12, Martin Stockbridge,

Hanover,

Old age.

13, Sally Brown,

Scituate,

Old age.

23, Mary T. Talbot,

So. Scituate,

Consumption heart disease.

Nov. 9, Nabby Farrar,

Old age.

13, Louisa Winslow,

Consumption.

Dec. 22, Louisa Hayden,

Consumption.

25, Eliz 1 Lincoln,

Palsy.

Lung fever. Consumption. Heart disease. Lung fever. Consumption. Congestion of lungs ..

Consumption.

Hanover,

Suicide. Diphtheria. Consumption ..

and;

BIRTHS. 1847

Date. Names.

Names of Parents.

Jan. 4, " Elizabeth M. Fitz.

· Seth O. and Mary A.

10, · Mary Lizzie Brown.

· Ebenezer L. and Caroline. Richard and Alice.

24, Sarah Matilda Freeman. 31, · Susie O. Turner.

Feb. 4, - Mabel F. Torrey.

" Henry A. and Abbie F.

March 3, - Lillian Prouty.

July 24, . Edgar C. Hatch.

Aug. 3, Willie Samuel Nelson.

- Orlando C. and Juliet E. Cushing and Abigail H. L. Oliver and Theresa.

· Lorenzo and Mary C. · Benj. W. and Esther.

Oct.

Sept. 6, - Mary Edith Bates 26, . Samuel Walter Jacobs. 26, . George Hitchborn Fogg. 1, Alfred C. Winslow. 3, Geo. Cushing Gunderway. 4, - Turner.

· Ebenezer T. and Helen. Alfred and Mary. Thomas and Caroline. John H. and Sarah E. Robert S. and Harriet F.

20, Robert S. Talbot.

Nov. 6, Oscar Sears.

13, William Henry Merritt.

Charles H. and Fannie H. John A. and Harriet L.

14, Willie Angier Pierce.

15, Manuel.

William S. and Christiana.

John R. and Lucy H.

Dec.

2, Ella Adelaide Osborn.

Edwin F. and Nancy W.

6, Stearns.

George and Maria L.

Edwin and Emily.

Walter and Ellen.

Benjamin M. and Delia.

Liba and Elizabeth.

8, Chas. Washington French: 24, Simmons.

Jan. 3, Adelia L. Young. April 5, Carlton Q. Litchfield,

James I. and Lucinda.

20, Litchfield.

. Henry A. and Mary F.

FINANCIAL STANDING OF THE TOWN.

Note in favor of Joseph T. Litchfield,

- $725 00

Daniel Otis, -

- 1,000 00

South Scituate Savings Bank,

- 6,432 00

66 66

Methodist Episcopal Church,

- 200 00

Sally Wise, -

625 00

Walter Foster, Executor,

- 700 00

Charles W. Sylvester,

- 470 00

Harvey T. Sylvester,

- 200 00

66 Michael Ford,

- 1,025 00

66 60

Foster & Fogg, Trustees,

- 2,325 00

Ebenezer Stetson,

- 200 00

Walter Foster,

300 00

Robert V. C. Turner,

- 575 00

66 Israel Nash,

- 3,500 00

Charles H. Litchfield,

150 00 -

George Beasly, -

100 00

Interest due on the above notes, Feb. 1, 1868,

400 00

Amount due Almshouse keeper,

the several schools,

- 659 10

Treasurer and Collector, -

- 100 00

Total,

$20,136 00

CR.

Cash in hand of Treasurer, -

$1,359 66

Outstanding taxes, -

- 2,137 70

Highway arrears due the town,

- 312 81

Due from the Commonwealth for State Aid,

- 1,119 00

Estate of Jane Burrell, -

53 50

66 Aid to Hewitt Baker, -

11 00

" State paupers, -

78 00

Total, -

- $5,071 67

Balance against the town, -

15,064 33

Total,

$20,136 00

SAMUEL TOLMAN, Jr., EDWARD STOWELL, of

Selectmen

LIBA LITCHFIELD, So. Scituate.

150 00

Joseph C. Tolman, -

300 00

ASSESSORS' REPORT. Money Tax.

Total value of real estate, -

- $577,832 00

personal estate, -

- - 227,205 00

Total, - -

- $805,037 00

Rate of taxation $1.50 on $100. Tax on $805,037, at the above rate, -

- $12,075 55

" " 430 polls at $2.00 each, - -

860 00

Total, - -

- $12,935 55

State tax, -

- $4,550 00

County tax, -

1,000 30

Town tax for support of poor, &c.,

4,000 00

1,700 00

Reimbursement to recruiting fund, - Overlayings, - -

86 66

Total, - - -

- $12,936 96

Highway deficiency, - -

$312 81

School books, - -

32 79- 345 60

Amount of taxes placed in the hands of the Treasurer,

for collection, -

- -

- $13,282 56

Highway Tax.

Amount voted to be raised by the town, - - $2,000 00

Overlayings, - - -

38 67

Total, -

$2,038 67

Rate of taxation, 21 cts. on $100,

$1,690 37

Tax on 430 polls, 81 cts. each, - - 348 30

Total, - - -

$2,038 67

SAMUEL TOLMAN, Jr., EDWARD STOWELL, LIBA LITCHFIELD,

Assessors of So. Scituate.

- -

1,600 00

of schools, -

REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FROM FEB. 1, 1867, TO FEB. 1, 1868.

Almshouse Expenses.

J. E. Corthell, for meat, - - $213 37 Mrs. Eliza Studley, for 20 weeks' assistance in Almshouse, 10 00

1 Abel Sylvester's bill for dry goods,

- 9 96

Joseph Merritt, for blacksmithing, -

- 8 86

Cider, - - -

- 3 00

Straw, - - -

1 65

Onions, - -

1 00

Farming utensils, - -

- 3 60

50 lbs. tallow, - - -

- 4 00

J. E. Corthell, dressing four hogs,

- 6 00 -

Chas W. Sparrell, coffin & shroud for Martin Stockbridge, 12 00 Soap, 13 78 - - -

Cushing & Ames, 40 yards bed ticking, -

23 20

Plowing and harrowing, - 8 50 - -

25 00

Pork, - -

9 09

j. W. Peterson, for two stoves and pipe, -

18 00

Salt and fresh fish, lobsters, clams, &c., -

42 17

1 Entry rug, - - -

1 50

Tin, wooden, and stone ware, -

12 15

Liquor for paupers, -

13 13

Scraps, - - - -

Repairs on wash bench,

1 75

Coarse and fine salt, -

6 28

Bread and crackers, - -

12 24

Irish and sweet potatoes,

1 07

Use of sausage machine,

Milk, - - -

- -

4 42

Sawing lumber,

3 40

Cement, -

Apple trees, - -

2 35

Locks, - -

William Collamore, for difference in exchange of cows,

Sharpening saws,

$2 00

Repairs on harness,

1 37

Flax seed,

Plank,

Cranberries,

1 00

Carbolic acid,

1 15

Dry goods at sundry times,

10 51

2 pairs rubber shoes,

2 00

Repairing shoes, -

4 92

Mrs. Benson, for assistance in house,

5 25

84 gallons of molasses,

60 85

Grain and meal, 1864 bushels,

238 57

Rye meal, 62 bushels, -

- 10 83

Feed and middlings,

24 82

Salaratus, bread riser and cream tartar,

15 68

Butter, 97 lbs. -

35 63

Garden seed, -

Cheese, 43 lbs., - -

8 95

Kerosene oil, 92 gallons,

6 11

Whale oil, 22.

4 67

Spices, - - -

7 49

Rice, 24 lbs.,

2 88

Flour, 114 barrels,

60 20

Raisins, 18 lbs., -

3 83

Yarn, -

Sugar, 443 lbs. - -

68 23

Cotton and woolen cloth, flannel, &c., 121 yards,

26 37 -

Snuff, 64 lbs., -

6 26

Dried apples, 36 lbs., -

5 99

Apples, 22 bushels, -

4 32

Grass seed, - - -

Boots and shoes, 4 pairs,

7 63

Shells and coffee, 122 lbs., -

6 33

Crockery, -

3 25

Sausages, 64 lbs., -

184 36

Tea, 55 lbs.,

Mittens, -

$0 60

Tobacco, 15 lbs.,

10 75

Tripe, 61 lbs.,

7 30

Corned beef,

9 57

Eggs, 3 dozen,

- -

Butter firkin, -

- -

Dr. Brownell, medical attendance,

34 75

Dr. Howes, 66

4 25

Dr. Brownell, pasturing cow,

- 8 00

1 barrel of plaster and freight thereon, Sundries, -

14 90

Wood purchased of Walter Foster, -

40 00

Salary of Almshouse keeper, - -

- 250 00

Articles on hand at Almshouse Feb., 1867,

- 775 41

Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1867, - -

4 6 81

Interest on Almshouse establishment, -

- 130 00

Total,

$2,594 50

ARTICLES ON HAND AT ALMSHOUSE FEB. 1, 1868.

1 horse, -

- $125 00

17 fowls, -

- 85 00

Hard wood, 14 cords,

- 72 00

Trash wood, 2 cords,

6 00

Pine wood, 2} cords,

12 00

3 pigs, -

35 00

English hay, 4 tons,

1 00

Swale hay 2 ton,

8 00

Fresh hay 1 ton,

10 00 -

Hard soap,

7 68

Tallow and candles, -

8 10

Molasses, -

Vinegar, 18 gallons, -

- 7 20

2 75

13 00

1 cow, - -

84 00

Straw,

Tea, 7 lbs.,

$7 70

Coffee and shells, -

Lard, 80 lbs., -

13 60

Dried apples, 2 lbs., -

Spices, -

2 00

Beans, 3 bushels, -

14 50

Sugar, 9 lbs., -

1 44

Bread riser and salaratus,

3 bbl. of flour,

10 67

¿ bottle carbolic acid,

Rice,

Oil,

Grain and feed,

3 30

Scraps,

2 00

Fish, -

Pork, 550 lbs.,

88 00

Ham, 210 lbs.,

33 60

Beef, 400 lbs.,

60 00

Soft soap, 18 gallons,

2 28

Turnips, 12 bushels,

Beets, 3 bushels,

2 00

Cabbages, -

1 00

Parsnips, -

2 00

Matches,

- -

Eggs,

1 60

Tobacco,

2 25

Soap grease, -

1 20

Potatoes, 100 bushels,

100 00

Farming utensils,

2 50

Stoves,

18 00

Apple trees,

1 75

2 locks,

1 07

1 sled,

2 00

Excess of value of bedding over that of Feb. 1, 1867,

30 00

Total,

· $883 52

ARTICLES SOLD AT ALMSHOUSE.

Pigs,

· $69 02

Meals and lodgings,

18 64

Eggs, .

5 93

Lard,

4 22

Milk,

1 14

Chickens,

3 40

Rags and stove,

1 15

Candles,

Cabbages,

1 75

Letting horse,

2 70

Potatoes,

7 32

Hay,

22 13

Barley,

1 calf,

12 00

1 HIDE,

4 00

Total,

. $153 97

RECAPITULATION.

Articles sold from Almshouse, . $153 97

Articles on hand Feb. 1, 1868, · . 883 52

Board of 12 paupers at $2.49.6 per week, .

. 1,557 01

Total, $2,594 50

Board of 12 paupers without the interest on Almshouse estab- lishment, $2.28.7 per week.

ASSISTANCE RENDERED OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.

J. E. Corthell, burying Matilda and Geo. Winslow, $3 00

J. E. Corthell, supplies to Mrs. Damon and daugh- ter, 1866, - 7 20

Dr. Brownell, medical attendance on Miss Nancy

Damon, 1864. - - -

- 14 75

Supplies to Thomas Stoddard, -

$44 83

James Thompson,

- 8 00

Marcia Witherell,

39 00

Sarah Totman,

75 50

Jane Barrel,

31 50

Amasa Palmer and wife, -

90 50

Robert Lincoln (1866, $9.00),

44 39

Benjamin Ford, -

38 00

Hewitt Baker (Pembroke), - Ebenezer B. Howland,

13 00

Sarah Curtis,

17 25

Harvey Winslow, -

6 25

Alice Brooker, - -

5 00

Charles Mann, Jr., -

7 50

C. W. Sparrell, coffin and shroud for child of Harvey Winslow, 7 00

C. W. Sparrell, coffin & shroud for Matilda Winslow, 12 00

C. W. Sparrell, attending funeral of child of Harvey Winslow, - - -

2 00

C. W. Sparrell, coffin for same, - -

7 00

Dr. Downes, medical attendance on Hettie Lee, 14 00

Dr. Downes, medical attendance on family of Harvey Winslow, -

15 00

C. W. Sparrell, coffin and shroud for child of Thos. Gunderway, -

5 00

Dr. Howes, medical attendance on family of Harvey Winslow, - -

5 50

Dr. Brownell, medical attendance on child of Thos. Gunderway, - -

3 75

Supplies to Richard Freeman, -

6 00

Sally Ewell, -

- - -

14 31

"' Polly Newcome, - - -

1 74

$549 97

SAMUEL TOLMAN, JR., - Overseers EDWARD STOWELL, of LIBA LITCHFIELD, the Poor.

11 00

REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER.

E. T. FOGG, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE, CR.

Balance due the Town, March 6, 1867,. . .

.... $706 99

Paid on Selectmen's orders and allowances, . $8,716 00

Outstanding taxes, March 6, 1867,

. 1,543 91

Notes and interest,. .

8,101 06

Assessment of 1867,. . .

13,282 56

County tax, .

1,000 30

.Cash on Notes given by Treasurer, .. . . . ... .

6,947 00

State tax, ..

4,550 00

Sale of Fish rights, .

31 75

Scituate tax,.

13 69

Use of Town Hall,

41 19

Discount on prompt payment of taxes,. ...

284 50

Sale of School House, .... .

115 00

From State, dissecting cow,.

5 00

Pedlers' Licenses, . .

12 00

Sale of grass on Town flats,

125 50

State aid refunded, ..

1,800 00

Corporation tax refunded,.

1,318 93

State School Fund, ...

163 4.7

Town of Abington, schooling,

17 50

Sale of school books, .

24 11

Emma Bryant, schooling,

.5 00

. .....

.From County, for land, ...

23 00

Cash on hand, ..

1,359 66

$26,162 91 -

.. .

. .

$24,803 25

.. .

. .

. . .

.. .

. . ....

. . . . .

$26,162 91

Taxes outstanding, .. . 2,137 70

EBENEZER T. FOGG, Treasurer.

ARTICLES TO BE INSERTED IN THE TOWN MEETING WARRANT TO BE HOLDEN ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH, AT 9 O'CLOCK, A.M.

1. To choose a Moderator.

2. To choose a Town Clerk.

3. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor.

4. To hear and act on the report of the Treasurer.

5. To hear the Report of the Selectmen on Guide boards.

6. To choose Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, and all other necessary Town Officers.

7. To see in what manner will the Town repair the High- ways the ensuing year.

8. What sum of money will the Town raise for the repairs of Highways, and direct when and where and in what manner the same shall be expended.

9. To raise money for the support of the Poor, Schools, and to defray incidental expenses.

10. Will the Town appoint special agents to have charge of the school houses.

11. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected the ensuing year.

12. Will the Town authorize the Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of the taxes.

13. Will the Town accept the list of Jurors as prepared by the Selectmen.

14. Will the Town cause the report of the Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor to be published in February next.

15. To make allowance to Town creditors.

16. To hear and act on the report of any Committee here- tofore chosen.

17. What compensation will the Town make for removing snow.

18. Will the Town divide its territory into School Districts.

19. Will the Town rebuild the bridge near the house of Elijah Clapp.

20. Will the Town build a bridge across the highway near the house of Timothy B. Chapman.

21. Will the Town allow Mr. Abel A. Vinal and wife the improvement of land which they have bought and paid for.

22. Will the Town allow Mr. Alfred Puicin to expend the amount of his State, Town and County taxes on Parker Lane, he agreeing to keep it in ordinary repair, and suitably clear of snow.

23. To elect a Committee to settle with the Treasurer in March, 1869.

Rights to take fish from North River will be sold at public auction immediately after the adjournment of the meeting.

SAMUEL TOLMAN. JR., 1 Selectmen EDWARD STOWELL, of LIBA LITCHFIELD, 5 So. Scituate.

BY-LAWS OF THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE CONCERNING TRUANT CHILDREN.

1. Any minor convicted of being an habitual truant, or any child convicted of wandering about the streets or public places of the town, having no lawful occupation or business, not at- tending school, and growing up in ignorance, between the ages of seven and sixteen years, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, or, at the discretion of the trial jus- tice having jurisdiction of the case, may be committed to a house of reformation or other suitable situation provided by the Selectmen for the purpose, for such a length of time not exceeding two years, as such justice may determine. General Laws, 1862, ch. 207.

2 .. Any scholar absenting himself from school without the knowledge and consent of the teacher, parent or guardian, and any scholar who shall, without sufficient excuse, absent himself from school three or more days, in either half-term of summer; or term in winter, or who shall, without valid excuse, absent himself from examination, and any child between the ages of eight and fourteen (see General Statutes, ch. 41), who shall not attend school at least twelve weeks in a year, six weeks of which time shall be consecutive, shall, unless there be sufficient excuse for non-attendance, be deemed a truant.

3. To prevent any child from being unjustly deemed a truant, the parent or guardian of each child, in all cases of necessary absence, shall previously, if possible, or at the earliest oppor- tunity afterward, inform the teacher, orally or in writing, of sich necessary absence.

4. It shall be the teacher's duty to require a written or oral excuse from the parent or guardian in every case of absence, and, on becoming cognizant of any case of truancy, to visit the truant child, or the parent or guardian of such truant, and, by inducement, cause the child, if possible, to become a regular attendant of school ; but if such persuasion be unavailing, the teacher shall record the name of such truant on the lower mar- gin of the School Register, and shall also inform the Town Committee. And if said Committee shall be unable to per- suade such truant regularly to attend school, they shall at once report the case to the truant officers, who shall thereupon enter a complaint according to the statute.

5. It shall be the duty of the Assessors to return to the School Committee each year, as early as may be in the month of May, the number, names, and ages of all the children in the several school districts, between the ages of five and fifteen years, together with the names of the parents or guardians of such children. The Assessors also shall, upon ascertaining that the parents or guardians in any case are unable, through poverty, suitably to clothe their children to attend school, provide said children with suitable clothing at the expense of the town.

6. The almshouse of the town is hereby assigned and pro- vided as a suitable situation for the commitment of truants.

7. Three truant officers shall be annually chosen in the town at its annual meeting in March or April, to serve one year, who shall be authorized, in case of violation of these by-laws, to make the complaint and carry into execution the judgments thereon, and for their services shall be paid from the treasury of the town. They shall also, upon the commitment of truant children to the almshouse, cause such children regularly to attend school during the time of their commitment. Said officers shall also keep a record of the complaints, convictions, and the punishments awarded therefor, which shall at all times

be open to the inspection of the School Committee, and a copy of which shall be furnished to the Chairman of said"Committee, in such season that it may be embodied in the School Report.

8. This ordinance shall take effect when it shall have been approved by the Superior Court, sitting in any county of the Commonwealth, and been duly published.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

SUFFOLK, SS.

SUPERIOR COURT, April Term, A. D., 1867.

And now, the By-Laws of the Town of South Scituate con- cerning truant children having been submitted to the Court, are hereby approved.

LINCOLN F. BRIGHAM, Justice of Superior Court.

Copy. Attest ;

EDWIN A. WADLEIGH, Ass't Clerk of said Superior Court.

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Report of the selectmen of the town of South Scituate 1854-1868, Part 26

Author: Publication date: 1854 Publisher: The Board Number of Pages: 626

Author:
Publication date: 1854
Publisher: The Board
Number of Pages: 626