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E. T. Fogg, for postage and stationery . 4 88
Old Colony Railroad Co. for freight 1 15 .
Dyer's express, for expressage on books, etc 2 45 .
W. H. Briggs, for watching fire Oct. 3 . 2 00 .
E. P. Joseph, for same services Oct. 3 . 2 00
F. N. Sylvester, watching fire burning of Town Hall . 2 00
John H. Jones, for use of building for town pur-
poses 10 00
F. H. Miller, printing tax bills of 1883 4 50 .
Total
$360 00
There has been paid on account of the bounty voted to be paid on woodchucks $242.25, the whole number received by the Select- men being 969.
Supplies Furnished to Almshouse.
Paid Frank Goodwin, as Superintendent to April I $75 00
Thurston & Hall, for crackers 5 81
Lucius Slade, for butter II 88
John Freeman, for wood .
8 14
E. H. Shaw & Co., for knives, forks and spoons 5 17
George W. Simmons & Son, clothing
3 25
Mitchell Bros. & Co. for coal-hods 65
L. M. Dyer, for meat . 2 16
Austin & Graves, for crackers
16 06
Edward Brown, Jr. & Co., for salt-fish . 6 71
Charles Williamson, for wood
15 00
J. C. Frye & Co., for butter and flour 52 10
Nickerson & Miller, for crockery . 9 69
Clifford & Alden, for 12 chairs 4 75
Shepard & Norwell, for dry goods
30 20
C. W. Sparrell, for milk 16 02
Skinner & Arnold, for meat .
.
36 30
21
Paid J. B. Howe & Son, for bread
$1I 14
J. F. Ford, for fresh fish 7 23
John E. Corthell, for wood . 5 25
Fuller, Leonard & Small, for rubber sheets 2 00
R. P. Briggs, cash paid for supplies
I 50
J. A. Torrey & Co., for soap
6 60
Gustavus P. Pratt, for swine 16 00
Levi N. Osborn, for mason work . 14 97
E. A. Turner, for groceries, etc., .
44 24
J. H. Corthell, for meat 85 88
86 49
Thomas Tolman, for supplies
17 47
E. H. Bonney, for coal .
38 30
J. C. Nash, for groceries, etc.,
72 90
A. W. Faxon, for dry goods .
33 33
Winslow, Rand & Watson, for groceries
91 04
Jonathan Hatch, for meat
41 15
W. H. Richardson, for supplies
39 12
C. H. Williston, as Superintendent 9 months
187 50
G. E. Bates, for meat .
39 23
C. H. Williston, for supplies
8 39
Seth Foster, for supplies and expressage 28 10
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of John Woodward 15 00
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of Shea child 10 00
H. C. Tower, for flour and butter 18 20
S. W. Eastman, for stove-pipe and tin-ware 12 42
Charles Simmons, for supplies
I 50
W. T. Sylvester, for ploughing 2 50
N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance 45 50
C. W. Tilden, for smith-work
3 50
Total .
. $1,419 87
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received from sale of potatoes
$7 35
Sale of pigs .
8 00
Sale of articles
2 00
Culver, Philips & Co., for grain
E. T. Fogg, for groceries and supplies
134 53
.
22
Meals, etc., .
$5 03
Barrels . 5 00
Received for board of George Dyer
14 50
Board of inmates to balance cost
1,377 99
Total
. $1,419 87
Supplies Furnished Out of Almshouse.
Paid for partial support : -
Town of Braintree, for aid to Susan Cromwell $3 00 Ansel G. Groce, for board and supplies to Sarah Tot-
man 57 50
J. Hatch, for meat to L. G. Fitts . .
59 II
H. B. Wilmot, clothing for R. Winslow's children 12 00
M. Little, supplies to Susan Cromwell .
74 10
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of Winslow child .
5 00
City of Taunton, aid to A. T. Clapp and wife 112 86.
Emily A. Sprague, house rent for B. Sprague 18 00
H. F. Ford, for supplies to Sylvanus Cazneau 47 50
Alpheus Damon, supplies to B. Sprague 65 90
J. H. Corthell, for meat to S. Cazneau . 3 00
E. H. Bonney, for coal to Mary Ford 8 75
J. Cushing, for wood to Sarah Harris .
2 00.
Town of Hanover, for aid to N. J. Stoddard 1883 29 35
Supplies to Mary Leslie and family 156 00
E. T. Fogg, supplies to P. Spellman and family 47 00.
E. T. Fogg, supplies to Lemuel Freeman 3 00
Taunton Hospital, full support of George A. Gardner . 180 88.
Taunton Hospital, full support of Bridget Shea ·
184 12:
Taunton Hospital, full support of Joseph Harvey ·
87 70
E. W. Brooks, wood to S. Cazneau 10 50
W. L. Howes, for medical attendance family of George Lee . 22 50
J. P. Henderson, for wood to Sarah Harris . 2 81
W. L. Howes, medical attendance family of E. Gun- derway 5 75
E. T. Fogg, supplies to Ann Barstow and daughter .
66 50
23
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of B. Sprague $18 00 E. T. Fogg, for supplies to Andrew Greene and wife 43 00
C. W. Sparrell, for burial of Isaac Farrar, and for cash paid for care of body, and summoning Medical Ex- aminer 26 00
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance to B. Sprague I 00 Dr. Brownell, medical attendance to L. G. Fitts 5 50 E. T. Fogg, supplies to Josephine E. Cromwell I 50
Dr. Brownell, for medical attendance to Winslow child . 1 00
City of Taunton, aid to Catherine G. Mee 22 25
Town of Scituate, aid to family of Henry D. Litchfield 143 50 Town of Weymouth, aid to Mrs. Mee . 36 65
J. O. French, medical attendance in 1882 and 1883 on family of Ambrose Beach . 25 00
J. O. French, medical attendance on N. P. Powell, 1883 6 25
$1,594 48
Supplies furnished to persons having a settlement elsewhere : -
GEORGE M. LEE.
Paid Parmenus Peirce, for board and nursing $27 00
Dr. Brownell, for medical attendance 14 75
C. W. Sparrell, foi burial 18 00
$59 75
JAMES LITCHFIELD AND FAMILY.
Paid H. F. Beverstock, for groceries
.
$79 00
J. T. Cashman, for house rent
36 00
-
$115 00
HEWITT BAKER AND FAMILY.
Paid E. T. Fogg, for supplies
$40 00
Cummings Litchfield, house rent . 10 00
$50 00
24
ALBERT T. SMITH AND FAMILY.
Paid N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance $6 00
ELIZA PRINCE, AND F. W. PRINCE.
Paid N. P. Brownell, for medical attendance $28 00
J. J. Estes, for medicine 3 00
A. C. Sylvester, for assistance
2 00
C. W. Sparrell, for burial
18 00
Melvin Little, for supplies
27 42
$78 42
MARY F. STETSON AND FAMILY.
Paid J. C. Nash, for groceries
$30 15
E. T. Fogg, for supplies
122 50
C. A. Litchfield, for wood
7 75
John Freeman and others for wood
13 81
$174 21
J. F. HAMMOND AND FAMILY.
Paid E. A. Turner, for supplies
$32 00
Charles Simmons, for wood .
I 25
Dr. Brownell, for medical attendance 20 00
$53 25
C. D. MANN AND FAMILY.
Paid Dr. Brownell for medical attendance $8 00
HENRY F. FRANKS AND FAMILY.
Paid H. F. Beverstock, for supplies
$47 79
H. J. Curtis, house rent
21 33
John Clapp, for wood . .
2 25
.
$71 37
25
HENRY CARTER.
Paid W. C. Sampson, for coal
$3 95
C. A. Litchfield, for wood
I 75
E. T. Fogg, for groceries
1 00
J. C. Nash, for groceries
1 75
$8 45
MARIA E. A. AND HARRIET E. BARSTOW.
Paid E. T. Fogg, for supplies $66 50
MARY S. FITTS.
Paid E. T. Fogg, for groceries
$7 00
State Aid.
Paid under Chapter 301, Acts of 1879 : -
NAME OF SOLDIER.
REGT.
TO WHOM PAID.
AMT. PAID.
Abijah Ewell
·18
Abijab Ewell
$34 00
John Lewis .
18
John Lewis .
48 00
Gustavus Jacobs .
18
Harriet Jacobs (mother)
24 00
W. T. Sylvester .
18
Betsey W. Sylvester, (widow)
48 00
J. B. Goodrich
18
J. B. Goodrich
15 00
Edward Dover
18
Hannah Dover (widow)
48 00
George B. Hayden
3d Cav.
George B. Hayden
54 00
Louisa J. Hayden (wife)
48 00
Richard B. Hayden ·
14
Hannah W. Hayden (mother)
20 00
Patrick Monahon
28
Mary Monahon (widow)
48 00
C. D. Barnard
5th Art.
C. D. Barnard
24 00
Seth O. Fitts
38
Seth O. Fitts
15 00
Samuel Spencer .
.
12
Mary Spencer (mother)
48 00
$474 00
Reimbursed by the State.
26
Military Aid.
Paid under Chapter 252, Acts of 1879 : -
Elisha Colman, 12 months at $8 per month . $96 00 T. B. Chapman, 8 months at $8 per month . 64 00
One-half reimbursed by the State.
$160 00
Paid I. N. Fitts, military aid, $72.00; to be reimbursed by the town of Pembroke.
Town Officers and Committees.
Paid as follows : -
T. J. Studley, for returning deaths, 1883 $0 75
Henry A. Turner, for services as Selectman from Jan- uary I to March 3, 1884 20 00 C. A. Litchfield : -
Services as Selectman and preparing Financial Report to March 3, 1884 35 00
Services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of
the Poor from March 1884 to January 1, 1885 . 140 00
Time and cash paid to obtain an Almshouse Super- intendent 10 00
Cash paid on account of expense in pauper cases and on corporation and bank taxes .
6 00
Cash paid on account of removal of Henry Carter to the State Almshouse 4 15
Richard P. Briggs -
Services to March 3, 1884 20 00 .
Sevices as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor from March 1884 to January 1, 1885 ·
, 100 00
Time and cash paid to procure an Almshouse keeper 8 00 Charles Simmons, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor from March, 1884 to Jan. I, 1885 . 60 00
N. P. Brownell, for returning births, 1883 · 4 00
27
Emily T. Jacobs, services on School Committee $50 00
Franklin Jacobs, services on School Committee 25 00
Ebenezer T. Fogg, for same services
45 00
C. W. Sparrell, for returning 36 deaths 9 00
E. T. Fogg, expenses as Town Clerk, and for registering marriages, births and deaths 30 00
Alpheus Thomas, services as Moderator 8 00
Andrew J. Litchfield, for collection of taxes 99 0I
$673 91
Town Hall Account.
Jan. 18, 1884, received of Standish Club $6 00
Jan. 22, 1884, received of Moore Sisters 8 00
Feb. 22, 1884, received of South Scituate Band
26 00
Feb. 28, 1884, received of Comical Brown 6 00
May 5, 1884, received of A. B. Stover
4 00
Total
$50 00
Cash paid E. T. Fogg, treasurer, to balance . $50 00
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, Agent.
Abatement of Taxes.
1877.
C. H. Baker
$2 00
1879.
D. R. Ewell
. $1 68
1879 and 1880.
George O. Allen.
. $0 53
28
1880.
James Smith .
$2 65
C. H. Baker . . $2 00
E. M. Brown .
.
2 00
Alvin Baker .
. 2 00
F. Otis .
2 00 E. E. Gunderway . 3 00
W. J. Stoddard
2 00 E. W. Sprague
2 00
Alfred Freeman
2 00
Edwin Freeman
I 00
W. H. Freeman
2 00
George W. Lee
2 00
E. Gunderway
3 13
C. F. Hunt .
2 00
W. T. Hunt .
2 00
C. F. Studley
. 2 00
George W. Smith . . 2 00
1881.
C. H. Baker .
$2 00 D. R. Ewell . .
· $2 00
Alvin Baker .
2 00
C. Binney
. 2 00
C. F. Studley
2 00 E. W. Sprague 2 00
W. J. Stoddard
2 00
L. Cromwell .
2 48
Roswell Curtis
2 00
Edwin Freeman
2 00
W. H. Freeman
2 00
W. T. Hunt .
2 33
C. E. Hunt
2 00
George H. Lee
.
2 33
G. W. Smith .
2,00 F. Cushing heirs
90
James Smith .
3 27
W. A. Stoddard
. 2 00
1882.
C. F. Studley
$2 00 C. H. Baker . .
$2 32
Alvin Baker .
2 00 W. P. Brooks
2 14
Aaron Gardner
2 00 W. J. Stoddard
2 00
Alvin Vinal .
4 09 C. F. Young .
2 00
Joshua Crosby
2 57
L. Cromwell . 2 00
Edwin Freeman
2 00 W. H. Freeman
2 00
W. T. Hunt .
2 00 C. E. Hunt .
2 37
George H. Lee
2 80 M. Lynch
2 48
James Smith .
2 82
B. M. Young
3 44
J. E. Green .
2 00
1883.
W. Brown
$1 00 Thankful Damon . . $4 88
A. G. Groce .
. 3 00 Jennie Rudd heirs ·
2 15
·
29
Henry Bowker
$5 52
Clifford Litchfield . . $2 00
W. H. Crandall
2 00
E. F. Freeman 1 00
W. H. Freeman
1 00
Albert S. Greene . 2 00
W. T. Hunt .
1 00
J. B. Knapp . 2 00
Rhoda Lee
69
James Smith .
3 56
G. W. Smith .
2 37
Dexter Thomas
2 00
G. T. Totman
2. 00 Richard Winslow 2 00
C. H. Baker .
2 00 Alvin Baker . .
2 00
Joshua Crosby 2 00
Aaron Gardner 2 00 .
F. C. Jacobs .
2 00 George W. Stetson . 2 00
Herbert Sprague
2 00 Gustavus Totman . ·
2 00
Spencer Johnson
2 00
Davis Curtis .
. 37
1884.
David Torry estate . $11 00 Joshua Jacobs
$3 00
Total abatements
$195 80 .
Financial Condition of the Town.
LIABILITIES.
South Scituate Savings Bank, notes $5,525 00
Harvey T. Sylvester, note
200 00
C. W. Sylvester, note
470 00
J. C. Tolman, note
300 00
Nathaniel Turner, note
500 00
R. V. C. Turner, note .
575 00
J. T. Litchfield heirs, note
1,000 00
Amount of bills outstanding estimated, and not including schools and new Town Hall
· 300 00
Total
. $8,870 00
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Cash and uncollected taxes in hands of officer previous to 1884 $595 60
Due from State for State and military aid 634 00
.
30
Due from State and towns for aid to poor $503 91 School books in hands of School Committee (estimated) 200 00
Due on account of tax sales (without interest) 517 64 Due on corporation and bank taxes (estimated) 150 00
Due from county and State, on account of school and dog funds (estimated) 350 00
Due on account of sale of Granderson farm 700 00
Taxes in hands of Collector, assessment of 1884 . 849 52
Cash in hands of Treasurer
·
4,059 68
Total . $8,560 35
Balance against the town, not including the amount due for schools and new Town Hall . $309 65
Table of Aggregates.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN MAY 1, 1884.
Real estate
. $680,479 00
Personal estate .
.
.
·
213,200 00
$893,679 00
Rate of taxation, $11.00 on $1,000.
Number of polls .
45I
Number of cows .
285
Number of horses
332
Number of dwelling-houses .
426
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD,
RICHARD P. BRIGGS,
CHARLES SIMMONS,
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COFFIN FUND.
AMOUNT OF FUND, $2,000.
Balance on hand January 1, 1884 .
$17 68
January 1, 1885, received of Town Treasurer, interest 100 00
Amount of interest available $117 95
There has been allowed and paid on account of : -
Mary Ford .
$10 00
Henry Bowker
10 00
Prince boy
6 89
Rufus Winslow's children
6 24
Sarah Harris
8 25
Sarah Totman
10 00
Thomas Mee, care of lot
4 00
Mrs. Elisha Colman
10 00
L. G. Fitts, clothing
8 00
Mary Leslie and family
10 00
Andrew Greene and wife
10 00
James Spellman and wife
10 00
Betsey W. Sylvester
5 00
$108 38
Balance available Jan. 1, 1885
$9 57
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, Trustees RICHARD P. BRIGGS, of CHARLES SIMMONS, Coffin Fund.
LIST OF JURORS.
As prepared by the Selectmen.
Charles N. Gardner,
Thomas Barstow,
David Stoddard, Alphonzo Reed, Andrew Stockbridge, Henry F. Vining,
Melvin Little, I. H. Packard, E. M. Sexton,
Allen U. Randall,
Joseph H. Curtis,
Charles H. Merritt,
Seth Foster, Andrew Merrill,
Charles Tolman,
T. B. Waterman, James H. Pinkham, Charles Groce, Frank P. Tilden, H. F. Beverstock, Edwin A. Turner, E. T. Fogg, Charles Simmons, Henry T. Jenkins, Daniel D. Sprague, B. P. Nichols, James L. Litchfield,
George H. Clapp, Webster A. Cushing,
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD,
Selectmen RICHARD P. BRIGGS, of
CHARLES SIMMONS, South Scituate.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1885.
E. T. FOGG, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
Dr
To cash on hand January 1, 1884 . $3,004 68
Outstanding taxes same date · 1,917 70
Corporation taxes refunded by State 2,316 60
Bank taxes refunded by State
State school fund of 1883
233 41
Town of Scituate, support of poor
240 05
Sale of fish rights . 97 00
Town of Hingham, for schooling
9 00
Town of Hanover, support of poor .
59 25
Peddlers' licenses . 24 00
County of Plymouth, on account of road 400 00
Insurance on Town Hall
1,200 00
Henry Barnes estate
150 00
Sale of Granderson farm
500 00
Interest on same
5 00
Rodolphus Ellms I 39
Town Flats, sale of grass 85 50
Note, South Scituate Savings Bank 400 00
Henry Glover, for interest on mortgage 17 50 State aid refunded . 557 00
C. W. Sparrell, for use of hearse 76 00
A. J. Litchfield, agent of Town Hall 50 00
Town of Weymouth, for support of poor . 14 50
Cash from Coffin Fund, for bills paid
4º 99
2,265 08
34
To Town of Pembroke, support of poor $57 00
Town of Hingham, support of poor 69 12
Town of Rockland, for support of poor . 78 42
A. J. Litchfield, for sale of school books 45 57
A. J. Litchfield, collector of 1884 taxes .
9,524 94
Total .
$23,542 60
Cr.
By cash paid County tax . $1,078 70
Cash paid State tax 1,340 00
Paid on Selectmen's orders and town allowances
. 15,599 45
Cash paid Scituate tax . 12 75
Notes and interest paid .
806 42
Outstanding taxes previous to 1884 . 595 60
Treasurer's salary .
50 00
$19,482 92
Cash in hands of Treasurer
4,059 68
Total .
. $23,542 60
EBENEZER T. FOGG,
Treasurer.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD, COLLECTOR PRO TEMPORE OF TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1884.
Dr.
To assessment of 1884 .
. $10,751 33
Cr.
By cash paid E. T. Fogg, Treasurer
. $9,524 94
Discount for prompt payment of taxes 376 87
Taxes outstanding
849 52
Total
. $10,751 33
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD,
Collector pro tempore.
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing accounts of the Treasurer and Collector, and find them to be correctly cast and properly vouched.
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, RICHARD P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS,
Selectmen and Committee.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages, 1884.
February 20. Walter E. Studley of South Scituate and Sarah E. Damon of Hanover, by Rev. C. D. Swett.
March 29. Ellis B. Matherson of Weymouth and Mary F. Stud- ley of South Scituate, by Rev. W. H. Fish.
April 13. John Enolds of South Scituate and Eliza J. Prince of South Scituate, by Rev. W. H. Fish.
May II. Arthur T. Stoddard and Helen J. Cowing, both of South Scituate, by Rev. Jacob Baker.
May 21. Henry O. Underwood of Belmont and Jennie Cushing of South Scituate, by Rev. Brooke Herford.
June 18. Asa W. Robinson of South Scituate and Louisa J. Warner of Boston, by Rev. S. H. Winkley.
August 3. Edward H. Oakman of Marshfield and Nellie Turner of South Scituate, by Rev. Christopher C. Hussey.
September 16. John D. Torrey and Annetta L. Simmons, both of South Scituate, by Rev. J. W. Brownville.
September 21. Ezra E. Stetson of Marshfield and Isabel A. Capel of South Scituate, by Rev. W. Henry Brooks.
October 8. Joshua B. Watkins of Portland (Me.) and Maggie Barstow of South Scituate, by Rev. W. H. Fish.
November 23. Lyman Lincoln and Maria Joseph, both of South Scituate, by Rev. Joseph Osgood.
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November 23. John E. Gross of South Scituate and Mary H. Lane of Hermon (Me.), by Rev. B. F. Eaton.
November 30. Emanuel P. Joseph of South Scituate and Nettie M. Perry of Marshfield, by Rev. Joseph Osgood.
December 7. Herbert E. Webb of Scituate and Amalia Merritt of South Scituate, by Rev. W. H. Fish.
December 15. Frank W. Jones and Alma J. Lapham, both of South Scituate, by Rev. Jacob Baker.
December 27. Thomas O. Jenkins and Laura A. Sylvester, both of Scituate, by Rev. W. H. Fish.
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Births Registered in 1884.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
1883.
March
2
Harry Francis Cushing
.
Edward K. and Mary J.
26
Sarah Alice Litchfield .
Alfred B. and Emily.
1884.
January
4
Winslow
Arabella Winslow.
February
11
Nelson Foster Power .
Arthur L. and Mary L. F.
12
Sylvanus Irving Hammond .
L. Frank and Lettie W. Joseph and Adeline.
March
2
Florence May Bennett
George A. and Sarah E.
4
Alida Webster Groce
Charles W. and Carrie A.
10
- Osborn
John F. and Louisa C.
April
2
Mary Shean .
Timothy and Johanna.
9
Fanny Priscilla Delano
Rufus S. and Flora L.
9
Alice Angeline Curtis .
Charles R. and Emma L.
May
20
Cora F. Shea
Annie W. Shea.
24
Edna Jacobs Stowell
E. Frank and Emeline T. William and Lucy F.
June
7
- Sylvester
Frederick N. and Ellen.
19
Frank Ellsworth Chamberlain .
30
Frederick Shepherd Smith .
George T. and Elmira A. William R., Jr., and Katie.
August
13
Arthur Fogg Parsil
William and Lelia A.
14
Roy Henry Richardson
William H. and Flora L.
27
Ella Josephine Cushing
Edward K. and Mary J.
28 - - Gardner
George and Mary.
September
28
William Otis Henderson
John P. and Fannie M.
October
29
Nellie Florence Stoddard .
Arthur T. and Helen J.
- Hammond .
.
25
Lillie Francis Dorr
.
Deaths Registered in 1884.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED.
CAUSE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y M
January
18
Harriet S. Tolman .
20
2
Consumption
South Scituate.
27
Daniel Damon
78
7
Old age
South Scituate.
28
William Prouty
50
1
Pneumonia
South Scituate.
February
9
Bertha B. Higgins .
42
8
Uremia
·
Raynham.
29
Susan S. Stetson
75
2
Hepatic disease
Medfor 1.
29
Laban W. Ford
39
8
Consumption
Windsor.
March
3
Ernest C. Sylvester
5
Bronchitis
South Scituate.
4
Julia L. Stetson
66
Dropsy
Middleboro'.
6
George M. Lee
20
3
Consumption
·
South Scituate.
30
Frederick W. Prince
25
8
Consumption
.
April
7
Luther Howland .
87
5
Pneumonia
South Scituate.
15
Arthur T. Knapp ·
21
8
Bronc'l Consumpt'n.
Hanover.
23
David Torrey .
62
10
Heart disease
South Scituate.
24 Joseph C. Tolman .
89
Asthenia
South Scituate.
27 Ellen M. Otis .
52
Uremic Coma .
South Scituate.
28
Bela Brown
71
8
Hepatic disease
Scituate.
29
Percy F. Winslow .
9 Marasmus .
Hanover.
30 Isaac Farrar .
68
Unknown .
South Scituate.
May
21
Melvin W. Lee
5
8
Pulm'y consumption
South Scituate.
21
James M. Burrell .
68
5
Bright's disease
.
Hingham.
23
William B. Pratt
49
5
Pneumonia
.
South Scituate.
June
8
- Sylvester
.
2
3 Eclampsie . .
Hanover.
August
9
Benjamin Sprague .
65
Dropsy .
South Scituate.
23
Cora F. Shea .
3
Congestion of Lungs
South Scituate.
September 6
James F. Connell
1
Cholera Infantum .
South Scituate. Chelsea.
October
15
Abigail T. Otis
73
Inflam. of Bowels
South Scituate.
21
Seth O. Fitts, Jr. .
15
Typhoid Fever .
South Scituate.
November 11
Geo ge D. Jefferson
33
Convulsions
Lynn.
12
Clarence E. Crapo .
1
4
Convulsions
South Scituate.
22
Nelson Foster Power
9
Membranus Croup .
South Scituate.
December 11
Carrie A. Driscoll .
22
3
Peritonitis
Scituate.
14
James J. Farrar .
77
10
Hemorrhage
Soutlı Scituate.
16
Fidelia Howland .
.
73
9
Anemia
Middleboro'.
30
Harriet M. Damon ·
38
3
Pneumonia
South Scituate.
19
Frederick Smith
9
Cyanosis
.
South Scituate.
20 Gracie E. Winslow
00
Rockland.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
FOR THE YEAR
1884.
REPORT.
CITIZENS OF SOUTH SCITUATE :
Your Committee, charged with the care of the Schools, submit the following report for your consideration : -
During the past year we have maintained eleven schools, - five Primary, four Grammar, and two Mixed.
These have all been kept the full term of thirty-seven weeks. No changes have been made in the studies pursued, and but slight changes in the salaries of the teachers. The expenditures for sal- aries, care of rooms, and fuel will be found tabulated at the close of this report.
SCHOOL PROPERTY.
The school buildings are generally in good condition. At the last annual meeting an appropriation was made for painting the house in the First District. The work was done acceptably to the Committee during the summer vacation by T. R. Lawrence. An exhibit of the expense will be found in the Selectmen's report, and to that report, also, we refer you for a statement of the ordinary repairs. At present we know of no unusual repairs that will be needed during the ensuing year.
Owing to an act of the State Legislature which took effect the past year, your Committee are charged with the duty of furnishing books for the use of all the scholars in town, and thus another kind of property was placed in their care. Of the wisdom of this act there are various opinions, which it is not our province to discuss. Of its practical results we have had too little experience to speak confidently. Since no necessity existed for longer maintaining agencies for the sale of school books, we proceeded to close the accounts with the agents and take the books on hand in our own charge. We have taken this occasion to revise the list of text
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books, and in whatever changes we have made we have exchanged the books on hand, which we had decided not to use, for their full value in the kind we had substituted. We have endeavored to fur- nish the schools with books no more rapidly than the necessities of the pupils required, and as many of the scholars had books which they continued to use. the schools will not be fully furnished until the pupils are promoted to higher classes for which they have no books. As we cannot therefore give a complete statement of the expense this act has entailed upon us, we have decided to wait till the schools are fully furnished, as they will probably have to be during the ensuing year, before rendering an account of the expense.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
At the commencement of the winter term in December, 1883, Miss Mary Sparrell was transferred from District No. 6 to No. 5. Your Committee took this occasion to place No. 6 in the grade of Primary schools, the larger scholars attending the Grammar school in District No. 5. Miss Stella C. Jacobs was elected to fill the vacancy thus occasioned, and taught successfully during the winter and spring terms, then being transferred to No. 4. The vacancy was filled by the election of Miss Lizzie H. Corthell, who has filled the position acceptably during the fall term.
Another change occurred in District No. 5 : Miss Etta Elint, who had charge of the school from its establishment, giving good satisfaction, resigned on account of removal from town. Miss Nellie H. Fogg, by her request, was transferred to this school from No. 4, and is in charge at present. The other Primary schools in Dis- tricts 1, 2, and 7 have been, during the year, and are now in charge of the same tried and faithful teachers that have so long been con- nected with them.
We have been pleased to note the animation, earnestness. and evident progress of the pupils of this grade, and we earnestly wish that the parents would show their interest in their childrens' pro- gress, (and this applies to other grades) by a more frequent visita- tion of the schools. We think they will be amply repaid.
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MIXED SCHOOLS.
Of the two schools of this grade, that in District No. 3 remains in charge of the same teacher as in previous years. In District No. 4, as previously noted, Miss Nellie H. Fogg was transferred, and her place supplied by Miss Stella C. Jacobs. Several of the larger children in these districts avail themselves of the advantage of attending the Grammar Schools in the adjoining districts. The classes in these schools are apt to be small in numbers, and the stimulus of emulation is sometimes lacking. Their progress is, however, commendable, and reflects credit upon the teachers.
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