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D. Barnes, 1 hour labor 25
L. C. Bailey, 3 hours labor . 75
3 00
14
Paid Samuel Loring, 4 hours labor
$1 00
E. Curtis, 3 hours labor
75
E. Ewell, 1 hour labor
25
A. I. Farrar, 7 hours labor .
1 75
W. W. Collamore, 3 hours labor
H. Damon, 7 hours labor 1 75
J. J. Farrar, 5 hours labor 1 25
$52 98
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Paid W. S. Briggs and team, 282 hours $7 12
R. P. Briggs, 4 hours labor 1 00
E. C. Briggs, 4 hours labor 1 00
J. Gammon, 42 hours labor
1 12
E. Gammon, 4 hours labor
1 00
Andrew Clapp, 2} hours labor
63
Albion Damon, 42 hours labor
1 12
Alden Damon, 4₺ hours labor
1 12
A. Jones, 2 hours labor
50
F. Jones, 7 hours labor
1 75
Henry Damon, 4 hours labor
1 00
E. B. Jones, 42 hours labor Smith, 32 hours labor
91
Dennis Gammon, 4 hours labor
1 00
L. Gammon, 4 hours labor
1 00
A. Baker, 4 hours labor
1 00
B. R. Jacobs, 2 hours labor W. Bailey, 22 hours labor J. Bailey, 1 hour labor .
25
E. W. Brooks, 5 hours labor
1 25
1 50
John E. Gammon, 6 hours labor Sylvanus Clapp, 12 hours labor B. P. Nichols, 4} hours labor
37
1 12
N. M. Brooks, 6 hours labor
1 50
$29 50
1 12
50
62
15
DISTRICT No. 3.
Paid E. R. Studley, 41 hours labor
$10 25
Liba Litchfield, 40 hours labor 10 00
Carlton Litchfield, 9 hours labor 2 25
2 25
W. H. Richardson, 9 hours labor F. Bates, 8 hours labor
2 00
W. Cutler, 5 hours labor
1 25
Daniel D. Sprague, 7 hours labor
1 75
Oscar Sprague, 7 hours labor
1 75
Ensign B. Damon, 12 hours labor
3 00
Alvin Vinal, 18 hours labor .
4 50
A. Stockbridge, 6 hours labor
1 50
D. W. Studley, 5 hours labor
1 25
Walter Simmons, 14 hours labor 3 50
W. R. Vinal, 30 hours labor
7 50
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Paid Joseph H. Hatch, 17 hours labor
$4 25
John W. Hatch, 13 hours labor .
3 25
Henry Munnis, 1 hour labor
25
A. K. Jacobs, 6 hours labor
1 50
E. A. Jacobs, 6 hours labor
1 50
Amiel Studley, 6 hours labor
1 50
W. L. Briggs, 33 hours labor
88
W. B. Ellms, 6 hours labor
1 50
O. B. Litchfield, 6 hours labor
1 50
Harry Litchfield, 2 hours labor
50
C. D. Litchfield, 6 hours labor
1 50
J. S. Litchfield, 6 hours labor Lincoln Ellms, 12 hours labor
15 )
2 horses, 5 hours
2 50
1 horse, 4 hours .
1 00
Rodolphus Ellis, 6 hours labor .
1 50
Job Ellms, 6 hours labor
1 50
J. Litchfield, 6 hours labor .
1 50
$30 63
$52 75
3 00
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DISTRICT NO 5.
Paid E. M. Sexton, 12 hours labor with team
$8 99
James Kimball, 54 hours labor . 1 31
A. N. Greene, 5} hours labor 1 31
Oscar Greene, 8} hours labor 2 12
L. F. Hammond, 81 hours labor 2 12
George H. Lee, 6 hours labor 1 50
C. T. Sylvester, 6 hours labor 1 50
Jack Enolds, 8 hours labor 2 00
S. Clapp, for team work
5 56
$26 41
DISTRICT No. 6.
Paid John F. Turner, 5 hours labor
$1 25
Oxen, 3 hours 1 50
W. Sylvester, with team
2 43
George Griggs, 32 hours labor
87
George Bennett, 4 hours labor
1 00
W. Monahon, 4 hours labor
1 00
A. Totman, 7 hours labor
1 75
D. W. Turner, 4 hours labor
1 00
B. Pincin, 6 hours labor
1 50
Horse, 6 hours .
1 50
Carlton Pincin, 8 hours with horse
2 00
Cushing Hatch, 4 hours labor
1 00
$18 30
DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid Charles Simmons, with team
$23 50
W. S. Simmons, 40 hours labor
10 00
C. H. Merritt, 4 hours labor
1 00
Gustavus Tolman, 4 hours labor
1 00
A. B. Chamberlain and team, 4 hours
3 00
W. S. Gardner, 5 hours labor
1 25
J. Barker, 22 hours labor
63
W. S. Barker, 3 hours labor
75
$41 13
Total cost of removing snow
$251 70
J. P. Henderson, 6 hours labor
1 50
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ORDINARY EXPENSES OF THE SEVERAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Paid E. N. Morgan & Co., for supplies ·
$14 00
Alpheus Thomas, cleaning house and repairs 13 92
$27 92
DISTRICT No 2.
Paid B. P. Nichols, for labor and material
$2 90
A. B. Litchfield, for supplies
2 80
Peleg Curtis, for repairs
1 00
Mary Brown, for cleaning
6 00
$12 70
DISTRICT No. 3.
Paid W. R. Vinal, for labor
$1 00
Mrs. Morse, for cleaning
6 00
Maria Tolman, supplies
1 00
Gustavus S. Totman, repairs and cleaning
20 60
$27 60
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Paid C. C. Merritt, repairs and cleaning
$3 50
C. A. Litchfield, repairs and cleaning 4 00)
Shepard, Norwell & Co., curtains and fixtures 8 70
N. Ellms, for mason work
1 75
$19 95
DISTRICT No. 5.
Paid E. W. French, repairs of clock .
$1 00
Mary Freeman, for cleaning 3 00
$1 00
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Paid C. W. Tilden for repairs and cleaning . $7 65
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DISTRICT No. 7.
Paid T. A. Lawrence, for painting
$90 25
Charles Simmons, repairs on house
97 65
for cleaning rooms . 3 00
$190 90
Paid T. A. Lawrence, setting glass .
$2 25
Litchfield & Curtis, for supplies . 3 80
$6 05
SCHOOL BOOKS.
Paid Adams & Ingraham
$133 38
Boston School Supply Co.
9 00
W. Ware & Co., for books .
29 90
F. M. Ambrose, for books .
18 78
King & Merrill, for books .
36 23
Leach, Sherwell & Sanborn, for books
9 45
Harper Brothers, for books
46 29
Thompson, Brown & Co., for books
16 69
$299 72
TAXES ABATED OR GIVEN UP.
1882.
C. V. Chapman $2 00
Leander Damon 2 00
Alonzo Stoddard 2 00
J. P. Dunbar
2 94
F. H. Whiting
2 00
C. R. Curtis
2 00
A. C. Sylvester 2 00
J. P. Dunbar 3 42
B. P. Stetson
2 00
Alfred Sears
2 00
1883.
Jarius Leavitt 3 15
David Briggs heirs 2 21
I. B. Damon heirs $ 18
N. Chamberlain heirs . 39
Amos Sherman .
23
Calvin Talbot 3 34
Alonzo Hobart . 23
A. Sears . 2 69
Calvin Talbot 2 92
1884.
E. E. Jacobs 2 00
G. S. Totman 2 00
James Thompson 2 00
J. W. Smith 3 05
G. W. Smith 2 44
J. P. Dunbar 3 52
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1885.
B. M. Young 2 71
. L. Cromwell
3 02
A. N. Greene
2 41
J. H. Patterson
6 64
Huldy Pratt, heirs .
3 01
J. W. Smith . 2 77
G. W. Smith
2 00
G. S. Totman 2 00
Dexter Thomas.
2 00
L. Cushing 2 00
M. M. Gardner
2 00
C. Wilder estate 5 94
E. E. Jacobs
2 00
John T. Hatch .
2 00
F. E. Stowell
2 00
J. W. Stoddard .
2 00
G. S. Totman
2 00
C. Wilder estate
8 38
$115 94
MILITARY AID.
PAID UNDER CHAP. 301.
Abijah Ewell
$72 00
John Lewis . $48 00
Louisa J. Hayden .
44 00
J. B. Goodrich . 21 00
Harriet Jacobs . 24 00
C. D. Barnard . 48 00
Mary Monahon . 48 00
Hannah Dover .
24 00
Seth O. Fitts 18 00
T. B. Chapman . 37 00
Mary Spencer
48 00
Hannah B. Chapman . 48 00
C. E. Bates .
12 00
Hannah M. Raymond . 24 00
Lyman B. Fitts 54 00
Lucy L. Robinson . 36 00
D. P. Robinson
36 00
Ann McKenna . 48 00
C. H. Damon
36 00
Peter Mahan
24 00
E. L. Hyland 7 50
Amanda F. Colman 2 00
$808 00
George B. Hayden . 49 50
All of the above reimbursed by the State.
PAID UNDER CHAP. 252.
Samuel Keene $26 00 | C. D. Mann. $122 00
One half to be reimbursed by the State.
1886.
Huldy Pratt, heirs
2 80
J. W. Smith 2 71
E. E. Jacobs 2 00
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SUPPLIES TO ALMSHOUSE.
Paid as follows : -
Thomas Tolman, for groceries
$107 55
George E. Bates, for meat
88 39
Crocker & Eldridge, for groceries A. W. Faxon, for dry goods 28 39
120 23
J. H. Ford, for fresh fish 12 84
Locke & Hurd, for seed potatoes
3 85
John Whalen, for vegetables
3 00
Skinner & Arnold, for meat
23 62
W. H. Sampson, for coal .
38 30
Burr & Tyler, for butter
27 83
Culver, Phillips & Co., for grain
61 60
John Whalen, for wood
24 38
Wheat, Bridge & Burr, for butter
7 63
Noah Mayo, for fish .
5 31
W. H. Richardson, for supplies .
56 33
Litchfield & Curtis, for dry goods and groceries
183 32
Shepard, Norwell & Co., for dry goods
5 75
A. C. Pincin, for meat
44 50
W. W. Palmer & Co., for butter
7 46
E. C. Hatch, for crackers .
13 33
Joseph H. Corthell, for meat
65 76
R. Tuttle, for meat
4 92
S. W. Eastman, for tinware
8 95
Dr. H. J. Little, for medical attendance
35 00
C. A. Litchfield, for supplies
8 67
R. P. Briggs, for wood and ice
22 75
Joseph Comer, for clothing .
8 00
E. H. Bonney, for coal 108 68
C. W. Sparrell, for supplies
17 86
J. A. Torrey, for soap
9 60
W. Sylvester, for team work
4 70
Dr. J. O. French, for medical attendance
2 00
E. A. Turner, for dry goods and groceries
39 44
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C. W. Sparrell, for burial of Jefferson Damon $20 00
C. W. Tilden, for iron work 6 75
Noyes Brothers, for pork barrel . 1 20
C. H. Williston, for supplies
19 68
C. H. Williston, superintendent . 300 00
Seth Foster, for supplies
20 00
Joseph Merritt, for smith work
18 67
C. Williamson, dressing hogs 3 50
E. P. Welch & Son, for lime, lumber, etc. . 7 95
$1,577 69
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Income of A. T. Otis poor fund . $60 00
Coal and oil furnished Town Hall
18 50
Board and lodging of 50 tramps .
20 00
Due from State for board, medical attendance, and sup-
plies furnished Ellen McCauly and children 15 00
Cash paid on account of coal of 1886 .
30 00
Board of inmates to balance cost . 1,434 19
$1,577 69
SUPPLIES FURNISHED TO OUT-DOOR POOR.
Paid on account of
Mary S. Fitts, for supplies
$42 00
Charles D. Mann, for aid . 61 00
For medical attendance 53 00
Michael Spellman, for aid . 48 00
Lyman B. Fitts and family, for aid 13 00 For medical attendance 24 00
Henry D. Litchfield, for supplies
61 00
City of Brockton, aid to C. G: Mee 73 75
I. N. Fitts, for aid 63 00
Mary Leslie and family, for supplies
60 12
Ann Barstow and family, for supplies 82 04
For medical attendance 18 00
Town of Whitman, for aid to Mandana Freeman, 9 00
22
Paid Lorenzo Cromwell, for supplies 41 78
For medical attendance 5 00
Susan Cromwell, for supplies
2 00
Andrew Greene, for supplies
53 00
George Stetson, for supplies 47 50
Massachusetts Hospital, board of George Stetson 68 00
George Prince, for supplies 17 17
Sarah Harris, for supplies
19 50
Abijah Ewell, for aid 21 00
Town of Weymouth, for aid to F. H. Stoddard 106 77
James Patterson and family, for supplies 55 18
Mary A. Brown, for supplies
80 25
For medical attendance 9 00
Sylvester, for medical attendance 49 63
J. E. Hammond, for medical attendance 7 00
Henry E. Bates and family, for fuel 5 00
For medical attendance 7 00
Gustavus S. Totman and family, for supplies 12 53
For medical attendance 5 00
Town of Hanover, aid to Joanna Keene, 1886 74 00
Taunton Hospital, for board of Bridget Shea
183 21
.
66 66 .6 George A.Gardner 173 63
Joseph Harvey 139 26
Bridgewater Asylum, board of Joseph Harvey 47 36
S. Cazneau, for supplies, 1886 3 25
$1,840 39
Credit by amount paid from income of funds
126 00
$1,714 39
TOWN OFFICERS.
Paid as follows : -
N. B. Clapp, for services as sealer of weights and measures
$10 00
Samuel Tolman, for services as school committee 23 00
Emily T. Jacobs, for same services 40 00
Mary J. Turner, for same services
45 00
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E. T. Fogg, for same services $10 00
Seth Foster, for services as registrar of voters 15 00
John H. Prouty, for same services 15 00
James H Williams, for same services 15 00
E. T. Fogg, for same services, and clerk of board 20 00
H. J. Little, for returning births 1 75
George L. Newcomb, for returning births 2 00
C. W. Sparrell, for returning deaths 5 50
C. A. Litchfield, for services as selectman, etc., from Jan. 1 to March 7, and preparing town report, R. P. Briggs, for services as selectman, etc., to March 7, C. Simmons, for same services . C. A. Litchfield, for services as selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor, from March 7 to Jan. 1, 1888
40 00
25 00
25 00
Cash expenses on state paupers, corporation taxes, etc. 6 00
100 00
R. P. Briggs, for same services, from March 7 to Jan. 1, Charles Simmons, for same services, from March 1 to Jan. 1 ·
80 00
E. T. Fogg, for recording marriages, births. and deaths, 20 50
A. J. Litchfield, for collection of taxes 99 85
C. W. Tilden, for warning town meetings and officers 13 00
$735 60
LIST OF JURORS
AS PREPARED BY THE SELECTMEN.
James H. Pinkham,
Edward M. Gardner,
Edwin A. Turner,
Charles W. Tilden,
David Stoddard,
George W. Curtis,
George H. Clapp, Henry A. Turner,
George C. Cowing,
Andrew Merrill,
William S. Simmons,
Charles W. Groce,
John S. Barker,
Sylvanus Clapp,
Thomas Barstow,
Edward M. Sexton,
William H. Farrar,
Webster A. Cushing,
124 00
24
David W. Turner,
Daniel D. Sprague,
Alphonzo Reed,
David Bassford, John H. Prouty,
Ebenezer T. Fogg, Jr., Samuel Tolman, John Whalen,
Edgar F. Poole, G. W. H. Litchfield,
Fred M. Curtis.
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid as follows : -
Alfred Mudge & Son, for printing town reports $85 05
Adams & Ingraham, for stationery 1 96
C. K. Darling, for collector's book 1 50
Avery & Doten, for printing town orders, etc. 10 08
Town of Pembroke, for carting fish to ponds, 1885 and 1886 19 64
Old Colony R. R., for freight on drain pipe, etc. 5 80
Simmons & Pratt, for legal advice 6 00
Litchfield & Curtis, for stationery and postage .
11 29
T. A. Lawrence, for repairs on hearse and paint stock, Pratt Brothers, for printing assessors' notices 1 25
8 95
T. J. Studley, for repairs on hearse, 1886 ·
7 50
F. H. Sanborn, for printing tax bills and postals 8 00 ·
Simmons & Pratt, for services in Annie Shea case 7 00
Lot Soule, for pump boxes 1 75
Joseph Merritt, for smith work, 1886
17 39
Simmons & Pratt, for services in liquor cases in 1884 and 1886, by authority of town committee 43 00
Alpheus Thomas, cash paid for services on account of illegal sale of liquor, 1887 33 00
Selectmen, cash paid for 477 woodchucks 119 25
E. T. Fogg, for use of safe, 2 years . 10 00
Seth Foster, for expressage on school books, etc. 17 49
$415 90
GUIDE-BOARDS.
Paid as follows : -
Charles Simmons, for labor and cash paid $39 50
R. P. Briggs, for labor and cash paid ·
24 25
25
C. A. Litchfield, for labor and cash paid $23 00
T. A. Lawrence, for painting and lettering 40 91 .
C. E. Damon, for painting and lettering 22 53
C. W. Sparrell, for labor . 2 50
E. P. Welch & Son, for lumber .
24 91
Seth Foster, for 25 lbs. white lead
1 56
$179 16
TOWN HALL ACCOUNTS.
Paid as follows : -
Samuel C. Cudworth, for wood .
$10 75
R. P. Briggs, for wood
1 50
Litchfield & Curtis. for supplies
5 32
Almshouse, for coal and oil
18 50
E. W. Brooks, for wood and extra labor, 1886
16 25
E. W. Brooks, for care of hall to Jan. 1
75 00
$127 32
Cash received by treasurer for use of hall
$145 00
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE TOWN.
LIABILITIES.
Notes in favor of
Lucy Turner
$500 00
J. T. Litchfield heirs
1,000 00
C. W. Sylvester . 470 00
R. V. C. Turner, heirs
575 00
J. C. Tolman heirs
300 00
H. T. Sylvester .
200 00
South Scituate Savings Bank, notes
8,925 00
$11,970 00
ASSETS.
Due Irom State, on account of military aid . $882 00
Due from towns and State for aid to poor . 450 00
Due from State and county for school funds 400 00
School books in hands of committee (estimated)
200 00
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Due on account of corporation taxes . · $150 00
Outstanding taxes in hands of collectors 2,291 14 ·
Due from Marshfield, on account of Union Bridge 217 30 .
Cash in hands of treasurer
2,800 00
Due on account of Glover mortgage
700 00
$8,091 04
Balance against the town
3.878 96
$11,970 00
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1887.
Personal estate
$208,782
Real estate
670,353
·
$879,135
Rate of taxation, $10.50 on $1,000.
Assessment, including poll-tax, $10,143.92.
Number of polls, 457 ; persons assessed on property, 790 ; pay- ing poll-tax only, 109 ; total number of tax-payers, 899 ; value of buildings, excluding land, $360,500 ; dwelling-houses, 434 ; cows, 299; horses, 352; sheep, 8; neat cattle, other than cows. 82; swine, 59.
CHARLES A LITCHFIELD, RICHARD P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS,
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1887.
E. T. FOGG, Treasurer,
in account with the TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
DR.
To cash on hand at last settlement
. $1,817 39
Dog fund refunded 232 28
Schood fund from State
217 39
Taxes outstanding
75 00
Received from use of Town Hall 145 00
Corporation taxes received
2,380 99
National bank taxes received
1,530 17
From sale of fish rights
10 50
Interest on Glover mortgage
35 00
Note, South Scituate Savings Bank
2,950 00
Pedlers' licenses
30 00
Town of Hubbardston, for aid to poor
7 50
Sale of grass on town flats
48 75
Town of Holliston, for aid to poor
24 00
Interest on A. T. Otis poor fund
120 00
Sale of grass on Chamberlain meadow
50
Received on account of State aid
725 00
Received from selectmen, interest on Coffin fund
41 00
Received from Otis fund, on account of worthy poor
85 00
Received from Otis fund, on account of almshouse 60 00
Town of Holliston, for aid to poor 24 00
Town of Royalston, for aid to poor · 60 00
Received from A. J. Litchfield, collector of taxes
9,614 50
$20,273 97
·
Received on account of State paupers .
40 00
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CR.
By cash paid on selectmen's orders and town allow-
ances .
. $12,779 53
Notes and interest paid
2,005 27
State tax paid
1,372 50
County tax paid
1,227 78
Scituate tax paid
12 60
Taxes outstanding previous to 1884
25 69
Treasurer's salary
50 00
$17,473 37
Cash in hands of treasurer .
2,800 60
$20,273 97
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing account, and find it correct.
C. A. LITCHFIELD, R. P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS,
Committee.
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
ANDREW J. LITCHFIELD,
in account with the TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
DR.
To Taxes outstanding January 1, 1887, of the
Assessment of 1884
$72 97
Assessment of 1885
444 76
Assessment of 1886
1,593 55
Total amount outstanding last settlement
. $2,111 25
To assessment of 1887
. 10,143 92
$12,255 17
CR.
Taxes outstanding of 1884, assessment
$55 96
Taxes outstanding of 1885, assessment
116 26
Taxes outstanding of 1886, assessment
224 71
Taxes outstanding of 1887, assessment
1,868 52
Discount for prompt payment
375 22
By cash paid E. T. Fogg, treasurer, to balance
9,614 50
$12,255 17
We, the undersigned, have examined the account of the collector, and find the same correctly cast and properly vouched.
C. A. LITCHFIELD, R. P. BRIGGS,
CHARLES SIMMONS, Committee.
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TENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
COFFIN POOR FUND.
AMOUNT OF FUND . $2,000
Balance available Jan. 1, 1887 .
$13 67
Interest accrued to Jan, 1, 1888
100 58
Total
$114 25
There has been allowed and paid from the income of the fund,
For care of lot in the cemetery $4 00
To worthy out-door poor
55 00
Paid to treasurer on account of worthy poor 41 00
Cash on hand
14 25
.
.
$114 25
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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OTIS POOR FUND.
AMOUNT OF FUND
. $2,000
Interest accrued to Jan. 1, 1888 .
.
$120 00
Received from treasurer, balance of 1886 .
25 00
$145 00
There has been paid as follows : -
To town treasurer, on account of almshouse $60 00
To town treasurer, on account of out-door poor . 85 00
$145 00
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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
A. T. OTIS CEMETERY AND TOMB FUNDS.
AMOUNT OF FUNDS
$1.500
Balance available Jan. 1, 1887
$100 26
Interest accrued to date
94 71
Total
$194 97
There has been paid on account of care of cemetery
lot
$5 00
Cash paid for lawn dressing
5 00
Cash paid for lawn mower .
10 00
Interest on deposit
174 97
$194 97 CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, RICHARD P. BRIGGS, CHARLES SIMMONS, Trustees of Coffin and Otis Funds.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
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MARRIAGES
REGISTERED IN SOUTH SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1887.
DATE .
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE AND BY WHOM MARRIED.
Feb. 24
Addie R. Jacobs.
South Scituate ..
Married in South Scituate by Rev. B. F. Eaton.
Mar. 15
Etta F. Damon.
Scituate
Married in South Scituate by William Torrey, Esq.
April 10
Martha C. Wood.
Cohasset
66
24
Ann Jane Rose.
Boston
Married in Rockland by Rev. J. D. Tierney.
May
1
Charlotte E. Winslow
South Scituate ..
Married in South Scituate by Rev. J. W. Brownville.
28
Annie W. Gardner
Hanover
Married in South Scituate by Rev. John Tunis.
Benjamin L. Litchfield
Cohasset
31
Mary E. Ainslee.
Walter R. Torrey
South Scituate ..
Married in South Scituate by Rev. John Tunis.
66
10
Carrie E. Davis.
Concord, .V. H ..
Herbert A. Gloyd
Abington
Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. H Fish.
16
7
Anna Turner.
Elmer E. Chamberlain
66
Married in Hanover by Rev. W. H. Brooks.
Sept. 18
Eveline E. Davie
Turner, Me .....
Oct.
9
/ Evelyn J. Bassford.
South Scituate ..
L. Merton Studley.
Hanover
Nov.
6
Eunice W. Loring.
South Scituate ..
12
Josephine L. Studley.
Cohassett
16
William L. Underwood. Ida Cushing.
Belmont
Married in Boston by Rev. Brooke Herford.
66
20
Lizzie Cannon.
66
24
William Il Clapp
South Scituate .. Scituate
Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. H. Fish.
29
Helen M. Farrar
South Scituate.
Dec. 11
Harry S. Merritt. Alice M. Larkin .. Ebenezer 'T'. Fogg, Jr
Boston
24
Fannie M. Studley .
William T. Richardson
24
Lilla M. Burrows ....
Wallace W. Stoddard
16
25
Cora H. Wilder.
Scituate South Scituate .. Scituate
Married in Rockland by Rev. Newton P. Jones.
6
Ella A. Sylvester.
South Scituate .. 66
Fred Curtis
Married in Rockland by Rev. N. P. Jones.
66
23
Flora E. Smith
George W. Barrell.
66
. .
Married in Brockton by Rev. H. E. Goddard.
Charles W. Smith.
New York. ...
Married in Hanover by Rev. J. W. Brownville.
Married in South Scituate by Rev. Jacob Baker.
Joseph S. Lovell. .
Weymouth
Married in Weymouth by Rev. Merrill Blanchard.
Boston.
James P. Spellman
Scotland.
Married in Cohasset by Rev. Ignatius P. Eagan.
/ Cora O. Marsh.
Alfred Cushing.
Hingham
Married in West Scituate by Rev. W. I. Nichols.
South Scituate .. 66
Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. H. Fish. Married in South Scituate by Rev. W. II. Fish.
June 8
Nellie H. Fogg.
Edward E. Brewster.
Duxbury
Married in South Scituate by Rev. John Tunis.
July
Luther M. Phipps
Pembroke
Henry H. Gardner
South Scituate ..
Married in Hanover by Rev. Philip Price.
James Hayes
Ireland
Everett Burnside Beal
Rockland. ...
Walter C. Barnard
George F. Studley
Married in Cohasset by Rev. Harlan Page.
..
Married in Scituate by Rev. David Bremmer.
3
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BIRTHS.
DATES.
NAMES.
PARENTS' NAMES.
Jan. 9
Magoun
21 |
Helen Eliza Merritt.
Feb. 19
Annie Theresa Smith.
March 5
Gertrude Josephine Lehan
8
John William Cushing.
18
Florence S. Winslow.
25
Caroline Parker Cushing.
April 12
Annie May Baker.
May 24
George Rufus Farrar.
June 10
- Merritt
66
12
Bertie Gardner
26
Chester Otis Fitts.
29 Florence Elmer Damon
July
6
Edwin Thomas Thompson
Aug.
Bernard Mather Scully
Charles S. and Annie F.
28
Mary Eliza Tolman.
Oct. 13
Wilber Grant Sylvester
Nov. 12
Ralph Dexter Merritt.
12
- Hatch.
Cassius C. and Alice L. Joseph H. and Susan. Daniel E. and Ann.
Dec. 26 27
Bessie Gladys Gardner
29
Howard Stone Power
-
-- Litchfield.
Cora Wilson Nickerson
Henry N. and Cornelia B. Albert and Gilvera. William R. and Katie E. Jeremiah H. and Mary A. Edwin K. and Mary J. Jesse and Eva. Parker W. and Hannah M.
Alvin T. and Sara.
George E. and Adelia L.
Francis and Fannie. Wilber F. and Lura E.
Seth O. and Mary A. Henry E. and Vesta L. James R. and Ida. Neil and Minnie.
8 Albert Neil Barstow
William C. and Helen E. Alonzo and Harriet I ..
Alfred Carlton McKenna
Henry H. and Martha C. Arthur L. and Mary L. F. George W. H. and Mary F. Arthur and Lucy C.
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DEATHS.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
Y. M.
April 4 Sarah D. Nash 76
10
Pneumonia.
South Scituate.
9 Mary Chandler. 81
Influenzea.
66 14 Dora E. Casey 1
Pneumonia.
Plymouth. South Scituate.
May 2 Mary F. Talbot 66
Paralysis
Pneumonia.
Roxbury.
66
8 Joseph H. Whalen 4
4
Weymouth.
4 17 Lois N. Greene 83
9
Bronchitis
South Scituate.
Juue 27
Joanna French. 80
2
Chronic nephritis.
July 26
Geneivie Merritt 23
Pulmonary consumption.
Scituate.
Aug. 16
Eliza .1. Collier 70
8 Heart disease
Canton, Me.
16 17
Benjamin S. Nichols
Old age.
Scituate.
.2.2
W. Wesley Kender 37
11
Lung consumption
South Scituate.
Sept 5 Elizabeth Smith 57
Cerebal congestion
England.
Old age
Nantucket.
Dropsy
Chatham.
Oct 2 Gern J. Ford. 74
6 Heart disease
Scituate.
Eutiritis
South Scituate.
66
21
Charles T. Sylvester 66
5 Heart disease
Bronchitis.
England.
10
Army C. Sylvester. 74
11
Consumption
South Scituate.
66 12 -- Hatch
Stillborn ..
19 Alexander Totman 61
10
Tuberculosis
27 Lucy Turner 70
10
Dropsy.
66 28 Mahala Brown 69
3
Dropsy .
4 Horace Griggs
S
Rebecca . Chase 92
11 Phæbe C. Stetson 63
6
5 Edwin T Thompsonl.
Nov. 10 Robert Smith. 65
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SCHOOL REPORT.
At the annual meeting of the town. in March last, Dr. Franklin Jacobs was elected a member of the school committee for three years, and Mrs. Mary J. Turner was elected for one year, for the unexpired term of Miss Martha W. Brooks, who resigned. The meeting for organization resulted in the choice of Mrs. Emily T. Jacobs, secretary, and Mrs. M. J. Turner, chairman. Dr. Franklin Jacobs sent in his resignation in September, being unable to attend to its duties, owing to a change of residence ; and a meeting of selectmen, with the remaining members of the Board was held, and Mr. E. T. Fogg was appointed to fill the vacancy. Miss Charlotte E. Winslow, primary teacher in District No. 7, resigned in the spring, and Miss Maria W. Tolman was engaged. Miss Mary A. Litchfield was engaged to teach in District No. 3. With these ex- ceptions, the former teachers were employed for the spring term. The only change of teachers in the fall term was in District No. 6. Miss Flora M. Barnard resigned, and Miss Nellie M. Hatch was engaged. The only resignation for the winter term was in Dis- trict No. 1, grammar, Miss Martha W. Brooks ; and Miss Alice Rogers was engaged. In District No. 7, Mrs. Buttrick was engaged as a substitute, Jan. 3, owing to the ill-health of Miss Sylvester, for the remainder of the term. The length of the school year has been thirty-eight weeks, one week additional ; spring and fall terms of thirteen weeks, and the winter term of twelve weeks. The salaries of the teachers have been the same as the preceding year. Grammar grade for teachers of experience, $36 per month ; inexperienced. $32 ; mixed schools, 828 and $26 ; primary, $24 and $22. The consolidated schools in Districts Nos. 2 and 5 were exceptions to the other grades, and the salaries of the teachers, $40 per month.
An appropriation of $2,500 for the ensuing year will be suffi- cient, if the same school system is adopted.
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CONDITION OF SCHOOLS.
The standard of our schools, we think, has been fully maintained in nearly every section of the town, and in some districts the ear- nest efforts of devoted teachers, who have labored assiduously to promote the welfare of their schools, have resulted in active indi- vidual work on the part of the pupils.
In some of the primary schools deserved attention has been paid to reading and the elementary branches. Too much care cannot be taken to lay the foundation for an education well, for the in- struction in the primary grades is of far greater importance than many think, who only give the subject a casual thought.
Varied exercises to relieve the monotony of the school-room should be introduced. Reading in conecrt, singing, commiting to memory choice maxims or good poetry, to be recited together, etc., and information imparted relative to many useful topics outside of the text-book.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
The school buildings in nearly all the districts are in good condi- tion. There should be repairs in District No. 4, and we recom- mend that the school buildings be painted, and respectfully ask for an appropriation of seventy-five dollars at the next annual meeting. At the last annual meeting an appropriation of seventy-five dollars was made for painting the school buildings in District No. 7. The work was done satisfactorily by Mr. T. A. Lawrence, during the summer vacation, painting within and without, two coats.
Owing to the condition of the buildings, quite extensive repairs were necessary before they could be made ready for the painter, but the committee deemed it important to have the work thoroughly done, notwithstanding the extra expense.
The blinds were condemned by an experienced carpenter as beyond repair ; therefore, inside shutters were obtained, that prove to be very acceptable and convenient.
A committee was chosen at the annual meeting to take into consideration the expediency of a high school, and report at the next annual meeting.
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We hope to hear a favorable report, for there are many scholars · who are ambitious to obtain a good education, and are earnestly desiring greater advantages in their own town. The Town Hall in the centre of the town might furnish the room, if the sentiment of the town could be aroused to desire and sustain a high school. Then the scholars of similar attainments could pursue their studies together, and stimulate each other to greater diligence, for there is always more enthusiasm in numbers than where there are only one or two in a class.
While we would not undervalue the common branches upon whose basis rests the superstructure of our Massachusetts schools. we sympathize with those who aspire to study the higher branches, by many considered of no practical use, and look forward hopefully when there will be an opportunity in a South Scitutate high school with an efficient teacher.
The committee prepared a partial course of study for the first, second, and third classes in the grammer and mixed schools for the spring and fall terms, and we think it has been a stimulus and help to many of the scholars. By its aid the written examinations can be conducted more fairly. as the questions will apply to each school in the corresponding grade.
Legislation and public sentiment unite in deeming an education for all, as one of the safeguards of our republican institutions and the prosperity of our State ; and in order to reap the best results from our public schools, there should be an earnest co-operation of teachers, parents, and scholars, for each one is an important factor towards promoting the intellectual and moral elevation of the community.
Respectfully submitted,
M. J. TURNER.
E. T. JACOBS.
E. T. FOGG.
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EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPRO- PRIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1887, BEING FOR THE WINTER TERM OF THIRTEEN WEEKS.
DISTRICT No. 1.
Martha W. Brooks, for teaching
$117 00
Lina F. Stowell, for teaching 78 00
$195 00
DISTRICT NO. 2.
A. E. Gardner, for teaching 13 weeks 2 days
$134 00
O. F. Sprague, care of rooms 5 00
$139 00
DISTRICT No. 3.
Maria W. Tolman, for teaching . .
$91 00
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Grace F. Hatch, for teaching .
$91 00
George Merritt, care of rooms ·
2 00
$93 00
DISTRICT No. 5.
Lizzie R. Paulding, for teaching
$130 00
E. R. Turner, care of rooms
16 00
$146 00
DISTRICT No. 6.
Florence M. Barnard, for teaching
$71 50
Henderson and Tilden, care of rooms .
2 00
$73 50
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DISTRICT NO. 7.
Emily E. Sylvester, for teaching .
$117 00
Charlotte E. Winslow, for teaching
78 00.
$195 00
These expenditures were fully met by the available funds.
EXPENDITURES CHARGEABLE TO THE APPRO- PRIATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 1, 1888, BEING FOR TWO TERMS, THIRTEEN WEEKS AND TWELVE WEEKS.
DISTRICT No. 1.
. Martha W. Brooks, for teaching
$225 00
Lina F. Stowell, for teaching
150 00
B. W. Prouty, for wood
27 99
J Sculley, care of rooms
12 00
$414 99
DISTRICT No. 2.
A. E. Gardner, for teaching
$250 00
J. E. Gammon, for wood .
19 75
Evie Hinckley, care of rooms
2 00
Percy Litchfield, care of rooms
2 00
$273 75
DISTRICT No. 3.
Mary A Litchfield, for teaching
$175 00
B. R. Jacobs, for wood
15 75
A. L. Ford, care of rooms
6 00
Gustavus S. Totman, care of rooms
5 00
$201 75
DISTRICT No. 4.
Grace F. Hatch, for teaching
$175 00
John Whalen, for wood
19 00
J. H. Hatch, for wood
2 50
C. S. Merritt, care of rooms
4 00
$200 50
J1
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Lizzie R. Paulding, for teaching .
$250 00
John Whalen, for wood
22 70
G. E. Corthell, care of rooms
2 00
H. S. Turner, care of rooms
2 00
$276 70
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Florence M. Barnard, for teaching
$78 00
Nellie M. Hatch, for teaching
71 50
John Whalen, for wood
18 48
Oscar Pincin, care of rooms
4 00
$171 98
DISTRICT No. 7.
Emily E. Sylvester, for teaching
$225 00
Maria W. Tolman, for teaching .
150 00
T. C. Sampson, for wood
29 00
C. Simmons, for wood
6 50
H. J. Tolman, care of rooms
10 00
$420 50
Available funds for the present year : --
Town appropriation
. $2,750 00
State school fund
216 32
Dog tax refunded
267 62
$3,233 94
Amount expended
1,960 17
$1,273 77
Teachers' salaries to April 1, 1888
$840 00
Care of rooms (estimated)
26 00
.
866 00
Balance unexpended
$407 77
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ABSTRACT FROM REGISTERS.
WINTER TERM, 1886-1887.
SPRING TERM, 1887.
FALL TERM, 1887.
Number Enrolled.
Average Number
Belonging.
Average
Per Cent of At.
Number Enrolled.
Average Number
Belonging.
Average Attend-
ance.
Per Cent of At-
Number Enrolled.
Average Number
Belonging.
Average Attend-
ance.
Per Cent. of At- tendance.
No. 1.
Grammar
29
27.3
24.6
90++
27
23.1
20.1
87+
23
22.1
20.8
94+
Primary.
33
29.5
22.2
75+
39
34.6
30.7
88++
32
30.9
29.2
94++
No. 2.
Mixed ..
26
24.8
21.1
85++
29
27.3
23.7
86+
24
24.
21.7
90+
No. 3.
Mixed
25
21.6
18.
83+
24
20.6
18.3
88+
22
21.3
18.4
86+
No. 4.
Mixed.
26
23.4
20 8
88+
25
22.9
21.1
92+
22
21.5
19.9
92+
No. 5.
Mixed.
27
24.8
21.9
88+
30
26.5
23.7
89+
31
27.6
25.2
91+
No. 6.
Primary.
19
17.6
11.7
66+
19
13.8
11.1
80+
18
17.
14,2
83+
No. 7.
Grammar.
19
15.5
11.2
72+
=
13.7
11.1
81+
24
23.5
19.9
84-+
Primary
24
19.6
13.6
69+
32
26.4
18.7
78+
26
18.
11.7
65+
SCHOOLS.
Attend-
ance.
tendance.
-
-
.
tendance.
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