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F. Higgins, wood-work 4 40
F. H. Miller, printing town reports 75 00
L. Sherman, labor and lumber at almshouse, 1879. 20 56
Seth Foster, paint and stock for almshouse . 35 13
T. A. Lawrence, labor painting almshouse 58 50
E. T. Fogg, postage, stationery, etc. 5 02
S. Foster, express on school-house paint stock 2 05
E. H. Bonney, coal, 1880 27 37
F. H. Miller, printing orders and transcripts 8 00
J. T. Hartt, carting lumber and material, Districts 3, 4, 6, and 7 . 10 00
16
Paid O. C. R.R., freight $1 26
Luther J. Studley, mason-work 9 25
Seth Foster, supplies for use of hearse 6 00
Joseph Merritt, smith-work and new cart body 18 60
Winslow, Rand & Co., groceries, 1880 . 71 83
Brooklyn White Lead Company, paint stock for school-houses . 36 56
Dexter Brothers, paint stock for school-houses 19 52
T. A. Lawrence, painting school-houses, Districts 3, 4, and 6
53 23
E. P. Welch & Son, lumber for repairs of school- houses
96 83
S. & D. W. Turner, labor on school-houses 37 06
R. P. Briggs, moving hearse-house 26 00 ·
Total .
$813 15
Supplies to Almshouse.
Paid Winslow, Rand & Co., groceries . $97 94 .
Joy & Bates, flour 30 67 .
Martin L. Hall & Co., groceries . 38 86
E. A. Turner, dry goods and groceries .
150 82
Thomas Tolman, dry goods and groceries
114 09
J. A. Torrey, soap
6 60
Seth Foster, hay, expressing, and supplies
70 96
Joseph H. Corthell, meat
101 46
A. W. Faxon, dry goods
9 49
H. C. Tower, flour
14 87
John Turner and others, wood
5º 50
Skinner & Arnold, meat and butter
60 02
B. S. Snow and others, fish .
6 65
Charles Kimball & Co., potatoes . 6 20
Jonathan Hatch, meat . 39 71
A. L. Damon, bread
18 35
C. A. Berry, pigs .
6 00
S. W. Eastman, tin-ware
3 10
C. H. Litchfield, fish
. 20 07
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Paid J. M. Healey, services as superintendent to April 1, 1881 $62 50
F. M. Litchfield, coal . 11 87
Culver, Phillips & Co., grain and coal . 130 43
W. Richardson, meat and vegetables 18 36
E. T. Fogg, supplies
134 04
A. J. Bates, cow
25 00
Dighton Furnace Company, stove
II 50
C. A. Litchfield, cash paid for clothing
4 90
F. W. Buck, superintendent, 9 months .
225 00
N. P. Brownell, medical attendance 51 00
Superintendent, supplies 20 05
George O. Torrey, dressing hogs, 1880 and 1881 . 6 50
· C. W. Sparrell, coffin for child of R. Thompson .
5 00
A. Totman, straw . I 85
Joseph Merritt, pasturing cow .
4 00
C. W. Sparrell, coffin for John K. Newcomb .
15 00
Total .
$1,573 36 .
ALMSHOUSE CREDIT.
Received for meals and lodgings .
$19 77
Received from sale of calf . 6 30
Received from sale of cow .
40 00
Board, medic attendance, etc., of inmates
1,507 29
Total .
. $1,573 36
NAMES OF INMATES IN THE ALMSHOUSE, JANUARY 1, 1882, AND THE AGES OF EACH.
Siba Briggs, aged 76 ; admitted 1858. Jefferson Damon, aged 64 ; admitted 1863. John Woodard, aged 83 ; admitted 1864. Mary Williams, aged 72 ; admitted 1875. John McCurdy, aged 70 ; admitted 1878. 2
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Francis Birchmore, aged 86 ; admitted 1878. Charlotte Prince, aged 45 ; admitted 1880.
George H. Prince, aged 7 ; admitted 1880. Mary E. Prince, aged 7 ; admitted 1880.
George C. H. Litchfield, aged 6 ; admitted September, 1881. Philip B. Litchfield, aged 4 ; admitted September, 1881. Antoinette Williams, aged 37 ; admitted 1877.
Mary Granderson, aged 51 ; admitted December, 1881. Harriet Granderson, aged 48 ; admitted December, 1881. Abigail Granderson, aged 42 ; admitted December, 1881. Rebecca Thompson, aged 26 ; admitted, 1880.
SUPPLIES FURNISHED OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid H. E. Forsaith, medical attendance to G. N. Wilder, 1880 $47 50
City of Boston, aid to Joseph Harvey . 5 44 ·
Town of Pembroke, aid to E. B. Howland 5 00 .
Supplies to Mary Monahon and family .
102 00
Supplies to Patrick Spellman and family
47 50
Dr. Brownell, medical attendence to W. H. Free- man : 4 00
Supplies to Susan Cromwell .
. Supplies to E. Gunderway 43 00
2 00
Supplies to A. N. Greene and family
5 00
Supplies to Benjamin Sprague
104 00
Supplies to Lucy F. Williamson
16 00
Supplies to Josiah Caldwell .
44 60
Supplies to A. M. Beach and family 50 89
Dr. French, medical attendance to A. M. Beach . 22 00
C. W. Sparrell, coffin for A. M. Beach. 15 00
C. W. Sparrell, coffin for Arthur W. Beach . .
15 00
Supplies to Cornelius Curtis 13 48 .
· Supplies to Henry Carter 3 00 .
Supplies to Albert Smith 5 07
Supplies to Mary F. Stetson and family 183 26
Board and medical attendance to Edmund Mann . 40 00
Dr. Brownell, medical attedendance to Elijah ·
Beach
23 00
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Paid Town of Rockland, aid to Mrs. Henry Litchfield and children $36 50
Supplies to family of Morris Gammon . 52 46
Supplies to Andrew Greene and wife . 46 50
Dr. Brownell, medical attendance to Luke G. Fitts
.7 00
Supplies and medical attendance to Ann Barstow and family 147 25
Supplies to Thomas J. Perkins
.
6 00
Supplies to Henry Franks and family ·
.
119 12
Supplies to Harriet Beach ® .
89 75
Supplies to J. T. Talbot, medical attendance, etc. 37 88
Supplies to Pheba Simpson . 89 75
Thomas Mee, opening grave
3 00
Supplies to Jacob Talbot, medical attendance and burial 80 60
Supplies to E. M. Magoun and family .
9 65
City of Taunton, allowance to A. T. Clapp and wife . 138 30
Total .
$1,660 50
·
RECEIVED AND DUE.
From Marshfield, supplies to Josiah Caldwell $44 60
Canton, allowance to Lucy F. Williamson 16 00
State, allowance to Cornelius Curtis 13 48
State, allowance to Henry Carter
3 00
Hanover, allowance to Albert Smith 5 07
Scituate, allowance to Mary F. Stetson and family 183 26
Scituate, allowance to Edmund Mann . 40 00
Attleboro, allowance to Elijah Beach . 23 00
State, allowance to Ann Barstow and family 147 25
Kingston, allowance to Thomas J. Perkins . 6 00
Hingham, allowance to Henry Franks and family
119 12
State, allowance to John T. Talbot 37 88
Hingham, allowance to Pheba Simpson 89 75
West Bridgewater, allowance to Jacob Talbot 80 60
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From Hingham, allowance to Harriet Beach $89 75 Duxbury, allowance to E. M. Magoun . 9 65
Total .
$908 41
Distribution of State Aid.
PAID UNDER CHAPTER 301 OF THE ACTS OF THE YEAR 1879.
George B. Hayden
$54 00
Harriet Jacobs
48 00
Oliver Simmons .
12 00
Betsey W. Sylvester
48 00
Joseph B. Goodrich
36 00
Louisa J. Hayden
48 00
Joseph E. Stoddard
48 00
Hannah W. Hayden
48 00
Thomas Mee
36 00
Mary Monahon
48 00
Charles D. Barnard
72 00
Seth O. Fitts
36 00
Hannah Dover
48 00
Mary Stoddard
16 00
John Lewis .
72 00
Mary Spencer
48 00
Total .
$718 00
The above will be re-imbursed by the Commonwealth.
PAID UNDER CHAPTER 252 OF THE ACTS OF 1879.
For board and medical attendance of N. P. Powell, one- half to be re-imbursed . · $19 00
21 Abatement of Taxes.
F. B. Stoddard, taxes of 1877 and 1878 $4 00
C. L. Stoddard, taxes of 1878 and 1879 . 5 68
Aaron Gardner, tax of 1877 . $2 00
George H. Damon, taxes of 1877 and 1879
3 68
George C. Stetson, tax of 1877
2 00
John Gammon, tax of 1878 .
2 00
Jesse C. Hayden, tax of 1878
2 00
E. L. Hyland, tax of 1878
2 00
Owen Sprague, taxes of 1878 and 1879
3 68
Charles F. Studley, tax of 1879
I 68
E. J. Stoddard, tax of 1878 . 2 00
Frank Stetson, tax of 1878 .
2 00.
A. C. Sylvester, taxes of 1878 and 1879
4 00
Charles F. Torrey, tax of 1878
2 00
Elias Carr, taxes of 1878 and 1879
4 13
Joshua Curtis estate, taxes of 1878 and 1879 8 19
George H. Lee, tax of 1879 .
1 00
E. E. Gunderway, tax of 1879
1 00
G. W. Stetson, tax of 1879 .
I 68
John Stockbridge, tax of 1879
I 68
Calvin Cromwell, tax of 1879
I 00
Orlando C. Prouty, tax of 1879
78
Herbert Sprague, tax of 1879
I 68
Alfred B. Litchfield, tax of 1880
70
Alphonzo Reed, tax of 1880
95
Total .
$61 51
Summary of Expenses for the Year.
I Incidental expenses
$813 15
2 Almshouse expenses 1,507 29
3 School-books and supplies 365 59
4 Repairs of roads and bridges . . 2,308 79
4
22
5 Town officers and committees
· $630 26
6 Taxes abated and given up
61 50
7 Assistance to out-door poor
1,660 50
8 Gravel and drain-pipe
138 04
9 State aid and military aid
737 00
IO Removing snow
12 50
II Incidentals for schools .
92 00
I2 State tax
930 00
I3 County tax
1,227 45
Total .
. $10,484 07
Financial Condition of the Town, January 1, 1882.
LIABILITIES.
Note in favor of South Scituate Savings Bank . $3,170 00
David B. Ford .
· 1,025 00
Nathan Cushing
· 1,000 00
Ebenezer Stetson estate
200 00
Harvey T. Sylvester .
200 00
Charles W. Sylvester . 470 00
Joseph C. Tolman
300 00
Nathaniel Turner
300 00
R. V. C. Turner
575 00
Joseph T. Litchfield .
1,325 00
Interest due on notes to date 160 00
Estimated amount of outstanding bills and orders · 1,000 00
Total .
. $9,725 00
It will be seen that the Coffin Fund is not entered as one of the liabilities of the present year. The Deputy Tax Commissioner, Hon. Charles Endicott, to whom we have to make a return of the financial standing of the town, claims that it should not be entered as a liability.
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ASSETS.
Outstanding taxes in hands of Collector . $5,379 52
Cash in hands of Treasurer . 2,796 96
Due from State for State and military aid
727 50
Due from towns for aid to paupers
305 58
Due from State for aid to paupers 147 25
School-books in hands of agents (estimated) 200 00
Due from State for corporation and bank taxes
25 00
Estimated amount due from School fund of 1881 . 225 00
Estimated amount of dog tax for 1881 .
125 00
Total . $9,931 81 .
Balance in favor of the town, $206.81.
Assessors' Department.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, MAY 1, 1881.
Real estate
. $678,904 00
Personal estate .
·
258,337 00
Total . $937,241 00
Increase from 1880, $52,723.00.
Rate of taxation on $1,000, $9.50.
Number of Polls, 506 ; dwelling-houses, 414 ; cows, 275 ; horses, 351 ; sheep, 35 ; acres of land, 12,285.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, F. H. CURTIS, Assessors and Overseers of Poor.
Selectmen,
H. A. TURNER,
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF COFFIN FUND.
Amount of fund . $2,000 00.
Cash on hand January 1, 1881, interest ·
$50 00
Received of E. T. Fogg, treasurer, interest .
100 00
.
Total .
$150 00
.
There has been paid out as follows : -
Elizabeth Pinson . $14 00
Andrew Green and wife
13 50
Benjamin Litchfield
12 50
Sarah E. Harris
3 00
Mary Monahon
15 00
Mary Ford
14 00
Patrick Spellman .
15 00
Thomas Mee, care of lot
3 00
Cash paid for shubbery . ·
5 75
.
95 00
Balance on hand January 1, 1882
$54 25
C. A. LITCHFIELD, Trustees F. H. CURTIS, of
H. A. TURNER, Coffin Fund.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 1, 1882.
-
E. T. FOGG, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE.
Dr.
To balance due January 1, 1881 . .
$6,386 43
Cash received from School Fund of 1880 231 22
Cash received from county on account of mill-dam . 435 00
Town of Framingham, support of poor . 22 00
Town of Scituate, support of poor . 200 80
City of Taunton, support of poor . 39 75
Schooling of Wright and Jacobs to April I
18 00
Schooling of H. Wright to December 1, 1880 6 00
Sale of fish-rights .
49 00
Town of Hanover, gravel
3 42
H. A. Turner, lantern
80
Town of Hingham, support of poor
5 50
Town of Hingham, schooling to April 1, 188 1
21 00
Balance of corporation tax refunded
66 57
Balance of bank tax refunded
12 25
State, on account of State paupers .
214 68
Sale of town flats
72 90
Note South Scituate Savings Bank . Sale of cow
1,215 00
Peddlers' licenses .
12 00
Corporation tax of 1881 refunded
1,955 93
Bank tax of 188 1 refunded
1,800 26 ·
40 00
26
To Town of Canton, support of poor . $16 00
State aid and relief of indigent soldiers . 828 00
Town of West Bridgewater, support of poor 80 60
Town of Kingston, support of poor.
6 00
E. T. Fogg, sale of school-books
IOI 61
C. Jacobs, schooling
9 00
H. Wright, schooling
9 00
N. Whiting, schooling
3 00
C. H. Totman, clock
50
Town of Marshfield, support of poor 22 65
R. W. Killam, sale of school-books
88 II
Cash from trustees of Coffin Fund on account of bill paid 14 00
Charles W. Sparrell, use of hearse .
32 00
Interest on taxes
67 15
Town of Hingham, support of poor
298 62
Assessment of May 1, 1881
9,916 32
Total .
. $24,301 07 ·
Cr.
By cash paid as follows : -
Notes and interest · $2,591 89
State tax
930 00
County tax
1,227 45
Scituate tax .
13 87
Discount on prompt payment of taxes
165 43
Treasurer's salary .
100 00
Selectmen's orders, town allowances, and school bills . ·
11,095 95
Amount of outstanding taxes
·
5,379 52
Cash in treasury to balance .
. 2,796 96
.
Total .
. $24,301 07
EBENEZER T. FOGG,
Treasurer.
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We, the undersigned, a committee to settle with the Treasurer, have examined the foregoing account, and find it correct and prop- erly vouched.
CHARLES A. LITCHFIELD, F. H. CURTIS, Committee. HENRY A. TURNER,
,
LIST OF JURORS.
List of jurors for acceptance or revision by the town at its annual meeting.
William S. Briggs, Seth H. Vinal, David Stoddard, Alphonzo Reed,
Isaac H. Packard,
Charles N. Gardner,
E. T. Fogg, F. E. Stowell, Samuel Turner, Thomas Barstow, U. H. Percival, George H. Bates, John Corthell, David T. Stoddard, Liba Litchfield,
Joseph H. Corthell, William Prouty, Jr., Nathaniel Ellms, Waldo Jones, Henry T. Jenkins, J. G. Briggs, Freeman Higgins, Henry F. Vining, E. W. Brooks, Samuel Tolman, Jr., Henry A. Turner, Samuel Loring, Thomas B. Waterman, Edwin A. Turner.
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Births Registered in South Scituate for the Year 1881.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
1877
February 1881
7
John Henry Beverstock
Henry F. and Olive A.
February March
21
John Henry O'Donnell Lillian F. Williamson
Thomas and Catherine. Lucy E. Williamson.
14
Alice Maud Chamberlain
George F. and Almira A.
18
Charles Edward French .
. Charles H. and Ada F. James E. and Hattie E.
20
Earnest Henry Stoddard .
24
Julia Lizzie Damon .
Charles H. and Maria B.
26
Oscar Franklin Lee .
George H. and Rhoda V. Frank and Eliza.
April
9
Minnie Martha Wyman
10
Charles Edward Beverstock
Henry F. and Olive A.
May
14
Roy Phillips Hatch
Israel and Josephine.
June
0
Carrie Louisa Winslow
'27
27
July
3 15
31
John William Osborn
Winslow and Harriet A. John C. F. and Louisa C.
31 28
Roy Eranklin Vining
Henry F. and Eliza A. Harriet L. Cromwell.
September
2
.
26
October
4
Lucy Maud Turner Nellie Norton Litchfield .
L. Clarence and Harriet M. Miles S. and Anna. George W. and Nellie. Fred H. and Martha.
7
Amy Wilder Curtis .
8
Earnest Ward Jones
John H. and Mary A. George N. and Hattie E. Henry and Maria L.
November
13
- Franks
William R. and Mary E. Enoch H. and Margaret.
14
Charles Sumner Johnson
William R. and Mary E.
December
6
Gracie Atherton Hunt Geraphelia Wilder - Osborne .
Levi and Julia M.
24
Nora Sheer
James and Joan.
25
Hunt
William F. and Nellie M.
-
Alice Griggs
George and Lucretia.
13
Isabella Dagen .
John and Susan A.
Susie Mariam Stockbridge Belle Fremont Wilder Eurilla Atwood Shaw William Hobart
Rufus and Eliza A. Andrew and Anna M. John F. and Dora L. Elmer H. and Caroline.
August
Mary Louisa Cromwell - Litchfield
11
Edith Bailey Capell .
18
Mary Smith
28
Vinal
Charles E. and Emily M.
7
William E. and Lillie C.
22
.
3
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List of Marriages Registered in South Scituate for the Year 1881.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE.
PLACE OF BIRTH.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
January
1
Thomas G. Brooks
Augusta M. Turner
South Scituate
.
.
Soutlı Scituate
Clergyman.
21
John F. Wilder .
.
.
.
South Scituate
.
.
.
.
Bridgewater .
.
.
23
Edward C. Clapp
Holbrook
.
.
Boston .
East Randolph
.
.
February
14
Charles F. Litchfield . Lydia A. Stoddard
South Scituate
.
.
Rockland
Pastor Baptist Church.
20
George N. Capell
South Scituate
.
South Scituate
.
.
.
.
South Scituate
South Scituate
.
Rector St. Andrew's Ch. Andrew Read,
March
30
Frank E. Damon
Meribah H. Johnson .
.
West Scituate
Rockland .
Clergyman.
April
9
Charles H. Dyer
South Hanover
South Hanover
Ellen B. Stetson .
South Scituate
South Scituate
May
8
Frank E. Stowell
South Scituate
.
South Scituate
Emeline F. Jacobs
South Scituate
.
South Scituate
.
.
20
George E. Sylvester Mary A. Damon .
Scituate
. Scituate
.
.
..
.
South Scituate
25
Edward Freeman Mary J. Smitlı
South Scituate
.
South Scituate
South Scituate
.
Scituate
Scituate
.
·
South Scituate
South Scituate
.
June
4
.
.
South Scituate
.
5
Alonzo Stevens
· Marshfield
. Marslıfield
Cora M. Sherman
. Marshfield
. East Boston .
.
P. E. Island .
E. G. Babcock,
July
21
William R. Smith, Jr.
Soutlı Scituate
.
South Scituate
Boston .
Clergyman.
.
.
Providence, R. I. .
.
.
.
.
James E. Smith,
Dora L. Hodges .
Abington
.
.
.
South Scituate
.
.
South Scituate
.
W. A. Spinney,
W. Henry Brooks,
Hattie E. Vinal .
West Sciturte
.
South Scituate
William H. Fish, Pastor First Parish.
Lizzie E. Kingsley
Holbrook
.
.
.
.
.
.
30
.
W. H. Fish,
Pastor First Church. W. H. Fislı,
South Scituate
P. E. Island . Hanover
Pastor First Churchı.
W. H. Fish, Pastor First Church.
Katie Shepherd .
W. Henry Brooks, Rector St. Andrew's Ch. Andrew Read,
Clergyman.
Aaron Pratt, Justice of the Peace.
South Scituate
Andrew Read, Clergyman.
Charlottetown, P.E.I.
Joseph W. Morris, Jr. Caroline T. Sylvester . George W. Smith Mary J. Dagen .
.
South Scituate
George A. Morse,
.
South Scituate
Clergyman.
.
.
30
October
5 George H. Turner Caroline E. Briggs 6 Albert Merritt .
South Scituate South Scituate Scituate Sontlı Scituate South Scituate
Scituate. South Scituate Scituate ·
. South Scituate .
·
W. Henry Brooks, Rector St. Andrew's Ch. Jacob Baker,
Clergyman.
Boston .
South Scituate .
.
.
.
Hanover .
.
Hanover
.
24
Mot: Carroll Cromwell Fidelia Louisa Stubbs James F. Gurney Louisa L. Leavitt
South Scituate
Rockland
W. H. Fish,
December
7
James H. Farrar
South Sci. uate
.
South Scituate
Carrie Sears
South Scituate
South Scituate
7
Samuel Tolman, Jr.
.
South Scituate
. South Scituate
·
H. Evie Leland .
Holliston
Holliston .
24
Will C. Young ·
.
.
South Scituate
Duxbury
·
.
.
25
Frederick W. Prouty Celia P. Ford
South Scituate
Marshfield
.
26
Phillip A. Cushing
. Hingham
Hingham
.
Hannah.E. Morris
Scituate .
.
.
.
Scituate
31
Emery A. Ewell .
.
.
Marshfield
. . Marshfield
W. H. Fish,
Pastor First Church.
Jennie E. Rogers
Marshfield
Marshfield
.
John Osgood,
Clergyman.
Genevieve A. Knapp .
November 9 Edward Vining . Maria B. Kane . 10 George Whiting . Emmie W. Jacobs 23 Oscar H. Leavitt Ella Howland ·
South Scituate
.
.
.
.
Hingham
W. H. Fish, Pastor First Church.
Hanover
.
Hanover
.
· Rockland
Hyannis
.
Vermont
.
25
.
Duxbury
·
Pastor First Church. W. A. Spinney, Pastor Baptist Church. Alex Dight,
Clergyman. W. H. Bolster,
South Scituate
South Scituate
.
Carrie M. Brewster
.
South Scituate
.
South Scituate
.
.
.
.
W. H. Fish, Pastor First Church. . David B. Ford, Clergyman.
.
Rockland .
South Scituate
.
.
.
.
.
Pastor First Churchi. W. H. Fish, Pastor First Church.
Clergyman. W. H. Fish,
31
.
South Scituate Hanover ·
South Scituate .
32
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Deaths Registered in South Scituate for the Year 1881.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF D'TH.
BIRTHPLACE.
Y
M
January
3
Josiah Cushing
.
76
Tumor
.
South Scituate.
4
Lucy Cudworth
.
88
7
Old age
·
Pembroke.
9
Seth G. Humphrey .
.
65
9
Paralysis
N. Yarmouth, Me
11
Mary A. Hatch
64
9
Pneumonia
.
South Scituate.
19
Arthur N. Beach
20
6
Consumption .
Duxbury.
30
Shiverick Turner
92
2
Old age . Abscess .
W. Bridgewater. Hanover.
March
10
George H. Briggs
65
6
Meningitis
South Scituate.
14
Ebenezer Stetson
93
5
Old age .
South Scituate.
15
Sophronia Crosby
43
2
Pneumonia
Weymouth.
24
Flora T. Franks
9
Consumption .
Hanover.
26
Henrietta L. Hatch .
34
9 Cancer
Hingham.
April
10
Temperance Clapp .
74
7
Heart disease .
South Scituate.
20
Betsey Flint
73
8
Apoplexy
South Scituate.
23
Floretta Davis .
.
26
10
Consumption .
South Scituate.
May
10
Asa Rideout
74
2
Paralysis
·
Hollis, N. H.
12
Ambrose N. Beach
43
Consumption .
Hanover.
24
Lydia E. Fitts .
3
Meningitis
.
June
22
Lucy P. Williams
86
4
Pneumonia .
Dartmouth.
July
9
Alfred Tolman .
17
5
Diabetes . ·
South Scituate.
13
Jacob Talbot
39
Typhoid fever
Quincy.
August
19
Oscar F. Lee
5
B'w'l C'mpln't
South Scituate.
31
Parker Warren Tisdale
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3
7
Cholera Iuft. .
Hingham.
September 4
Peter Hart
72
4
Hepatitis
Worcester.
October
4
Nellie Litchfield
29
Convulsions
·
12
Howard F. Corthell
1
2
Croup
.
South Scituate.
15
Albert Nichols .
29
Hemorrhage .
South Scituate.
27
Deidamia Ramsdell .
84
3
Pneumonia
.
Raynham.
November 4
Elias S. Carr
73
9
Dropsy
·
Corinth, Vt.
9
Sarah Hadaway
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84
Paralysis
·
Barnstable.
16
John Gammon .
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26
3
Consumption .
South Scituate.
24
James Merritt .
·
56
2
C'ng'st'n l'ngs
South Scituate.
26
William Lapham
86
11
Nephritis
.
South Scituate.
29
Harriet Granderson
88
10
Dropsy
South Scituate.
December 20
Lucy Ellen Dorr
33
7
T. pneumonia
South Scituate.
31
John Newcomb
84
5
Old age .
Maine.
.
Chisester, N. H.
14
- Thompson
Congenital
.
February 15
John T. Talbot .
53
7
C'ng'st'n l'ngs
South Scituate.
24
Hannah B. Vinal
86
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Quebec.
.
.
.
3
South Scituate.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SOUTH SCITUATE,
FOR THE YEAR 1881.
3
REPORT.
.
The annual report of the School Committee of South Scituate is herewith respectfully submitted. Mr. J. T. Hartt was elected to membership of this Board at annual March town meeting. The organization of the Committee has been as follows : S. S. Knapp, Chairman ; Mrs. Emily T. Jacobs, Secretary.
The recommendation of the town that there be placed on file at the office of the Selectmen, a copy of the last annual report of the School Committee, a copy of the Secretary's records, and the regis- ters used in the schools during the previous year, has been com- plied with.
The salaries of teachers have remained as last year, viz. : maximum to gentlemen, $10.00 per week ; to ladies, $8.00 per week ; to primary teachers, $5.00 per week. Gentlemen have been employed at $9.00 per week in all cases save that of Mr. Franklin Jacobs, at District No. 2, who has received $10.00 per week. It should be remarked that in some cases the salaries of teachers have been augmented by the contributions of districts in which they were employed.
It has seemed best to your Committee to increase the length of the school year, and accordingly schools will be in session thirty- seven and three-fifths weeks, instead of thirty-six weeks as last year.
The total expenditure for school purposes (exclusive of repairs and supervision) has been $2,987.12, or 9.957 dollars for each pupil registered.
In addition to the usual incidental repairs, buildings in Districts Nos. 3, 4, and 5 have been painted, and building at District No. 7 has been shingled. A board fence has also been built on southern and eastern boundary of lot at No. 7. These repairs were made by order of the town at the annual March meeting, and were charged to the account of special appropriation of $300.00 made at that time. The materials used were of best quality. Work was done by the
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day under the supervision of Mr. J. T. Hartt. It was intended to repair desks at District No. 3, but repairs would have cost from $40.00 to $50.00, and it did not appear that the desks would be worth that amount when repaired. New desks would cost $100.00. The balance of appropriation being insufficient to meet such an expenditure, and your Committee, not wishing to exceed it, have taken no action relative to a change. Below is appended an account of expenditure of appropriation.
Appropriation
$300 00. ·
Paid Brooklyn White Lead Company $36 56
Dexter Brothers, Boston 19 52
E. P. Welch & Son, Scituate
87 03
T. A. Lawrence, South Scituate
53 23
Seth Foster, South Scituate .
2 05
E. P. Welch & Son, Scituate
9 80
S. & D. W. Turner, South Scituate
37 06
Joseph T. Hartt . .
10 00
255 25
Unexpended balance
$44 75
Changes in the corps of teachers have been more frequent during the year than is desirable. Resignations have occured for various causes, and in some instances delays in opening the school-terms. have been occasioned. The schools are now, however, under charge of experienced and successful instructors.
The average number of pupils registered (see Abstract of Regis- ters, page 46) has been 300.3. That is, 305 were registered for winter term, 278 for spring term, and 309 for fall term. The average number belonging has been 277.3, while the average daily attendance has been 228.3, or 82.5 per cent. of the number belong- ing .* It will be noticed that but 76 and a fraction per cent. of the number of pupils who were registered have been in daily attend- ance. This is probably not materially lower than has been usual,
*The difference between being "registered " and " belonging to a school " should be carefully noted. The pupil is registered when he enters a school. If, however, he withdraws from school with no purpose of re-entering during the term, and gives notice of the same, but subsequently re-enters the school, he shall not he counted as belonging to the school during such absence.
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but it appears to your Committee to be lower than it should be. If but three-fourths of the pupils who attend school can be found there on any day (and so the Registers read), it is obvious that the best possible results cannot be attained. The loss is twofold, (1) to the pupil absenting himself and (2) to his companions. If a pupil is absent for a day, he loses the instruction of the day. On the morrow the teacher must necessarily explain to him, in part, the work of the preceding day, and time is taken which should be devoted to present duties. It is a noticeable fact that as a rule those pupils who most need the instruction of the school-room are most frequently absent. Pupils who take an active interest in school-work are seldom absent. Those who find a ready excuse for non-attendance are seldom much given to study when at school. There are many necessary absences, but there are in nearly every school, boys or girls who are known to teachers as habitual absen- tees, who avoid attendance, and when present take but little interest in their studies. There are perhaps as many unnecessary tardi- nesses as absences. Some parents furnish excuses when there is no good cause, and some children are known to write them them- selves. Such pupils are the cause of much anxiety to the teacher. They are well known to communities in which they live. It is for the good of any village that its residents look personally after the interests of the children. Teachers know of many who are in need of assistance. Children are known to this Committee who have remained away from school from lack of proper clothing, or who - have attended school scantily clad. "The child is father to the man." The ignorant man cannot fill a sphere of usefulness ; he may be a factor for evil. There are in every school-district young- men who will be no honor to the town. They have neglected the school. They have ruled at home. There are boys fast verging into young manhood who show no promise of future usefulness. Is it not a common remark that such a boy will make a bad man ? Is it not the duty of the true citizen to exert an influence over such which shall lead to a higher conception of life and its duties? If such a conception be lacking in the parent, let it be implanted in the child by the kindly influences of his neighbors.
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