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Bank and corporation tax.
THOMAS CHANDLER, ) Select men JOSIAH PETERSON, of
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Duxbury.
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF DUXBURY.
MAY 1st, 1877. MAY 1st, 1878.
Real estate . $891,775 00
Real estate .
$874,075 00
Personal estate ... 158,400 00 Personal estate ... 149,575 00
Decrease in real estate from 1877
$17,700 00
Decrease in personal estate
8,425 00
Total decrease from 1877
$26,125 00
Decrease in bank and corporation tax.
$238 80
State tax for 1878 $750 00
County tax for 1878 1,649 80
Town tax for 1878 14,507 00
Unpaid school books carried to tax bills. . 146 52
Overlayings on taxes
358 32
$17,411 64
Number of polls taxed, 652.
Rate per cent., $1.52 on $100.00.
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, 364.
THOMAS CHANDLER, Assessors JOSIAH PETERSON, of
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Duxbury.
LIST OF JURORS
Presented for Acceptance or Revision by the Town, as revised by the Selectmen, March, 1879.
Proctor Chandler,
William S. Frazar,
Alexander J. McDonald,
Elbridge H. Chandler, Edward Baker,
Thomas Chandler, Lewis B. Barstow, Edgar H. Bailey,
Henry W. Barstow,
John S. Loring,
Jerome Chandler, Joshua S. Freeman,
George H. Torrey,
George H. Bailey, Calvin Chandler, Robert T. Randall,
Horatio Chandler,
William J. Alden, Jr.,
Samuel P. Soule,
George T. Chandler, Lebbeus Harris, Andrew Sampson, Augustus P. Barstow,
John K. Parker,
Samuel Atwell,
William A. Hunt,
Henry Wadsworth,
Charles A. Peterson,
Alonzo Chandler,
Henry B. Chandler.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENDITURES AT THE ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 15, 1879.
Paid-
Thomas Chandler, keeping books, stationery, and
postage, 1877 $8 49
Samuel P. Soule, services as clerk 5 00
Overseers of the poor, settling and making report, 1877 15 00
Harvey Soule, goods for almshouse
1 61
Edward Baker, removal of Mrs. Bowen to alms- house, 1877 2 25
Duxbury & Cohasset railroad, freight 3 00
G. A. Whiting, crackers 14 48
Hills & Brother, Boston, flour 42 00
Holden & Batchelder, Boston, flour
37 35
Edward Willis, Kingston, soap 3 08
George Bradford & Son, meat
34 72
William E. Weston, meat. . 28 84
Amount carried forward $195 82
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Amount brought forward. $195 82
Paid-
Henry A. Prior, shoats. 7 50
William Burgess, teaming, and fish and clams 11 02
Charles Frost, fish and clams
12 37
Gamaliel Arnold, fish tongues
3 10
Asa S. Delano, hay
4 80
Henry A. Prior, hay
15 00
George Bradford & Son, curing hams
1 74
N. Ford & Sons, goods .
224 75
James Burgess, year's salary to March 19th, 1879. .
300 00
Poole Brothers, Boston, beef
12 75
Otis Weston, mending shoes.
2 10
Levi H. Cushing, teaming and nails
1 18
Charles H. Chandler, slabs
4 00
Otis Chandler, wood
9 00
Ebenezer Chandler, wood 8 00
Levi Ford, wood
14 50
Isaac L. Sampson, wood
10 00
Granville Baker, wood .
5 00
John S. Loring, coal
47 20
Henry A. Prior, teaming
50
James F. Myrick, tinware and repairs on furnace.
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8 32
John Delano, teaming. 5 50
Issachar Josselyn, services at almshouse 75
Dr. James Wilde, medical attendance.
20 00
Duxbury & Cohasset railroad, ticket for Mrs. White, 1 00
George H. Brown, butchering three swine. 2 25
$928 08
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SUPPORT OF POOR OUT OF ALMSHOUSE.
DUXBURY SETTLEMENTS.
Paid-
Taunton Hospital, board and clothing for
Simeon Sampson, fully supported .... $119 17
Taunton Hospital, board and clothing for Martha O. Jackson, fully supported. . . 217 30
$416 47
Paid-
Aid to Thomas L. Soule. $48 00
Aid to Mrs. James Southworth . 66 25
Aid to James Randall. 42 00
Dr. F. Collamore, medical attendance upon James Randall 10 00
Dr. J. O. French, medical attendance upon James Randall 1 50
Aid to Avery Hodges, Plymouth 115 00
Aid to Mrs. Edward Southworth, Plymouth 57 50
Aid to Mrs. Horace Wadsworth, Plymouth
124 75
Aid to Dennis Curtis, Plympton. 26 00
Aid to Walter E. White, Boston 32 00
Aid to Mary Loring, Boston 4 00
Aid to John Freeman, Marshfield 21 50
Aid to Zepheniah Pierce, Wellfleet
6 00
Edward M. Magoun, So. Scituate, military settlement, 21 64
James Wilson, New Bedford, military settlement. . . 56 44
Amount carried forward $632 58
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Amount brought forward $632 58
Paid-
Patrick O'Brien, Brockton, military settlement 45 00
Thomas Ingles, Hanover' 10 00
Mrs. Betsey Peterson, cash supplies 4 00
Charles H. Chandler, wood for Mrs. Betsey Peterson, 5 50
Charles H. Chandler & Co., goods for Mrs. Betsey Peterson 3 00
Charles H. Chandler & Co., goods for Sabra Keene, 2 00
Robert T. Randall, wood for Sabra Keene. 6 00
Nathaniel Strang, wood for Sabra Keene, 1877
10 90
N. Ford & Sons, goods for Hiram Bryant. 35 00
Levi H. Cushing, wood for Hiram Bryant 1 50
N. Ford & Sons, goods for J. Batson. 2 50
Mrs. Charles P. Weston, house rent for Mrs. E. G. Hunt 37 50
Directors of Public Institutions, Boston, board of H. W. Thayer, military settlement. 2 84
Martin Freeman, coffin for child for Stephen S. Peterson 3 50
Enoch Freeman, burial of E. Clifton Peterson 5 00
Josiah Peterson, goods for Henry Paulding
11 67
Samuel E. Ripley, wood for Henry Paulding 8 00
John S. Loring, wood for Henry Paulding. 2 25
Dr. A. Gaston Roeth, medical attendance at Henry Pauldings. 20 00
Edward Baker, goods for Mrs. William Bowen. 28 00
Thomas Chandler, overseer's services 5 50
Samuel P. Soule, overseer's services 5 25
$887 49
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SETTLEMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.
Paid-
Levi H. Cushing, goods for C. D. Mann, South Scituate $4 00
Charles H. Chandler & Co., goods for C. D. Mann, South Scituate 110 00
Charles H. Chandler & Co., goods for Nancy Wade, Easton 3 00
Charles H. Chandler & Co., goods for George W. Gerrish, Pembroke. 9 00
N. Ford & Sons, goods for Ebenezer B. Howland, South Scituate 32 00
Levi H. Cushing, goods for F. A. Pratt, Wareham. .
49 00
Enoch Freeman, burial charges and expenses on crew of schooner Little Kate, paid by Com- monwealth. 25 00
George Hall, Plymouth, services on bodies of crew of schooner Little Kate, paid by Commonwealth, 11 00
Josiah Peterson, services on bodies of crew of schooner Little Kate, paid by Commonwealth .. 8 00
$251 00
Amount reimbursed by state and other towns. . . $251 00
Aid granted to those having settlements in Duxbury, 887 49
Paid for support of two at Taunton Hospital 416 47
Whole amount paid for aid out of almshouse .. $1,554 96
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Those receiving regular outside aid at present, having Duxbury settlements, are : Thomas L. Soule, four dollars per month; Mrs. James Southworth, one dollar and twenty- five cents per week ; Mrs. E. G. Hunt, fifty dollars per year ; Mrs. Edward Southworth, Plymouth, one dollar per week ; Mrs. Horace Wadsworth, Plymouth, two dollars per week; and Avery Hodges, Plymouth, two dollars per week.
RECAPITULATION.
Expenses in almshouse $928 08
Expenses out of almshouse 1,554 96
Balance 723 93
$3,206 97
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR FROM
MARCH 15th, 1878, TO MARCH 15th, 1879.
Balance from 1877 $381 33
Appropriation, 1878 2,500 00
Received from town of Wareham, aid to Fredric A. Pratt and family to Jan- uary 1st, 1879 36 50
Received from town of South Scituate, aid to C. D. Mann and family and
E. B. Howland to January 1st, 1879, 207 50 Received from town of Easton, aid to Nancy Wade .... 10 00
James Burgess, farm sales 27 64
Received from Commonwealth for ser- vices on bodies of crew of schooner Little Kate 44 00
$3,206 97
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Number of inmates now in almshouse. 10
Largest number at one time . 10
Smallest number at one time 8
Average number.
Admitted during the year 3
Discharged during the year 2
Re-admitted 1
Tramps lodged and fed during the year 264
Estimated cost to the town for tramps $55.00
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE, AND AGE.
Age.
Age.
Joseph Phillips 81
Welthea W. Sampson. 77
Bradford Holmes 74 Alice Bonney 76
George Stetson 57 Mary Southworth 64
Jas. Wadsworth, Plymouth, 87 Betsey Churchill 54
Harriet Winslow 89 Lucy G. Chandler 29
The average cost per week of support in the almshouse for the last year has been, $1.86} for each person.
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ARTICLES REMAINING IN THE HOUSE AND ON THE FARM, MARCH 15, 1879.
130 lbs. bacon,
1 cow,
500 lbs. pork,
13 fowls,
75 lbs. dried apples,
800 lbs. English hay,
45 lbs. sugar,
1 ton coal,
60 lbs. lard,
1} cords oak wood,
16 lbs. butter,
5 feet maple wood,
¿ bbl. flour,
6 feet pine wood,
1 bbl. crackers,
2 bush. grain,
2 lbs. tobacco,
1 bush. salt,
2 bush. beans,
12 gall. vinegar,
12 gall. molasses,
17 empty flour barrels,
1 1b. tea,
17 empty beef barrels,
20 lbs. soap,
2
molasses barrels,
Amount, $189.18.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS CHANDLER, Selectmen JOSIAH PETERSON,
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Duxbury.
We, the undersigned auditing committee of the town, have examined the foregoing accounts and find them correct.
JOHN S. LORING, H. E. SMITH, Auditors.
DUXBURY, March 15th, 1879.
TOWN MEETING.
Copy of articles in warrant for annual town meeting, to be held at town hall, Duxbury, Monday, April 7th, 1879, at ten o'clock, A. M.
1. To choose a moderator.
2. To choose all necessary town officers.
3. To hear the reports of the several town officers, and act thereon.
4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
5. To see if the town will revise or accept the list of jurors, as presented by the selectmen.
6. Will the town authorize their treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?
7. To see if the town will raise thirty dollars to be expended under the direction of Post 111, G. A. R., on decoration day.
8. To see if the town will take any action in regard to altering the highway districts.
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9. To see if the town will give a bounty on crows. (By request of William Frazar.)
10. Will the town cause a copy of warrant for town meetings to be posted in Island Creek depot ? (By request of Josephus Dawes.)
11. To hear the report of the fish committee, and take any action on the subject they think proper.
12. To see what action the town will take to pay their rail- road notes at maturity.
13. To see what action the town will take in relation to the deeds held by the treasurer for taxes.
14. Will the town authorize the overseers of the poor to pay for coffins where the expense cannot otherwise be collected ?' (By request.)
15. Will the town have the records transcribed that were omitted in 1850 ?
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1878
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
1878.
Edmund and Ella M.,
Harris. Mannus.
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6,
Fred H. Leach,
Walter L. and Betsey H.,
24,
Hattie A. Josselyn,
William H. and Emma W.,
27,
Mary L. Burgess,
Alden W. and Corrinna A.,
Peterson.
Feb.
6,
Maude W. Chandler,
A. J. and Georgianna,
Winslow.
March
1,
Clark D. Bedwin,
J. Bernard and Mary L.,
Bradley.
2,
William and Sarah,
Kelley.
8,
Cushman.
April
3,
Fitzgerald.
18,
Millie D. Peterson,
25,
Freddie W. Peterson, Ella B. Sampson, Ernest Bates,
Robert T. and Emily E.,
Estes.
June
3,
3, Herbert A. Glass,
Daniel F. and Corrinna F.,
Hunt.
4, Dora M. Lowe,
George S. and Mary W.,
Chandler.
4, Frank L. Sennott,
Frank M. and Rebecca,
Chandler.
Jan. 3,
Joseph T. Winslow,
Rodney and Mary,
Stetson. Frost.
Allien E. Chandler, Eva Holden, Catherine E. Ryder,
G. Frank and Sarah B., Ellis and Julia, Stephen S. and Lizzie,
Ray. Soule.
Edward and Mary E.,
July 15, 27,
Will K. S. Thomas, Helen L. Delano, Eva M. Darling,
Aug. 30, 30, Annie A. Bates,
Sept. 2,
Camilla Sampson,
12, Harrie Shurtleff,-
Oct. 18, Clark K. Peterson,
30, William E. Simmons,
Nov. 1, 1,
Alice D. White, - Weston,
Daniel W. and Mary, William H. and Annie V.,
7, 8, 9,
Mercy A. Parker,
Webb C. Maglathlin,
Grace M. Hastings,
Dec.
Lizzie E. Simonds, .
Sylvia J. Alden,
George A. and Lizzie,
Glass.
Allison.
20,
George E. Delano,
Charles H. and J. Leona,
Hiram T. and Helen F., Charles and Jennie R., Alpheus A. and Helen M., Horace E. and Mary, Willis T. and Abbie, Henry and Maria T., Gustavus D. and Sarah,
Winsor. Peterson. Sampson. Simmons. Cushman. Perkins. Peterson. Southworth. Phillips.
Kirly. Tripp. Alden. Webb.
Boyd. Wade. 41
Burgess. Nickerson.
8, 18,
Clifford B. Green,
Annie H. Bradford,
Chester H. and Sarah,
Elnathan and Hannah,
Edward B. and Clara, William and Annie A., George and Ellen M., John W. and Sylvia J.,
11, 1, 7,
Harrie E. Winsor,
Austin S. and Ellen L.,
John K. and Mercy,
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1878.
Date. Name of Groom and Bride, and Residence. By whom married.
Jan. 1. Charles S. Pierce, of Duxbury, to Caroline C. Drew, of South Boston. By John Wright.
Jan. 12. Samuel T. Kennard, of Boston, to Julia S. Paulding, of Duxbury. By Rev. Wm. B. Wright.
Feb. 14. Bartholmew Otheman to Abbie J. Hoxie, both of Duxbury. By Rev. S. W. Coggeshall.
Mar. 2. William W. Simmons to Susan J. Bosworth, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Bartholmew Otheman.
April 20. John Holt, of Duxbury, to Jane W. Glass, of Pem- broke. By Rev. Ebenezer Alden, Jr.
April 24. Henry R. Peterson, of Kingston, to Effie M. Chandler, of Duxbury. By Rev. James H. Collins.
May 25. Henry E. Adams, of Weymouth, to Mary E. Manning, of Marshfield. By Rev. Wm. W. Lyle.
June 11. Wallace C. Ramsden to Lucy D. Wade, both of East Bridgewater. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
July 31. Daniel L. Winsor, of Duxbury, to Sarah E. Bryant, of Petersham. By Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.
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Date. Name of Groom and Bride, and Residence. By whom married. Aug. 14. Lysander C. Walker to Mary J. Peterson, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Cyrus W. Alden.
Aug. 24. Moses S. Orcutt, of Weymouth, to Sophia M. Brad- ford, of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Nov. 28. James E. Winsor, of Duxbury, to Annie C. Ray, of Boston. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Dec. 10. Alfred Drew to Josephine Thomas, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. P. Tilden.
Dec. 22. Frederick E. Cushman to Lillian M. Delano, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Dec. 25. Frank H. Cushman, of Halifax, to Cordelia W. Cushing, of Duxbury. By Rev. H. B. Marshall.
Dec. 25. James S. Walley, of Boston, to Amelia B. Weston, of Duxbury. By Rev. O. T. Walker.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1878.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
Y.
M.
D.
Jan.
20,
Alden,
27
Bowel complaint.
Charles H. and Emma L. Charles and Helen M.
26,
Lydia S. Hunt,
70
9
29
Paralysis,,
Andrew and Lydia.
28,
Hattie Josselyn,
2
Exhaustion,
Walter L. and Betsev H.
29.
Burgess,
2
Hemorrhage,
William H. and Emma.
44
Feb.
2,
Caroline Cushing,
72
7
9
Pneumonia,
Zadoc and Lucy. Samuel and Huldah.
8,
Samuel Stickney,
49
11
20
Phthisis,
Josiah and Azubah.
10,
Sallie Peke,
83
4
13
17,
Clark D. Winslow,
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Apoplexy,
George and Hannah.
19.
- Swift,
Still born,
Henry B. and Josie. Grant and Mary.
21,
Clara A. Wadsworth,
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2
13
Marusmus,
March
3,
Agnes Cooper,
79
1
6
Old age,
John and Agnes.
5,
Mercy Swift,
89
1
28
Old age.
Joseph and Rebecca.
6,
Nathaniel K. Hunt,
62
6
8
Consumption,
7,
George P. Richardson, Edwin Pruden,
66
7
12
April
1,
Maria H. Wadsworth,
69
1
20
Anaemia,
Daniel and Rebecca.
2, Hannah Winsor,
94
1
Pneumonia,
John and Irene.
9,
George Winslow,
77
5
Pneumonia,
Edward and Rebecca.
DISEASE.
PARENTS' NAMES.
23,
Hodgen,
Still born,
Samuel and Sally.
Dropsy and heart disease, Consumption,
George and Charity. Israel R. and Caroline.
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Paralysis,
April May
17, 14, 21,
Sarah A. Wadsworth,
14 73
4
1 26 Bright's disease of kidneys Phthisis,
22, 30, 22,
Lucy L. Randall, Richmond Weston, Briggs Thomas, Winthrop A. Freeman,
22
1
80
3
16 Bright's disease of kidneys Bowel complaint, 9
26,
Sprague Freeman,
65
8
24
Paralysis,
July
29, 1, 30,
Martha C. Alden,
74
4
Still born,
Aug.
10,
John Southworth,
96
10
7
Old age,
Sept.
21,
Judah M. Sampson,
62
7
18
Liver complaint & dropsy
28, 1, 6,
David Cushman,
71
12
Rheumatism of heart,
David and Betsey.
45
10,
Mary A. Chandler,
48
Typhoid fever,
28,
Maria L. Soule,
51
4
6
Cancer,
Winslow and Abigail.
30,
Nathaniel Thomas,
84
1
10
Marasmus,
Henry H. and Annie.
Nov.
1, 3, 7,
Polly Sampson,
79
Fracture of thigh,
Edgar F. and Rose.
12
Ellen F. Holmes,
8
9
10
Diphtheria,
17,
William Joyce,
86
3
Dec.
3, 3,
Abbie T. Prior,
43
2
Zela and Eliza.
15,
Annie N. Belknap, Grace Weston,
9
10
Scarlet fever,
19,
Henry W. Swift,
36
11
10
Rupture, Paralysis,
Josiah M. and Lois H. Ezra and Jane.
29,
Deborah Crocker,
69
Samuel and Lucy. Edward P. and Sarah J. Joseph and Lucy. Augustus and Almira N. Winslow and Abigail. Winfield S. and Sarah S. Joseph and Alethea. Eden and Ruby. Bradford and Rebecca. Gilbert M. and Amelia.
Edward and Mercy. Miles and Lydia. Reuben and Lucia.
William and Mary.
Oct.
Sarah Simmons,
87
9
Pneumonia,
Howard and Polly.
Stephen and Lydia.
1
Disease of heart,
Nathaniel and Hannah.
Edgar F. Delano,
5
Meningitis,
Gershom and Julia.
Asa and Lucy A. Isaac and Olive.
16
4
9
Paralysis, Softening of brain, Enteritis,
William E. and Jerusha.
Ann Grey,
64
5
9 7 Bronchitis, Diphtheria,
8
June
Eden Wadsworth,
85
1
14
Paralysis,
Ulceration of bowels,
Celia Delano,
77
7
Paralysis,
Ryder,
- Weston, .
11
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SUMMARY.
Number of births recorded in 1878, 35; males, 16; females, 19.
Number of marriage certificates issued, 14; number returned for record, 16.
Number of deaths recorded, 47; residents of Duxbury, 32.
Que hundred and eighteen dogs have been licensed the past year. Paid into the county treasury, $224.40.
J. PETERSON, Town Clerk of Duxbury. DUXBURY, March 15th, 1879.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF DUXBURY
FOR THE
· SCHOOL YEAR 1878-9.
REPORT.
To the Citizens of the Town of Duxbury :
The school committee for the school year of 1878-9 would respectfully present to you their annual report.
During the past year, the general condition of the schools of the town has been satisfactory. They have not all come up to that standard of excellence which those most deeply interested would desire to see ; and there have been one or two instances in which the standard of the previous year has not been maintained ; but, even with these exceptions, the schools have been generally in a prosperous condition. The teachers engaged during the year have all been residents of the town, many of them graduates of the Partridge academy, and a large proportion of them have taught a number of years in the same schools. The committee desire to speak in terms of warm commendation con- cerning the interest of the teachers generally in their work, and their earnest efforts to make their schools successful. It is gratifying to be able to add, that
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general harmony and mutual good will have existed between the several teachers and their pupils. A grow- ing interest has also been manifested, for several years, by parents and guardians in their respective schools, and this has contributed very largely to their success.
In anticipation of a cutting down of the school appropriation for 1878-9, the committee, in engaging teachers for the year just closed, reduced the salaries ten per cent. As the appropriation for schools was reduced to two thousand five hundred dollars, and as the annual sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, paid by the town to the Partridge academy for the tuition of High school scholars had to be paid out of the appropriation, leaving two thousand three hundred and fifty dollars for common school purposes, the com- mittee were compelled either to further reduce the teachers' salaries eight per cent., defer paying the usual one hundred and fifty dollars to the academy, or to limit the fall and winter terms to ten weeks each. The latter plan was adopted.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
For several years the town has been erecting new and commodious school houses. Old ones have been repaired, all are in good order, and, with the exception of the out-houses in No. 5, which require repairs, no extra expense for repairs will be required for years to come. The same remark is true in regard to maps and globes.
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THE SCHOOLS IN DETAIL.
DISTRICT No. 1. The Intermediate school was under the charge of Miss Emily W. Sears during the entire year. Good discipline and attention to studies are prominent features in the every-day work of the school- room, as well as that mutual respect and confidence which should exist between teacher and pupil. Miss Sears continues to occupy a high position as one of our most popular and successful teachers. Quite a number of scholars from this school entered the academy during the past year.
The Primary school was under the care of Miss Lizzie B. Baker during the year, who succeeded admi- rably in keeping up the interest of the little ones in their studies, as well as securing the approbation of the parents and the school committee.
Whole number of scholars - Primary school : twenty- six ; average attendance, twenty - one. Intermediate school : whole number, twenty-eight; average attend- ance, twenty-six. Number of scholars under five years of age, one ; number over fifteen years of age, six.
Whole number in Primary and Intermediate schools, fifty-four ; average attendance, forty-seven.
DISTRICT No. 2. No school in town has been in a better condition, for the past few years, than this one, and no one has given better evidence of thorough work on the part of teacher and scholars. It should be added,
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however, that much of the prosperity is due to the kindly interest in the school manifested by the parents and friends of the pupils. It is due to the scholars, also, to say that not only is the reputation of the school good, but the scholars are worthy of all commendation for keeping the school property in good order, and making their school-room attractive by decorations of their own workmanship. Mrs. Standish, who is one of our oldest and most experienced teachers, had charge of the school during the year ; and, as usual, she secured the confi- dence and respect of the scholars, as well as the approbation of all concerned.
Whole number of scholars, forty-five ; average attendance, forty-one ; number of scholars under five years of age, one ; number over fifteen years of age, five.
DISTRICT No. 3. This school was in charge of Miss Marion J. Perry during the first and second terms. Miss Perry's ill health during part of the second term rather interfered with her work in the school-room, and the committee thought it advisable, under the circum- stances, to have a change on the opening of the third term. Miss Perry is one of our most promising young teachers, and has always had the respect and esteem of her scholars, as well as the approbation of the committee. During the third term the school was in charge of Miss Lizzie A. Randall, who had formerly taught in Districts No. 1 and 9.
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Whole number of scholars, thirty ; average attend- ance, twenty-five.
DISTRICT No. 4. This school was in charge of Mrs. Ida M. Chandler during the entire year. As usual, Mrs. Chandler succeeded in keeping up the interest of the pupils in their work, retaining the respect and esteem of the parents and guardians, and the approbation of the committee. It will be noticed that the number attend- ing this school has been very much reduced within the last three or four years, only about one-half as many scholars being enrolled now as were four years ago. The school population of this district is less than for- merly, but the fact should also be stated that this district is well represented in the Partridge academy.
Whole number of scholars, twenty ; average attend- ance, seventeen ; under five years of age, one.
DISTRICT NO. 5. This school was in charge of Miss Mary E. Chandler during the year, and 'maintained its good name for industry, discipline and general progress in study. This school has made decided improvement while under the charge of Miss Chandler, who is one of our most popular and successful teachers.
Whole number of scholars, nineteen ; average attend- ance, sixteen.
DISTRICT NO. 6. This school was in charge of Miss Mary D. Boylston, who has for several successive years continued in connection with it with great satisfaction, both to the district and the committee. It is gratifying
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to the committee to place on record the fact that the young men who attend this school are worthy of all com- mendation for their gentlemanly conduct in the school- room, their attention to their studies, and their efforts to keep up the good reputation of the school.
Whole number of scholars, thirty-two ; average attendance, twenty-eight ; number under five years of age, one ; over fifteen years of age, nine.
DISTRICT NO. 7. This school continued in charge of Miss Sarah C. Goodspeed during the year. The persis- tent absenteeism which has become chronic in this dis- trict, continues to impair most seriously the efficiency of the school as a whole, and to work injury to individual pupils. Whatever reasons may, for the present, appear satisfactory to parents and guardians for permitting or requiring their children to be absent from school for days and weeks at a time, assuredly, the period is coming when these same parents and guardians will see that they have deeply wronged and injured these children and youth in the matter of education. The school com- mittee wish to speak out kindly, but emphatically, on this subject, and appeal to parents in behalf of their own children, that they wrong them not in their rights to be educated. The painful fact must be made known that the aggregate loss of schooling during one term of this school amounted to two hundred and ninety-one days ! As an explanation of this, and also as a defence, it may be urged, that frequently the labor of older scholars is
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required at home during the spring and fall terms, and especially during the time of cranberry gathering. These facts should doubtless be taken into consideration, and the further fact should not be forgotten that doubt- less the circumstances of some pupils are such that it is either a few days or weeks at school now and again, or none at all ; yet, after all due allowance is made for exceptional cases, your committee would submit to parents and guardians the question whether all is done that might be done, or should be done in securing a regular and prompt attendance at school ?
Notwithstanding the circumstances just stated, it is due to the teacher, and also to the scholars, to state that, all things considered, the closing examination was creditable to all concerned. Miss Goodspeed is beloved and respected in the district, and is a painstaking, hard working teacher.
Whole number of scholars, thirty-two ; average attendance, twenty-six ; number under five years of age, one ; number over fifteen, two.
DISTRICT NO. 8. This school was in charge of Mrs. Mary R. Crocker during the year, and continued to evince the general prosperity which has been so fre- quently referred to in former reports. The building of a new school house in a more central part of the district has been a great advantage to the scholars, both in the matter of location and in the accommodations of the school-room. It is due on the part of the school com-
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mittee to say, in this report, that the new school house reflects credit on the building committee - the select- men -appointed by the town, as well as those engaged in its erection. It is one of the five or six school houses of which the town may well be proud, and which attest the liberality of the citizens, and their interest in educa- tional matters.
Whole number in attendance, forty-seven ; average attendance, forty ; number of scholars under five years of age, four.
DISTRICT NO. 9. This school was in charge of Miss Lizzie A. Randall during the first and second terms, and of Miss Emma M. Keene during the third term. This is the smallest school in town, but is behind none in good order and proficiency. Both teachers closed their respective terms with credit to' themselves and to the satisfaction of all concerned.
Whole number of scholars, nine ; average attend- ance, seven.
THE PARTRIDGE ACADEMY.
At the request of the school committee, Mr. E. B. Maglathlin, principal of the Partridge academy, has furnished the following for incorporation in this report :
Average Number of Pupils.
Boys 23 Girls 27
Total. .
.50
Average Age of Pupils.
Boys. . 15¿ years. Girls. 1512 years.
Total 15.58 years.
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Average Attendance.
Boys. 95.94 per cent. Girls 95.31 per cent.
Total. 95.625 per cent.
Average Scholarship.
Boys .. . . 88.5 .per cent. Girls. 94 5 per cent.
Total . 91.5 per cent.
Average Deportment.
Boys. 94.5 per cent. Girls 97.5 per cent.
Total
96 per cent.
General Summary of Pupils for Academic Year 1878-79.
GRADUATES.
Boys
4
Girls
2
6
Students in Regular Course.
SENIOR CLASS.
Boys
7
Girls
8
- 15.
MIDDLE CLASS.
Boys
5
Girls
6
- 11-
JUNIOR CLASS.
Boys 8
Girls 12
- 20
Total
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The following named pupils have not been absent a single half day during the year :
Annie Alden, Herbert C. Freeman,
Martha H. Randall, Lane Lyle,
John W. Cushing.
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According to the foregoing abstract, it will be seen that, notwithstanding the severe winter and the unusual amount of sickness that has prevailed, the average attendance is only four tenths of one per cent. lower than for the previous year. The increase of nearly two per cent. in the general average is the direct result of the action taken by the board of trustees, at the last annual examination, which was to raise the standard of admission to the junior class. It may be well to state that, inasmuch as the board of trustees have recently suspended the rule whereby the number of pupils is limited to fifty, there is no longer any incompatibility between the status of the academy and that of a free High school for the town.
E. B. MAGLATHLIN, Principal.
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To the foregoing it may be added that the Partridge academy is evidently in a prosperous condition. Mr. Maglathlin is a hard-working, enthusiastic educator, and he has infused his own energy into all departments of the school. Miss Stetson, the assistant, is an accom- plished teacher, whose influence and work in behalf of the school are of the highest order. It gives the committee pleasure to state, also, that the board of trustees have shown commendable liberality in furnish- ing what is necessary to make the school a decided success.
It will not be deemed out of place in this report to refer to the reunion of graduates and friends of the academy, held a few weeks ago, on occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its incorporation. It was
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an occasion in which every thoughtful person present was reminded that whatever changes had come over Duxbury during the past half century, the thoughtful liberality of one of its honored citizens had placed in our town, an enduring memorial that was an honor to the dead and a blessing to the living.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS.
Number of persons in town on May 1st, 1878, between the ages of five and fifteen, three hundred and sixty-four.
Whole number of scholars enrolled in the different schools during the year, three hundred and forty-one.
Average attendance during the year, two hundred and ninety-three.
Number attending school under five years of age, nine ; number over fifteen years of age, fifty-eight.
The amount appropriated by the town for school purposes, in 1877-8, was equivalent to eight dollars and fifty-three cents for each scholar attending school. The appropriations for 1878-9 was equivalent to seven dollars and thirty-three cents for each scholar.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
W. W. LYLE, School
HENRY BARSTOW, Committee of
MRS. MARY R. CROCKER, Duxbury.
DUXBURY, March 19th, 1879.
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BOOK AGENT'S REPORT.
J. PETERSON, Book Agent, in account with the
TOWN OF DUXBURY, for the year ending March, 1879. DR.
Books, &c., received from Miss Emma S.
Stetson, April, 1878. $271 38
Cash paid by the town for books, &c., 1878. .
256 31
Nichols & Hall, error in bill, 1877, 3 00
book agent's salary
40 00
Profit to the town 16 41
- $587 10
CR.
. By books on hand, March, 1879 . .
$262 30
books in hands of teachers 7 05
desk supplies 40 28
cash paid treasurer 108 89
unpaid bills to assessors
168 58
$587 10
The undersigned, auditors of the town of Duxbury, have examined the book agent's accounts, and find the entries correct and properly vouched for.
H. E. SMITH, Auditing JOHN S. LORING, S Committee.
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MAY
1979
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