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Eden W. Soule, carting stone, Blue River Bridge .. . 66 35
Andrew Northey, labor, Blue River Bridge 10 85
Andrew Northey, labor, Herring Weir Bridge
5 00
$186 58
Total
$3,351 82
Appropriation
3,000 00
Overdrawn
$351 82
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PAYMENTS MADE FOR REMOVING SNOW.
District No. 1
$16 30° 2. 13 65 6. 5 15
7 7 80
8 10 35
9 11 63
11
1 40
$66 28
REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
J. S. Freeman, building fence, No. 1. $64 05
J. B. Chandler, painting school-house, No. 1. 4 75
J. Delano, grading . 1 50
J. S. Freeman, grading 1 87
C. A. Peterson, repairing pump
3 20
J. S. Freeman, work .
90
J. F. Myrick, pump in District No. 2
2 62
A. Sampson, setting glass, District No. 2 2 75
L. H. Cushing, grading lot, District No. 2. 1 00
A. Sampson, paint, District No. 3 46 85
A. F. Loring, grading lot, District No. 3 63 20
H. Barstow, repairs, District No. 3 3 07
Jerome Chandler, repairs, District No. 3 5 76
Peleg Gullifer, repairs, District No. 4 1 50
H. W. Barstow, repairs, District No. 5 3 25
Otis Delano, repairs, District No. 7 1 00
J. H. Haverstock, painting, No. 7
35 25
J. S. Loring, lumber, No. 7. 36
M. J. Perry, register and keys, 1880, No. 7 1 90
Frank Pride, repairs, No. 8 6 50
H. W. Hathaway, glass, No. 8 50
H. W. Barstow, repairs, District No. 9 3
17 13
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J. B. Chandler, slating black boards, Districts 3 & 7 $4 50 J. A. Simmons, slating black boards, Districts 3 & 4, repairs . 9 25
W. S. Freeman & Co., sundries at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 8, 17 15
Burges & Keith, settees, No. 1 and 3 9 00
C. A. Peterson, repairs, Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8. 14.21
$323 02
Appropriation
$150 00
Overdrawn $173 02
GUIDE BOARDS.
Guide boards in fair condition. In some cases will need attention the coming year.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Paid Post 165, G. A. R
$50 00
Appropriation $50 00
STATE AID.
Chapter 30, Public Statutes.
Orders drawn from March 15, 1885 to March 15, 1886.
Henry Alden,
$44 00 Rodney M. Leach, $72 00
Betsey A. Crocker,
48 00
Mary Leach, 48 00
Sarah A. Church,
48 00
Thomas T. McNaught, 48 00
Henry Burns,
60 00 Juliet McNaught, 48 00
Marcia Brewster, 48 00
George F. Ryder, 72 00
Mary S. Bryant, 48 00 Sarah B. Ryder, 48 00
Samuel S. Beaman, 26 00 Mary D. Sampson, 48 00
James K. Burgess,
12 00 Mary J. Simmons, 48 00
Malvina A. Fish,
48 00
Joseph A. Soule, 51 00
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Thomas M. Gridley, $72 00 Oscar M. Soule, $55 00
Henrietta Gridley,
48 00 Isaac L. Sampson, 8 00
Spencer W. Gleason, 36 00 Hamilton Wadsworth, 70 00
Emma M. Hunt,
48 00 Almira B. Weston, 48 00
Issachar Josselyn,
50 00 Jabez P. Weston,
36 00
Eugene Glass,
9 00
Jane S. Weston.
48 00
Jonathan Glass,
8 00
$1,497 00
Due from the State, payments from January, 1885, to
$1,637 00
MILITARY AID.
Public Statutes, Chapter 30.
Henry Alden, $6 00 John E. Josselyn, $66 00
Melzar Brewster,
96 00 Marcellus Soule, 96 00
Otis Delano,
72 00 Horace W. Thayer, 202 50
Lebbeus Harris,
72 00 Edward Sampson, 12 00
Wadsworth Hunt, 72 00 Henry Burns, 32 00
$726 50
One half to be paid by the Town, $363 25.
Town appropriation $400 00
Due from the State, payments from January, 1885, to March, 1886
$430 25
ENFORCEMENT OF LIQUOR LAW.
Paid-
James B. Collingwood $50 00
Daniel E. Damon, legal advice
1 00
Thomas Chandler, service to Plymouth
5 00
J. W. Swift, service to Plymouth
2 50
$58 50
Appropriation
200 00
Unexpended $141 50
March, 1886
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. J. W. SWIFT, TREAS., in account with TOWN OF DUXBURY. CR. 1885.
Mar. 16. Cash at settlement $2,768 25
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66 Uncollected taxes for 1884 3,072 50
66 66 " 1883 1,088 42
66
66 66
to 206 03
66 66 Deeds held for taxes 35 85
66 Accrued tax 80
Received of-
Mar. 16. W. W. Simmons, farm sales 4 18
April 7. J. S. Loring, auction license 2 00
7. J. B. Hollis, Jr., liquor license
200 00
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9. Josiah Peterson, Book Agent 8 21
66 16. J. B. Hollis, liquor license 50 00
16. J. B. Hollis, billiard license 4 00
June 13. Harrison Chandlar, pedlar's license 8 00
June 13. H. A. Worthley, billiard license
2 00
July 2. Wm. W. Simmons, farm sales
14 25
" 2. Warren P. Adams, cash refunded on book account 57 09
Aug. 1. Wm. W. Simmons, farm sales 7 00
" 15. J. S. Loring, old settees, Town Hall 15 00
Oct. 7. W. W. Simmons, farm sales . 11 00
20. Hiram Foster, auction license 2 00
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Nov. 16. Wm. W. Simmons, farm sales $10 50
20. 23 00
Dec. 5. Corporation tax 2,698 26
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National Bank tax 1,400 66
" State aid, Chapter 301, Acts 1879 1,306 00
66 Military aid, Chapter 252, Acts 1879 398 50
Tax on foreign ships 12 96
Wm. W. Simmons, farm sales. 4 50
1886.
Jan. 7. Augustus P. Barstow, pedlar's license. . 8 00
" 7. Cassius Hunt, board of W. Hunt 30 00
26. Income, Massachusetts School Fund 167 09
29. Dog fund dividend 287 17
Feb. 15. Overseers of Poor, effects of Geo. Stetson 3 43
Mar.
1. Lyman Drew, support of Mary Wadsworth 5 00
8. Wm. W. Simmons, farm sales
4 57
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11. Balance of corporation tax 179 60
Balance of bank tax. 13 81
Josiah Peterson, Book Agent 13 69
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Temporary loan and interest 6,122 50
Tax bills for 1885 17,416 67
Interest on taxes 179 22
Omitted taxes 6 00
$37,847 71
CR. J. W. SWIFT, TREAS., in account with TOWN OF DUXBURY. DR. Paid-
Selectmen's orders, highways. $3,377 82
incidentals 4,503 59
schools . 3,320 91
repairs of school-houses 323 72
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snow 67 08
Overseers
2,784 62
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Selectmen's orders, State aid $1,407 00 .
Military aid 726 50
State Treasurer, liquor licenses
62 50
Enforcement liquor law
58 50
Memorial day
50 00
Temporary loan and interest 6,212 86
Railroad note and interest
5,022 50
State tax
1,110 00
County tax
1,376 74
Deeds of property held for taxes
'932 87
Accrued taxes
310 16
Discount on taxes
262 16
Uncollected taxes to 1884
163 42
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66
for 1884
750 71
66
66
66 1885
2,718 02
Cash
2,305 93
$37,847 71
We have examined the accounts of the Treasurer and find them correct and properly vouched for.
D. D. DEVEREUX, ) Auditing HENRY BARSTOW, § Committee.
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RAILROAD NOTES AND INTEREST.
Paid-
April 21. Worcester North Savings Institution, note $2,000 00
" 21.
Worcester North Savings Institution, interest 285 00
21. Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, inter- est : 237 50
21. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co, coupons 1,012 50
Oct. 21. Worcester North Savings Institution,
interest 237 50
21. Arlington Five. Cents Savings Bank, inter- est 237 50
30. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co, coupons 1,012 50
$5,022 50
STATEMENT OF THE RAILROAD LOAN, MARCH 15, 1886.
Worcester North Savings Institution, notes given April 21, 1880, for ten years, at 42 per cent, $2,000 to be paid yearly by Town . Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, note given April
$10,000 00
21, 1880, for ten years, at 42 per cent 10,000 00 November 1, 1880, forty-five bonds of $1,000 each for ten years, at 42 per cent 45,000 00
$65,000 00
Amount deposited for payment of notes
4,142 12
60,857 88
Which amount will be decreased by payment of note
due April 21, 1886 2,000 00
Railroad indebtedness .. .
$58,857 88
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LIABILITIES OF THE TOWN.
Worcester North Savings Institution, note and inter-
est
$2,237 50
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, interest 237 50
Interest on bonds, due May 1 1,012 50
Outstanding bills, estimated
300 00
$3,787 50
RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of Treasurer
$2,305 93
Uncollected taxes to 1884.
163 42
for 1884.
750 71
for 1885
2,718 02
Deeds of property held for taxes
932 87
Accrued tax
310 16
Due from State for State aid
1,637 00
Due from State for military aid 430 25
Due for aid Maggie Brooks
14 50
$9,262 86
Liabilities
3,787 50
$5,475 36
We have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct and properly vouched for.
D. D. DEVEREUX, 1 Auditing HENRY BARSTOW, S Committee.
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ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
District.
Polls.
Real Estate.
Personal Estate. $19,540
Tax. $1,761 29
1
66
$90,478
2
79
103,935
17,191
1,949 16
3
60
101,634
11,156
1,789 36
4
39
58,962
7,291
1,075 95
5
31
44,350
8,994
851 56
6
22
24,059
2,529
436 91
7
61
66,721
10,805
1,269 77
8
48
122,933
61,342
2,823 29
9
24
33,247
2,515
576 05
10
30
36,239
6,113
686 83
11
54
80,439
21,341
1,614 34
12
23
37,599
8,222
724 11
537
Non-residents, 121,508
4,169
1,860 05
$922,104
$181,208
$17,418 67
922,104
Total valuation in May, 1885 .... $1,103,312
Valuation in 1884
1,089,489
Increase from 1884.
$13,823
Rate of taxation on State tax, $0.52,1_ on $1,000. 66
" County tax, 0.763 " 66
66 66
" Town tax, 13.5115 "
Total rate. $14.80 66
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State tax
$1,110.00
County tax. 1,376.74
Number of school children from five to fifteen years of age, 296. THOMAS CHANDLER, ) Assessors SAMUEL P. SOULE, of JOSHUA W. SWIFT, Duxbury.
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· APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDED FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of schools $3,000 00
Support of poor 3,000 00
Repairs of highways by taxation. $2,000 00
Repairs of highways from incidentals. 1,000 00
3,000 00
Removing snow.
100 00
Repairs of school-houses
250 00
Aid to indigent soldiers
400 00
Memorial Day
50 00
Railroad loan
2,000 00
Interest
2,880 00
$14,680 00
For incidental expenses, Bank and corporation tax. We also recommend that $1,000 be taken from incidentals, and deposited in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, for payment of railroad note of $10,000, due April 21st, 1890. THOMAS CHANDLER, ) Selectmen SAMUEL P. SOULE, J. W. SWIFT, Duxbury.
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LIST OF JURORS
As revised by the Selectmen, March 10, 1886 :
Jerome Chandler,
· Eugene T. Soule,
John K. Parker,
Harrison G. Weston,
Nathan C. Keene,
Robert T. Randall,
Lewis M. Bailey,
George Weston,
Levi P. Simmons,
Edmund G. Winslow,
Joshua S. Freeman,
James A. Simmons,
Henry H. Lewis,
Rufus Holiday,
Samuel Atwell,
Lewis B. Barstow,
Herbert A. Peterson,
Henry B. Chandler,
Levi H. Cushing,
Bailey Chandler,
Thomas Alden,
Jonathan F. Turner,
Edwin H. Wright,
Hamilton Wadsworth,
Henry Chandler,
William S. Frazar,
George H. Bailey.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENSES IN ALMSHOUSE FOR THE YEAR END- ING MARCH 15, 1886.
Paid-
Overseers of Poor, services settling and making ·
report of 1885 $15 00
Thomas Chandler, keeping books and postage. 7 36
Samuel P. Soule, services as Clerk 5 00
W. S. Freeman & Co., flour, grain, groceries, etc
377 09
George Bradford, meat 10 33
Chester H. Bradford, meat.
94 15
J. S. Loring, coal
79 00
Charles H. Chandler, wood
31 00
W. W. Simmons, Superintendent, balance of salary, 1884. 28 00
A. C. Myrick, fresh fish
30 13
J. Burns & Co., fish tongues
14 10
J. F. Hinckley, fish
1 00
F. P. Sherman, goods 9 14
N. Ford & Sons, goods 26 67
J. E. Lewis, guano for farm 10 00
Marcellus Newcomb, posts 7 50
1
A. A. Reed, sawing posts 40
Horace Atwell, blacksmithing 75
Old Colony Railroad, freight from Boston. 1 00
J. F. Myrick, repairs on pump and well 8 18
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C. S. Pierce, labor, team at almshouse, and clams ... $12 15
William W. Simmons, horse teaming 35 85
Harrison Chandler, house paper 3 42
William Phillips, labor haying. 12 75
J. S. Weston, labor haying. 9 00
B. Blanchard, English grass 30 25
Miss A. Turner, standing grass 6 00
L. H. Cushing, boards.
3 84
J. Hersey, crackers 3 22
A. M. Thayer & Son, clothing and goods 15 76
J. W. Swift, eye-glasses, Eden Sampson. 1 50
Ira Chandler, medical attendance at almshouse 30 08
Lot Soule, repairs of pump 3 75
J. E. Josselyn, labor haying. 3 50
Charles Sampson, sea fowl
Charles Frost, lobsters 1 10
50
Rufus Hathaway, filing saws . 15
Scott B. Belknap, making cider. 3 88
E. W. Simmons, pigs. 8 10
Luther Shurtleff, butchering hogs. 2 50
William Frazar, eels. 1 10
J. E. Josselyn, butchering pigs
1 00
Rufus Holliday, tin ware
5 66
Fernando Soule, clams .
75
C. A. Peterson, cooking range
32 03
N. P. Cushman, pasturing heifer
5 00
William W. Simmons, salary as Superintendent to March 19th 296 00
G. H. Torrey, trash .
50
Elisha Peterson, coffin and burial of George Stetson, 20 00
$1,305 04
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EXPENSES FOR SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid-
Town of Weymouth, support, wife of Horace W. Thayer $33 43
Maria K. Wallace, support, Sabia Keene 51 50 Dr. F. Collamore, medical attendance, Sabia Keene. 18 43
L. H. Cushing, wood for Henry Burns . 7 00
Alonzo Chandler, wood for Henry Burns
5 50
Weston Freeman, house rent, Henry Burns
9 08
G. R. Freeman, sawing wood, Henry Burns 5 30
J. F. Myrick, repairs on pump, Henry Burns. . .
1 50
Wm. Sheldon, coal, Mary Wadsworth \ reimbursed by 3 50
L. H. Cushing, wood, " § Lyman Drew 1 50
Mrs. Cashman, So. Scituate, rent for Ed. W. Magoun 44 00
Town of Marshfield, support and burial, 1883, of David P. Walker 41 24
Lyman Simmons, wood, Widow Betsey Peterson . .
13 50
Cyrus Bosworth, supplies, Ezra Anderson 12 00
Town of Randolph, supplies, Alva A. Nightingale .. . 51 20
F. P. Sherman, supplies, Mrs. Oscar H. Soule 3 00
F. P. Sherman, supplies, George F. Ryder 66 00
F. P. Sherman, supplies, Henry Burns 3 00
A. J. McDonald, supplies, Ezra Anderson, 1883 . .
8 00
A. J. McDonald, supplies, Wm. Bowen, 1883 .. Benj. F. Hodges, board and clothing, Avery Hodges, 118 00
1 50
George D. Gardner, house rent, Henry Burns 31 00
.. N. Ford & Sons, supplies, Peleg Gullifer and family, 62 00
N. Ford & Sons, supplies, Wm. Bowen 37 00
City of Boston Hospital, support, Frank J. Delano. 14 00
City of Brockton, supplies, Henry Harriman 16 25
Josiah Peterson, supplies, Philip Chandler 6 00
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Horace W. Thayer, clothing .... $16 00
Samuel D. Raymond, care of H. W. Thayer, sickness 37 50
Thomas Inglee's family, aid in sickness 10 00
Town of Hanson, aid Henry T. Gardner and family, 78 81 Town of Hanson, aid Walter Southworth and family, 33 00
Burges & Keith, supplies, Peleg Gullifer 50 00
J. H. Paine, supplies, Wm. Bowen 41 68
Town of So. Scituate, supplies, Ed. W. Magoun
19 50
Enoch Freeman, coffin, Mrs. Joseph Brewster
20 00
Thomas Chandler, two visits to Middldboro, Thayer case, and team 7 00
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board, Annie Burgess .. . 33 57
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Martha O. Jackson 182 41
Gamaliel Arnold. 173 01
Danvers Lunatic Hospital,support, Wm. McMillan. .
171 51
Robert T. Randall, wood, Sabia Keene
1 00
Nurse for Henry Burns . . 12 00
Monthly aid to James Randall
38 00
Charles P. Wright, Marshfield, aid to Widow Daniel R. Glass 4 00
J. S. Loring, coal, Ichabod Chandler 7 00
Dr. J. S. Stevens, medical attendance, Maggie Brooks a State pauper 14 50
$1,614 92
INMATES OF ALMSHOUSE AT PRESENT TIME
AND AGE.
Bradford Holmes,
81 Mary Southworth, 70
Samuel Winsor,
82 Betsey A. Churchill, 61
Eden Sampson,
65 Lucy G. Chandler, 36
Mary Wadsworth,
83 Sarah A. Thayer, 61
Number of inmates now at almshouse 8
720 905
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Largest number at one time. 8 Smallest number at one time 6 Admitted during the year 1
Died during the year, George Stetson 1
Tramps lodged during the year 30
The average cost of support for each person at the alms- house, for the year, has been $2.67} per week.
Expenses in almshouse $1,305 04
Expenses out of the almshouse 1,614 92
$2,919 96
Balance unexpended 197 47
$3,117 43
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR FROM MARCH 15, 1885, TO MARCH 15, 1886.
Appropriation, April, 1885 Received-
$3,000 00
William W. Simmons, sales from town farm 79 00
Cassius Hunt, board of Wadsworth Hunt 30 00
Lyman Drew, supplies to Mary Wadsworth 5 00
Cash from body of George Stetson. 3 43
$3,117 43
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ARTICLES REMAINING IN THE ALMSHOUSE AND ON THE FARM, MARCH 15, 1886.
23 bbls. flour,
9 bush. potatoes,
50 lbs. sugar,
8 cords manure,
2 lbs. soapine,
2 bbls. pork,
2 lbs. ivorine,
144 lbs. dried apples,
1} lbs. spices and pepper,
2 bbls. vinegar,
§ bbl. crackers,
1 bush. salt,
100 lbs. lard,
3 cords hard wood,
18 lbs. tobacco,
5 tons coal,
5 lbs. butter,
1 cord pine wood,
· 12 bush. rye meal,
2 shoats,
20 lbs. tea,
3 bush. turnips,
86 lbs. ham,
5 pecks rye meal,
2} bush. beans,
2 bush. corn and meal,
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50 lbs. fish tongues,
25 fowl,
20 lbs. dry fish,
1} tons English hay,
1 heifer,
2 tons salt hay,
14 empty barrels,
6 bundles straw,
1 M. shingles,
10 bush. small potatoes,
Amount, $345.72, being less $97.08 from March 15th, 1885.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
THOMAS CHANDLER, - Overseers SAMUEL P. SOULE, of
J. W. SWIFT, the Poor.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of Articles in Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, to be held at Town Hall, Duxbury, Monday, April 5th, 1886, at ten o'clock, A. M. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 3. To hear the annual report of the several Town Officers, and act thereon.
ART. 4. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the herring fishery at Island Creek.
ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as will be necessary to defray Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation of the same.
ART. 6. Will the Town authorize their Treasurer to borrow money in anticipation of taxes the ensuing year ?
ART. 7. To ballot on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town. Ballots to be "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question : "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of liquors in this Town ?"
ART. 8. Will the Town accept of the road, as laid out by the Selectmen, on the beach from Marshfield line past the Hummock to Pine Point, agreeable to the petition of S. N. Gifford and others ?
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ART. 9. To revise or accept the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 10. Will the Town raise the sum of fifty dollars, to be expended under the direction of Wm. Wadsworth Post 165, G. A. R., on Memorial Day ?
ART. 11. Will the Town take any action in regard to placing headstones at the graves of the Town's poor in the cemetery ?
ART. 12. Will the Town take action in regard to accepting the provision of Chapter 158 of the Statutes of 1871, whereby the Town may choose Road Commissioners in place of twelve Road Surveyors ? By request of William J. Wright.
ART. 13. Will the Town give names to the streets, and have such names painted and put up? By request of William J. Wright.
ART. 14. Will the Town make the road from the cable office to Blue River Bridge higher? By request of William J. Wright.
ART. 15 Will the Town give permission to B. G. Cahoon to build stone culverts under the highway at Watson's Hill, and Hank's Bridge, so-called ; also, to raise road bed, if necessary ? To be done at his own expense.
ART. 16. Will the Town take any action in regard to celebrating the 250th anniversary of the incorporation of the Town ?
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1885.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
PARENTS' NAMES.
1884.
Jan. 6,
Ethel Frances Belknap,
Feb. 18
Deborah Hunt Hastings,
May 13,
Lena F. Foster,
July 16,
'Sophie Weston Baker,
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17,
Blanche A. Delano,
Nov. 6,
Wendall Bradford Phillips,
1885.
Jan. 3,
Olive L. Wadsworth,
12,
Lillian Gertrude Dunton, Ada Richmond Josselyn,
Feb. 2,
17,
Ella Winsor Hodgden, Gordon Clark Green,
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19,
66
20,
66
25,
Robert Arthur Shurtleff, Clara Louise Sinnott, Alice May Simmons,
March 8,
13,
April 6,
66 27,
29,
LeRoy Melvin Peterson,
May June 13,
1,
Mercy May Crafts,
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23,
George Henry Doane,
24,
Rosa Belle Osgood,
July
8,
Mary Elizabeth Delano,
66
29
Ethel Lillian Sweetser,
August 4, 66
9,
30.
Ina Freemont Arnold,
Sept. 11, Lena Woodward Sampson,
66 23,
Carlotte Decoster,
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26.
Beulah Hunt Winsor, Baker,
Oct.
2,
4, Lulu Mabel Randal',
Nov. 24,
LeForest Clifford Gardner,
Deç. 1, Geo, F. Pierce,
Geo. E. and D. Frances. Wm. and Annie A. Chester I. and Louisa A. Edward and Mary E. Hiram T. and Emeline A. Wendall and Lizzie A.
Hamelton and Lucy E. Elmer E. and Eliza G. Calvin and Ellen F.
Russell Wakefield Soule, Amy May Ryder,
Roscoe Irving Lowe,
Ethel May Winsor,
Leon Bailey Chandler, Annie Carlton Woodward,
Chas. A. and Helen W. Geo. A. and Lizzie. Luther and Annie E. Frank M. and Rebecca. Abbot W. and Nellie M. Eugene T. and Annie M. George F. and Sarah B. Geo. S. and Mary W. Alonzo F. and Huldah A. Chas. W. and Hannah E. Everett and Laura W. Geo. H. and Emma J. J. C. and Martha. Adelbert and Mary A. Ernest J. and Sarah A. Elwood B. and Bertha L. Frank C. and Mary F. Arthur F. and Effie. Edward and Mary E. Geo. W. and Clara E. Frederick R. and Carrie. James W. and Fannie A. Walter N. and Etta M. Clifford T. and Hattie C. Chas. S. and Caroline C,
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THE FOLLOWING MARRIAGES WERE REGIS- TERED IN DUXBURY DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1885.
Jan. £ 1. In East Bridgewater, Horace Atwell of Duxbury and Mary A. Barry of West Bridgewater. By Rev. T. Otis Paine.
Feb. 8. In Plymouth, Daniel W. Chandler of Duxbury and Rubie E. Garral of Wellesley. By Rev. Frederic N. Knapp.
Feb. 8. In Marshfield, Arthur L. Gardner of Pembroke and Caroline M. Sampson of Duxbury. By Rev. Charles L. Merriam.
Mar. 26. In Plymouth, John L. Staff of Boston and Betsey C. Childs of Duxbury. By Rev. George A. Tewksbury.
April 12. In Plymouth, John H. Sampson of Duxbury and Hattie E. Robbins of Plymouth. By Rev. S. H. Clark.
April 16. In Marshfield, William Rideout of Pembroke and Amelia E. Ransom of Duxbury. By Rev. J. N. Studley.
May 11. In Duxbury, William Frazar and Mary E. Sears, both of Duxbury. By R. D. Burr.
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May 24. In Duxbury, Herbert L. Soule and Lillian F. Sprague, both of Duxbury. By Rev. B. F. Jackson.
July 4. In Duxbury, Charles W. Crafts and Hannah E. (Hodson) Tucker, both of Duxbury. By Elder B. B. Swan.
Aug. 14. In Marshfield, Hugh R. Edgar of Duxbury and Maggie Keefe of Hingham. By Rev. Ebenezer Alden.
Aug. 26. In Duxbury, Robert N. Read of Providence, R. I., and Eliza B. Cushman of Duxbury. By Rev. W. J. Yates.
Sept. 12. In Duxbury, Samuel O. Whitmore of Marshfield and Isadora Bonney of Duxbury. By Rev. Ebenezer Alden.
Oct. 8. In Kingston, Peleg C. Sampson and Lydia H. Peterson, both of Duxbury. By Rev. C. L. Merriam.
Oct. 12. In Duxbury, Henry F. Pike of Cambridge and Mary R. Sampson of Duxbury. By Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.
Nov. 14. In Boston, George M. Paulding of Duxbury and Lizzie Terry of Boston. By Rev. Robert F. Gordon.
Nov. 18. In Plymouth, Oscar Marsh of Duxbury and Nannie W. Ellis of Plymouth. By Rev. George H. Bates.
Nov. 25. In Duxbury, Chester F. Tillson of South Carver and Clara B. Cahoon of Duxbury. By Rev. Lewis E. Perry.
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Dec. 16. In Duxbury, Nahum P. Cushman of Marshfield and Clara M. (Holmes) Graves of Duxbury. By Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.
Dec. 24. In Duxbury, George W. Childs and Elizabeth (Thurston) Black, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Lewis E. Perry.
Dec. 27. In Duxbury, John J. Cooper and Millie F. Church, both of Duxbury. By Rev. B. W. Hutchinson.
DEATHS REGISTERED OF THOSE HAVING DIED IN TOWN DURING THE YEAR 1885.
AGE.
DISEASE.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1885.
Schirrus of Stomach.
January
2,
Lydia J. Chandler,
72
9
12
Thomas L. Soule,
45
5
17
Paralysis.
3,
20,
Rufus Pierce,
76
6
Heart Disease.
[Brain.
February March
2,
Nathan J. Freeman,
40
6
23
Erysipelas and Inflammation of
Apople: y.
4,
Charles Whitney,
74
8
9,
Hannah Delano,
42
2
Child Birth.
April
6,
John C. Lewis,
80
6
10
Typhoid Pneumonia.
May
8,
- Walker,
-
Natural Cause, found Dead.
George Stetson,
1
11
Consumption.
June
3,
Isaiah C. Walker,
62
Paralysis.
4,
Helen Brewster,
89
10
14,
Welthea Burgess,
50
7
27
15,
Vesta Sprague,
Gastralgia.
Lewis Peterson,
41
6
8
22,
-
Susan C. Magoun,
78
Senile Denuntice.
25,
Josephine A. Freeman,
19
6
Stillborn.
57
11,
20,
Consumption.
Old Age.
Pulmonary Consumption.
40
July
2,
Mercy M. Crafts,
- 50
7
11
Interstitial Nephsitis.
August
9,
Rosa B. Osgood,
-
1
16
Inflammation of Bowels. Tubercle Phthisis.
12,
William J. Gorham,
23
5
19
Isabella Sampson,
75
4
29
Exhaustion Chronic.
21, 7,
Lorenzo S. Chandler,
37
10
17
Phthisis.
September October
8.
Julius B. Chandler,
49
5
Valvular Disease of the Heart.
10,
Ruth S. Ryder,
85
5
1
Old Age.
12,
Sally Burgess,
89
9
26
Gangrene.
13,
Williard Clark,
80
6
8
Pneumonia.
December
6,
Stetson,
Stillborn.
14,
Mary P. Arnold,
62
7
Gangrene.
15,
Julia D. Freeman,
27
1
Consumption.
17,
Emily H. Crandon,
78
4
9
Dropsy and Old Age.
41
2
Meningitis.
15,
Louisa R. Simmons,
6
-
DEATHS REGISTERED THAT WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
DATE.
NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1885.
Jan.
1,
Daniel S. Crocker,
84
6
10
Boston,
Old Age. Congestion of Brain.
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Feb.
7,
Laura L. Weston,
44
6
No. Cambridge, Quincy,
Paralysis.
7,
Josiah Morton,
78
March
8,
Ann Burgess,
48
8
26
Taunton,
Paralysis.
April
9,
John Harvey,
35
6
14
Holbrook,
May
1,
Lavina Eldridge,
76
2
5
Chelsea,
Pneumonia.
12.
Benjamin P. Jones,
55
5
New York City, Boston,
Gangrene. Paralysis.
19,
Erastus Sampson,
76
9
19
66
22,
Louisa C. Keep,
26
2
15
East Boston,
Consumption.
Sept.
26,
Martha T. Bonney,
55
6
12
Marshfield,
Nov.
17,
Jane C. Cook,
78
-
Boston,
Dec.
23,
Francis H. Barstow,
61
10
-
-
Bridgewater,
Heart Disease.
11,
Elizabeth Sampson,
76
5
17
Boston,
Cancer of Stomach.
Heart Disease.
Consumption.
Chronic Diarrhoea.
AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
DISEASE.
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SUMMARY.
The following are the statistics of births, marriages and deaths registered in Duxbury during the year ending Dec. 31, 1885 :
Number of births 28
Males 10
Females 18
Marriages 20
Deaths 43
Died in Duxbury
30
Number of dogs licensed 149
Males
129
Females 20
Paid to County Treasurer
$328 20
JOSIAH PETERSON, Town Clerk.
DUXBURY, March 15, 1886.
Report of School Committee.
With the close of another financial year. the School Committee submit their report, according to law :
Our schools have been in session thirty-seven weeks, and nothing has occurred to interrupt the regular work of the schools, with a single exception : one school hav- ing been closed for three weeks last Spring on account of sickness. Very few changes of teachers have been made, and the teachers in all the district schools are residents of our own Town. Some of our citizens main- tain that teachers of our own Town should invariably be employed in preference to other applicants. But schools do not exist for the benefit of teachers, and the schools should have the best teachers that can be obtained with the salaries paid, without regard to the residence of the teachers. Your Committee consider that the year past has been a profitable one, and that the teachers have been faithful. The saying, "The school is what the teacher makes it," while containing an important truth, is not absolutely true, in so far as the teacher is held responsible for the results obtained. It is impossible for a teacher to make much of a school, which pupils are allowed by their parents to attend irregularly, and the Committee regret to say that the attendance in some
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