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H. E. SMITH, Auditing JOHN S. LORING, § Committee.
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
Support of Schools $2,500 00
Support of Poor
2,300 00
Repairs of highway 2,500 00
New roads .
700 00
Interest on Railroad loan
4,500 00
Railroad loan
2,000 00
State and County tax, estimated
2,200 00
Removing snow
250 00
Repairs of school-houses
200 00
Aid for indigent soldiers
400 00
$17,550 00
This amount, if raised by the Town, (allowing the valuation the same) will require a rate of taxation of about $17.00 per $1,000.00.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
Your Auditor's find the accounts of the Town generally well kept, and properly vouched, with plain statements in books for each department.
But there are some exceptions to this rule.
The highway accounts of many of the Surveyors are not rendered as they should be, and we find some difficulty in determining the correctness of many of the bills.
We would recommend that the several Highway Surveyors be furnished with a small book by the Town Clerk, in which shall be entered the account of all labor done under their direction, and that said books shall be returned to the Select- men in season for their annual settlement.
We also find the financial condition of the Town some one thousand dollars poorer than supposed, in consequence of large bills in the Bradley case, contracted several years ago, and not presented until the present year, and which appear to have been unknown to the present officers of the Town.
We would recommend that in future all committees having finished or unfinished business of the Town in charge, be instructed to report at each annual meeting.
In view of the many errors and omissions that occur in the management of public affairs, and the many cases continually brought to notice, your Committee have endeavored to make a thorough examination, and are pleased to report the result generally satisfactory.
H. E. SMITH, Auditing
JOHN S. LORING, S Committee.
DUXBURY, March 15, 1880.
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF DUXBURY.
May 1st, 1878. May 1st, 1879.
Real estate. $874,075
Real estate
$866,253
Personal estate ...
149,575
Personal estate ...
178,960
$1,023,650 $1,045,213
Increase in personal estate from 1878
$29,385 00
Decrease in real estate from 1878. 7,822 00
Increase from 1878.
$21,563 00
Increase of bank and corporation tax
$321 81
State tax for 1879 $375 00
County tax for 1879 1,463 37
Town tax for 1879. 12,830 00
Unpaid school books, carried to tax bills, 158 67
Overlaying on taxes 468 37
$15,295 41
Number of male polls, taxed.
644
Number of female polls, taxed.
2
Rate per cent. $1.35 on $100.
Number of children between 5 and 15 years, 350.
THOMAS CHANDLER, ) Assessors JOSIAH PETERSON, of Duxbury.
SAMUEL P. SOULE,
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LIST OF JURORS
As revised by the Selectmen March, 1880, for the Town's acceptance or revision :
George H. Bailey,
John K. Parker,
Henry W. Barstow,
William J. Alden, Jr.,
Joshua S. Freeman,
Walter Baker,
Samuel P. Soule,
Lewis M. Bailey,
Alonzo Chandler,
John S. Loring,
Thomas Soule,
Robert T. Randall,
Andrew Sampson,
Elbridge H. Chandler,
Artemas Ingles,
Edwin H. Wright,
Alexander J. McDonald,
George H. Torrey,
Proctor Chandler,
William S. Frazar,
Jonathan S. Ford, Jerome Chandler, Lewis B. Barstow,
Thomas Chandler, Edward Baker,
Lewis Winsor,
George H. Chandler,
Horatio Chandler,
Edgar H. Bailey,
Asa S. Delano.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
EXPENDITURES AT THE ALMSIIOUSE FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 15, 1880.
Paid-
Overseers of Poor, services settling and making Report, 1879 $15 00
Thomas Chandler, keeping books, postage, etc., 1879, 7 94
Samuel P. Soule, clerk of overseers, 1879 5 00
Samuel P. Soule, services as Overseer, and expenses at Abington 5 25
Holden & Bachelder, Boston, flour
89 82
David Chandler, hay ...
8 50
George Bradford & Sons, meats
54 54
William E. Weston, meats
17 20
Henry A. Prior, hay .
17 00
Henry A. Prior, teaming
3 20
W. D. Grigg, hay
10 00
Ziba Hunt, hay
9 26
Thomas Chandler, salt hay
1 80
Old Colony Railroad Company, freight
2 64
G. A. & H. O. Whiting, crackers
13 70
W. H. Burgess, clams and teaming
3 90
Bradford Freeman, fish 1 19
Frank Sears, fish 3 24
Amount carried forward.
$269 18
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Amount brought forward. $269 18
James L. McNaught, fish . 1 00
Charles Frost, fish and clams 7 17
John Delano, ploughing, etc 8 10
W. J. Hastings, labor. .90
William Sheldon, coal 43 97
John S. Loring, coal 3 70
N. Ford & Sons, grain, goods, etc 213 61
Nahum Sampson, two cords oak wood 10 00
Otis Chandler, two cords oak wood 10 00
Isaac L. Sampson, two cords maple wood 9 00
Levi Ford, one cord maple wood
4 50
Eben Chandler, two cords pine wood 9 00
Alonzo Chandler, two cords oak wood 10 00
Dr. James Wilde, medical attendance at Almshouse, 23 00
Martin Freeman, coffin and robe, Alice Bonney ....
12 50
Enoch Freeman, digging grave, Alice Bonney ... .
2 00
Rev. J. B.Washburn, attending funeral Alice Bonney,
3 00
Mrs. Sarah B. Soule, services, Alice Bonney .......
1 00
James Burgess, balance of salary to April 19, 1879, James Burgess, salary as Superintendent of Alms- house, to March 18th 252 00
N. Ford & Sons, clothing, Ezekiel Dorsey . 9 27
Overseers aid, travelling expenses of Ezekiel Dorsey, Gershom Bradford, shoat.
5 00
10 00
Otis Weston, repairing shoes
1 55
George H. Brown, butchering 75
25 00
$945 20
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SUPPORT OF POOR OUTSIDE OF ALMSHOUSE.
SETTLEMENTS IN DUXBURY.
Paid-
Taunton Lunatic Hospital for support of Martha O. Jackson $185 66
Taunton Lunatic Hospital for support of Simeon Sampson 178 46
Taunton Lunatic Hospital for support of Mrs. Ellen M. Brewster 6 43
Thomas L. Soule, monthly aid . 48 00
Henry Paulding, support of daughter's child 80 00
J. Peterson, aid to family of Henry Paulding 3 72
J. Peterson, aid to J. Batson's family .
12 37
Towns of Plymouth and Plympton, aid to Denuis Curtis 63 64 B. F. Hodges, Plymouth, support of Avery Hodges, 110 00 Gustavus D. Simmons, aid to Mrs. James South- worth 32 75
E. Baker and C. H. Chandler & Co., aid to Mrs. William Bowen 40 65
Mrs. C. P. Weston, house rent of Mrs. E. G. Hunt, 50 00
Town of Braintree, aid to A. M. Nightingale, military settlement 7 00
Town of Randolph, aid to A. M. Nightingale 39 25
Town of Brockton, aid to Patrick O'Brien, military settlement. 151 37
City of Boston, aid to Ezekiel Dorsey, military set- tlement ... 8 84
Amount carried forward. $1,018 14
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Amount brought forward. $1,018 14
City of Boston, aid to Daniel Hanley, military set- tlement . 5 25
City of Boston, aid to Mary Loring 4 00
Town of South Abington, aid and removal of Mrs. J. M. Holmes 16 00
Town of Plymouth, medical attendance and aid to Mrs. E. Southworth 36 50
Town of Plymouth, aid to Mrs. Horace Wadsworth, 100 00
Dr. J. B. Brewster, medical attendance on Mrs. Wadsworth 10 00
Town of Wellfleet, aid to Zephaniah Pierce 68 00
Essex County House of Correction, board of George Stetson 8 12
City of New Bedford, aid of James Wilson, military settlement 31 90
Town of South Scituate, aid to Edward Magoun, military settlement 10 00
City of Worcester, aid to Wm. Phillips and family, 26 60
Town of Marshfield, aid to David Walker 6 00
Aid to Sabia Keene, wood and groceries 15 50
Dr. F. Collamore, medical attendance on Sabia Keene 16 25
Aid furnished James Randall 35 00
Aid furnished Mrs. Betsey Peterson. 9 25
Nancy Baker, support of John Freeman
18 00
N. Ford & Sons, clothing for John Freeman 4 09
Dr. C. P. French, medical attendance on John Freeman 3 00
G. M. Ryder, wood to Mrs. Waity Sampson 9 00
Martin Freeman, coffin, Ernest C. Peterson 13 00
$1,463 60
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SETTLEMENTS IN OTHER TOWNS.
Paid-
N. Ford & Sons, supplies to Betsey Jones, Pembroke, $5 00 L. H. Cushing, supplies to C. D. Mann, So. Scituate, 90 00
C. H. Chandler & Co., supplies to C. D. Mann, South Scituate 12 00
L. H. Cushing, supplies to C. W. Tucker, Taunton, 33 00
Dr. J. Wilde, medical attendance on C. W. Tucker, Taunton 10 00
William Sheldon, coal to C. W. Tucker, Taunton ... 3 38
Aid to Charles H. Darling, Waltham
4 03
L. H. Cushing, supplies to F. A. Pratt, Wareham. .. 95 00
Cash supplies by Overseers' order
45 00
L. H. Cushing, wood, etc., to Mrs. H. L. Hall, Mattapoisett 10 80
L. M. Bailey, wood, etc., to Mrs. L. Hall, Mattapoisett, 4 12
Cash supplies, Overseers' order, to Mrs. H. L. Hall, Mattapoisett 5 00
·
C. H. Chandler & Co., aid to George W. Gerrish, Pembroke 14 00
C. H. Chandler & Co., aid to Samuel Whitmarsh, Braintree 4 00
Henry L. Sampson, removal of James Wadsworth to Almshouse 2 00
Martin Freeman, coffin for James Wadsworth . 10 00
Enoch Freeman, burial of James Wadsworth 5 00
$352 33
Amount reimbursed by other towns. $352 33
Aid granted to those having settlements in Town,
including three at Taunton Lunatic Hospital . . 1,463 60
Total amount paid for aid out of Almshouse, $1,815 93
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Those receiving regular outside aid at present, having settlements in Town, are :
Thomas L. Soule, four dollars per month ; Mrs. E. G. Hunt, fifty dollars per year ; Mrs. Horace Wadsworth at Plymouth, two dollars per week ; Avery Hodges at Plymouth (partially insane), two dollars per week ; Mrs. Betsey Bowen, seventy-five cents per week.
RECAPITULATION.
Expenses in Almshouse $945 20
Expenses outside of Almshouse 1,815 93
Balance 650 54
$3,411 67
AVAILABLE MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF POOR
FROM MARCH 15, 1879, TO MARCH 15, 1880.
Balance appropriation from 1878
$723 93
Appropriation from 1879
2,300 00
Received from-
Town of Wareham, aid to F. A. Pratt and family to January 1st. 120 00
Town of South Scituate, aid to C. D. Mann 112 00
Town of Plymouth, support and burial of James Wadsworth 39 50
Town of Waltham, support of C. H. Darling
4 03
James Burgess, produce sold 31 42
Town of Pembroke, aid to George W. Gerrish 23 00
Amount carried forward. $3,353 88
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Amount brought forward. $3,353 88 Town of Braintree, aid to Samuel Whitmarsh 4 00
Cash left by Benjamin Howland . 3 11
Dividend on policy, Benjamin Howland 1 51
City of Taunton, aid to C. W. Tucker 30 00
Town of Mattapoisett, aid to Mrs. H. L. Hall 9 17
C. H. Chandler & Co., error in bill of 1878 10 00
$3,411 67
Number of inmates now in Almshouse
10
Largest number at one time 13
Smallest number at one time 10
Average number.
93
Admitted during the year
5
Discharged during the year 3
Readmitted during the year 1
Died during the year,(James Wadsworth, April 6th ; Alice Bonney, April 28th ; Benjamin Howland, November 13th) : 3
Number of tramps lodged and fed during the year.
343
Estimated cost to the Town
$63 00
INMATES OF THE ALMSHOUSE AND AGE.
AGE. AGE
Joseph Phillips .. 82
Harriet Winslow.
90
Bradford Holmes.
75
Welthea Sampson
79
George Stetson ..
58
Mary Southworth.
65
J. Melzar Holmes
82
Abigail Holmes.
82
Betsey Churchill
55
Lucy G. Chandler. .30
The average cost, per week, of support in the Almshouse for the last year has been one dollar and seventy-eight cents fox each person.
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ARTICLES REMAINING IN THE ALMSHOUSE, AND ON THE FARM, MARCH 14th, 1880.
1 cow,
12 lbs. tea,
18 fowls,
65 lbs. ham,
800 lbs. hay,
180
. lbs. pork,
tons coal,
13 lbs. beef,
1 cord pitch-pine wood,
30
lbs. salt fish,
22 cords oak wood,
40
lbs. dried apples,
12 cords white-pine wood,
12
lbs. sugar,
3 4 cord maple wood,
10
lbs. butter,
28 empty barrells,
30
lbs. crackers,
12 bbls. flour,
3 lbs. tobacco,
27 galls. vinegar,
30 lbs. lard,
15 galls. molasses,
18 bush. potatoes,
3 galls. soft soap,
22 bush. beans,
16 lbs. hard soap,
4 bush. grain,
Amount, $178 35.
We can report to the Town that the poor at the Almshouse have had good care, food, shelter and clothing.
The applications for outside aid have been many, all of which have received prompt attention, and the Overseers have exer- cised their best judgment in all cases and the deserving pru- dently cared for.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
THOMAS CHANDLER, - Overseers JOSIAH PETERSON, of the SAMUEL P. SOULE, Poor.
TOWN MEETING.
COPY OF ARTICLES IN WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,
TO BE HELD AT TOWN HALL, DUXBURY, MONDAY,
APRIL 5, 1879, AT 10 O'CLOCK, A. M.
1. To choose a Moderator.
2. To choose all necessary Town Officers.
3. To hear the report 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. .
8. To see what action the Town will take in regard to building the roads ordered by the County Commissioners, in Crooked Lane.
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9. What action will the Town take in regard to the payment of their railroad notes ?
10. Will the Town instruct those having the highways in charge to remove trees, bushes, and other obstructions to public travel within the limits of said highways. By request.
11. Will the Town accept of the act of the Legislature of 1871 in relation to Road Commissioners, or what method they will adopt in regard to the repairs of highways and bridges. By request.
12. Will the Town order special repairs and widening of the highway from N. C. Ryder's to N. Ford & Sons, Factory Bridge. By request.
13. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the property held by them for taxes.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1879.
DATE.
NAME OF CINILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Jan.
10,
Juliet B. Wright,
Stillman L. McDonald,
22, Mary J. Tower.
٤٠ 26, Chipman Goodspeed,
31, Ellen W. Downey,
Feh. 18,
31, Charles A. Alden. Herman H. Delano,
March 2, Robert Cushman,
16, Harrie A. Tammett,
18,
Lester F. Baker,
April 0, Clara A. Barstow,
15, Mary A. A. Mann.
15, Edith M. Gardner,
22,
Grace A. Swift.
May
Claude A. Lowe,
6, Daniel B. Wadsworth,
16, Lester L. Shattuck,
22, Louisa A. Randall,
24,
George H. Holden,
June 10, 15,
Eva T. Delano,
27,
Daniel F. Whitmarsh. Glass,
..
8.
Lewis II. Steele,
66
18
John J. Edwards.
23,
Grace E. Freeman, Asa W. Glass,
Aug. 8, .. 14,
Benjamin Ryder,
..
20,
26,
Guy L. Soule, Gertrude Myrick, }
Twins.
6.
14.
24.
Mary B. Ford,
..
28,
Estella A. Cushman.
Oct.
30, 23. 24, 4,
Hattie T. Soule. Arthur E. Tucker.
..
5, Sarah E. Hunt,
Charles C. McNaught,
Edith M. Needham,
Dec.
20.
Loring,
Edwin H. and Sallie B., A. J. and Georgiana L., John and Emily A .. Joseph.Jr., and Marianna. James and Susan E ..
Charles H. and Emma L ... Herman H and Helen. Robert and Emma A., Robert and Mary E.
Granville and Maria L .. Augustus P. and Clara S .. Charles D. and Lydia A .. George L and Emma F .. Edgar W. and Lizzie E., George S. and Mary W., Hamilton and Lucy E., Lelia A.,
Horace W. and Sarah E., William and Saralı,
Horace and Jerusha A., Hiram F .. 2d. & Emellne A Samuel E. and Eliza E., Daniel F. and Coriuna F. Robert and Lizzie W .. John S. and Caroline C., Winfield S. and Sarah S .. Eugene and Lizzie. Gilbert M and Amelia 'T., Charles and Helen W., Oscar and Sarah A.,
James F. and Caroline,
Edgar F. and Lucy B., Levi and Isabella S .. Frederic E. and Lillian M. William A. and Annie P .. Frank A. and Mercy B., Daniel L. and Rowenna, Charles W. and Ada T., John H. and Lucy J., James L. and Fannie F .. Robert J and Sarah M. P .. Arthur F. and Ella J.,
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
Delano. Chandler. Litchfield. Bailey. Frost. Joyec. Osborn. Ryder. Hunt. Peterson. Shepard. Gerrish. Delano. Hunt. Chandler. Petersou. Shattuck. Randall. Kelley. Badger. Fish. Gerrish. Hunt. Randall. Fish. Whiting. Fleming. Chandler. Gorden. Bryant.
Burnham.
Sampson. Maglathlin. Delano. Arnold. C'handler. Winsor. Sumner. Bates. Weston. Welch. Sampson.
Sept. +,
Grace Myrick, - Loring,
Mand W. Eldridge, Chandler,
..
Nov.
18,
23,
Nahum M. Hodgden,
Ettie R. Glass.
July 8,
15, ;
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1879.
Date. Name of Groom and Bride, and Residences. By whom Married.
Jan. 8. Judson B Freeman to Lillia J. Beaman, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Josiah Moore.
Jan. 15. Edgar W. Swift to Lizzie E. Hunt, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Feb. 9. William F. Nash, Jr., of Pembroke, to Almira Healey, of Marshfield. By Rev. Chase Taylor.
Mar. 12. William A. Eldridge, of Kingston, to Annie P. Arnold, of Duxbury. By Rev. Joseph Peckham.
Mar. 14. Hiram T. Delano, 2d, to Emeline A. Fish, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Mar. 26. George H. Thomas, of Marshfield, to Ellen M. Peterson, of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
April 6. Ernest F. Burrell, of Rockland, to Sarah J. Ford, of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
May 11. Walter S. Baker, of Pembroke, to Ella M. Magoun, of Duxbury. By Rev. B. K. Bosworth.
May 25. John W. Hamilton, of Duxbury, to Georgianna Prior, of Charlestown. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
May 28. James L. McNaught to Fannie F. Weston, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
July 5. Warren M. Simmons to Abbie Magoun, both of Duxbury. By Rev. B. K. Bosworth.
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Date. Name of Groom and Bride, and Residences. By whom Married. July 13. Elisha Peterson to Lucy C. Brewster, both of Dux- bury. By Rev. Ebenezer Alden, Jr.
Aug. 7. Robert L. Sanderson to Mary A. Gaines, both of Duxbury. By Rev. J. A. Sanderson.
Sept. 17. George S. Bird, of Stoughton to Mary W. Randall, of Brockton. By Justus H. Nelson.
Oct. 1. Wadsworth Chandler, Jr., of Duxbury, to Delia E. Cushman, of Pembroke. By Rev. Silas Sprowls.
Oct. 2. Charles H. Childs, of Kingston, to Emma Sherman, of Duxbury. By Rev. F. A. Crafts.
Oct. 19. Oscar E. Belknap to Maria F. Carey, both of Dux- bury. By Rev. John H. Allen.
Oct. 21. Warren F. Morey, of Marshfield to Vester S. Sprague, of Duxbury. By Rev. B. K. Bos- worth.
Nov. 12. Herbert A. Peterson to Lillian Loring, both of Dux- bury. By Rev. F. N. Knapp.
Nov. 15. George W. Cole, of Brockton, to Ada P. Bradford, of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Nov. 17. George E. Wilde to Angie C. Joyce, both of Dux- bury. By Rev. C. Y. DeNormandie.
Nov. 22. Clarence M. Taylor, of Marshfield, to Flora Cum- mings, of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Nov. 27. Josiah D. Randall to Ada J. Chandler, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
Dec. 28. Albert Soule to Mary E. Delano, both of Duxbury. By Rev. W. W. Lyle.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY OF THOSE HATING DIED IN TOWN DURING THE YEAR 1879.
AGE.
DISEASE.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
DATE.
NAMES.
MAIDEN NAME.
Years.
Months
Days.
Jan.
6,
Henry Delano,
Barton,
50
Consumption,
11,
Jerusha Phillips,
Chronic Hepatitis,
30,
Zerniah B. Baker,
Walker,
79
4
18
Paralysis,
Feb.
11,
Harrie E. Winsor,
84
-1
20
Old Age,
24,
Isaac Torrey.
Hatch,
83
6
-
March
5,
9,
Isaac T. Loring,
William and Ann.
14,
Nancy Chandler,
Winsor,
88
9
66
1
15
Hemiplegia,
66
30,
Elisha Delano,
87
1
-
April
6,
Andrew and Betsey N.
66
11,
Andrew F. Jones,
47
11
4
Erysipelas,
66
27,
Sampson,
76
Old Age,
66
28,
Alice Bonney,
Weston,
67
1
Typhoid Pneumonia,
66
29,
Martha D. Clapp,
Samuel and Mary M.
May June
5,
8
8
5
Membranous Croup,
David and Abigail.
Aug.
9,
Benjamin Goodspeed,
65
6
Kidney Disease,
2,
Briggs Peterson,
45
10
6
Enlargement of Heart,
24,
Jesse and Abigail.
Oct.
19,
Hiram Chandler,
57
9
1
Pneumonia,
Nov.
13,
Benjamin Howland,
83
2
3 Senile Gangrene,
Dec.
18,
Lydia S. Simmons,
Delano,
69
6
5
Typhoid Fever,
66
27,
Luther Sherman,
66
9
14
Bright's Disease of Kidneys,
Samuel and Lucy. Jedediah S. and Sallie. Anthony and Mary. Lewis and Zeruiah. Austin and Elleu.
and Abigail.
Olive S. Torrey,
65
-
Paralysis,
Charles and Bertha.
43
Wait and Jerusha B.
James Wadsworth,
20
3
11
Consumption.
Gilbert and Rosalinde.
22,
Adelaide T. Hunt,
83
6
5
Paralysis,
Aaron and Sylvia. Colson and Chloe. Nathaniel and Martha.
24,
Clara S. Barstow,
Shepard,
30
Bright's Disease of Kidneys,
Bradford and Betsey.
Ray and Isabel.
11,
55
6
4
Pistol-shot Wound, (suicide), Chronic Gastritis,
17,
Lucy A. Southworth,
Bener,
73
Joseph and Lucy. William and Deborah. Jolin and Mary.
Sept. 66
J. Warren Standish,
Percy and Ruth.
Asa and Lydia.
Gershom and Huldah.
-
Fever,
51
83
1
6
25,
Bartholnew Otheman,
3
4-
Lung Fever,
Pneumonia,
Zephaniah and Olive. Nathaniel and
Softening of Brain,
Marasmus.
Williams,
Pelham Chandler,
62
Gun-shot Wound, (suicide),
Ellis Holmes,
Willie S. Swift,
.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN DUXBURY IN 1879 THAT WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
MAIDEN NAME.
Years.
Months
Days.
Jan. ..
30,
Deborah Whitten,
Chandler,
84
4
Paralysis,
Feb. 4,
Brewster,
Taunton,
April 16, James L. Sampson,
West Meriden,
25,
Edward L. Baker.
56
Pneumonia,
May
2,
Nancy H. Maglathlin,
White,
34
-
72
Dropsy,
11
28
Influenza,
13,
1
Off Cape Horn,
27,
Harry Randall, Lucy B. Nickerson, Parker E. Weston,
Bradford,
48
Paralysis,
June
30,
6
Dysentery,
66
27, Wilson Oldham,
23
5
· 4
Consumption,
Rockland, Newton,
Oct.
5, Jennie A. Prior,
12
7
-
Providence, R. I.
20,
George D. Chandler,
34
1
16
Consumption,
Somerville,
25,
Ichabod D. Chandler,
51
7
20
Dropsy,
Boston,
Dec.
14,
Frances S. Harlow,
8
-
3
Diphtheria,
Boston,
15,
Lewis L. Wadsworth,
74
11
Paralysis,
Medford,
Still Born,
Scituate,
Wait and Priscilla. Bisbee and Abigail. Charles E. and Mary H.
44
Elisha and Lucy. Otis and Sallie. Briggs and Judith. Jolın and Margaret.
Boston,
11,
William McNaught,
William H. and Cora N.
2
Drowned,
Revere,
July
18,
Chipman B. Goodspeed,
-
Middleboro,
Ephraim and Lucy. Seth and Ellen. [anna. Joseph, Jr., and Mari- Martin and Mercy. Charles and Ann.
Heart Disease,
Bradford and Lucy G.
Martin and Nancy.
Kimball and Edith A.
DISEASE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
64
Bronchial Affection,
Inflannnation of Stomach,
[Conn.,
Scituate,
SUMMARY.
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriage certificates issued 25 Number of marriage certificates returned for record 24
BIRTHS.
Number of births recorded in 1879 43
Males 22
Females 21
DEATHS.
Number of deaths recorded.
43
Residents of Duxbury 29
DOGS.
Number of dogs licensed during the past year 126 Paid into the County Treasury . $250 80
J. PETERSON, Town Clerk of Duxbury.
DUXBURY, March 15, 1880.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF DUXBURY
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1879-80.
REPORT.
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF DUXBURY :
The School Committee for the school year 1879-80, would respectfully present their report as follows :
The educational interests of the Town during the past year may not have been all that could have been desired, yet it is gratifying to know that more or less prosperity has attended all of the schools. General harmony has prevailed during the year between the teachers and their scholars. The citizens in the respec- tive school districts have manifested a growing interest in their schools-have encouraged both the teachers and the pupils by frequent visitation, and by attending in large numbers the annual examinations. It will be seen from the report of the schools in detail that with two or three exceptions, all the teachers employed during the year were those who have taught for several years in our schools, and all of them residents of the Town. Two new teachers were employed during the year-both of them graduates of the Partridge Academy.
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Without disparagement of those who have labored in our schools in the past, or an overweening estimate of the abilities or efforts of those now engaged in teaching, the Committee desire to bear willing and cheerful testi- mony to the industry and fidelity of all the teachers now employed in the Town. The discipline exercised has been firm, but gentle ; strict, but kind. No confusion nor disturbance has been in any of the schools ; neither has there been any very serious breach of discipline. The teachers are taking a deeper interest in their work .; are adopting improved methods in teaching, and have succeeded to a great degree in infusing their scholars with a spirit of healthful emulation. They are evidently seeking also to inspire their pupils with high ideas of morality and a true nobility.
While gratified with what has been done during the year, your Committee are painfully conscious of how much more ought to have been done. We are convinced also that very much more remains to be accomplished by all connected with our schools, before the precious boon of our public school system, which is one of the glories of our honored Commonwealth, is fully enjoyed. That mistakes may have been made both by your Committee and by the teachers, is doubtless true. That they have all endeavored however to do the best under the cir- cumstances they possibly could, will perhaps not be denied.
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THE HEALTH OF OUR SCHOOLS.
The Secretary of the Board of Education in his report for 1878-9 calls special attention to the matter of health in the public schools. Official circulars also from officers of the Board, and from the State Board of Health, have from time to time been received by the Committee. In all of these, School Committees have been reminded specially of three important matters :
1. Cleanliness in all of the school-houses and out- buildings.
2. Proper ventilation.
.3. The proper lighting of the school rooms.
The points made by the Board of Education ånd by the Board of Health, are : That because of the thought- lessness or ignorance of teachers and school officers, the public schools are made the hotbeds of disease ; that fevers and pulmonary diseases, now so prevalent, are frequently induced in the school-room by the want of cleanliness and proper ventilation ; that defective eye- sight, so alarmingly on the increase among school chil- dren, and students in our colleges, is largely due to overheated, ill ventilated, and badly lighted school- roomns, and that it is useless to expect the best results from our school system if the laws of health are persist- ently neglected or violated. Dr. Loring in his able paper ou this subject says :
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