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There are now about ninety members. Let the people of the Town help along this good work and raise the membership to hundreds. Any person may become a member of this Soci- ety on the payment of fifty cents, annually, or its equivalent in labor.
HATTIE J. FORD, Secretary.
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List of Jurors
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, MARCH 14, 1889.
John K. Parker,
Bailey Chandler,
Louis M. Bailey,
William S. Frazar,
Joshua S. Freeman,
Josephus Dawes,
Henry H. Lewis,
Luther W. Sherman,
Samuel Atwell,
Samuel P. Soule,
James Downey,
Edmund H. Sears,
Lewis B. Barstow,
James H. Killian,
Hamilton Wadsworth,
Samuel O. Whitmore,
Elisha Peterson,
William B. Campbell,
William E. Weston,
Joseph A. Soule, Lewis Winsor,
John H. Glover, Henry C. Chandler,
James A. Simmons,
Horatio Chandler,
Harrison Wadsworth,
Henry B. Chandler,
Gilbert M. Ryder.
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ASSESSOR'S REPORT.
Value of buildings
$613,386 00
Value of land 333,849 00
Value of wharves
1,625 00
$948,860 00
Total valuation of personal estate
208,746 00
Total valuation $1,157,606 00
Number of acres of land assessed 13,667₺
66 " houses
5661
66 " horses 66
·
330
66 " cows 66
249
66 " neat cattle other than COWS
assessed 93
66 " sheep assessed
1
66 " swine
57
66 " persons paying taxes on property 883
:6 " persons paying poll tax only 166
Total number of tax payers
1,049
Number of polls at $2.00 506
VALUATION COMPARED WITH 1887.
Real estate increase $14,560 00
Personal estate increase 189 00
Total increase $14,749 00
Rate of taxation, $14.50 on $1,000.
State tax
$1,687 50
County tax 1,509 56
SAMUEL P. SOULE, Assessors J. W. SWIFT, of
HENRY H. LEWIS, - Duxbury.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Expenses in the Almshouse for the Year Ending March 15th, 1889.
Paid-
Overseers of the Poor for settling and making re-
port for 1888 $15 00
Sam'l P. Soule, service as Chairman 7 50
George Weston, service as Clerk. 5 00
W. S. Freeman, groceries for 1887 156 07
W. S. Freeman, groceries for 1888 322 81
N. Ford & Sons, groceries for 1888 193 39
C. T. Gardner, meat 123 47
C. H. Bradford, meat 71 36
Rufus Holliday, fish, &c
31 63
R. M. Leach, clams 13 45
C. & E. Hunt, fish tongues 6 50
C. Lawrence, potatoes .
14 20
S. E. Briggs, potatoes 6 25
Fernando Wadsworth, hay 13 32
Ziba Hunt, hay and box boards 8 60
Old Colony Railroad, freight 1 32
Jacob Hersey, crackers 6 51
A. M. Thayer & Son, dry goods 27 45
Wm. Sheldon, coal 112 00
J. S. Loring, coal and lumber 9 53
H. E. Smith, wood 4 00
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Otis Peterson, wood $3 00
Lyman Simmons, wood 8 50
Levi Cushing, wood. 1 50
J. S. Loring, shingles and cement 4 50
W. G. Brown, M. D., professional services
25 00
Ira Chandler, M. D., professional services
1 40
Mark L. Simmons, labor 12 95
John E. Josselyn, labor
5 80
Wm. J. Hastings, labor 5 25
Wm. J. Alden, Jr., repairs of shoes
1 40
Tucker Manufacturing Co., beds 17 80
Wm. B. Campbell, repairing furnace 30 00
Standard Fertilizer Co., fertilizer 12 00
J. W. Swift, fertilizer . 92
J. F. Myrick, repairing pump 1 00
T. W. Chandler, three pigs. 15 00
Geo. C. Bradford, butchering, &c 5 25
Wm. W. Simmons, horse hire on farm 16 75
Wm. W. Simmons, balance of salary for 1887 107 00
Susan J. Simmons, balance of salary for 1887 139 00
Wm. W. Simmons, salary for 1888
60 00
Susan J. Simmons, salary for 1888 75 00
R. H Edgar, making cider 2 70
$1,701 08
Support of Poor outside of Almshouse. Paid-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board of Simeon
Sampson $236 29
Taunton Lunatic Hospital, board of Gamaliel Arnold 169 92
Westboro Insane Hospital, board of Annie C. Soule 173 46 Zeruah Soule, support of Polly Carnes. 145 00
Maria K. Wallace, support of Sabra Keene 78 00
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A. F. Peterson, support of Rebecca Delano $78 00
C. P. Wright, support of Mary Glass 58 00
James Randall, support 60 00
Horace W. Thayer, support 16 00
Overseers of Poor, Middleboro, burial of H. W. Thayer 20 00
Wilkinson & Shepard, groceries for Ezra Anderson .. 7 75
L. B. Howe, groceries for Ezra Anderson's family .. 25 82
W. G. Brown, M. D., medical attendance Ezra Anderson 75 00
S. Stevens, M. D., medical attendance Ezra Anderson 3 00
Elisha Peterson, burial of Ezra Anderson 25 00
L. B. Howe, groceries to William C. Gardner and wife . 82 40
L. B. Howe, groceries to James Southworth. 5 00
O. W. Churchill, goods for George F. Ryder and family 40 00
Town of Braintree, aid to Alvah M. Nightingale .... 32 00
Town of Randolph, aid to Alvah M. Nightingale ... 14 00
Fred A. Pratt and family, aid 6 00
W. G. Brown, M. D., attending F. A. Pratt's family 27 50
Mrs. F. A. Edgett, board and care of Ella .Maye . .
15 00
Marion Morton, care of Ella Maye 10 00
B. P. Barstow, M. D., medical attendance to Mrs. George Stearns, Charlestown 28 50
Mrs. M. Ford, nursing Mrs. Stearns 7 00
B. C. Bemis, support of Woodwell boy, Newburyport 12 90
Estate of Nathan Burgess, house rent for H. Burns 16 29 Hannah Sampson, house rent for H. Burns 33 28
Miss R. W. Hyde, house rent for H. Burns
30 00
W. W. Collamore, house rent for E. M. Magoun . . 48 00 N. Ford & Sons, groceries to Ichabod W. Chandler .. 5 00
J. S. Loring, coal to Ichabod W. Chandler 7 25
J. S. Loring, coal to Francis Pride 3 75
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Town of Halifax, aid to W. W. Gardner and family $61 25
City of Brockton, aid to H. Harriman 53 50
Burges & Keith, goods to P. Gullifer and family 104 00
McNaught's Express 7 35
Town of Norwell, aid to Edward M. Magoun 59 25
Town of Hanson, aid to Walter Southworth 30 75
Francis Collamore, M. D., attending James Randall Winsor & Peterson, aid to Silas Reed, of Holbrook
5 25
6 00
Joshua M. Churchill, care of Silas Reed. 17 00
Josephine R. Lewis, board and care of Silas Reed. . 14 00
Elisha Peterson, burial of Silas Reed 31 00
Joshua S. Freeman, expense transporting Mary
Hughes to State almshouse 8 47
F. B. Goss, blanks 1 10
William W. Simmons, horse hire for Overseers. 15 50
Elisha Peterson, casket and burial of Mrs. Lucy Winsor 25 00
Samuel P. Soule, service and expense on application for aid 12 75
J. W. Swift, service and expense on application for aid 17 77
Henry H. Lewis, service and expense on application for aid 12 50
Levi P. Simmons, team for Overseers 2 00
$2,079 55
Inmates of the Almshouse and their Age.
Samuel Winsor,
85 Mary Southworth, 73
Eden Sampson,
69 Betsey A. Churchill, 64
Avery Hodges, 82 Lucy B. Chandler, 39
Wadsworth Hunt, 84 Sarah A. Thayer, 64
Joseph Brewster, 57 Betsey Peterson, 88
William Bowen, 84 Charity May Bowen, 79
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Died during the year, Jane S. Weston, aged 68. Tramps lodged during the year 35.
Average cost of support for each person at the Almshouse for the year has been $2.45} per week.
Expenses in the Almshouse
$1,701 08
Expenses out of the Almshouse 2,079 55
$3,780 63
Available Means for Support of Poor, from March 15th, 1888, to March 15, 1889.
Appropriation $2,800 00
For board of Wadsworth Hunt 130 00
For board of Jane S. Weston
117 10
Farm sales.
77 85
Town of Stoughton
31 35
Town of Wareham
52 50
Town of Newburyport
14 40
Town of Holbrook
68 00
Sale of Bowen place
85 00
Board of Wendell Bosworth
72 00
Effects of William Bowen
4 00
Guardian of Eden Sampson
158 49
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
40 80
For transient board 6 00
$3,597 49
Overdrawn
183 14
$3,780 63
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Articles Remaining in the Almshouse and on the Farm, March 15th, 1889.
33 bbls. flour,
29 lbs. soapine,
125 lbs. sugar,
11 bush. corn,
1 bbl. crackers,
22 bush. meal,
33 lbs. butter,
47 fowl,
75 lbs. lard,
3 bush. rye,
6 lbs. rice,
87 lbs. ham,
23 lbs. spices,
3 bush. carrots,
¿ bush. salt,
14 bush. potatoes,
1ª bbls. pork,
8 bush. seed potatoes,
50 lbs. fish tongues,
4} tons coal,
4 lbs. tobacco,
2} cords pine wood,
20 lbs. rye meal,
5 ft. oak wood,
18 lbs. tea,
13 cords dressing,
17 lbs. salt fish,
1} bbls. vinegar,
18 gals. molasses,
1} tons hay,
106 bars soap,
1 cow,
8 empty barrels,
3 shoats,
15 pipes,
¿ gross matches,
lå bush. beans,
18 lamp chimneys,
1 lb. cream of tartar,
2 lbs. raisins,
2 lbs. baking powder, 4 gals. kerosene oil, 1 lb. snuff.
Amount $527.28 being $15.86 more than March 15, 1888. All of which is respectfully submitted.
SAMUEL P. SOULE, - Overseers J. W. SWIFT, of
HENRY H. LEWIS, Poor.
We have examined the accounts of the Overseers and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
ELBRIDGE H. CHANDLER, Į Auditing LAURENCE BRADFORD, Committee.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of Articles in Warrant for Annual Town Meeting to be held Monday, April 1st, 1889, at ten o'clock, A. M.
ARTICLE 1 .- To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2 .-- To choose all necessary Town Officers.
ART. 3-To hear the annual reports of the several Town Of- ficers.
ART. 4 .- To raise and appropriate such sums of money as will be necessary to defray Town charges.
ART. 5 .- Will the Town authorize their Treasurer to hire money in anticipation of taxes ?
ART. 6 .- Will the Town grant licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors the ensuing year ?
ART. 7 .- To revise and accept the list of Jurors.
ART. 8 .- Will the Town accept the provisions of Chapter 158, of the Statutes of 1871, in regard to repairs of highways : change the price of labor on the same, andto act on any other matter relating thereto ?
ART. 9 .- Will the Town appropriate the sum of fifty dollars to be expended under direction of William Wadsworth Post, No. 165, G. A. R ?
ART. 10 .- Will the Town unite with the towns of Scituate and Marshfield for the purpose of employing a Superintendent of Schools, under the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888 ?
ART. 11 .- Will the Town appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars towards the support of a Superintendent of Schools ?
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ART. 12 .- Will the Town accept bequeaths for the purpose of caring for individual lots in the cemetery perpetually, it being understood that what is necessary of the interest of these sums be used, and the balance of such interest be expended in caring generally for the cemetery ?
ART. 13 .- Will the Town direct the Selectmen to call the Annual Town Meeting on the first or second Monday of March and fix the end of the financial year on the fifteenth of Febru- ary, or on some earlier date ?
ART. 14 .- Will the Town take any action in regard to the bridge and road near "Arnold's Brook" so-called, and act on any business appertaining thereto ?
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The following is published for the information of the Town in connection with action contemplated under Article 8th of the Warrant :
[CHAPTER 98.]
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS IN TOWNS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows :
SECTION 1. As soon after the annual town meeting as may be, the board of selectmen shall appoint some suitable person to be a superintendent of streets, who shall serve during the year and until his successor is appointed and qualified in his stead.
SECTION 2. Said superintendent of streets shall, under the direction of the selectmen, have full charge of all repairs and labor required of towns upon streets, ways, bridges and side- walks, and the care and preservation of shade trees, and in rela- tion thereto shall have all the powers and be subject to the duties, liabilities and penalties now or hereafter imposed upon surveyors of highways.
SECTION 3. In towns where no other provision is made, said superintendennt of streets shall have full charge of all repairs required of towns upon sewers and drains, and in relation there- to shall have the same powers and be subject to the same duties, liabilities and penalties as are imposed upon said superintend- ent in section two of this act, in relation to the repair of streets, ways, sidewalks and bridges.
SECTION 4. When in the judgment of the selectmen the best interests of the town so requires said superintendent may be re- moved from his office by said board; and whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of superintendent of streets, either by
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removal, resignation or otherwise, the board of selectmen shall appoint some suitable person to fill the vacancy, who shall hold his office until his successor is appointed and qualified in his stead.
SECTION 5. Said superintendent shall be sworn to the faith- ful discharge of his duties, and shall receive such compensation for his services as the board of selectmen or town may by vote determime.
SECTION 6. Any town which has accepted or shall hereafter accept the provisions of chapter one hundred and fifty-eight of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one or of sections seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven and seventy- eight of chapter twenty-seven of the Public Statutes shall be exempt from the provisions of this act, until such acceptance is revoked by such town.
SECTION 7. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 8. This act shall take effect in the several towns of this Commanwelth from and after the next annual meeting for the election of town officers which may be held subsequent to its passage.
Approved March 11, 1889.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
At the beginning of the year the members of the Board met and organized as follows : Dr. W. G. Brown, Chairman, and C. F. Jacobs, Secretary. Undertakers' licenses were granted to two persons, and, in accordance with the new law, the Clerk of the Town was authorized to issue permits for burial.
The work of the Board for this year, as in fact for every year in this Town, has been light, and the cases acted upon require no detailed report ; hence we make this a recommenda- tion rather than a report, incorporating in that recommendation whatever statements in regard to the cases we have to make. Now that the manufacture of fertilizer is no longer carried on in the works at Captain's Hill, there is no matter which can be expected to call for special or continued attention, and certainly all other cases coming under the jurisdiction of the Board of Health can be considered and acted upon more economically and efficiently by the Selectmen, acting as such a Board. The Selectmen have regular meetings, and are at all times organized for action ; whereas the Board of Health, with cases coming infrequently do not have regular meetings and are only loosely organized. Much time, therefore, is lost. The consideration and settlement of all our cases this year would have been incidental to the duties of the Selectmen, and any case of contagious diseases is best given into the charge of physician under the direction of that Board ; while the School Committee are required by law, and are ready to co-operate in case of an
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epidemic in the schools. We, therefore, both as a Board and individually, recommend that the people of Duxbury do not choose a Board of Health, but ask their Selectmen to act as such.
Last Spring there was one case of diphtheria in the west part of the Town, and during the Summer and Fall numerous cases of whooping cough and scarlet fever interfered with school attendance in one district, but happily they were confined to narrow limits. In accordance with the law of 1884, reports and records of the cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever have been made.
The above report and recommendation are respectfully sub- mitted to the people of Duxbury by the Board of Health for the year 1888-9.
W. G. BROWN, Board of Health
C. F. JACOBS,
ICHABOD SAMPSON, ) Duxbury. of
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Marriages Registered in Duxbury During the Year ending December 31st, 1888.
Jan. 1. In Duxbury, Everett H. Litchfield of South Scit- uate and Carrie M. Weston, of Duxbury. By Rev. William H. Branigan.
Jan. 26. In Duxbury, Gershom B. Chandler and Ella Bea- man, both of Duxbury. By Rev. Samuel E. Evans.
Feb. 5. . In South Hanson, James M. Bourne of Pembroke and Emma G. Gardner of Duxbury. By Rev. Joseph H. Fletcher.
Feb. 15. In Duxbury, Elijah W. Reed of Hingham and Clara M. Freeman of Duxbury. By William H. Branigan.
Feb. 18. In Duxbury, Daniel Burgess, Jr., of Plymouth and Hannah Marsh of Duxbury. By Rev. Samuel E. Evans.
May 8. In Duxbury, Arthur C. Thomas and Julia E. Kroll- mann, both of Duxbury. By Rev. William H. Branigan.
May 11. In Duxbury, William L. Fish of Marshfield and Josephine Packard of Scituate. By Rev. Chase Taylor.
July 1. . In Duxbury, A. Spencer Marsh of Duxbury and Almera (Sampson) Soule of Pembroke. By Elder Robert B. Swan.
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July 10. In Duxbury, Linus Faunce of Boston and Wilhel- mina Heyer of Duxbury. By Rev. C. Y. DeNor- mandie.
Sept. 4.
In Whitman, William E. Freeman of Duxbury and Everline W. Phinney of Whitman. By Rev. J. I Bartholomew.
Sept. 8. In Marshfield, Warren C. Prince of Marshfield and Margaret Brooks of Duxbury. By Rev. Eben- ezer Alden.
Oct. 13. Iu Duxbury, James H. Winsor and Mary A. (Tighe) Oldham both of Duxbury. By John Baker, Jus- tice of the Peace.
Oct. 14. In Marshfield, George W. Boylston of Pembroke and Mary W. Alden of Duxbury. By Rev. Eben- € zer Alden.
Oct. 27. In Plymouth, Andrew E. Raymond of Plymouth and Ida M. Chandler of Duxbury. By Rev. Frederick N. Knapp.
Nov. 10. In Kingston, Henry C. Chandler and Edith A. Hunt, both of Duxbury. . By Rev. C. Y. DeNor- mandie.
Dec. 5. In Duxbury, Henry T. Burrill of Bridgewater and Bulah H. Wadsworth of Duxbury. By J. J. Cressey, Rector.
Dec. 25. In Duxbury, Frederic W. Howland of Hanson and Deborah A. Bailey of Duxbury. By Rev. Zenas Crowell.
Births Registered in Duxbury for the Year 1888.
DATE.
NAMES.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER.
1868.
John and Mary S.,
Swift.
October
4,
Cora E. Delano,
1883.
Pierce.
October
4,
Fredrika A. Sampson,
1886.
March
10,
Harold Sampson,
Frederick A. and Jennie P., William J. and Zilpha E ,
Brewster.
November 1888.
8,
William Prior Turner,
.
Willie A. and Carrie L.,
Soule.
January February
28,
Winsor Hill Cobbett,
George E. and D. Frances,
Glass.
March
20,
Clifton Elliot Belknap, .
William H. and Annie J.,
Ross.
April May
12.
Esther Howard Churchill,
Frederick B. and Frances H.,
Hall.
June
1,
Frederic Hall Knapp,
Herman H. and Helen,
Osbourn.
3,
Ruth Edson Delano,
George and Kate,
Connell.
July
9,
Standish.
August
2,
-Leona Margery Foster,
Joseph A. and Caroline,
McKayre.
..
20,
Estella May Freeman,
Frank C. and Mary F.,
Cushing.
66
23,
Ernest Alden Cushman,
Robert and Emma A., George F. and Cora A.,
Foster.
September 2,
Viola Adele Wadsworth,
J. Melbourne and Nellie A ..
Clark.
18,
William A. Freeman,
Cox.
25,
Stephen Andrew Hatch,
Oscar M. and Susan J.,
Sampson.
October
13,
Walter Bradford Holmes,
Arthur F. and Ella J.,
Sampson.
November 1,
Mary Edna Thomas,
Herbert I. and Eveline A.,
Gollan.
December 16,
Blanche Wilbur Simmons.
Edwin W. and Cora.
Peterson.
10,
Mary Holmes Cushing,
Warren B. and Ellen S ..
Bailey.
25, 21,
Edith Ross Whiting,
1 ucius A. and Elizabeth P.,
Soule.
Alton Myron Peterson,
Orrin W. and Mary E.,
McNaught.
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21,
Wallin,
Richard and Mary A.,
Agnes Conner, Catherine Irwin,
John A. and Lucy,
Pearson.
Carrol C. and Myra E.,
Lester Colburn Woodward,
Ryder.
66
29,
22,
Alice Noble,
Frank L. and Annie B., Thomas and Mary J.,
16,
Ruth Ella Loring,
Frederick A. and Jennie P.,
Pierce.
-
24,
Deaths Registered of those having Died in Duxbury during the Year ending December 31, 1888.
AGE.
DISEASE.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
DATE.
NAMES AND MAIDEN NAMES.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1888.
Nathaniel and Hannah.
Jan.
2,
Thomas W. and Lydia.
66
12,
Stephen Peterson,
Noah and Nancy.
66
14,
Sarah L. Vinal (Kerby,)
72
7
Consumption,
Luke and Mary H.
17,
Sarah H. Lyon,
75
24
Old Age,
66
19,
Elizabeth Chandler (Frost,) Sarah A. Weston (Sampson,)
59
2
12
Pneumonia,
21.
Minnie B. Stone,
4
11
Croup,
28,
Enoch Soule,
73
10
8
Disease of Heart,
Feb.
29,
Abigail Alden (Delano,)
Adam and Charlotte.
March 7,
Ezra Anderson,
58
6
16
Chronic Nephrites, with Enlarge-
74
1
23
Old Age,
[ment of Heart,
27,
Charlotte B Bradford (Shaw,)
64
4
22
Pneumonia,
April
5,
Lucy C. Winsor (Prior,)
86
4
13
Fracture of Femur,
12,
Eunice A. Oldham (Faxon,)
64
4
27
Chronic Nephritis,
89
1
16
Old Age,
30,
Elizabeth Russ,
57
9
Ulceration of Femur,
78
5
2
Paralysis,
Daniel and Bethia.
May
21, 1
Jerusha D. Bailey (Peterson,)
Probably Heart Disease,
Samuel Holmes,
75
5
1
Old Age,
83
-
.
84
1
18
Old Age,
Rufus and Sally.
19,
Benjamin and Rose.
Nathaniel and Lydia.
90
4
Old Age,
24,
Edmund S. Marsh,
Edmund and Mary. Jeremiah and Harriet.
Sylvanns and Christiana.
Asaph and Eunice.
20.
Nathan Burgess,
Nathan and Deborah.
Henry and Mary.
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Isaac and Annie.
Nathaniel and Abigail.
June 4, Jane Winsor (Winsor,) 9, Sarah E. Alden (Dodge,)
82 57
10
4
No definite disease,
1
1
22,
Otis W. Morton,
25, Zilpah Wilde (Smith,)
67
2
July
15,
Eliza Peterson (Kent, )
Leforest M. Randall,
2
1
17
Lung Fever,
23, Nellie R. McNyar,
1
2
3
Whooping Cough,
Aug. 17,
Welthea Burgess (Freeman,)
83
11
Old Age,
Sept. 14,
Elisha Holmes,
69
11
22
Chronic Nephritis,
Oct. 1,
Silas R. Reed,
73
1
8
Heart Disease,
Nov.
3,
Issachar Josselyn,
71
8
Suicidal Hanging, Nephritis,
10,
David Goodspeed,
72
2
1
Dec.
3,
Mary S. Delano (Swift,)
61
4
15
Occlusion of Bronchial Artery,
4,
Marcus J. Gaines,
67
7
5,
LeBaron Goodwin,
50
3
25
Angina Pectoris, Cancer,
Thomas and Welthea. Jonah and Susan. Josiah and Abigail. Jonathan and Zilpalı. Nathaniel and Abigail. James F. and Alfredia. Freeman and Mary J. William and Welthea. Bartlett and Sally. Silas and Mahalah. Asa and Diana. Eleazer and Alice. David and Abigail.
Lowell and Mary. Richard and Mary A.
John M. and Emeline C.
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84
7
Angina Pectoris, Old Age and Bruises, Disease of Heart, Old Age,
89
5
17,
88
Fracture of Thigh,
6,
George Chandler,
Deaths Registered of those who Died Elsewhere, and were brought to Duxbury for Interment during the Year 1888.
AGE.
DISEASE.
DATE.
NAMES AND MAIDEN NAMES.
PLACE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1888.
Quincy,
2
1
23
Convulsions,
Feb.
8,
John and Sabia.
44
Boston,
73
8
-
8,
Ezra Brown,
Samuel and Priscilla.
April
8,
Emily Walker (Wadsworth,)
Richard and Prudence.
May
3,
Mary C Sampson (Soule, )
Samuel and Sarah.
..
6,
Samuel Hunt,
East Boston,
89
9,
Sylvanus Drew,
1
4
14
Blood Poison,
15,
Lucy F. Winsor,
Louis M. & ('atherine.
June
10,
Frances Cushing (Bailey,)
Levi and Sophia.
Aug.
29,
Simeon Sampson,
Killed by derrick,
Oct.
8,
Henry E. Pike,
Boston,
32
1
24
Insomnia,
11,
Albert West.
Rockland,
75
9
3
Paralysis,
13,
Edmund F. Simmons,
John and Jerusha.
Brockton,
73
13,
Francis Cooper,
Briggs and Ada M.
Braintree,
2
-
Edward G. & Emma M.
Nov.
2,
Hattic P. Hunt,
Edward and -
Dec.
3,
Eliza HI. Wilde, (Frazar,)
Boston,
54
5
19
Cancer,
Samuel A. and Maria. John A. and Harriet.
Newton,
39
9
G
Nervous Exhaustion,
6,
George L. Frazar,
Joshua E. and - -
Joshua E. Drew,
A poplexy,
Pembroke,
83
5
29
Scrofulous Tumor,
Boston,
73
6
7
Phthisis,
Boston,
78
11
General Debility, Old Age,
Charles and Betsey. Edwin and Emma.
Plymouth,
Halifax,
67
4
2
Consumption,
Boston,
73
4
Intestinal Catarrh,
Watertown,
26
5
Henry H. and Ellen. Samuel and - Joseph and Asenath.
23
Bright's Disease,
Exhaustion,
19,
Henry B. Wadsworth,
20
Typhoid Fever,
23,
Helen Southworth (Candlish,)
Charlestown,
61
1
Boston,
Gastric Fever,
NAMES OF PARENTS.
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Summary.
The following are the statistics of births, marriages and deaths, registered in Duxbury, during the year ending Dec. 31, 1888 :
Number of births 23
Males 10 Females 13
Number of marriages 17
Number of deaths.
51
Died in Duxbury 33
Died out of Town
18
Males
26
Females
25
Number of dogs licensed 171
Males . 158 Females 13
Paid to County Treasurer $346 80
JOSIAH PETERSON, Town Clerk.
DUXBURY, March 15th, 1889.
ANNUAL REPORT
- -OF THE - -
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
- -OF THE-
TOWN OF DUXBURY
-FOR-
1888-9.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1889.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
The School Committee of Duxbury respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year 1888-9 :
It is not the intention of the Committee in this report to discuss educational theories, but to confine themselves to a statement of what has been done during the past year and to make recommendations for the coming year.
The length of the school year, for all schools except the High, has been thirty-eight weeks, and, although there have been some interruptions from sickness and other causes, a majority of the schools completed that number of weeks before the end of the financial year. Few changes of teachers have been made, and no changes in text-books. In reviewing the work of the past year we do not think any decided improvement has been made in the work of our schools, with the exception of language work. We consider the year's work, however, fully equal to that of preceding years. We hope that during the coming year, under the plan for supervision, recommended by the Committee in this report, that a marked improvement will be made.
In addition to the Town appropriation, the dividend of the dog fund, and the usual share of the Massachusetts school fund, the Town received $149.99 as its share of
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the appropriation of $40,000, to be distributed to the smaller towns of the Commonwealth, under a resolve of the last Legislature. Twenty-five per cent. of the Town's share of the Massachusetts school fund was spent for charts as the law allows.
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