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66
1.81
F. S. Macomber,
11
66
66
1.37
John Staples,
10)
66
66
1 25
Azariah H. Petty,
14₺
.6
66
1.81
R. B. Eaton,
32
66
66
4.00
T. Eaton,
10
.6
1.25
John Willis,
60)
66
7.50
Elkanah Pierce, 66
110
66
60
13.75
75 loads gravel,
8.01
C. E. Vial,
50
..
1.50
C. H. Wade,
163
2.06
Benj. Haskins,
30
66
66
3.75
C. Harrington,
30
66
66
3.75
Wm. H. Pierce,
15
66
66
1.87
Henry Shove,
15
66
.6
1.87
Mrs. S. Myrick,
60)
66
66
7.50
Seth F. Staples, 66
3882
66
48.54
10 loads gravel,
.30
Russell Haskins,
40
66
5.00
$225.15
66
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES.
Receipts,
$7,728.32
Expended for Schools,
$1,716.61
66
". Notes and Interest,
803.46
66
"' Town Officers,
414.99
66
" State Aid,
174.00
66
" Military Aid,
244.00
" Support Poor out Almshouse,
591.15
66
" Snow Bills,
5.75
66
" Miscellaneous Bills,
1,314.08
" School House in No. 6,
1,170.61
" by Selectmen on Highways,
168.48
.. ..
66
No. 2,
136.97
66 66
66
66 No. 3,
122.15
104.52
66 66 No. 5,
103.68
66
No. 6,
193.31
66
No. 7,
225.15
Balance in hands of Treasurer,
69.68
$7,728.32
NOAH H. STRANGE, Treasurer and Collector of Berkley.
The Committee to settle with the Treasurer have this day at- tended to that duty and find his charges correct and duly authen- ticated. We find in the hands of the Treasurer,
A balance of
$69.68
Notes of Robert Pettis of Providence :
Due June 1st, 1881, 1,306.00
66 66 66 1882, 1,306.00
66 66 66 1883, 1,306.00
66 1884, 1,306.00
66
66 1885, 1,306.00
Two fish notes due June 1st, 1881,
159.00
WALTER D. NICHOLS, ) Committee to settle with JULIUS C. HASKINS, 7 Treasurer.
A ture copy-Attest, N. II. STRANGE, Treasurer.
66
No. 4,
169.77
" for Road Bills, No. 1,
REPORT
OF THE
Overseers of the Poor.
The following is the valuation of the personal property of the Town of Berkley, found at the Town Farm of said Berkley March 21, 1881, together with the condition of the paupers thereat:
1 Bay horse, $140 ; 1 old horse, 25, $165.00
5 Cows at 37 ; 3 shoats, 35, 220.00
4 Turkeys, 8 ; 50 hens, 25, 33.00
1 Calf, 12 ; 2 ton swale hay, 9, 21.00
5₺ Tons English hay at 21 ; 1 ton bl'k hay at 15, 130.50
4 Bushels rye, 1; 52 bushels corn at 70c.,
7.85
1} Bushels corn, 1; 1 thousand shingles, 3.50, 4.50
1 Monkey wrench, 75c. ; 3 scythes and snaths, 2.50, 3.25
11 Cords wood cut up at the door at 5, 55.00
120 Rails, 9 : locust poles and posts, 8, 17.00
1 Grindstone, 3 ; 6 bushels potatoes at 90c., 8.40
4 Bushels turnips at 50c. ; 1 ham, 2.67 ; 25 lbs. lard at 20c ,
9.67
175 Lbs. pork at 10c. ; 10 lbs. dried apples at 7c.,
18.20
1 Churn, 4 ; 45 gallons vinegar at 15c., 10.75
8.00
1 Clothes wringer, 7 ; 2 tubs, 1,
1 Whitewash brush, 60c. ; 2 milk-pails, 1, 1.60
2 Stable pails, 50c. ; 22 milk-pans, 2, 2.50
15
1 Apple parer, 90c. ; sled and harrow, 3, 3.90
1 Iron bar and sledge, 2 ; 5 chains, 4,
6.00
3 Hoes, 1 ; 2 shovels and 1 spade, 1.75, 2.85
3 Manure forks, 75c. ; 1 old sleigh, 4, 4.75
1 Horse rake, 4 ; 1 mowing machine, 50,
54.00
2 Plows, 10 ; 5 hay folks, 1 ; 5 rakes, 1, 12.00
1 Farm wagon, 50 ; 1 express wagon, 35, 85.00
1 Tackle and fall, 1.50 ; harnesses, 18,
19.50
1 Stump hook, 1.50 ; 2 ladders and rakes, 1.50,
3.00
5 Hoes and 1 digger, 1 ; hoe and whiffletree, 1, 2.00
3 Axes, 1.50 ; 2 saws, 1.50, 3.00
1 Horse blanket, 50c. ; hay rigging, 1,
1.50
Total, 1881,
$913.62
Total, 1880, $932.16
The total valuation of 1881 is $18.54 less than the valuation of 1880.
In settling with Mr. C. T. Belcher, Agent at the Town Farm, we find that he has charged himself with sundries sold by him amounting to $591.97
And has charged the town with sundry supplies bought by him amounting to 449.82
And with his salary of 200.00
Total against town, $649.82
Leaving the sum of $57.85
due him, for which sum we have given him an order upon the Town Treasurer.
$649.82
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There are four paupers at the almshouse, viz :- Jolm Hall, aged 73 years ; John Westgate, aged 55 years ; Amanda French, aged 78 years, and Esther Norcut, supposed to have arrived at the great age of 95 years.
The cost of supporting three and one-tenth paupers, (being the average during the past year) has been
Interest on farm say,
$200.00
Balance of Agent's salary,
57.85
$257.85
This makes the cost of supporting each pauper at the almshouse $1.60 per week. They seem to have been well cared for .- Travel- ers or tramps have been fed and lodged at the almshouse during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER D. NICHOLS, Selectmen HERBERT A. DEAN, of
ALBERT W. ALLEN, Berkley.
S
Berkley, April 1, 1881.
LIST OF TAXES FOR 1880.
Stephen B. Allen's Estate,
$34 03
Amos H. Allen,
2 00
Edwin H. Allen,
2 00
Davis Allen,
29 46
Albert W. Allen,
2 00
Jethro Ashley,
16 60
Martin Alden,
23 08
Augustus Adams,
2 00
Benj. F. Anthony,
12 79
Polly & Rachel Burt,
1 00
Abner Burt Estate,
3 15
Gardner D. Bosworth,
2 00
Holder Brightman,
2 16
Thomas Burt Estate,
17 33
Caroline Burt widow,
6 30
Silas Braley,
2 00
Stephen A. Burt,
13 82
Alexander E. Burt,
2 53
Daniel S. Briggs,
19 75
Caleb S. Briggs,
9 10
Andrew Briggs,
3 32
Charles Bissett,
26 16
Maria Bissett Estate,
6 04
Wm. Babbitt and others,
8 40
Wm. Babbitt,
33 77
Wm. Boyce,
11 19
Edward Babbitt,
13 45
Simeon Briggs Estate,
15 49
Simeon Briggs Jr.,
2 53
Herbert F. Briggs,
2 00
Thomas A. Briggs,
22 49
John D. Babbitt,
16 45
Adoniram Babbitt,
3 05
Rollin H. Babbitt,
18 55
Enoch B. Babbitt,
29 57
3
18
Horace B. Babbitt,
2 00
Isaac Babbitt,
30 41
Gideon H. Babbitt,
2 00
Albert F. Bassett,
20 17
Levi L. Bowker,
3 74
John Boyce,
26 61
George E. Boyce,
26 27
Elisha Belcher,
6 99
Calvin Belcher,
5 31
Wm. H. Belcher,
2 00
Leonard T. Belcher,
2 00
Ebenezer D. Briggs,
10 67
Job D. Briggs,
2 00
Chester J. Briggs,
2 00
Sarah Burt,
80
Joseph Burt Estate,
4 73
Weltha C Boyce,
2 63
Thomas T. Burt,
5 68
Nancy Burt,
17 33
Alvin Briggs,
21 33
N. G. T. Bowen,
24 74
George H. Bowers,
24 68
Alfred Boardman,
24 69
Arthur Bennett,
2 00
Richard Burn,
2 00
Thomas Chaffee,
2 00
Johu C. Crane,
25 37
Wm. H. S. Crane,
17 51
Samuel Covel,
17 49
George Crane,
2 00
Sarah Crane,
9 19
Adoniram Cummings,
11 20
Benj. F. Coombs,
30 62
Margaret Crane,
23 88
John Cameron,
3 05
Abiel B. Crane,
17 13
George Cummings,
11 72
Joseph T. Cummings,
9 68
Jason Cummings,
15 29
Jason Cummings Jr.,
2 00
Barzillia Crane Estate,
12 08
Nathan G. Case,
11 98
Charles Cory,
19 70
Stephen Corey,
12 50
Thomas G. Chase,
2 42
George W. Cummings,
2 53
Andrew H. Covell,
3 84
19
Charles E. Clark.
34 41
Charles E. Clark Jr.,
2 00
John J. Clark,
2 00
Francis P. Clark,
2 00
James Clark,
2 00
Benj. Crane Estate,
3 15
Peter L. Chace,
42 14
Thomas H. Chace,
2 00
Benj. F. Chase,
22 63
Henry W Clark,
12 25
Henry D. Clark,
2 00
Israel Chase,
9 51
Benj. F. Cheney,
7 21
Wm. Caswell,
22 33
Daniel Caswell,
2 00
George M. Cole,
2 00
Samuel H. Cudworth,
12 19
Calvin T. Crane,
29 57
John Cushing,
11 45
Abbie Chaffee,
3 15
Samuel N. Crane,
2 00
Wm. A. Chamberlain,
5 15
Mrs. E. R. Clark,
4 47
John F. Cushing,
2 00
James Covel.
2 00
James Darvell,
2 00
Vernon L. Dean,
2 00
Hercules Dean,
27 78
Thomas C. Dean,
26 79
Thomas B. Dean,
2 00
Miles S. Dean,
18 13
Albert E. Dean,
2 00
Thomas F. Dean,
25 26
Ebenezer Dean,
27 89
Charles A. Davis,
14 61
Esther D. Dillingham,
22 58
S. P. D. Dillingham,
6 30
James D. Dillingham,
2 32
John Q. Dillingham,
44 69
Silas Downing,
6 62
Henry J. Dyer,
8 83
Herbert A. Dean,
110 47
Roland B. Eaton,
19 38
Theodore H. Eaton,
2 00
Joseph R. Ellsbree,
21 49
Jeremiah R. Ellsbree,
2 00
Wm. K. Evans,
16 18
20
Oliver E. French,
22 96
Charles W. Farmer,
18 81
Emily Farmer,
12 34
James O. French,
9 09
Mary B. French,
6 62
George W. Felch,
2 00
Timothy E. French.
8 04
Christopher P. French,
16 18
Philip H. Fletcher,
67 21
Louis P. Fletcher,
2 00
John Gidmark,
2 00
Lewis Green,
4 94
Allen Gray,
15 92
Alexander T. Gray,
3 32
John Grinnell,
18 23
George L. Hammond,
15 24
Wm. B. Haskinst
53 61
Joseph P. Haskins Estate,
23 10
Shadrach Hathaway,
13 29
Enoch S. Hathaway,
3 21
Enoch Hathaway Estate,
1 58
Benj. Hathaway Estate, Henry Hathaway,
15 60
Rebecca G. Hathaway,
22 26
David Hoxie,
30 51
Edward B. Hathaway,
2 00
Otis Haskell,
3 05
Wm. H. Haskell,
2 00
James A. Haskell.
2 00
Cyrus Hathaway,
14 97
Charles A. Hathaway,
2 79
John Harmon,
8 51
Sarah J. Hathaway,
2 10
Albert Hathaway,
3 95
Rowena Hathaway widow,
53
Cyrus Haskins, Jr.,
2 53
Cyrus Haskins Estate,
8 82
Augustus R. Haines,
6 20
James Hathaway Estate,
7 41
Bradford G. Hathaway,
16 48
Henry A. Haines,
2 00
Michael Harrington,
2 00
Peter Hathaway Estate,
19 95
George F. Howard,
2 00
George A. Harmon,
2 00
Russel Haskins,
2 00
5 25
21
Freeman D. Harmon,
2 00
Elam R. Haskins,
14 13
Benj. S. Haskins,
10 56
Stephen Hathaway,
20 43
Catherine Harrington,
7 88
Julius C. Haskins,
23 74
Cornelius Harrington,
4 10
Jacob C. Haskins,
2 06
Charles R. Haskins,
2 53
Lydia G. Haskins.
20 34
Wm. W. Haskins,
2 00
Fanny Haskins' Heirs,
9 19
Sarah J. Hoard's Heirs,
9 45
Isaac N. Horton,
5 84
John T. Haskins,
2 00
Wm. W. Hathaway,
2 00
Benj. C. Hallett,
2 00
Charles Hathaway,
2 00
Arthur Jones,
2 53
Giles L. Leach,
42 80
Obediah Lawton,
16 45
Wm. F. Lincoln,
2 00
Simeon W. Luther,
2 79
Benj. Luther,
22 58
Margaret Luther,
9 45
Frank S. Macomber,
5 16
James H. Macomber,
6 73
Enoch Macomber,
11 14
Horace Macomber,
3 58
Frederick Macomber,
2 00
Bradford W. Macomber,
1 05
Gideon H. Myrick,
19 12
John W. Meack,
8 20
Sarah C. Myrick, widow,
21 00
Sarah C. Myrick, guardian,
5 52
Ebenezer Macomber.
16 55
George W. Macomber,
36 02
Macomber & Manchester,
16 02
Geo. R. Macomber,
2 00
Pardon H. Manchester,
2 00
James Maguire,
21 98
John F. McDonald,
2 00
Samuel Norcut,
6 73
Geo. A. Norcut,
3 05
Silas Norcut,
12 77
Bernard Norcut,
9 99
22
Betsey Newhall, widow,
1 32
Francis Newhall,
25 27
Walter D. Nichols,
43 96
Johur H. Nichols,
2 27
Frank H. Nichols,
2 00
Albert Pitts,
111 88
Thomas Poole,
2 00
Walter H. Phillips,
2 16
Samuel W. Phillips,
6 29
Benj. Paull,
·
13 34
James F. Phillips,
12 00
Andrew N. Pierce's heirs
7 02
Darius Phillips estate,
17 60
Jeremiah W. Pierce,
95
Samuel S Pierce,
5 73
Shepherd Phillips,
4 89
Alfred Pierce.
14 08
Franklin Phillips,
11 67
Charles F. Phillips,
2 42
F. A. Paull's estate,
23 10
Charles F. Paull,
2 00
James W. Paull,
2 00
Thomas P. Paull,
2 00
Paull Bros.,
27 67
David Pierce's heirs,
4 20
Elkanah Pierce,
50 99
Wmn. H. Pierce,
71 41
Wm. H. Pierce, Guar.,
3 15
Joshua Padelford,
2 00
Azariah Petty,
2 00
George Pierce estate,
16 28
Abishai Pittsley,
2 00
John A. Read,
15 65
Asa W. Read,
6 73
John F. Richmond,
13 93
David K. Richmond,
2 16
Mrs. Stephen C. Ramsdell,
53
Apollos B. Read,
2 00
Salmond Richmond heirs,
12 08
Wm. H. Smith,
9 83
Sinai Seekell,
2 10
Thomas P. Staples,
6 30
Daniel D. Strange,
27 47
Noah H Strange,
2 00
George P. Strange,
7 21
Philip A. Strange,
2 00
Maria J. Strange,
2 00
23
David T. Strange,
21 85
Thomas Strange estate,
38 85
Elam Staples,
7 10
Charles F. Staples,
2 00
Darius Sanford,
7 41
Charles A. Shaw,
7 37
David F. Strange,
3 58
Joseph Staples,
14 30
Isaac'Seymour,
26 79
Thomas H. Seekell,
24 63
Alfred R. Street,
2 00
John S. Staples,
24 21
Seth F. Staples,
19 60
Timothy Staples,
20 38
Henry Shove,
9 77
Wm. Simms,
25 37
Wm. G. Simms,
2 00
John Smith,
2 00
Wm. D. Seymour,
2 00
Charles Stokes
2 00
Geo. L. Turcott,
2 00
Leander Terry,
20 39
Jonathan W Thrasher,
31 57
Charles O. Thrasher,
2 00
Charles F. Thrasher, »
2 00
Benj. H. Thrasher,
6 73
John H. Thrasher,
10 04
Noah D. Thrasher,
13 41
Edward J. Thomas.
2 00
George E. Thomas,
2 00
John T. Townsend,
15 35
Nath'l G. Townsend,
18 28
Thomas Terry,
10 94
Joseph W. Terry,
2 00
Edward E. Terry,
2 00
Eliphalet Terry,
2 00
Thomas J. Tew's estate,
10 77
Cherles H. Thomas,
2 00
Gustavus Tripp,
7 25
Cassius E. Viall,
19 07
Amanda Wilbur,
2 10
George W. Westgate,
12 88
George H. Westgate,
5 95
Eli Wordell,
2 16
James B. Westgate,
16 39
Charles F. Westgate,
2 00
Dean P. Westgate,
18 86
24
George E. Westgate,
2 00
Elijah Wilbur,
11 19
Bildad Williams,
5 42
George F. Wilbur,
31 41
Charles H. Williams,
2 00
Seth E. Williams,
12 50
Caroline Williams wid.,
4 73
James E. Westgate,
5 42
Andrew Waters,
10 82
John S. Willis,
17 50
James Wade,
24 90
Charles M. Wade,
2 00
Wm. Whitmore heirs,
8 93
Charles S. White,
15 34
Carlos C. Wellman,
2 00
Theodore Wilbur,
3 47
Cong. Society,
6 30
NON-RESIDENTS.
TAUNTON.
Nathan Clark,
$13.65
John Seekell estate,
7.88
George Seekell,
2.89
James H. Wade,
12.08
William Morse,
9.72
J. Frank Dean,
19.53
Charles F. Johnson,
5.78
Edward P. Macomber,
2.63
David C. Dean,
4.62
James P. Dean,
3.15
Charles W. Padelford,
.32
Alvin T. Pierce,
1.58
Rufus Macomber,
48.52
William Burt,
3.15
Benjamin Burt,
4.20
Samuei B. Chase,
7.35
Anthony & Cushman,
6.83
David W. Dean,
7.88
Jacob Eldridge,
1.05
Israel French,
2.37
George A. Field and others,
15.75
John Godfrey estate,
.53
Nelson Goff,
.53
Enoch Goff,
.79
Staples & Godfrey,
3.68
Sylvia Hathaway,
.79
Enoch Hathaway estate,
,79
George Hart,
.53
25
John W. Hart,
5.78
Edward O. Hart;
6 83
James E. UJart,
1.84
Lysander; Hart,
1.84
Henry B. Macomber,
4.20
Samuel W. Macomber,
6.30
William F. Macomber,
.53
Stephen Pierce,
.27
Oliver A. Pierce,
1.05
William Price,
7.35
Isaac Fish,
4.20
Staples & Phillips,
10 50
David Padelford,
1.84
James Paull,
5.25
Elias Phillips estate,
3.15
Bernard Quigley estate,
2.10
Sinal Williams and others
3.68
Alpheus Sanford's estate,
3.31
John E Sanford,
2.10
Abraham Shores,
6.99
Lloyd Williams estate,
3.15
George Williams,
8.40
Marshall Williams,
1.58
James Wetherell,
5.78
Francis K. Williams,
27.30
House and lot,
8.93
A. White & Co.,
7.35
A. L. Bliss,
29.30
Jacob Phillips,
3.68
George S. Clark,
.27
Job Hamer,
3.68
Oliver Soper's heirs.
.53
James Gillespie,
1.05
Mary Haskins,
.79
William W. French,
2.10
Elkanah Hathaway,
11.55
Louis Bragg,
4.73
Jason Pittsly,
1.84
Charles D. White,
1.58
Roby, Hardman,
1.32
Alexander H. Williams,
.27
Marshall Bragg,
2 63
FREETOWN.
Daniel H. Cudworth,
.21
William H. Cudworth,
.32
Hathaway & Evans.
2.63
Charles E. Hathaway,
2.63
Jonathan Gurney,
.84
Thomas G. Nichols,
2.52
Nichols"& Sampson,
4 73
James Winslow,
1 58
Ambrose B Winslow,
64
4
26
Apollos Webster,
20 74
John D Wilson,
2 63
Joseph D Hathaway,
10 24
Mrs John W Pickens, Charles II Briggs,
1 32
LAKEVILLE.
Clothier Allen estate,
5 25
John Allen.
64
John F Allen,
5 78
Ebenezer Crane,
12 60
Jireh Winslow estate,
20 37
William Canedy.
1 58
Job Pierce,
27
James Pierce.
2 63
Ethan E Pierce,
2 31
Amelia Paull,
2 10
Enos Pierce,
27
Susan Strowbridge,
4 73
Henry C Pickens,
5 25
Cyrus O Elmes,
5 25
Charles Farmer,
84
Jeremiah Murphy,
4 73
Jaines P Pierce
3 31
Abram Pierce estate,
1 05
NEW BEDFORD.
Daniel K Andros estate,
18 38
Charles D Burt,
53
Caroline Morse,
4 73
Samuel H Whitmore,
14 70
Samuel B Hamlin,
2 32
WESTPORT POINT.
R Macomber and H Brightman,
23 63
PORTSMOUTH, R. I.
Abbie J Chase,
4 20
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
1 05
Jane Renches,
3 15
Frank D Chester,
11 93
Joseph W Puffer.
7 62
Malachi H Haskins,
8 93
Clarissa Porter,
4 20
George W Crowningshield,
5 78
Calvin T Dean.
4 20
Bathsheba Goff,
2 63
DIGHTON.
Shove & Perry,
7 35
Charles N Simmons.
7 88
Noble S Simmons estate,
6 83
Charles E Whitmarsh,
63
William Seekell,
16 80
27
FALL RIVER.
Edmund Chase and others,
12 60
Caroline Dean, William B. Durfee,
73 50
INDIANA.
Jonathan Crane,
1 58
CAMBRIDGEPORT.
John Crane,
21 53
ARIZONA.
C. G. W. French, 53
BRIGHTON, MASS.
Ambrose Hathaway,
5 25
RAYNHAM.
Enoch Sanford,
2 10
ENGLAND.
A. J. Roberts,
3 68
REHOBOTH.
Wm. W. Blanding,
11 55
BOSTON.
George W. Pierce,
3 15
JAMAICA PLAIN.
Ellen Anderson. 3 15
B. C. F. & N. B. R. R., New Bedford division, 42 00
VERMONT.
Sumner Thompson, 5 25
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SCHOOL REPORT.
The School Committee of the town of Berkley herewith most respectfully submit their annual report.
The whole number of scholars attending our schools appears to be 158; average membership 118; average attendance 98; over 15 years of age 28; between the ages of 8 and 14, 83. The per cent. of attendance is only 83, which although very small is a slight improvement upon the attendance of last year. The whole number of persons in town on the first day of May last, between the ages of 5 and 15 years was 150; whole number between the ages of 8 and 14 years was 94, as returned to us by the Asses- sors of the town. Of the 150 returned as above, between the ages of 5 and 15 years, only 132 appear to have attended school. Thus 12 per cent. have not put in an appearance at all. Whose children are they? What circumstances can excuse this great neglect?
There has been (with one exception of a week,) eight and one half months school in all of the school houses in town, a length unprecedented in the history of the town of Berkley. We feel very grateful to
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the town for supplying us with the means of thus lengthening the schools.
The school houses are as a whole in far better condition and more suited and better adapted to the needs of both teachers and scholars, than ever since the incorporation of the town in 1735, when there were no school houses in town and but one teacher, "Master Gavin", who taught in different parts of the town at stated times in such buildings as could be secured for the purpose. The school house No. 1, (Common) needs to be newly floored, reseated and changed to conform to the general plan of the new school buildings in town. We would also call the attention of the town to the school building at Myricksville. It will soon need very expensive re- pairs. Would it not be worth an effort on the part of the town to sell it at some price and build a house more suited to the needs of the school and far more economical to the town?
We feel justified in saying, according to the knowledge which we possess, that there has been no retrogression in the character of our schools as a whole, and in some schools a very marked advance- ment.
But length of schools, good and attractive school houses, competent and devoted teachers alone will not secure the best result. Home influence in the right direction is indispensible. Children should go to school charged with the importance, yes, necessity, of obedience and industry, of good behavior and of diligence. "Then much of the trials and perplexities
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of the teacher's life would be turned into joy and enthusiasm. The importance of a loving teacher consists greatly in the training of pupils and teach- ing the how to obtain knowledge. Teach them to think, to reason, to compare, to comprehend. Then they will be prepared with much or little acquired knowledge to gain more and more during their whole lives. For whatever aids may facilitate the acquire- ment of what we call education, but little can be accomplished without the earnest efforts of the pupil. Whatever other important factors are supplied, if home influence and personal effort on the part of pupil be wanting, the product can never be highly satisfactory.
In regard to the studies pursued in our schools, without disparaging any study, we would impress upon the teachers the paramount importance of reading, writing and spelling. Said a venerable and seccessful teacher in a school in which the writer was a small boy, "It should be written over the door of your school room, that the reading lesson is the most important lesson." We fully endorse the sen- timent. "Understandest thou what thou readest," is as pertinent, as important a question now as eighteen centuries ago. Whoever can read well, whoever is master of emphasis, inflection, pauses, in short whoever can read so as to convey the thoughts, ideas and conceptions of the subject read perfectly to a hearer, possesses a key to a fountain of knowledge almost inexhaustible.
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We extend our heartfelt thanks to the clergymen of the town for the interest manifested by them in the schools. One of them, himself once a teacher, knows how necessary the "Aarons and Hurs" are to sustain the courage, the enthusiasm of the teach- er. In the name of the town we thank them, and express the hope that their efforts and interest in the future will not be abated. It has been said in a former report (some ten years since) that the first two clergymen of the town, who together occupied the pulpit for some three-fourths of a century, ex- erted a more powerful and beneficial influence in this town out of their pulpits than in them, although both of them were very able exponents of Christian- ity from their stand-points. Christianity, civiliza- tion, intelligence, enlightenment, and humanity, are inseparably connected. We all agree, then, that the proper training and education of our children and youth are of the first importance, not only in regard to the life that is, but of the life beyond the bounds of time. Let us, then, endeavor to discharge that duty according to the light which we have within us.
he ad ain
f d r r e L
No. of School.
TEACHERS' NAMES.
No. of Term.
Whole No.
Average Average Mem- Scholars| bership.
Length attend- ance.
of Term in Mos.
Teach'r's' wages per Mo.
Over 15 years of age.
Under 5 years of age.
14 years of age.
Bet.8and Per cent. Amount rec'd by of at- tendance teachers.
86
1
19
17
143
23
$28.
1
( JULIA R. BURT,
2
21
20₴
19
2.3
28.
2
0
19
80
1
66
3
22
i
1
23
21
18
21
18
24
32.
1
0
18
80
112.
2
ANNIE P. MOORE,
3
28
234
18
3.5
28.
1
0
7
63
70.
HANNAH T. TURNER,
2
16
14
12%
25
28.
2
0
9
90
70.
3
CAROLINE L. HOLLIS,
3
17
16
144
2₺
20.
0
1
7
66
50.
LIZZIE D. FRENCH,
2
13
13
12
4
SOPHIA P. DILLINGHAM,
3
15
153
132
3.5
32.
3
1
4
100
1
7
5
5
2₺
20.
0
1
6 -
74
184.
3
9
52
35
24.
1
20.
1
0
13
86
. 50.
ANNIE F. CUMMINGS,
2
21
20
133
25
20.
1
0
13
68
50.
NANCY T. PHILLIPS,
3
29
24
175
35
32.
4
0
12
73
112.
PHILIP C. PORTER,
1
21
245
21
2.
28.
1
1
10
86
ELIZABETH M. JOHNSON,
2
31
27
25
26
28.
1
1
12
92
7
3
26
182
13
31
32.
1
0
12
71
244.
Teachers' wages,
1
79.00
Rec'd from State Fund,
214.88
Wood and cutting,
25.81
Dog Tax Fund,
69.07
Building fires,
25.30
Scholars,
5.75
This table of Statistics we trust speaks for itself.
WALTER D. NICHOLS, BENJAMIN F. COOMBS, THOMAS P. PAULL,
School Com. of Berkley.
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16
86
50.
20.
0
20.
0
0
14
86
50.
2
ALFRED R. STREET,
1
14
10.
63
32.
2
1
9
89
112.
1
12
9
6
28.
1
0
8
92
70.
0
10
85
112.
20.
0
4
92
2
7
6
55
66
1
19
16%
13
6
.
Town Grant,
$1450.00
$1588.00
0
11
$252.
32.
0
0
19
86
21
18
ANNIE M. BOWERS,
22
ANNIE B. WILBUR,
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·
Annual Reports
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY,
1881-82.
TAUNTON : PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF J. S. SAMPSON, 1882.
Annual Reports
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF BERKLEY,
1881-82.
TAUNTON : PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF J. S. SAMPSON, 1882.
Selectmen's Report.
The Selectmen of Berkley for 1881-82, herewith re- spectfully submit their report.
We employed Eliphalet Terry and wife to take charge of the poor upon the Town Farm, and also, to manage the farm. We turned over and put under his management property upon the farm, amounting (see appraisal 1881) to $913.62, ten days before he took charge. His salary was $165.00. On the 13th day of March, current, we made an appraisal of the property found upon the farm, (see ap- praisal 1882) which amounted to $1100.32. Subtracting the last year's appraisal, leaves an increase of property upon the farm, over last year, of $186.50. The former occupant, however. drew from the treasury only $57.85, while the present occupant draws $142.00 or $84.95 more than his predecessor. And $186.50-$84.95=$101.55 better than last year as we have appraised the property. His pre- decessor, also, received $75. for stock sold from the farm more than he replaced. And $78+96.75=174.75, the ex- act excess over the years 1880-81.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
APPRAISAL.
1 horse, $140.00
5 cows and 1 heifer @ $37, 222.00
4 shoats @ $10. 40.00
2 turkeys $4, 60 hens $30. 34.00
12 tons E. hay @ $20 per ton,
240.00
3 tons salt hay @ $9
27.00
¿ ton swale hay,
5 00
12 ton thatch hay,
12 00
62 bushels rye @ $1,
6 50
6를 corn.
6 50
1 M Shingles,
3 50
1 monkey wrench,
75
3 scythes and snaths,
2 00
11 cord wood @ $5.
55 00
9 posts, 8 poles, 120 rails, Grindstone,
3 00
25 bushels potatoes,
25 00
8 turnips,
6 00
8 66 small potatoes, 4 00
9 15
30 lbs. lard @ 16 cents,
4 80
175 lbs. pork @ 13 cents,
22 95
60 gallons vlnegar, @ 15 cents,
9 00
2 churns, $5, wringer $7, 12 00
4 00
2 wash tubs, 22 milk pans, 3 milk pails. Apple parer, brush and butter mould,
1 50
1 lantern 90 cents, 1 harrow, $3. Iron bar, sledge and 5 chains,
6 00
3 hoes, 2 shovels, 1 spade,
2 85
3 manure forks and 3 hay forks, 1 sleigh, 4 00
1 50
Mowing machine, horse rake,
50 00
2 ploughs, 3 rakes, 10 00
17 00
61 lbs. ham @ 15 cents,
3 90
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Farm wagon,
48 00
Express wagon, 35 00
Tackle and falls, $1.50, a lot of harness $10, 11 50
Stump hook, $1.50, 2 ladders,
3 00
Whiffletree and hay gearing,
2 00
2 saws and 4 axes,
2 00
56 quarts beans @ 12 cents,
6 72
$1095 32
Appraisal last year,
913 62
Mr. Terry has charged the town with sundry expenditures, amounting to
$345 28
He has charged himself with sundry receipts, 367 42
Leaving a balance in his hands,
$ 22 20
Order upon treasurer,
142 80
Amount of salary,
$165 00
As overseers of the poor we report the death of Esther Norcut, Dec. 8th. 1881, at a greatly advanced age, not certain. but probably more than a century old, she has long been an inmate of the Almshouse.
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