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· 10,000 00
May 18, 1874, at 6 per cent .
· 2,000 00 West Boston Savings Bank,
July 24, 1875, five years, at 6 per cent · 10,000 00
July 24, 1875, seven years, at 6 per cent
· 5,000 00
July 24, 1875, ten years, at 6 per cent · 5,000 00
$ 500 00
250 00
1,000 00 .
52 92
500 00
900 00
8 75
on 430 orders .
28,453 87
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Asa French, guardian, Jan. 2, 1869, at 7 per cent
$1,400 00
Interest
7 62
Outstanding Order No. 371 .
96 77
-- $ 53,406 33 -
ASSETS OF THE TOWN.
Balance in the treasury
$8,271 58
Due from David H. Bates, Collector, 1876, cash on hand
210 09
unpaid taxes
913 32
66
City of Boston
126 00
66
New Bedford
110 08
66
Town of Weymouth
2 25
66
66 Randolph
3 09
66
66
66 Hingham
16 00
66
66 State aid
1,192 07
-- $10,846 48
In addition to above we find the following items, which have appeared as assets of the town in former years, the collection of which ap- pears doubtful, viz. :
Due from State aid, former years
· $1,053 65
Town Hall, 1874 .
.
124 50
66
66 66 1875
32 00
$1,210 15
Town debt, per list
Less good assets, as above
$53,406 33 10,846 48
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1877
£ Feb. 1, 1876
$42,559 85 . 22,761 59
.
Chelsea
2 00
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT.
BRAINTREE, February 1, 1877.
To the Selectmen :-
GENTLEMEN - The Trustees of the Thayer Library respectfully report to the town the following statistics of the Library during the past year, together with the account of their Treasurer :-
LIBRARY STATISTICS.
Library opened during the year 94 days. Circulation of books, 12,097; average . 128 each day.
Percentage of fiction . 71
juvenile
higher class 20
9
Largest number Joaned in any one day, Feb. 26, 1876 . 246
Smallest " July 5, 1876 .. 63
No. of volumes added during the year . .
393
Whole number of volumes in Catalogue
2537
No. of borrowers, 1194, of which 278 were added during the year.
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ACCOUNT OF THE TREASURER OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY.
RECEIPTS.
Feb. 1, 1876.
Cash in Treasury . $ 43 05
Town appropriation 350 00
" Treasurer, interest on town note $10,000 .. 600 00
Fines . 30 69
$1,023 74
DISBURSEMENTS.
For books
$461 60
stationary and printing . 10 00
binding .
82 85
expressage
5 40
coal .
69 50
oil .
8 10
fixtures .
8 43
librarian
250 00
insurance
56 25
$952 13
Balance Feb. 1, 1877
$71 61
BRAINTREE, Feb. 1, 1877.
N. F. T. HAYDEN,
Treasurer.
We have nothing to add except that the interest of our citizens in the Library appears to be constantly increasing, and its usefulness as a means of public education is an established fact.
ASA FRENCH, Trustees
F. A. HOBART, of N. F. T. HAYDEN, N. H. HUNT, > Thayer Public Library.
H. A. JOHNSON, --
In the report of town debt, Feb. 1, 1876, there is no interest shown as due on the $10,000 note held by the Trustees of the Thayer Library, while the report of the Trustees of the Library shows only the receipt of one year's nterest after Aug. 1, 1874, in their report of Jan. 30, 1875. The discrep- ncy.arises from the Town Treasurer's report covering Feb. Ist inclusive, while the Trustee's report is to Jan. 31st inclusive. Hence the credits of interest to the Library Trustee's report are six months in arrears from what is shown by the Town Treasurer.
BENJ. F. DYER, Town Auditors. N. F. . T HAYDEN. )
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BRAINTREE SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
JOSEPH DYER, Jun., Treasurer.
Cash on hand, Feb. 1, 1876 . $213 93
Dividends received from Eliot Bank, Boston
15 00
66
Weymouth Bank . 91 00
66 Granite Bank, Quincy 80 00
Taxes refunded .
35 SI
Received for rent of Almshouse and Farm 200 00
$635 74
Cash paid E. A. Spear, ditching Salt Meadow IS3 II
66 E. T. Ellis, removing Sods
II 20
66 John B. Arnold .
7 25
George H. Arnold
4 00
6
George W. White, for ditching Fresh Meadow 8 00 C. T. Crane, Trustee for Three Years . . :5 00
G. H. Arnold, 6:
5 00
R. Porter, 66
5 CO
Geo. W. White, “ 66
5 00
66 John B. Arnold «
66 -
5 00
H. Abercrombie, Chairman «
8 00
Joseph Dyer, Jun., Treas. 15 00
66 Jonathan French . 350 00
Cash on hand
24 IS
$635 74
The undersigned having been chosen to audit the accounts of the Treasure" of theBraintree School Fund has attended to that duty, and certifies that the same have been correctly kept and cast, and that all payments are properly vouched for.
G. H. ARNOLD.
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CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Selectmen :-
I most respectfully submit the following report :---
The department is under the control of a chief and eight assistant engineers. There are two hand engines with hose carriages attached, and, one hook and ladder carriage,
The companies are full, and consist of one hundred and twenty-five vol- unteers.
The several houses belonging to the department, are in good condition, There are belonging to the department, eleven hundred feet reliable, five hundred feet unreliable, and four hundred feet of condemned hose.
The reservoir in the North part of the town, is now in good condition, after undergoing the expense of taking off the old cement and properly re- cementing it.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY.
UNION NO. I, one engine and hose carriage, 250 feet of rubber hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 300 feet linen hose, 150 feet of condemned hose, 32 feet of suction hose, 8 pr spanner and belts, 2 wrenches, 2 stoves, I duster, broom, 3 oil cans, boiler, jack, 2 axes, ten ft ladder, coal hod, 2 pails, burst- ing strap, 10 settees, 8 chairs, table, 3 lanterns, 8 lamps and fixtures, 6 spit- toons, 4 buckets, 5 nozzles, pole for horses, 4 rubber coats and five caps.
BUTCHER BOY No. 2, engine and hose carriage, 250 feet rubber hose, 250 feet rubber lined hose, 300 feet linen hose, 250 feet condemned hose, 35 feet suction hose, 9 pr spanner and belts, wrench, 2 stoves, duster, broom, oil can, boiler, jack, 2 axes, coal hod, fountain pump, 2 pails, 2 bursting straps, 10 settees, 8 chairs, table, 4 lanterns, 7 lamps and fixtures, six spittoons, 4 buckets, 4 nozzles, 10 foot ladder, pole for horses, 4 rubber coats.
WAMPATUCK HOOK AND LADDER CO. No. I, one carriage, 10 ladders, 6 hooks, 6 lamps, table, 6 spittoons, 8 chairs, 10 settees, 2 stoves, 2 coal hods, shovel, broom, 2 boilers, dustpan, 2 oil cans, 22 buckets, 3 pumps, 6 dog hooks, 2 lanterns, 2 axes, one lever for raising ladders, pole for horses, con- stitution and frames.
SCHEDULE OF FIRES FOR THE YEAR 1876.
August 27th, an old unoccupied dwelling of little value, in South Braintree elonging to N. F. Safford, supposed cause, incendiary.
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October 16th, a dwelling house in East Braintree owned by Adoram Clapp and occupied by Volney Young, value, $600, supposed cause, defective chimney.
December 30th, a dwelling house in South Braintree owned by Hiram Wild and occupied by him and J., E. Mellen, value, $2000, damage, $700 cause defective chimney.
The Board would respectfully recommend that a reservoir be placed near the Town House, also that there be a bell placed on each of the houses of the Department.
The first public parade of the department, was made on the Fourth of July by request of the committee on celebration for that day, and the Engineers feel grateful to each of the companies for their energy to make it a success. All of which is most respectfully submitted.
JOHN CAVANAGH, Chief Engineer,
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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
NORFOLK, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Monday, the fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the' forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :-
Ist. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
2d. To hear the report of the several town officers, and act thereon.
3d. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town ways, and bridges, the ensuing year.
4thì, To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
5th. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
6th. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money as the Selectmen may direct.
7th. To see if the town will accept the Jury List as made by the Se- lectmen.
8th. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of one hundred and fifty dollars, and pay the same to Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post, Grand Army of the Republic, for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses o
f memorial services on Decoration Day.
9th. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum to complete the improvement of Middle Street.
Ioth. To choose a School Fund Committee, and two Trustees of the Thayer Public Library,
Irth. To see if the town will cause to be immediately built two "Lockups,"'
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one to be located at the East, and the other at the South part of the town, and to be built of the same size and material as the one at Weymouth Landing.
12th. To see if the town will direct the Selectmen to apportion the money to be raised by the town for 1877 for the repairs and maintainance of highways in the three districts as established last year, to be apportioned on the basis of the valuation of the Polls and Estates lying within the limits of the several districts.
13th. To see if the town will choose three constables for the East dis- trict, in compliance with the request of the property holders of that part of the town, one of the constables so chosen to be appointed by the Selectmen a Special Police officer, who shall be required to do special police duty and to act as a night patrol within the district of East Braintree, for one year from the month of March ensuing, or until one is chosen and com- missioned in his stead.
14th. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to pay such police officer a fair salary for such night services and to draw their orders upon the town Treasurer for his monthly pay.
15th. To see if the town will authorize the committee appointed at the last annual meeting on "Centennial Celebration," to print in proper form, the proceedings of the town, on the Fourth of July, last.
16th. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to deposit the Ancient Records, or any other valuable papers of the town that they may see fit, in the library building.
17th. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to take measures for the preservation of the ancient deed of the town, and if they think proper to have copies of it made, providing the expense shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars.
ISth. To see if the town will widen the bridge and draw on Quincy Avenue, to a proper width to accommodate the public travel, and the pas- sage of vessels.
19th. To see if the town will build a reservoir near the Town House.
20th. To see if the town will direct a bell to be placed on each of the houses of the fire department.
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2Ist. To choose any committee, to hear the report of any committee, and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested cop- ies of this warrant at the usual public places in town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not; and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this twentieth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. .
ABIJAH ALLEN, Selectmen of DAVID H. BATES, Braintree.
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JURY LIST.
REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN,
Feb. 20, 1877.
Samuel E. Brackett,
Charles Thayer,
Abijah Allen,
David H. Bates,
Alexander Bowditch,
William Reed,
Charles Pratt,
Elisha A. Belcher,
Eben B. Tower,
N. Eugene Hollis,
Henry W. Simonds,
Samuel Hayden,
Ebenezer F. Howard,
George A. Sproule,
Thomas B. Vinton,
George .W Arnold,
Ebenezer C. Bowditch,
Samuel L. Dyer, E. F. E. Thayer, Joseph I. Bates,
Paul J. Minchin,
Henry M. White,
David N. Hollis,
Charles A. French,
Richard L. Arnold,
Granville Thompson,
Amos William Stetson,
Alva S. Morrison, William H. Cobb,
E. Warner Dailey, John Marcus Arnold, James Wilson,
Isaac Porter,
Joseph H. Hobart,
Lewis Thayer,
J. Frederic Allen, Eben Denton,
Thomas Hill, Cranmore N. Wallace, Paul Wild,
Joel F. Sheppard,
Arza B. Keith,
William F. Locke,
Marcus A. Perkins,
J. Parker Hay ward,
John B. Arnold,
Nathaniel White,
C. Byron Hunt.
George F. Leonard,
John Kimball,
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STATISTICS OF THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FOR THE YEAR 1876.
Whole number of intentions of marriage recorded,
of marriages
of births
96
..
of deaths
77
MARRIAGES.
DATE.
NAMES,
AGE.
RESIDENCE.
BIRTHPLACE.
Jan. 9.
John Flynn,
35
Pennsylvania.
Ireland
Bessie C. Sullivan,
30
Braintree,
66
Francis French, 1 .
40
Brockton,
Ella E. Whittaker,
21
Braintree,
. b.
27. Humphrey Moyniham, 27 Mary E. Cavanagh
21
Braintree,
Boston .
March 16.
Alfred F. Smith,
24
Braintree,
Rhode Island
Georgie J. Grover
19
Weymouth,
Chelsea
29.
Charles H. Mann, Susan E. Hollis,
23
Braintree,
Braintree.
29. Winfield S. Glover, Lizzie A. Cheek,
24
Braintree,
Quincy. Weymouth. Abington.
Sarah W. Gary,
IS
E. Weymouth,
E. Weymouth. Canada.
April
12. Joseph D. Valiquet, Minnie E. Wales,
.22
Braintree,
Minnesota
19. W. Oscar Carver, 26
Ada L. Robbins,
18
Braintree,
Quincy. Plymouth. Ireland.
24. Patrick Quinn, Kate Kelley,
23
20
Randolph. Boston.
My 4.
Edwin J. Marston,
37
Middleton,
Tamworth, N. H. Middleton.
Eliza A. Wilkins, 28
II. John B. Reinhalter, 22 Maggie T. Hinnegan, 24
Quincy, Braintree,
Ireland.
June
I. Henry Mann, [61
Randolph.
Sarah L. Dickerman, 41
Braintree. 66
7.
Charles F. Saunders, 22
19
Randolph,
Randolph. Braintree.
20. William L. Gage, 30
Braintree,
Mary E. Burr, 23
Quincy,
Quincy
19
23
Quincy,
30. Frank W. Brown,
21
Abington,
19
Quincy,
27
25. Lawrance F. Leavitt, Flora R. Webber
18
Quincy,
France.
66
Abbie H. Green,
Brockton Salem, N. H. Ireland.
Quincy,
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28. George H. Saunders, 25
Braintree
Sarah E. Thayer, 22
July
I. James McFarland, 24
Mary McKay, 24
27. James Duncan, 39
Aug.
2.
Mary T. Bertsch, Frank P. Dyer, 28
19
Weymouth, Hingham,
!
Pennsylvania. Boston. Hingham. Braintree.
Clara L. Vinton‹ 27
Braintree,
Boston.
Mary E. Branley,
20
66
Braintree. Cohassett. Braintree.
25. Robert Dee, Mary Donahue, 23
24
Weymouth,
Braintree,
Oct.
4. Charles O. Stevens, Abbie Holbrook,
21
66 Randolph. Weymouth, Braintree,
Hampton, N. H. Randolph. Weymouth. Cambridge. Rye, N. H.
12. John W. Dorety, Louisa A. Foye, 23
23
31
Weymouth, Braintree,
25. George G. French, 36 Ella F. Fisner, 25
Fitchburg,
Braintree. Woodstock. Charlestown. Braintree. "1
5 Franklin W. Hayden, 22 Ida A. McCarty, 20
Randolph, Braintree,
Randolph. St. Johns, N. B. Braintree.
61. Alden Bowditch, 31
66
Nellie A. Montgomery, 31
Boston,
Auburn, N. H. Weymouth. Hingham.
Sarah E. Kenerson, 27
Braintree,
Braintree.
29. Herb't W. Richardson, 22 Sarah F. Bump, 18
66
Randolph. Braintree.
30. John F. Bowditch, 29 Sarah A. Childs, 35
€
Beverly.
Dec.
2 . John E. Eastwood, 30
F England. Braintree.
Maggie Mills, 22
22. George F. Johnson, 19 Plymouth,
Milford.
II. Julius Piatt, Mary A. Denton,
27
24
[2. Lory O. Rand, 24 Emma H. Shaw, 24
18. Willard .K Richards, Ella C. Baker,
27
Weymouth Roxbury. Weymouth. Braintree. Weymouth. Boston.
29 Charles A. Allen, 27 Mary T. Cohoran, 22
Nov.
4. George E. Ludden, 21 Eliza Loring, 23
East Bridgewater, Braintree, 66
15. Richard A. Pidgeon, 29 Emma H. Fogg, 20
26. Edward A. Young, 22
Weymouth,
Braintree Lanesville. Scotland
3 Henry A. Hawkes, 24
21
44 ,
Lucy A. Willis, 20
Braintree,
Braintree.
26. Samuel R. Slack, 58
Helen M. Dunbar, 33
30. Bradford Y. Knight, 22
Weymouth, Braintree,
Searsmont, Me. Braintree.
BIRTHS
1875.
April 9.
Charles Elmer Dyer,
23. Charles G. Dunnington,
May I. Charles Ernest Hollinshead,
John and Fanny.
Dec. 27. George Greenwood,
John and Mary.
1876.
Jan. 4. William Thomas Chambers,
17. Herbert Ellery Grocker,
Henry H. and Lisette M. Eugene and Lydia J. : James and Eliza.
21. Bernice Emily Goodnow,
22. Mary Eliza Purcell,
25. Willie Everett McDonnell,
29. Joseph McAndrew,
Feb.
I. Harriet Leavitt,
5. Mary Elizabeth Donahoe,
IO. Edith Eldridge Cain,
21. Henry Francis Vinton,
25. George Frazer Mansfield,
27. Charles McRae,
28. Charles Andrew Walker, 1
March 3.
Mary Ahearn,
Daniel and Hannah
4. Florence Belle Hunt,
Charles B. and Georgie M.
9· Fred Wilde Allen,
Orace W. and Marianne.
II. Margaret Ellen Clinton,
Michael aud Elizabeth.
13. Reginald Woodman Plummer Brown, Nelson H. and Julietta I.
W. Watson and Henrietta R. 15. Freddie Andrew Saunders,
15. Mary Ella Hollis,
George E. and Luella A.
22. Charlie Eugene Hunt,
George W. and Eunice.
23. Mary Emily Arnold,
Charles F. and Elizabeth G.
23. Lula May Dyer,
Calvin T. and Sarah A.
27. Michael Francis Quinn,
27 Teressa Annie Rossiter,
Joseph P. and Susan H' Frank G. and Katie E Michael and Mary.
29. William Henry Drollett, Florence Hiller, Ellen May Branley, 15. Alfred Henry Holbrook,
Mary. April 10.
Michael and Margaret. George II. and Sadie E.
Boston. Newton.
Mary S. Arnold, 25
George and Sarah M. Peter and Hattie R.
Alexander and Margaret. Barney and Clara J.
Daniel E. and Ellen G. Peter and Margaret T. Gardner and Eliza D. John and Jemima.
Charles H. and Abbie A. Neil and Charlotte. S. A. Frazer and Jennie E. Elmer H. and Lucy C.
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18. Chester Robert Waleh,
20. Alice Hannaford,
27, Alfred Francis Spear,
27. Albert John Smith,
May S. Granville Harlan Mansfield,
II. Rutherford Homer Holbrook,
14. Mary Frances Shay,
18. Robert Henry Orr,
20. Maggie Teresa Starr,
24. Annie May Crosby,
27. Mary Griffin,
June
3. Arthur Lawrence Perry,
3. Sophronia Belle Trufant,
5. Charles Warren Young,
9. Annie Rosamond Hill,
16. Susan Ginevra Doane,
19. Mary Ann Jordan,
20. Cassy May Ahearn,
21. Clarissa Lovett Mayberry,
July
3. Ella Mabel Phillips,
7. Katie Allen Clark,
10. Susan Ella Clark,
I1. Herbert Warren Simonds,
13. Emma Frances Learned,
14. Charlotte Ellen Hayden,
15. Eva Gertrude Parks,
15. Willis Otis Blake,
24. Clara Isora Dustin,
26. Francis Everett Morales,
Aug.
3. Albert Napoleon Tellier,
17. Thomas Crawford Emerson,
18. Sarah Dunn,
18. Sarah Perkins Arnold,
Sept. 3. William Halissey, 4. Joseph Frederic Valiquet,
5 . Catherine Kendrick Hollinshead,
6. Martin Lennan Dolan,
8. Charles Francis Boyle,
S. Mabel Estella Belcher,
S. Arthur Bradford Holbrook,
9. Jennie Gertrude Thayer,
17. Margaret Elizabeth Mischler,
25. William and Thomas Doherty,
Theodore and Elizabeth. Augustus F. and Sarah A. Benjamin F. and Caroline C· Cornelius and Mary· Charles W2d. and Eliza M. Walter and Sarah F. B.
Edward and Maria. William and Sarah A. Terence and Charlotte. Webster F. and Sarah J. Dennis, and Bridget M. Charles L. and Sarah J.
Edgar H. and Jane I. Francis W. and Sarah E. William G. and Hattie L. Heman F. and Susan A.
Patrick and Eliza. James and Maria. Edwin D. and Kittie. Franklin and Carrie E. James W. and Mary. Hobart I. and Katie. H. Willie and E. Claribel. Henry O. and Fanny. Harriet.
Albert F. and Addie M. Nathaniel F. and Lizzie. Eugene A. and Elizabeth T. Leonardo and Agnes. Napoleon and Ann E. Thomas A. and Frances H. Martin and Esther.
Samuel V. and Mary O. Daniel and Mary. Joseph D. and Minnie E. John and Fanny. Martin and Joanna. John E. and Margaret. Alexander T. and Ada E. Abraham C. and Olive M. Charles W. and Emma M. Conrad and Bridget. George and Julia,
.
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28.
Drinkwater,
Oct. 12. Elsie Estella McAlphin,
23. Emma Sarah White,
24. Elizabeth Quinn,
25. John Michael Condrick,
Maggie Collins,
Dennis and Ann.
AlfredF . and Alice A.
Nov. 2. 6. 9.
Hammond,
Francis Sherwood Bannon,
Gertrude Josephine Bannon,
9. 12. Mary Howard Foss,
14. Theodore Brooks Allen,
22. Oliver Greenwood,
John and Mary. E. Watson and Maria V. John T. and Catherine. Patrick and Bridget.
Dec.
22. Bertha Frances Hayward,
33.
McGerr,
Samuel M. and Helen. John F. and Catherine F. William and Mary.
DEATHS.
Yrs. M. D.
Jan. I. Rachel L. Hayden,
23
.9
12
Consumption.
23. Eli A. Hayden,
4 28
31. Hannah Eaton.
76
II
7
Paralysis. Consumption.
Feb.
2 . Nahum Thayer,
76
4
Throat Disease.
7. Margaret Bardell,
58 9
Pneumonia.
9. Caleb Hollis,
81 I
23
Rheumatism.
21.
Sarah J. Beals,
20
9
28
Diphtheria.
7
27. Cora E. Hayden,
3
I 14
Consumption.
Mch. I.
Mary Hartshorn,
86
7
I8
Old Age.
2. Mary Rhodden,
7
8
Diphtheria.
7. Jabez Brown,
84
I
6
General Debility.
7.
Josephene Dyer,
27
2
7
Consumption.
7. Mary E. McGerr,
7 IO
Cholera Infantum.
28. Bertha Cushman,
35
Typhoid Pneumonia.
April I.
. John W. Quinn,
3
6 26
Worm Fever.
5. Julia Kelley,
16
4 13
Consumption.
6. Thomas Kelley,
51 04
II
Jechonias Penniman,
52
05 24 Bright's Dis, Kidneys,
,
14. Warren A. Thayer,
39
3
23. Jessie Russell Arnold,
25. Mary Ellen Doyle,
25. Margaret Purcell, Hollis, 20.
Hosea and Adelaide. Henry and Annie H. Edward and Catherine A. Edward and Catherine A· Warren H. and Sarah M' William and Emma F.
25. 27. Grace Emily Simmons, Herbert Elton Jackson,
Edward H. and A. Cora James and Elizabeth M.
Henry M. and Sarah D. Patrick and Catherine. William F. and Katie E.
-
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20. Charles B. Smith,
7
8 21 General Debility.
May I. Jerusha Jordan,
62 3
26
Paralysis. Stillborn. General Debility.
6. Herrick Gore,
71
Cancer.
12. Bridget H. Griffin,
16
8 12
Consumption.
13. Benjamin B. French
71 7
12
Dropsy of the Heart.
16. Sarah A. Moils,
6
3
9
Diphtheria.
18. Louisa Thayer,
22
9
IO
Consumption. Scarlet Fever.
18. Warren Carney,
II
19. Samuel Hollis,
65
7
Consumption.
19. Susan O. Arnold,
32
8
18
22. Mary Thayer,
68
2
15
23. David Mulcahey,
7
3
9
Diphtheria.
28. John Mayberry,
66
2
Consumption.
30. James P. Bishop,
83
3 25
June 6. James Moran, 31
16.
Il. Mary A. Waldron,
29
5
17
Hydro Pericarditis.
24. Joseph F. Renn
10
1
Consumption.
July 7. Cassy M. Ahearn,
17
Croup.
9. Susan J. Cook,
35
8
15
Cholera Morbus.
10. John H. Thayer,
74
II
29
Diabetes.
10. Samuel C. Loring,
57
6
15
Cancer.
II. Susan H. Betes,
85
2
18
Apoplexy.
16. Chester B. L, Smith,
2
5
7
Meningitis.
16. Margaret A Long,
13
10
16
Diphtheria.
20. Johanna F McMahon'
22
4
Consumption.
22. Arthur L. Perry,
I 19
Cholera Infantum.
23. Willie (). Blake,
8
Deformity.
28. David Abbott,
61
3
7
Heart Disease.
Aug. 6. Mary E. Cole,
II
19
20. Marcus C. Taylor,
36
9
Epileptic Convulsions.
1
Sept. 2.
Sophronia B. Trufant,
3
Cholera Infantum.
10. Katie E. Hill,
20
4
Consumption. Cholera Infantum.
15. Florence Hiller,
6
15. Joseph R. Frasier,
65
0
0
Cancer,
19. Lula M. Dyer,
5
27
Consumption.
Oct. c9. Elizabeth Quinn,
5
Infantile.
2 . Joseph P. Mischler,
:
I
II
5
Scalded.
ZOV. I. Daniel W. Leary,
21
6
18
Rail Road Accident.
II. Nathaniel W. Penniman, 54 I 25
I 28 Diphtheria. 23. Cynthia Saville,
77
2. Woods,
18. Thomas C. Emerson,
I
Cholera Infantumi
Pneumonia.
48
7. Catherine Kelley,
42
I
8, Gardner C. Mansfield,
'62
5 25
9, Charles E. Hayden,
33 2
II. Hiram B. Thayer,
4
II Croup.
12. Maggie Finnegan, 33
13 .; Emily J. Buker,
II
5 Scarlet Fever. Softening uf the Brain.
16 Enoch H. Fisher,
19. Lucinda Hunt, 70
72 5 27 Consumption. Old Age. Hemorrahage. Consumption. 22
21. Charles D. Hayden, 71
22. Sophia Carlin,
22. Elizabeth E. Bestick
59 II 22
Typhoid Fever. Old Age. Stillborn.
Dec. 4. 23. Levi I. Hayden,
Saunders,
36
3
4
Pneumonia.
Feb. 20. Jackson,
Stillborn,
The following persons have taken out intentions of marriage, but the certificate of marriage has not been received by the Town Clerk. Will those interested see that a proper certificate is returned.'
1876.
AGE.
RESIDENCE. Braintree.
April 28. Patrick Mc Manus,
22
Annie Gilbride,
19
June
9. James Dike, Ellen J. Loring,
32
Braintree.
Oct.
21. James II. Thayer, Mary Binney,
21
Quincy.
Dec,
20. Arthur L. Hill, 23 Sarah M. Reckords, 22
21
Braintree.
Boston.
Braintree.
23., Nathan J. Crane, 27 Martha A. Paty 27 Plymouth.
The Town Clerk requests that he may be notified of ali errors or omis- sions.
5 Consumption. Heart Disease. Consumption.
3. 14 Heart Disease.
14. William A. Matthews, :57
24. Patrick Griffin, 70 1
27
. Boston.'
REPORT
OF THE
School Committee,
OF THE
.
TOWN of BRAINTREE,
For the School Year 1876 -- 7.
-
Report of the School Committee.
The school committee, in submitting their annual re- port, do not propose to enter into any minute account of individual schools, nor into the peculiarities of individual teachers. Both the propriety and benefit of such a course may be questioned. They prefer to generalize, rather than particularize ; to direct attention to general results, rather than to single persons who may have contributed to those results ; to state as concisely as possible the real work ing condition of our schools as a whole; their present wants, and the hinderances to their future welfare and usefulness.
While they are fully aware that our schools are not all models, nor the teachers all trained experts in their vo- cation ; while they see and confess the urgent need of some modification, at least, of our system of teaching, and of greater thoroughness generally ; in a word, while they find in the school-work of the year somewhat to question
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and censure, they find also, at the same time, much to commend and approve. The schools. evidently, have not retrograded, but advanced. The teachers, in the main, have labored diligently and faithfully, according to their ability, and have met with a fair degree of success. If a few have fallen below that point, many haven risen above it. Still, it must be apparent to every intelligent observe l' that there are serious defects in our system of instruction, and that the results obtained are neither satisfactory nor ad- equate to the expense of time, labor, and money. That so little proficiency should be made in the elementary branches of English education during eight or ten years of regular study in graded schools, as was evinced at the last annual examination of a select class of pupils for ad- mittance to the High School, is sufficient evidence of the truth of our assertion. We can hardly recall to mind that crude and incongraous mass of examination papers, with- out mingled feelings of sadness and merriment. Such a conglomeration of almost illegible scrawls, bad orthog- raphy, absurd answers, ludicrous expressions, with errors, blunders, and marks of carelessness everywhere, we trust will never again be placed before a committee for examin- ation in this town. Of course, all those documents are not to be included in this category ; there were some hon- orable exceptions ; but compared with the whole number, they were very few. If such, then, are the best results of so many years of constant teaching and study, we leave it to others to determine what the medium, or poorest must be.
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