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Heirs of Varnum Waugh,
25 89 Isaac N. Tirrell
83
NON-RESIDENTS.
Henry H. Goodnow
10
Jenking M'f'g Co. . .$572 00
Charles Breck .
79
Heirs of Rachael Wood . 3 30
Abner Curtis
50 37
Boston Organ Co.
11 00 Franklin Jacobs
8 84
Charles C. Hayward . 11 32
Frank W. Mead 34 10
Marcellus Jawvey 14 30
Abby Worcester 2 20
Neil McRae
24 79
Frank Stadtmiller (bal.) 15 04
$2,990 68
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. JONATHAN FRENCH, TREASURER.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1881 . . $10,802 09
Received of Overseers for Canton, 1880
21 00
Overseers for Harvard. 1880
21 00
Overseers for Quincy, 1880
141 17
Overseers for Somerville, 1880
99 22
Overseers for Hingham, 1880 .
119 42
Overseers for Boston, 1880
119 33
Overseers for Stoughton, 1880 .
56 99
Overseers, refunded
96 74
Selectmen, for horse 115 00
Weymouth National Bank, borrowed
·
4,000 00
Weymouth National Bank, borrowed ·
4,000 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax 168 85
State Treasurer, corporation tax .
2,078 93
State Treasurer, bank tax
1,923 03
State Treasurer, military aid, stat. of '78,
1,274 00
State Treasurer, military aid, stat. of '79,
272 59
State Treasurer, Mass. School Fund
218 04
County Treasurer, dog licenses
410 64
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1879 21 12
1 71
Noah Torrey, collector, 1880 . .
1,996 15
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1881 30,111 00
William Bradley, cemetery lot . .
.
5 00
Henry W. Wild
1 10
James Willis 13 00
Solon W. Pratt
2 48
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1879, interest
46
Received of Stephen G. Leavitt, cemetery lot $5 00
Dennett . 5 00
Selectmen for use of Town Hall
50 00 Union National Bank, interest on deposits to Jan. 1, 1882 .
64 90
$58,197 92
Cash paid on 498 orders
. $29,040 47
Note of F. G. Crosby
.
1,000 00
Interest on same
12 50
Note of Juliette A. Penniman
500 00
Interest on same . 12 50
Note of Weymouth National Bank
4,000 00
Note of Weymouth National Bank
4,000 00
Interest on same
162 67
William S. Dexter, interest
600 00
Frank C. Miles, treasurer, interest .
300 00
Elizabeth W. King, interest .
300 00
N. F. T. Hayden, treasurer, interest
600 00
A. W. Stetson, trustee .
550 00
Jonathan King, interest, 1880
150 00
State tax
2,250 00
County tax
1,826 28
State corporation tax, refunded
17 30
Note of Ann Dalton
395 00
Interest on same .
16 10
Benj. F. Dyer, treasurer, balance
. 12,465 10
$58,197 92
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the above-named balance, twelve thousand four hundred and sixty-five and ten one hun- dredths dollars ($12,465.10).
BENJ. F. DYER, Treasurer.
FEBRUARY 1, 1882.
We have examined the accounts of Jonathan French, treasurer, and find them well vouched and rightly cast.
J. A. ARNOLD,
Auditors. DAVID H. BATES, -
BENJ. F. DYER, TREASURER, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
Appointed Feb. 10, 1882, by the Selectmen. Dr.
To cash received from Jonathan French, late treas'r, $12,465 10 To cash received from Union Nat'l Bank, interest . 34 00
47
To cash received from Noah Torrey, collector, 1880, To cash received from Jos. Dyer, collector, 1881 1,440 45
$1,025 42
To cash received from Jos. Dyer, collector, 1881, in- terest
35 85
To cash received from Jos. Dyer, treas'r School Fund, To cash received from overseers of poor, viz. : -
400 00
Town almshouse, labor and produce .
645 07
Sale of two cows
103 03
Refunded ·
.
.
291 13
S. W. Hollis, use of cart .
.
.
5 00
Poor person, refunded
3 00
Town of Quincy
85 65
To cash received from Selectmen, viz. :
Use of Town Hall
81 00
Use of piano
25 00
Refunded by G. A. R.
60 00
Refunded by A. S. Morrison, Bridge Committee,
344 20
Unexpended balance of amount drawn for im- provement of town land ·
4 41
J. A. Arnold, wood .
4 00
Use of cart
: 25
Butcher Boy Engine Co. .
15
A. Mason, for loam .
2 25
A. Allen, for hose
2 00
A. J. Bates, for plank
2 25
A. J. Bates, for stone
3 50
Paul Newcomb, plank
3 00
T. Griffin, plank
5 00
H. Hobart
2 00
W. Pierce
2 00
$17,085 71
Cr.
By cash paid on 104 orders
$5,442 87
By cash balance on hand .
.
11,642 84
FEBRUARY 1, 1882.
$17,085 71
BRAINTREE, Feb. , 1882.
We hereby certify that we have examined the account of Benjamin F. Dyer, treasurer of the town of Braintree, and find it properly kept, that vouchers for his payments have been turned in to the select- men, and that the balance as stated is actually on hand.
J. A. ARNOLD, DAVID H. BATES,
Auditors.
·
.
.
.
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THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1882.
Trustees estate of Gen. S. Thayer : -
Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent . ·
$10.000 00
March 7, 1874, at 6 per cent. . .
10,000 00
West Boston Savings Bank : -
July 24, 1875, seven years at 6 per cent 5,000 00 ·
July 24, 1875, ten years at 6 per cent .
5,000 00
A. W. Stetson, trustee : -
Aug. 1, 1880, at 52 per cent
10,000 00
Mrs. Ann Dalton
205 00
Mrs. Ann Dalton, interest
8 71
Due Jonathan French, services as treasurer for 1881,
200 00
$40,413 71
Less assets as per schedule
18,138 76
Net debt Feb. 1, 1882
$22,274 95
Net debt Feb. 1, 1881
$25,017 69 .
Net debt Feb. 1, 1882
22,274 95
Net debt less than last year
$2,742 74
ASSETS OF THE TOWN FEB. 1, 1882.
Balance in Treasury
·
$11,642 84
Due from Noah Torrey, collector, 1880
638 29
Noah Torrey, collector, cash
233 38
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1881
2,996 73
City of Boston
14 66
City of Brockton
121 88
City of Lawrence
17 30
City of Chelsea
77 70
City of Haverhill
271 40
City of Somerville
18 00
Town of Harvard
21 58
Town of Milton
55 65
Town of Blackstone .
3 00
Town of Chelmsford
20 00
Town of Randolph
22 38
Town of Weymouth .
8 50
Town of Holbrook
123 90
State pauper account
72 91
State aid, Chap. 301 .
1,450 25.
State aid, Chap. 252 .
328 41
.
$18,138 76
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APPRAISAL AT ALMSHOUSE, FEB. 1, 1882.
1 horse. $35 00
Coal $2 00
1 cow
47 00
100 barrels kindlings 30 00
70 fowls, at 37} cts. : 25
1} cords cut wood 12 00
3 cords hard wood 18 00
1 express wagon
15 00
1 hay wagon .
45 00
1 farm wagon 17 00
2 horse carts .
90 00
32 tons English hay . 87 50
1 horse sled 4 00
24 tons fresh hay
22 50
1 sleigh
15 00
4 harnesses
62 00
1,600 pounds straw . Ice chest
20 00
2 snow ploughs
20 00
3 ladders
5 50
Ice tongs
50
Manure
55 00
6 rakes
90
1 wheelbarrow
4 00
2 iron rakes 100 feet boards
50
10 axes 4 00
Cage and handcuffs .
30 00
4 scythes and snaths
3 50
10 gallons molasses . 6 80
140 pounds lard . 22 40
6 saws .
3 00
30 pounds sugar . 3 00
1 bill hook
60
28 pounds maple sugar . 2 50
37 pounds soap .
2.75
4 shovels and 8 picks 7 50
1 bush hook 60
1 chest tea
11 40
Work bench and tools 3 00
Stone tools
. 50 1
1 harrow 3 00
Hay ropes . 1 50
Wheel jack
75 1
135 pounds fresh beef . 9 35
500 pounds salt pork 70 00
150 pounds hams 19 00
6 pork barrels 3 00
8 wash tubs 3 50
Beds and bedding 176 50
1 carpet 22 00
Oil cloth 2 00
Towels .
350
1 bush scythe 1 00
Meal bags . 2 50
12 bushels corn & meal, 9 50
63 bushels rye ; 50
4 bushels sweet corn 5 60
§ bushel seed peas . 2
50 bushels potatoes . 60 00
12 bushels do. (small) . : 00
3 cans and oil
10
12 cords pine wood . 8 25
22 00
61 cords trash wood 9 cords green wood . . 40 50
111 tons salt hay 172 50
3 00
00
2 hoes
50
1 grindstone 6 00
2 ploughs . 9. 00
2 pounds chocolate . 5 pounds coffee
1 00
12 barrels flour 16 00
Spices . 50
9 bushels beans 22 50
Crackers 50
1 tub
75
Hay and manure forks . 5 00
11 pails 2 75
Baskets 1 50
Bean poles 1 00
Robes and blanket
5 00
20 barrels .
00
Brushes 1 50
Curtains and fixtures 2 00
4 looking glasses 4 00
2 wire doors 2 00
1 iron door 3 00
, 50 Meal chest 1 00
Water tub .
1 00
4
Beetle and wedges 1 50
80
1 iron bar . 1 00
1 covered wagon . 100 00
50
2 clothes baskets
$1 00
Corn popper
$0 25
Steel balances
, 75
2 clocks
1 50
3 lamps
:00
7 stoves
80 00
2 lanterns .
1 25
1 closet
1 00
Iron ware .
4 50
2 chests
1
00
Glass jars .
1 00
Chest of drawers
1 00
Tin ware
10 00
Extension table .
12 00
1 churn
1
25
Tables and chairs
24 00
7 stone jars
3 50
Crockery and glass ware,
8 00
Jugs
1
50
Spoons
1 00
Molasses keg .
1 00
Knives and forks
1 50
5 brooms .
75
2 spittoons
75
Butter stamp .
75
1 bell
50
Set of measures
1 50
5 flatirons
1 00
Clothes wringer
00
3 coal hods
1 00
1 rocking chair
2 50
5 tablecloths
5 25
1 gallon vinegar .
25
32 pounds tobacco
68
22 dozen eggs
75
1 desk .
00
8 pounds butter
20 00
Provisions .
6 00
$1,780 43
2 clothes horses
1 50
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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 hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in Braintree, on Monday the sixth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :-
ART. 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the several town officers and act thereon.
ART. 3. To determine the manner of repairing the highways, town ways, and bridges, the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
ART. 6. To see if the town will accept the jury list as made by the selectmen.
ART. 7. To see if the town will vote an appropriation of $150 and pay the same to Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of memorial services on Decoration Day.
ART. 8. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the town lands.
ART. 9. To see how the town will vote on the following ques- tion, as required by chapter fifty-four of the Acts of the year eighteen hundred and eighty-one: Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town.
ART. 10. To see if the town will build a drain on Taylor Street, or otherwise make some provision for proper drainage in that vicin- ity.
ART. 11. To see if the town will appropriate four hundred dol- lars to build culverts and sidewalks on Franklin Street, between Washington Street and the estate of Calvin Thayer, and gravel and repair the same.
ART. 12. To see whether the town will, by its vote or otherwise, ask the Legislature to extend to women, who are citizens, the right to hold town offices and to vote in town affairs on the same terms as male citizens.
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ART. 13. To see if the town will take any action in relation to Quincy Avenue Bridge.
ART. 14. To see if the town will take any action relating to licensing billiard and bowling saloons.
ART. 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to paint the fence around the Town House.
ART. 16. To hear and act upon the report of any committee, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting.
Hereof fail not, but make return of this warrant, with your do- ings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, before the day appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands, at Braintree, this twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.
S. W. HOLLIS, Selectmen A. O. CLARK, of
A. J. BATES, Braintree.
NORFOLK, SS.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 25, 1882.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein named.
Constable of Braintree.
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JURY LIST,
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB. 24, 1882.
Richard L. Arnold, George H. Arnold, J. Frederic Allen, Francis C. Allen, Elisha A. Belcher, William P. Bird, F. Henry Crane, Freeman G. Crosby, Luther O. Crocker, Samuel L. Dyer, Albion C. Drinkwater, Joseph Dyer, Joseph H. Hobart, J. Parker Hayward, J. Eliphas Hayward, Alva S. Morrison, John Ralph Arnold, Nathaniel F. Hunt, Azel R. French, J. Francis White,
Franklin Shaw, Eben B. Tower, Granville Thompson, Henry S. Thayer, Thomas B. Vinton, George D. Willis,
Gilman D. Whitaker, Adoniram J. White, Eben Denton,
I. Francis Vinton, Russel F. Randal, John V. Hunt,
Timothy H. Libbey,
Edward G. Stoddard, Caleb Thompson, Robert Gillespie, Joseph Whiteley, Gilbert W. Bowditch,
Charles G. Anderson.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
The Town Clerk, in making his annual report, would beg leave to call attention to the fact that it is necessary that a correct registration of the births, marriages, and deaths should be made, as provided by law.
If, therefore, there should be any omissions or errors in the fol- lowing report, he requests that he be notified thereof, and the proper correction will be made :-
MARRIAGES.
1881.
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
Jan. 13. James A. Reynolds,
Braintree,
33
Mary A. Finegan,
66
26
13. John R. Bouldry,
Weymouth,
37
Eunice B. Orcutt,
66
39
19. Henry B. Vinton, Mary E. Holbrook, Jeremiah Dacose, Mary E. Frazer,
66
30
Feb. 27.
66
23
66
19
May 26. George E. Fuller,
Melrose,
26
Emma A. Holbrook,
Braintree,
20
June 1. John H. Dennehy, Nellie M. Doyle,
66
23
8. George E Brightman,
66
29
Mary C. Sheffield,
Marshfield,
33
19. Simon Rogers, Mary Pitts,
Braintree,
24
July
3. James H. Mahon, Margaret A. Riordan,
Braintree,
21
10: Amos Woodworth,
66
41
Abbie G. Crowell,
66
21
66
80
21. John Kimball, Orissa A. Brigham,
Marlboro',
48
Aug. 2. Austin S. Garver,
Milford,
33
Sarah C. Brackett,
Braintree,
34
21. Patrick Buckley,
Quincy,
25
Katie B. Miles,
Braintree,
21
66
21
23
Quincy,
29
Braintree,
29
55
1881.
RESIDENCE.
ÅGE.
Aug. 25. Caleb Hayden, Catherine F. Fisher,
Braintree,
60
Holbrook, 60
Sept. 16. George H. Lord, Flora W. Norris,
Wayne, Maine, 66 66
35
Oct. 13. Peter Betters, Emily E. Benjamin,
Braintree, 66
17
21. William H. Claflin, Carrie S. Avery,
Boston,
27
Braintree,
25
29. Arthur E. Richards, Anna D. Kidder,
Quincy,
17
Nov. 6.
Willie A. Pratt, Emma M. Tirrell,
Weymouth,
22
13. Michael Griffin, Mary Fozarty,
Weymouth,
19
14. Daniel Dacose, Julia Ferson,
Braintree, 66
22
23. Walter J. Thayer, Annie M. Dickey,
Quincy.
21
Braintree,
21
Dec.
6. Philip Parcelle, Louisa C. Pratt,
Braintree,
40
14. Elbridge F. Porter, Louie Howland,
Stoughton,
22
25. Frederic P. Lothrop, Anna A. Crane,
66
43
29. Otis Şaville, Abbie E. Nightingale,
Wareham,
26
31. Frank A. Lydecker, Isadora M. Dean,
Braintree,
27
66
21
BIRTHS.
1881.
Jan.
4. Joseph Quinnam Hawes,
5. Nettie Louise Delano,
9. Louis Alden Hollis,
22. Ida Mary Dunnington,
24. Everett W. Dorety,
27. Francis Carey,
Mary Ella Benjamin,
13. 25. -- Hayden,
March 7. Wm. Alexander Pittendreigh,
7. John Malcolm Pittendreigh,
9. Henry - - Thayer,
23. Leila Mansfield Foster,
30. Winifred Greeley Shay,
April
6. Ellen Gallivan,
29. Ralph Carlisle Cain,
Joseph Q. and Jennie F. John A. and Priscilla B. George E. and Loella A. George and Sarah A. John W. and Annie L. Benj. F. and Nellie. William A. and Ann. H. Webster and Ella M. William and Jennie. William and Jennie. Lewis C. and Eunice J.
Daniel W. and Isa ella C. Edward and Maria L. Morto and Julia.
Daniel E. and Ellen G.
66
21
18
Braintree,
25
28
Boston,
43
29
Braintree,
28
27
Feb.
31
23
56
May 11. Jennie Maude Dyer,
21. Anna French Holbrook,
23. William Henry Hayden,
25. Minnie Luella Buker,
27. Matthew Starr,
30. Henry Loring Kendall,
June 7. ~ Sherman,
8. Margaret Maher,
15. David Alfred Dacose,
28. James Edwin Dee,
George T. and Mary E.
Robert and Jane.
July
1. Sarah Virginia Anderson,
Charles G. and Sarah J.
7. Louisa Hollingshead,
John and Fannie.
8. Mabel Frazer Chambers,
James and Eliza.
Aug. 7. James Gordon Cuff,
10. Clara Ellen Call,
11. James Arthur Lynch,
14. Samuel Albert Bates,
15. - -- Litchfield,
Harrison M. and Eliza.
28. Ellen Doran,
Sept.
2. Leonard Webster Hollis,
2. Nellie Maria Hayden,
Hosea B. and Ann M.
2. Everett Richardson Sawyer,
Charles R. and Mary B.
7. Mary Kelley,
John and Mary J.
8. Elizabeth Gertrude Doyle,
Thomas and Mary.
9. Annie Dejon,
Michael and Jane.
12. Henry Bradley Jenkins,
Salmon F. and Frances M.
12. Herbert Joseph Allen,
Charles A. and Mary T.
23. Richard Salter Storrs Hollis,
28. Frank Albert Dyer,
Albert W. and Elsenia.
Oct.
1. Clara Frances Flynn,
Andrew B. and Mary S.
2. Irene Bertha Genders,
21. Margaret Gorham,
25. John William McGlincey,
26. Peter Donahue,
29. Nellie Thayer Mitchell,
Volney F. and Emma L.
31. Arthur Franklin Packard,
Henry F. and Mary J.
9. Ellis Freeman Dyer,
Adoniram J. and Emma S.
11. Walter Thatcher Harrison,
William H. and Frances.
14. Susie Hill Tenney,
Michael and H. Ellen.
19. Mary Elizabeth Coneton,
John and Ellen.
19. Alexander Mills Lang,
Thomas and Ashie.
10 Bessie Frances Teele,
Daniel W. and Fannie E.
20. Ellen Ahearn,
Daniel and Ann.
John F. and Catherine F.
20. Chauncey Clark Hayward,
Brainard T. and Emma M. Josiah F and Dorothy E. Caleb H. and Emma F. George F. and Ella A.
Terence and Charlotte. Albert L. and Emma A. Charles L. and Mary E.
Patrick J. and Margaret.
Maurice and Flora.
30. Charles Henry Brooks, Edith Claflin,
Lucy.
16. Bertha Frances Drollett,
Albert A. and Orianna.
William H. and Sarah A.
Merrill T. and Adelaide I ..
William R. and Lizzie M.
Frank A. and Cora A.
Michael and Ellen. Charles W. and Lura A.
Henry M. and Caroline V.
George and Ida E. Richard and Bridget.
Peter F. and Maggie A. Peter and Margaret.
Nov.
57
Nov. 22. Burt Kingman Young,
28. Frederic Sears Hansen,
29. Benjamin Franklin Torrey,
Dec. 4. Mary Eliza Costello,
14. Francis Joseph Mischler,
15. Mary Adela Rogers,
26. Thomas Kenneth Hill,
31. Teresa Ann Dacose,
March 28. Bessie Lillian Sumner,
Jan. 23. Lillian Delano Hollis,
J. Wallacc and Amelia A. Christian and Emily C. Benj. F. and Susan E. Michael and Mary A. Conrade and Bridget. Simon and Mary R. John and Mary E. Jeremiah and Mary E. Clarence H. and Lillian B.
Joseph D. and Susie L.
DEATHS.
1881.
Y. M.
D.
Jan.
2. Dorcas E. Penniman,
81
5
23
Pneumonia. Phthisis.
3. Ellen A. Casey,
23
9
3. Elizabeth D. Thayer,
65 9
16 Consumption.
8. Lillie F. Hill,
20 4
14 Pul. Phthisis.
12. Charlotte L. Plaisted,
94 0
6 Old Age.
13. Freeman G. White,
60
6
22 Scirrhus Tumor.
Feb. 13.
Thomas H. Hill,
29 5
15 Pul. Phthisis.
March 3. -- Hayden,
8. Barnabas T. Loring,
69
4
15. John B. Arnold,
75
6 23
Pneumonia.
15. Joseph A. Hollis,
58
1 20
23. Mary L. Leavitt,
2
2
17
Diphtheria.
26. Mary M. Dugey,
22
8 22
Phthisis.
28. Ruth E. Whitman,
40
7
27
Pneumonia.
29. Eliza F. Leavitt,
8
10
15
29. Harriet Leavitt,
5
1
28
30. Horace Whittaker, 29
10
April
4. Caroline E. David,
43
7
5. Daniel McCue,
46
6
Bright's Disease.
9. Henry C. Saunders,
8
8
Convulsions.
9. William M. Minchin,
69
0
15
Carditis.
10. John M. Whittier,
4
5 Marasmus.
12. Ansel Thayer,
78
8
28 Scirrhus Tumor.
23. Jonathan Thayer, Jr.
58
0
3
Pathisis & Chr. Diarrhoea.
26. Edith J. Hansen,
3
3
5 Pneumonia and Measles.
May
7. William H. Hill,
26
9 19 Pul. Phthisis.
8. Esther C. Hansen,
1
3 24 Pneumonia.
9. Mary Nolan,
52
Peritonitis.
11. Herbert N. Beals,
5
10
16 Diabetes.
12. Grace L. Hobart,
1
10
8 Diphtheria.
13. Mary A. Whittier,
64
6
22 Chronic Bronchitis. Railroad Accident.
13. Sarah McGee,
37
17. Ira R. Arnold,
72
11
10 Anemia.
23.
Horatio W. Dean,
73
11
Apoplexy.
6 Unknown. Bright's Disease.
Diphtheria. 66 Pul. Phthisis.
66
58
1881.
Y.
M. D.
June
1. Wm. J. McCormick,
21
Typhoid Fever.
4. Horace O. Hayden,
2
3
1 Meningitis.
77 0 6 Old Age. 12. Sarah Thayer,
22. Albert A. Perkins,
18
10
4 Consumption.
July 1. Lucinda French,
84
7 Pneumonia. Alcoholism.
4. William McComish,
55 64
3 Apoplexy. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
10. Louisa Hollingshead, 0
0
3 Convulsions.
19. Mary Gifford,
81
6
4 Softening of Brain.
24. Evelyn M. Clark,
10 20 Meningitis.
Aug.
17. John W. Casey,
1
2
6 Cholera Infantum.
24. Freddie W. Cram,
7
3
22 Diphtheria. Typhoid Fever.
31. Mary T. W. Dewing,
49
7 Apoplexy.
Sept. 10. Mary Kelley,
3 Malformation of Heart.
14. Richard A. Pidgeon,
33
8
8 Acute Dysentery.
17. Simeon P. Cushing,
55
22. Hannah Wheeler,
84
3
27 Heart Disease.
30. Harriet J. Hayden,
58
8
5 Meningitis.
Oct. 7. Leander S. Nute,
30
1
29 Peritonitis.
10. Ellen W. Peters,
16
9
2 Pul. Phthisis.
15. Isabella J. Scott,
29
0
5 Rheumatic Carditis.
17. Everett W. Dorety,
8
23 Pneumonia.
29. Mary Vinton,
81
2
23 Paralysis.
Nov.
4. Thomas Hill, Jr.,
18
3
7 Pul. Phthisis.
7. Sylvia Randall,
84
0
8. Theresa Clark,
55
12.
Samuel Veazie,
79
8
12. Sarah V. Anderson,
4
11 Tub. Meningitis.
15. Mary J. Robinson,
31
5
17 Heart & Kidney Disease.
29. Mary A. Wallace,
30
8
19 Acute Gastritis. Consumption.
Dec.
6. James E. Binney,
24
5. Hugh Rafferty,
7. John Coneton,
48
30. Mary A. Doyle,
, 20
8
5 Tuberculosis.
25 Inflammation of Lungs. Peritonitis. Pericarditis.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1881-82.
REPORT.
THE report of the selectmen will show in detail all the expendi- tures for schools and school-houses during the year, and, as will be seen, there is nothing in these expenditures calling for special comment.
Since the beginning of the year, Rev. Edwin Smith and Mr. Alverdo Mason have resigned from the School Committee, and the vacancies been filled by Dr. Noah Torrey and Mr. Johnson. The only change in teachers has been the appointment of Miss Mary J. Pratt to the primary department of the Union School in place of Miss Ella F. Carr, who resigned last September.
The schools have been open for forty weeks of the year, and the amount of work done has, in general, been most encouraging. The usual table of statistics will be found hereto annexed. Your com- mittee believe the town is furnishing generously all the assistance that can reasonably be required towards a good education of its children and youth.
Owing to the very limited attendance at the West Street School, it has been about concluded to discontinue this school and incor- porate it with the Pond School. This can readily be done with advantage to both schools, and with considerable saving of expense.
In consequence of an increase of scholars in the High School, some additional school-room accommodations are there needed, and for this the necessary appropriations will be asked. The whole expense of these, however, cannot exceed one hundred dollars.
Some special cases of truancy have been lately brought to the attention of your committee, which demand immediate action. Children or youths loitering about, with no regular occupation, and rejecting control, are among the most serious evils that can afflict a community. The law wisely directs that towns shall provide
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suitable places for the confinement and discipline of such persons, and the town of Braintree has, by vote, designated the almshouse for this purpose. Under all the circumstances, your committee regard this as a wise designation, and would have at once directed commitments thither, had they not been informed of the present entire unfitness of the place. They are of opinion that, at a small outlay, all necessary accommodations can be provided, and would ask the attention of the town to the subject. They feel confident, if it were known that every habitual truant would be promptly committed to a place in the town where he would be properly dis- ciplined, it would not be long before all occasion for such discipline would disappear.
The estimates for this department for the coming year, as nearly as they can be made up, are as follows, viz .: For schools, eighty-six hundred and twenty-five dollars ; for incidental expenses of schools, two hundred dollars ; and for incidental expenses of school-houses, including one hundred dollars for additional accom- modations in the High School-house, five hundred and fifty dollars ; and for these, your committee ask the necessary appropriations.
HENRY A. JOHNSON,
for the Committee.
STATISTICAL TABLE OF THE SCHOOLS.
SCHOOLS.
Whole Num- ber of Scholars.
Average Num. ber Belonging.
Average Attendance.
5 years. Number under
15 years. Number over
Number be- tween 8 and 14.
Length of School in Months.
Wages per Month.
High .
101
66.2
64.29
0
33
15
10
45 00
Pond Grammar.
66
37.525
31.74
0
2
33
10
52 50 av.
Pond Intermediate
75
47.75
41.065
0
0
54
10
32 00
Pond Primary .
91
61.75
50.94
0
0
20
10
32 00
Union Grammar
51
35.
31.84
0
3
31
10
52 50 “
Union Intermediate.
61
41.75
35.5
0
0
42
10
32 00
Union Primary .
S5
56.5
43 25
0
0
17
10
28 00
Iron Works Grammar.
41
24.625
20.75
0
6
23
10
52 50 “
Iron Works Intermediate.
52
32.4
27.8
0
1
38
10
32 00
81
55.7
45 9
0
0
23
10
32 00
Iron Works Primary .
35
26.5
22.24
0
4
26
10
43 50 “
East Grammar.
44
33.775
27.875
2
0
22
10
32 00
East Primary .
40
23.
19.
0
1
28
10
32 00
Middle. . .
30
24.3
18.8
0
1
18
10
32 00
Southeast
45
26.925
21.94
1
0
21
10
32 00
South
29
18.865
16.11
0
0
12
10
32 (0
Southwest.
.
19
12.425
10.3
0
0
6
10
30 00 “
West.
.
..
. .
.... .
...
....
.. .
...
.
.
. . .
... .. .
...
. Whole number of different scholars who have attended school.
820
Whole number of scholars, May 1, 1SS1, between 5 and 15. ... . . 721
Whole number of scholars, May 1, 1881, between 8 and 14. .. . . . . .. ... 401 Average attendance, 85.4 per cent of number of scholars belonging.
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$135 00
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