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1,000 00
Cash from Overseers of the Poor, viz. : - Town of Weymouth
7 50
Town of Milton
55 65
Town of Holbrook
123 90
Town of Harvard. · 21 58
Cash from Weymouth Bank, interest on deposit .
24 57
Cash from Commonwealth of Massachusetts, corpora- tion tax
111 24
$12,987 28
.
N. Augustus White . 25 49
Thacher White
59 13
Heirs of Elisha Wilde 42 34
Robert A. Wilson
3 45
Benjamin Landers 6 09
Frank W. Meade 35 96
John W. Dearing (bal.) 38 55
Howard Doe . 11 89
Heirs of Samuel Chees- man 2 61
Francis Richards 13 34
Heirs of Freeman G. White . .
22 04
48
Cr.
Cash paid on 14 orders ·
$1,280 25 Cash paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, adjust-
ment of bank tax. 15 68
Balance
. 11,691 35
$12,987 28
BRAINTREE. Feb. 19, 1883. We have examined the accounts of Benj. F. Dyer, Treasurer, from Feb. 1 to March 11, 1882, and find them well vouched and rightly cast.
EBEN DENTON,
JOHN M. BEALS, Auditors.
J. A. ARNOLD,
BRAINTREE, March 11, 1882.
I hereby acknowledge the receipt of the above-named amount, eleven thousand six hundred and ninety-one -35 dollars ($11,691 .- 35).
DAVID H. BATES, Treasurer.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
DAVID H. BATES, Treasurer. Dr.
Cash received from -
B. F. Dyer, late treasurer . $11,691 35
Noah Torrey, collector, 1880
687 91
Noah Torrey, collector, 1880 (interest) 221 54
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1881
1,996 73
Joseph Dyer, collecter, 1881 (interest) . 61 00
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1882. 34,450 00 40 79
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1882 (interest)
Weymouth Bank (borrowed)
8,000 00
Braintree Savings Bank (borrowed)
2,000 00
State, corporation tax .
3,220 07
State, bank tax
2,035 99
State, State aid .
1,337 50
State, State aid (on old bill)
461 71
State, support of indigent soldiers and sailors
308 25
State, school fund 171 92
State, burial of State pauper 10 00
County of Norfolk, dog tax . ·
426 14
Weymouth Bank, interest on deposits .
116 71
Joseph Dyer, treasurer Braintree school fund
300 00
School Committee (refunded)
50
·
40
Cash received from Overseers of the Poor, viz. : -
City of Brockton, due last year
$121 88
City of Lawrence, due last year
17 30
City of Chelsea, due last year
.
77 70
City of Boston, due last year
14 66
Town of Randolph, due last year
22 38
Town of Randolph
6 00
City of Brockton
110 64
From poor persons (refunded)
13 50
Support of Bridget Mullen .
28 00
Refunded
192 70
Almshouse, labor, produce, etc.
801 22
Cash received from Selectmen, viz. :
Use of Town Hall
231 25
Use of piano
25 00
Billiard licenses
20 00
Sale of old iron
3 05
Town of Quincy, for Patrick Moran
4 00
Cash received from Surveyors of Highways, viz. : -
J. W. Dorety, use of horse .
28 00
J. W. Dorety, drawing hook and ladder to fire
5 00
J. L. Hunter, use of horse .
13 00
S. Hollinsworth, use of crusher
11 05
Carting stone
9 90
Overdrawn on snow bills
2 80
$69,298 14
Cr.
Cash paid on 606 orders
.$35,040 89
Weymouth Bank, notes
8,000 00
Weymouth Bank, interest
121 87
Ann Dalton, note
205 00
Ann Dalton, interest
8 71
Braintree Savings Bank, note
2,000 00
Braintree Savings Bank, interest.
20 00
Elizabeth W. King, note
5,000 00
Elizabeth W. King, interest
150 00
William S. Dexter, interest
600 00
N. F. T. Hayden, treasurer, interest
600 00
Amos W. Stetson, interest
550 00
F. C. Miles, interest .
300 00
State tax
3,000 00
County tax
1,790 18
Cash balance on hand
. 11,911 49
$69,298 14
.
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BRAINTREE, Feb. 19, 1883.
We have examined the accounts of David H. Bates, treasurer, and find them well vouched and rightly cast, and that the balance ($11,911.49) as stated is actually on hand, and deposited in the Union National Bank, of Weymouth, in the name of the town of Braintree.
EBEN DENTON, JOHN M. BEALS, Auditors. J. A. ARNOLD,
THE TOWN OWES THE FOLLOWING NOTES AND INTEREST, FEB. 1, 1882.
Trustees estate of General S. Thayer : -
Feb. 26, 1873, at 6 per cent . $10,000 00
March 7, 1874, at 6 per cent . 10,000 00
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., F. C. Miles, treas- urer : - July 24, 1875, ten years at 6 per cent
5,000 00
. A. W. Stetson, trustee :- Aug. 1, 1880, at 52 per cent, six years · 10,000 00
$35,000 00
Less assets as per schedule
. 17,580 62
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1883
. $17,419 38
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1882
. $22,274 95
Net debt, Feb. 1, 1883
. 17,419 38
Net debt less than year
. $4,855 57
ASSETS OF THE TOWN, FEB. 1, 1883.
Balance in treasury .
·
. $11,911 49
Due from Joseph Dyer, collector, 1881
.
.
4 07
Joseph Dyer, collector, 1882
3,382 71
City of Lawrence
17 75
City of Brockton
17 13
State, pauper account .
74 32
Town of Foxborough .
24 25
Town of Harvard
31 00
Town of Manchester
3 83
Town of Bridgewater .
20 00
Town of Holbrook
130 00
City of Somerville
46 57
Town of Chelmsford
20 00
4
·
.
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Due from Town of Stoughton
$8 00
Town of Quincy .
.
.
4 00
State aid, chap. 301
1,429 25
State aid, chap. 252
.
456 25
$17,580 62
Assets, not collectable, shown in last year's report :-
Due from City of Haverhill
$271 40
Town of Blackstone
3 00
$274 40
HIGHWAY APPRAISAL.
Stone crusher
$685 00
Screen
150 00
Engine
720 00
1 Hancock inspirator
15 00
House
15 00
Platform
30 00
1 horse
250 00
1 horse
110 00
1 double cart
81 00
1 double harness
58 00
2 single harnesses
20 00
1 horse-cart, in care S. W. Hollis
30 00
1 horse-cart, in care of J. L. Hunter
30 00
10 00
1 horse-cart, in care of J. W. Dorety Shovels, picks, bars, hammers, etc.
10 00
Road roller
200 00
·
.
$2,414 00
.
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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 fifth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely : -
ART. 1. To choose a 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, townways, and bridges, the ensuing year.
ART. 4. To choose all necessary town officers for the ensuing year. +
ART. 5. To see what action the town will take in relation to hiring money for any purpose.
ART. 6. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
' ART. 7. To see if the town will accept the jury list as made by the Selectmen.
ART. 8. 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. 9. To see how the town will vote on the following ques- tion, as required by chap. 54 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 vote to fix the term of office for engineers, and all members of the Fire Department, to begin on the first day of February and to end one year from that date.
ART. 11. To see how the town will vote to pay the members of the Fire Department.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote the sum of $75 to build a reservoir at Little Pond near land of Andrew Dyer.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote the sum of $200 to finish Franklin Street.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to the Grand Army of the Republic, to place in their hall, the picture of Washington and his generals.
ART. 15. To see if the town will build a drain on Central Avenue and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
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ART. 16. To see if the town will take any measures to provide a suitable place for the confinement of habitual truants.
ART. 17. To choose a board of trustees for Braintree school fund.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to amend section thirteen of Art. IV. of the By-Laws of the town, by the addition of the words, "engineers of the Fire Department" after the words "school committee."
ART. 19. To see if the town will accept sections 22, 23 and 24 of chap. 35 of the Public Statutes.
ART. 20. To see in the town will vote to build a reservoir on Hobart Street and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to deliver books from the Public Library to the people of the east part of the town, and ap- propriate money for the same.
ART. 22. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of land and building of a new almshouse.
ART. 23. To see if the town will purchase the land owned by Jonathan S. Hollis, on Taylor Street, for an entrance to the Com- mon, if it can be bought for a reasonable price.
ART. 24. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to be expended in concreting the sidewalk on Washington Street, beginning in the vicinity of the Thayer Academy.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to build a reservoir near Josephus Sampson's, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 26. 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 at- tested 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, to the town clerk, before the day appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this twentieth day of Feb- ruary in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.
S. W. HOLLIS, A. O. CLARK, A. J. BATES, Selectmen of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 17, 1883.
NORFOLK, SS.
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.
THOMAS PENNIMAN, Constable of Braintree.
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JURY LIST
As REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB. 13, 1883.
George H. Arnold.
Francis C. Allen.
Charles G. Anderson.
John R. Arnold.
Henry A. Penniman.
John M. Arnold.
Franklin Shaw.
Elisha A. Belcher.
Russell F. Randal.
William P. Bird.
James T. Stevens.
Gilbert W. Bowditch.
Edward G. Stoddard.
Frances H. Crane.
Alfred Southworth.
Freeman G. Crosby.
William A. Tupper.
Luther O. Crocker.
Eben Denton.
Caleb Thompson. Henry S. Thayer.
Andrew Dyer.
James H. Thayer.
Samuel L. Dyer.
Thomas B. Vinton.
Joseph Dyer.
Robert Gillespie.
I. Francis Vinton. Gilman D. Whittaker. Joseph Whiteley. Jonathan F. White.
Nathaniel F. Hunt. James L. Hunter.
Joseph H. Hobart.
Edward P. Hayward.
Adam W. Hobart.
Washington I. Jordan. Alva S. Morrison. Isaac Porter.
George D. Willis. Adoniram J. White. Morrill Williams.
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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.
1882.
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
Jan.
4. Tellis F. Kelley,
Braintree,
26
Hattie L. Call,
..
21
Feb.
6. Thomas Slavin, Mary F. Sullivan,
66
30
66
21
8. George E. Pratt, Ella E. Richards,
Weymouth,
19
March
2. Salter S. Kittrell, Hattie M. Whiting,
Braintree,
20
Weymouth,
19
2. Willard T. Fobes, Luella M. Thayer,
Holbrook, 66
30
23. George Webb, Ella M. Hobart,
Quincy,
26
Braintree,
24
23. Martin Bjornstead, Christina Enholm,
Braintree,
21
28. Charles H. Johnson, Saralı J. Cross,
Wolfboro', N. H.,
23
April
4. Joseph M. Allen,
Braintree,
33
Cora L. De Arcy,
Quincy,
22
5. William B. Hargreaves, Alice Wilson,
Braintree,
23
66
20
17. Henry E. Pratt, Ida F. Baker,
Weymouth,
26
25. William T. Coleraine, Mary A. Donahue,
Stoughton,
22
May
8. Lester A. Jolinson, Esther West,
66
18
10. Leroy J. Wade, Elizabeth W. Arnold,
Dighton,
26
Braintree,
22
66
20
June
18. Thomas G. Nye, Jr., Jennie West,
Brockton,
29
21
66
22
Braintree,
25
Canton,
19
Cambridge,
27
Sandwich, N. H.
31
14. Lewis Pitts, Maggie Veneau,
21
21
21
56
1882. June
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
Braintree,
20
21
13. Edward M. Taylor, Mary E. Bradford,
Fall River, Braintree,
20
23
66
18
Boston,
25
Braintree,
27
Aug.
14. Herbert R. Jennings. Mary L. Ellis,
Braintree,
23
Sept.
10. David A. Reed, Alice M. Foss,
66
23
26. Edward H. Frary, Lizzie C. Pratt,
Weymouth,
32
Oct.
4. Jacob A. Dyer, Gracie E. Thompson,
Boston,
22
10. Oscar M. Crocker, Anna L. Noyes,
Abington,
26
11. James R. Qualey,
Quincy,
26
Eliza J. Dugey,
Braintree,
22
18. Everett C. Loud, Susie F. Barrett,
66
23
66
25
66
27
66
23
24. George E. Blood, Nellie H. Benham,
Braintree,
19
24. James B. Ford, Annie M. Cahill,
Braintree, 66
27
25. George E. Mellen, Josie F. Eldridge,
Quincy,
27
Nov.
7. Melvin French, Jr., Annie E. Gardner,
Braintree,
50
13. John J. Conley, Lizzie A. Finegan,
66
27
23. Robert E. Denfeld,
66
29
Helen S. Boyd,
Needham,
23
Stougliton,
21
Braintree,
23
30. John T. Bradfield,
Boston,
23
Sarah H. Brooks,
66
25
Dec.
6. John J. Drinkwater, Elizabeth A. Donahue,
Braintree,
30
66
25
66
38
Weymouth,
38
20.
Robert H. Lovering, Carrie M. Prescott,
Braintree,
24
Quincy,
16
26. Charles A. Pace, Mary Long, 28. John Friend, Nancy E. Stoddard,
New Bedford,
19
34
Braintree,
36
Braintree,
27
23. Frank E. Dyer, Anna T. Barrett,
Holbrook,
24
Weymouth,
25
27
33
26
29. Edward E. Cashman, Alice E. Bond,
14. Cranmore N. Wallace, Eunice S. Fogg,
45
13. Aubrey D. Wilde, Emma J. Bates,
30
57
BIRTHS.
1882. Jan. 5. Lena Wilcox Parker,
7. Carl Edward Gummerson,
13. Gertrude Bailey Jones,
13. Agnes Louise Cavanagh,
16. Charlotte Donahue,
22. Myrtis Benedict,
George and Edith. Edwin A. and Lillian A.
Feb.
5. Edith Adelaide Jackson,
Paul W. and M. Adelaide.
George S. and Margaret A.
13. Lottie Ola Fenderson,
Cyrus F. and Maggie A.
13. Louisa Gurney,
Maurice and Eliza.
March
2. George Lewis Hayden,
William A. and Lois A.
4. Archibald Denton Pratt,
Julius and Mary A.
10. John Francis King,
Michael F. and Mary.
13. George Dallas Willis,
George D. and S. Ella.
14. Walter Mason Crane,
Charles F. and Julia E.
20. Howard Malcolm Saunders,
Alva A. and Cora L.
28. Mary Emma Learned,
April 5. - Kingman,
22. Charles Seymour McDowell,
William and Fannie.
23. John Patrick Sheehan,
26. Arthur Butler Dorety,
29. Levi Edward Betters,
May 1. Charles Harris White,
Herbert G. and Nora.
3. Ernest Alien Gage,
8. Lily Custance,
8. Lester Thurlow Torrey,
N. Gleason and Cora E.
11. John Sidney Storms,
Henry M. and Sarah.
15. Elliott Locke Shaw,
Willie H. and Sarah L.
L. Bradford and Maria E.
Charles E. and Lydia D.
Eli and Maggie.
Channing F. and Eva M.
Simon and Mary.
June 11. Daniel Doherty,
13. Mary Elizabeth Hobart,
13. Harriet May Dalton,
18. Alfred Rogers Hobart,
July
2. Ernest Lowson Morse,
3. Selina Gertrude Greenwood,
8. Irene Altha Holbrook,
12. George Clifton Bestick,
George E. and Grace M.
Anna S. G. Edward and Martha L. John and Annie M.
Thomas and Charlotte F.
25. David Edwin Foster,
26. Ida Florence Woodsum,
Rufus H. and Ida A.
26. Walter Francis Ryerson,
Wallace and Alice E.
Henry O. and Fannie E. Edward A. and
John F. and Hannah. John W. and Annie L. Peter and Ella E.
R. Allen and Hattie A. William J. and Margaret.
25. Edith Ruggles Hollis,
27. John Jackson Goodnow,
28. Maggie Virginia Frazer,
31. Walter Channing Dunbar, Rogers,
Daniel and Lizzie.
Myron L. and Myra E.
Thomas J. and Mary.
Leonard M. and Ruth A.
William B. and Elizabeth P.
John and Frances.
George H. and Sadie E. George R. M. and Alice.
6. George Albert Whiting,
58
1882. July 23. Helen DeForrest Walsh,
25. Azel Rufus French,
29. Patrick Lawrence O'Brien,
31. Frank Rockwood Kenney,
Aug. 1. John Allen West,
4. Anna Louise Parker,
9. Elizabeth Frances Wilson,
20. Julia Alice Holbrook,
24. Clara Shay,
Sept. 7. Florence Killian,
8. Chester Warner Dailey,
21. Mary Louise Hobart,
21. Walter Freeman Orcutt,
24. Harriet Frances Leavitt,
29. Annie Teresa Dowd,
Oct. 6. Edward Flynn,
18. Lizzie Gately,
20. Dallas Preston Monk,
24. Helen Morton Hathaway,
27. Joseph Mclaughlin,
27. Simon David Dejon,
30. Charles Lyman Smart,
Nov.
2. Fannie Badger Hayden,
5. John Reynolds Buker,
George C. and Ella A.
6. Etta Lowson,
Peter B. and Susan J.
8. Elizabeth M. Mulligan,
Thomas F. and Elizabeth M.
12. Charles Edward Orr,
William and Sarah.
John H. and Annie. Joseplı S. and Rebecca.
Daniel W. and Isabella C.
Dec.
10. Alice Isabella Magee,
Henry and Ellen.
11. Gracie May Hollingshead,
15. - - Avery,
16. Catherine Warner Barnes,
Luther R. and Elizabeth.
James F. and Mary.
DEATHS.
1882.
Jan. 6. Ellis A. Hollingsworth, 63
6. Sarah L. Young (Smith), 31 2 27 Pul. Consumption.
15. Edward Sullivan, 49
1 28 Softening of Brain.
18. James M. French, 72
6 22 Disease of Kidneys. Phthisis Pulmonalis.
23. Mary Pitts (Dadue), 46
24. Eliz. H. Johnson (Hitch), 44 5
2 Gastric Fever.
25. R. Trask (Nightingale), 81 2 Heart Disease.
25. Nathaniel S. Snow, Jr. 63
5 14 Bronchitis.
John D. and Fannie A. Azel R. and Sarah L. Michael and Josephine. Thomas M. and Mary E. James K. and Florina A. George S. and M. Lizzie. Willard T. and Julia F. Alden H. and Marietta. Edward and Maria L. Thomas and Ellen E.
Charles W. and Anna J.
Frank E. and Mary L. Andrew J. and Hattie. S. Gardner and Eliza. Maurice and Mary A. Andrew B. and Mary L. Patrick and Bridget.
Henry A. and Emma J.
Emery C. and Agnes C.
Patrick and Mary A.
John and Mary. Charles E. and Susie E. N. F. T. and Annie C.
18. James Thomas Kirby,
28. James Joseph Miller,
1. - - Foster,
John and Fannie. Charles and Lizzie M.
28. Thomas Francis Moran,
Y. M. D.
Ulceration of Stomach.
59
Y. M. D.
1882. Jan. 27. Austin White,
53
3
Bright's Disease. Railroad accident.
27. John King,
45
28. Emma F. Learned,
5
6 15 Diphtheria.
Feb. 4. Jonathan French,
79
10 13 Cardiac Asthma.
4. Daniel H. Denton,
81 0 28 Heart Disease. Pneumonia.
5. Charles B. Hammond,
49
6. Mary E. Learned,
3
3 20 Diphtheria.
9. Mary S. Hobart (Arnold), 76
2
29 Paralysis.
17. Nellie M. Hayden,
5 15 Marasmus.
March 4. John Tower,
77
8
5 Softening of Brain.
23. George W. White,
54
8
14 Concussion of Brain.
24. Sally Thayer (Wild),
75
10
7 Pneumonia.
27. William S. Pierce,
50
7
4 Pneumonia.
30. Leah Sherman,
9
23
Pneumonia.
April 12. Franklin Cram, 21. John Hill,
73
0 12
Asthmatic Con.
23. Henry Hobart,
68
7
5 Pneumonia.
25. Susan C. Avery (Stetson), 52
71
10
24
Pneumonia.
19.
E. M. Curtis (Cushing), 78 3
4
7 Inflama'tion of Lungs.
16. C. A. Gowdey (Stevens), 58 18. Avis A. Wild (Hobart), 67
6
6 Apoplexy. Pneumonia.
18. E. Morrison (Bennett),
74
3
23 Pneumonia.
19. Sarah V. Beals (Arnold), 62
6
12 Apoplexy. Pneumonia.
June
1. M. E. Boyle (Eagan),
39
11
10. Mar't Gunning (Welsh), 52
12. Edith Claflin,
0
11
25 Spina Bifida. Tetanus.
18. James McDowell,
34
11
20. Jessie M. Monk,
1
9
3 Teething and Convul's.
21. James F. Sullivan,
15
July
12. William Mills, 65
0 14 Diphtheria. Apoplexy. Still-born.
Aug.
2. James A. Lynch,
0
11 21 Meningitis.
4. Lucy H. Chase (Harden), 73
8 20 Paralysis.
8. Mary E. Costello, .
0
8
0 Cholera Infantum.
10. Alfred C. Fisher, 0
5
0 Cholera Infantum.
10. Harry D. Hayward, 49
2
6
Heart Disease.
10. Sarah H. French, 18
5
3
20. John F. Moriarty, 30
26
2 20 Rheumatic Fever, etc.
24. E. M. Gillespie (Fit'zgld),33 4
5 Phthisis Pulmonalis.
27. Mercy W. Mann (Bruce), 54 9 Dysentery.
Sept.
2. William Coleraine, 49
3 Inflammation of Brain.
26
1 21 Pulmonary Phthisis.
3 25 Bronchitis.
28. John Y. Gillespie,
20 Paralysis.
May 7. Ludovicus W. Holbrook, 83
9
23. Daniel Flynn, 57
24. William A. Oliver, 30
Railroad accident.
Phthisis Pulmonalis. Chronic Hepatitis.
20. - Stoddard,
Pul. Tuberculosis.
23. Frank Burnham,
60
1882. Sept. 8. Rogers,
0
4 0 Consumption. Railroad accident.
10. Daniel Sullivan, 29
17. Catherine Dickey (Hill), 32 5 10 Consumption. 18. Laura Cummings (Cook), 74 18 6 Diarrhea.
19. Frank A. Dyer,
0
11 21 Cholera Infantum.
29. A. N. Peabody (Shackley),29 9
30. -- Creed,
Oct. 5. Edmumd Fraser,
1
6 1 10 Dysentery. Cirrhosis.
11. Mary E. Hope,
0
11
5 Meningitis. Chronic Diarrhoea.
18. William Wild,
68
20. Edward W. Fisher,
15
11
13 Typhoid Fever. Phthisis.
29. Ellen Fitzgerald, 76
Nov. 4. Harlow Courser, 67 6 Bright's Disease.
22. Sarah Smith (Casley),
83
7 25 Phthisis Pulmonalis.
22. Sarah L. Shaw(Burnham),25 8
7 Consumption.
24. Lucy M. Hill,
17 10 6 Pulmonary Phthisis.
28. Benjamin Arnold,
74 8
15 Pneumonia.
1. Mary A. Sumner (Snow), 52.
5 10 Cancer.
1. Benjamin Sanderson, 24 7 14
3. Jane Downes (Brien),
68
6. Eva G. Chambers,
4 1
26 Diphtheria. Pneumonia.
9. Ann Dalton (Simmons),
63
4
15. William T. Chambers, 6
11
11 Diphtheria. Still-born.
15. -- Denehy,
18. Mary M. Tellier,
16
6
18 Pulmonary Phthisis. Heart Disease.
23. Timothy O'Connor, 37
28. Edmund Burke, 67
0 10 Consumption.
29. Thomas P. Peterson, 35
31. Bridget Mullins, 80 Old Age.
Y. M. D.
0 Phthisis. Still-born.
11. John Riley,
63
Dec.
Pulmonary Phthisis.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1882-83.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE School Committee of the town of Braintree respectfully submit the following report : -
At the last annual meeting the town appropriated for the support of schools $7,600, in addition to the income derived from the State and town school funds, and the dog tax. This income is variable, and the amount derived from these sources cannot be ascertained by the School Committee until the close of the financial year. The town also appropriated for incidental expenses of schools and school-houses the sum of $1,050. This includes the special appro- priation of $350 for furnishing an additional school-room in the Pond School-house, and also one of $100 to procure new furniture for the High School rooms. The special appropriation for the High School was not expended, the committee deeming it unnecessary. The whole amount of appropriations was $9,548.06; the total amount of expenditures, $9,486.35. A more particular account of the expenditures may be found in the report of the Selectmen. A special appropriation of $300 was made for repairs on the Iron Works School-house, and was expended under the direction of a committee chosen by the town.
At the close of the school year of 1882 your committee deemed it advisable to make a change in the teacher of the Pond Grammar School. The teacher who had been in charge of the school was a young man of good character and education, and highly esteemed by his townsmen; but owing to unfortunate circumstances, over which he had no control, he failed to perform his duties satisfacto- rily to the committee. We therefore secured the services of Mr. Frank A. Pease, of Middleboro, a graduate of Dartmouth College, who we think is doing good work. At the same time Miss Mary J. Pratt resigned as teacher of the Union Primary School, and Miss Fanny M. Dugey was selected to fill the vacancy. By the liberal- ity of the town we were enabled to establish an additional school in
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the Pond School-house, the primary school in that building having become so large that it was impossible for the teacher to success- fully perform her duties, and give to her pupils a solid educational foundation. Miss Susie M. Reed, who for some years had taught with success the West School, was selected to take charge of the school. Our expectations are fully realized, and we can say that the money was well spent and will pay good interest. The change of Miss Reed made a vacancy in the West School, which was filled by the choice of Miss Margaret Downey. The Misses Dugey and Downey are graduates of the High School, and have also attended the Normal School, at Bridgewater. During the vacation of Thanksgiving week we were sorry to have placed in our hands the resignation of Miss Lottie E. Allen, teacher of the Middle Street School, who was called to take charge of a school in Weymouth, at an advanced salary. While we rejoice with her in this evidence of her qualifications as a teacher, we regret that her services could not have been continued in her former school. Miss Mary L. Crowe was placed in the school as a substitute for a few weeks, when she was chosen as the teacher for the remainder of the school year. We deprecate the frequent change of teachers, being fully assured that it is an injury to the school where it occurs.
The irregular attendance of some of the scholars operates as a serious drawback to the efficiency of our schools, and injures, not only those who absent themselves, but also those who attend regularly. Take, for instance, a class in arithmetic. A certain lesson is assigned to it, and, the hour having arrived when the recita- tion should commence, the teacher finds there are some absent. But he must proceed. He spends his half-hour in listening to their recitations, and explaining the difficult points which the scholars do not understand. When the recitation is finished the teacher congratulates himself that his pupils are familiar with the lesson of the day. But the morrow arrives, the class is again called up, and he finds those who were absent yesterday are present. When called upon to recite they manifest a lack of knowledge of the previous lesson to such a degree that he is compelled to repeat the instructions of the day previous. But they have not studied those lessons, and are not prepared to garner up those instructions in their memories. And so they continue each week to absent them- selves from school a certain portion of the time. When the school year is ended both parents and scholars feel aggrieved that they
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