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July 23. House of Robert Wilson on Liberty Street. Loss, $300. Insurance, $200. Cause, accidental. Department all out. August. House of James McKenney on Liberty Street. Loss, $75. No insurance. Cause, incendiary. Department all out.
Sept. 2. Barn and shop occupied by H. B. Hayden, 2d. Loss, $400. Insurance, $400. Cause incendiary. Butcher Boy and Hook and Ladder out.
Sept. 5. House of Syms G. Buker on Liberty Street. Loss, $200. Insurance, $125. Cause, accidental. Union out.
Oct. 11. Shop of James Thayer on Pond Street. Loss, $600. Insurance, $350. Cause, accidental. Department all out.
Oct. 15. Haystacks of Mrs. Nancy White on Franklin Street. Loss, $100. No insurance. Butcher Boy and Hook and Ladder out. Oct. 25. House and outbuildings of Andrew Hovey, on Pond street. Loss, $600; insured, $425. Cause unknown. Butcher Boy and Hook and Ladder out.
Nov. 2. Shop of Mrs. Ezra Penniman, on Pearl Street. Loss, $100; insured, $400. Cause, accidental. Butcher Boy and Hook and Ladder out.
Dec. 8. House of Mrs. McCue, on Shaw Street. Loss, $1,500 ; insured, $1,000. Cause, incendiary. Union out.
Jan. 13, 1885. Shop of Adoram Clapp, on Walnut Avenue. Loss, $100. No insurance. Cause unknown. Union out.
M. A. PERKINS, Chief Engineer.
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING TOWN RECORDS.
The undersigned, committees appointed by the several towns of Quincy, Braintree, Randolph, and Holbrook to consider the expe- diency of printing the original Braintree records down to the time of the division of the town in 1793, have attended to the matter referred to them, and report as follows : -
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They find that the original Braintree records are of common in- terest to all the four towns of Quincy, Braintree, Randolph, and Holbrook. Those records cover a period of one hundred and fifty years from the first settlement of the colony, and are second in interest, probably, to the records of no other town in Massachusetts, excepting, possibly, Boston. For more than two hundred and twenty-five years, the original manuscript copy was in the hands of the town clerk of Braintree. It was exposed to continual danger of destruction by fire, and through constant handling sustained ir- reparable injury. Some four pages in all have been so mutilated that they can be deciphered only in part. All the rest of the sev- eral volumes are in good condition, and are now well cared for, suffering only such degree of injury as is inseparable from their full examination by all who may have occasion to inform themselves as to any point contained in them.
In the year 1876, the town of Quincy caused a manuscript copy of these records to be made. If published in the same style in which the Boston records have been published, the old Braintree records would fill a volume in the neighborhood of five hundred and fifty pages in size. The cost of publishing would include copy for the printer's use, the work of printing, indexing, editing, and bind- ing, and is estimated as follows : -
Cost of copying .
$450 00
Cost of printing .
850 00
Indexing and editing
450 00
Total cost .
. $1,750 00
The proper manner of doing the work would be as follows : The printed matter should be set up from a manuscript copy of the records, and the proof-sheets should then be corrected from the original record, with such annotations as may be found desirable.
Your Committee would recommend that this work be proceeded with at once. They would further recommend that its cost be defrayed by the four towns in proportion to their population. Upon this basis, it would appear that the proportions would be as fol- lows : ---
Quincy
.
population 10,570,
$898 72
Randolph
.
4,027,
343 40
Braintree
66 3,855,
327 78
Holbrook
66
2,130,
181 10
$1,750 00
Finally, your Committee would recommend that the following article be inserted in the warrant of each of the towns of Quincy,
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Braintree, Randolph, and Holbrook, for the coming March meet- ing : - ** ,
To see what action the town will take upon the Report of the Joint Committee of the several towns of Quincy, Braintree, Ran- dolph, and Holbrook, in regard to the expediency of publishing the records of the original town of Braintree, and to appropriate money to defray the expenses of the same.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
C. F. PADAMS, JR.,
EBEN W. UNDERWOOD, Quincy.
F. A. HOBART, SAMUEL A. BATES, Braintree.
HORACE ABERCROMBIE,
ROYAL T. MANN,
JOHN B. THAYER, Randolph.
RUFUS A. THAYER,
ABRAM C. HOLBROOK,
GEO. W. PAINE,
Holbrook.
SAMUEL L. WHITE,
BOARD OF HEALTH NOTICE.
His Excellency Gov. George D. Robinson, in his annual mes- sage to the Legislature and the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, utters the following warning, to which we deem it our duty to call the especial attention of the people of Braintree.
PUBLIC HEALTH.
Epidemic cholera is making its progress westward, and guided by the history of this disease, we may reasonably expect its ap- pearance in the United States during the coming summer. While the general sanitary conditions in our cities and towns may be justly regarded to afford protection against widespread invasion of pestilence, careful and thorough inspection should be at once enforced.
In accordance therewith we earnestly request our citizens to carefully and diligently obey the regulations with reference to pig- pens, privy vaults, sink drains, stagnant water, etc. ; and we suggest to the people of Braintree, that a neglect of these regulations is but to invite the fearful ravages of the pestilence, in the event of its appearing in this country. Other but perhaps less fearful diseases, like typhoid fever, scarlet fever, and diphtheria, of which we have had quite a number of cases, might be guarded against by observing these same regulatious. Privy vaults, sink drains, cess- pools, etc., should be frequently cleaned out, and the refuse safely
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buried, and disinfectants used freely. We trust this notice will receive that immediate and continued attention which its impor- tance demands.
A. O. CLARK, J. M. KNIGHT, J. F. BATES, Board of Health of Town of Braintree.
BRAINTREE, Feb. 13, 1885.
JURY LIST,
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, FEB. 12, 1885.
William Allen.
Charles G. Anderson.
Arza B. Keith.
Bradford Y. Knight.
John M. Arnold. Abijah Allen.
Benjamin J. Loring, Jr.
Edwards P. Allen.
Alva S. Morrison.
Andrew J. Bates.
Benjamin L. Morrison.
Samuel A. Bates.
Henry A. Monk.
Timothy D. Bagley. John M. Beals.
John H. McAndrew.
Elisha A. Belcher. John Cavanagh.
Patrick Moils. Isaac Porter.
Freeman G. Crosby.
Charles E. French.
Josiah Penniman.
Thomas Penniman.
Henry A. Pierce.
Russell F. Randall.
Franklin Shaw.
Edward G. Stoddard.
Alfred Southworth. Caleb Thompson. William A. Tupper.
Henry S. Thayer. Joseph Whitely. Jonathan F. White. George D. Willis. John Whitty.
George A. French. Robert Gillespie. Henry Gardner. Nathaniel F. Hunt. J. Eliphas Hayward. Everet A. Harris. Charles L. Hayden. Joseph H. Hobart. Edward W. Hobart. Charles W. Hobart. Peter D. Holbrook. Ellis Hollingsworth. Edward P. Hayward. Henry M. Hollis.
Hosea Jackson.
Elbridge F. Porter.
Henry A. Penniman.
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 Brain- tree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in Braintree on Monday the second day of March next, at eight o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, namely :-
ARTICLE 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, and also to vote on the following question as required by Chap. 54 of the Acts of the year 1881, namely : Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?
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 the Gen. Sylvanus Thayer Post, G. A. R., for the purpose of assisting them in defraying the expenses of me- morial services on Decoration Day.
ART. 9. To see what, action the town will take upon the report of the joint committee of the several towns of Quincy, Braintree, Randolph, and Holbrook, in regard to the expediency of publish- ing the records of the original town of Braintree, and to appro- priate money to defray the expenses of the same.
ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to adopt a code of by laws.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $250 to be paid as bounty to Charles L. Holbrook and Edward Huff, who were drafted and served in the late war of the Rebellion.
ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to pay the laborers not less than $1.75 per day on town work.
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ART. 13. To see what action the town will take on the claim of Edward Bannon for bounty.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to deliver books from the Public Library to the people of the east part of the town, under the direction of the trustees, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 15. To see how the town will vote to pay the members of the Fire Department.
ART. 16. To see if the town will revoke their acceptance of the provisions of the Statute of 1871, Chap. 158, Sects. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
ART. 17. To see if the town will provide a conveyance to carry scholars from the east part of the town to the High School, and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to repair the reservoir on Hobart Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 19. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to give James T. Stevens quitclaim' deeds of land sold by them at auction in 1849, said land being a part of the old almshouse estate, and consisting of lots number 20 and 22.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to establish a night police and make such appropriation as may be necessary to support. the same.
ART. 21. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the road running from the junction of Union and Commercial Streets to Eliot Street, as recommended by the road commissioners.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote a sum of money to build Elmwood Park as recommended by the road commissioners.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote a sum of money to build Walnut Avenue as recommended by the road commissioners.
ART. 24. To see if the town will accept the extension of Tre- mont Street, from Taylor Street to Central Avenue, as laid out by the road commissioners, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 25. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to widen Elm Street as ordered by the county commis- sioners.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to adopt some system for lighting the streets, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 27. To see if the town adopt some system of sewerage, and raise and appropiate money for the same.
ART 28. To see if the town will accept Pleasant Street as laid out by the road commissioners, and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
ART. 29. To hear and act upon the report of any committee, and to choose any committee the town may think proper.
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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 doings thereon to the town clerk before the time of said meeting. Given under our hands at Braintree, this sixteenth day of Feb- uary, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
ANSEL O. CLARK, J. MURRAY KNIGHT, J. FRANKLIN BATES, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy,
Attest :
HORACE' FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
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.
HORACE FAXON, Constable of Braintree.
REPORT OF THE 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 regis- tration 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.
1884.
RESIDENCE.
AGE .
Jan. 20. Francis E. Hayward,
Braintree,
31
Charlotte E. Allen,
66
31
26. George W. Wentworth,
66
33
Susan A. Harrington,
66
25
Feb.
5. George H. Curtis,
Montana,
24
H. Florence Dearing,
Braintree,
23
6. Joseph E. Hewitt,
66
23
Elizabeth Frazer,
66
20
6. Edward W. Bowditch,
66
22
Lula H. Feele,
66
19
7. John Luzarder, Nellie Desmond,
Boston,
40
17. Frank Brewer,
Quincy,
33
Marian F. Whiting,
Braintree,
24
28. Darius A. Holbrook,
66
51
Josephine Stephenson,
Maine,
35
April
8. Thomas S. Holmes, Ella Smith,
Braintree,
35
22. John Cronin,
66
47
Johanna Ward,
Boston,
35
24. John T. Hennessey,
Braintree,
27
Annie Campbell,
Boston,
27
May
6. Michael Griffin, Julia Griffin,
Boston,
36
18. Alton H. Mann,
Randolph,
26
Josie Williams,
Braintree,
24
19. Ezekiel R. Waterman, Amanda G. Dailey,
66
62
66
45
Braintree,
45
Lawrence,
37
South Abington,
40
60
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
Braintree,
22
28. Charles A. Dailey, Nettie M. Clement,
Weymouth, Braintree,
24
10. William K. Hewes,
66
24
Nettie M. Miller,
66
22
Bridgewater,
29
22. John F. Sullivan,
66
23
Annie T. Bentley,
23
24.
Edwin O. Willoby, Louisa C. Miller,
46
29
26. James M. Holbrook,
66
34
Lavinia R. Durgin,
66
27
July
16. Charles A. Hobart, Eliza H. Clark,
Pembroke,
32
17. Elijah C. Hall,
Braintree,
53
Emeline A. Samson,
Pembroke,
43
Aug.
9. James F. Smith, Nellie Tenney,
Braintree,
19
10. Joseph Dejon,
66
23
Hattie Lavangie,
66
22
17. Daniel A. Elliot, Jr.
Randolph,
27
Jennie I. McGaw,
Braintree,
18
17. Robert Johnson,
38
Catherine Healey,
Boston,
19
30. Charles H. Holbrook, Rosie E. Harriman,
66
19
Sept.
6. Charles Borden, Mary Boyd,
Brookline,
29
7. Michael Hall,
Braintree,
20
Margaret Pitts,
16
Oct.
8. Bradford L. Barton, Ida Bicknell,
Hingham,
31
19. George E. Fogg,
Braintree,
26
Sarah E. Pope,
Weymouth,
25
29. Aubry Hilliard,
Boston,
23
A. Gertrude Morrison,
Braintree,
22
Nov.
9. Clinton L. Baker, Grace Rennie
66
24
12. E. Azel Dyer,
Holbrook,
22
Emma F. Holbrook,
Braintree,
17
Dec.
18. George T. Little, Lilly T. W. Lane,
Maine,
27
Braintree,;
19
1884. May
24. George H. Jones, Ellen M. Hobart,
19
21
21
June 7. George C. Jackson, Annie Byron,
23
20. Elmer C. Linfield, Abbie F. Chandler,
Braintree,
25
66
29
Braintree,
32
66
17
Braintree,
22
66
24
28
24
,
61
1884. Dec.
25. Frank A. Fisher, Florence E. Davis,
RESIDENCE.
AGE.
Braintree, 20
Hyde Park, 20
Braintree, 23
Milton, 24
Braintree, 45
Boston,
21
BIRTHS.
1884. Jan. 2. Ebenezer Graham Troup Grant, Alexander D. and Mary.
7. David Alfred Decoste,
Maurice and Flora.
12. Albert Warren Turner,
Charles W. and Lillian.
18. Henry Clay Sumner,
John H. and Elizabeth.
22. Ralphı Porter Richards,
Horace J. and Hattie R.
25. Andrew J. Mahoney,
Andrew F. and Catherine.
28. - Kendall,
Albert L. and Emma A. Richard and Bridget.
30. Mary Malvina Robery,
John P. and Matilda.
Feb.
7. Ann Magee,
Henry M. and Ellen.
22. Herbert Levi Borden,
Herbert W. and Emma.
March 1. William Atwood Pierson,
Edward O. and Catherine P.
9. Willie Hope,
William T, and Mary A. Oliver D. and Mary S.
April
2. Harold Curtis Dyke,
Henry H. and A. Jennie.
8. Elizabeth Gertrude Dowd,
Maurice and Mary A.
12. Samuel Augustus Huff,
Edward and Lucy J.
14. Charles Francis Leary,
Timothy and Rosie E.
23. Annie Pitts,
Louis and Maggie.
30.
26. Bennie Herbert Woodsum, Clara Lawrence Holmes,
William L. and Clara J.
May
10. James Francis Foley
James F. and Mary E.
11. Ibra Ellis Mansfield,
Samuel A. F. and Jennie E.
12. Mabel Monroe Crocker,
Oscar M. and Anna L.
12. Marion Alice Morse,
William B. and Elizabeth P.
13. Ada May Emery,
Briggs H. and Lizzie M.
13. Roy Colburn Sheppard,
18. Frances Lillian Creed,
19. Ella Frances Belcher,
Alexander T. and Adriella.
21. - Cook,
Richard and
23. Mary Cornelia Starr,
Edward J. and Mary J.
30. Whitman Thayer,
Wilbur F. and Mabel.
8. Ethel May Nute,
Alfred D). and Eva M.
16. Mary Elizabeth Hewitt,
Joseph E. and Lizzie.
19. Edward Thomas Harnish,
Isaiah and Saralı.
Michael J. and Ann.
30. Annie Sullivan,
George A. and Annie L. George and Selina.
June
25. George C. Gates, M. Linette Mellen, 28. Romaine Petapa, Elizabetlı Bourdrout,
1
28. Barbara Gorham,
23. George D. Morey,
B. Herbert and Mina E.
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1884. July 6. Joseph Schofield Drinkwater,
8. Gracie Florence Clark,
12. Helen Heath Saville,
13. John Aldin Wright,
24. Annice Mabel Genders,
25. Simon Dejon,
26. Harold Atkins Merritt,
28. Ella Hewitt French,
29. Charles Wilfred Hollis,
30. Florence Edith Hollingshead,
Aug. 7. Grace Mildred Cavanagh,
17. Mary McManus,
21. Edward Andrew Snow,
23. - Watson,
29. Edward Dennehey,
Sept.
2. Winnifred Donahue,
4. Joseph Howard Packard,
16. Alta May Bates,
18. Mary Ellen O'Rourke,
19. Austin Lyndreth McGaw,
20. - Orcutt,
20. - Orcutt,
Oct.
1. Irving Elroy Stoddard,
4. William Lester Arnold,
13. Thomas Frederic Mulligan,
16. Eben Kimball Grant,
18. Elisha Nye Thayer,
20. Olive Isabel Carmichael,
31. Frank Augustus Whitmarsh,
Nov.
1. Jessie Margarett Crocket,
2. Margaret Jane Cota,
3. Mary Emily Arnold,
- Riley,
9. 16. Caroline Hollis Batson,
Charles G. and Helen B.
23. Robert Grover Johnson,
22. Nellie May Sheehan,
30. Frederic Andrew Custance,
Charles H. and Mary. Joseph and Hattie.
Dec.
1. Peter Dejon,
6. Rose Caroline Phillips,
7. Mabel Elizabeth McPherson,
8. Florence Evelyn Woodworth,
19. Herbert Louis Parker, 24. Arthur Edwin Mann,
31. Mosnecka,
John J. and Elizabeth A. Herbert I. and Katie. Otis and Abbie E.
George J. and Sarah W. George and Ida E.
Simon and Mary. Francis E and Fannie L.
Azel R. and Sarah L.
Charles W. and Lura A.
John and Fannie. John and Annie M.
John and Bridget, Andrew C. and Edwinna L.
Thomas A. and Elizabeth. John H. and Nellie M.
Thomas and Charlotte F.
Henry F. and Mary J. Gustave B. and Annie M. John and Rosanna.
Alexander and Sarah J.
Andrew J. and Hattie A. Andrew J. and Hattie A. William H. and Mary L.
D. Webster and Nellie A. Thomas F. and Lizzie M. Edward and Elizabeth A. Henry S. and Indiana. John R. and Margaret V. Frank O. and Annie. George A. and Mary A. Herbert and Maggie. W. Ellsworth and Bessie M. Frederic and Vira.
Robert and Katie.
John F. and Hannora.
Thomas and Ella C. Iris R. and Nellie F. Amos E. and Abbie G. George S. and Mary L. Rufus L. and Susie L. William and Annie.
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DEATHS.
Y.
M.
D.
47
-
-
7. Nellie F. Sullivan, Braintree,
9
0
5
9. Lucretia M. Sims, Boston,
12
6
2
13. Maria J. Carver, Braintree,
4
7 26
13. William E. Carver, Braintree,
13
14. Margaret Dickey, Ireland,
67
3
26
18. John Arnold, Braintree,
83
10
-
-
10
29
27.
Elizabeth Jeffers, Brockton,
75
-
-
Feb.
6.
Rachel P. Fowler, Georgetown, Me.,
81
-
8. Alfred R. Hobart, Braintree,
1
7
20
12. Addie W. Snow, Braintree,
11
6
13. Addie May Dyer, Braintree,
1
-
-
27. Edgar W. Wild, Braintree,
26
7
25
28. William M. Bates, Weymouth,
19
3
19
March
1. Mary Whitman, Duxbury,
75
11
1
6. Ann Farrell, Ireland,
62
1
15
11. Bertie K. Monk, Braintree,
6
9
24
11. Eva M. Crane, Braintree,
5
8
5
13. Esther Penniman, Braintree,
88
7
18
18. Cornelius Scollard, Ireland,
57
7
23. George D. Morey, Braintree,
6
7
17
29. Abigail Wentworth, Needham,
68
April
8. George S. Grover, Malden,
56
2
1
13. Mary E. Purcell, Braintree,
8
2
22
19. Timothy Sullivan, Ireland,
30
11
20. Francis W. Pfaff, unknown,
23. Julia A. Holbrook, Braintree,
1
8
4
May
1. Austin B. Bates, Braintree,
35
7
15
7. Clara J. Holmes, Hingham,
23
0
7
10. Fred Aubigne Hunt, Quincy,
9
15
12. James Gandin, England,
50
16 Eunice Collins, Braintree,
77
5
5
26.
Margaret E. Mischler, Braintree,
7
8
9
30. Thomas A. Mischler, Braintree,
6
0
26
30. J. Elmer Morrow, Quincy,
2
7
June
6. Sarah F. Holbrook, Hingham,
38
5
12
9. Patrick McCormick, Ireland,
72
9
10
14. Elijah Penniman, Braintree,
78
1
27
20. John Brightman, Braintree,
56
-
18. George W. Hall, Boston,
58
23. Charles W. Simmons, Boston,
38
2
28. Nettie M. Fallon, Braintree,
13. Julia M. Pierce, Mattapoisett,
46
1
3
25. Roy G. Anderson, Braintree,
1884. Jan. 2. Albert T. Pool, Randolph,
64
1884. June
25. Richard H. Allen, Mansfield,
86
5
6
July 10. William Miller, Sweden,
57
1
7
13. Theodore S. Alden, Randolph,
41
3
11
14. Bertha C. Vaughan, Randolph,
1
0
25
15. William F. Maher, Braintree,
5
2
19
17. Adam Hobart, Braintree,
71
6
15
27. Mary Louise Qualey, Braintree,
8
5
Aug. 7. Henry B. Homes, Plymouth, 8. ' Simon Dijon, Braintree,
66
3
2
30. Albert W. Turner, Braintree,
7
18
Sept.
3. Silas M. Jones, Randolph,
44
7
10
6. Eva F. Pratt, Weymouth,
10
11
7. Samuel A. Huff, Braintree,
4
27
8. Edward Dennehey, Braintree,
10
11. David Renshaw, England,
48
1
12. Ada F. Carmichael, Weymouth,
17
5
15
18. James Burt, Waltham,
56
3
26. John B. Woodworth, Boston,
15
10
6
Oct.
9. Thomas Kenney, New York,
27
11
13. John Greenlaw, Scotland,
35
22. Mary J. Belcher, Biddeford, Me.
75
11
22
25. Frederic H. Hall, Brockton,
40
6
Nov.
5. William Elliott, Scotland,
77
11. Otis Dean, Norton,
72
0
21
17. Clara L. Holmes, Braintree,
6
17
23. Ellen F. Hill, Braintree,
23
3
12
25. Mary Richardson, Ireland,
85
27. Ella ,H. French, Braintree,
3
29
28. Emily F. Binney, Randolph,
53
4
4
Dec.
11. Lucy Penniman, Braintree,
79
1
0
15. Warren W. Brown, Quincy,
47
11
21
15. John H. Hawes, Roxbury,
35
0
18
15. Harriet M. Willis, Vermont,
59
3
15
20. Mary Healey, Ireland,
80
28.
Alexander Bowditch, Braintree,
79
1 S
Y.
M.
D.
14
4. Andrew J. Mahoney, Randolph,
5. Thomas Green, Braintree,
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1884-85.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
THE undersigned respectfully presents the annual report of the School Committee of the town of Braintree, for the year 1884-5.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
I. POPULATION.
Population of Braintree according to census of 1880 3,855
Number of persons in town of school age, between 5 and
15 years inclusive, according to school census, taken May, 1884 693
II. ATTENDANCE.
Average number of pupils in the public schools in May,
1884, as appears by the school register 638
Number of pupils in private schools . 12
Number of children between 8 and 14 years of age attend- ing no schools
7
III. FINANCES.
Town appropriation for schools
.
$8,400 00
Town school fund
350 00
State school fund
197 40
Dog tax .
466 01
Incidentals for schools
300 00
Incidentals for schoolhouses
300 00
Incidentals for text-books and supplies
1,000 00
Total available fund
$11,013 41
EXPENDITURES.
For schools
$9,225 09
School incidentals
300 46
Schoolhouse incidentals
311 42
Text-books and supplies
1,092 16
Total disbursements
. $10,928 95
.
68
Value of text-books and supplies in hands of Committee Jan. 31, 1885
$92 81
Actual expenditures for text-books and supplies fur- nished schools
$999 35
ESTIMATES FOR ENSUING YEAR.
For schools
$9,000 00
For school incidentals .
· 300 00
For schoolhouse incidentals
.
300 00
For text-books and supplies
· 1,000 00
Total appropriations
. $10,600 00
SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
All of the school buildings are in very good repair, and the ex- pense of keeping them so will not be large for some years to come. The condition of some of the school-rooms might be materially changed and benefited, in many ways. It is of the utmost impor- tance that our children, while under the public care, should be place l in bright, cheerful, and well-ventilated rooms, freed, so far as possi- ble, from all unhealthful influences. It should be the endeavor of the teacher to make the school-room so attractive and homelike that the pupil will feel a sense of pleasure and comfort in remaining there.
School hygiene should receive much more attention than it does, and teachers should be particularly watchful in this respect of the pupils under their care. The following is an extract from a circu- lar, recently issued by the Bureau of Education, as to the " lament- able " condition of school buildings in regard to ventilation, etc. : -
" The grave consequences of a long-continued exposure to an atmosphere but a little below the standard of natural purity, al- though not immediately incompatible with life, can hardly be over- stated.
" Children confined in the atmosphere of these schools soon lose the ruddy and cheerful complexion of perfect health which belongs to youth, and acquire the sallow and depressed countenances which might reasonably be expected in overworked factory operatives. . . . We noticed in many faces, also, particularly towards the close of a school session, a feverish flush so bright that it might easily deceive an inexperienced eye and be mistaken for a healthy
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