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acter of the books called for after, as compared with that be- fore, the catalogue was put in use. Judging by the results of the three months which had elapsed up to January 1, 1876, the expenditure, both of labor and of money, which the cata- logue represents, has been fully justified. A great improve- ment has taken place in the character of the books called for. The demand for works of fiction has decreased from 81 per cent of the whole to 76 per cent, and for periodical litera- ture from 8 per cent to 5 per cent. On the other hand, the circulation of works of the more solid class has increased from 11 to 19 per cent ; the increase having been distributed as follows: Biography, from 1.5 to 3 per cent ; Travels, from 1.6 to 3 per cent; History, from 2 to 3.5 per cent ; books relating to the Arts and Sciences, from 1 to 1.5 per cent, and others in like proportion. Each one per cent in the increase or decrease of a particular description of litera- ture represents a circulation of about 400 volumes a year.
To us the result above indicated is very gratifying. It is interesting, also, to compare it with the experience of the Boston City Library, with which the system of inserting reading notes in catalogues originated. This was first done in 1874, and was confined to the departments of History and Biography. As soon as the annotated catalogue was put in use, the description of the works called for changed in the following ratio : Fiction fell from 76 to 71 per cent of the whole, and Biography and History each rose from 1 to 3 per cent, showing an almost exact similarity between our own experience and that of Boston.
The number of copies of the catalogue which could be printed, depended, of course, on the amount of the catalogue fund. It was not thought prudent to venture on an edition of more than one thousand. Of this number 400 copies must be reserved for the use of the town, as 20 copies have to be kept in regular service, and the average life of a catalogue on the tables of the library does not exceed six months. They be- come so defaced and mutilated by constant use, that, at the end of that time, they have to be replaced by new ones. In disposing of the balance of the edition, the plan was to
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put them, regardless of their cost, within the reasonable reach of every one, without offering them at a price so low as to destroy their value, or to render people careless of them. Accordingly, copies bound in paper, which had cost $1.75 each, were sold at 75 cents ; and the copies bound in cloth, which had cost $2.10, at $1.00. The sale, though not rapid, has been as fast as is desirable ; for it is to be borne in mind that it is not proposed to issue future editions of the cata- logue. The present outlay was meant to be final, and there is no reason why this work should be done over for an indefinite time. Some 300 copies, which can be spared from library use, yet remain on hand; and these will gradually be disposed of.
The work of cataloguing should, under no circumstances, in future be allowed to fall into arrears. Its cost, if it is kept up the whole time, is trifling, -$80 a year would cover it, including the cost of printing. If allowed to fall two years behindhand, it would probably cost $500 to bring it up. Taking the present catalogue as a fixed basis to start from, it is proposed in future to have every book and all the periodical articles of any permanent value entered in a card catalogue by the librarian as soon as they are received. In addition to this, the names of all new books will be kept constantly posted on bulletin-boards upon the walls of the library. Whenever the accumulation warrants it, which should be as often as once in three years, the card catalogue can, at a moment's notice, be sent to the printer, and a supplement to the present catalogue, filling probably about forty pages, issued. The one essential thing is, to keep the work always in progress. The moment it stops, the money spent in buying new books is practically thrown away.
The library is now organized throughout on the most approved plan ; it is doing a good work, and every demand upon it can be responded to at the shortest possible notice. Meanwhile, the books have been in constant use for over four years, and those in greatest demand show it severely. The works of the more popular authors are, in fact, completely
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worn out, and must be replaced. The librarian consequently reports that, apart from all purchases of new books during the coming year, at least 444 old volumes will have to be replaced, and that duplicate copies of some 204 other books of the more favorite authors, are greatly needed to meet a constant demand. A good deal of binding is also necessary. This renewal will constitute a heavy charge on the coming year, during which, also, for the first time, the full annual rent must be paid for the library building. To cover these charges, exceptional and ordinary, and to purchase a mod- erate number of new books, so as to keep the collection fairly up to the demands made upon it, will require an appropria- tion of $3,200 for the coming year.
The receipts and expenditures of the past year are set forth in the accompanying report of the Treasurer.
For the Trustees, C. F. ADAMS, JUN., Chairman.
ACCOUNT OF TREASURER OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
DR.
To cash in treasury, Feb. 1, 1875, $703 79
Town appropriation,
3,200 00
Town treasurer, dog-licenses,
700 18
From fines,
118 03
From catalogues and postage,
212 20
For old paper,
4 02
$4,938 22
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CR. BY DISBURSEMENTS.
For books,
$809 09
Stationery and printing,
173 98
Binding,
183 55
Expressage,
44 65
Heating,
71 50
Gas,
212 25
Salaries,
1,247 97
Furniture and fixtures,
190 65
Catalogue, .
1,804 17
Incidentals,
59 18
Balance cash in treasury,
141 23
$4,938 22
HENRY BARKER, Treas.
APPENDIX.
REGISTRY
OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS
IN 1875.
NOTE. - The Town Clerk requests information of all omis- sions, errors, and inaccuracies, in order that the Registra- tion Record may be made more complete and correct.
BIRTHS IN 1875.
Jan. 1. C. F. Hodgkinson.
7. John J. Moynihan.
66 8. Esther L. Costaine.
66 9. Mary Loring Trask.
66 11. Nellie A. Bradbury.
66 17. Emma Sophia Dell.
66 18. Mary Dolan.
66 19. Emma Kreugar.
19. Janey Frances Pratt.
" 20. Mary E. Freel.
20. Laura F. Brown.
28. Mary A. McGowan.
66 29. Dennis Ford.
Feb. 3. Chas. A. Thomas.
66 6. Katie A. Cashman.
10. Edward W. Capen.
12. Ellen Louise Brown.
12. Emma E. French.
13. Clara N. Brown.
14. Flora Helen Ladd.
15. Fredk. L. Hayden.
16. Frankie W. Jones.
Feb. 17. Lizzie Lines.
22. Wm. E. Griffiths.
22. Geo. Alfred Leavitt.
24. Chas. Fredk. Trask.
25. Richard Barry.
66 26. Morris Spillane.
66 27. James P. Carroll.
28. John Lucy.
Mar. 1. Jane A. Gordon.
66 4. Ernest E. Perry.
7. Emma M. Dodge.
9. Honora Forrest.
11. Mabel A. Powers.
15. Agnes Maloney.
16. Mary E.Birmingham.
17. Alfred P. J. Pinel.
" 20. Georgiana M. Miner.
21. Ann C. Haley.
66 22. Mary Ellen Kelly.
66 26. Elizabeth O'Brien.
30. Jas. Henry Glidden.
30. Jerome J. Kelly.
88
Apr. 2. Grace S. Magill.
May 29. Mabel F. Rowe.
June 1. Grace V. Gordon.
66
3. B. F. Miller.
2. I. R. Nightingale.
5. Nellie Haley.
66 5. Nellie G. Kendrick.
5. Laura Ellen Morris.
66 6. Daniel Fitz.
12. Joseph T. Shehan.
66 7. Thos. McConnerty.
7. John Hickey.
13. Gracie W. Ewell.
13. John J. McDavitt.
14. George Brackett.
66 12. John P. McDonnell.
66
12. Ellen Moynihan.
66 16. Alice Mary Walters.
66 21. Mabel Emma Oxford.
66 22. Dennis F. Greaney.
22. Honora M. Leary.
66 14. George Dunn.
23. Mary J. Keegan.
66 15. Mary Ryan.
23. Mary Ann Gould.
66 16. Nathl. Lord Curtis.
24. Margaret Waddock.
21. Lavinia Kennedy.
25. Sarah Keating.
21. Albert Clark.
" 26. Daniel Sullivan.
66
26. Eliza Fran's Duggan.
26. Bertha Louise Ellis.
28. Geo. Barker Gavin.
66 29. Annie G. Noble.
66
29. Martin Logan.
29. Flora Belle Shaw.
30. Wm. Aleck Faxon.
7. Louise T. Newcomb.
July 2. Lucretia Shaw Hill.
66 8. Nellie F. Hope.
11. Bertha E. A. Mellish.
66 4. John Francis Barry.
13. John James.
4. Catharine Cahill.
15. Kate Foley.
17. Michael Harterey. 22. Mary F. Riley.
22. Maggie Cleverly.
23. George B. Hicks.
27. Frank M. Chubbuck.
27. Edward A. Chute.
6. Jeremiah Keefe.
66 7. Agnes C. Bennett.
8. Gracie May Doble.
66 10. Katie Emily Evans.
66 12. Frederick Scammel.
15. Mary Isabel Hayden. .
16. Eva N. Bassett.
12. Amy A. Hosie.
10. Reginald H. Howe.
66 11. Nellie Haley.
66 15. Hannah Sullivan.
13. Sarah A. Clark.
66 13. John H. McDougal.
13. Henry Hall Rogers.
23. Gracie M. Litchfield. 27. George A. Mason.
28. Thomas F. Cain.
May 4. Mary Ann Doyle.
66 4. Michael Reardon. 66 5. Mary Bucrgnsky. 5. - McKee.
3. H. Whitcomb Porter.
2. Annie G. Boyd.
4. Geo. Willie Jones.
89
July 16. Mary F. Sampson. 17. John Martin.
17. Henry Adams.
17. John Adams.
66 19. James Smith.
19. Maud G. Haines.
20. Fred'k G. Smith.
20. Wm. Simon Langon.
20. George B. Hersey. 22. Nellie L. Mitchell.
25. John F. Sullivan.
26. John W. Graham.
66 26. Annie Ruth Keegan. 28. Jas. Francis Kelley.
30. Winifred Garbarino.
31. Andrew Scully.
Aug. -. Emma Williams.
8. Marian I. Bailey.
66 9. Charles Deasey.
11. Dennis Mahoney.
11. Francis Smith.
12. Mary F. Goddard.
13. Annie M. Stancombe.
" 14. Kate Lauretta Shea.
66 16. John Fitzgerald.
66 16. Ida La V. Thomas. 17. John M. Keliher. 19. John A. Carter.
66 20. John Henry Wood.
66 22. Thomas P. Little.
22. Lora L. Biganess.
25. - McGrath.
27. Frances P. O'Brien.
66 27. Ewd. W. Hayden.
27. Sophia M. Sylvester.
29. Edward W. Curtis.
" 31. Fannie L. Hawes.
Sept. 1. James Connor.
Sept. 3. Walter F. Goodhue.
66 3. Ada May Flowers.
66 4. John Griffin.
66 5. Thomas Bethune.
5. Bertha Ismay Lloyd.
5. Rosanna Savage.
66 8. Michael F. Cunniff.
9. Herbert R. Holmes.
12. Sus'na Cunningham. 66 14. Chas. Henry Owens.
15. Eliz. Cunningham.
18. Ruby May Caldwell. 19. H. S. Butterworth.
20. Julia Ford.
24. Albert G. Green.
25. Annie E. Whitcomb.
66 25. Wm. James Hayes.
6 26. Fred. W. Newcomb.
66 27. Ewd. Stephen Cole.
66 29. Annie M. Neagle.
29. Anna M. Brennan.
Oct. -. Julia Holland.
66
-. Litchfield.
66 Litchfield.
1. Marcus S. Wight.
66 2. Wmn. McGonagle.
2. Harrison A. Glover.
2. Merton C. Brown.
4. William Mundy.
66 4. Chas. H. Hardwick.
6. Edith F. Claflin.
7. Cora Lynn Page.
7. Anna T. Gullicksie.
11. Alice Ludden Crane.
12. Julia Griffin.
13. Mary T. Stewart.
18. Eleanor Murphy.
22. Jennie L. Gordon.
90
Oct. 24. Aug. F. Patterson.
25. Gertrude L. Tate.
66 27. Anna L. Gardner.
66 28. Geo. H. Northcott.
29. Lewis Alex. McFee.
" 29. Anna Louise Bemis. 66 8. Charles B. Holmes.
66 29. Alice Clark Bemis. 30. Emily Miller.
Nov. 1. Carl A. Berndson.
66 3. Mabel Fish.
" 6. Ella L. Chamberlin.
66 6. Ella G. Mahoney.
7. James E. Whitney.
8. Charles F. Dinegan.
10. Jane Ellen Moore.
66 11. Allan Graham.
66 12. Ellen Connor.
18. Hannah Butler.
24. Julia Donovan.
66 24. - Tucker.
66 25. - Bisson.
27. Richard Timothy.
66 28. - Drew.
Nov. 28. John Gilbert Miller. 29. Mattie J. Hardwick. Dec. 2. - Simmons.
66
3. Wm. Clark Polson.
66 4. Mary A. Provost.
66 8. John G. Brosnan.
66 10. Hannah E. Litchfield.
66 11. - Johnson.
12. Hans H. B. Kobel.
66 14. Minnie L. Thomas.
16. Martha H. Wells.
66 18. Alice W. Cleverly.
66 19. Mary E. Harkins.
19. Catherine Sweeney. 20. - - Case.
66 20. John Ballou.
66 21. - - Bates.
26. Sarah Wiley.
26. James H. Prouty.
66 27. - Sherman.
30. Arthur McDanai.
66
30. Francis Mclaughlin.
Whole number of births registered 242
Males
114
Females
128
242
91
Males. Females. Total.
January .
3
10
13
February
11
6
17
March
4
10
14
April
15
8
23
May
7
9
16
June
9
17
26
July
15
12
27
August .
11
10
21
September
12
10
22
October .
10
15
25
November
7
10
17
December
10
11
21
114
128
242
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REGISTRY OF MARRIAGES IN 1875.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
January
3.
John S. Gay, Lucy J. Lovell,
Quincy. Weymouth.
66
9.
Henry E. Sanborn, Lettie G. Gibbs,
Southbridge. Quincy.
66
10.
John F. Birmingham, Mary E. Danehy,
Quincy.
66
21.
Samuel C. Spaulding, Jr., Almira Sherburne,
Palmyra, Me. Quincy.
66
31.
James Tate, Katie Murphy,
Quincy.
February 3.
George Monk, Lizzie A. Burgoyne,
Quincy. 66
.
7.
Dennis Connelly, Mary Connelly,
Quincy. Boston.
66
16.
Charles P. Shoemaker, Fanny Page,
Jackson, Mich. Quincy.
March
6.
John L. Armstrong, Eliza Woods,
Quincy. 66
66
31.
Frank C. Packard, Lucy C. Newcomb,
60
April
4.
Marcus E. Wight, Emma F. Hayden,
66
66
66
5.
Lewis Adams, Delia Senville,
93
.
Registry of Marriages in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
April
7.
Joseph W. Stancombe, Annie M. Long,
Quincy. 66
66
8.
Alfred Zoeller, Mary A. Bower,
66
66
15.
Richard D. Nash, Angie S. Amsbury,
Quincy.
66
17.
Par Meninich, Barbara McMillan,
Quincy.
May
6.
George Shaw, Adaliza Kain,
Quincy.
66
9.
Patrick J. Kelly, Annie F. Smith,
Quincy.
66
9.
George R. Porter, Carlie I. Tyler,
Boston. 66
66
18.
John Darby, Jr., Ida F. Glines,
Quincy.
Thomas Wilson, Mary Hennessey,
Quincy.
June
2.
Walter W. Slade, Emma L. Wrisley,
Quincy.
66
2.
Franklin A. Howe, Hattie E. Thomas,
Quincy. 66
66
9.
John F. O. Wilkins, Isabel Curtis,
Boston. Quincy.
66
27.
Frank Henry Reynolds, Jeannette Rennie,
Braintree. 66
30.
94
Registry of Marriages in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
July
6.
Frank A. Bates, Mary Nellie Sprague,
No. Attleboro'. 66
66
23:
Robert A. Riley, Mary A. Munroe,
Quincy.
August
4.
Francis W. Pratt, Eliza F. Packard,
Quincy.
5.
George H. Hayden, Lillie E. Ruston,
Quincy.
66
24.
Lucius W. Allen, Millicent M. Barbour,
Boston.
September 4.
Charles Johnson, Christine Perrson,
Quincy. 66
66
5.
Michael Dempsey, Johanna Murphy,
Quincy.
8.
Elbert W. Whitney, Mary F. French,
Waltham. Quincy.
9.
George H. Holmes, Abby Lucinda Goodwin,
Quincy. 66
66
10.
John Jass, Mary Taylor,
Quincy. 66
66
22.
Henry Austin Spear, Carrie· Ella Stoddard,
Weymouth.
66
23.
Timothy Collins, Margaret Conlan,
Quincy.
66
28.
Erastus L. Metcalf, Eliza H. Sawyer,
Franklin. Quincy.
0
95
Registry of Marriages in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
September 30.
Harvey S. Page, Florence E. Colby,
Quincy.
66
30.
Henry E. Chamberlin, Amy E. Barstow,
Quincy.
October
6.
Clarence B. Underwood, Mary A. Thayer,
Quincy.
10.
C. Edgar Tirrell, Lizzie A. Prouty,
Quincy.
66
17.
Martin L. Pendleton, Mary Ann Welch,
Quincy.
66
17.
Patrick Sullivan, Mary Fitzgerald,
Quincy.
66
20.
William Patterson, Maria Kennedy McMillan,
Quincy. 66
Timothy Callahan, Mary Driscoll,
Quincy. Boston.
66
26.
John Greenough Moore, Louisa W. Baylor,
Quincy.
66
28.
Thomas O'Shea, Mary Ann Elcock,
Quincy. 66
66
31.
William Kennedy, Jane Bunvie,
Quincy.
November 4.
John Moriarty, Maggie W. Devlin,
Medford. Quincy.
4.
William Stanley Phillips, Fanny E. Loud,
Quincy.
24.
96
Registry of Marriages in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
November 4.
William Wilkinson, Eliza Vernon,
Quincy.
8.
Edward Farrell, Mary I. Brasier,
Quincy. 66
9.
Peter Ball, Kate Brady,
Quincy. Cambridge.
66
9.
Cyrus Balkam, Jr., Elizabeth B. Glover,
Quincy.
66
9.
Norman McIntire, Mary Agnes Geary,
Nova Scotia. Quincy.
66
11.
Charles F. Hardwick, Annie W. Clapp,
Quincy. Milton.
66
11.
Clift R. Crane, Carrie J. Johnson,
Quincy. 66 Quincy. 66
66
22.
Horace W. Totman, Lydia A. Prouty,
Quincy.
66
23.
James E. Dunn, Bridget M. Hayes,
Quincy. 66
66
24
Frederic E. Sprowl, Sarah A. Cook,
Quincy.
24
William H. Mears, Crissie A. Wentworth,
Quincy. 66
66
25.
Arthur H. Hall, Alice E. Peckham,
Brockton.
18.
William H. Brock, Lucy M. Rich,
.
97
Registry of Marriages in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
November 25.
Benjamin F. Thomas, Izetta M. Rice,
Quincy. 66
66
25.
Edwin W. Newcomb, Alice J. Walker,
Quincy.
66
27.
· John McCormick, Ida C. Corliss,
Quincy. 66
December 2.
William Walter Ewell, Maria M. Randlett,
Quincy.
Quincy. Stoughton.
66
16.
Herbert L. Kimball, Lucie A. Stoddard,
Boston. Quincy.
66
21.
James E. Maxim, Etta W. Lingham,
Quincy.
66
24.
Perez Chubbuck, Jr., Maria Seely,
Quincy.
66
27.
Webster F. Crosby, Sarah Jane Hill,
Braintree. 66
Boston. Quincy. 74
Total,
January .
5
July .
2
February
3
August
3
March .
2 September
10
April
6 October
9
May
5 November
18
June
28.
Walter Rodgers, Ida A. Burr,
4 December
7
5.
Thomas E. Furnald, Caroline S. Dorane,
98
REGISTRY OF DEATHS IN 1875.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
January
2.
Charles Elcock,
76
5.
John S. Bower,
18
11 24
7.
Maria L. Wilson,
4
18
13.
John Putnam,
77
66
13.
Jeremiah Sheahan,
32
10
6
15.
Nathaniel E. Glover,
38
10
26
16.
Mary Crosby Chubbuck,
69
3
16
16.
Robert F. Blake,
7
6
..
17.
Julia A. Bill,
13
2
66
18.
Florence J. Sullivan,
15
2
66
21.
Timothy Cullity,
26
7
66
24.
Fred Coy,
76
7
3
28.
John M. McRae,
5
2
12
66
31.
Mary Lyons,
1
February
1.
Harriet Richardson,
55
2.
Betsey Follett,
70
10
18
٠٠
5.
Elizabeth Roberts,
56
0
0
66
13.
Annie Lucretia Worster, Miller,
9
8
16.
Lizzie M. Spear,
26
6
4
18.
Emily Grady,
4
6
Warren J. Vinal,
57
4
17
.6
20.
Susanna Burrell,
81
2
3
20.
Harriet A. Turner,
47
10
21.
William H. Dasha,
48
10
13
66
26.
Alley,
0
March
1.
Prince Hathaway,
65
1.
Annie M. Langton,
23
8 9
1.
Isaac H. Meserve,
61
8
9
1.
Josephine Powers,
2
3
2.
Jonas Hallstram,
92
3
66
3.
Hannah O'Connell,
34
30.
Mary J. Walsh,
35
6
22
22.
Winnie May Faxon,
1
28.
Bathsheba Parker,
84
0
17.
19.
26.
O'Connell,
0
Yrs. Mths. Days.
99
Registry of Deaths in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
March
6.
William Gregory,
52
7.
Nicholas L. Elcock,
21
9
66
11.
Horatio T. Carruth,
73
11
11.
Gertrude A. Mitchell,
26
3
16
13.
Mary S. Walsh,
1
28
18.
John Cronin,
55
19.
George Dell,
4
5
66
20.
Charles D. Collins,
41
66
20.
Samuel B. Bent,
28
6 5
66
20.
Oliver S. Woods,
2
5
3
66
23.
Catherine Givens,
60
6
10
66
26.
Susie W. Lincoln,
26
8 18
66
28.
Catherine Maloney,
3
9
11
April
2.
Mary Regan,
85
66
8.
Jeannette Roberts,
45
11
8
15.
Thomas Kennon,
83
8
17.
Thomas P. Hayes,
7
Mary R. Taft,
58
11
6
22.
Catherine Bowman,
8
66
23.
Mary Ann Glennon,
44
1
28.
Welthea T. Standish,
50
9
29.
Robert L. Gibbs,
7
21
May
5.
0
6.
James McMahan,
66
11.
Thomas J. Nightingale,
74
2 15
Thomas B. Hall,
70
15
66
18.
Annie Reed Packard,
1
11
24
66
19
James Mayberry,
8
66
23.
Harriet A. Moses,
73
3
66
25.
Mary Dolan,
4
7
66
29.
Jefferson Morrill,
46
11
66
31.
Bridget Larkin,
39
1
June
1.
Edmund Pope,
61
9
66
6.
Emily Ingram,
32
2
66
11.
John Maloney,
4
1 17
2
66
14.
James M. Ryan,
26
7
30.
Henry Perkins, McKie,
13.
Coolidge,
0
25.
Maggie G. Powers,
1
22.
Yrs. Mths. Days.
100
Registry of Deaths in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
June
17.
William Mosher,
Yrs. Mths. Days. 68
66
17.
Unknown,
3
19.
Thomas E. Horslin,
19
9
22.
Matthew Drohan,
11
3
23.
Randolph Turner,
38
4
26
25.
Mary E. Drohan,
14
8
14
66
26.
John A. Hamilton,
22
10
2
30.
Nettie F. Glover,
1
1
13
July
1.
Ellen M. Collins,
26
9
3.
Margaret Drohan,
6
2
3
6.
Susan C. Balkam,
63
2
66
7.
Charles P. Greenough,
2
66
8.
Michael Hoar,
9
17.
Harry A. Merrill,
12
60
18.
Shackley,
5
8
Mary Agnes Farrell,
2
6
66
23.
Henry R. Haven,
12
5
7
.
23.
John McCarthy,
4
6
66
27.
Maria Mortenson,
69
66
29.
Edward O'Connor,
57
August
1.
Mary Cunniff,
12
2.
Elizabeth J. Anderson,
2
18
2.
Edward Howland,
0
2.
Lizzie Howland,
0
3.
Luke A. Rideout,
37
7
27
5.
Jerusha A. Newcomb,
76
9
66
5.
Alfred Richardson,
63
66
6.
Lizzie M. Howland,
31
66
7.
Henry H. Davis,
3
20
66
8.
Patrick Carroll,
30
66
12
Harry J. Davis,
3 25
66
16.
Mary S. Fenton,
49
66
16.
Robert Ellis,
8
16
66
17.
John C. Sullivan,
7 22
66
17.
Mary M. Clements,
5
14
18.
Hubert S. Reed,
2
4
18.
Jennie T. Lincoln,
7
20.
Lila Evelyn Hicks,
22.
27.
John Moynihan,
101
Registry of Deaths in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
August
22.
Wallace Fann,
55
10
12
66
25.
John Conroy,
5
8
27.
Ryan,
0
28.
Michael Burns,
38
29.
William A. Swasey,
9
14
September
2.
James Vance,
46
3
66
7.
1
14
Lizzie F. Lapham,
10
10
66
8.
Ellen Moynihan,
5
66
9.
John Haviland,
38
1
6
66
11.
Peter Boyle,
70
66
12.
Grace W. Ewell,
3
66
14.
McGrath,
0
Ellen M. Murray,
22
5
7
66
19.
Michael Fitzgerald,
2
6
William I. Wiley,
. 1
5
23.
William F. Manning,
8
8
66
23.
Roderick McLane, Jr.,
11
2
66
28.
Joseph C. Collins,
21
2
66
30.
Annie A. Noble,
3
October
. 2.
Honora O'Keefe,
1
2
3
5.
Caroline C. D. Kobel,
1
8
66
10.
James Patrick Carroll,
7
13
66
13.
Ann Lane,
50
66
13.
Elizabeth A. Matthews,
33
66
15.
Hiram P. Pierce,
7
18
66
17.
Anderson,
0
66
25.
William R. Bowen,
11
5
5
Bessie K. Livermore,
2
3
15
66
27.
Albert F. Barnard,
52
66
31.
Fannie Whiting,
73
6
66
31.
Hugh Lewis,
49
4 23
November 3.
Mary R. Hayden,
83
8.
James Geary,
48
13.
George W. Pierce,
37
3
9
18.
Hartney,
0
Marcella Keenan,
55
16.
18.
Louisa Blake,
19
19.
Carrie I. Peverly,
Yrs. Mths. Days. 11
22
Charles E. Wrisley,
·
8.
13.
27.
102
Registry of Deaths in 1875. - Continued.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
November
4.
Annie B. Arnold,
21
1 16
4.
Ada May Flowers,
2
5
66
8.
Annie Ryan,
1
9
15
66
9.
Sarah Hall,
75
66
11.
William Costello,
57
12.
Mabel Fish,
9
66
20.
John Wigley,
86
6
19
20.
John A. Davies,
26
3
7
66
21.
Calvin L. Wilmarth,
71
8
66
23.
Francis Williams,
73
4
7
66
23.
Maria P. Crane,
44
7
December
1.
Nabby Picknell,
74
10
3.
Nancy Remington,
73
9
13
3.
Mary E. Hartney,
34
66
4.
Annie E. Whitcomb,
17
6
8.
Edward J. Johnston,
20
66
12.
Holt,
0
16.
Elizabeth T. Snell,
55
8
16
66
17.
Thomas A. Haley,
3* 5
9
66
20.
W. Edwin Everson,
21
6
24.
Gilrain,
0
66
25.
Deborah O. Cudworth,
69
3 25
27.
Martha O'Brien,
3
9
15
18.
John H. Wessells,
75
Yrs. Mths. Days.
Registration of Deaths which occurred in other Places, the Burials being in Quincy.
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
January
7.
Susan B. Lougee,
69
8
2
Chelsea.
66
7.
Isaac Clark,
51
6
Boston.
66
27.
Mary J. Anderson,
32
Taunton.
February
7.
Alonzo A. Lingham,
6
4
Brockton.
12.
Lucinda Munn,
84
Chelsea.
March
14.
Lucy E. Pierce,
38
Brooklyn, N.Y.
66
23.
Charles J. Oldham,
33
5
Boston.
April
7.
Isabella Glynn,
28
.
Taunton.
22.
Hannah Ward, .
76
Stoughton.
May
27.
Lydia A. Hayden,
63
9
Hull.
66
29.
Timothy Kennedy,
26
7
28
Worcester.
July
24.
Clarissa Packard,
65
Yarmouth.
August
4.
Jeremiah Shea,
85
Boston.
5.
Jennie M. Freeman,
6
5
Boston.
6.
Louise D. Chapin,
6
22
Boston.
8.
Ellen Scannell,
46
Taunton.
September 30.
Celia Belcher,
79
3
Boston.
November
3.
Samuel Littlefield,
72
4
E. Milton.
66
13.
Ann Bass,
63
6
E. Milton.
19.
Fannie M. Pope,
5
15
Boston.
19.
Jane M. A. Pope,
1
4
7
Boston.
15.
Elbridge G. Hobart,
67
Lancaster, N.H.
103
.
104
Total number of deaths registered, 199.
Males .
99
Females
. 100
DATE.
MALES.
FEMALES.
TOTAL.
January
11
9
20
February
5
10
15
March
12
10
22
April
5
8
13
May
6
7
13
June
9
3
12
July
7
8
15
August .
16
11
27
September
9
9
18
October
9
6
15
November
7
11
18
December
3
8
11
99
100
199
Under 1 year of age .
Between 1 and 10 years of age .
27
66
20
66 30
66
18
66
30
40
18
66
40
50
13
66
50
66
60
14
66
60
16
66
70
70 80
66
20
66
80
90
66
66
8
66
90
95
66
66
1
.
. 54
.
10
20
66
10
66
66
.
199
·
NUMBER.
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF QUINCY,
FOR THE
SCHOOL YEAR 1875-76.
School Committee.
J. Q. ADAMS.
C. L. BADGER.
WILLIAM B. DUGGAN. EDWIN MARSH. JAMES H. SLADE. C. F. ADAMS, JR.
BOSTON : FRANKLIN PRESS : RAND, AVERY, & Co. 1876.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
At the last annual meeting of the town, the school com- mittee were authorized to employ a superintendent of schools. It was thought that this measure would impart an increased efficiency and economy to the management of this department. It was urged that the advantageous dis- charge of duties at once so delicate and so multifarious, required the constant and undivided attention of a trained agent. The intellectual culture, not less than the financial interest of the people, in short, demanded this reform. This conviction had been forced upon the committee by long observation and experience. It had commended itself to the good sense of the town. It was determined to try the experiment. The committee accordingly selected Mr. F. W. Parker, a gentleman very highly accredited to them, to fill the position. The duty was assigned to him of executing the measures determined on by the committee. Under their supervision he was required to devote his entire time and energy to the examination and improvement of the schools. He was to be, in fact, the executive officer of the town, to manage the practical details of school-work.
It soon became manifest to the committee, that this measure was likely to be productive of the benefits anticipated by its friends ; but it also became plain, that its full result could not be wholly realized in one year.
The committee had long felt the necessity of a gradual remodelling of our system of teaching. If we wished to keep up with the march of modern improvements in peda- gogics, it had become essential to introduce important modifi- cations in our method of imparting knowledge. But such
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reorganizations require time. They cannot be struck out at a blow. For their full development and free action, they require two or three years of constant care and attention at least.
Still the work has been begun with judgment, and prose- cuted with energy, ability and success. It was evident that the first obstacle to remove or modify was, irregularity of attendance. Great pains have been taken accordingly to stimulate a more stringent effort on the part of parents and pupils alike to alleviate the evil. Nor have these exertions been without effect. A comparison of the statistics of daily and average attendance, which accompany this report, will show, after all fair allowances are made, that there has been a real improvement in this respect. A second step has been to try to render school as little repugnant to the scholar as strict discipline and faithful study would permit. Espe- cially should the lowest steps of the ladder be made easy for little feet. For though there be no royal road to learning, modern thought has removed some stumbling blocks from the old and beaten path.
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