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Certificates of election were prepared accordingly.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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Adjourned Town Meeting, November 7, 1900.
Called to order at 7.30 P. M. by the Moderator, Daniel F. Knowlton.
Records of last meeting read and approved.
Martin E. Nies, chairman of the committee appointed at the previous meeting to investigate the matter of the cleaning of the brooks of the Town by the Board of Health, presented the following :
Report of the Committee Appointed by the Town to Investigate the Transaction of the Cleaning Out of the Brooks of the Town by the Board of Health.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., November 7, 1900.
To the Citizens of the Town of Swampscott ;
Your committee appointed at the special Town meeting held October 10, 1900, for the purpose of investigating the transaction of the Board of Health with reference to the matter of the clean- ing of the brooks of the Town, and the official expenditure of the sum of two thousand two hundred dollars ($2,200) for the same, beg leave to submit the following report.
Your committee desires at this time to express to the citizens of the Town its hearty thanks for the large attendance at the two public hearings which were given, and the interest manifested, and for the assistance rendered to your committee in the per- formance of a duty which has been disagreeable and delicate in the extreme.
It is with a feeling of great relief that your committee found nothing, during the investigation of the subject matter, that tended to incriminate, in any manner, any official of the Town. But it is with no little reluctance that we are compelled to find, after a careful and conscientious review of the testimony offered in public and private and after a personal examination by the mem- bers of the committee of the work done, and close inquiry into
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every possible detail usually connected with or related to this class of work, THAT THE CLEANING OF THE BROOKS OF THE TOWN OF SWAMPSCOTT BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH AT THE CON- TRACT PRICE OF TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ($2,200) DOLLARS HAS BEEN A MOST UNFORTUNATE TRANSACTION. It has been extremely expensive to the citizens and taxpayers in general, and an official act lacking every well known business principle.
Moreover, your committee finds that your Board of Health has evidenced an unconscious neglect and incompetency in the expenditure of public moneys, and an unpardonable indifference in securing to the Town a full measure of value.
Your committee seriously questions the wisdom and justice of conducting alleged public works of this character on the lines adopted by your Board of Health. We assume that where a nuisance exists on private property, endangering the public health, the cost of abatement of such nuisance should be borne by the owner and not by the public. The owner of a cesspool is obliged to have it cleaned at his own expense; why should not the owner of a foul brook be compelled to clean it likewise?
We find that the Board of Health did enter into a contract to have the brooks of the Town thoroughly cleaned, for a price not to exceed two thousand two hundred ($2,200) dollars. We find that while some complaints had been made with reference to some portions of the brooks of the Town, there was no general complaint as to all of them. We find that the Board of Health entered into this transaction without knowing what was really necessary to be done, and that at the completion of said contract it failed to make any inspection of the entire work.
We find that the Chairman of the Board of Health admits in his testimony, that he delegated his authority to the other mem- bers of the Board in connection with this work, and he says that he gave the work no thorough inspection, and did not consider it his duty to do so, even as Chairman of the Board of Health. He stated that the brooks are in no better condition by reason of having been cleaned, and yet, as Chairman of the Board, and refusing to approve the bill, he failed to offer any protest against its payment.
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Although your committee has at hand a certificate signed by some of our most prominent citizens, commending the action of the Board of Health in cleaning a brook which runs from the Jeffries estate to Blaney's Beach, still it is unwilling to accept this as final, for an examination of the brook in question will reveal the fact that a portion only has been so cleaned, notwith- standing that it was on this brook that the Board undoubtedly expended the greatest effort. The following is a copy of the certificate :
SWAMPSCOTT, October, 1900.
" We, the undersigned, owners of property abutting on, or adjacent to the brook draining the territory from the Jeffries estate to the sea, at Blaney's Beach, near Woodbine avenue, believe that its condition has for some years been a menace to the health of that section and heartily commend the action of the Board of Health in having it cleaned."
JACOB M. HASKELL, ALLEN ARNOLD, ANDREW W. PRESTON, WALTER TRACY DANA,
LOUISA B. GASTON, GEORGE C. BROOKS, BENJAMIN H. SHELTON,
SAMUEL N. BROWN,
WESTON K. LEWIS.
Out of a total of 21,000 lineal feet of brooks alleged to have been cleaned, being the amount offered in evidence as an approx- imate estimate, your committee finds only some 8,880 lineal feet bearing any visible evidence of having been cleaned. Measure- ments made by your committee approximately establishes the following facts :
Stacey's Brook, from the Lynn line to the sea, 900 feet cleaned; average width and depth, 6' wide x 6" deep; total cubic yards removed 100.
Paradise Road Brook, 1,170 feet; average width and depth, 3 ' wide x 6" deep ; cubic yards removed 65.
Beach Bluff Brook, 4,155 feet, as follows :
390 feet, average 4 ' wide x 1 " deep.
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1,590 feet, very slight evidence, estimated 20 cu. yds. 2,055 feet, average 2 ' wide x 6 " deep. 120 feet, average 3 ' wide x 6 " deep. .
Total cu. yds. 166.
Total, 4, 155 feet.
Ocean House Brook, 1,215 lineal feet, as follows :
225 feet cleaned. 6' x 2' ) 120 feet cleaned. 2 ' x 2'
165 feet cleaned. 3' X 2'
Total cu. yds. 330.
300 feet cleaned. 4' X 2'
105 feet cleaned. 2 ' x 6'
300 feet cleaned. 2 × 2 --
Total, 1,215 feet cleaned.
Humphrey Street Brook, 1,440 lineal feet, as follows :
660 feet cleaned. 2' X I'
300 feet cleaned.
I'XI' Z Total cu. yds. 131.
480 feet cleaned. 4'XI' )
Total, 1,440 feet cleaned.
SUMMARY.
Stacy's Brook 100 cubic yards.
Paradise Road Brook
65 cubic yards.
Beach Bluff Brook . . 166 cubic yards. Ocean House Brook 330 cubic yards.
Humphrey Street Brook, 131 cubic yards.
Total,
792 cubic yards.
Including estimated 20 cubic yards.
Estimated Cost.
792 cubic yards excavated, @ 35c. $277 20 Estimated number of loads of material carted away, 50 @ $2 per load 100 00
Estimated cost of cutting roots, stumps, etc. . 50 00
Estimated cost of superintendence and cost of dis- infectants 100 00
Total estimated cost
$527 20
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Or, as follows, from July 20th to August 2d :
12 days labor for 20 men, average $2 per day each, $480 00 Estimated cost of superindendence, use of disin-
fectants, carting, etc. 200 00
Total estimated cost $680 00
Or, assuming that the 21,000 lineal feet of brooks were cleaned four ft. wide by one ft. deep, the cost would only reach the sum of $1,088.85, as follows : 3, 11I cubic yards at 35 cents per yard, a price generally conceded to be high.
In view of these findings your committee having a duty to perform that admits of no evasion, is convinced that with little exception the statement of the Chairman of the Board of Health is only too true. It is an admission on his part that would tend to carry with it a confession, in stronger language than the com- mittee would care to employ, that the interests of the Town would be best subserved by an immediate resignation from office of the present Board of Health.
Respectfully submitted,
[Signed. ] MARTIN E. NIES, JOHN R. MERRITT, MARTIN L. QUINN, AMOS O. CAHOON, KENDALL POLLARD.
Voted, That the report of the committee be accepted.
Voted, That the thanks of the Town be extended to the com- mittee for the very careful manner in which they have attended to the duty assigned them and for the able and exhaustive report submitted thereon.
Voted, on motion of Benjamin Potter, That the report of the Committee on the Clearing of Brooks by the Board of Health, be adopted, and that the expense incurred by said committee to the extent of $25 be paid by the Town. Carried by a rising vote : 39 to o.
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A letter from the Town Counsel to the Selectmen defining their duties regarding the payment of bills after appropriations are exhausted was here read by the Clerk.
Mr. Tuttle's motion to appropriate $1,200 for the use of the Board of Health, which was tabled at the last meeting, was now taken up, put to the meeting, and lost by a unanimous vote.
At 8.35 P. M. it was voted, To dissolve the meeting.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., November 8, 1900.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN :- I hereby tender my resignation as a member of the Board of Health to take effect at once.
Yours, JOSEPH W. GLASS.
. Mr. Glass sent the following communication to the Board of Health :
SWAMPSCOTT, November 9, 1900.
GENTLEMEN: - I notify you that I have tendered my resig- nation as a member of the Board of Health to take effect at once.
Yours, JOSEPH W. GLASS.
Due notice having been given, the Board of Selectmen and the remaining members of the Board of Health, met in con- vention on Monday evening, November 26, 1900, when Michael Haley was chosen to fill the membership on the Board of Health made vacant by the resignation of Joseph W. Glass.
Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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Town Clerk's Statistics
Births Recorded.
Males, 59; Females, 54; total, 113.
In January, 15; February, 4; March, 3; April, II ; May, 13; June, 6; July, II; August, 10; September, 9; October, 12; November, 6; December, 13.
Nativity of Fathers-Massachusetts, 46; Canada, 23 ; Maine, II ; Italy, 9; New Hampshire and Ireland, 6 each ; England, 5; Scotland, 2; Rhode Island, Kansas, Sweden, France and Newfoundland, I each.
Nativity of Mothers-Massachusetts, 44; Canada, 26; Ire- land, 9; Italy, 8; Maine, New Hampshire and England, 5 each; New York and Newfoundland, 2 each ; Vermont, Mis- souri, Wisconsin, Texas, France, Scotland and Sweden, I each.
Fathers born in Swampscott, 17; Mothers born in Swamp- scott, 6.
Marriages Recorded, 40.
In January, 2; February, 1; March, 3; April, 2; May, I ; June, 7; July, 3 ; August, 6; September, 5; October, 6; No- vember, 4.
Nativity of Grooms-Massachusetts, 23; Maine and New Brunswick, 4 each ; Irelend and Italy, 2 each ; New Hampshire, Connecticut, Delaware, Canada and Sweden, I each.
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Nativity of Brides-Massachusetts, 20; Nova Scotia, 4; Maine, New Brunswick and Ireland, 3 each; New York, Penn- sylvania and Canada, 2 each ; Vermont, I.
Occupation of Grooms-Shoemakers, 7; Clerks and Elec- tricians, 4 each ; Motormen, 3 ; Salesmen and Printers, 2 each ; Carpenter, Grocer, Bookkeeper, Boat Builder, Yachtman, Team- ster, Laborer, Conductor, Professor, Laundryman, Machinist, Florist, Mason, Last Maker, Shoe Cutter, Farmer, Telephone Agent and Assistant Superintendent, I each.
Deaths Recorded.
Males, 34; Females, 37; total, 71.
In January, 9; February, 3; March, 5; April, 8; May, 5 ; June, 6; July, 7; August, 5 ; September, 5 ; October, 4; No- vember, 4; December, 10.
Under 5 years, 18; 5 to 10, 2 ; 10 to 20, 1 ; 20 to 30, 5 ; 30 to 40, 2 ; 40 to 50, 5 ; 50 to 60, 8 ; 60 to 70, 15 ; 70 to 80, 9 ; 80 to 90, 5 ; 90 to 100, 1.
Causes-Heart disease, 15 ; pneumonia, 8 ; paralysis, 6 ; tuber- culosis, 5 ; Bright's disease and still-born, 4 each ; cholera infan- tum and exhaustion, 3 each; anæmia, diphtheria, cancer, old age and natural causes, 2 each ; appendicitis, ulcer of stomach, cerebral hemorrhage, meningitis, la grippe, apoplexy, gangrene, dropsy, infantile debility, congestion of liver, whooping cough, inanition and asphyxiation, I each.
Seventy Years of Age and Over-Hannah C. Bartlett, heart disease, 70 yrs. 7 m. 21 d. ; Mary E. Upton, cerebral hemorrhage, 71 yrs. 17 d .; William C. Stone, Bright's disease, 71 yrs. 8 m. 9 d .; Angelia C. Paine, congestion of liver, 73 yrs. 10 m. ; Horace M. Norton, Bright's disease, 75 yrs. 3 m. 19 d. ; Frank- lin Wilkins, Bright's disease, 76 yrs. I m. 2 d .; Lucinda A. Smith, apoplexy, 76 yrs. 5 m. ; Abigail M. Winn, paralysis, 79 yrs. 9 m. 22 d .; Sarah F. Harding, paralysis, 78 yrs. 10 m. 29
(6)
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d .; John Smith, exhaustion, 80 yrs. I m. 8 d .; Woodbury S. Dana, asphyxiation, 80 yrs. I m. 23 d. ; John Jefferson, old age, So yrs. 10 m. I d .; Charlotte A. Stimpson, exhaustion, 84 yrs. 29 d. ; Mary Lee, old age, 85 yrs. 27 d. ; Deborah J. Hipsting- stall, paralysis, 93 yrs. 14 d.
Dogs Licensed.
Males 154; females 34; total 188. One breeder's license, for which $50 was paid.
Licenses Issued to Junk Dealers.
Four at $10.00 each.
To Peddlers of Foreign Fruit, Etc.
Five at $2.00 each.
. Attest : MILTON D. PORTER, Town Clerk.
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List of Jurors
Prepared and posted by the Selectmen, for the consideration of the Town at the annual meeting, March 18, 1901.
ADAMS, JOHN I.
ASHTON, HERMAN F.
BLANCHARD, GEORGE H. BONNEY, FRANK L.
BRADFORD, FRANK H.
BUNTING, AARON R. CAHOON, L. HERBERT. CONNER, GEORGE M. COWDREY, WILLIAM C.
CURTIN, JAMES H. DOUGLASS, SYLVESTER F. GALEUCIA, NATHANIEL. HOVEY, GEORGE H.
JACKSON, CHARLES T. JAMESON, JOHN A. LYONS, JAMES T. MELZARD, GEORGE T.
MERRITT, JOHN R.
MORRIS, STEPHEN D. NIES, MARTIN E.
NISBETT, DAVID W.
PARKER, SAMUEL R. PHILLIPS, JAMES E. PORTER, FRANK V. PORTER, MILTON D. PORTER, SAMUEL M. QUINN, MARTIN L. RICH, BENJAMIN F. RICH, EDWARD T. ROWE, ALLEN S. SPINNEY, GEORGE F. SPINNEY, JOSEPH D. STANLEY, JOHN G. TAYLOR, JAMES L. THOMAS, JOHN C. TUTTLE, EDGAR M.
ULMAN, ISAAC A. WEBSTER, GEORGE C. WIDGER, JAMES H.
WHITCOMB, OTIS A.
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Report of the Selectmen
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The past year has been a busy one with this Board. As the Town grows every department requires more attention and also is liable to require larger appropriations. The present Board of Selectmen believes that the Town should practice economy in all departments, but for the citizens when new improvements come up, to study them carefully and see which is the most eco- nomical plan to take to keep our Town attractive and encourage a handsome growth every year, thereby keeping our taxes at a low rate. We should keep our Town clean, our streets in first class condition, our schools excellent, our public buildings modern and up-to-date, our public parks attractive and have good order ; then our Town, that nature has blessed so bountifully, will continue to grow as it has in the past ten years.
Essex Street Widening.
The Lynn and Boston Street Railway as per agreement, made with the previous Board of Selectmen, moved their tracks into the centre of the street from the Bridge to the Cemetery, early in the spring. The retaining wall which had to be built on both sides of the street from the Bridge to Stetson avenue, was done by contract, the rest of the widening and surfacing of the street was done by the Town under the supervision of the Highway Sur- veyor, in a satisfactory manner, and the Board is satisfied that it is a great improvement to that section of the Town.
Essex Street Bridge.
The Essex street bridge over the Boston and Maine Railroad tracks should now be widened. It is now only 28 feet wide, and with the electric cars and the great amount of driving over it, the
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County Commissioners and this Board consider the bridge should be made 50 feet wide to correspond with the street. The question of widening the bridge has been brought before the County Commissioners and they, with the Selectmen, have had several interviews with the officials of the Boston and Maine Railroad, and the chief engineer of said railroad will soon have the plans ready for the new bridge with estimated cost. The County Commissioners will then hold a public hearing in regard to the same. Under a recent decision of the Supreme Court, the Rail- road, County and Town will have to pay for the new bridge, Special Commissioners being appointed by the Supreme Court to decide what each shall pay.
Norfolk Avenue Drain.
Last year the Paradise road and New Ocean street section of this drain was built, but it did not perform the work that was expected of it, so at the annual meeting the Town voted to ex- tend the 24-inch drain from the junction of Paradise road and Norfolk avenue, through Norfolk avenue to Stetson avenue under the railroad bridge. The Board had this work done by contract. The work was done in a satisfactory manner, and up to the present time has performed the work expected of it.
Street Crossings.
The street crossings voted to be laid by the Town were put in during the summer, the stone for the same being furnished by Tuttle & Edgerly, the work being done under the direction of the Highway Surveyor. The present Board believes in furnish- ing street crossings when they are actually needed, but we do not believe in expending quite so much money in one year, as was done this past year.
State Highway.
The State Highway Commissioners last summer awarded the Town of Swampscott $5,000 to complete the State highway to Burrill street. The Commissioners have laid out Paradise road as a State highway from the present State highway to the estate of Mrs. Harriet M. Emmons, and have entered upon the same.
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The Commissioners desired that the Town should lay out as a public way the rest of Paradise road, as the State Highway Com- missioners will not pay any land damages. Your Board of Selectmen have laid out this section of Paradise road as per plans of F. H. Eastman, Civil Engineer, and we recommend to the Town to accept the same. The Town can then settle any land damages. The Commissioners will accept the street from the Town and construct the same.
The State Highway Commissioners also desire the Town to take care of the culvert under Paradise road, and the Board recommends to the Town to adopt Art. 14 of the Warrant, and appropriate $500 for the same.
Cemetery.
The Silver lot was purchased the past year, and the Board of Selectmen have prepared about one-half of the lot ready for burial purposes. The soil was turned over to the depth of 4} feet and all rocks removed. This will give us 38 lots for sale to residents of the Town next spring, and can be sold at less price than the lots which were made in the Cemetery last year. Your Board recommends an appropriation of $1,000 to complete the improvement on the Silver lot. This amount will make the whole lot available for burial purposes.
Police Department.
It has been the custom of the Board for several years past to appoint a policeman during the summer to patrol in the vicinity of Phillips Beach and Beach Bluff, where the greater proportion of our summer residents reside. Last fall, about the time the Board generally removes this officer, we had a very strong petition from the large taxpayers in that locality, requesting the Board to keep an officer on during the winter, as they claimed protection to their property when they left the town. There had been several breaks in the previous winter, and the Board thought their request was reasonable, and have kept the officer on up to the present time. The Board recommends an increased appropriation of $400 for the Police Department, so that the
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officer can be kept on the entire year, and we believe it would be for the best interest of the Town to do so.
Ellis Road.
Your Board of Selectmen have laid out Ellis road as a public way and we recommend to the Town to accept the same.
Ellis Road Extension.
At a special Town Meeting held last October, the Town gave authority to the Water Commissioners to exchange the two lots owned by them for two lots where the proposed extension of Ellis road would come. This exchange will be made by the trustees of the Stetson Land Company as soon as the Town votes to extend the street. Your Board of Selectman believe that this improvement should be made, when it would be a small expense to the Town and open up a large territory convenient to the railroad station, which is rapidly being built upon. Your Board recommends that the Town vote to extend Ellis road as per plan of F. H. Eastman, civil engineer, and appropriate the sum of $800 to pay for the two lots to the Water Commissioners and $300 to construct the road.
Board of Health Bills.
Since the Town refused to vote an additional appropriation on account of the Health Department, the Board has not drawn any orders, by advice of the Town Counsel, to pay any bills of that Department. There are now a number of bills waiting an appropriation to be paid.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid.
The Board finds that it is having more calls every year on this department. The Board therefore recommends an increase of $200 for the appropriation, making total appropriation for the year, $800.
Valuation Report.
This year the Board by the vote of the Town had to publish the Assessors' Valuation. On account of the increase in the expenditures chargeable to the Selectmen's Department, your
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Board recommends a special appropriation of $400 to pay for publishing the same.
Culvert at Beach Bluff.
The culvert at Beach Bluff near the residence of Mr. Burton is in very poor condition and should be rebuilt. Your Board recommends an appropriation of $300 to rebuild the same.
Sea Wall, Orient Street.
The sea wall on this street needs repairs and a new fence should be built. Your Board recommends an appropriation to do the work.
Appropriations.
After consulting with the various departments we recommend the following amounts to be appropriated for the coming year :
Selectmen's Department
$4,500 00
Highway Department .
Receipts and 7,000 00 350 00
Tree Warden Department
School Department
19,500 00
Street Watering . .
2,500 00
Health Department
4,500 00
Police
4,900 00
Street Lights
8,000 00
Poor Department
3,000 00
Fire Department .
Receipts and
5,400 00
Town Hall
Receipts and
900 00
Catch Basins and Gutters
700 00
Sidewalks
1,000 00
Concrete and Curbstones
500 00
Cemetery
700 00
Cemetery Improvement .
1,000 00
Library
Dog Tax Receipts and 450 00
Care Monument Lot
35 00
Memorial Day
150 00
Water Rates
.
.
.
900 00
Amount carried forward
$77,325 00
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Amount brought forward,
$77,325 00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Aid
800 00
Interest
2,800 00
State Tax, (estimated)
3,500 00
County Tax, (estimated)
5,500 00
$78,585 00
EDWARD A. MAXFIELD, HEZEKIAH NEWCOMB, GEORGE A. R. HORTON, Selectmen.
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Report of the School Committee
Fellow Citizens of Swampscott : .
Before entering upon our report of the past year, it may be well to briefly review the century just closed, and note what pro- gress has been made in educational matters.
Previous to the year 1794, Lynn had only one school-house, situated near the easterly boundary of land now used as the Common, for the accommodation of all its scholars, including the villages of Swampscott and Nahant. This building was sold for £14, as the Town had decided to have two school- houses, which were built, one at the westerly section of the Town and the other at "Fresh Marsh Lane," near the spot where Chestnut and Collins streets now intersect. Between 1797, and 1814, the children in Swampscott went to the latter school across the fields, as no roads were then laid out.
Swampscott's first school-house was purchased in Marblehead in 1814, by James and "Farmer" Phillips, for $50; and in May of that year all the neighbors turned out and with ten yoke of oxen moved the building to a site at Whale's Beach. The ser- vices of the men were given to further the cause of education.
Such was the provision then made to accommodate thirty scholars in the village of Swampscott - a little second-hand building, about 25 by 30 feet, painted red. The school-house had one window on each side and one door, partly of glass, with a shutter which swung up over head. The scholars took turn in making fires and keeping the house in order; and as matches were then unknown, and it being too much trouble to take a tinder-box, a skillet was used to carry live coals from the nearest house to light the school-house fire. The course of study con- sisted mainly of reading, spelling, writing and ciphering. We
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can plainly see by these things what advantages and comforts are now enjoyed by our girls and boys compared with a century ago. We must also remember the difficulty in obtaining school books and supplies. In the History of Lynn, by David N. Johnson, we find the following, taken from the School Report of 1820 :
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