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" N. Vining, Jr., for expense and service on schedule, 9 00
".A. S. White, for selling school books, . 11 56
" E. Humphrey, 6
2 62
" Henry Loud, refreshments for firemen, 14 25
" E. S. Beals, auditing Treasurer's accounts, 1 00
E. Richards, .
1 00
" estate of P. Vining, selling school books, 1 22
2 25
" A. Howe, Committee, special, on high schools,
A. B. Wales, postage, . 2 44
" Jotham Shaw, snow bill, 3 67
" Thomas Colson, surveyor, and others, services in Sum- ner Street, snow bill, 23 28
20
Paid Charles Pratt, for work on roads, $10 00
" Ezra Vining, for damage in blasting rocks, 1 00
" C. Bates, remittance of tax, 1 88
" Shubael Wales, removing snow,
75
" Thomas French, service on Committee on high schools, 2 00
" A. Raymond, refreshments to firemen, . 4 64
" O. K. Wheelock, old snow bill, 2 00
" John N. Parker, on Committee on high schools, 1 50
Amount of bills drawn, but not paid, at the last annual meeting, and contained in the schedule of last year, 391 00
$488 06
All of which is respectfully submitted.
NOAH VINING, JR., Selectmen ATHERTON N. HUNT, of
SAMUEL FRENCH, 2D., Weymouth.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The Board contracted with Mr. Josiah Litchfield, to be Superintend- ent of the Almshouse and Town Farm the last year, compensation, $175, and his year will expire on the first day of April next.
This account is made up for twelve months in full to February Ist, 1853.
The number of Paupers at the house the commencement of the year was 27 ; the whole number during the year was 36, the average 23, and the number at this time is 24. There has been one death in the Alms- house the last year, viz., Mrs. Lydia Bates, aged 73 years.
The charge to the State for support of State Paupers, up to the first day of November last, was $71 18.
The net expense to the Town for support of Paupers in the House, is $1,301 15. In this reckoning we allow the Town $300 for the use of the Farm, (as usual) and the master of the House his salary. The ex_ pense of each Pauper per week is $1 09.
The expense to the Town for support of Town's Poor out of the House during the last year is $498 40, and we have paid one old bill for expense previous to last year the value of $29 56.
The charge of Overseers for their services, postage, stationery, trav- elling expenses, &c., is $69 56.
The expense for assistance rendered to Poor out of the House, whose lawful settlement is in other towns in this Commonwealth, is $83 75, the greater part of which has been refunded.
The expense for support of Poor out of the House being mostly for- eigners, and State Paupers, is $123 68.
Expense for the Support of the Poor in the Almshouse.
Cash to Mr. Litchfield from the Treasurer,
$95 00
from the town of Sandwich,
.
29 68
for wood and coal to individuals,
70 78
Work, produce, &c.,
401 19
$1,396 65
Contra.
Paid Joseph Loud & Co., for grain, flour and coal,
$360 05
A. Raymond, for goods bought by him,
·
386 94
Joshua Holbrook, for swine, .
·
73 16
22
Paid Charles Parks, for harness, . $21 87
M. & F. Burr, of Boston, for grass seed,
13 03
" J. B. How & Co., for bread, . 19 72
Moses Pond & Co., for furnace castings,
11 95
" Samuel Curtis, for blinds, &c.,
22 37
" Alice Brocker, for labor,
33 00
Major A. Stetson, for standing wood,
36 94
" H. W. Sinclair, for grain,
9 00
" Warren Burrell, for shoemaking and cobbling,
9 33
" Henry Loud, for goods,
6 60
" Noah Sinclair, for ploughing, .
8 00
" Dr. J. P. Hodgdon, for medical attendance,
4 50
" Ezra Tirrell, for salt grass,
10 00
" Dr. N. Q. Tirrell, for medical attendance,
15 75
Dr. Ira Perry, for medical attendance, 2 75
" Loring Tirrell, for cow,
23 00
" Loud & Rhines, for lumber, .
6 32
" Tilley Willis, for coffin and labor,
7 05
" Reuben Lowell, for meat,
55 38
" James White, 2d, for wood, &c.,
9 50
" Samuel Reed, for smith work,
2 38
" James Blanchard, for smith work,
13 37
" other sundries,
59 69
" Mr. Litchfield, for one year's services, .
175 00
$1,396 65
Inventory of February 1st, 1852,
$2,025 04
Rent of town farm,
300 00
Cash to Mr. Litchfield,
895 00
Inventory of February 1st, 1853,
$1,797 85
Charge to State,
71 18
Board of Assessors,
12 75
Received of town of Sandwich,
29 68
Labor on roads,
7 43
Balance for support of poor,
1,301 15
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
$3,220 04 $3,220 04
Support of Town's Poor out of the Almshouse.
Paid Dr. I. Perry, for medical attendance on Lucy Porter, $6 50
" Funeral charges, &c., for Lucy Porter, 9 57
23
Paid Elnathan ,Bates, for support of Esther Bates, at the
State L. Hospital, Worcester, $65 00 ·
66 Nathaniel Loud, for Webster Loud, 40 00
66 Dr. A. Howe, for medical attendance for same, 9 00 ·
David B. Stetson, for Hannah Stetson, .
21 50
66 House rent for Amos Eldridge, of Salem, 22 50
66 Town of Plymouth, for sickness and burial of Nancy Hollis, 48 50
Town of Plymouth, for support of two Hollis boys 9 72
66 E. G. Tirrell, for supplies to widow Quincy Hunt's family, 30 21
for coal for the same, .
12 50
Jesse Dyer, for assistance to the family of Benj. Dyer, 12 00
E. S. Wright, for clothing for Stephen Hollis, 11 02
66 Z. French, of North Bridgewater, for support of Mrs. Jeffers,
20 00
66 E. G. Tirrell, for assistance to family of Ezra Bicknell, 41 69
J. Litchfield, fuel for widow of Ephraim Pratt, ·
11 75
66 for assistance to Wm. Bailey's family,
22 65
66 Coal to Widow Increase Bates,
6 50
66 I. E. A. Mann, for support of David Binney, in the House of Correction. 32 99
66 City of Charlestown, for Joann Cushing, .
7 00
66 Town of Braintree, for Mrs. J. Pratt, .
25 75
City of Boston, for Priscilla Norris, ·
4 75
Minot F. Bates,
6 50
66
66 " Sarah Pittee,
9 50
66 City of New Bedford for Martha Flint,
11 30
$498 40
Assistance to poor out of the House, whose lawful settlement is in other Towns in this Commonwealth.
Paid Wm. Holbrook, for assistance to the family of Mary Ann Fitzgerald, $12 00
66 Dr. N. Q. Tirrell, for attendance on the same, 17 50
Dr. N. Fifield, attendance on Mrs. Puttellow, 22 00
66 for assistance to widow Susan Bates, 8 00
to the family of widow Nath'l Briggs, ·
7 25
for assistance to Margaret Richards, .
17 00
$83 75
24
Support of Poor out of the House who are mostly Foreigners and State Paupers.
Paid for supplies and funeral charges for Asel Robinson, . $18 88 " expense and funeral charges in the family of Abraham Evans, (English,) . 40 71
" support of A. Evans's children, 24 14 .
" expense in the sickness of Samuel Hines, (English,) . 33 70
" coal to widow Canary, (Irish,) 6 25
$123 68
Paid old bill for previous to last year for support of David Binnney in House of Correction, . $29 56
" Alvah Raymond, for services and money by him paid, . 38 06
" James Tirrell, 6 14 00
" Samuel Curtis, 17 50
$69 56
Paid Esquire Hall, for obtaining land warrant for Elisha Holbrook,
$5 00
25
Paupers in the Almshouse, from February 1, 1852, to February 1, 1853.
Date.
Names.
Age.
Discharged.
Died.
W'ks D's.
Feb'y 1, 1852.
66
66
Elisha Holbrook,
76
52
1
66
66
James Richards,
74
52
1
66
66
66
Betsey Overy,
70
52
1
66
Samuel Badlam,
48
52
1
66
66
Edmund Tirrell,
35
52
F. I. Hayden,
21
52
1
Joseph H. Hunt,
20
52
1
66
Benjamin F. Thayer,
9
52
1
66
Harriet M. Thayer,
6
52
1
5
52
1
66
66
Julia A. Thayer,
4
52
1
6€
Hannah B. Thayer,
8
April 28, 1852.
12
4
66
Elizabeth Tirrell,
34
52
1
66
66
66
Benjamin Torrey,
58
52
1
66
66
Mary Torrey,
59
52
1
66
66
66
Deborah Pratt,
55
52
1
66
66
Margaret Curley,
38
52
1
66
66
66
John Curley,
2
52
1
66
66
Lydia Bates,
73
May 21, '52.
15
6
66
66
66.
Joseph Cook,
74 March 12,1852.
5
6
66
66
Susan F. Thayer,
11 Ap. 10, put out
10
56
May 20, 1852.
6
" 10,
Daniel Richardson,
71
April 12, 6
37
“ 19,
Mary Norton,
27
June 28,
.5
June 18,
66
Joann Wallace,
50
21,
66
July 1, .6
66
Stephen Hollis,
17
April 19,
30
“ 12, 66 George Griffin,
19 July 27,
66
Dec. 6,
Gustavus Lymereck,
35
Dec. 7,
3
" 23,
Hannah Stetson,
69
5
5
Total weeks,
Inventory of Stock, Wood, Hay, Provisions, &c., on hand Feb. 1st, 1853.
5 cows,
. $140 00
2 yearlings, .
·
20 00
1 horse, ·
. 125 00
3 swine,
50 00 ·
1 ox wagon, with 2 bodies, .
· 50 00
11 chains,
· 12 00
1 ox cart,
· 25 00
1 horse cart, .
· 16 00
4
1
22,
Robert Bell,
16
Jan. 17, 1853.
Jan. 18, 1853. Thomas Pratt,
63
1
3 12553211545 2 1 5 5 5 4
May 15,
Hannah B. Thayer,
John Norton,
1
5
66
Charles Hollis,
12
April 7,
Mrs. Puttellow,
79
52
1
66
66
Deborah Vining,
89
52
1
Silence Nash,
72
1
1,193
66
John Badlam,
Rosetta L. Thayer,
26
1 horse wagon,
$15 00
1 hay wagon,
.
.
· 40 00
1 harness, with 2 collars,
·
5 00
1 new harness,
21 00 ·
1 draft harness,
4 00
1 roller,
10 00 ·
1 drag,
2 00
4 scythes and snaths,
5 00
6 forks,
4 00
6 rakes, .
1 00
Ox yoke,
10 00
6 manure forks, and 1 puller,
5 50
1 garden fork,
1 50
6 hoes,
2 25
2 narrow hoes,
1 00
1 iron rake, .
50
1 scraper, ·
5 00
1 pair horse fetters, .
1 00
4 ox chains, .
3 00
1 halter,
1 00
2 horse blankets,
1 50
Surcingle, cards, brush and comb,
2 00
Lot of posts and rails,
25 00
1 meal chest,
6 00
1 cart saddle,
4 00
6 saws and wood horses,
3 25
1 beetle and wedges, .
3 00
2 hammers, .
25
Stone hammers,
3 50
Stone tools, .
8 00
4 iron bars, .
3 00 .
6 axes,
4 00
4 hatchets, ·
1 00
1 bush hook,
3 00
1 iron square,
25
4 shovels,
2 00
Hay poles, .
1 00
1 grindstone,
6 00
4 hand stone hammers,
2 00
1 tackle and runner, .
5 00
1 hay rope, .
. 1 00
Lot of stone, . .
. 12 00
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
.
27
1 wheelbarrow,
· $2 00
4 ploughs, .
· 14 00
1 ox sled,
10 00
1 horse sled, .
3 50
1 harrow,
13 00
2 bush scythes and snaths,
3 00
Carpenters' tools,
1 00
5 tons English hay, .
100 00
1} tons salt hay,
18 00
Fresh hay,
10 00
Firewood,
68 00
Coal, .
30 00
Lot of baskets,
2 50
4 bbls. pork, .
88 00
¿ bbl. beef, .
7 00
4 bush. parsnips,
1 50
80 potatoes,
40 00
5 carrots,
2 50
25 turnips,
12 50
380 lbs. bacon,
45 60
bbl. flour,
3 37
2 1b. tea,
40
1 bbl. crackers,
3 00
17 lbs. cheese,
1 70
Soap and greese,
15 00
147 lbs. lard,
19 11
37 lbs. coffee,
3 70
Tallow and candles,
2 00
5 gals. vinegar,
50
30 " molasses,
7 50
8 bush. meal,
.
6 16
10 barley,
8 34
3 ladders,
4 00
50 lbs. butter,
12 50
1 lantern,
87
4 lbs. tobacco,
80
Lot of manure,
375 00
Lot of boards,.
4 00
Saddle and bridle,
·
1 25
1 peck peas, .
75
·
.
.
·
.
.
-
28
6 bush. beets,
$3 00
20 dunghill fowls,
· 7 00
6 turkeys, .
· 6 00
1 ice chest, .
7 00
1 note, and sundries of bills,
133 30
Patent balances,
25 .00
Hay chopper, .
.
- 2 00
·
·
$1,797 85
ALVAH RAYMOND, ) Overseers JAMES TIRRELL, of SAMUEL CURTIS, the Poor.
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Deaths in the Town of Weymouth from Jan. 1, 1852, to Jan. 1, 1853.
Age.
Date.
Name.
Years.
Mo's.
Days.
Jan. 2,
Sarah Shaw,
90
7
10
7,
Timothy Nash,
74
1
24
22,
Margaret Mitchell, .
22
-
-
24,
Child of Alanson Cushing,
-
-
1
Feb.
15,
Child of Alanson Cushing,
-
-
23
Lucy Porter,
73
6
14
66
20,
Hannah Holbrook,
65
3
20
66
29,
William J. Batterson,
32
6
24
29,
Harriet Kingman, .
19
6
-
3,
Eliza M. T. Hunt, .
56
-
8
12,
Samuel Blanchard, .
71
10
25
66
14,
Herbert Shaw,
1
1
18
17,
Thomas Purcell,
1
3
18,
George H. Thomas,
1
7
28
30,
Rachel Pratt,
73
-
April,
Child of S. P. Cushing,
-
1
-
9,
Eunice M. Pratt,
1
-
16
66
15,
Abigail Raymond,
19
1
15
25,
Fanny G. Dunbar,
1
7
1
25,
Thomas Seward,
82
6
19
9,
Ira E. Hayward,
1
5
24
12,
Harriet N. Bates,
25
8
4
66
19,
Hiram W. Raymond,
1
9
7
20,
Moses H. Faxon,
45
5
27
June 3,
William H. Gardner,
38
1
20
26,
Alvan Reed, .
46
2
5
29,
Lydia M. Pratt,
33
7
8
4,
Child of Gerry Fairbanks,
25
7
21
5,
John Mitchell,
6
7
-
7,
Child of Wilson Tirrell,
-
12
10,
Elizabeth C. O'Mara,
8
15
27,
William S. Pool,
45
9
-
Aug. 4,
13,
Lydia A. Cushing,
1
1
12
Francis L. Torrey,
30
2
5
66
19,
Mary A. Evans,
-
-
6
16
21,
Mary E. Wales,
1
16
23,
David Lynch,
-
3
-
25,
Denny Cowan,
1
4
-
·
20,
David B. Joy,
35
6
12
29,
Henry S. Partridge,
10
2
-
13,
Sarah French,
83
6
-
6,
6,
Ruth Page, .
60
-
1
3
21,
Lydia Bates,
72
-
14,
Joseph Stiles,
57
3
28
July 3,
Warren B. White,
-
5
16
4
20
5,
Emeline Shaw,
Ella M. Bates,
5
26
16,
William P. O'Mara,
-
9
22
21
20,
Helen Stetson,
-
4
Saloma A. Boynton,
14
May
22,
David Vining,
Mar.
16,
13,
30
Date.
Name.
Years.
Mo's.
.Days.
Aug. 25,
Tirzah Norton,
22
11
11
66
26,
John Gearing,
24
.6 27,
Fannie M. Binney,
-
3
19
29,
Warren B. Raymond,
1
9
39
Sept. 1,
Margaret Emery,
2
Abby E. Bartlett,
2
6
19
66
2.
Edwin H. French,
2
3
11
66
2,
Reuben Lowell,
-
1
1
19
66
6,
Ira Derby,
34
2
14
60
9,
Ella F. Derby,
1
6
28
66
10,
Mary L. Bates,
35
8
21
66
11,
Charles S. Chandler,
1
1]
8
66
12,
Josiah B. Reed,
3
5
66
14,
Zaccheus Holmes, .
70
21,
Child of James L. Bates,
-
1
22,
Horace Crocker,
3
17
23,
Lucinda Cushing,
32
8
8
Sally A. French,
2
5
11
66
25,
Georgiana F. French,
2
-
12
26,
Sarah Thayer,
83
3
5
66
David O. Wade,
1
4
-
Oct.
2.
Mary Tirrell,
60
5
20
66
3,
Peter Whitmarsh,
79
4
$6
5,
Stephen D'Arcy,
-
6
5
6,
Zerah Childs,
28
6
27
Nov.
6,
James B. Tirrell,
32
6
17
8,
Jane S. Davis,
35
9
25
11,
Daniel Loud,
53
10
11
66
14,
James McManners, .
18
4
Dec.
3.
Deborah L. Torrey, .
18
5
26
66
7,
Susan Hunt,
52
-
17
66
8,
Betsy Hunt,
84
5
27
66
Dean Randall,
48
-
21
66
11,
Acigail Joy,
85
3
27
66
14,
Jedson Woodward, .
28
-
10
26
66
18,
George H. Humphrey,
2
11
5
21,
Nancy W. Harris,
68
8
9
29,
Zichri Nash,
.
82
10
20
RECAPITULATION.
In January,
4
In August,
13
" February,
7
" September,
19
" March, .
7
" October,
' April, .
6
" November,
7
" December,
10
" June,
·
.
7 Total,
· 95
Males,
50
Females,
45
-
1
13
3,
Anne J. Holbrook,
Elizabeth W. Raymond,
1
5
-
26,
Child of John Dillon,
-
1
11,
John F. Smith,
13
7
18
66
25,
Louisa Richards,
3
1
12
.
·
5
6
May, ·
·
.
4
" July,
·
.
17,
Samuel B. Chessman,
23
.
.
-
2,
24,
28,
Age.
31
Deaths in 1847,
Deaths in 1851, 78
95
60
1849,
77
95
501
Average per year, .
834
Births from January 1, 1852, to January 1, 1853.
Males,
101 |
Females,
80
Total,
181
Births in 1847,
147
Births in 1851, 199
66
1848,
171
1852,
181
1849,
184
66
1850,
177
Total, .
1,059
Average per year, .
1763
Marriages in the Town of Weymouth from Jan. 1, 1852, to Jan 1, 1853.
Feb. 1. Benjamin C. Tirrell and Emeline W. Torrey.
March 22. George W. Collier and Ann M. French.
16. Sumner Thompson and Emily J. Whiting.
April 22. Frederic O. Cushing and Frances E. Currant.
May 12. Otis S. Blanchard and Caroline M. Briggs.
12. William Melligan and Josephine Lathrop.
18. Daniel Earl and Mary E. Johnson.
20. Theodore E. Waters and Sarah A. Pope.
June 6. Warren Dyer and Temperance B. Whiting.
8. Franklin Reed and Pamelia Thayer.
Aug. 26. Joshua Vinal and Elizabeth H. Collier.
31. Joseph Crocker and Harriet M. Stiles.
Sept. 1. Francis M. Shaw and Nancy M. Gay.
9.
Thomas F. Cleverly and Sarah L. Pratt.
66
9. John Burrell and Ann M. Cargil.
66 15.
22.
Roswell L. Corbin and Mary A. Tirrell.
James M. Stoddard and Elizabeth A. Gannett.
Oct. 13. Gilbert Bowditch and Susanna B. Nash.
66 13. Edmund S. Potter and Hannah H. Dyer.
Nov. 11. Theron Tirrell and Nancy A. Goodridge.
24. Benjamin Stodder and Mary Carey.
27. Benjamin H. Stevens and Sophia Bates.
66 29. Lorenzo Pool and Sarah J. Vining.
Dec. 2. George F. Collier and Lucy A. White.
12. Warren C. French and Cylinda Bates.
66 23. John S. Porter and Elizabeth B. Sprange.
23. Alexis Torrey and Lucena H. Yeaton.
23. Charles W. Hersey and Mary J. Tirrell.
·
64 92
1848,
1852, .
1850,
·
Samuel P. Hayden and Mary L. Davis.
26.
32
Marriages in 1847,
39
Marriages in 1850,
· 44
1848,
45
1851,
49
1849,
42
66
1852,
29
Average per year, .
41}
Weymouth Incorporated as a Town in 1635.
Population in 1790,
1,469 1,803
Increase for 10 years, ·
334
66
1820,
.
.
2,407
66
10
66
. 518
1830,
.
.
.
432
1840,
· 3,738
10
899
66
1850,
. 5,221
10
66
1,483
Average 10 years,
6254
.
·
·
.
·
1,889
10
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
·
.
1800,
1810,
86
2,839
10
33
TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Wey- mouth, in the County of Norfolk, Greeting : .
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet at the Town House, in said Weymouth, on Monday, the fourteenth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :--
1st. To choose a Moderator for said Meeting.
2d. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensuing year.
3d To bring in their votes for a County Treasurer.
4th. Fo hear and act on the Annual Reports of the several boards of Town Officers.
5th. To determine the manner in which the highways and bridges shall be repaired the ensuing year, and raise money for the same.
6th. To see what action the Town will have in relation to establishing a High School.
7th. To raise such sums of money as may be deemed neces- sary for the support of Schools the year next ensuing, and appor- tion the same among the several districts.
8th. To see if the Town will authorize the Prudential School Committee to select and contract with teachers.
9th. To see if the Town will authorize the several school districts to choose their own Prudential Committees.
10th. To raise money for the support of the Poor, and other necessary Town charges.
11th. To take any action that may be deemed necessary in relation to the debt contracted for building the Town House, and also in relation to providing means for paying the expenses of building the new road ordered by the County Commissioners on petition of Samuel Penimam and others. 5
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12th. To hear the report of any Committee appointed at any former meeting, and act thereon.
13th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on laying out an extension of Pearl Street to North Street, as a public highway.
14th. To hear the report of the Selectmen on laying out Washburn Place, so called, as a public highway.
15th. To see if the Town will let the Town Hall to the Rev. John Lynch, on the fourth Sunday of each month, for the pur- pose of public worship.
16th. To hear the request of Elnathen Bates, concerning the lot of land onw .. ich his shop now stands.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at each of the public Meeting-houses, and at the Weymouth Post Office, in said town, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, on or before the time of the Meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this twenty-first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
NOAH VINING, JR., Selectmen ATHERTON N. HUNT, of
SAMUEL FRENCH, 2D., ) Weymouth.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
MARCH 8, 1853.
The Committee appointed to superintend and examine the Schools, submit the following Report :
The importance of education is so great as not to be capable of estimation, when we consider that the mind constitutes the difference between the human and the animal being, the legitimate source of happiness and usefulness of the former being intellec- tual and rational attainments, while that of the latter is the grati- fication of the animal propensities.
It is an erroneous idea which some cherish, that an education is necessary only for the professional man, and that the laborer can be just as happy and useful without, as with it. The fact is there is no trade or employment where science is not needed. Without scientific. education we should know something of the scenes and objects within reach of our senses, but beyond their narrow sphere, all would lie shrouded in impenetrable darkness, while the educated enjoy truths which it took ages to perfect and establish. Sciences, elaborated by the world's intellect, are passed over to them, finished and whole.
FIRST DISTRICT.
The Summer Term of the Primary Department was conducted by one who has had some experience in teaching, and one well qualified to fill the station in which she was placed, the school being ma de up mostly of small children.
At the monthly visitations of the committee they were pleased
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to find the school orderly and under good discipline, and the clos- ing examination gave good evidence of improvement, and was satisfactory to the committee.
The Summer Term of the Grammar Department was under the charge of one who had never before taught school. Her first experience gave evidence of qualifications well fitted for the employment which she had chosen. She succeeded in winning the love and esteem of her pupils, by her kind intuitions and ear- nest endeavor to promote their welfare. The order of the school was good, and the scholars evinced a desire to improve. The committee were gratified in knowing that good attention had been paid to reading. Progress was noticed from time to time, and the closing examination was comparatively good.
The Winter Term of the Primary Department was continued under the instruction of the same teacher, with that advanced im- provement which usually attends the labors of those who have charge of the same school for a series of terms. Good order prevailed throughout, and the closing examination evinced a marked advance from the previous year, especially in reading and spelling.
The Winter Term of the Grammar Department was com- menced by one who was approbated by a subcommittee to take charge of the school till the meeting of the whole board. After . continuing four weeks he was again examined by the whole com- mittee, and permitted to continue his instruction till the commit- tee could visit his school, when he should again come before them ; but after continuing in school another week, instead of meeting the committee he deemed it expedient to retire. His place was occupied by an experienced teacher, who had before taught in the same school. Owing to the interruption the school did not make that improvement which would have been expected had no such occurrence taken place. Evidences of improvement, how- ever, were still discernible from one visitation to another, and the closing examination was quite commendable.
SECOND DISTRICT.
The Summer School in this District was in charge of a teacher whose qualifications for her profession, accompanied with untir-
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ing fidelity and good success, have uniformly gained commenda- tion. When visited by the committee the school has appeared to be well managed, and commendable interest has been noticed in the business of the school-room. There has been the appearance of mutual attachment between the teacher and her pupils, which is believed to be essential to the prosperity of every school.
From the examination of the Winter School several scholars absented themselves for reasons which were not explained to the satisfaction of the committee. Although the examination was not equal to the one at the close of the Summer Term, there was an exhibition of some improvement deserving praise, and of talent encouraging hopes with respect to the future.
THIRD DISTRICT.
This District has three large schools during the year.
The Primary and Intermediate Departments, during the sum- mer, were under the instruction of two well-qualified and suc- cessful teachers. The improvement of the pupils was commenda- ble and satisfactory. The examination met the decided approval of the committee.
The Grammar Department was under the direction of a more experienced teacher. Her fidelity to the school in the assiduity with which she labored for its welfare, is highly commendable. 'A single glance was sufficient to show that the relation between the pupils and teacher, was one, not only of advantage, but of mutual delight. The closing exercise was. both agreeable and satisfactory.
Winter Term. The Primary and Intermediate Schools were under the instruction of the same faithful teachers who had charge of them the preceding term.
These schools are quite too large for rapid advancement.
Three teachers might be employed to advantage, had we the necessary accommodations. Nevertheless, the scholars have done well; and much credit is due the teachers, for their patient and indefatigable labor. They have been interested in their pupils, and their pupils have appeared orderly and pro- gressive. The committee were much pleased with the appear- ance and examination of these schools.
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The Grammar School has been in charge of an efficient and competent teacher.
The pupils have been ambitious of distinction, and pleased with notice ; every visit we made was hailed as a new incentive to exertion, every suggestion kindly listened to, and seemed to prompt to new efforts in their high calling.
In the moral tone of this school, in life and energy, in activity and general intelligence, in order, in earnestness in their studies, in the zeal and industry of their teacher, there is surely a mani- fest distinction. We think it would not be difficult, in each of these points, to designate particular excellence. The committee can speak of the school with great confidence and pleasure.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Summer Term. The Primary Department commenced April 12th, under the instruction of the teacher of the previous year, who by her industry, and patient efforts to promote the best inte- rests of the school, secured the respect of her pupils, and thereby good order was attained, without resorting to any considerable amount of corporeal punishment. The closing examination was quite satisfactory to the committee, evincing a commendable degree of progress.
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