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22 13
H. F. Bicknell, for one cow,
60 00
Edwin Pratt, for shoemaking,
43 00
Josiah E. Rice, for carrots,
9 50
J. B. Howe & Co., for carrots,
20 72
Davis Randall, for carrots,
6 72
Alfred Tirrell, for carrots,
9 47
James Tirrell, for carrots, .
8 97
Lewis Beals, for pine wood,
3 00
John Tirrell, for hay,
2 00
David Lovell, for labor,
4 00
$291 72
Support of the Poor out of the House.
Paid City of New Bedford, for Martha Flint and family, $1 75
Betsey Jeffers, 3 75
Town of Braintree, wood delivered to widow of William Pratt, .
15 00
Town of Stoughton, for support of wife and child of Edward Howland, 20 75
Dr. Choate, for Sally A. Carroll, at State Lun. Hopital, 45 00
Henry C. Bates, at State Lun. Hospital, . 38 89
Nabby Adlington, at State Lun. Hospital, 54 01
21
Paid overseers' orders for widow of Ephraim Pratt, $26 00
support of widow Mary Bates, 26 00 support of widow Silvanus Holbrook, 23 50 support of Ebenezer Pool and daughter, . 68 25
Mary Davis, for care of Lois Nash in last sickness, . 8 00
Samuel Curtis, for assistance rendered Lois Nash, . 33 44
Ezra Bicknell and family, 39 75
widow of Quincy Hunt and family, . 30 50
Elisha Pratt, for goods delivered William C. Tirrell, 11 11
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal delivered Isaac L. Binney, . 3 25
Samuel Curtis, for assistance rendered Isaac L. Binney, . 11 00
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal delivered Mrs .. Wm. Little, 3 25
Samuel Curtis, for goods delivered Mrs. William Little, . 3 00
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal delivered James Nash, 4 25
Charles E. Hunt, for assistance to James Nash, 5 25
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal delivered Mrs. S. Harding, 13 63
Samuel Curtis, for goods delivered Mrs. Sally Harding, . 4 00
Amos S. White, for medicine delivered James Hayes, (old bill,) .
21 98
Dr. J. P. Hodgdon, for medical attendance upon the wife of J. A. Dailey, . 5 00
Adams & Hersey, for coal delivered Otis Blanchard, 21 50
Samuel Curtis, for assistance rendered Mrs. Mahar, ·
2 40
assistance rendered Mrs. Foley, 2 00
Mrs. Damon, for nursing a child, and conveying the same to the State Almshouse, 5 00
John W. Thomas, Esq., for support of David Binney in the House of Correction, 29 47
Dr. John H. Gilbert, for medical attendance upon John Caton, 14 50
Henry Loud, necessaries delivered John Caton, 5 00
Thomas Pray, for support of Agnes Dyer, 36 00
Adams & Hersey, for coal delivered Benjamin Dyer's family, 13 50
69 20 Elisha Pratt, for goods delivered Benjamin Dyer's family, Deacon Elnathan Bates, for support of Esther Bates at hospital, . 91 00
69 62
Elisha Pratt, for goods delivered Mrs. Charles Perrigo, . Isaac R. Jackson, for assistance rendered the family of Mrs. McPherson, 52 00
E. G. Andrews, for care and attention upon a foreigner while sick, . 25 00
Drs. Fifield, for medical attendance on Mrs. Hallowell, . 50
Cost of supporting the poor out of the House, . · $957 00
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RECAPITULATION.
Cost of supporting the poor out of the house, .
$957 00
Cost of supporting the poor in the house,
1,993 83
Total, .
$2,950 83 .
Deduct for use of the town farm,
300 00
$2,650 83
Paupers in the Almshouse from Feb. 1, 1857, to Feb. 1, 1858.
Date.
Names.
Age.
Discharged.
Died.
Weeks| Days.
1857.
Feb.
1.
Betsey Overy,
75
52
1,
Deborah Pratt, .
60
52
1.
Elizabeth Tirrell,
38
52
1.
Rosamond Pratt,
20
Dec. 12, 1857,
45
1,
Mary F. Rosey, .
23
52
1.
Angeline Rosey,
6
52
1.
Henry W. Rosey,
5
52
1.
Alexander Rosey,
31
March 18, 1857,
6
4
1,
Louisa A. Dyer,
12
66
6
4
1.
Harriet W. Dyer,
11
6
4
1,
Susan J. Dyer, .
6
4
1.
Elmira Dyer, .
5
66
6
4
1,
Desire C. Dyer,
3
66
6
4
1.
Sally A. Richards,
28
52
1.
Joseph W. Richards,
4
52
1.
Anna F. D. Richards, Mary Thayer,
34
52
1,
Sarah A. Thayer,
8
52
1,
Mary Hallowell, .
78
March 25, 1857, Different times,
-1
4
1.
Jeremiah Stetson,
79
1,
James Richards,
78
Dec. 13, 1857,
45
1.
Samuel Badlam,
53
52
1.
Edmond Tirrell, Flavius J. Hayden,
26
52
1.
David Bates, .
16
52
June
4,
Julia A. Thayer,
8
34
3
20,
Benj. Torrey,
60
13
2
25, 9,
Polly Torrey,
62
7
4
24,
Thomas Greene,
57
3
28,
Mary Binney,
28
28,
Catherine Binney,
4
28,
Mary F. Binney,
2
28,
James Binney,
4 mios.
Strangers at differ't times,
5
2
52
1.
1.
Hiram Thayer,
11
52
13
1.
Err Cushing,
73
52
41
52
1,
Charles Thayer, .
12
4
Oct. Nov. Dec.
1,
Louisa Dyer, .
34
52
.
.
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Inventory of Stock, Wood, Hay, Coal, Provisions, Farming Implements, g.c., February, 1858.
5 Cows, $200 00
3 Ladders, . $4 00
2 Steers, 2 years old,
40 00
1 Lantern, 75
2 Heifers, 1 year old, 20 00
Saddle and Bridle, 1 25
1 Horse, 100 00
Hay Chopper, 12 00
5 Swine,
45 00
Ice Chest, . 6 00
Barn Fowl,
7 20
Patent Balances, 25 00
9 Chains,
6 00
Winnowing Machine, 10 00
1 Ox Cart Body,
2 00
450 lbs. Pork, . 50 00
1 Horse Cart,
34 00
200 lbs. Beef, 14 00
1 Hay Wagon,
27 00
100 lbs. Ham, . 11 00
1 Harness,
20 00
80 lbs. Lard, . 10 40
1 Draft Harness,
14 00
Parsnips, . 2 00
1 Draft Harness,
2 00
60 bushels Potatoes, 45 00
1 Roller,
4 00
50 bushels Carrots,
12 50
1 Drag,
2 00
10 bushels Beets, .
4 00
Scythes and Snaths, 5 00
20 bushels Turnips,
8 00
6 Rakes,
1 00
31 bushels Beans, Flour,
6 00
Ox Yoke,
5 00
35 lbs. Tea,
14 00
6 Manure Forks,
3 00
33 lbs. Coffee,
2 97
2 Manure Rollers,
1 50
10 gallons Vinegar,
1 50
3 Garden Forks,
4 50
5 gallons Molasses,
2 00
6 Hoes, .
2 00
2 Narrow Hoes,
1 00
10 00
1 Scraper,
2 00
4 50
1 pair Horse Fetters, Ox Chains,
1 00
30 lbs. Salt Fish,
90
Halter, Blankets, &c.,
1 50
Soft Soap,
6 00
A lot of Posts & Rails, Grain Chest,
6 00
10 Baskets,
5 00
Cart Saddle,
2 00
A lot of Manure, 300 00
4 cords Pine Wood, 20 00
10 cords in the woods, 35 00
4 50
4 Iron Bars, .
3 00
52 00
3 Axes,
2 00
9 tons English Hay,
135 00
3 Hatchets,
1 00
3 tons Salt Hay,
33 00
1 Brush Hook,
3 00
1 ton of Bedding, Fresh Hay,
6 00
Seed Sower,
5 00
5 bushels Corn,
4 50
4 Shovels,
2 00
30 lbs. Saleratus,
1 50
Hay Poles,
1 00
10 lbs Pepper,
1 00
1 Grind Stone,
4 00
15 lbs. Tobacco,
2 50
2 Hand Hammers, 1 50
100 lbs. Cheese,
8 00
Tackle and Runner, 4 50
75 lbs. Sugar, 6 00
Hay Rope & Wh'lbarrow, 4 00
1 Buffalo Robe, 3 00
3 Ploughs, 14 00
1 Horse Sled, ·
5 00
1 Horse Harrow, .
10 00
Amount of Inventory, $1,593 96
Carpenter's Tools, 3 00
ALVAH RAYMOND,
Overseers of HENRY A. TORREY, the Poor.
LEMUEL TORREY,
62
Hard Soap,
50
Grease and Ashes,
4 00
4 Saws & Wood Horses, Beetle and Wedges, 3 00 Stone Tools, 8 00
2 50
11 cords in Hanover, Hard Coal,
6 00
Iron Square,
25
8 bushels Meal, 6 00
7 00
8 Hay Forks, 4 00
50 lbs. Butter, Barley,
25 00
Outstanding Bills, 24 62
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STATISTICS
FURNISHED BY THE TOWN CLERK.
Marriages Registered in the Town of Weymouth, 1857.
Jan. 1, Charles H. Burgess and Ann Maria Vining, Weymouth.
24, Albert M. Blanchard and Sarah J. Stoddard, Weymouth. Feb. 19, Samuel M. Richards and Mary L. Lowell, Weymouth.
Mar. 8, George W. Dyer and Caroline B. Bates, Weymouth.
21, Albert F. Flanders, Chilmark, and Eunice A. Tilton, North Bridgewater.
22, Phineas Libby and Flavilla Sylvester, Abington.
29, William Naslı and Hannah M. Bradford, Weymouth.
30, Alonzo Vining and Susan M. Reynolds, Weymouth.
April 8, William Currier, Providence, R. I., and Verona A. Houghton, Weymouth.
12, Joseph H. Burrell and Ellen M. Vining, Weymouth.
23, Samuel Lincoln and Mary Ann Sampson, Weymouth.
May 2, Jantes H. Munroe and Susan E. Holbrook, Weymouthı. 5, William S. Hersey and Narrissa Pratt, Weymouth. 6, Jolın W. Chessman and Lizzie A. Simminton, Hingham. 10, Josiah R. Parrot and Lucy A. Tirrell, Weymouth. 23, Spencer L. Brooks and Fanny S. Birmingham, Abington.
31, William L. Pratt and Sally Hollis, Braintree.
-31, Ferdinand J. Barnes and Helen F. French, Weymouth.
31, John P. Burrell and Susan A. Bates, Weymouth.
June 3, Edmund G. Bates and Jane B. Bicknell, Weymouth. 4, Robert B. Nash and Jane M. Tirrell, Weymouth.
14, Joseph H. Gannett and Phebe Ann Richards, Weymouth. 27, Gridley T. Nash and Sarah Frances Shaw, Abington.
27, Samuel B. Thaxter, Abington, and Emma E. Hunt, Weymouthi.
July 1, James M. Carroll, Providence, R. I., and Margaret Louisa Prentiss, Hingham.
1, William J. Hambleton, Winchendon, and Salome D. Cook, Hingham.
Aug. 2, Samuel W. Ring and Sarah M. Curtis, Weymouth.
25
Aug. S, Josephus L. Freeman, East Bridgewater, and Elsie A. Wash- burn, Brewer, Me.
11, Andrew B. Maine and Saralı E. Richardson, Weymouth. 27, Wilson Tirrell and Nancy T. Shaw, Weymouth.
>Sept. 23, Martin C. Hawes and Elizabeth A. Shaw, Weymouth. Oct. 3, Elias Raymond, Weymouth, and Laura A. Chapman, Hanover. 13, Oliver B. Stackpole and Susan R. French, Weymouth. 22, William A. Thompson and Eliza M. Chase, Abington.
29, Thomas M. French and Caroline W. Nash, Weymouth. 31, Charles Hussey and Eliza J. Wilds, Biddeford, Me.
Nov. 1, Lysander Heald and Margaret A. Vining, Weymouth. 9, Alvah S. Morrison, Braintree, and Elizabeth A. Curtis, Weym'th.
11, John W. Tirrell and Eliza L. Tutty, Weymouth.
19, Benjamin Cudworth, Scituate, and Mchitable B. Holbrook, Weymouth.
22, Michael Hart and Maria T. Moran, Weymouth.
25, William Salisbury and Abby A. Pratt, Weymouth.
Dec. 19, Levi C. Taylor and Susanna M. Neily, Cohasset. 19, Thomas H. Walker and Augusta M. Thayer, Weymouth.
20, David B. Burrell and Abby L. Bates, Weymouth.
22, William H. Bond, Braintree, and Eliza A. Nash, Weymouth.
24, James Whittemore, Weymouth, and Mary E. Bent, Quincy.
27, James A. Harris and Sarah R. Shaw, Weymouth.
31, Bradford Chandler and Cornelia Sampson, Weymouth.
1856.
July 18, Bela T. Nash, Abington, and Lizzie K. Richards, Weymouth. Oct. 30, Theron A. Pool and Mary H. Rogers, Weymouth.
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Deaths in Weymouth in 1857.
AGE.
Date.
NAMES.
Disease.
Where Born
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 4,
Hannah W. White,
5
9.
Ezra Blanehard,
87
13.
Edith M. Shaw, .
3
14,
Mannetta Lovell,
2
14,
George Lovell,
4
14.
Clarence W. Tirrell,
7
25,
Thomas Keay, Charles W. Bieknell,
2
3
13
26,
William D. Bates, .
32
6
16
Feb. 6,
Mary Ann Dunphy,
2
5
6.
Mercia C. Foye, . Charles Park,
72
1
Tumor,
20,
Thomas Austin,
21
1
23,
Clarissa A. Colson,
23
4
25, 28,
William Stoddard,
71
CO 1 3
Inflammation. Throat Disease, Old Age, .
3,
Abby R. French,
1
6
13,
Emma Burrell,
4
12
Lung Fever,
14,
Stephen L. Freneh,
25
11
14
Fits,
14.
Patrick Magrady, Mary E. Dizer,
18
7
8
Consump. of Blood,
19,
Charles P. Sweeting, Mary Cook,
71 78
5
6
Old Age,
Consumption,
Apr. 5,
Deborah Stetson,
74
Weymouth.
13,
George E. Farrar, Dea. John Vining,
1 79 52
19
Dropsy ,
28.
Emeline S. Young, .
19
Consumption, Searlet Fever, 6.
May 11,
Walter H. Cushing, Elmer Murry.
1
66
66
66
8,
Franklin O. Mitehell, Florence Spilsted. Sarah F. Pool,
35
1
66
24,
Nathaniel Richards,
84
48
-
Influenza, 66
26
2.
Allen Thomas,
6
Infantile,
2, 6,
Harriet W. March, . Joanna Carroll,
3
4
27,
Mary H. Bates,
40
6
10
30,
Mareus P. Blanchard, James B. Pratt,
4 25
11
22
Consumption,
66
14,
Harriet N. Pool, .
6
14 Searlet Fever,
66
15.
John HI. Beleher,
11
Stoppage,
25,
Hannah Stoddard,
70
-
36
3
20
3,
Old Age,
5,
Martha Beanlien,
21
1
5,
Preston A. Stowell, Edwin T. Tirrell, Ruth Dyer,
5
1 Infantile,
17,
6
- Old Age, .
24,
William Thompson.
33
-
- Consumption.
28,
Polly White, .
80
Old Age,
Middleborough. Weymouth.
2
11
17,
Norton. Edgecomb, Me.
Weymouth. 6.
Mar. 3,
Charles E. Cloutman. Jonathan White,
2
1-
83
3
25 Lung complaint, Scarlet Fever,
60
16,
16 Infantile,
1
Typhoid Fever,
23.
Rebeeea Pratt, James Sist,
55
General Debility, Searlet Fever, Palsy, .
Wisconsin.
Weymouth.
26,
Phebe Blanchard,
2
4
6
1
Infinenza.
66
28
Nathaniel Richards, Albert Bean, ! Alfred Bean, S twins,
2
6
Scarlet Fever,
26,
1
1
8
27
Consumption, Searlet Fever,
66
July
Aug. 2,
Amos IT. Raymond, Benj. Lond,
90
6
-
Middleborough. Weymouth. Canada.
6
Consumption, Inflammation,
66
June 2,
21 24 Consumption, Old Age, . Consumption,
60
30,
---- Holbrook,
11 Infantile, .
Ifingham. Weymouth.
3,
66
8,
Susan E. Barnes,
3
3
15
Congest'n of Lungs, Scarlet Fever,
66
26,
66
Boston. Weymonth.
..
Consumption, 66 Searlet Fever, 6
66
66
Consumption,. 66
21,
4
31,
Abington. Weymouth. Ireland.
25,
29,
N. Bridgewater. Weymouth. 66
Braintree. New Hampshire. Weymouth. 66
28
Whooping Cough, Teething,
5 101-
-
Consumption, 66
Weymouth. 66
9.
Harriet A. Holbrook,
1834429 3 2 4 4
1
2
Searlet Fever, M. P. Old Age, Searlet Fever, 66 6
66
Weymouth.
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Deaths in Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
Date.
NAMES.
Disease.
Where Born.
Years.
Months.
Days
Sept. 10, 10, 13,
Nancy Blanchard, Lemuel Humphrey, Jacob Bates, .
70
1
Old Age,
Weymouth.
73
4
-
Fever, .
66
14.
Eunice N. Hunt,
69
15,
John Hagarty,
36
11
25
Teething,
19.
Minnie P. Hodgdon, Phillis Torrey,
1
3
15
Consumption,
66
21.
Patrick McMahan,
25. Sally A. Carroll, .
Oct. 4,
George F. Nash, .
28
-
12,
Frank W. Holbrook,
1
6
1
19
12.
Howard W. Hayden, Andrew Thomas,
81
5
12
14,
Charles W. Jenness, David Taylor,
69
8
14,
Michael Mccarthy, Fanny M. Lemon,
2
8
14
Inflammation, Unknown,
Weymouth. 66
~16. 18. 19.
Hannah A. Pool,
3
10
Canker, 66
22,
Minot Pratt.
23
2
2
Consumption,
66
22,
Frederic W. Estes,
6
1
22.
James M. Heffernan, John Pratt,
48
6
5
Bilious Colic,
28,
Samuel Burrell, .
84
-
Heart Disease,
29,
Charles II. White,
1
11
1 29 Inflam. of Lungs, Diarrlica,
66
30,
Mary Caton, - Thayer,
73
4
1 Heart Disease,
3. 10. 13
Stedman H. Wright, Lucy Stowell,
80
11
28
Old Age, .
27
Lung Fever,
13.
Thomas Frahar, .
Dysentery,
13.
Margaret Healy, .
Infantile, . 66
66
20, 21,
Porter F. Barrows.
Consumption,
66
23.
Zachariah L. Bicknell,
1
Influenza,
66
Honora Clifford, .
7
12
2,
William Cahill,
10
3
Whooping Cough,
66
3,
Edward Sheehan, --- Loud,
17
7
Fever, .
Ireland.
8, 9. 10,
Mary Hunt, Malichi Brett,
80
8
Old Age,
Ireland.
12.
Thomas F. Murphy, James Richards,
78
M. P. Old Age, .
17,
Thomas Cushing,
1
Scarlet Fever,
6.
19.
A. Serena Rogers, Charles S. Baker,
1
11 Lung Fever,
66
19,
John Kelan,
1
6
-
Scarlet Fever, 66 66
66
20, 21, 22,
Catherine Kelan,
5
2
1
2
1
17 Inflam. on Brain, .
66
25,
Emma J. Pugh, . Silas Derby,
6
1 Typhoid Fever,
27,
Joseph W. Gardner,
5
1
Dropsy and Measles,
66
28,
Arthur HI. Marden, .
5
1 Fits, ·
29,
Patrick Kennedy,
1
-
9 1 Lung Fever,
66
4
24
Consump. of Blood, Old Age, . Consumption,
Ireland. Weymouth. 66
20,
20
2
-
Spine Complaint, Dysentery, 60
66
Lockport, N. Y. Weymouth.
15,
16,
Edgar G. Webster,
23
4
2
10 Consumption, Scarlet Fever,
Braintree. Weymouthı. 6
21,
Florence A. Dyer,
5
6
S
- Teething,
22.
William Welch,
7
-
Teething,
66
Nov. 1.
-
Stillborn, .
66
Mansfield, Ct. Weymouth. 6.
James Cotter,
1
1
11
1111 1 1
28. 28, Dec. 2,
Catherine Cute,
25
9
Infantile,
Weymouth. 66
92
1
19 Lung Fever, .
Weymouth.
13,
1
25
4
Consumption,
Orleans. Weymouth.
2
14
Typhoid Fever, Bowel Complaint, . Cholera Infantum, Stoppage,
66
13,
Consumption, Lung Fever, . Dysentery,
7
Boston.
George L. Cleverly George E. Noyes,
-
66
27,
2
6
66
Mary Hollowell, . --- Robbins,
1 9
9
16
12,
18, Willie F. Binney,
68
21 1
66
Stillborn. Whole Number, 127.
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BIRTHS.
Number of Births registered,
Number of Births where both parties were American, . 175 Number of Births where fathers were American and mothers were foreign, . 3
Number of Births where the mothers were American and fathers were foreign, 7
Number of Births where both parties were foreign, 73 · Stillborn, . 7-265
Number of Births where both parties were natives of Wey- . 36
mouth,
265
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OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,
FOR THE YEAR 1858.
N. Vining, Jr.,
Selectmen. Z. L. Bicknell,
E. H. Richards.
Town Clerk. J. Austin Rogers.
Treasurer. Gillman Burrell.
Assessors.
Samuel Burrell, Francis B. Bates.
Overseers of the Poor.
Henry A. Torrey, Samuel Curtis, Lemuel Torrey.
School Committee.
Rev. C. W. Mellen, 3 years, Rev. James P. Terry, 2 years, Rev. E. S. Potter, 1 year.
Constables.
Jacob N. Bates, Silas Binney, William Stoddard.
Leonidas F. Pratt, John W. Bartlett, Lowell Q. Spear, John D. Salisbury, William White,
Solomon Lovell, James Jones, Jonathan D. Pratt, William F. Thayer, Alvah Raymond, Jr., Moses W. Faxon, John Prince Naslı, William A. Shaw,
Prudential School Committee.
James Humphrey, Joseph B. Howe,
Jeremiah Bailey, Roscius R. Walker,
Benjamin F. White, Ebenezer Tirrell,
Samuel Burrell, John V. Bates.
John Shores,
Surveyors of Highways.
Adoniram Vining, J. Quincy Torrey, Roswell Corban,
Loring Tirrell,
Samuel Tirrell, Isaac Remick,
Asa Holbrook, John Phillips,
Jason Holbrook, Sylvanus Bates,
Allen Vining, Eliphalet Loud,
Nathaniel R. Torrey, Alvan B. Derby.
1
Henry A. Torrey,
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Surveyors of Wood, Lumber and Bark.
Edwin Pratt,
Reuben Loud,
Lot W. Bicknell,
Henry Dyer,
Josiah E. Rice,
David Lovell,
Cyrus Washburn, Francis H. Tilden,
Charles H. Allen,
J. Austin Rogers,
Henry Hunt, Richard E. Loud,
Benjamin F. White, Leonard Gardner,
Henry A. Torrey, Elon Sherman, Franklin Derby, Justin E. Wright,
Mark M. Blanchard, Roscius R. Walker, Minot M. Leonard, Joshua Binney, Tilly Willis, Cottington Nash, Benjamin F. Shaw,
Quincy Pool, Martin Derby.
Field Drivers.
Henry J. French,
Aurelius L. Tirrell,
Adoniram Hollis,
Nathan F. Dyer,
Elbridge Cushing,
George Hayden,
Martin C. Huntress, Theodore Blanchard, Richard Humphrey, Edwin Pratt, Francis H. Corwin, James Hawes, Jr., Isaac Reed,
William Richards,
Daniel F. Rogers,
Joseph Orcutt,
George Brooks, David P. Richards,
James B. Pratt,
Richmond A. Holbrook, Edward Lincoln,
Ezra Reed, Jr.,
Boylston G. White,
James H. Jacobs, Elisha F. Shaw,
Edward Cushing, A. Prescott Nash,
William H. Clapp,
Bethuel Thomas,
Fence Viewers. Cottington Nash.
Fire Wards.
Henry Cleverly, James Tirrell,
Warren W. Barker, Asa Holbrook,
Benjamin D. Vining, Appleton Howe.
Pound Keeper.
Francis Tirrell.
Weigher of Vessels. William Rice.
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Auditors. .
Henry A. Torrey,
Asa B. Wales, Lovell Bicknell.
Edward Chessman.
Thomas Humphrey,
Jacob R. Lovell, Loring Pratt,
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH,
FOR TIIE YEAR ENDING MARCHI 8, 1858.
The School Committee, having completed their service for the year ending March 8, 1858, submit the following Report of the condition of the several Schools in the respective districts, as follows :-
FIRST DISTRICT .- The Primary Department was taught by Miss Emily R. Bicknell during the summer term. The teacher seemed disposed to do the best in her power, but lacking system and thoroughness, the government of the school and its progress in the studies pursued were not what we desired. At the closing examination the order was better than at any other visit of the Committee.
The Grammar Department was in charge of Miss J. Frances Vining. Although "a spirit of insubordination " and "a state unfavorable to good progress" existed in this school during the previous term, Miss Vining at once succeeded, by her superior skill in governing, and the excellence of her method of teaching, in establishing good order and in creating among her pupils that interest ia study so indispensable to rapid advancement. The closing examination was highly satisfactory.
During the vacation the district finished their new, commodious, substantial and elegant school-house, containing three rooms, warmed by an ample furnace and supplied with the most approved
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furniture. At the commencement of the winter term three schools were opened in this building.
The Primary Department was given to Miss Sarah E. Loud, who fully sustained her former reputation as a teacher. The scholars were orderly and diligent, and made satisfactory progress in their studies.
The closing examination was creditable to both teacher and scholars.
The Intermediate Department was in the charge of Miss Nancy A. Tirrell, an experienced teacher, who succeeded at once in securing good order and a proper control of her pupils. An early interest in the school was manifested by most of the members, which continued throughout the term, and the result has been both pleasant and profitable. The closing examination was quite satisfactory to the Committee.
The Grammar Department, under the care of Miss J. Frances Vining, (the teacher of the previous term,) was in all respects successful. Good order, secured by firmness and kindness on the part of the teacher, and by the co-operation of parents, and a thorough, critical, and systematic course of instruction, were prominent characteristics of the school. The teacher possesses in an eminent degree an aptness to teach, and fully appreciates the importance of cultivating not only the memory but the under- standing ; and of teaching that words are valueless apart from the principles and ideas they are designed to convey. The final examination was of rare excellence, and perfectly satisfactory.
SECOND DISTRICT .- The number of scholars in this District has been too small to permit a division of the school during either of the terms, and consequently it has experienced, to their full extent, the disadvantages resulting from too many classes, to which schools comprising pupils of all ages are usually subjected.
During the summer term the school was taught by the same experienced teacher, who for several preceding seasons had con- . ducted it with uniform success. At the ordinary visits of the Committee, the appearance of the school was very satisfactory, both in respect to order and the methods of instruction ; and at the closing examination the evidences of correct discipline and careful study were such as to meet all their expectations. The exercises of the classes in Written Arithmetic, and of the first
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class in Colburn's Arithmetic, were especially deserving of com- mendation.
During the winter term the school was under the instruction of Mr. C. H. Brown, a teacher of experience, who manifested a good degree of interest in its prosperity, and who, at the several visits of the Committee, appeared to have secured such order and atten- tion to study as promised a successful result.
At the closing visit the order was good, and there were gratify- ing evidences of industry and progress in study on the part of many of the higher classes. The exercise of the first class in reading, was one of the best of the kind to which the Committee have listened during the year. The classes in Algebra and the first class in Grammar were also entitled to much credit. But many of the exercises were seriously marred by indistinctness in enunciation, and on the part of the younger classes, by a want of readiness in their answers and by mistakes, which more care would have prevented.
THIRD DISTRICT .- The Primary Division was conducted through the year by Miss Mary C. Cowing, with much ability and success. This school sustained a good examination.
The order was excellent, and the whole school apparently in a fine condition. It has had to contend with difficulties arising from the large number of children belonging to it, and from irregularity of attendance.
It is to be hoped that this school will have the co-operation and confidence of the parents, and continue steadily to improve as it has for the past year. To keep a good primary school, calls for a great variety of qualifications ; a maternal affection, a sympathy for the very young, and an energetic hand for the more advanced ; an ability to instruct the first lispings of the alphabet, and endure the tedium of mere repetition ; and at the same time to animate and advance those who have already begun to study and think. Miss Cowing has given herself to this work with great earnestness and devotion.
The Committee were pleased with the general appearance of the school in regard to discipline and instruction.
Intermediate School-Miss Lucy M. Richards, Teacher. The Committee take pleasure in saying that their expectations in regard to this school have been met. Miss Richerds entered upon
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her duties at the opening of the term with the expressed deter- mination " that no pains or labor on her part should be spared in promoting the interests of the pupils ;" and notwithstanding the school was large and inclined to be disorderly in their deportment, she continued faithful and persevering in the discharge of her duties, as an efficient and successful teacher, and the Committee were particularly pleased with her fidelity and zeal. At our frequent visits, we were well satisfied that the school was advancing under her tuition, and great improvement was being made in reading and spelling. The closing examination gave evidence that we were correct in our estimate of teacher and pupils.
Winter Term-Miss Susan J. F. Pratt, Teacher. As a teacher, she gives evidence of occupying an elevated rank in this branch of public service. Her entire devotion to her work renders her worthy of particular recognition. She has exhibited a remarkable tact in management, decision without undue severity, and skill to infuse into the young and tender mind an earnest desire of intel- lectual and moral culture. A decided improvement in the character of this school has been effected by the present teacher. Some of the points of particular excellence are these : good attendance, the best of order with but little apparent effort on the part of the teacher, promptness and accuracy in the recitations, and a very gratifying improvement in the art of reading ; and this is true not only of one class, but of most of the classes. There was an entire absence of all indications of partiality.
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