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Nov. 13. George W. Osgood, and Paulinia B. Bicknell, both of Wey- mouth.
1860.
XJan. 5. Andrew J. Randall, and Mary E. Newton, both of Weymouth.
8. John Dunn, and Margaret Connell, both of Hingham.
8. George M. Joy, and Celia E. Goldthwait, both of Weymouth.
15. Richard Loud, and Mary E. Pratt, both of Weymouth.
18. Orin Pratt, and Eunice Clapp, both of Weymouth.
22. William F. Merchant, and Joanna Marr, both of Weymouth. Feb. 5. Albert M. Arnold, and Orianna V. Peterson, both of Wey- mouth.
5. John H. Fairfield, and Caroline Tirrell, both of Weymouth.
8. Oakes A. Trasker, and Almira H. Bates, both of Weymouth.
15. Samuel Shores, and Mary Jane Morse, both of Weymouth.
15. Harvey W. Reed, and Helen M. Tirrell, both of Weymouth. 15. Lemuel W. French, and Ann J. Burrell, both of Weymouth.
29. William Nash, and Eliza Jane Thompson, both of Abington.
Mar. 10. Albert O. Clapp, and Abby L. Binney, both of Weymouth. 13. Joseph Bates, Jr., and Ellen Jane Pratt, both of Weymouth. April 3. Theron Hawes, and Eliza E. Peterson, both of Weymouth.
9. Augustus Vining, and Nancy Sprague, both of Weymouth.
14. Abner W. Sutton, and Jane E. Lovell, both of Weymouth.
15. Stephen Cain, Jr., and Sarah Ellen Pratt, both of Weymouth.
16. Albert C. Hayden, of Somerset, and Clara Cushing Tirrell, of Weymouth.
24. Warren Dunbar, of Weymouth, and Nancy A. Hayden, of Quincy.
28. Harrison Whiting, and Julia M. Burrell, both of Weymouth.
29. Edwin W. Studley, and Priscilla F. Josselyn, both of Hanover. May 6. Thomas Burgoyne, and Sarah Augusta Cain, both of Wey- mouth.
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June 3. Horatio Nelson Blanchard, and Ruth Maria Shaw, both of Weymouth.
4. Henry J. Richardson, and Mary J. Quilting, both of Quincy.
23. Lewis Duval, and Mary Ann Gough, both of Weymouth.
24. William L. Burton, of Roxbury, and Mary Jane Huntress, of Weymouth.
July 26. Lorenzo White, and Mary E. Whittemore, both of Weymouth,
8. Isaac N. Hollis, Jr., and Lucy A. Joy, both of Weymouth.
15. Frederick H. Bowditch, and Harriet P. Howe, both of Wey- mouth.
29. Henry Joy, and Mary A. H. Stetson, both of Braintree.
21. Samuel D. Linnell, and Elizabeth Freeman, both of Wey- mouth.
Aug. 27. Harvey Pratt, and Susan Cushman Currant, both of Wey- mouth.
Sept. 19. Leonard E. Buker, of Weymouth, and Sarah E. Stoddard, of Hingham.
Oct. 21. W. B. Blanchard, of Abington, and Lucy W. French, of E. Bridgewater.
X26. William H. Goodwin, and Mary Wales Dyer, both of Wey- mouth.
Nov. 1. S. Russell White, and Mary W. Hunt, both of Weymouth.
21. William J. Pedman, of Weymouth, and Hannah Stoddard, of Hingham.
X25. Edwin Walker, of Weymouth, and Martha S. White, of Marshfield.
Feb. 2. John Dwyer, and Margaret Moore, both of Weymouth.
Apr. 15. Patrick Monahan, and Mary Cain, both of S. Scituate.
Nov. 1. Bartholomew Connell, and Catherine Hines, both of Hingham.
21. Marcellus Cloudman, and Helen W. Bates, both of Wey- mouth.
23. John M. Tower, and Harriet Atwood Souther, both of Hing- hạm.
25. Dennis Herlihy, and Catherine O'Brien, both of Weymouth. 29. James Monroe, of Abington, and Rhoda A. Damon, of Wey- mouth.
29. Augustus Pratt, and Lucy T. Bicknell, both of Weymouth.
Dec. 12. William H. Dyer, and Helen F. Holbrook, both of Weymouth. 123. Willard J. Dunbar, and Mary E. W. French, both of Wey- mouth.
25. Peter Ainslie, and Ellen Rooney, both of Cohasset.
30. Martin Baldwin, and Elizabeth Crayton, both of Weymouth.
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Registered in the Town of Weymouth for the Year ending Dec. 31, 1860, the same being solemnized in other Towns.
1860.
Jan. 17. Timothy Riordan, and Bridget Greene, both of Weymouth.
28. Timothy Quinn, and Margaret Cleary, both of Weymouth.
Feb. 19. Philip Ryan, and Bridget Burke, both of Weymouth.
Apr. 15. James M'Grath, and Ellen O'Donnell, both of Weymouth.
22. John Smith, and Mary Hegarty, both of Weymouth.
May 13. Joseph Woods, and Julia Hart, both of Weymouth.
13. Thomas Gilligan, and Margaret Collins, both of Weymouth.
Sept. 16. Peter Flynn, and Eliza Biram, both of Weymouth.
16. Michael Boylan, and Bridget Smith, both of Weymouth.
Nov. 11. John Smith, and Mary Annie White, both of Weymouth.
Apr. 8. Bartholomew Ford, and Bridget O'Brien, both of Weymouth.
25. Cornelius Greene, and Mary Cross, both of Weymouth.
29. James R. Hone, and Mary Flannery, both of Weymouth.
19. Samuel N. Bates, and Catherine T. Richards, both of Wey- mouth.
May 1. Jason B. Orcutt, and Emily F. Crocker, both of Weymouth.
June 27. Francis T. Raymond, and Mary W. Bartlett, both of Wey- mouth.
July 24. Oliver B. Raymond, of Weymouth, and Lydia W. Blackwell, of West Sandwich.
LAug. 9. Stephen Bicknell, and Cynthia H. Priest, both of Weymouth.
Sept. 13. George H. Pratt, and Susan M. Elmes, both of Weymouth.
14. John Tyndal, of Taunton, and Ellen M. Taylor, of Weymouth.
29. James C. Wendall, Jr., and Abbie Ann Tirrell, both of Wey- mouth.
Oct. 22. Elbridge G. Nash, and Aseneth H. Orcutt, both of Weymouth.
Nov. 8. James E. Trask, of Weymouth, and Anna S. Lord, of Quincy.
/Dec. 1. Calvin S. Hall, of Weymouth, and Emeline F. Clapp, of Hingham.
22. Michael Mulcahy, and Mary Cahill, both of Weymouth.
Nov. 29. C. C. Tower, M. D., of Weymouth, and Clara L. Pratt, of Cohasset.
June 15. Prescott S. Torrey, and Lizzie A. Burrell, both of Weymouth.
A true copy of the original record of the above items.
E. GRANVILLE PRATT, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS.
Whole number of births registered, . . 254 Number of births where both parents were natives of the United States, . 152
Number of births where fathers were natives of the United States and mothers foreign, . 5
Number of births where mothers were natives of the United States and fathers foreign, . 10 .
Number of births where both parents were foreign, 87 254
Number of births where both parents were natives of Weymouth, . 34
Excess of births over deaths, 1. 103
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DEATHS
Registered in the Town of Weymouth, for the Year 1860.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Years.
Mªths.
Days.
Jan. 8,
Bela Vining,
83
5
Typhoid Fever,
Weymouth. Weymouth.
8,
Flora May Whiting,
1
-
-
Lung Fever, .
George Nash, .
12
Typhus Fever,
26,
Thomas B. Burrell,
21
1
Consumption,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
11,
Stephen French,
67
2
Schirous of Pylorus, Abortion,
Weymouth. Ireland.
Feb. 7,
Wilton H. Raymond,
14
10
16
Tubercular Consumption, Scarlet Fever,
21,
Nathaniel Shaw,
.
1
-
Congestion of Lungs,
March 14.
Samuel Nichols,
50
14,
Wallace J. French, .
4
4
14
19.
Abner Sutton,
57
1
2 Disease of Liver and Lungs,
26,
Emeline T. Derby, .
35
1
16
Inflammation of Bowels,
8,
Thomas Watson Hunt, Mary French, . Jacob Dyer,
57
Cancer,
Weymouth.
20, 10, 0,
William Hickey,
2
1
16
1
25
8
36
Consumption,
> 5,
Carrie M. Tirrell, .
-
5
Unknown,
10,
Betscy Gardner, ·
50
8
3 Lung Fever, .
19,
Kate G. Gibson, .
5
8
1
Throat Disease,
.
22,
James French,
1
21
Marasmus, ·
.
24,
Nancy T. Merritt,
8
-
Pleurisy Fever,
.
1
38
8
-
Accident,
.
21,
Willis F. Thayer,
1
75
00
-
Disease of the Heart,
.
May
26,
Jane N. Shaw,
28
4
61
3
10
Varioloid,
.
12,
Hudson Lashaway, .
2
6
1
3
-
69
7
9
Dropsy,
June
Abigail R. Cook,
78
-
Unknown,
10,
Jacob Shaw, Jr.,
7
23
Consumption,
-
7
9
18
5
18
25
3
6
Accident,
72
.
63
3
-
39
1
90
-
5
11
9
Burned,
Weymouth.
28, 3,
Caroline Copeland, . Betscy R. Arnold, . Mary E. Hickey, .
23
10
4
26
-
5
-
45
-
Intemperance,
8.
John Drury, Henry F. Lovell,
1
8
23
3
12,
26
12,
8
27
Unknown, Diptheria, 6
Weymouth.
Mar. July
25.
Maria T. Reed, George W. Jones,
29
10
25 Mortification, Unknown,
Weymouth. Boston.
Aug. 3. 4, John Ruggles,
Catharinc A. Hickey,
4
-
Sore Throat,
Weymouth.
5,
Martin H. Huntress, James F. McKay,
-
1 -11
Consumption of Blood, Dysentery,
Weymouthı.
.
21
11
-
Consumption,
3,
April May
3,
B. Frances Tirrell, .
Unknown,
5,
Catharine Sullivan, John Cushing,
64
2
15
Præmonia, ·
Hingham. Weymouth.
24.
Ebenezer Blanchard,
.
.
.
-
Disease of the Head,
.
2,
Emily Jane Thompson, Chloe Hollis,
Weymouth. Hanson.
31, 4, 9,
Hannah Pratt.
1
.
12,
Weymouth.
12,
Frank Herbert Whiting, . Alvah W. Thompson, . Mary J. Loud,
4 3
Scarlet Fever, 6 66 Consumption,
Weymouth. Weymouth.
23. 3,
Weymouth. Ireland.
19, 25,
Scotland. Weymouth. Ireland.
July
6,
11
Throatail,
·
Weymouth. Ireland.
18. 9.
Mary M. Newton, Henry M. Loud, Willard Francis Tirrell, . Edward L. Hunt, James A. Scott, Maria A. Scott,
2
1
-
4
1
Weymouth.
28.
-
45
23 2118181 21
-
1
.
25,
Frank J. Smith,
1
13
Gravel, .
Throat Disease,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
4,
Emma Augusta Clapp,
Consumption,
Weymouth. Ireland.
Hingham.
Josiah L. Copeland,
Consumption,
.
April 10,
Benjamin Cushing,
New York. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Randolph.
Dover, N. H. Abington. Weymouth.
21,
Asa Burton Wales, . Hannah Cornell, William McFarn, Stephen W. Dyer, . Robert Clifton, Michael Earley,
Pneumonia, .
27,
Old Age,
28.
Weymouth.
16
Consumption, Fits,
Weymouth.
7,
24 01 9
Pneumonia, . Consumption,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
21, 23,
David French,
.
Throatail,
67 30
8
Measles,
.
.
4
31,
John F. Burrell,
Drowned,
31,
Mary Lynch, .
33
56
Schenies of Stom. & Bowels, Effusion of Water on Abdo'n,
Weymouth. Weymouth. . Weymouth. . Plymouth. . Weymouth. Scituate. Weymouth. Braintree. . .
63
69 25
Weymouth. Weymouth.
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Deaths registered in the Town of Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Years.
M'ths.
Days.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Aug.
5,
Ellen T. Derby,
5
19
Canker,
.
Weymouth.
Abby F. Joy, .
14
3
6
Typhoid Fever,
Weymouth.
8,
Mary R. Bates,
-
7
25
Cholera Infantum,
Weymouth.
Abbie E. Bates,
-
10
21
Dysentery, . Cholera Infantum, Sore Throat,
Old Age,
17,
Ezekiel Worster,
60
2
10
19,
Mary F. Keith,
3
15
23,
Frances F. Hill,
21
23
Mary F. Hill, . Willie H. Bates,
Mary H. Spinney, Prescott Hollis.
1
3
2
2
3
1
5,
George M. Joy,
.
.
6
7
14
6
15.
1
3
26
Spasmatic Asthma,
1
2
1
5
10 14 Dysentery, .
Consumption,
24,
5
Throatail,
Weymouth.
100 3
3
Diphtheria, .
0
2
Lung Fever, .
10
6
5
14 10
21 11
7
21
-
4
6
19 1
3
11
3
8
14
1
-
1
-
6.
8
9, 10, 10, 13,
Dec.
14, 5, 9,
1000 6
65
-
16
2
6
54
6
11
2
22
3
3
30,
40
3
6
15 21
10,
Consumption, Measles,
5
1
5
6 Lung Fever, .
Jan.
- 2. 4.
15,
Feb.
15.
Mar. 19,
Elizabeth Humphrey, Lucy Cushing, Horace W. Robinson, E. M. Joy,
67
1
-
-
3
25 4
10
17
Weymouth.
.
18
9
Typhoid Fever,
.
6,
Arthur L. Tirrell, Mary J. Burke, Sarah E. Bowles,
2
2
17 24
9 8, 10, 10, 12, 13, 19,
Oct.
24, 8
George H. Briggs, George F. Fifield, Edward A. Pratt, William P. Cushing, Catharine Powers, . Nancy A. Tirrell, Emma F. Torrey, Appleton H. Torrey, Catherine Welch, Charlie W. Lovell, . Emily Jane Nolan, . Mary L. Doble, Mary J. Shores,
34 25 34 2
7
Cholera Infantum,
Weymouth. Weymouth.
21, 25, 28,
29,
Nov.
30, 1 2. 5, 6,
Malone E. Stoddard, Ella F. Blanchard, . Jacob W. Clapp, Ezra Webster Vining, Carrie Louisa Sargent, Noah Vining, . Mary Weston, Nathan F. Dyer, Michael Dempsey, Fannie G. Clapp, Lucy A. B. Turner, Katy Welch, . Edward J. Clapp, Catharine Welch, Robert Richards, Arthur A. Webster, Lewis F. Dempsey, . H. Cornelia Thomas, Hannah Blanchard, Thomas O. Neil, Frank Norton Pratt, Dea. Eben'r H. Richards, Orrin A. Gammon, . Herbert B. Bates, Bridget Duffy, . John Carroll, . Martin IIenry Huntress, Abbie Eliza Bates, . Margaret French, Margaret A. Burke, C. Willie Hatch, Mary Tirrell,
24 6 3
25 4 6
Throatail, Diphtheria, . Sore Throat,
6
-
89
4 1 6 1 141612521 F 2
21 6 29
Diphtheria, . Dropsy,
10, 15. 19. 21, 28. 26.
May Aug.
22, 8, 9.
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth.
Bowel Complaint,
10
38 1 4 19
-
-
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. New York. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Ireland.
Diphtheria, . Unknown,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Sumner, Me. Sharon, Vt. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymonth. Weymouth. E. Randolph. Weymouth. Weymouth. Quincy. Ireland.
79 73 36
Consumption,
39 1
1
Diphtheria, .
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Hingham. Ireland. Rome, Maine.
8. 11, 20,
9
Phthisis, Throat Distemper, 66
Diphtheria, .
5 27
5
3 38
Dysentery, .
C><27, 29,
Sept.
1, 1, 1,
May Eunice Toombs, Everline M. Blanchard, Francis Stoddard, .
.
1231
1
20
24,
Rebecca Stanley, Ellen Reidy, .
-
7
-
Weymouth.
6
6
Weymouth. Maine.
Agnes Dyer,
86
10
18
Winslow, Me. Foundling. Foundling. Weymouth.
6
23 Dropsy on the Brain, Dysentery, . -
Sore Throat, Typhoid Fever,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Boston.
ʻ
1
. Weymouth.
9, 10, 12, 17,
Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Weymouth. Ilingham. Maine.
- Unknown, Rupture of Blood Vessels, Consumption, 66
9 2 12001
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Deaths registered in the Town of Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
DATE OF DEATH.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Years.
M'ths.
Days.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Mar. 29, April 2
Edw. Francis McGrady, .
2
2
2
Lung Fever, .
Weymouth.
Edmund Connell, .
1
1
19
Congestion of Brain,
Weymouth.
19,
Elizabeth Nash,
78
-
Cancer,
Sunderland.
23,
Thomas French,
-
1
21
Consumption,
Weymouth.
July 4,
Michael Henessay, .
3
1
8
-
Weymouth.
Aug. 17,
Herbert F. White, .
8
5
12
Canker and Dysentery, Typhoid Fever,
Weymouth.
Sept.
25,
Elmer Lowell, .
5
10
Typhoid Fever,
Weymouth.
Oct.
28,
Earnest Lowell,
3
7
Nov.
12,
John Hickey, .
7
5
17
Diphtheria, Throatail, 66
Weymouth.
18,
Elizabeth Ann Dempsey,
2
8
22
Weymouth.
28,
Mary Louisa Whelan,
2
11
-
Diphtheria, .
Weymouth.
-
Bronchitis,
Weymouth.
Weymouth.
25,
William H. Orcutt,
Unknown,
Weymouth.
Dec.
10,
Ann Maria Hughs, .
2
-
12
14
Weymouth.
25,
Patrick W. Calman,
The above is a copy of a portion of the original record of Deaths.
E. GRANVILLE PRATT, Town Clerk.
[We take this opportunity to request Sextons, Undertakers, and all others making returns of deaths to Clerk's Office, to write all names in full; also to write the same in a plain hand. It is also desirable to have the names of deceased returned as spelled by the family of the deceased, as different families spell the same name differently.]
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Bartholomew Smith,
8
23,
Willie O. Blanchard,
5
-
Weymouth. Stoughton.
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LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS
FOR 1861.
TOWN CLERK. JAMES BATES, 3d.
TREASURER. GILMAN BURRELL.
SELECTMEN.
ALLEN VINING, JAMES HUMPHREY.
ASSESSORS.
QUINCY L. REED,
ELBRIDGE G. HUNT, FRANCIS B. BATES.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
SAMUEL CURTIS,
JAMES TIRRELL, LEMUEL TORREY.
N. CANTERBURY,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE. For three years, WILLIAM DYER, D. F. GODDARD,
CORNELIUS TIRRELL.
For one year,
WILLIAM WHITE, LEVI A. ABBOTT.
CONSTABLES.
GEORGE W. WHITE, Jr., B. F. ROBINSON, WILLIAM STODDARD,
WARREN COLSON, JACOB N. BATES.
HIGHWAY SURVEYORS.
JAMES TIRRELL, JASON HOLBROOK, CHARLES HUMPHREY,
DANIEL HUNT, JACOB FRENCH.
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK.
WM. BICKNELL,
LEONIDAS F. PRATT, LOT W. BICKNELL,
EDWIN PRATT,
JOSIAH E. RICE, J. C. FORD,
ALDEN RICHARDS,
FRANCIS H. TILDEN,
LEONARD GARDNER,
BENJ. F. WHITE, NOAH VINING,
JOSEPH D. GARDNER, HENRY DYER, W. H. THOMAS,
J. GOODHUE, JONATHAN TRUFANT, JASON PRATT, FRANKLIN DERBY,
ISAAC N. HOLLIS,
QUINCY L. REED,
BENJAMIN T. DOWSE,
I. L. BLANCHARD,
JOHN O. FOYE,
M. M. BLANCHARD,
W. P. SANBORN,
M. M. LEONARD, THOS. H. HUMPHREY, B. F. SHAW,
HASKEL BOYNTON,
MARTIN DERBY.
A. W. PAINE,
Z. L. BICKNELL,
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FIELD DRIVERS.
WM. BLANCHARD,
HARRISON BICKNELL, ANCIL BURRELL, Jr.,
JOSHUA TORREY,
WILLIAM PIERCE, F. O. CUSHING,
ALBERT JOYCE,
SOLOMON PRATT,
BENJAMIN BURRELL,
CALEB JOY,
FRANCIS RICHARDS, 2d, MOSES FAXON,
WILLIAM HUNT,
I. J. FARREN,
SAMUEL ESTES,
ALBERT TIRRELL, 2d,
JACOB LOVELL, DAVID HOLBROOK,
ELISHA POOL,
LORING O. CLAPP,
LEONARD THOMAS,
DANIEL W. BARROWS,
CHARLES H. LOUD, THOMAS HOLLIS, Jr.,
THOMAS A. KINGMAN,
JOHN R. H. WILLIAMS, PETER SPRAGUE,
THOMAS DERBY, FERDINAND LOUD.
FENCE VIEWERS.
L. D. NORTH, JASON HOLBROOK,
S. P. GUTTISON,
WM. W. RAYMOND,
GEORGE W. HUNTRESS, T. J. BURRELL.
WEIGHER OF VESSELS. WILLIAM RICE.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. GEORGE W. PRATT.
POUND KEEPER. FRANCIS TIRRELL.
FIRE WARDS.
WM. W. RAYMOND, W. W. BARKER,
LOVELL BICKNELL, R. E. DWELLY,
J. B. HOWE, ASA HOLBROOK,
D. S. MURRAY.
TITHINGMEN.
WILLIAM LOUGEE,
N. G. PRATT,
THOMAS BICKNELL, ISAAC LAWRENCE, L. W. BARKER,
ANDREW GARY,
ALBERT JOYCE,
ALFRED HARPER,
SAMUEL COOK,
LORING TIRRELL,.
FRANCIS S. TORREY,
DAVID HOLBROOK,
ROBERT HUNT,
E. S. WRIGHT,
S. R. SMALL,
JOHN T. DOJER,
MARCELLUS CLOUTMAN, ZIBA CHESMAN.
NATH'L BLANCHARD,
AUDITING COMMITTEE. OREN WHITE, GEO. W. HUNTRESS.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES. COLTON BATES.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF
WEYMOUTH.
The School Committee of Weymouth respectfully submit the following Report.
At the commencement of the year your Committee met; and having organized, endeavored to make such arrangements as would best meet the wants of the town, in its new and peculiar situation, as to its districts, the ownership of its school-houses, and the new policy of leaving the entire management of the schools in the hands of the town Committee.
Among the several reforms aimed at, were the following :
1st. To give an equality of school privileges, as far as possible, to all the children of the town.
2d. To pay a uniform price to each of the teachers of the same grade, and to have them, as far as practicable, appointed at a full meeting of the Committee.
The whole Board, consisting of twelve, being so large, a sub-committee consisting of five was appointed to examine teachers and superintend the schools. It was also arranged, that the several Grammar, Mixed, and Intermediate schools should be kept ten months each; the several Primary schools nine months each ; and the several Sub-Primary schools eight months each.
The superintendence of districts number one and two was assigned to S. L. Rockwood, districts number three and ten to E. S. Potter, dis- tricts number four and nine to L. A. Abbott, and districts number five, six, seven, eight and eleven, to J. P. Terry, with the understanding that he might secure the assistance of other members of the Committee, as he should wish. Also, the care of the High School at North Weymouth
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was assigned to Mr. Potter, and the one at South Weymouth to Mr. Terry. The early resignation of Messrs. Mellen and Potter, with the subsequent protracted sickness of Mr. Abbott, rendered it necessary to make many changes as to these arrangements. Mr. Hayes was appointed to the office assigned to Mr. Mellen, and Dr. Gilbert to that assigned to Mr. Potter.
NORTH WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL .- Mr. W. K. Fletcher, who had taught this school so many years, with distinguished success and popularity, having resigned his office as teacher, it was a task of no ordinary difficulty to secure one to fill his place. Also the peculiar location and surroundings of the school rendered this responsibility the more trying. These are such, that the number of pupils wishing to attend the school, will depend more than is ordinarily true of similar schools, upon the tried success and popularity of the teachers.
In due time, after much care, the Committee secured the services of Mr. L. Z. Ferris. The term commenced April 2d. While this school appears much smaller than the one of the previous year, yet so many new scholars, of such different attainments, were admitted with some of the previous scholars of an advanced standing, that as many classes seemed to be required to meet the wants of the latter as the former. In these circumstances the teacher needed an assistant, but the school was so small that your Committee did not feel justified in giving him one. He felt that his task was an arduous one. But with his critical scholarship and great energy, he gave himself to the work. To say that he succeeded in these circumstances, and made the school all that many desired and seemed to expect, would be to say that he was more than human. He performed a vast amount of labor, and was untiring in his exertions to secure the progress of his pupils, and give them a clear and critical understanding of principles and things, and not a mere knowledge of the contents of books. This was the trying term of the school.
The second term commenced September 3d. For some weeks the school seemed to labor under the same difficulties as in the previous term ; then they began gradually to give way. The number of classes . was diminished as far as possible. The teacher made his pupils know and understand that he was worthy of their confidence, and would com- mand their love. And the pupils in their turn soon learned that their teacher was fully competent for his task. Soon the school came into excellent working order.
The closing examination was one of no ordinary excellence. It far exceeded the expectations of its most sanguine friends. It was most critically sustained on the part of the pupils, furnishing clear evidence that the teacher was " apt to teach, and a workman that needeth not to
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be ashamed." An examination where the scholars were so prompt, the answers so far-reaching, and so critically correct, and where so much had been accomplished during the term, proves the school, beyond a doubt, a triumphant success.
For the summer term the whole number of scholars, 46; average attendance, 38. For the winter term the whole number of scholars, 33 ; average attendance, 24.
SOUTH WEYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL .- The Committee deemed them- selves fortunate in being able to retain for this school the services of Mr. Elbridge Torrey, who taught it with such distinguished ability and success the preceding year. Mr. Torrey has fully sustained the high reputation which he had already acquired as an energetic, faithful and thoroughly qualified teacher. The Committee would rather add to, than take from, the commendation that was bestowed upon him in their last year's report. In their judgment he possesses rare qualifications for his work. His government of the school was efficient. The very best order was secured without apparent effort. His instruction was thorough and critical. Being himself a master of principles, he required his pupils to understand them.
The scholars were interested in their studies, and seemed animated by a laudable ambition to excel. Their deportment and recitations were satisfactory to the visiting Committee. They evinced in various ways entire confidence in their teacher, and great respect and affection for him.
The examination at the close of the summer term did not fall below either of those of the preceding year, and received high commendation from the Committee and others. Some of the exercises were of unsur- passed excellence.
The examination at the close of the winter term was in some respects superior to any that had preceded it. Not only was there no failure, but there was a readiness, an accuracy and fullness in answering ques- tions that are rarely witnessed in any school. The scholars exhibited a self-possession and confidence which are sure indications of thoroughness. Great progress had been made by some of the classes in Greek and Latin. The exercises in the higher mathematics were particularly praiseworthy. The improvement in reading was marked. The exami- nation was entirely satisfactory.
The announcement made by the teacher at the close of the exercises, that his connection with the school must terminate, as he had decided to visit Europe for the purpose of travel and study, was received with expressions of sorrow by the scholars and by the Committee. While we regret to lose the services of so accomplished a teacher, we cannot but congratulate him on the opportunity afforded him of foreign travel, and
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also on the satisfaction he must enjoy in the assurance, that he carries with him the esteem and affection of his numerous pupils, the good will and confidence of the Committee with whom he has been connected, and the gratitude of many parents, for his fidelity as an instructor of their children.
FIRST DISTRICT .- Grammar Department .- Your Committee, hoping to benefit another school, and trusting that they should do no injury to this, changed its teacher. It had been taught for several years with great success, by Miss J. Frances Vining. It was now assigned to her sister, Miss H. Maria Vining.
Admitting that the latter is possessed of all the ability and skill of the former, as a teacher, still the pupils for the most part found it difficult to transfer from the former to the latter, that affection that had been so justly won by years of faithful service and kind attentions. Also, to the detriment of the appearance of this school, quite a number of its more advanced scholars left-some to attend the High School, and others to attend no school. It commenced April 16. The order was good. The school-room ever wore a pleasant aspect. Whenever visited it was found in fine working order. The classes excelled in Mathematics, Grammar, Spelling, and in Composition. At the examinations evidence was furnished that the school had made very commendable proficiency.
Summer Term. - The whole number of scholars, 31. Average attendance, 254.
Winter Term .- Whole number of scholars, 33. Average attendance, 24.
Intermediate School .- This was assigned to Miss L. M. Pratt.
The result of this school proves that it could not, in all probability, have been assigned to better hands. She is possessed of many excel- lencies as a teacher, careful to be 'in the right, mild, firm, deliberate, giving the impression that whatever time, labor or patience it may cost, order must be the law of the school. This school was preeminently successful.
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