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66 66 funeral expenses of Mary Canterbury, 7 00
66 Cambridge, aid to Augustus Cushing,
76 50
Salem, aid to Rebecca Tirrell, 19 50
25 07
66 Abington, aid to Osgood Ring,
145 12
State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton, for Lucretia Derby,
171 23
66
for Eliza McCue, .
182 01
66 66 for Hannah Joyce,
169 46
66 66 for Geo. W. Farrar, 24 14
Elnathan Bates, for aid to Esther Bates, . 96 00
John B. Hollis, for aid to his mother,
39 00
Nathaniel Stoddard, for aid to Hannah Pratt,
39 00
Charles E. Hunt, for aid to James Nash, .
48 75
Benjamin Orcutt, for aid to his mother,
39 00
George Evans, for aid to his mother,
14 12
Samuel B. Burrell, for aid to his mother, .
39 00
Betsey Jeffers, for her own support, .
26 00
Catherine Hassett, for aid to herself and children,
60 00
Mary Viger, for aid to herself and children,
20 00
Lois Dyer, for her own support, 20 00
George W. Dyer, for support of family, 4 00
Hannah Raymond, for her own support, .
24 00
Lucinda D. Young, for her own support, . 2 00
Oliver Loud, for aid to widow Leahy and children, 20 00
Lydia Clark, for her own support, 16 05
Willard F. Pool, for support, 5 00
Oliver Loud, aid to family of Michael Higgins, 11 00
Noah Stowell, Jr., aid to family of John Orcutt, 5 18
Noah Stowell, Jr., aid to family of Johanna Healy, 12 00
Perez Loud, for board of Wilbur Osborne, 6 00
Noah Stowell, Jr., aid to J. C. Gotham, 5 04
John Shores, aid to J. C. Gotham, 4 50
for coffin and funeral expenses J. C. Gotham, ·
15 00
Town of Walpole, aid to F. M. Carnes,
38
Paid for coffin and funeral expenses Martin Chessman,
$15 00
J. Binney & Co., goods to Mrs. Ahern, 103 00 66 66 to Ira Raymond, . 26 50
66 66 to Benjamin Hallowell,
8 00
Bicknell Brothers, goods to Benjamin Dyer,
26 43
J. N. Bates, for conveying Geo. W. Farrar to Taunton, S. Curtis, for conveying two State paupers to Bridge- water, .
6 40
Joseph Loud & Co., for coal to Catherine Hassett,
15 90
66 66 66 to Widow Leahy, . 11 00
66 66 66 66 to Lois Dyer,
66
66 66 66 to Johanna Healy, .
10 00
66 66 66
to Margaret Powers,
11 00
66 66 66 66
to Mary Ahern,
13 53
66 66 66 66 to Mrs. Seely,
5 40
66
66 to Mary Smith,
10 00
66
66 66 66 to Michael Higgins,
10 00
66
66
66
66 to Benjamin Dyer,
2 73
66
66
66
66 to E. B. Murphy, .
10 80
wood delivered to Mrs. Richards,
6 75
66 66 to L. Evans,
6 75
Mary H. Peary, support of Seth S. Cushing,
29 50
wood delivered Benjamin Dyer, 6 75
A. S. White, medicine to Benjamin Halowell,
2 00
$1,798 91
Deduct amount received from other towns and individuals,
128 33
$1,670 58
RECAPITULATION.
Cost of support of poor in the house,
$3,129 29
"
out of house,
. 1,670 58
$4,799 87
Less rent of farm,
300 00
$4,499 87
12 15
5 40
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Paupers in the Almshouse from February 1, 1866, to February 1, 1867.
Date.
NAME.
Age.
Discharged.
Weeks.
Days.
Feb. 1,
Betsey Overy, .
84
Died Aug. 11, 1866,
27
2
1,
Sarah Harding, .
70
52
-
1,
Benjamin Torrey,
70
-
-
1.
Polly Torrey,
.
71
52
1,
Samuel Badlam,
63
52
1,
Elisabeth Tirrell,
·
47
52
1,
Mary F. Rosey,
32
52
1.
Henry W. Rosey,
14
52
1,
Wilton S. Rosey,
8
52
1.
Henry C. Bates,
30
52
1.
Alonzo Tirrell, .
27
52
1,
Leroy Tirrell, .
25
52
1.
George Loud, .
25
52
1,
Bridget Drury,. .
12
52
1,
Margaret Drury,
7
52
1,
James E. Ford, .
5
52
1,
Eunice B. Nadell,
25
52
1,
George E. Nadell,
11
52
1,
Clarence W. Nadell, . Hiram Nadell,
5
52
1,
Warren F. Nadell,
2
52
1
1,
Sarah S. Cushing,
36
August 22, 1866, . April 13, 1866,
28
6
1,
Samuel H. Cushing, .
14
10
2
1,
Susan T. Cushing,
9
52
-
1,
Abby E. Cushing,
5
52
1
1,
Harriet A. Cushing, .
3
August 22, 1866, .
15
6
1,
Aroline A. Thayer, ·
12
52
-
1,
Mary A. Thayer,
10
52
17,
Albert Thomas, .
4
March 25, 1866,
7
3
Mar. 12,
Lucy Thayer,
43
46
4
12,
Hiram Thayer, .
18
April 9, 1866,
4
1
Apr. 1,
Stephen Humphrey, . Lydia Mitchell, .
22
April 25, 1866,
3
Oct. 14,
15
4
-
Edward E. Thayer, Different persons,
-
-
16
3
·
-
43
4
4,
70
9
52
1,
52
40
Inventory of Stock, Wood, Hay, Provisions, Farming Tools, &c., Febru- ary 1st, 1867, made by the Town Auditors.
3 cows, . $210 00
1 double harness, . . $30 00
3 heifers, .
150 00
1 harness, 10 00
2 horses, . 300 00
1 yoke of oxen, 270) 00
Old harnesses, 3 00
8 hogs,
200 00
1 robe, 10 00
7 pigs,
60 00
2 halters and blankets, 5 00
2 ox-wagons, .
65 00
7 manure forks, . 5 00
2 ox-carts,
50 00
6 hoes, 2 00
1 ox-sled,
8 00
16 shovels, 16 00
3 ox-yokes,
12 00
8 axes, 8 00
6 ox-chains, .
8 00
3 woodsaws and horses, 4 00
1 hay wagon,
65 00
2 beetles and wages, 3 00
2 horse carts,
115 00
3 picks, 4 50
1 covered wagon,
35 00
1 bench vice, 2 00
1 sleigh,
10 00
1 chest tools, 10 00
2 rollers, 8 00
2 stone-hammers, 7 00
1 drag, 1 00
1 set stone tools, 10 00
2 horse sleds, 2 00
3 iron bars, 6 00
4 ploughs,
30 00
3 ladders, . 3 00
1 Bucklin harrow, . 10 00
1 ice chest, 5 00
2 harrows, 8 00
1 force pump,
8 00
1 mowing machine, 100 00
1 churn,
5 00
1 horse hoe, 4 00
1 horse rake, 6 00
2 scrapers, 15 00
3 whiffletrees & chains, 7 00
2 drag rakes, 1 00
4 rakes, . 1 00
2 hay poles, . 50
6} tons English hay, . 227 50
7 hay forks, . 3 50
6 tons salt hay, . .
120 00
1 hay-cutter, 2 00
Carrots, beets and
5 scythes and snaiths, . 6 00
turnips, 25 00
Manure,
225 00
1 seed sower, 6 00
Wood, .
205 75
2 wheelbarrows, 10 00
Coal, 1 25
Scraps, . 5 00
1 bag shorts,
80
1 winnowing machine, 1 00
55 bushels corn, . 77 00
1 steel rake, . 1 00
5} bushels meal, 7 42
1 swill box, . 12 00
1 cheese press and fix- tures, 9 00
4 baskets and lantern, 4 00
2 bush hooks, 2 00 Steps and pulleys, 3 00
14 hens, 14 00
40 hay caps, ·
20 00
1 grindstone, 4 00
1 corn-sheller, 5 00
3 flails, 2 25
2 cart harnesses, 20 00
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1 onion hoe, . $1 00
500 cabbages, .
$30 00
Flour, .
12 00
5 pair shoes, 8 00
Crackers,
3 25
4 new brooms, 1 50
¿ bbl. onions,
1 25
70 1bs. lard,
10 50
3 bushels beans,
10 00
30 1bs. coffee, .
3 45
90 bushels potatoes,
90 00
37 lbs. fish,
3 00
20 bushels turnips,
6 67
3 gallons molasses, .
2 40
25 lbs. butter,
10 25
7 lbs. sugar, .
1 12
18 lbs. cheese,
3 24
15 lbs. soap,
1 80
220 1bs. beef,
33 00
Salt, .
1 00
500 lbs. pork,
75 00
10 hams,
30 00
1 pair balances,
7 00
$3,286 90
JAMES HUMPHREY, Z. L. BICKNELL, OLIVER LOUD,
14 lbs. tea,
14 00
Overseers of Poor of Weymouth.
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MARRIAGES
Registered in the Town of Weymouth for the year 1866, where one or both parties were residents of Weymouth.
1866.
Jan.
1. Eugene Coty and Susan M. Pratt, both of Weymouth.
7. Nathaniel R. Eells and Effa P. Loud, both of Weymouth.
14. Alexander Gerald and Paulina (Burrell) Simpson, both of Weymouth.
24. Charles Henry Burrell and Lucy E. Lovell, both of Weymouth.
25. Henry Francis Pratt and Caroline H. White, both of Weymouth.
25. Jesse L. Davis and Ann M. Churchill, both of Weymouth. 31. Sylvester Barrows, of Brooklyn, Ct., and Anna M. Wright, of. Weymouth.
Feb. 6. Charles G. Hallett, of Abington, and Bertha Sampson, of Weymouth.
13. Charles E. Churchill and Emma Frances Derby, both of Weymouth.
15. Theophilus Cushing, of Hingham, and Carrie F. Trott, of Weymouth.
17. William Mitchell and Elizabeth Parry, both of Weymouth.
22. George Francis Joy and Laura Ann Pratt, both of Wey- mouth.
23. George F. Swift and Margaret E. Shield, both of Wey- mouth.
25. Charles E. Sprague and Eveline A. Holbrook, both of Weymouth.
25. Alonzo H. Leonard and Kate E. French, both of Wey- moutlı.
28. Samuel M. Holbrook and Susan E. Shaw, both of Wey- mouth.
March 3. Samuel Hilton and Mary A. Bowker, both of Weymouth.
22. David L. French, of Weymouth, and Elizabeth Tilden, of South Scituate.
22. George D. Hayward, of Braintree, and Lydia F. Denton, of Weymouth.
April 9. William Allen Torrey and Ann Elizabeth Groce, both of Weymouth.
22. Jesse Chandler, of North Bridgewater, and Ellen Augusta Clapp, of Weymouth.
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April
29. Marcus Soule, of Middleborough, and Eliza Jane (Murray) Bicknell, of Weymouth.
May 6. John Jordan and Alice (Long) Willis, both of Weymouth.
8. John Parry and Mary E. Shergold, both of Weymouth.
12. Henry B. Raymond and Cemira A. Laughton, both of Weymouth.
16. Ira J. Hunt, of Weymouth, and Susie C. Porter, of North Bridgewater.
17. Augustus Smith, of Townsend, and Lizzie Porter, of Weymouth.
23. Luther J. Pratt and Martha W. Richmond, both of Wey- mouth.
24. Daniel H. Vining and Lydia G. (Holbrook) Colson, both of Weymouth.
27. James Henry Torrey and Martha Jane Stevens, both of Weymouth.
June 2. Franklin Whitten, of Weymouth, and Julia A. (Bates) Lowell, of Hanover.
13.
3. Samuel S. Foye and Clara E. Wales, both of Weymouth. Charles O. Green, of Shrewsbury, and Elizabeth T. Torrey, of Weymouth.
14. William S. Wallace, of Braintree, and Ella M. Hunt, of Weymouth.
17 William C. Nash, of Weymouth, and Rebecca M. Lap- ham, of Quincy.
24. Ezra Wilder, Jr., and Helen M. Cowing, both of Wey- mouth.
July
1. John William Dee and Margaret E. Carroll, both of Weymouth.
10. Erastus Nash and Mary Frances Chessman, both of Weymouth.
23. Corcellus H. Hackett, of Boston, and Helen Elizabeth Humphrey, of Weymouth.
Aug.
12. Jeremiah Lery and Rose Ann Creaton, both of Weymouth.
19. Timothy Brosnah and Bridget Sheehan, both of Weymouth.
19. Dennis Foley, of Braintree, and Margaret Fennell, of Weymouth.
Sept.
2. Isaac Clapp and Ann Gates, both of Weymouth.
2. Isaac N. Tirrell and Adaline (Phillips) Pratt, both of Weymouth.
23. Florence Shea and Ellen Hannifin, both of Weymouth.
6. Charles Henry Thayer and Fannie Newton, both of Weymouth.
Oct.
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Oct.
7. Bradford T. Howard, of Litchfield, Me., and Ellen M. Lindsey, of Weymouth.
7. Hugh Cronin and Hannah Casey, both of Weymouth.
14. Edward F. Linton and Julia A. Baker, both of Weymouth.
24. William H. Robinson, of Plymouth, and Annie B. Loud, of Weymouth.
Nov. 31. Frederick E. Cook and Alice M. Bates, both of Weymouth.
4. Edward Fraher and Johanna McGrath, both of Wey- mouth.
4. William Henry Moran and Johanna Tobin, both of Wey- mouth.
7. Frederick U. Corson, of Melrose, and Caroline Everson, of Weymouth.
14. Marsaniello Collier and Mary Abbie Nash, both of Wey- mouth.
18. Warren W. Barker, of Weymouth, and Sarah C. (Baker) Sprague, of Marshfield.
18. George Warren Blanchard and Margaret E. Irish, both of Weymouth.
27. James McSweeney, of Braintree, and Hannah Husband, of Weymouth.
27. George Henry Loud and Ellen Maria Gardner, both of Weymouth.
29.
A. Elliot Vining and Martha A. White, both of Weymouth.
12. Isaac N. Bunker, of Trenton, Me., and Sarah M. Foye, of Weymouth.
Dec.
19. Ai Harrison Spaulding and Amanda Maria Ballou, both of Weymouth.
22. Lewis E. Bradford, Jr., of Duxbury, and Sarah W. Pratt, of Weymouth.
25. Zenas M. Thompson and Katie Joy, both of Weymouth
26. Everett Baldwin and Anstrus Lowell, both of Weymouth.
30. George S. Hunt and Susan E. Pedman, both of Weymouth.
30. F. Benton Tirrell and Helen E. Bailey, both of Weymouth.
31. Henry W. Maxim and Lizzie A. Rice, both of Weymouth.
A true copy of the original record of the above items.
Attest :
FRANCIS AMBLER, Town Clerk.
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DEATHS
Registered in the Town of Weymouth for the Year 1866.
AGE.
Date of Deatlı.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Jan. 1,
Abram Thayer,
.
74
-
Unknown,
Braintree.
8,
Horatio Whitney, .
74
2
8
Cancer,
9,
Bridget Morrill,
2
6
Disease of Brain,
Weymouth.
13,
Child of James H. and
Elizabeth E. Clapp, .
-
2
6
6
15,
Child of Edward A. and Hannah Y. Joy, .
1
1
1
Stillborn, .
19,
Child of Albert and Ma- rinda Burrell,
Martin Eld'ge Haskins,
2
1
Congestion of Lungs,
27,
Benj. D. Vining,
40
8
21
3
18
Inflammat'n of Bowels,
1,
Michael Killion, Michael Ryan,
-
1
14
Fever, .
Margaret H. Hennessy,
1
21
Not given,
12, 13,
John Blanchard, .
60
2
15,
Horace Nash, .
2
13,
Lizzie Evans, .
17
6
9
Lung Fever, Fits, .
19,
Moses Beaulieu,
29
4
Consumption, .
Canada.
20, 2,
Willie C. Stoddard, Samuel H. Gardner,
6 00
4
Lung Fever,
- 22,
Solomon Keen,
·
5
9
5
Lung Fever,
Weymouth.
27,
7
-
Scrofula, .
28,
- Mar.
28, 4, 5,
1 31 85
1
2
Erysipelas,
13,
Lucy C. Vining,
4 5
9
Diphtheria,
18,
Francis F. Barnes, Freddie W. Tirrell, Child of Wm H. and Mary W. Goodwin, .
-
4
.
26,
Stillborn, .
46
8
29
Inflammat'n of Bowels,
Boston. Weymouth.
Apr. - 6,
3,
.
89 60
8
24
Pneumonia,
18, - 18, 19,
Albert C. Hayden, . Catherine E. Mulchy, Ann Lynch,
28
1
7
Consumption, . Very suddenly,
Weymouthı. 66
20,
29, 2,
Louisa R. B. Raymond, Edwin Church,
45 30
7 MINI 5
-
Diphtheria,
.
Gustavus L. White,
34
-
-
2
85
7
28
13,
58
9
16
Old Age, . Lung Fever,
Marshfield.
14,
B. and Lavina Pratt, . Fannie E. S. Redman, . Ruth (Euell) Sherman, . John Casey, .
55
3
23
Cancer,
England.
71
4
10
Lung Fever,
Marshfield.
30
1
Consumption, . Erysipelas,
Weymouth.
22, 28, 29,
Henry Thomas Orr, .
16
4
1
Drowned,
11
3
2
31,
Sylvanus C. Holbrook, . Harriet M. Bartlett, ·
14
9
Dis. of Heart and Lungs, Diphtheria,
Boston. 66
6,
William Carroll, Jr.,
.
9
11
8 1 00 1 00
Stillborn, .
66
14,
Margaret A. Fennell, .
Emma Fredette,
25,
Daniel Murphy2
9
.
25,
Feb.
1,
Hannah Y. Joy,
Hingham. Ireland.
3, 8, 9,
Charles E. Baker, . Lydia S. Burrell,
3
6
29
Diphtheria,
7
-
Slow Fever,
25 Ment. Aberat'n, suicide, 3 Not given,
18,
Emma Sidaway, .
-
-
11
Diphtheria,
Weymouth. Plymouth.
79
10
23
Apoplexy,
Pembroke.
26,
Mary A. Mclaughlin, Sarah J. B. Coffin, . Frederick W. Geyer, Clarissa Shaw, Henry T. Bailey, . Sarah A. B. Sidaway,
23 27 73
9
·
1
Pleuro-Pneumonia, Paralysis,
Boston. Weymouth.
1
Consumption, .
England. Weymouth.
28, 29.
John C. Gotham, . Susan Ellen Dunbar, Polly (Porter) Evans, John McGovern, . Sarah A. C. Borden,
7
26
Consumption, .
·
32
Bowel Complaint, .
Ireland. Randolph.
-
7
18
15
Inflammat'n of Bowels, Cancer,
" Middleboro'. Marshfield. Weymouth. 66
4, 6, 9, 10, 13,
Cynthia B. Cowing,
79 ·
23
Congestion of Lungs, Consumption, .
Consumption,:
Hannah W. Sampson, . Twin children of Francis
*
Weymouth.
16, 16,
21,
Josiah B. Pratt,
.
37
6
1
29,
Thomas Fleming, . .
- 52
5
3 - 9 1 00 0 1 1 00 1
Stillborn, . Croup,
66
23,
Drowned,
Ireland. Weymouth.
46
Dropsy, .
.
Weymouth. Braintree. Weymouth.
3
·
.
23
·
·
14
Pneumonia,
13,
3
·
3
11
May
Zenas C. Stetson, Jr., .
·
Eddie Gideon Miller, Joshua Pratt, .
·
* One hour.
Ireland.
.
Killed by accident,
Weymouth. Hanover.
Drowned,
46
Deaths registered in the Town of Weymouth-Continued.
AGE.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
May 31, June 2,
Martin Chessman,
68
3
9
Congestion of Brain,
Hannorah G. Keating,
44
-
-
Consumption, .
.
9,
Owen Smith, .
Andrew J. Baker, .
33
9
13
Lung Fever,
.
13,
M J. E. Writhington, .
1
11
16
Teething,
Weymouth.
4,
Child of Morris & Cathe- rine Fitzgerald, .
-
1
-
Stillborn, .
14,
Child of Eugene and Susan M. Cotey, .
1
14,
John Gilligan,
18
8
01 6
Typhoid Fever,
·
20,
Margaret Hepburn,
14
8
10
Consumption, .
Plymouth.
---
26,
William C. Tirrell, .
46
2
2
Suicide by hanging,
.
Weymouth.
27,
James Harris Moulton, Francis Tufts, . .
78
2
20
July
1,
Hannorah G. Caten,
45
1
Consumption, .
.
1
2
1
34
1
7,
John O'Donnell,
.
81
17
Erysipelas,
Abington.
7, 10,
Mary (Shaw) Pratt, Catherine B. T. Perry, . Julia Coffey, .
78
10
17
Consumption, .
Boston.
14,
George Edward Huff, .
1
1
8
Weymouth.
26,
Cornelius Smith, .
1
G
3
Convulsions, .
28, 1, 1,
. Nathan Dexter Hawes,
9
-
1, |William T. Hancock,
45
11
8
7,
-
9
27
11
19 1
Old Age, .
11,
4
21
Consumption, .
₩12,
6
23
Typhoid Fever,
13.
7
20
Dysentery,
20,
Charles W. Jones, . Melissa Slason,
2
12
Consumption, .
24
Huldalı Smith,
72
6
7
2
Cholera Infantum, .
26,
Mary (Binney) Davis,
10
26
Rupture of Heart, . Consumption, .
66
-
4
27
10
19
7
18 6
9
14
1
3
Paralysis,
.
20,
Mary B. W. Curtis,
1
74
1
50
Heart Disease,
Bridgewater.
23,
David Lovell, .
68
5
23
General Debility,
29,
Charles H. Burrell,
1
14
Canker,
Oct. 5,
Child of Edward and Ann M. Noland, .
1
4
7,
Mary T. M. Healey, Benjamin F. Pratt,
29
12
Consumption, .
12,
Charles W. Sampson,
-
23 -
Stillborn, .
16,
Alice Peakes, .
15
1
15
Diabetes, .
·
++19,
Sarah S. Littlefield,
78
1
1
7
46
8
6-4
-
3,
7,
Ellen Kahill, .
6
7,
Ellen Cahill,
John McCarthy,
3
11
Croup,
15,
Sally Lewis, ·
77
12
Old Age, .
Hingham.
.
-
23
18
Consumption, .
.
Weymouth.
6,
S. Wesley Blanchard, Mary Lonisa French, Michael Carey,
·
·
7,
.
Ireland.
8
20
Boston.
17,
Charles H. Shaw, .
21
6
23
76
0
16
Consumption, . Dropsy on Brain, . Teething,
Marshfield. Weymouth. Quincy.
4,
Weymouth. 66
· 9,
11,
Mary Delight Stoddard, Snsan A. Clapp, Leonard W. Stowell,
.
10
-
Cholera Infantum, .
25,
Hattie Belle Lyon,
-
Abington. Weymouth.
Sept. 1, 1,
8.
-
2
Cholera Infantum, . Teething,
8, 13,
Hannah S. Foye, .
61 24
15
Consumption, . Cancer, ·
Plympton.
21, - 21,
Abner W. Paine, .
Randolph.
John G. Orcutt,
- 8
8
6
· Consumption, .
Braintree. Weymouth.
12
Child of Mary Delaney,
1
19,
Merton Hayden,
2
23
20,
Florence Ada Powers,
19 9
- 28,
Adaline L. B. Loud,
Willard F. Pool,
Child of George F. and Ann M. Hayden, .
Stillborn, .
66
.
৳ Aug.
Persis P. C. Weston,
Parmelia Sutton, John Edward Keohane, Cassins M. Blanchard, . Betsey Overy, .
22 84
- 52
6 Not given. Weymouth.
20,
-
27,
Frank Ernest White, Warren B. Bates, . Lottie A. L. Sampson, Elizabeth Stack, Frank L. Loring, .
21
Inflammat'n of Bowels,
66
-
20
Consumption, .
·
Springfield.
29,
Boston.
Ireland.
3,
·
6 2 9912
17
G
Weymouth.
17,
G. Clarence Berry, .
.
19
1
Consumption, .
.
Weymouth. Ireland. 66
₩+ 12,
Maine.
=
Stillborn, .
Ireland.
-
17
Apoplexy,
Congestion of Brain, Consumption, . Drowned.
18
Ireland.
·
-
8 12 Softening of Brain, Bowel Complaint, . Cholera Infantum, . Consumption, . .
-
N. Hampshire.
Weymouth. 66
** 11,
6 1
Consumption, .
66
66
- Nov. 2,
Water on the Brain, Disease of Liver, . 2 Softening of Brain, 13
7
11,
-
66
47
Deaths registered in the Town of Weymouth-Concluded.
AGE.
Date of Death.
Name of Deceased.
Years.
Mos.
Days.
Disease or Cause of Death.
Place of Birth.
Nov. 17,
19,
Rhoda L. Butterfield, Child of James & Cathe- rine Kelly,
71
9
26
Catarrhal Consumption,
Braintree.
Dec.
8,
Fannie Webb,
6
5
24
Diphtheria,
-11,
Simeon Makepeace,
73
9
16
Cancer,
.
Raynham.
14,
Chandler P. Chandler,
61
10
22
Consumption, .
.
Duxbury.
15,
Child of Philip & Brid- get Ryan,
-
-
Stillborn,.
Weymouthı.
19,
Ellen E. McLaughlin, :
33
11
26
Consumption, .
Ireland.
21,
Sarah T. Jackson, .
80
2
9
Pneumonia,
Middleboro'.
₩26,
Abner Holbrook, Jr.,
25
1
12
Consumption, .
Weymouth. 66
31,
Emma Louisa Bean,
15
1
20
.
1865.
Feb. 14,
Mary V. Holbrook,*
1
10
Hemorrhage of Bowels,
66
Apr. 14,
Charles Preston Clapp,*
24
5
10
Consumption, .
.
May 26,
Rebecca Cushing, *.
84
-
Old Age, .
·
June 23,
Eliphaz Tirrell,* . .
63
4
5
Typhoid Dysentery,
66
* Omitted in last year's Report.
A true copy of the original record of Deaths.
Attest,
FRANCIS AMBLER, Town Clerk.
BIRTHS IN 1866.
Whole number of births registered in Weymouth, .
287
Number of births where both parents were natives of the United States,
. 161
Number of births where fathers were natives of the United States and mothers foreign, .
7
Number of births where mothers were natives of the United States and fathers foreign, 9
Number of births where both parents were foreign, 108 Number of. births where the parents' nativity was unknown, · 2 ·
287
Number of births where both parents were natives of Weymouth, .
26
Excess of births over deaths, .
. 145
-
Stillborn,.
Weymouth.
28,
Emel'e W. T. Holbrook,
35
1
Consumption, .
.
-
Attest,
FRANCIS AMBLER, Town Clerk.
REPORTS
OF THE
School Committee and Superintendent,
FOR THE YEAR
1 8 6 6 - 7
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee of the Town of Weymouth would respectfully submit the following Report :
After having completed their organization by the choice of a chairman and secretary, the Committee proceeded to organize the schools upon a system substantially in accordance with that of the previous year. There were established fourteen pri- mary, ten intermediate, and six grammar, which, with the two mixed schools, one mixed grammar and one mixed interme- diate, and the two high schools, made an aggregate of thirty- four schools throughout the town.
The entire sum appropriated by the town for the support of the schools during the year was $12,000. With the usual difficulty attending the subject, a division of this money was effected in such a manner that the teachers of the primary schools should receive $24 a month; of the intermediate, $26; and of the grammar schools taught by females, $32 a month. On account of the peculiar constitution of the grammar schools in the third and ninth districts, there being a larger number than usual of older scholars in attendance upon these schools, it was deemed advisable that they should be taught by male teachers, and an appropriation for each of $56 a month was accordingly made. The grammar school in the ninth dis- trict, however, was taught but a part of the year by a male teacher, he having been succeeded by a female teacher at the beginning of the fall term, receiving the same pay per month as other female teachers in town. The salaries of the teachers of the high schools, North and South, were fixed at $950 per annum.
The Committee were instructed, by vote of the town, to employ a superintendent, at a salary not exceeding $1,000 per annum. The selection of a competent person for this
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position was not unattended with difficulties. An offer made to a former teacher in this town was declined. After consid- erable inquiry, the Committee made choice of Mr. Francis M. Dodge, of Wenham, a gentleman known to have been an experienced and successful teacher, and one highly recommended as a person well fitted for the performance of the duties of superintendent of our schools.
The schools at the beginning of the year had the faults which naturally result from a frequent change in the mode of their management, and from the want of one controllling and organizing mind. In many of them there was much confusion in the order in which the recitations were conducted. The system of instruction in all the schools throughout the town was far from being uniform, and a variety of text-books was made use of which were unauthorized by the standing rules of the Committee. The superintendent, acting with the advice of the Committee, among other things has endeavored to remedy these deficiencies. Nor has he been wanting in success. Coming among us a stranger, both to the people and the wants of the schools, he has not sought to make any radical changes in the mode of our school instruction, but he has faithfully and efficiently discharged the duties of his office, and by his kindly suggestions to teachers and scholars, and by the generous enthusiasm imparted to them, has elevated to a considerable degree the general tone and character of our schools.
We think that it has been shown by the experience of the past year, that for the successful management of the large number of the schools in this town, a superintendent is neces- sary. A change, in itself, is not desirable. One of the great faults in the management of our schools during the past few years, has been the practice of passing from one system to another, from year to year. Even an erroneous system, uni- formly carried out, sometimes works less injury than a fickle and changing policy. Much more may we expect that the mode of management at present adopted will work out substan- tial results, if once permanently established. We therefore recommend the appointment of the present superintendent for another year, even if, in securing his services, an increased appropriation may be rendered necessary.
The closing examinations of all the schools, with the excep-
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tion of the two high schools, were conducted privately, each school being examined by the superintendent aud that member of the Committee having it in charge. The special report of the superintendent is, based upon these examinations. This arrangement, with a public exhibition, conducted by the teachers personally, has been found to be useful and effective.
The Committee would recommend the continuance of the two high schools in the north and south parts of the town, as at present established ; and that these and the other schools may not fail of success from want of means to retain or secure competent teachers, would also recommend the appropriation of the sum of $13,500, for their support during the ensuing year.
The town, at the last annual meeting, appropriated for the support and management of the schools, a larger sum than in any previous year, and the question may now be fairly asked, Have the schools been conducted with a success commensurate with this increased expenditure ? For a more particular answer to this question, we would refer to the subjoined report the superintendent ; but it may here be stated in general of terms that, with some few individual exceptions, the public schools were never more entitled to the confidence of the community than at the present time.
In behalf of the Committee,
GEO. M. REED, Secretary.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
To the School Committee of Weymouth :-
GENTLEMEN,-It is not deemed necessary to consume time in a formal introduction of a recently appointed official, either to his patrons in general or to his more immediate constituents, or to make any display of pretentions. It is proper, however, to say that the present incumbent is neither a spy nor a critic, merely, but has sought to make himself familiar with the schools as they are, and with their teachers and guardians, as co-laborers, seeking and cultivating friendly relations. The schools have been visited and acquaintances formed, not for the purpose of passing harsh judgments or of indulging in censo- rious criticisms, but to learn their actual condition ; to judge of the efficiency of the teachers, to scan their methods of instruction, to learn whether the products of the school-room are real or fanciful, whether the mind is being strengthened- the great object of education-or merely burdened with vague theories and wordy knowledge, whether lessons are merely recited, or the principles fixed in the mind-made a part of itself. It has been interesting and profitable to know to what extent pupils love study, and the teachers, the work of mould- ing tender minds, and to what extent fear controls or love attracts ; to ascertain the amount of sterling industry, how much is substance and how much is only shadow, to what extent Progress is the watch-word of all, and what are the relations of the teachers and pupils, whether they are those of the master and servant or those naturally existing between parents and children.
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