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The sum of $1,000 paid yearly, in addition to the annual interest on the full amount of the loans ($75,000) will extin- guish the debt in 27 1-2 years.
The result would be the same, whether we invest $1,000 yearly in a sinking fund, or apply the same sum directly, to the payment of the debt.
As the subject is of some importance, we recommend that it be referred to a Committee, with instructions to report at the next Town Meeting.
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CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
The Selectmen have examined the Town Treasurer's record of payments and receipts, and found it correct. The following is his report :-
THE TOWN OF SCITUATE IN ACCOUNT WITH ROLAND TURNER, TREASURER.
DR.
To am't of orders paid, drawn by Selectmen of 1868-69, $2 00
To am't of orders paid, drawn by Select- men of 1869-70, 415 82
To am't of orders paid, drawn by Select . men of 1870-71, 12,559 59
$12,977 41 Cash paid State Treasurer, State tax,$2,575 00
County Treasurer, County tax,
1,293 96
3,868 96
Treasurer of Cohasset and Duxbury, Railroad Corporation, $45,000 00 45,000 00
To cash paid for negotiating loan,
100 00
100 00
Paying notes due from the town, as follows :
$61,946 37
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NAMES OF PAYEES
DATE OF NOTE PRINCIPAL
INT.
AMOUNT.
Hosea V. Orcutt,
Aug. 28, '67,
$250 00
$9 18
$259 18
Hosea V. Orcutt,
Dec. 18, '67,
250 00
3 88
253 88
George C. Lee,
Aug. 24, '69,
540 00
1 57
541 57
George C. Lee,
Aug. 14, '67,
100 00
45
100 45
Francis B. Lee,
Sept. 1, '67,
250 00
34
250 34
Francis B. Lee,
July 10, '69,
200 00
2 29
202 29
Stephen Litchfield,
Mar. 2, '68,
1,500 00
6 04
1,506 04
George C. Lee,
July 10, '69,
400 00
68
405 68
Ezekiel Jones,
Jan. 1, '68,
700 00
11 29
711 29
Charles Bates,
Aug. 7, '67,
500 00
7 75
507 75
Mary Ann Clements,
Aug. 19, '69,
2,000 00
120 00
2,120 00
H. F. Vinal, &
Aug. 29, "70,
15,000 00
15,000 00
G. H. Weatherbee, S
George L. Curtis,
Jan. 17, '68,
100 00
7 00
107 00
George C. Lec,
Sept. 1, '67,
300 00
16 51
316 51
Bennett D. Studley,
Jan. 24, '68,
150 00
10 92
160 92
Totals, $22,240 00 $202 90 $22,442 90 $22,442 90
To cash paid for interest on notes, as follows :
TIME TO WHICH
NAMES OF PAYEES.
PRINCIPAL.
INTEREST HAS BEEN PAID.
AMOUNT.
Eunice Rodgers,
$175 00 July 22, 1870.
$10 50
John Marsh,
400 00 Jan. 1, 1871.
28 00
Salem Savings Bank,
4,000 00 Jan. 26, 1871.
280 00
Atwood L. Dunbar,
300 00 Oct. 20, 1870.
21 00
Otis Briggs,
1,000 00 Nov. 10, 1870.
70 00
Shadrach B. Curtis,
450 00 Jan. 1, 1871.
. 50
Scituate Savings Bank,
8,870 00 March 2, 1871.
620 90
George C. Lee,.
200 00 Dec. 29, 1870.
14 00
Mary F. Gilbert,
1,000 00 Jan. 1, 1871.
70 00
George M. Young
200 00 Jan. 6, 1871.
21 00
Hosea V. Orcutt,.
200 00 March 8, 1871.
14 00
George C. Lee,
250 00 Dec .. 18. 1870.
8 75
Francis B. Lee,
175 00 Dec. 18, 1870.
6 13
George C. Lee,
800 00 Nov. 4, 1870.
28 00
Elizabeth Litchfield,
200 00 Oct. 5, 1870.
21 00
$1,244 78
'To cash paid for interest on money borrowed and paid,
24 12
$24 12
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1870,
2,267 70
2,267 70
To amount of fees for collecting taxes,
188 43
188 43
To cash on hand, March 6, 1871, to balance,
4,380 56
4,380 56
$92 494 86
$92,494 86
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CONTRA CR.
By cash on hand March 6, 1870, $5,803 01 $5,803 01 Received from the State, as follows :
For State Aid of 1864 to 1868, 66
82 00
1869,
1,122 00
1,204 00
Corporation tax,
468 07
468 07
Rent of Armory to May 1, 1870,
33 33
33 33
Town's share of school fund,
221 87
221 87.
By cash from County-dog license fund,
105 06
105 06
C. M. Jenkins, for interest on note,
6 00
6 00
Town of Marshfield for law expenses,
70 11
70 11
E. C. Gardner, rent of Armory room,
30 00
30 00
Town of Cohasset, for Josiah Mann,
1 50
1 50
Sale of two fish rights,
14 75
14 75
$7,957 70
By cash from the following named persons, or Institutions, for which notes have been given :-
Names of Payees. Date of Note. Amount.
Hosea V. Orcutt, March 8, 1870,
$200 00
George C. Lee, May, 4, 1870,
800 00
George C. Lee, June 18, 1870,
250 00
Francis B. Lee, June 18, 1870,
· 175. 00
Theodore Clement, Aug. 19, 1870,
2,000 00
H. F. Vinal & G. H. Weatherbec, Aug. 29, 1870,
$15,000 00
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, Oct. 29, 1870, 15,000 00
Provincetown Seaman's Savings Bank, Feb.
14, 1871, 30,000 00 63,425 00
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By taxes of 1866, collected,
$4 62
1867, 66
55 07
1868,
81 12
1869,
2,299 88
2,440 69
1870, for collection,
18,671 47
18,671 47
$92,494 86
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
Scituate, March 6, 1871.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, MARCH 6, 1871.
Debts (excluding Railroad Loans.)
Due for outstanding orders of 1870-71, $1,205 82 $1,205 82
Due for widening Kent street, 35 86
Due to Chandler Clapp, for labor on . highway, 14 39 50 25
Due to J. W. Morris, for board of two paupers from Jan. 23, 39 00
Due to Taunton hospital, board of three paupers from Jan. 1, 1871, 87 50
Due to E. & H. Jenkins, for aid to E. Jenkins, March 1, 50
Due to B. Brown, Jr., for supplies to John Ellms, 4 00
131 00
Due to S. L. Young for teaching Har- bor school, 80 00
Due to Mary F. Perry for teaching West school, 80 00
Due to Clara F. Litchfield, for assistant teacher in West school, 26 00 186 00
20
Due for Expense of Commission on H. and Q. bridges, estimated, Due for Repairs of H. and Q. bridges, if allowed by the Commissioners,
$170 00 $170 00
241 20
241 20
Amount of sundries,
$1,984 27
Due, also, notes and interest as follows :
NAMES OF PAYEES.
PRINCIPAL. DATE OF NOTE.
INTEREST TO
INTEREST PAID DUE MAR. 6, 1871.
Eunice Rodgers,
$175 00 July 20, 1865,
July 20, 1870,
$6 54
Daniel Ford,
100 00 May 7, 1867,
May 7, 1869,
12 83
John Marsh,
400 00 July 1,
Jan. 1 1871,
5 05
Salem Savings Bank,
4,000 00 July 26, 300 00 Oct. 20,
Jan. 26,
31 05
Atwood L. Duhbar,
Oct. 20, 66
7 93
Otis Briggs,
1,000 00 Nov. 10, " 450 CO Jan. 1, 1868,
Jan. 1. 1871,
5 68
Scituate Savings Bank,
8,870 00 Mar. 2, 66
Mar. 2, 66
6 82
Elizabeth Litchfield,
200 00 April 5, 1869,
Oct. 5, 1870,
5 84
George C. Lee,
200 00 June 29,
Dec. 29, "
2 60
John Bradford,
100 00 June 30,'
George M. Young,
200 00 July 6, <<
Jan. 6. 1871,
33
Mary F. Gilbert,
1,000 00 Jan. 1, 1870,
Jan. 1,
12 63
Hosea V. Orcutt,
200 00 Mar. 8, 66
Mar. 8, 44
George C. Lee,
800 00 May 4, 66
Nov. 4, 1870,
$ 16 53
George C. Lec,
250 00 June 18, “
Dec. 18, “
3 79
Francis B. Lee,
175 00 June 18, “
Dec. 18, "
2 62
Theodore Clement,
2,000 0C Aug. 19, “
65 64
Amount of Principal,
$20,420 00
Am't of Int.,
$222 20
SUMMARY OF DEBTS.
Due for sundries, brought forward, $1,984 27
$1,984 27
Principal of notes, 20,420
Interest on notes,
222 20
20,642 20
Total debts (excluding railroad loans,) $22,626 47 $22,626 47
Nov. 10, 1870,
22 54
Shadrach B. Curtis,
11 78
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RESOURCES.
Cash in the hands of the Treasurer, $4,380 56 $4,380 56
Uncollected taxes of 1868, 238 03
..
1869, 316 84
66 1870, 2,267 70 2,822 57
Value of property in liquor agent's hands, 70 91 70 91
Security on house of C. M. Jenkins, 103 70 103 70
Due from from the State as follows :
For State Aid of 1864, to 1868, 222 60 From Jan. 1, 1870, to March 1, 1870, 191 00
From March 1, 1870, to Jan. 1, 1871, 896 00
From Jan. 1, 1871, to March 1, 1871, 158 00
1,467 60
12 55
Due from S. Scituate, for tuition of children, 12 55 Due from Hingham, Weymouth and Quincy, for amount advanced to pay Commissioners, 515 00
515 00
Value of building, tools, &c., used on Neck
road, 117 00
117 00
Total resources, $9,489 89
$9,489 89
SUMMARY , OF DEBT.
Amount of debts, $22,626 47
of resources, $9,489 89
Increased by amount paid for negotiating Railroad loan, transferred to rail- road account, 100 00
$9,589 89
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Balance, debt of the town, March 6, 1871, excluding railroad loans, $13,036 58
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COMPARISON OF DEBTS OF 1870 AND 1871.
The debt of March 6, 1870, was estimated at, $14,428 08 This should be corrected by the addition of the loss on uncollected taxes of 1862 to 1868, valued at that time, at $147.54, but of which $59.69 only, have been collected, the bal- ance being considered worthless. Loss, $87 85
Add, also, amount of over-estimate on Law expense due from Marshfield, 11 00
Making the actual debt at that time, $14,526 93 Deduct the amount of ordinary debt, March 6, 1871, $13,036 58
$98 85
Balance, Decrease of Ordinary Debt, $1,490 35,
RAILROAD LOANS.
Contracted to pay for 750 shares in the capital stock of the Cohasset and Duxbury Railroad Corporation. .
RAILROAD DR.
To Loans for which Treasurer's Notes have been given as fol- lows :
H. F. Vinal and Geo. H. Weatherbee, Aug. 29, 1870, $15,000, $15,000 00
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Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, Oct. 29, 1870, $15,000, for five years, at 7 per cent., and interest, $370.42, $15,370 42 Provincetown Seamans' Savings Bank, Feb. 14, 1871, $30,000, for ten years, at 7 per cent., and interest, $115 07, $30,115 07
Totals, principal, $60,000 ; interest, $485.49, $60,485 49
CR.
By payment of Note to H. F. Vinal and Geo. H. Weatherbee, Oct. 29, 1870, $15,000 00
Balance, amount of liabilities, $45,485 49
Add expense of negotiating loan, trans- ferred from ordinary debt account, 100 .00
Total expense of Railroad shares to March 6,1871, $45,585 49
ORDINARY
AND RAILROAD DEBTS, COMBINED.
To the ordinary debt of the town, March 6,1871, $13,036 58
Add interest on railroad loans and ex- pense, $585 49
Add, also, assessments without deduction
for value of shares in railroad, 45,000 00
---- $45,585 49
And the total debt of the town is,
$58,622 07
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LIQUOR AGENCY, B. BROWN, JR., AGENT.
TOWN DR.
Feb. 4, 1871, To cash paid for stock to date, $505 02
expressing, 23 20
66 " salary one year, 35 00
" balance due the town, 25 11
$588 33
CR.
Feb. 4, 1870, By cash on hand, $16 03
Feb. 4, 1871, ". " from sales to date, 572 30
$588.33
STOCK ACCOUNT.
DR.
Feb. 4, 1870, To amount on hand, $39 95
Feb. 4, 1871, "
bought to date, 528 22
66 " balance, profit on sales, 44 13
$612 30
CR.
Feb. 4, 1871, By amount of sales to date,
$572 30
" stock on hand, at cost, 40 00
$612 30
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PROFIT.
Profit on sales,
Deduct expense of salary,
$44 13 35 00
Balance, net profit,
$9 13
Value of property, Feb., 4 1871, cash,
$25 11
stock at cost, 40 00
fixtures, 5 80
Total, $70 91
Value of property, Feb. 4, 1870, 1
61 78
Gain, $9 13
ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1871.
For removing snow,
$2,000 00
Incidentals for schools,
150 00
Support of the poor,
1,750 00
Repairs of public buildings,
350 00
Repairs of roads and bridges,
1,500 00
Repairs of Neck road,
500 00
Rebuilding Little's bridge,
1,400 00
Town officers,
$550 00
Printing, stationery and postage,
120 00
Abatement of Taxes,
400 00
Interest on ordinarydebt,
1,450 00
Interest on railroad debt,
4,500 00
Collection of Taxes,
225 00
Miscellaneous,
250 00
Amount, (excepting school money,)
$15,145 00
For support of schools,
3,000 00
Total Town grant,
$18,145 00
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Add State Tax, (estimated), " County Tax, 1,300 00
$2,575 00
. Amount to be raised by taxation, $20,020 00 which will probably require a rate of $2.05 per $100 of the valuation of the town,
GEORGE. C. LEE, Selectmen THOMAS TILDEN, of
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, Scituate.
Scituate, March 6, 1871.
The foregoing Report was submitted to the Town at the An- nual Meeting, March 6, and five hundred copies were ordered to be printed. At the meeting, the Town voted to raise $2,800 for the support of Rchools and $3,000 for the Repairs of Roads and Bridges, thus making an addition of $1,300 to the es- timated amount to be raised by taxation, and increasing the rate to $2.18 per $100.
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ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT.
Valuation of the Town of Scituate, May 1, 1870.
Valuation of real estate,
$794,911 00
Valuation of personal estate,
229,634 00.
Total valuation of estates, $1,024,545 00
Number of polls, 665.
$1,330 00
Tax on 665 polls at $2.00 each, $1.024,545 at $1.663 on $100,
17,075 75
$18,405 75
Deduct loss from fractions,
07
Total tax,
$18,405 68
Number of houses taxed,
488
Acres of land,
9,918
Horses,
245
Cows,
352
Sheep,
189
ASSESSMENT.
Town grant for the Poor, and contingencies,
$8,000
Repairs of highways,
1,000
Repairing Neck road,
2,000
Support of schools,
2,900
State tax,
2,575 00
County tax,
1,293 96
Overlay,
636 72
Amount assessed,
$18,405 68
Add school books,
13 28
Highway arrears,
252 51
$18,671 47
Amount committed to the Collector,
1
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HIGHWAY TAX.
Appropriation for repairing roads and bridges in
labor, Overlay,
$2,000 00
40 07
Amount assessed, $2,040 07
$332 50
Tax on 665 polls at 50 cents, $1.024.545 at 163 cents, on $100,
1,707 57
$2,040 07
GEORGE C. LEE,
Assessors
THOMAS TILDEN, of Scituate.
WM H. LITCHFIELD,
Scituate, March, 15, 1871.
EXTRACT FROM CENSUS RETURNS.
Population of Scituate in 1860, 2,227
1865, 2,269
1870, 2,350
Males, 1,160 ; females, 1,190; total, 2,350.
Foreign born, 241 ; males, 130 ; females, 111. .
Not a colored person in town.
Voters, 585.
Male citizens, 21 years of age and upwards not qualified to vote, 69.
552
Number of dwellings,
Number of families,
584
CALEB W. PROUTY,
Ast. U. S. M.
Scituate, March 15, 1871.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Births Registered in Scituate during the year 1870.
Date 1870. Jan. 12. 22. 26.
Name of child.
Names of parents.
Davis and Almira L.
Andros P. and Caroline M.
Bryant N. and Henrietta C.
Walter S. and Ellen A.
Feb. 3.
Mary Graec Torrey,
Mary Ann McDonald,
John and Mary,
Mar.
4. 16. 2. 10.
Hosea Lincoln Mott, NOT
Edward Francis Gannett,
Joy K. and Eliza E.
66 11. Grace Chesbrook Curtis,
12.
April 3. 66
Hattie Mary Brown, Arthur Newton Hayward, Edward Allen Cole,
Clement Jordon Prouty,
John E. O. and Mary F.
66
8. 11. 27. 30. 17. 20.
Mary Ward,
Harry Sewall Newcomb,
Annie Jenkins,
David S. and Merey A.
Jessie Winefred Merritt,
John A. and Sarah A.
Nellie De Wire,
Jolin and and Rosa.
16 16.
Harriet Manson Merritt, John Cane,
Patrick and Ann.
July 16
1. 13.
William Stanley,
Frederick and Julia. John and Catherine.
Charlotte Louisa Conroy, Edwin Robert Turner,
Edwin A. and Eliza H.
6
14. 24. 24
Edward Clayton Hyland,
Lorenzo F. and Mary M.
Mary Thomas Hayes,
Charles R. and Laura A.
Charles H. and Deborah L.
Charles B. and Fostina D. Caleb M. and Jane P.
Aug. 66
7. 12.
Delia Annette Varguson, Charles Henry Waterman, Edith Mary Hatch, Mary Ann Barry,
Warren Jr., and Mabel N. John and Annie.
Jesse W. and Eliza J.
،،
19. 20.
Willie Atwood Sherman,
Warren H. and Lucy F.
Robert and Mary.
John P. and Fannie M.
George W. and Emily S. Patrick and Selina.
Oct. 5. 5. Elizabeth Jane Kinney,
4 %
7. Ernest Wentworth Vinal,
16
8. Eugene Israel Litchfield,
9. George Lawrence Whitaker.
. 4
11. Arthur Jefferson Vinal,
'Job E. and Mary C. Edward E. and Lucy F.
Ward L. and Maria F.
Augustus, Jr., and Paulina A.
Harrie Weston Clapp, John Ward.
Caleb N. and Isabel M. John and Catherine, Edward and Ann. William J. and Susanna,
June 1. 3. 4.
28. 29.
Stephen Russell Walker,
31.
Eugene Pratt, Joseph Jenkins,
Antone and Mary A.
Andrew J. and Lucia D.
12. 19.
Mary Elizabeth Spooner,
28. 28. Sept. 27. 28.
James O. Heron, Henderson,
Winfred Cushing Elliott. William Thomas Collins, Leicester Merritt,
J. Cummings and Henrietta, Charles and Susan R. Levi Jr., and Mary. Israel and Rebecea C.
George H. and Mary E. Job II. and Mary E.
Joshua Davis Jenkins, Charles Henry Trommer,
Carrie Stoddard Fernald,
Emma Franees Doherty,
George and Charlotte.
Hosea D. and Ruth J.
66
Hay
28.
George M. and Harriet T.
30
Date. 1870.
Oct. 12. 13.
16
13.
Hester Ann Ellms, 5
Farncis Nason Langdon,
Frank Porter Gardner,
Harriet Maria Spencer,
Edward Murphy,
Lillie Franklin Crane,
Bates,
Charles Curran,
..
12.
Smith,
21.
Spooner,
·22.
23.
Antone Varguson, . - - - Weatherbec,
1867. Mar. 8. 1869.
Amy Brown,
June 30.
Ernest Linwood Jenkins,
Sept. 16.
Mary Ellen Butler,
Dec. 27.
Eliza Jane Hobson,
Name of parents.
Thomas S. and Virginia D. Thomas T. and Martha J. 66
Daniel and Charlotte, Enoch C. and Sarah,
John H. and Caroline.
Peter and Bridget.
Joseph F. and Hannah S. A. Judson ard Mary J. John and Barbara, . John H. Jr., and Florett C.
Henry F. and Mary E.
Frank and Mary, John and Susan J.
William F. and Elizabeth L.
Caleb M. and Jane P. Patrick and Catherine. Andrew J. and Abby F.
Name of child.
George Pendleton Robie,
Arthur Elwin Ellms
Twins,
16.
19. 27. Nov. 14. Dec. 3. 9. 10.
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Marriages Registered in Scituate During the Year 1870.
Date of Marriage
Names.
Age.
Residence at time of Marriage.
Birthplace.
Occupation.
1870. Jan. 14.
Henry F. Spooncr, Mary E. Clapp, .
32 |Scituate, 31
Eastham, Scituate,
Shocmaker.
Feb.
6. George W. Richardson, Emma E. Fernald,
23 Seituate, 23 24 Scituate, 18 Marshfield, 22 Seituate, 23 66
Quincy, Seituate, Marshfield, Scituate,
Shocmaker.
March 1.
Stephen S. Taylor, Malinda W. Bailcy, W. Webster Hunt, Juliette F. Briggs, John P. Henderson, Fannie M. Merritt,
22| Marshfield, 18|Seituate,
Hanover, Scituate, Hingham, Scituate, Boston,
Bootmaker.
May 15.
Mary W. Dilloway, Daniel Doherty, Mary Ward,
23 23 66 30|Prov., R. I., Pawk't, R.I. Bank Officer,
May 22. Samuel N. Bissell,
22 Scituate,
Marshfield, Seituate,
Shoemaker,
June 2. George B. Litchfield, Caroline Pratt,
21
Cohasset, Tisbury,
Clerk,
June 11. Kimball I. Cottle,
22
Chicago, Ill., Scituate,
Scituate, Taunton, Scituate, Kingston, Clinton,
Steam Fitter.
Aug. 21. Oscar O. Litchfield,
Adelaide J. Litchfield,
1.
66
Gloucester,
Shoemaker.
Sept. 26. James I. Hyland. Aena E. Newcomb,
24 21
Brookline,
Boston, Fayal, W. I., 6
Mariner.
Nov. 16.
Newton,
3, Scituate,
Roxbury, Quincy, Scituate,
Farmer.
Dec. 1S.
28
66
Boston,
Fisherman,
Dec. 24. Daniel Ward, Jr., Janc Gaffney.
120
126
19
58 /So. Scituate, 58 66
Trader.
Dec. 29. George W. Spaulding, Dec. 31. Julia Clapp, Walter S. Harrub, Clara F. Brown,
28 Boston, 27
20 Scituate,
Mason.
17|Essex,
66
Ella F. Litchfield, Henry T. Clapp, Mary F. Carr, June 26. Charles A. Vinal, Olive T. Adams,
20 30 20
27
2€ Kingston, 21 Seituatc,
Hingham,
Farmer.
Oct. 23. Manuel Vargus, Louisa Varguson, Frederick E. Fox, Frances E. Bryant, Thomas Mann, Emma Trim,
3? Seituate, 1( 47
Engraver.
128
Dec. 25. Thomas W. Hyland,
Shoemaker,
66
Georgianna F. Bradford, Dec. 27. Bela Brown, Mary Collier,
Ireland, Cohasset, Seituate, 66
Trader,
June 12.
Amanda Weatherbec,
33
29|Weymouth, 26 Scituate, 66
Fisherman, ---
April 21.
Shoe Manf.
May 12. Jolın W. Burr,
Shoemaker.
Feb. 22.
Bootmaker.
Deaths Registered in Scituate During the Year 1870.
Date.
Names.
Disease.
Age.
Parents, &c.
1870.
Jan. 3. - Litchfield,
Infantile,
-
-26 Thaddeus L. and Clarissa.
3. Stephen Wade,
Consumption,
28 3 9 Shadrach and Caroline, died at Boston.
16. Sally Vinal,
Old age,
83| 9- Widow of Wm. Vinal.
Feb. 5. Polly Clapp,
Old age,
85 3|25 Widow of Thos Clapp, died at Brighton
9. |Harriet A. Wood,
Cancer,
39 6 21 Wife of Alfred F. Wood.
24. Mary A. McDonald.
Infantile,
- -20 John and Mary.
Mar. 5. Lauretta Ward,
Whooping cough, 2 7 12 Arthur end Margarett.
April 15. Robert C. Merritt,
Consumption,
59 3 29 Ensign, and Sally.
23. Seth Webb,
Angina Pectoris,
73 6 8 Lemuel and Leah.
May 12. Sally B. Minott,
Paralysis,
58 6| 2 Wife of P. D. Minott, died at Cohasset.
June 2. Emma B. Litchfield,
Phthisis,
23 10 27 Harvey and Betsey.
7. John Vinal,
Consumption,
45 5 John and Abagail, died at S. Scituate.
-
11. Amasa Winsor,
1| 423 Thomas and Joanna.
32
Aug.
23. Lucy Y. Litchfield,
3 -17 Elijah and Lucy E.
23. James A. Came,
-
617 James E. and Mary T.
55. Harry S. Newcomb,
Cholera Infantum,
3 5 Wm. J. and Susanna.
1
-20 Charles H. and Mary T. M.
66 29. Annie Jenkins,
Infantile,
2 29 David S. and Mercy A.
Sept. 30. Eleanor Litchfield,
Tumor,
78 6 21 John and Sarah.
Oct. 7. Willie A. Sherman, 14. Hattie M. Brown,
Hydrocephalus, -
7 2 Edward E. and Lucy F.
16. Marsena Webb,
"Congestion of lungs 81
1 5 Barnabas and Anna.
23. Thomas Conant,
Old age,
85 18 Ezra and Mary.
24. Catherine Cullen,
Consumption,
65 --- Patrick -
27. Nathaniel Varney,
Softening of brain, 66; 6,27
Nov. 10. Elizobeth J. Kinney,
Infantile,
11
3,29 Caleb M. and Jane P.
" 29. Joseph Jenkins, Dec. 5. Judith Brown,
Bilious Fever, 53 4 6|Widow of Abel Brown,
9. Frank E. Livermore,
Dropsy, 4 17 George R. and Mary A, died at Boston.
SCITUATE, March 15, 1871.
JAMES L. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
69 10 .6 - died at Boston.
25. Thomas Barry, Jr., 18. Almira Hayden,
66 8 12 Wid. B. F. Hayden, died at Taunton.
Scarlet Fever,
Dysentery,
25. Henry C. Nott,
Sudden,
117 |Warren H. and Lucy F. died at Marsh.
1 5 Charles and Susan B.
Y. M. D.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
To the School Committee and Citizens of Scituate :- -
I have the honor of reporting to you the condition and prog- ress of your Public Schools for the past year. That it has been a year of progress and advancement to the schools, has heen evidenced by the steadily increasing accuracy with which recitations have been recited, and by the sine qua non of suc- cess in the school-room, to wit : harmony and unity of feeling between teacher and pupil. Your teachers have performed their duties to their charge, with a most commendable patience, zaal and faithfulness. You may well congratulate yourselves upon retaining in their positions, teachers of experience and unexcelled ability, when their compensation is but a mere pit- tance compared with what they might command in neighboring towns, and were it not for the self-consciousness of promoting the interests of education, which are public interests on the largest scale, their reward would indeed be small when com- pared with their many and arduous duties,-duties which would be wonderfully lightened, could the teacher feel that she had the sympathy and support of the parents. Be charitable, then, in your conversations respecting the teacher, and not, as
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I fear is too often the case, in the presence of your children, make assertions disparaging, and sometimes wanting in re- spect to the teacher, thus not only crippling the best efforts of the best teachers, in their endeavors to enhance the pupils wel- fare, but unwitingly, in your would be kindness to your child, sowing the seed of idleness, and consequently vice. The pupil exposed to these unwise remarks, and knowing that he will not receive reproof, but perhaps will be upheld in his erring course, first begins to neglect his studies, then, unable longer to retain his place in the class, becomes a truant, and he con. tinues in his ignorance until he arrives at an age, when taking a retrospective look at the many years wasted, and worse than lost, he blames himself, and perhaps his parents.
Citizens, truantcy, the great obstacle to the progress of a school, has prevailed to an alarming extent in your town during the past year, and not only is it your duty, but the future inter- ests and welfare of the town demand that you should take some measures to remedy this evil.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
The schools in this department, I am pleased to report as being in a most prosperous condition. A course of instruction has been introduced, which I feel confident, will meet with your approval, for it will establish a system of instruction, the need of which has long been felt in your schools. It will guide the teacher in her labor, and acquaint her with the amount of work she is expected to accomplish each term. It will qualify a class to enter the High School annually. Last, the pupil will acquire the habit of being systematic in his work, the secret of of prosperity in all things. To perfect this system, and have the schools work with uniformity and in concert, let the daily programme of all the schools in this department be the same.
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It is the natural desire of parents to have their children, even between the tender ages of five and ten, crammed with all the knowledge their little minds are capable of receiving. But this is an error. For as their little muscles become tired by excess of use, so that delicate organ, the brain, becomes wea- ried and descased by overwork. Then follows physical debility, thus rendering the child less able to contend with the many discases incident to childhood, and when they have reached that age when they should appreciate the necessity of an edu- cation, they are either disgusted with books, or their minds are unequal to the task of grasping the subject.
If the time and attention now required for the child of five years could be devoted to the pupil of ten, the fruits of the teacher's work would be tenfold, and both would be benefited, for the younger child, would in due time, come to his studies fresh, and prepared to learn. The wise parent will hesitate. to send his child to school before he is at least seven years of age.
It always appears to me when I visit a schoolroom, and see there collected, babies who can scarcely talk, as though their parents regarded it rather as a common nursury, where they can send their children and be rid of them for a time, than as a room for imparting and receiving instruction.
As the habits acquired in childhood, influence to a certain extent the life of every individual in manhood, it becomes the duty of the teacher to impress upon the pupil the importance of doing well and thoroughly whatever he may undertake, and not with the false impression that they are advancing in knowl- edge, permit them to skim over an innumerable number of pages, with the sole aim of completing the book. The better the elements and fundamental principles of any branch of study are understood, the more readily will the graver questions be solved and comprehended.
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