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193 44
" State pauper aid,
120 96
2,484 99
By cash from the County, as follows : -
For dog license fund of 1873,
129 05
" removal of house from the highway, 36 49
" removal of wall on Bay street,
38 50
204 04
By cash from City of Boston for pauper aid,
13 00
13 00
By cash of B. Brown, balance due as Liquor Agent,
82 87
82 87
By cash of I. Nightingale, Auctioneers' licenses, 4 00
By cash of C. W. Prouty, Auctioneers' licenses, 4 00
29
By cash of Thomas Vinal, Auctioneer's license,
2 00
$10 00
By cash of C. M. Jenkins, for interest, 6 66 A. Littlefield, for break- water,
6 00
6 00
125 00
125 00
By cash of E. Torrey, for drain pipe,
9 20
9 20
By Cash received for Town Notes, as follows : -
Names of Payees. Date of Note.
Amount.
Benjamin Wilder,
Feb. 1,1873,
$400 00
Stephen Litchfield, Apr. 23, 1873, 300 00
So. Scituate Sav. B'k, June 1, 1873, 1,500 00
Scituate Savings Bank, Aug. 1, 1873, 2,000 00 State of Massachusetts, Nov. 8, 1873, 15,000 00 19,200 00
By taxes of 1870, collected,
$85 19
66 1871, 66
120 79
66
1872, 66
4,734 95
4,940 93
1873, for collection,
26,640 01 26,640 01
$58,220 50
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
SCITUATE, Feb. 2, 1874.
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN, FEBRU- ARY 1, 1874.
Liabilities (excluding principal of Railroad Debt).
Due for outstanding Orders of 1873-74, widening Kent street, 34 52
$1,025 19
66 salaries of Teachers (see page 6), 1,055 88
66 support of the Poor (see page 10), 85 00
superintendence of Schools, 50 00
66 removing snow, in Jan., 1874 (estimated), 150 00
Amount of sundries,
$2,400 59
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Due, also, Notes and Interest, as follows : -
Names of Payees.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest paid to
Interest due Feb. 1, 1874.
Eunice Rogers, .
$175
July 20, 1865 July 20, 1873
$5 52
Salem Savings Bank,
4,000
July 26, 1867 Jan. 26, 1874
3 83
Scituate Savings Bank,
8,870
Mch. 2, 1868 Sept. 2, 1873
256 98
Elizabeth Litchfield, .
100
April 5, 1869
April 5, 1873
5 73
Geo. M. Young, .
100
July 6, 1869
Jan. 6, 1874
43
Mary F. Gilbert,
1,000
Jan. 1, 1870
Jan. 1, 1874
5 83
Geo. C. Lee,
800
May 4, 1870
Nov. 4, 1873
13 53
Francis B. Lee,
175
June 18, 1870
Dec. 18, 1873
1 46
Seituate Savings Bank,
1,000
Sept. 13, 1871 Sept. 13, 1873
26 83
Stephen Litchfield,
500
Oct. 10, 1871 Oct. 10, 1873
10 79
John J. Ford,
50
Nov. 7, 1872
4 31
Peleg Ford,
50
Nov. 7, 1872
4 61
Stephen Litchfield, So. Scituate Savings Bank,
300
April 23, 1873
Oct. 23, 1873
5 66
1,500
June 1, 1873
Dec. 1, 1873
17 50
Scituate Savings Bank,
2,000
Aug. 1, 1873
70 00
Am't of Principal,
$21,620
Am't of Int.
456 43
Add interest accrued on Railroad Debt,
933 34
Total amount of interest,
· $1,389 77
SUMMARY OF LIABILITIES.
Sundries (brought forward),
$2,400 59
Principal of Notes - Ordinary Debt,
21,620 00
Interest on Ordinary Debt,
$456 43
Interest on Railroad Debt,
933 34
1,389 77
Total Ordinary Debts,
$25,410 36
RESOURCES.
Cash in the hands of the Treasurer, Feb. 1, 1874, $5,615 63 Uncollected Taxes of 1868, $235 35
Do. do. 1869,
67 48
Do. do. 1870,
9 61
Do. do. 1871,
12 02
Do.
do. 1872,
83 86
Do.
do. 1873, 6,203 36
6,611 68
Value of Fixtures (Liquor Agency),
5 00
1,000
Sept. 29, 1871
Sept. 29, 1873
23 72
.
31
Value of security on house of C. M. Jenkins,
$103 70
66 tools and drain-pipe on hand, 24 70
Due from T. P. Cushing for breakwater,
125 00
66 Town of Hingham, for board of M. Sprague, 104 00
Due from the State, as follows : -
For State Aid from 1864 to 1868,
$222 60
66 66 of 1872, 55 50
66 66 from Jan. 1, 1873, to Feb. 1, 1873, 78 50
66
from Feb. 1, 1873, to
Jan. 1, 1874, 899 50
4
66 from Jan. 1, 1874, to Feb. 1, 1874, 80 00
1,336 10
" Town's share of School Fund of
1873 (est.),
195 00
195 00
Total resources,
$14,120 82
SUMMARY OF ORDINARY DEBT.
Amount of Liabilities, $25,410 36
Amount of Resources, 14,120 81
Bal. Ordinary Debt of the Town, Feb. 1, 1874, $11,289 55
COMPARISON OF DEBTS OF 1873 AND 1874.
The Ordinary Debt (including interest on railroad loans) was estimated, Feb. 1, 1873, at $13,475 82
32
This should be corrected by deducting over-esti- mate of amount due on Curtis street,
$10 00
Leaving the actual debt at that time,
$13,465 82
The debt, Feb. 1, 1874, is
11,289 55
Balance, decrease of Ordinary Debt,
$2,176 27
RAILROAD DEBT.
Loans have been negotiated and notes given, as follows : -
Names of Payees.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest accrued Feb. 1, '74.
Amount.
Seamen's Savings Bank, State of Massachusetts, State of Massachusetts,
$30,000 30,000 15,000
Feb. 14, 1871.
$30.175 00
May 2, 1871. Nov. 8, 1873.
$175 00 519 17 239 17
30,519 17
15,239 17
Totals,
$75,000
$933 34 $75,933 34
ORDINARY AND RAILROAD DEBTS COMBINED.
Ordinary debt, Feb. 1, 1874, including interest on Railroad debt,
$11,289 55
Railroad debt, excluding interest, 75,000 00
Total debt, Feb. 1, 1874,
$86,289 55
Were the cash value of the Town's 750 shares in the Rail- road known, it should be deducted from the total debt, as above. As without sales or offers to purchase, that cannot be determined, we omit them as assets.
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LIQUOR AGENCY. - B. BROWN, Agent. TOWN, DR.
July 4, 1873, To cash paid for stock to date,
$183 58
" salary six months, 17 50
66
" balance due the Town, 82 87
$283 95
CR.
Jan. 4, 1873, By cash on hand,
$37 37
July 4, " " cash from sales to date,
246 58
$283 95
STOCK ACCOUNT.
DR.
Jan. 4, 1873, To amount on hand at cost,
$42 00
July 4, "
bought to date, 183 58
" balance, profit on sales, 21 00
$246 58
CR.
July 4, 1873, By amount of sales to date,
$246 58
" stock on hand,
0 00
$246 58
Value of property July 4, 1873, - cash, $82 87 Fixtures, 5 00
87 87
Value of property, Jan. 4, 1873,
85 17
Gain,
$2 70
The Agency was abolished July 4, 1873.
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ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1874.
For removing snow,
$1,000 00
" Incidentals for Schools, 200 00
" Repairs of Public Buildings, 300 00
" Support of the Poor,
1,800 00
" Repairs of Roads and Bridges,
2,500 00
" Town Officers,
700 00
" Printing, Stationery and Postage,
200 00
" Abatement of Taxes,
400 00
" Collection of Taxes and Discount,
350 00
" Interest on Ordinary debt,
1,400 00
" Interest on Railroad debt,
5,250 00
" Miscellaneous, 300. 00
Amount (excepting money for Schools), For Support of Schools, 1
$14,400 00
3,650 00
Total Town grant,
18,050 00
Add amount of State tax (estimated),
1,820 00
County tax,
1,524 00
Total estimated expense,
$21,394 00
1 Or, allowing for overlay, $1.78 per $100 of the valuation of the Town, - a rate of taxation $0.44 less than that of 1873.
LIST OF JURORS.
Presented for the consideration of the Town, to be acted on at the Annual Meeting in March.
Henry Merritt, Patrick Murphy,
Hathefly Merritt, Amos W. Merritt, Moses R. Colman,
Turner Litchfield,
35
George O. Allen, Charles H. Jackson,
Charles Damon, Albert Clapp, John M. Damon,
William C. Turner,
William T. Clapp,
John L. Litchfield,
Luther Litchfield,
Joseph W. Morris, John B. Turner,
E. Parker Welch,
Henry N. Curtis,
Asa J. Merritt,
Charles O. Ellms,
Francis B. Lee,
William C. Bailey, Harvey D. Northey, Alexander Anderson, Caleb Bates, 2d, Samuel H. Turner, George W. Merritt, B. B. Wisnor Litchfield, Luroy Vinal, John Bradford, Nathaniel Wade,
James N. Turner,
George H. Whitaker,
Sumner O. Litchfield,
Freeman H. Gannett,
James Damon.
GUIDE-BOARDS.
The Guide-boards remain as they were at the date of our last Annual Report.
GEO. C. LEE, WM. H. LITCHFIELD, THOMAS TILDEN,
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Scituate. SCITUATE, Feb. 2, 1874.
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
-
VALUATION OF THE TOWN OF SCITUATE, MAY 1, 1873. Real estate,
$970,741 00
Personal estate,
168,884 00
Total valuation of taxable property,
$1,139,625 00
Number of polls, 658.
Number of acres of land taxed, 9,990
" houses 66
532
66 " horses 255
"' COWS 66
283
66 " sheep 66
94
Number of children between 5 and 15 years of age, 497
Number of persons between the ages of 18 and 45 years, liable to enrolment, 322
Tax on 658 polls, at $2, $1,316 00
" $1,139,625, at $2.20 per $100, 25,299 66
Amount of assessment,
$26,615 66
ASSESSMENT.
Appropriation for ordinary Town expenses, $10,825 00
" interest, 6,750 00
66 " building school-house, 2,500 00
" constructing and improving
highways, 2,500 00
37
Add State tax,
$2,047 50
County tax,
1,524 00
" overlay, 469 16
Amount of assessment,
$26,615 66
Add school-books,
24 35
Amount committed to the Collector,
$26,640 01
There is an apparent loss of $48,809, in the valuation of personal estate, as compared with that of last year.
But if the value of Bank stock, withdrawn from local tax- ation this year, amounting to $59,000, be added to the tax- able valuation, an actual gain of $10,191 on personal estate is shown.
. Add to this the gain on real estate (principally in new buildings), and we have a total gain of $72,861 on property during the year.
GEO. C. LEE, Assessors
WM. H. LITCHFIELD, of
THOMAS TILDEN, Scituate.
SCITUATE, Feb. 2, 1874.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1873.
Name of Child.
Date of Birth. 1873.
Jan. 5,
11,
15,
Sarah Curren,
Walter Shadrachı Vinal,
William Henry Pierce,
John W. & Adelaide A.
Mar. 1,
3,
Benjamin F. Hall,
John & Susan.
Patrick & Selina.
Maggs.
13,
14,
Rufus Floyd Clapp,
Rufus & Nancy.
Hall.
20,
Jesse Parmlee Litchfield,
Webster & Sarah.
Agnes Duffey,
Daniel & Ellen.
Mitchell.
27,
28,
Patrick Kane,-
Patrick & Ann.
Cassius C. & Alice L.
Clapp.
April 6,
7,
William Linwood Jackson,
John H. & Florette C.
Bates ..
May 3,
Mary Doherty,
John & Rosa.
Thomas L. & Ella S.
Nickerson.
66
23,
Alice May Rogers,
Frederick & Julia.
Flynn.
Catharine McCarty,
James & Mary.
Willy A. & Hannah T.
Brown.
June 3,
4,
12,
Herbert Lawrence Langdon,
Daniel & Charlotte.
Nash.
19,
John Edward Barry,
William Tucker Colman,
Moses B. & Lucy O.
Vinal.
July 4,
Effie Lawrence Litchfield,
D. Brigham & Cordelia T. Vinal.
Joseph & Catherine. Jesus.
Aug. 15,
Frederick Litchfield,
George M. & Mary. Purdy.
Allen L. & Amanda. Pratt.
Henrietta Vinal,
Names of Parents.
Dennis Ward,
Hugh & Sarah A.
Jolın E. O. & Mary F.
Mary Welthea Prouty,
Martin & Maria,
Job H. & Mary E.
Vinal. Wheelwright.
Arnold.
Dalby.
Burke. -
30,
George Clinton Merritt.
Moses & Julia.
Sweeny.
Agnes Eleanor Jelloes,
Charles H. & Elizabeth G.
Keen.
20,
Nettie Maud Smith,
McGuinley.
27,
Mary Stanley,
66
31,
Willy Rogers Newcomb,
Moffatt.
Samuel Henry Kay,
Joseph & Emma C.
John & Annie.
Garien.
6,
Joseph Francis,
20,
16,
Maiden Name.
Evans. Reed.
24,
Thomas Patrick Cullen,
38
McCarty.
Aug. 19, Sept. 2, 66
21,
66
22,
66 25,
66
30,
Henry Austin Litchfield, Sarah Mitchell Lillie Frances White, Richard Graham, Edgar Willis Whitaker, Catherine Sullivan,
B. B. Wisner & Emeline F. Curtis. Jolin & Bridget. Edward F. & Pamelia J. Curren. Gannett. Ward. Thomas & Mary. George H. & Mary E. Merritt. Costello.
James & Catherine.
Ebenezer Jr. & Elvira.
Litchfield.
Oct. 15,
Everett Litchfield Barce, Lucius Ellms Bates,
Andrew & Eliza A. Ward L. & Maria F.
Vinal.
66
25,
Herbert Vinal Hayward,
James B. & Laura A.
Packard.
66
26,
66
27,
Minnie Leona Spooner,
Alfred Francis Turner,
Azro & Georgietta F.
Charles H. & Ellen M.
Robert & Mary.
Edwin A. & Clara F.
Litchfield.
66
30,
Irving Frederick Sylvester,
Danforth P. & Fanny C.
Dec. 14,
66
15,
Eva Dorothea Litchfield,
James Christopher Elliot.
1871.
Mar. 23,
July 13,
Sarah Wilson Young, Eglantine Brown, Nancy Anna Clapp,
Henry & Emily S. William F. & Elizabeth L. Albert & Mary A.
Dana. Litchfield. Packard.
Oct. 3, 1872. Feb. 10,
Myrtle Hazard Randall,
William & Lucinda. Clapp.
Mar. 14,
Joseph Henry Cole,
Henry O. & Sarah M. Ewell.
April 8,
Mary Frances De Wire,
John & Rosa.
Walls.
July 5,
Florence Lavonne Clapp,
Caleb N. & Isabella M.
Doane.
Aug. 28,
Gracie Florence Harrub,
Walter S. & Clara F.
Brown.
Oct. 9,
Nellie Pierce Lapham,
Elisha W. & Ella F. Damon.
James E. & Amelia. Martin.
Nov. 17,
Frank Edwin Otis, William Hunter Kinney,
Charles & Susan R. Hawthorne.
Dec. 17,
18,
Isaac Baker Damon Andrews,
Reuben S. H. & Melissa J.
Bedell. -
60,
Clapp. Litchfield. Hunt. Fitzgerald.
Nov. 3,
66
14,
Archie Loring Mitchell,
Eleanor O. Herren.
Edwin Abbott Hyland,
Mary. Curren,
John & Barbara.
Noonan.
Bates.
Elijah & Julia E. M.
William & Anastasia.
Dooling.
39
Brown. v
19,
Nellie Packard Totman,
Henry F. & Mary E.
23,
30,
Trim.
23,
Walter James Litchfield,
Seth & Matilda A. Prouty.
66 22,
40
Marriages recorded in Scituate during the year 1873.
Date of Marriage.
Names.
Residence at time of marriage.
Age.
By whom married.
1873.
Jan.
12
Liba Studley,
Hingham, Scituate,
24
By Rev. Thomas L. Rogers, at Scituate.
Jan.
13
Frank N. Colman,
26
By Rev. Nicholas P. Gilman, at Scituate.
Feb. 5
John L. Manson,
35
By Rev. Nicholas P. Gilman, at Scituate.
April 3
Daniel McNeil,
Hingham, Scituate,
22
April 9
Danforth P. Sylvester,
23
By Rev. Nicholas P. Gilman,
May
22
Nathaniel J. C. Wade,
24
By Rev. Thomas L. Rogers, at Scituate.
May
22
Edwin C. Litchfield,
20
By Rev. W. H. Fish, at South Scituate.
June
8
Ethan A. S. Pool, Lillian N. Loud,
Marshfield,
20
July
13
Andrew J. Litchfield,
28 +
By Rev. W. H. Fish, at Scituate.
Aug. 21
Charles P. Bicknell,
Hingham,
22
By Rev. Joseph Osgood, at Cohasset.
Sept.
8 Joseph P. Rogers,
22
By Rev. Charles S. Nutter, at Scituate.
Sept. 27
Clarence E. Merchant,
Boston,
22
By Rev. Nicholas P. Gilman, at Scituate.
Sept. 28
Martin Burke,
40
By Rev. Peter J. Leddy. at Scituate.
Oct.
29
William P. Hawthorne,
66
38
By Rev. Joseph Osgood. at Cohasset.
Oct.
30
Frank P. Guigon,
Franklin, Scituate,
24
By Rev. Nicholas P. Gilman, at Scituate.
Nov.
2
Thomas Harris,
"
19
at Cohasset.
Nov.
9
Oliver F. Hayes,
66
28
By Rev. W. B. Green, at Scituate.
Nov. 20
George Gurney,
No.Bridg'wat'r.
24
By Rev. Charles S. Nutter, at Scituate.
Nov. 27
Edwin Clift,
Marshfield,
33
By Rev. W. B. Green, at Scituate.
Nov.
27
Thomas R. Webb,
44
By Rev. Walter Ela,
Dec.
14
Waldo F. Batcs,
Georgianna H. Clapp,
Scituate,
19
1872.
July 18
Warren H. Sherman, S. Agnes Parker,
Scituate,
31
Lynn,
27
By Rev. Edward L. Drown, at Lynn.
Total 22.
66
21
21
21
By Rev. Thomas L. Rogers, at Scituate.
Alice M. Hunt,
Fannie C. Trim,
21
at Scituate.
Cohasset, Scituate.
18
29
By Rev. Ebenezer Alden, Jr., at Marshfield.
Deborah N. Merritt,
Scituate,
21.
Ida V. Parker,
Scituate,
18
Scituate, 66
19
Martha E. Brown,
Scituate,
19
Margarett Carroll.
35
Esther A. Harris,
18
22
20
By Rev. Joseph Osgood,
Stella W. Tenney,
19
Eveline Litchfield,
Scituate,
24
Laura M. Turner,
Scituate,
24
Lucinda Hatchfield,
25
at Weymouth.
Quincy. Cohasset,
20
By Rev. Nicholas P. Gilman, at Scituate.
Henrietta E. Hyland,
21
Priscilla J. Litchfield,
Josephine A. Vinal,
Rachel T. Stetson,
19
Mary F. Whitcomb,
So. Scituate,
Maurisia Safrin,
Emma F. Northey,
Nellie F. Duffey,
Deaths Registered in Scituate during the Year 1873.
Date of Death.
Names.
Disease.
Age.
Parents, etc.
1873.
Old Age,
78
6 2
66
23.
Eliza Lane,
Disease of Kidneys,
57
5
1
Widow of Eli Curtis.
66
4.
Morris Gammon,
Pneumonia,
20
2 -
Patrick and Mary (died at Boston).
66
8.
Charlotte L. Conroy,
Hemiphlegia,
2
6 25
John and Catharine.
9.
Susanna C. W. J. (Wood) Otis,
Old Age,
76
3 7
Nathan and Susanna.
66
26.
Caroline A. (Damon) Litchfield,
Consumption,
37
28
Mar.
4.
Mary E. Litchfield,
Scarlet Fever,
22 10 13
Joseph and Jane.
Apr.
5.
Edward J. Supple,
Consumption,
45
2
4
Wife of Nathaniel Vinal.
66
18.
Maria W. (Bailey) Vinal,
Disease of Heart.
69
John and Mary (died at Boston).
Meningitis,
3
1|19
Joy K. and Eliza E.
66
30.
Thomas D. Hubbard,
Pneumonia,
2
4 -
John and Adelia.
May
1.
Luther T. Vinal,
80
2 20
Ezekiel and Hepzibah.
66
5.
Betsey (Cushing) Litchfield.
Disease of Brain,
56
1 5
Washington and Sarah H.
22.
Mary E. Raymond,
Pneumonia,
1
6 12
Leonard and Betsey.
23.
Sarah W. (Jenkins) Otis,
Palsy,
74
4 12
Widow of John Otis.
June
2.
Israel Nichols,
Accidental on R.R.,
19
6
8 Perry L. and Selina C. (died at Hingham).
Disease of Heart,
51
6
9 Dexter and Eliza.
..
12.
Charlotte (McLane) Ward, '
Disease of Uterus,
63
2 - Wife of Daniel Ward.
24.
Mercy (Colman) Vinal,
Inflam'n of Bowels, Infantile,
72 11
2|
Widow of Joseph Vinal.
- 1-
Daniel and Charlotte.
July 12. | Herbert L. Langdon,
Y.
M. D.
Widow of John Glass.
Jan.
2.
Sally *(Goodrich) Glass,
Consumption,
79
7-
Dennis and Elizabeth, (died at Boston).
Feb. 2.
Malvina (Young) Curtis,
Unknown,
31 11|12
Garret and Ellen.
42
19.
Mary (Conelly ) Driscoll. .
29.
Edward F. Gannett,
Congestion of Lungs, 47
28
Asa and Sally.
4. Martha Goodrich,
Apoplexy,
Wife of Harvey Litchfield.
7. Stephen D. Lee,
Burned,
56 10 25
4
6 Noah and Bethia.
Disease of Heart,
68
7. Perry L. Parker,
11. Warren J. Vinal,
* Maiden Name
Wife of Harvey W. Litchfield.
July 12. Ann E. Vinal,
. .
12.| Jane Studley,
Consumption,
135| 3|15 John and Abigail. 13|7| 7 | L. Howland L. and Mary. 86 Abner and Anna.
Dropsy,
3 20
Palsy,
67 3|28 Joseph and Dolly.
31. Benjamin F. Hall,
Cholera Morbus,
7
7
9 Andrew P. and Caroline.
Aug. 9. Andrew P. Trommer, 15 Lucy (Cushing) Holman,
Paralysis, 77
5
Widow of Dr. Silas Holman.
Sept. 1. 6.
Dennis Driscoll,
Hooping Cough,
1
3
4 William and Bridget.
66
18.
Frederic Leroy,
Abscess,
67 0
9 Wife of Barnabus W. Briggs.
Oct.
15.
George P. Perry,
Neuralgia,
30
7 11
Moses R. and Polly.
21.
William G. Colman,
Typhoid Fever,
20
2 8
Peleg and Mary J.
23
Edwin A. Hyland,
Old Age,
80 9
23
Wife of Joseph Brown.
Nov. 1.
Rachel (Oakman) Brown,
8
3
Antone and Mary.
. 6
3.
Julia Vargus,
Old Age,
80
7
10
Wife of Isaac B. Damon.
15.
Mary A. E. (Hayden) Damon.
37
3
Wife of James L. Prouty.
6:
27.
Benjamin Otis,
Old Age,
77 6 11
Dec. 3. John B. Ellms,
4.
Sybil (Bates) Bailey,
Old Age,
10.
Carrie L. Gannett,
Meningitis,
1 1 21
Freeman H. and Mary A.
Cerebo Spinal Meni's. - 5-
Joseph and Catharine.
20.
Joseph Francis,
JAMES L. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
43
16.
Sarah F. (Bates) Prouty,
Consumption,
6 3| David and Ruth.
Disease of Liver,
62
Ebenezer W. and Judith.
87|10 1 Widow of Paul Bailey.
15.
Charlotte Ward,
Cholera Infantuni,
- 10 12
Charles and Lizzie F.
21.
Deborah (Otis) Briggs,
Fever,
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Schools,
TO THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
MARCH 2,1874.
BOSTON : PRINTED BY J. FRANK. FARMER No. 18 EXCHANGE STREET. 1874.
REPORT.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE : - It is with some little pride, and a great deal of pleasure, that I present this report.
In the discharge of the important duties of your office you have encountered difficulties, most of which, however, have been surmounted, and you can but look upon the work of the past year with a great deal of satisfaction.
The teachers you have employed must all have the credit of noble and persistent effort, and in most cases their efforts have been successful.
PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
The course of study has been the same as that established last year, namely : Reading (including the Third Book), Spelling (to Class VIII.), Geography (Introduction), Col- burn's Arithmetic (to Section X.), and Written Arithmetic (to Reduction) .
The several teachers of these schools were requested to allow no pupil to try for promotion who was not fully up to - the required standard. There was, however, one exception to this rule ; scholars somewhat backward in their studies, yet getting too old to continue in a primary school, were en- couraged to try for promotion, and to do as well as they could.
On the whole, the candidates came up to the standard bet- ter than last year. Most of those promoted were advanced clearly on their scholarship ; some, however, were passed up because it was thought to be for their advantage, or for the good of the school.
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At Brook street School,
7 were promoted.
At Common street School,
6
At Willow 66
5
66 66
At South Main " 66
4 66 66
At Central
66
3
66 66
At Charles
4
66
At Beach
none ‹‹
66
At Main
66
5
At Grove
3
66
At High
1
66
5
Total,
42
Those promoted from Brook street, Common street, Wil- low street and South Main street, will attend the East Gram- mar School, the others the West Grammar School.
High street, for the last two terms, has been in some sense a mixed school ; three Grammar scholars having attended there on account of the distance to the Grammar School. So long as this state of things continues, I recommend the Committee to employ for this school a superior teacher, at an advanced salary.
I also recommend the Committee to increase the pay at all the Primary Schools, for this reason : the number of applica- tions for these schools will naturally depend upon the price paid. If only ten apply, you must employ them all, whether suitable or not; if, on the other hand, by increasing the salaries you obtain twenty applications, you have some choice of teachers.
GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
The large and constant attendance upon these schools shows that they are popular with both parents and scholars. Each school is divided into three classes by the teacher. It is de- signed that pupils shall spend here at least three full school years. One class enters and one leaves these schools each year.
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The course of study is as follows: Grammar, first and second years, Tower's Elements ; Grammar, third year, Kerl's Common School ; Geography, first and second years, Monteith's Manual ; Geography, third year, McNally's, to map of Europe ; Written Arithmetic, Eaton's to Compound Interest, Mental Arithmetic, United States History and Writing are required. Singing, reciting, declamation and other miscellaneous exercises at the discretion of the teacher.
At the close of the school year there was a carefully pre- pared written examination of all candidates for promotion to the High School. Neither teachers nor scholars knew what the questions were to be ; as a rule, they were not taken from the text-books, but were arranged to test the degree of actual and practical knowledge of the several studies. The follow- ing is the report of the examination.
The West Grammar School presented 26 candidates ; 15 of these were passed on their scholarship, 4 others were pro- moted by the Committee. The highest average of any scholar in this school was 85 per cent., by Jennie B. Elliott. The next highest 83& per cent., by Mertie C. Brown. The aver- age of the class was 63 per cent.
The East Grammar School presented 22 candidates ; 18 of these were passed on their scholarship, 3 others were pro- moted by the Committee. The highest average was 91} per cent., by two scholars, Otis Young and Lizzie J. Merritt. The next highest was dig per cent., by Adair F. Bonney. The average of the class was 72 per cent.
We find a healthful ambition to enter these schools, and a desire to leave them with credit. It will be seen that 40 pupils have been promoted from these two Grammar Schools to the High School. The graded system, now fairly in- augurated, is well adapted to furnish that stimulus so neces- sary to most scholars. We congratulate the Committee and the people of the town upon the happy consummation of this plań.
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Just here we may be allowed a word upon promotions. Some pupils feel badly to have the majority of their class promoted, while they are left behind. It may be a misfor- tune to be backward, but if one is backward it is not always a misfortune not to be promoted. If one be hardly prepared he enters a class at a great disadvantage ; if, however, he be left, he can enter the next class at an advantage. Better be at the head of the class of '75, than at the foot of the class of '74. On the whole, it is, we think, the safest and best plan for parents, teachers and scholars to leave the matter of promotions entirely in the hands of the Committee.
HIGH SCHOOL.
There are two difficulties in the way of the prosperity of our High School,- the long distance some of the scholars have to go, and the poor accommodations after they get there. These, no doubt, occasion much of the irregular attendance, and greatly increase the difficulty of governing the school. No degree of ability or fidelity in a teacher can overcome these difficulties, or save him from being annoyed by them.
This school is arranged in three classes.
Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography, History, Algebra, Book-keeping, Analysis, Geometry, Eng- lish Literature, Physiology and Natural Philosophy are the studies that have been taught here the past year. At the annual examination all the classes did well; the first class especially did themselves and their teacher great credit. We hope none of this class will leave the school, unless it be to attend elsewhere.
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Tabular Statement.
Whole Number.
Av'ge Attendance.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Year
Brook street .
Annie M. Vinal
44
41
41
42
38
36
33
36
Flora L. Young
Common street
Anna M. Young
35
29
29
31
28
20
25
24
Amy F. Allen j
Willow street . . .
Alice P. Farrows
37
35
40
37
32
32
36
33
South Main street .
Ella B. Clapp
31
36
34
34
24
26
28
26
Central street . . .
Georgie A. Tilden
32
30
29
30
26
25
23
25
Grove street
Abbie C. Vinall
28
31
21
27
23
25
19
22
Main street
Sarah R. Damon
33
31
28
31-
28
26
23
26
Charles street . .
Lizzie Merritt
26
26
26
26
22
23
24
23
Beach street
Edith E. Stoddard
17
16
16
16
13
14
13
13
Harriet R. ElIms
High street
·
Harriet F. Curtis
30
39
38
36
24
30
31
28
West Grammar . .
Abbie M. Vinal
40
50
47
46
30
43
41
38
East Grammar
Sarah L. Young
71
56
60
62
53
45
54
51
High School .
A. J. McGown.
53
36
45
45
39
29
37
35
477
456
454
1463
380
374
387
380
ATTENDANCE.
The attendance in some of the schools has been very good indeed ; in others it has not been what it ought to have been.
Parents are largely responsible for the non-attendance or the partial attendance of scholars, either by requiring or allowing them to remain at home.
But very little can be learned by a scholar who is absent from one-fourth to three-fourths of the time.
SCHOOL.
TEACHER.
1
Martha E. Brown
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The following figures express decimally the average attend- ance of each school, and also show the comparative attend- ance in the several schools. Remember that 100 is the " standard of perfect attendance. We give the highest first.
Willow street
.89
Charles
.
.88
Brook
.86
Main 66
.84
Central 66
.83
West Grammar
.82
East
66
-
.82
Grove street
.81
Beach .
.81
High
.78
Town Hall .
.78
Common street
.77
South Main street
.76
ROLL OF HONOR.
The following have not been absent for the time speci- fied : -
BROOK STREET.
One Year. - Mary E. Turner, Carrie Merritt, Minta Bowditch, Lila M. Burrows.
Two Terms. - Eddie C. Vinal, Eddie Ellms, Danforth Turner, Jennie Turner, Herbert Colman, Willie W. Water- man.
One Term. - Annie M. Edson, Cora B. Lapham, Mabel Cole, George Brown.
COMMON STREET.
Two Terms. - Ilda Allen, Eva Tipton.
One Term. - George Young, Eddie Vinal, Annie Chub- buck, Florence Cushman, Etta Taylor, Cassius Cushman, Wesley Cushman, Andrew Curtis, Willie Osborne.
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WILLOW STREET.
One Year. - Fred H. Sanborn.
Two Terms. - Gertie H. Clapp, Ernest L. Bonney, Lina M. Parker, Willie G. Parker.
One Term. - Alonzo F. Litchfield, Carrie Driscoll, Thomas L. Tilden, Maggie Dixon, Horatio R. Prouty.
.SOUTH MAIN STREET.
Two Terms. - Eva C. Fernald, Alice Northey, Clara Wherety.
One Term. - Helen Clapp, Edward Leach, Frank Kane, Elijah T. Clapp.
CENTRAL STREET.
Two Terms. - George Jackson.
One Term. - Cora Bailey, Mattie Bailey, Genie Brown, Anna Merritt, Ella Vinal, Clara Elliott, Charlie Damon, James Otis, George Tingley.
GROVE STREET.
Two Terms. - Josephine Brown, George O. Merritt.
One Term. - Frank B. Damon, Edward E. Brown, Flora C. Hunt, Joseph H. Merritt, Walter J. Merritt.
MAIN STREET.
One Year. - Alfred H. Seaverns, Winnie V. Seaverns, Jennie P. Seaverns.
Two Terms. - Silas O. Litchfield, Irving E. Gannet, Mary C. Trommer, Alfred H. Newcomb, Alfred H. Litch- field.
One Term. - Henry T. Bailey, Willard L. Bailey, Charles H. Newcomb, Joy K. Gannett, George H. Newcomb, Carrie E. Lee.
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CHARLES STREET.
One Year. - Edna A. Litchfield, Louis N. Curtis, Mary F. Litchfield.
Two Terms. - Nellie Hayward, Etta M. Litchfield, Willis A. Litchfield.
One Term. - Frank M. Vinal, Seth Vinal, Frank C. Litchfield, James T. Bailey, Fred. C. Vinal, Charles A. Bailey, Eddie F. Vinal, Percy L. Nott, Jessie Hayward.
BEACH STREET.
One Year. - Henrietta W. Pratt.
Two Terms. - Irene Pratt.
One Term. - Laura A. Carter, Lena A. Carter, Mary C. Mott, Charles H. Pratt, James Litchfield.
HIGH STREET.
One Year. - Gardner Bates, Waldo Litchfield.
Two Terms. - Walter B. Ellms, Robert J. Litchfield.
One Term. - George W. Hill, Julia E. Litchfield, Willie O. Clapp, Liba Litchfield, James S. Bates.
WEST GRAMMAR.
One Year. - Mary L. Clapp.
Two Terms. - Christine P. Trommer, Martha A. Vinal, Flora L. Brown, Mertie C. Brown, Jennie B. Elliott.
One Term. - Abbie J. Gannett, Idella C. Jackson, Eme- line A. Litchfield, Lizzie L. Merritt, Addie F. Webb, Charles N. Turner, Annie F. Pierce, Francis E. Merritt, Henrietta B. Merritt, Flora A. Newcomb, Orlando R. Litch- field.
EAST GRAMMAR.
One Year. - Frank T. Vinal, Henry A. Young, Ben. R. Turner, Walter C. Bates.
Two Terms. - Ella M. Fernald, Josie Vinal, George Nash, John H. Bearce.
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One Term. - Adair F. Bonney, Lizzie J. Merritt, Ida B. Gardner, E. Gertrude Gardner, Addie Nightingale, Mary F. Murphy, Sarah E. Murphy, Annie F. Pierce, Emeline A. Litchfield, Addie M. Webb, Lizzie Murphy, Mary A. Hughes, Eldora E. Wade, Henry J. Turner, Jetson Wade, William W. Wade, Charles H. Northey, Edward E. Edson, Andrew O. Waterman, Wilbur R. Young.
HIGH SCHOOL.
One Year. - Harry Brown.
Two Terms. - Georgietta Bailey, Ida M. Fernald, Mabel Litchfield, Harvey Curtis, Wesley Merritt.
One Term. - Nettie Litchfield, Herbert Webb, Frank Young.
SIZE OF SCHOOLS.
From long experience and careful observation we have concluded that for teachers of average ability the following are the most desirable numbers : -
Primary Schools from 30 to 35.
Grammar
“ 40 to 50.
High with two teachers, from 50 to 80.
The past year the average whole number in our Primary Schools was 31; in the Grammar Schools, 54; in the High School, 45. They will not vary much from this the coming year, except that the High School will be considerably larger.
COST.
The State aims to provide a good English education for every child within its limits ; to do this requires a great deal of labor and expense. True economy, however, and the public good demand it. The Governor of the Common- wealth, in his last address to the Legislature, truly says : -
" It is wiser economy to sustain the common school than
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the reform school, the normal school than the house of correc- tion, the college than the penitentiary." This accords with the old maxim that " prevention is better than cure." Education not only restrains and prevents crime, but it largely increases the sum total of human happiness. Then let us promote the cause of education at whatever cost or sacrifice.
We trust, gentlemen, that the town will vote such an ap- propriation for schools the coming year as will enable you to employ an assistant teacher for the High School, and to increase somewhat the salaries of the teachers in the Primary Schools.
CONCLUSION.
Among the most important interests of humanity, the HOME, the STATE, the CHURCH, must be classed the SCHOOL. Every person has three great interests, upon which depend not only individual happiness, but the welfare of the commu- nity ; they are health, education and religion.
Every man has a physical, an intellectual and a moral nature; neither of these should be despised, neither neglected ; no one should be cultivated at the expense of another.
These interests are not, as is sometimes thought, incom- patible with each other; on the other hand, they mutually support and assist each other. The highest type of a man is the one who has a healthful body, a vigorous intellect, and a good heart.
I make these remarks to show the relative importance of schools. Doubtless, the highest concern of man is SALVATION ; next to that, certainly, in importance is EDUCATION. You are anxious that your children should enjoy good health ; you use great care, and, if need be, spend money freely to this end, and you do well. You are anxious that your children should grow up to be good, to be a blessing to their friends and to the world ; for this you sacrifice, and pay, and labor ; certainly, parents having a care to the health and morals of
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their children will also have a just solicitude for their educa- tion.
If, however, moral obligation and parental duty fail to in- spire any, let pride and patriotism come to the rescue ; not only our personal interests, but our public prosperity and our LIBERTIES depend largely upon the intelligence of the people.
DESPOTISM can do without schools, but REPUBLICANISM, never !
Every loyal heart must respond to the invocation, "GOD BLESS THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS !" Equally loyal and far more Catholic is the prayer we now most fer- vently offer, GOD BLESS THE COMMON SCHOOLS OF MASSA- CHUSETTS AND OF THE WORLD !
Respectfully submitted.
C. S. NUTTER, Superintendent.
March 2, 1874.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1874-75.
C. W. PROUTY, one year. A. L. WATERMAN, one year.
School Committee chosen at the annual meeting March 2, 1874 : -
ED. JAMES, one year. REV. N. P. GILMAN, two years. J. O. COLE, three years. A. H. SEAVERNS, three years.
ORGANIZATION FOR 1874-75. J. O. COLE, Chairman. C. W. PROUTY, Secretary.
Three terms during the year.
Ist term, commencing March 30, ending June 26, 13 weeks. 2d £ 66 Aug. 30, 66 Nov. 20, 12 "
3d 66 Dec. 7, 66 Feb. 19, 1875, 11 weeks.
TEACHERS FOR 1874-75.
Town Hall,
East Grammar,
SARAH L. YOUNG.
West Grammar,
A. M. VINAL.
Brook street School,
ANNIE M. VINAL.
Common "
66
Willow " 66
A. F. ALLEN.
A. P. FARROW.
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South Main street School, E. B. CLAPP. G. A. TILDEN.
Central street School,
Grove “
North Main street School, S. B. LEE.
Charles street School,
L. MERRITT.
Beach 66
E. E. STODDARD.
High 66
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