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Deduct military aid, due 153 87
1,142 87
Net expense
$22,868 56
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Income.
Amount of tax bills of 1879 $24,051 21
Amount of corporation tax. 505 54
Amount of national bank tax 401 03
Peddlers' licenses 16 00
Auctioneers' licenses® 6 00
Interest on C. M. Jenkins' debt
6 00
From lease of beaches 4 75
From H. H. Northey for lumber.
9 20
Amount $24,999 73
Deduct net expenses 22,868 56
Surplus of income over expenses $2,131 17
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 :-
TOWN of SCITUATE in account with ROLAND TURNER,
Treasurer. ·
Dr.
To amount of orders paid. $14,624 78
To cash paid State Treasurer, tax . 405 00
To cash paid County Treasurer, tax 1,580 45
To cash paid interest on notes . 5,642 70
To cash paid interest on notes, (money borrowed and paid) . 130 50
To amount of uncollected taxes of 1879 7,911 31
To amount of fees for collecting taxes
234 52
To amount of discount on taxes.
482 56
To cash paid Edwin Young, services as Beach Com- mittee 360 00
To cash paid Henry Merritt, services as Beach Committee 30 00
To cash paid Harris & Tucker, services for Beach Committee 1,800 00
To cash paid Wm. S. Danforth, services for Beach Committee 5 20
Amount carried forward. $33,207 02
24
Amount brought forward $33,207 02
To cash paid Charles E. Bailey, services for Beach Committee 31 94
To cash paid Charles H. Paine, services for Beach Committee 96 65
To cash paid A. K. Harmon, services for Beach Committee 24 00
To cash paid Job Vinal, services for Beach Com- mittee . 23 50
To cash paid Freeman Vinal, services for Beach Committee . 23 50
To cash paid Thomas Curtis, services for Beach Committee 23 50
To cash paid State Treasurer, money overdrawn. 110 18
Cash on hand 5,171 35
CR. $38,711 64
By cash on hand February 1st, 1879 $4,075 79
By cash from Town of Malden for assistance to John W. Pierce. 35 00
By cash from city of Boston for assistance to Daniel Jenkins 27 25
By cash from city of Boston for assistance to E. C. Prentiss 104 00
By cash from town of Cohasset for assistance to W. Henry Litchfield. 155 45
By cash from town of Cohasset for assistance to Frank Silva 60 22
By cash from State for State paupers 173 28
By cash from Everett Torrey for land, paid by Town to Thomas and Polly Mann 18 50
Amount carried forward $4,649 49
25
Amount brought forward .. $4,649 49
By cash received for peddlers' licenses 16 00
By cash received for auctioneers' licenses 6 00
By cash received from Benjamin Merritt, rent of beach 75
By cash received of Weatherbee for rent of beach .. 1 00
By cash received of Danforth P. Sylvester for rent of beach 50
By cash received of Henry H. Sylvester for rent of beach 25
By cash received of Henry H. Sylvester, Jr., for rent of beach 25
By cash received of Jesse Spooner for rent of beach, 50
By cash received of Waldo Higginson for rent of beach 2 00
By cash received from C. M. Jenkins for interest on note 6 00
By cash received from State Treasurer for corpora- tion tax 505 54
- By cash from State Treasurer for national bank tax, 401 03
By cash from State for State aid. 957 00
By cash from State for relief to indigent soldiers. . .
592 35
By cash from H. H. Northey for lumber 9 20
By cash from State for school fund of 1879. 199 72
By taxes collected of 1875 30 14
By taxes collected of 1876 248 76
By taxes collected of 1877 839 86
By taxes collected of 1878
6,194 09
By taxes of 1879, for collection 24,051 21
Amount $38,711 64
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
SCITUATE, February 1, 1880.
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Financial Condition of the Town,
February 1, 1880.
LIABILITIES.
Due notes and interest as follows :
NAMES OF PAYEES.
Principal.
Date of Note.
Interest paid to
Interest due to. Feb.1,'80.
Eunice Rogers,
$175 00
July 20, 1865,
July 20, 1879,
$5 57
Salemi Savings Bank,
4,000 00
July . 26, 1867,
Jan. 20, 1880,
2 88%
Scituate Savings Bank,
6,570 00
March 2, 1868,
Sept. 2, 1879,
162 06
Stephen Litchfield,
300 00
April 23, 1873,
Oct. 23, 1879,
4 90
Stephen Litchfield,
500 CO
Oct. 10, 1871,
Oct. 10, 1879,
9 25
E. Weymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
500 00
May 27, 1876,
Nov. 27, 1879,
5 25
Seaman's Savings Bank,
30,000 00
Feb. 14, 1871,
Jan. 1, 1880,
175 00
State of Massachusetts,
30,000 00
May 2, 1871,
Nov. 2, 1879,
445 00 .
State of Massachusetts,
15,000 00
Nov. 8, 1873,
| Nov. 8, 1879,
242 08:
Amount of Principal, $87,045 00
Amount of Interest due, $1,051' 99 .
Amount of principal of notes, due $87,045 00
Amount of interest, due. . . 1,051 99 .
Due for outstanding orders of 1876-7
34 00
Due for outstanding orders of 1878
7 25
Due for outstanding orders of 1879-80
675 16
Due for salaries of teachers
1,053 60
-
Due for support of Poor
100 00
Amount of liabilities
$89,967 00
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RESOURCES.
Cash in hands of Treasurer $5,171 35
Uncollected taxes of 1875 67 48
Uncollected taxes of 1876. 118 60
Uncollected taxes of 1877 396 77
Uncollected taxes of 1878
1,480 70
Uncollected taxes of 1879.
7,911 31
Due from East Bridgewater for assistance to Mrs. Leander Osborne 82 50
Due from town of Canton for assistance to Thomas Keefe 8 95
Due from Hosea B. Mott for assistance to Joseph Mott 15 00
Due from State for State aid from Jan. 1st, 1879, to Feb. 1st, 1880 1,070 50
Due from State for State aid, authorized by act of 1878, chapter 282. 227 00
Due from State for military aid, authorized by act of 1879, chapter 252 213 46
Due from County, dog license fund of 1879 118 36
Value of security of C. M. Jenkins' house. 103 70
Tools on hand 20 00
Due from town of Cohasset for assistance to W. Henry Litchfield 168 90
Due from city of Boston for assistance to Thomas M. Paine 17 35
Amount carried forward, $17,191 93
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Amount brought forward. $17,191 93
Due from city of Boston for assistance to Daniel Jenkins. 36 40
Due from town of South Scituate 10 00
Due from State for supplies to State paupers 58 21
Due from estate of Edmund Jenkins 49 75
Due from estate of Eveline Jenkins 129 70
Amount of resources $17,475 99
Amount of liabilities
$89,967 00
Deduct resources 17,475 99
Balance, debt of Town, Feb. 1st, 1880 $72,491 01
Deduct losses on railroad 70,000 00
The ordinary debt of the Town would have been .. $2,491 01 The ordinary debt of the Town in 1879 was. 4,710 90
Balance, decrease of debt for the year $2,219 89
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Estimated Expenses for 1880.
For removing suow $1,000 00
Support of schools 3,300 00
Incidentals for schools 150 00
Support of Poor.
3,300 00
Repairs of roads and bridges 2,100 00
Town officers. 600 00
Abatement of taxes
200 00
Printing, stationery and postage 150 00
Miscellaneous 400 00
Collection of taxes and discount 400 00
Interest on debt
5,800 00
Repairs of public buildings
350 00
Total Town grant. $17,750 00
Add amount of State tax (estimated) 1,000 00
Add amount of County tax (estimated) 1,700 00
Total estimated expenses
$20,450 00
Guide Boards.
The guide boards throughout the Town remain the same as last year.
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List of Jurors.
Presented for the consideration of the Town, to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting in March.
Franklin Damon,
John B. Pierce,
Walter Litchfield,
Cushing O. Litchfield,
Thomas O. Cole,
Thaddeus L. Litchfield,
Henry Merritt,
James Edson,
Warren Litchfield,
Elijah T. Ciapp,
Alexander Anderson,
Charles T. Chubbuck,
Nicholas Wherity,
Edwin Young,
Job Vinal,
Andrew Bates,
Otis Litchfield,
E. Foster Pierce,
Francis M. Litchfield,
Turner Litchfield,
Hatherly Merritt,
Freeman H. Gannett,
Anthony Gray, George W. Merritt,
Harvey D. Northey,
Peter Murphy,
Thomas O. Neal,
George W. Elliott,
Nathaniel J. Vinal,
Daniel W. Stoddard,
Joseph Bailey,
Charles E. Bailey, Henry T. Otis,
Kilburn B. Merritt,
Abner Litchfield,
William Bates,
Webster Litchfield, . . Edwin Studley, .
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. LITCHFIELD, HENRY H. NORTHEY, JOB VINAL,
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of Scituate.
FEBRUARY 1, 1880.
TRUST FUND. 1
The Selectmen have paid from interest accrued on the Jenkins' fund, to the following named persons : Susan M. Otis $30 00
Eliza A. Otis
30 00
Mary S. Bouve 15 00
Amount
$75 00
WILLIAM H. LITCHFIELD," HENRY H. NORTHEY, JOB VINAL,
Trustees.
FEBRUARY 1, 1880.
ASSESSORS' DEPARTMENT.
Valuation of the Town of Scituate, May 1, 1879. Real estate $1,136,402 00
Personal estate 166,615 00
Total valuation of taxable property $1,303,017 00
Number of polls. 631
Number of acres of land taxed 9,657 18
Number of horses taxed
312
Number of cows taxed
277
Number of sheep taxed
52
Number of houses taxed
590
Tax on 631 polls, at $1.65
$1,041 15
Tax on $1,303,017, at $17.60 per $1,000.
22,933 12
Amount of assessment
$23 974 27
Valuation as Compared with 1878.
Real estate increase. $1,787 00
Personal estate increase 20,315 00
Total increase $22,102 00
WILLIAM H. LITCHFIELD, ) Assessors
HENRY H. NORTHEY, of JOB VINAL, Scituate.
SCITUATE, February 1, 1880.
ARTICLES IN WARRANT
For Town Meeting, March 1, 1880.
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator at said meeting.
ART. 2. To hear the report of the Selectmen and other Town officers, and act thereon.
ART. 3. To choose all necessary Town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 4. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year, and appropriate the same.
ART. 5. To establish the rate of wages for removing snow from the public highways, the year ensuing.
ART. 6. To revise and accept the list of Jurors, as prepared by the Selectmen.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to contract, at their discretion, for the support of the Town paupers.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in anticipation of taxes.
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ART. 9. Will the Town cause a statement of their financial affairs to be made up in the month of January instead of February.
ART. 10. To hear the report of any committees heretofore chosen, and act thereon.
ART. 11. To make allowances to Town creditors.
ART. 12. What action will the Town take in relation to keeping tramps.
ART. 13. Will the Town provide a suitable building for a lock-up, or act thereon.
ART. 14. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of fifty dollars, to be expended under the direction of Post No. 31, G. A. R., on Decoration Day.
ART. 15. Will the Town take measures to lessen their expenses during the coming year.
ART. 16. Will the Town instruct their Selectmen not to grant licenses to any person to sell fire crackers, or act or do anything relative to the same.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will allow a discount on taxes paid on or before the first day of October, or act thereon.
ART. 18. To see what action, if any, the Town will take with regard to its beaches and shore property, and its rights in the same, and the use and leasing the same or any part thereof.
ART. 19. To see what action the Town will take with regard to its public landings.
ART. 20. To see what action the Town will take with regard to the old way leading from Scituate Harbor to Cedar Point.
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ART. 21. To see what action the Town will take toward authorizing the Town Treasurer to supply to the Committee on Beaches, from time to time, - such sums of money, not exceeding in all three thousand dollars (already raised and appropri- ated), as they may require it, to be expended under the direction of said Committee in ascer- taining the rights of the Town in the beaches and shore property now claimed by said Town.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the Selectmen, to pay notes when they become due. ART. 23. To see what inducement the Town will hold out to establish a boot and shoe manufactory in the Town, or act thereon.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to grant licenses to sell liquor, or act thereon.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will purchase or provide an Almshouse, or act thereon.
Report of the Town Clerk.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1879.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAME OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
1879.
January
7,
Georgietta Turner Damon,
Francis M. and Lucy J.,
Harry Newton Lincoln,
George H. and Mattie J.,
March
3,
Mary Ward,
Daniel, 2d, and Ellen,
Reade. Merritt.
11,
Elmer Lincoln Cudworth,
George L. and Ellen A., Joseph T. and Martha P.,
Taylor.
April 1,
James and Rachel,
Stetson.
66
13,
Charles C. and Nellie F.,
Hayward.
38
66
19.
George Dewier,
John and Rose, Abel A. and Lucy A.,
Fitts.
Ward.
Arthur C. and Abbie E.,
Fernald.
May
16,
Henry Nelson Taylor,
Charles A. and Hannah E.,
Bailey.
66
29,
Archie Wallace Torrey,
Frank W. and Lizzie Ii.,
Merritt.
66
31,
Thomas James Flynn,
Thomas and Rachel,
Graham.
June
1,
Hattie Bailey Wood, George Hermon Briggs,
George H. and Ada A.,
Brown.
Bramhall.
4,
Mattie Hathaway Damon, Ruby Anna Glines, Sarah Evelyn Carter,
James D. and Lucinda,
Beal.
July
7,
Martha Gilbert Seaverns,
Alfred A. and Jane E.,
Frazier.
16,
William R. Damon,
Wiley S. and Emily M.,
Burns.
Clapp.
31,
Alice Mav Merritt,
Cassins C. and Alice L.,
Litchfield. Newcomb. Gill.
Mary O'Connell,
Dudley and Mary A.,
66
31,
Henry Wilson Gardner, Clara Wade, George Clarence Withem,
Walls.
19.
Frances Coleman Vinal,
20.
Charlotte Graham,
Thomas and Mary F.,
24,
Mabel Simpson Gardner,
Walter F. and Hannah E.,
Carter.
3,
William R. and Mary F., Alvin R. and Mercy E.,
Brown.
S,
66
24,
20.
August 0 , 8, September 5,
18, October 2,
13, November 12,
13. 20,
23,
23,
27,
30,
December 8,
13, 15,
18,
19,
23, 31, 1876.
August 14, 1877. Luella May Wood, Herbert Lewis Marsh, Sarah Maria Kane,
January 17, February 21, June 8,
1878. March 11,
May 12,
July 20,
Ethel Marion Cook, Mary Jane Sinclair Taylor, Allen Frye, Edgar Loring Hyland, Alice James Lovejoy, Damon, Ethel May Curtis, Emma Florence Bailey,
1
Richard Clapp,
Wilbur Austin Carter,
Nellie Thomas Lincoln,
Rena Maria Mitchell,
John Driscoll, Ellen Murphy, Azro Turner, Jr., Hyland, Mary Esther Hines, Elsie Evelyn Turner, Orcutt, Bellows,
John Dewier,
Herbert Edwin Curtis, Harry Randall, Luella Boynton Damon,
Langdon W. and Lydia M., Daniel W. and Harriet H., Charles W. and Amy F., Charles E. and Lucy A., James A. and Alice V., Frank W. and Amy M., Henry N. and Margaret, Charles E. and Eudora, Elijah T. and Anna R., William D. and Sarah F., Lovell B. and Mercie T., Charles H. and Ellen M., Flora and Catharine, James E. and Margaret E., Azro and Georgietta F., Thomas W. and Georgianna F., Edward F. and Maria F., John B. and H. Anna,
Hosea M. and Georgietta, George H. and Addie E.,
John and Rose,
Walter F. and Hannah E., Sidney R. and Mary E., Patrick and Ann,
Job E. and Clara M., William H. and Cora N., Walter L. and Lucy V.,
Doane. Gardner. Allen. Spooner. . Newcomb. Young. Gilday. Turner. Clapp. Hobson. Merritt. Hunt. Cunningham. Driscoll. Litchfield.
Bradford. 39
Vinal. Goodell.
Bailey. Bates.
Walls.
Carter. Stoddard. Burke.
Plummer. Chandler. Mott.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1879.
DATE.
NAMES
RESIDENCE OF EACH AT TIME OF MARRIAGE.
AGE.
BY WHOM, AND WHERE MARRIED.
1879.
Jan. 1,
Lovell Bicknell Lincoln,
Cohasset,
28
Rev. W. H. Fish, at South Scituate.
40
Scituate,
25
Feb. 27,
Willie Augustus Newcomb,
Weymouth,
28
Rev. H. W. Eldridge, at East Weymouth.
Helen Stockwell Anderson,
Scituate,
24
April 20,
Edward F. Hines,
Hingham,
22
Peter J. Leddy, at Hingham.
May
4,
Edward M. Sexton,
South Scituate,
30
Peter J. Leddy, at Hingham.
May 21,
Henry Norton Clark,
Holbrook,
25
Rev. Granville Yager, at Scituate.
June S,
Joseph Flynn,
Scituate,
23
Mary Ford,
Scituate,
20
July 20,
George Oliver Burbank,
Cohasset,
19
Etta B. Merritt,
Scituate,
19
Ang. 1,
Frank Herbert Prouty,
Cohasset,
20
Flora Fostina Bailey,
Scituate,
18
Rev. H. B. Hibben, at Scituate.
Maria F. Vinal,
Scituate,
26
Margaret M. Wherity,
Scituate,
26
Harriet Newell Bailey,
Scituate, 28
Peter J. Leddy, at Scituate.
Rev. Granville Yager, at Cohasset.
Mercie Thomas Merritt,
Sept. 23, John F. Dalby, Jennie Martin,
Scituate,
25 20
Scituate,
Nov. 4,
Alfred Roscoe Vinal,
Scituate,
28
Jane Watson,
Scituate, 26 33
Scitnate,
Scituate,
32
Cohasset,
25
Nov. 16
George Lewis Litchfield,
Nettie E. Spooner,
Scituate,
17
Nov. 25,
Leroy Mott,
Scituate,
32
Mary Edith Thomas,
Cohasset,
27
Nov. 26,
Israel Nichols,
Scituate,
47
Joseph H. Mansfield, at Boston.
Dec. 17,
David Henry Stoddard,
Hanover,
30
Rev. A. G. Jennings, at Scituate.
Emma Gertrude Merritt,
Scituate,
23
Dec. 18,
William Henry Woodfall,
Lynn, 27
Scituate,
22
Dec. 25,
Albert Marshall Litchfield,
Scituate,
28
Cohasset,
27
1878. Oct. 15.
George Cushing Jenkins, Marietta Butler Damon, -
Scituate,
24
Marshfield,
18
Rev. Joseph Osgood, at Cohasset. Rev. William C. Wood, at Scituate. Rev. George Gannett, at No. 69 Chester Square, Boston.
41
Rev. William C. Wood, at Scituate. Rev. Granville Yager, at Cohasset.
Rev. Joseph Osgood, at Cohasset.
Nov. 10,
John Weatherbee,
Lizzie E. (Brown) Cargill,
Rev. W. H. Fish, at South Scituate. Rev. Granville Yager, at Cohasset.
Charlestown,
49
Jane W. Hodgdon,
Mabel Florence Litchfield,
Priscilla Gove Bates,
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE DURING THE YEAR 1879.
AGE.
PARENTS NAMES.
DATE.
NAME.
DECEASE.
Years.
Months
Days.
1879.
Nymphas and Deborah Litchfield.
Jan. 1,
Deborah H. Merritt,
Intestinal Tuberculosis,
51
2
5
16
6,
Lucy P. Pearce,
Old Age,
81
3
15
Solon and Sarah Nash.
.
42
7,
Emily Merritt,
Old Age,
83
9
7
Silas and Polly Litchfield.
8,
Esther C. Prentiss,
Tubercular Phthisis,
32
S
11
George and Henrietta.
Mary Emerson,
Hypertrophia,
70
11
11
Ichabod and Mary Cook.
66
17,
Lucy Vinal,
Paralysis,
72
10
7
John and Lucy Moffat.
18.
Cynthia Cushing,
Dropsy,
56
6
1
Charles and Cynthia Curtis.
21,
Arletta B. Colburn,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
28
3
26
Solon N. and Eunice W. Studley.
Mar. 1,
Amelia F. Cole,
Consumption,
Tease,
43
2
S
Moses B. and Polly Coleman.
“
19,
Esther Vinal,.
Paralysis, Apoplexy,
69
4
27
William and Agatha.
" 25,
Joseph Damon, Henry Damon,
Paralysis,
[bowels,
82
2
22
Reuben and Lydia.
Apr. 3,
Louisa C. Sylvester,
Cancerous disease of
45
7
15
May
7 ,
Percy C. Litchfield,
·
Congestion of Lungs, Old Age,
4
5
9
Edwin C. and Mary F.
9,
Martha Webb,
86
6
Typhoid Fever,
77
10
Nathaniel and Deborah Wade.
Peritonitis,
91
5
9
John and Agatha Hatch.
17,
Rebecca L. Young,
Paralysis, Bright's Dis-
62
-
-
Robert-Harris.
·
Thomas- -Liptrot.
4,
Dennis and Elizabeth Lane.
15,
Patience H. Webb,
11.
June 11, Polly Hammond, Dora B. Shaw, William R. Damon, Ellen Supple, Frances C. Vinal, Lewis Paul,
13, 23, 66 24, 27 July 4, 16, 16. 16, 27,
" 26,
Mary Damon,
Old Age, Typhoid Inflammation of bowels,
6
10
Glandular disease of
50
2
Phthisis, [bowels,
44
-
Convulsions,
-
2
Accidental drowning,
21
-
1.
Accidental drowning,
19
7
5 John and Mary.
Accidental drowning,
26
-
15
John and Elizabeth.
Samuel S. W. Folsom,
Hemiplegia,
64
2
7
Aug. 5,
Henry O'Brien,
Intestinal obstruction,
50
11
23,
Eliza Young,
Suicide by hanging,
21
9
23
" 23,
Elwin A. Merritt,
Heart disease,
59
1
20
Sept. 12,
26,
Sarah Evelyn Carter,
Consumption,
-
3
2
James D. and Lucinda.
Paralysis,
90
2
13
Lewis and Lucy Studley.
43
29, Oct. 17,
Cushing O. Ellms,
§ Found dead in the ruins of m his burned house,
79
S
3
Ebenezer and Judith.
Nov. 11,
Alice James Lovejoy,
Marasmus,
-
1
10
James A. and Alice B.
" 21,
Joseph Mott,
Old Age,
91
5
1
Stephen and Nabby. Albert and Mary A.
Membranous Croup,
2
1
12
Dec. 6, " 26,
Lucinda Cole,
Dropsy, (?)
66
-
21
Ambrose and Mary.
Old Age,
93
3
17
Barnabas and Annie Webb.
-
-
Michael and Catherine. Gideon W. and Nancy.
Cholera Infantum,
9
27 Joseph and Lydia Coleman. 2 Philander and Clarassa. 13 Isaac B. and Mary A. Thomas-Flynn, 15 - Abel and Lucy. Alexander and Mary.
Mathew Currie,
Thomas Harris,
John and Hannah S.
Allen and Emeline. Zeba and Emily.
Frederick Cashing.
Lucy Briggs,
Albert Clapp,
11
THE FOLLOWING WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE.
Years.
fMonths
Days.
2
-
Died at Boston.
James A. Seaverns,
Joseph F. Seaverns,
1
-
Died at Boston.
Sarah J. Seaverns,
-
5
-
Died at Boston,
Charles H. Seaverns,
Drowned.
54
-
1
S
4
Died at Brookline Died at Boston,
Marasmus,
10
-
Israel Merritt,
Apoplexy,
69
-
Died at Boston. Died at Charlestown, R. I.
William Mayo,
69
7
16
June 12,
John T. Bouve,
Bright's Disease,
52
6
23
Died at North Weymouth.
Aug. 23,
Alfred L. Cook,
3
1
22
Died at Boston.
Oct. 26, Nov. 17,
Mary Donovan,
30
-
-
-
Died at Cohasset.
1839. Apr. 15, 1849. Apr. 2, 1851. Sept. 5, 1862. May 5, . 1878. Jan. 22, Dec. 16, 1879. Jan. 20, 4 27,
AGE.
PLACE OF DEATH.
.
Died at Boston.
44
Wilbur A. Prouty, Fred L. Otis,
-
Died at Boston.
Adeline T. Ellis,
Diphtheretic Croup,
45
Summary.
Whole number of births during the year 1879
43
Males 18
Females 25
Whole number recorded in 1879 50
Number of marriages recorded. 18
Number of marriage certificates issued 19
Number of deaths in Scituate during the year
39
Males 15
Females 24
Average age : forty-nine years and five days.
Of the number who died in Town, nine were between seventy and eighty, and four were over ninety years.
Whole number recorded during the year 51
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Whole number of dogs licensed during the year 73
Amount received for the same $161 00
CHARLES E. BAILEY, Town Clerk.
SCITUATE, February 1, 1880.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
FOR THE
YEAR 1879-80.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM JOB PRINTERS. 1880.
REPORT.
"Don't let us forget that the sun rises in the East !" was the exordium and key note of a speech made by one of our conservative citizens in a late Sunday School Con- vention, in opposition to a proposition to introduce new and innovating exercises and methods into our Sunday Schools. It is true, indeed, that Copernicus was able to teach the world something even upon the subject of sun rising, and that, too, when for thousands of years the world had been thinking that it knew all about it. And we have no doubt that in the various departments of moral and intellectual training, as every where, we have much yet to learn, and that not only in our Sunday Schools, but especially in our modern system of free public schools, we will continue in the future, as in the past, to make progress. But at periods, as now, when there seems to be a feverish state of restlessness pervading the public mind, and novelty is pleasing, and old methods and opinions unpopular, it is well, perhaps, to recall the fact that there are some principles permanently established;
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that there are some facts, like that of the sun rising in the East, that amid all changes, remain to assert them- selves if questioned, or ignored. Change is not always improvement. Progress in order to be desired must be in the right direction. " Hasten slowly," is an old adage, yet a wise one, worthy of adoption as a principle of guidance in all true permanent progressive movement, and especially applicable to us in our effort and desire to improve our present system of public school instruction here or elsewhere in our beloved Commonwealth.
In the recommendation of this ancient adage to our townsmen as a principle of guidance, the Committee would not have it understood as indicating a disposition on our part to sit down complacently and rest where we are, without any further or greater effort to change, improve, and advance. On the contrary our schools, from lowest to highest, are in our estimation very far from reaching our ideal of perfection or even the excel- lence attainable at the present day by any well taught and well governed school in New England. Therefore, throughout this Report, when we use the words "prosperous " or "excellent " or any other adjective of praise or approval, it is, of course, to be under- stood in a comparative sense.
But, in view of the present existing spirit of innovation which pervades many portions of our country, which wel- comes and exalts any novelty in method, and apparently delights in pelting our more conservative teachers
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and superintendents with such epithets as "old fash- ioned," "cut and dried machine men," and which assumes to have discovered this or that system of "learning made casy," in which the teacher is to do all the hard work and the pupil little or none. it is well, in the opinion of the Committee, for the friends of education, everywhere, to remember that " the sun still continues to rise in the East." Or, interpreting our application of this homely figure, to remember that such is the nature and environment of the wonderful being whom we call "man," that there is, there never can be, any easy "royal road to learning ;" and that the qualifications necessary to teach, as well as the teaching. and the requirements necessary to learn, as well as the learning, are always essentially the same, and no "system " can change it much.
THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER.
Therefore, teachers, at the present day, as of old, whatever new methods they may have discovered or adopted, to achieve the success that we have a right to exact, need to be men and women of disciplined minds .. Other qualifications may be, and doubtless are, needful, but without this the school is likely to be a farce, or, may be, a curse.
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