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Wilbur P. Brown,
Jetson Wade,
E. Parker Welch,
George H. Damon,
James P. Murphy,
Charles F. Beal,
Otis Litchfield, Stephen Joyce, Alfred Wood,
Patrick Kane, Charles A. Brown,
Charles Manson,
Charles T. Chubuck,
James Damon,
Ernest F. Bonney,
Thomas F. Bailey,
Henry Young,
Cushing O. Litchfield,
Alfred A. Seaverns,
Andrew J. Waterman,
John E. O. Prouty.
Thomas Tilden, H. Lucius Vinal,
Andrew Bates,
Walter H. Merritt,
Charles F. Clapp,
Otis Barker,
William H. Burke,
John J. Ford,
Charles O. Ellms,
Joseph O. Marsh,
William O. Clapp, Azro Turner.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS TILDEN, Selectmen
CHARLES T. CHUBUCK, of JOHN J. FORD, Scituate.
James W. Tilden, James C. Merritt, Hatherly Merritt, Francis B. Lee,
Israel C. Dalby,
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TRUST FUNDS.
The Selectmen have paid out of the income of the " Jenkins Fund" the sum of $220. Forty dollars each to fine single women, and twenty dollars to one single woman. The "Thomas Fund " has not been disturbed.
THOMAS TILDEN,
CHARLES T. CHUBUCK, Trustees. JOHN J. FORD,
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards throughout the Town need general repairs, and in some instances new boards are needed. We recommend that $200 be raised for that purpose.
THOMAS TILDEN, Selectmen CHARLES T. CHUBUCK, of
JOHN J. FORD, Scituate.
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ARTICLES TO BE IN THE WARRANT
For Town Meeting, March 4, 1889.
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in 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 ensuing year.
ART. 4. To see what sums of money the Town will raise to defray its necessary and lawful expenses for the current year and appropriate the same.
ART. 5. To establish the rate of wages for removing snow for the current year.
ART. 6. To establish the rate of wages for the Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Auditor, for the current year.
ART. 7. To act on the list of jurors as prepared by the Se- lectmen.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Overseers of the Poor to contract, at their discretion, for the sup- port of the town's poor.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will authorize their Treasurer to borrow money, under the direction of the Selectmen, in anticipation of taxes.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will authorize their Auditor to print and distribute their financial, and other reports, in the month of February next.
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ART. 11. To hear the report of any Committee heretofore chosen and act thereon.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for "Memorial Day."
ART. 13. To see if the Town will determine the way and man- ner in which their taxes shall be collected or act thereon.
ART. 14. To make allowance to town creditors or act thereon. ART. 15. To ballot on the question of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town. The ballots to be "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in this Town.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the purpose of repairs on culverts, between the third and fourth cliffs, or act thereon. ART. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for repairs on road leading from the northerly end of the second cliff, to the northerly end of the first cliff.
ART. 18. Will the Town release, for a consideration, their lease of the "Peirce Gravel Pit," on Charles Street?
ART. 19. To see if the Town will buy or authorize their Treas- urer to buy, under the direction of the Selectmen, one of the town's notes to be paid for out of the cash in the hands of the Treasurer.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will appoint an Agent to pur- chase school supplies for the use of the schools, in Town, or act thereon,
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
TOWN OF SCITUATE, in account with
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
DR.
Amount of orders paid
$16,138 42
Amount of interest paid 3,100 00
Paid-
State Treasurer, State tax 1,822 50
County Treasurer, County tax 1,630 33
Roland Turner, fees collecting taxes 215 31
Discount on taxes
570 98
State Treasurer, corporation tax overdrawn, 1887. .
316 45
Uncollected taxes, 1888
4,144 41
. Cash on hand January 1, 1889.
13,922 49
CR.
Cash on hand, January 1st, 1888
$12,048 92
Received of-
County Treasurer, dog fund, 1887 238 72
State Treasurer, school fund . 183 86
Town of Pembroke, supplies to poor 34 76
J. E. Otis, license of pool table
2 00
Town of Cohasset, supplies to poor
9 00
City of Boston, supplies to D. Jenkins 52 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1887.
66 26
State Treasurer, National Bank tax
23 12
P. R. Livermore, pedler's license 8 00
Burke & Ward, license of pool table 2 00
$41,860 89
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Burke & Ward, license of bowling alley $2 00
C. H. Mitchell, license of pool table 2 00
State Treasurer, corporation tax, 1888 1,376 99
66
National Bank tax, 1888 . . .
457 75
66 66 State aid (Chap. 252) 253 00
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66 (Chap. 301) 988 00
Interest on money on deposit 115 82
A. J. Waterman, Auctioneer's license 2 00
City of Boston, supplies to F. L. Paine
239 13
Jane Jenkins, interest on note
6 00
Charles E. Bailey, supplies to schools sold, 1887. .
5 36
Charles E. Bailey, supplies to schools sold, 1888. . .
8 64
Two fish rights on North River
14 00
Langdon W. Cook, Auctioneer's license
2 00
Taxes collected from 1875 to 1885
107 32
66 of 1885
122 06
66
66
" 1886 447 49
. .
" 1887 4,925 11
5,601 98
Taxes for collection of 1888 20,063 83
$41,860 89
Respectfully submitted,
ROLAND TURNER, Treasurer.
The Selectmen have examined the Treasurer's accounts, and believe them correct.
Respectfully,
THOMAS TILDEN, Selectmen CHARLES T. CHUBUCK, of JOHN J. FORD, Scituate.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT.
Real [ Value of buildings $1,031,315 00
Estate, ? Land 664,510 00
Total value of real estate. $1,695,825 00
Personal estate 141,450 00
Total valuation of property . $1,837,275 00
Number acres of land 9,747
66 horses
360
cows. 378
neat cattle other than cows.
61
sheep
64
swine
47
houses
702
persons assessed on property . 999
66
for poll only. 186
Total valuation compared with 1887-
Real estate, increase .... $14,993 00
Personal estate, decrease 2,195 00
Total increase $12,798 00
Rate of taxation $10.20 per thousand.
THOMAS TILDEN, - Assessors CHAS. T. CHUBUCK, JOHN J. FORD, S of Scituate.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Scituate, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, held at the town hall in said Scituate on Monday, March 5th, 1888, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, Thomas Tilden was chosen Moderator. Daniel J. Bates and Henry T. Otis counted, they having been chosen tellers, and duly sworn by the Clerk.
Voted, To proceed to the choice of Town Clerk.
For Town Clerk : Charles Manson.
ARTICLE 3.
Voted, To accept the report of the Selectmen.
ART. 2 .- OFFICERS ELECTED. For Selectmen :
Thomas Tilden. Charles T. Chubuck. John J. Ford.
For Surveyor of Highways: David S. Jenkins. For Constables :
Wilbur P. Brown, Henry T. Otis,
Cushing O. Litchfield, A. F. Damon.
For School Committee for Three Years : Ella Bates. For Treasurer: Roland Turner.
For Assessors :
Thomas Tilden. Charles T. Chubuck. John J. Ford,
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For Collector : Roland Turner. Voted, That the fee of the Collector for collecting taxes be the same as last year. For Field Drivers :
A Judson Bates, Patrick Murphy, David S. Jenkins,
William E. Hunt,
Stephen Litchfield, Josiah Litchfield, Warren Litchfield, Turner Litchfield.
Wilbur P. Brown. For Pound Keeper : Wilbur P. Brown. For Fire Wards :
D. J. Bates.
M. B. Colman. Sumner Litchfield.
For Fence Viewers :
William O. Clapp. Turner Litchfield. A. J. Bates.
For Surveyor of Lumber : M. B. Colman. ARTICLE 14. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town? Yes, 104; No, 140. ARTICLE 19.
In regard to establishing a sinking fund out of the money in the hands of the Treasurer- Voted in the negative.
ARTICLE 10.
To hear the report of any Committee.
Charles E. Bailey, one of the Committee chosen to solicit subscriptions for a new Town Hall and High School Building, made a report, which was rejected.
ARTICLE 2. Voted, That there be three Auditors to audit the town's books, and that they be the Selectmen.
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ARTICLE 4.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the following sums of money :
For-
Removing snow (appropriated from cash on hand) .. $1,000 00
Support of schools 5,000 00
Incidentals for schools 150 00
Support of poor (appropriated from cash on hand) . 2,800 00
Repairs of roads and bridges 3,000 00
Town officers 700 00
Abatement of taxes.
300 00
Printing, stationery and postage
200 00
Miscellaneous expenses
500 00
Collection of taxes and discount
800 00
Repairs of public buildings
200 00
Military aid. 300 00
Interest on debt
3,100 00
ARTICLE 5. Voted, That the rate of wages for removing snow be twenty- five cents per hour.
ARTICLE 6.
Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to fill the places of those who wish to be excused from serving on the jury ..
ARTICLE 12.
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of Post 31, G. A. R. on Memorial Day.
ARTICLE 7.
Voted, That the Town authorize their Treasurer to borrow money under the direction of the Selectmen in antici- pation of taxes.
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ARTICLE S. Toted, That the Town authorize the Overseers of the Poor to contract at their discretion for the support of the Town's poor.
ARTICLE 9. Voted, That the Town cause their financial report to be printed and distributed in the month of February next.
ARTICLE 10. Voted, That the report of the Committee upon purchasing the town hall lot be recommitted to the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 13. Voted, That a discount of 4 per cent. be allowed upon all taxes paid before November 1st.
ARTICLE 11.
To make allowances to town creditors. .
Voted, That the bill of George W. Bailey be allowed. Voted, That the bill of Charles 'T. Murray be disallowed. Voted, That a Committee of three be appointed (by the chair) to find the books belonging to Mr. Murray (reported lost), and return them to Mr. Murray.
LANGDON W. COOK, WILLIAM L. LITCHFIELD, WILLIAM O. CLAPP,
Committee.
Voted, That the bill of Henry L. Vinal be disallowed.
ARTICLE 15. Voted, That the Town authorize the Selectmen to buy or take gravel pits for the use of the Town. Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for that purpose.
ARTICLE 16.
In reference to buying a hearse. (Passed over.)
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ARTICLE 17. In reference to improving the road leading to Mann Hill and Boardman Avenue. (Passed over.)
ARTICLE 18.
Voted, That the Town instruct their Surveyor of Highways to compel individuals to remove all incumbrances from the highways and sidewalks of the Town.
ARTICLE 20.
In reference to gravelling Beach Street. (Passed over.)
ARTICLE 21.
Voted, To raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the improvement of the sidewalks of the Town,to be expended under the direction of the Surveyor of Highways.
ARTICLE 22. Voted, That the Town cause all the streets to be named that are not already named.
ARTICLE 23.
Voted, That the Town instruct the Selectmen to cause street signs to be erected at the ends of all the streets in Town, or sufficiently near so as not to be mistaken. Voted, That the Moderator be paid $5.00 for his services.
Mr. Tilden declining to receive any compensation for his ser- vices, a vote of thanks was tendered him.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
Meeting dissolved.
Attest: CHARLES MANSON, Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK,
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Births Registered in Scituate for the Year 1888.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
34
Jan. 10,
Catherine Lauretta Landers,
Edmund, Jr., and Lauretta, John and Jane L.,
Mitchell. Nee.
Feb. 5,
William French Otis,
George T. and Carrie M.,
27,
Catherine Florence Maddock.
Thomas J. and Florence M.,
66
28,
Edward Raymond Jason,
George and Elizabeth R., Joseph E. and Anna T., Herbert M. and Mary E.,
March 6, 16,
Myron Eugene Goodrich, Ernestine Foster Merritt,
23,
Charles Frederick Jackson,
25,
Charles Ritter Richardson.
April
3, William Merrill Wade,
17, Martha A. Doherty,
May
3. George Clarke Barbour,
Charles H. and Elizabeth G .. William P. and Sarah M., Jetson and Maraquita, James and Martha,
Marcus N. and Margaret M.,
Davie. Cushman. Silvia. Nott. Compton. Keene. Stickle. Hodgdon. McDonald.
Fallon.
11,
John Leo Fallen,
May
July . .
8, 11, 15, 28, 4, 20,
5, Lucy Dunbar Marsh, 6, Charlotte Augusta Norton, Bridget Welch, James P. Jordan Andrews, Marjorie May Mott, Albert Winslow Brown, George Anderson, Ada Willistein Curtis,
24, Ruth Augusta Sampson,
..
31,
Maud Isabel Spooner, Ralph Mason Litchfield,
August 3, 9.
Harold Woodbury Turner, Bruce Crocker Northey,
..
20,
..
28.
Agnes O'Connor, William O'Neal, Frank Rich,
Sept. 2, 3, .6 22,
Martin Leo Flynn,
Herberta Elizabeth Webb,
26, Herbert Everett Wilder, Litchfield,
Everett and Mary,
Webster and Sarah A.,
James and Maggie, Frank H. and Louise A., Daniel and Ellen,
Hall.
Nov. 24,
Gertrude Duffy,
.. . 26, William Henry Jenkins,
Dec.
-- Litchfield,
Alfred H. and Sarah A.,
Thomas and Rachel,
William and Annie,
Stoddard. Whitney. Quinn. Bidell. Chubuck. Litchfield. Ellms. Litchfield. Tuttle. Archibald. Jenkins. Merritt: Brown. McDonough.
35
French.
Ford. Merritt. Bates. Dalby. Ward.
Oct. ..
7, 9, Isabel Leonora Green,
17,
Ralph Herbert Young,
George H. and Joanna,
18, 26, 28.
Mary Julia Flynn, Helen Frances Duffy,
Sidney R. and Mary E., Charles H. and Ada M., John and Mary, Reuben S. H. and Melissa, Charles H. and Lydia T., C. Albert and Mary F., Alexander B. and Mercy E., Lewis N., 2d, and Edna A., William H. and Annie A.,. Jesse and Eliza J., Francis M. and Harriet F.,
John F. and Anna F., Charles H. and Adelaide L. C .. Dudley and Mary,
Henry and Mary, J. Frank and Mary P., Joseph and Mary, Herbert E. and Amalia,
O'Donnell.
Mitchell. Ray. Gibby. Graham. Walls.
31,
Births-Continued.
DATE.
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
MAIDEN NAME.
1887. April 26, Oct. 2, 1886.
Richard Dewier, Frank Gearin,
Thomas and Ellen, John and Margaret,
Sullivan. Sweeney.
Feb. 5,
Edith Adelaide JJason,
George and Elizabeth R.,
Silvia. "
1866.
Dec.
23.
Elmiran Francis Clapp,
Mary E.,
Clapp.
1857. Oct. 12,
Ruth Merritt Turner,
John H. and Sarah E.,
Nichols. 36
1846. August 16, 1844.
Sarah Welch Litchfield,
Howard and Rachel,
Jenkins.
Jenkins.
May 24,
Louise Litchfield,
Howard and Rachel,
Marriages Registered in Scituate for the Year 1888.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH AT TIME OF AGE. MARRIAGE.
PLACE OF MARRIAGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
Jan.
15,
Minea Eliza Andrews,
Scituate.
23
Wilbur Fiske Merritt,
Scituate.
27
Hanover.
Hanover.
James Lundergan,
Brockton.
27
29.
Elizabeth A. Murphy,
Scituate,
25
Scituate,
25
Feb.
19.
Edna Aura Litchfield.
Scituate,
21
Charles Allen Bailey.
Scituate,
21
Rev. David Bremner,
March 25,
Ida May Bearce.
Scituate, 18
Scituate.
April 5,
Cora F. Farrow.
Norwood.
21
Weymouth.
28
..
12,
Sarah Kilby Hudson,
Scituate,
60
!
Boston,
40
Marshfield.
31
May
11.
Josephine Packard.
Scituate.
25
-
George Curtis Jackson,
Scituate. 23
Scituate,
Scituate.
Rev. J. W. Brownville,
26.
Lizzie Bowen Dwelley.
Hanover.
24
Seitnate,
Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset.
Lewis N. Curtis. 2d.
Scituate,
Rev. David Bremner. Scituate.
William F. Osborne,
Norwood,
22
Scituate,
Rev. David Bremner, Scituate.
William Henry Rockwood.
North Seituate,
Scituate. 29
Scituate.
29,
Hannah Roche.
-
Willard L. Fish,
Duxbury.
Rev. Chase Taylor. Duxbury
37
Rev. John W. Savage, Cohasset. Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset.
Nicholas Wherity.
Scituate,
Rev. David Bremner.
Marriages .- Continued.
DATE.
NAMES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH AT TIME OF AGE. MARRIAGE.
PLACE OF MARRIAGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED.
George Gorham Walbach,
Boston,
35
Greenbush,
-June
2,
Mary Emerson Welch,
Scituate,
22
James McDonough,
Scituate,
60
Scituate,
44
Scituate,
25
17,
Flora Chessman Hunt,
Scituate,
21
Scituate,
25
June
20,
Julia Meredith Dunning,
July
3,
Mercy C. Brown,
Scituate,
25
Scituate,
25
16,
Hannah Glynn,
Scituate, 28
Scituate,
22
18,
Sarah Leavitt Pratt,
Cohasset, 19
Scituate,
37
Sept.
16,
Mary Abby Ferguson,
Scituate,
33
Scituate,
24
Scituate,
Scituate.
27
Scituate,
55
Oct.
15.
Catherine Hoffman,
Nova Scotia,
28
North Scituate,
Rev. Pelham Williams. Greenbush. Rev. P. H. Billings, Boston.
Rev. David Bremner, Scituate. Rev.George W . Bicknell, Lowell, Mass.
38
Portland, Me.,
25
George Albert Turner,
Hanover,
34
North Scituate,
Rev. T. Richard Peed, North Scituate.
Edward James Graham,
Cohasset,
Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset. Rev. John W. Savage, Cohasset.
William Otis Clapp, Jr.,
Cohasset.
Albert Marshall Litchfield,
Scituate,
Rev. David Bremner, Scituate. Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset.
Isaac Pitts,
30,
Lizzie Levange,
John P. Giffin,
Rev. T. Richard Peed, North Scituate.
3,
Annie Day,
Eugene Thomas Brown,
Scituate,
Andrew Otis Waterman,
Portland, Me.,
Cohasset,
Oct. 23,
7
Frank Studley. Elizabeth Louise Torrey, Frederic Warren Rogers.
Nov. 15,
1 Helen Augusta Clapp,
Arthur. F. Sylvester,
17.
1 Jane F. Richardson.
James Glynn.
28.
Mary Kelly.
Edwin Thomas Pratt.
. .
28,
Alice A. Pierce,
Scituate. 21
Scituate,
21
.'
29,
Clara B. V. Elliott,
Chester H. Lee.
29.
Eliza Jane Hobson,
Charles Sumner Stoddard.
Dec. 3.
Charlotte Bertha Carter.
Scituate, 23
Scituate.
26
Scituate. 21
Cohasset,
29
Scituate,
27
Scituate,
28
Scituate,
24
1887.
Nov. 22.
Sarah Glynn.
Scituate. $7
Scituate,
30
Marshfield. 30
Scituate,
20
Scituate,
22
Norwell,
20
Scituate, 22
Boston, 22
EastWeymouth 20 EastWeymouth
North Scituate,
Scituate.
22
Scituate. 19
Scituate. 18
Scituate, 33
Cohasset.
( Ansel F. Servan.
..
8.
¿ S. Edith Welch.
Henry Collier. Jr ..
20.
Josie Vinal.
John Ruddiman, Jr.,
..
23,
Mary JJason.
Joseph Synder.
Fall River, 31
Scituate,
Scituate.
25
Rev. JJ. N. Studley. Amherst. N. II. Rev David Bremner, Scituate. Rev. T. Richard Peed. North Scituate. Rev. W. H. Fitzpatrick, Boston.
Rev. A. A. Kidder, East Weymouth. Rev. T. Richard Peed, North Scituate. Rev. T. Richard Peed, North Scituate. Rev. Joseph Osgood, Cohasset. Rev.G.W.F.Glendenning Scituate.
Rev. H. A. Whitman, Scituate. Rev. Joseph Osgood. Cohasset.
Rev. Ignatius P. Egan, Cohasset.
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Scituate,
Scituate,
Cohasset.
Amherst, N. H.
Scituate,
North Scituate,
Boston.
North Scituate,
Frederic T. Bailey,
Deaths Registered in Scituate for the Year 1888.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Years.
Montlıs.
Days.
Paralysis of Heart,
72
1
11
Jan.
21.
George Washington Brown, Lemuel Naslı,
Paralysis,
80
6
18
Mar.
1,
Francis Joseph Green,
Convulsions,
-
4
17
4,
Lucy Ann Brown,
Apoplexy,
61
William P. & Elizabeth Allen. John and Margaret.
40
12,
Frankie Gearin,
Pneumonia,
5
10
Thomas J. and Florence F.
16,
Catherine F. Maddock,
Whooping Cough,
69
10
Seth and Betsey Bradford.
Old Age,
86
6
Thomas and Mercy.
Apr.
6,
John Marsh,
Neuralgia of Heart,
71
4
1
Joseph O. and Joanna.
Consumption,
62
-
87
7
6
John and Mercy.
Pneumonia,
8
3
1
Melzar and Rosanna.
May
20.
Harriet Augusta Clapp,
55
11
Elijah and Harriet Clapp.
66
28.
Sarah Snyder,
Phthisis,
26
-
June
1.
Bennett D. Studley,
Suddenly,
63
8
-
66
11, John Leo Fallon,
66
23,
John Otis,
Paralysis,
54
1
Joseph and Sarah.
30,
Emily Fisher Clapp,
Apoplexy,
64
-
-
Richard and Catherine.
14.
Richard Supple,
20,
Christopher Tilden,
Old Age,
24,
Mary C. Vinal,
Heart Disease,
Michael and Catherine Glynn.
Bennett D. and Deborah.
Convulsions.
5
John and Jane.
Ebenezer and Sarah Fisher.
26,
Charlotte M. Briggs,
30,
Elijah Clapp.
Disease of Heart,
21
Benjamin and Ann. Joseph and Lucy. James B. and Maggie L.
22,
NAMES OF PARENTS.
July 18, 31,
Albert Everett, Susanna C. Newcomb, Eunice J. Hatch,
August 7,
William Brown,
Paralysis,
86
7
Cholera Infantum,
1 -
2
Sept.
Frank Rich,
Icterus,
Paralysis,
53
5
Diarrhea,
88
7
24.
Myron E. Goodrich,
.:
25. 2,
Lot S. Vinal,
Old Age,
79
8
Old Age,
75
6
13
Peleg and Mary Jenkins.
Neuralgia of Heart.
71
10
8
Isaac B. and Eliza Damon.
44
16.
Deborah T. Otis,
Consumption,
55
4
William H. and Lucy F.
41
. .
26,
Isaac Glines.
Old Age,
96
6
24
Joseph.
Nov.
4.
Jotham W. Bailey.
Paralysis.
56
C
29
Thomas F. and Hannah.
Old Age,
77
8
James O. and Desire Curtis.
66
19,
Sophia Ellms.
Old Age,
92
11
12
4 4
25.
Frank Curran,
Drowning,
60
-
-
66
25,
Michael McDonough,
Drowning,
65
25.
John B. McCarr,
Drowning,
28
5
25.
John Fitz.
Drowning,
45
Drowning,
45
-
- 24
Heart Disease.
[Beach, 60 75
-
-
Charles and Martha M. Jacob and Martha Cushing. Samuel and Mercy T. Hatch.
10 Joseph and Mercy.
28 2 C. Albert and Mary F .. J. Frank and Mary P. Samuel and Maria. 17 18 Frost and Eliza. Joseph E. and Anna T. Roland and Eleanor Jackson Clitus and Abigail.
Cholera Infantum,
6
Heart Disease (supposed)
67
-
20
Oct.
7,
11.
Hannah H. Andrews,
Stephen & Patience H. Webb
25.
Herbert O. Wade.
Congestion of Lungs,
2
5
18,
Sarah Otis Litchfield,
Benjamin and Sarah Briggs.
25.
Willie Curran,
Drowning,
14
Frank Curran.
25,
Unknown,
Body washed ashore at Scituate 27 Paralysis,
-
2
25, 4. 10,
James H. Poole,
66
17,
Daniel Hudson,
Elizabeth Otis Merritt.
Aurelia Whiting.
-
-
Albert Winslow Brown,
The Following were Brought to Town for Interment.
AGE.
DATE.
NAMES.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 8.
Southworth B. Newcomb,
9
10
Milton.
Feb.
3,
Edith N. Curtis,
11
11
Boston.
15,
Edward Gammon,
60
-
-
South Scituate.
20.
Albert Cook.
1
7
8
South Weymouth.
March 15.
John Leo Jason,
Spasms,
3
17
Cohasset.
April
9,
May O. Learnard,
Bright's Disease,
16
9
14
Boston.
.6
23.
Mary A. Dunn,
Peritonitis,
29
. 1
-
June
12.
John B. Newcomb,
Consumption,
26
22
Quincy.
26.
Catherine M. Kendall,
Pneumonia,
55
6
Boston.
July
Ross J. Newcomb.
1
20
Weymouth.
August 16.
Mary A. Gammon.
68
Norwell,
31,
Sadie Gertrude Webb.
Cholera Infantum,
6
Quincy.
Oct.
7. Herbert J. Colman,
Typhoid Fever,
21
1
16
Boston.
Nov.
13,
Daniel W. Stoddard,
36
2
21
Braintree.
14,
Lydia P. S. Barnes,
Old Age,
72
10
14
PLACE OF DEATH.
Tubercular Meningitis, Anæmia,
-
42
Boston.
43
Summary.
Whole number of births for the year 1888 39
Males.
20
Females.
19
Number of births recorded . 46
Number of marriages recorded 31
Number of certificates issued 29
Number of deaths in Scituate for the year
13
Males
28
Females.
15
Brought to Town for interment
15
Whole number recorded during the year
58
Number of dogs licensed for the year 1888
149
Males
141
Females
8
Amount received for the same
$322 00
CHARLES MANSON, Town Clerk.
SCITUATE, Dec. 31, 1888.
ANNUAL REPORT
- -OF THE-
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
-OF THE- -
TOWN OF SCITUATE
FOR THE YEAR
1888.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1889.
REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF SCITUATE :---
The School Committee of Scituate herewith submit their annual report.
The schools of the Town show, with few exceptions, a uniform excellence.
The teachers are earnest workers, evincing a steady desire for improvement as shown by their attendance at teachers' meetings and their subscriptions to educational journals. Some have shown themselves eminently suc- cessful in adopting the "Quincy Method" of teaching reading and numbers.
The yearly appropriation of money for school purposes has been expended with the best judgment of the Com- mittee, while the needs of the schools are such, that many wants are still unprovided for. Let the citizens of Scituate not forget in their desire to make their Town at- tractive by many new roads, that their first duty is to the schools of the place ; and that the effort to raise them to the highest point of efficiency and usefulness must necessarily call for a liberal appropriation. They must be made so good as to defy criticism, for the "public schools are the foundation and indispensable security of popular government."
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Course of Study.
Few changes have been made in the course of study. Following the lead of the best practical educators, it seems best to commit the study of technical grammar to the higher grades, while in the lower, the study of language, spoken and written, should receive a large share of time and attention.
For the assistance of the primary teachers, the Com- mittee adopted, at the beginning of the school-year, a rudimentary language chart, containing model lessons, to be simplified and extended by the teacher, as her ability and ingenuity may suggest.
The little ones are there taught to speak and write correctly their little sentences. Their vocabulary is enlarged. They are taught to express their ideas. They are made familiar with simple rules of capitalization and punctuation. Letter-writing, story-writing, and repro- duction of reading, geography and history-lessons, form a part of the daily drill in language.
The teachers are taking hold of this work with much interest; the children enjoy it; and we hope such practi- cal drill in language, may become an important factor in preparing our boys and girls for their future work in the world.
At a meeting of the Committee, in August, it was voted unanimously to introduce the study of industrial drawing during the ensuing year. Many of our townspeople have for some time realized its important place in the public school curriculum, and the teachers are willing
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