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It is to be expected that in the course of our labors we shall meet the adverse expressions of opposing ideas, that use the arguments of sophistry, or special policy, to obscure the true results. It is, therefore, most important that the true facts be elicited, that the town may proceed prudently, yet not evasively, along the lines of progress, to enhance the opportunities of in- struction now being given our young people who attend the public schools.
In our last report we set forth the irritating embarrassments in our schools which continue, as in the past, a positive hindrance to a successful advancement and wise training of our youth. We repeat with emphasis the imperative necessity of a full and complete grading of our schools, for by so doing our teachers can better utilize their time and efforts, saving to the children a large percentage of our annual school appropriation, which is unavoidably lost. So long as we are obliged to continue, in part, the old district plan, which has existed for a century of years, we shall be chagrined with dwarfed endeavors and in- complete results in our school work. Enterprising municipalities adjoining us have put their schools upon the basis of reform, in
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conformity to law, thus making their schools, in condition and usefulness, institutions which are in the front of private or corpo- rate industry. No expense is more cheerfully met, that rests upon the taxation of the people, than what is spent for the sup- port of schools.
While we know and feel all this, we allow ourselves to be governed by a selfish policy, that to do any better is costly, hence inexpedient and unwise. We are not building as well as we know. Each year brings us no better results, and cannot with the present ungraded, old district system largely predominating in the school room, to the ruin of the most successful work. We should abolish it at once. We are much behind time, and should acquit ourselves of all delay in coming to the front, to give the schools the facilities necessary to a graded system, on a practical and thorough basis. Economic expenditures, we believe, should be cheerfully borne to give our children equal advantages at home, as the State demands for them elsewhere, at our expense.
We cannot disclaim the obligations put upon us by the State, nor should we fail to educate, in a thorough manner, the children of all citizens who are ready for their opportunities. Our schools, at present, can furnish enough in numbers and qualifications to establish a high grade school, in a central location, which would be an honor now, and ultimately a paying investment.
We commend these statements to your candid consideration, for present action of the town. The questions that have been arrayed against a practical solution in harmony with the needs of our schools, are passing away. At our last annual meeting we raised a small sum to be expended in the discretion of the committee, in conveying scholars living at a long distance to and from school. The experiment has been tried, and proved to be a wise feature in the work of the year. The conveyance of scholars living in sub- urban localities has enabled us to give them equal grading with others in the schools where they were members, at a minimum cost and a maximum record of attendance. The East Head scholars, and those living most remotely in District No. 4, and the Snapit children, have had the exclusive benefit of this appro- priation the past year, but other parts of the town, we think,
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should be included in this wise and judicious expenditure. We shall recommend an increased appropriation the ensuing year to cover this additional work, which we sincerely hope the town will grant.
Some of our schools are increasing in numbers, vigor and use- fulness, rivaling in scholarship at every point of instruction, while others are losing in membership, rendering it more difficult for the teachers to keep up the standard of excellence seen in larger classes and schools.
We speak of this unreproachfully, and in no manner of per- sonal reflection to any teacher who may incidentally have the charge of a small school, but to awaken the attention of the town to the pressing necessity of immediate action favoring the grading and combining of the schools. The schools are sufficient in numbers and qualifications to warrant a strong effort for radical improvement in our system. Hitherto we have had no special course of study in our school work, and in fact the possibilities of success would have a very much better prestige in graded work. As soon as the conditions are manifest to invite the trial, we be- lieve in a faithful effort for its introduction.
The education of our people, and the equipment of every means to secure the vantage ground of opportunity in the present age, is forcing itself upon all reflecting citizens with increasing power. Our times are developing thought. Investigations are being car- ried on, by the search light of science and art, which seem almost like a divine agency, speaking to us in daily life. We cannot if we would, and we believe we would not if we could, occupy an opposing attitude to the developments of ethical or physical sci- ence in whatever may be our relations in our life work.
Let us remember that when we consider the topics embodied in these suggestive words, that they are offered for the purpose of winning your favor to secure the more complete success of our educational advantages. Disappointments will intrude; but suc- cess is the sweeter and more enduring to our manhood obtained in the line of devotion and sacrifice to our children and their inheritance.
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Teachers employed during the year are as follows :
Miss Edith Barrows resigned her position at South Primary after teaching one month and was succeeded by Miss Mattie Ben- nett of Middleboro.
Miss Vesta Shaw has taught three terms at the So. Grammar.
Miss Mary E. Flynn, one term, and Miss Gertrude Sanborn, two terms at the Centre.
Miss Lucy W. Shaw, three terms at Pope's Point.
Miss Sarah L. Howes, one term, and Miss Myra A. Shaw, two terms at East Carver.
Mr. Elmer B. Perkins, three terms at the North Grammar.
Miss Leila B. Thomas and Miss Lydia Holmes, one term, and Miss Helen E. Sleeper, two terms at the North Primary.
The schoolhouses and out buildings have been repaired and painted as follows :
North Primary, painted two coats inside and outside, which renders it neat and homelike for the young people.
North Grammar, painted two coats outside and inside partly, with other improvements as needed.
South Carver school building has received a thorough inside painting, corresponding to the new work of the extension.
Centre Carver schoolhouse has been painted inside and ventila- tion put into the chimney ; also the doors, blinds and finishing work have been painted.
The blinds upon the Pope's Point building have been painted, and other minor things have received attention.
East Carver building has been painted inside, and the blinds outside.
STATISTICS.
No of scholars enrolled, 192.
Average membership, 147-71 per cent.
Average attendance, 125.43-85 per cent.
No. of scholars in town May Ist, between 5 and 15 years, 144. No. of scholars in town May Ist, between S and 14 years, 113. No. attending under 5, 0.
No. attending over 15, 13.
Cost per scholar, $16.65.
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BY SCHOOLS.
Length School.
AV. MEM.
AV. AT.
W.
D.
Ist Grammar,
19.69
14.65
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2
Ist Primary,
25.28
19.75
33
No. 2 Mixed,
10.54
9.96
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No. 3 Mixed,
21.03
18.65
33
No. 4 Grammar,
16.92
15.83
32
No. 4 Primary,
28.52
26.30
33
No. 5 Mixed,
24.74
20.29
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SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDS.
To balance from 1895,
$497.1I
Amount raised by tax,
1,500.00
Amount received from state,
362.58
Amount received from dog tax,
140.32
Amount received from Pratt fund,
100.00
Amount received from Ellis fund,
190.00
Amount received from town of Middleboro,
61.83
$2,851.84
CR.
Expenditures :
By teachers' salaries,
$1,943.70
Fuel account,
97.66
Janitors' bills and cleaning,
90.95
$2,132.31
Balance to new account,
719.53
$2,851.84
TEXT BOOKS AND INCIDENTALS.
To amount balance from 1895.
$49.78
Amount raised by tax,
200.00
Amount books sold,
2.38
Amount overdrawn bills,
25.71
$277.87
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CR.
By cash for books as per bills, $277.87
REPAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES.
To amount balance account 1895,
$138.21
Amount raised by tax,
100.00
$238.21
CR.
By amount paid for labor and stock,
$203.40
Balance to new account,
34.81
$238.21
CONVEYING SCHOLARS ACCOUNT.
To amount balance 1895,
$50.00
Amount raised by tax, 1896, 150.00
Amount overdrawn bills, 11.15
$211.15
CR.
By amount sundry bills, .
$211.15
The Committee recommend the following sums for the ensuing year :
For teachers' wages, fuel, and janitors' services, $1,500.00
Repairs of schoolhouses, 150.00
Conveyance of scholars, .
350.00
Text-books and supplies,
275.00
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ROLL OF HONOR. NO. I PRIMARY. Miss Helen E. Sleeper, Teacher. Second Term. Harold C. McKay. Henry S. Pink. Frank R. Rickard.
Bernice A. DeRose. Frank DeRose.
Third Term.
Harold C. Mckay. Arthur Mckay.
Henry S. Pink. Frank R. Rickard.
Henry C. Washburn. No. I GRAMMAR. Mr. Elmer B. Perkins, Teacher. First Term.
Chester Rickard. Elmer C. Raymond.
R. Arthur Shurtleff. Jay A. Ward.
Second Term. Chester Rickard.
Third Term. Jay A. Ward. No. 2 MIXED. Miss Lucy W. Shaw, Teacher. Second Term. Elbridge Shaw.
Jesse Holmes.
Russell Holmes.
Third Term.
Elbridge Shaw.
Russell Holmes.
No. 3 MIXED. Miss Mary E. Flynn, Teacher. First Term. Marion A. Pratt.
Solon Cornish.
Myrtle Shaw.
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Second Term. Miss Gertrude Sanborn, Teacher. Myrtle Shaw. Third Term. Anna K. Shurtleff.
Myrtle Shaw. No. 4 PRIMARY. Miss Mattie M. Bennett, Teacher. First Term.
Ella Carlson.
Julian Southworth.
Second Term.
Bernard Shaw.
Harold Tillson.
Third Term.
Bernard Shaw.
Lester Swift.
Ellis Bumpus.
No. 4 GRAMMAR. Miss Vesta B. Shaw, Teacher. First Term.
Francis Atwood. Elmer McFarlin.
Adalieta Shaw. Harry Burke.
Elsie Case.
Second Term. Grace Gammons.
Adalieta Shaw. Third Term.
Eddie Burke. Harry Burke. Grace Gammons.
Edna Briggs. Elsie Case. Elmer McFarlin.
Respectfully submitted.
EBEN S. LUCAS. GUSTAVUS ATWOOD. ELMER B. PERKINS.
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REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES.
In submitting our second annual report, we are pleased to state that the success of the Carver Public Library has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of its friends. The general interest manifested by our citizens, as shown by the librarian's report, with the words of encouragement offered by descendants of Carver residing in other places, speaks eloquently for the wisdom of establishing the library, and calls unmistakably for continued support.
We look upon the institution as an excellent adjunct to our system of schools, affording a source of educational influence which can be nothing but beneficial, and as such deserves the best wishes and best efforts of the individual as well as of the public.
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CATALOGUE.
No.
Abbot, Willis J.
Blue Jackets of ISI2
296
Alcott, Louisa M.
Little Women 297
Little Men . . 298
Eiglit Cousins 299
Rose in Bloom . 300
Under the Lilacs
.301
Old Fashioned Girl .302
Jack and Jill 303
Work 304
Moods
305
Hospital Sketches .306
Modern Mephistopheles
307
Aldrich, T. B. Marjorie Daw. 308
Alexander, Mrs.
Her Dearest Foe 309
Maid, Wife or Widow? 310
Allen, Grant. The Great Taboo .311
Anderson, Hans.
Anderson's Fairy Tales .312
Argyll, The Duke of.
Unity of Nature . .
Artman, Wm. .313
Beauties and Achievements of the Blind.
.314
Ashmore, Ruth.
Side Talks with Girls.
Austen, Jane. .315
Sense and Sensibility .316
Pride and Prejudice . .317
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Beecher, Henry Ward. No. Norwood . . .318
Besant, Walter.
The Golden Butterfly . .319
For Faith and Freedom .320
321
Black, W.
In Fair Lochaber. .322
Braeme, Charlotte.
Dora Thorne. 323
Wedded and Parted . 324 The Shadow of a Sin .325
Bronte, Charlotte.
Shirley . 1326
Jane Eyre . 327
Braddon, Mrs. E.
The Octoroon . 328
Lady Audley's Secret .329
Bulwer, Sir Edward.
The Claxtons . .330
Leila, or the Seige of Grenada
Butterworth, Hezekiah, 331
The Knight of Liberty 332
Carey, Rosa N.
Uncle Max 333
Queenie's Whim 334
Mary St. John 335 Caine, Hall.
The Deemster 336
The Bondman .337
Carnegie, Andrew.
Triumphant Democracy
Chambliss. 338
The Lives and Travels of Livingstone and Stanley 339 Cobb, Sylvanus, Jr.
Gunmaker of Moscow .. 340
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Coffin, Chas. Carleton. No. Seat of Empire. 341
Collins, Wilkie.
Woman in White . 342
A Rogue's Life . 343
The Yellow Mask 344
Crawford, Marion F. Love in Idleness . 345
The Ralstons, vol. I 346
6 6 2 . 347
Deland, Margaret.
John Ward, Preacher 348
Philip and his Wife . 349
Dickens, Charles.
David Copperfield ·350
Doyle, Conan A.
The Firm of Girdlestone 35 1
Beyond the City. 352
A Case of Identity .
353
The Sign of the Four
354
Douglas, Amanda M.
Out of the Wreck 355
Whom Kathie Married 356
A Modern Adam and Eve in a Garden 357
Seven Daughters 358
The Heirs of Bradley House
359
Foes of her Household . 360
Drake, Samuel Adams.
Watch Fires of '76 361
Drummond, Henry.
The Evolution of Man 362
DuMaurier, George. Trilby .. 363
Duchess, The.
The Duchess. .364
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Ebers, George. No.
Bride of the Nile . 365 An Egyptian Princess .366 Homo Suno .367 Ellis, Edward S.
The Path in the Ravine .368
Esler, Rentoul E.
'Mid Green Pastures
Frederick, Harold. . 369
Seth's Brother's Wife 370
Goss, Warren Lee.
Jack Alden
.371
Grand, Sarah.
The Heavenly Twins 372
Green, Anna K.
Miss Hurd, an Enigma .373
Hayes, Isaac I. The Land of Desolation . .374
Hawthorne, Julian.
Humors of the Fair 375
Fortune's Tool 1376
Haggard H. Rider.
King Solomon's Mines
Hay, Mary Cecil. 377
Victor and Vanquished 378
A Wicked Girl 379
Holland, John G.
Bitter Sweet .
.380
Holley, Marietta.
Samantha at Saratoga 38 1
Samantha Among the Brethren .382
Samantha on the Race Problem 383 My Opinions and Betsey Bobbet's .384 Josiah's Alarm and Abel Perry's Funeral . .385
Holmes, Mary J.
Darkness and Daylight. .386
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No.
Holmes, Mary J.
Dora Deane .387
Daisy Thornton . 388
Edith Lyle 389
Ethelyn's Mistake
390
Edna Browning 391 Hugo, Victor. Hunchback of Notre Dame 392
Huxley, T. H.
Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays .393
Ingoldsby, Thomas. The Witches' Frolic 394
Iota.
A Comedy in Spasms 395
Irving, Washington.
The Sketch Book .
Jenks, Tudor. 396
Imaginations .397
Jerrold, Douglas.
Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures .398
Keino, B. Randolph.
Sheridan's Troopers on the Borders 399
Kingsley, Charles.
Hypatia . . . . . 400
King, Capt. Charles.
The Deserter and From the Ranks .401
Marion's Faith . 402
Kitty's Conquest .403 Lever, Charles.
Tom Burke of Ours . 404
Charles O'Malley . 405
Longfellow, Henry W. Christus .406
Outre-Mer. .407
Ludlow, James M.
That Angelic Woman .408
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Lyall, Edna. No. Knight Errant 409 Donovan 410 .
A Hardy Hoseman .4II
Macaulay, Thomas B.
History of England, vol. I .412
.. 6. 2. 413 66 66 66 414
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4.
415
5 . 416
Maclaren, Ian.
Beside the Bonnie Brier-Bush 417
Marryatt's
Ratlin the Reefer 418 Meredith, Owen. « Lucile
.419
Milton, John. Poetical Works .420 Mitchell, Donald G.
Reveries of a Bachelor .421
Morris, William.
Socialism, its Growth and Outcome .422
Mott, Edd.
The Old Settler, The Squire and Little Peleg 423 Muloch, Miss.
Young Mrs. Jardine 424 John Halifax 425
Needell, Mrs. J. H.
Julian Kaislake's Secret. 426
Norton, C. B.
The President and his Cabinet 427 Notovitch, N.
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ 428 Optic, Oliver.
Half Round the World 429
Taken by the Enemy .430
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Optic, Oliver. No.
Within the Enemy's Lines 431
On the Blockade 432 ·
Stand by the Union . 433
Fighting for the Right
4.34
A Victorious Union
135
In the Saddle +36
Osgood, Wm. N.
Bug vs. Bug
Ouida. 437
Guilderoy 438
Chandos 439 .
Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart.
The Story of Avis. 440
The Gates Between 441
The Gates Ajar 442
Doctor Zay. . 443
Phillips, F. C.
A Lucky Young Woman
444
Porter, Jane.
Thaddeus of Warsaw
445
Prescott, Wm. H.
Ferdinand and Isabella, vol. I
446
66 66 2 . 447
66 3 448
Conquest of Mexico, vol. I . 449
2.
450
Conquest of Peru, vol. I
45 1
"' 2 . 452
Rawlinson, George.
Egypt and Babylon .453
Reade, Charles. A Woman Hater 454
Ridpath, John Clark.
The United States (history) .455
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Robinson, No.
The Disk . 456
Roe, E. P.
The Earth Trembled 457
Without a Home 458
Day of Fate
459
Near to Nature's Heart
460
Young Girl's Wooing .461
His Sombre Rivals .
.462
Rollin, Charles.
Rollins' Ancient History, vol. I
.463
1
2. .
464
3. .
.465
4 . .
.466
Savage, Richard Henry. .467
The Masked Venus
Scott, Sir Walter.
Poetical Works, with Life .468
Old Mortality .
.469
Life of Napoleon · 470 Sewell, Anna.
Black Beauty . 471
Sherman, W. T., Gen.
Memoirs of ..
472
Smollett, T. M. D. Gil Blas. 473
Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Treasure Island . 474
Stowe, Harriet Beecher.
The Minister's Wooing
Tompson, D. P., Judge. 475
Green Mountain Boys. .476 The Rangers . 477
Tolstoi, Leo, Count.
The Old Devil and The Three Little Devils 478
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Twain, Mark. No. The American Claimant 479 Verne, Jules.
From the Earth to the Moon .480
Von Eschstruth, Baroness. Polish Blood .481
Wallace, Lew. The Prince of India, vol. I 482
6 6 2. 483
Ward, Humphrey, Mrs.
Robert Elsmere ·
484
Webber, C. W,
Tales of the Southern Border 485
Wetherell, Elizabeth. Wide Wide World
486
Whitney, A. D. T.
Faith Gartney's Girlhood 487
We Girls. . . .488
The Other Girls .489
Wilkins, Mary E.
Giles Corey, Yeoman . 490
Wood, Henry, Mrs.
East Lynne. 491
Woolson, Constance Fenimore. Jupiter Lights . 492
Young, Charlotte. That Stick . . 493
Zola, Emile.
Lourdes . 494
Miscellaneous.
Stories of Napoleon 495
Adventures of Famous Travellers 496
Famous Poems 497 Adventures of the Forest and Frontier 498
Arabian Nights
499
In Memory of Hon. Oliver Shaw . 500
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No.
Miscellaneous.
Vernon Grove 501 Interweaving .502
Outline Study of Political Economy
.503
Prose Poems and Selections (Ingersoll)
.504
Paine's Theological Works . .
. 505
In Commemoration of the Life and Public Services of
Frederic T. Greenhalge, late Governor of Mass. . ... 506
Aldrich, T. B.
Prudence Palfrey . 507
Black, Wm. Maid of Killeena .508
Cambridge, Ada.
Marriage Ceremony
. 509
Dodge, Mary M.
Theophilus .
.510
Gerard,
.
A Queen of Curds and Cream. .5II
Howells, Wm. D.
The Lady of Aroostock.
512
Kirk, Ellen O. Ciphers 513
Kipling.
The Naulahka, a Story of East and West .514
Muloch, Mrs.
The Woman's Kingdom.
Nichols. .515
The Story of the Great March 516
Oliphant, Mrs. Madam 517
Shorthouse, J. H.
Sir Percival 5IS
Alexander, Mrs.
At Bay . ... 519
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Alexander, Mrs. No. At Bay .519 Mona's Choice .520
A Crooked Path .521
Alger, Horatio Jr.
Five Hundred Dollars, or Jacob Marlowe's Secret. . . 522
Barrie, J. M.
A Tillyloss Scandal .523
Auld Licht Idylls .524
When a Man's Single .525 Black, Wm.
That Beautiful Wretch .526
Braddon, Miss M. E.
Mohawks .527
Burdett, Charles.
Life of Kit Carson .528
Carleton, Wm.
Willie Reilly and his Dear Colleen Bawn
Carey, Rosa N. .529
Wee Wifi 530
Averil
.531
Clay, Bertha M.
Belle of Lynn 532
A Broken Wedding Ring 533
At War with Herself 534
Between Two Sins 535
For Another's Sin.
. 536
Fair but False 537
A Dark Marriage Morn . 538
Beyond Pardon 539
The Duke's Secret · 540
Collins, Wilkie.
The Evil Genius .54[
A Guilty River. . 542
Corelli, Marie.
Thelma
. 543
A Romance of Two Worlds . 544
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Conway, Hugh. No.
Dark Days . . 545 A Family Affair 546
A Cardinal Sin . 547
Converse, Frank H. That Treasure, or Adventures of Frontier Life .548
Cobb, Sylvanus Jr.
Ivan, The Serf . . 549
The Council of Ten 550 Doyle, A. Conan.
The White Company .551
Micah Clarke. 552
Dumas, Alexander.
Camille
553
Masaniello, or the Fisherman's League
Fleming, May Agnes. 554
Secret Sorrows. 555
Fothergill, Jessie.
Kith and Kin 556
Gaboriau, Emile.
The Clique of Gold .557
Gray, Maxwell.
Reproach of Annesley 558
Haggard, H. Rider.
Dawn.
559
The Witch's Head 560
Harbert, Elizabeth B. Amore . 561
Hay, Mary Cecil.
Hidden Perils. . . 562
Nora's Love Test .563
The Arundel Motto .564 Reade, Chas.
A Perilous Secret . 565
Russell, W. Clark.
The Frozen Pirate . 566
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No.
S.
Maroussia .567 Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Kidnapped .568
New Arabian Nights . 569
The Merry Men. 570 Verne, Jules. Michael Strogoff .571
Warden, Florence.
A Prince of Darkness 572
Wiel, Alethea. Venice .573
Miscellaneous.
Doris . 574
The Historic Cod-fish. 575
Old Representatives' Hall 576 Harper's Magazine.
Vol. 56. Dec., 1877 to May, 1878 .577
57. June to Nov., 1878 578
58. Dec., 1878 to May, 1879 579
66 59. June to Nov., 1879 .580
60. Dec., 1879 to May, 1880 .581
61. June to Nov., 1880 .582
62. Dec., 1880 to May, 1881 .583
63. June to Nov., 1881 .584
64. Dec., 1881 to May, 1882
585
65. June to Nov., 1882
586
66 67. June to Nov., 1883 .588
66
68.
Dec., 1883 to May, 1884
.589
69. June to Nov., 1884
.590
70. Dec., 1884 to May, 1885 .591
66
71. June to Nov., 1885 592
72. Dec., 1885 to May, 1886 . 593
73. June to Nov., 1886 .594
66
74. Dec., 1886 to May, 1887 . 595
66. Dec., 1882 to May, 1883
.587
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Harper's Magazine. No.
Vol. 75. June to Nov., 1887 596 66 76. Dec., 1887 to May, 1888 597
66 77. June to Nov., ISSS 598
78. Dec., 1888 to May, 1889 599
79. June to Nov., 1889
.600
.. So. Dec., 1889 to May, 1890 601
SI. June to Nov., 1890 .602
82. Dec., 1890 to May, 1891 .603
Scribner's Magazine, vol. 17. . 604
vol. IS. 605 Miscellaneous.
On the Sublime and Beautiful .606 The Divine Comedy . 607
Wisdom and Eloquence of Webster .608
Guizot's History of Civilization .609
BOOKS OF REFERENCE.
Savery and Savery Families R. No. I History of Massachusetts in Civil War. Schouler. Vol. I .. 2
66 66 2 .. 3
Record of Mass. Volunteers, 1861-1865.
،،
Vol. I 4
. 6
2.
5
History of 13th Regt., Mass. Volunteers, 1861-1864 6
52d M. V. M .. 7
54th Mass. Volunteers . S 57th 66 9
Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth. Davis IO
History of First Church of Middleboro. II
1636-1705 .
12
Records of the Town of Plymouth. Vol. I. 6 6 66 2. 1705-1743 13
Names Changed in Massachusetts, 1780-1883 . I4
Journal of the Massachusetts Convention, 1853
15
State Papers on Nullification . 16
Reports of Contested Elections, 1780-1834 17 Massachusetts Convention of 1788 IS
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Journal of Convention of 1779-So 19 Journals of each Provincial Congress of Massachusetts. 20 The Perpetual Laws of Mass., Oct., 17So, to May, 1789. 21 Ancient Charters and Laws of Massachusetts Bay. . 22
DONATIONS.
Harriet P. Savery . .$5.00
S. C. C. Finney . . . 4 books.
Mrs. A. W. Cole, Kingston. IO
Mr. Charles F. Shaw, Watertown I
Mrs. D. M. Stimson and Mrs. E. W. Demeritt, New Canaan, Conn. .12 66
Miss Allena E. Ward, Plymouth. 3
Miss Zilpah Thomas, Middleboro I Mr. William Savery I
Mr. Frederick Anderson 4
Truth Seeker Co.
I
Publishers of Middleboro Gazette, Old Colony Memorial and Plymouth Free Press.
No. of patrons 193
No. of books taken from the library to Feb. 27. 2,456
No. of books added during the year 314
Total No. of books in the library 609
No. of books of reference. 22
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Received from Miss Savery,
$5.00
for Fines, . .
8.79
$13.79
LUCY T. SHURTLEFF, Librarian.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
To unexpended balance of 1895,
$11.84
Appropriation of 1896,
200.00
Amount available,
$211.84
Paid for books,
$119.59
Furnishings,
24.70
Librarian,
37.50
Printing and binding,
11.95
Express, &c.,
5.45
Total amount expended,
199.19
Balance on hand Feb. 28, 1897,
$12.65
Estimated liabilities, ..
$12.00
ALBERT T. SHURTLEFF, HENRY S. GRIFFITH, SETH C. C. FINNEY, Trustees of Public Library.
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