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DISTRICT No. 6. - BEAVER.
In union with District No. 3 of East Bridgewater, taught in Grammar Department in summer by Miss Elizabeth W. Deanes. The committee have every reason to be satisfied with the management of the school. The energy and faith- fulness of the teacher were made evident in the good order, good recitations, and progress of her pupils. We are happy to add our endorsement to the many commendatory notices of Miss Deanes's past successes.
The Primary Department for the summer and fall terms was under the charge of Miss Emily Copeland, of West Bridgewater. The school exhibited a fair degree of discipline and application, and evidence of improvement was not want- ing. If criticism were to be made, we would suggest a ten- dency to routine,and a lack of enthusiasm ; originating, perhaps, from the incessant and monotonous, but necessary, inculcation of primary ideas, demanded by the youth and advancement of the pupils. With individual exceptions, the scholars appeared orderly and industrious ; and, though some were withdrawn from school for reasons which appear insufficient to the com- mittee, the school may be considered a tolerably successful one.
For the winter term, the two departments were united ; and the school is in charge of Mr. William B. Hall, of East Bridgewater. At the first visit, the committee were not satis- fied with the deportment of the school. Though the teacher appeared to possess the ability to maintain good order, a spirit of insubordination was manifest in some of the scholars, which foreboded much detriment to the progress of the school. At later visits, less of this element was manifest ; and the school
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appeared, on the whole, to be doing as well as could reason- ably be expected.
DISTRICT NO. 7. - CENTRE.
Was taught by Misses Jeanette and Caroline How- ard. This school offers little encouragement to a teacher desirous of making a display. The irregularity of attendance which characterizes it, together with other disadvantages peculiar to it, make it hard for teachers to see the fruit of their labor. To the teacher who is content to labor, satisfied with the conviction of having tried to do her whole duty, this school offers an ample field. The committee were well satis- fied with the labor of the teachers of this school.
DISTRICT NO. 8. - NORTH DISTRICT.
Taught, summer term, by Miss Frances M. North, of East Bridgewater. This school has the reputation of be- ing easy of management, and its small number of pupils affords superior opportunities for improvement. Miss North brought to her work abundance of energy and zeal ; and the result showed evidence of thorough training in some branches, and of considerable advancement. The discipline was well maintained ; erring, perhaps, on the side of rigidity. The examination, which, from a severe storm, was not well at- tended, passed off with credit to both teacher and pupil.
Winter term, the teacher was Mr. C. H. W. Wood, of Campello. This was his first attempt at teaching ; and, as frequently happens with teachers so young and inexperienced, he met with but partial success. Of his intellectual acquire- ments there was no question. The first part of the term was very deficient in order ; this was remedied, in a measure, sub- sequently: In some classes there was advancement made. With more experience and attention to discipline, Mr. Wood would probably meet with better success.
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UNION SCHOOL.
Mr. Ira Copeland, who has formerly been connected with the school as a successful teacher, was engaged for this session. The school is too large, and the range of studies - from pupils in the First Reader to those in geometry and the higher mathematics -too great, to allow the teacher to devote much time to individual scholars. In no school in town could an assistant be more usefully employed. In spite of these circumstances, it is believed that substantial progress has been made, and a thorough appreciation of the subjects considered has been gained. The government has been well sustained ; discipline mild, but efficient. The school is still in session, and will close about the first of April.
In conclusion, we think that not enough interest is felt by parents generally in that portion of their children's lives which is passed in the school-room. It is too seldom that the parent takes sufficient pains to become acquainted with the teacher, or practically with the influences to which the child is exposed, or the progress he is making, and in what direction. Every- thing else of equal importance, and many things of much inferior consequence, are thought worthy of personal attention and examination ; but these subjects are left to hearsay, to the reports of scholars or neighbors. One would think, to ob- serve the non-visiting of schools, that it was considered a hardship to be avoided, rather than an acknowledged duty and a possible pleasure. It is well to visit a school at its final examination, as many do ; but it is well also to bear in mind that then, in general, results are to be seen, and not processes, -the end, and not the means, which are usually of greater importance. It is not enough to know that the pupil has recited so much in this branch, or can answer so many ques- tions in that ; it is better to know whether he is acquiring habits of industry, of patient study and correct behavior,
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which can only be ascertained by seeing the school in its every-day working dress, not the finery of examination-day. The law requires the schools severally to be visited by the committee every month : it seems to us that parents have a deeper interest in the welfare of a school than any others can possibly feel ; and that, if they cannot spend the time to make visits monthly, they can at least enter the school-room occa- sionally in the course of the year. Both teacher and pupil are encouraged by the presence and sympathy of the members of the district.
The teachers for the past year have been for the most part competent and faithful. In some instances, there has appeared too great a dependence on text-books, and not enough pains taken to explain and illustrate. We fear that books are too often considered the end, and not the means, of instruction. The pupil is not to study Greenleaf or Colburn, but the science of numbers, - not Murray or Greene, but the laws of language ; and his true progress is not to be decided by the number of pages he has committed to memory, but how much of it he knows and can use. Books, in this sense, are but tools, which a skilful workman will use more or less, but which it is possible to do without.
There are other topics which might be lightly touched upon. They refer to exercises not universally conceded as belonging to common schools, but which add to their interest and usefulness, and are, to that extent, valuable. One of these exercises is singing. This is taught in our city schools as one of the regular exercises ; and it seems to us, that, in cases where the teacher is acquainted with the art, it is a valuable addition to a school. Declamation and original com- position might be practised to some extent in grammar schools, and by the more advanced pupils in others. And in this con- nection we would commend the exercises of this description presented in District No. 1 at examination.
Not much need be said about school-houses. Those in
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districts 4, 7, and 8 are hardly suitable for the objects re- quired of them.
The number of scholars between 5 and 15, the first of May, 1860, was 371.
T. B. CALDWELL, GEO. A. COLLAMORE, Committee. FRED. COPELAND, School
MARCH 1, 1861.
SUMMER SCHOOLS.
DISTRICTS.
TEACHERS.
No. between 5 and 15.
Whole No. Schol's.
Av'ge Attend- ance.
No. Per cent Attend- Over 15. Under 5. months. ance.
Wages per month.
Total Wages.
Sum for each Scholar.
Money exp'd by each District.
Gram. Dept.
Ira Bailey .
103 3
41
28
.69
6
3
$30.00
$90.00
$3.31
$341.20
No. 1
Prim. Dept.
Lucinda K. Howard
56
43
.77
No. 2
Orynthia T. Howard
32
32
26
.81
2
32
18.00
58.50
4.74
151.62
No. 3
Mary B. Hall
27
30
26
.86
3
3
12.00
36.00
5.12
138.27
No. 4
Mary Edson
42
38
23
.61
4
1
6
16.00
96.00
4.25
178.33
No. 5
Emilie B. Reed
44
47
40
.85
4
3
34
24.00
78.00
4.17
183.67
Gram. Dept.
Elizabeth W. Deanes
·
2+3
46
34
.74
5
3₺
18.00
63.00
3.98
85.42
Prim. Dept. ¿ Do. F'1 Tm.
S Jeanette Howard
.
73
66
44
.67
1
5%
22.00
126.50
3.58
261.10
No. 8
Frances M. North .
·
26
25
19₺
.78
2
3
16.00
48.00
5.21
135 60
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WINTER SCHOOLS.
DISTRICTS.
TEACHERS.
Whole No. Scholars.
Average Attend- ance.
Per cent Attend- ance.
Over 15.
Under 5.
Length in Months.
Wages per Month.
Total Wages.
Total length in Months.
No. 1
S Gram. Dept. Prim. Dept.
Mary L. Selee .
52
43
.83
17
3
$30.00
$90.00
6
Lucinda K. Cooper
53
453
.86
3
20.00
60.00
6
No. 2
Elbridge G. Ames
38
34
.89
4
2,
34.00
85.00
53
No. 3
Adeline Harris
31
25%
83
3
3
24.00
72.00
6
No. 5
Emilie B. Reed
51
44
.86
6
4
25.00
87 50
No. 6
.
.
·
Charles H. W. Wood
27
223
.83
3
1
3
16.00
48.00
6
No. 8
.
Union
.
Ira Copeland .
55
422
.77
18
42
45.00
191.25
4.1
.
.
·
S
40
32
.80
8
2
18.00
36.00
S
·
.
.
·
.
·
·
.
.
·
·
.
62
53
.86
17
3+
38.00
123.50
William B. Hall .
·
.
·
No. 6
Emily Copeland .
Emily Copeland .
No. 7
Caroline Howard, Asst.
.
4
3
18.00
54.00
26. 0hd
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Selectmen, Oberscers of the Door,
TOWN CLERK & SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE:
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1862.
BOSTON: DAMRELL & WELCH, PRINTERS, 22 COURT STREET. 1862.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Selectmen, Overseers of the Door,
TOWN CLERK & SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1862.
BOSTON: DAMRELL & WELCH, PRINTERS, 22 COURT STREET. 1862.
REPORT.
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THE Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of West Bridgewater, submit the following report, showing the receipts and expenditures of said town, for the year ending March 1, 1862; also the condition of the Treasury on said March 1.
RECEIPTS.
Balance in the Treasury, March 1, 1862,
$3,388 09
To which has been added the amount
of the State, County, and Town taxes, for 1861, $5,878 38
The amount of the School District tax for 1861, in Union District, 262 69
The amount of the School District tax for 1861, in District No. 3, 51 22
The income of the Mass. school fund,
72 35
The amount received for dog licenses, The income of the liquor agency,
8 00
5 09
Refunded by the town of Stoughton, for the expenses of S. D. Talbot, 18 50
Refunded by the City of Boston, for aid to J. Jacobs and family, 20 00
Refunded by the town of Bridge water, for physician's bill, of E. Ashport and children, 18 00
Refunded by the town of North Bridge- water for aid to Warren N. Jackson and family, 24 75
$6,358 98
$9,747 07
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EXPENDITURES.
For the support of the poor in the Almshouse, including the Warden's salary, and repairs and furnishing for the house,
For aid to the poor out of the Alms- house, viz :
For boarding, and nursing, and physi- cian's bill of Silas Dunbar,
$69 25
For support and funeral expenses of Henry E. Briggs, 50 00
For aid and physician's bills for Sarah A. Pike and children, 98 33
To the City of Boston, for aid to Israel S. Alger, in 1860, 4 00
To the town of Fairhaven, for the fu- neral expenses of Susannah Keith, 8 00
To the town of Easton, for aid to Sarah James and children, 22 48
For aid to widow Phebe Dunbar,
32 43
For aid to George Pool, and physician's and funeral expenses of his son, 35 36
For expenses of H. S. Jackson, at the Reform school at Westboro', 15 22
For a surgical operation for the son of Timothy Sullivan, 30 00
$365 07
For aid to Paupers belonging to other Towns, viz :
For aid to, and funeral expenses of, S. D. Tabbot,
$18 50
For Eunice Ashport and children, 18 00
For Warren N. Jackson and family, 24 75
For J. Jacobs and family, and con- veying Susan A. Jacobs to Boston, 20 00
$81 25
Paying the State tax of 1861, $285 00
Paying the County tax of 1861, 920 28
$1,205 28
$548 66
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Support of Schools, viz :
To District No. 1,
$142 94
No. 2,
65 12
No. 3,
91 50
No. 4,
91 57
No. 5,
182 06
No. 6,
141 76
No. 7,
127 50
No. 8,
51 81
Union District,
219 01
$1,113 27
For Repairs of the Highways, by the Appropriation of 1860, viz :
By Henry Bartlett, in Dist. No. 1, $90 21
Harrison Pool,
No. 2,
40 56
John I. Hayward,
No. 3,
74 75
James Copeland, No. 4,
33 70
Dwelley Fobes,
No. 5,
37 91
Alfred N. Peckham,
No. 6,
71 41
$348 54
For Repairs of the Highways, by the Appropriation of 1861, viz :
By Elihu Leonard, in Dist. No. 1, $138 67
Harrison Pool, No. 2,
138 76
Samuel Ryder, No. 3,
121 00
James Copeland, No. 4,
103 85
Thomas Ames,
No. 5,
144 70
Daniel B. Taylor,
No. 6, 85 00
$731 9S
For finishing the Road Contracts of 1860, from the Union School House to Flaggy-meadow Brook, viz ;
To J. M. Lothrop, for work on Sec. 1st, $32 50
To S. N. Howard, for rebuilding a bridge on Sec. 4th, 25 00
To James Howard, for gravel to build Sec. 4th, 19 50
To Thos. Snell, for building Sec. 6th, 58 00
$135 00
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By Special Appropriation for Roads.
To B. Dunbar and J. M. Lothrop, for new building the Flaggy- Meadow Bridge, $245 00
J. H. Crossman, for graveling the Depot road, 178 11
George Talbot, for building two sections of the Jerusalem road, 187 17
L. E. Hayward, for shaping one section do., 24 80
Jabez Gould, for do. do .;
43 40
J. M. Lothrop, for work on the road near @tis Alger's, 15 01
Geo. H. Perkins, for do. do.,
21 20
Thomas Snell, for do. do., 7 59
For gravel and bridge stones, pur- chased by the Surveyor of Dist. No. 2, 5 35
Gravel, purchased by the Sur-
veyor for Dist. No. 3, 8 00
Gravel, purchased by the Sur-
veyor for Dist. No. 6, 5 06
$740 69
School-house Taxes.
For paying the balance of the school- house tax of 1853, in Dist. No. 4, $1 43
Paying the balance of the school- house tax of 1859, in Dist. No 7, 8 00 Paying a part of the school district tax of 1861, in Union District, 154 00
Paying a part of the school-house tax of 1859, for Dist. No. 2, 17 00
$180 43
Town Officers.
To Thompson B. Caldwell, for ser- vices as School Committee, from Dec. 1, 1860, to March 18, 1861, $16 50
To Fred. Copeland, for services as School Committee, 27 75
7
To Geo. A. Collamore, for services as School Committee, $36 00
To Geo. A. Collamore, for services as Town Clerk from March 18, to Oct. 16, 1861, 18 31
To James Howard for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, 92 22
To James Howard, for services as Town Clerk from Nov. 2, 1860, to March 18, 1861, 6 50
To Albert Copeland, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor,
38.25
To Geo. D. Ryder, for services as Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor,
21 00
To Job Bartlett, for service as sexton,
39 20
To J. B. Holmes, for tolling the bell at 20 deaths, 10 00
To Caleb Howard, for tolling the bell at 16 deaths, 8 00
To Thomas Pratt, for warning three town meetings, 1 80
To Thomas Pratt, a special allowance for collecting certain poll taxes, 90
To George M. Pratt, for warning one town meeting, and obtaining money for the use of the Town, 1 60
To James Copeland, for service as Road Committee, 17 25
To Jabez Gould, for service as Road Committee, 11 00
To Jonas Hartwell, for service as Road Committee, 1 50
To Lewis G. Howard, for service as Auditing Committee, 75
To Nahum Snell, for service as Aud- iting Committee, 1 00
To Barnabas Dunbar, for service as Auditing Committee, 1 50
$351 03
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FOR AID TO THE FAMILIES OF VOLUNTEERS,
From this Town, in the service of the United States, which it is expected, will be reimbursed by the Commonwealth, viz :-
Prior to January 1, 1862,
$715 69
Since January 1, 1862, 272 00
$987 69
FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES.
To B. W. Harris, Esq., for service, $1 00
For defending the case of A. A. James,
libellant, vs. Smith, at the S. J. Court, May, 1862, 44 40
To the Collector of taxes, for commit- ting Martin Cunningham, 3 00
For school books, purchased by the School Committee, 13 60
For interest on hired money,
5 60
For repairing the hearse,
10 00
For the use of the Town Hall,
40 00
For printing the Town Reports, and Abstract of the Valuation, and ad- vertising, 56 75
For the expense of two journeys to Boston, and one to Quincy, 4 55
For blank books and paper, 2 92
For postage and express,
2 44
For blank receipts for the Collector,
5 00
For registering a deed,
45
$189 71
THE TREASURER HAS ALSO BEEN CREDITED WITH THE FOLLOWING SUMS, VIZ :-
Six per cent. discount on the taxes for 1861,
$371 53
Sundry abatements on the State, County and Town taxes for 1860 and 1861, 17 05
Abatements on the School District tax of 1861, for Union District, . 70
$389 28
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The foregoing expenses amount to
$7,355 66
Leaving a balance this day in the Treasury, of 2,391 41
Which, if the sum due from the State for aid advanced to families of Vol- unteers, were added, would amount to
$3,379 10
Liabilities of the Treasury.
Due School District No. 1, of the last year's appropriation, $328 65
Due School District No. 2, of the last year's appropriation,
172 12
Due School District No. 3, of the last year's appropriation,
109 85
Due School District No. 4, of the last year's appropriation,
100 15
Due School District No. 5, of the last year's appropriation,
183 47
Due School District No. 7, of the last year's appropriation,
114 31
Due School District No. 8, of the last year's appropriation,
123 21
Due Union District, of the last year's appropriation,
224 06
$1.355 82
For Repairs of the Highways.
Due District No. 1,
$61 33
66
"
2,
35 90
3,
59 00
4,
52 38
66
66
5,
30 69
66
66
6,
60 94
$300 24
2
10
School District Taxes.
Due School District No. 1, the remain- der of the School House Taxes, of 1856-58. $24 46
Due School District No. 2, the remain- der of the School House Tax of 1859, 10 95
Due School District No. 3, the amount of the Dist. Tax of 1861, 51 22
Due Union District, the remainder of the Dist. Tax of 1861, 107 99
$194 62
For the use of the Town Hall for one year, ending April 7 next,
40 00
The above liabilities amount to $1890 68
To pay which, will reduce the Treas- ury from its present condition, to
$500 73
EXPENSES AND RECEIPTS OF THE ALMSHOUSE ESTAB- LISHMENT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1862.
Expenses.
Inventory of property on hand, March 1, 1861, $657 05
For the first month of the past year, there was
paid out of the Treasury for flour, grain, and
groceries, meat, provisions, &c., the sum of From April 1, to July 22, during which
12 36
time T. Rowell had charge of the establishment, the expenses were as follows, viz .:
Flour and grain,
$42 04
Meat and provisions,
71 30
W. I. goods and groceries, 41 00
2 93
Liquors and medicines, Tobacco, snuff and pipes,
3 91
Grass and garden seeds,
4 05
Wooden, earthen and glass wares,
6 14
11
Bed-cords and clothes-lines, Tools, &c., Clothing, Cotton cloths, &c.,
$ 3 19
14 94
10 71
8 74
$208 95
Besides using about 600 lbs. of salt meat, and all other provisions which were in the House on said 1st day of April. And many articles of house- hold goods were not to be found after said incum- bent was discharged.
From July 22d, to this date, the estab- lishment has paid for work,
$5 93
Household goods, 3 92
Clothing, about
12 00
Meat,
6 86
Flour, grain, groceries, provisions, &c.,
125 47
$154 18
There has been paid for repairs in the house,
$20 25
For repairing an ox cart,
5 25
Stoves and ware,
25 21
Super. of lime,
10 62
Pasture,
4 00
Neat stock,
47 58
Swine,
22 00
Warden's salary,
115 50
Physician's bills,
11 26
One coffin,
7 00
$268 67
Six per cent. interest of the cost of the farm,
$140 47
Nine per cent. interest on buildings,
54 00
Ten 66 furniture and
25 34
tools,
$219 81
$1,521 02
12
Recceipts.
For hay,
$76 97
Lumber,
16 10
Work with teams,
19 47
Four calves,
23 11
Old iron and lead,
2 15
Butter and milk,
S 10
Grease and ashes,
2 57
Two hides,
4 50
Three pigs,
9 50
Boarding Freeman Lothrop,
2 00
$164 47 20 00
Bills due the establishment, about
Inventory of property on hand March 1, 1862,
723 43
$907 90
The above account makes the cost of supporting the establishment, together wth the interest on the cost thereof, and repairs, stock and furnish- ing goods, supplied, appear to be
$613 12
During the three and two-thirds months which Mr. Rowell had charge of the establishment, there was at least one hun- dred dollars of unnecessary expense, which did no one there any good ; since that time it has been managed prudently, and the house and its inmates are neat, comfortable, and fare well.
But there are other causes besides improvidence which have made the expenses of the Alms House unusually large of late. The paupers, who formerly performed considerable labor, are mostly past labor ; and there has been much sickness in the house. The farm has depreciated for want of labor and judi- cious management ; the house needed repairs, and the stock of furnishing goods had become reduced by wear or elopement.
The present number of paupers in the Alms House is five ; the average number therein during the year, including transient ones, was 5 9-26. The cost per week, of each pauper in the house during the last year, including all the charges against the establishment as above made, was $2 20.
JAMES HOWARD, Selectmen
ALBERT COPELAND, GEORGE D. RYDER, West Bridgewater. of
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REPORT OF THE LIQUOR AGENCY.
Dr.
To stock in, March 1, 1861,
$100 00
Cash received for liquors,
260 11
$360 11
Cr.
For money paid for liquors,
$179 57
Paying agent's salary,
75 00
for incidentals,
45
Money refunded to Town Treasury,
5 09
Stock in trade, March 1, 1862,
100 00
$360 11
ALBERT COPELAND, Agent.
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Marriages recorded in West Bridgewater, during the Year 1861.
No. Date.
Name.
1. Jan. 16, Henry W. Leach and Julia F. Bartlett.
2. Feb. 12, Alpheus Crosby and Martha Kingman.
3. March 18, Charles Perkins and Agnes Flagg.
4. May 1, Washington Tower, Jr., and Hannah H. Hartwell.
5. May 17, George W. Fisher and Mary G. Soule.
6. May 30, Roland F. Alger and Catherine L. Dunbar.
7. July 3, Clarkson W. Richards and Marietta Thayer.
8. July 31, John Pye and Hannah W. Johnson.
9. Sept. 1, John E. Caldwell and Martha J. Morey.
10. Sept. 12, Granville O. Talbot and Eunice Ashport.
11. Oct. 13, George Hayward and Harriet F. Perkins.
12. Dec. 25, George M. Pratt and Helen Copeland.
Notice of the Intention of Marriage between the following named persons has been recorded in said Town during the year aforesaid :
June 28, Roscoe Tucker and Pamelia C. Smith June 11, Elijah Hancock and Julia H. Briggs.
June 22, George W. Nye and Margarette A. Lothrop.
July 13, Robert Connays and Mary Dwyre.
Oct. 15, Nahum Johnson and Elizabeth A. Packard.
The number of births recorded in West Bridgewater, during the year 1861, was 35.
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Deaths recorded in West Bridgewater during the year 1861.
No.
Date.
Name.
Age.
Disease.
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
1
Jan.
5
Miles O'Neil,
22
Consumption.
2
Feb.
4
Alva Packard ..
64
2
19
Consumption.
3
Feb.
17
Hannah R. Copeland
70
7
10
Dropsy.
4
Feb.
28
Sarah Keith. .
87
1
29
Old age.
5
Mar.
6
Ada F. Hancock ...
2
1
24
Congestion of lungs.
6
Mar.
14
Laura Dunbar. .
21
2
24
Puerperal fever.
7
Mar.
19
Sampson D. Talbot . Patty Lothrop.
53
5
20
Consumption.
9
April
9
Wallace E. Snell.
7
30
Pneumonia.
10
May
1
Catherine F. Alger .. Wesley Churchill.
1
4
6
Diphtheria.
12
May
14
Earl Thayer.
73
9
1
Old age.
14
June
15
Susanna Hayward
74
6
5
Disease of heart.
16
July
17
Sarah M. Pratt
11
22
Dysentery.
17
July
21
Anna M. Jennings
1
11
17 Scarlatina.
18
July 30
Sarah Hersey.
79
4
4
Dysentery.
19
Aug.
5
Ella Cole ..
8
5
16
Scarlatina.
20
Aug. 13
Daniel Dorgan.
57
Dysentery.
21
Aug.
15
Chester E. Eaton.
1
5
28
Dysentery.
22
Aug.
19
William Copeland ...
63
1
16
Apoplexy.
23
Aug.
23
Maria Perkins ..
56
4
16
Dropsy.
24
Sept. 10
Lewis Ames ..
73
7
16
Paralysis.
25
Sept. 23
Flora H. Fadden ..
4
5
Hooping cough and consumption
26
Oct.
4
John E. Lothrop. ..
49
7
14
Consumptien.
27
Oct.
18
Caroline Colwell ....
57
2
13
Consumption.
28
Nov.
6
John B. Dunbar. .
18
11
20
Typhoid Fever.
13
May
21
Melissa Hervey.
66
5
Disease of heart.
15
June
27
Nathan Perkins ...
23
1
11
Hepatitis and congest. of brain.
8
April
9
24
10
7
Consumption.
8
4
23
Diphtheria.
11
May
10
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1862.
In giving a report of the several schools under our care, it may be proper to say, that in consequence of Mr. Pratt's not wishing to take any active part in visiting the schools, those in the different parts of the town, were put under the care of a sub-committee of the other two, each of whom has given his personal attention to the ones assigned to him, and his report of the same is here presented.
DISTRICT No. 1. Grammar Department, Summer Term.
COLLAMORE, Visiting Committee ; MRS. L. R. COOPER, Teacher.
No very noticeable change in the condition of this school, can be recorded. There appeared to be a lack of ambition to excel in the accomplishments which belong to the school room and sufficient interest, to bind the scholar to his book, was not aroused. The teacher labored under the same disadvantages which have been mentioned in previous reports, even to a greater degree, and uncorrected inaccuracies in recitations were frequently noticed. The occurrence of an epidemic disease, which shortened the term, was not, therefore, considered a serious detriment to the school.
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