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four new words are often brought into one sentence, which confuses small children very much."
Miss Holmes, of the South Primary School, in her report to me, writes : "I think it is a waste of time to teach the alphabet. The Word Method changes a dull task to delightful work for teacher and scholar. In teach- ing the names of the letters first, much time is lost, because after a child has learned to read some by the Word Method, he will remember the letters much more readily. I am convinced that in this way the letters are learned without much effort. When they are taught before the words, the child learns nothing that interests him for some time ; but beginning with simple words, and most of them names of things, there is something to stim- ulate and lead him to wish to learn more. I shall never begin with the alphabet again in teaching, having by expe- rience proved that beginning with words is far better in every way. The Analytical Primer is better than Monroe's, . because not so many new words are found in each lesson ; many small words which are hardest to learn being omitted until the learner has become interested, and can more easily remember new words. I cannot imagine a better book ; it makes pleasant work of learning to read."
Miss Wood, of the Cochesett Primary, writes : "A year ago I began to use the Word Method with my class, teach- ing them from the blackboard. I found that by printing words, and illustrating them as best I could, the children learned more rapidly than by teaching the letters first. In the fall term, the Analytical Primers, on the plan of the Word Method, were given to the class, and I have found it the most successful mode of teaching reading I ever tried. It has many advantages over the old method. With these primers, not so many different new words are used in a lesson, thereby confusing the child. The words
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are distinctly printed in large type, and each lesson well illustrated. The pupils become familiar with the looks of the words, and knowing their meaning, learn to read under- standingly. My experience has convinced me that by this method no more time is required to teach the word, its spelling, and its letters, than the letters alone by the old way of teaching the letters first."
These reports from three of our most successful teach- ers, and teachers of long experience, will show to parents, as well as to the Committee, that we really have reason to feel a decided improvement has been made in the starting of our primer classes ; and all the schools should have the advantage of the right books for most advantageously carrying out the system.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The condition of the schools, as a whole, averages fairly with that of preceding years. Those schools show the most thorough and systematic progress, and are soundest under examination, which have had the advantage of retain- ing the same teacher for several consecutive terms. The East School was unfortunate in losing its faithful and effi- cient teacher at the close of the fall term, but it is hoped after a vacation, she may be induced to resume her duties in the school-room. Jerusalem has also a new teacher for the winter term; and the North School has had a differ- ent teacher each of the three terms. This school has been greatly injured by these frequent changes ; for however good teachers may be, each must work in his own way, and the first half of the term, and with inexperienced teachers, even a longer time is spent in testing material and deter- mining the needs of the school. The Centre School has been unusually fortunate in its teacher for two terms ; but if the children here are to have equal advantages with
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others in the town, there must be two teachers instead of one. In the School Report of last year, I stated the reasons for this quite fully, and the same reasons hold good now. The experiment of one teacher has certainly been fairly tested ; indeed, at the close of the last school year, was fairly proved a failure ; but a rather questionable economy determined to take the school on another year in face of failure. Now, at the close of the third year, experimenting should give way to action based on the facts of the case.
Respectfully submitted.
MARY A. THAYER, Superintendent.
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Table of Statistics.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
Length of School in
months.
Wages of Teacher
per month.
Number of Pupils.
Attend-
Average
ance.
Percentage of At- tendance.
COCHESETT-Grammar Department. H. N. Dillingham, . Summer, .
22
$40
32
30
.94
Abbie Brown,
Winter, ·
3
40
32
30
.94
COCHESETT-Primary Department.
Summer, .
22
$34
35
41
.86
Irene S. Wood, .
Fall,
21
34
39
34
.87
Winter, .
3
34
38
33
.87
CENTRE SCHOOL.
H. Packard,
Summer, .
21
$60
47
42
.90
A. W. Packard, .
·
Fall,
21
48
50
45
.90
W. H. Stone,
· Winter,
3
48
49
. 45
.91
SOUTH INTERMEDIATE.
Summer, .
22
$36
32
29
.90
M. A. Dewyer, .
Fall,
.84
Winter,
3
36
29
25
.87
SOUTH PRIMARY.
Summer, .
.
22
$34
38
34
.88
W. A. Holmes, .
Fall,
.
21
34
36
31
.86
Winter, -
3
34
34
31
.90
NORTH SCHOOL.
W. H. Stone,
. Summer, .
21
$34
29
25
.86
C. N. Bentley,
.
Fall,
.
23
34
28
24
.86
Laurence Copeland, . Winter,
.
3
34
25
22
.88
NORTH CENTRE.
Summer, .
22
$34
22
21
.96
Mrs. L. M. Toothaker,
Fall
2]
34
23
21
.91
Winter,
.
3
34
19
18
.95
.
22
40
31
30
.97
[ Fall,
.
.
.
2
36
27
22
.
.
.
.
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Table of Statistics-Continued.
NAMES OF TEACHERS.
Length of School in
months.
Wages of Teacher
per month.
Number of Pupils.
Attend-
Average
ance.
Percentage of At- tendance.
EAST SCHOOL.
( Summer, .
21
$36
40
35
.87
Mrs. H. H. Harlow,
Fall,
22
36
33
29
.88
M. A. Thayer,
Winter, .
3
36
38
32
.87
JERUSALEM.
A. L. Marble,
Summer, .
.
21
$34
16'
14
.92
Fall,
.
2%
34
19
17
.90
Anna Wheeler, .
.
Winter,
.
3
34
22
20
.90
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1879.
BOSTON : ALBERT J. WRIGHT, PRINTER, 79 MILK STREET (CORNER OF FEDERAL). 1879.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE *
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER,
FOR THE
Year ending January 31, 1879.
BOSTON : ALBERT J. WRIGHT, PRINTER, 79 MILK STREET (CORNER OF FEDERAL). 1879.
.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS,
AND
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The following Report, showing the receipts and expend- itures of the town for the year ending January 31, 1879, and the liabilities and assets of the town at said date, is respectfully submitted : -
VALUATION. As Assessed May 1, 1878.
Value of real estate, .
. $704,814 00
of personal,
·
. 148,681 00
Total,
. $853,495 00
Number of polls,
464
of dwelling-houses taxed,
338
of acres of land
9,685
of cows
66
·
457
of horses
·
297
ASSESSMENTS.
State tax, .
$520 00
County tax,
.
.
.
1,143 86
Town grant,
6,950 00
Total,
$8,613 86
·
Rate of taxation, $8.50 on $1,000. Poll tax, $2.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
The town voted to appropriate for the sup- port of schools, $2,650 00
for repairs of school property, 200 00
for repair of roads and bridges, .
2,500 00
for support of the poor,
1,000 00
for incidental expenses, 500 00 ·
for public lectures,
.
100 00
Total,
$6,950 00
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
A Summary of Receipts.
Balance in treasury, February 1, 1878, $3,251 47
Amount received since, · 11,205 83
Total,
$14,457 30
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS.
Received of the county treasurer a dividend
from the dog tax of 1878,
$175 12
From state treasurer, bank tax for 1878, 658 82
corporation tax,
311 47
balance of corporation tax for
1877, .
34 57
dividend from the Mass. School Fund, . 236 84
Amount carried forward,
·
.
$1,416 82
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Amount brought forward, . $1,416 82
From state treasurer, reimbursement of aid to soldiers and their families, . 426 50
The town, county, and State tax bills for 1878, . 8,310 65
Six per cent. on 1877 taxes collected after after October 15, 1877, . 146 86
Money hired, in anticipation of the 1878 taxes,
750 00
For oxen sold from the town farm,
155 00
Total receipts for the year, .
$11,205 83
PAYMENTS.
The treasurer has paid the following sums :-
State tax, .
$520 00
County tax,
1,143 86
Rent of town-hall, 75 00
Office-rent,
15 00
State aid to soldiers under the Act of 1878, 322 91
aid to soldiers and their families as provided by a previous law, . . 486 00
Three notes and interest, borrowed money, For rebuilding Matfield bridge, .
355 72
new covering bridge on Scotland road,
139 72
rebuilding a bridge on Spring Street .
18 00
repairs of roads and bridges by sur-
veyors, . 1,794 28
support of schools,
3,227 04
school findings and repairs,
230 27
public lectures, .
100 00
support of poor out of the almshouse, . 240 69
Amount carried forward, .
$9,441 32
762 83
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Amount brought forward, .
$9,441 32
For oxen for the town farm,
75 00
two cows, .
112 00
fertilizer, .
77 00
grain for the town farm,
69 33
grass-seed for 66 66
9 13
shingles for
75
labor hired,
22 58
J. C. Leighton, 2 mos. salary as warden,
58 33
Benj. Butler, 10 mos. “
250 00
expenses of the herring fishery, .
58 51
printing,
67 72
abatement of taxes,
68 79
town officers and committees,
521 87
counsel fees,
4 00
witness fees,
2 20
watching fire in Matfield woods, .
7 50
postage and express, .
4 95
blank books and stationery, 3 35
travelling expenses, . 8 17
repairing road scraper, 7 00
Six per cent. discount on tax bills for 1878,
498 64
Total payments,
$11,358 14
ASSETS.
Remaining in the treasury, February 1, 1879, $3,099 16
Due for State aid furnished, 833 41
$3,932 57
LIABILITIES OF THE TREASURY.
Remainder of the appropriation for schools, $2,627 28
66 for repairing roads, 768 68
Amount carried forward, . $3,395 96
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Amount brought forward, . Remainder of the appropriation for school findings and repairs,
$3,395 96
3 73
Total,
$3,399 69
TOWN OFFICERS.
-
Paid James Howard, selectman, assessor,
overseer of the poor, &c., $135 20
Henry W. Leach, selectman, &c., 67 65 .
Henry Copeland, selectman, &c., 37 00
Geo. M. Pratt, treasurer and collector,
150 00
James Howard, town clerk,
.
28 25
Mary A. Thayer, superintendent of schools, . .
85 27
W. H. Stone, superintendent of schools, 7 00
Eli Wheeler, constable,
9 00
William H. Jennings, moderator,
2 00
Shaw & Richardson, sextons,
·
7 50
Auditing committee, .
3 00
$521 87
SCHOOLS.
The town raised for the support of schools, $2,650 00
Balance in the treasury, February 1, 1878, 2,742 74
Amount carried forward, . $5,392 74
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$5,392 74
Amount brought forward, . The dividend from Mass. School Fund, 236 84 from the dog tax of 1877, 224 74
Total,
$5,854 32
Drawn from the treasury for the support of schools during the year ending January 31, 1879, 3,227 04
Leaving a balance in the treasury of $2,627 28
As $114.50 of the above payments was for the winter term of schools, therefore, to correspond with last year's balance, for the next year's schools, the remaining sum for that use would be
$2,741 78
For furnishing, and repairs of school property - The town raised the sum of $200 00
A balance in the treasury, Feb. 1, 1878, of 34 56
Total,
$235 56
Drawn during the year for that purpose, 230 27
Leaving a balance in the treasury of $4 29
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
-
The town raised the sum of $2,500 for repairing the roads and bridges, and by a vote of the town, $500 of said
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sum was to be used by the selectmen. The remaining $2,000, with the unexpended balances of last year, was divided among the several highway districts as follows : -
DISTRICT No. 1.
Molbry A. Ripley, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance,
$114 27
Appropriation for 1878,
400 00
Total,
$514 27
Amount drawn from the treasury,
331 31
Leaving a balance of
$182 96
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Loring A. Flagg, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance, .
$90 29
Appropriation for 1878,
250 00
Total,
$340 29
Amount drawn from the treasury, .
204 00
Leaving a balance of .
$136 29
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Erland Thayer, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance, .
$55 12
Appropriation for 1878,
325 00
Total,
$380.12
Amount drawn from the treasury, .
334 61
Leaving a balance of .
$45 51
2
.
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DISTRICT No. 4.
Pardon Copeland, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance, .
$160 40
Appropriation for 1878,
400 00
Total,
$560 40
Amount drawn from the treasury, .
523 62
Leaving a balance of . $36 78
DISTRICT NO. 5.
Charles Atwell, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance, .
$16 21
Appropriation for 1878,
200 00
Total,
$216 21
Amount drawn from the treasury,
134 46
Leaving a balance of .
$81 75
DISTRICT No. 6.
Barnabas Dunbar, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance,
$79 29
Appropriation for 1878,
.
225 00
Total,
$304 29
Amount drawn from the treasury, . .
199 29
Leaving a balance of .
$105 00
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DISTRICT NO. 7.
Josiah Q. Hartwell, Surveyor.
Unexpended balance, .
$61 82
Appropriation for 1878,
200 00
Total,
$261 82
Amount drawn from the treasury,
174 65
Leaving a balance of .
$87 17
The sum of $500, placed at the disposal of the Select- men for repairing roads and bridges, has been expended as follows : They have rebuilt the Matfield Bridge, at a cost of $355.72. The travel of this bridge is made six feet wider than before, and the water-courses are made narrower, and by so doing the covering is much less haz- ardous than before. The bridge is well built and strong ; more commodious and much safer than ever before.
Late in the year it was discovered that the bridge on the Scotland Road, having a single span of thirty feet, had become so rotten as to be unsafe for travel with loaded teams. Lumber was procured and a new covering of the bridge made, on a different plan from the old one, and considered to be stronger, safer, and more durable. The cost was $139.72, besides a few days' work by the man at the town farm.
The Selectmen also rebuilt a small bridge on Spring Street, which cost $18.00. The total cost of the three bridges which they have rebuilt was $513.44, making an excess of $13.44 above the $500, and as the bridge on Spring Street was in District No. 1, the said excess was taken from the appropriation for that district.
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CONDITION OF THE ROADS.
The roads of this town, speaking generally or compara- tively, are quite good, and have been fairly worked ; still, a more timely supervision, and some small repairs, such as the removing of stones and bushes, and filling holes or excavations, would make them much more agreeable and safe for the traveller.
But the principal avenue through the town, Main Street, does not admit of such favorable comparison, nor do we think it proper to pass it without calling the attention of the town to its poor condition. For a road which is used to the extent that our Main Street is, it is in an unsuitable state of repair, and in some places quite unsafe. There is a constant and proper demand for a more constant super- vision, and more of general repairs on said road. A road which would be sufficiently good and safe where it was but little used, would be very unsuitable in a location which was used to the extent, and for the purposes which our Main Street is. And a road so used requires much more to maintain it in a passable and a respectable condition. And besides, a good road in such locations is an ornament to a town, and a good investment. We think the town should take some special action in relation to said road.
TOWN FARM OR ALMSHOUSE ACCOUNT.
Inventory of Personal Property at the Farm, as appraised February 1, 1879.
1 horse,
$100 00
2 oxen,
85 00
6 cows,
287 00
3 swine, .
27 00
Amount carried forward,
. $499 00
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Amount brought forward, 36 fowls, .
18.00
1 ox-cart,
43 00
1 horse-cart,
42 00
1 express wagon,
25 00
2 light harnesses,
23 00
1 cart harness,
15 00
Buffalo robe and blanket,
7 00
Hay-cart, wheels and farming tools, .
100 00
40 bushels of corn,
30 00
15 bushels of rye,
11 25
5 bushels of beans, .
10 00
7 tons of English hay,
126 00
5 tons of meadow hay,
50 00
1} tons of rye straw, .
15 00
Bedding hay,
8 00
Meal,
1 50
5 bushels of potatoes,
6 00
2 bbls. of apples,
2 50
30 lbs. of lard, .
3 00
10 lbs. of dried apples,
1. 50
300 lbs. of salt pork,
25 00
Flour and groceries,
5 00
Beds and bedding, .
60 00
Stoves and other furniture,
50 00
Manure and fertilizers, .
120 00
$1,305 75
Inventory of Feb. 1, 1878, .
1,422 75
Shrinkage of personal property, .
$117 00
$499 00
The above shrinkage of inventory is due, in part, to a general shrinkage of values, and in part to the fact that
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some of the household goods have been removed by one who has been an inmate and who has concluded to take care of herself, and who took away what there was left of the goods which came with her to the house.
When such differences in amount of the appraisal of the personal property are taken into account in estimating the cost of supporting the house, it makes a false appear- ance, to a certain extent, showing a greater cost than there really is.
THE ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
To paying J. C. Leighton's salary, for 2 mos., $58 33
Benj'n Butler's salary, for 10 mos., 250 00
doctor's bill,
1 00
for groceries,
52 71
for meat and fish,
14 52
for flour and bread,
33 63
for clothing,
29 50
for furniture and furnishings,
33 77
for soap and oils, .
8 82
for tools,
15 59
for lumber, .
2 60
for stock bought, .
187 00
for use of stock,
.
9 00
for fowls bought, .
9 50
for grass and garden-seeds,
17 61
for fertilizers,
77 00
for smith work,
17 00
for use of wagon,
75
for grain,
198 95
for labor hired,
59 69
for miscellaneous articles,
8 59
$1,085 56
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CR.
By cash for butter sold,
$254 62
for eggs sold, ·
29 74
for lard sold,
2 25
for pigs sold,
25 50
for calves sold,
19 07
for fowls sold, .
69 40
for cow sold,
25 00
for oxen sold, .
155 00
for vegetables sold, .
11 40
for milk sold, .
1 08
for labor performed off the farm,
21 05
for entertainment,
6 50
Credit for work on roads for the surveyors, .
94 22
for work on bridge, .
10 50
for going with the hearse, .
40 00
for entertaining 78 tramps,
39 00
$804 33
The number of persons supported as paupers at the almshouse during the year was two and §§, or equal to one person for 147 weeks. There has been drawn from the town treasury, for the almshouse, more than has been returned thereto, $594.12. Take from this sum the four items of credit above named, which amount to $183.72, it will leave $410.40 as the real cost of supporting the estab- lishment for the year.
This cost has been increased during the past year by improvements which have been made on the farm,-such as breaking up, fertilizing, and re-seeding some of the old pasture and depleted mowing-land. Also, improving the quality of the dairy stock. The barn on the farm is in need of new shingling and other repairs, which should be attended to in the coming season.
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POOR OUT OF THE ALMSHOUSE.
Paid for aid to J. S. Eaton, at New Bedford, . $11 50 for funeral expenses of J. F. Curtis at Middleborough, . 15 50
for coffin for Mrs. C. M. Packard, . 12 50
for coffin for Joseph Morse's child, . 6 00
for digging a grave for L. T. Packard, 2 00
for aid to Jonas Leonard, 6 00
for aid to Mrs. Barbara O'Neil, 16 00
for aid to Mrs. S. P. Bailey, . 9 75
for doctor's bill for Mrs. Joshua Morse, . 8 00 for aid to H. D. James and family, at Brockton, . 11 12
for aid to Mrs. H. Lothrop, at East Bridge- water . 52 00
for aid to Caleb Hervey's family at Taun- ton, . 59 82
for aid to Daniel T. Eaton's family, at Taunton, . .
20 50
for aid to Mary McGann, at Taunton, 10 00
Total paid, $240 69
By the provisions of a statute law, passed in 1867, giving State aid to soldiers and their families, and for families of the slain, the town treasurer, by the select- men's order, has paid the sum of $486 to the following persons :-
James P. Gallagher.
Mrs. Mary J. Reeves.
Patrick Dorgon.
Mrs. Mary E. Kingman.
John A. Frees. Mrs. Salome Stetson.
Charles T. Morse.
Mrs. Lucinda S. Lathrop.
Mrs. Mary E. Howard.
Francis W. Wood.
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By an Act passed by the legislature May 17, 1878, and repealed Jan. 21, 1879, entitled " An Act to provide Ad- ditional Pay to Poor and Indigent Soldiers and Sailors," the sum of $322.91 has been paid to the following named persons :-
Ezekiel Ames. Edward S. Jacobs.
William E. Cole.
Andrew W. Perkins.
William O. Alger.
Benjamin F. Phillips
Henry Clark.
William H. Jennings.
George H. French. Timothy Mullens.
Timothy W. Fisher.
William B. Smith.
Ellis R. Holbrook.
Rufus G. Smith.
James H. Leonard.
Cyrus Willis.
The annual town meeting will be held Monday, the third day of March next, at one o'clock, P. M.
JAMES HOWARD, HENRY W. LEACH, HENRY COPELAND,
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor.
WEST BRIDGEWATER, Feb. 1, 1879.
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1879.
As prepared by the Selectmen.
Cyrus Alger.
Horace W. Howard.
Charles W. Bacon.
Henry S. Keith.
Horace Bartlett.
Henry W. Leach.
Davis Copeland.
Cyrus Leonard.
John Copeland.
Seba H. Marshall.
Lucius Dunbar.
Aaron Millett.
Curtis Eddy.
Bradford Packard.
William B. Farwell.
Francis Perkins.
Edward W. Hayward.
Clarkson W. Richards.
John L. Hayward.
Ebenezer Taylor.
Benjamin B. Howard.
Erland Thayer.
Clinton P. Howard.
Charles E. Tisdale.
Joseph Vosmus.
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GUIDE-BOARDS.
The Selectmen recommend that guide boards be main- tained at or near the following-named places :-
Joshua T. Ryder's.
Justin W. Richards's.
Joseph Kingman's. Lewis Ryder's.
Molbry Ripley's. James Alger's furnace. Cyrus P. Brown's. Joseph Alger's.
Pine Hill Cemetery.
Barnabas Dunbar's.
Charles Howard's.
Stillman W. Hersey's.
West of Almshouse.
Dwelley Fobes'. Benjamin Howard's. George Wilbar's. John B. Holmes'.
Edmund Geary's. Pardon Copeland's. North Centre School-house. Heman Copeland's. Nahum Leonard's, 2. J. Q. Hartwell's. John Walker's, 2.
D. H. Baker's store. Centre Post-office.
Thomas Mackin's.
Waldo Howard's.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
Marriages Recorded in West Bridgewater in 1878.
Jan. 9. James Copeland and Betsey H. Snell, of West Bridgewater.
24. George A. Morse and Marianna L. Hayward, both of West Bridgewater.
May 26 .. Amos G. Fuller, of Rehoboth, and Emily M. Wetherell, of Norton.
July 3. Thomas W. Howard, of Easton, and Laura L. Lothrop, of West Bridgewater.
9. William Michie, of Boston, and Alice Howard, of West Bridgewater.
23. Charles H. Morey and Georgianna Pittsley, both of this town.
Aug. 27. Merton C. Johnson and Emeline (). Packard, both of West Bridgewater.
Nov. 17. Charles N. Martin, of West Bridgewater, and Elizabeth Clark, of East Bridgewater.
19. Josiah W. Foye, of Brockton, and Helen How- ard, of West Bridgewater.
Dec. 11. Charles J. Turner and Fanny J. Rounds, both of West Bridgewater,
26. Molbry A. Ripley and Elizabeth P. Allen, both of West Bridgewater.
Births. Registered in West Bridgewater in 1878.
Date of Birth.
NAME OF CHILD.
Sex.
Name of Parents.
1878. March 2,
Addie E. Wixon,
Female, Male, Female,
.
William W. and Cynthia B. Wixon. John and Mary Toomey.
21, 28,
Anna Blanch Lynch.
Daniel and Joanna Lynch. .
April 13,
Mary Ellen Mullens,
Timothy and Mary Ann Mullens. John E. and Caroline Reeves.
June
23,
William Edward Reeves,
Male,
·
Charles S. and Ellen T. Alger.
30,
Sanford Alger, .
.
Charles P. and Harriet E. Ames.
July 1.
Charles Milton Ames,
William and Ellen Ryder.
2,
Mary Ellen Ryder, .
Female, 66
Elbridge E. and Sarah E. Miller.
Aug. 4, Clara Jane Miller, ·
5,
George H Morse,
Male,
George E. and Marianna L. Morse.
Sept.
Mabel H. Wilder,
Female, 66
William N. and Sarah F. Shipman.
Oct.
3,
.
Male,
'Willard and Sarah M. Howard, Charles H. and Georgianna Morey.
6,
Emily Elizabeth Morey. James Henry Alger, Edna V. Alger,
.
Male.
James O. and Carrie E. Alger. Eugene F. and Lucy P. Alger.
Nov.
3,
·
.
17,
Eugene Sullivan,
Female, Male, 66
Philip and Mary Sullivan.
30,
Fred Loring,
William S. and Clara E. Loring,
Dec. 22,
Leonard,
66
Andrew L. and Anna Leonard.
21
Frederic and Lucretia A. Wilder.
18, 30, Mary Edith Shipman, Clarence C. Howard,
.
.
Female,
.
7,
.
James Tooniey,
.
Deaths Registered in West Bridgewater in 1878.
AGE.
Place of Birth.
Disease, or Cause of Death.
Date.
NAME OF DECEASED.
Yr.
M.
D.
1878.
Galen and Sally Howard.
Jan.
3,
Harriet Howard,
72
11
3
W. Bridgewater,
Heart discase,
.
Joseph and Mary J. Morse.
14,
Joseph W. Morse,
·
7
4
7
·
Consumption,
.
Abiezer and Anna C. Alger.
26,
James Alger,
·
61
4
28
·
Dropsy on the brain,
·
Feb.
5,
Michael Dunn, .
·
1
4
10
66
.
Softening of brain,
·
18,
Louisa Howard,
79
2
21
Warren, R. I.,
.
Consumption,
.
.
23,
Celinda Seaver, .
57
23
10
8
26,
Henry W. Alger, David Ryan, ·
33
-
.
Apr.
9,
Catharine M. Paekard,
38
4
19
67
8
-
·
May
9,
Mary B. Alger, .
·
59
6
13
Falmouth, .
.
19,
Levi T. Packard,
50
8
19
W. Bridgewater,
.
.
80
4
6 North Bridgewater, W. Bridgewater,
Old age, .
.
.
Jonathan and Abigail Snell.
30,
Abigail Alger, .
59
8
23
.
.
Charles and Sophia W. Reed.
June 25,
Mary R. Washburn, . Isaac Edgeomb,
30
3
12
Charlestown, .
.
75
9
1
Bath, Me.,
Old age, .
·
James P. and Rebecca Lincoln.
25,
Emily J. Lineoln,
29
5
East Bridgewater,
Melvin and Maria Bailey.
31,
Sylvanus P. Bailey,
47
7
13
Plymoutlı,
Typhoid Fever,
·
John M. and Olive J. Alger.
Sept. 6,
Lizzie A. Lothrop, Addie E. Wixon,
19
22
W. Bridgewater,
Consumption,
.
Win. W. and Cynthia B. Wixon.
19,
Frank H. Godfrey,
·
.
Oct.
10, Data Ripley, ·
80
3
18
Yarmouthı, ·
. Diarrhea, .
. ·
Ebenezer and -- Alger.
Dec. 3,
Sanford Alger, .
73
-
16
.
Congestion of lungs,
.
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