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128 65
Town of Malden, half expense of surveying line between Melrose and Malden, $13 .- Do. per monuments on line, $8,25,
21 25
Town of Malden, Books delivered H. Grover, 2 87
Freeman Upham, expenses to Concord, $3,36 .- 200 Envelopes, 50 cts .- Distributing do., $1 .- Tax Bills, $1,50,-Postage, 25c. 6 61 Clark & Cook, Painting and Glazing, 6 72
Clark Avery, serving eighteen summons, $2 .- Serving three Town Warrants, $6 .- Services as Constable, $3 .- Work on Public Buildings, $1,12.
12 12
Wm. Pierce, distributing Envelopes,
2 00
Wm. N. Wilkinson, Teaming,
2 38
G. A. Cutter, Glazing done to Public Buildings,
3 70
T. M. Crosby, Repairs and Fixtures,
1 52
J. W. Adams, sundry fixtures for School Room,
11 01
E. O. Pbinney, taking census of 299 scholars in the town, between 5 and 15 years of age, 2 50
215 30
Payment of Orders outstanding March 24, 1852,
$851 43
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6
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Town Grant, $1350 00
Received from the State School Fund, - 70 76
$1420 76
Orders drawn are as follows :
J. F. Brown's Salary for teaching one year, $500 00
J. F. Brown's Bill for Incidentals, - 13 93
Mary Jane Tallant's Salary for teaching one year, 235 00
Phebe A. Norris, for teaching 44 weeks, 176 00
Martha A. Corson, for teaching 40 weeks, 160 00
Emma E. Cochran, assisting in Grammar School part of Winter Term, - 1-
24 00
Mary J. Fuller, assisting in Intermediate School part of Winter Term, -
8 50
E. O. Phinney, for 12 tons Coal, $6.37} per ton, $76.50 .- 50 baskets Charcoal, 30 cts. per basket, $15 .- Chalk Drawings, $1.75, -
93 25
N. R. Robinson, care of School Rooms, $41.50 .- Sundry charges, $6.07, - . 47 57
George G. Corson, care of School Rooms, - 37 50
Edmund Davis, care of School Rooms, - -
9 17
Wm. J. Farnsworth, rent of P. M. Vestry one year, 50 00
J. S. Eldridge, sundries, 80
Enoch Holt, Housing Coal, - 2 40
J. W. Adams, Sundries, 1 55
E. O. Phinney, Superintendence of Schools, 18 00
W. R. Parsons, Superintendence of Schools, 15 00
Balance unexpended,
$1392 67
$28 09
7
POOR DEPARTMENT.
$400 00
Orders drawn as follows :
T. B. Pratt, Wood delivered Lowell Green, 4 30
Mrs. Lowell Green, care of her husband five weeks, 5 00
J. B. Leathe, Goods delivered Lowell Green, 23 51
N. P. Pratt, Wood 66 66
13 91
H. P. Wakefield, Medical services to 66
25 00
J. B. Leathe, Goods delivered 66 66
27 42
Mrs. Lowell Green, boarding her husband 22 weeks, at $2,50 per wk.
55 00
J. Nelson, rent of house to Lowell Green,
15 00
R. W. Flint, Goods delivered Lowell Green,
8 16
Moses Parker, Medical services to Daniel Gerry,
8 00
66 66 66 66 Town Poor,
20 00
Betsey Dwinnell, nursing J. Wait's family,
6 50
Chas. Boardman, boarding Chas. Howard 15 weeks, 1,25 per week,
18 75
Robert Wheeler, Wood delivered Peter O'Connor,
2 50
Peter Green, boarding Wm. Sprague,
20 12
Geo. J. Holt, Coal delivered Wd Levi Green,
6 50
66 66 Wd. Kellion,
9 75
Eli Upham, Wood 66 Wd. Levi Green,
66
66 66
Mary Murphy, 66 66
3 50
Asa Slocomb, " 66 Wd. Levi Green,
2 20
James G. Emerson, provisions delivered Daniel Gerry,
2 82
66 66 60 Peter Bentley,
6 24
66
66
John Wait,
1 21
Town of Malden, boarding Ansell Lothrop 72 weeks, ending Jan. 31, 1853, $1,75 per week, $126 .- Clothing, $17,31,
Chas. Boardman, boarding Chas. Howard 43 1-2 weeks, $1,25 per week,
54 37
Peter Green, boarding Wm. Sprague to March 1, 1853, R. W. Flint, Goods delivered John Wait,
6:
66
66 Chas. Howard,
4 40
66
66
.6
66
Wd. T. Kellion,
20 82
66
66
66
66
Peter O'Connor,
21 01
66
66
Peter Bentley,
45 67
66
66
66
Daniel Gerry,
3 26
66
66
66
66
Wd. Levi Green,
8 65
66
Mary Murphy,
1 34
66
66
66
66 Geo. Green,
80
4 71
66 Horse and Carriage four times to Reading,
4 00
66
66 Two Brooms, which should have been drawn from the School fund,
Fuller & Newhall, Goods delivered Chas. Howard, 6 09
Expended for State and Town paupers the past year,
$655 01
Received from the State for State Paupers,
$36 89
Due from Stoneham for supplies to Daniel Gerry,
14 09-$100 98
Leaving as expenses for the Poor the past year, Excess of Expenditure
554 03
$154 03
2 25
J. C. Ingalls, 66
66 66 Wd. Riley,
3 00
1 80
Patrick Conway, 66 Wd. Kellion,
143 41
19 91
16 13
66
66 Mary Larrabee,
1 84
66
66
66 John Frost,
5 75
66
66
50
Town Grant,
8
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Town Grant, -
$400 00
On which the following Orders have been drawn : James Howard, Work on High Ways,
200 00
66
66 66
185 00
66 66
15 00
66
-
13 75
$413 75
Excess of Expenditure,
13 75
NEW ROADS.
Town Grant, - - $1000 00
On which the following Orders have been drawn :
R. H. Flint, in part pay for building a Road from Pratt's Gate to Malden line, - - - 170 00 - P. R. Ellis, work on Porter Street, 102 38 - - Wm. Lynde, for building New County Road from Lynde St. to Chas. Pratt's Gate, 718 37 -
Town of Malden, for building 9 rods road connected with line of said town, -
31 40
$1022 15
Excess of Expenditure,
-
$22 15
General Statement of the Finances of the Town.
The property owned by the Town, and valued as per appraisal, consists of :
Engine House and Land, $850 00
Engine and Apparatus,
1800 00
Furniture with the same, 20 00
Hearse, Harness and Runners, - 110 00
School House and Land,
2500 00-$5280 00
Demands against the Town on Interest.
Henry Bancroft's Note,
$1200 00
500 00
Timothy Bailey's Note, -
500 00-$2200 00
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Summary of Expenses and Receipts for 1852.
Contingent expenses, (brought forward,)
$857 43
Public Schools,
1392 67
Poor Department
66 655 01
High Ways,
66
413 75
New Rouds, 66 66
1022 15
Interest on Town Debt, &c.
153 77
Estimated outstanding dues at the commencement of the year, since paid, 42 00
Estimated Orders and other dues now outstand- ing, about
250 00-$4780 78
'The Resources the past year have been :
Assessment for Contingent expenses, $1000 00
66
" Schools, 1350 00
60
" Support of Poor, 400 00
66
" High Ways, 400 00
6
" New Roads,
1000 00
4/1200
Receipts from Assessments of 1851,
150 00
66
66 State School Fund, 70 76
66
from Malden for N. School District, 60 27
Due now from Stoneham,
14 09
Balance now in Treasury,
23 08-$4555 10
Leaving an estimated deficit to meet outstanding dues of about .
$225 68
Your Committee would call attention to the fact that at the close of the year, there are now ascertained to be quite a number of outstanding demands against the town, with no adequate funds in the Treasury to meet them. This arises not so much from an inadequate appropria- tion the last year, as the year previous. In order to relieve this state of things, they would recommend that a sum sufficient to cover this deficiency be added to the assessment for Contingent Expenses for the year 1853. They would also recommend that the Town make the following appropriations for the year.
For Contingent Expenses, $1800 00
Schools,
1800 00
" High Way,
600 00
" The Poor,
600 00
" Payment of Town Debt,
1000 00
All which is respectfully submitted.
GEORGE EMERSON, JONA. COCHRAN, ERASTUS O. PHINNEY,
Financial Committee.
2
for State Paupers, -
86 89
10
TAXES OF RESIDENTS IN MELROSE IN 1852. EXCLUSIVE OF HIGHWAY TRAVEL.
Atkinson, Jona.
$8 03
Bodwell, Jacob
$7 54
Atkinson, John
7 54
Bird, C. A.
1 69
Abbot, B. F.
8 84
Bird, H. S.
1 69
Avery, Kittredge
4 29
Brown, James
15 34
Avery, Ephraim
13 00
Beebe, Lucius
89 20
Avery, Clark
1 69
Boardman, Benjamin
8 19
Atkinson, Wm.
1 69
Barrett, Charles
1 69
Avery, J. Q. A.
1 69
Brown, J. F.
2 99
Adams, J. W.
1 69
Burnham, G. P.
18 14
Amsden, S. H.
8 84
Bartlett, Joseph
1 69
Burdick, Win.
1 69
Brown, J. G.
2 70
Brown, Jonas (Heirs)
45 70
Churchill, Francis
1 69
Brown, Laroy
2 18
Champney, S. D.
5 59
Blakeley, David
5 26
Conant, Rufus
12 45
Barrett, G. W.
11 73
Corson, J. V.
12 29
Barrett, James
15 18
Cummings, Charles
12 65
Blake, John
11 44
Cowdry. Isaac
14 34
Barrett, Artemas
8 94
Cochran, L. H. M.
16 97
Boardman, Joseph
168 67
Cochran, Jona.
11 12
Bogle, William
65 59
Cushing, Wm.
10 79
Barker, J. H.
19 89
Conway, Patrick
7 21
Burk, Samuel
1 69
Cary, Silas
1 69
Brown, John
1 69
Conant, Rufus Jr.
1 69
Buffum, Carland
1 69
Collin, W. R.
8 19
Boardman, W. W.
1 69
Close, Emery
9 17
Boardman, T. C.
1 69
Connor, Peter O.
1 69
Brown, E. L.
1 69
Cooper, J. L.
1 69
Bean, Lewis
1 69
Carter, Benj.
1 69
Bartholomew, T. C,
13 72
Church, Asa
10 79
Barry, R. P. (Heirs)
11 05
Chase, Theodore
1 69
Beal, G. W.
3 97
Cutter, T. M.
1 69
Boardman, Charles
2 99
Connor, Patrick
1 69
Boardman, G. F.
17 65
Coats, Benj.
1 69
Bryant, T. O.
9 82
Cowdry, C. H.
1 69
Barker, Samuel
5 43
Cutter, G. A.
1 69
Bodge, Samuel G.
14 37
Clark, Frederick
3 97
Barron, E. F.
1 69
Cerrick, Andrew
1 69
Boardman, G. A.
1 69
Cook, Wm.
1 69
Becket, J. M.
7 05
Clement. Charles
1 69
Burns, Jefferson
9 49
Cook, David
1 69
Brown, Orin
1 69
Clark, Cyrus
1 69
Bugbee, Francis
3 64
11
Donald, John
$8 42
Fernald, Nathaniel
$1 82
Derby, Nathan
40 85
Farrell, Thomas 1 69
Dunster, Asaph
7 02
Fuller, Abby
2 93
Davis, Edmund
6 24
Fellows, Rufus
1 69
Dix, Wm.
15 99
Dearborn, S. O.
26 13
Green, Aaron
34 39
Dowdican, John
1 69
Green, Joseph
20 39
Day, Benj. B.
1 69
Grover, George W.
9 60
Day, Joseph L.
1 69
Green, Elbridge,
16 15
Davis, Win. W.
1 69
Green, Joseph H.
41 50
Green, John H.
15 02
Emerson, George
119 09
Green, Lewis (Heirs)
98
Emerson & Stimpson,
7 98
Green, James
2 60
Emerson, Mary (Heirs)
20 47
Gerry, Benj.
8 19
Eaton, Charles
13 39
Gooch, D. W.
5 59
Emerson, Isaac
33 10
Gill, George
1 69
Ellis, P. R.
5 99
Green, George
1 69
Emerson, James G.
2 73
Grover, John ( Heirs)
1 30
Emerson, Lydia, Widow
9 10
Green, Samuel
1 69
Emerson & Barrett,
26 59
Grennan, Richard
1 69
Edmunds, Willard
6 89
Goodridge, Lowell
2 34
Edmunds, John (Heirs)
6 05
Ellison, Samuel
1 69
Howard, Samuel
5 69
Emery, Stephen
8 19
Howard, Nathaniel 2d
4 29
Ellis, Martin
2 34
Howard, Nathaniel
9 98
Elliot, Elias E.
1 69
Hayes, Marmaduke (Heirs) 16 25
Ellis, John
1 69
Hemmenway, Francis
10 66
Emery, Wm.
1 69
Hemmenway, George
4 62
Ellis, D. H.
11 28
Holbrook, Joseph
8 23
Eldridge, Joseph
2 99
Eldridge, Joseph S.
1 69
Howard, Joseph
6 57
Howard, Sylvester
1 69
Fuller, Wm. E
5 59
Houghton, S. S.
18 27
Heath, G. W.
18 27
Fletcher, George M.
14 50
Hobby, Wm. Jr.
5 59
Fountain, Francis
6 40
How, T. D.
2 67
Farnsworth, Wm. J.
75 86
Harris, Samuel
11 44
Flint, R. H.
6 24
Howard, Caleb
9 33
Follensbee, J. H.
3 32
Holt, George I.
1 69
Fiske, Samuel
8 39
Howard, Samuel Jr.
1 69
Fuller & Newhall,
6 99
Heckle, William 24 38
Fuller, Josiah P.
1 69
Howard, Lowell 1 69
Fuller, Zenas
1 69
Howard, Henry M.
1 69
Freeman, O). H.
1 69
Hughes, James
1 69
Fuller, George P.
1 69
Howard, Samuel 3d
1 69
Fuller, George E.
1 95
Heckler, I. N.
17 94
Fiske, Charles H.
1 69
Holt, Enoch
2 02
Farnsworth, T. H.
7 52
Howard, James
12 36
Fitzgibbon, Thomas
1 69
Howard, George
1 69
Hyde, Stephen
7 29
Fuller, Sally,
11 38
12
.emmenway, Wm.
$6 84
Longbard, Richard P. $1 69
Hemmenway, Charity
1 11
Lamkin, Guy 17 07
Howard, A. B.
1 69
Lane, Addison 1 69
Howley, Michael
1 69
Lynde, Benjamin
1 69
Hammond, Charles A.
1 69
Lester, John
1 69
Hannon, Patrick
1 69
Lord, Samuel
1 69
Hurley, John
1 69
Leniken, Benj.
7 38
Ingalls, J. C.
22 81
Massey, John
8 13
Ireson, Henry J.
3 75
McLeish, John
10 14
Manning, Mary S.
4 88
Jackson, Leonard
8 19
Martin, Jeremiah
136 18
Johnson, Bradford H.
1 69
Morse, Andrew J.
15 99
Macy, James
2 18
Kimball, Jacob
3 64
McLannan, Charles
1 69
Kimball, Moses
13 72
Mahan, Philip 1 69
Kent, Elisha T.
5 27
McGonagle, Miles
1 69
Kelly, Patrick
1 69
Martin, Levi
5 40
Kelly, Morris
1 69
McDonald, Robert
1 69
King, Freeman
1 69
McConly, Thomas
1 69
Marshall, David
1 69
Lynde, Joseph 2d
154 94
McCarthy, Thomas
2 60
Lynde, Lois
10 08
Lynde, Amos P.
35 95
Nyman, B. T. (Heirs) 1 30
Newhall, George
9 17
Newhall, Wm.
8 84
Larrabee, John
1 69
Norris, Henry A.
12 74
Lynde, Warren
27 67
Norton, Daniel Jr.
11 48
Lynde, Joseph
34 19
Newhall, James
1 69
Lynde, Daniel
31 78
Newhall, John
1 69
Lynde, John 2d
5 96
Newell, Norman N.
1 69
Lynde, John
37 32
Neye, Benj.
1 69
Larrabee, Charles
29 20
Northrop, Rev. J. H.
1 69
Lynde, John (Heirs)
143 18
Norton, R. J.
11 44
Lester, Thomas
1 69
Norton, John R.
1 69
Lynde, Clarissa,
1 30
Larrabee, Betsey
5 20
Osgood, Henry
1 69
Locke, Simeon
6 93
Lynde, Jonathan
40 74
Phippen, G. S.
9 49
Lynde, Stephen
11 38
Parker, Moses
10 14
Larrabee, Mary
1 95
Preston, Samuel
9 48
Lynde, Wm.
13 05
Phinney, E. O.
17 89
Larrabee, Elbridge
1 69
Pratt, Charles
42 67
Locke, S. B.
8 00
Paine, John T.
45 70
Lovering, Luke W:
15 41
Putney, John
1 69
Lynde, Aaron
1 69
Pierce, George B.
1 69
Lynde, Thomas
1 69
Peters, Samuel
1 69
Littlefield, James D.
12 74
Parsons, W. R.
3 32
Leavitt, Freeman
1 69
Phinney, Stephen J.
5 46
Lynde, George 2d
17 62
Lynde, George
4 42
13
Paul, John H.
$1 69
Shute, Lucy
$8 61
Putnam, George II.
1 69
Sweetser, Wm. 1 69
Peirce, Wm. N.
2 34
Suratt, Leonard
1 60
Page, Dudley
1 69
Page, James A.
12 09
Taylor, Samuel D.
12 10
Taylor, Franklin
7 05
Thomas, John
11 44
Talbot, Josiah W.
41 15
Rich, Seth
15 89
Talbot, George B.
1 69
Richardson. Lewis
3 32
Taylor, Marcus
1 69
Robbins, Charles G.
1 69
Taylor, David L.
4 42
Robbins, Gilman
1 82
Tucker, Horace G.
1 69
Richardson, Wm. A.
1 69
Thomas, Joseph
4 29
Riley, Wm.
1 69
Thresher, James M. 20 06
Robinson, Nahum R.
3 00
Taylor, Fernando C.
1 69
Robbins, Charles
1 69
Thompson, John
3 64
Richardson, Henry C.
2 99
Tainter, Ezra
1 69
Ramsdell, Wm. B.
1 69
Tainter, Edward
1 69
Remick, Timothy
1 69
Rice, Samuel
26 00
Upham, Eli & Albert
57 59
Russell, Bartholomew
1 69
Upham, Eli
2 99
Ray, John
1 69
Upham, Albert
2 09
Ray, Joseph
1 69
Upham, Asa
25 14
Reed, Theodore
3 25
Upham, Asa Jr.
7 87
Upham, Orn
8 84
Shute, Isaac
15 52
Upham, Patty
6 66
Simons, John
14 69
Upham, Eri
5 10
Sprague, Phineas
12 42
Upham, Joshua
17 45
Smith, Thomas (Heirs)
6 83
Upham, Timothy
1 69
Simons, Nabby
7 96
Upham, Jesse
47 16
Shelton, John
62 57
Upham, George
5 04
Slocomb, Asa
1 95
Upham, Samuel S.
7 54
Summers, Samuel F.
11 44
Upham, Benj. R.
4 29
Smith, Lorenzo C.
12 42
Upham, Freeman
13 23
Smith, Wm. A.
8 19
Upham, Ezekiel
1 69
Sprague, Richard P.
1 69
Upham, Sylvanus
1 69
Sheen, Patrick
1 69
Upham, Adaline
2 60
Stearns, Ezra
1 69
Sprague, Henry
1 69
Vinton, Isaac
20 87
Valentine, John S.
9 49
Stone, Cyrus
12 25
Vinton, Aaron Jr.
1 69
Stone, Wm. H.
18 75
Vinton, Nathan A.
1 69
Stone, David
4 62
Varney, Calvin
11 41
Stebbens, Wm. A.
1 69
Vinton, Horace H.
1 69
Suratt, Wm. F.
1 69
Simons, E. W.
1 69
Wild, John
7 55
Wells, Henry B.
39 72
Shepherd, James
4 94
Wells, Henry B. & Co.
10 01
Stone, Nathaniel
1 69
Webster, David L.
23 14
Shelton, Otis N.
1 69
Sprague, Samuel
1 69
Quinn, Michael
1 69
14
Webster, D. L. & J. G. $33 15
Wood, Joseph
$1 69
Webster, & Co.
9 75
Woodward, David R.
3 64
Willis, Abel
6 24
White, A. L.
33 28
Wing, Judah
5 20
Whowell, John
2 67
Wait, John
1 62
Wait, Michael
1 69
Wing, Frederick F.
1 82
Wyman, George W.
1 69
White, George E.
27 83
Weld, Horace B.
1 69
Wing, Franklin
1 69
Wild, Maximilian S. G.
1 69
Wilkinson, Wm. N.
11 44
Winslow, Benj.
1 69
Ware, Joshua
11 44
Wheeler, Robert
5 59
Wily, Ephraim
4 29
Wales, Henry
1 69
Whitney, Hiram
1 69
Wait, Peletiah R.
8 55
Wait, Peter A.
2 83
Watson, J. T.
1 69
Woodward, 'Thomas B.
1 69
TAXES ABATED IN 1852.
Boardman, Joseph
$9 75
Paine, John T.
$12 35
Barry, R. P. ( Heirs)
1 30
Sweetser, Wm.
1 69
Boardman, Charles
1 30
Suratt, Leonard
1 69
Brown, Jacob F.
1 30
Upham, Patty
1 95
Farnsworth, Wm. T.
5 03
Green, Levi (Heirs) Green George
1 69
Grover, John (Heirs)
1 30
NON-RESIDENTS.
Hyde, Stephen
2 01
Howard, Henry H.
1 69
Pratt, James (Heirs)
9 75
Lynde, Joseph 2d
4 83
Whittemore, Wm.
98
Lynde, Lois
5 20
Marshall, David
1 69
$66 48
98
55 75
15
TAXES OF NON-RESIDENTS IN MELROSE
IN 1852.
Austin, Ilenry
$1 56
Faulkner, David, Widow $14 30
Anderson, John
1 44
Floyd, Samuel F. (Heirs) 1 04
Blake, Robert H.
2 30
Faulkner, David 2 53
Boardman, Wm. (Heirs)
2 60
Fuller, Loren L. 1 95
Burgess, Wm. C.
1 46
Favour, Horace S.
2 60
Barrett, S. F.
5 20
Farley,
3 90
Burnham, G. P.
1 30
Green, Samuel S.
65
Bicknell, Thomas R.
20 80
Gates, Israel
11 70
Barrett, Simon H.
2 28
Gaylord, Henry J.
5 20
Baldwin, Jona. (for his wife) 14 30
Gilson, Henry Y.
1 13
Barrett, Jonas
1 30
Green, Charles W.
1 30
Bigelow, Liberty
32 50
Gove, George G.
2 27
Barnard, Joseph
3 25
Green, Ezra
6 89
Baldwin, Jonathan
1 78
Gardener, Henry
1 30
Bickford, J. H.
4 22
Griffin, Warren
65
Braynard, Daniel
48
Gale, G. O. 65
Bachelder, Peris
7 80
Corbett, Leavitt
53
Hall, Wm.
84
Cary, Joel C.
65
Hall & Blodget,
2 27
Chase, Isaac W.
97
Hall, Zachariah
1 04
Coy & Allen,
2 60
Hurd, J. S.
65
Chase, Nathan D.
7 55
Holden, John A.
1 13
Caffrin, George
1 30
Holden,
1 30
Converse, James W.
54 92
Hall, Varney
1 :46
Colby, Thomas
2 25
Henley, Charles L.
1 13
Coolege & Haskell,
16 25
Hitchings, George
1 26
Convers & Thorndike,
8 28
Holden, Ezra
58
Dimond, Orel
81
Hill, Isaac
65
Drown, Oliver
39
Holden, Ezra J.
58
Dexter, Richard (Heirs)
4 84
Haven, Gilbert 1 30
Dunham, Jacob K.
12 35
Hill, Charles, Heirs, 1 04
Day, Joseph
1 30
Hall, Nathaniel (Heirs) 2 60
Hall, Joseph H. 2 47
Eaton, S. J.
81
Hudson, Thomas
1 04
Emerson, Warren
3 25
Higgins, John S.
7 02
Eaton, S. J.
97
Harding, Wm.
1 30
Edmunds, Wm. 3 12
Floyd, David Jr.
1 07
Jones, James
1 43
Fuller, Charles
10
Floyd, David
91
Kramer, Mrs. (Heirs) 34 84
Field, Joseph
2 14
Kingsley, Thomas 3 73
Eaton, Charles F.
11 70
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Kimball, Eliphalet
2 27
Ramsdell, John (Heirs) 65
Robinson, Nathan (Heirs) 39
B. & M. Rail Road Co. 3 90
Rich, Michael 16
Ryder, Nehemiah M.
49
Lang, Wm. B.
2 44
Lynde, Nathan (Heirs)
4 49
Longwaill, Sam'l P. 2 60
Larrabee, Wm.
132 76
Smith, Samuel 40
Sargent, Martha W. & Eliza H. 52
Mitchell, James
2 60
Messenger, S. W.
1 82
Sargent, Sam'l S. 5 72
Mason,
1 95
Sanborn, G. F. 1 30
Smith, George A.
1 14
Moor, Charles
8 12
Stephens, Charles T.
32 82
Mahoney, John J.
65
Sargent, Silas
29
Sargent, Isaac, 4 94
Shurtleff, Benjamin
1 50
Nowell, George,
13 00
Nichols, Benjamin,
79
Nichols, Nathan ([Ieirs)
1 11
Nichols, Esther
3 22
Newhall, Charles
1 56
Nichols, Ebenezer
79
Tewksbury, Henry 52
Tewksbury, Washington
52
Tudor, Frederick
6 50
Oaks, Uriah, Widow
6 37
Oaks, Jonathan (Heirs)
2 73
Tufts, Peter
1 56
Townsend, Josiah
49
Tufts, Simon
4 42
Pratt, Stillman,
6 82
Pierce, Wm.
1 04
Tagard & Cheever
59
Pratt, Robert L.
1 24
Pratt, Andrew W.
2 92
Upham, Sally
4 22
Pierce, John
1 17
Upham, Joshua
2 83
Prat, Ralph
97
Perry, Dexter
1 30
Winslow, George (Heirs) 2 92
Wiggins, R. P.
21 12
Willard, James W.
1 32
Pratt, John C. 65
Wilde, Silas
81
Perkins, Daniel A.
2 08
White, A. H.
1 31
Pierce, Thaddeus
1 30
West, Thomas
28 60
Pratt, Oliver
1 04
Wakefield, Enoch H.
9.7
Pratt, Thomas B.
58
Weed, Otis H.
3 90
Waitt, Darius
5 72
Russell, Eli R.
2 76
Whittemore, Wm.
1 95
Russell & Pollard
9 42
Waitt, Joshua
3 25
Richardson, Winthrop
65
Waitt, Huldah, Widow,
39
Richardson, Albert
1 30
Warren, Moses
81
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Nichols, Wmn.
2 03'
Swan, Joseph
2 05
Shute, Solomon, Widow 1 62
Shute, Solomon 2 67
Tewksbury, Wm. 78
Oliver, J. T.
1 04
Tufts, Peter H.
16
Perkins, H. N.
7 80
Tufts, Benj. A. 49
Porter, Charles
16 33
Pratt, James (Heirs)
99 28
Knott, James (Heirs)
19 31
Kimball, Sam'l 2 60
Low, Sam'l (Heirs)
2 34
Streeter, Oschar, 13 52
Shute, Henry 97
Mann, Wm.
1 82
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
Your Committee chosen to superintend the Public Schools the past year, beg leave to report :
That all the schools have continued through the year in the enjoyment of a usual degree of prosperity. The means of instruction provided by the town, have been continuously applied, and followed by results favor- able as the circumstances of the year might authorize us to anticipate.
The Grammar School fully maintains its former reputation for thor- oughness of instruction and efficiency in discipline. Through the untiring industry and oneness of purpose of its teachers, it has been steadily advancing in usefulness, and strengthening its hold upon the sympathies of the community.
The Committee were highly gratified during the former part of the last term, with the prosperous condition of this school, indicated by the large number in attendance, the apparent interest of all, and the unusual- ly good deportment of the larger scholars. But the pernicious practice, so uniformly observed by many, of leaving the school a few weeks before its close, in order to escape a public examination, very unfavorably affects its influence and general interest. It is also discouraging to a teacher, who is conscious of having labored arduously for the advance- ment of his school, to be deserted by those who ought to remain as proofs of his faithful labors, when their presence might largely contrib- ute to a result so well deserved.
Besides, this practice occasions an unnecessary expenditure of the public funds. We cannot, as with common day laborers, dismiss a teacher who is employed by the term, whenever a part of the scholars absent themselves from school. The classification of the school must be retained, and the proceess of instruction go regularly on till the close of the term, notwithstanding the absence of individuals. The cost of in- struction is therefore the same as it would be were all to remain and enjoy its advantages. The injury to the pupil is not so easily estimated. He not only sustains a loss of knowledge, but he also encourages a habit of shunning responsibility, which may operate unfavorably upon his future character. It is very desirable, therefore, that the parents of children, and friends of the schools, henceforth lend their aid to remedy an evil so detrimental to the interests of these public nurseries of the young.
The Intermediate School continues to deserve well the public regards. It still gives evidence of arduous labor on the part of the teacher, and of solid improvement in the pupils. At the late examination all the
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classes appeared to be well instructed, showing that all had been duly cared for, and that all had been devoted each to his appropriate work. In a large school, consisting of children of various tastes and habits, there is, perhaps, no object more difficult of accomplishment, than the exciting of a general interest in study. The qualifications necessary to effect this, are a love for teaching, an appreciation of the subjects taught, and a controlling influence over the mind of the learner. Such seems to be the combination of qualifications employed in this school. We sincerely desire that it may hereafter continue to enjoy its well acquired prosperity.
The attendance on the Grammar and Intermediate schools has been so great the last term as to require assistance, which has somewhat increased their current expenses.
Soon after the commencement of the schools in March last, it was found necessary to divide the Primary School, and employ an additional teacher. For the accommodation of one of these schools, use has been made of the Town Hall. The Committee are able to report favorably of the progress made by this school in reading, which is the leading branch of instruction. A greater degree of thoroughness in spelling, and in some of the circumstantials of the subjects taught, has appeared for some time to be desirable. Very great importance must be attached to thoroughness with beginners. The habits of diligence in the school- room, and of mastering well whatever is attempted to be learned, should be early formed. It is the direction given to the tender twig that deter- mines the form of the full grown tree.
The other Primary School has made very good proficiency, consider- ing the unavoidable irregularities incident to a school composed of small children. The examination indicated faithfulness of instruction ; and the prompt reply to a variety of practical questions, relating to local and familiar subjects, shows what the mind, even in the little beginner, is capable of doing, when aided by the directing hand of a patient and per- severing teacher.
Efforts have been made to improve the moral as well as the intellect- ual character of the schools, and in the mind of the Committee with very favorable results. It has been the practice in all the schools, we believe, to commence the duties of the day with devotional exercises. Nothing can exert a more healthful influence over the mind of both teacher and scholar, than a constant recurrence to the great principles of morality and religion revealed in the Holy Scriptures. They tend to chasten the levity of the frivolous, to soften the hardness of the unyield- ing, to subdue the waywardness of the disobedient, and to elevate the thoughts and affections of all to that Being who is the source of all knowledge, and the fountain of all happiness. A good moral influence in the schools is scarcely second in importance to the religious services of the Sabbath, and to those less ostensible devotions observed about the pious firesides of home.
In view of the difference of opinion which often prevails in regard to the comparative merits of the school, we would suggest that the pro- cess of learning is necessarily gradual and laborious. The acquisition
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of knowledge, unlike many other human attainments, is subject, in a very great degree, to laws that control the development and growth of a physical organism. We cannot, therefore, expect to find in the little child, that vigor and comprehensiveness of mind, which we observe in the more mature. This is a truth too often lost sight of by anxious parents, who, impatient of the slow advancement of their children, are often found complaining, and are ready to attribute the evil to the incompetency or partiality of the teacher, without ever suspecting the immaturity of the pupils, or considering that the period of mental devel- opment varies in different families and individuals. The mind of one child at six, may be more active and more fully developed, than that of another at eight or ten years of age. With some, the powers of the mind are gradually unfolded ; in others, the change is comparatively sudden and marked. It would, therefore, be absurd to prescribe one rule by which to measure the intellectual strength of all, or to expect equality of attainment with sameness of age. In many cases, also, where the powers of mind approximate equality, there exists in the aspirations and diligence of scholars a difference marked, and proceeding from circum- stances beyond the control of the teacher. The impression is too often made in the mind of the learner, that any thing more than a practical knowledge of what may be called the business or mercantile part of education, is to him comparatively useless ; and the efforts of the teacher fail to interest him in any thing beyond this. The reasoning by which he paralyses every argument of the teacher is, "My father never studied that branch, and he says it will be of no use to me ! "
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