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12 50
H. Manchester,
2 00
F. D. Billings,
36 50
R. H. Belden,
8 00
H."W. Field,
7 00
L. G. Curtiss,
3 00
C. N. Coleman, cash paid for hay and straw, 69 50 Wm. Bancroft, for hay and straw, 182 59
James Ryan, for earth, 20 50
J. E. Wait,
7 00
W. Hurley,
6 75
$2,944 83
8
Brought Forward,
J. A. Cutter, for earth, 15 00
F. Teru, .
8 00
L. Chaffin,
3 00
A. Allair,
6 70
Charles Potter, for stone
10 00
Fitch Bros. & Porter, 8185 lbs. meal,
190 58
lumber,
428 68
J. T. & G. C. Fitch,
324 73
Fitch Bros. & Doane, Blacksmithing,
80 92
S. W. Kingsley, 58 67
Batcheller & Dinsmore, labor on bridges, 13 50
L. McIntire, for tile, 219 14
Conn. R. R. R., freight on tile, 24 57
F. D. Billings, cash paid freight, 8 88
E. A. Bardwell, mdz., 6 47
C. N. Coleman, cash paid,
48 43
-
$4,392 10
Paupers.
Paid F. D. Billings, expenses finding settlement of Paupers, $31 51
F. D. Billings, cash paid for boarding Wm. and Asa Wells, 115 00
Bement Wait, boarding Wm. & Asa Wells, 92 00
French & Abbott, clothing, Wm. Wells, 12 70 Merritt Clark & Co., clothing Asa Wells, 20 75 P. Saffer, expenses for burying George Shindler, 15 00
E. A. Bardwell, mdz. for paupers, 9 78
Insane Asylum, Northampton, boarding F. Abbott, 95 05
Fitch Bros. & Doane, mdz. furnished F. Ballau, 10 00
S. M. Smith & Co., coffin and shroud for Geo. Shindler, 14 50
A. M. Peck, for burying Geo. Shindler, 3 50
Forward,
$419 79
$2,944 83
.
9
Brought Forward, $419779
Treasurer of Lowell, for assistance to Jane Baldwin, 41 29
A. Lewis, M. D., medical attendance J.
Arratt, I. Lee, and Selah Wheeler, 48 00
Wm. H. Dickinson, cash paid board Wm. Wells, 12 00
Vermont Insane Asylum, support of 0. Bardwell, 130 00
S. M. Smith & Co., coffin for Eliza Wheeler, 10 00
E. Proulx, care of Mary Ryan's child, 15 00
T. Cutter, keeping transient paupers, 5 00
L. S. Bliss, 39 50
R. H. Belden, care John Arratt,
10 00
$730 58
Miscellaneous Expenses.
Paid C. E. Hubbard for 1 pair Horses, $500 00
T. Porter, services as ferryman, and use of boat, 10 00
B. Warner, services as ferryman, 17 00
A. Allair, Jr., grading for school house, 20 00
H. S. Porter,
66
251 00
L. & D. Cooley, land damages,
47 00
Eames & Sprague, stoves and spouting for Town Hall, 72 36
Batcheller & Dinsmore, repairs on Town Hall, blinds, etc., 92 98
Wm. Daugherty, for painting blinds, and work on school houses, 82 00
F. D. Billings, cash paid for glass for hall, pauper register, etc., 17 55
J. L. Sikes, moving school house, repairs on town hall, 35 26
Wm. B. Coleman, for ploughs and scraper, 45 00
Forward,
$1,190 15
2
10
Brought Forward,
$1,190 15
L. Cooley, services as Assessor, 30 00
H. P. Billings, " " and cash pd. 49 75
C. L. Warner, “
66
32 50
J. S. Wells,
66
as Treasurer,
26 50
L. McIntire, tile for school house, 29 52
H. Waite, repairs on school house, West Brook, 19 24
L. Crafts, repairs on school house, West Brook, 11 25
A. M. Peck, work on cemeteries and re- cording deaths, 9 40
Trumbull & Gere, for printing report and town orders, 45 00
T. Graves, cash paid for stove for school house, 12 06
W. D. Billings, services as Town Clerk, recording births, 39 25
G. W. Dickinson, collecting taxes, post- ing warrants, and cash, 86 60
James Porter, repairs on school house, 40 25
Mrs. S. F. Knight, cash paid repairs on school house, 13 75
E. A. Bardwell, mdz. for school houses,
1 17
=====--- $1,636 39
Schools.
Paid J. E. Miller, services as teacher, $112 50
R. L. Bridgman,
280 00
Miss Emma Dawes,
66
30 00
Miss M. J. Strong,
184 00
Miss Mary W. Kellogg,
60
88. 00
Miss Lizzie A. Smith,
170 00
Miss Nellie Dayton,
102 00
Miss Emma Rhood,
66
36 00
Miss Nellie M. Stearns,
42 00
Miss S. G. Peckham,
.66
72 00
Forward,
$1,116 50
11
Brought Forward,
$1,116 50
Paid Mrs. N. T. Abells, services as teacher, 264 00
Miss Mary Moffat,
30 00
Miss Mary C. Billings, 66 66 96 00
Miss Nellie Miles,
48.00
Miss Clara Kingsley,
42 00
Wm. Daugherty, boarding teacher, 53 25
H. Waite,
86
48 00
C. E. Hubbard,
272 00
O. Belden,
66 66
48 00
Mrs. Alice Bardwell,
62 00
S. G. Hubbard,
72 00
C. C. Hosford,
40 00
I. Morton,
40 00
O. S. Graves,
36 00
C. A. Jones,
48 00.
Mrs."S. F. Knight, 60
66
48 00
E. A. Bardwell, mdz. furnished schools, 14 59
P. Doane, sawing wood, 16 50
J. Porter, coal and crayons furnished, 70 57
H. Waite, wood furnished, 15 00
Fitch Bros. & Porter, wood furnished, 74 75
R. H. Belden, wood furnished,
23 25
$2,578 41
State Aid.
Paid Mrs. Mary Richards,
$96 00
Mrs. Ruth S. Dennis,
96 00
Mrs. Ursula B. Graves,
96 00
Mrs. E. C. Anderson,
96 00
Mrs. Clara Vining,
96 00
E. L. Covill,
18 00
$498 00
Town Aid.
Paid Mrs. Ursula B. Graves,
$91 66
Mrs. Clara Vining,
42 00
Mrs. Helen M. Waite,
31 67
Mrs. Lucy Field,
62 00
$227 33
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School House.
Paid A. Allair, Jr., drawing stone, $190 75
L. Chaffin, laying foundation, 50 00
A. Allair, brick furnished, 988 75
L. J. Macomber, laying brick and plas- tering, 900 00
H. S. Porter, cash paid for stone and labor, 216 50 L. McIntire, for hair and lime, 76 78
H. S. Porter, cash paid A. M. Rich- mond and others, 3,077 22
5,500 00
Public Library.
Paid H. P. Billings, cash paid for cases, $28 23
H. P. Billings, “
" rebinding books,
5 50
H. P. Billings, "
" books,
38 27
Trumbull & Gere, printing catalogues
and labels,
28 00
$100 00
Outstanding Debts.
Selectmen's Note to Osmyn Baker,
$1,500 00
State Tax, 3,550 00
--
-
$5,050 00
Due the Town.
From the State on account of State Aid, $498 00
66 " of Corporation Tax, 170 20
$668 20
RECAPITULATION.
Receipts.
Balance in Treasurer's and Collector's hands, March 22, 1869, $1,188 30
Amount Taxes Assessed, A. Allair, Jr., in Payment for Horse, 38 00
16,948 48
Forward,
$18,174 78
13
Brought forward,
$18,174 78
H. S. Gere, Dog Fund,
5 02
Samuel H. Dickinson, Money Borrowed,
300 00
Osmyn Baker, 60
1,500 00
H. S. Porter, in Payment for School House,
250 00
$20,229 80
Expenditures.
County Tax,
$1,618 05
Samuel H. Dickinson's Note and Interest,
301 50
Old Bills,
731 72
Highways and Bridges,
4,392 10
Paupers,
730 58
Miscellaneous Expenses,
1,636 39
Schools,
2,578 41
State Aid,
498 00
Town Aid,
227 33
Public Library,
100 00
Assessors' Order of Abatement,
114 85
School House,
5,500 00
$18,428 93 Balance in hands of Collector and Treasurer, Mc'h 22, 1,800 87
$20,229 80
F. D. BILLINGS,
Selectmen
L. G. CURTIS,
of
H. W. FIELD,
Hatfield.
J. S. WELLS, Treasurer. HATFIELD, March 22d, 1870.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF HATFIELD,
For the Year Ending April, 1870.
Another year passed under the new state of things involved by the abolition of the District system, tends strongly to con- vince your Committee that our Legislature have acted wisely in this regard. Change is likely to involve confusion in minor details, and it is not surprising that Committees called to the unusual duties of attending to the minutest wants of numer- ous Schools, widely separated, at one and the same moment, should have been slow to have discovered the advantages of the change. But we think that experience will show that any judicious effort to disburse the gifts of education with an equal as well as open hand, must be conducive of more good than evil. No variation in length of terms is now experienced, as formerly, in different portions of the Town. All the Schools have continued for thirty-four weeks each.
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Your Committee have expended for the various Schools as follows :-
For High School, -
$405 00
Hill,
544 00
Center,
544 00
North Hatfield, .
- 355 50
West Brook,
250 00
West Hatfield,
- 256 00
Sixteen different teachers have been employed during the year, four of whom have continued during the entire three terms.
The whole attendance during the Summer was 306 ; Fall, 310; Winter 346. The average attendance in Summer, 282; Fall, 225; Winter, 272.
No.of scholars between 5 and 15 years of age in Hatfield, 294.
HIGH SCHOOL.
This School was conducted during the Summer by Miss L. G. Peckham of Providence, during the Fall and Winter by R. L. Bridgman of Amherst College, both of whom, we are convinced, labored with their best energies to advance the interests of the School. The building in which this School has been placed by the Town affords a decided obstacle to the attainment of the highest results by either Teacher or Pupils. The amount expended for fuel to heat this unneces- sarily large room for the winter term of twelve weeks, falls but a little short of one hundred dollars, and even then the scholars are not ordinarily comfortable. This, together with the numerous annoyances and inconveniences arising from the occupancy of so public a building, induce your Committee to suggest to the Town the propriety of furnishing at an early day, accommodations for this School, either temporary or per- manent, that shall better comport with the character of the Town and the wants of the School. Your Committee have felt here during the past year, as they have before felt, a slight want of parental support; which support, desirable at all
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times, is doubly necessary in a School so recently established and confessedly an experiment.
The other Schools of the Town have been conducted during the year by able and efficient Teachers, who have, as a whole, labored faithfully and with more than usual success to promote the education of the young. Reading and spelling, those homely branches which had fallen sadly into disrepute in these later days, have seemed, in quite a number of our Schools, to revive within the past year, and bid fair in time to receive again their just proportion of attention. The aim of the Common School is to lay a firm foundation, upon the solidity of which depends the character of the structure subsequently built. In the Common School, mere gloss and elegancies should give place to the solid materials of education. In what was formerly District No. 1, the Town have with note- worthy liberality erected within the past year, a commodious and elegant School building, ample for the wants of the School and meeting in every respect the wishes of its advocates. From trial we are convinced that this is a step in the right direction, and trust that the Town will in its discretion erect suitable buildings in other portions of the Town where such improvements are needed.
JAMES PORTER, MRS. FANNY KNIGHT, THADDEUS GRAVES,
School Committee
of the
Town of Hatfield.
THE TOWN RAISED FOR SCHOOLS, $2,500 00.
Schools taught by.
Length of Schools in Months.
Num-| ber of Scholars.
Average Attendance.
Amount paid to each Teacher.
under 5 years of age.
No. of Scholars No. of Scholars over 15 years of age.
Sum. Fall. Win.
Sum Fall Win Sum.
Fall.
Win. Summer. Fall. Winter.
Sum Fall Win
Sum Fall Win
High School.
Miss L. G. Peckham, R. L. Bridgman.
212
3
30
36
24
31
$100 00 $180 00
Miss L. A. Smith,
3
216
3
27
29
34
22.74
22.97
29.91
108 00 90 00
108 00
Hill Schools.
Miss Nell M. Dayton.
3
21/2
3
44
41
41
31.7
28.3
31.86
84 00
70 00
1
2
Mary W. Kellogg,
3
21/2
53
54
39 4-5 38
96 00
80 00
2
North Center.
Nellie M. Miles.
8
43
32 11-40 29.43
96 00
80 00
1
South Center.
Mary C. Billings.
3
45
34 9-20
96 00
Nellie M. Stearns,
3
31
27 1-6
90 00
Addie C. Moffitt,
21/4
33
24
63 00
1
North Hatfield
21
90 00
12
West Brook.
Emily A. Dawes,
212
37
28
70 00
2
1
Mary J. Strong.
3
41
31 4-6
96 00
4
West Hatfield.
3
21/2
3
45
45
54
32 1-6
30 1-3 42
90 00 70 00
96 00
1
2
4
~
Clara A. Kingsley, Joseph E. Miller. Emma Rhood,
27%
21
18
112 50
3
38
28 5-6
84 00
1
1
Lizzie Abells.
3
24
18 1-7
$125 00
4
Mary J. Strong,
3
212
44
41
3
28
33
96 00
84 00
Whole
REPORTS
OF THE
Selectmen
AND
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Hatfield,
For the Year 1870-71.
NORTHAMPTON : TRUMBULL & GERE, STEAM PRINTERS. 1871.
SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Hatfield :
Your Board of Selectmen herewith present a statement of their doings, and also an account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the Town for the past year.
It will be seen upon referring to the account of expenses for Highways and Bridges, that it largely exceeds that of the pre- vious year. This is owing partly to the very bad condition of the same at the commencement of the year, and partly to the increased expense in the manner of rebuilding Bridges, adopted by the Selectmen. Upon examination of the Roads and Bridges we found them in a worse condition than we expected. Quite a number of Culverts and small Bridges had fallen in, owing to the sluiceways being too small, and needed rebuilding. There were also two large Bridges at West Brook, that required rebuilding. Upon consultation, we, (acting upon the principle "that work well done is twice done,") decided to rebuild and enlarge the Bridges at West Brook, laying the abutments and pier of heavy stone in cement. The work was done by Mr. Chaffin, in such a manner that we believe that it will be many years before they will need repairing. We have also rebuilt a number of smaller Bridges, in all cases laying the abutments of stone, and when not too wide, covering them with the same. We have rebuilt and enlarged the stone Culvert at "Bridge Pond," in accordance with our recommendation of last year.
The Mill Bridge was repaired by the Committee chosen for the purpose, so that, in their opinion, it is safe for the present. We believe that the Hill Bridge is also safe for another year. It
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probably will be necessary to rebuild two of the Bridges south of the house of Henry R. Graves ; also to rebuild or repair two at "Middle Going Over " We have covered, according to the vote of the Town, four Bridges at West Brook, at a cost of $40 each, but were unable to procure lumber for more until too late in the season. During the Summer we received numerous complaints of the condition of the road leading from the upper part of the Hill to Northampton. Owing to the long season of dry weather, the road had become so worn that the public travel was seriously impeded. After consulting with various persons, and much de- liberation, we decided that the public interests required that the road should be repaired, which was accordingly done at an ex- pense of about $900. We have also erected new Guide Boards . at all needed points throughout the Town.
The expense for keeping the town team has been as follows :- Hay and straw, $152.37; meal, $197; total, $349,37.
At the close of the season for work on Highways, it was thought advisable to sell the horses rather than be at the expense of keep- ing them through the winter. They were sold, together with the harness, to Mr. Edwin Harris, for the sum of $500, he giving his note for the same, payable April 1st.
The total expense for Highways and Bridges the past year has been $5,920.10.
The Pauper account shows a slightly diminished expense from that of last year.
Francis Abbott and Oliver Bardwell still remain at the Hospi- tals at Northampton and Brattleboro. Wm. and Rolla Wells are and probably will be an expense to the Town for the ensuing year. We have received from the city of Salem, the sum of $92.50, for the support of Martha Gillette, whose legal settlement was in that city, which sum and $18.29, received from Benj. Laundry for assistance rendered, deducted from the amount ex- pended for Paupers, leaves the sum of $786.33 as the actual ex- pense for Paupers the past year.
The suit of Philetus Averill against the Town, for damage sus- tained on the highway, which was pending at the time of our last report, has since been settled by a verdict against the Town of $60, and cost of court, which sum, with our own counsel fees and cost, amount to $489.85, which has been paid.
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At a special meeting, called for the purpose, the Town, voted to build new School Houses for the Center and West Brook, ap- propriating $7,000 for the former, and $3,000 for the latter, which last appropriation has been paid, together with $1,230 from the former appropriation, leaving a balance in the Treasury for the Center School House, of $5,770.
The Town appropriated $250 for the purpose of repairing the old Burial Ground. This has been done by leveling and re-seed- ing the grounds, re- setting the stones and repairing the fence, at an expense of $223.25. If it is designed to surround the whole or any part of the grounds with a hedge, we think now is the proper time for it to be done, as the present fence will be a suffi- cient protection to the hedge until grown.
Fifty dollars was also appropriated for the improvement of the Burial Ground at West Hatfield. Of this sum, $14.62 has been expended, which, by mistake, has been charged to account of Highways.
There is now due on account of Public Library, the sum of $50 in addition to $211.25 paid.
We have made a settlement with the Treasurer, and find that there remains in the Treasury, after paying all outstanding or- ders to date of this report, $912.87.
We have also examined the Collector's account, and find that the amount of taxes still uncollected is $6,119.83, making the total amount in the hands of the Treasurer and Collector, $7,032 .- 70. It will require, in addition to the above sum, to make good the appropriations for the past year, and pay Note and interest of L. G. Curtis to date, $897.30. There are also outstanding bills to the amount of $100. We recommend that the Town appropri- ate the sum of $1,000 for the payment of said Note and bills.
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EXPENDITURES.
OLD BILLS.
Paid Wm. Lyons, labor on highways, $5 00
S. M. Smith & Co., chairs and settees for School House, 59 89
F. G. Bardwell, wood, School West Farms, 8 12 Thaddeus Graves, labor moving Hill School House, 6 00
H. S. Porter, account Hill School House, 500 00
F. D. Billings, services as Selectman, 105 00
L. G. Curtis,
35 00
H. W. Field,
25 00
Thaddeus Graves, services as School Com. 39 63
Jas. Porter,
37 00
Mrs. S. F. Knight,
"
17 25
Expenses Com. to Boston, Jan., 1870,
100 00
$937 89
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Paid John Laird,
$10 50 .
Richard Orman,
65 50
John McHugh, 69 00
Lewis Moran,
12 00
Jerry Stone,
4 00
Moses Remiard,
222 67
Augustus Remiard,
204 50
John E. Waite,
3 50
John E. Waite, earth,
7 30
Patrick Merrick, 30 00
Lorens Seitz, 4 50
Chas. N. Coleman, 588 25
Chas. N. Coleman, cash paid for sundries, 37 30
F. D. Billings, " " labor, 37 00
Wm. Bancroft, hay, 7675 lbs., 107 75
Joseph Stoddard, 3 50
Forward,
$1,407 27
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Brought Forward, $1,407 27 Paid Wm. B. Coleman, hay, 2244 lbs., straw, 2382 lbs.,
47 62
Alonzo Sweet,
286 50
John La Mountain,
54 50
Lysander Chaffin,
972 63
Seth W. Kingsley, bolts for bridge,
7 00
H. Gray & Sons, cement,
67 50
Anthony Allair, Jr.,
27 50
Conn. River R. R.,
10 36
Patrick Boyle, labor $6, earth $5,
11 00
Jacob Carl,
192 75
L. McIntire, tile $186 80, cement $6,
192 80
Fred. Carl, 128 00
Chas. D. Bartlett,
43 00
Joseph Capistraw,
19 50
Joseph Proulx,
24 00
F. D. Billings,
61 00
Peter Pecure,
69 50
Paul La Mountain,
26 00
Joseph,
37 00
James A. Cutter, for earth,
15 00
James Porter,
14 00
E. F. Cooley,
85 00
Edward Graves,
20 00
Henry Zondler,
14 00
Daniel A. Vining,
69 50
Francis Frary,
12 00
Charles Frary,
6 00
Alfred Cleval,
16 50
Leander Cooley,
42 00
Lysander Cooley,
8 00
Herrick Anderson,
168 25
Philip Carl,
152 00
Charles L. Graves,
5 00
John Goodchild,
7 50
Mrs. Buckley,
2 50
Forward,
$4,322 68
8
Brought Forward, $4,322 68
Paid Geo. W. Smith, making guide boards, 7 16
Henry Manchester, 21.00
M. N. Hubbard, 42 50'
Wm. Daugherty, painting guide boards, 49 00
F. D. Billings, cash paid for lumber and tile 12 00
Moses C. Porter, repairs on Mill Bridge,' 7 50
Henry R. Graves, 11:00
Fitch Bros. & Porter, meal, 8600 lbs.,
197 00
Fitch Bros. & Porter, lumber, 252 99
Anthony Allair, Jr., earth, 42 80
J. T. & G. C. Fitch, lumber,
383 39
Fitch Bros. & Doane, mdse.,
9 43
Fitch Bros. & Doane, blacksmith's bill,
56 75
Dwight S. Strong,
14 62
Elisha Hubbard,
77 00
Edward Proulx,
21 00
James Finland,
2 00
L. S. Crafts, labor $35, earth $10,
45 00
Oliver Goodchild,
11 50
D. P. Morton,
15 00
A. M. Peck,
5'10
E. A. Bardwell, mdse., 11 76
Chas. K. Morton,
73.50
S. G. Hubbard, lumber,
118 39
Peter Saffer,
47 00
L. G. Curtis, nails,
24
Horace Shumway,
17 50 3
D. W. Wells,
3.50
J. T. & G. C. Fitch, balance lumber bill, 18 29
J. D. Brown,
2 50
F. D. Billings,
5 00
H. A. Wade,
16 00
STATE AID.
Paid Mrs. Mary Richards, $40 00
Mrs. Clara W. Vining, 96 00
Forward,
$5,920 10
$136 00
9
Brought Forward, Paid Mrs. E. C. Anderson, Mrs. Ruth S. Dennis, Mrs. U. B. Graves, E. L. Covill,
$136 00
96 00
96 00
96 00
18 00
$442 00
TOWN AID.
·
Paid Mrs. Helen M. Waite,
$36 01
Mrs. Clara W. Vining,
32 66
Mrs. U. B. Graves,
86 67
Mrs. Lucy Field,
33 34
$188 68
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Paid H. P. Billings, cash paid for Books, $194 25
Batcheller & Dinsmore, 4 50.
D. M. Rice, for Books, 12 50
$211 25 -
PAUPERS.
Paid Hospital for Insane, Northampton, board of Francis Abbott, $192 81
J. B. Wait, boarding Wm. & Asa Wells, 180 00
Horace Wait, boarding Martha Gillette, 78 00
Assistance rendered B. Laundry, 15 50
S. M. Smith & Co., Coffins, 42 50
Dr. M. Harwood, attendance A. Wells, 13 50 F. D. Billings, cash paid for boots for R. Wells, 4 50
Fitch Bros. & Porter, wood, 3 50
Fitch Bros. & Doane, mdse for Dennis Dowd, 8 58
Cash paid assistance Mrs. Rhoades, 3 00
Dr. A. Lewis, medical attendance and services, 39 50
E. A. Bardwell, mdse., 11 82
L. S. Bliss, keeping transient paupers, 41 50
L. G. Curtis, cash paid, 10 62
A. M. Peck, burial paupers, 7 00
Forward,
$652 33
2
10
Brought Forward, $652 33
Paid Benj. Laundry, mdse., $ 2 79
Hospital for Insane, Brattleboro, Vt., board of Oliver Bardwell, 130 00
B. Wait, board Wm. and R. Wells, 112 00
$897 12
Rec'd from city of Salem, sup. Martha Gillette, $92 50
Rec'd from Benj. Laundry, assistance rend.
18 29
Appropriation,
$110 79 800 00 $910 79
SCHOOL HOUSE, WEST BROOK. Paid C. C. & C. B. Dickinson, site for school house, $140 00
Cash paid Horace Waite, Chairman build- ing committee, 2,218 00
Anthony Allair, Jr., brick, 642 00
-$3,000 00
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Paid A. M. Peck, labor, burial ground, $23 50
Peck & Pierce, ins. on Hill School House and Town Hall, 152 00
L. P. Dole, labor on Hill School House,
27 60
Mrs. S. F. Knight, cash paid repairs on school house, 14 25
Seth W. Kingsley, for Harrow, 5 00
Harvey Kirkland, Ins. on Town Hall, 45 50
James Porter, grading at Hill School House, 25 00
John McHugh, labor on old burying ground 45 00
Michael Boyle, 66 43 00
John O'Neil,
66 20 00 66
Stephen S. Squires " 6 48 00
Charles Frary, 66 66
52 00
Fitch Bros, & Porter, posts, old " 10 00
F. D. Billings, grass seed and nails old burying ground, 7 25
Forward,
$518 10
11
Brought Forward, $518 10
Leander Cooley, services as Assessor, 42 50
H. P. Billings, 53 63
Charles L. Warner,
40 00
Mrs. S. F. Knight, cash paid for cleaning school houses, 6 00
Expenses contesting will of Sophia Smith, 547 18 Wm. Daugherty, repairs on school house, 10 50 F. D. Billings, cash paid for advertising, 3 25 Geo. W. Hubbard, Note and Interest Os- myn Baker, 1,630 80 F. D. Billings, cash paid Delano & Ham-
mond, damages and cost, P. Averill, 270 00 F. D. Billings, cash paid Delano & Ham- mond, legal advice, serv. as counsel, 124 85 F. D. Billings, cash paid witnesses, case Philetus Averill, 95 00
F. D. Billings, cash paid E. H. Fitts, dam- age received on highway, 30 00
Trumbull & Gere, printing reports, &c., 41 50
Fitch Bros. & Doane, mdse. Hill school house, 5 36
Mrs. S. F. Knight, cash paid repairs school house. 5 50
0. Marsh, cash paid repairs school house, 4 00 Lysander Chaffin, erecting boundary stones, 4 00 A. M. Peck, labor on old Burial Ground, · 7 00 A. M. Peck, returning deaths, 4 00
E. A. Bardwell, mdse. school houses, 7 60
S. G. Hubbard, surveying, 8 00
Thaddeus Graves, serv as School Com., and cash paid 1870 and 1871, 78 50
W. D. Billings, serv. as Clerk, recording births, deaths and marriages, cash p'd, 43 70 Horace Shumway, horse hire, 5 50
J. D. Brown, repairs school house, 2 25
E. A. Bardwell, services as Treasurer and cash paid, 27 00
Forward,
$3,615 72
.
12
Brought Forward, Paid R. H. Belden, cash paid for stove, repairs school house, &c., F. D. Billings, cash paid,
$3,615 72
50 15
8 47
-$3,674 34
SCHOOLS.
Paid Miss M. W. Kellogg, teaching, $66 00
Nellie M. Dayton, 73 50
" Mary C Billings, " and board, 272 00
" Miss Isabella L. Parsons, teaching, 81 20
Nancy Marble,
95 00
Delia Nims,
66
69 00
Mary J. Strong, teaching and board 274 00
" Minnie Strong,
60 00
.
". Lucy Sanderson,
50 00
" Clara Morton, 66 and board,
70 00
Mrs. W. I. Bishop,
88 00
Miss M. E. Cook, 48 00
Etta Strong, 66
72 00
Phelps, 38 70
Rosa Miller, 36 00
Mrs. S. F. Knight, board, 134 00
Chas. A. Jones, 66
48 00
Chas. E. Hubbard,
114 00
Thaddeus Graves,
3 00
Mrs. M. J. Montville, board,
40 00
Chas. Rhoades,
35 00
Wm. Daugherty,
48 00
Mrs. M. E. Miller,
88 00
M. C. Porter, 60
48 00
Philos Doane, sawing wood,
27 25
P. L. Strong & Son, wood,
55 76
Horace Waite, 66
17 00
Fitch Bros. & Porter, “
63 00
J. T. & G. C. Fitch,
10 38
Chas. E. Hubbard,
12 00
Forward,
$2,136 79
13
Brought Forward,
$2,136 79
Paid F. D. Billings, coal and wood,
78 00
Fitch Bros. & Doane, crayons,
1 75
Miss Clara Kingsley, teaching,
119 00
Mr. Butler,
60 00
Oscar Belden, board,
90 50
Henry G. Moore, board,
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