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of want of fitness or experience, but we have just what is paid for. Of course there are exceptions to this ; but we think that young ladies should show an aptness and be required to have some previous special training or study for this work, and when this is gained, that they should have a fair equivalent for their work, and as much or more than the teachers of any other grade, being really of greater importance. The Committee would suggest the plan of having one of the central schools, under the charge of a lady of suitable qualifi- cations, for training teachers, and having those appli- cants who have had no experience in teaching, instruct the school, for one month or more, without pay, under her direction, and as vacancies occur, employing those who in such service, have shown aptness to teach.
Again the primary schools are over crowded. We have seen several, having each seventy scholars. By the Statute we are required "to employ a female assist- ant in any school having an average of fifty scholars, unless the town, at a meeting called for that purpose, votes to dispose with such assistant." We had not the funds, with which to do this, unless by shortening the other schools ; and we had no furnished rooms. For these reasons it seemed best to ask the town to provide for this, as we have done in our recommendation for appropria- tions. In this connection, the Committee call attention to these facts, that of the pupils entering the primary schools, only about thirty-five per cent. reach the Gram- mar Schools, and about twelve per cent. the High Schools, and of those entering the Grammar Schools, only about forty per cent. reach the High Schools, that the average time occupied in reaching the Grammar Schools is be- tween six and seven years, and that the average age of scholars entering the Grammar Schools, is about thirteen years. Ordinarily, to finish that school course, would re- quire three years, and the High School course if followed, will require four years more; then the scholars are nearly twenty years of age, when they are ready to be-
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gin to learn their life business. This we think is wrong. and that so many parents take their children from school before they reach or finish the Grammar School course ; and that so few send to the High School shows that they so think and act accordingly. Just where the fault is may be difficult to point out, but if we had excellent primary teachers, and a well-devised and superintended system, we think the scholars might gain a knowledge of all the principles they now learn, in a much shorter time. A part of this difficulty we think may be remedied by more effort and attendance on the part of the School Committee ; but we say frankly, much more time is now spent by those officers than any one can afford to spend at the rate of payment allowed by the old Stat- ute (passed in 1859), to wit ; $1.50 per day, unless the town votes additional compensation which by that Stat- ute, it may do. They would respectfully suggest that the town shall increase the per diem allowance so that a member of the Committee can at least hire a man to do his work at home, for the price he gets from the town, for his time. The Committee think there is much time un- profitably spent by the classes in following in course through the text book and the various books now form- ing the series, on any subject, and that the Committee should watch carefully this feature of every school, and by frequent consultations with the teachers upon the methods of teaching and the subjects taught, secure the advancement of the pupils in a practical and useful know- ledge of the principles of such subjects without regard to the arrangement of any book or series of books. 'T'he Committee do not by any means, undervalue books as an aid to the scholar in studying a subject, but they be- lieve that they should be used only in preperation for the recitation, at which the teacher should become sure that each pupil in the class sees distinctly the principle which has been studied, comprehends it, and can readily, and in his own language, explain and apply it. This will only be done, by the teachers knowing before the
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class comes up the subject matter of the lesson, in the recitation learning by original questions each member's idea of it and aiding in the correction of it when wrong or wrongly expressed.
Another cause of delay in reaching the higher grades is the great number of absences, If a scholar is out of his class during one or more recitations, all must wait to enable the absentee to be brought up, before taking an- other step in the subject. As a practical remedy for this, we think the Committee should, once at least each term, examine for promotion, those pupils to whose constant and faithful efforts it is due, and let those unfortunate scholars only, who are kept from schools, suffer. The Committee desire to call attention to the need of having some truant officers. We have made complaints during the year against three boys for truancy. In each case before the Court, it was decided to put the boys on probation and they have since shown that the best course with them was taken But another fact requires investigation and action by the next Committee who will need therein the aid of such officers. There are in the town, as shown by the returns of the Selectmen to us 1384 children between the ages of five and fifteen years, in all the schools, as shown by the registers, about 1100. Where are the others, about one-fifth of the whole num- ber? We think they should be carefully looked upland be compelled to attend school. The Committee have found that personal application by the teachers or by them- selves is the most effectual remedy for absences of mem- bers of schools and think that the same would secure the attendance of a large part of the fifth of the town's children not members of any school. In this work is seen the need of the aid of two or more discreet and active truant officers. Not that we think legal measures should be resorted to, except in extreme cases, but a parent will usually try to overcome any difficulty, if kind- ly encouraged by a person who seems interested, but es- pecially if that one is clothed with some authority. The
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visits of parents to the various schools have been few compared with what ought to have been made. If the parent or guardian of each pupil would go to the school at least twice in each term, they would best indicate to the teachers and pupils their interest in them and their work, and thereby would do much to keep the pupils constant in school and interested while there. Last year the School Committee called attention to the difficulty attending the lateness of town meeting. The schools were particularly affected by that this year, all of the
Committee being chosen. The result was, the Spring term was too short and this Winter term has been too long for the good of the pupils. The evil a later meet- ing was intended to remedy, no longer exists. The school bills for this year are paid, except one or two small ones amounting to perhaps $10. which the Committee did not obtain in season, and the Report will show the ex- act statement of the school appropriation, and expendi- tures, and the same would have been true if the meeting had been holden on the first Monday of March. The Committee respectfully recall their recommendation for schools in the coming year as presented to the Select- men. We have given in the annexed statement amounts in items and as carefully as we can figure. The item set down as wages for teachers is made up at the rates at which they are actually engaged, reckoned for 38 weeks. The cost of carrying on the schools for that number of weeks is about $275, more than for 36 weeks, and the two weeks at the end of the year are worth the first month, everything being then settled and in good running order. The items for care of rooms and fuel are also made up on the basis of this year's expen- ditures. Last year the Committee asked for appropri- ation for two items to which we again solicit attention. One, an outbuilding for the old House in No. 8, which must be built. The other, the house in No. 5 (North Street,) must be repaired. The floors are worn through, the plastering is down and we have this year had it cov-
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ered in part with box-boards to keep it up and the house needs painting. The Committee suggest that while re- pairs are being made it ought to be furnished with mod- ern desks and chairs. The houses in Nos. 1. 3 and 7 need painting, and if they are not painted will rapidly grow worse. Another item is for fences. Those about Nos. 1. 5 and 9 (the old house) must be rebuilt. We have already spoken of overcrowed schools. We have seen 270 scholars, in the four primary rooms in No. 8, at one time. There is absolute need of furnishing a room in Prescott School House. There is no furniture in any other room which can be removed, or we should have done it. We respectfully ask the town to provide therefor. The Committee of this year believed it was their duty to expend what money the town provided and no more, and in persuance of that belief closed the pri- mary schools earlier than they wished to do. They also left undone, for this reason, some repairs that ought to have been made. Supposing that any other Committee would have the same views we respectfully suggest that some of the above noted repairs must be made, and if funds are not appropriated therefor, that the schools must be closed with shorter terms, to give money for that purpose. In the recommendation we have not in- cluded anything for teaching singing or drawing, two branches of study, the Statute now requires to be taught in schools. We strongly urge the town to provide there- for, as being of the best means to interest scholars while in school and of the most beneficial and useful exercises for after life.
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RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS.
For Teachers' Salaries, -
$9,174
" Care of Rooms,
478 .
" Fuel 675
Incidental Repairs
500
Repairs on No. 5 House,
300
Outbuilding in No. 8, -
200
Seating Room, Prescott House, - 250
Painting Houses Nos. 1, 3 and 7,
325
Fences, Houses Nos. 1, 5 and 9, 100
Seating House No. 5, -
200
$12,236
For Stetson High School,
300
All which is respectfully submitted.
NATHANIEL HOWARD,
JACOB WHITCOMB, School
Committee.
W. E. JEWELL,
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN RANDOLPH IN 1870.
1869.
Nov. 21. Benjamin W. Porter and Abby R. Richardson, both of Stoughton. 1870.
Jan. 26. S. Melvin Clark and Estelle F. Wilson, both of Randolph.
6. 27. Hannibal P. Wilbur of Randolph, and Hattie F. Wyman of Ashby.
Feb. 22. Austin G. Knight of Randolph, and Aurilla J. Pratt of Cohassett.
Mar. 9. Ira L. Brettun of Raynham, and Harriet F. Bunker of North Bridge- water.
16. Edgar Howard of Randolph, and Frances Orra Cross of Stoughton.
April 6. Francis E. Stetson and Susan MI. Stetson, both of Randolph.
66 7. Herbert N. Leach and Esther Belcher, both of Randolph.
May 1. Samuel Turner and Almira S. Lewis, both of Randolplı.
S. Jesse C. Hayden of Cohassett. and Emma P. Ryan of Randolph.
66 16. Jeremiah Crowley and Honora Kelliher, both of Randolph.
60 17. Edmund White of Randolph, and Sarah Beebe of Wilbraham.
66 22. Edmund R. Eddy, Jr., of West Brookfield, and Susan Beaman of Randolph.
66 23. Michael O'Connell and Elizabeth T. Strickland, both of Randolph.
June 7. Herbert A. Howard and Adrianna Belcher, both of Randolph.
66 8. Wales B. Thayer of Randolph, and Mary E. Wood of Bridgewater.
10. John Winn and Catharine Freel, both of Stoughton.
66 14. Horace A. Hatch and Hannah E. (Hill) Flynn, both of Randolph.
66 16. John Geary and Mary A. Lynch, both of Stoughton.
66 18. Levi M. Linfield and Eleanor Burrill, both of Randolph.
19. John O. Keefe and Mary (Meany) Shadduck, both of Randolph.
July 13. David S. Hasty and Abby E. Goss, both of Randolph.
" 17. Walter R. Norton and Mary E. White, both of Randolph.
66 23. William F. Faunce and Etta T. Ellis, both of North Bridgewater.
66 26. Albert M. Niles of Randolph, and Belle M. Holmes of North Bridge- water.
Aug. 15. Eli A. Hayden of Braintree, Mary E. Remick of Randolph.
18. Charles M. Capen and Emma Spaulding, both of Randolph.
Daniel Finnegan and Katie Hurley, both of Randolph.
Sept. 6. 22. John Smith of Abington, and Bridget Riley of Randolph.
25. Guernor DeBrown and Catharine Clary, both of Randolph.
6 27. Moses Mercury of North Bridgewater, and Mary E. Curtis of Ran- dolph.
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Oct. 5. Francis A. Belcher and Anna E. White, both of Randolph.
6. Michael C. Dumphy and Elizabeth A. Donohue, both of Randolph.
29. Ira E. Beal and Lydia M. Wilde, both of Randolph.
66 Morrison M. Alden and Josephine Clark, both of Randolph.
Nov. 1. 5. John Sweet and Susan (Murray) Wilson, both of Stoughton.
13. Edwin R. Flint and Addie Belcher, both of Braintree.
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66 Peter McMahon and Catharine Bracken, both of Randolph.
66 17. Cyrus Poole, 2d, of Abington, and Ella J. Crooker of Randolph.
24. Isaac Davis of Boston, and Lucy J. Thayer of Randolph.
.6 Jonathan S. Belcher and Susan Thayer, both of Randolph.
Henry E. C ark of Weymouth, and Susie M. Belcher of Randolph.
66 Nathan B. Blood of Randolph, and Nancy B. Fenno of Boston.
66 George E. Leonard of Randolph, and Abby B. Faunce of North Bridgewater.
Dec. S. Charles Prescott and Abbie M. Alden, both of Randolph.
13. Frank W. Lewis of Charlestown, and Mary Burr White, of Ran- dolph.
16 19. George M. Johnson and Avis Justina Holbrook, both of Randolph.
66 22. Joshua Horton of Randolph, and Haunah Belcher of Weymouth.
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66 Thomas M. Alexander and Marion E. Crawford, both of Randolph.
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26. Alonzo Meserve of North Bridgewater, and Abby M. May of Ran- dolph.
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31. James W. Alexander and Annette T. Clark, both of Randolph.
66 Charles H. Thayer and Charlotte A. English, both of Randolph.
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DEATHS IN RANDOLPH DURING THE YEAR 1870.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y.
M.
D.
19.0.
Jau.
5
Annie M. Eddy.
21
6
9
Puerpal, Dropsy
8
Charles H. P. Howard ..
27
2
16
Malignant Tumor
8
Patrick Kiley.
12
9
Drowned
8
J. Sanford Clark.
12
11
5
Drowned
10
Sally Dyer ..
55
6
15
Pneumonia
21
Adeline Kennedy.
39
Debility
21
Hosea Hollis
76
10
15
Heart Disease
24
Edward E. Dennehy.
26
3
Consumption
31
Susanna Winnett.
89
10
15
Old Age
Feb.
8
Benjamin O. Mann
67
1
2
Pneumonia
8
Ann L. E. Turner.
69
5
10
Pneumonia
9
Sally W. Wales.
69
5
23
Paralysis
10
Ruth H. Belcher.
61
11
Cancer ~
12
Forrest I. Tueker.
.
Debility
15
Daniel B. Kelliher.
3
15
Convulsions
20
Cyrus Morton, Jr ..
43
6
25
Tyhpoid Fever
20
Catharine A. King.
2
4
17
Pneumonia
20
Ruth Wild. .
72
13
Heart Disease
March 10
Julia A. Linfield
51
1
Uterine, Ascites
14
Ellen Ahearn.
90
Old Age
5
James B. Lovering.
62
4
Consumption
18
George A. Hamilton.
45
9
1
Pulmonary Consumption
20
Catharine DeNeil.
34
Childbed
20
Rosella Foley. .
3
4
18
Remittant Fever
26
Thomas J. Jordan
35
11
3
Phthisis
28
Angeline Liniield.
73
3
13
Bronchitis
28
Margaret Meany.
29
·
13
Fever
2
Frank C. Kingman.
11
6
14
Pneumonia, Gangrene
3
Mary A. Hicks.
18
Croup
8
Edna M. Howard.
21
1
21
Phthisis Pulmonalis
11
Elizabeth F'. Taunt.
8
7
8
Scarlatina Anginosa
13
Nelson F. Sylvester.
9
1
1
Fits
17
Sarah J. Mann
35
7
8
Peretonitis
22
S. Ann Binney
35
11
11
Phthis is Pulmonalis
25
Francis Fitzgerald
2
Infantile
28
Betsy Chamberlin.
10
28
Heart Disease
3
Abby Dennehy.
30
Phthisis, Puerpal Convulsions
3
Edward T. Carney.
2
21
Convulsions
5
Eliza A. Staples.
12
5
25
Cancer ^
13
Mary Noonan.
3
5
Croup
20
Daniel Faxon.
68
1
28
Consumption
24
Danforth Thayer.
51
3
28
Heart Disease, Congestion Lungs
2
Michael Kelly.
60
Liver Complaint
12
Mary F. Hollis.
29
6
1
Consumption
17
Daniel sheridan.
1
6
5
Entitis, Convulsions
23
Eliza G. Thayer.
2
20
Infantile
1
Dennis McCarty ..
50
2
28
Consumption
8
Hattie E. Weeks. .
18
10
29
Pulmonary Consumption
13
Catharine Harris ..
30
7
. .
Old Age
16
Sally White.
87
7
13
Paralysis
25
Ellen Mahar ..
1
20
Cholera Infantum
25
Elsie A. Fernald.
32
5
8
Pulmonary Consumption
25
Alton W. Lawrence.
8
16
Encephalitis
28
Daniel Sullivan
27
8
29
Phthisis
June
1
Michael Sullivan.
63
Consumption
6
Richard Fox.
1
Premature Birth
17
Richard Wilkinson.
33
Accidental
Clementina M. Payne.
62
1
27 Peracarditis
15
Harriett Hollis
74
9
15
Timothy Daly.
27
Diarrhiœa
28
Sarah F. Paine.
51
. .
13
Consumption
24
Bridget MeCarty
40
Pneumonia
12
Elizabeth McGarrigle.
10
Infantile
16
Charles L. Rieker.
23
6
·
Phthisis Pulmonalis
1
9
Consumption
30
Elizabeth McGarrigle.
2
16
Pneumonia
12
Henry M. Jones (Imbecile).
.
.
April
May
25 July
Malignant Disease of Stomach
Austin G. Knight.
Typhoid Fever, Premature Labor
61
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DEATHS. - (CONTINUED.)
AGE.
DATE.
NAVE.
DISEASE, OR CAUSE OF DEATH.
Y.
M.
D.
1870.
Aug.
12
Frederick A. Kennedy.
9
16
Stoppage
2
Parnel Howard.
83
3
7
Oll Age. Hepatitis
7
Abigal Foley
1
5
23
Dentition Convulsions
7
Sylvanus Pratt.
70
1
26
Dropsy
7
Hannahı Cunningham.
Infantile
Ann Furgerson.
29
..
13
Mehitalle Packard.
85
8
19
Femoral Hernia
15
Henry J. Gibbons.
1
3
Dysentery
15
Cornelius Gibbons.
1
3
29
29
Howard N. Mann.
4
11
28
Dysentery
25
Sunnna Hollis.
60
8
14
Inflamation of Bowels
25
Mary Garrity.
55
.
Phthisis
30
Thomas P. O'Connor.
15
8
27
Typhoid Fever
Sept.
2
James H. Fencer.
9
Congestion of Brain
10
--- Dargan.
Infantile
14
Edwarl Harris.
2
5
27
18
James Meany, 3d.
1
3
23
Consumption
20
Patrick Keirnan.
35
Consumption
21
Anne Noonan
6
Infantile
23
Sarah E. Porter.
8
2-
Tabes Mesentaria
24
Fre lerick Howard.
50
10
Typhoid Fever
11
Charlotte Belcher.
8.5
10
20
Old Age
13
Catharine Firley.
66
·
14
Phthisis
1.1
Fanny Wales ..
84
16
Richard Hogan.
67
.
19
James F. Cohill.
22
9
5
Consumption
19
Thomas Hickman.
19
Typhoid Fever
26
Ada P. Holbrook ..
1
Inflamation of Brain
3
Lydia Smith ..
82
Old Age
3
Charles 1. Harris
11
4
Diarrhoea
8
Mary J. Cook ..
1
13
Scrofula
13
Samuel Harris.
10
Fits
18
Sarah Welsh
24
3
19
Dropsy
23
Bathshebee White
82
9
Old Age
24
Zeno Linfield.
78
10
17
Paralysis
24
Mary Mead.
20
9
15
Consumption
21
Abijah Beals.
71
1
11
Congestion of Lungs, Enlarge-
27
Elizabeth Sullivan
52
Consumption
[ment of Heart
$0
Ann Victorr.
32
4
Consumption
Dec.
3
Mary A. Wille.
35
4
Puerpal
Allen. ..
1
Premature Birth
10
Ephraim M. Spear.
75
21
Oll Age
20
James Lee. .
38
22
-- Wilde.
21
Apthia
23
John Hickey.
50
Cancer
24
.John Trainor.
9
3
2
Typhus Fever
26
Ira A. E. Taylor.
65
1
Inflamation of Lungs
31
Sarah Symonds.
73
7
7
Dropsy and Heart Disease
. .
10
Dysentery
Oct.
Henry J. Martin.
76
Apoplexy
13
Samuel P. Brown
49
9
Congestion of Lungs
Liver and Kidney Disease
25
Mary Sullivan.
30
.
9
Isabella Sullivan.
2
15
Cholera Infantum
. .
1
Typhoid Fever
·
Consumption
.
Nov.
Benjamin Harris
35
1
Intemperance, Found Dead
Elwar l P. Kane.
3.5
Consumption
Hannal: Hayden.
87
7
14
Oll Age
Chronic Diarrhea
. .
1
Chil lbed Fever
Dentition Dysentery
Tumor, Asphyxia __
Francis Patten ..
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SUPER- INTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
THE REPORTS OF THE TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
For the Year ending March 1. 1872.
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BOSTON : PRESS OF ROCKWELL & CHURCHILL, 122 WASHINGTON STREET. 1872.
THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, AND SUPER- INTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
TOGETHER WITH
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THE REPORTS OF THE TREASURER, TRUSTEES OF THE STETSON SCHOOL FUND, AND ENGINEERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
For the Year ending March 1. 1872.
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BOSTON : PRESS OF ROCKWELL & CHURCHILL, 122 WASHINGTON STREET. 1872.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1871.
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor.
J. WHITE BELCHER,
HORATIO B. ALDEN, JOHN UNDERHAY. Town Clerk and Treasurer. HIRAM C. ALDEN. School Committee.
NATHANIEL HOWARD, JACOB WHITCOMB,
SOLOMON L. WHITE,
TERMI EXPIRES MARCH 1, 1872.
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Trustees of Stetson School Fund.
JOHN F. PORTER, SIDNEY FRENCH, E. A. ALLEN,
TERM EXPIRES MARCH 1, 1872.
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1874.
Auditors.
ROYAL W. TURNER, RICHARD STEVENS, ELISHA MANN, JE.
Constables.
WILLIAM H. WARREN,
EDWARD BELCHER, FREEMAN BARD,
CHARLES MCCARTY, J. RILEY THAYER.
Fence Viewers.
IRA W. LEWIS, EPHRAIM MANN, JONATHAN S. BELCHER.
Sealer of Weights and Measures. WILLIAM H. WARREN, JR. Surveyors of Highways. JEDEDIAH FRENCH, JOSIAH CLARK,
EDSON M. ROEL,
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, LEWIS J. HOLLIS, CALVIN FRENCH,
RUFUS JONES, CHARLES W. PAINE.
Engineers of the Fire Department.
WILLIAM H. WARREN, Chief Engineer, Clerk,
EDWARD E. LOTHROP,
CHARLES MCCARTY, LEVI WILBUR, EDWARD BELCHER, JOSEPH BELCHER.
Superintendent of Almshouse.
MACE GAY. Collector of Taxes. EDSON M. ROEL.
MAY 1 4 1963
1873.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen of the Town of Randolph herewith present their Annual Report, showing the appropriations and expen- ditures for the financial year ending March 1st, 1872.
APPROPRIATIONS BY VOTE OF THE TOWN. For Schools (including $300, for Stetson High School), Repairs on School-houses and Incidental Expenses for Schools,
$12,500 00
" Repairs on Highways,
3,000 00
" General Town Expenses,
17,000 00
66 Payment on Town Debt, 5,000 00
Pay of Engine Men and Repairs on Engines, 3,500 00
" New Roads,
6,500 00
" Sidewalks,
250 .00
" State Tax,
7,900 00
County Tax,
3,482 54
Total, $59,132 54
TAXABLE VALUATION, MAY 1, 1871.
$500,950 00
Personal Estate, Real Estate,
1,485,020 00
Total, $1,985,970 00
Rate of assessment, $20.00 on $1,000.
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The Selectmen have drawn orders on the Treasurer amount- ing to $43,774,01
On account of Schools (teaching, fuel, and care of rooms), $10,416 31
66 Stetson High School, 300 00
Repairs and Incidental Expenses, 2,560 78
66 Repairs of Highways and New Roads, 7,705 32
66 Poor in Almshouse, 3,062 01
Poor out of Almshouse, 1,791 65
66 Poor of other Towns,
281 25
66 State Paupers,
205 85
66
State Reform School,
5 85
66 Funeral Expenses,
300 50
60 State Aid,
5,297 70
Fire Department,
2,701 87
66 Abatement on Taxes,
658 06
66 Division of the Town,
4,590 17
Town Officers,
1,892 51
Miscellaneous Expenses,
2,004 18
$43,774 01
EXPENDITURES FOR SCHOOLS.
By direction of the School Committee, for the year ending March 1, 1872.
FOR TEACHING.
Paid Mr. Thomas H. West, one year,
$900 00
66 James N. Parker, 38 weeks, 800 00
66 William H. Crocker, 30
66
731 25
66 M. R. Chase, 21 66
620 00
George F. Chase,
15 66
375 00
Charles E. Fish, 38 66
495 25
George L. Faxon, 11
66
40 00
Miss Sarah E. Shankland,
one year,
402 63
5
Paid Miss Ida G. Decker,
38 weeks,
304 00
" Ella D. Packard,
13
104 00
" Annie Stevens,
13
66
97 50
" Hannah F. Thayer,
38
325 00
" Margaret W. Boyd,
36
180 00
" Lizzie J. French,
36
66
180 00
" Nellie F. Thayer,
36
66
197 00
" Annie Veazie,
36
232 50
" E. O. Warner,
38
66
342 00
" Alice A. Smith,
36
66
216 00
" M. L. Prescott,
26
182 00
" S. V. Wilde,
38
66
266 00
" J. L. White,
10
66 .
40 00
" Celia J. White,
37
271 50.
" Cora I. Young,
16
66
128 00
" Mary H. French,
36
324 00;
" A. G. Brown,
13
104 00
" Mary J. Austin,
363
66
228 20
" Antoinette T. Smith,
23
66
115 00
" Lucy D. Morton,
25
187 00.
" Ella E. Morton,
25
66
187 00
" Kate E. Ryan,
23
66
149 50
" Nettie Snell,
21
66
168 00
" M. C. Crocker,
2
16 00
" Lucretia F. Wyer,
10
66
70 00
" M. A. Batchelder,
9
90 00
" Ida N. Noyes,
10
66
80 00
$9,148 33
Paid appropriation for Stetson High School,
$300 00
FUEL.
Paid A. G. Swain,
for wood,
$60 00
" R. W . Turner & Co, " coal,
516 33
" Alpheus Hunt, " cutting wood,
2 50
6
Paid Jonathan S. Belcher, for wood,
$21 00
" Lucius T. Packard, 66 cutting wood, 17 90
" Lawrence O'Neil, 66 66
1 10
" A. C. Kimball, 66 66 60
2 75
$621 58
CARE OF SCHOOL ROOMS.
Paid Charles Bump, $15 00
" Ida G. Decker, 12 70
" Minot L. Beal, 25 87
" E. O. Warner,
22 15
" Lawrence Ormsby,
139 30
" Mary Riley,
230 20
" Celia J. White,
9 25
" Henry S. Smith,
6 75
" Ebenezer Austin,
20 00
" Mary H. French,
15 50
" H. W. Paine,
68 75
" A. G. Brown,
5 00
" Mary J. Austin,
10 50
" Cora I. Young,
4 06
" Charles E. Fish,
1 50
" John F. Holbrook,
5 00
" Ira Kingsley, '
16 50
" Sundry persons, 38 37
$646 40
FURNITURE AND REPAIRS OF SCHOOL-HOUSES, AND INCI- DENTAL EXPENSES.
Paid Winslow Alden, labor and material, $155 35
" N. Noyes, jr., 66
50 49
" Linus Belcher, 66
13 50
" Edward A. Perry, "
43 52
" J. D. F. Lyons, 66 66
25 75
7
Paid John B. Thayer, labor and material, 163 75
" M. M. Alden, 374 23
" Richard Adams, 8 00
" Baker & Thayer, 66
179 25
" Ralph Houghton,
25 20
" John Dillon, 66
9 00
" Thomas D. Morris, paint and oil, 122 64
" Howe & French, 66
71 00
" G. T. Jones, 4 77
" George C. Platts, painting, 122 20
" H. R. Mockler, 60 45 70
" American Tablet Co., slate surface, 206 70
" Marston & Chandler, use of organ three months, 10 00
" John V. Beal, books, labor, and cash paid, 20 88
" W. G. Shattuck, desks, ink, chairs, etc., 591 55
" Franklin Porter, books for teachers, desks, etc., 33 95 " J. D. Hammett, crayons, 16 00
" Daniel Cummings, brooms and dusters, 6 25
" J. J. Walworth & Co., hooks, screws, etc., 11 61
" William H. Crocker, maps, etc., 13 25
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