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Some Districts have been fortunate in procuring the services of teachers devoted to their calling. They endeavored to impress the truth of Erasmus upon their pupils. " At first it is no great matter how much you learn, but how well you learn it." In those districts having teachers guided by this truth, the scholars were made familiar with the principles of text-books, and seemed to have a thorough knowledge of their application. In some districts the teachers hurried their pupils over pages and principles, of which they had little or no understanding. In others, there was a dis- position on the part of the teacher to help the pupil, thus de-
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feating one of the very objects of education, which is to lead the pupil to depend upon his own efforts. Such teachers are suffering their pupils to acquire a spirit of disability, which will make them the dupes of the artful. Neither is that scholar educated who can repeat the texts of one's grammar, history and geography, or who can give a solution of some difficult problem in Greenleaf's Arithmetic. Such knowledge will not be of much benefit to the possessor. Potter says, " In proportion, however, as intellectual vigor and activity are more important than mere rote learning, in the same proportion ought we to attach more value to an education, which, though it only teaches a child to read, has in doing so taught him also to think, than we should to one which, though it may have bestowed on him the husks and shells of half a dozen of the sciences, has never taught him to use with pleasure and effect, his reflective faculties. He who can think and loves to think, will become, if he has a few good books, a wise man. He who knows not how to think, or who hates the toil of doing it, will remain imbecile, though his mind be crowded with the contents of a library." The importance of procuring good teachers should not be overlooked. A good teacher possesses kindness, sympathy, and energy so blended, as to make the school-room the most de- lightful place at which a scholar assembles, separate from the family circle.
In a well regulated school, government is among the first requisites. Children sent to school are expected to obey all the rules of the teacher, which are essential to the wellbeing of the scholar and the school, as much as they are the laws of the State. But entering some schools, we find scholars who think their wishes should be consulted in regard to this, or that ; and finding that, once in their life, their feelings are not regarded, complaints are immediately made known to their parents, who often think there is no one perfect but their children. The parent agrees with the children that the teacher has done wrong, and it matters not whether they go to school or not,-(thus bringing up their children to become law-breakers),-and as the parent does not care, they will leave the school-room and seek some place more congenial to their feelings. Such youth are on the high road to ruin, and ere long their home will be in some lock-up or prison. Better for parents that their sons had never been ushered into this world, than to witness such a disgrace. It is often said, " As is the teacher, so is the school." It might be appropriately said, in some cases, As is the parent, so is the school. It is not sufficient that you provide comfortable buildings for your children, or ample appropria- tions be made, you must go still farther. Do as you would in the business concerns of life. See that your appropriations are expended in a manner that will most promote the public and individual good. The greater the treasure, the stricter the watch over it. If any com- parison can be made between mind and money, just in proportion as the value of the one exceed that of the other, should care be exercised over it. A sympathy should exist between the parent and teacher. 'The parent should be as familiar with the interior of the school-house, as he is with the exterior. The parent is always welcomed in the school-room. Visit it often, and thus stimulate the teacher and en- courage the scholar. Show to the teacher, who is plodding along
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almost discouraged, that you will give him your counsel and sympathy. Show to those scholars that you are interested in their welfare, by lis- tening to their recitations and urging them on to still nobler efforts. By doing thus, you would not only be acting wisely for yourself, but for future ages.
Parents should see, that their children are at school punctually. When we look upon the pages of the " Registers," blackened with marks of tardiness and absence, that cannot be attributed to sickness, or any other uncontrollable necessity ; and when indifference and pro- fanity mark the conduct of the children, we cannot refrain from think- ing that those parents have forgotten, that although the youthful mind is yielding, yet its retentive powers are as strong as bands of steel. By suffering your children to do thus, you are rearing them in vice, (and Seneca says, " Vice, we can learn ourselves, but virtue and wisdom require a tutor,") which will make them miserable, and that which might be a cheerful fireside, the scene of contention and turmoil. You have failed to impress the truth, that youth well spent, brings an old age of content, and youth misspent brings a manhood disgraced. As is the boy, so is the man. If a parent suffers his boy to be loafing and lounging about the streets and shops, instead of seeing that he is in his seat in the school-room every day at the appointed time, treas- uring knowledge that will be more valuable to him than the mines of California, he will be fitting him to become a public nuisance, which the community will-treat with contempt and disgust.
Parents should avoid speaking lightly of a teacher, in the presence of their children, for if the child sees there is no confidence in the teacher, the school fails of its object of benefiting him. We know that teachers are not perfect ; " There is no one that is perfect, no not one." If there is anything wrong in the teacher, go to him and kindly tell him his faults ; and if they are faults, he will remedy them and thank you for it. But the course that is commonly pursued is very detrimental to the interests of the school. The teacher is dependent upon the parent and scholar for his success in making the school what it should be. The gentle rain of Heaven may descend to moisten, and the mild sunbeam may shed its benign influence to gladden the earth, yet without the preparation of the soil we cannot look for a harvest. So it is in regard to schools ; we may have the best of teach- ers, and unless we have scholars that are ready and willing to receive instruction, and parents that appreciate the worth of the teacher, it will be like the unprepared soil.
'There is another evil existing in our schools; that is, the diversity of school-books. We find that almost every district has a different se- ries. Your Committee have introduced Swan's series of Readers, instead of the variety that now exists. This is to be brought about by an exchange that will be satisfactory to all; it has been done in some of the districts, and is found to give an impetus to reading, which is the most neglected branch of education in our schools. It should receive the most attention, for reading is the key to all the sci- ences. There should be a uniform system of books adopted for the town at an early day.
We think that the system of school supervision is very imperfect, and needs some improvement, therefore we would call your attention
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to one system, that of Charles Northend, A. M., Superintendent of public schools, Danvers, Mass.
I. Each town shall annually elect a board of School Committee, to consist of three, five, or more members, to whom shall be intrusted the money raised for educational purposes, and also the general inter- ests of the schools within the town.
II. This board shall, as soon as may be, after its organization, appoint some suitable person, from its own number, or otherwise, as special superintendent of the schools, with the following specific duties :
1. To select and contract with all teachers, and make such examin- ation into their qualifications as may seem necessary, or as the board may direct.
2. To visit the several schools within the town, as often as once each month ; and, as often as practicable, examine into the progress of the several classes.
3. To hold meetings of the parents in the several school districts, and address them in reference to their school duties and obligations.
4. To hold occasional meetings of the teachers within the town, for the consideration and discussion of topics pertaining to their vocation.
5. To aid in the adjustment of any difficulties, or misunderstand- ings, that may arise between parents and teachers ; and, generally, to promote the peace and harmony of districts.
6. To contract for, and superintend all repairs, buildings, &c .; and to provide fuel, and all other necessary articles for the schools.
7. To meet the board of school committee quarterly, for the purpose of making a detailed report of his doings, and conferring with them in relation to future plans and operations.
8. To make, annually, a detailed report of his doings, and of the condition of the schools ; first, to the School Committee, and, subse- quently, to the town.
It is not in the province of your Committee to report the condition of any but the District Schools, but we cannot refrain from congratu- lating the friends of education, on the happy influence and bearing that the Stetson High School and Young Ladies' School has upon the rising generation.
We annex to the report the following statistics, showing the amount of money apportioned to each District, Length of School, Number of Scholars attending, &c.
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STATISTICS OF THE SCHOOLS.
NUMBER OF DISTRICT.
| Number of scholars between the
The amount of money apportioned.'
Length of school in months.
Number attending school.
Average attendance.
Wages of teacher per month,
including board.
Length of school in months.
Number attending school.
Average attendance.
Wages of teacher per month, including board.
1,
110
$ 303.22
5
97
73
$ 14.00 28.00
25
$ 60 30 40.00
2,
55
226.61
5
59
41
20.00
3
41 31 36.00
3, Grammar department, Primary department, .
102
292.07
4 4
49 53
34 42
17.00
66
sion.
4,
52
222.43
5
57
39
17.34
32
67 45 37.00
5,
67
243.32
5
64
52
10.00
Still
in ses.
G, Grammar department, Primary department, .
122
319.92 For
the
year. 66
7} 5
65 37 35.00 51 32 12.00
7, ..
.
45
212.69
5.5%
42
30
15.00
Still
in ses.
8, Grammar department, Intermediate depart. . Primary department, .
329
608.24
4
73
49
20.00 20.00
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65.37.20.00
20.00
4
144 86,20.00
9, Grammar department, Primary department, .
105
296.15
5
47 70
37 50
26.00 12.00
217
59 47 37.00
10, Grammar department, Primary department, .
90
275.35
43 For
60
42
21.00
34 43
97 75 37.50 40 25 14.00
1077 3,000.00
Respectfully submitted.
ELEAZER BEAL, HENRY NEWCOMB,
BENJ. DICKERMAN, JR.
:213
54
83 141 101
4
5
23
62 40 12.00
the
year.
Superintending School Committee.
RANDOLPH, MARCH, 1854.
SUMMER.
WINTER.
ages of 5 and 15.
19.00
Still
in ses-
66
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52 29 20.00
36
Town of Randolph in account with Eleazer Beal, Treasurer, 1853-4.
DR.
To paying town orders of the Selectmen, numbered 1
to 200 inclusive, .
$ 9,982 70
66 Interest on all treasury notes,
992 24
.
66 Treasury notes, No. 5, 8, 19, 20 and 21,
1,163 20
Interest on do. since March 1, 1854,
3 85
66
Sextons and Town Clerk, for collecting, re- cording and returning statistics of births, marriages and deaths, for 1853, . ·
57 20
66 Seal for weights and measures,
3 50
66
For books for records of births, marriages and deaths,
36 00
66
66
Stationery for the treasury, .
1 00
66
66
Expressmen,
2 00
66 Town Auditors, .
3 00
Balance to be placed to new account,
6,387 62
CR
Balance of last year's account,
$ 7,189 33
Received per sale of salt grass,
66
" Two Randolph Bank dividends, . ·
60 00
66
" Payment of B. L. Wales's note, .
148 40
66
" Interest on the same,
34 87
John T. Jordan's collector's bond, per tax bill for 1853,
11,228 33
$ 18,690 06
RANDOLPH, MARCH 27, 1854.
The subscribers, Auditors of the town, certify that they have ex- amined the account of ELEAZER BEAL, Town Treasurer as above, and find the same correct with the proper vouchers. The balance is made up of uncollected taxes, bills receivable, bank stock, and cash on hand.
ISAAC TOWER,
TOWN BENJAMIN THAYER,
SETH TURNER,
AUDITORS.
.
.
$18,690 06
29 13
to Randolph Bank, 57 75
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State of the Treasury, March 1, 1854.
DR.
Bills payable, Ledger, page 4, viz :
Note No. 1 to Thomas McCrea,
$ 100 00
6 " Rufus Thayer, . 2,000 00
66
7 " Benjamin Dickerman, 400 00
9 " Joshua Spear, .
1,000 00
15 " Royal Turner, .
2,000 00
66
17 " Joseph P. Bicknell,
500 00
.
18 " Lois Bicknell, .
100 00
66
22 " Samuel H. Newcomb,
500 00
66 66 24 " Clara Lothrop,
300 00
66
26 " Lucy Kingsbury,
600 00
66 66 27 " Aminadab Thayer,
200 00
66
66 31 " Bathsheba Harris,
100 00
66
37 " Otis Thayer,
400 00
66 47 " Ephraim Wales,
470 00
66 55 and 56 to Elisha N. Holbrook,
5,000 00
66
58 to Zeno Linfield,
200 00
900 00
Estimate remittances on tax bills,
900 00
r
$ 16,370 00
CR.
Bills receivable, Ledger, page 3,
$446 00
Six shares Randolph Bank stock,
600 00
Due from John T. Jordan, Collector for 1851, $ 57 11
1852, 994 94
66 66
1853, 3,824 54-4,876 59
Cash due from the Treasurer,
465 03
$ 6,387 62
Additional value of Bank stock, $25 per share,
150 00
Estimate due from the State on account of paupers,
300 00
Balance against the Treasury, .
9,532 38
·
600 00
66 30 " Moses Whitcomb,
100 00
40 " George F. Britton, 66
60 " Ebenezer Alden,
15,470 00
$16,370 00
4
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The Board of Trustees in account with the Stetson High School Fund.
DR.
1853.
Mar. 24 .- To cash, balance of last year's account, .
$ 431 57
May 9. April dividend on 10 shares Randolph
Bank, 50.00
June 27. D. Barrell, Jr., six months' rent of school-room, 20 00
July 1.
For Massachusetts State stock sold at par,
.
5,000 00
15. Six months' interest on $10,000 Mas- sachusetts State stock, 250 00
Aug. 13. For Massachusetts State stock sold at ¿ per cent. discount, . 4,987 50
66 Interest on the same, . 20 13
Sept. 28. Of Randolph Bank, six months' rent, 50 00
Oct. 5. Dividend on 10 shares of Mattapan Bank, 40 00
Bank of Commerce, 40 00
Interest
Grocer's Bank,
(new stock,) . 14 83
" 10. Dividend
Randolph Bank, 50 00
" 29.
66
D. Burrell, Jr., three months' rent of school-room, 10 00
Nov. 16.
Of S. Turner for interest on proceeds of State stock from dates of sales to the time of re-investment, 85 00
" 23.
Of O. S. Moulton, for use of school-room, 12 00
1954.
Feb. 15. Of D. Burrell, Jr., for use of school- room three months, 10 00
Mar. 7. Of N. C. Berry, for use of office, 1852, six months, 12 50
13. Borrowed of S. Turner, in anticipa- tion of April dividends, 100 00
" Of Randolph Bank, six months' rent to April 1, 50 00
" Of sundry persons for use of the hall during the year, 190 50
$11,424 03
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CR.
1853.
April 4 .- By cash paid John Hollis, for labor,
$1 50
Jona. Jones, Jr., " and lamps, . 3 00
" 20. 66 William Jacobs, for repairs, 50
May 21. 60
66 V. H. Deane, salary and sundries, 142 50
31. 66 66 R. W. Turner, bill of lead, oil, &c. 129 76
June 4.
J. L. Brown, " for painting, .
148 00
11.
R. W. Turner, " " sundries, . 4 13
66
66 66 John B. Thayer, " " labor, ·
2 00
6
S. O. Jacobs, 75
30.
J. W. McAdams, for blank book, . 2 62
Aug. 16.
V. H. Deane, salary and sundries, 179 00
" 18.
66
map of Norfolk County, 3 00
Nov. 12.
66 bill of books, 12 00
Dec. 6.
66 salary and sundries, 179 75
1854.
Jan. 3.
W. E. Wilkins and others, repairs
of school-room, . 16 26
18
66
Ebenezer Alden, drawing gravel, 1 50
Mar. 7. 66 66
N. C. Berry, services vs. S. Rein- stein for rent, . 5 65
Royal Turner, 11§ cords wood, 57 50
13. 66
V. H. Deane, salary and sundries, 184 50
July 2, 1853, for 10 shares Grocers' Bank, Boston, 1,000 00
Aug. 16, " " Webster 6 6 . " 1,000 00
" 17, "
Bank of Commerce, " 1,062 50
" 23, "
Mattapan Bank, Dor- chester, . 1,050 00
Oct. 5, " 66
Merchants Bank, Boston, 1,060 00
7, 66
National
Granite 1,020 00
Nov. 9, 66 66
B'k of N. America, " 1,027 50
" 16, "
Shawmut Bank, Boston, 1,080 00 1854.
Jan. 18 .- By cash paid Jonathan Jones, Jr., for labor, 1 50
Mar. 13. T. Halpin, for labor, 2 90
18. Trustees and Secretary, for ser- vices during the year, . ·
20 00
Balance carried to new account, . 04 .
$11,424 03
11.
1,020 00 " 28,
Eliot 1,005 67 66
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Since the last Annual Report of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, they have, as will be observed in the foregoing account, with the required approval of the Selectmen, sold the original Fund of Ten Thousand Dollars Massachusetts Five per cent Stock, payable in 1857, at a loss of twelve and 5% dollars, and made new investments in the following named Banks, at the dates and prices stated in the account, viz.
Ten Shares Eliot Bank,
Boston, par value,
$1,000
.€
Granite Bank,
1,000
66
Grocers' Bank,
1,000
66
Bank of Commerce,
66
1,000
Bank of North America,
66
66
1,000
66
66
Merchants' Bank,
1,000
National Bank,
66
66
1,000
Shawmut Bank,
1,000
Webster Bank,
1,000
66
66 Mattapan Bank, Dorchester,
.
1,000
Randolph, March 18, 1854.
The fund at this time consists of the stock before named and ten shares in the Randolph Bank, the par value of which is one thousand dollars,-in all a total of eleven thousand dollars. The Trustees are in debt one hundred dollars, the same having been borrowed in antici- pation of the April dividend to meet current expenses.
BRADFORD L. WALES,
TRUSTEES OF
JAMES M. MAGUIRE,
STETSON
NATHANIEL HOWARD, JR. HIGH SCHOOL.
SETH TURNER, Secretary.
The subscribers, Selectmen of the town of Randolph, have this day examined the account of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, and find the same correct in every particular. The original fund has been sold and re-investments made by the Trustees with our approbation, and the whole is now composed of stock to the amount of one thousand dollars in each of the eleven banks stated by the Trustees in their Report. The certificates of said stock we find in the hands of the Secretary of the Trustees.
BRADFORD L. WALES, JOHN T. JORDAN, J. WHITE BELCHER.
Randolph, March 18, 1854.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
Town of Randolph
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF STETSON SCHOOL,
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1855.
BOSTON : J. S. POTTER & CO., PRINTERS, 2 SPRING LANE. 1855.
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
AND
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
OF THE
Town of Randolph,
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF STETSON SCHOOL,
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE, AND TREASURER'S REPORT,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 1, 1855.
-
BOSTON : J. S. POTTER & CO., PRINTERS, 2 SPRING LANE. 1855.
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1-
MAY 1 4 1963
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH,
1854-'55.
The Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Randolph, respectfully submit the following Report, stating the Appropriations and Expenses of said Town, for the year ending March 1, 1855.
APPROPRIATIONS.
For Schools, .
$3,500.00
" Repairs of Highways,
2,000.00
Building School houses, .
3,000.00
" Purchasing District School houses,
11,150.00
other Town expenses,
7,000.00
overlayings,
649.84
County Tax,
2,176.84
State Tax, ·
·
936.00
Total Amount of Appropriations, · $30,412.68
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District Remittances for School Houses.
No. of
District.
Valuation of District.
No. l'olls in each District
Remit- tance on Polls
Remittance on Estates on $100.
Appraisal of School Houses.
Amount of Remittance.
1
$307,010
152
$0.66
$0.164
$600
$599.15
2
80,720
72
0.93
0.411
400
399.77
3
162,130
90
1.50
0.57
1,150
1,059.27
4
60,175
73
0.39
0.24
175
172.89
5
136,835
78
1.50
0.57
900
896.87
6
105,015
116
1.50
1.07
1,300
1,297.91
7
74,365
79
0.48
0.25
225
223.71
8
464,895
473
1.42
0.711
4,000
3,995.82
9
557,735
168
1.50
0.291
1,900
1,897.55
10
161,320
123
0.69
0.25]
500
497.17
| $11,150 | $11,039.96
Add Note and Interest owed by Dis. No. 3,
90.73
Under lay,
19.31
$11,150.00
VALUATION OF THE TOWN, AND TAX ASSESSED.
Real Estate, .
$1,175,205
Personal,
934,995
$2,110,200
Rate, $1.34 on $100
1.50 on Polls.
No. Polls, .
1.424
Tax assessed on Real Estate, .
$28,276.68
Polls,
2,136.00
for School books,
3.80
Amount of Tax,
$30,416.48
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EXPENSE OF SCHOOLS, 1854-55.
District No. 1 .- SOLOMON L. WHITE, Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $305.06
Overdrawn last year, 1.92
$303.14
Paid Miss Louisa F. Belcher, for teaching 37 weeks,
$211.00
Miss Anna M. Thayer, do. 20 weeks, 50.00
Fuel,
4.25
Chas. F. Belcher, for making fires,
6.50
Cleaning School house, 2.00
" Painting blackboard, setting glass, &c., 4.63
Services of Prudential Committee, 1.00
$279.38
Balance due, $23.76
District No. 2 .- SAMUEL BAKER, Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School money for 1854, $232.20
Balance due last year, 7.66
$239.86
Paid Miss Augusta Bisbee, teaching 20 wks, $70.00 Boarding Miss Bisbee, 20 weeks, 35.00
Mr. R. S. Littlefield, teaching 14 weeks, 77.00 Boarding 38.50
" H. Belcher and E. Porter, for wood, 14.05
Sawing and Splitting,
3.50
" Making fires, .
2.00
Glass, broom, dippers, &c., 1.30
$241.35
Overdrawn, $1.49
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District No. 3. - A. J. MANN, Prudential Committee. I Proportion of School Money for 1854, $298.86
Balance due last year, 147.55
$446.41
Paid Miss Sarah F. Sawin, teaching 37 wks, $141.25
Miss Mary M. Blanchard, “ 16 48.00
Joseph Leeds, boarding do. 16 30.00
Wm. S. Clark, teaching 10 87.50
R. P. Capen, 11 63.25
E. Mann, Jr., boarding do., 11 33.00
wood,
20.00
Orren Wetherby, sawing and splitting wood, and mason work, 2.83
building fires, 2.50
66
horse and wagon, 3.58
66 sundries, 1.75
A. J. Mann, sawing wood, making fires, broom, &c., 6.00
-
$439.66
Balance due,
$6.75
District No. 4 .- SAMUEL H. LUDDEN, Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $250.80
Balance due last year, 10.83
$261.63
Paid Miss E. B. Howland, teaching 16 wks, $48.00 S. H. Ludden, boarding teacher 16 “ 32.00
Chas. Robinson, teaching 12 " 114.00
~ S. H. Ludden, boarding teacher 12 “ 36.00
I. Spear and D. Faxon for wood, 10.72
David Hodge, sawing 2.88
Fixtures, setting glass, building fires, &c., 7.25
$250.85
Balance due, $10.78
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District No. 5 .- LEONARD THAYER, Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $253.90
Balance due last year, 184.59
$438.49
Paid Ephraim March, teaching 10 weeks, $110.00
K. P. Howard, 3 1-10 21.70
Josiah Clark, boarding teacher, 9.00
Miss A. M. Penniman, teaching 20 wks, 100.00
Wood and cutting, 1853-54, bills, 44.50
John Cushing, brooms, glass, pail, &c., 2.72
$287.92
Balance due, $150.57
District No. 6 .- SILAS DYER, Prudential Committee ..
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $351.60
Balance due last year, 63
$352.23
Paid B. Dickerman, Jr., teaching 19 weeks, $175.75
Edw. E. Brown 7 3-5 66.50
Miss C. T. Dyer, 27 81.00
= Benjamin Dickerman, for work," 33
S. Dyer, wood and sawing, and dippers, 10.26 $333.84
Balance due, $18.39
District No. 7 .- WALES FRENCH, JR., Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $235.30
Balance due last year, 61.48
$296.78
Paid B. Dickerman, Jr., teaching 5 weeks, $50.00
Miss Mary E. Carey, “ 20 60.00
A. Hunt, boarding Miss Carey,
35.00
L. Z. Thomas, teaching 12 4-5
121.60
John T. Jordan, for wood, 4.25
" Wales French, wood and sawing, 15.25
R. W. Turner, lock and glass, 1.00
Am't carried forward, - $287.10
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Am't brought forward, $287.10 Paid Horse & wagon, 1.17, key, 38, labor, 1.95 3.50 Making fires, 1.50, chair, 2.50, 4.00
$294.60
Balance due, $2.18
District No. 8 .- V. H. DEANE, Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School Money for 1854. $709.76
Balance due last year, 28
$710.04
Paid Miss Thalia Alden, teaching 41 wks, $252.50
66 " S. E. Shankland, 41
including $5 due last year, 230.50
" M. E. Belcher, teaching 36 “ 132.50
66 Building fires, 18.50
Hiram Wales, 3 1-2 tons coal, 33.25
10.42
" V. H. Deane, charcoal, 66 cleaning rooms,
2.50
Setting glass,
4.29
Pails, dippers, brooms and chalk, 1.37
3 series drawing cards, 75, postage, 30, 1.05
- $686.88
Balance due, $23.16
District No. 9 .- LEVI PAINE, Prudential Committee.
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $323.68
Overdrawn last year, 22.76
$300.92
Paid Miss P. G. Jones, teaching 15 wk3, $53.00
L. Paine, boarding Miss J. 15 “ 37.50
J. D. Slocum, teaching 12 90.00
66 L. Paine, boarding Mr. S. 12 66
42.00
Miss M. H. French, teaching 28 ‘ 84.00
66 Wood and sawing, 16.63
66 Building fires, and incidental expenses, 6.98
Mr. Daniels' work, 3 brooms, &c., 3.25
- $333.36
Overdrawn,
$32.44
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District No. 10 .- J. WHITE BELCHER, Prudential Commitice.
Proportion of School Money for 1854, $297.32
Overdrawn last year, 7.40
-- $289.92
Paid Miss A. C. Temple, teaching 26 weeks, $94.50 N. Howard, Jr., boarding Miss T. 12 " 27.00
M. Thayer,
10 " 22.50
Jefferson Belcher, 5 " 10.00
66 Mrs. Louisa Belcher, teaching 28 “ 126.00
fuel,
10.00
Nathan White,
8.75
"
J. W. Belcher, making fires, sawing wood, and supplies, 10.36
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