Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1865-1869, Part 4

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6. Where are the principal coal mines of N. America ? Copper mines ? Lead mines ? Gold mines ?

7. Name the principal peaks of the Cascade Range.

8. What gulf receives the drainage of most of Arizona and Utah ?

9. What is the direction of the western tributaries of the Mis- sissippi ?

10. What is the general direction of its eastern tributaries ?

United States History.

1. How was Columbus received in Spain, upon his return from his first voyage of discovery ?

2. Give an account of the settlement at Jamestown.

3. Give an account of the voyage of the May Flower across the Atlantic, and the settlement of the Puritans at Plymouth.

4. Tell the story of Mr. Dustan at Haverhill.

. 5. Who were Generals Wolfe and Montcalm ?

6. Tell the story of the massacre at Wyoming.

7. What was the last battle of the Revolutionary war, and who were the generals in command ?

8. Who was the first President of the United States, where was he inaugurated, and how often re-elected ?

9. How long was Gen. Harrison President, and who succeeded him ?

10. How did Gen. Taylor distinguish himself before he became President of the United States ?

English Grammar.

1. What is a collective noun ? Give three examples.

2. Tell the gender of the following nouns : Boy, sister, knife, parent, chair.

3. Tell the person of the nouns in the following sentences : The man has arrived.

James has gone to Baltimore.

I, George Washington, devise, &c. Children, obey your parents.

4. Give the mood and tense of each verb in the following sen -. tences :

The boys came home at night.

He will have worked three days. The men might have gone to the city.

5. Parse the adjectives in the following sentences :

The grim warriors of Israel marched into the defenceless .city. The strong encourage the weak, the young are obedient to the aged.

6. Give the prepositions and conjunctions in the following sen- tence :

Many such miracles are set before us; but we recognize them not, or pass them by with a word or a smile of short sur- prise.

7. Parse the noun and pronoun in the following sentence : The boy studies, and he will learn.

8. Parse the nouns governed by prepositions in the following sentence :

The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday from our recollections.

9. Analyze the following sentence, and parse the connective adverbs :

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

10. Correct the following :

That dress looks beautifully. The man had broke his arm.

Spelling.

Hospitality, Entertainment, Persecution, Curiosity, Commisera- tion, Description, Irresistible, Impetuosity, Treacherous, Imaginary.

These questions were submitted to the First Class of each of the Grammar Schools, and the percentage of correct answers was as follows :

Arithme ic.

· Algebra.

Geography.

E. Grammir.

History.

₹ Reading.

· Spelling.

Mr. Cornish's School,

.89

.88

.94 .85

.86 .60

.. 65 .37 .52

.79

.80

" Bates'

.65

.75

Miss Goodridge's School,

.72

.59

.87

.64

.65 .79

.77

THIRD GRADE SCHOOL.

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION.

Arithmetic.

1. Reduce 3 oz. 4 dr. 1 sc. 10 gr. to the fraction of a pound.

2. Add together 18, 2%. i'2, and 19.

3. From 12 11 take 3.

4. Multiply 28 by 123 .

5. Divide 83 by 4.

6. If 32 bushels of oats will sow an acre, how many bushels will sow 73 acres ?

7. Of the inhabitants of a certain town, § are farmers, ¿ me- chanics, % manufacturers, ¿ students and professional men, and the remainder, numbering 246, are engaged in various occupations. What is the population of the town ?

8. A merchant bought 482 lb. of butter of one customer, 282 of another, 25% of another, and of another 56,5 16; how many pounds did he buy, and what was the cost of the whole at 25c per pound ?

9. If 2 be added to each term of the fraction §, will its value be increased or diminished ?

10. How many pounds of butter, at & of a dollar per pound, will pay for 9 pounds of coffee at 2 of a dollar per pound ?

Geography.

1. Describe the situation of the channel of Mozambique.

2. How is Cape Town situated ?

3. Bound Egypt.

4. What large island east of Africa ?

5. What is the capital of Abyssinia ?

6. What cluster of islands north-east of Borneo ?

7. What range of mountains is between Siberia and the Chinese Empire ?

8. What city is the capital of Hindostan ?

9. Describe Nova Zembla.

10. What is the western part of the Chinese Empire called ?

Spelling.

Merrily, Counsellor, Penitential, Shrewd, Appetite, Conscious- ness, Exceedingly, Remedy, Precautions, Discovery.

These questions were submitted to the First Class in each of the Third Grade Schools, and the percentage of correct answers was as follows :

Arithmetic.

Geography.

Reading.

Spelling.

Miss Bradford's School,

.90

.86

.82

.70

Davie's

.91

.83

.71

Deacon's

.97

.82

.85

.72

SECOND GRADE SCHOOLS.

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION.

Arithmetic.

1. Reduce 27 £. 14 s. 6 d. to farthings.

2. Reduce 3 m. 5 fur. 7 ch. 2 rd. 20 li. to links.

3. Reduce 3795 rods to furlongs, etc.

4. Reduce 128 to a mixed number.

5. What is the least common multiple of 22, 33, and 55 ?

6. Multiply 5, by 6.

7. Divide 3 of $ by § of 4.

8. Reduce 5 to a simple fraction.

9. Divide 8 by 35.

10. A travelled 1912 miles in 51 hours ; how far did he travel per hour ?

Geography.

1. In what part of Russia is St. Petersburg ?

2. In what direction from Italy is France ?

3. What sea is South of Europe ?

4. What sea between England and Denmark ?

5. What city is the capital of Austria ?

6. Give the capital of each of the New England States.

7. What lakes are between the United States and Canada ?

8. What States are bounded on the south by the Ohio river ?

9. Which is the largest river in the United States ?

10. Where is Great Salt Lake ?

Spelling.

Ferocious, Minute, Depredations, Considerate, Impatient, Li- brary, Handkerchief, Crystal, Journey, Preparation.

These questions were submitted to the First Classs in each of the Second Grade Schools, and the percentage of correct answers was as follows :

¿ Arithmetic.

Geography.

Reading.

Spelling.

Miss Cushman's School,

.75

.65

.83

.67

" M. E. Robbins' School, .61

.74

.85

.66

" P. M. Robbins' "

.77

.75

.72

.60

Mrs. Ryder's

.70

.80

.74

.55

PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION.

Arithmetic.

6789103

1867

432156

2342192

3246

267893

1465342

1356

467921

5678931

7893

534870

7987634

4216

678190

3345780

From 897234

Take 743234

From 4296787 Take 3876032

432156

5678905

432678905

5)5678935

6)567891068

Numbers to be written :

506

678930

4003205678

3405

5780320

63489834567

54234

44500568

896342567890

532016789

Geography.

1. What ocean is in the northern part of the Western Hemi- sphere ?

2. What gulf east of North America ?

3. What river in North America runs a northerly course and empties into the Arctic Ocean ?

4. What island south of South America ?

5. What cape is south of Greenland ?

6. What ocean is on the northern part of the Eastern Hemi- sphere ?

7. What ocean is north of Europe and Asia ?

8. What strait unites the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

9. What sea is south of Asia ?

10. What islands north of Europe ?

Spelling.

Mourner, Pasture, Presence, Reluctance, Employment, Benefit, Solitude, Orchard, Success, Occasion.

These questions were submitted to the First Class in each of the Primary Schools, and the percentage of correct answers was as follows :

Writing Numbers.

Arithmetic.

Geography.

Reading.

Spelling.

Mrs. Austin's School,

.80

.63

.85

.68

.93

Miss Perkins' "

.99

.84

.86

.67

.87

Raymond's "

.92

.82

.68

.64

.72

Burgess'

.62

.47

.72

.49

Mace's 66

.92

.77

.81

.67

.80

" Hovey's

.93

.96

.80

.90

.83

King's 66

.87

.88

.68

.93

.70

ANNUAL REPORTS

FOR THE

TOWN OF PLYMOUTH,

FOR THE

FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1,

1867.

PLYMOUTH: MEMORIAL AND ROCK PRESS. 1867.

ANNUAL REPORTS

FOR THE

TOWN OF PLYMOUTH,

FOR THE

FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 1,

1867.

PLYMOUTH : MEMORIAL AND ROCK PRESS. 1867.

PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY

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108-1867

REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.

The Selectmen respectfully submit to the Town the following' Re- port for the year ending February 1, 1867. The books of the Treasurer have been examined and are found correct, and all payments properly vouched. On the 1st of February, 1866, .. he was charged with :

Uncollected Taxes, -

- - $2,770 20%

Cash on hand, - -

6,042 74

and has since been charged with :

Dividend of Old Colony National Bank, -

$500 00

School Fund, from the State,

260 55

State Aid,

6,600 00

Water rents, - -

- 6,485 05

From Market, - -

8 00)

Use of Town Hall,

19 00

Scholars from out of town,

- 120.00

School-house Lot,

- 150,00

Almshouse, reimbursements,

458 59

Hospital,

216 81

Circus license, -

50 00

Halfway Pond Fishery,

407 95

Fresh Brook,

6 75

Corporation Tax, -

2,926 57

Taxes of 1865, from Collector,

- - 1,383 03

" "1866, "

- 53,405 60

From Temporary Loans, -

-. 7,000 00

$88,810 87

and he is credited with the following payments :

State tax, - -

- $10,230 00

County tax,

- 3,212 94

Schools, - - -

- 12,466 84

. Almshouse, - -

7,130 76

'Highways and Bridges,

4,585 07

New roads, - - -

771 50

"Town debt, -

7,337 98

Hospitals, - -

3,537 52

Fire department, - -

3,721 45

Water Works and scrip, -

8,311 65

Water suits, - -

1,358 36

Superintendent of Water Works,

200 00 -

Contingent, -

4,754 65

Assessors, - -

643 08

Discounts, -

47 99

Herring money,

25 79

Distributed to widows,

165 00

Treasurer, - -

500 00

: Sexton, - -

85 00

; Collector of Water rents, -

75 00

. Burial Hill, -

189 85

. : : Market, - -

8 79

. Dog fund, - -

123 00

. Training Green, - -

5 00

: Fresh Brook, - -

49 09

· Recruiting expenses,

342 95

.State Aid, - - -

16,024 10

Printing Town Report, -

487 00

Uncollected taxes, prior to 1865, - . Cash on hand, - -

854 61

- 1,565 90

$88,810 87

In accordance with a vote of the Town, the above-named pay -- ments are also reported as follows, item by item, viz :-

SCHOOLS.

By balance of account, -

- $793 93:

Appropriation, -

- 12,000 00.

Removing school-house, -

- 350 00

Mass. School Fund, - -

- - 260 55

Scholars, - - -

- - 120 00

Sarah S. Cornish, teaching 2d Grade School, 1 term, 8 weeks, at 6.50, - - - - Rossa D. Ryder, teaching 2d Grade School, 2 terms, 222 weeks, at 6.50, - -

$52 00}

- P. J. Tenney, teaching school, 3 terms, 24 weeks, at 8.50, - - - -

204 00:

- A. L. Cushman, teaching school, 3 terms, 34 1 weeks, at 7.00, - - Katie Martin, teaching school, 2 terms, 11 weeks, at

- - 238 70:

- 6.00, - - -

- - 66 00

R. F. Burgess, teaching school, 3 terms, 32-7 weeks, at 6.00, - - -

- - 196 20;

- R. L. Burgess, teaching school at Chiltonville, 2 terms, 10 weeks, at 5.50, 55.00; 1 term, 12 weeks, at 6.00, 72.00 - - 127 00" -

- Nancy P. King, teaching West Chiltonville school, 3 terms, 32 weeks, at 5.50 - - -

176 00

Mary B. Bradford, teaching Manomet Grammar school, 2 terms, 24 weeks, at 9.00, 216.00; 1 term, 103 weeks, at 8.50, 90.10 - - Alice G. Howland, teaching Russell Mills school, 2

306 10

- terms, 22 weeks, at 5.50 - -

121 00

A. M. Robbins, teaching 2d Grade school, 1 term, 32 weeks, at 6.50, 22.10; 1 term, 12 weeks, at 6.00, 72.00 - - - - - -

94 10%

145 70%

Julia A. Stetson, teaching High school, 4 terms, 40 weeks, at 10.00, - $400 00 - - Mary R. Goodridge, teaching Grammar school No 2, 4 terms, 40% weeks, at 10.62} - 434 35 - Caroline W. Holmes, teaching Long Pond District school, 1 term, 12 weeks, at 5.50, 66.00; 1 term, 98% weeks, at 6.25, 58.12; 1 term, 103 weeks, at 9.00, 95.40 - - 219 52 - M. S. Holmes, teaching Cedarville District school, 3 terms, 343 weeks, at 5.50 189 20 - 7

- M. H. Robbins, teaching in High school, 3 terms, 32-1. weeks, at 7.50 - 240 75 -

Anna Bartlett, teaching Manomet Primary school No. 2, 4 terms, 323 weeks, at 5.00, 163.00 ; care school- house, 4.00 - - A. H. Cornish, teaching Grammar school No. 1, 3 terms,

167 00

673 75 381 weeks, at 17.50 - -

Phebe R. Raymond, teaching South Pond District school, 2 terms, 23 weeks, at 5.50, 126.50 ; 1 term, 97% weeks, at 6.00, 58.20 - - M. B. Robbins, teaching school, 4 terms, 34-1 weeks, at 7.00 -

184 70

238 70

Mary E. Deacon, teaching North Grammar school, 3 terms 283 weeks, at 8.50 - 243 10

B. J. Austin, teaching Primary school No. 1, 3 terms, 273 weeks, at 6.00, 165.60 ; services of assistant, 1 week. 2.00 ; care school-house 6.00 - 173 60 1 M. W. Bartlett, teaching Manomet District No. 1 school, 1 term, 4 weeks, at 5.00, 20.00 ; 2 terms, 223 weeks, at 5.50, 124.30; care school-house 3.00 147 30

Lucy L. Bartlett, teaching South Chiltonville school, 3 terms, 323 weeks, at 5.50 - 179 30

Hannah G. Holmes, teaching Primary school No. 4, 3 terms, 273 weeks, at 5.50 151 80 Gustavus D, Bates, teaching Grammar school at Chilton- ville, 3 terms, 283 weeks, at 9.00, 257.40 ; care school-house, 1.80 - - - 259 20 -

Augusta King, teaching Spring Brook school, 3 terms, 272 weeks, at 5.50 - - Lucy H. Whiting, teaching Chiltonville Primary school, 1 term, 4 weeks, at 5.50 - -

$151 25

22 00

Carrie J. Mace, teaching Oak Grove District school, 3 3 terms, 213 weeks, at 6.00 - -

129 60

- Geo. L. Baxter, teaching as principal of High school, 3 terms, 40 weeks, at 25.00 -

- 1,000 00 Pella M. Robbins, teaching 2d Grade school, 3 terms, 28 weeks, at 6.50 - -

- 182 00

Ellen M. Douglass, teaching Long Pond District school, 2 terms, 223 weeks, at 6.25 - -

- 141 25 Emma Davie, teaching 3d Grade school No. 2, 3 terms, 283 weeks, at 8.00 - -

228 50

Eliza B. Perkins, teaching Primary school No. 2, 3 terms, 273 weeks, at 6.00 - - 165 60 - Emma G. Ellis, teaching Ellisville school, 2 terms, 22} weeks, at 5.50, 123 75 - - - Bessie H. Stetson, teaching Wellingsley school, 3 terms, 26 weeks, at 8.00 - - - - 208 00 Sarah L. Morton, teaching Cedarville school, 1 term, 101 weeks, at 5.50 57 75 -

- Nettie Cornish, teaching Russell Mills school, 1 term, 103 weeks, at 5.50, 58.30 ; care school-house 2.00 60 30

E. B. Cushman, teaching Cliff school, 1 term, 10 weeks, at 5.50, - -

55 00

F. E. Hovey, teaching Primary school, 3 terms, 273 weeks, at 6.00, -

165 00

Ellen F. Bartlett, teaching Manomet District No. 3 school, 1 term, 9 weeks, at 5.00, 45.00; 2 terms, 23 weeks, at 5.50, 126.50 - -

171 50

Henry Briggs, care school-house, sawing and splitting wood, &c. 7 73 - - - W. R. Neal, sawing } cord wood - 31 - -

O. C. & N. Railway Co., freight on desks, chairs, &c. 50 Wm. R. Cox, labor, &c., Grammar school-house - 3 90

W. Taylor, sawing wood - $0 31

Leonard Snow, care Russell and School street school- houses, &c. 12.50, sawing, carrying in and piling wood, 3.60 - - 16 10 -

Ellis Holmes, care Wellingsley school-house 6.00, saw- ing 4 cords wood, 2.40 - - Albert Doten, care Russell Mills school-house -

8 40

3 00 Edwin P. Bartlett, care Manomet Gram. school-house, 3 00 B. Hedge, Jr., care school-house 1 year 6.00, sawing 5 cords wood 3.10 - -

9 10

B. Torrance, care North Grammar school-house -

3 00

Everett Finney, 3 cords wood Grammar school-house 20.00, 12 do. N. Chiltonville school-house 10.00, sawing 1 cord wood .60, under-pinning and cart- ing sand and stone 5.25 -

35 85

Eleazer E. Swift, care of school-house 4.50, cleaning stove-pipe .50, lock .35, setting glass .40, repair- ing stove-pipe .50, 6 lights glass and setting .60, 2 feet pine wood and sawing 1.50 - 8 35

Abbie A. Warren, care South Pond school-house, 4 00

Valina Thurston, care W. Chiltonville -

2 00

Lemuel F. Bumpus, care Oak Grove

3.00, sawing wood .62 -

3 62

H. J. Bartlett, setting glass, repairing windows and doors Manomet school-house - - -

2 00

A. C. Chandler & Co., 52 cords wood - - A. C. Chandler, 4 cords wood - - -

35 63

26 75

Hiram Ellis, 10 feet wood 7.50, sawing and splitting wood .78, cleaning house 1.25, cup .15, kindling wood .50, care house 3.00 13 18 - Thomas E. Swift, care Cedarville school-house 4 00

George F. Andrews & Co., adv'g public schools -

3 00 B. J. Austin, care Primary school-house No. 1 3 25 - George E. Doten, care S. Chiltonville school-house 2 00 Austin Morton, 1 cord pine wood 4.00, carting 1.00. 5 00

Winslow Drew, 1 bbl shavings .14, work on school- room .67, glass and setting .75, labor .42, locks 1.17, glass and setting .42, stock and labor .68, labor .40, shavings .56, do. . 56, do. . 84, labor on windows .83, glass and putty .42, 3 lights glass and setting .90, labor on windows .75, glass and putty .38, shavings .56, glass and setting .58; (Russell Street school-house) - $11 03

- Henry Robbins, (High and Primary school-houses) sawing 162 cords wood 10.83, getting in and pil- ing do. 10.15, extra labor .75, paid for sweeping 3.00, kerosene oil 1.50, care of High and Prim- ary school-houses 93.75 -

- 119 98

John T. Hall, (1864) 1 book to Jane Bartlett 1.12, do. Jane Carline .24, do. S. Elliot .15, do. Win- slow B. Sherman 1.10, do. Mary Banks .18, do. Lemuel Raymond 1.35, do. Mary Banks .12, do. I. Raymond .27; (1865) do. F. Paulding .48, do. H. Paulding 1.69, do. L. Chummuck .75, do. D. Sears 2.00, do. T. Gallagher 1.25, do. Susan Weston 1.56, do. Harriet Hoyt 2.00, do. H. Cameron .75, bottle ink .25, book to I. P. Bagnall 1.35, bottle ink High school .25 ; (1866) 1 book Catharine Howland 2.25, do. Andrew F. Burgess .55 - - A. C. Chandler, 1 cord wood Russell Street school-

19 66

house 7.00, 1 do. School St. school-house 3.50 10 50

A. G. Morton, soap dish .16, brooms 1.12, mug .22 1 50

J. P. Brown & Co., 3 chairs Grammar school South Plymouth 2.40 ; Russell Street school-house, gal. s. varnish 7.00, 1-2 gal. alcohol 2.75, 3-4 gal. s. turpentine 97, 2 galls. best varnish 9.00, 1-2 gal. s. turpentine .68 -

22 80

Charles H. Bates, care Chiltonville Grammar school- house 3.00, sawing 2 1-2 cords wood 1.50 4 50 - O. C. & N. Railroad, freight of school desks, &c. - 4 56

Roxanna Peterson, cleaning Manomet Gram. school- house - - $3 00

Calvin Howland, Jr., land rent for school-house 1 00 - David Holmes, sawing wood - - - 2 00

Elijah Spare, Jr., 12 foot ladder - - -

2 00

John H. Harlow & Co., (1863) 8 yds cotton 2.24, 1 1-2 yds crash .27, 9 3-4 yds crash 1.75, mak- ing towels .25 ; (1864) 15 rolls paper 3.75 ; (1865)

5 3-4 yds crash 1.43, 3 do. cotton 1.35, 9 1-2 do. crash 2.38, making towels .25, 7 1-2 yds cambric 2.50, making curtains .42 -

16 59

Mary M. Harlow, lessons in music to High school 2.00, use of piano 1.00, carting do. 1.00 - Henry M. Morton, 8 3-4 days' labor Russell Street school-house - - -

4 00

26 25

- E. S. Griffin, water 1 year for school 1 00

Leonard Snow, sawing and piling 1 1-2 cords wood 1.20, 4 hours' extra labor 1.10, sawing and piling 4 feet wood .40, services at Russell and School street school-houses 15.00 - -

Charles C. Doten, ink .50, High ; 2 grammars and reader .85, Miss Hovey ; crayons .38, Miss Whit- ing ; ink .75, Miss Davie ; 2 arithmetics and geog- raphy 2.50, Mrs. S. Ellis ; reader .35, Mrs. Gil- lespie ; do. . 35, N. Torrance ; crayons .38, Miss Howland ; paper .75, committee ; geography 80, arithmetic 1.00, reader .75, slate .28, J. Fogerty ; crayons .38, Manomet No. 2; envelopes .25, do. No. 3 ; paper .25, committee ; history and reader 2.25, bearer ; crayons .38, reader .35, Miss Mace ; 2 arithmetics 1.50, reader .75, speller .38, J. Heath ; 2 arithmetics 1.50, speller .38, I. P. Bag- nall ; reader .75, geography 1.00, Micah Holmes ; geography .80, Mrs. H. D. Paulding ; crayons .38, G. D. Bates ; geography .80, J. Shehan ; do. and reader 1.35, Mrs. O'Keefe ; history 1.00,

17 70

Susan Weston ; do. 1.00, Mary Banks ; geogra- phy, reader and speller 2.38, Joseph Burgess ; history 1.00, Mrs. Mullins ; geography .80, Mrs. Pugh ; ink .75, High; 2 readers and slate .85, O. Lapham ; paper .50, committee ; reader and slate .60, S. A. Brown ; ink .75, High ; arithme- tic .30, J. Cassady ; blank book 2.50, committee ; ink .75, South Pond ; reader .25, arithmetic .30, slate .22, O. Bagnall ; arithmetic .30, Mrs. S. A. Brown ; books .45, Mrs. H. Hoyt; 2 arithmetics 1.50, geography .80, speller .38, reader and writ- ing book .93, Mrs. Ryder ; crayons and ink 1.13, bearer ; arithmetic and slate .47, L. Chummuck ; writing book, &c. . 25, Catharine Howard ; cray- ons .38, Cliff; paper, ink, &c. . 47, committee ; crayons .38, bearer ; ink .75, Miss Tenney ; pa- per .50, committee ; crayons .38, Mr. Cornish ; 46 11

- Caleb F. Wright, books - 4 35

George Manter, 1-2 cord wood Oak Grove school 3 00

Wm. O. Haskell & Son, 7 Grammar double settees at 7.50, 52.50 ; 24 feet settees at 1.00, 24.00 - 76 50

Nath'l Brown, 1-2 M shingles, High school-house 2 00

George F. Andrews & Co., adv'g commencement of schools 1.50, 400 school reports 99.00, internal revenue tax on report 4.95, 500 monthly reports Chiltonville school 7.50, 300 schedule lists 6.00, $118 95

Old Colony Sentinel, 700 monthly reports High school 4.50, 400 do. Grammar school No. 2, 2.50 7 00

M. & J. C. Standish, repairs on braces - 2 00

Timothy T. Eaton, 9 days' labor at Russell St. school- house - -

15 75 Joseph F. Towns, 10 days' labor with team Russell St.

school-house 32.50, 2 loads of stone 1.00, rolling

lot 1.50, paid 11 days' labor for 1 man, -

54 25

Drew & Whiting, horse and buggy .50, do. 1.00, do. . 75 2 25 F. B. Cobb, 16,130 lbs. coal 118.67, ¿ cord wood Oak Grove school-house 3.25, 6 posts 1.20 - - 123 12

Wm. G. Shattuck 30 No. 1 & 2 double green school- desks 232.50, 1 teacher's desk 20.00, 1 arm-chair 1.75, 9 mats .75 - $255 00:

L. F. Bumpus, care of Oak Grove school-house 1.50, sawing 1 cord wood .63 - - 2 13:

Matilda Holmes, care North Chiltonville school house

1 00

John S. Peterson, sawing wood - -

O. C. & N. Railway Co., freight on settees, -

Wm. McLauthlin, care Wellingsley school-house 1 00 - George W. Griffin, care North Grammar school-house 1 50

Clark Bartlett, ¿ bushel lime - -

Leonard Snow, care Russell & School Streetschool-houses 16 00

Nancy P. King, care school-house in Chiltonville, - 1 00

Eugene W. Godfrey, care South Chiltonville school-house 1 00

S. L. Bartlett, care Manomet Grammar school-house - 1 50

G. D. Bates, care Chiltonville Gram. school-house - John Clark, 6 ft. wood -

1 50

4 70

John K. Cobb, 2 cords wood Cold Spring school-house 11.00, 1 do. North school-house 5.50, 1 do. Gram- mar 5.50 - - -

22 00

E. & J. C. Barnes, planing 1.46, sawing .25, planing & sawing 2.44, lime 2.15, hair .42

6 72

Harlow & Barnes, sponge .25, Miss Davie; brush and broom .95, Miss King ; mending stove pipe, .50, wash-basin .80, Miss Davie ; wash-basin 92, High; lock 50, bolt and screws .30, key .10, 2 dust brush- es and 2 pans 1.96, Green ; sponge, .87, High ; broom .58,6 lights glass .60, Ponds Primary ; dust-pan .30, Russell street ; water-pail .38, Oak Grove; 2 pad- locks .67, Russell street; broom .55, South Ponds; brush 1.25, water-pail .38, 3 cups .84, wash-basin .92, cup .30, sponge .67, Miss Goodridge ; broom .50, key and labor .33, Oak Grove ; 4 cups 1.14, Miss Finney ; water-pail .33, cup .30, Cornish ; cup .28, wash-basin .92, Miss Deacon ; 1 key .10 - Andrew Holmes, sawing 2 cords wood -

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Wm. B. Barnes, (Russell Street school-house) 2 day's labor on desks 6.00, 42 hours glazing 1.35, 2 days' on house 6.00, 2 days' labor for son 5.00, 52 days' 15.75, paid Mr. Collins for 22 day's' labor 7.50, 4 hours for self and son 2.20, 27 ft. stock .68, nails .12, 1 day on fence by son 2.50, 32 ft. stock .78, taking up fence .50, putting covers to ink-stands .50, 4 hours labor on fence 1.20, stock and nails .28, stock and setting fence 1.33, nails .26 - - Charles Peterson, care of school-house Dist. No. 1, winter term 2.00, sawing 1} cords wood .93 2 93 - Ephraim Finney, 133 ft. wood South Chiltonville school 11.38; 5 ft. wood 3.60, cutting wood 1.24, 6 ft. wood 5.06, West District school ; 5 ft. do, 3.60, 18} ft. wood 14.60, Russell Mills 39 48

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J. P. Brown, chairs 1.60, South Plymouth Grammar school; 2 do. 1.60, 3d Dist. Monument Ponds ; 1 do. Cold Spring .80 - Elisha Swift, ( Cedarville school) 1 load wood, 2.50, broom .50, glass .25, do. . 25, repairing fence .50, 1} cords oak wood 11.62, 6 ft. pine do. 5.04, saw- ing and piling 2.12, cleaning pipe .50, 2 glass .20, repairing house 1.00, matches .25, - - Nathaniel C. Barnes, 12 days' labor on Russell street school-house - - -

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John T. Hall, 2d primer .35, J. Cassady ; 3d primary reader .55, Mrs. Morey ; geography .75, primary geography .80, 4th reader .75, Ichabod Bagnall ; 2d and 3d primary readers 1.10, geography .80, Richard Sears ; primary reader .55, John Shean ; do. . 80, books and slips .15, Mrs. Banks ; bottle ink .75, do. . 75, Bearer ; 2 primary readers .70, 1 prim- er 27, J. Chambers ; slate 15, F. Paulding ; pri- mary geography 1.00, arithmetic .30, H. Sears ; 2nd primary reader and speller .50, H. Sears ; pri- mary arithmetic .30, John Shean ; 3d primary read- er .55, bearer; arithmetic .30, Kate Howard ;

geography .85, Thomas Gallagher ; intermediate geography 1.00, Timothy Ellis ; primary geography .75, Susan Weston ; 3d reader .55, primary arith- metic .30, geography .80, Gillespie ; geography .80, Mary Sullivan - - -

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Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1865-1869, Part 4

Author: Publication date: 1865 Publisher: Town of Plymouth Number of Pages: 410

Author:
Publication date: 1865
Publisher: Town of Plymouth
Number of Pages: 410