Town annual report of Rutland 1882-99, Part 15

Author: Rutland, Mass.
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 780


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The indifference of parents as to their childrens progress in school as evinced by the names of visitors in the registers of various schools is a matter to which we take occasion to call the attention of every parent.


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TEXT BOOKS AND REPAIRS.


A thorough examination of the condition of text books in use in the schools reveals the fact that the larger portion of them are in a poor condition and must be renewed before the beginning of another school year. In many cases exchanges will be made and thereby much expense saved.


The condition of some of the school houses and out building de- mands immediate attention and this also will be a source of con- siderable expense which must be anticipated in the next financial year.


SPECIAL REPORT OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


This School was taught by Mr. W. A. Wheeler, one of your Com- mittee. Although the school ended at the close of the fifteenth week, cutting short the term five weeks from what the Committee intended, it was evident that it had been one of the most successful terms ever taught here by this teacher. Mr. Wheeler has the fac- ulty of making his teaching very practical, and the many things he employs to illustrate his teaching, assists the pupil very much in comprehending the subject he is studying.


There were thirty-one of the more advanced scholars, who avail- ed themselves of the advantages of this school. Every school in town being represented, many coming three and four miles without being absent a single day during the term. The whole number pur- suing higher branches was twenty-four.


The value of, and the manifest interest in this school of higher grade, should guarantee its continuance. We trust all who are qualified in our schools will in the future secure the extra advan- tages or this school.


C. R. BARTLETT, W. C. TEMPLE,


Committee.


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


RECEIPTS.


Town Appropriation, $1,800 00


State Fund, : 306 98


Dog Tax, 87 91


$2,194 99


EXPENDITURES.


Teachers Salaries, $1,537 50


Fuel and Janitors,


152 35


Books and Supplies,.


102 86


Transportation of pupils,


128 25


$1,920 96


CONTINGENT.


Repairs of School Houses, .... $66 12 ...


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STATISTICS.


SUMMER TERM.


SCHOOLS.


No. of Weeks.


Whole Number


of Pupils.


Membership.


Attendance.


Wages of Teacher


Per Month.


No. of Visitors,


Centre Primary,


10


36


31.6


29.6


$36


16


No. 1,


10


15


13.6


13


24


18


No. 2, no school,.


No. 3,


10


10


9.3


81


26


10


No. 4,


10


26


25


21.4


28


7


No. 5,


10


25


23


21


28


13


No. 6,


10


13


12.6


12


24


14


No. 7,


10


22


20


18


28


4


No. 8,


10


21


14.3


13.3


26


5


WINTER TERM.


Centre Primary,


14


28


21


No. 1,


14


16


25.3 14 9


23.7 14 6.5


26


21


No. 2,


14


11


24


14


No. 3, no school,


No. 4,


14


23


20.8


19.9


28


15


No. 5,


17


36


27


20


28


14


No. 6,


14


15


13


12.1


28


23


No. 7,


14


27


23


19.3


28


17


No. 8,


13


21


16.5


15


28


7


Iligh School.


143


31


27.6


25.6


50


20


Average


Average


$36


.


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NAMES OF TEACHERS,


WAGES, ETC.


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Centre Primary, .


Summer,


Marcia P. Hill, $ 90 00


Winter,


Marcia P. Hill, 126 00


Summer, Olive L. Moulton, 60 00


No. 1,.


Winter,


Lillie S. Fogg,


91 00


No. 2,.


Winter,


Olive L. Moulton,


84 00


No. 3,.


Summer,


Florence M. Spooner, .... 65 0.0


S Summer,


Henrietta L. Senter, 70 0


No. 4,.


Winter,


Florence M. Spooner, . 98 00


No. 5,. . - Summer,


¿ Ida M Buckley,. 70 00


Winter,


Sarah E. Bryant,


119 00


-


Sarah H. Bray, 60 00


No. 6,.


¿ Winter,


Sarah H. Bray, 98 00


No. 7, .. § Summer,


S Fannie C. Farnsworth,. . . 70 00


{ Winter,


Edith M. Marsh, 98 00


S Summer, L Alice L. Rice, 65 00


No. 8,.


Winter,


Susan M. Hill, 91 00


High School,


Walter A. Wheeler,. 182 50


$1,537 50


Summer,


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ROLL OF HONOR.


* Willie M. Demond *B. Wesley Putnam Albert A. Putnam Jessie I. Taylor


Bertie D. Bartlett


Nellie Nihin


Leroy S. Putnam


Roland Potter


Adolf G. Stenberg


Louise Dodge


*Mary Scott


Clarence C. Dodge


*Bertha A. Taylor Nellie I. Pierce


Arthur Sanderson Caltha Charter


Joseph Scott


*Bertha Stearns


Matthew Sherwood


Vora Stearns


Joseph O'Conner


Elsie Davis


Mabel E. Bemis


Josephine Bryant


Etta L. Putnam


*Oscar B. Bray


Lizzie M. Putnam *Maida Partridge


Dora I. Dudley *Cora O. Dudley Ina P. Ruiter


*Harry Wilson


Josephine E. O'Leary


*Flora Partridge


*Dennis O'Herron


Edna Handy


Joseph Bigelow


Hattie S. Bigelow


Fannie Graton


Mina L. Partridge


Edith Graton


Lillie P. Wilson


Addie Kennen


George Bigelow


Minnie Kennen


Moses B. Fogg


*Grace Ware


Elliot O. Wilson


Mary Hughes


Willie W. Wilson


John Mc'Grath


Herbert Heald


Whole number of names, 57 For entire year, 13


*


The star indicates perfect attendence for entire year.


Respectfully submitted,


WALTER A. WHEELER, - School Committee CHARLES R. BARTLETT,


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, of Rutland.


*Flora Sanderson Nellie Griffin


Arthur Heald


Belle Baker


Elliot Partridge


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL * COMMITTEE,


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


FOR · THE · VEAR · 1891.


WORCESTER :


PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


SCHOOL COMMITTEE,


OF THE


TOWN OF RUTLAND


FOR · THE · YEAR . 1891.


WORCESTER :


PRINTED BY EDWARD H . TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE,


FOR THE YEAR 1891.


FELLOW CITIZENS :


Departing from the usual custom of late years, your Committee present thus early and in a separate pamphlet, their annual report.


We do this in order to call your careful attention to the results of another year's work in our schools, and that you may be the better prepared to act understandingly and to plan the more wisely for the coming year.


REPAIRS.


EXTENSIVE REPAIRS had long been necessary upon the South school-house. The cramped condition of the room gave no opportu- nity for proper class exercises, and one small entry way served as a cloak room for all the pupils. Added to this, the condition of the clapboarding and roof rendered the building positively dangerous to the health of those daily assembled there. Accordingly, an addi- tion of eight feet, giving two cloak rooms, a wood room and a covered passage way between the doors was made; new sills were put in and the underpinning laid in cement ; the roof was shingled, a new chimney built, and the room newly plastered, painted and papered. As regards room, light, black-board room, and general comfort and convenience, this house will now compare favorably with any other in town.


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The houses in North Rutland and New Boston have also received attention, the plastering being renewed, some new sheathing put in, and both were newly papered, rendering them bright and attractive. Your Committee fully believe in the beneficial influence of neat and attractive school-rooms, and only from motives of economy has anything been omitted in this direction.


NUMBER OF SCHOOLS.


During the summer term No. 2 was united with No. 4, No. 6 with No. 7, No. 8 with No. 1, and No. 9 with the Centre, making by this plan six schools besides the Grammar school at the centre.


For the fall and winter terms No. 1 was united with No. 8, and a school was maintained in No. 6 because of lack of room at West Rutland. These consolidations have been accompanied with as little friction as could be expected ; the plan proposed by the Com- mittee being generally acquiesced in by the parties interested. What your Committee have done in this direction has been entirely with a view to the highest good of all concerned, and especially to the advantage of the schools thus brought together.


CONVEYANCE OF PUPILS. .


Under the above system, pupils were carried from No. 2 to No. 4, No. 6 to No. 7, No. 8 to No. 1, and from No. 9 to the Centre. Transportation was also furnished to such pupils of the Grammar school as would otherwise have been unable to attend on account of distance.


Two dollars per week was paid to the North Rutland pupils, and transportation by rail was furnished those who came from West Rutland. The total cost of conveying such scholars was about $40. We believe this expenditure to be only a measure of justice to those so aided, and we regret that it could not have been con- tinued through the year.


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LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.


For the first time in the history of our town the public schools have been in session twenty-eight weeks-seven months, instead of six as formerly. This is a great gain; an important step in the right di- rection ; but we ought at least to increase it to thirty weeks.


STATE OF THE SCHOOLS.


The condition of our schools was never, in the opinion of your Committee, more satisfactory than at the present time. The pu- pils' interest has steadily increased, the daily attendance improved ; the methods of teaching are in accord with more modern standards ; the supervision more intelligent and helpful to the teachers, and the results as shown by the daily work and examinations are creditable alike to teachers and pupils, and satisfactory to all concerned.


Hardly too much credit can be given to the superior corps of teachers whose enthusiasm and patience have contributed so largely to the success attained.


TEACHERS' MEETINGS.


Six teachers' meetings have been held during the year and have, in most instances been attended by all the teachers. Here, topics of great interest have been discussed, embracing methods of teach- ing, primary work, discipline and moral training. Here, also, ques- tions of government and difficulties, real or imaginary, are talked over, the long and varied experience of some, supplementing the inexperience of others, to the great advantage of the latter. As long as we must have young teachers without previous training, the necessity for such meetings is imperative.


As a help to such inexperienced teachers, without normal train- ing, we fully approve the plan adopted in many places of requiring an apprenticeship served with some good teachers in the same grade of school as that desired by the candiate; but they should serve only with those teachers whose methods and work are fully approved by the Committee.


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MUSIC.


We deem it fully time that the rudiments of vocal music were taught as a regular branch of study in the schools. Ten minutes or even less a day given to this branch would show results that would surprise many and in a few years there would be but few children educated in this town unacquainted with this refining and delight- ful art.


DRAWING.


More attention should also be given to drawing, especially in the younger classes. Both the mental and manual training it gives is of much practical value. Some very satisfactory work has been done in this direction in some of our schools.


NATURE STUDY.


Under the head of observation lessons in the course of study, nature study has received more attention this year than ever before. This study is deservedly popular and of great benefit to all the pupils. When children see the various forms of plant and animal life and learn to classify them and study their habits, they are at once being educated and delivered from many of the temptations that beset the minds of children and youth. In some instances collections of various kinds of wood and leaves have been started, and we commend the practice to all the schools.


VISITORS.


Mr. George A. Walton and Mr. A. W. Edson, agents of the Mass. Board of Education, have held an afternoon teachers' meet- ing and addressed a public meeting in the evening : which latter, we regret to say, was thinly attended, because of a severe storm. Such visits are helpful in every way.


SUPERVISION.


Your Committee have tried to do their duty by the schools, not only complying with the letter of the law, but with its spirit as well. We have felt that while we could have done more, and we believe


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with advantage to the schools, yet that if we should do all the work that a paid superintendent is expected to do, the expense entailed would hardly be justifiable in your eyes. There is no question but that a district superintendent giving his whole time and attention to this subject, can at less relative expense to the town, do more efficient work than the present School Committee.


The question of joining a district and enjoying the benefits of district supervision ought to be carefully considered by the town.


GRAMMAR SCHOOL.


The establishment of a graded school for our older pupils, is not, as many suppose, dependent on the vote of the town, and such a school, is, in the mind of your Committee, an imperative necessity. Fully one-fifth of all the scholars in town are members of this school, and every part of the town being represented is benefitted thereby. Our duty toward these older pupils is plainly to furnish them opportunities for an education the best the town can afford. While it is impossible to retain for more than a term or two suitable teachers for this school, on account of insufficient salary, yet if the work is carefully planned by the Committee, and they are familiar with the standing of the various classes, this evil-and it is an evil -can be partly overcome.


The expense of sending, even a few pupils, to other places to ob- tain no better tuition than can be given here, would equal the cost of this school and still leave the large proportion of our pupils, needing such instruction wholly unprovided for. We think the suc- cess of the past year demands its continuance.


SCHOOL SUPPLIES.


In estimating the expenses for the coming year, quite an amount must be allowed for supplies other than the necessary text books. While good tools do not always make good workmen, yet certain it is that without good implements the best work cannot be done. Our school-rooms need tables, blocks, more black-board room, maps,


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charts, and books for sight reading. One hundred and twenty dol- lars is a fair estimate of such necessary expense. Your Committee have been so desirous of lengtheng the school year, while keeping within the appropriations for schools, that little has been done in this direction the past year.


MEMORIAL DAY.


Section 1 of chapter 111, of the Acts and Resolves of 1890, reads as follows :


"In all the public schools of this Commonwealth, the last session prior to Memorial Day, or a portion thereof, shall be devoted to exercises of a patriotic nature."


Accordingly in each of the schools a programme suitable to the occasion was made out, including recitations, declamations, class exercises and singing, the latter being uniform in all- the schools. From these programmes the teachers, together with the Committee, selected two or three parts from each school for a public exhibition, forming one of the leading features in the public observance of this Holy day among our holidays. No extended report of these exer- cises can here be given, but in justice to all it must be noted that the teachers were in hearty sympathy with the exercises, the pupils enthusiastic, the public gathering large, embracing nearly all the pupils of the schools, and the result most gratifying to all.


No Grand Army Veteran and no lover of his country could wit- ness this display of our school children and listen to the exalted sentiments which they expressed in declamation and song, without a rekindling of patriotic ardor and higher hopes for the future of his country. The law was wise and it was beautifully interpreted by the schools of Rutland.


TRUANCY.


The truant officer has been called upon several times to compel the attendance of pupils whose own inclinations or the negligence of their parents caused their inexcusable absence from school. This


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is an exceedingly unpleasant part of your Committee's work, and they regret the necessity for it ; but so long as it is one of their duties they will not shrink from it.


The establishment of a county truant school at Oakdale, settles the question of place for our wilful truants, and ought to largely prevent the evil.


We cannot drop this subject without reminding parents of the evil of keeping their children out of school only a few days each term to help at home. From this cause an injury is often done to th echild and also to the school not easily atoned for.


DUTIES OF CITIZENS.


We wish to call the attention of all parents and of the citizens in general to their duty toward the public school teachers. Per- haps the work of no other profession is capable of so much help or hinderance from public and private remark. If public sentiment be in support of good discipline and thorough work, the teacher's task is comparatively easy ; but if it ever favors the disobedient and lazy pupil, the teacher's work is hard indeed and is often ren- dered worthless thereby.


Again we urge all good citizens to sustain the advanced steps of the past year, to insist upon no reduction in the length of the school year, and no lessening of the means to accomplish all we can for the education of our children and youth. We ask you that wher- ever else you must economize, you curtail not the power to make good citizens and moral and intelligent men and women.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


RESOURCES.


Balance of Dog Fund of 1890, not drawn,


$16 30


Appropriations of 1891.


Dog Fund,


100 00


Conveyance of pupils,


775 00


Salaries and supplies,


1,100 00


State School Fund


342 64


Total,


$2,333 94


EXPENDITURES.


Wages of teachers,


$1,592 26


Conveyance of pupils,


449 05


Books and supplies,


144 28


Fuel,


65 20


Janitors,


52 50


Total, $2,303 29


Balance unexpended,


$30 65


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CONTINGENT.


Repairs of School-houses, $470 21


STATISTICS.


SUMMER.


FALL AND WINTER.


TEACHERS.


School.


Enrollment


Average


Membership


Average


Wages


per Month


Enrollment


Average


Membership


Average


Attendance


Wages


15 years


5 years


Between


8 and 14 yrs


MARCIA P. HILL.


C. Primary


29


28


25


42


27


25


22


45


O


O


22


HELEN A. MOULTON,


No. 3


18


154 142


24


I2


12


II.5


28


O


O


II


S. ELIZABETH WEDGE,


MINNIE E. FARNSWORTH,


Nos. 4, 2


2I


20


I7


28


27


25


24


28


O


I 20


SARAH W. DODGE,


No. 5


23


20


19


26


27


25


2I


28


I


O


16


HELEN A. MOULTON,


No. 6


16


I 3


I2


26


I


O


I2


MARIE WEST,


No. 7


33


25


2I


28


31


28


26


28


I


O


29


SARAH H. BRAY,


Nos. 8, I


25


22


20


28


33


24.5


18.2


28


O


O


28


LUCY C. DODGE,


MISS I. A. CORNELL, ~ MR. ARTHUR BIGNEY,


Grammar


28


24 .23


42


34


31


29


45


25


O


I2


per Month


Number over


Number under


Attendance


ROLL OF HONOR.


Honorable mention is herewith made of such pupils as have been neither absent nor tardy during one or more terms of school. In- cluded in this list are also the names of those pupils whose deport- ment has been of such excellence as to deserve mention. We regret to say that the list of the latter is not perfect, and many names worthy of being classified here are therefore omitted.


Bertha Taylor,


Herbert Heald,


Jessie Taylor,


Mamie O'Connor,


Cyrus Bryant,


Joseph O'Connor,


Lottie Wellington,


Josie Bryant,


Chester Wheeler, Clifford Wheeler,


Nellie Pierce,


George Smith, Fayette King.


Wesley Putnam,


Clarence Prescott, Robert Hunter,


Henry King, Lola Brown,


George Loughman,


Valentine Potter,


Emma Goldthwait,


Frank Bullard,


Willie Demond,


Howard Davis,


Grace Ware,


George Bigelow,


Elliott Partridge,


Mina Partridge,


Flora Partridge,


Nellie Griffin, Mary Scott, Edith Smith, Lawrence Smith,


Frank Denny, Bertha Stearns, Julia Cullen, Clifford Davis, Elsie Dayis,


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Ellis Wilson, Nellie Wilson, Clarence Cummings, Robert Cummings, Louise Dodge, Flora Sanderson,


Norman Pultz,


Otto Pultz, Belle Baker,


Harry Bartlett,


Arthur Sanderson,


George Bemis,


May Johnson, Alice Sargent, Clara Connor, Gertrude Jewell, Lottie Jewell, George Ruiter, Fred Hunt, Edward Hunt, Amos Strong, Edith Graton, Clayton Wetmore, Edna Brooks.


Number of minors in town May 1, 1891, between 5 and 15 years of age 150. Between 8 and 14 years of age 99.


Respectfully submitted, .


WALTER A. WHEELER, ) School Committee WALTER A. HUNTER, of


WILLIAM C. TEMPLE, Rutland.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN # OF & RUTLAND,


For the Year Ending Feb'y 14,


1892.


WORCESTER : PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.


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ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN & OF & RUTLAND,


For the Year Ending Feb'y 14,


1892.


WORCESTER :


PRINTED BY EDWARD H. TRIPP, No. 377 MAIN STREET, ROOM II.


TOWN OFFICERS.


MODERATOR, CHARLES R. BARTLETT.


TOWN CLERK, GEORGE A. PUTNAM.


M. R. MOULTON,


SELECTMEN, F. G. BARTLETT, T. SIBLEY HEALD.


DAVID F. SMITH,


OVERSEERS OF THE POOR. HENRY A. KENNEN,


F. R. FOSTER.


ASSESSORS,


GEORGE S. PUTNAM, C. W. DODGE,


ALBERT. S PRATT.


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, WALTER A. WHEELER, WM. C. TEMPLE,


WALTER A. HUNTER.


TREASURER AND COLLECTOR, C. W. DODGE.


ROAD COMMISSIONER, HENRY A. KENNEN.


CONSTABLES,


C. W. DODGE, JOSEPH M. MOULTON,


FREEMAN R. FOSTER, CHARLES I. KING,


WALTER A. HUNTER.


SEXTON, ROLAND C. PRESCOTT,


LIBRARIAN, MRS. FREEMAN R. FOSTER.


LIBRARY COMMITTEE,


W. A. WHEELER, MRS. G. B. MUNROE, MRS. L. Q. SPAULDING.


MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER,


J. W. BIGELOW, J. W. O'HERRON, GEO. A. PUTNAM, J. W. MOULTON,


ADDISON CHILDS.


GEO. A: PUTNAM,


FENCE VIEWERS, DANIEL DEMOND,


A. B. FISHER.


FRANK H. REED,


FIELD DRIVERS, D. O'HERRON, J. E. LEARY.


POUND KEEPER, GEORGE W. HUDSON.


AUDITOR, L. Q. SPAULDING.


WARRANT


FOR


TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7TH, 1892.


WORCESTER, SS. TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF THE TOWN OF RUTLAND :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are di- rected to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Rutland, on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, to wit :


1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


2. To choose a Town Clerk for the ensuing year.


3. To see if the Town will accept the Reports of the Town Officers for the past year, or act thereon.


4. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year.


5. To determine the compensation of Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.


6. To see what sums of money the Town will raise for the sup- port of the Public Schools; for repairs on the Highways; for the support of the Poor ; for lighting Street Lamps ; for use Memorial Day ; for Contingent Expenses and Paying Debts ; and appropriate the same.


7. To see if the Town will accept the list of Jurors, as present- ed by the Selectmen.


8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow money for the use of the Town, under the direction of the Select- men.


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9. To see if the Town will instruct their Assessors to abate any taxes in the hands of their Collector.


10. To see what interest shall be paid on taxes not paid in a specified time.


11. To vote by ballot, Yes or No, to the question, Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town.


12. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote whereby they voted to place the Meade Fund into the hands of a Trustee, for the purpose of using it for a New Town Hall Building, or, do or act anything thereon.


13. To see what method the Town will adopt for digging and filling Graves and attending Funerals with the Hearse, the ensuing year.


14. To see if the Town will make any disposal of the Meade Fund, or act thereon.


15. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to provide transportation for children of school age to and from school- houses remote from their homes, and make appropriation to carry the same into effect, or act thereon.


16. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 431 of the Acts of 1888, relating to the employment of a superin- tendent of schools, and appropriate money therefor.


17. To determine the manner of warning future meetings.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting attested copies thereof, agreeable to the vote of said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this sixteenth day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.


M. R. MOULTON, Selectmen F. G. BARTLETT, of Rutland.


T. SIBLEY HEALD,


REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.


: Schedule of Property, as Appraised by the Overseers, FEBRUARY 12, 1892.


Real Estate,


$2,640 00


Farming tools and household furniture,


700 00


Democrat wagon,


75 00


Two-horse wagon and other tools,


150 00


2 horses,


225 00


12 Cows,


420 00


1 yearling,


20 00


2 shoats,


20 00


30 tons of English hay,


450 00


2 tons meadow hay,


10 00


10 fowls,


28 00


Cider and vinegar,


24 00


Grain,


4 00


Beans,


10 00


.35 bushels of potatoes,


94 50


Garden vegetables,


11 00


¿ barrels salt pork,


30 00


00 lbs. hams


13 00


50 lbs. salt beef,


6 00


ard and butter,


7 00


'allow and candles,


5 00


Pickles and sauce,


10 00


Soap,


2 75


Flour and crackers,


7 25


pices,


1 00


jugar,


7 50


Vire,


7 00


ime and coal,


9 00


$4,987 00


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SUMMARY OF EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE ..


Interest on real and personal estate, appraised


Februay 13, 1891, at 6% on $4,279.51, $256 77


Salary of warden for the year ending April 1, 1892, 400 00 Bought Flour and grain, 244 04


Groceries,


185 74


Meat and fish,


55 38


Cloth, yarn and thread,


15 94


Tobacco,


12 00


Tin and iron ware,


4 05


Blacksmithing,


14 90


Farming tools and repairs,


55 46


Grass and other seeds,


64 67


Labor,


172 00


Stock and use of same,


194 25


Wagon,


75 00


Doctor bill at almshouse


37 50


Phosphate,


36 00


$1,733 70




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