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In the school report of last year reference was made to attractive furnishings in the school rooms. It is hoped that each year will bring with it marked improvements in this direction.
The school room should be made a home for the children, a place where good fellowship among pupils, and between pupils and teacher, is cherished and cultivated.
The maximum of healthful mental activity in the school is at the . very point where antagonism between teacher and pupils vanishes to zero and mutual sympathy with oneness of aim prevails.
Before the close of the last school year plans were in progress to place window shades in all the buildings. This plan was carried out last May. Repeated expressions of gratification from the teachers have proved their appreciation.
Increased blackboard accommodations in some of the rooms which have before been deficient in this particular. is another source of pleasure and profit to both teachers and pupils.
Building No. 1. the oldest of the school buildings, having been vacant a part of the time during the past few years, had reached a condition where repairs were necessary. The needed repairs have been made to a considerable extent, and the room furnished with maps, globe, etc. A new stove in room No. 5 has been a source of comfort to all occupants of the room during the past winter.
Two new text books have been introduced within the year- 1, Eggleston United States History. This book was adopted by the committee last year and was put into use as soon as the change could be brought about, carly in May of this year. It is giving excellent satisfaction. 2, An elementary text book on Civil Gov- ernment, including our state constitution, suited to the work of the 9th grade, has been introduced, where pupils were ready for its use. Vigorous work has been done in this study. A Mechanic's Arith-
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metic has been placed on the teacher's desk in the rooms having the most advanced pupils. The problems given are of a practical character, alike for farmers and mechanics. The work accomplished in the winter term with this book is highly commendable to both teachers and pupils.
The time has come when larger educational facilities for public instruction is desired by the most thoughful citizens of the town. To achieve this object, educational interests must be shorn of politics. the best school appliances provided, and teachers employed possessed of inspiring qualities of character, as well as scholarly attainments, who will be able to hold the pupils in the public school through the prescribed nine years course, and prepare those who desire it to enter the second year of an academic course.
In 1870, by act of the Legislature, drawing was added to the list of studies prescribed for the public schools. The ability to teach elementary drawing, therefore, becomes a part of the required outfit of a teacher in the public school.
In some of the school rooms good work has been done, but not all of our faithful teachers have yet been able to bring this work to the desired standard. This branch of study systematically taught is a source of mental development of which our pupils cannot afford to be deprived. An eye trained to observe, and a hand to develop form and proportion, is of inestimable value in all practical affairs of life. Observation lessons and drawing lessons are so related in school . work that they should go hand in hand. Drawing from objects is a very different mental exercise, since it develops much more of thought power than copying one line from another as found in a drawing book.
The following course of studies is recommended by the committee as an outline of work for the public schools. It covers the nine years of the pupils attendance between the ages of five and fourteen. The work is divided into years, leaving details for each term to be arranged by the teacher. With the large number of studies now prescribed by the state, it is well to avoid distracting the pupil's mind by crowding too great a variety into a single term.
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FIRST YEAR.
READING.
Blackboard work. Chart. A list of new words kept upon the board and daily reviewed is desirable. Have pupils copy reading lessons on slates from board and chart as soon as they are able to do so. Teach phonics by use of words slowly pronounced as ball, b a ll, instead of giving separate sounds.
SPELLING.
Oral and written, words in common use.
LANGUAGE.
In dictation work teach the pupil use of capitals, question mark and hyphen. Days of the week. Names of months. Cultivate expression of thought by talks on plants and animals. Write pupil's name for daily copying.
GEOGRAPHY.
Teach points of compass. Teach with the rule measurements, as inch, foot, etc. Estimate measurement of length, width and height of objects.
NUMBER.
Teach combinations first by objects. Teach forms of figures, also signs, as +, -, x, +, =, for convenience in blackboard work. Teach fractions objectively, by use of fraction discs, folding and cutting paper, &c. Roman numerals to 10.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Oral temperance instructions. Morals and manners.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Teach color, form, and common qualities of objects.
DRAWING.
Draw from sticks laid, and paper cut. Illustrate by objects, the sphere, cube and cylinder. From these teach details of form-plane and curved surface, straight and curved lines.
WRITING.
Teach correct position of hand and correct spacing of letters. Use slate, coarse ruled paper and pencil.
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SECOND YEAR.
READING.
First Readers. Studied and sight reading each day. Insist on natural conversational tones. Drill daily on oral expressions of thought, both before and after reading aloud. Teach new words from the board. Give especial attention to natural defects in articulation. Phonics continued.
SPELLING.
Oral and written. Thorough board drill on all new words.
LANGUAGE.
Drill on preceding work. Teach common abbreviations, as Mr., Mrs., St., Ans., &c. Memorize selections. Reproduction of read- ing lesson, and stories read and told.
GEOGRAPHY.
Semi-cardinal points of compass. Observe natural features in the neighborhood and their relation to each other : soil, fruits, grains. Teach direction of one object from another in the schoolroom. Direction of home, church, village, and objects of interest. Esti- mate measurements.
NUMBER.
Drill in rapid combinations. Equivalent values in small coin. Fractions expressed in numbers. Roman numerals to 20. Teach pint, quart, peck, gallon. Teach pupils to tell time of day. Time measure.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Oral temperance instruction. Morals and manners.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Study clouds, rain, snow, dew, frost, rainbow. Plants.
DRAWING.
Teach language or vocabulary of drawing. Name and illustrate lines-horizontal, vertical, oblique. Name and illustrate angles- right, acute, obtuse. Use practice paper.
WRITING.
Pen, ink and paper. Preface lessons with general exercises in freehand movement. Continue this in all grades.
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THIRD YEAR.
READING.
Second Readers with supplementary reading. Require an oral or written abstract before a prepared reading, after sight reading. Drill on abstracts.
SPELLING.
Oral and written from reader. Drill on constructing original sen- tences, using words found in the lesson.
LANGUAGE.
Reproduction of stories read. Original stories. Continue drill in the use of punctuation marks. Use of the apostrophe. Abbrevia- tions of names, of months and days of the week. Explain con- tractions, as don't, can't, etc.
GEOGRAPHY.
Teach orally form and surface of the earth. Divisions of land and water. Study globe and maps. Outline maps on blackboard or moulding-board. Boundary of town. Direction and distance to neighboring villages and cities.
NUMBER.
Make tables in addition, subtraction, multiplication. Count by twos and threes. Use numeral frame. Roman numerals to 50. Write and read numbers to 1,000. Cogswell's Number Lessons.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Oral temperance instruction. Morals and manners.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Names of flowers and their habits. Names and specimens of all trees in the neighborhood.
DRAWING.
Teach relation of lines, parallel, perpendicular, inclined. Give dictation lessons on lines and angles. Construct from paper a cube, cylinder and prism. No erasing. Drawing book No. 1. Plenty of practice paper.
WRITING.
Copy book No. 1 with verbal instruction.
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FOURTH YEAR.
READING.
Third Readers. Supplementary sight reading. Continue drill on abstracts. Match dissected stories. Insist on natural tones. Do not allow one pupil to interrupt another during a reading exercise.
SPELLING.
Written and oral. Construct a lesson by selecting words from various text books used. "Drill on words never too well known." Word Primer.
LANGUAGE.
Review work. Letter writing. In dictation work underscore nouns, then pronouns. Insist on proper use of the verb be in all its forms. Teach use of shall, will, teach, learn.
GEOGRAPHY.
Teach important cities and physical features of the state. Boundary of county and state. Map drawing of school grounds, town, county and state. Guyot's Introductory.
ARITHMETIC.
Write and read numbers to 10,000. Multipliers and divisors of two figures. Add and subtract fractions of like names. Bring the pupil to understand the meaning of the terms numerator and denom- inator. Teach U. S. money and decimals with toy money. Roman numerals to 100. Percentage. Teach common rates, as 50 per cent, 25 per cent, 20 per cent.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Good Health for Children. Morals and manners.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Study insects and birds, land and water animals.
DRAWING.
Drill on definitions as found in the drawing books, enlarging on the questions given at the foot of the page. Drill in freehand and arm movements at the board. Draw from objects, using practice paper. No erasing. Drawing book No. 2.
WRITING.
Copy book No. 2.
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FIFTH YEAR.
READING.
Third Readers. Insist on the use of vocabulary and dictionary for meaning and pronunciation of new words. Sight reading from papers or magazines.
SPELLING.
Written and oral. Review lessons may be made up from words previously misspelled.
LANGUAGE.
Drill in review work. Teach orally and by written work the proper use of lie, lay, can, may. Teach abbreviations of names of states, never allowing the abbreviations Ark., Cal., Miss., Mass. to be pronounced as words of one syllable. Teachi use of quotation marks. Language Primer.
GEOGRAPHY.
Drill in map drawing. A memory map is a good review. Require mountains and rivers, then cheif railroads and cities to be indicated. Harper's Introductory.
ARITHMETIC.
Continue oral work in percentage. Illustrate clearly the nature and purpose of interest. Drill on fractions, common and decimal. Elementary text book completed.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Health Lessons for Beginners. Morals and manners.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Study plants in various stages of development from seeds planted in the room. Continue study of animals and insects. Metamor- phosis-e.g. butterfly.
DRAWING.
Continue drill in curves, right and left hand movement at the board, beginning at any point. Draw from real fruit or vegetables as wholes or parts. Drawing book No. 3. No erasing.
WRITING.
Copy book No. 3.
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SIXTH YEAR.
READING.
Fourth Readers. First Book in American history. Written abstracts daily as a part of language lessons.
SPELLING.
Written and oral. Give special attention to geographical and biographical names found in reading lessons. Use Word Book.
LANGUAGE.
Review preceding work. Abstracts of reading lessons. Change poetry into prose, giving careful attention to the thought involved. Use of paragraph. Dictate maxims and proverbs. Language Primer.
GEOGRAPHY.
Harper's Common School Geography used with an approved topical outline. Brighten by all modern methods.
ARITHMETIC.
Practical Arithmetic to page 160. At every step make clear basis principles. Avoid merely mechanical work. Drill in rapid mental work. Teach objectively solid measure, as measuring wood ; also surface measure, schoolyard.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Hygeine for Young People. Morals and manners.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Make collection of leaves. Study shapes, margins and veinings. Kinds of flowers, roots and stems.
DRAWING.
Drill in drawing objects bounded by reverse curves. Study plant and flower forms, and draw from nature. No erasing. Drawing book No. 4.
WRITING.
Copy book No. 4.
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SEVENTH YEAR.
READING.
Fourth Readers. World at Home. An excellent way to interest pupils in authors and literature is to mark the anniversaries of birth- days of authors by having read and recited selections from their works.
SPELLING.
Lessons constructed from text books used. Word Book.
LANGUAGE.
Write promisory notes, bills, receipts, etc. Business correspond- ence. Compositions on assigned subjects. Language Lessons.
GEOGRAPHY.
Harper's Common School completed. Written exercises in narrat- ing imaginary journeys, naming the route traveled, describing the country, its features and productions. Write letters from various parts of the country.
ARITHMETIC.
Practical Arithmetic from page 160 to 241. Continue to teach surface and solid measurements objectively.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Lessons on the Human Body. Morals and manners. Recitations illustrated from chart.
OBSERVATION LESSONS.
Continue the study of plants and trees. Uses of different woods. Make a collection of cross sections.
DRAWING.
Spiral curves. Continue study of leaf and flower forms. Con- ventionalize and construct simple decorative designs. Study front, upper and side faces of a cube from objects. Drawing book No. 5.
WRITING.
Copy book No. 5.
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EIGHTH YEAR.
READING.
Fourth Readers. World at Home. Selections.
SPELLING.
Written and oral. Words selected from text books. Word Book.
LANGUAGE.
Teach business forms ; telegraphic dispatches, notices, invitations. Compositions regularly on assigned subjects. Talks and reports on home readings. Language Lessons.
GEOGRAPHY.
Keep in mind geography by miscellaneous exercises. Geography matches. Production maps. Relative sizes of states by map sketches.
ARITHMETIC.
Finish Practical Arithmetic, review thoroughly the principles in preceding work. Teach origin and use of metric system. Explain bank notes, and other kinds of money issued by the Government. Origin and basis of National Banking System.
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE.
With this book study natural objects as far as possible. Make practical experiments in the department of Physics.
UNITED STATES HISTORY.
DRAWING.
Continue study of the cube, taking up cone and cylinder in the same way. In conventionalizing study to make well balanced forms. Drawing book No. 6.
WRITING.
Copy book No. 6.
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NINTH YEAR.
READING.
Fifth Reader. United States History.
SPELLING.
Written and oral, same as previous year.
LANGUAGE.
Drill on use of words often incorrectly used. Require clearness of statement with correct grammatical construction in the reproduc- tion of History, Geography, and Physiology lessons. Talks and reports of home readings. Swinton's Grammar.
GEOGRAPHY.
Physical Geography. Occasional general exercises from this' book may be made interesting to the entire school.
MATHEMATICS.
Algebra or Bookkeeping.
PHYSIOLOGY.
Study of the chart with written exercises.
Civil Government. Current events.
DRAWING.
Practical application of principles of perspective.
WRITING.
Copy books Nos. 7 and 8.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Value of books and supplies on hand March, 1891, .
$333.65
Paid for books and supplies during year. $211.15
Purchase, care and delivering books and sup- plies. ·
30.00
Postage, express. freight, etc., 9.59
Total cost of books and supplies, 1891-92. $250.74
Value of books and supplies on hand March, 1892, $336.40
Books in use in schools (estimated),
500.00
Total value of books and supplies on hand, $836.40
The revenues for the current year have been as follows :-
Appropriations for school purposes, ·
$2,500.00
Appropriation for transportation of pupils.
100.00
From state school fund,
284.56
Interest on town loan,
78.50
Total,
$2,963.06
EXPENDITURES. .
Teachers,
$2,393.00
Fuel, incidentals and care of school houses,
328.62
Books and supplies, . 250.74
Transportation of pupils,
40.00
Total, $3,012.36 We would recommend an appropriation of $2,500 for school pur- poses the coming year, $200 for repairs and $50 for transportation of pupils.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. S. F. WHITE, JASON BUTLER, Committee. HENRY M. BLISS,
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
SELECTMEN,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR, TREASURER, ASSESSORS, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY,
OF THE
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM,
FOR THE
Year Ending March 18, 1896.
PALMER, MASS. : PRESS OF C. B. FISKE & COMPANY. 1896.
List of Jurors.
AS REVISED BY THE SELECTMEN, MARCH 20, 1896.
Ethelbert Bliss,
Clarence Pease,
Edgar H. Keith, James Stephens,
Wm. H. Day,
Charles C. Beebe,
Charles E. Stacy,
Benjamin B. Green,
Edmund W. Jones,
Monroe Pease, James H. Farr,
Fred W. Green,
H. Herbert Burbank, Jason Butler, Jerome Pease. Frank A. Fuller,
William A. Mowry, Marshall P. Wright.
Report of the Selectmen and Over- seers of the Poor.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1895. SCHOOLS.
Salaries of teachers,
$2,888.10
Repairs,
90.79
Books and supplies,
639.71
Care of schoolhouses,
145.70
Insurance on schoolhouses,
80.00
Tuition at Wesleyan Academy,
570.00
Superintendent of schools,
353.10
Horse hire, E. S. Pond,
1.50
Horse hire, N. J. Clifford,
1.50
$4,770.40
TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS.
A. J. Cleland, $20.00
MEMORIAL DAY.
C. E. Peck, Treasurer of Veteran Soldiers' Association,
$75.00
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES.
Alvin Chilson, labor, $138.36
E. A. Buck, dynamite and powder,
2.94
5
W. F. Morgan, labor, $182.45
B. B. Green, labor, 168.74
F. A. Gurney, fuse, .65
American Road Machine Co., edge for scraper,
8.00
F. D. Thompson, repairing and sharpening tools, 3.90
C. E. Peck, repairing road machine,
16.00
E. C. Clark, labor,
146.66
C. E. Pease, labor,
75.19
J. H. Farr, labor, 140.81
J. H. Farr, repairing machine,
1.80
J. H. Farr, gravel,
.25
W. H. McGuire, labor,
118.19
John Speight, labor,
103.84
A. A. Phelps, labor,
88.06
C. E. Pease, material,
6.36
W. F. Morgan, material,
1.25
C. E. Stacy, nails,
.68
E. C. Clark, one dump scraper,
8.00
W. F. Morgan, labor on new road, " Maiden Lane," 32.00
Whitcomb, Kirkham & Hazen, 80 feet 8-inch pipe,
12.60
Geo. Patrick, labor,
3.00
P. Moran, labor,
.75
W. H. McGuire, material,
.40
Alden Bros., material,
24.60
F. D. Benton, labor,
.35
Alvin Chilson, material,
4.76
Town of Ludlow, lighting one half of bridge,
15.25
Town of Ludlow, repairing and shingling one half of red bridge, 49.29
$1,355.13
Special Appropriation of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for Hardening Boston Road from North Wilbraham to Springfield Line. W. F. Morgan, labor, $20.25
George, Patrick,
13.50
6
James H. Farr, labor,
$36.00
A. D. Seaver,
41.25
Andrew Anderson, 60
13.50
B. B. Green, 66
36.00
Thomas A. Marshall, 66
13.50
W. M. Green, 66
36.00
J. A. Bennett & Son, "
24.00
J. W. Baldwin,
66
12.00
H. LaBroad,
7.50
W. L. Collins, 66
24.00
LeRoy Lard,
9.00
M. A. Lane,
49.50
M. A. Lane, gravel, (480 loads @ 8c.)
38.40
$374.40
Special Appropriation of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for Hardening the Road from N. Wilbraham to Springfield Line via Wilbraham Center.
W. F. Morgan,
labor,
$ 3.50
Geo. Patrick,
66
3.00
E. C. Clark, 66
84.92
J. H. Farr,
8.00
A. D. Seaver,
8.00
Andrew Anderson,
3.00
B. B. Green,
66
8.00
Thos. A. Marshall, 66
3.00
W. M. Green,
8.00
J. A. Bennett & Son,
3.00
H. LaBroad,
3.00
Oliver Green,
3.00
A. A. Gladding,
4.00
W. L. Collins,
8.00
LeRoy Lard,
1.50
M. A. Lane,
11.00
· W. H. McGuire,
124.95
N. J. Merrill, gravel, (39 loads @ 10c,)
3.90
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L. J. Potter, gravel, (429 loads @ 7c,) $ 30.03
E. W. Jones, gravel, (116 loads @ 8c,) 9.28
James Richards, sand, (30 loads @ 10c,) 3.00
$334.08
Special Appropriation of Fifty Dollars (50.00) to Lower or Repair Hill near Geo. Tupper's.
W. F. Morgan, labor,
46.40
F. A. Gurney, fuse,
.40
$46.80
STATE ROAD.
P. H. Potter, lumber and labor, $10.64
Special Appropriation of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for Sidewalks between North Wilbraham and Wilbraham Center.
W. H. McGuire, $189.52
NEW ROAD SCRAPER.
Special Appropriation of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00).
Geo. E. Allen, one road machine, $200.00
B. & A. R. R. Co., freight, 8.12
$208.12
LIGHTING STREETS.
Care of lamps, Supplies and repairs,
$120.00
114.06
$234.06
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TOWN OFFICERS.
REGISTRARS.
C. E. Stacy,
$12.00
Henry Clark,
12.00
J. L. Rice, E. M. Scott,
12.00
12.00
$48.00
SELECTMEN.
Henry Clark,
$91.25
J. L. Rice,
77.55
E. M. Scott,
53.75
$222.55
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
$42.75
H. M. Bliss,
54.00
H. G. Webber,
45.00
$141.75
ASSESSORS.
Alvin Chilson, (1894),
$18.12
W. F. Morgan,
50.25
F. A. Gurney,
23.75
B. F. Greene,
25.90
$118.02
TREASURER.
C. E. Stacy,
$35.00
$35.00
AUDITOR.
Frank A. Gurney,
$5.00
CATTLE INSPECTORS.
H. G. Webber,
$ 4.00
Lyman Fiske,
50.00
$54.00
POLICE.
Earl M. Scott,
$3.00
Jason Butler,
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ROAD COMMISSIONER.
Henry Clark,
$24.50
TRUANT OFFICERS.
J. H. Farr,
$1.50
Hiram Danks,
1.40
$2.90
CARE OF CEMETERIES.
C. C. Day, Glendale,
$ 7.00
John Speight, Old Cemetery,
10.00
B. B. Green, Butlerville, 9.00
$26.00
TAX COLLECTOR.
Hiram Danks, $90.00
CONTINGENT ACCOUNT.
T. H. Linnehan, services at polls, $3.00
H. J. Morgan, services at polls, 2.00
C. G. Robbins, services at polls, 4.00
E. M. Scott, services at polls, 3.00
J. S. Morgan, services at polls, 6.00
M. H. Cooley, services at polls, 3.00
C. E. Stacy, services as election officer, 9.00
C. G. Robbins, posting warrants, 6.00
M. H. Cooley, posting warrants, 6.00
C. G. Robbins, notifying town officers, 4.20
E. M. Allis & Son, rent of room for registrars, 8.00
H. W. Cutler, treasurer of Grace Chapel par- ish, for use of chapel for town meeting, 40.00
C. E. Stacy, preparing ballots and correcting proof, 3.00
C. E. Stacy, preparing tally sheets, 10.00
C. E. Stacy, making out warrants, copying records, etc, 3.75
C. E. Stacy, meeting town clerks at Monson, 4.00
C. E. Stacy, express, 4.55
C. B. Fiske & Co., annual town reports for 1894-95, 22.88
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C. B. Fiske & Co., ballots, $ 6.50
C. B. Fiske & Co., tally sheets, 2.00
A. H. Bartlett, tax bills and valuation lists, 43.00
James D. Gill, assessors' field book and tax col- lector's book, 3.60
W. L. Collins, undertaker, 82.50
The Republican, advertising,
1.20
The Union, 2.88
J. W. Baldwin, P. M., 500 stamped envelopes, 10.90
M. H. Cooley, services as fire warden, 1.00
J. L. Rice, services in Cleaveland case, 5.67
M. H. Cooley, milking H. LaBroad's cows,
2.25
C. E. Stacy, recording births. marriages and deaths, 35.90
F. A. Fuller, allowance on putting in sewer on Maple street, 20.00
J. L. Rice, expenses to New Bedford to pur- chase the new hearse, 7.50
James Stephens, damages received on highway in March, 1895, 10.00
W. H. Day, services at election, 3.00
H. C. Burr, use of water tank, 5.00
Geo. A. Russell, care and winding town clock, 25.00
C. L. Long, legal services, 34.00
H. G. Webber, returning births, 2.00
J. M. Perry, town loan committee, interest on town loan bill, April 1, 1896, 78.50
Geo. A. Russell, use of music hall for caucuses, 1895, 5.00
W. L. Collins, rent of room for town offices, 36.00
F. A. Gurney, services at polls, 3.00
F. A. Gurney, telephone message, .15
C. E. Stacy, burial certificate,
3.00
C. E. Stacy, mucilage and telephone,
.45
Henry Clark, recording deeds, .50
Henry Clark, wicks for oil stove,
.40
Earl M. Scott, posting town warrant, 3.00
$576.18
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PAUPERS.
C. G. Robbins, 262 tramps at 20 cents, (March, 1895,) $ 52.40
C. G. Robbins, 220 tramps at 20 cents, 44 00
C. G. Robbins, 2 tramps over Sunday, .60
C. G. Robbins, lease of land for tramp house, 1.00
C. G. Robbins, stove for tramp house, 9.50
F. A. Gurney, coal for tramp house, 5.13
C. G. Robbins, coal for tramp house,
5.94
J. W. Baldwin, coal for tramp house,
7.11
J. B. Moulton and wife,
96.00
A. S. Tufts and wife,
109.97
Betsey Webster,
124.96
Frank Amo, Sr., medical attendance,
3.00
Frank Amo, Sr., coffin and box,
12.00
Paid Henry Clark for time and expenses in Frank Amo case,
9.50
Abbie Phelps,
20.00
H. G. Mather, care,
25.00
Bryan Fallon, care of child,
14.00
Wm. Wryan, medical attendance,
1.00
Fred Whitcomb, supplies,
11.13
Fred Whitcomb, medical attendance,
28.00
Fred Whitcomb, washing,
1.00
Alfred Bliss,
4.00
James Moulton, supplies,
9.64
James and Catherine Moulton, transportation from Worcester,
1.24
Mrs. Foley, supplies,
4.72
Earl M. Scott, care of tramps, 10.00
E. G. Washburn, coffin for child of F. Frebolt,
5.00
$615.84
TOWN LIBRARY.
Mabel F. Gates, librarian,
$11.00
Jason Butler, express and freight,
1.05
Eunice Bell, librarian,
12.00
Charles H. Woodman, books,
1.56
King, Richardson & Co., books,
117.13
$142.74
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NEW HEARSE. Special Appropriation, Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($650.00). George L. Brownell, one new hearse, $750.00 CR.
By one second-hand hearse, $250.00
By freight on new hearse,
15.60
Balance,
$484.40
Fred L. Stebbins, freight on new hearse,
15.60
$500.00
STATE AID, CHAP. 301, ACTS OF 1894.
Paid Frances M. Davis,
$48.00
William Butler,
48.00
Cordelia Sheldon,
48.00
James C. Moody,
36.00
$180.00
SUMMARY.
Expenses for schools,
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