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ANNUAL REPORT
ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE
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MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
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GC 974.102 H25AR, 1896
Town of Hartford
FOR THE YEAR ENING FEB: 13.
1896.
O. M. Richardson, Steam Book and Job Printer. Canton, Maine. 1896.
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
-OF THE-
Town of Hartford
FOR THE YEAR ENING FEB. 13.
1896.
O. M. Richardson, Steam Book and Job Printer. Canton, Maine. . 1896.
Allen County Public Library
TOWN OFFICERS.
Frank L. Warren, - Selectmen, James W. Libby, - Assessors,
D. A. Fletcher. and Overseers of the Poor.
Clerk and Treasurer, M. C, Osgood.
Superintendent of Schools, Roscoe G. Ricker.
Collector and Constable, . Moses Alley.
Orlando Irish, Wm. P. Hayford, F. L. Warren, James H. Libby, R. G. Ricker.
Superintending School Com.
REPORT OF SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen would make the following report for the year ending Feb. 14, 1896.
Valuation April 1, 1895 :-
Resident real estate
$164,200 00
Resident personal estate.
. 43,879 00
Non-resident real estate
33,059 00
Non-resident personal estate
500 00-
Total.
$241,638 00
2,012 00
Town farm property
Amount assessed on $239,626 00
Appropriated and assessed :
State tax.
$668 65
County tax 287 09
Common schools.
551 20
Free High school
100 00
Support of poor
.500 00
Town charges.
500 00
Repairs of roads and bridges
300 00
For building school house
500 00
For building iron bridge
250 00
Overlay on taxes
154 34
Supplimentary tax
6 00
Highway deficiency returned.
111 49-
Total amount for collection . . $3,928 77 No. of polls, 214. Poll tax, $3.00, Rate per cent. 13} mills.
Amount raised by town for highway tax to be expend-
ed in labor.
$2,000
Poll tax, $1.00.
Rate per cent. 7₺ mills.
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REPAIRS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Amount raised by town $300 00
Unexpended in 1895
57 45
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Total
357 45
Orders Drawn.
Sylvander DeCoster, labor in '94. $3 50
Edgar C. Irish, bridge plank,'94 10 62
Lewis A. Farrar, bridge plank in '95 4 26
Woodsum & Merrill, labor in '95
19 00
E. L. Andrews, labor in '95 8 75
A. B. Briggs, bridge plank in '95 .
13 45
Axel W. Fogg, labor in '95. 12 00
Arthur Soper, labor in '95
12 88
D. A. Fletcher, labor in '95.
3 75
D. A. Fletcher, repairs on road machine
7 70
Wm. F. Mitchell, labor in '95 13 25
C. H. Berry, labor in '95
.5 50
A. S. Sampson, labor in '95
2 75
D. R. Stewart, labor in '95
5 00
L. A. Farrar, bridge plank in '95.
7 16
A. B. Briggs, bridge plank in '95
10 55
J. W. Dunn, labor in '95.
3 30
A. B. Benson, labor in '95.
7 88
J. F. Philbrick, road damage in '94.
15 00
Albert Ames, labor in '95. 4 00
George Q. Glover, labor in '95 3 00
Chas. T. Hobbs, labor in '95.
1 25
D. A. Fletcher, labor, bridge stringers in '94.
9 37
Total labor in summer.
$183 89
SNOW BILLS.
Orders Drawn.
Sewall Staples, breaking roads in '94 and '95. . $10 50
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E. W. Turner, breaking roads in '94 and '95 2 85 Geo. Coutier, breading roads in '94 and '95 2 50 Henry Knapp, breaking roads in '94 and '95. .7 37 Elisha B. Howard, breaking roads in '94 and '95.18 50 A. L. Soper, breaking roads in '94 and '95. 17 00
A. B. Benson, breaking roads in '94 and '95 .. 2 00
J. W. Dunn, breaking roads in '94 and '95. 1 12
D. R. Stewart, breaking roads in '94 and '95 1 30
F. J. Bridgham, breaking roads in '94 and '95
2 42
J. W. Libby, shoveling snow. 4 36
Wm. E. Davis, breaking roads in '93 and '94 3 00
Erastus W. Tinkham, breaking roads in '94 and 5 2 62 W. G. Knapp, shoveling snow in '94 and '95 . 4 00
Total labor in winter $79 50
Total orders drawn
263 43
Balance unexpended. $94 02
The towns of Sumner and Hartford bought of King Bridge Co. an iron bridge that has been shipped to cost $400.
TOWN FARM ACCOUNT.
Names and ages of inmates :
Daniel Foster, age 57. Sarah Stubbs, age 63.
Walter Lucas, age 46. Hannah Leighton, age 73.
Mercy A. Ellis, age 58.
Schedule of stock, provisions, etc. on the farm Feb. 11, 1896.
1 horse, 2 oxen, 1 2-yr-old heifer.
2 shoats, 7 cows, 41 hens,
18 tons hay, 20 bushels meal, 1} tons straw,
5 bushels corn, 150 lbs. C. S. meal 40 bushels oats,
5 bushels apples 4} bushels beans, 215 lbs. pork,
70 bu. potatoes, 150 lbs. beef, 2 bushels beets,
1 bbl. pickles, ¿ bushel parsnips, ¿ bushel onions,
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19 qts.canned gds, 8 qts. maple syrup, 100 lbs. cabbage, 3 bbl. flour, 25 lbs. dried apple, 5 lbs. tallow,
27 lbs. sugar,
≥ 1b. tea,
10 lbs. butter,
1 1b. raisins,
*5 lbs. butter salt, 1 lb. spices,
17 lbs. lard,
2 gallons oil,
5 bars soap,
3 qts. molasses,
4 doz. eggs.
Expenditures of Town Farm.
Feed
$68 29
Butchering 1 25
Pigs and shoat 14 50
Hhd.
1 00
Crackers 1 00
Crockery and hardware 8 02
Blacksmithing and repairs 12 16
Clothes, cloth and thread 14 74
Molasses.
5 45
Tea and coffee. 10 00
Cheese. 2.14
Boots, shoes and rubbers
7 85
Meat and fish 31.03
Sugar 16 10
Oil 4 70
Raisins 95
· Soda, spices, etc.
3 04
Lard 5 50
Salt 1 97
Soap
1 98
Broom .
1 00
Flour 40 00
Miscellaneous articles . 4 76
Medical aid and medicine 4 45
Services of bull 3 50
Grass seed.
11 18
Heald & Lunt, feed
4 70
F. L. Warren, 2 cows 75
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Wallace Russell, part of salary 100 00
D. A. Corliss, labor 3 00
O. Irish, groceries . 40 00
Wm. Stanley, feed.
25 25
Geo. Q. Glover, shingles
3 75
R. G. Ricker, phosphate
10 00
S. F. Stetson, phosphate for seeding.
13 50
John V. Thurlow, balance cow trade .5 00
F. L. Warren, feed.
12 45
Heald & Lunt, feed .
38 45
T, B. W. Sterson, feed.
18 92
L. B. Bisbee, feed .
2 80
Gilbert Childs & Co., groceries
27 70
O. F. Taylor, groceries
.6 81
O. Irish, groceries.
6 62
Iron pipe and fixtures
9 55
Paid for heifer.
28 00
Wallace Russell, balance of salary
47 06
Total expenditures. $680 87
Receipts of Town Farm.
Cream checks
$219 65
Veal calves 35 00
Potatoes 6 79
Maple Syrup
2 25
Milk 2 02
Eggs
5 76
Pork
58 64
Oats
3 42
Poultry 13 88
Labor off farm. 32 91
Pasturing horse, E. C. Irish .3 00
Sweet corn checks 37 99
Wood sold . 16 50
1 cow sold 40 00
Total receipts $477 81
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Balance against the farm
.203 06
There are 100 R. R. ties hewn, 3 cords of hem- lock bark and 5 cords of white birch.
Pauper Bills off the Town Farm.
H. A. Smith, medical attendance of J. E. $16 25 Starbird.
H. A. Smith, medical attendance of J. E.
Starbird.
50 75
Nathan Reynolds, medicine for Mrs. J. E.
Starbird.
35 10
Wm. Pease, medical attendance of Wm. G.
Page
36 00
$138 10
Assistance rendered those having settlements in other towns.
Stillman Gurney, support of Annie G. Spen- cer and family $103 50
L. A. Farrar, supplies furnished for Annie G.
Spencer and family
8 16
Dr. Coolidge, medical attendance of Annie G.
Spencer
5 00
Reene Gurney, support of Annie G. Spencer and family .6 00
O. Irish, support of Annie G. Spencer and family 4. 90 F. L. Warren, support of Annie G. Spencer and family . 1.60
Due from Hermon for support of Annie G. Spencer for the year 1895 62 37
Orlando Irish, supplies furnished O. N. Haskell 52 00 D. A. Fletcher, supplies furnished O. N. Haskell 20 85
$204 38
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Received from the town of Poland on account of O. N. Haskell $36 55 Received from the town of Hermon on account of Annle G. Spencer 191 45
Due from Poland for support of O. N. Haskell. . 36 38
$264 38
SCHOOL ACCOUNT.
Amount raised by town.
$551 20
School fund and mill tax.
467 18
Amount received from Buckfield 63 55
Unexpended in 1894.
305 55
Total
$1.387 48
Paid for teaching summer schools.
$384 50
Paid for teaching winter schools 558 25
Paid for wood. 49 25
Paid for cleaning school houses
13 50
Paid for building fires. 18 50
Paid for school supplies
19 83
Paid for schooling scholars in other
towns
22 00
Paid for carrying scholars
26 00
Total
$1,091 83
Amount unexpended
$295 65
Free High School.
Amount raised by town
$100 00
Unexpended in '94.
55 40
Received from State
100 00
Total
$255 40
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Paid K. W. Spaulding for teaching. . $100 00 Paid Miss Lida Merrill for teaching. .. 100 00- Total $200 00
Amount unexpended
$55 40
Amt. raised for building and repairs . . $500 00
Amount unexpended in '94. 50 84
Total $550 84
Paid W. H. Allen for building Mountain
House
$449 00
Paid Alonzo Fuller for house lot
10 00
Paid for stone work, grading, etc.
53 50
Paid Thomas Kane & Co. for seats.
64 30
Total
576 80
Paid for painting, pump, etc. at Tyler Corner house 15 05
Paid for repairs on Whiting house
73 13
Paid for seats for Whiting house 60 30
Total .
725 28
Due from Buckfield on repairs of Whiting
house
53 37
671 91
Amount overdrawn.
121 07
Amount drawn for school books
.26 90
Orders Drawn for Abatement of Taxes.
Wm. Hayford's bills for 1894.
Fred A. Robinson, bills of 1893, out of town. . . . $3 00 John C. Philbrook, bills of 1894, paid in Turner . . 3 00 Leon L. Newton, bills of 1894, paid in Dixfield . . . 3 00 Adelbert T. Glover, bills of 1894, illegal. 3 00 Andrew P. York, bills of 1894, paid in Canton .3 00 James Irish, bills of 1894,
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Highway deficiency paid to treasurer $18 74
$33 74
Moses Alley's bills of 1895.
Chas. B. Reed, bills of 1895, out of State 3 00
Frank A. Reed, bills of 1895, out of State 3 00
Charles M. Newton, bills of 1895, dead 3 00
Joseph F. Palmer, bills of 1895, paid in Sumner . . 3 00
12 00
ORDERS DRAWN ON ACCOUNT OF SHEEP KILLED BY DOGS,
L. W. Thompson
28 75
H. A. Thompson
11 00
A. Jordan.
.5 25
Emery L. Merrill
3 00
Geo. A. Holmes 6 00
Moses Alley .
10 00
Geo. R. Russell
.5 00
E. L. Andrews.
7.50
Total. 76 50
ORDERS DRAWN FOR OTHER TOWN CHARGES
F. L. Warren, services as selectman, etc. $57 75
C. C. Fletcher, services as selectman, etc.
54 00
T. B. W. Stetson, services as selectman, etc.
.29 00
M. C. Osgood, services as town clerk
13 20
M. C. Osgood, services as treasurer. 35 29
H. F. Irish, services as superintendent of schools 67 48 J. C. Caldwell, services for returning births and deaths 5 50
John Thompson, services as trustee of ministerial and school fund. .75
O. M. Richardson, printing town reports
14 30
M. C. Osgood, harness for hearse.
20 00
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M. C. Osgood, record book for licensing dogs 1 25 Alfred Cole, blank books. 6 60 A. L. Stanwood, recording births and deaths. 1 25
Adelbert Kidder, decorating soldiers' graves.
4 46
A. S. Hathaway, insurance on school house
12 50
M. C. Osgood, non-resident tax deeds. 16 56
John Widbur, erecting voting booths, 1894. 1 00
Frederick Danforth, services as civil engineer on bridge 15 75
Wm. P. Hayford, collecting taxes 1894
27 00
M. C. Osgood, care of hearse
14 00
Moses Alley, collecting taxes 1895
25 00
Interest paid during the year
95 67
F. L. Warren, selectmen's cash expenses
11 10
TOWN OFFICER'S BILLS.
F. L. Warren, Selectmen, etc.
$68 00
J. W. Libby, Selectmen, etc ..
34 90
D. A. Fletcher, Selectmen, etc.
31 90
M. C. Osgood, Clerk
8 25
M. C. Osgood, Treasurer
39 21
R. G. Ricker, Superintendent of schools 61 00
Due Moses Alley, Collector for 1895. .. 24 50
Total .
267 76
STANDING OF THE TOWN.
Liabilities.
Outstanding orders bearing interest.
.200 00
Interest due
.6 75
School money due. 295 65
Town officers' bills for 1895 amount due 267 76
Other outstanding orders
88 45
Other outstanding bills, estimated
50 00
Total liabilities
902 94
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Resources.
Cash in treasury
140 42
Due from Moses Alley, Coll. for '95 1,008 84
Due from town of Poland for support of O. N. Haskell .36 38
Due from town of Buckfield for repairs
on Whiting school house
53 37
Non-resident tax deeds.
16 56
Due from Provost & Beauregard for
wood
160 00
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1,415 57
Balance in favor of town
512 63
All of which is respectfully submitted.
F. L. WARREN,
Selectmen
J. W. LIBBY,
of
D. A. FLETCHER, S
Hartford.
TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.
M. C. Osgood in account with the town of Hart ford, Feb. 14, 1896.
Feb. 21, 1895, due from Wm. P. Hayford, col- lector for 1894. $2,124 35
Feb. 21, 1895, cash in treasury 182 19
March 6, 1895, received highway deficiency from Isaac Bonney and Mrs. C. A. Tucker '94 3 10
May 11, 1895, received of F. L. Warren. 200 00
May 22, 1895, received for sale of Wood's school house .7 00
May 27, 1895, received highway tax for 1894 of O. H. Hersey and shoe and leather bank . . .. 2 82 Jan. 22, tax bills committed to Moses Alley, collector for 1895 3,922 77
Jan. 9, 1896, bills committed to Moses Alley, supplimentary tax 6 00
July, 1895, received of G. W. Ricker, highway tax 1895. 3 00
May 2, 1895, received certificate of credit from State on account of dog license refund- ed '95. .70 50
July 13, 1895, received amount due from State on account of school fund and mill tax, due town of Hartford, 1895. .467 18 July 13, 1895 received for dog license for 1895. . 70 00
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Aug. 27, 1895, received of town of Hermon on
account of Annie G. Spencer and family 191 45 Oct. 14, 1895, received of Jas. Irish on account of Knapp tax deed. 5 39
Nov. 6, 1895, cream check from town farm
21 21
Dec. 3, 1895, received for sweet corn
26 09
Dec. 9, 1895, received of F. L. Allen for wood
2 50
Dec. 17, 1895, received from State on account of Free High school. 100 00
Dec. 21, 1895, received from cream check
24 36
Dec. 21, 1895, received for wages of teacher overdrawn and wood. 9 50
Jan. 9, 1896, received for wood sold from town farm 45 00
Jan. 9, 1896, received of town of Poland on ac-
count of O. N. Haskell
36 55
Jan. 15, '96, received cream check.
19 20
Jan. 18, '96, received of John T. Glover, interest on ministerial and school fund 14 14
Feb. 8, '96, received cream check
17 55
Feb. 13, '96, for wood sold.
225 47
Feb. 13, '96, received from F. L. Warren, high- way deficiency. 27 15
Feb. 13, '96, received from town farm pork
4 40
Feb. 13, '96, received from town of Buckfield, tuition 63 55
$7,892 42
Cr.
Aug. 19, 1895, paid State Treasurer amount received for dog license $70 00
Oct. 8, '95, paid County tax. 287 09
Jan. 4, '96, paid State tax for 1995 .668 65
Orders redeemed.
5,717 42
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Feb. 14, '96, due from Moses Alley, collector for 1895 . 1,008 84
Cash in treasury
140 42
$7,892 42 Respectfully submitted.
M. C. Osgood, Treasurer of Hartford. Approved Feb. 14, 1896.
F. L. WARREN, Selectmen J. W. LIBBY, of
D. A. FLETCHER, Hartford.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT.
Line. School.
Summer term, Miss Effie Newton, teacher. She got the good will of her scholars, nearly all of them small, and good work was done. Whole number 14, average 12. Wages of teacher $4.50 per week ..
Winter term, W. H. Ryerson, teacher. Mr. Ryerson fully maintained the reputation he gained as a teacher in this district two years ago. He had the respect of all and excellent progress was the result. Whole number 18, average 14. Wages of teacher $30 per month.
Whiting School.
Summer term, Miss Emma Alley, teacher. This was Miss. Alley's ninth term. The order was good and the progress very satisfactory. Whole number 9, av- erage 8. Wages of teacher $4.50 per week.
Winter term, Miss Nettie L. DeCoster, teacher. Miss DeCoster is perfectly at home in the school-room and perfect order and good advancement are always the result in whatever school she is placed. Whole number 14, average 12. Wages of teacher $6.50 per week.
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Mountain School.
Miss Leora Mitchell taught both terms. Miss Mitchell has done good work in this school the past year. I was pleased with the enthusiasm manifested by the class in First Reader. Both teacher and pupils appeared to appreciate the pleasant quarters the new school-house afforded them for the winter term. The united efforts of parents, teacher and scholars in rais- ing money for a flag for the school is praiseworthy. Whole number in summer 9, average 8. Winter 15, average 11. Wages of teacher, summer $4.50; winter $6.50 per week.
Richardson School.
Summer term, Miss Nettie L. DeCoster, teach- er. This was Miss DeCoster's second term in this school. The interest and advancement were both good and the order excellent. Whole number 13, average 11. Wages of teacher $4.50 per week.
Winter term, Fred R. Dyer,teacher. The order was good and the closing examinations showed good advancement. Whole number 17, average 14. Wages of teacher $30.00 per month.
Stetson School.
Summer term, Miss Edith Parsons, teacher. This school was very small and Miss Parsons showed good tact in maintaining interest with so few scholars. The progress made was good. Whole number 5, aver- age 4. Wages of teacher, $4.50 per week.
Winter term, Miss Effie Newton, teacher. This was Miss Newton's fifth term. The examinations showed good progress, with a fair degree of thorough- ness. Whole number 11, average 10. Wages of teach- er $6.50 per week.
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Hartford Centre School.
Summer term, Miss Sadie G. Alley,teacher. Al- though this was Miss Alley's second experience a's a teacher, she showed herself equal to the situation Her methods are good and we considered it a profitable term. Whole number 18, average 16. Wages of teacher $4.50 per week.
Winter term, Miss Edith Parsons, teacher. At the time of my first visit the order was good and the scholars appeared interested in their work. On ac- count of ill health Miss Parsons was obliged to close her school at the end of the eighth week ; so I was un- able to make a second visit. The parents, however, report good advancement. Whole number 17, average 14. Wages of teacher, $6.50 per week,
Town Farm District.
Summer term, Miss Mattie Bradeen, teacher. This was Miss Bradeen's second term. The order was good and the scholars made good advancement. Whole number 12ª average 8. Wages of teacher $4.00 per week.
Winter term, Miss Rosa Francis, teacher. This was Miss Francis' twentieth term. To such of the scholars as chose to attend the entire term it was a profitable term, as the closing examinations attested. Wages of teacher $6.50 per week.
Tyler Corner School.
Summer term, Miss Mary Bryant, teacher. Miss Bryant is an excellent scholar and has had good suc- cess as a teacher in other towns. In this case, howev- er, she failed to exercise sufficient governing influence and her school was not all we could have wished. Whole number 22, average 17. Wages of teacher $5.50 per week,
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Winter term, C. H Ricker, teacher. The order was good and the closing examinations very satisfac- tory. Whole nnmber 24, average 17. Wages of teach- er $35.00 per month.
Glover School.
It was the intention of the committee that this district should unite with the Tyler Corner school. But on account of the scholars being small the parents preferred to give the board and have the amonnt that would necessarily be paid for carrying the scholars ex- pended for a school in their own district. Miss Fan- nie Sewall taught the summer term with very satis- factory results. Whole number 4, average 3. Wages of teacher $2.50 per week. A winter term is now in progress under the care of our well known teacher, Miss Mary Crockett.
FREE HIGH SCHOOLS. Tyler Corner School.
K. W. Spaulding, teacher. This was one of the most profitable terms of the year. Mr. Spaulding not only succeeded in bringing order out of chaos, but the advancement was excellent. Whole number 34, aver- age 27. Wages of teacher $40.00 per month.
Richardson School.
Miss Lida A. Merrill, teacher. At my first vis- it enthusiasm of teacher and interest of scholars was noticeable. But at my second visit the department indicated that the scholars had in some way lost their interest. The progress, however, was very good. Whole number 28, average 26. Wages of teacher $10 per week.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
A large part of our books have been in use nearly five years, and many of them are unfit for use.
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Although there was no money appropriated for the purpose, I have been obliged to purchase some books, the amount of which is reported elsewhere. Some of the summer schools were at a disadvantage on account of the worn condition of the small Readers. Seeing that something must be done before the winter terms, by advise of the committee I contracted with the Werner Publishing Co. for a partial exchange of Read- ers, on one year's time, i. e., the exchange to be com- pleted the following year and the whole bill settled then. It will cost less to exchange than to buy out- right and I would recommend that $150.00 be raised for the purchase of books.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
A very cosy and comfortable house has been built at the Mountain, so located as to accommodate both that district and the scholars who have formerly been schooled in Turner at Willard's Mills.
The Whiting house has been repaired in a thor- ough manner. The Richardson and Stetson houses are in bad condition and should next receive the at- tention of the town. The committee would recom- mend that a new house be built somewhere in the neighborhood of the church for the accommodation of the Richardson, Stetson and Chickering districts.
TEACHERS.
I believe the teachers the past year have en- deavored earnestly to make their terms profitable,and I feel that if the parents had a better knowledge of what the teachers are really endeavoring to do, and should acquaint themselves with the teachers' meth- ods of school work by more frequent visits to the school rooms, they might be more willing to allow
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their scholars to profit by the little corrections and. criticisms of the teachers, which we believe are made only with the best of intentions. The patrons of the schools cannot realize the demoralizing effect it has upon a school to freely discuss the imperfections of the teacher in the home in the presence of their schol- ars, or they would be less free to practice it.
Respectfully submitted.
R. G. RICKER, Supt. of Schools.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Marriage Certificates Recorded in 1895.
Feb. 3, 1895, Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Barry.
Feb. 26, 1895, 66 66 Humbert C. Thomas.
Jan. 9, 1895, 66 Clarence S. Mitchell.
Aug. 3 1895, 66 John C. Marston.
Aug. 17, 1895, 66 Herbert M. Sampson.
Nov. 24, 1895, 66 Edwin D. Waterhouse.
Nov. 28, 1895, 66 66 Carroll W. Thompson.
Dec. 18, 1895, 66
Elmer H. York.
BIRTHS IN 1895.
May 14, 1895, Mr. and Mrs. Abram G. Marston, a son.
May 14, '95, 66 Frank Palmer,a daughter.
May 13, '95, Annie G. Spencer, twin sons. May 20, '95, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Spaulding, a daugh- ter. Aug. 14, '95, 66 Burton A. Hutchinson, a
son.
Aug. 30, '95, ter.
66 John V. Thurlow, a daugh-
Aug. 30, '95,
66 F. L Warren, a son.
Nov. 29, '95,
66 Sewall Staples, a son.
DEATHS IN 1895.
Jan. 17, 1895, Abbie H. DeCoster, aged 58 years.
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June 1, '95, Lydia Clark, aged 77 years and 22 days. June 6, '95, Sylvander DeCoster, aged 59 years, 3 mos. and 23 days.
July 16, '95, Lewis B. Reed, aged 73 years, 5 months and 3 days.
Sept. 16, '95, Ada M. Thurlow, aged 32 years, 2 mos. Oct. 21, '95, Mary F. Foye, 69 years, 6 months and 23 days.
Oct. 23, '95, Chas. M. Newton, 49 years, 11 mos. and 12 days.
Feb. 1, '96, Mary Cary, aged 76 years, 5 mos. and 20 days.
Feb. 9, '96, Elizabeth Benson, aged 56 years.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL MEETING.
To Moses Alley, Constable of the town of Hartford, in the County of Oxford ; Greeting :
In the name of the State of Maine you are here- by required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the said town of Hartford, qualified by law to vote in town affairs, to assemble at the town hall in said town, on Monday, the second day of March, A. D. 1896, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following ar- ticles, to wit :-
ART. 1 .- To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2 .- To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of Poor and Superintending School Committee.
ART. 3 .- To choose all necessary town officers for the year ensuing.
ART. 4 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to appointing two more trustees for minis- terial and school fund.
ART. 5 .- To see if the town will grant and raise such sums of money as may be necessary for the main- tenance and support of schools and the poor, repair of roads and bridges, and to defray all other town charges for the ensuing year.
ART. 6 .- To see what sum of money the town
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will vote to raise, if any, for erecting and repairing of school houses for the ensuing year.
ART. 7 .- To see what per cent. of the highway tax of 1896, if any, the town will vote to be paid into the treasurer, instead of working it on the highway. The sum to be paid on or before the first day of July, A. D. 1896.
ART. 8 .- To see if the town will vote to have one or more Free High schools the ensuing year.
ART. 9 .- To see what action the town will take in relation to repairing or re-building the barn on the town farm.
ART. 10 .- To see what sum of money, if any, the town will appropriate for the purchase of school books.
The selectmen give notice that they will be in session for the purpose of revising and correcting the list of voters at the town hall, at 9 o'clock in the fore- noon, on the day of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Hartford this 15th day of February, A. D. 1896.
F. L. WARREN, Selectmen
J. W. LIBBY, of
D. A. FLETCHER, Hartford.
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