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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01848 3765
GC 974.202 SA32, 1871-1880
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN TREASURER, SELECTMEN,
AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OFETHE
TOWN OF SALEM, N. H.
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1871.
LAWRENCE, MASS. GEO. S. MERRILL & CO., PRINTERS. 1871.
-
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN TREASURER, SELECTMEN,
AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
TOWN OF SALEM, N. H.
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1871.
LAWRENCE, MASS .: GEQ. S. MERRILL & CO., PRINTERS. 1871.
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1870.
TOWN CLERK. BENJAMIN R. WHEELER.
- SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF POOR. GEORGE N. AUSTIN, WILLIAM B. KIMBALL, GILMAN D. KELLY.
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. JOEL A. STEELE.
COLLECTOR. JOHN AUSTIN.
AUDITORS.
EDWARD GRIFFIN,
DANIEL N. RUSS,
ABRAHAM H. MERRILL.
CONSTABLE.
ASA S. AUSTIN.
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIVED.
Cash rec'd of former Treasurer,
$655 45
Gilman D. Kelley,
100 00
66
Mary Allen,
200 00
66 Jonathan Cluff, for oven,
160 00
66
Washington Woodbury,
200 00
County for support of paupers,
227 35
Dean Emerson,
200 00
66
Eliphalet Coburn,
1,500 00
Jonathan G. Clough,
100 00
Mary Allen,
100 00
66
Enoch Taylor,
354 44
66
State Treasurer, Liter- ary fund, 121 22
65
State Treasurer, Rail-
road tax, 536 69
66
State Treasurer, Sav- ings Bank tax, 88 95
William P. Merrill, for horse, 50 00
66
Obadiah Duston,
150 00
66
Jemima Hall,
495 54
66
Town of Atkinson, for
support of Hosea Evans, 25 00
Town of Atkinson, no- tice of Hosea Evans case, 9 07
66 William G. Crowell, for support of Charles Silver, 250 00
66
Daniel J. Day, 496 47
4
Cash rec'd of John Austin, uncol- lected taxes for 1869, John Austin, in part for taxes, 1870, 10,168 08
$2,231 32
$18,419 58
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS.
District No. 1 .- Town appropriation, $184 71 Railroad money 53 66
Literary Fund, 37 86
Special School Tax, Dog tax,
22 00
423 23
District No. 2 .- Town appropriation,
48 47
Railroad money,
53 66
Literary Fund, Dog tax,
9 93
22 00
134 06
District No. 3 .- Town appropriation,
57 99
Railroad money,
53 65
Literary Fund,
11 88
Dog tax,
22 00
145 53
District No. 4 .- Town appropriation 102 70
Railroad money,
53 66
Literary Fund,
21 05
Dog tax,
22 00
199 41
District No. 5 .- Town appropriation, 87 70
Railroad money, 53 66
Literary Fund,
17 97
Dog tax,
22 00
181 33
District No. 6 .- Town appropriation, 209 50
Railroad money,
53 66
Literary Fund,
42 94
Dog tax,
22 00
328 10
District No. 7 .- Town appropriation, 89 41
Railroad money,
53 66
Literary Fund,
18 32
Dog tax,
22 00
183 39
District No. 8 .- Town appropriation, 85 23
Railroad money, 53 66
125 00
5
Literary Fund, 17 47 Dog tax, 22 00
178 36
District No. 9 .- Town appropriation,
84 92
Railroad money, Literary Fund, Dog tax,
53 66
17 40
22 00
177 98
District No. 10 .- Town appropriation,
72 04
Railroad money,
53 66
Literary Fund,
14 76
Dog tax,
22 00
162 46
$2,113 85
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid William L. Bradford, working highway tax in District No. 1,
39 43
John Webber, working highway tax in District No 2,
30 00
Robert Emerson,
Dist. No. 3.
35 00
William Stanton,
4, 16 00
John F. Smith,
5,
45 00
John F. Smith, repairing bridge,
8 00
Isaac Thom, work highway tax,
6,
85 00
Charles Kimball, " 66
7, 42 00
Charles Kimball, straightening road,
15 00
Darius M. Thom, working highway tax,
8, 22 00
Jerome B. Colby,
66
10,
55 00
Philip Ayer,
66
66
12,
130 00
Dean Woodbury,
66
66
13,
18 83
William P. Merrill,
66
14,
30 00
Prescott B. Emerson, 66
66
15,
40 00
Charles W. Kimball, "
66
16,
33 00
Nathaniel H. Paul,
66
18,
115 00
Morse Bailey,
66
66
19,
110 00
Samuel Cook, .
66
20,
63 00
Albertus Coburn,
21,
20 00
John Clark,
66
22,
35 32
66
9,
18 00
Charles V. Butler,
11,
30 00
Francis B. Kelley,
17,
59 60
William Taylor, 06
6
Paid S. P. Kelley, working highway tax,
Dist. No. 23, 80 00
S. P. Kelley, 325 feet plank, 8 00
Moses A. Kelley, working highway tax, 24,
60 00
John W. Cluff, 66
25,
25 00
Benj. Woodbury,
26,
35 00
Levi Cluff,
66
27,
47 00
John P. Bodwell,
66
28,
35 00
Aaron G. Wilson, 66
66 31,
17 30
Asa C. Livingston, repairing bridge and road,
13 87
Benj. R. Wheeler, repairing bridge near Joseph Webster's, 55 45
Samuel H. Palmer, repairing bridge,
6 75
Wm. G. Crowell, 5g tons pine timber for bridge, 15 38
G. D. Kelley, repairing highway and gravel, 7 35
A. J. Silver, land for new road,
1 00
Livi Cluff, repairing bridge.
8 85
Isaac B. Corliss, repairing bridge and cover- ing stone, 15 00
Robert H. McDonald, repairing bridge,
1 50
Prescott B. Emerson, repairing bridge,
2 50
Moores Bailey, repairing bridge,
21 25
Stringers, sticks, for railings and spikes,
19 10
Repairing highway,
2 01
Richard Taylor, 776 feet plank,
13 98
Four Stringers, 1931 feet,
38 62
C. V. Butler, repairing highway and bridge,
9 20
James F. Fletcher, land for channel for brook at the new bridge, near J. M. Graham's,
2 00
$1,668 29
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF NON-RESIDENT HIGHWAY TAXES. Paid Silas Hall, working non-resident highway taxes in 1868, $14 94
29, 32 00
Robert H. McDonald, " .
7
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SNOW PATHS.
Ezra B. Hall,
breaking roads,
$2 75
Harvey Harris,
7 17
Thaddeus Richardson,
5 66
William Stanton,
66
4 60
. Hiram Woodbury,
15 75
Isaac Woodbury,
3 29
Benjamin E. Chase,
66
2 00
Philip Ayer, 65
66
5 58
Isachar O. Foster,
1 33
Tristram C. Adams,
7 33
Isaac B. Corliss,
66
1 00
Charles W Kimball,
66
66
8 71
Charles L. Wilson,
5 70
Asa C. Livingston,
4 41
Benjamin R. Wheeler,
66
2 50
Daniel Merrill,
66
11 00
Richard Taylor,
66
7 67
Isaiah Woodbury,
. 66
8 08
Charles V. Butler,
66
13 03
$117 56
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CONTINGENCIES.
Paid Seth Hall, note and interest, $495 54
D. Emerson, note and interest, 206 63
D. Emerson, part pay, note, 100 00
O. Duston, 4 notes and interest,
815 80
Cyrus Wilson, part pay of note, M. F. Austin, note and interest,
209 25
Enoch Taylor,
354 44
Abigail Austin,
318 00
John L. Prince, interest on note,
12 00
John H. Danlap,
7 61
D. Emerson, note and interest,
409 31
Hiram Cross,
226 74
Mary Allen, 66 66
99 60
Nancy Wheeler, "
656 80
Henrietta Currier, part pay of note, 100 00
75 00
8
Paid Henrietta Currier, note and in- terest, 363 94
Geo. S. Merrill & Co., printing reports for 1869, 56 00
Joseph Buxton, dinners for Se- lectmen in 1868, 9 45
Amos Wheeler, preparing wood for Town House, 1 00
J. C. Dow & Co., paper and ink, 3 50
Benj. E. Woodman, return of 37 births and deaths, 9 25
William B. Kimball, balance services as Selectman, 6 00
Levi Cluff, services as Town Treasurer, 40 00
Balance services as Selectmen, 10 00
John Austin, printing tax bill, 5 00
Collecting taxes, for 1869,
148 00
Tristram C. Webster, damage done to himself and horse, by breaking through bridge, 100 00
State Treasurer, for State tax, 2,352 00
County Treasurer, for County tax, 1,706 41
Geo. S. Merrill & Co., printing blanks, 4 00
Isaac Woodbury, services as moderator, 2 days, 4 00
William Stanton, maintaining public watering trough, 3 00
Asa S. Austin, notifying town officers, 10 63
Joseph Buxton, 28 dinners for Selectmen, 12 60
Amos Emerson, repairing wall around old cemetery, 3 50
Aaron G. Wilson, one-half cord wood for town house, 3 00
Ann Loomis, part payment of note, 5 00
9
Paid Edward Griffin, services and expense as Auditor for 1868 and 1869,
12 00
568 08
John Austin, discount on taxes, J. A. Steele, services as sup't school committee,
65 00
Dan'l J. Day, note and interest,
496 47
Lewis A. Hunt, school-house tax, District No. 10,
30 00
V. A. Merrill, school-house tax, District No. 2, 100 00
Gilman D. Kelly, services as selectman and overseer of the poor,
37 50
William B. Kimball, services as selectman and overseer of the poor, 71 00
7 00
Silas Hall, balance, selectman and overseer of poor, 1869, Benjamin R. Wheeler, services as town clerk, from March 1, 1870, to March 1, 1871, Geo. Woodbury, services as audi- tor, and team to Lawrence, Geo. N. Austin, cash paid for dinners while taking invoice, George N. Austin, use of horse taking invoice, and other times, 26 00
44 00
5 00
9 00
George N. Austin, cash paid for expense to get county money, 2 85 George N. Austin, cash paid for expense to pay state tax, 2 70
George N. Austin, cash paid for
50
expense to pay county tax, George N. Austin, cash paid for stamps,
2 87
George N. Austin, for recording taxes, 10 17
G. N Austin, services as select- man and overseer of poor, 80 90
10
Paid George N. Austin, for self and team to Lawrence, to get coffin for Nancy Parker, 2 50
$10,516 54
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ABATEMENTS.
Paid John Austin, collector for 1869, 70 38
2 46
Amos C. Rollins, Gridley B. Rowell, 1 00
$73 84
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Paid J. G. Clough, balance services as super- intendent for 1869,
100 00
Aaron G. Wilson, pair of oxen, 180 00
G. C. Howard, medicine and attendance, for Daniel Butler,
13 00
Asa S. Austin, wagon shaft and making drag, 3 00
James W. Smith, laying out barn cellar,
1 25
John Hall, blacksmith work, 5 75
Rodney Woodbury, cutting 17 1-2 cords wood, 17 50
J. B. Gardner, cutting timber, 19 1-2 days, 19 50
Alonzo E Woodbury, sawing lumber, 50 00
J. G. Clough, Superintendent of Almshouse,
100 00
J. G. Clough, services in part as Superinten- dent, for 1870, 565 00
CASH PAID FOR PAUPERS NOT AT ALMSHOUSE. Paid 'Theadosha Gage, boarding and nur- sing Nancy Parker, October 10, 1869, to September 18, 1870, 117 00
E. G. Haynes, for boarding Frank L. and Sarah L. Hildreth, from October . 10, 1869, to October 10, 1870, 52 00
11
Paid G. C. Howard, for medicine and attendance for Hannah Rowell, 20 25
G. C. Howard, medicine and attendance for Nancy Parker, 3 00
Daniel Wiman, boarding Daniel Butler, and medicine, 26 47
Joseph Buxton, digging grave and attend- ing funeral for Nancy Parker, 4 00
K. S. Porter, coffin and robe for Nancy Parker, 20 00
George Roberts, goods delivered to Caleb Rowell, 2 00
J. Austin, goods delivered David Dunlap, 8 75
I. A. Duston, notifying town of Atkinson, pauper case, making return to clerk of court, 9 07
Joshua Merrill, boarding and nursing Hosea Evans, 25 00
James Emery, for services and medicine for Daniel Butler, 9 00
$296 54
RECAPITULATION.
Whole amount of money received by
Treasurer,
$18,419 58
Paid on account of contingent ex-
pense, 10,516 54
roads and bridges, 1,668 29
snow paths, 117 56
Almshouse, 565 00
transient poor,
296 54
abatement of taxes,
73 84
non-resident high- way receipt, 14 94
schools, 2,113 85
Balance in Treasurer'shands,
$3,053 02
$18,419 58
GEORGE N. AUSTIN, TOWN TREASURER.
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OUTSTANDING NOTES AGAINST THE TOWN.
William Crawford's note due May 30th, 1871, $1,137 93
Matthew H. Taylor, 66 Feb. 19th, 1871, 1,009 98
David Loud, 66 Aug. 25th, 1870, 449 44
School District No. 10,
Dec. 16th, 1870,
212 76
School District No. 2,
66
Dec. 16th, 1870, 226 36
School District No. 3,
March, 20th, 1871, 159 59
Eliphalet Coburn, Sept. 3d, 1871, 1,767 46
Eliphalet Coburn,
April 3d, 1871,
952 81
Eliphalet Coburn,
Dec. 31st, 1870, 224 72
John L. Prince,
Oct. 21st, 1870,
200 00
Ira Sanborn,
66
May 8th, 1871, 252 49
Ann Loomis,
Oct. 10th, 1870,
6,068 79
Enoch Taylor,
June 19th, 1871,
504 98
Enoch Taylor,
May 25th, 1871,
375 70
Betsey Moulton,
June 24th, 1871,
252 81
Mary Austin,
July 26th, 1871,
5,383 27
John Taylor,
66
Aug. 10th, 1871,
6,366 08
Elbridge O. Butler,
March 4th, 1871,
677 94
John H. Dunlap,
April 28th, 1871,
132 61
David Webster, 2d,
Dec. 12th, 1870,
689 00
David Webster, 2d,
66
Dec. 25th, 1870,
159 00
Isaiah L. Webster,
66 Feb. 7th, 1871,
224 72
Isaiah L. Webster,
Feb. 25th, 1871,
424 00
Ruth Whitaker,
Feb. 17th, 1871,
1,123 60
Albertus Coburn,
Dec 29th, 1871,
561 80
S. G. Jewett,
July 23d, 1871,
297 75
Benjamin Day,
66 June 29th, 1870,
1,142 96
Eliza A. D. Kimball,
June 29th, 1870,
1,142 96
Mary A. Duston,
66
Oct. 1st, 1870,
4,240 00
B. Pettengill,
66
Jan. 10th, 1871,
318 00
Albertus Coburn,
66
Feb. 22d, 1871,
848 00
Obadiah Duston,
66
Feb. 22d, 1871,
106 00
Jane Paul,
66
Jan. 18th, 1871,
1,262 48
Cyrus Wilson,
March 21st, 1870,
156 70
Mary Renou,
Dec. 4th, 1870,
435 27
Mary Duston,
66
Aug. 16th, 1870, 133 82
Benjamin F. Wheeler,
Aug. 15th, 1870,
689 26
Nov. 11th, 1870, Dec. 31st, 1870,
161 90
Enoch Taylor,
224 75
Enoch Taylor,
Mary A. Duston,
Oct. 1st, 1870,
530 00
13
Nathaniel B. Duston, note due Oct. 13th, 1870,
$212 16
Eliphalet Coburn,
Feb. 22d, 1871,
1,060 00
Joseph A. Cross, 66 March 6th, 1871, 898 88
Gilman D. Kelley,
March 26th, 1871, 106 00
Mary Allen,
March 17th, 1871,
212 00
Washington Woodbury,
April 18th, 1871,
212 00
Johnathan G. Clough,
April 19th, 1871,
106 00
Dean Emerson,
April 27th, 1871,
Eliphalet Coburn, 66
April 30th, 1871,
1,590 00
Mary Allen,
May 9th, 1871,
106 00
Obadiah Duston,
66
Jan. 19th, 1871,
150 00
Jemima Hall,
Jan. 30th, 1871, 4.95 54
Daniel J. Day,
Feb. 22d, 1871,
496 47
$46,872 71
DUE THE TOWN.
From the County for support of paupers,
30 00
United States, for bounties,
3,153 20
John Austin, uncollected taxes for 1869,
78 00
John Austin, uncollected taxes, 1870,
2,834 38
John Austin, interest on uncollected taxes,
113 31
Town Treasurer,
3,053 02
9,261 91
Leaving a balance against the Town of
$37,610 80
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT AT ALMSHOUSE.
To cash on hand,
DR. $70 57
for milk,
110 00
butter,
65 00
pigs,
.106 50
meat,
60 50
calves,
30 50
Town Treasurer,
100 00
potatoes,
20 80
eggs,
29 74
66
rye,
7 00
66
labor of farm,
15 00
20 00
straw,
$635 61
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SUPERINTENDENT.
CR.
By cash paid for supplies,
165 19
60
flour, meal and shorts,
111 50
dry goods,
32 63
soap and painting,
25 08
66
labor on the farm,
76 10
boots and shoes,
8 85
hay, seed and scythes,
3 80
66
phosphate lime and plough points,
10 27
66
fork and pick,
3 75
66
funnel and paper,
4 00
66
fish and coffee,
9 87
66
filing saws, and mending tin ware,
3 00
chain and plank,
4 50
66
cheese and sundries,
10 70
66
meat,
27 83
scythe and nails,
2 81
66
baskets and churn, 9 00
66
fixing chimney and grinding corn, 3 00
66
tobacco, oil and rifles, 4 00
white-washing 2 50
labor on barn cellar,
96 25
66
balance in Superintendent's hands, 20 98
$635 61
J. G. CLOUGH, SUP'T.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Received of J. G. Clough, cash and supplies, $614 63
County, for support of paupers, 227 35
Due from County, for support of paupers, 30 00
Received of Jonathan Cluff, one pair oxen,
160 00
William P. Merrill, one horse,
50 00
66 William G. Crowell, for support of Charles Silver,
250 00
20 98
Due from J. G. Clough,
Total amount of receipts, $1,352 96
Cash paid on account of Almshouse,
565 00
15
Cash paid J. G. Clough, for supplies, 614 63
66 on account of transient poor, 296 54
outstanding debt for support of paupers, 20 00
Due J. G. Clough, in part for services,
200 00
Total amount, $1,696 17
Leaving a balance against the town of $343 21
We have paid for expense on barn cellar, 97 50
cutting and sawing lumber, 87 00
supt's services for 1869, 100 00
$284 50
This amount is included in the the Almshouse account.
Number of paupers at Town Farm, males 5; females 3; total 8.
GEORGE N. AUSTIN, ) Overseers WM. B. KIMBALL, of
GILMAN D. KELLY. Poor.
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
Cash received of former treasurer. 5 87
66 " for lots
21 25
$27 12
Cash paid for labor
8 00
Balance in Treasurer's hands,
$19 12
GEO. N. AUSTIN, WM. B. KIMBALL, GILMAN D. KELLY.
Committee.
The Auditors having examined the foregoing accounts find them correctly cast and satisfactorily vouched for.
EDWARD GRIFFIN, ABRAHAM H. MERRILL, Auditors. DANIEL N. RUSS.
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APPRAISAL, OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
Nine tons English hay, $225 00; 1 pair oxen, 195 00; 4 cows, 220 00; 2 heifers, 60 00; 1 yearling bull, 25 00; 20 fowls, 18 00; 3 ladders, 4 50; 5 hay forks, 2 50; 2 shovels, 1 75; 3 manure forks, 3 50; 3 iron bars, 3 00; 1 drag rake, 50; 2 sleighs, 30 00; 1 horse rake, 1 00; 1 harrow, 4 00; meal boxes, .50 ; 1 cow bell, .50 ; gutter and trough, 1 50 ; hand-sled and wheelbarrow, 3 00; 1 horse- sled, 2 00; 1 pig rack, .50; 1 ox sled, 4 00; 2 bush scythes, 2 00 ; 1 ox cart, 45 00; drag, 3 00 ; 4 hoes, 2 00 ; 2 flails and manure hook, .75; 12 chains, 10 00; 1 harness, 12 00; 1 draft harness, 1 00; 1 garden hoe and rake, .50; 1 corn cutter and sickle, .75; grindstone, 3 00; 1 horse wagon, 40 00; 2 wash board, .20; 1 white wash brush, 25; 2 umbrellas, 1 00; 2 picks, 1- 50; 4 ploughs, 20 00; 2 brass kettles, 3 00; beetle and wedges, 1 50; 1 clothes line, .75; 2 wash tubs, 1 00; 1 cultivator, 4 50; 5 shoats, 75 00; 80 lbs. shorts, 1 60; 4 bushels meal, 4 00; 3 churns, 7 00; pails and kegs, 2 00; cheese press and fixing, 5 00; 1 butter box, 1 50; 29 lbs. butter, 13 05; 55 lbs. lard, 11 00; tin ware, 20 00; lanterns, 1 00; 4 stone jars, and earthen pots, 1 00 ; shovel and tongs, .50; 4 flat irons, 2 00; lamps and candle sticks, 1 00; 1 pair steelyards, .50; tray and mortar, .50; 2 mirrors and 2 clocks, 3 00 ; trunks and chest of drawers, 12 00; lot jugs, 2 00; lot crockery, & 00; warming pan, and bed pan, 2 00; 1 buffalo robe, 1 00; 3 halters, 1 00 ; curry comb, brush and wrench, 1 00; trap and card, 1 00; 7 axes and 1 hatchet, 5 75; 6 saws, 3 00; cross cut saw, 1 00; 2 scythes and snaths, 3 00; 8 milk cans, 3 58; 2 yokes, 4 00; 8 bags, 2 50; set of measures, .75; 10 bushels corn, 10 00; 11 bushels rye, 13 75; rye meal, 1 50; 2 rakes, .50; 2 scalding tubs, .50; 1 1-2 bush. beans, 3 00; baskets, 3 00; vinegar and cask, 8 00; cider and casks, 10 00; safe crib and lumber, 2 00; 5 augers and bog hoe, 1 25; 2 iron squares, .75; shaving horse and vise, 1 00; chest and carpenters tools, 2 50, 2 fire shovels, .50; rasps and files, .50; hammer and stone tools, 3 50; 2 bread axes, 2 00; lot of old iron, 4 50; clothes wringer, 5 00; desk and shoe tools, 1 00; carpenter tools, 5 00; sideboard, 5 00; 16 feather beds, 125 00; 26 pillows,
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9 00; quilts and comfortors, 35 00 ; 35 pillow cases, 6 00; 9 bolsters, 5 00 ; wearing apparel, 50 00; chairs and tables, 16 00; 10 pair sheets, 26 00; pickles, 1 00; 18 towels, 2 00; oil table cloth, 1 50; matches, .60; 1-2 lb. tea, .63; spices, 1 50; cupboard, 2 00; lot books, 1 00; window curtains, 3 00; knives and forks, 2 00; spoons, .50; iron ware, 3 50; bedsteads, 20 00; candles, .40; handcuffs, 1 00; 10 straw beds, 8 00; 150 lbs. beef, 18 00; 20 lbs. sausage 3 00; soap, 3 50; 45 bushels potatoes, 45 00 ; apples,' 11 00; turnips, 5 00; lot casks, 5 00; 200 lbs. pork, 38 00; 20 lbs. mackerel, 2 40; ashes, .50; 30 lbs. dried apples, 3 00; bed cord, 1 00; meat bench, 1 50; fetters, 1 00; 100 lbs. ham, 18 00; 2 table cloths, 2 00 ; 1 wooden bowl, .75; 15 lbs. tallow, 1 50; 3 stoves and funnel, 60 00; 2 iron kettles. 1 00; sugar, 1 00. $1,878 46
APPRAISAL OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Town Farm,
$4,800 00
Wood land,
100 00
Town House,
1,000 00
$5,000 00
Personal property at Almshouse,
1,878 46
Town safe,
450 00
Hearse and runners,
450 00
$8,678 46
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Superintending School Committee, for the Town of Salem, N. H.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH, 1871.
DISTRICT No. 1.
The Schools in this district, in accordance with the provisions of the Somersworth Act, have been superintended by a Committee of the district, whose report is appended. No remarks of ours in regard to schools or school-houses should be understood as ap- plying to this district.
DISTRICT No. 2.
This district, the smallest in town, has manifested an interest in the education of its children, which we wish might be imitated by other and larger districts. The school house has been removed and repaired at an expense of one hundred dollars. The school was taught in the summer by Miss Hattie P. Corliss, and in the winter by Miss Aurelia A. Gardner. Both teachers succeeded in gaining the affection of their pupils and the approbation of their parents. Diligence, earnestness and improvement, have charac- terized the school during the year.
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DISTRICT No. 3.
The Summer term was taught by Miss Aurelia A. Gardner. The teacher labored faithfully and yet with less of success than could be desired. For this, perhaps, she should not be held entirely responsible, as she subsequently taught in another district with credit to herself, and to the entire satisfaction of the district.
DISTRICT No. 4.
This school has been peculiarly fortunate in its teachers for three years past. Constant progress has been made, and it now ranks among the first in town. Miss Mary F. Pingree has taught the past year and proved herself a laborious, conscientious and successful teacher.
DISTRICT No. 5.
This district presents the strange anomaly of the worst school- house and, yet one of the best schools in town. Of the teacher, Miss Julia M. Wright, we need not speak. Her praise is in all the districts where she has taught. We fully endorse the high encomiums passed upon her by our predecessor in office. She closes her second year in this school with not a whit less of popu- larity than she commenced it. The parents of the children have evinced their appreciation of her labors by raising a handsome sum to lengthen the school, and by many testimonials of affection and respect.
DISTRICT No. 6.
This School was taught in the summer by Miss A. D. Richard- son, an experienced and accomplished teacher. She was well knowa in the district, having taught previously with great success. During the term her previous well-earned reputation was fully sustained.
The winter term was taught by Mr. Thomas A. Savage, a
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student of Dartmouth College, who came to us well recommended, and was no doubt fully competent to teach the school. He was somewhat unfortunate, however, in his methods of discipline, and in his innovations upon certain time honored practices of the school room. There was much dissatisfaction among the scholars and some complaint by parents. One scholar was expelled. The teacher was sustained by some of the best citizens of the district, and his school generally regarded as by no means a failure.
DISTRICT No. 7.
The Summer term was taught by Miss Eldora A. Barber, a young lady of most excellent literary qualifications, and great modesty and sweetness of character. This was her first school. She failed to govern her scholars properly, and of course accom- plished less in instruction than she otherwise would have done.
The winter term has been taught by Miss M. Ella Underwood. The school is still in progress. Good order prevails, great interest in study is manifest, the recitations by older scholars have been the most satisfactory of any we have heard in town, and teacher and scholars are worthy of much commendation.
DISTRICT No. 8.
This School has been taught, summer and winter, by Miss Mary L. Webster. The teacher has evidently had the hearts of all her pupils as well as their parents. We noticed a slight disposition to disorder on the part of the younger scholars, but on the whole regard the school as a great success. The aim of the teacher seemed to be to teach a few things and teach them thoroughly. She entered into her work with great enthusiasm, and infused a good degree of her own spirit into her scholars. The examination at the close of the school was exceedingly satisfactory. We were pleased to see so goodly a number of parents present on the occasion.
DISTRICT No. 9.
This we regard as, in nearly every respect, the banner district of the town. The school-house is vastly superior to any other,
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being the only one where any degree of taste or regard to the re- quirements of school purposes has been observed in its erection, furnishing or decorations. It is the only house in town adequately supplied with blackboards. It is the only house in town supplied with proper arrangement for ventilation. It is the only house in town affording to' the scholars a commodious, convenient, and attractive place for study. Of course in such a school-room teacher and scholars must feel the influence of their surroundings. It is easier to teach, it is easier to study in such a place. . With the best school-room, and evidently the greatest interest in their school, it might be expected the citizens of this district would secure the best school. And so it has proved the past year.
The summer school was taught by Miss Mary T. Currier. As her name occurs, in connection with this school, in two previous annual reports, I need not attempt a specification of her many excellent and rare qualifications for teaching. The examination, at the end of the term was creditable alike to teacher and scholars. The parents and friends manifested their interest by attending in large numbers.
The winter school has been taught by Miss Imogene Thomas. We regard it as due to the teacher, and parents who have so nobly sustained her, to make honorable mention of her name and efforts. It was a difficult task to follow so popular a teacher as was her predecessor. There was some friction at the commencement of the school, some few cases of insubordination, but all this was very judiciously managed by the teacher ; the discordant elements were completely harmonized, her school brought under perfect control, and she has the satisfaction, after weeks of exhausting toil, and some severe trial, of knowing that her services are duly appreciated by the parents and scholars whom she has so faithfully served. Some of the parents, well qualified to judge in such matters, unhesitatingly declares that this is the best school they have ever had in the district. The term is lengthened four weeks by private subscription.
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