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$2,049 30
Respectfully submitted,
J. P. CROWELL, Agent,
Vital Statistics.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WINDHAM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1900.
Sex and Condition.
Date.
Name of the Child, if any.
Male or Female
Living or No. of Child. Stillborn 1st,2d, &c.
Color.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
Color of
Parents.
Residence of Parents.
Occupation of Father.
Birthplace of Father.
Birthplace of Mother.
Jan. 9 April 9 May 24 | Walter Bryon
M M M
Living
1st 3d 3d
W W W W W B
Joseph F. Hunnewell Agnes B. Tolksdorff Walter B. Bullock George B. La Tour Jennie L. Davidson Sarah Thompson Mary Reardon Laura E. Dow Alice Carpenter John Shea Fred S. Webster Alvin Bolis
W W W W W B
Windham
Farmer
Somerville, Mass. Litchfield, N H. Tel. Operator Dana Mora, N. Y. Grain Dealer |Ireland Merchant Laborer
Methuen, Mass. Plattsburg, N. Y.
Berlin, Germany. Windham, N. H. Wilksboro, N. Y. Ireland. Salem, N H. Huntington, N. Y.
Aug. 25 Sept. 4 Oct. 18
Alphonso Shea
M F F
6th
I hereby certify that the above return is correct, according to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOHN E. COCHRAN, Town Clerk.
Ernest Frederick
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF WINDHAM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1900.
.
-
Date.
Place of Marriage.
Name and Surname of Groom and Bride.
Residence of Each at Time of Marriage.
| Age in years
Color of each
Occupation of Groom and Bride.
Place of Birth of Each.
Name of Parents.
Birthplace of Parents.
| Condition.
Name, Residence and Official Sta- tion of Person by whom mar- ried.
June 19
Windham
Ralph W. Smith Myrtie F. Rich
Charleston, Ms. 23 Windham
24| W Dress Maker
July 25
Windham
Frank A. Crowell
Windham
44 W Station Agent
At Home
Charleston, Ms. William C. Smith Mina T. King Somerville, Ms. Edmund T. Rich Libbey F. Russell Joseph P. Crowell Windham Susan Coburn Hudson Charles Steele Garland, Me. Martha A. Boyd Edwin E. Greeley Laura Lougee Saugus, Mass. James Cash Annie P. Greeley
Holderness, N. H. Cohoes, N. Y. Truro, Mass.
1 Albert Watson, Clergyman, Windham, N. H. 1
1 Albert Watson, Clergyman,
1|Windham, N. H.
Nov. 7
Garland Me Charles E. Greeley
Angie G. Cash
Garland, Me. Windham 19
W At Home
Londonderry, N. H. Garland, Me. Sangerville, Me. Lynn. Mass. Mt. Vernon, Me.
1 1
A. P. Andrews, Clergyman, Garland, Me.
I hereby certify that the above return is correct, according to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOHN E. COCHRAN, Town Clerk.
-.
W |Electrician
Windham
Charlotte N. Steele
Hudson
44 W 27 W |Farmer
DEATHS REGISTERRD IN THE TOWN OF WINDHAM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1900.
Sex and Condition.
Age.
Place of Birth.
Date.
Name and Surname of the Deceased.
Place of Birth.
Male. Female
Single married
or Widowed. |
Occupation.
Name of Father.
Maiden Name of Mother.
| Years.
| Months.
| Days.
Jan. 12 Nancy E. Moore 24 - Thoussingvant
65
8 16/Derry 2 Windham
F
M
Housewife
Windham
Groton
Alice Kidder.
Jan.
Feb. 1 Moses C. Page
67 9 14 Salem 21| 8 |Windham
M M
M Mason
Mch 21 Beatrite Huard
76 2 Dracut, Mass.
M
Housewife
Canada Dracut
Canada Salem, Mass. Windham
Mch. 30 Susan Crowell Mch. 30 Nancy W. Twiss
87 1 17 \Vindham
W
Windham
W
Peterborough
W
Rochester Salem Windham Sandown
Strafford Lowell, Mass. Windham
June
67 6 28 73 10 Chester
M Housewife
Stephen Emerson
Sept. 5 Clara A. Seavey Sept. 24 Allen W. Moore
21 3 7|Vermont
M M
Operator Shoemaker
Vermont
Tyngsborough N. H.
Benj. Seavey Herman A. Morse Samuel Sheldon
Dec. 13 Charles A. Sheldon
31 5 25|Westford, Mass
Ruthena Bailey. Erzither Gager. Susan Kennedy. Lydia M. Morrill. Alice Simpson. Sarah Young. Hattie Plummer. Mary Hempell. - Morinder. Sarah C. Couburn. |Jennie H. Chase. Elvira Reed.
Apr. 22 Nancy M. Cottle May 3) Isabelle E. York June 9 Leroy Colby Silver 9 L. Emma Merrill
82| 1|11 | Rochester 14 Windham
M
S
S
Sept. 4 | Anna E. Farmer
51 9 Pelham
S M M
Pelham
James Armstrong O. Thoussingvant Jonathan Page Pierre Huard James T. Coburn ¡John Hall Thomas Wilson Ezra Drown Earnest Silver Giles Merrill
80 2 12
F F F TT TTTTT F
S
Father.
Mother.
I hereby certify that the above return is correct, according to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOHN E. COCHRAN, Town Clerk.
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BROUGHT TO TOWN, FOR INTERMENT.
died March 18, aged 69 years, 10 months, 6 days; place, Salem, N. H.
Elizabeth A. Simpson,
Joseph W Pierce,
Nov. 6,
38 76
5
2
Manilla, P. I. Brentwood.
Lizzie Sargent,
April 14,
20,
66
63
3
62
I
20
66
Rumney, N. H. Salem, N. H.
Mary L. Fessenden, Mary B. Bailey,
May
14, 15, 28,
80
9
5
Derry, N. H.
Margaret M. P. Dinsmore,
66
June
30,
44
9
27
Lawrence, Mass.
Lester Edison Rothera,
Dec.
4,
66
23,
83
5
66
28
Warren, Mass.
Rei Hills,
19
24
Marblehead.
Mary E. Woodman,
66
72
66
4
17
66
6
Worcester, Mass.
Giles S. Merrill,
66
I hereby certify that the above return is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
JOHN E. COCHRAN, Town Clerk.
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Fifteenth Annual Report
OF THE
SCHOOL BOARD
For The Year Ending Feb. 15, 1901.
WARRANT FOR SCHOOL MEETING.
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The legal voters in the school district of the town of Windham, in said State, are requested to meet in the lower Town Hall, on Saturday, the 16th day of March, at 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon, to act upon the following articles :
I. To choose a Moderator for the ensuing year.
2. To choose a Clerk, Treasurer and two Auditors for the ensuing year.
3. To choose a member of the School Board for the en- suing three years.
4. To see how much money the district will vote to raise for the support of schools.
5. To see how much money the district will vote to raise for repairs of district property for the ensuing year.
6. To see how much money the district will vote to raise for school supplies for the ensuing year.
7. To act upon the report of the School Board.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of February, 190I.
WILLIAM C. HARRIS, School Board WILLIAM L. EMERSON, of
WILLIAM D. COCHRAN, Windham.
A true copy, Attest :
WILLIAM C. HARRIS, - School Board WILLIAM L. EMERSON, of
WILLIAM D. COCHRAN, Windham.
SCHOOL REPORT.
The School Board for the year 1900 respectfully submit the following report :
Teachers employed for the Spring term were as follows : No. I. Miss Ruth Shapley of West Rye.
2. Miss Jennie F. Lowe of Derry.
3. Miss Mary E. Buswell of Chester.
4. Miss Sara E. Wheeler of Derry.
5. Miss Mary A. Bowers of Nashua.
6. Miss Ethel A. Richardson of Windham.
Schools commenced April 16, and continued II weeks. Some of the No. 7 scholars were carried to No. I school, and the others went to Kilrea school in Derry during the year.
All the teachers were qualified to give instructions in the various branches taught, and had the happy faculty of main- taining good order in a very quiet manner. The frequent visits by the Board and the closing examinations afforded good evidence of very commendable advancement.
At the close of the Spring term several of the older and more advanced pupils retired from our schools, and in the Fall entered other schools of higher grade. Bertha Dins- more went to Lawrence, Bessie Emerson, Mildred and Ethel Starratt, Irene and Elizabeth Gross, and Bernard Love en- tered Pinkerton Academy, Derry.
We thought best in the Fall to reduce the number of schools to four. Teachers employed :
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No. I Miss Jennie F. Lowe.
4. Miss Eva Grace Robinson.
5. Miss Mary A. Bowers.
6. Miss Ethel A. Richardson.
No. 2 and No. 3 scholars were carried to No. 6. By uniting the three schools we saved the expense of two teachers, two janitors, and wood for two fires, which would have been more than double what it cost to transport the scholars.
The Fall term was fifteen weeks long, not including the fund schools. The results in each school were satisfactory to the board.
Parents : The proper education of your children is the most important and responsible trust committed to your care. It is very gratifying to learn from the registers that so many parents and other friends of education visit our schools during the terms and at the close. In this way you encourage teacher and scholars. You should see that nothing but act- ual sickness or unavoidable necessity keeps your children from the schoolroom for a single school session. Teachers are expected to be at the schoolroom in good season, and why should not all the pupils be present when the bell rings?
Friday, Oct. 5, was observed as a public "School Day" at the Town Hall. The different schools gave various reci- tations and class exercises in the forenoon, and in the after- noon Channing Folsom, State Superintendent, gave an address on educational matters, followed by remarks by Mrs. Mary C. Berry of Pelham. We believe it is well to ob- serve one day annually with similar exercises. In this way schools get better acquainted, and the interest in our schools will be stimulated.
Music, drawing and oral instruction in physiology re- ceived considerable attention in most of our schools the past year.
STATISTICAL TABLE.
FUND TERM,
SUMMER TERM.
Number of school,
I
2
3
4
5
6
I
4
5
6
2
4
6
5
II
13
I I
II
II
II
16
15
15
I 5
Length in Weeks,
29
13
II
9
7
9
32
Average No. belonging,
27
13
12 I-2
9
7 1-2
6 1-2
8 1-3
29.
8 1-2
8
21
Average daily attendance,
2
4
6
6
7
5
27
3
3I
32
4I
I 5
26
16
Visits by others,
$30.00 $28.00 $30.00 $30.00 $32.00 $20.00 $30.00 $30.00
Wages per month, Pupils in Reading,
29
13
1I
7
8
9
35
7
12
23
6
Spelling,
29
13
[I
6
8
9
35
9
12
23
6
Penmanship,
29
IO
II
5
9
25
9
I2
23
6
Arithmetic,
29
IO
II
0
8
9
22
6
I2
23
6
Geography,
15
9
7
4
5
7
1 5
3
12
16
5
Grammar,
10
9
4
4
8
7
9
3
6
I2
History,
5
9
4
4
4
5
I2
3
6
4
Physiology,
8
7
3
9
J
16
II
4
8
3
I
18
24
.24
School now in Session
2
I
9
2
3
3
I
7
6
8
6
6
5
I
.
IO
Visits by Board,
20
26
6
$20.00
$30.00 $32.0
6
3
6
8
9
39
9
12
23
Whole No. of Pupils,
8
22
IO
8
23 3-4
4
No. not absent or tardy,
Other Studies,
I
6
8
2
4
I2
Composition,
2
3
6
14
2
8
FALL TERM.
6
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ROLL OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy for a term,
No. I. Maurice G. Armstrong, (I terms) Augusta Har- ris, Hattie Gould, Carrie Gould, Lizzie Lamson, Mabel Lamson, Leon Gould, Levi Shultis.
No. 2. Clara A. Emerson, (3 terms) Martha F. Emer- son, (3) Carl E. Emerson, (2) Bertha M. Kimball, (2) Jesse Emerson, James L. Emerson, Caroline H. Bailey.
No. 3. Leola Lowe, Ethel L. Starratt.
No. 4. Arnold R. Esty, (2 terms) Clayton H. Esty, (2) Herbert S. Sheldon, (2) Louise E. Campbell, (2) Frank Barker.
No. 5. Lizzie M. Harmon, (2 terms) Mildred E. Young, Bessie M. Young.
No. 6. Olive M. Oburg, (3 terms) Isaac W. Gross, Sidney E. Rowe.
WILLIAM C. HARRIS,
For the School Board.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
PAID FOR TEACHERS.
No. I. Miss Ruth Shapley, II weeks at 7.50 ..
$82 50 2. Jennie F. Lowe, 13 " " 8.00. . 104 00
3. Mary E. Buswell, II weeks at 7.50 82 50
4.
66 Sara E. Wheeler, II 66 " 7.00 77 00
5.
66 Mary A. Bowers, II
" 7.50 82 50
6. E. A. Richardson, II 66 " 7.50
82 50
I. Jennie F. Lowe, I6 “ 8.00
128 00
4.
66 Eva G. Robinson, 15 66 " 5.00 75 00
5. Mary A. Bowers, 15 " 7.50 II2 50
6.
66 E. A. Richardson, 15 " 7.50
II2 50
Dist. PAID FOR JANITORS.
I. Maurice Armstrong, 54 days. $2 70
2. Earnest Bailey, 25 days. I 25
2. Jennie F. Lowe, 40 days. 2 00
3. Mildred Starrett, II weeks 2 IO
4. Felix Proulx, II weeks
2 IO
5. Vincent F. Young, 10 weeks, 2.50; Saw- ing I cord wood, 50. 3 00
6. Emma J. Woodman, 55 days 2 '
I. Jennie F. Lowe, 16 weeks.
4 00
2. Earnest Bailey, I week.
25
4. Eva Grace Robinson, 4 weeks. I 00
4. Samuel Sheldon, II weeks, 2.75 ; Sawing wood, 75 3 50
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5. Vincent F. Young, 74 days, 3.70; sawing wood, 1.25 ; moving brush and clean- up yard, 1.50.
$6 45
6. Della Rowe, 15 weeks. 3 75
I. Joseph Lamson, 28 days. I 40
Dist. PAID FOR WOOD. $36 25
I. W. D. Cochran. $6 30
2. W. L. Emerson .. 3 25
3. Horace Berry
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4. A. F. Campbell
IO 25
5. A. W. Farmer. 10 50
6. W. C. Harris. IO 69
$41 49
Dist .. PAID FOR INCIDENTALS,
I. J. W. Hanson, cleaning schoolhouse ..... $2 00
2. Mrs. M. W. Bailey, cleaning schoolhouse 2 00
2. Geo. K. Bickford, cutting brush, 21 hours 3 15
3. Mrs. S. L. Butterfield, cleaning schoolh'se
2 00
4. Mrs. Turner, cleaning schoolhouse ..
4 00
4. Samuel Sheldon, cleaning shed and saw- ing wood. I 00
5-6. Mrs. Webber, cleaning schoolhouses. . 6 00
$20 15
REPAIRS.
Paid. H. Y. Gilson, repairs No. 6. $3 39
R. H. Bailey, " I and 2. 2 50
M. M. Johnson, painting roof schoolhouse, No. I .. 3 63
A. O. Alexander, roof paint, schoolhouse, No. I .. 3 50
John Hanson, repairs No. I. 3 25
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Paid R. H. Bailey, repairs, No. 2. $1 50 Treat Hardware Co., sash cord, latch I 67
J. S. Dodge & Son, locks. I 00
" glass, putty, hardware 4 02
John Littlefield, mending stove and fender, No. I.
35
C. F. Plummer, masonry and stock, No.I. I 50
2.
3 00
Vermont Seat Co., 4 seats, No. I.
14 80
Freight on seats .. 2 40
W. D. Cochran, labor and lumber, No. 2 .. 4 00
S. Sheldon, cutting brush, No. 4. .
I 55
W. D. Cochran, cutting brush and laying wall, No. I .
I 50
W. D. Cochran, labor, No. 6, 3-4 day. I I3
lumber, No. 6. I7
labor, No. I .
I 50
Joseph Turner, fixing pump, No. 4. I 00
W. C. Harris, repairs, No. 6.
7 I
$67 57
TRANSPORTING PUPILS TO SCHOOL.
Paid Marion P. Bonney for carrying scholar to No. I school. $10 80
Mrs. Lee for carrying scholar to No. I school, 34 days at 20 cents . 6 80
W. A. Love for carrying No. 3 scholars to No. 6 school, II weeks at $3 . . 33 00
H. Y. Gilson for carrying No. 2 scholars to No. 6 school, II weeks at 5. 55 00 H. Y. Gilson for carrying No. 2 scholars to No. 6 school, 4 weeks at $5. 20 00
66 6.
4 50
Geo. H. Clark, pump, No. 5.
5 00
P
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Paid Mrs. Lee for conveyance of scholar from No. 7 to No. 1, 67 days at 20 cents .. . . $13 40 Mrs. Bonney for conveying children from No. 7. to No. 1, 16 weeks at $I . 16 00
TUITION.
$155 00
Paid Derry for tuition, 36 weeks at 25c, 1900. . .
$ 9 00
66 80 " 66 66
190I ... 20 00
$29 00
SUPPLIES.
Paid Levenworth & Meyers, I, set Students' En- cyclopedia
$9 50
Silver, Burdett & Co., 6 Ele. Civil Govern- ment. 3 60
American Book Co., readers and writing books .. 7 20
W. C. Harris, supplies. 6 71
W. D. Cochran, supplies .. .
3 15
$30 16
FUND SCHOOL, NO. 2.
1900
DR.
Feb. 15, To cash in treasury ..
$47 20
190I Rec'd income of fund 40 40
$87 60
1900
CR.
Paid Jennie F. Lowe, teaching 5 weeks at $7.50 .. .
$37 50
Paid Clarence S. Bailey, janitor I 25
W. L. Emerson, wood 2 75
190I
A. E. Simpson, wood. 2 75
Cash in treasury, Feb. 15, 1901 43 35
$87 60
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FUND SCHOOL, NO. 4.
DR.
1900
Feb. 15. To cash in treasury. $30 93
To cash rec'd for tuition, Mr. Lingley . I 00
190I
To cash rec'd, income of fund. 25 00
$56 93
1900
CR.
Mar. 2 Paid Sara E. Wheeler, teaching 4 weeks $26 00
Felix Proulx, janitor, 4 weeks ..... I 00
25 00
I90I " Eva G.Robinson, teaching, 5 weeks Samuel Sheldon, janitor, 5 weeks. Town Dist., wood, 1900-1901 .. .
I 25
3 68
$56 93
FUND SCHOOL, NO. 6.
DR.
1900
Feb. 15, To cash in treasury $26 50
Rec'd from Mr. Gross, tuition, 3 schol- ars, 3 weeks, at 15c .. I 35
Rec'd income of fund for 190I 29 42
$57 27
1900
CR.
Paid Ethel M. Bowers, teaching, 3 weeks $21 00
Emma J. Woodman janitor, " " 75
190I
E. A. Richardson, teaching, " " 22 50
Della Rowe, janitor, 3 weeks 75 Town Dist., wood, 1900-190I 3 00
Feb. 15, Cash in treasury . 9 27
$57 27
P
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RECAPITULATION.
Paid for Teachers
$946 50
Janitors.
36 25
Wood.
41 49
Incidentals 20 15
Tuition
29 00
Supplies
30 16
Repairs
67 57
Transportation
155 00
$1,326 12
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM C. HARRIS,
School Board
WILLIAM L. EMERSON, of
WILLIAM D. COCHRAN, Windham.
Windham, N. H., Feb. 20, 1901.
We, the auditors, have this day examined the above ac- counts and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
JOHN E. COCHRAN, JOHN H. DINSMORE,
Auditors.
SCHOOL TREASURER'S REPORT.
The Treasurer respectfully submits the following report for the year ending February 15, 1901.
DR.
To cash in treasury, Feb. 15, 1900, $78 81 received from Town Treasurer amount required by law 705 00
voted at school meeting. 300 00
voted for school supplies.
50 00
voted for repairs. 50 00
literary fund. 45 00
dog licenses . 119 43
No. 4, for wood, 1900-1901 . 3 68
No. 6, for wood, 1900-1901 .
3 00
Derry, for tuition, 1900. 8 25
Derry, for tuition, 1901.
13 75
Mr. Lingley, for tuition. 50
in treasury, No. 2 fund. 47 20
income, No. 2 fund, 1901 40 40
in treasury, No. 4 fund. 3.º 93
income, No. 4 fund, 1901 26 00
in treasury, No. 6 fund. 26 50
income, No. 6 fund, 1901. 30 77
Outstanding order, 1900. I 00
$1,580 22
B
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CR.
By cash paid on 57 orders of School Board ..... $1,326 12 paid on orders of School Board, No. 2
fund.
44 25
paid on orders of School Board, No. 4 fund. 56 93
paid on orders of School Board, No. 6 fund. 48 00
due No. 2 fund. 43 35
due No. 6 fund. 9 27
due Town. 52 30
$1,580 22
WILLIAM L. EMERSON, Treasurer.
Windham, N. H., Feb. 20, 1901.
We, the auditors, have this day examined the above ac- counts and find them correctly cast and properly vouched.
JOHN E. COCHRAN, JOHN H. DINSMORE,
Auditors.
Second Annual Report
OF THE
ANTIQUARIAN COMMITTEE.
We are glad to report a good beginning made in the work of preserving and rendering accessible articles of historic in- terest. This we believe to be a valuable service to the pres- ent and the future. The collection is in four divisions, as shown below, and further contributions to each are hereby solicited.
I. At a cost well within the town's appropriation we have placed in the reading room of the library building a suitable cabinet and arranged therein over forty labeled articles, all of which are of local historical significance, being connected with old families and old times in Windham. A list of a few of these articles will show the value of this collection from the standpoint of the antiquary :
Plate brought from Ireland by John A. Moore's immigrant ancestors.
Flax comb of Park family, marked 1766, probably brought over from Ireland.
Inkstand used in Revolutionary times and supposed to have been brought from Ireland by the first Davidsons.
Bible printed 1698, owned by Elder Robert Park, and containing his family records.
Almanac of 1759, containing written memorandum of the taking of "Quebeck" in September of that year.
Razor case brought as a trophy from the battle of Bennington by Sam- uel Morrison.
Sampler worked by Alice Park in 1789.
"Forma Sacra" and "Bath-Kol," books published by Rev. Simon Williams.
Bonnets seventy and dolls sixty years old.
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II. We have arranged in a large scrap book, for con- venient examination, a large number of ancient documents relating to the town, among them deeds to first settlers, auto- graphs of immigrants and early inhabitants, etc. More than 25 of these papers are over 100 years old, and several are more than 150. Among them are :
Deed to Henry Campbell. the first Campbell settler. 1733.
Letter of recommendation brought from Ireland by Margaret Adams. 1733.
Act of incorporation of the town. 1742.
First deed of Esty farm. 1747.
Indenture to first Davidson settler. 1749.
Plan of the town. 1795.
Autograph of Robert Dinsmoor, the "Rustic Bard." 1798. Ode written for Fourth of July celebration. 1825.
Hymn written for dedication of church 1835.
III. In the stack room we have a shelf for old books. Here, besides the remaining books of the early circulating libraries spoken of in our previous report, we have placed over thirty miscellaneous antique and curious books, several of them containing the names of early owners. Some of these books were printed as early as 1734, 1744, 1764, etc. A list and brief description of these books can be seen at the library, and the books themselves examined by any interested.
IV. For antiquarian articles of large size or of little beauty we have a case of shelves in one corner of the base- ment. Here are preserved, awaiting a better place, many articles illustrating the life of our ancestors. When by some means an entire room can be provided for the purpose, Windham can have a fine antiquarian collection.
There are persons who think that these matters are of small consequence. A little reflection upon the great and rapid changes in the customs of domestic and industrial life that have been and are going on, will convince such that many articles, now considered hardly worth preservation,
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will surely be, a few generations hence, not only objects of curiosity, but of great significance and value educationally. History is no longer simply a record of wars and kings. The ordinary life of the common people constitutes a large share in the real history of any nation, and all objects which illustrate and make vivid the conditions and customs of that life in past generations are of value and will be increasingly prized. A foot stove, a hatchet, a New England Primer, may be significant to the student of history as the accession of a ruler or the exact date of a battle.
Often in our solicitation of relics we hear such a remark as this : "That is a very old article, but I don't know its history ; Aunt Betsey could have told." When the date and facts associated with a relic are lost, half its interest is gone. We would urge all who have historic articles which they prize and wish to keep, to label them with all dates and facts known, that such knowledge may be preserved to the future.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM S. HARRIS, Committee. EDWARD A. HASKELL,
Windham, February 15, 1901.
Thirtieth Annual Report
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF NESMITH LIBRARY
For the Year Ending February 15, 1901.
"When you have nothing to say, say it quick and have done with it." Is not that a good rule to observe by trustees as well as by public speakers and others? There is really nothing new or of marked interest that calls for comment at this time. Everybody knows, or ought to know, that the library is here for the benefit of the public. The facts as to the use made of the library during the year are clearly indi- cated in the Librarian's Report. To all givers of books, pamphlets and papers we return hearty thanks.
We call special attention to the fact that it was particularly pleasant and agreeable to the trustees to have Dea. Henry B. Humphrey of Derry celebrate the 85th anniversary of his birth by giving to our library Ridpath's History of the United States, in 4 handsome volumes. Other birthday gifts are now in order.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT WATSON, For the Trustees.
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER.
DR.
To balance of Armstrong Fund on hand . .. $51 25 dividend on Armstrong Fund to Feb. 15, 1901 50 00
$IOI 25
CR.
By cash paid for oil.
$4 05
scrap book
I 50
blank book.
25
sheet iron
I 50
glass and putty
25
I-2 cord pine kindlings 2 00
I-2 cord prepared birch 2 50
I I-4 cords oak wood 5 00
balance in hands of treasurer.
84 20
$IOI 25
J. ARTHUR NESMITH, Treasurer.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
For the Year Ending February 15, 1901.
Number of books in the library at the beginning of the year 3256
Number of books in library at present
3327
Largest number taken out in one month, March.
23I
Smallest 66 66 May .. .
8I
Largest
day, Feb. 24. .
8I
Smallest 66 60 66 " June 27 . .
2
Whole number taken out during the year. 1890
Amount of fines received during year . $2 95
JOSIE B. NESMITH, Librarian.
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BOOKS PRESENTED DURING THE YEAR.
Report of Commissioners of Education.
Annual Report of Smithsonian Institution.
Proceedings of U. S. National Museum.
Sixteenth Report of Civil Service Commission.
"State Papers, Addresses and Poems," by Ex-Gov. Moody Currier. Presented to the Library by Mrs. Moody Currier.
"Rising in the World." Presented by Nancy Blaisdell.
"An American Mother." Presented by Herbert Under- wood.
Ridpath's History of the U. S., in 4 vols. Presented by Deacon Henry B. Humphrey of Derry.
Genealogy of Dickey Family. Presented bv Mrs. John Dickey.
History of 15th N. H. Volunteers, Agricultural pamph- lets and Harper's Monthly Magazine for the year 1900, by Mrs. M. J. Anderson.
Contributors to the reading table, Mrs. A. W. Heald, Mrs. Ellen Oberg, Mrs. John Bradford, Mrs. Nancy Blais- dell, Ella F. Batchelder, Alice L. Anderson, Mrs. Albert Watson, W. S. Harris.
LIST OF BOOKS FOR 1901.
A Daughter of Freedom,
Amy Blanchard, 23-26
Alice of Old Vincennes,
Maurice Tompson, 142-10
A Memorial of the Town of Ham- stead,
H. E. Noyes, 84.22
Among English Hedgerows
Clifton Johnson,
32-24
An American Mother,
M. L. Underwood, 31-28
Apes and Monkeys,
L. R. Garner,
50-24
As the Light Led,
Jane Newton Baskett,
142-11
At the North of Bearcamp Water,
Frank Bolles,
142-25
Ben Hur,
Lew Wallace,
4-22
Brethren of the Coast,
Kirk Munroe,
142-20
Briton and Boer,
James Bryce and others,
49-25
Christ's Object Lessons,
Ellen White,
17-28
Commodore Paul Jones,
Cyrus Townsend Brady,
50-23
Deacon Bradbury,
Edum Asa Dix,
142-3
Dr, North and His Friends,
S. Wier Mitchell,
142-14
Eben Holden,
Irving Bacheller, 142-6
Edward Burton,
Henry Wood, 142-17
Elenor,
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, 142-9
Familiar Flowers of Field and Gar- den,
F. S. Mathews, 90-11
Familiar Trees and Their Leaves,
66
90-12
Genealogy of Dickey Family.
John Dickey, 123-27
History of 15th Regiment of N. H. Volunteers,
Charles McGregor, 11-26
In His Steps,
Charles M. Sheldon, 4-23
In the Palace of the King,
F. Marion Crawford, 142-8
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