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A WORD TO PARENTS.
Parents inflict a great wrong upon their children when they take them from school at too early an age for the sake of the advantage derived from their labor. Suppose they can earn half as much as a man on the farm or in the shop, ought they to be obliged to do so? Or if the child wishes to leave school himself for this purpose, is it right to allow him ? Cer- tainly not. For by and by both parent and child will see what has been lost in suffering the precious opportunities our Common Schools afford to pass by unimproved. It is a less that is hard to make up when the defi- ciency is felt. It is more than a question of dollars and cents.
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SCHOOL APPARATUS.
Some of our schools have no apparatus unless it be a black-board. There should be in every school-room a set of outline maps, a globe and Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. It is recommended to the districts to purchase these articles where they are lacking.
The Common School is the crowning glory of our land. It is free for all. It offers the treasures of knowledge to the poor as well as the rich. It teaches our children to imitate the illustrious who have gone before them, to respect their parents, to love their country, and to obey the laws of God.
Let this benignant institution then, Fellow Citizens, have our fostering care. Let us give liberally for its maintenance ; let us develop more fully its resources, that our children, reaping its advantages, may become fitted for the high and responsible duties which are before them.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W. ROGERS,
Superintending School Committee.
SALEM, February 20th, 1866.
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ces
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,
AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
Town of Salem, N. H.,
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 29. 1867.
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LAWRENCE, MASS .: AMERICAN OFFICE --- GEO. S. MERRILL & CO., PRINTERS. 1867.
1 180) 201
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS,
-
AND
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
Town of Salem, N. H.,
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 20, 1867.
LAWRENCE: PRINTED BY GEO. S. MERRILL & COMPANY. No. 120 ESSEX STREET. 1867.
-TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1866.
TOWN CLERK. BENJAMIN R. WHEELER.
SELECTMEN. MATTHEW H. TAYLOR, GEORGE C. GORDON, JOEL C. CAREY.
OVERSEER OF THE POOR. STEPHEN D. CROWELL.
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE. GEORGE W. ROGERS.
COLLECTOR. WILLIAM G. CROWELL.
AUDITORS.
JOSEPH WEBSTER, CHARLES AUSTIN, DANIEL N. RUSS.
CONSTABLE. GEORGE H. DAY.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
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The Committee chosen to audit the Accounts of the Se- lectmen of the Town of Salem, N. H., for the fiscal year end- ing February 20th, 1867, having attended to that duty,
REPORT.
SELECTMEN, DR.
Cash received of Town Treasurer,
$685 93
Stephen D. Crowell,
1,350 00
Wm. G. Crowell,
1,214 52
66 Abigail Emerson,
875 00
66 Gilbert Emerson,
200 00
66
E. O. Butler,
300 00
66
J. H. Dunlap
125 00
Benjamin Dany,
900 00
Eliza A. D. Kimball, 900 00
66
David Loud,
400 00
66
Mary Renon, 344 80
66
David Webster, 2d, 800 00
66
Isaiah L. Webster,
600 00
Stephen D. Crowell,
440 50
Whole amount of taxes assessed, 15,647 28
66
State Treasurer for U.
S. bounties, 1,603 00
66
State Treasurer, for State Aid, 653 52
State Treasurer, railroad money, 344 40
66
State Treasurer, literary money, 66 38
66
State Treasurer, Savings
Bank tax, 12 36
.
Daniel Taylor, Trustee,
418 00
4
Cash rec'd of Jane Paul, 1,000 00 W. G. Crowell, interest on taxes, 28 99 - - $28,909 60
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS.
SELECTMEN, CR.
District No. 1 .- Town appropriation, $159 51 Railroad money, 34 44
Literary "
11 38
205 33
District No. 2 .- Town appropriation, Railroad money, Literary "
45 18
34 44
District No. 3 .- Town appropriation,
52 70
Railroad money,
34 44
Literary
3 76
90 90
District No. 4 .- Town appropriation,
118 94
Railroad money
34 44
Literary 66
8 48
161 86
District No. 5 .- Town appropriation,
76 73
Railroad, money, Literary
5 48
116 65
District No. 6 .- Town appropriation,
Railroad money,
34 44
Literary “
12 70
225 26
District No. 7 .- Town appropriation,
80 16
Railroad money, Literary
5 73
120 33
District No. 8 .- Town appropriation,
74 62
Railroad money,
34 44
Literary .
5 42
114 48
District No. 9 .- Town appropriation,
74 22
Railroad money, Literary
5 30
113 96
District No. 10 .- Town appropriation, * 67 34
Railroad money,
34 44
Literary "
4 81
106 59
$1,338 22
3 24
82 86
34 44
178 12
34 44
34 44
5
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
Paid John P. Bodwell, drawing plank for bridge, $4 00
James H. Foster, labor on bridge, 5 26
John A. Wheeler, labor and plank for bridge, 3 43
Thomas A. Rowell, labor,
3 98
Charles Head, 2 00
John A. Wheeler, 3 03
" and plank,
Hiram B. Foster,
" on bridge,
3 50
Joseph Marston,
5 25
Charles C. Foster, 66 66
3 50
William S. Kelley, 66 66
5 00
Dean Woodbury, 66 66
3 00
David Loud, 66 66
1 33
Charles Day,
28 00
John P. Foster, 66
9 92
John M. Graham, 66 66
10 55
Barzina Kimball, for gravel,
4 00
James Ayer, labor, lumber and nails,
14 28
Nathan R. Bodwell, labor on bridge, 10 12
W. W. Smith, 66 66
2 50
John R. Wheeler,
66
3 98
A. J. Silver,
7 00
Silas Carey, 66
3 00
Amos Emerson,
5 00
James Ayer, cash paid on bridge,
9 69
J. W. F. Cooper, labor on bridge,
10 62
A. W. Hall, gravel in Dis. 23, 4 50
Clinton Ewins, lumber for bridge,
17 50
Isaac Woodbury, 57 loads gravel,
1 71
John C. Ewins, for powder, spikes, &c.,
8 31
$193 96
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF NON-RESIDENT HIGHWAY TAXES.
Paid Isaac B. Corliss,
1 38
John P. Bodwell,
8 00
George W. Palmer,
5 89
Samuel H. Palmer,
1 93
James L. Brown,
1 68
John J. Merrill,
1 10
Charles Head,
1 11
Frye Austin, in 1865,
13 78
6
Paid Aaron G. Wilson,
1 00
J. B. Gardner,
1 46
John Lovering,
1 2 85
Frye Austin,
3 73
David Loud,
1 53
Amos and Stephen Currier,
1 67
John A. Wheeler,
4 77
Gilbert Emerson,
1 08
James Ayer,
4 34
Daniel C. Rowell,
5 11
Warren McKay,
84
Thaddeus Richardson,
1 85
Nathaniel Webster,
65
Francis F. Kimball,
2 75
Daniel Tilton,
2 40
John Webber,
3 16
George H. Day,
83
James H. Smith,
3 48
Ansel Merrill,
9 83
Isaac Woodbury,
1 09
Wm. C. Mansfield, in 1865,
4 05
Wm. C. Mansfield, in 1866,
5 09
Obadiah Dustin,
4 69
T. B. Middleton,
41
Daniel Merrill,
2 77
Charles O. Palmer,
2 82
Benjamin Woodbury,
1 49
$110 61
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SNOW PATHS.
J. F. Smith,
7 hours, oxen in 1866, 88
7
66 men,
66
70
Nath'l Webster,
256 1-4 66 men,
56. 66
49
oxen,
8 17
James H. Smith,
81
66
men,
13 50
21
66
oxen,
3 50
George Woodbury, 2
39
men,
6 50
George H. Day, 127
25
66
oxen,
4 25
Samuel Batchelder, 6
men,
1 00
.
/ 66
oxen,
33
66
men,
21 17
42 71
7
Daniel Tilton,
30
hours, horses,
3 75
66
172 1-2
men,
28 75
James L. Brown,
348
66 men,
58 00
37
oxen,
6 16
66
14
horses,
. 1 75
John Webber,
16
oxen,
2 66
66
12
horses,
1 50
160
66
men,
26 66
John A. Wheeler,
147
men,
24 50
23
66
oxen,
3 83
D. M. Thom,
113
men,
18 83
18
66
horse,
2 25
Benj. Woodbury,
35
men,
5 83
66
66
26
horses,
3 25
Amos N. Webster, 252
66
men,
42 00
81
oxen,
13 50
Thad's Richardson 183 1-2
men and oxen,
30 58
Obadiah Dustin,
201
men,
33 50
T. B. Middleton,
154
66
men,
25 66
Daniel C. Rowell,
77
66
men,
11 66
Alburtus Coburn
70
oxen,
11 67
66
66
men,
11 00
Aaron G. Wilson,
63
66
men,
10 50
66
66
9
66
oxen,'
1 50
James Ayer,
333 1-4
men,
55 54
66
82
horses,
10 25
66
66
3
oxen,
.50
Charles O. Palmer,
93
66
men,
15 50
66
21
oxen,
3 50
J. C. Ewins,
5
66
men,
83
Harvey Harris,
146 1-2
men,
24 41
Isaac Woodbury,
84 1-2
men,
14 58
42 1-2
oxen,
7 08
5 1-2
horses,
68
John Lovering,
66 1-2
men,
11 08
10
oxen,
1 67
Daniel Merrill,
80
66
men,
13 33
56
oxen,
9 33
George W. Silver,
87
66
men,
14 50
44
66
oxen,
5 50
.
66
74 1-2
oxen,
12 42
12 83
70
66
oxen,
"
8
Wm. C. Mansfield, in 1865,
3 65
80
66 men, in 1866, 13 33
.
3
66 oxen, 50
. $713 01
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CONTINGENCIES.
Paid Stephen D. Crowell, for services as Sup't of Alms-house in 1865, $325 00 Wm. G. Crowell, for services as Overseer of the Poor in 1865, 19 75
Geo. C. Gordon, for paper, 1 70
School District No. 1, school house taxes assessed in 1864 and '65, 202 52
George N. Austin, services as Town Treasurer, and balance services as Selectman and Town Clerk in 1865, 40 00
Matthew H. Taylor, balance servi-
ces as Selectman in 1865,
10 00
George C. Gordon, balance services as Selectman in 1865, 12 00
John Langley, note and interest, 69 78
Thomas D. Lancaster, dinners for Town officers, in 1865, 15 00 Charles M. Russ, note and interest, 434 60 Geo. S. Merrill, printing Town Re- ports in 1865, 56 00
Francis Pratt, note and interest, 53 03
D. L. Guernsey, blank books, 3 75
E. O. Richardson, note and interest, 171 00 State Treasurer, State tax, 3,337 50
County Treasurer, County tax, 1,006 87 Geo. W. Merrill, two notes and in- terest, 504 08
Jane Paul, note and interest, 1,155 54
Betsey Moulton, interest on note, 13 50
Charles Austin, note in part, 200 00
J. Henry Dix, note and interest, 793 26
Daniel Taylor, " 66 418 00
J. K. Gordon, interest on taxes, 1 69
Albertus Coburn, "
1 45
9
Paid John D. Corliss, note and interest, 159 75 Nelson Emerson, " 66 112 92 Geo. Renou, two notes and interest, 344 80
S. D. Crowell, interest on note, 40 50
William Stanton, "
66
12 00
Willard W. Merrill, in part pay of note, 300 00
John L. Prince, interest on note, 12 00
Mary Austin, in part pay of note, 500 00
David Loud, note and interest, 401 45 Richard Taylor,in part pay of note3,800 00 School Dis. No. 3, interest on note, 8 04
Abigail Austin,
66
18 00
M. F. Austin,
66
66
12 00
50
J. M. Graham, repairing gate,
66
" Hearse, 2 00
Edward Griffin, services as Auditor in 1865, 6 00
School District No. 8, School house tax in part, 250 00
School District No. 6, School house tax in part, 40 00
Mary Allen, interest on note, 8 77
Rockingham Mutual Fire Ins. Co., assessment, 4 56
John F. Tenney, as Administrator
of E. Kimball, note and int., 5,907 00 Ira Sanborn, interest on note, 12 00
Joseph M. Emerson, int. on note, 90 00
Francis B. Kelley, note and int., 370 13 Geo. IV. Rogers, services as Super-
intending School Committee, 60 00
William G. Crowell, non-resident highway receipts returned, 3 86
William G. Crowell, collecting tax- es in 1866, 219 06
W. G. Crowell, paying State and County tax, 7 00
W. G. Crowell, discount on tax- es in 1865, 26 80
W. G. Crowell, discount on taxes in full, 1866, 794 40
2
10
Paid W. G. Crowell, printing tax bills, 5 50 66 66 services as Modera-
tor in 1866, .
4 00
W. G. Crowell, 2364 ft. pine plank, 4 at $18.00, 42 55
Geo. C. Gordon, stamps and station- ery, 1 98
M. H. Taylor, expenses carrying Sarah F. Howarth to Asylum, 8 00
Clinton Ewins, wood for Town House, 1 50 " services as Constable
in 1865, 7 61
Daniel Taylor, note and interest, 1001 70 John S. Whittaker, " 117 16
M. H. Taylor, services as Selectman, 99 50
Geo. C. Gordon, "
66 131 00
J. C. Carey, " 66 32 00
Charles Austin, in part pay of note, 1000 00
- $24,822 06
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Joseph Jennings,
$4 16
Elijah Jennings, 1 00
Thomas Webster,
22 80
Moody Foster,
12 50
Eliphalet Coburn,
20 16
J. C. Atwood,
5 00
Richard S. Wilson,
1 20
David Dustin,
6 02
Washington Kimball,
2 50
Ira Morrison,
2 50
Abraham Nichols,
2 50
Thomas Webster,
17 93
77 03
W. G. Crowell, abatement of Town Farm tax, 66 66 66 " taxes,
108 29
N. B. Dustin, 3 40
$286 99
11
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SMALL POX.
Paid Dr. C. C. Talbot, for vaccinating 125 persons, $55 00 John Partridge, for 13 days work taking care of J. C. Palmer, 32 50
Isaac Alexander, for boarding J. W. Partridge, 10 00 Isaac Alexander, labor of self and use of horse for J. C. Palmer, .21 13
Harvey Harris, meat for J. C. Palmer,
50
J. C. Ewins, supplies for J. C. Palmer, 8 44
B. E. Woodman, 13 visits to J. C. Palmer, and medicine, 22 65
B. E. Woodman, for vaccinating 101 persons, 33 33
J. T. Douglas, for coffin, 6 00
$189 55
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF STATE AID.
Paid Susan McArthur,
$60 00
Lucy A. Buckman, 24 00
$84 00
RECAPITULATION.
Whole amount in Selectmen's hands, $28,909 60 Paid for Schools,
$1,338 22
Roads and bridges,
193 96
Non-resident highway taxes,
110 61
Snow paths,
713 01
Contingent expenses,
24,822 06
State aid,
84 00
Abatement of taxes,
286 99
Small pox,
189 55
W. G. Crowell's note,
674 00
Cash in Treasurer's hands,
497 20
$28,909 60
OUTSTANDING NOTES AGAINST THE TOWN.
William Crawford's note, due May 30th, 1867, $901 36 David Loud's " August 28th, 1866, 400 00
Enoch Taylor, Guardian for E. B. Taylor, note, due March 4th, 1867, 1,338 23
12
School District No. 10, note due Dec. 16th, 1866, 168 54
School District No. 2,
66 Dec. 16th, 1866, 179 31
Obadiah Dustin's 66 Dec. 28th, 1866, 669 10
Hiram Cross' 66 Feb. 6th, 1867, 200 73
School District No. 3, . 66
March 20th, 1867, 142 04
Thomas D. Lancaster,
‹ . May 31st, 1866, 126 24
Eliphlet Coburn, 66 May 4th, 1866, 504 98
John L. Prince,
Oct. 21st, 1866, 200 00
Milton F. Austin,
Oct. 23d, 1866,
200 00
William L. Stanton,
66
Oct. 20th, 1866, 200 00
212 00
Joseph M. Emerson,
May 4th, 1867,
1,590 00
Amos Dustin's,
Sept. 14th, 1866,
280 47
Ann Loomis,
Oct. 10th, 1866,
4,764 06
Enoch Taylor, -
66 May 28th, 1867, 297 76
Joseph Taylor,
66
May 28th, 1867, 119 10
Betsey Moulton's
66 June 24th, 1867, 238 50
Willard W. Merrill's
Sept. 12th, 1867, 414 61
Charles T. Maxwell's
66 Sept. 12th, 1867, 595 50
Charles Lundberg's
66 Sept. 12th, 1866, 505 62
George Sumner's
Sept. 15th, 1867, 266 23
Henrietta Currier's
Oct. 8th, 1866,
583 00
Mary A. Dustin's
66
Oct. 14th, 1867, 1,310 12
John Taylor's 66 Aug. 10th, 1867, 5,955 08
Charles Lundburg's
Oct. 24th, 1866, 112 36
Nancy Wheeler's
66
Oct. 27th, 1866, 539 34
Willard W. Merrill's
66
Nov. 21st, 1866, 112 36
Mary Austin's 66
July 26th, 1867,
4,264 06
Abigail Austin's ...
Dec. 24th, 1867, 318 00
Charles Austin's 66
Jan. 15th, 1867, 1,298 29
Richard Taylor's 66
Jan. 11th, 1867, 1,793 45
Mary A. Dustin's
Feb. 1st, 1867, 1,146 07
Seth Hall's
66 Feb. 11th, 1867, 393 26
Enoch Taylor, Guardian of
E. B. Taylor, note, due Feb. 4th, 1867, 561 80
J. Henry Dix's 66 Sept. 2d, 1867, 148 88
Daniel H. Day's
60
Feb. 27th, 1866, 371 00
Cyrus Wilson's 66
March 21st, 1866,
185 50
Abigail Emerson's
April 1st, 1866, 180 20
Mary A. Dustin's
April 26th, 1866, 452 62
John Dix's
66 May 20th, 1866, 318 00
Mary Dustin's
66 Aug. 16th, 1866, 106 00
Benjamin F. Wheeler's
Aug. 15th, 1866, 545 90
Isaac B. Corliss'
66 Nov. 6th, 1866,
265 00
Ira Sanborn,
66
May 8th, 1867,
13
Daniel Taylor, Trustee for
O. A. Taylor, note, due Sept. 16th, 1866,
418 00
Nancy Wheeler's
Feb. 14th, 1867, 74 20
Mary A. Dustin's 66
Jan. 29th, 1867, 1,855 00
Enoch Taylor, Guardian for
E. B. Taylor, note, due Feb. 13th, 1867, 318 00
Mary Allen's
Feb. 17th, 1857,
122 95
Stephen D. Crowell's
66
March 7, 1866,
1,350 00
Abigail Emerson's
April 15th, 1866,
875 00
Gilbert Emerson's
April 25th, 1866,
200 00
Elbridge O. Butler's
April 27th, 1866, 300 00
John H. Dunlap's . 66
April 28th, 1866, 125 00
Benjamin Day's 66
May 22d, 1866, 900 00
Eliza A. D. Kimball's 66
May 22d, 1866,
900 00
Stephen D. Crowell's
Dec. 10th, 1866,
440 50
David Webster, 2d,
66 Dec. 12th, 1966,
650 00
David Webster, 2d,
Dec. 25th, 1866,
150 00
Isaiah L. Webster's
Feb. 25th, 1866,
400 00
Isaiah L. Webster's
Feb. 7th, 1866,
200 00
Mary Renou's
66
Dec. 4th, 1866,
344 80
Joseph H. Gage's
Jan. 2d, 1867,
319 08
Jane Paul's
66 Jan. 18th, 1867, 1,000 00
Mary Campbell's
66 Sept. 25th, 1866,
169 60
$46,586 79
DUE THE TOWN.
From State for aid to families, $24 00
Overseer of Poor,
100 72
Connty for support of paupers,
246 75
United States for bounties,
3,597 00
William G. Crowell's note, 674 00
Town Treasurer,
497 20
$5139 67
Leaving a balance against the Town, $41,447 12
All of which is respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH WEBSTER, CHARLES AUSTIN, AUDITORS.
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEER AND SUPERINTEND- ENT OF ALMS-HOUSE FOR THE YEAR END- ING FEBRUARY 20, 1867.
DR.
Cash received from former Overseer of the Poor, Cash on hand,
200 76
received for labor off Farm,
226 00
from County for support of paupers,
770 11
milk, butter and cheese,
135 13
potatoes, apples and vegetables,
52 99
pork, lard and pigs,
93 43
pair beef oxen, calves,
35 00
$1,876 69
Cash paid for oxen,
195 00
66
meat and tallow,
34 70
66
" flour,
120 16
.6
sugar, molasses, tea and coffee,
51 76
66
oil, salt and fish,
23 80
66
tobacco,
7 92
66
66
blacksmith and wheelwrights,
15 93
66
dry goods,
35 65
66
tin and crockery ware,
10 17
lantern and glass,
3 86
mats and wrench,
2 37
66
painting and repairing house,
14 14
66
clothes wringer tub,
9 75
66
butts, screws and bone meal,
1 62
16 46
66
posts, slabs and sawing lumber,
10 00
66
pasturing colt, and butchering,
8 25
66
66 one bbl. phosphate of lime,
8 16
66
vinegar, hops,
6 00
66
shingles, filing saw, resin,
2 50
60 shovel, forks, chains and hoes,
8 00
66 stove and sled,
10 00
66 use of wagon and plough,
8 00
9 40
.
66
66 expenses getting Co. money,
CR.
one cow,
38 00
medicine and medical attendance,
19 12
grass seed, standing grass and sundries,
$133 27
230 00
15
Cash paid for labor on farm, 76 89
66 clothing, boots and shoes, 53 04
66 meal, shorts and rye, 79 02
66 soda, spices, biscuit, nails, apples, soap, 43 91
$923 58
CASH PAID OUT FOR SUPPORT OF PAUPERS NOT AT ALMS- HOUSE.
Paid B. P. Hoyt, for support of S. Moffit, $104 00
A. D. Gage for support of N. Parker, 65 00
66 for support of S. Rowell, 32 82
Dr. Woodman, medical attendance on M. W. Hall, 15 00
for coffins and robes, 15 66
for supplies for Mrs. Palmer, 16 24
for Mrs. Hildreth, 15 08
66 for Mrs. Garland,
16 15
66 66 for Mrs. Downing,
8 35
66 66 for Benwirz F. Man,
13 12
Asylum at Concord for S. Howarth,
41 00
car fare for paupers,
3 00
clothing,
23 75
A. D. Gage, for support of N. Parker in 1865,
32 50
66 A. Plummer, for supplies for H. Webster, " 44 08
F. F. Dole, for attending S. Moffit, 59 25
66 Mrs. P. Hunt, for boarding S. Rowell, 53 39
$527 39
ABSTRACT.
Whole amount received,
$1,876 69
Whole amount put out, 1,450 97
Leaving in Overseers' hands, $425 72
Due from County,
246 75
$672 47
Overseers' salary,
$325 00
Out-standing debts for support of paupers, 86 00
$411 00
Leaving a balance in favor of town of, $261 47
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NUMBER OF PAUPERS AT ALMS-HOUSE.
Males, 3.
Females, 3. Total, 6.
Respectfully submitted,
S. D. CROWELL,
Overseer and Superintendent.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS-HOUSE.
Five tons English hay, 150.00; 4 tons run hay 6.00; lot corn fodder, 10.00; 6 cows, 350.00; 1 horse and colt, 200.00 ; lot fowls, 8.00 ; 3 shoats, 40.00 ; 25 bushels corn, 32.50 ; 8 bushels barley, 10.00; 8 cords prepared wood, 48.00 ; 4 cords cord wood, 16.00 ; 2 bushels meal, 2.75; 1-2 barrel flour, 8.00 ; 115 lbs. ham, 20.70; 82 lbs. fresh meat, 12.30; 80 lbs. lard, 16.00 ; 100 lbs. butter, 48.00 ; 350 lbs. pork, 70.00 ; 40 lbs. beef, 6.67; lot onions, 9.00 ; 100 bushels potatoes, 60.00 ; lot vegetables, 8.00 ; 12 gal's. vinegar, 6.00 ; lot casks, 11.00 ; lot soap and cask, 2.00 ; 60 lbs. hard soap, 9.00 ; 3 pair steelyards, 1.75 ; cheese hoop basket and press,5.00; feed boxes and hay cutter, 9.00; grain chests, 4.00 ; 'baskets, 1.50; pail and kegs, 3.50; 2 churns, 3.25 ; 2 brass kettles, 6.00 ; 4 mirrors and 2 clocks, 5.00 ; lamps and candlesticks, 1.50 ; trunks, chests and draw- ers, 12.00; stoves and funnel, 32.00 ; wearing apparel 185.00 ; chaif's and tables, 12.00 ; bedsteads and cords,22.00; 15 feather beds and ticks, 135.00 ; 15 pair sheets, 33.00 ; 17 pillow cases, 10.00 ; quilts and comforters, 18.00; 45 pillows, 16.00; 3 blankets, 7.50 ; 4 tables, 4.00; 1 cup- board, 2.00; lot books, 4.00 ; safe crib, 10.00 ; milk cans, 10.00 ; tray, mortar and lantern, 3.00 ; 2 umbrellas, 2.00 ; 1 drag, 2.00 ; 1 ox-cart, rack and wheels, 65.00; 1 harrow and yoke, 6.00 ; lot manure forks, 2.50 ; 5 ploughs, 14.00; 7 hay forks, 4.50 ; 3 shovels, 2.00; 6 rakes, 1.75; 1 drag rake, 1.00 ; 1 horse rake, 4.00 ; 3 yokes, 5.00 ; clevis and pin, 1.00 ; 1 sleigh, 5.00 ; 2 harnesses, 24.00 ; 2 grindstones, 8.00 ; 15 chains, 8.00; 3 iron bars, 4.00; hoes and manure hook, 3.00 ; 2 wheelbarrows, 5.00 ; 7 axes, 4.00 .; 1 ox-sled, 12.00 ; 1 cultivator, 1.00 ; 1 horse sled, 8.00 ; scythes and snaths, 5.00 ; augers and bog hoe, 5.00 ; pick and wrench, 1.50; 2 ladders, 1.00; sickle and corn cutter, 50c .; saws and planes, 5.00 ; beetle and wedges, 2.00; blanket and
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halter, 2.00 ; buffalo robe, 5.00 ; 5 shaves and hammer,3.00; 12 meal bags, 6.00 ; trough and spout, 2.00 ; bucket and rigging, 3.00; tin ware, 15.00; crockery ware, 10.00; stone jars and boxes, 3.00 ; lot jugs, 4.00; warming and bed pan, 2.00 ; seive and wash-board, 1.00 ; hand cuffs, 1.00; 2 clothes-lines, 50c. ; measures, 1.00 ; 3 iron kettles, 1.00; flat-irons, 1.00 ; knives, forks and spoons, 2.50 ; window cur- tains and fixtures, 3.00 ; tubs and brooms, 4.00; clothes wringer, 8.00 ; earthern ware, 2.00 ; iron ware, 5.00; lum- ber, 15.00; 3 bush. beans, 10.00; 1-2 bushel peas, 2.00 ; pickles, 1.50 ; tallow, 50 .; 2 gallons molasses, 1.10 ; 2 gal- lons oil, 2.00 ; 15 lbs. sugar, 2.25 ; spices, 1.00 ; salt, 2.00; tobacco, 1.00; tea, 1.50 ; cranberries, 1.00 ; 1 sledge ham- mer, 2.50; 2 broad axes, 1.50 ; lot stone tools, 2.00; lot rasps and files, 50c. ; chest and contents, 1.50 ; shaving horse and vice, 2,00; 3 doz eggs, 1.00; lot old iron, 2.50; 18 towels, 4.00; 1 long table cloth (oilcloth), 3.00 .- Total, 2,069 02.
APPRAISAL OF REAL ESTATE OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Town Farm,
$4,800 00
Wood-land, 500 00
Town House,
1,000 00
Personal property at Town Farm,
2,069 02
$8,369 02
PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
CR.
Cash received of G. N. Austin,
$47 47
for Deeds,
24 25
66
66
for small wood,
9 87
66
66 for cord wood,
25 50
DR.
To cash paid for labor, $71 20
Leaving a balance in Selectmen's hands,
$35 89
MATTHEW H. TAYLOR, GEORGE C. GORDON,
COMMITTEE. JOEL C. CAREY,
$107 09
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
OF THE
TOWN OF SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1867.
In accordance with the school law of New Hampshire, the Com- mittee would herewith submit the following
REPORT.
The condition of the several schools does not vary materially from what it was last year. It is gratifying to be able to state that they have been conducted with their usual interest and efficiency. The Committee has faithfully attended to his duty, visiting the districts as often as practicable, making such suggestions to the teachers as were deemed necessary, and frequently addressing the scholars. It is pleasant, also, to be able to say of the teachers that they have labored with fidelity, and, generally speaking, have given satisfaction in the districts where they have taught. Of course it cannot be expected that the young and inexperienced among them would do as well as those who have taught for years; but, taking the whole corps as they will average, they are not inferior, perhaps, to those of other towns of the same size in this county.
DISTRICT NO. 1. Prudential Committee, A. H. Merrill. Teachers-Summer, Laura A. Haynes ; Winter, L. E. Fogg. Whole number of scholars-Summer, 71; Winter, 87. Average attendance-Summer, 60; Winter, 74.
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Length of school in weeks-Summer, 12; Winter, 10. Wages of teachers per month-Summer, $29.00; Winter, $46.00. Appropriation-Town, $159.51; Literary, $11.38; Railroad, $34.44.
The Prudential Committee of this district, very wisely, we think, employed the same teachers this year as last, and what was said of them then, is applicable now. They have been faithful to the duties of the school room, and the pupils, on their part, have done well, if we except a few who came not to study, but to idle away their time. This is spoken particularly of the winter term, which was crowded, and where the order was more or less disturbed by a few of the larger boys who were disposed to be refractory. Notwithstanding this, the school went on well, and the classes at the examination gave evidence of the teacher's continued success.
In the opinion of the Committee, this school is too large, and should be graded. It numbers at present nearly ninety scholars, which are altogether too many for one man to have the care of, however excel- lent he may be as a teacher. We hope this matter will be seriously considered by the district, and if the school continues to increase, that steps will be taken to remedy the evil.
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Prudential Committee, Stephen D. Crowell.
Teacher-Summer and Autumn, Alice J. Sargent. Whole number of scholars-Summer, 12; Autumn, 16. Average attendance-Summer, 10; Autumn, 13. Length of school in weeks-Summer, 8; Autumn, 7. Wages of teacher per month-$20.00.
Appropriation-Town, $45.18; Literary, $3.24; Railroad, $34.44.
A young teacher was placed in charge of this school, but though entirely inexperienced, she labored with a good deal of energy and success. Industrious herself, she improved from the first, and her scholars assisted her by applying themselves to their studies as though they were determined to learn. The interest at the close of the second term was quite satisfactory.
DISTRICT NO. 3. . Prudential Committee, N. H. Paul.
Teachers-Summer, Fanny E. Tilton; Winter, Eliza J. Worthen. Whole number of scholars-Summer, 17; Winter, 35. Average attendance-Summer, 15; Winter, 27.
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