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cut saw, 1.00 ; 5 milk cans, 5.00 ; augers, 1.75 ; clothes- wringer, 4.00 ; 2 broad axes, 2.00 ; lot carpenter's tools, 10.00 ; hammer and stone tools, 3.00; old iron, 3.00 ; 1 sideboard, 5.00 ; 3 brooms, 1.00 ; 2 iron kettles, 1.00 ; stoves and fun- nel, 40.00 ; 1 clothes-line, 1.00; whitewash brush, 3 00; 1 rubber cushion, 3.00; clothes basket, .50; tobacco, 1.25 ; pair blankets, 5.00. Total, $1,985.36.
APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Town Farm, valued at
$5,500 00
Woodland, valued at 100 00
Town House, valued at
1,000 00
Personal property at Almshouse, Town safe,
1,985 36
450 00
Town hearse,
400 00
$9,435 36
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SCHOOL HOUSE TAX.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, 1873. Balance due the District, March 1, 1877, $ 40 88
-
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4, 1875.
Balance paid the District, $37 00
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, 1876.
Whole amount assessed, $261 92
Cash paid the District, $200 00
Balance due the District, March 1, 1877,
61 92
$261 92
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 7, 1876.
Whole amount assessed,
Cash paid the District, 150 00
$180 53
Balance due the District, March 1, 1877, 30 53
$180 53
WILLIAM B. KIMBALL,. - Selectmen WILLARD W. MERRILL, of
CHARLES I. BOWKER, Salem.
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PINE GROVE CEMETERY. -
CR.
Cash received of former Treasurer, 20 60
Cash received for sale of lots, 34 00
$54 60
DR.
Cash paid Nelson Emerson, for labor, $25 00
Cash balance in Treasurer's hands, - 29 60
$54 60
WILLIAM B. KIMBALL, WILLARD W. MERRILL, - Committee. CHARLES I. BOWKER,
The undersigned, having examined the foregoing accounts, find the same correctly cast and properly vouched for.
JOHN F. SMITH, NELSON EMERSON, Auditors. LEVI CLUFF,
SALEM, N. H. March 1, 1877.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SALEM, N. H.,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1877.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Miss Annie S. Moulton has taught this school for more than two years. Her discipline and mode of instructing make her a successful teacher.
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Miss Emma Goodhue taught the summer and fall terms. Though this was her first school, she manifested commendable zeal, securing the confidence and esteem of both scholars and parents.
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Miss Aurella A. Gardiner was the teacher of summer and fall terms. A previous acquaintance with this school prepared her to instruct here successfully.
DISTRICT NO. 4.
The summer and fall terms were taught by Miss Mary E. Noyes ; the winter term by Miss Henrietta E. Noyes. Both these teachers have had considerable experience, and have en- joyed the advantages of a normal school training.
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DISTRICT NO. 5.
The summer term was taught by Miss Mary E. Stevens ; the winter term by Miss Emma B. Noyes. These teachers engaged in this work with a desire to be useful, and a degree of success attended their efforts.
DISTRICT NO. 6.
This school has been taught during the year by Miss Carrie E. Thom .. Miss Thom having taken a full course at a normal school, has desirable intellectual qualifications for her work. The school is too large for one teacher. Arrangements are being made for a division the coming year.
DISTRICT NO. 7.
The summer term was taught by Miss Charlotte E. Harris. Miss H. has taught considerably, but her physical health was not equal to the labor imposed upon her. The winter term is being taught by Miss Laura J. Goodhue.
DISTRICT NO. 8.
Miss Lillie F. Webster taught this school both summer and winter terms. Some new families having recently moved into this district, the school is larger than in previous years, and the examination at the close of the last term was very sat- isfactory.
DISTRICT NO. 9.
The summer school was taught by Miss Nellie Foss, who was desired to teach the fall term, but declined. Mr. Owen Copp taught the fall term, and though he had not taught before did a good work. Mr. D. A. Rollins, a member of Dartmouth College, showed a good degree of enthusiasm, and taught the winter term to the satisfaction of all.
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DISTRICT NO. 10.
Miss Laura J. Goodhue was the teacher for both terms, and being untiring in her efforts for the good of her pupils, maintained her previous reputation as a successful teacher.
In submitting my annual report of the several schools in town, I deem it unadvisable to discriminate between the ex- cellencies and defects of the several teachers. Results speak for themselves. I am, however, happy to say that all of the fourteen different teachers, with the fewest exceptions, have served the districts acceptably, furnishing conclusive evidence of a desire to benefit their pupils to the extent of their ability.
The geographies have been changed, and the new ones, " Swinton's Complete Course," and " Swinton's Elementary," have been adopted and studied with great profit. They are coming into general use, and are deservedly popular.
If the district system is to be continued, I am convinced that a board of three, instead of one, should have the charge of the schools, as it is not easy for any one person to give sufficient attention to the several schools in connection with other duties.
In conclusion, I would thank the teachers and Prudential Committee of the different districts for their ready co operation in whatever has been accomplished towards the advancement of the cause of education during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL BOWKER,
Superintending School Committee.
Districts.
Terms.
Name of Teacher.
No. of weeks.
Whole no. schol-
ars attending in the year.
Average attend-
ance.
ers per month Wages of teach-
Town appropri-
Railroad tax.
Literary fund.
Dog tax.
Visits of supt.
Visits of pruden-
Visits of citizens
Prudential Com.
Summer, Annie'S. Moulton,
10
59
53
$40 40
$255.88 $40.16 $63.77 $29.50
2
0
4
Jos. W. Emerson
No. 1. Fall,
Annie S. Moulton,
10
57
48 3-8
7 1-2
25
59.41
40.16
14.18
29.50
2
0
26
Fall,
Emma F. Goodhue,
10
8
8
16
26
52.34
40.16
13.03
29.50
2
0
10
37
33
36
25
36
197.89
40 16
49.22
29.50
2
0
6
Fall,
Mary E Noyes,
10
33
11
28
22 1-2
38
99.62
40.16
24.81
29.50
3
0
9
Jacob Rowell.
No. 5.
Fall,
Emma L. Noyes,
9
33
25
28
2
0
22
W. W. Merrill.
No. 6.
Fall,
Carrie E. Thom,
10
54
44
44
327.00
40.16
81.58
29.50
2
0 0
No. 7. Summer, Charlotte E. Harris,
8
16
131-2
107.18
40.16
26.73
29.50
3
0
none.
H. Woodbury.
+
Winter,
Laura J. Goodhue,
9
23
20 1-2
30
102 68
40.16
25.62
29.50
3
0
6
E. E Richardson.
No. 8. Winter,
Lillie F. Webster,
14
28
25
32
15
28
114.86
40.16
28.62
29.50
3
1
19
No. 9.
Fall,
Owen Copp,
8
17
16
Winter,
D. A. Rollins,
12
21
10
29
27
29
73.43
40.16
18.21
29.50
3
0
10
David Dunlap.
Fall,
Laura J. Goodhue, 12
25
23
29
2
1
21
.
9
10
Winter,
Henrietta E. Noyes,
10
27
17
33
Summer,
3
0
3
Summer,
Carrie E. Thom,
10
58
50
36
Winter,
Carrie E. Thom,
1
0
Summer, Lillie F. Webster,
2
1
14
James Butler.
Summer, Nellie Foss.
9
17
2
0
10
2
1
12
No.10. Summer, Laura J. Goodhue,
+ Not closed.
Annie S. Moulton,
1
0
15
Varnum Merrill.
No. 2.
Summer, Fall,
Aurilla A. Gardner, 10
16
15
26
6
0
none.
Richard Taylor.
No. 4.
Summer,
Emma F. Goodhue,
2
0
8
John H. Dunlap.
Auvilla A. Gardner, 11
17
No. 3.
Summer, Mary E. Noyes,
6
Mary E. Stevens,
6
1
0
6
2
0
+ Winter,
2
school com.
tial com.
ation.
9 8
25
24
Destia
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR,
AND SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF SALEM,
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR .
ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1878.
HAVERHILL, MASS. : C. C. MORSE AND SON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1878.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Selectmen, Town Treasurer, Overseers Poor, and S. S. Committee
OF THE
TOWN OF SALEM, N. H.
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING FEB. 28, 1878.
HAVERHILL : C. C. MORSE & SON, BOOK' AND JOB PRINTERS. 1878.
427
0182 194
. 02 2 33 208
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1877. 400
Q 215"
TOWN CLERK.
BENJAMIN R. WHEELER.
-
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
421
WILLARD W. MERRILL,
CHARLES T. MAXWELL,
185 190 182
NATHANIEL H. PAUL.
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TOWN TREASURER.
414
180
WILLARD W. MERRILL. -
234
-
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
SUSAN E. WHEELER.
377
395
-
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
WILLIAM G. CROWELL.
AUDITORS.
420
LEVI CLUFF,
185 183 189
400
197 180 169
184- -
CHARLES I. BOWKER.
HARVEY HARRIS. 299 221 2 - CONSTABLE. 2 %1
CLINTON EWINS.
292
189
-
TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT.
ASSETS.
For cash received.
Former Treasurer, $2,287 44
Town of Atkinson, repairs on bridge, 17 75
George C. Gordon, insurance, 10 00
Amount of tax-list committed to Wm. G. Crowell,
9,438 40
John Vickery, cow and calf,
50 00
State Treasurer, railroad tax, 413 43
Savings Bank tax, 203 80
literary fund, 131 15
County of Rockingham, for support of paupers,
512 21
for board of Lizzie Davis, 10 00
Town of Andover, med. attendance on Caroline A. Russell, 30 00
Charles F. Kimball, uncollected taxes, 1874,
122 88
€ .
interest on “ 6 34
A. N. Russ, uncollected taxes, 1872,
287 10
interest on
28 71
Silas Hall, uncollected taxes, 1873,
35 00
interest on 65
3 50
uncollected taxes, 1876,
1,873 07
interest on
5 00
C. I. Bowker, for hall,
10 00
$15,475 78
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
EXPENDITURES.
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS.
District No. 1-Town appropriation, $224 20
Railroad tax, 41 34
Literary fund, 59 68
$325 22
District No. 2-Town appropriation, 52 64
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
14 39
108 37
District No. 3-Town appropriation,
48 11
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
12 69
102 14
District No. 4-Town appropriation,
179 79
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
47 66
268 79
District No. 5-Town appropriation,
92 87
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
24 66
158 87
District No. 6-Town appropriation,
298 36
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
79 56
419 26
District Do. 7-Town appropriation,
96 29
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
25 65
163 28
District No. 8-Town appropriation,
93 80
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
25 67
160 81
District No. 9-Town appropriation,
103 43
Railroad tax,
41 34
Literary fund,
27 49
172 26
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
District No. 10-Town appropriation, $64 66
Railroad tax, 41 34
Literary fund, 17 21 $123 21
Total,
$2,002 21
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CONTINGENCIES.
C. C. Morse & Son, reports and check-list,
$41 10
Mary Allen, note and interest, 212 80
William B. Kimball, services as town Treasurer, balance of services as Selectman, 67 00
N. Emerson, for services as Auditor, and dinners, 3 25
Josiah Cluff, balance of schoolhouse tax, No. 8, 25 00
George C. Gordon, insurance policy, 15 00
Edson C. Eastman, Collector's and Surveyors' books, 4 00
State Treasurer, State tax, 1,368 00
County Treasurer, County tax,
1,488 92
Charles Kimball, schoolhouse tax, in part, No. 6, 45 00
John H. Lancaster, repairing hall, hearse-house, lumber and nails, 6 20
R. Coburn, services as Clerk, 2 00
Levi Cluff, services as Auditor, for 1874 and 1876, 4 00
T. B. Middleton, public watering place, 3 00
School District No. 2, interest on note, 36 00
29 No. 3, 13 40
Jemima Hall, town note in part, 120 00
Frank E. Robie, bounty on four hawks, 80
W. P. Merrill, drawing shingles, 1 00
C. W. Powell, schoolhouse tax, in part, 1877, No. 4, 125 00 Edwin A Gage, bounty on one hawk, 20
J. D. Bradford, 66 20
Frank E. Robie, " three hawks, 60
.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Milton S. Kelley, bounty on three hawks, $ 60
E. W. Hall, 66 60
Daniel Taylor, note and interest, 1,268 78
Charles W. Powell, balance of schoolhouse tax, 1877, in full, No. 4, 20 00
N. H. Paul, services as Selectman and Overseer of Poor, in part, ,
30 00
D. H. Thom, services as agent, 102 00
N. H. Paul, use of horse, 16 75
George C. Gordon, taking five affidavits,
5 00
Willard W. Merrill, balance of services as Select- man and Overseer of Poor for 1876, 10 00
B. R. Wheeler, services as Town Clerk, 40 00
William H. Bryant, Jr., wood for town house, 2 62
Charles T. Maxwell, lamps for town house, 2 25
shingle-nails and mucilage, 57
Silas Hall, affidavit on paupers, 2 50
W. W. Merrill, expense to get county money, 3 75
balance of schoolhouse tax of 1876, 52 00
expense to pay. State and county taxes, 6 50
cash paid for dinners taking invoice, 3 50
C. T. Maxwell, services as Selectman and Overseer of Poor, 60 00
C. T. Maxwell, dinners for Selectmen, 12 00
O. G. Woodbury, Jr., bounty on one fox, 50
Willard W. Merrill, services as Selectman and Over- seer of Poor, 80 00
Charles I. Bowker, balance of services as Selectman
and Overseer of Poor, 8 50
Enoch Taylor, note and interest, 745 95
3 00
John A. Messer,
William G. Crowell,
25 00
325 96
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
M. H. Taylor, $7 00
William G. Crowell, collecting taxes in part, 100 00
$6,517 80
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ROADS AND BRIDGES.
N. H. Paul, repairing bridge near G. J. Pattee, $3 00
E. B. Hall, gravel for highway, 5 00
J. S. Pearsons, 1 00
A. G. Wilson, for building bridge near W. B. Kim- ball, 19 75
E. E. Richardson, gravel for highway, 3 00
J. W. Wheeler, plank and stringers for bridges, 47 04
I B. Corliss, working non-resident highway tax in District No. 2, 11 25
Michael Cullen, stringers for, and labor on, bridge and highway, 6 48
Enoch Taylor, timber and plank and labor, for bridge, 37 81
S. P. Kelley, repairing roads, 2 50
Charles Head, repairing road near Livingston, 23 50
B. E. Chase, repairing highway, 3 00
E. O. Richardson, working non-resident highway tax, District No. 3, 3 50
Charles Kimball, gravel for highway,
6 08
T. B. Middleton, 22 00
E. B. Hall, repairing bridge near E. B. Hall,
2 00
B. E. Chase, working non-resident highway tax, District No. 4, 10 90
S. P. Kelley, work on bridges near Campbell Crossing, 3 00 W. W. Merrill, gravel for highway, 1 00
A. Palmer, repairing highway, 3 75
Jacob Rowell, working non-resident highway tax, 5 73
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
G. D. Kelly, gravel and labor on highways, $7 35
Storer & Rice, labor on bridges near Campbell Cross- ing, 2 50
J. W. Emerson, gravel for highway, 2 00
James Ayer, labor on highway,
2 10
Charles R. Hall,
3 12
William C. Morrill, labor on bridge,
2 70
M. D. Rowell,
3 00
W. W. Merrill, "
1 25
John F. Smith, for working non-resident tax,
2 25
William H. Heseltine, labor highway,
8 09
John A. Messer, 8 00
M. H. Taylor, 70 00
Williamn G. Crowell, 18 80
$352 45
SNOW-PATHS.
Paid for Breaking Paths.
Nathaniel H. Paul, in 1876,
$1 80
John W. Wheeler, in 1876-7,
20 96
William L Bradford,
10 20
Charles G. Bodwell,
5 48
Benjamin E. Chase, in 1876-7,
20 00
Hiram Woodbury,
11 36
Albert Palmer,
1 80
Gilman D. Kelly,
3 45
Orlow Austin,
3 15
Jacob Rowell,
3 00
Joseph Emerson,
6 00
Ezra B. Hall,
6 90
Phillip Ayer, from 1876 to 1878,
3 68
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
James Ayer,
$1 50
Isaac Thom,
1 35
Charles R. Hall,
2 85
Isaac B. Corliss,
3 00
John F. Smith,
5 55
Charles Head,
1 60
William H. Heseltine,
9 60
Ephraim O. Richardson,
3 45
J. P. Huse,
6 00
M. H. Taylor,
31 25
B. E. Chase,
7 35
William G. Crowell,
13 20
$184 48
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF ALMSHOUSE.
Leverett B. Emerson, for hay, $22 25
Louisa Haynes, services as nurse, 17 00
Joshua Conant, balance of services as Superintendent of Poor, for the year ending Apr. 1, 1877,
50 00
Willard W. Merrill, five shoats,
32 00
William Sargent, for hay,
8 90
George C. Howard, med. atten. on John Jameson,
9 00
Joshua Conant, services as Superintendent of Alms- house, in part,
200 00
Joshua Conant, one cow,
25 00
$364 15
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TRANSIENT POOR. Samuel Averill, to boarding and nursing John Brag- don, eight weeks, at four dollars a week, 32 00
Samuel K. Abbott, for furnishing board and clothing for Emma Goodwin, 6 40
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Geo. C. Howard, med. att., Mrs. Edw'd Fleming, $17 00
Nelson Chaplin, 30 00
Emerson Davis, 10 50
66
Caroline A. Russell, 30 00
$125 90
ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Levi Cluff, abatement of taxes in Dist. No. 1, $2 88
Charles F. Kimball, collector in 1874, 19 40
Silas Hall, " 1876, 72 60
Town-farm tax, 1877, 37 41
William G. Crowell, collector in 1877,
27 60
$159 29
RECAPITULATION.
Whole amount of assets, $15,475 78
Paid on account of schools, $2,002 21
Paid on account of contingencies,
6,517 80
Paid on account of roads and bridges, 352 45
Paid on account of snow-paths, 184 48
Paid on account of almshouse, 364 15
Paid on" account of transient poor,
125 90
Paid "on account of abatements, 159 29
Due from A. N. Russ, Collector, 1872, 315 81
Due from Silas Hall, Collector, 1873,
38 50
Due " 1876, 73 32
Due from William G. Crowell, Collec'r 1877, 2,380 68
Balance in Town Treasurer's hands, 2,961 19
-- -$15,475 78
WILL ARD W. MERRILL, Town Treasurer.
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
OUTSTANDING NOTES AGAINST THE TOWN
School District, No. 10, due March 10, 1877, $257 07
School District No. 2, due Dec. 16, 1878, 212 00
School District No. 3, due Nov. 20, 1877, 134 00
Ann Loomis, four notes, due Sept. 17, 1877,
9,003 32
Enoch Taylor, due May 25, 1878, 564 87
Albertus Coburn, due Dec. 29, 1877,
844 70
S. G. Jewett, due July 23; 1878,
447 66
Jemima Hall, due March 10, 1878,
554 16
Eliphalet Coburn, due Dec. 19, 1877,
1,762 59
Eliphalet Coburn, due March 3, 1878,
10,992 62
Ebenezer Duston, due May 5, 1878,
2,676 44
Daniel Merrill, due May 19, 1878,
504 98
Theodosha Gage, due Nov. 20, 1877,
1,243 56
Hannah Marsh, due March 20, 1878,
1,877 81
Amount of outstanding notes against the town, $31,075 78
DUE THE TOWN.
United States bounties, $2,981 20
A. N. Russ, Collector taxes, 1872,
315 81
Silas Hall, Collector taxes, 1873, 38 50
Superintendent of almshouse,
46 75
County of Rockingham,
87 00
William G. Crowell, Collector taxes, 1877, 2,380 68
Silas Hall, Collector taxes, 1876, 73 22
Balance in Town Treasurer's hands, 2,961 19 -
$8,884 35
Leaving a balance against the town, $22,191 43
WILLARD W. MERRILL, - Selectmen of Salem.
CHARLES T. MAXWELL, NATHANIEL H. PAUL,
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF ALMSHOUSE.
DR.
To cash on hand,
$55 60
received for eggs,
39 00
hogs.
124 05
cash,
3 00
calves,
20 00
use of plow,
45
straw,
21 27
chickens,
5 17
squashes,
80
labor and team,
23 85
butter,
3 45
seed corn,
25
potatoes,.
27 00
milk,
520 42
wooď,
4 50
rye,
$849 81
CR.
By cash paid C. I. Bowker for supplies,
$174 55
H. K. Webster & Co., for grain, 334 79
C. I. Bowker, one half ton of shorts, for grain,
10 00
9 95
Gale & Frederick, supplies,
6 36
J. C. Carey, supplies,
6 27
Sherwood & Blethen, supplies,
13 30
Beach & Son, soap,
6 00
C. I. Bowker, supplies,
2 47
14 15
for blacksmith work, groceries, 21 35
1 00
·
1
SELECTMEN'S REPORT. 1
13
By cash paid killing hogs,
$6 25
tobacco,
6 00
dry goods,
35 62
medicine,
1 50
hay,
8 00
fish,
6 33
meat,
32 00
filing saws,
1 60
boots and shoes,
9 10
sundries,
1 00
repairing a wheel,
1 85
plow points,
2 00
wheel and rifles,
1 00
rakes and scythes,
1 68
labor,
10 00
nails,
1 15
grass,
7 00
pasturing heifers,
10 00
cask of lime and hair,
1 40
lantern,
1 00
soap,
2 00
grain,
5 10
rope,
24
use of winnowing machine,
50
mending tin,
50
shovel,
85
vinegar,
1 50
butter,
13 15
shingles,
82
salt,
2 80
onions,
2 10
oil,
70
hoe and book,
86
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT. ·
By cash paid blacksmith work, $ 90
dry goods, 4 40
meat, 8 39
butter,
6 38
boots and shoes,
3 70
use of bull, 4 50
Balance in Superintendent's hands,
46 75
$849 81
JOSHUA CONANT, Supt.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Paid Superintendent of Almshouse, balance of
services, 1876,
$50 00
Superintendent of Almshouse, in part, 1877, 200 00
C. G. Howard, medical attendance,
9 00
One cow,
25 00
Shoats,
32 00
Paid Transient poor,
125 90
Sundry expenses,
48 15
balance due Superintendent,
100 00
Personal property at farm, Feb, 1877,
1,985 36
Balance in favor of the town,
101 37
$2,676 78
Cash received of County,
$512 21
of John Vickery, for cow and calf, 1 50 00
Town of Andover, 30 00
for board of Lizzie Davis, 10 00
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
Due from County,
$87 00
Due from Superintendent,
46 75
Personal property at farm, Feb., 1878,
1,940 82
$2,676 78
WILLARD W. MERRILL,
Selectmen
CHARLES T. MAXWELL,
of
NATHANIEL H. PAUL, Salem.
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMSHOUSE.
7 tons of English hay, $154.00 ; meadow hay, 15.00; 19 bush. rye, 16.15 ; 30 bush. corn, 22.50; 3 1-2 bush. beans, 8.00; 60 pounds shorts, 62 cents. ; : 1 bag of meal, 1.30 ; 2 heifers, 35 00 ; 1 horse, 125.00; 1 set of pulley blocks, 2.50; 1 blanket, 1.00; 1 buffalo robe, 8.00 ; 9 meal bags, 2.00; 3 short bags, 50 cents ; 1 wagon, 25.00 ; 1 sleigh and pung, 20.00 ; 1 harness, 4 75 ; 1 draft harness, 4.75 ; 5 hay forks, 2.00 ; 3 shovels, 2.50; 3 manure forks, 4.00; 3 crow bars, 3.00; 4 wood saws, 2.50; 2 hand saws, 1.25; 10 chains, 8.00; 1 manure hook and flail, 1.00; 3 rakes, 50 cents ; 3 hoes, 1.10; 1 set of measures, 50 cents; 1 bell, 50 cents ; 1-2 cord of wood, 2.00; 36 cords prepared wood, 150.00 ; 5 shoats, 75.00 ; 37 fowls, 24.05 ; whiffletrees and chain, 2.00 ; stone hammer, 1.00; 4 wedges, 1.00; 1 mow· ing machine, 60.00; 1 harrow, 4.00; 1 cultivator, 3 00; scythes and snaths, 3.00; 1 grindstone, 2 50; 1 ox-cart, 40.00 ; 1 drag, 1.00 ; 1 bush scythe and snath, 2.50; 3 plows, 22.00; 1 brush and curry comb, 1.10; I monkey wrench, 75 cents ; 1 horse rake, 2.00; 1 ox-yoke, 3.00 ; wheel-barrow, 6.00 ; 2 brass kettles, 3.00 ; fetters and hal- ters, 2.00 ; scalding tub, 50 cents ; 400 pounds pork, 40.00 ; pork barrel, 1.00 ; cider and cask, 8.00; shingles, 2.80 ; 1 oil can, 1.00 ; vinegar, 50 cents ; 1 garden hoe and corn
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
cutter, 1.00 ; 4 ladders, 6.40 ; 40 bushels potatoes, 26.00 ; turnips and cabbages, 3.50 ; soap and barrel, 2.50 ; 5 bas- kets, 80 cents ; hams, 18.00 ; 2 wash boards 50 cents ; flour, 7.00 ; rye meal, 1.50; 23 pounds butter, 6.90; 90 pounds lard, 9.00 ; sugar, 1.50 ; 1 pound of tea, 45 cts. ; churns and pails, 6 00 ; 1. cheese press, 1.00 ; butter box, 1.50; tray and bowl, 1 00 ; tin ware, 14.00 ; 2 lanterns, 2.00 ; stone jars, 3.00 ; flat-irons, 3.00 ; lamps and candlesticks, 1.50 ; steelyards, 50 cents ; 1 mortar, 50 cents ; 14 feather beds, 100.00 ; quilts and comforters, 60.00 ; 28 pillows, 10.00; 42 pillow cases, 6.00 ; 8 bolsters, 4.00 ; wearing apparel, 110.00 ; 20 pairs sheets, 18.00 , chairs and tables, 12.00; 36 towels, 5 40 ; 9 bedsteads, 18.00 ; 1 apple parer, 90 cents ; 9 straw beds, 6.00 ; 2 clocks and mirror, 4.00 ; trunks, chests, and drawers, 10.00 ; 6 jugs, 2.00 ; crockery ware, 10.00 ; warm- ing and bed pans, 2.00 ; 7 axes, 4.00 ; 1 cranberry rake, 1.00 ; 20 flour barrels, 2.00 ; 1 cross-cut saw, 1.00 ; 5 milk cans, 4.00 ; augers, 1,75 ; clothes wringer, 4.00 ; 2 broad axes, 2.00 ; lot carpenter's tools, 10.00 ; hammer and stone tools, 3.50 ; old iron, 1 00; 3 brooms, 1.00 ; 1 sideboard, 3.00; 2 iron kettles, 1.00; stoves and funnel, 35.00; 1 clothes line, 1.00 ; whitewash brush, 3.00 ; 1 rubber cushion, 3.00 ; clothes basket, 50 cents ; tobacco, 1.10 ; pair blan- kets, 4.50 ; oak plank, 3.00 ; 9 cows, 370.00; 1 pick, 1.00 ; 1 horse-sled, 25.00 : 1 farm wagon, 20.00. Total, $1,940 .- 82.
APPRAISAL OF PROPERTY OWNED BY THE TOWN.
Town Farm valued at
$5,500 00
Woodland, valued at 100 00
Town House, valued at 1,000 00
1,940 82
Personal Property at Almshouse, Town safe,
450 00
Town hearse,
400 00
$9,390 82
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT .
SCHOOL HOUSE TAX.
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, 1873.
Balance due the District, March 1, 1878,
$40 88
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, 1876.
Balance due District, March 1, 1877,
$61 82
Cash paid District,
$52 00
Collection and Abatements,
9 92
$61 92
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 8, 1876.
Balance due District, March 1, 1877,
$30 53
Cash paid District,
$25 00
Collection and Abatements,
5 53
$30 53
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4, 1877.
Whole amount assessed,
$147 22
Cash paid District,
$145 00
Collection and Abatements,
2 22
$147 22
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6, 1877.
Whole amount assessed, $67 22
Cash paid District,
$45 00
Balance due District,
22 22
$67 22
WILLARD W. MERRILL, - Selectmen of Salem.
CHARLES T. MAXWELL, NATHANIEL H. PAUL,
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT. PINE GROVE CEMETERY.
CR.
Cash received of former Treasurer, $29 60
Cash received for sale of lots, 46 75
$76 35
DR.
Cash paid Nelson Emerson, for labor, $25 00
Cash paid Nelson Emerson, on well, 17 00
Cash balance in Treasurer's hands,
34 35
$76 35
WILLARD W. MERRILL, - CHARLES T. MAXWELL, NATHANIEL H. PAUL,
Committee.
The undersigned having examined the foregoing accounts, find the same correctly cast and properly vouched for.
LEVI CLUFF,
CHARLES I. BOWKER, Auditors. HARVEY HARRIS,
SALEM, N. H., March 1, 1878.
ANNUAL REPORT
Of the Superintending School Committee of the town of Salem, N. H., for the year ending Feb. 28, 1878.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
Miss Celestia S. Goldsmith taught both the summer and fall terms. Miss Goldsmith's examination was very unsatis- factory ; and, if it had taken place before the opening of the school, as it certainly ought, she would not have received a certificate ; but, as the school was already in progress when she presented herself for examination, in was not thought best to make an interruption, and a very limited certificate was granted, with the understanding that it was to answer the purpose of the summer term only. Whenever I visited this school it appeared well in respect to order, and the younger portion of the school made progress in their studies that would compare favorably with the corresponding classes in some of the other schools in town; but the instruction given to the more advanced classes plainly indicated, on the part of the teacher, a deficiency in the requisite knowledge
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