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One hundred pounds, including the interest of the invested schools funds, was to be expended in the usual manner. The record for the succeeding year indicates some friction of the
*T. R. II, 15. +P. 27. #P. 51. §P. 55. ||P. 90. TP. IOI. ** P. IIO.
ttP. 124. #PP. 137, 145, 157.
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school machinery, and the town voted fifty pounds to be ex- pended at the discretion of the districts, if they can agree; and if not, it was to be left to the discretion of the selectmen .*
By the next year a law had been passed requiring every town to expend a certain percentage of their money for the support of schools. Our town this year voted to add twenty pounds sterling to the sum required by law.t This looks as though the people were in full sympathy with the legislative enactment, and some- what in advance of it. In 1791, a like amount was appropriated, and for the ensuing two years the annual expenditure was sixty pounds. #
From 1794 to 1798, inclusive, the town voted eighty pounds a year ; in 1799, they raised sixty pounds in excess of the interest on the school funds. In 1800, two hundred dollars, exclusive of the interest of the school funds, was expended; in 1801, $333.33 was voted ; and the next year they fell back to $200. In 1803 the sum of eighty pounds was appropriated.
The year 1804, however, may be regarded as commencing a new era for the common schools. The selectmen were chosen a committee to set limits to the several school districts. Fifteen hundred dollars was appropriated for building schoolhouses in all the districts except the "out corners which could not be easily convened." There were, as first laid out, in 1777, but eight districts. This year, 1804, it was voted to district the town, and proportion the money to be expended justly to each district, for use in building their schoolhouses. Where any schoolhouses already stood, they were to remain ; and all were to be estimated at their real value.
In 1805 there was voted for schools only what the law re- quired ; but sixty dollars was voted to hire a singing-master to teach singing in the different parts of the town. In 1806 five hundred dollars was voted ; and the next year again only what the law required.
But in 1808, five hundred dollars was raised for the support of schools, and the selectmen were chosen a committee to set limits to the several school districts. The report of this committee can hardly fail to be interesting, because of the light which it sheds upon the locations of the families which then flourished in our town. Therefore we reproduce the names of the inhabitants of the several districts forthwith : -
*P. 183. +P. 220. ĮP. 220.
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DISTRICT NO. I.
District No. I to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of
Nehemiah Boutwell Daniel Badger Aaron Woodward
George Ashby Israel H. Goodridge Jonas Kidder
David Farrington Samuel Badger John Ordway
Nathan Wheeler Rachel Badger
Timothy Ordway
Jacob Richardson Hannah Badger
Eleazer Woodward, Jr.
Timothy Richardson Eli Curtis
Israel Woodward
William Clark Chase Hadley
Nehemiah Rand
And Rachel Sewel and the lands of Perkins & Durant and Eliphalet Badger, non-residents, and all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may hereafter reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. II.
District No. 2 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of John Boffee Benjamin Fuller Abraham Rose
Thomas Boffee William Holt Abigail Stephenson
Samuel Chamberlain
Benjamin Jones John Stephenson
John Cram Joseph Jones
William Stephenson
. Samuel Chamberlain Jr. Ephraim Kidder
Eleazer Woodward
Andrew Fuller Joseph Kidder David Woodward
And the non-resident lands owned by William Putnam, Joseph Ellinwood, Eleazer Putnam, John Grant and Ebenezer Jones ; and also, all the polls and personal estates of all persons who now or may hereafter reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. III.
District No. 3 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of
John Chamberlain
Benjamin Holt Uriah Cram
David Putnam Jonathan Chamberlain Henry Cram
Timothy Putnam Jacob Dascomb Jedidiah Russell, Jr.
Daniel Putnam
Benjamin Cram 2nd Samuel Ellinwood
Ephraim Putnam, Sr. Benjamin Cram 3rd Thomas Lakin
Ephraim Putnam, 2nd Jonathan Putnam
Abel Lakin
John Putnam Gideon Cram Joel Manwell
And the lands of the following non-residents :
Ruth Blaney Jacob Putnam
Pierce & Blood
Timothy Winn Parker & Emerson Oliver Holt
Jonathan Towne Joseph Winn
Ebenezer Barrett
John Burton James Dascomb
Thomas Bradford
Philip Putnam And also all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may here- after reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. IV.
District No. 4 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of Charles Whitmarsh Joseph Epes Ist Jacob Manning
Thomas Boardman
Joseph Epes 2nd Isaiah Parker
Peter Clark Benjamin Senter
Phineas Kidder
Jeremiah Brown
Asa Senter
Benjamin Goodridge
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Seth Allen, Jr.
Thomas Hutchinson Daniel Gardner
John Proctor John Clark
Peter Clark, 2nd
Josiah Brown John Clark, Jr.
Osgood Hutchinson
Allen Brown Ebenezer Hutchinson
And all the lands and estates of the following non-residents :
John Epes Daniel Dane Oliver Holmes
Benjamin Senter, Jr.
Moses Fisher
Solomon Parker
David & Joseph Lewis
And likewise all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may hereafter reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. V.
District No. 5 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of
Aaron Putnam
Enoch Ordway Joshua Sargent
John Woodward
Jedidiah Russell
John Woodward, Jr.
John Besom
Jotham Hildreth
Heirs of Wm. Dutton
John Besom, Jr. Moses Pearson
And the lands and estates of the following non-resident owners, viz :
Asa Stiles Samuel Adams Batchelder & Jenkins
Benjamin Thomson
David Patterson Thomas Hill
Heirs of Beard
Cummings & Kendal
Parker & Putnam
Isaac Beard Cross & Goodspeed Amos Flint
And also all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may here- after reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. VI.
District No. 6 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of Jotham Blanchard Jonathan Pearson Joseph Melendy
Jotham Blanchard, Jr.
Ebenezer Batchelder Andrew Harwood
Asa Blanchard Samuel Pearson
Jacob Cram
Timothy Pearson
Oliver Perham
Samuel Hartshorn
Timothy Pearson, Jr. Israel Burnham
And the lands and estates of the following non-resident owners, viz :
Henry Putnam Ebenezer Pearson Patten & Farmer
Joel Spaulding . Simeon Blanchard John Batchelder
Benjamin Lewis Ephraim Crosby Timothy Hartshorn
Jacob Flinn Willard Heywood
Joshua Jones
Jacob Flinn, Jr. John Parker
And likewise all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may hereafter reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. VII.
District No. 7 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of John Hagget Jacob Wellman Daniel Pearson
Samuel Butterfield Edward Bullard Jeremiah Carleton
Asa Manning Amos Wilkins Samuel Stewart
Jeremiah Brown, Jr. Robert Parker Aaron Carkin
Israel Brown Jonn Hartshorn Thomas Towne
John Wellman Solomon Cram Eleazer Rhodes
And all the lands and estates of the following non-resident owners, viz : John Wallace Ezekiel Upton Ebenezer Damon, Jr.
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Joseph Wallace
Ezekiel Upton, Jr.
Amos Elliot
Ebenezer Buxton
Conant & Rayment
Jesse Fales
Dana & Bell
Lot Conant
Zephaniah Kittridge
William Marvel
Ebenezer Averil
Ebenezer Odell
William Wilkins
Joshua Burnham
Chase & Parker
James Hopkins
Jonathan Colburn
Widow Rayment
Stearns Needham Ebenezer Damon
Wilkins & Towne
Josiah Dodge
And also all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may here- after reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. VIII.
District No. 8 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of
Aaron Lewis Andrew Smith
Reuben Dutton
Samuel Huston
Joseph Hobbs
Aaron Whittemore
Oliver Whiting
Henry Spaulding
Clark Whittemore
Benjamin Jones, Jr. Daniel Woodward
And the lands and estates of the following non-resident owners, viz :
Ithamar Woodward James Ray Heirs of Isaac Bartlett
And all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may hereafter reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. IX.
District No. 9 to contain and include all the polls, lands and estates of Daniel Averil Abraham French George Russell
Nehemiah French David Smith
And the lands and estates of the following non-resident owners, viz :
John Averill John Patterson Joseph Peabody
Jacob Curtis, Jr. Nathan Green
And also all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may here- after reside within the limits of said district.
DISTRICT NO. X.
District No. 10 to contain and include the polls and estates of Jonathan Butler William Holley Enoch Richardson
Joshua Hadley, Jr. John Thompson
And the lands and estates of the following non-resident owners, viz :
William Read, John Reynolds, Jonathan Bowers for his pasture, east of Joshua Hadley's, and also all the polls and estates of all persons who now or may hereafter reside within the limits of said district.
Your committee recommend to the town to annex the District No. 10 to the adjoining district in Greenfield ; provided they can have the same privileges, be under the same penalties and regulations, with the district in Greenfield ; that is, have full and equal right to vote in all district meetings, pay their just and equal proportion of all moneys to be raised for the repairing and building of school-houses, with the said district in Greenfield as though they belonged to the town of Greenfield.
And the school taxes on all unimproved, non-resident lands, when collected and paid into the treasury, we think ought to be proportioned among the several school districts in the same way as the school interest money is proportioned.
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All which is humbly submitted by your committee,
Nathan Wheeler
Lyndeborough, Aug. Benjamin Goodridge 26, 1808. Jotham Hildreth
True copy
Attest Nathan Wheeler, T. Clerk.
This report was accepted, and its substance adopted by the town.
Such was the work of 1809 in regard to the schools. These limits of the districts enable us to determine, at least approxi- mately, in what part of the town the persons named resided.
From 1810 to 1812, inclusive, the annual appropriation for schools was 400 dollars. From 1813 to 1817, inclusive, 450 dol- lars ; and from 1818 to 1820 it was 500 dollars annually, show- ing an increasing interest in them.
The record of the annual meeting in 1817 presents the first mention of a committee to inspect the schools. Rev. Nathaniel Merrill, Joseph Jones and Aaron Woodward were elected to the office. The two years succeeding that, Rev. Nathaniel Merrill was the sole incumbent of the office, and was allowed the re- muneration of fifty cents for each visit. In 1820 Messrs. Joseph and William Jones were associated with him. He was chosen annually to fill this position, sometimes definitely named as chairman of the superintending committee, while the two others chosen or appointed to act with him were frequently changed. Among the latter were men remembered by many yet living, such as Dr. Israel Herrick, Israel H. Goodridge and Israel Woodward. In 1822 each district was empowered to choose its own committee, and two years later inspectors of schools were chosen for each district, with Rev. Nathaniel Merrill as princi- pal. In 1827 it was voted "That the committee man in each district accompany him " in his visits.
July 6, 1827, the legislature passed an act by which the selectmen were authorized to appoint a superintending school committee. A schedule follows, giving dates, names and pages of the town records : -
SUPERINTENDING SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Page
1828
Rev. Nath'l Merrill
Dea. William Jones Dr. Nathan Jones
50
829
Nathan Jones
Israel H. Goodrich
84
1830
66
IIO
1831
66
I36
1832
William Jones
I57
1833
Israel H. Goodrich Nathan Jones
192
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I834 Rev. Nath'l Merrill Nathan Jones
Samuel T. Manahan 212
1835
Dr. Israel Herrick
Joshua Atwood 240
I836 Jacob White
David Stiles
Dr. Israel Herrick 267
I837
William Jones, Esq. Jacob Hildreth
296
1838 „ Benj. F. Clark
Rev. John Woodbury David Stiles, Esq.
327
1839 No record
1840
,, Jacob White Jacob Hildreth
William Jones, Esq. 380
IS4I Wm. Richardson
Joseph Jones, Esq. 416
IS42 Jacob Hildreth
David Stiles Israel Herrick 45I
1843 Rev. Ivory Kimball
Dea. William Jones Jotham Hildreth 478
1844
Joseph Jones Daniel Woodward Jr. 508
The latter were appointed, although at the annual meeting it was voted, " To dispense with the Superintending School Com- mittee so far as it relates to visiting schools."
Notwithstanding this the selectmen, Daniel N. Boardman, Samuel Jones and Peter Cram, made the appointment, and the committee served and made an excellent report of the schools.
For some reason not apparent, there is no record of any appro- priation for schools in the year 1839, and neither is there any mention of a superintending school committee. It seems to have been an "off year."
But in 1840 the town voted to appropriate the interest of the literary fund and one hundred dollars above what the law re- quired to the use of the schools. In this year, also, a committee was chosen, composed of David Stiles, Oliver Whiting, Jacob Butler, Samuel Hartshorn and David Putnam, to define the " metes and bounds" of the several school districts. The re- port of this committee follows : -
REPORT.
School District No. I shall contain the following lots in the second division, viz., Fifteen lots, No. 56, 57, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75 : 87, 88, 89 ; 92, 93, 94: 127, 128. Also a strip of the commons lying by the east end of lot No. 56, sixty rods wide from east to west.
District No. 2. This district shall consist of the following lots in the second division, viz., Fifteen lots, No. 55 : 58, 59, 60 ; 67, 68, 69 : 76, 77, 78 : 85, 86, 95, 96, 103, and the original lot lines shall be the boundaries.
District No. 3 shall contain the following Fifteen lots in the second di- vision, viz., No. 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 : 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 53, 54, & also the forty rod strip on Wilton Line from lot No. 34 to the first divi- sion.
District No. 4 shall consist of the following lots in the Second Division, viz., No. 3, 4, 73, 90, 91, 108, 109, 110, 107, 125, 126, also the east half of lots 106, III and 124, divided through the center.
District No. 5 shall consist of lots in the Second Division numbered 34, 35, 36, 37, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 79, and also lots No. 4 and
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5, in the 3rd division, and the forty rod strip from the east line of No. 34, to Temple Line.
District No. 6 shall consist of all the lands in Lyndeborough south of the south line of lots No. 37, 38, 39, and of Wayner's Brook (so called) and all east of said brook and south of Noah Hutchinson's land, which is situated east of lot No. 22, all in the First Division in said Town, and East of Wilton Line.
District No. 7 shall contain all the lands situated within the following boundaries, to wit, Beginning at the Northern corner of lot No. 72, in the Second Division, thence running East across the common land to lot No. 5 of the common, thence South on the west line of the square lots to the North line of the First Division, called Home Lots, thence East to the northeast corner of lot 55, in said First Division; thence South on the East line of 'said lots to the Southeast corner of said lot, thence East to Mont Vernon Line ; thence South on Mont Vernon Line to the South line of Noah Hutchinson's land ; thence west by Wayner's Brook, thence up said Brook to the line between 24 and 42 of the First Division ; thence West on said line & on the same course to Wilton East Line, thence on the North Line of Wilton to the lot No. 34, thence North on the East line of lot No. 34 to lot No. 44 ; thence West to the East line of the Second Divi- sion ; thence North on said division line to the Northeast corner of lot No. 43, called the Manuel Farm ; thence East sixty rods ; thence north to lot 128; thence East on lot No. 128 & 127, to the Southeast corner thereof ; thence North on East line of lots No. 127 & 72, to the place of beginning.
District No. 8 shall contain ten lots, numbered 5, 6, 7, 104, 105, 112, 113, 114, 122, 123: also the west half of lots numbered 106, III and 124, divided through the center as a division line between District No. 4 and No. 8.
District No. 9 shall contain six lots, numbered 64, 80, 81, 83, 84, 97, bordering on the line of Greenfield.
District No. 10 shall contain all the land within the following limits to wit, Beginning at the Northeast corner of lot No. 91 in the Second Division, thence running South on the East line of said division to the Northeast corner of lot No. 72; thence East to the West line of No. 5 and 6 of the commons, thence South on said line to the Southwest corner of lot No. 8 of the commons; thence East by the Road to the North_ west corner of lot No. 54, in the first division ; thence South the West line of 54, to the Southwest corner thereof ; thence East to Mont Vernon line ; thence North on the Town line to New Boston line; thence West on the South line of New Boston to the Southwest corner of said Town, near the house of Edgar Rand; thence North on the West line of New Boston to a stake and stones, directly West of the first mentioned bounds ; thence West to the place of beginning.
District No. II shall begin at the Southwest corner of lot No. 34 of the first division, thence running North on the Lot line to the Northeast corner of said lot ; thence West on the Lot line to the East line of the Second Division ; thence South on said Second Division line to Wilton Line; thence East on said Wilton line to the place of beginning ; and also the Forty rod Strip by Lot No. 29.
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District No. 12 shall contain Lots numbered I and 2 in the Second Division and the common land East of said Division from lot No. I. South to the second stone wall, South of Paul Atwood's house; thence running East to New Boston line.
All of which is Respectfully Submitted by Your Committee
David Stiles
Committee Oliver Whiting Jacob Butler David Putnam
The superintending committee consisted usually of the pastor and two laymen. Its first extended report appears on the record of the town clerk for the years 1844 and 1845. It will be a matter of some interest to present for inspection a por- tion of this report, from eight of the districts :
District No. I. Summer, Scholars, 35, Teacher, Miss Ann Jane Nevins.
Winter,
44,
Not given.
District No. 2. Summer,
Winter,
35,
David A. Davis.
District No. 3. Summer,
46,
Miss Ruth P. Fletcher. Miss Grant finished.
District No. 3.
Winter,
Mr. Thomas S. Corey.
District No. 4.
Summer,
7,
66 Miss Martha Hill.
Winter,
20,
Mr. George W. Stevens
District No. 5.
Summer,
15, Miss P. J. Mack.
Winter,
24, Mr. Simon O. Danforth.
District No. 6.
Summer,
22,
Miss Sarah Bruce.
Winter,
29,
Miss Mary E. Smith,
Mt. Vernon.
District No. 7. Summer,
24,
Miss Martha G. Stevens.
Winter,
39,
Mr. Sylvester Hill.
District No. 8.
Summer,
13,
Miss Martha Hill.
Winter,
I7,
Mr. Wm. L. Whittemore.
34,
Miss Elizabeth Karr.
46,
We shall aim now to give the names of the superintending committee of schools, and such other occasional notes as may have special interest for the reader. It is quite a difficult thing to give a just idea of the interest taken in our schools without possibly occupying too great space. The printed reports of the superintending committee would of themselves form quite a large volume.
In 1851, the town voted " that such part of the Report of the Superintending Committee of Schools as deemed by them proper should be printed in pamphlet form, and one copy be given to each family in town." The superintending committee were : Rev. E. B. Claggett, John Richardson and Sylvester Hill. That year the superintending committee reported, "that the experiment of trying to sustain a High School in town last Autumn was successful beyond our expectations. We are happy to announce the expectation that it will be reopened next Autumn, under the instructions of the same teacher."
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This refers to Sylvester Hill, who opened a private high school in the town hall in the autumn of 1850, and continued a term each autumn for three or four years, when his health failed and he died. The school was well attended by the young people of Lyndeborough and was considered a good school. Wm. Cur- tis, Harvey Perham and Clara Boutwell were among his scholars.
The same year the school-house in District No. 3 was re- ported as "ancient and in bad repair." The superintending committees of 1852-1859 were :
1852. Rev. E. B. Claggett, Charles H. Parker, William L. Whittemore.
1853. Rev. E. B. Claggett, Sylvester Hill and Charles H. Parker.
1854. Rev. E. B. Claggett, William L. Whittemore and James Donnell.
1855. Rev. E. B. Claggett.
1857. Enville J. Emery.
1858-'59. Rev. E. B. Claggett.
In 1855 the limits of the school districts were once more given, as described by James Cram 2nd, agent.
The school-house in District No. 3, in 1859, was reported as excellent. The new house was probably built in the summer of 1859. The school was kept for a while, when work was pro- gressing on the school-house, at the dwelling of Mr. John Hartshorn, on the hill.
By vote of the town, in 1860, three persons were chosen super- intending committee, namely, Rev. E. B. Claggett, William A. Jones and D. C. Grant.
The town voted in 1861, " to have but one man for Superin- tending School Committee." William A. Jones was elected, but declined. The selectmen, later, appointed William A. Jones, D. C. Grant and Samuel Jones to the office, and they served.
In the winter of 1861, Mr. George L. Dascomb of Wilton, a teacher of twenty-six terms' experience in teaching, was em- ployed to have charge of the school in District No. 3. He taught also the following winter in the same school.
The superintending committees from 1862 to 1880, inclusive, were as follows :
1862. Rev. Asaph Merriam and Daniel Woodward, Jr.
1863 to 1866. William W. Curtis.
1867 to 1870. Rev. E. B. Claggett. When elected he declined ; but served when appointed by the selectmen.
1871. Rev. E. B. Claggett and D. E. Proctor.
1872. Miss Nellie B. Holt was this year appointed superintending committee of the summer schools, and was thus the first lady selected for this important duty. The winter schools were under the superin- tendence of Rev. E. J. Whittemore.
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1873. Rev. Elias J. Whittemore 1876. Rev. S. B. Macomber
1874. Leonard, G. Brown 1877 and 1878. Leonard G. Brown
1875. Leonard G. Brown 1879 and 1880. Charlotte M. Wallace
This was at the time an innovation ; but one in which it was thought that Lyndeborough honored itself, as well as the lady who was chosen for this important service. Her first report contains the following pertinent sentence : "Certainly if there is anything of which the people of Lyndeborough have occa- sion to be proud, and in which they should take the deepest interest, it is the bright-faced, active, intelligent children found in the different schools scattered throughout the town." ( page 10).
A writer in the Milford Enterprise of those days remarked that Miss Wallace "was considered so competent for the posi- tion of Superintendent of Schools, as to receive the vote of both parties." On the roll of honor for 1879 in District No. 3 are the names of "Myrtie Putnam, Clintie Emery, Addie Marshall, Ada Smith, Freddie Moore, Harley Emery, Roy Putnam and Willie Gibney.
In 1881, Rev. T. P. Sawin was chosen superintending com- mittee. He devised two neatly arranged, instructive tables which concisely present to us the work of the schools for that year. We will attempt to reproduce one of these :
District
Reading
Spelling
Penmanship
Arithmetic
Geography
Grammar
History
Composition
Physiology
Bookkeeping
Algebra
Philosophy
15
I5
6
14
6
3
I
O
I
19
19
19
17
IO
4
2
I
O
2
I7
17
8
I2
IO
5
2
0
2
0
O
0 0
32
32
18
30
15
15
4
O
O
O
4
12
I2
9
8
8
2
O
0
0
5
19
19
18
14
IO
6
O
8
6
20
20
15
15
II
8
O
IO
o0Ow
2
7
I6
16
IO
I5
12
6
0
8
8
8
8
8
6
2
2
2
8
8
6
8
6
9
8
8
6
8
6
2
O
6
IO
IO
9
6
2
I
I
IO
II
II
5
IO
6
O
O
O
O
O
O
2
O
O
7
I
2
I OOH
12
I2
8
I6
17
14
O
O
80
19
19
17
I2
I4
II
5
O
O
8
6
7
6
3
2
0
O
4
I 0 OOOHO
0
2 I OOOOHNN
O
17
45
15
33
I5
II
6
O
6
3
9
9
6
5
I
2
7
2
O
I2
I2
5
8
5
3
45
45
I7
32
I4
I3
3
45
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2
0
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1882. Rev. T. P. Sawin, committee. His report states that " District No. 3 has three times as many pupils as any other school in town. It requires more strength, and more hard labor to keep it. Some of the pupils were advanced into the higher studies."
That year fifteen young people from our town attended school elsewhere.
Six went to Francestown Academy, namely, Harry Richard- son, Fred Spalding, Lizzie Spalding, Mabel Hadley, Flora Holt, Clintie M. Duncklee.
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