M A N “ l ‘r’e
.erry L I B RAR$ ,MCHESTER N .H)
Selec tmen , Treasurer,i
—A N D
SUPERN’I‘ENB NG SGHBBL emWM
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OF THE
T O W N O F A N D O V E R,
—FOR TH E
$ EAR EN D I N GMARCH 1,1876.
A LSO THE R EP ORT OF THE APPRAISERS OF REA LESTATE , IN SEPTEMBER 18 75 .
FRANK L IN FALLS , N . HME R R IMA C K J O U R N A L P R I N T
.I 8 7 6
T he se lectmen cred i t the town forthe yea r end ingMarch 1 ,
1 8 76 , as follow s
1 875 .
March 1 .
June 3 .
1 2 .
A ug . 9 .
Oct . 2 1 .
N ov . 18 .
D ec. 9 .
D ec. 30 .
1 876.
Jan. 4 .
2 0 .
Feb .
p.4
[0(I)
r'
fl
By cash in t reasury ,l ist o f t axes assessed Apri l 1 , 1875 ,cash of R . C . Carr , c o l lector for1 873 ,ca s h o f C la rk Du rgin, COllt C t Ol
‘ for1874 ,t o (6 ‘6
cash of town of W ilmot orsupp or t of Edw in
Eas'
tman ,cash of R. C . Ca rr , col l ecto r for1873 ,cash of C lark Durg in , co l lector for1874 ,cash of R. C . Carr , col lecto r for1873 ,
sav ings bank tax,ra i l road tax ,l iterary fund ,i n teres t on bonds from Ju ly 1 to Jan . 1 , 1876 , 2 70 00
cash of town Frank l i n forsupport of F . P .
G oss’
s w i fe and son ,ca sh of co un ty forsup port of cou nty paupe rs ,cash of town of W i lmot by th e hand of J . M .
Shi r ley,ba l . forsupport of Edw in Eastman
cash of R. C . Carr , col. for1873 ,ca s h o f R . C . Carr, i n aba t emen ts ,ca s h of R . C . Ca rr, i n t erest on taxes col lected
to date,
John G ra ves , in tere s t on taxes col lected ,Cla nk Durg in , col . for1874 ,
i n abatemen ts,
4
DIS B U RSEMENTS .
1 875 . Paid
Sept. 9 . cou n ty t a$ ,
1 876 .
Jan . 3 . sta t e tax ,SCHOOL TA $ .
S i las V . Bean,
C . N. Emerson ,John E . Babbi tt,George H . Morril l ,John Buswe l l
,
H . P. Prescott,
Howard Moody,
Joseph A . Rowe,
C . W. Cole,B . E . Swe t t,George R. Kenis ton
,
reported duelas t year t o No.Ros t o R . Emery
,
1
S CHOOL HOU SE TA $ ES .
Pa id
Dist . N o. 2 . Samuel Morri l l in ful l ,4 . Gerry Morgan, bal . of tax for1874 ,
on ta$ for 1875 ,
There r emain s due to
Dist. No . 3 .
4
TOWN P AU P ERS.
1875 . Paid
Sept. 2 4 . C . E. Curri e r, board'
of Edw i n Eastman
2 6 . C . G. P evare, good s forEdwin Eastman ,Oct . 2 9 . Town of Danbury forsupport of C . E . Bennet t ,N ov . 2 2 . C . E. Currier, board of Edw i n Eastman ,D ec. 1 1 . W m. G ordon , board o f F. P. C oss
'
s w i fe and
ch i ld,
ProctorMi l ls , good s furni shed F . P . G oss’
s
wi fe ,W m. G ordon, board of F . P. C oss’s w ife an dchi ld ,
Qu imby Ken is ton , goods del i v ered to fam
i ly of I . K. Ober , March 1875 ,John E . Babb i tt , goods d c ] . t o Mrs . Sear ls ,John E. Babb i tt, g oods del ivered to fami ly
of J . W . Trumbu l l,1873 ,(smal l pox case)
COUNT$ P AU P ERS .
18 75 . Paid
Mar. 1 3. C . W . Woodbury , a id to trans ien t paupers ,Apr i l 3 . A . K . Deca t u r , board of Ma t i lda Hardy ,
Hervy E lkins , board of Hannah Kimba l l ,2 6 . C . W. Woodbury , a id to transien t ,
May 1 . J . H . Tucker , board of Mrs . E . G . Sargent ,3 . A .KDecatur , board of Mati lda Ha rdy ,
June 8 .
A ug . 17 . Hervy Elki n s , board of Hann ah Kimbal l ,18 . W m. G ordon , a id fu rn ished tran s i en t paupers ,
S ept . 7 . C . W. Woodbury , a id to trans ien t paupers ,Silas H . Chase, u
Ot i s B . Connor, wood to Mrs. J . B artle t t,W. D . Turtle, aid t o tran sien t paupers ,Hervy Elk in s, bon d of Hannah Kimbal l ,J. H . Tucker, board of Mrs . E . G. Sargent .
C G P evare, goods forMrs . J . Bartl et t ,
good s to F rank Well s’
fam i ly,Madison Mitchell , board and nurs ing Danie l
Ordway,W m. G ordon , a id to tran s i en ts,Dr. H . A . Weymouth , med ica l a t tendance ofFrank Wel ls’ family
,
1 876 .
Jan .
63
J . H . Tucke r,board of Mrs . E. G Sa rg en t ,
C lark Du rg in , goods forDan i e l Ord way ,
good s del ivered to Fanny Bar t let t ,Joh n S . Thompson , a id t o t ran s i en t paupers ,Dr . A . Durk ee , med . a t tend ance on Frank
We ll s ’s fami ly ,Dr. H . A . W eymoutli , med ical attendance
on F rank Ken is ton ,on Dan iel Ordway ,
Daniel C . Du rg in , ca rry ing M rs . F . Bar t le t t
to Sa l i sbury ,W . D . Tu t t l e , go in g forDr. forFrank W e l l s ,Geo . M . o
’
tevens . a id tran s ien t paupers ,C . W . Woodbury ,
SEAVE$ B RID G E .
John J . Bryan t forlabor ,E . W . Fren ch
,
G eo. W. Du st i n,
W m. B . Fa rring to n ,E. P. $ eaton , b la cksmi th work ,Samue l Carl ton , 5 4 perch s t one ,Freight bi l l ,Carlos S . Morey for l abo r ,Seth G . Kimba l l , forpi ns ,Laba n Chapman forlabo r,H . D . Weare for labor ,C . W . Woodbury ,John S . Thompson , board and horse keep ing ,Wi l l i amW . P ie rce forlabor ,Joh n S. Woodbury
Proctor mi l l s , forl umber,
4 W‘
a lker Co bol ts and sp ikes,
2 00 1bs . nafl g
7
J . H. Emerson , forlabor,N . Emerso n ,P . E. Blanchard , for9 perch ston e ,N . W . Morse , 12 M . ced ar sh ing les ,A . B . Du rg in , 1 -2 M. sh i ng les,E . W. French, forl abor ,W D Tut t le , 4 M. l umber,
labor and u se of team,
D aniclDowns , labor s elf and teams, ,
drawing 20 M . l umber from
Proctor mi l l s,
John Fl agg, l abor self and Pau l Seavey,C . W . Woodbu ry, ba lance forlabor and l ight
i ng bridge,Clark Durg i n , 1 1-4 M . sh i ng l es ,John S . Thompson , grad i ng and fi l l ing ,John Proc tor , grad ing, 1 6 50
useof derrick , 2 4 00 40 50
Qu imby Ken iston , t wo sho vel s , n ai l s andsp ikes
,
R. C . Carr, 9 days’ work digging s ton e,
46
E$ TRA H IG HW A$ .
Paid
2 John C lay , break ing roads ,5 W m. Graves ,6 W m. H . Edmunds
Amasa C lark ,Jos . A . Rowe ,James M . Mi tche l l ,Ros to R. Eme ry,
S . Cole , damage to horse and break ing
Jos . A . Rowe , b reaking road by O t i s R
Connor’s,John Ray no , breaking road ,Joseph Rayno,O l i ver Rayno , Jr..
8
O l iver Rayno, breaking
Chas . M .Walker ,Samue l Morri l l
,
Benj . Merri l l,
Danie l M. Dav i s,
Isaac Downs,
E . C . Keniston,
W. S . Howard,
J . D . Phil brick,
W. A . Ba t cheld er,J. H . Tucker
,
O l iver Rayno,Jr.
Jeded iah Brown
Pe ter Sanborn,
Henry W . Ki lburnA . A . Weare
,
A . B . Durg in ,G eo. F. Shaw
,
J. M. Mitche l l,
J0 8 . A . Rowe,Jacob Rowe
,
R. R. Emery,
“
A . C. Thompson,
G eo. M . S t evens,
W m. G raves,
W m. H . Edmunds,
J. H . Tucker,
C. J. White .Samue l Wh i tmoreW m. Wh i tmore
,
G eo. Wh i tmore,
T. C . Hobbs.Samue l Sweat t
,
C . H. Me rri l l,
G eo. H . Ha l ey,
Dan ie l D own s,
F . H. Pe tting i l l , .
B , G . Cros s ,
9
Si la s V . Bean , extra work on road i n dist. No. 1 , 5 2 6“
G eorge F . Shaw , breaking road in Apr i l , 3 6 7
Ot is R. Connor, W ork on road , 35 00
S i la s V . B ean , work in d istr ict No . 1 , 2 0 06
Dan i e l Dow n s , b u i lding road from t u rn p ike toD . M . Dav i s ’s
,
Dan ie l Downs , p lank ing Phi lbri ck br idge , 6 00
Co lby br idge , 3 00
feetpl ank forPhi lbrickbridge , 2 6 48
840 feet oak p lank,
8 40 43 88
C . M . W iggin , break ing road , 6 60
J . P. Prescott , work on road , order of M . T .
B rown , surveyor, 3 39
Danie l Downs , b u ild ing Mitchel l bridge , 134 2 0
Dodge Bro’s i n par t forwork on Palmer Hi ll , 5 7 86
A . W . Baker, se lf and team ten days fi l l i ng
near h is house,
W m. B . Emery,breaking road s
,
James Su l l ivan ,Mo ses Basset t , work on “Momp;r h i l l road i n
1873 and ’
74 , 19 56
Joh n R . Wa lker, work on road , order of M .
T . Brown ,Moses T. Brown , workon road ,J . G . Eas tman , 38 hours
’ wo rk on road i n
Februa ry andMarch , 1875 , 5 70
Dodge Bros ., ba l ance forwork on Pa lmer b ill, 130 2 4
John Buswe l l , work on road , 26 353
Rober t Dawes , work on road , 12 06
W. M. Stevens , ash posts, 8 6 6
C . H . Hil t on. se lf and team on road , 2 8 00
E . C. Merril l , break ing road , 16 5 0
forwork on road , 1 5
A . A . W eare, work on back road , 38 25
W m. H . Weare , break ing i'bad , 8 33
J . G . Eastman, work on road and put ting upra i l ings , 19 2 5
10
2 9 T . C . Hobbs , forcovering ston e ,31 Proctor Mil ls , plank , s tringers , ra i l ings , and
ra i ling bridge at C illey s ville, 75 42
W . D . Tut t le,b ridge p lank de l ivered to W m.
H . and A . A . Weare ,Isaac Down s , 6 hours
’ work break ing road,S idney M . C i l ley fortwo guide boards ,S . C . Durg in , work on road ,W m. A . Batche lder, damage to sl eigh ,break ing road , 5
W. D Tuttl e , forbridge rail ing , 1 1
p lank del ivered t o G. Gree ley , 15
forE . Andover bridge, 8
Feb Davi d Gilman , work on S . P . Brown road , 10
W. D . Tut t le , work on culverts and rail ingbridge
,30
J . H . Emerson , 6 3-4 days’ work on cul ver t , 10
A . J . Hall , work on road , 8
W m.W . Pierce,3 days on bridge at E . Andover, 6
O . E . Eas tman , breaking roads in Feb . and
March,1875 ,
John E . Babb itt, work on Harr iman h i ll , and
break i ng road ,John G raves , non- res id en t h ighway tax paid
in l abor,
Isaac K. Bla isdel l , bridge p lank ,
5 6
LAW $ ERS ’ A N D W ITNESS ’
FEES .
1 875 . Paid
Apr. 30 Lu ci nda Carl ton, w i tness fees i n Benne t t case ,3 1 Hon . W m. P. Fos ter, referee in Eastman case ,
A ug . 7 John M . Sh i rley , retain ing fee for18 74 ,2 8 F . W . Proctor, taking deposit ion ,
Oct . 9 D .M. Dav i s , witness fees i n Eastman case ,
11
10 John M . Shuley , serv 1ces in Andover v .W i lmot , 68 70
ca sh pa id ou t, 1 50
affidav i t of Mrs . F . P . G oss , 2 00
inc id en t a l s Andover v . Wi lmot , 6 85
John W Ken iston , s erv i ces i n 8 66
159 00
CU RRENT E$ P ENSES .
Paid1 H .M. Bosworth aud i t i ng report ,2 A . 8 . Heath , ag en t Express on reports ,9 C . C . Mou l ton , warmi ng and swe ep ing hal l ,13 C . W . Woodbu ry , ca r fare , 3 . 15 ; shori ng up
h a l l ,i pril, 3 W m. G ordon
,boa rd wh i l e taki ng in vento ry ,
Qu imby Ken i s ton , inv entorv book ,9 C . W . Co l e , two S la tes ,2 0 C . W . Co l e , b i l l p ape r,2 4 H A . Weymou t h , mak ing ce rt ifica t es of
b i rths and dea t h s ,G eorge M. Steven s , ca s h pa id ou t wh il e t ak
‘ i ng inv en tory ,C . W . W oodbu ry , ca sh paid ou t whi l e takingi nvo ice ,
John G rave s , b lank tax recei p ts ,W oodbu ry and Ba t ch eld er
,pr inting b lank
re c e i p ts ,3 C . C Pearson Cc . , prin t ing town reports ,2 Five p e r ce n t. d i scount on 8 1 8 7 1 , co l lect ed
before A ug . 1 s t , 93 06
2 7 James L . Ken i s ton , d amage to wagon by de
fect in Philbrick br idge , 10 00
F . S . Crawford , b ind ing 6 school reg i sters ,WE D . Tut t le , ca r fare s t o Conc o rd and En
field , tel egraph ing and expen ses ,C. G . P evare, stationery ,John R. Emery , o ver tax ,
12
W. D . Tu t t l e , pe rambu lating l in e be tween
Andover and Sal isbu ry 2 0 0
W. D Tut t le , 2 d inners , 1 00
use o f team, 1 50
horse keepi ng , 50
cash paid su rveyo r, 2 50
W . D . Tu t t l e , s u ndry bil ls , for board and
horse keepi ng,
C. W Woodbu ry , use of team ,
cas h pa id out ,C lark Durgi n , memorandum books and penc i l s ,
p ubl ic wa t e r ing p lace ,John Proctor , use of hall, Ma rch 9 , 1875 , 10 00
pub l ic wateri ng p lace , 3 00
B . C . Ken i ston , damage to wagon , Ap r i l
C. G . P ev are, sta t i onery ,Joseph A . Rowe, public wa t ering place ,C . E . Currier , over t ax in 1875 ,John Graves in abatemen ts,
co l lector’s fees ,R. C Ca rr , i n abatements ,
collec tor’s fees ,W . D Tuttle, forboard ,
use of team,
C lark Durgi n , i n abatemen t s ,
TOW N OFFICERS .
1875 . Paid
Mar. 2 7
Apri l 5
Sept. 1 1
Dec. 2 9
1876 .
Jan. 12
FCbu ' 7
C. W . Woodbury , 24 days after settlemen t , 5 (i t$Frank L . Chamberl in, serv ices as Con st. i n
1871-3-4-5 , 8 00 it
George M . Ste vens , ba lan ce forserv ices , (byreason of error in b i ll las t year .) 10
H oward Moody , i n part forserv ices as S .S.Com,50 00
H . W. Ki lburn , i n part forserv ices as app rai ser , 2 5 on
H . W .Kilburn;m -part forserv i ces as appra iser, 30 005
W m. Howe , in full 77 50‘s
18
‘G eorgeIHD‘Morrrll, s erv ices as tow n cl erk ,
H . W .Kilburn 'in fu l l , serv ices as appraise r ,Ur i e l Ro l lins
, s e rv i ces as appra i ser ,\V . D . Tu t t l e , se rv ices as selectman ,
treasurer ,serv ice s a ft er s ettl emen t, 1875 ,
C . W . Wood bury , serv ice s a s Selectman ,G eorge M. S t e vens ,
669 83
D OG TA $ .
“
W ho le amou nt rece i ved fordogs , $ 10 3 00
«O f th is amou n t the re h as been c l aimed as d amage
to sh eep ,
RECA P ITU LATION .
“W hol e amount cred i ted t o tow n 78
P aid$'County tax ,S t ate t a $ ,
School tax ,zSc hoolhous e tax ,T o w n paupers ,fC ounty p aupers ,S eavey br idge,Extra h ighway ,
L awvers’ and W itn es s’ fees ,
C u rren t expen ses ,
T own offi cers ,To tal ,
d'
Juc from John G rav es , colilec t or,
d‘
a sh on hand ,78
LIA B ILITIES .
Q ue School D i s t . No . 2 ,D ue School D ist . No . 1 0 ,
School Dis t . No . 1 2 ,D ueSchoo l D i st . No . 3 , s choo l hou se t a $ ,
-.D ue Schoo l D .s t . No. 4 ,
673 5 7
14
AVAILAB ILITIES .
Due from
W . S . Marston , note and i n teres t ,John Graves , co l lector ,Clark Durg i n , co l lector for1874 ,R. C. Carr, collector for18 73 ,School d i strict No . 8 , overpaid,Cash i n treasury ,
Deduc t liab i'it ies ,
Balance due town,
town ho lds s ta te bond s to the amoun t of
frac t ion al par t reported las t yea r w i t h th e
i n teres t on t he whol e to Ju ly 14 , 1875 ,
amoun t ing to was loaned t o
John Proctor,a t sev en p er cen t . i n terest ,
and which now amou n ts to 2 084 0 63
2 1
Allof wh i t h is respectfu l ly submi t t ed ,
W . D . TUTTLE , Selectmen.
C . W . W OODB U R$ , of
G EO . M . STEVEN S , Andover $
I have examined t he fo regoing accoun ts of t he selectmen from$March 1 , 1875 , to March 1 , 1 8 76 , and find the rece ipts to be
and the amoun t pa id ou t to be leav i ng a ba l
ance i n t hehands of th e t rea su re r of and i n the hands of
the co l lec t or
A l l o f wh ich i s properly vou ched and correc t ly ca st.
HENR$ M . B OSVVORTH , Aud i tor
Andov er,March 1
,18 76.
The sta t e tax for18 76 w i l l be
Cou n ty
R E P O R T
O F TH E
Superintending School Commit tee.
Ca l led by the Super in t endent of Publ ic Instru ction to prepare
a bri ef h i s to ry of th e common schools i n Andover, forthe Centeri
n ial Exhib i t i on a t Phi l ade l ph i a , I fou nd it n ecessary to examine.
th e town records from the commen cement . I n doing t his,I
cop i ed every vote throughout the record s that had any connect ion
w i t h the subj ect of schoo ls . Th is record,I found to be interes t
ing and in s t ruct iv e an d supposi ng th at few of t he p resent i nbah
i tant s of the town had in v est igated th is record , or kn ew much.
a bou t th e ac t ion of t he t own forthe long period of more than a
h u ndred years , i n re la t i on t o schools , I though t i t mrght be wel t
to i ncorporate thi s ac t ion as expressed by the votes of the town
i n my report , especi a l ly as th i s year i s the fi rs t centen n i a l o f our
n a t ional i ndependen ce , and p robab ly , thelas t that any pe rson now
l i v ing i n tow n w i l l ev er see. The n ation i s v ery proper ly tak inga retrospe c t i v e v iew of t he pas t cen tu ry , and d raw ing from i t les
s cns of w i sdom and encourag emen t.
Admon i shed , however , rep ea t ed ly , t o be shor t i n my report, Iomi t much that I shou ld be p l eased to commun ica t e , perhaps , reserv ing it to b e presen ted in a differen t way a t some fu tu re time,
W i th rega rd to th e sta te of the schoo l s the p resen t year, E
t h i nk they compare favorab ly w i th former years , so far as I can
j ulgo from a partia l exami nation o f reg is t ers and reports lod ged
in the to w n cl erk '
s office for the la st twenty years . I shoul d
feel at l i ber ty to speak more defin i tely had I found t ime to have
exami ned them mo re ca reful ly .
I 6
The teachers bore a fai r examina tion and gene ra l ly‘ succeeded
w el l i n the i r schools . As is genera l ly the case , some exce l ledo thers i n qua l ifica t io ns , hav ing had better op por tu n i t ies forprep
ara t ion , or longe r exper ience i n teaching, or possess ing greater
na tural ene rgy , or hav ing a l arger share of tact .
I must be excu sed, from a ttemp t ing t o d raw i n t ellec tual
, ac
qu ired , or'
adminis tra t ive portrai ts of i nd i v id u als , l est they shou ld
prove not qu ire truthful , or c rea te i nv idiou s d istinctions . I f any
young lady t hink s she belongs to the n umber that excels , I hope
she w i l l bear the co n sc i ousne s s of i t w i th commendabl e meeknes s .I f any you ng lady has any misg i v ings i n respec t to h er abil i tyorsuccess , le t her con s ider th a t w hat has b een don e we l l can bedone ag a in ; re peated tr ia ls w i l l gain the v ic to ry .
Seventeen d i fferen t femal e t e achers have been employed during t he year , and only onema l e ; and in every case I bel ieve th efema les have s ucceeded as we l l orb etter than ma l es could havealone. T he school s are back ward , and mu s t be na trl ou r schoo lt erms a re as long aga in aslt hey have been the present y ear .They ave rage on l y a sma l l fract ion over seven weeks . I t wasrea l ly rnort ifving to see i n t he repo rt o f the Superi n tenden t ofPubl i c In stru c t i on last year, t hat A ndov er s tood t he lowest in thenumber of w eek s School ing d u r ing t he yea r, of any town in
Me rr imack Cou nty .
Wou ld i t n ot b e w i se now , on th i s joyous Ce nten n i al , for the
town to t ake “ a new depar ture$ in re sp ect to th e improvement i n
ourschoo ls $ We th ink that hav ing cleared t he t own from deb t,
and w i th more than on e “ shot i n the locker,$ we are ho ld ing ou t
s t rong ind ucemen ts to peop l e to move in t o t own for a home .Suppose , now , we beg i n to a im for th e bes t sy stem o f common
s chools i n t he Cou n ty . W i l l he re no t b e ano ther strong mot ive $W ith many i t would be the s t ron g es t i nd ucemen t .Now I ven ture to make a few suggest ion s , and
I s t . Last year were assessed not qui te 2 1 -2 mi l ls on a dol l ar
forthe support of school s . S uppose t h is y ear we raise i t abou t
a mi l l and a hal f higher, or to fou r mi l ls ; th is w i l l increa se t h e
tengt h of ourschools , I Shoul d thi nk , fu l ly one th i rd .
2 d. Anothe r th i ng I th ink w e shou ld take. i n to cons ide rat ion ,t h a t is , whether i t woul d no t be bes t to throw u p t he dis tr ict s y s
tem,andMomt he town sy stem.
18'
moted from the primari es , th rough the several grades to the h igh
s chool , without regard to age or sex or prev ious con di t ion , and
so l ely upon h is ind i v idual meri ts as a scho lar . School s wou ld a l l
b e of t he same leng th , w i thout regard to t he number of sch ol
ars .I t would secure bet t er teache rs and grea ter permanency of
t eachers . The same good teacher would be con t inued from t erm
t o term forse vera l t erms , perhaps for se veral years, and , know
ing the capacity and atta inmen ts of each pup i l i n t he school,
w ou ld be en abled to ass ign proper l es son s at the beginn ing of
e ach term w ithou t d e lay , and in advance of where the pupi l le ft
off the prev ious te rm. Thu s there wou ld be no loss of schoo l1111
This sys t em woul d enab l e P roc tor Academy t o t ake a muchh igher stand t han it poss ibly can , so faras schol ars are furn ished
i t from these d istric t schools i n the i r presen t sta te . N ow al l th is
w ork might be done with l ess ditfi culty and at l ess cos t t han
woul d be possible u nder the d is tr ict system.
And wha t i n superable objec t ions are t here to the p reposed
change $ I suppose those who l ive furthe res t off i n th e ou t-dis
t rict s w i l l th i nk tha t they w i l l b e depr i ved of the priv i leges of the‘
proposed be tter way . I th i nk not . Suppose you have small
chi ldren ,(as I th i nk you have not); well , l e t the good mothertake Dobb in and the chi ld ren and p ut them over the road a pa rt ;o f the way , a t leas t , and at the same time inhale some of t hatbest Of allton ics—God’s pu re a ir— an d t hus i nv igorate h er dev
b ili ta ted con s t i tu tion .
By the adoption of the town syst em you w i l l unques t i onab lyr
i ncrease the va lu e of you r farms as w el l a s o ther property .
The stud ies p ursued in the schools are few in number , yet qui te$
numerous enough t i l l the schoo l- t erms are longer , and ourt each
ers are of a higher grade . The B ible, W illson’
s Spe ller, Monf
roe’s Readers , Eaton’s Arithmet ics , Corn el l
’s G eOgraphies , anti
Quackenbos’
G rammars are the books now used , and wel l answer
th e pu rpose for wh ich they are u sed . Too frequ ent changes inschoo l books are u ndes i rable . To ha ve u n iformi ty i n our school
b ooks , and to pre vent too frequent changes , i t woul d be wellfor
the to$wn to furn i sh the books . There would be importan t advan
t ages in th is . The books wou ld be purchased directly from t he
publ i shers at from 33 1 -3 to 40 per cent . d iscoun t from ret ai l prices .
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1 . Th i s wou ld be the most conven ient method . On t he fi rs t
d ay of each term a l l the t eachers wou ld be supp l ied with a sufficien t number forimmedi a t e u se , w hich they wou ld d istribu te and
charge to the scho lars , keep ing a s t r ict accoun t w i th each one .The whereabouts of any part ic ular book cou ld t hen be told a t any
time , and if i t rece i ved inj ury , t he scho lar l iable therefor would
be known .
2 .No t ime w ou ld be lost to the scho lar from a lack of books
becau se hi s parents were u n ab le or u n wi l l ing to furn ish them,
bu t he is enab led to go to work at once upon the lesson s assigned
him.
3 .Th i s would secu re u n iformi ty of text-books an d comp l ete
classrfica t ion,and as a consequ ence fewer classes , and the t eacher
could devo te more t ime to each class .
SCHOOL HOUSES .
None have been bu i lt , an d so faras I know , none have been re
pai red nor i s i t desirabl e that anyth ing should be expended onmost of the old school hou ses . There are bu t two school houses
in town su i table forthe purpose of train i ng the immor t al mi nds ofch i ldren in $ the one at th e Cen ter , and the ot her a t Cil leyvi l l e .
The one at the Center need s extending on the western e nd .
A new school hou se is very mu ch needed a t East Andover that
w i ll not on ly accommodate the d istr ict, bu t a l so t hose'
dis tric t s
wh ich I h av e recommended to seek to be u n i t ed w ith i t . Kear
s arge,C i l l eyv i l l e , Pott er P lace and Wes t Andover would do we l l
t o u n ite and bu i ld a school house large enough to accommodate al l$
you r child ren,an d h ave you r school s properly graded .
B eech Hill shou ld u n i te w i th Andover Cen t er; and Taun tonH i l l and Boston Hi l l shou l d un i te and bu ild wherever i t should
seem best. The ol d schoolhouses should be sold at auction they
woul d b r i ng what they are wor th the avai l s tu rned into the t ow n
treasu ry would aid some towards erec t ing new ones . Let i t no t
b e u nders tood from what I h ave said above , tha t I recommend
new d is tri cts formed from those that wou ld seem to be united forthat purpose , but on ly refer t o those loca l i t i es where you might
be bes t accommoda t ed forschoo l ing p urposes . Should the d is tri ct
system be thrown u p , a l l wou ld have t h e pr i v i lege of going to the
school where they cou ld best be accommodated under su i tabl e reg $
nlat ions .
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ellow ci t i z en s , w e igh th is proposed change can d id ly, and seei t
’
you do n ot come to the conclus ion th at i t w i l l be bes t to make i ta s soon as con ven ien t . See if i t i s not c lear , t hat w e sh al l h ave
longer school s and be t t er , becau se we shal l hav e be tter teachers
and be tter cl ass ifica tion , and the poor w i l l hav e equal priv ileges
w i t h the r i ch ourmoney w i l l b e more j udiciou s ly and economi c
al ly expended,and ou r schoo l s be t ter superv i sed ; and lastly ,
though not t he l east cons ideration , th ink whether i t w i l l not create
forthe town a renown that shal l rap idly i ncrease the weal th , t he
inte ll igence and moral aspec t of th e town , by i t s power i n inclin
ing a worthy set of peop l e t omake i t their residence and home .
I intended to have said someth ing on the importance of a un i ted
effort on the part of parents and teachers for the cult i v a t ion ofthe morals and manner s of the scholars
,bu t I th ink no th ing of
importance can b e done in t ha t l i n e , i n our old dirty school
houses,therefore I let t h e subj ect pa ss .
I make t he same remark i n reference to some other th ings Ishould l ike to recommend . Forfur ther part icu l ars see stat i stical
report.
H . MOOD$ ,
Super intend ing school commi ttee.
STA T I ST I C A L TA B L E N o . 1 .
4 G .H .Morrill,
10 C. W . Cole,
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STA T I ST I C A L TA B L E N o . 2 .
Who l e number of dif ferent schol ars ,Number of boys ,Number of gir ls ,Averag e dai ly a ttend ance ,Wages of th e male teach ers per mon t h i ncl u ding board ,Average wages of the femal e t eachers i n cluding board ,Amoun t of money rais ed at the an nual mee t ing ,Amou n t of l ite rary fund ,Average cost of each schol ar i n the several d istr icts ,
E$ P EN DED I N TEACHI N G .
TEACHERS .
D is tr ict N o. 1 , F i rst term, Carr ie E , Cummi ngs .
2 Armen ia J . Hadley .
Lucma Rob ie .Edna H . Emerson .
Annie F . Osgood .
Liz z ie C . Bache lder .
J. H . A . Carr .
L i z z i e C . Bachelder.Nancy A . Keni s ton .
Dora E . L ee.
Mary E. Sawyer.
Mary Ellen Emerv .
Armen ia J . Hadley .
Sal i ne S . Swea tt.
M . E . Mars ton .
Fann ie Wad l ey .
Hiram A . Strat ton .
Abb ie S . Stratton .
Lu cy J. Aiken .
S a l i ne S . Sweat t .
L i vona S . Thompson .
Sa l ine S . Swea t t .
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Cole , Cyrus W.
Corey , Henry S .
D urg in , Abel B .
Durgin , Elisha W.
Durg in , S imeon C.
Durg in , Harvey , estate of
Durg in , H arrison
Dodge , Edward B .
Dodge, E . B . Solomon
Dav is , Daniel M .
Down s , Dan ie l
Dow n s , Isaac
Du rgin , Mirr iam and s isters
Du rg i n Ki lburn ,Durg in , Abe l B . , p lace on C i l leyDurgin , John H .
Dav i s , Rol l i n E .
Durgin , Charles A .
Dickerson , Mrs . Deborah
Durg in , Mirr iam and Po l ly
Durg in,Mirr iam
Durgin,Clark
Dodge, Mrs . Edward B .
Elk ins , Joseph W.
Emerson , AnthonyEme rson , E . G . P
Emerson , Albert W
Emerson , H . H .
Eastman , H iram
Elkin s , Hen ry
Emerson , John F .
Edmunds , W m. H .
Eme ry , W m. A .
Edmunds, Alonz o S .
E l l i s , Silas M .
Emery , John,
R .
Emery , Elbridge E .
Emery, Jo seph B .
Judkins Emery ,Kilburn , Henry W.
Kenerson, Jacob F.
Ken i ston , James L.
Ken is t on , John W .
Kendal l , Charl es W .
“Kimb al l , Seth G.
Keniston , Elisha C .
Ken is ton,George and Charles
Ken iston,Mrs . Mary
Leavenworth , Mark , J.
L overm, Edie E .
Law ton,Micha e l
Lawton , Dan iel
Lane , Samue l
Le av it t, John C .
L overin,Ira
Leeds , C . L. S .
Merr i l l , Benj amin , the D avid Cil ley
Me l endy , W m. E .
Marston , Tu t t le and Smart,Moody, James
Morr ison , John C .
Messer G eorge
Mars ton , Will iam S .
Morey ,Mrs . Kez iah
Morr i l l, Charles H.
Moody, Moses F.
Marston,JamesMarston , E l iz abeth E .
M inard , James T.
Merri l l, Eli hu C .
Morgan , G erry
Morey , Carlos S .Merr i l l , Dav i dMoody , Howard
Morr i l l , Samue l
Morr i l l,Char les H .
n ood, Mrs . Jennette P.
P u t ney, H enry M .
Perk i n s , W i l l iam L .
P a rker , James
fsP utuey , Mrs. Mary A .
lP ev are Bartle t t , s t ore at East Andover ,P he l p s , Mrs . Susan D .
Proc tor John , property at Andover Center,at Cilley sv ille,
P et te ngill , Frank
P roc to r , Amos H the Morey land,
Peas l e e,Mrs . Lu cy A .
P h i lbri ck , Joseph D .
fi’ev are, Charles G .
Ro l l ins,Ur i e l
R owe , J acob ,R owe“, Mrs . Harr iet
R ayno, Josep h
R owe, Joseph A .
Roberts, Mrs . Je remi ah
S t ewar t , Benjami n R.
S uili van, D ennia
S u l li van , Owen$S ca les , M rs . Be t seyS teven s , Georg e M.
Spauld ing, Mrs . BetseySca les , James
S we tt , George J.
Smi th S l eeper(saw mi l l)Smi th, Harvey P.
S leeper, Eno sS tone, Mrs . Ab b ie A .
S anders, Char l es J .
Sc orell, Mrs . Fann ie
Sanborn , Mrs . Mary J .
S ea rl s , Mrs.Ma ry J .
Sleeper,Mrs . Ruth
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S eavy , James
S tevens ,Mrs . L ucy M.
Sawyer, Josiah
Swett, Benjami n E .
Sul l ivan , James
S ton e , Roya l
Sanborn, Mrs . Ah iga1 l
Shaw , Augustus
Severance , Ziba
Su ll i van , Corne l ius
Sawyer , Luther
Swett , Char les T .
Smar t , AndrewShepard Messer
Tutt le , Weare D .
Thompson , Andrew C.
Thompson , Susan D .
Tay l or , Edgar J .
Trumbull , JonathanW
Thompson , Henry M.
Tu cker, Frank
Thompson , Herod
T i l ton , Car l os
We are , Jacob
Walker , John R .
Weare , Dorothy
Weare , Wi l l iam H .
Weare , A l fred A .
W eare , Alfred
W ait t , Mrs . Clara P .
Woodbu ry , Nathan Jr .
Walker , Charles M.
Weymou th,Henry A .
Weare , Mrs . Augusta.
Wh i te , Frank
Wadleigh , John B .
W est , Mrs . Mary A .
Wig gin, Jos iah E .
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Wad l eigh, John
Wh i te , Carl ton J .
Wh ite , G oorge J .
$ eaton , Eben P .
N ON RESIDEN T.
Sanborn Shaw , land in p la i ns ,f$ of Mountai n Pasture ,
T . D . L i tt l e , pas ture ,Thomas Putney, house and land,Sco t t S eve rance , land ,W m. Dyer , land ,Jonathan Cu rrier , land ,Gilber t Evans ,Herschel ] Green , pasture ,Hiram Fe l lows , Farm and wood-land ,Dav i d M . Clough , pasture ,Owner unknown , S . P. Brown p lace
,
James Hubbard, wood-land ,Abial W alker, l and ,Warren F . Daniell , wood- land ,J . Warren Fe l lows , Mountai n Farm,
Thompson p l ace,
Homep lace , Andover CenterKimball B laisde ll , land ,Isaac B laisde l l ,Owner unknown , Kearsarge House ,E . F . Cumming , store at Potter Place ,Place formerly owned by I. S . George ,The Pingree land on Plai ns ,Owner u nknown , land on Plains , formerly owned by J .
B . D unlap ,An thony R. Wh ittemore
,land
Own er unknown , l and jo ining land of Eben Currier ,Joann a Webs ter , house and land ,E l ipha le t Shaw , land ,Jeremi ah Judkins, pasture ,O wner unknown , Dyer land ,The Will iam True p lace , on Tucker mounta in ,
Da v id Gi lchrist , wood-land,Ru th Whi t e , lan d and bu ildings ,Moses W . Howell, farm,
P . G arr i ty , land ,Thomp son Dan iel l , L and
Thur s ton land,par t Rol l in ’s farm,
Dan i e l E'
. Chase,house and land
R euben Dearborn , land ,Benj . Haines, land and bu ildings ,William Wh i ttemore , l and ,Mary A . R us sel l ,W ebster Sanborn
,pastu re
,
B enj . F . Shaw , l and ,R a l p h Brow n , l and ,Benj . C . Ken i s ton , land ,The Alexander p astu re
,
B enj . Emmon s,l and
,
Por t er K. Ph i lbr ick,l and and buildings
,
Samuel Thompson,land
,
The S cev a land ,Stephen Fel lo ws , l and and bu ildings ,Jess e C ross ,Mrs . Heath,house and land ,Jab ez M . Buswel l , hou se and landJoseph Palmer
,
G eo . W. Shaw , p asture ,l and on Pla in s ,
Amt . Res ident,
WM. HOWE ,
HE N R$ w . KILBURNURIAL ROLLINS,
Subscri bed arid sworn on th is 15 t h day of February, 1876 , be fo re
me‘
, CLARK DUR G IN,Ju s t i ce of the Peace .
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