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.

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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

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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.

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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 .

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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

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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

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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

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B enj . Emmon s,l and

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Por t er K. Ph i lbr ick,l and and buildings

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Samuel Thompson,land

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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

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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 .