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BOSTON:
GEORGE C. RAND & COMPANY, 3 CORNHILL.
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Dr. TOWN of LEXINGTON, in account with NATHANIEL MULLIKEN, Treasurer. Cr
From March 14th, 1850, to April 24th, 1851.
To amount of interest paid on sundry notes, $829 98 By balance due the Town, March 14, 1850, $1234 83
principal " " 4900 00 By amount J. C. Wellington, collector for 1850, 7922 36
" paid Overseers of Poor, 934 00 " borrowed, 3300 00
,, Surveyors of Highways, 851 60 " State School fund, 71 04
°' Roads and Bridges, 934 85 " Guardian of Mary Buckman, 41 75
,, Support of Schools, 2053 35 " for Horse sold Wm. Simonds, 20 00
« Town Officers and others, 1004 73 " income of Hay Seeds, 39 76
" Miscellaneous charges, 934 10 " Rent of Town Hall Land, 5 00
" Balance due the Town, 192 13
$12,634 74 $12,634 74
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Paid for Nutmeg 12, dippers 25, - - $ 37
Scythe$1, beans 47, - - - 1 47
Paregoric 34,matches 34, - - 68
Saleratus 25, bed cords $1 - - 1 25
w Sieve 50, brooms 62, - - - 1 12
2 baskets and cheese boxes, - - 1 50
AUDITORS' REPORT. 2 lbs rope 30, logwood 16, - - 46
Ball wicking 8, rifle 12, - - 20
25 lbs nails $1.17, hinges 32, - 1 49
Sundries 50, salts and senna 13, - 63
2 buckets 34, butcher's knife 29, - 63
Shovel $1, curry comb 34, - - 1 34
EXPENSES OF ALMSHOUSE. Almanac
75, vinegar 17, - - 92
Almanac 6, sundry goods 23, - - 29
Tacks 12, tray 50 - - - 62
Abel Butterfield,for 21871 lbs. fresh meat, 23 lbs. turkey, - - - 3 45
delivered at 92 different times, $126 46 Axe and handle $1.25,Pail 50, - 1 75
Reynolds &Darby,for 2921 lbs. fresh meat, 14 82 3 wash tubs $2 66, brooms 62, - 3 28
Fresh Fish, - - - - 8 38 5 lard pots 50, clothes line 50, - 1 00
Locke, barrel pork,- - - - 15 00 39 lbs. potash $3 29, rosin 36, - 3 65
J P Pattee, for bread, - - 6 25 6 dozen clothes pins, - - - 24
Slaughtering Hogs,- - - - 2 50
Mustard 17, tartar 6, card 17, - 40
Paid Parker& Davis for $173 41 , 6 pipes 5, matches 45, - - 50
Bottle fluid 33,starch 13, - - 46
2 barrels flour,- - - - 12 25 Hot drops 20,sulphur 40, - - 60
26 gallons molasses, - - - 7 02 Epsom salts 20, salve 25, - - 45
26 lbs. coffee,- - - - 3 62 3 pass books 12, almanac 6, - - 18
384" tea, - - - - 16 33 Window Glass 8, sundries 40, - 48
• 40 " sugar, - - - - 3 20 Molasses fassett, - - - 29
177 " salt fish, - - - 6 61 $l80 06
50 " butter, - - - - 9 00 Smith and Hill for
20 " tobacco, - - - 4 71 100 lbs sugar, - - - 7 Q0
7 bottles liniment, - - - 1 '75 40 " " $3.10, 2 lbs. 21 - 3 31
Salt, - - - - 1 60 31 gallons molasses, - - - 7 74
66 09 100 lbs. butter, - - - 18 00
64 bushels Indian meal, - - 48 18 1 barrel flour, - - - 6 50
6 rye meal, - - - 5 60 25 lbs. rice $1.13, coffee 10, - - 1 23
" fine feed, - - - 7 30 6 " tobacco $1.20, saleratus 35, - 1 55
Saltpetre 21, crackers 50, - - 71 "
6tea $2 95,bucket 37, - - 3 32
3 gallons lamp oil, - - - 2 95
k Cinnamon 33, cloves 10, - - 43
Pass books, 30, snuff 79, - - 1 09 Raisins 32, Nails 15, - - 47
Pruning saw $1, Powder 50, - - 1 50 164 lbs. cheese, - - - 1 30
Grass seed, - - - - 10 50 ,i lb. nutmeg, 74, soap 32 - - 1 06
Cloves 24, pepper 18, - - 42 Cassia, 33
304 lbs.cheese, - - - 2 78
C. S. Hoe $1.25,do. 63, - - 1 88 Smith & Hill, 1,2 2
H H. Reed, for
Hoe handle 12, fusee 8, - - 20 W. 18 bushels meal, - - - 14 12
Seed peas 26, garden seeds 12 - 38 54 " rye meal, - - - 4 47
Earthen pans 65, starch 13, - - 78
31 gallons molasses, - - - 789
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Paid for 34 lbs butter, - - . $5 04 Paid Peter Bannon, for ditching and bogging, $13 00
1 barrel flour, - - - 6 75 I J. G. Sherman,I day, - - - 50
84- lbs cheese, - - - 68 Michael Crowley, 3 days, - - 2 25
Salt$1.69, snuff 23, - - - 1 92 2 measures and repairs, - 49
Ginger 13, Pepper 30, - - 43 73 70
12 lbs. saleratus 75, oil 80, - - 1 55
Crockery ware, - - - 2 85 Supplies furnished those not m the Alms House.
40 lbs. sugar$3, tobacco 30, - - 3 30
Broom 13, basket 31, - - - 44 Edward Winship, - - - - 15 52
Mat 25,mop handle 12 - - 37 Nursing Mrs. Winship, - - - 3 00
Matches 17,stove polish 10, - - 27 Wood for Martha Smith, - - - 11 34
4 pairs mittens, - - - 2 00 I Fuel and Goods, for J. Trask, - - 8 61
$52 08 Cash paid Cynthia Blodgett, - - 15 00
Wm. H. Smith,2d, for cc Jona. Wood - - - 10 00
1 barrel flour, - - - - 6 25 1 Expenses of Eliza Stearns,- - - 62 96
200 lbs salt fish, - - - 7 25 . I John Bannon, son's board, - - - 10 00
24 " cheese, - - - 2 05 Board of Joel Stearns, - - - 4 84
1 bushel beans $1, 1 gallon oil 70, - 1 70 Goods for John Johnson, - - - 4 00
15 gallons molasses, - - - 3 75 Supplies furnished poor travellers, - - 2 09
3 lbs. tobacco, - - - 65 147 36
21 65
Benjamin Gleason, for MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
4 hens, of Butterfield, - - - 2 00
Wm. Smith, cart saddle, - - 3 00 T Wm. Brigham, for cart, - - - 55 00
« repairs of harness, 2 00 1 Benjamin Gleason,services, - - 260 01
Thos. Greenleaf, use of cart, - - 1 00 " " note and interest, - 132 18
2 bushels potatoes of I Mulliken, - 1 00 Wyman, for manure, - - - 16 00
cc Marshal Wellington, 25 1 J. D. Sumner,mason work, - - 9 50
Expenses of 14 market days, - - 5 18 A.E Bridge, for cow, - - - 35 00
LC to Brighton, - - 50 q Isaac Hoffmaster, " - - - 35 00
Horse liniment, - - - 1 00 Philip Russell CC - - - 34 00
I. Mulliken,2 bushels beans, - - 1 50 Cooking range, - - - - 36 00
6 lbs. paint 75, turnip seed 25,- - 1 00 J. H. Russell,for coal, - - - 26 66
E.Simmons,use of roller, - - 75 Hollis Gerry, dry goods, - - - 39 65
J.Butterfield, teaming pork, - - 37 I Davis, for blacksmith work, - - 6 32
2 bags meal, - - - - 2 92 Wm. Hudson, mending shoes, - - 3 15
20 barrels $4, setting shoe 10, - 4 10 Sherman,for teaming milk, - - 2 25
F. M. Harrington, use of horse, - 50 Blasting rocks, - - - - 3 00
N. Chandler, use of cider mill, - 90 O.W.Kendall, sexton, - - - 6 00
Making 8 shirts, - - - 1 33 ti Loammi Saunders, interest, - - 1 80
Wakefield, for tin ware, - - 1 34 Samuel Rice,sundries, - - - 1 63
Coal hod and shovel, - - - 95 � C. K. Tucker, wheelwright work, - - 14 37
Lakeman, repairing clock, - - 50 Postage, - - - - - 50
Pasturing 2 cows, - - - 5 00 Dr. Currier, medical services, - - 42 25
Other expenses of cows, - - 1 74 J. S. Parker, note, - - - - 37 00
J. P. Merriam, use of oxen 41 days, - 5 00 Services as overseer, - - - 30 00
A. Chamberlin, for oxen, - - 3 50 William Brigham,note, - - - 18 50
Samuel Locke, 12,- days, - - 3 13 Services as overseer, - - - 15 00
Eben Homer,7 days, - - - 7 00 Samuel Rice, ditto, - - - 15 00
Amount miscellaneous, 875 77
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Expenses out of the house, - - $147 36 Paid for Coal Hod, Dippers, &c , - - $1 33
Gleason paid, - - - - 73 70 Brooms, brushes,and chalk, - - 1 83
W. H. Smith's bill, - - - 21 65 3 charts, - - - - 5 00
W. H. H Reed's bill, - - - 52 08 Pail and brush, - - - 40
Smith and Hill's " - - - 52 24 „ Mrs. McMahon, for cleaning school
Parker& Davis' - - - 180 06 house, - - - - 16 00
Butterfield and others, - - - 173 41 Miss Z D. Johnson, services 10 weeks, 55 00
Whole disbursements, $1,576 27 Miss E. D. Pratt, GG GL 50 00
Whole Credit, 1,394 49 Wm. Locke, building fires and sweep-
ing, 12,1 weeks, - - - 12 50
Due overseers, $181 78 Sawing and splitting wood, - - 3 00
J Viles, 6 feet wood, - - - 3 75
CREDIT BY OVERSEERS. Mr. McMahon, - - - 1 50
2 feet pine wood. - - - 1 00
Received balance due last year of Town 2 brooms of W H. H. Reed, - - 62
Treasurer, - - - - 184 00 Ira Leland, 2 books - - - 45
Received balance of Grant of 1850, - 750 00 Man's services, - - - 75
for cow sold, - - - 22 00 S. E Richardson, for map, - - 50
W. M Blodgett, for milk, - 103 63 516 63
" Bennett, LC - - 51 80
Articles of produce, - - 147 97 SOUTH-EAST DISTRICT SCHOOL.
" Wm. Brigham, old cart, - - 18 00
B Gleason,for cow, - - 25 00 "' Paid Miss Susan E. Rice, services 16 weeks, $64 00
City of Boston for Martha Nois' Mr. S. D. Hayden, services 4 months, 220 00
board, - - - - 37 50Miss S. E. Rice, 13 weeks, - - 67 58
" for Labor of Gleason and horse, - 54 59 Mr. W. H. Ropes, 131 weeks, - 128 41
Whole credit, 1,394 49 Wm. Brigham, for coal, - - 20 33
Making fires and sweeping house, - 9 68
Cleaning rooms, - - - 2 00
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SCHOOLS. NORTH-EAST DISTRICT SCHOOL.
CENTRE DISTRICT SCHOOL. Paid Miss M. A. Merriam,services 24 weeks, $120 00
Mr. James Parker, services 131 weeks, 118 12
Paid Miss Z. D.Johnson's services, 12 weeks, 66 00 238 12
E.D. Pratt, GG " 60 00
Paid Mr. E. A. Rogers, 34 months, - 130 00 SOUTH DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Miss S. E. Richardson,13 weeks, - 65 00 ,
Samuel Rice,as follows: Paid Miss Lucretia K. Viles, services 28
B. Thompson, 5 tons coal, - - 31 25 weeks, - - - - $126 00
Putting in same, - - - 1 25 Do.,for 15 weeks, - - - 90 00
s4 cord wood, and cutting, - - 6 00 for 4 cords of wood, and cutting and
Wm. Locke and Francis Willis, build- splitting, - - - 26 00
ing fires, - - - - 1 25 Sweeping and building fires, - 6 00
Repairing settees, - - - 1 00 Washing room twice, - - 2 00
" windows and black board, - 50 Setting glass, - - - 1 75
Building coal bion, - - - 75 Warning district meeting, - - 1 00
Pail, dipper,bowl, &c., - - 1 03
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aid for Towel, broom, brush, &c., - - $1 25 Paid for repairs of house, - - $2 00
Clock, and repairing same,- - 4 13E. Gleason, repairing windows, - 1 17
Books and ink, - - - 3 01 for brooms, dipper and ink, - - 1 78
$262 17 $9 95
WEST DISTRICT SCHOOL. South District.
Paid Miss Lucy A Downing, services 18 Paid I. N. Damon for painting school room, $3 13
weeks, - - - - $90 00 Davis Clark for carpenter work, - 6 18
Wm. Locke, plastering and whitewash-
Mr. Charles Tidd, services 4 3-11 ing, - - - 1 75
months, - - - - 149 00 for 11 days work at school-house, - 1 50
for 21- cords wood, - - - 11 25
Sawing and splitting same, • - 3 75 $12 56
Chairs, - - - - 1 40 North District.
Brooms and towels, - - 1 00
Building fires, - - - 6 43 Paid N. H. Reed for 2 locks, - - $0 53
Repairing house, - - - 1 50 for repairs of windows, - - 50
$264 33 C4 appendage, - - 1 00
$2 03
NORTH DISTRICT SCHOOL. Paid Charles Tidd for 39 square rods of land for
North school-house, - - - $200 00
Paid Miss L. B. Fiske, services 5i months, - $110 00
Miss Lucy Dodge, services 20 weeks, - 120 00RECAPITULATION
for 4 cords wood, - - - 19 00
Cutting same, - - - 5 75 Of Expenses connected with Schools.
2 brooms, - - - - 60
Making fires and care of room, - 4 75 Paid Centre District, - - - - - $516 63
$260 10 for repairs, - - - - - 13 33
Southeast District, - - - - 512 00
for repairs, - - - - - 9 95
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South District, - - - - - 262 17
for repairs, - - - - - 12 56
REPAIRING SCHOOL-HOUSES. West District, - - - - - 264 33
North " - - - - - 260 10
Centre District. for repairs, - - - - .. 2 03
Northeast District, - - - - 238 12
Paid Samuel Rice for laying floor, &c., - $6 25 for land for North District, - - - 200 00
for repairs at sundry times, - - 1 752291 22
I. N. Damon,repairing windows, - 95
A. P. Richardson, iron work, - - 3 38
A. Goddard, zinc, - - - 75
for repairing settee, - - • 25 REPAIRS OF HIGHWAYS.
$13 33
Paid J. F. Simonds, 371 days, - - $75 00
South-east District. S. A. Davis, blacksmith work, - - 2 79 -
J. A. Locke, self and oxen 22 days, - 66 00
Paid Wm. Brigham for repairing stove, - $4 25
Luke W. Wright, self and oxen 16i
A, Goddard, 44 <° - 75 days, - - - - 49 50
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Paid for man 9 days, - - - $13 50 Paid Pat. Daley, 4 days, - - - $4 50
use of plough, - - - 1 50 Bartlett,2 days, - - - 2 50
John Ryan, 16 days, - - - 16 00 Cyrus Reed for 2 men and oxen 1 day, 4 00
James Crawley, 11 days, - - 11 50 $216 69
Pat McGrath, 454- days, - - 55 25
James Bailey,- - - - 50 Building Street on Petition of David Leavitt.
Benj. Fiske, horse and cart 23 days, - 4 12
for blasting rocks, - - - 1 28 Paid Galen Allen, 8 days, - - $16 00
Parker& Davis,4 shovels, 10 lbs.nails, for hired men 11 days, - - 13 75
powder and fuse, - - - 4 75
Wm. Page for gravel, - - 50 horse and cart, 83 days, - - 10 62
Benj. Locke for stone, - - 75 keeping road horse 11 days, - 4 25
$302 94 Luke Wright and oxen, 71 days, - 21 75
J. C. Wellington, men, horse and cart,
Paid Galen Allen, 40 days, - - 80 00
Frank Finley, 50 days, - - 62 50 7 days, - - - - 17 50
Oceanna Straw, 34 days, - - 42 50 J. A. Wellington, oxen 64 days, - 7 81
John O'Neil, 23 days, - - 23 50 Jonas Munroe, cart 53- days, - - 1 38
Reuben L. Cooper,23 days, - - 3 12 Pat. Berry, labor 5 days, - - 5 50
Timothy Collins, 33 days, - - 3 50 Pat. Daley,labor 6 days, - - 6 00
Pat. Daley, 7 days, - - - 7 87 James Healey, 7 days, - - 7 00
Sherman Wood, 8 days, - - 8 00
for labor of oxen, 25 days, - - 31 25 Pat. Wolland, 73- days, - - 7 50
J. A Wellington, do. 5 days - - 6 25 Pat. McGrath, 8 days, - - 10 63
Eli Simonds, 7 days - - - 10 75 A. P. Richardson, blacksmith work, - 1 81
for horse 1 day, Ys'cart 8 da - - 3 25
. Davis,horse keeping 161 weeks, - - 34 50 S. 64 4‘ - 58
David Leavitt for stone bounds and set-
Wm. L. Smith, use of cart, - - 1 25
Wm. Gleason, man and oxen, - - 1 50 ting same, - - - - 3 00
A. W Briant,blacksmith work, 1 51 Clerk's fees for entry of petition, - 2 40
S. A. Davis, '< - 3 (8 bill of costs laying out, - - 43 86
Ammie Hall, ,, `G - 50 $189 34
John A. Russell, " " - 39
Wm. Brigham, pick handle, - - 25 Railing Roads.
Pat. McGrath, 10 days, - - 12 50 Paid Lincoln Haywood for 200 chestnut posts, $41 00
Lock, Smith & Wellington, - - 2 00 Y
$331 97 Isaac Huffmaster, 50 10 00
• Paid Luke Wright, 37 days, - - 74 00 Jesse Hall Sr, Son, 11,307 feet spruce
for labor of oxen 22 days, cart and lumber, - - - - 135 66
plough, - - - - 36 00 for R. R. transportation of same, - 7 37
for horse keeping 4 weeks, - - 11 00 O. W. Kendall and horse 243-days put-
Abijah Harrington, 2d, 30 days, - 37 50 ting up railing, - - - 55 13
Charles Stearns,2 days, - - 2 25 S. A Davis, repairing iron posts, - 20
Pat. McGrath, 22 days, - - 27 12 S. W. Hendley, 4 days labor, - - 7 00
Morgan O'Brien,2 days, - - 2 00 James Crowley, 4 days labor, - - 4 00
Daniel Kenisteen, - - - 1 25 for digging 190 post holes, - - 11 88
for 125 loads gravel, - - - 3 75 Wm. Chandler, teaming, - - '75
Charles Tidd, pasturing horse, - 7 00 A. Harrington, 2d, 33.. days, - - 4 38
S. A Davis, repairing tools, - - 1 89 S. A. Houghton, teaming, - - 3 00
for shovel and hoe handle, - - 93 George Tuttle, 1,1 days, - - 2 50
mending harness, - - - 1 00
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Paid N. Jewett, 15 days labor on bridge near
Paid J. Garmon, digging holes, - - $1 70 Lincoln line, - -
- $18 75
Parker & Davis, 280 lbs. spikes and s 2 d - - 2 00
oxen a -
nails, - - - - 13 83 forY
J. Fogg for labor, - - - 1 50 stone for bridge, - - - 4 25
for spikes, - - - - 15 • $25 00
$300 05 Paid city of Cambridge for repairs of Great Bridge,
from March 1, 1849, to March 1, 1850, - $32 76
Rebuilding Bridges. Paid Gorham Bigelow for keeping road horse
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Paid J. F. Simonds,44- days labor on bridge Jan. and grain, from Nov. 12, to
26,
31 72
near G. Henchman, - - 9 00 do. from Jan. to April, 11 weeks, - 13 75
Pat. McGrath,4 days, - - 5 62 $45 47
J. A. Locke and team 31 days, - 10 50 Paid for fencing between railroad and burying ground,
for 2 stone of N. Chandler, - - 2 00 materials and labor, - - - - $52 00
$27 12
Paid J. F. Simonds, 14 days labor on bridge Paid Moses Bacon for 25 guide boards, - $40 62
near A. P. Richardson's, - - 28 00 S. A. Davis for iron post, - - 2 48
James Crowley, 13 days, - - 13 00 J. Winning, 8 chestnut posts, - - 8 00
David Harrington, 7 days, - - 12 25 0. W. Kendall, 1 " " - - 1 00
for use of derrick, - - - 9 00 for 2 days labor with horse, - - 5 00
A. P Richardson, repairing tools, - 92 3 days,lbuilding fence against town 5 25
Benj. Fiske 4 days, and horse 2 days, - 8 00 halllot,
Luke Wright with oxen,44- days, - 13 50 i Crowley $1, nails 50 cents, - - 1 50
Pat. McGrath,24i days, - - 27 62 B. Thompson, 25 posts, - - 5 00
Mrs. Mussey for stones, - - 2 25 r . `G 535 feet boards, - - 7 84
$114 54 for freight of same, - - - 58
Paid Galen Allen, 5 days labor on bridge Daniel Hartford for 200 stone posts for
on Bedford Road, - - - 10 00 bounds, - - - - 33 33
S. W. Robinson,2 days, - - 4 00 $110 60
for 92 days by Allen's men, - - 9 50 Paid 0 W.Kendall for making bier, - 3 50
oxen, 42 days, - - - 4 50 S.A. Davis for irons, - - - 50
J. C. Well ington, oxen 3 days, - 3 75 I. N. Damon for painting, - - 75
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man 2 days, - 2 50 $4 75
James Crowley, 3 days, - - 3 00
Thomas Cutler for 4 stone, - - 1 00
N. Jewett for 1 stone, - - - 25
S. A. Davis, repairing tools, - - 62 EXPENSE OF RECEIVING TOMB.
$39 12
Paid Galen Allen for discontinuing and filling up dry Paid Chandler & Colby for granite front, - $115 00
bridge against his land, - - - $15 00 ''y E. Clarke for brick, - - - 82 50
O. George ., - - 15 00
Paid N. Garmon, 5 days labor on bridge b
near Wm. L. Smith's, - - 11 00 W. E. Coggswell, labor, - - 40 00
Edwards & Holman for iron door and
J. P. Gould, 51 days, - - - 8 75
lock, - - - - 21 00
L. Brooks, 51 days, - - - 8 75 B. Thompson, lime and cement, - 25 95
E. Garmon and oxen, 3 days, - 10 50 railroad freight of same, - - 1 58
J. A. Russell, repairing tools, - - 60 J. Crowley for digging and grassing, - 11 25
B. Harrington, use of truck, - - 25
$39 85 0. W. Kendall, lumber and labor, - 5 50
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Paid L. Locke for sand, - - - $3 25 Paid for recording and returning marriages,
P. Russell for stone, - - - 6 00 births and deaths, - - $11 70
S. A. Davis for iron and labor, - 2 50 distributing laws, - - - 2 00
Thomas Greenleaf, fixing threshhold, - 1 00 postage and paper, - - 2 16
I. N. Damon for painting, - 50 printing and distributing by-laws of
F. M. Harrington, teaming, - - 6 50 • town, - - - - 6 50
J. Butterfield, ,, - - 2 00 services as Committee on same and
P.Russell,2 journeys to Medford, - 3 00 school districts, - - - 3 75
S. W. Robinson, to Medford and Som- $47 86
erville, - - - - 2 00 Paid Parker & Davis for repairs of hay
for superintending, - - - 4 00 scales, - - - - 16 64 16 64
$348 53 illegally assessed taxes abated for Wm.
Chandler, - - - - 69 70 69 70
C. K. Tucker, ringing bell, - - 35 00 35 00
Ira Leland, 34 days on General School
COST OF ALMSHOUSE REPAIRS. • Committee, - - - - 34 00
Paid B. Thompson & Co. for lumber, - $106 51 for freight on school books, - - 1 25
F. R. R. for freight, - - - 3 61 Fiske Barrett, 27 days, - - 27 00
S. Hendley for labor, - - - 37 03 J A Coolidge, - - - 23 75 86 00
Lowell Skelton " - - - 13 50 Wrn. Chandler, 632 days taking vaiva-
J. D. Sumner " - - - 9 15 tion and making taxes, - - 127 00
W. H. Smith,painting, &c., - - 9 55 for printing valuation, - - - 16 00
Samuel Rice, labor, $8.25, deduct for books, stationary and postage, - 9 50 152 50
old lumber, $3 75, - - - 4 50 Silas Cutler, - - - - 75 00 75 00
Wm. Brigham, - - - 1 00 J. S Parker, 421 days, - - 85 00 85 00
Parker &Davis for nails, - - 1 49 Isaac Parker, 34 days, - - 68 00 68 00
W. H. H. Reed, " - - 3 61 J. C. Wellington, 321 days, - - 65 00 65 00
for labor of Gleason, - - - 3 00 for collecting taxes and distributing val-
$192 95, nation books, - - - 67 50 67 50
Paid Wier & White for printing Reports of School Philip Russell for journey to Chelmsford, 2 50
Committee and Auditors, - - - $30 00 for notifying towns and perambulating
town lines, - - - - 8 00
Paid S. W. Smith,ringing bell for funerals, 2 years, $10 00 Nichols 75 cents, Fessenden 25 cents, 1 00
Paid 0. W. Kendall for care of town hall to for other services in town, - - 16 50
March 1, 1851, including fuel and for recording deed, - - 50
lights, - - - - $56 66 28 50
Received for use of hall, - - - . 36 00 Paid. S. W. Robinson, 31 days perambulat-
ing, - - - - 7 00
$20 66 West & Co. for 3 locks, - - 3 00
Paid for notifying 7 town meetings, - 35 00 for carting and setting stone posts, - 1 37
printing, - - - - 17 50 • 2 stone monuments, - - 1 60
notifying Selectmen to draw jurors other services in town, - - 14 50
5 times, - - - 2 50 27 47
distributing reports, - - 2 00 Paid Joseph Howe, 31 days perambulating, 7 00
attending 34 funerals, - - 34 00 for 4 days railing roads, - - 9 00
Returning 35 deaths, - - 3 50 underpinning engine house, - 3 00
$115 16 repair of road 50 cents, engine 40
Paid A. W. Bryant, town clerk, - - $15 00 cents, - - - - 90
for 2 record books, - - - 6 75 other services in town, - - 18 00
2 37 90
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Paid Bowen Harrington as Auditor for RECEIPTS OF THE TREASURER.
1849—'50, - - - - $12 00
Isaac Parker, do., - - - 12 00 Balance due the town on settlement 1850, - - $1,234 83
Sylvanus Smith, - - - 7 50 Received of J. C. Wellington, - - - 7,922 36
for Treasurer's services, - - 50 00 A, Borrowed, - - - - - - 3,300 00
$81 50 Received of State Treasurer, - - - 71 04
Guardian of Mary Buckman, - - - 41 75
Wm. Simonds for horse, - - - - 20 00
Income of hay scales, - - - - 39 76
RECAPITULATION OF WHOLE TRANSACTION. Rent of town land, - - - - 5 00
Whole expense connected with schools, - - $2,291 22
Surveyors, Simonds, - - - - 302 94 $12,634 74
Allen - - - - - 331 97 The town owes sundry notes amounting to - - $8,718 50
" Wright, - - - - - 216 69 The town holds a note of Benjamin Mussey for - $1,000 00
New street, - - - - - - 189 34
Railing roads, - - - - - 300 05 All which is respectfully submitted by
Rebuilding bridge near B. Gleason's, - - 27 12
43 " " A. P. Richardson's, - - 114 54 NATHANIEL MULLIKEN,
G4 " James Gould's, - - 39 12 JONAS C WELLINGTON, Committee.
" N Jewett's, - - - 25 00
City of Cambridge, - - - - - 32 76
Road horse keeping, - - - - - 45 47 ,
Fencing against R R , - - - - 52 00
Guide boards and posts, - - - - 110 60 -
Bier, - - - - - - 4 75
Receiving tomb, - - - - - 348 53
Repairs of almshouse, - - - - 192 95
Bridge near Wm. L. Smith's, - - - 39 85
discontinued, - - - - 15 00
Wier& White, - - - - - 30 00
S. W. Smith, - - - - - 10 00
O. W. Kendall, - - - - - 115 16
A. W. Bryant, - - - - - 47 86
Hay scales, - - - - - - 16 64
Abatements, - - . - - 69 70
Ringing bell, - - - - - 35 00
General School Committee, - - - 86 00
Wm Chandler and associates, - - 445 50
Collector, - - - - - - 67 50 wO
Board of Selectmen, - - - - 93 87
Treasurer and Auditors, - - - - 81 50
Overseers of Poor, - - - - - 934 00
Principal of sundry notes, - - - - 4,900 00
Interest paid, - - - - - 829 98
Balance due the town, - - - - 192 13
$12,634 74
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learned from trial, and failure from the want of such ability, can be
guarded against only by care in engaging teachers who have proved
by experience that they possess the requisite capacity. It is true that
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S;'S REPORT.
the Committee possess the power to dismiss teachers whenever
they may think proper so to do; but where a teacher is engaged for
a short time only, the breaking up of the School, on the uncertainty
of obtaining a better teacher for the rest of the term, would gene-
rally be a greater evil than to allow the School to close with only
partial success.
in closing their labors, the School Committee for the year 1850-1 In visiting and examining the Schools, the Committee have endeav-
ask leave, as their annual report, to make a statement of their doings ored to perform their duty as imposed by the law of the Common-
and of the condition of the Schools during the year. wealth We have examined the Schools, near the commencement
The duties of the Committee are comprised principally,in the two i and close of each term, and some one of the Committee has visited
departments of examining Teachers and of visiting and examining them once a month during the intervening time We have made
Schools. such suggestions and given such directions to teachers and scholars
In regard to the first,the law makes it the duty of School Commit- as we thought were needed.
tees to ascertain the qualifications of Teachers by personal examina- During the year the different Schools have been attended with
lion—a requirement the utility of which will be apparent when it i8 various success. While none of them have experienced what can
considered that this is the only way in which they can know whether 0+ properly be called a failure, some of them have done much better
or not candidates are qualified for the employment of School teach- than others Perhaps as a whole, they have been attended with as
ing. It is not difficult for almost any person to present wiitten testi- great a degree of success as, under the circumstances, could reason-
monials in his favor. These frequently come from sources in which ably be expected. Most of the Schools have had one, and some of
confidence might be placed,could Committees be sure that those who them two stranger teachers during the year. As a matter of course,
furnish them speak from actual knowledge of the competency of the several of them have not remained long enough to accomplish any
persons recommended. There is reason to think, however, that this great amount of good It seems to the Committee desirable that, as
is not always the case. Testimonials are frequently obtained from far as practicable, the Schools should be supplied with permanent
men of standing and influence out of regard to the individuals, or teachers. Care should be taken to secure such as are competent,
their friends who apply; or merely because such testimonials are and we should then endeavor to retain them for a sufficient time to
asked for, and it is unpleasant to refuse them. give good proficiency to the Schools under their instruction
Nor is it certain evidence that a person is fit to be employed as In some of the Schools there has been an evident want of order—
teacher, because he has kept school to the satisfaction of some dis- a defect fatal to the usefulness of any School, in proportion as it pre-
trict, and has secured the approbation of the School Committee. A vails. We think it our duty iespectfully to remind all parents and
district may be satisfied without reason. Persons sometimes re-
ceiveof approbation that is not deserved Your Committee, believing co-operating with the teachers and the Committee in securing and
the requirement to personally examine candidates for teaching,a lud- maintaining good order in the Schools We apprehend that compa-
cious one, have acted strictly upon it, and thus satisfied themselves ratively few realize how much the success of our Schools depends
that the literary qualifications of all the teachers who have been em- upon such co-operation. Difficulty seldom occurs in school where
ployed in town were good. This is about all for which the Commit- scholars are under the right kind of influences at home. We, there-
tee can be justly considered responsible, in respect to the qualifica fore, in behalf of the cause of education, earnestly request all to see
tion of teachers. Their ability to maintain good order, and at the that their influence in this respect goes in the right direction.
same time secure the esteem and confidence of the scholars must be
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Irregularity in attendance has been a fault which has prevailed to until they should be introduced. We have heard no expression of
an extent greater or less in all the Schools The registers not only disapprobation with the change, and trust the citizens are satisfied
show that the absences of many of the scholars have been numerous, that it was judiciously made.
but that the habit of tardiness has been far too general. Such irregu- We should be glad to see better school-house accommodations in
larity not only interrupts and hinders the progress of those who in- all the districts than exist at present. There is but one of the school-
Bulge in it, but is also, in many ways, a detriment to the whole houses in town which,in their present condition, we consider really
school. Every backward scholar, and such every irregular attend- fit for the purpose for which they were designed, and even that one
ant is likely to be, is a weight and drawback upon the more ad- ; would be far better were it more capacious. A school-room ought
vanced scholars. Your Committee consider scholars whose attendance not to be filled with seats to the extent of its capacity,except just
is very irregular, a great annoyance to any school, in some instances room enough to place a stove for the warming of the house.
too great to be tolerated. So also are scholars who are habitually Such, however, is too nearly the case with the school-houses in
tardy During the greater portion of the day they are interrupting town. In one of them there are two stoves, one at each end of the
the school by their continual coming and going. Some scholars who room, made necessary in winter by the open condition of the
are usually late at school, and bring with them a request to be dis- house. If the design were to roast and freeze the children in about
missed before the school closes, derive but very little benefit from equal proportions, we can scarcely conceive of an arrangement bet-
their attendance. We have known some of this class of irregular ter adapted to the purpose. There are other objections to most of
scholars, who have in this way attended school, year after year, the school-houses. The seats and desks are badly constructed, and
where most of the scholars made commendable progress, who have most of them so much defaced as to be unfit for use Some of the
remained just about stationary during the whole time. And what is still school-houses are badly located—standing almost on the line of the
worse, if any difficulty occurs in school, it is almost sure to originate street, with little or no spare room around them. We think the
with. such attendants. This can be accounted for from the fact that North District mistook their interest in not building a school-house,
such are seldom what can be called good scholars in any sense of the with the appropriation made by the town for that purpose. We
term. We insist that it is the duty of all who send to school, to see that hope before the next winter the Centre District will be accomodated
their scholars are punctual and constant in their attendance, unless with a better school-house in a better place.
hindered by unavoidable causes. This duty they not only owe to The design of our system of public education undoubtedly is, to
their own children,but to all who are interested in the prosperity and ' offer equal facilities to all the children and youth in the State—to
advancement of the Schools.
those who may reside in a poor no less than to those who may live
The Committee have obtained for each district in town a copy of in a rich district—to those who may belong to a small not less than
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. These are furnished at the ex- to those in a large district. This is as it should be, and we cannot
pense of the Commonwealth, by an Act of the Legislature, passed a sympathize in the least with any feeling or action that would be cal-
year ago. We consider them important reference books for the use culated to pervert the object. We are glad the town has made so
of the schools, and think the Legislature did a good thing in making liberal an appropriation for the support of schools the ensuing year,
the provision. and we trust it will prove a most productive investment
We have also made a change in the leading hooks, substituting 1 For the number of scholars, the average attendance, &c., in the
Tower's and Walker's series for Worcester's. We endeavored care- different schools, reference may be made to the table appended to
fully to examine all the different sets of reading books that came to this Report.
our knowledge,and were unanimous in the opinion that those selected IRA LELAND, School Committee
were the best. In this, our opinion has been sustained by numerous JOSIAH A. COOLIDGE, of
competent Committees in other towns. We made arrangements FISKE- BARRETT, Lexington.
with the publishers to furnish the books at a greatly reduced price, LEXINGTON, April 7th, 1851.
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Centre, Z D Johnson, 5'— 31 8 42 28 59 51 22 40 6 17
Grammar. Edwin A Rodgers. 2 4 ti
Centre, E D Platt, 5 31 g4 60 43 46 38 20 20 4 7
Primary. S.E Richardson.
South East, S D. Hayden, 4 33 7 47 40 60 49 55 38 9 25 t�
Grammar Wm. H.Popes. 4
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Primary � a, Susan E Rice 4 33 73 54 43 48 43 16 20 8 2
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South Lucretia K.Viles. 7 31 104 36 29 40 37 18 24 2 3 7
West. Lucy A.Downing, 41 41 84 39 26 36 29 20 35 3 2 3
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North. Lucy B Fiske, 51 7
• Lucy Dodge. 1- 5 101 30 24 40 32 J 20 24
North East Maria A Merriam,
James Parker. 6 31 92 25 19 28 21 20 35 2 4