ANNUAL REPORT
RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURES
TOWN OF CHELMSFORD.
TOGETHER WITH THE
School Report,
Year Ending Feb. 27, 1886.
LOWELL, MASS.:
VOX POPUJLI PRESS: 130 CENTRAL STREET.
1886.
ANNUAL REPORT
Receipts and Expenditures
own of Chelmsford
Year ending Feb. 27, 1886.
LOWELL, MASS. :
VOX POPULI PRESS: 130 CENTRAL STREET.
1885.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD,
1885.
Selectmen, Assessors, and Overseers of the Poor — Henry S.
Perham, Charles W. Flint, John Q. Battles, R. Wilson
Dix, Geo. F. Snow.
Town Clerk — Geo. A. Parkhurst.
Town Treasurer — Edwin H. Warren.
School Committee — Three years, Nathan C. Saunders, T. S.
Edmands, John C. Hobbs ; two years, Samuel J. Garland,
James H. Hazen, Geo. F. Locke ; one year, Edwin E. Dutton,
Geo. F. Snow, Geo. Hyde.
Collector of Taxes — Arthur H. Sheldon.
Constables — Edward E. Laph am, James P. Emerson, Alfred
Day, Geo. E. Spaulding, Daniel W. Sleeper, John H. Whid-
den.
Fence Viewers — Albion J. Lamphere, Daniel P. Byam, Ed-
ward B. Hatch.
Highway Surveyor — Lyman S. Gale.
Appraisers of Personal Property at Town Farm — "Elisha H.
Shaw, Daniel P. Byam, James P. Emerson.
Auditors — Ziba Gay, Edward F. Richardson, J. Adams
Bartlett.
Weighers of Hay — Geo. A. Parkhurst, S. Waldo Park-
hurst, Geo. W. Perry, Eben T. Adams, Elisha H. Shaw,
Thomas M. Gerrish.
Weighers of Coal — Geo. A. Parkhurst, S. Waldo Park-
hurst, Elisha H. Shaw, Myron A. Queen, Geo. W. Perry,
Thomas M. Gerrish.
Measurers of Wood — Geo. A. Parkhurst, S. Waldo Park-
hurst, Eli P. Parker, Elisha H. Shaw, James P. Emerson,
John N. Perry.
Surveyors of Lumber — Dawson Pollard, R. Wilson Dix,
Geo. E. Spaulding, Edwin K. Parkhurst, Eli P. Parker.
Field Driver — Edward B. Hatch. ■
Sealer of Weights and Measures — True Morton.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
For the Tear Ending Feb. 27, 1886.
Births recorded — Males, 27 ;
Births of native parentage. . . .
Females,
16.
Total
43
29
Births of foreign parentage . . .
5
Births of native and foreign parentage
Marriages recorded .
9
26
Marriages between natives . .
Marriages between natives ant
I foreigne
Females,
il'S . .
19
7
Deaths recorded — Males, 22 ;
Number under 5 years of age .
Between 5 and 10
16.
Total
38
7
0
« 10 " 20
1
» 20 " 30
%
3
" 30 "■ 40
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" 40 " 50
4
« 50 " 60
3
" 60 " 70
6
" 70 " 80
5
" 80 " 90
6
Causes of death: consumption, 8; pneumonia, 6; old age, 8 ;
cerebro-spinal meningitis, 3 ; infantile, 3 ; other causes, 10.
REPORT ON DOG LICENSES.
Middlesex ss., Dec. 1, 1885.
George A. Parkhurst, Esq, Clerk of the Town of Chelmsford, has
paid into the treasury of said Middlesex County, three hundred and
forty-two dollars and sixty cents ($342.60) for dog licenses, for the
year eighteen hundred and eighty-five, as per his account of 30th
ult. . AMOS STONE,
County Treasurer.
Number of dogs licensed 172
Males 161
Females 11
Amount received for licenses $377 00
Amount of fees — 20 cents per license. 34 40
Paid to the County Treasurer, as per above receipt 342 60
97 per cent, refunded 332 32
GEO. A. PARKHURST,
Town Cleric.
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
For the Year Ending Feb. 27, 1886.
Your Treasurer charges himself with cash balance in treasury, as
found at last annual settlement $2,549 16
Cash received of —
State Treasurer, as State Aid for 1884 419 00
Relief to indigent soldiers and sailors, 96 00
Corporation tax for 1885 1,188 64
National Bank tax for 1885 1,420 87
Armory rent 75 00
Income Massachusetts school fund . . 171 25
On account of State paupers 22 00
County Treasurer, on account of dog licenses for 1885. . 332 32
C. W. Flint, on account of support of Sylvia Mansfield.. 100 00
Town of Truro, on account of support of J. C. Hopkins, 92 10
Town of Methuen, on account of support of lunatic 3 00
A. J. Lamjmere, on account of use of Town Hall at Cen-
tre 32 40
C. W. Flint, on account of sale of old stock from school-
house at North Chelmsford 7 44
Lyman S. Gale, on account of sale of drag plank 5 75
Rev. J. H. Vincent, on account of sale of books and
school supplies 21 82
Rev. N. C. Saunders, on account of tuition of non-resi-
dent pupil 2 00
Geo. L. Hubbard, on account of auctioneer's license. ... 2 00
D. P. Byarn, on account of sale of lots in cemetery at
South Chelmsford 4 00
Dawson Pollard, on account of sale of lots in cemetery
at West Chelmsford 6 00
Timothy Adams, on account of sale of lots and locust
posts in Centre cemetery 72 50
Jeremiah Clark, in trust for care of lot of the late Amos
H. Silver, in cemetery at North Chelmsford 100 00
Overseers of Poor, as proceeds of Town Farm 747 48
Amount carried forward $7,470 73
Amount brought forward $7,470 73
Geo. F. Snow, tax of 1883, in full 152 08
Interest on same 17 20
On account of tax of 1884 865 05
On account of interest on same 44 15
A. H. Sheldon, on account of tax of 1885 11,937 14
On account of interest on same 103 49
City of Lowell, on account of pauper 7 34
Hired for use of Town, as temporary loan 3,500 00
Making a total of $24,097 18
And is credited as follows : —
By cash paid —
State tax for 1885 $1,455 00
Outstanding orders of 1884, in full 69 50
On account of orders drawn present year 19,224 51
On account of temporary loan 3,000 00
On account of interest on same 34 58
On account of care of Kimball lot in Centre cemetery. . 5 00
Balance in treasury, as found on settlement 308 59
$24,097 18
E. II. WARREN,
Treasurer.
Chelmsford, March 3, 1886.
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
For the Year Ending Feb. 27, 1886.
Valuation Mat 1, 1885.
Real estate (resident) 11,095,700 00
" " (non-resident) 202,180 00
11,297,880 00
Personal estate (resident) #250,925 00
" " (non-resident) 2,945 00
253,870 00
Total valuation $1,551,750 00
Number of polls. . : 659
" horses 418
" cows i . 779
" sheep 00
" swine 255
" dwellings 564
" acres of land taxed, 14,132
Taxes.
Rate on $1,000, $8.00. Polls, $2.00 each.
State tax $1,455 00
County tax 1,233 14
Appropriation for public schools
" " school incidentals....
" " free text books
" " support of the poor. .
" " highways
" . " repairs of public build-
ings
" " relief of indigent sol-
diers and sailors ....
$5,000 00
500
00
300
00
2,300
00
3,500
00
350
00
100
00
$2,688 14
Amounts carried forward $12,050 00 $2,688 14
Amounts brought forward $12,050 00 $2,688 14
Appropriation for town officers and com-
mittees 700 00
" " collection and abate-
ment of taxes 400 00
" " barn at town farm. . . 500 00
" hall at N. Chelmsford, 500 00
" " well at Chelmsford
Centre 150 00
" " cemetery at West
Chelmsford 100 00
" " miscellaneous expen-
ses 50 00
Overlayings
Less estimated receipts
Less taken from treasury ....
Total tax committed
Tax on 659 polls $ 1,318 00
Tax on property 12,414 00
14,450
00
$17,138
43
14
86
$17,182 00
3,200 00
$13,982 00
250 00
$13,732
00
$13,732
00
CHAS. W. FLINT,
R. WILSON DIX,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
HENRY S. PERHAM,
GEO. F. SNOW,
Assessors.
COLLECTORS' REPORTS.
Collector's report for the year 1883.
Taxes on list of 1883, uncollected Feb. 28,
1885 $152 08
Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1885 15 07
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1885 2 13
$169 28
Cash paid Treasurer as tax $152 08
" " " « interest 17 20
$169 28
Geo. F. Snow, Collector, 1888.
Collector's report for the year 1884.
Taxes on list of 1884, uncollected Feb. 28,
1885 $970 49
Interest on same to Feb. 28, 1885 28 30
Interest accrued since Feb. 28, 1885 26 31
$1,025 10
Cash paid Treasurer as tax $865 05
" " " " interest 44 15
Uncollected taxes to new account 105 44
" interest to new account 10 46
$1,025 10
Geo. F. Snow, Collector, 1884.
Collector's report for the year 1885.
Tax list for 1885 $13,732 00
Additional taxes 9 60
Interest collected since Oct. 1, 1885 103 49
Interest accrued since on uncollected taxes. . 16 66
$13,861 75
Cash paid County Treasurer as County tax. . $ 1,233 14
" " Town Treasurer as tax 11,937 14
" " " " « interest 103 49
Uncollected taxes to new account 571 32
Interest accrued to new account 16 66
$13,861 75
Arthur H. Sheldon, Collector, 1885.
Estimated abatements, $80.00
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
For the Tear Ending Feb. 27, 1886.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
PAID FOE TEACHING.
No. 1, Frances V. Doane, 34 weeks $476 00
1, Carrie A. Jockow, 11 weeks 88 00
1, Nellie M. Perham, 34 weeks 272 00
1, Mary Howard, 13 weeks „ 130 00
1, Emma L. Pierce, 10 weeks 100 00 11,066 00
2, Carrie E. White, 22 weeks 176 00
2, Onie M. Hobbs, 11 weeks 88 00 264 00
3, Araminta V. Paasche, 34 weeks 272 00 272 00
4, Leonora K. Battles, 11 weeks 88 00
4, Gertrude Byam, 23 weeks 173 00 261 00
5, Ida E. Byam, 30 weeks 180 00 180 00
6, Susie S. McFarlin, 34 weeks 289 00 289 00
7, Etta G. Locke, 32 weeks 256 00 256 00
8, Daniel Phillips, 34 weeks 765 00
8, Laura G. Hoyt, 34 weeks 272 00
8, Minnie A. Worden, 34 weeks 272 00
8, Addie M. Taylor, 34 weeks 272 00 1,581 00
9, Laura G. Butterfield, 11 weeks 88 00
9, Agnes Naylor, 34 weeks 272 00
9, Carrie M. Robbins, 23 weeks 172 50 532 50
$4,701 50
PAID FOB CARE OF SCHOOL-HOUSES.
No. 1, Alvin Saunders, care $45 00
1, Willie C. Ward, care 12 00
1, Mrs. Charlesworth, cleaning ......... 5 64
1, Mrs. Hills, cleaning 113
1, Mrs. Nason, cleaning 1 10 $64 87
2, Willie E. Fowle, care 16 50 16 50
3, Lizzie P. Garland, care 17 00 17 00
Amount carried forward $98 37
10
Amount brought forward
No. 4, J. H. Hazen, care and cleaning.
5, Chas. H. Dutton,,care
6, Thos. T. French, care
7, Geo. F. Locke, care
7, Guy Reed, care
8, Henry T. Ripley, care
8, Willie H. Hall, care
8, Willie H. Hall, cleaning
9, John Dunn, care
No. 1,
1,
1,
1,
2,
2,
2,
3,
3,
3,
3,
3,
4,
4,
4,
5,
6,
6,
6,
6,
6,
T,
PAID FOR FUEL.
Wm. Redmond, 110^ feet oak wood.. .
Wm. Redmond, 33-^ feet pine wood . .
Wm. Redmond, surveying lumber ....
C. H. C. Hall, preparing wood
E. F. Richardson, 32 feet oak wood. . .
E. F. Richardson, 12 feet pine wood..
Thos. Sheehan, preparing 3 cords wood,
Alvin Blaisdell, 25 feet oak wood
Warren Berry, 4^ feet oak wood
J. Q. Battles, 8 feet oak wood
W. L. Smith, preparing 3 cords wood,
S. G. Garland, preparing wood
J. H. Hazen, 24£ feet oak wood
J. H. Hazen, 6 feet pine wood
J. H. Hazen, 6 feet mixed wood
E. E. Dutton, 20 feet wood
P. D. & T. S. Edmands, 12 feet oak
wood
P. D. & T. S. Edmands, 4 ft, pine wood,
P. D. & T. S. Edmands, 4 feet mixed
wood
P. D. & T. S. Edmands, 8 feet prepared
wood
P. D. & T. S. Edmands, preparing
wood
Wm. C. Edwards, 8 feet oak, 16£ feet
pine
Wm. Martin, preparing wood
Seth P. Sampson, 144 feet wood
Henry T. Ripley, preparing wood ....
Wm. C. Edwards, 48 feet oak wood. .
Joseph Dunn, preparing 4 cords wood,
Joseph P. Winn, preparing 2 cords
wood
$98 37
:19 00
19 00
6 00
6 00
20 50
20 50
5 00
11 00
16 00
22 00
46 00
4 45
72 45
25 00
25 00
S68
90
16
63
1
05
14
58
22
00
5
25
3
75
15
77
5 00
3 50
2 00
$257 32
$101 16
;i oo
1*9 15
20 75
3 18
4 68
28 61
10 00
10 00
9 75
2 50
2 25
5 00
1 32
20 82
13 75
3 00
16 75
88 50
13 50
102 00
30 00
3 00
1 50
34 50
$373 99
1 00
45
2 05
3 50
15 95
15 95
10 74
10 74
10 00
10 00
11
SCHOOL INCIDENTALS.
J. H. Vincent, Superintendent $200 00 $200 00
J. H. Vincent, ink and blocks
J. H. Vincent, stationery
J. H. Vincent, supplies
Parmenter's Crayon Co., crayons
Boston School Supply Co., supplies
J. Merrill & Son, 20 qts. ink
N. C. Saunders, services as Secretary School
Committee 10 00 10 00
No. 1, S. W. Parkhurst, supplies 9 70
1, G. H. Johnson, setting glass
1, B. S. Adams, repairs
1, A. H. Davis, repairs
1, John Sullivan, grading yard 1884. . . .
1, F. C. Ward, setting glass
1, James P. Emerson, cleaning vault. . . .
2, John C. Hobbs, repairs
3, L. H. Paasche, labor on school-room . .
3, S. J. Garland, repairs and supplies. . .
3, C. B. Coburn & Co., paint and oil. . . .
3, E. P. Parker, book-case and repairs. . .
5, D. W. Bickford, supplies
6, P. D. & T. S. Edmands, supplies
6, T. S. Edmands, repairs
6, Orrin Pierce, chart stand
7, George F. Locke, repairs
8, Geo. Hyde, expense attending Com-
mittee meetings
8, Geo. Hyde, stock and repairs .......
8, F. K. Ripley, labor on school-house . .
8, Silver & Gav, paints
8, Willie S. Hall, padlock
9, Geo. F. Snow, repairs
9, Geo. F. Snow, supplies
9, Mrs. Ann O'Farrell, cleaning
1 50
75
1 85
1 50
1 00
1 00
17 30
5 00
5 00
12 12
2 42
8 00
7 63
30 17
80
80
45
4 50
1 50
6 45
3 00
3 00
2 25
10 78
17 00
1 87
15
32 05
7 50
1 80
8 00
17 30
SCHOOL TEXT-BOOKS AND SUPPLIES.
Cowperthwait & Co., books $138 08
Harper & Brothers, books 63 82
Thompson, Brown & Co., books 57 26
Harrison Hume, books 24 32
F. M. Ambrose, books 8 25
D. Appleton & Co., books 25 60
C. W. Clark, books 9 38
Amount carried forward $326 71
$362 26
12
Amount brought forward
Ivison, Blakernan & Taylor, books
Boston School Supply Co., supplies
A. C. Stockin, supplies
Geo. T. King & Merrill, supplies
Marden & Rowell
J. H. Vincent, expense and services buying
and delivering books and supplies
;326 71
18 10
$344 81
107 39
8 10
4 60
5 00
125 01
76 61
$546 43
SUPPORT OF THE POOR.
PAID FOR EXPENSES OUTSIDE THE ALMSHOUSE.
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Sam-
uel L. Blood $ 52 49
Worcester Lunatic Hospital, support of Eph-
raim Buttrick 54 94 $107 43
Worcester Asylum for Chronic Insane, sup-
port of Daniel Gilligan 175 86 175 86
Northampton Lunatic Hospital, support of
Michael McKeon 190 31 190 31
Dan vers Lunatic Hospital, support of Laura
E. Bailey and Catherine McMahon ..... 369 98 369 98
St. John's Hospital, support of Thomas Law-
ler Ill 31 111 31
City of Worcester, aid of Timothy Holland, 3 00
Worcester City Hospital, aid of Timothy
Holland ,. 48 00 5100
City of Lowell, aid of Elizabeth Donohoe ... 48 00
City of Lowell, aid of Mrs. Damas La Due. . 31 50
City of Lowell, aid of F. E. Russell 29 21 108 71
City of Lynn, aid of Frank W. Wood 30 00 30 00
Town of Shirley, aid of Mary A. Burke 41 40 41 40
S. W. Parkhurst, aid of Jonathan C. Hop-
kins 63 00
Amasa Howard, aid Jonathan C. Hopkins. . . 6 60
Hapgood Wright, aid of Jonathan C. Hop-
kins 5 50 75 10
Sarah L. Webber, aid of Darius Hall 100 00 100 00
E. Shaw & Son, aid of Mrs. James McEnnis, 142 63
Marinel & Willsteed, aid of Mrs. Jas. McEn-
nis 2 07
Estate of Levi Howard, aid of Mrs. James
McEnnis 14 00 159 30
Edward F. Parker, aid of Katie Call 12 00
Estate of Levi Howard, aid of Katie Call. . . 10 00 22 00
Amount carried forward $1,542 40
lo
Amount brought forward
Eggie Russ, board of Willie Holland
Estate of Levi Howard, aid of Geo. E. Hall,
Amasa Howard, aid of Geo. E. Hall
Amasa Howard, aid of Mrs. St. Amore
William McClure, aid of 63 tramps
William McClure, aid of Edward Kelly
Chas. W. Flint, aid of State pauper
Chas. W. Flint, aid of outside poor
Geo. F. Snow, aid of outside poor
EXPENSES AT ALMSHOUSE.
N. C. Bean, Superintendent
N. C. Bean, sundries
D. W. Bickford, grain
Dutton Bros., grain
N. C. Bean, 4,560 lbs. meadow hay
N. C. Bean, 1,215 lbs. English hay
S. W. Parkhurst, groceries
J. H. Redman, meat and provisions
Geo. F. Foss, meat and provisions
D. C. Perham, meat and provisions
O. Taylor, meat and provisions
L. J. Mansfield, meat and provisions
B. M. Hildreth, labor chopping wood
John Keats, labor
Lewis Smith, labor
Hannah McEnnis, labor
Susan O. Loughlin, labor
Charles Lovett, labor
Leonard Barclay, labor
Hannah Kelley, labor
E. K. Parkhurst, 16,560 lbs. coal
Dutton Bros., ice
Dutton Bros., lumber
Arthur H. Sheldon, taxes
David A. Polley, blacksmithing ...............
B. S. Adams, blacksmithing
Timothy Adams, mowing machine
Timothy Adams, burial expenses of S. S. Dut-
ton and Mary Burke
A. J. Robinson, legal services, in Mrs. Mans-
field case
N. B. Edwards, medical attendance
Levi Howard estate, medical attendance. . . t .
Amasa Howard, medical attendance
Amount carried forward
$1,542 40
$12 00
12 00
32 00
15 50
47 50
1 50
1 50
47 25
47 25
10 75
10 75
2 00
5 50
7 50
3 40
3 40
$1,672 30
$350 00
$350 00
8 60
8 60
283 50
24 15
307 65
23 09
23 09
12 25
12 25
382 68
382 68
102 26
97 64
21 14
12 30
3 06
236 40
6 25
6 75
27 05
53 23
24 25
48 90
13 80
72 00
252 23
47 61
47 61
12 90
12 90
3 50
3 50
44 80
44 80
7 95
6 15
14 10
37 50
37 50
34 00
34 00
20 00
20 00
3 00
5 25
13 65
21 90
$1,829 21
14
Amount brought forward
Geo. A. Parkhurst, dog license
F. Severance, crackers
Harry Green, crackers
Pearson Baking Co., crackers
Pearson Baking Co., swill
William Manning, corn dust
J. W. Cassidy, dry goods
Oswald & Co., dry goods
Abels & Son, clothing
D. H. Sherman, pain paint
Stiles, Rogers & Co., bedding
Lowell Rubber Co., rubber sheet
B. T. Babbitts, box soap
H. H. Wilder & Co., tin ware
E. Preston, extracts
Geo. H. Westgate, extracts
D. W. Clement, fruit trees
J. P. Eaton, tomato plants
H. S. Perham, Adnegar
Puffer & Son, furniture
Joseph Miller, tin-ware
N. C. Bean, apples
N. C. Bean, pasturing cows
Chas. E. Parkhurst, repairs
Geo. H. Holt, repairs pump
James Stanley, repairs clock
S. G. Mack & Co., repairs stove
Baird Bros., repairs
Aaron C. Sawyer, repairs harnesses
Boston & Lowell Clothing Co
L. H. Boardman, shoes
Fiske & Spalding, paper and oil
J. L. Loiselle, blankets
John S. Shedd, filing saws
G. F. Wright, watering trough
Chas. W. Wilder, curing hams
Turner & Jones, fish
B. Smithson, fish
E. P. Bosworth, fish
Baldwin Place Home for Little Wanderers,
for Josephine Clark
R. Wilson Dix, services and expenses as Over-
seer
Henry S. Perham, services and expenses as
Overseer
Chas. W. Flint, services and expenses as Over-
seer
Amount carried forward
$1,829 21
2 00
2 00
10 48
1 50
25 82
37 80
20 00
11 25
31 25
4 77
5 04
9 81
3 85
3 85
1 66
1 66
2 95
2 95
1 50
1 50
9 60
9 60
1 25
1 25
3 20
95
4 15
7 20
7 20
60
60
4 50
4 50
10 10
10 10
6 30
6 30
10 00
10 00
8 40
8 40
9 42
5 75
75
5 15
2 00
6 00
29 07
2 00
2 00
5 45
5 45
5 17
5 17
2 76
2 76
1 3t
1 34
9 87
9 87
3 36
3 36
24 99
11 18
1 15
37 32
25 00
25 00
20 00
20 00
12 00
12 00
25 80
25 80
^2,151 27
15
Amount brought forward $2,151 27
John Q. Battles, services and expenses as
Overseer $ 4 50 4 50
Geo. F. Snow, services and expenses as Over-
seer 6 00 6 00
Carried to account of highway, chopping 21
cords market wood, at 80 cents per cord, 16 80 16 80
$2,168 57
Less highwav board bill, 174 weeks at $3.25. $565 50
Less highway hay bill, 17,000 lbs . . 170 00 735 50
$1,433 07
Expenses outside of almshouse 1,672 30
$3,105 37
Proceeds of Town Farm 747 48
Received of Town of Truro, for aid rendered
Jonathan Hopkins 92 10
Received on account support of Svlvia Mans-
field \ * 100 00
Received of City of Lowell, support of Mrs.
Boynton 7 34
Received of Town of Methuen, support of
Henry Flagg 3 00
Received for State paupers 22 00 971 92
$2,133 45
Inmates, 5. Females, 4 ; Males, 1 ; Tramps, 558.
R. WILSON DLX,
CHAS. W. FLINT,
HENRY S. PERHAM,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
GEO. F. SNOW,
Overseers.
APPRAISAL OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT ALMS-
HOUSE, MARCH 1, 1886.
Household furniture and bedding $307 62
Provisions and supplies 285 69
Farm implements 70 75
1 horse 125 00
5 cows 228 00
1 sled * 6 00
1 farm wagon 30 00
1 market wagon 40 00
Amount carried forward $1,093 06
16
Amount brought forward $1,093 06
1 pung 9 00
1 hay rake 23 00
1 horse cart 25 00
1 cart harness 7 00
1 heavy harness 14 00
21 fowls 10 ,50
3 fat hogs 42 00
2 sows 25 00
6 tons English hay 120 00
2 tons run hay 24 00
10 cords manure , . . 50 00
1 buffalo robe 10 00
2 blankets 5 00
1 mowing machine . 30 00
1 Newfoundland dog. . 5 00
$1,492 56
JAMES P. EMERSON,
D. P. BYAM,
ELISHA H. SHAW,
Appraisers.
HIGHWAYS.
Dutton Bros., grain $282 36 $282 36
Dutton Bros., lumber 5 38
A. P. Bateman, lumber 23 75
David Perham, lumber 36 83 65 96
J. M. Fletcher, standing timber 13 00 13 00
S. W. Parkhurst, supplies 21 94 21 94
Bartlett & Dow, tools 28 97 28 97
F.'E. Richardson, blacksmithing 37 31
John Wozencroft, blacksmithing 13 35
Durant & Son, blacksmithing 17 73
David A. Polley, blacksmithing 19 41
B. S. Adams, blacksmithing 32 62 120 42
Wm. L. Draper, repairs of carts and tools. . . 5 80
Warren Johnson, repairs of carts and tools. . 3 75
J. A. Walkden, repairs of carts and tools. ... 11 25
John S. Shedd, repairs of carts and tools. ... 7 20
Kimball Bros., repairs of road-machine 8 00
H. Hall, repairs of harness 7 62 43 62
Clement Upham, 40 posts 4 00 4 00
II. R. Barker, 1 axle-nut 50 50
Timothv Adams, rent of barn 8 weeks • 8 00 8 00
Geo. A." Byam, 2,955 lbs. hay 28 07 28 07
W. E. Livingston, straw 8 15
Lyman S. Gale, 1,665 lbs. bedding 5 82
Amounts carried forward $630 81 $616 84
IT
Amounts brought forward $630 81 $616 84
K C. Bean, bedding 7 20 21 17
E. Shaw & Son, 5 days' teaming 22 50 22 50
E. Shaw & Son, sundries 2 32 2 32
Solomon Spaulding, breaking roads, 1884. . . 8 50
Samuel Putney, breaking roads, 1884 2 50
Charles Shinkwin, breaking roads, 1884 2 50
John Marinel, breaking roads, 1884 7 80 21 30
Geo. F. Snow, labor 4 50
John Dunn, labor 3 00
Ira Atwood, labor 2 00
John J. Sullivan, labor 3 50
Joseph P. Winn 2 25 15 25
Solomon Spaulding, gravel, 306 loads 24 48
Solomon Spaulding, gravel, 45 loads, 1884.. . 4 50
E. F. Richardson, 451 loads 22 55
E. F. Richardson, 471 loads, 1884 23 55
St. Anne's Parish, gravel, 282 loads 14 10
John Marinel, gravel, 65 loads 6 50
F. W. Blodgett, gravel, 25 loads 2 00
S. S. Sleeper, gravel, 250 loads . . . . 25 70
Jas. P. Emerson, gravel, 15 loads 75
B. P. Marshall, gravel, 50 loads 2 50
L. Blodgett, gravel, 37 loads 2 96 129 59
Lyman S. Gale, use of horse 49 days 61 25
Lyman S. Gale, board of men 32 50 93 75
Highway pay-roll, March 131 90
April 138 88
May 182 50
June 185 96
July 186 57
August 176 88
September 171 98
October 182 06
November 146 10
December 106 00
January 104 00
February 103 50 1,816 33
$2,739 05
Carried to account of Poor, for board 174
weeks, at $3.25 per week 565 50
Carried to account of Poor, 17,000 lbs.-hay. . 170 00 735 50
$3,474 55
Less highway bill, chopping wood 16 80
$3,457 75
Highway pay-roll includes salary paid highway surveyor, $2.00
per day for eight months ; $1.75 per day for four months.
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APPRAISAL OF HIGHWAY TEAMS AND TOOLS,
MARCH 1, 1886.
4 horses $650 00
2 two-horse sleds 20 00
3 two-horse carts 150 00
1 drag 5 00
1 jigger 48 00
1 Kimball scraper 165 00
Eveners and whiffletrees 10 80
4 road scrapers 15 00
1 plow 6 00
Rocker and cart spear 2 00
2 pairs double harness 75 00
10 shovels • 7 00
7 picks 7 00
4 grub hoes 4 00
7 stone hammers 7 00
Drills and wedges 17 00
Hames and chains 3 50
Axes and bush-hooks 6 00
3 scythes and snaths 3 50
5 iron bars 7 50
5 horse blankets 4 50
4 feed bags 3 50
2 steel rakes and large saw 3 00
Powder-can and fuse 75
Pole-straps and reins 1 50
Brushes, sponges, wrenches 5 00
3 lanterns 2 25
Pails, jug 75
3 chains 3 50
Bridge and drag plank 40 00
Bedding 2 00
Grain 7 00
Old junk 1 90
4 halters 2 00
Feed trough 1 50
2 pick handles 50
$1,288 95
JAMES P. EMERSON,
D. P. BY AM,
ELISHA H. SHAW,
Appraisers.
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REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
T. Costello & Co., repairing furnace Centre
Town Hall (bill of 1884) $ 33 45
Wm. H. Brown, painting school-house and
shed, No. 9 39 00
A. G. Whitcomb, furniture, school No. 8 138 00
Geo. Hyde, repairs school-house No. 8 59 65
Howe Bros. & Co., lumber for repairs school-
house No. 8 78 63
Chas. E. Parkhurst, shingling almshouse 74 23
$33
45
39
00
276
28
74
23
$422 96
STATE AID.
Paid under Chapter 301, statutes of 1879. ..
Paid under Chapter 252, statutes of 1879. .
$444 00
144 00
$444 00
144 00
$588 00
COLLECTION AND ABATEMENT OF TAXES.
Paid Geo. F. Snow, collection 1883.. .
Geo. F. Snow, collection 1884. . .
A. H. Sheldon, collection 1885. .
A. H. Sheldon, abatements 1885.
Geo. F. Snow, abatements 1883.
Geo. F. Snow, abatements 1884 .
$ 2
70
10
00
225
65
54
20
15
02
72
22
$379 79
REPAIRS OF BARN AT TOWN FARM.
Paid Chas. E. Parkhurst, for labor and ma-
terial $473 50 $473 50
R. Wilson Dix, laying wing wall 6 00
R. Wilson Dix, priming and pointing
cellar wall 10 00 16 00
H. S. Perham, services as committee.. . 5 25
Geo. F. Snow, services as committee. . . 3 00 8 25
$497 75
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
Paid E. II. Warren, services as town treasurer,
" " expenses as town treasurer,
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services as town clerk,
• " " expenses as town clerk,
Henry S. Perham, services as selectman,
" " expenses as selectman,
Chas. W. Flint, services as selectman. . .
" " expenses as selectman.. .
R. Wilson Dix, services as selectman. . .
" " expenses as selectman.. .
Geo. F. Snow, services as selectman
" " expenses as selectman.. . .
John Q. Battles, services as selectman.. .
" " expenses as selectman . .
Chas. W. Flint, services as assessor
" " expenses as assessor
Henry S. Perham, services as assessor. . .
" " expenses as assesser. .
R. Wilson Dix, services as assessor
" " expenses as assessor
Geo. F. Snow, services as assessor
" " expenses as assessor
John Q. Battles, services as assessor ....
" " expenses as assessor.. . .
Nathan B. Edwards, services as com-
mittee on discontinuing highways
(bill of 1883)
Nathan B. Edwards, services and expen-
ses as registrar of voters, 1884. . . .
N. B. Edwards, services and expenses as
registrar of voters
Geo. A. Parkhurst, services and expenses
as registrar of voters
L. M. Dutton, services and expenses as
registrar of voters
Timothy Adams, services as constable,
1884
Alfred Day, services as constable
" " killing dogs
" " copying and posting warrant,
Jas. P. Emerson, notifying town officers,
" " exjDenses notifying town
officers
John H. Whidden, services as constable,
Amount carried forward $809 36
i 50 00
10 00
$ 60 00
43 10
6 74
49 84
70 00
3 81
73 81
59 70
17 94
77^64
42 00
14 00
56 00
36 00
14 00
50 00
35 00
15 00
50 00
103 50
14 37
117 87
40 50
3 00
43 50
27 00
9 00
36 00
45 00
14 00
59 00
25 00
5 00
30 00
3 00
3 00
14 25
8 25
22 50
14 15
14 15
9 00
9 00
21 00
21 00
13 05
2 00
4 00
19 05
9 00
3 00
12 00
5 00
5 00
WEST CHELMSFORD CEMETERY.
Asa Clement, 11 maple trees $ 5 50
Geo. W. Buzzy, breaking stone 80
Wm. H. Brown, painting fence 42 70
Geo. F. Snow, 11 days' labor 16 50
Geo. F. Snow, expenses as committee 5 00
John Dunn, 5^ days' labor 8 00
Dawson Pollard, labor and materials 19 50
George Buzzy, repairs of gate 50
John Jeffroy, 1 day's labor 1 50
HALL AT NORTH CHELMSFORD.
Paid Cyrus P. Barclay, material and labor.. . 13,100 23
WELL AT CENTRE TOWN HOUSE.
Willard D. Stone, labor $ 9 75
F. E. Ward, 1L& days' labor 19 50
James Wozencroft, 15-J days' labor. 21 08
Francis H. Rowell, 9f days' labor 14 62
Wm. S. Pierce, 81 hours' labor 12 15
H. S. Perham, horse and driver 4^ days ... 11 62
John Higgins, labor and tools 59 58
David Perham, lumber ... 1777
A. L. Brooks & Co., 810 ft. plank . 13 77
S. W. Parkhurst, sundries 99
21
Amount brought foricard
Paid Jas. P. Emerson, E. H. Shaw and Daniel
P. By am, services as appraisers at
almshouse $8 00 8 00
Ziba Gay, E. F. Richardson, and J. A.
Bartlett, services as auditors 8 00 8 00
525 36
$100 00
&3,100 23
MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES.
Huse, Goodwin & Co. printing 600 Town
Reports $31 20
Huse, Goodwin & Co., stationery 74 $31 94
Marden & Rowell, printing 550 school re-
ports 24 00
Amounts carried forward $55 94 $31 94
22
Amounts brought forward
Marden & Rowell, printing ballots on consti-
tutional amendment
Sargent & Gay, printing 2,000 license ballots,
Sargent & Gay, printing 800 State Aid
blanks
Sargent & Gay, stationery and printing
Bacheller, Dumas & Co., 15 invoice books. . .
Armory for use of cavalry at hall North
Chelmsford : —
Chas. W. Flint, labor and materials
James B. Coburn, six days' labor
Geo. H. Smith, labor and paint-stock
Silver & Gay, lumber and labor
Davis & Sargent, lumber
F. D. Beede, stove
S. G. Mack & Co., stove pipe, etc
E. F. Parkhurst, guide post
Chas. H. Dutton, hammered granite posts for
common at North Chelmsford
Geo. H. Smith, painting and sanding common
fence at North Chelmsford ....'.
E. M. Tucke, insurance permit
Geo. H. Holt, pump at central square
H. H. Wilder & Co , repairs on furnace at
Centre Town Hall
A. J. Lamphere, repairs on furnace
A. J. Lamphere, janitor's service
N. J. Duncan, janitor's service
N. J. Duncan, warming and lighting hall for
cavalry 25 times
Wallace A. Josselyn, painting and varnishing
Centre hearse and bier
Timothy Adams, 21^ days' labor on Centre
cemetery, bill 1884
Timothy Adams, 9 days' labor on Centre
cemetery
Timothy Adams, return of 10 deaths
N. B. Edwards, reporting 14 births, bill 1884,
N. B. Edwards, reporting 12 births
Dawson Pollard, reporting 2 deaths
A. H. Sheldon, reporting 10 deaths
Daniel P. Byam, labor on cemetery, South
Chelmsford
James D. Dunn, labor on cemetery, North
Chelmsford
George G. Stetson, labor on cemetery, North
Chelmsford
$55 94
$31 94
1 25
25 25
2 75
2 75
2 00
7 50
4 50
4 50
14 83
9 00
4 85
10 92
3 80
7 00
■4 48
54 88
2 50
2 50
26 00
26 00
14 50
14 50
1 50
1 50
12 00
12 00
1 25
4 35
13 95
19 55
2 00
31 25
33 25
22 00
22 00
43 00
18 00
2 50
63 50
3 50
3 00
6 50
50
50
2 50
2 50
5 00
5 00
4 00
6 45
10 45
$343 82
AGGREGATE OE APPROPRIATIONS, RECEIPTS, AND
EXPENDITURES.
ACCOUNTS.
Schools, appropriation ....
School fund
Dog tax
Tuition from non-resident
pupils
Teaching
Care of houses ....
Fuel
School incidentals
Free text-books, appropriation .
Free text-books, receipts . . .
Support of poor, appropriation .
Support of poor, receipts . . .
Highway, appropriation ....
Highway, receipts
Repairs of public buildings, appro-
priation .
Repairs of public buildings, re-
ceipts
State aid, receipts
Relief of indigent soldiers and sail-
ors, appropriation ....
Relief of indigent soldiers and sail-
ors, receipts
Town officers and committees, ap-
propriation
Collection and abatement of taxes,
appropriation
Miscellaneous expenses, approp'n,
Miscellaneous expenses, receipts.
West Chelmsford cemetery, appro-
priation
Repairs of barn at Town Farm, ap-
propriation
Town Hall at North Chelmsford,
appropriation
Well at Centre village, appropria-
tion
Appropria-
tions.
85.000 00
171 25
332 32
2 00
500 00
300 00
21 82
2,300 00
971 92
3,500 00
5 75
350 00
7 44
419 00
100 00
96 00
700 00
400 00
50 00
291 90
100 00
500 00
3,000 00
150 00
$19,269 40
$19,269 40
Expendi-
tures.
4,701 50
257 32
373 99
362 26
546 43
3,105 37
3,457 75
422 96
444 00
144 00
825 36
379 79
343 82
100 00
497 75
3,100 23
180 83
),243 36
26 04
$19,269 40
Excess.
172 76
137 74
166 55
48 00
52 00
20 21
2 25
$599 51
51
Defi-
ciency.
224 61
65 52
25 00
125 36
1 92
100 23
30 83
$573 47
26 04
$599 51
Appropriations
Receipts . . .
$16,950 00
. 2,319 40
$19,269 40
Amount of orders
Surplus . . . .
$19,243 36
26 04
$19,269 40
HENRY S. PERHAM,
CHAS. W. FLINT,
R. W. DIX,
J. Q. BATTLES,
GEO. F. SNOW,
Selectmen.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
Having examined the account of the Treasurer for the year ending
Feb. 27, 1886, we find his receipts and payments properly entered
and vouched, and a balance of $308.59 in his hands.
We find bills and receipts in the hands of the Selectmen vouching
for orders amounting to 819,243.36, of which those amounting to
$19,224.51 have been paid by the Treasurer, leaving $18.85 out-
standing.
We find —
Cash in the treasury $308 59
Tax of 1884, uncollected $105 44
Interest on tax of 1884 10 46
Tax of 1885, uncollected 571 32
Interest on tax of 1885 16 66 703 88
School-books and supplies on hand 500 00
Due from the State —
State aid to Jan. 1, 1886 $443 00
State aid for February and March, 1886 72 00
Relief to Jan. 1, 1886 72 00
Relief for February and March, 1886 12 00
Armory rent 75 00 674 00
$2,186 47
Outstanding note $500 00
Outstanding orders 18 85
Kimball Fund 100 00
Interest on Kimball Fund ■. 22 64
Silver Fund 100 00
Interest on Silver Fund 3 00
Estimated liabilities 150 00
Estimated abatements 125 00 1,019 49
Balance assets over liabilities $1,166 98
ZIBA GAY,
E. F. RICHARDSON,
J. ADAMS BARTLETT,
Auditing Committee.
Chei.msforp, March 3, 1886.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the town of Chelmsford, in said
County, GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth aforseaid, you are hereby re-
quired to notify the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet at the
Town Hall, at Chelmsford Centre, on Monday, the fifteenth day of
March current, being the third Monday in said month, at nine
o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following
articles, viz : —
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
To hear report of town officers and committees, and act thereon.
To determine the manner of collecting the taxes.
To determine the manner of repairing the highways, townways,
and bridges.
To choose all necessary town officers.
To act in relation to the list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary
to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to borrow such
sums of money as may be required for the payment of the de-
mands upon him in anticipation of the taxes of the ensuing
year, and payable therefrom.
Art. 9. To see if the town will vote to grant licenses for the sale of intox-
icating liquors for the current year.
Art. 10. To see if the town will vote to renew the insurance on the public
buildings, or act in relation thereto.
Art. 11. At the request of E. H. Warren, David Perham, and others, to see
if the town will vote to choose a committee to investigate the
necessities of the cemetery at centre of the town, and report at
the next March meeting, or act in relation thereto.
Art. 12. At the request of S. J. Garland, Artemus Parker, Warren Berry,
E. P. Parker, and others, to see if the town will vote to dig a
well at the school-house at South Chelmsford, put a pump in the
same, make an appropriation therefor, or act in relation thereto.
Art.
2.
Art.
3.
Art.
4.
Art.
5.
Art.
6.
Art.
7.
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Art. 13. At the request of J. A. Bartlett, Geo. A. Parkhurst, C. S. Reed,
N. C. Saunders, and others, to see if the town will vote to build
an addition to the school building at the centre of the town, and
provide furniture therefor, and make an appropriation for the
same, or act in relation thereto.
Art. 14. At the request of C. Roby, J. J. Hoyt, A. Gardner, G. F. Locke,
and others, to see if the town will appropriate the sum of
four hundred dollars, or any other amount which may be thought
necessary, to straighten and widen the street near the railroad
station at West Chelmsford, or act in relation thereto.
Art. 15. At the request of L. M. Dutton, to see if the town will vote to
appropriate money to obtain means to extinguish fires, or act in
relation thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up at-
tested copies thei'eof at the Post-Offices in the centre of the town,
South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford, West Chelmsford, and at the
School-house at East Chelmsford, ten days at least before the time
appointed for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this Warrant, with your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding
the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this fifth day of March, in the year of our
Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-six.
HENRY S. PERHAM,
CHAS. W. FLINT,
R. WILSON DLX,
JOHN Q. BATTLES,
GEO. F. SNOW,
Selectmen of Chelmsford.
I have served the foregoing Warrant, by posting up true and at-
tested copies of the same at the places above mentioned, more than
ten days before the day of holding said meeting.
JAMES P. EMERSON,
Constable of Chelmsford.
ANNUAL REPORT
School Committee
Town of Chelmsford
Year ending Feb. 27, 1886.
LOWELL, MASS. :
VOX POPULI PRESS: 130 CENTRAL STREET.
1886.
COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
The School Committee in submitting their An-
nual Report to the citizens of the Town, respect-
fully represent that the interests of education in
Chelmsford have in no wise diminished during the
year ; while in some respects, it is believed they
have made decided advances.
By invitation of the Committee, the Secretary of
the State Board of Education, Hon. John W.
Dickinson, and Messrs. Prince and Martin, agents
of the Board, visited our town early in Septem-
ber, and spent some time examining into the con-
dition of our schools. At -the close of their visit,
they held a meeting at the Centre School-house,
at which were present all of our teachers, the
Superintendent, and several of the Committee.
At this meeting they detailed the result of their
observations, and suggested such changes as seemed
desirable and possible for the teachers to make,
and in giving the assembled teachers illustrations
of normal methods, — the teachers being treated as
pupils, while the Secretary and Agents divided the
time in suggesting improved methods for the work
of the school-room.
The counsel given was excellent, and well pleas-
ing to those present ; and we have seen good re-
sulting therefrom.
A good deal of complaint has reached us dur-
ing the year, from some of our neighboring cities
and towns, in regard to a great defect in our
present system of education ; that we try to do too
much and to go over too much ground in the
limited time devoted to school-life ; thereby neglect-
ing the elementary branches and the foundation of
a good education.
The ornamental and higher branches of study,
as they are called, have a peculiar charm for both
teacher and pupil, and the child's progress is some-
times measured not by his thorough knowledge of
elementary principals, but by the number of ad-
vanced studies he has pursued.
Our public schools are not intended to supply
the place of universities, but rather to provide for
the people those elements of knowledge every-
where essential in the journey of life.
When a young man can read, spell, write, and
reckon well, he has a good educational foundation,
and it would be difficult to find any more useful
attainments in the whole realm of study; without
these any great proficiency in learning is impossi-
ble ; with them, the way is open to the broadest
and most comprehensive acquirements. This should
be made the first and great aim through the en-
tire course of school education.
There has been more than the usual number of
changes in our corps of teachers ; this is to be
regretted. It requires at least one term to ac-
quaint scholars and teachers with each other. Each
teacher has his or her peculiarities of instruction.
One is inclined to urge by force or fear ;
another by hope of reward. One believes the
teacher to be monarch of the school-room ; another
is more republican in his views of school govern-
ment. This teacher counts progress by the number
of pages learned ; another succeeds who goes slowly
but surely. After a term or two of trial and
acquaintance with each other's ways, the school
and teacher move on with less friction and greater
efficiency. The parents also become acquainted
with the teacher and are more apt to add their
aid in advancing the school's interest, and thus a
new impetus is given to progress. It is not in
the power of even a good teacher to accomplish
much for a school in a single term. The second
term is worth nearly double the first. But change
your teachers often and it is impossible for any
school to make a steady progress and arrive at a
high grade, to fulfill the just expectations of the
parents or friends of education.
Although there are still imperfections in our
school system, we think we may safely conclude
that the standard is at least as high as in any of
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the adjoining towns. With every thing to encour-
age and inspire us for redoubled effort, let us labor
more earnestly in the future than we have done
in the past, to improve our public schools in
which we are all so deeply interested:
GEO. F. SNOW,
J. C. HOBBS,
S. J. GARLAND,
J. H. HAZEN,
E. E. DUTTON,
T. S. EDMANDS,
GEO. F. LOCKE,
GEO. HYDE,
N. C. SAUNDERS,
School Committee.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the School Committee of the Town of Chelmsford:
Gentlemen, — The time has -again arrived when a
detailed report of the schools of the town must be pre-
sented to you, and through you to the citizens of the
town and the school officers of the Commonwealth. I
do not know that I have much new to add to the reports
of former years, only that I think the tendency of the
schools, as a whole, is to more thorough and progressive
work, especially in arithmetic, and I am of the opinion
that if the classes do well in arithmetic, we need have
no fear about the other studies.
As you are all aware, Mr. John T. Prince and Mr.
Martin, agents of the State Board of Education, visited
the schools at the beginning of the fall term, although I
do not think it was the best time, so soon after the long
summer vacation and before some of the schools were
fairly organized, to fairly judge of what we are doing ;
yet they paid us the compliment of saying that they were
above the average. I was thankful to hear that, and
from it took courage.
ORAL AND WRITTEN SPELLING.
There is now some discussion of the comparative
merits of oral and written spelling, and some teachers
seem to give preference to the written and somewhat
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neglect the oral. I have noticed that the best work is
done in spelling where the two methods are combined,
and preference given to the oral method in the class.
The stimulus that comes to scholars from taking places
in the spelling-classes, and the advantage of pronounc-
ing the words in the hearing of the teacher, for the sake
of correct pronunciation we can not afford to dispense
with in our schools, so the teachers who have followed
the suggestions of the Superintendent the past year have
followed both methods.
SCHOLARS DO THE RECITING.
I have also suggested to the teachers to, as far as
possible, allow the scholars to do their own reciting, in-
dependent of the teacher's aid, and to allow the scholars
in the class to read their own examples in arithmetic, and
where this has been followed more thorough work is the
result.
SCHOOL LIFE MORE PLEASANT THAN FORMERLY.
I think, by the methods now pursued in the schools,
school life is more pleasant to the average scholar than
formerly. We teach the children now the whys and the
therefores, and when they make a statement we ask them
how they know it is true. By this method their recita-
tions are not merely a matter of memory, but they un-
derstand their work better, and their understanding aids
the memory, and they do not have to fear that they shall
be punished or be cut down in their rank if they forget
a word in the text-book.
TEMPERANCE INSTRUCTION.
Temperance instruction has also received attention in
the schools during the year, and I think the result will
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be of infinite value to the rising generation, as I think
many form the intemperate habit because not warned of
the danger of drinking a little.
MORAL ATMOSPHERE.
I think also that, taking the schools as a whole, there
is a good healthy moral influence surrounding them, and
the tendency is to help the scholars to be good as well
as to be educated.
RECITING ARITHMETIC TABLES IN CONCERT.
There seems to be a difference of opinion as to the
advantage of reciting the arithmetic tables in concert in
the classes. In schools where the children did not know
the arithmetical tables and had been taught by the indi-
vidual method, I suggested that for the sake of getting
over the hesitancy contracted by the individual method
which was noticeable in all their recitations, that they
adopt the concert method, and great was the improve-
ment. There is also a saving of time by the concert
method, and in some of the schools time is an item of
considerable importance.
PROGRESSIVE TEACHERS.
As Superintendent for the past four years I have seen
thirty-seven different teachers at work in the schools of
this town. It is not to be supposed that they were all
equally progressive, but during that time there have al-
ways been teachers that were progressive. Those who
have been in the habit of visiting schools in the cities
of Lowell and Boston and of reading educational jour-
nals, — these teachers have been of great advantage to
me as Superintendent in getting a variety of methods,
and of seeing those methods in practice before suggest-
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ing them to non-progressive teachers ; and as variety is
the spice of life, so variety of methods is the spice of
the intellectual life of children.
The following is a brief detailed report of each
school : —
No. i. — Centre of the Town.
Grammar and High School. — The principal through
the year here was Miss F. V. Doane. Miss Doane pos-
sesses a great deal of energy and some excellent quali-
ties as a teacher, and in some of her classes good results
were noticeable ; but the school is too large and takes
too much of the principal's time and energy to manage
the school to secure the best results in teaching, but
Miss Doane's classes were well prepared for the annual
examination at the close of the year.
The assistant here for the spring term was Miss Carrie
E. Jockow, of Lowell. This was Miss Jocko w's first ex-
perience at teaching, but she exhibited qualities that ex-
perience in teaching will make her a successful teacher.
She resigned at the close of the term to go West, and
was succeeded by Miss Mary Howard, who taught here
some years ago. Miss Howard's reputation as a teacher
is too well known in this town to need comment. She
took great pains to have scholars get their lessons and
the drawing-books of her scholars were about perfect, as
far as I saw them. She asked to be released at the be-
ginning of the winter term, and was succeeded by Miss
Pierce, of Royalston, Mass. Miss Pierce has had con-
siderable experience as a teacher ; she is a good disci-
plinarian, and her classes took great pains to do their
work well and were very much interested in their lessons.
Primary School. — Miss Nellie M. Perham was the
teacher here through the year, and good work was done.
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There has been great improvement in this school since
I first became acquainted with it. Arithmetic classes
here are doing well, Reading, for the most part, is nat-
ural and expressive, and the scholars are taught to get
the meaning of the pieces read. The examination here
was good.
No. 2. — MIXED. North Row.
Miss Carrie E. White taught this school the spring
and fall terms, and kept her scholars wide awake, studi-
ous, and advancing, and the order was all that could be
desired. The winter term was taught by Miss Onie
Hobbs. Miss Hobbs possesses many qualities of a good
teacher, such as enthusiasm and a love for her work and
her term's work will compare favorably with the first
term's work of some of our most successful teachers.
No. 3. — MIXED. South Chelmsford.
Miss Araminta V. Paasche was in charge of this
school, and the progress in all the studies taught was
all that could be desired. As I visited the school and
called up classes out of their turn to recite, they seemed
so well prepared, and did their work so understandingly
from the lowest to highest grades, that I felt convinced
that Miss Passche was advancing her scholars as fast as
they ought to be advanced. Her examination at the
close of the year was perfectly satisfactory to all con-
cerned, I think.
No 4.— MIXED. South Row.
Miss Lenora Battles taught here the spring term, and
kept up the interest she had awakened last year, and
resigned at the close of the spring term, to accept a posi-
tion as teacher in Sudbury, Mass. Miss Gertrude W.
Byam, of South Chelmsford, taught the school the rest
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of the year. Miss Byam is a faithful, diligent, con-
scientious teacher, and kept her scholars at work and
advancing. There are some bright, wide-awake scholars
in this school.
No. 5. — MIXED. Esquire Byam's Neighborhood.
Miss Ida E. Byam taught this school, and I am safe in
saying that no more thorough work was done any
where than here, and the advacement of the scholars
was as rapid as the advancement of scholars of their
ages ought to be
No. 6. — MIXED. East Chelmsford.
Miss Susie McFarlin taught this school the past year,
and good results have been accomplished. Mental
arithmetic with the younger classes received careful
attention from the teacher, and teacher and scholars
seem to work in harmony. This school is doing well.
No. 7. — MIXED. Spaulding's Neighborhood.
This school had for its teacher the past year Miss
Etta Locke. Miss Locke took great interest in her
scholars, kept them interested in their work, encouraged
those that were slow, and visited other schools for the
sake of getting a variety of methods. This school
always seemed in good working condition. The exam-
ination at the close of the year showed that careful and
thorough work had been done.
No. 8. — North Chelmsford.
The schools here are now well graded, and so ar-
ranged that scholars and teachers can do their best
work.
High School. — Rev. D. Phillips was the principal in
this department. It was very pleasant to go into this
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room and hear scholars recite independent of the teach-
er's questions from five to ten minutes. It seemed
more like persons making speeches, than like boys and
girls reciting. A class of fourteen was graduated from
here last June, who in their essays and declamations
appeared more like college graduates, than like high
school boys and girls fifteen and sixteen years old.
Grammar School. — Miss Addie M. Taylor was in
charge here through the year. Every thing in this
room is done in a prompt, wide-awake manner. Each
one striving to do his or her best, as it appeared to me.
The examination at the close of the fall term was ex-
cellent, and gave the impression that a large fund of in-
formation and a large amount of mental discipline were
in circulation in this school. The declamations were
very fine.
Intermediate School. — This school was in charge of
Miss Minnie A. Worden ; on account of the absences of
the scholars, no public examination was held in this
school the past year. Considerable attention has been
given here to composition the past year with good effect.
There are many very interesting scholars in this school.
Primary School — Miss Laura G. Hoyt still contin-
ues to do good work in this school. All departments
receive careful attention from the teacher. Something
new may be seen in this school nearly every term. Miss
Hoyt has a table on which she keeps a lot of wooden
blocks, to which she allows her scholars to go for rest
and amusement when they have their lessons. Physi-
ology taught orally in this school is remarkable.
No. 9. — West Chelmsford.
Grammar School. — Miss Laura L. Butterfield taught
here the spring term, and did good work. Every thing
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was done in a thorough manner, and scholars gave
signs of being interested in their work. Miss Butter-
field resigned at the close of the term to accept a posi-
tion as teacher at Hampton Falls, N. H. The re-
mainder of the year the school was taught by Miss
Carrie M. Robbins, of Carlise, who took up the work
where her predecessor left it, and carried it through the
year very successfully. Miss Robbins is an excellent
scholar, and her work was very thorough.
Primary School. — The same teacher that has been
in charge here for a number of years was in charge the
past year, Miss Agnes Naylor. Miss Naylor is one of
our most progressive teachers, and has been of great
help to me as Superintendent, in proving what can be
done by little people. When I have made suggestions
she never objected, saying " They have not ability to do
such work," but always said " I will try," and her scholars
have exceeded my expectations as well as her own.
One of the visitors of the State Board of Education
who heard her classes in arithmetic only suggested that
perhaps she had neglected other studies in advancing
her scholars so far ahead in arithmetic. I assured him
that she had not, but that her classes in reading, writing,
spelling (oral and written), and geography were equally
as good as her arithmetic classes. In this school, to
me, every thing is done in a satisfactory manner. The
phonetic method in reading, as well as others, is taught
to good advantage here.
This, then, is a brief report of the schools. Many
other good things might be put on paper as well as more
defects, but criticism on paper, I do not think, will do
much good. It has been my custom, as Superintendent,
when a new teacher was put in the schools, to visit that
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school quite often and make suggestions to the teacher,
and not wait until the end of the year and then put the
teacher's defects on paper.
I have, also, tried to encourage the teachers in their
work, except, perhaps, in cases where teachers were old-
fashioned in their methods and dead-set in ruts. As
every one knows who has studied the subject, there has
been great inprovement in the methods of instruction
within the last ten or twelve years, and unless the older
teachers visit other schools, and find out what is actually
being done in them, they are likely to follow the methods
of their own teachers and so be ten or twelve years be-
hind the times.
1 close thanking you, gentlemen, for having entrusted
me with the care of the schools the past year ; and I
close this, my fourth yearly report, realizing the advan-
tage that a Superintendent can be to the schools, and
also the delicate position in which the Superintendent is
placed, being really the servant of nine men, constituting
the School Committee, fifteen teachers, and nearly five
hundred scholars, besides a large number of parents and
friends of the scholars. To get books and supplies for
all these is not a small matter ; besides, the Superinten-
dent, to be of any advantage to the schools, must
study the educational problems, and visit schools outside
to learn what is actually being done in them ; but it is a
work I love, because of the service I can render to the
youth of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. VINCENT,
Supet •intenden t.
March 6, 1886.
ROLL OF HONOR- PUPILS NOT ABSENT.
Those marked * were tardy.
PRIMARY No. 1.
Two Terms — Est elle Hutchinson, Karl Perharn.
One Teem — Ralph Emerson, John Hale}, Dannie Haley, Haw-
thorne Howard, Harold Davis, Carlton Wilson, David Perham,
Gertie Keniston, Cora Hutchinson.
GRAMMAR No. 1.
One Year — Ella Hutchinson, Clara Hutchinson.*
One Term — James Emerson, Edward Lapham, William Lap-
ham, Ena Bickford, Edith Emerson, Annie Howard, James Mooney,
Frank A. Brown, John Haley, George Davis, George Carter,* Ger-
trude Keniston,* Sarah Thurlow.*
MIXED No. 2.
Two Terms — H. Gertrude Fulton, Bridget Driscoll, Thomas
Sheehan.
One Term — Jennie Fulton, Gertie L. Hall, Willie E. Foule,
Geo. W . Upham, Dennie Sheehan.
MIXED No. 3.
One Year — Lyman Byam, Nettie Byam, Grace Garland, Ferdi-
nand Scoboria.
Two Terms — Peter Scoboria, Fred Park, Grace Mansfield.
One Term — Cora Pearson, Elbridge Mansfield, Lizzie Garland,
Carl Mansfield, Emma Parker, John Redmond, Sadie Redmond,
Willie Redmond, Ernest Mansfield.
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MIXED No. 4.
Two Terms — Eddie Robbins.*
One Teem — Winton Gale, Etta M. Crooker, Annie R. Adams,
Maude Cummings, Herman Crooker,* Florence Cuinmings,* Alvin
Sweetser.*
MIXED No. 5.
One Year — Charles H. Dutton, Arthur E. Dutton..
Two Terms — Stella M. Byam.
One Term — Clara E. Newhall.
MIXED No. 6.
One Year — • Thomas T. French,* Michael McKennedy.*
Two Terms — Michael Finnick, Joseph Devine.*
One Term — Bertha Teabo, Willie Finnick.
MIXED No. 7.
One Year — Gussie Furlong, Elsie Hodson, Frank Martin, Wil-
lie Martin, Guy Reed.
Two Terms — Ella Hodson.
One Term — John Boynton.
HIGH No. 8.
Two Terms — Eoyal C. Reed, Walter E. Swain,* Belle E. Smith *
One Term — Alice M. Ackroyd, Nellie W. Harrington, Minnie
A. Hyde,* Abby F. Sleeper,* Everett P. Bond,* Frank Naylor,*
Henry T. Ripley* William H. Hall, Bertha A. Swain.
GRAMMAR No. 8.
One Year — Ralph L. Ripley.
Two Terms — Laura I. Lumbert, Blanche L. Sampson, Amelia
B. Marinel
One Term — James H. Connors, Irving L. Keith, Eva M. Cor-
nell, John S. Spurr.
PRIMARY No. 8.
Two Terms — Willie Chandler, Gardner Ripley, Delia Shields,
Florence Sampson.
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One Term — Fred Chandler, Augustus Duncan,* Charles Dane,
Joseph McGrath,* Mary Dunigan, Eddie McEnnis, Walter Mar-
inel, John McEnally, George Lumbert, Edith Merrill, Viola Green,
Grace Wright, Hattie Cook, Georgia McEnnis,* Lizzie Smith, Mary
McMahon, Geo. W. Swain, Arthur Wheeler.
GRAMMAR No. 9.
One Year — Berta V. Parkhurst.
Two Terms — Lizzie Dunn, Mattie A. Jarvis.
One Term — Lottie L. Snow, Alice G. Ferris, Herbert Ferris,
Goldie Gardner, Willie Hale, Lulu G. Spaulding, Clara E. Parker.
PRIMAPvY No. 9.
One Year — Myra L. Coburn, Lottie Hale, John Cunningham,
Oscar Naylor, Freddie A. Snow, George Mason.
Two Terms — Florence M. Winship, L. Maud Jarvis, Louisa F.
Pelsue, Lilla Cunningham, Nettie S. Harrington, Eddie Mason,
Freddie Daw, Carl E. Spaulding, Walter Mason, Clarence L. Har-
rington.
One Term — Gertie W. Pelsue, Arthur Mason, Freddie Hale,
Charles Jordan,* Harry G. Jones, James Doherty, Daniel Doherty,
Charles Dane,* John Dane.*
COURSE OF STUDY,
Adopted Nov. 25, 1882.
FIRST TEAK.
Reading. — Monroe's Chart. Teachers write words from the Chart
in script letters on the black-board, and teach scholars to read the
same ; also, write short names of familiar objects in the school-room
and Monroe's First Reader.
Writing. — Commence with the letters i and o, figure 1, and Roman
letter I, and progress in these directions as fast as scholars are capa-
ble ; also, copy short sentences from the board.
Spelling. — Words from Reading Chart. Days of week, own
names, town and village in which they live, names of familiar ob-
jects in the room and at home.
Arithmetic. — Count from one to ten, and so on to a hundred, with
and without numeral frame. Add and subtract small numbers with
and without numeral frame.
Singing and Physical Exercises daily. These things are to be
taught, and teacher must use discretion about other things.
SECOND YEAR.
Reading. — Monroe's Second Reader.
Writing. — No. 1 Tracing Book, and write sentences on slate and
black-board.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Primer, first half.
Arithmetic. — Eaton's Primary, first half.
Singing and Physical Exercises daily.
THIRD YEAR.
Reading. — Swinton's Supplementary to Second Reader. Teach
the meaning of words in the lesson.
Writing. — No. 2 Tracing Book. Copy sentences from black-board.
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Spelling. — S win ton's Word Primer, last half.
Arithmetic. — Eaton's Primary, last half.
Outlines of History and Geography. — Taught orally.
Singing and Physical Exercises daily.
FOURTH TEAE.
Reading. — Monroe's Third Reader.
Writing. — No. 1 Writing Book.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Book.
Arithmetic. — First half of Eaton's, part second.
Geography. — Harper's Primary, first half.
Drawing. — Smith's No. 1 Drawing Book.
History. — Taught orally. Singing and Physical Exercises daily.
FIFTH TEAR.
Reading. — Swinton's Supplementary to Third Reader.
Writing — Book No. 2.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Book continued.
Arithmetic. — Last half of Eaton's, part second.
Geography. — Last half of Harper's Primary.
Drawing. — Book No. 2.
Grammar and History. — Taught orally. Singing and Physical
Exercises daily.
SIXTH TEAR.
Reading. — Monroe's Fourth Reader, also Child's History (Good-
rich's).
Writing. — Book No. 3.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Book continued.
Arithmetic. — First half of Eaton's Intellectual, with examples on
board from Eaton's Practical.
Geography. — Harper's Common School, first half.
Drawing. — Book No. 3.
Grammar and History. — Taught orally. Singing and Physical
Exercises daily.
SEVENTH TEAR.
Reading. — Swinton's Supplementary to Fourth Reader.
Writing. — Book No. 4.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Book continued.
Arithmetic. — Eaton's Intellectual, last half. Examples on board
from Eaton's Practical.
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Geography. — Last half of Harper's Common School.
Grammar. — Swinton's Language Primer.
Drawing. — No. 4. Singing and Physical Exercises daily.
EIGHTH YEAR.
Reading. — Monroe's Fifth Reader.
Writing. — ■ Book No. 5.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Book continued.
Arithmetic. — First half of Eaton's Practical.
History of U. S. — Berard's, first half, and Geography reviewed
with it.
Grammar. — Swinton's Language Lessons.
Drawing. — No. 3. Singing and Physical Exercises daily.
NINTH YEAR.
Heading. — Monroe's Fifth Reader, and other supplementary read-
ing, as U. S. History.
Writing. — Book No. 6.
Spelling. — Swinton's Word Book continued, and other words
from lessons.
Arithmetic. — Last half of Eaton's Practical.
History. — Berard's, second half.
Grammar. — Swinton's Progressive.
Draicing. — Book No. 6. Singing and Physical Exercises daily.
TENTH YEAR. HIGH.
Algebra, English Composition (Swinton's), Physics, Physiology,
Monroe's Sixth Reader. Spelling from lessons studied.
ELEVENTH YEAR.
Geometry to follow Algebra.
Book-keeping. — Meservey's.
Latin Grammar and Reader.— Harkness'.
Physical Geography .
Reading. — Monroe's Sixth Reader.
TWELFTH YEAR.
Chemistry. — Steel' s.
Latin (optional), Botany.
PJnglis h L iterature . — Swinton's.
Review Practical, or Eaton's High School Arithmetic.
Review and study desired.
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