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"Ladies
employed, Miss Anna C. Fairchild
in the 1st Centre, Miss Lucy Ann Perkins in the 4th, Christian
Street;
Miss Martha L. Chatfield in the 5th, Five Mile Brook; Miss
Frances B.
Wheeler of Southbury in the 6th, Pines Bridge; Miss Laura Hale
in the
7th, Bowers Hill; Miss Julia A. Fairchild in the 9th, Red
City; Miss
Harriet C. Chatfield in the 10th, Shrub Oak; and Miss Melissa
Gunn in
the 11th, Red Oak.
"Mr. Parsons was paid $1 per day and his
board, fuel
and lights. Kept 3 months.
"Mr. Mallett was paid $1 per day and
boarded
himself. Kept three months.
"Mr. Northop was paid $18 per month and his
board.
Kept 3 1/2 months as known to your visitors.
"Mr. Wheeler was paid $11 per month and
board. Kept
4 months.
"The ladies employed in the winter term
continued 2,
the term of five months; 5, a term of four months; and one 3
1/2
months.
"Four boarded themselves, four others were
boarded by the
district employing them. The wages paid those who boarded
themselves
were, one at $16 per month; 2 at $14 and one at $12. Of such
as had
board of their employers, wages ranged as follows -- one at
$10 per
mo,, one at $9 1/2, one at $9 and one at $8.
"Of the summer schools, as I have said, 12
were in
keeping. Only one, the 13th in Riggs Street was vacant.
Because of the
exceeding small number of scholars no school is or has been
kept for
several years. Females were employed in all but one, the 12th
at
Pleasant Vale. Mr. N.D. Hinman was employed to take the
scholars of the
district into his institute. He is paid $3 per week. His term
is 23
weeks.
"The ladies who were employed continued a length
of term -
one for 4 months; one for 5 months; three for 5; five for 4,
and one
for 3 months. Five of these boarded themselves, vis. the 1st,
2nd, 3rd,
4th, & 5th.
"These five were paid - one $16, two, $10;
one, $8;
and one $6 per month,
"The other six lady teachers had their
board in the
district that employed them. The wages paid them being $5, $6,
and $8
per month.
"The school houses, ...are in a comfortable
condition. Mostly they are commodiously arranged and all as we
find are
adequate to the comfort and convenience required for the
purpose of
intended object. Some repairs have been done on the one in the
8th
District.
"Other than this there has been no change
during the
year for which we are reporting. As has been reported, we
report, all
schools are furnished with a blackboard on which are done
exercises in
the performance of arithmetic and algebraic solutions and also
exercises in the study of geography, grammar and spelling -
very
favorably assisting the scholar in the onward progress.
