Appleton Academy - Board of Instruction
Posted on July 10, 1855
July 10, 1855
ELIHU T. QUIMBY, M. A., Principal,
PERLEY B. DAVIS, Teacher of Mathematics & Nat. Sciences.
Miss ELLA FLETCHER, Preceptress. Teacher of the modern languages and drawing
Mrs. P. H. CLARK, Teacher of Music on the Piano
CALVIN CUTTER, M. D., Lecturer on Anatomy & Physiology.
SANDORN TENNEY, A. B., Lecturer on Geology, Mineralogy
ALGERNON P. SHATTUCK, Teacher of Penmanship.
LEVI W. RUSSELL, Teacher of Elocution.
The above is a permanent Board of Instruction, whose services will secure to each recitation, ample time for thorough and systematic drill.
The new Academy Building, in elegance of structure and beauty of location, has not its superior in New England.
In the department of Mathematics and Natural Science, the apparatus is extensive and of a superior kind. A Theodolite, Leveling Instrument and Compass, with other apparatus, for Surveying and Engineering, are free to the students for field practice. The Philosophical and Chemical apparatus, is also complete. It includes one of Chamberlin's large Air Pumps, ($85) and a plate Electrical Machine, ($50) with the necessary Pneumatic and Electrical apparatus; also, Galvanic, Electro-Magnetic and Optical apparatus, including a compound Microscope, magnifying one million times.
The Cabinet of specimens in Natural History, presented by Dr. Gould of Boston, will be arranged previous to the opening of the Fall term, in a room elegantly fitted up for the purpose.
A Library of choice reading is also for the use of students without extra charge. These considerations, combined with the quiet and healthful who would avail himself of superior facilities for study. location of the Institution, render it a most desirable retreat for the student
For further information, or for board, or rooms for self-boarding, application should be made to the Principal. BOARD, $2,25; TUITION, 32 cts. to 36 cts. per week.
CALENDAR.
Fall Term, Twelve weeks commences August 22, 1855; Winter Term, Ten weeks, commences November 28, 1855; Spring Term, Twelve weeks, commences February 13, 1856; Summer Term, Ten weeks, commences May 14, 1866.
NEW IPSWICH, Ν. Η., July 10, 1855. (PLEASE POST THIS.)Thayer’s One Hundred Formulas
A reader sent some photos of medicine produced using the formulas published by S.A. Thayer in 1883. Photos of the handbook were also included but the text is challenging to transcribe. This is one you can use for your inkjet printer:
Thayer’s Nineteenth Century Ink
Rain water, 40 gals.; extract of logwood, 14 lbs.; ground nutgalls, 10 lbs.; gum arabic, 5 lbs.; copperas, 6 lbs.; blue vitrol, rib.; alum, 2 lbs. Stir thoroughly every day for two weeks or longer, as convenient. Bottle as desired. This makes a superior writing fluid at a very small cost, and retails readily at 50 to 75 cents per quart; 2 oz. bottles at 10 cents each. Jobs at 100 percent profit.
James Roger diary entry
September 22nd 1908 (Tuesday)
Cool morning warm muggy. Smokey, dusty day and (wind) S.E. David at Ashburnham for Mr. Walker. I chored round. Doing little odd jobs. Made boiler cover, cut weeds, tended cows &c. Another destructive fire in Chelsea yesterday, and forest fires all around. Long drought severely felt all over New England. Gave W. Thayer my annual dues as a member of Village Improvement Society.
Piano lessons at school! Good for learning the art of music as well as mental and physical focus and self-discipline. Good for solo work, ensemble work, and accompanying soloists and chorus. Brings joy to other people.
Appleton Academy was a real asset to the town and an important part of its identity. It appeared to be a quality school with very knowledgeable teachers. Why it failed and Philips succeeded is a mystery to me. In any case, it was a bargain for its time. In today's dollar it would cost $81/wk for board, and $13/wk tuition. There is a private academy in Troy, NY that costs $1000/wk to attend. Maybe they didn't charge enough. More likely it was a PR failure by the board in the 60s.