with this affair; those are brothers, by the name of Glazier, and they have arrived to the advanced ages of 86 and 90 years. The church was completed at a cost of about $1,600. The pews in the meeting-house were sold at auction, June 24th, 1788; the highest brought $40; the whole amounted to $1,577.50.
The town being legally assembled in March, 1791,
Voted, to grant $12 to be laid out for singing; the first act we have to record that reveals a shade of music.
In 1796, the town granted $833.33[1] to build school-houses.
In 1797, the town voted to procure a standard of weights and measures. Also, to make up to those militia men who turned out to stand at a moment's warning: if they march, $10 per month including what the Continent and State give them.
Voted, to give Rev. Mr. Osgood a present of £25, (or $83.33.) In January, 1798, the same amount was again presented him by the town.
At the annual meeting in March, 1802, the town voted to provide powder and balls sufficient to equip the training soldiers in Gardner: that
- ↑ It may seem strange to the reader that they had a fraction in dollars, but money was then reckoned in pounds and shillings instead of dollars.
