In this year five hundred dollars was voted for the expenses of the school, and the teacher was Miss Eliza Algood, who occupied the position for a number of years.

In 1874 it was determined to erect a new and more suitable building for school purposes, and a thousand dollars was voted by the town for procuring the necessary land, while in the following year twenty-five hundred dollars was appropriated for the building itself and nine hundred for furnishing it suitably. The building committee consisted of Benjamin F. Butler, Benjamin Carpenter, Peter Dobbs, James McCabe and John Read. The building was begun early in February of the centennial year, and was ready for occupancy the following September. In 1880 the schooltax amounted to $796.25, being assessed at the rate of $1.86 per thousand dollars. For that year the statistics were as follows : There were one hundred and twentysix children in the school district between the ages of five and twenty-one, and sixty between the ages of eight and fourteen. School was held during fortytwo weeks of the year. The trustees were John H. Carpenter, Peter M. Dobbs and James D. McCabe, Gilbert W. Dobbs being clerk. The teacher was Miss Ameigh. At this time the library contained one hundred and fifty volumes.

The following are the statistics for 1884 : Trustees, David A. Weed, Benjamin J. Carpenter and F. W. Brooks ; Clerk, Gilbert W. Dobbs ; Teacher, Miss Marsland; number of weeks of school, forty-three ; children in district between the ages of five and twenty-one, one hundred and thirty-six ; between the ages of eight and fourteen, sixty-six. Books in library, two hundred and fifty. The school-tax for the year amounted to $841 .25, being assessed at the rate of §1 .92 per thousand.