UP TO DATE. 



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Therefore, at the next March meeting, nine thousand of 

 the twelve were doled out. The other three thousand and 

 more had to come later to pay the last bills, so that the 

 total amount spent by the town was more than thirty-two 

 thousand dollars. 



To this cost the value of the land upon which the build- 

 ing stands should be added, though this was a gift from 

 some friends* of Rev, Joseph Osgood, made upon con- 

 dition that the school be named after him, in recognition 



Photo, M. H. Reamy. 



Osgood School, Elm Street. 

 Built 1890. 



of his half-century of faithful work in behalf of the town 

 schools. 



Thirty-two thousand dollars seemed a large expense for 

 a public schoolhouse ; and then it was discovered, of course, 

 that the cost of running it was more instead of less than 

 that of the old system. The indignation of conservative 



* Charles S. Bates was the principal benefactor. 



