The Parsonage was bought in August, 1870, at a cost of $6,000, paid for by subscription, and presented, with certain conditions attached, to the Society. Originally, the people were called to worship, as to all public meetings, by the beat of a drum, for which an appropriation was made in 1716. For many years after the first Church building was occupied, the town annually appointed a person to beat the drum and voted him pay for his services. I have been unable to discover when the first bell was obtained. A Church clock which hung in the steeple of the second Meeting House must have been bought about a century ago. In 1780 the liabilities of the Society are thus stated: “Arrears yet due on account of clock £7 3s. 5d. and due Widow Prudence Collins, for sweeping the Meeting House £1 10s. 0d.” Until 1745 this was the only Society and every person in town was taxed for its support. From 1750 to 1790 persons who aided in supporting other Societies were by vote, relieved from the tax for the support of this Society. There is no instance on record in which a request for relief on this plea was refused. From 1800, though this Society had the legal right up to 1819, to tax all, only the members of the Society were, in fact, taxed for its benefit. The proposal to meet necessary expenses by the sale of slips was first made in 1851 and rejected by a large majority. This plan was adopted in 1854 and has continued until the present. Previous to that, committees had from time to time “seated and dignified the Meeting House.” The resolutions of 1756, were, that “all persons of the age of 56 years and upwards should be seated in the first rank of seats, and all other persons according to the rates and taxes they have paid towards building said Meeting House.” But for special reasons of honor or infirmity, persons were often, by vote, placed in the highest rank. In subsequent seatings, it was usually voted that “no person should be placed lower than he had previously been.”