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8th. The colored people here, are just now dreadfully straightforward in this [[?]].
The school is prospering finely. The greatest draw back is the state of the roads and the weather; but as soon as the weather becomes fine, I have no doubt that there will be a free and regular attendance.

There was [[underlined]] nearly [[/underlined]] a fire at Mt Zion  night before last. The house took fire around the stove pipes after school in the evening, just after I had left while the colored people were holding a Loyal League meeting.  It was soon extinguished. On account of it there could be no school yesterday. But the damages were replaced yesterday; and I go into the school again today.