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Fort Smith, Ark.
May 20th 1869.

Hon W.M. Colby.

Dear Sir: 
I herewith send the monthly report for May. School has prospered although quite a number have been kept from school by sickness and, work. Many have had the measles, I think.
Thanks for the work on architecture that you sent.
The month has abounded in picnics, all of which have been largely attended. We had a very nice picnic for our school (and everyone else) on the second Saturday in May. It was in a beautiful woods about two miles this side of 
Van Buren, and was,