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left alone, to struggle for the existence of the school. Through every conceivable exposure and hardship I built the smoky chimney anew, and plastered the house - (40ft x 25ft) in mid-winter. 

The intense cold at Christmas '68 froze the Potomac, & cut off our supply of him from town, and with my own hands I helped gather up oyster shells to burn, and in the emergencies to which I was driven dipped the barrels of water to mix the morter.

There was no other house at which I could stay, and I tended the fires, and watched the drying of the plastered walls thro' all the dismal process. 

And for my reward have had the happiness of teaching 300 pupils of all years, in the day, night, and Sabbath Schools that have unfailingly gathered under its roof-- Our day and night schools in February numbered 118 different scholars. The largest no. yet registered for one month. 

My personal friends have come to assist me in teaching, sent books, clothes, & with such additional help as the Peabody Fund & lately the American