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have learned rapidly, despite the many disadvantages.
You can read words of two or three syllables, write finely, and cipher accurately through the first three rules of arithmetic, simply by the aid of instructions on the slate. Besides day school, we have also had evening and Sunday schools - the latter very interesting indeed.- Upwards of twenty bbls. of clothing Va have been sent us for distribution among the poor and destitute here - a responsible task surely.
Having been impressed with the need of a more convenient and permanent house for schools we purchased a few acres of land and made arrangements to build. The house is up and, if mans are forwarded, we hope it will be finished in