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organized a month yet, and some scholars, who did not know their letters a month ago, are now spelling readily.
There are no books employed in the Sch. but Websters Speller - as yet. The Sch - averages from 40 to 50.
Mr. G. W. Germany (the teacher) seems to be taxing himself to the utmost - teaching from 6 to 8 & 9 hours daily.
He is a man of a great deal of patience - and it seems to me that he is really a valuable man in a much needed place - for the reason that he is in an unhealthy locality and one densely populated with Freedmen - The water is very poor - and it is, by experience, the case that strangers can not remain there without being sick -