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March
10, 1847 Spring
months have come again and at my old home I find myself once more. My
school is finished, and to farm labor I must repair. I closed my school
on Tuesday the 2nd inst(ead) I should have kept on till next Friday had
it not been for the measles appearing among my scholars & Bridget’s
children of 6 & self & sisters were all sick at once; Mifs M.
Murphy is still very sick and dangerously of lung fever, S. Pember is
gaining. The snow was also piled up in drifts mountains high making it
almost impossible to reach the school house so thinks I to myself I’l(l)
stop, having kept 68 days for 30 dollars. Should have had $33 if I had
kept through 78 days. I enjoy myself pretty well, I had very kind families
to board at. Except (?). I believe the scholars especially the small ones
liked me pretty well, & Sve Pember say I kept a first rate school.
I might have done better if (?) I think. I had some very pretty scholars,
especially (?) & (?) folks. Ain’t I old enough (?) The winter
has thus passed swiftly but pleasantly away & though sometimes I have
been almost (?) still I have got safely through, & should probably
want to go into business next winter. I had some visitors in school the
last week. Vig. Besty, Emily & Ellen Paine (see preceding page) …None
of the district visited the school. Washburn visited it once (the town
superintendent). The school house was not very warm and the wood was poor.
But enough said about the school
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