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Tuesday,
February 9, 1847 Since
I last wrote the time has passed rather pleasantly along, though the cares
of a school teacher I feel to be great, and the labor hard; to keep order
is to me rather the most unpleasant, though by using firmness & decision
one can manage. There are many agreeable duties in my daily task, and
then at night I can go to pleasant boarding places & be sociable &
be happy there…One of my scholars Mary McMurphy is very sick I fear
dangers, but hope not. She is a good girl (she is 24 years old). It has
been a bad time for colds this winter….We had a spelling and speaking
school last Friday night Ranny Green of our dist(rict) spelt them down.
Some of the centre boys were noisy & tried to disturb us. The speaking
was not as good as before the pieces were not well learnt. Mr. Chadwick’s
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