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1862-03-02 -- 1862-03-06

Sun. 2. I read Mrs. Jameson's work on Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture, which interested me very much. Nothing new from the South.
Mon. 3  A tremendous snow fell recently so that it is almost impossible to get from one neighbors' house to another, the banks being 4 and 5 feet deep some places, it was quite a task to get to the school-house. I attended the sub district meeting, of which I was chosen secretay, and Mr. Ady was reelected director. Thurs. 4. Although the roads the roads are bad and the snow storm is still continuing, I had 19 pupils today, all seem so anxious to come to school, and all feel very much interested. Wed. 5. We commenced to rehearse to day preparing for our last day of school. I had to whip a boy named J. Kennedy for misbehavior, he did so continually not heeding my warning and I good naturedly whipped him. He seemed to take it pretty hard but it did him good apparently. The first I whipped this winter. Thurs. 6. This is a very pleasant day, and I had a pretty full school. Had an excellent time. I had a general rehearsed of declamations and essays, all the pupils did very well, I am well satisfied with most of them, they strove nobly to gain the prizes that I offered.  But a good many will be disappointed tomorrow.

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Sun. 2. I read Mrs. Jameson's work on Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture, which interested me very much. Nothing new from the South. Mon. 3 A tremendous snow fell recently so that it is almost impossible to get from one neighbors' house to another, the banks being 4 and 5 feet deep some places, it was quite a task to get to the school-house. I attended the sub district meeting, of which I was chosen secretay, and Mr. Ady was reelected director. Thurs. 4. Although the roads the roads are bad and the snow storm is still continuing, I had 19 pupils today, all seem so anxious to come to school, and all feel very much interested. Wed. 5. We commenced to rehearse to day preparing for our last day of school. I had to whip a boy named J. Kennedy for misbehavior, he did so continually not heeding my warning and I good naturedly whipped him. He seemed to take it pretty hard but it did him good apparently. The first I whipped this winter. Thurs. 6. This is a very pleasant day, and I had a pretty full school. Had an excellent time. I had a general rehearsed of declamations and essays, all the pupils did very well, I am well satisfied with most of them, they strove nobly to gain the prizes that I offered. But a good many will be disappointed tomorrow.