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fifty minutes. and the space between
the two was filled with single pieces and
short dialogues occupying in the whole
thre hours, which I think was quite
long enough; teachers in general are
to apt to have to many pieces so that
the audience get tired and uneasy; and
it detracts from the general tenor of
the exhibition in my opinion.

I would like to have had you visited my school
before it finished but you would not
have found a very full school towards
the close for there were so many sick
The general average though was thirty
six. Rather a small average for fifty
three scholars. To be honest about it
Roxbury is a tough place and they
never'll get me back there again,
perhaps they don't think any more
of me than I do of them, if they don't
it is just as well. Miss Graves did not
visit Roxbury. I was in hopes she would for I
have heard so much about her that

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I longed for an introduction, but I
fear we should have found some dif-
ficulty as both are a little inclined to be
bashfull and it would have taken a
long time to be come acquainted.

When I saw her at Montpelier I spoke
of having an exhibition perhaps you recollect
and she expressed a wish, that if I did
she wished me to be sure and let her
know of it, and she would certainly go
to it, if she was in the state. but on my
return to R. I recollect that I was not
acquainted with her, and that it would
be impossible for me to do so. If you
should happen to see her. (she is attending
school at Montpelier I understand) you may
give her my best respects if she will
accept of them. My school finished
a week ago last Friday and since then
I have been at home at most of the
time. Last Wednesday we Mr. S. H.
Foster had an exhibition at South Woodbury
The Fosters are famous for school