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members of commons appointed to see about the affair)
and they reported to commons that Mr. Jones contrary
to the wish of Esq. Farar would not comply, together with
some other circumstances, which I here forbear to mention
respecting Mr. Jones conduct toward commons. Therefore
the committee wrote him a letter pointing out to him
certain parts of his conduct towards commons and their
disapprobation of the same, Mr. Jones in a few days
left commons, and Esq. Farar gave the management of
the farm and the other affairs into the hands of the
above mentioned committee. Mr. Jones had before this affair
took place become very unpopular in the eyes of the
majority of commons and I need not tell you now, which
is the fact, that he has become more so and what is still
worse I cannot learn as any man on the hill seems
to favor him respecting this, which is now pretty nearly subsided
& new steward is expected now in a few days, no more of this,
I have not paid those other debts yet, but I will soon, I have
received $1,87 1/2 cents for those articles that I sold, there was so many
left about that time that I had hard work to sell them at
all. Our term closed day before yesterday, Mr Adams
has resigned and will be no longer Principle of P. Academy
Mr. Johnson is going to have the charge next term, Mr. Johnson
I need not eulogise to you for you are acquainted with him
but I will tell you something respecting his manner of instruction.
In the first place he makes us root up the first principles
and bids us take the [?] to do ([?] it with, he makes
us read our lessons over twice always, that is we have to
review to day what we read yesterday, and read our recitation
besides and as often as once in a fortnight review
the whole, He compares a Student translating and bringing
out all the ideas, to a landscape in the pleasant sunshine
and one not doing thus to Landscape covered with fog
it is all there but the flowers and plants are not to be seen
we have got as far as 104 page Greek Reader, & 3 books of
the Aeneid, Mr Johnson thinks that I shall be fitted
next fall if nothing happens, and here let me ask your