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not sound large in the North, but seventeen cents cash is hard to earn
here.

“Tn closing, I desire that Friends will sapport this school this
year out. Then, if the caterpillars do not attack their erops another
year, we will try to get along without their aid, though retaining
grateful hearts to them for their help in times of great need, and be-
lieving that they must feel a eonsciousness of having done a great
work for this community. Personally thanking all who have facili-
tated my labors here,

“T am sincerely their friend,” &e.

The subject of closing our schools, some of which are not to
be opened again, as well as the welfare of the Freedmen, claim-
ing attention, it was concluded to express our views in the
following

Ju DD RSS.

As the time draws near when our intercourse with you through
your faithful teachers must cease, or with some has already ceased,
we feel drawn closely towards you in anxious desires for your best
interests; and, first, in reference to your education, we entreat you to —
let no opportunity slip for improving your minds. Although you may
be deprived of the valuable assistance of your teachers, you can do
much to help one another: study your lessons with each other, what
one does not know, the other may, and in this manner you can not
help but improve. It may be slow, but be not discouraged; help will
come to those that help themselves.

You that have children, we beg of you to educate them as far as
lies in your power. If you ever expect to better your condition in
life, it must be by the attainment of knowledge; and this will not
come of itself,—it will only come of your own exertions. We repeat
then, educate your children, even if it costs you some sacrifice to ac-
complish it.

Another very important matter to which we would direct your
attention, is the condition of your homes. If you desire to be happy
in your family relations, make your homes as comfortable as possible;
keep them tidy and neat; make them the pleasantest places you can
find anywhere. By this means you will keep all the members of your
family around you, and your true enjoyment will be thus increased.

You that have wives, cherish them; do all in your power to make
their labors lighter. You that have husbands, it is also your duty to
endeavor to make ¢heir toils pleasant; see that their clothing, as well
as your own and your children’s, is kept in as good condition as you
possibly can. The better appearance you make in this particular, the

“more you’will respect yourselves, and the more others will respect you.

Be industrious and frugal; spend no money unnecessarily. Save

every cent of your earnings you can spare; looking towards owning

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