I020 Rural School Leaflet 



LETTERS FROM BOYS AND GIRLS 



District 8, Town of Cuyler, Cortland County 



Cuyler, New York, December ii, 1913 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



I have read your letters in the leaflet and I like them very much. There 

 is snow on the ground that is knee-deep. I am a boy twelve years old. 

 I live on a farm. The house I live in is on a knoll like, and it is quite steep 

 to go down from the barn to the level, and in the winter I slide down hill 

 and I go fast and far. I like the snow and like to play in it. I have thought 

 when I am older I will go to Cornell or Yale. We received your leaflets 

 not long ago. I am in the sixth grade and have to study hard. My 

 teacher's name is E. Pearl Case, her home is in Cuyler. Our R. F. D. 

 is No. 2. 



There are four stores in Cuyler. The little settlement I live in is Tripoli. 

 We have vslate blackboards; not wooden. I like nature study. We have 

 been studying the ekn tree. Our school is on a hill a mile and a half from 

 Cuyler. There are twelve scholars here in this school. At home we have 

 fl.ve canaries. This morning at breakfast one of the canaries looked at 

 me with one black bead-like eye, and then with the other. He looked so 

 cunning I laughed to myself when I saw him. 



On the farm ^A-here I live we have three horses, thirty cows, three pigs, 

 six puppies, an old shepherd dog, and nine calves. Mrs. Shuler is our 

 district superintendent. On Corn Day we had a yell. It was: 



" Who are we? Who are we? 

 District 8, can't you see? 

 How do we work? How do we work? 

 With a will, and never shirk. 

 What do we do ? What do we do ? 

 Read, write, spell, and grow com, too. 

 What wiU we be? What will we be? 

 Good men and women, brave and free. 

 Who are we? Who are we? 

 District No. 8. Now do you see?" 



Sincerely yours, 



ellwyn lewis 



District 1 1 , Town of Seneca, Ontario County 



Seneca, New York, January 22, 19 14 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



It is our pleasure to write you letters to-day, taking the regular class 

 time to do so, and to let you know Miss Moore was ill and our school was 

 closed early, or we should have sent you our Christmas greeting as usual. 



