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She commends herself to our favorable notice at this time, 

 especially as a very important member of the family that we 

 have there. 



Mr. Hammond, of Rockville. Mr. Gold says the boys are 

 being educated not to be afraid of getting the dew on their 

 boots. I want to inquire what time they get up. I inherited 

 a farm in Colchester, and my boy has charge of it. I have 

 been trying to get him up early in the morning, and I was 

 thinking, if they did not have breakfast at the Storrs Agri- 

 cultural School until seven o'clock, my boy had scored a point 

 against me. "What time do they get up in the Summer ? 



Dr. Armsby. There is no rule requiring them to be up at 

 any particular time. In Summer, most of them are up as 

 early as five o'clock. In winter, some of them lie abed later. 



Mr. Hammond. I once worked on a farm nine weeks, and 

 I had to get up at half-past four. I do not know what the 

 rule is now. 



Mr. Johnson, of Newtown. I have listened to the ques- 

 tions that have been put to the Professor, with interest, and 

 I should feel ashamed of myself if I allowed this opportunity 

 to go by without giving my testimony in regard to the work- 

 ings of that School, as far as I know of them from personal 

 observation. I was present at New Britain two years ago, 

 when the matter came up for discussion, and I remember very 

 well the remarks that were made pro and con. I felt interest- 

 ed at the time, and felt that if the School could be started in 

 a proper way, it would be eventually a benefit to the State. 

 I knew from the programme that we were to have a lecture 

 from the Professor at this meeting, and I thought, in order to 

 get the full benefit of that address, it would pay me to go up 

 to Mansfield and see for myself; and so, week before last, I 

 left my business and went up there, and in my visit there I 

 had an excellent opportunity to see the workings of the School 

 as it is every day. No one knew that I was coming, — I took 

 them all by surprise, — and I knew no one who was there; I 

 never had seen any of the teachers or pupils, and everything 

 was new to me. I never had been in the place, and did not 



