964 Rural School Leaflet 



District 4; Town of Delaware; Sullivan County 



Jeffersonville, N. Y., November 11, 19 12. 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



We received the Cornell leaflets a short time ago and we were very glad 

 to get them and thank you for same. We enjoy reading and studying 

 them very much. 



Our teacher's name is Mr. Edward C. Neiger. We have had him for 

 three terms and I like him very much. Our schoolhouse is a frame build- 

 ing, and it stands about fifty feet from the road. We also have a large 

 school yard. It has two wild apple trees on it and twelve maple trees. 

 We intend to graft the apple trees in the spring. 



Our teacher asked us to bring shovels, hoes, and pickaxes to grade the 

 school grounds, which we did, and the grounds look very nice now. We 

 also have a new stone walk from the schoolhouse to the road, which was 

 recently laid. And while we were working at the school grounds the girls 

 washed the windows, swept the floor, scrubbed and cleaned the desks. 



We got a new bookcase this fall, and we are going to get a new slate 

 blackboard, a new globe, and a new flag. Our bookcase has two hundred 

 and forty volumes in it. We had some potatoes planted that were badly 

 eaten by the grubworms. Do you know of any way to get rid of them ? 

 If so, kindly write and let me know. I have a black and white cow at 

 home. She was three years old last spring. I also have a little garden. 

 It has ten bushes of potatoes, a few bushes of corn, some carrots, and a 

 few flower plants. 



I will be twelve years old the twenty-fourth of January next. 



We expect to have a corn exhibit and then I will write you again. 



I expect to write three letters and get the picture that you offer. 



Very truly yours, 



Winfred Schmidt 



District 10; Town of Stony Creek; Warren County 



West Stony Creek, N. Y., December 2, 1912 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



I am a girl of twelve and this is the first time I ever wrote to you, but 

 I thought I would write a little. 



I live on a farm in the country, ten miles from town. I am going to 

 school every day now. My teacher's name is Mrs. I. Van Auken. There 

 are six children in our school, three boys and three girls. 



I hope you will have time to answer my letter so I will not be 

 disappointed. I am not working for the picture, but to get a new friend. 



I am going to try to write every month hereafter. 



There are two orchards on our farm, both of apples. 



I am interested in drawing and I hope I will become a painter some day. 

 I have studied drawing two terms. 



Well as I cannot think of any more, will close with best wishes from a 

 true friend, 



,Beatrice Codner 



