1274. Rural School Leaflet 



the past year. The first is short, simple, direct, yet contains definite 

 ideas and is therefore worth while. The second is from an older child 

 and shows more development in thought and expression. All letters 

 are acceptable that represent earnest effort and real interest. 



District 5 ; Town of Allen ; Allegany county 

 Angelica, N. Y., May 9, 19 13 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



I take pleasure in writing to you again. I received the leaflet a short 

 time ago. I am very glad to get them and thank you for them. 



I enjoy reading and studying them. Arbor day we went to the woods 

 and picked some flowers and dug a little maple tree and we planted it 

 out in the northeast corner of the school ground and cleaned the yard. 

 I am going to make a garden at home. I like to work in the garden. 

 I help papa do chores and farm. I have fifteen pullets. I sell the eggs 

 and put the money in the bank to go to school with when I get through 

 with the grades. This is my third letter. Now I am expecting the 

 picture. 



Yours truly, 



DANIEL DAMON 



District 14; Town of Springfield; Otsego county 

 Van Hornesville, April 10, 1913 

 Dear Mr. Tuttle: 



Our district superintendent, Mr. Cossaart, visited our school last week. 

 He told us that he had met you. 



Our schoolhouse is the only stone schoolhouse in the town. It is very- 

 pleasant. It stands upon a small hill and faces about a quarter of a mile 

 of a main traveled road extending from Fort Plain to Cooperstown. 



The scenery around here is very beautiful. There is a small lake near 

 here about a mile long, called " Lake Summit." Not far from here is 

 the head of the Susquehanna River. It is called the " Cold Spring." 



We are all interested in the locust tree as that is the tree we are to 

 study this year. We are going to plant one Arbor Day. We are also 

 going to take up a collection and buy some ivy vines and let them run 

 over the schoolhouse. We are planning to have a flower garden. A few 

 of our school boys are going into the corn contest, and some girls and 

 myself are going into the bread contest. Ten dollars is offered for the 

 most corn raised on a plot of ground twenty-five by twenty-five feet, 

 and ten dollars is offered for the best loaf of bread. We have tested 

 some corn. 



Our teacher's name is Miss Elizabeth L. Hill. This is the first year of 

 school she has taught. She is very good to us and tries to get us interested 

 in the study of nature. 



Mr. Cossaart said that you spoke of walking over the country of New 

 York State and visiting the schools. I hope you will visit our school. 

 I read in the leaflet about your visit at a school in the country and wish 

 our school was near so that you might visit us. 



