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yet certain method of instructing and control- 

 ling him created wide-spread interest and excite- 

 ment. Ministers, doctors and lawyers, together 

 with others of the most respectable classes of 

 society, thronged my academy. The press re- 

 sounded with the praises of my system, and with 

 many who learned my plan of educating the 

 horse the interest rose to enthusiasm. A lead- 

 ing paper of the place, referring to my con- 

 senting to prolong my visit, used the following 

 language : 



Prof. Pratt announces that he will remain in this place twa 

 weeks longer, agreeably to the wishes of the very large clasa 

 which he has formed here. The Professor's success in thi* 

 county has been of a most gratifying character, and yet nol 

 more than has been fully deserved. In Waverly his claso 

 numbered one hundred and twenty-nine in five days ; Scran- 

 ton furnished a class of four hundred and one in thirteen 

 days, and Wilkesbarre, thus far, has given him three hundred 

 and twenty-three seekers after information in relation to the 

 horse and his management. The Professor is a perfect 

 adept in the art which he assumes to teach. 



As that article announced, in view of the pop- 

 ular interest, I prolonged my stay in Wilkes- 



