112 AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 



My next effort was made about the first of 

 March, 1873, i^ ^^^^ ^^^Y ^^ Worcester, where, 

 from the commencement, the interest daily in- 

 creased during the whole period of my stay, and 

 abundant success crowned my endeavors. 



Some leading citizens of Springfield now wrote 

 to me, requesting that I should visit their town, 

 to which I consented, and, on reaching the place, 

 I found a wide-spread eagerness to secure the 

 knowledge I possessed. I built an academy, and 

 was much gratified by securing an appreciative 

 class. 



Leaving the old State of Massachusetts, I 

 directed my course to Hartford, in the State of 

 Connecticut, where, as in former places, I found 

 it necessary to build an academy, which, on the 

 first day of my exhibition, I had the pleasure of 

 seeing filled to its utmost capacity, and, when I 

 turned my attention to forming a class, my 

 endeavors met with a hearty response. 



