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J. W. Houser, E, Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers.
John Houser, H, Ninty-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
Joseph Robey, E, Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers.
James M. Philips, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsyl- vania volunteers.
H. Kostenhacker, E, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
David D. Moser, E, Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Alfred Roberts, D, Seventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
Thomas H. Sanders, D, Seventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
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William A. Fetter, D, Seventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
G. W. Robinson, F, One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania vol- unteers.
John Bubb, E, Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Benjamin Rudy, teamster.
MAYBERRY TOWNSHIP.
Joseph R. Mutchler, company H, Ninty-third Pennsylvania volun- teers.
Samuel Hilner, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania volunteers.
William Miller, H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
P. P. Osburn, H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
Joseph Long, A, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
William Hanly, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Joseph Simmeason, Forty-sixth Pennsylvania volunteers.
M. Ely, One Hundred and Thirty-first Pennsylvania volunteers.
VALLEY TOWNSHIP.
Dennis Bright, Lieutenant.
Joseph Rowes, E, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
Hiram Humel, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania volunteers.
Henry F. Snyder, H, Ninety-second Pennsylvania volunteers.
Alpheus D. Ott, E, Sixth Pensylvania reserves.
W. B. Neese, A, One Hundred and Thirty-Second Pennsylvania volunteers.
William Sunday, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsyl- vania volunteers.
Philip Evart, H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
Charles H. Rishel, H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
Stephen L. Rush, F, Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Lieutenant J. Moore Wilson, F, One Hundred and Twelfth Penn- sylvania volunteers.
P. Maning, Jr., F, One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania vol- unteers.
Jonas Roup, E, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
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OUR SOLDIERS.
George S. Walker, H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
Edwin Thatcher, F, One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania vol- unteers.
Daniel Miles, D, Sixty-ninth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Richard Riddle, E, Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers.
Joseph Fagles, A, One Hundred and Thirty-Second Pennsylvania volunteers.
John Wood, D, Sixty-Ninth Pennsylvania volunteers.
James Thomas, D, Sixty-Ninth Pennsylvania volunteers.
C. West, F, Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers.
John Boyer, F, Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania volunteers.
William M. Snyder, teamster.
David Henrickson, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsyl- vania volunteers.
Amos Appleman, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Pennsylvania volunteers.
Thomas Welliver, E, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
Evan Jordan, E, Twelfth Pennsylvania volunteers.
William Stephens, E, Fifty-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
WEST HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP.
Joseph Weidel, company F, One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsyl- vania volunteers.
Oscar Tittle, H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volunteers.
Martin Tarner, G, Eleventh Michigan volunteers.
George W. Crossly, H, One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania vol- unteers.
Sylvester W. Arnwine, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Penn- sylvania volunteers.
William H. Correll, A, One Hundred and Thirty-second Penn- sylvania volunteers.
B. F. Heilman, E, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
Thomas Welliver, E, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
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RECAPITULATION.
Townships.
Enrolled. In Service.
Anthony,
I57
I3
Cooper,
79
IO
Derry,
I4I
19
Danville, North ward,
868
197
Danville, South ward,
623
I27
Limestone,
158
26
Liberty,
19I
25
Mahoning,
170
45
Mayberry,
46
9
Valley, .
162
29
West Hemlock,
60
8
2,264
508
ADDITIONS.
Surgeon J. D. Strawbridge, Army of the Cumberland.
William L. Jones, company H, Ninety-third Pennsylvania volun- teers.
J. C. Sylvis, I, Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry.
Isaac Mellin, United States army.
E. K. Hale, band, One Hundred and Twelfth Pennsylvania volun- teers.
Charles Ely, Third Maryland volunteers.
Samuel Roberts, Third Maryland volunteers.
J. S. Hale, H, Third Maryland volunteers.
Captain G. W. Reay, Third Maryland volunteers.
Ed. Watkins, Third Maryland volunteers.
George Danks, Third Maryland volunteers.
Moses Gibbons, Third Maryland volunteers.
William Gibbons, Third Maryland volunteers.
William Roberts, Third Maryland volunteers.
Andrew H. Brown, Twelfth Pennsylvania cavalry. William O. Butler.
I. T. Patton, C, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
Lieutenant David Ware.
Charles Ware.
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William Ware.
J. D. Ware, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania volun- teers.
Benton B. Brown, C, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Pennsyl- vania volunteers.
George Tillson, Two Hundred and Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers. Frank Finegan.
John McGuire.
James M. Irland, E, Ninth Pennsylvania cavalry.
Reese H. Flanegan, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
Thomas McManus.
Lieutenant M. Rosenstein, Sixth Pennsylvania reserves.
Isaiah Devers, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
John Clave, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
Patrick Rollan, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
Peter Yerrick, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Ad. Ray, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Jonathan Waters, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
John Clark, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
Matthias Murray, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. John Lee, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Moses Gibbons, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Edward Cuthbert, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Thomas Stoddart, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. John Robinson, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Frederick Harris, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. William Millner, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Isaac Devers, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers.
E. O. Ridgway, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania volunteers. Warren M. Ridgway, C, One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Penn- sylvania volunteers.
Amos Suppinger, H, Eleventh Pennsylvania reserves.
[The last named was the first Danville soldier killed in the war. ]
Thirteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Vol- unteer Militia.
Among the gallant soldiers who volunteered for the common de- fense, the Thirteenth regiment must not be forgotten. I belonged
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to that regiment and I am proud of it. We had a fighting colonel, and " our captain was as brave a man as e'er commission bore." When a portion of the rebel army crossed Mason and Dixon's line, we joined our friends and neighbors to repel the invasion. The excite- ment was great on the occasion. The whole town of Danville was in commotion. All day on Sunday, squads were hurrying to and fro, the yeomanry were rallying on every side. The fife and drum broke strangely on the usual stillness of the Sabbath, and the na- tional flag proudly floated in the autumn breeze. Soon two com- panies were organized, one under Captain John A. Winner, and the other under Captain William Young. Both had seen active service, and the latter had been wounded in the side at one of the battles on the Penisula. On Monday, the 16th of September, 1862, while the battle of Antietam was raging near the border, we were crowded into freight cars, and, amid the wild huzzas of our neighbors and the hurried good bye of our families, we departed for the scene of deadly strife. At Georgetown we had a little unpleasantness with some lunatics full of benzine, and there the first blood was shed from the nasal organ of a home guard. At Harrisburg we camped on the capitol ground and slept quite cosily under the trees, be- tween the capitol building and the executive department. Some of the boys wandered through the city until the regulation hour had passed, but before daylight all were under the blankets. Being fully armed and equipped and with forty rounds, and rations for an indefinite time, we took the train on the Cumberland Valley railroad and sped toward "My Maryland." At Carlisle we halted about twenty minutes, and the good people there, in their gratitude towards us in so promptly coming to their defense, served us with a lunch, including hot coffee and various delicacies. It then oc- curred to some one that the ladies should be thanked for the kind- ness they manifested towards us. To this duty I was unanimously called, upon which William T. Ramsey and John H. Hunt placed a board across a mortar box some two feet high, and urged me on the frail platform. I began, "Ladies of Carlisle-" at that in- stant the board broke, and down I went into the mortar! That ended the speech, and I hastily crawled out of the artistic mud and made for the cars. It was a short speech, but it was greeted with a perfect "storm" of applause, not so much on account of the senti-
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ment expressed, but on account of the gestures-they were so natural, and that is one of the highest points in oratory. The speech was also remarkable for its brevity, and I have often thought it were well if a plank would break more frequently and cut off some other speeches as briefly. I am aware that there is a counter- feit version of this episode in circulation, but don't you believe a word of it.
At daylight we reached Hagerstown, and it is worthy of note, that ours was the first regiment of minute men that reached the line of defense. The following is the roster of the gallant Thirteenth :
REGIMENTAL OFFICERS.
Colonel-James Johnson.
Lieutenant Colonel-J. F. Means.
Major-S. H. Newman.
Adjutant-J. W. Chamberlin.
Sergeant Major-B. S. Powers.
Quartermaster-J. W. McKelvy.
Surgeon-Dr. Reiber.
Assistant Surgeon-Dr. Vandersloot.
Drum Major-B. W. Mussleman.
Hospital Steward-Dr. I. Pursell. Ward Master-William W. Hays. Chaplain- Benjamin G. Welch.
Postmaster-Wilbur G. Brower.
Colonel's Clerk-Alex. M. Russel.
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY A, 13TH REGIMENT P. V. M.
Captain-John A. Winner.
Lieutenants-First, W. A. M. Grier ; second, John C. Perrin. Sergeants-First, John G. Hammer ; second, Simon Lyon ; third, Elias Knerr ; fourth, T. C. Hullihen ; fifth, William R. Pursel.
Corporals-First, Robert Adams, junior ; second, William T. Ramsey ; third, John W. Thatcher ; fourth, Benjamin K. Vastine ; fifth, George Irwin ; sixth, Samuel Earp ; seventh, John Werkheiser ; eighth, Samuel Haman.
Drummer-John H. Hunt.
Quartermaster Sergeant-Reuben Riehl.
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PRIVATES.
John Adams,
Charles S. Baker,
Peter Baldy, junior,
A. Russel Best,
P. F. Bourgenot,
D. H. B. Brower,
Henry Kocher,
Wilbur G. Brower,
Charles Limberger,
S. L. Butterwick, William Bryant,
Saul Lyon,
Nelson Carr,
John V. Martin,
Robert M. Cathcart,
Franklin Miller,
Charles W. Childs,
William McLain.
W. H. Cool,
Moses Netter,
William Cummings,
George B. O'Connor,
Samuel J. Pardoe,
Stephen Cuthbert, J. M. Criswell,
Theodore Palmer,
William Deen,
Isaac Pursell,
William Dent,
West Perry,
Wesley Deshay,
A. D. Rockafeller,
Joseph A. Doran,
Alexander M. Russel,
Christian Ernest, Edward Evans,
J. C. Shaver, Cyrus F. Styers,
Josiah Frantz, S. B. Flick,
Joseph Sechler, junior,
Evan Fisher, junior, Herbert Gaskins,
Henry C. Snyder,
A. Mont. Gearhart,
S. Y. Thompson, Lewis Tittle, John L. Vastine,
Edmund Gearhart,
T. J. Vastine,
W. H. Gearhart, Charles H. Gibbs, Frank Gibbs, Samuel F. Griffin,
S. C. Vansant, Josiah Wolf, Samuel Werkheiser,
Isaac X. Grier,
Reuben Werkheiser, Peter Werkheiser,
Michael Haupt, Lamar Hahn, D. C. Hartman, William W. Hays,
Benjamin G. Welch.
William Wands,
Robert Wilson,
William H. Jenkins, J. Hervey Kase, Charles Kaufman, Alfred Kneass, Frederick Kreps,
William C. Lyon,
Warren Ridgway,
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Hezekiah Holbert, Richard Jenkins,
Samuel Welliver, Samuel Ware, junior.
MUSTER ROLL, COMPANY K, THIRTEENTH REGIMENT P. V. M. Cnptain-William Young.
Lientenants-First, Alfred Mellon ; second, Alfred B. Patton.
Sergeants-First, M. B. Munson ; second, A. Jerome Harder ; third, George W. Ramsey ; fourth, Alexander Hoffner.
Corporals-First, Alfred Yerrick; second, Hugh P. Libhart ; third, Lewis Byerly ; fourth, William Miller.
Quartermaster-Samuel Moore.
Drummer-B. W. Mussleman.
Fifer-John Geist.
PRIVATES.
Oakly V. Ammerman,
William F. Horner,
James M. Ammerman,
David James,
Samuel Ammerman,
John W. Kress,
John C. Alexander,
Samuel Kelley,
James Best, W. H. Byerly,
William A. Leighow,
Sylvester Blocksage,
Victor A. Lotier,
John Bedow,
David W. Moore,
Charles W. Boudine,
D. Clinton Millard,
Joseph H. Campbell,
Franklin Myers,
Martin Cornelison,
William P. Pursell,
Irvin T. Patton,
John Deen, Joseph E. Dougherty,
L. Rhodenheffer,
Leonard Dimmick,
William Riffles,
William D. Everhart,
F. W. Rockafeller,
Cornelison C. Herr,
D. M. Springer,
Duncan W. Hefler,
George S. Sanders,
John Hale, Jeremiah S. Hall,
William Trease, George W. Watts.
The regiment was composed of the above two companies from Montour county, two from Columbia, two from Luzerne, and four from Bradford county, and in the ranks were some of the most prominent professional and business men of the several counties. At Hagerstown we learned that during the battle of Antietam, that
George Lunger,
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closed about the time we arrived, seven of our friends of the One Hundred and Thirty-second regiment were killed. They were J. M. Hassenplug, D. Van Ronk, Jacob Long, Daniel Klase, Samuel Hilner, Hiram Hummel, and John Gibson.
Eighteen were wounded, viz : Harry Adams, Jacob H. Miller, E. D. Smith, John Leighow, S. W. Arnwine, James Foster, William Ringler, George Lovett, John Morris, William B. Neese, D. R. Hendrickson, David R. Shutt, E. W. Roderick, Charles Flick, S. V. Dye, Archie Vandling, C. C. Moyer, and John S. Ware.
From Hagerstown we were hurried towards the field of battle a few miles below, but the enemy " skedaddled" across the Potomac, no doubt because they heard we were coming. This is not intended as a joke, for the moral effect of the report that all Pennsylvania would be hurled upon them, struck terror to the hearts of the inva- ders and hastened their retreat. We were next encamped in the woods near one of the most magnificent springs of water we ever saw. Here we were startled by an alarm that four thousand cavalry were close at hand, and would in a few moments attack our lines. Every man was soon in his place in the ranks, except a few who started for Danville on " double quick," and never halted until they got home. From this place we returned to Hagerstown, and from thence, one hot Sunday, we marched through the sun and dense clouds of dust ten miles, to Greencastle, where we remained about a week. There the boys, between the routine duties of mounting guard and dress parade, did some foraging, and amused themselves in various ways. Some few, of course, did not join in mischievous pranks. John V. Martin was too conscientious even to steal a rail from the fence of a rebel to cook his dinner, but others less particu- lar not only took the fence, but scooped up the poultry to cook. One day nearly the whole battalion was firing at a squirrel that was promenading over the tall oak trees. But either the sharp shooters were not there or the rifles were defective, for the squirrel escaped, but it was a comfort to reflect that rebels are bigger than squirrels, and consequently not so hard to hit.
Many episodes occurred that we promised not to mention. Of course these promises were made under some coercion, as the par- ties making the demand for silence always seemed to take a tighter grip of their fire-locks, and we noticed a peculiar expression in their
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eyes. So we promised not to tell who got a new cap for nothing at Carlisle-to say nothing about Mose Netter's canteen that was so popular on account of its contents-about the soldier boy who bor- rowed the slippers of one who was sound asleep-about the military disadvantages of the doctor's army shoes-about the squad that stole the eggs from a setting hen. How " Mont.," by pure strat- egy, outflanked the commissary department. How Charley Kauf- man mustered as a private soldier, without ever dreaming that one day he would be burgess of Danville.
All these, and many other pranks unknown in time of peace and contrary to the rules of war, we promised to suppress. Finally, after a campaign of two weeks, we were mustered out and sent home, where we arrived without the loss of a single man ! We marched into Danville in open order as proudly as if we had taken Richmond, knowing that we had killed as many of the enemy as they had of us.
But, seriously, many of our comrades in that wild and stirring crusade have since departed to the land of eternal rest. We recall them to-day as we glance over the roll, and we honor them, for we know that every man who rose from his shelter tent that dark night, in the woods of Maryland, and hastened to his place in the ranks at the whispered alarm of the coming foe, was ready to defend his country with his life.
There were several other military companies organized in Dan- ville and had an ephemeral existence. There was the " Danville Troop," commanded by Captain H. P. Baldy. This company dis- banded about the beginning of the civil war, and many of its mem- bers enlisted in other organizations and gallantly fought through the war.
After the war there was a company of " Fire Zouaves" organ- ized under Captain John A. Winner. But for some reason it soon dissolved, and now there are only those belonging to the National Guard.
COMPANY F, NATIONAL GUARD .- This company was organized in Danville in 1878, and was at first commanded by Captain P. E. Maus, and was mustered as Company F of the Twelfth regiment, National Guard of Pennsylvania. Captain Maus resigned in 1880,
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and J. Sweisfort was elected and commissioned captain of the com- pany.
John W. Hibler recruited a company that was for a time en- camped on the capitol ground at Harrisburg. The company was afterwards sent to the South, where John W. Hibler died.
Samuel Hibler, his brother, was also an officer in the Union army. These were the sons of Jacob Hibler, who resided on Mar- ket street.
Joseph F. Ramsey was the first captain of the Baldy Guards, and with his company was mustered into the service of the United States on the 25th of September, 1861. He served in that capacity until the fall of 1862, when he resigned. He was wounded at the battle of Williamsburg ; and the siege in the Chickahominy swamp with the ter- rible fight of seven days, broke down his health and necessitated his resignation. After regaining his health he again joined the army and was made lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Eighty seventh regiment Pennsylvania volunteers. Since the war he has been connected with the oil trade.
First Sunday School.
For the following sketch of the first Sunday School in Danville, and the brief but interesting biographical notes of its founders, I am indebted to John Frazer, Esq., of Cincinnati.
Robert Raikes is known as the originator of Sunday schools. He was an editor, and published the Gloucester Journal. At first he employed and paid teachers to give instruction to the children that had no other means of either religious or secular education. This was in 1781. Reverend Robert Stork soon joined him in the pious work, and success crowned their earnest efforts. In five years from the first Sunday school, organized under the superintendence of Robert Raikes, there were two hundred and fifty thousand Sunday school scholars receiving regular instruction in the various cities and towns of England. At first the instruction given was mainly in the or- dinary branches, and extended but little more to the moral or religious training of the children than the common schools of the present day.
In Scotland, the first Sunday schools, mainly devoted to religious training, were first instituted. The Sunday schools in Scotland were more like those of the present day than were those of England, and
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yet they were far behind the standard of excellence now attained. In 1786, Bishop Asbury, of the M. E. Church, established the first Sunday school in America. It was in Virginia. Shortly after that date the Society of Friends planted the Sunday school in Philadel- phia, and in 1791 Bishop White, of the Episcopal Church, was pres- ident of a Sunday school in that city.
There is also another claimant for the first Sunday school in America. Dr. Hildreth says that a kind old lady at the Fort, now Marietta, Ohio, gathered the children of the garrison together on Sundays and gave them religious instruction on the general plan of the Sunday school. Parson Story gave her efficient aid in the pious work, and she continued the Sunday school after the good parson was called away. This was in 1792, and about one year after the establishment of the institution in Virginia by Bishop Asbury.
In 1809, a Sunday school was organized in Pittsburgh, which was the first in this State outside of Philadelphia. In 1816, the New York Sunday School Union was established, and the American Sun- day School Union was organized in 1824, and now the Sunday school system became a power and found its way into every village and hamlet throughout the country. It has steadily grown in num- bers and in influence, and now the number of Sunday school libra- ries in the United States is nearly five thousand, and the regular scholarship is not less than three millions.
The first Sunday school in Danville was established in 1817, mainly through the efforts and influence of Judge William Mont- gomery. In July of that year he induced a few others to join him in the good work, among whom were Evans, Russel, Barret, and Daniels. About twenty boys were gathered together on Sunday, the 2nd day of August, 1817, and the first Sunday school of Dan- ville was opened. It was in a private room on Market street. Judge Montgomery and Jeremiah Evans were the superintendents. John Russel was treasurer, and Josiah McClure was secretary. But they had no books, no tickets, no maps, nor any of the thousand advantages enjoyed by the Sunday schools of the present day. Soon they procured red and blue tickets containing a text of scripture. For every six verses in the Bible or Testament repeated from mem- ory, the scholar received a blue ticket. A red ticket was worth six in blue, and were good for the purchase of books. This was the
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pioneer school of all the flourishing Sunday schools now in this place. The constitution of the first Sunday school in Danville was written by Judge Montgomery, and was long in the possession of Honorable Paul Leidy, and a copy, with the signatures of the orig- inal signers, is now among the records of the Grove Church. The following is a correct copy of the document :
CONSTITUTION OF THE MALE SUNDAY SCHOOL OF DANVILLE.
Article I. The object of this society shall be to teach children to read and commit portions of scripture, catechism, hymns, &c., to memory.
2. The society shall consist of fourteen members.
3. The officers shall consist of two superintendents, a treasurer, and secretary.
4. It shall be the duty of the superintendents to attend every Sunday, or at least one of them, at the place of meeting, and re- main there until school is dismissed, also to preside at all meetings of the society, to keep order, take the vote on all questions of de- bate, appoint committees, sign all orders for the payment of moneys, &c.
5. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep all papers de- livered to him, to collect fines and keep correct minutes of the society ; also an account of the books distributed, and to whom.
6. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to keep all moneys, to pay all orders when properly signed, and when required by the society, to give a statement of his accounts.
7. An election of officers shall take place quarterly, on the first Mondays of August, November, February and May.
8. Six members shall form a quorum to transact business.
9. The members shall be divided into committees, two of whom shall attend every Sabbath at the appointed hours, and remain until school is dismissed, under a penalty of twelve and a half cents for neglect, for the use of the school.
Io. The school shall be opened by reading a chapter, by singing a hymn, or by prayer.
II. Each member shall have the names of his class enrolled, see that they attend punctually, perform all their duties with propriety, and reward them accordingly.
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12. Tickets shall be issued for the encouragement of the pupils.
13. It shall be the duty of the teachers to report to the superin- tendents such children as shall merit rewards, and the superin- tendents to give such premiums to the children as in their opinion will incite them to further improvement.
14. No member shall leave the school during the hours of tuition, without leave of absence from one of the superintendents.
15. All unnecessary talking, as well as light, trifling behavior, shall be avoided by the teachers during school hours, and it shall be the duty of each teacher, as far as ability has been given, to be careful to instruct the scholars in the knowledge of Divine things.
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