Congdon, that the thought uppermost in his mind always was for the Maryland girl who came west with him to share the dangers and privations of western life and remained his loving and faithful wife during all the years. One consolation in this sad hour is that she could be with him in his last moments, and that when he was called a\vay he has left her provided for, so that if he had time to think over the matter in his last moments he left us with the assurance that the ultimate purpose of his life was about to be accomplished.

Many pages could be written were I to go into detail of incidents in Mr. Hunt's life which show him to have been an exceptionall)' true man. If he failed to be true in anything, it was not in not husbanding his strength in order that his years might have been prolonged.

Bridgeport Schools

When our pioneer forefathers first blazed a trail through the trackless forests of the east, one of the early necessities of the rude settlement was the old log schoolhouse where " 'ritin', readin', and 'rithmetic" were dealt out in rather scanty allotments to the rising young hopefuls of the comunity. As the frontier line steadily pushed westward until the great prairie region of the Mississippi basin was reached, the unprepossessing log "house of larnin" gave way to the still more gloomy looking sod schoolhouse where the same rule of three was dealt with just as precariously. No matter where or when a settler contemplates going to a new location, perhaps the first circumstance he considers is the educational advantages of the country in which he intends to cast his lot. If he is a workman living in town, he wants to learn at once how much and how good schooling his children can secure without leaving the parental roof.