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     offspring to school by horse and sleigh 
     
     and came back in the afternoon to bring 
     
     them home. For those who usually 
     
     walked home for lunch at noon, it was a 
     
     great treat to bring sandwiches of 
     
     homemade bread and molasses. 
     
    

    
     There was no electricity or running 
     
     water in the building. The only running 
     
     water was when a hand would go up: 
     
     “Please, Teacher, (everyone thought the 
     
     teachers’ names were Please Teacher) 
     
     may I leave the room?” From time to 
     
     time, if this request was left too late, 
     
     there was “running water” before the 
     
     student covered the distance to the 
     
     outside “necessary” building. An old 
     
     reliable pot-bellied coal stove provided 
     
     heat. Some of the older boys were 
     
     commissioned to go to the coalhouse to 
     
     bring in fuel. The old stoves sometimes