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TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE.
Town of Medway, July 14 1891
This may Certify, that Miss Susie A Gardner has appeared before the Board of School Committee of the town of Medway, and in their opinion possesses the character and qualifications required by Chap. 38, Sec. 23, of the General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is hereby reappointed teacher in the No 3 Primary School, services to commence Aug 31 1891 And said Miss Gardner shall receive as compensation the sum of $8.00 per week for the period of one school year from Aug 31 1891
H.S. Partridge Sec.
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W. Medway Sunday Oct 12th
My dears, "All is over now and fled" and I am once again at home in W.M. I have wished Oh so many times this morning that I could come in and tell you all about my trip. I enjoyed every minute of it. I never in my life went any where that I got so much satisfaction from it. I do not begrudge the money one bit. I would gladly go without some things for the sake of seeing, and going as
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I did, my hearing denoyed me but very little. Mr. Smith hired a special guide and so it was very easy to hear all that could was said, had I gone with the crowd as they did, most of them did I could not have taken it all in. One guide for twenty or thirty and if a person had acute hearing they can miss a good deal. I cant begin to write it to you for my pen would give out - I will only give you a general idea of my trip and then when I see you will tell you all about it. I meant to have written to you every night, Mother,
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2. but when night came I was too tired to do any thing but go to sleep. Your cant begin to realize what a luxury the going and coming was to me. Those drawing room cars were fine. In the one coming home we had three chairs and a lounge. The best in the whole car. There we were shut off from every one else. We took off our things and did just as we would at home played cards and laid around in perfect comfort. We went from Boston to Stonington and took the boat for New York from there. I thought I would not tell you Mother that I
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was going by boat, part of the way for fear you would worry. I was glad to go that way for I wanted the experience of traveling in the night on a boat. We got to Stonington at half past ten at night and boarded the boat "Massachusetts" for New York. You know our tickets included our expenses all the way. Before we left Boston Mr. S. said we should all eat our supper there to give us strength for the rest of the trip, and when we got on board the boat if we wanted to got to supper for the fun of it we could, and it was a wise plan for we
