One day a girl was at the board doing a simple sum in addition, three plus four; she put down nine as the entire sum. When I asked her what three plus four was equal to, she said "seven." I then asked her why she did not put that down; she said, "Dunno how to make a seben and so 'lowed dat would do." One young man has come to school but four half days, yet he has learned to write his own name legibly and can read some. He could spell "right smart" before he came. * * * * * RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1889. THE DANIEL HAND FUND, _For the Education of Colored People._ Income for August, 1889, from the invested funds $4,197.35 Income previously acknowledged 31,302.36 ---------- Total $35,499.71 ========== * * * * * CURRENT RECEIPTS. MAINE, $468.87. Bath. Central Ch. and Soc. 26.20 Bath. Children's Loyal Temperance Legion, 2 Packages Books, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ Bethel. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.42 Brewer. Mrs. Catharine S. Hardy (100 of which _for Chinese M. in Cal._) 200.00 Bridgton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.63 Castine. Class No. 9 Trin. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 1.70 Dennysville. Cong. Ch. 18.96 Hampden. Cong. Ch. 11.80 Limington. Cong. Ch. 9.00 North Anson. "A Friend." 15.00 Portland. Seamens Bethel Ch. 41.50 Saco. First Parish Ch. 19.13 Searsport. First Cong. Ch. 21.53 Wells. B. Maxwell 20.00 Yarmouth. First Parish Ch. 50.00 NEW HAMPSHIRE, $737.53. Acworth. Cong. Soc. 10.87 Amherst. Capt G.W. Bosworth 3.00 Bedford. Milton B. George, _for Clinton Chapel, Talladega C._ 2.00 Durham. Cong. Ch. 21.86 East Derry. First Cong. Ch. 3.83 Hanover. "Susie's Birthday Gift." 5.00 Littleton. Cong. Ch. 11.36 Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. JOHN THORPE, L.M. 50.00 Nashua. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 61.50 North Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00 Pelham. Mrs. E.W. Tyler, _for Freight_ 2.00 Rindge. "A Friend" 1.00 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 3.25 Temple. Mrs. Lucy W.C. Keyes 0.40 West Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 16.96 ------- 210.03 ESTATES.