slave State. More than ever they were convinced that the cannon and
sword would, at no very distant day, destroy the monster.

Our institution was now in its second academic year, in charge of
Joseph D. Millard, of Oberlin College. The stockholders had turned it
over into my hands, making me sole-proprietor of the institution, with
all its multiform cares and responsibilities. I had also frequent
calls from fugitives in flight for freedom, whose claims were second
to none other. But to see prejudice in our students melt away by an
acquaintance with our work, richly repaid me for all my day and night
toiling and cares, that seemed almost crushing at times. I purchased
for the young men's hall a building that was erected for a water
cure. That project failed, and the building that cost $2,000 to
erect, was offered for three hundred dollars for my institution. I
moved it one mile, and repaired it with fifteen rooms; and it was well
filled the first year. This academic year of our usual three terms our
students numbered over two hundred, mostly of those who had been
teaching, or preparing themselves for teachers, or for a collegiate
course. I served as preceptress, and was closely confined in school
work. Realizing in a great measure the importance of molding the mind
of youth for usefulness, these years of constant care passed
pleasantly with the hundreds of young people of our own and adjoining
counties.

A colored man, with a farmer's bag swung over his shoulder, approached
two men at work on the railroad between Palmyra and Adrian, and
inquired how far it was to Michigan.

"You are in Michigan, you fool you," was their reply.