. Hartford, Conn., as a manufacturing, business and commercial center; with brief sketches of its history, attractions, leading industries, and institutions ... fcf M ;ltiii. 00 OJCO00 aw E-cOM KW d 5 aj D DQ ?JOO o CO a (174) SCHOOLS. 175 barbarism of illiteracy that it was the glory of Connecticut till1795 that a native of the State could rarely be found who could notread or write. In the matter of elementary instruction the Land ofSteady Habits surpassed the other States, and was, as PresidentNoah Porter called it, the star of hope and guidance of the world. But a snare was before the peopl
. Hartford, Conn., as a manufacturing, business and commercial center; with brief sketches of its history, attractions, leading industries, and institutions ... fcf M ;ltiii. 00 OJCO00 aw E-cOM KW d 5 aj D DQ ?JOO o CO a (174) SCHOOLS. 175 barbarism of illiteracy that it was the glory of Connecticut till1795 that a native of the State could rarely be found who could notread or write. In the matter of elementary instruction the Land ofSteady Habits surpassed the other States, and was, as PresidentNoah Porter called it, the star of hope and guidance of the world. But a snare was before the people into which they fell. The saleof the public lands of the Western Reserve of Ohio gave to Con-necticut a fund of Si,200,000 which was set aside forever for thesupport of common schools. The sale was made in 1795, and in1820 the present rule was adopted that appropriates the interest ofthis fund to the towns according to the number of children fromfour to sixteen years of age. This fund was increased in 1836 byhalf the share of the State in the surplus revenue in the nationaltreasury. The early results of this gain were disastrous for a wholegeneration. The towns fo
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