Excerpt from Mrs. Cyrus Stone: A Missionary, Abroad and at Home She went to the academy at Bridgeton, Maine; lived in the family of her minister, Rev. Mr. Douglass; attended the district school when her mother could spare her; engaged herself to Mrs. Chamberlain in Portland, in order to obtain money for tuition and books, and was treated there very kindly; went again to the academy, hiring a room, and boarding herself took a district school for a first and second time, in her native town. In 1833 there was a missionary meeting in Water ford. A speaker held up the wants of the West, and showed how much female teachers might do there. When the contribution-box was reached to me by my minister, I told him I had no money, but would cheer fully and joyfully give myself. This she made a sub ject of prayer, and also asked, by a note to the meeting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.