HOMETOWN HISTORY • March 29, 2019 Compiled by Tom Heitz and Sharon Stuart, with resources courtesy of The Fenimore Art Museum Research Library 150 Years Ago A Word to Teachers – Too much can hardly be said on the importance of teaching spelling more thoroughly, especially in the district school. All teachers expect to teach spelling, but only in connection with the study of the spelling book or the reading book. This is all well, but it is in our…