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John McEntee and he advises the sale of the horses, cows &c and is inclined to think it would be as well to let Booth foreclose the mortgage and sell the property in that way. I am not sure of that. Calvert is coming up tonight to go to the Mts. with Thurber and we will get together and decide on something. I paid the school tax, J.S McEntees, Heirs of J.S.M. Mine, and Calvert amounting to 136.79. Last year I think it was about $133. in all. Tom commenced today getting in the beets. Calvert & Frank Thurber came up on the City of Kingston. They came here and spent the evening and went back today on the boat so as to go out on the train to Thurbers place in the morning. Mary came about the same time by W.S. rail road.

Sunday 23. By invitation I went down and breakfasted with Thurber and Calvert in their boat and went with them out to Thurbers place. Mr. Codwill the engineer went along. We had a special train from Phoenicia to Tannersville. It was a cold cloudy day. A carriage met us and we drove out past Star Rock where we got out and walked over the Star Rock hill and climbed Parker Mt. over rocks and logs in the steepest place. I did not think I could do it but stood it well. Then we went down and had lunch with Thurbers man where we met the carriage and drove to our train at 3 and met the regular train at Phoenicia and got home at 5. Thurber came with us and had dinner and went to N.Y. by 7.45 train
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Monday 24" Calvert and I have been up to Kingston to see S.S. Westbrook about selling at auction our horses, cows, wagons, harness, roots hay &c. He is coming to see me tomorrow. We also went to the county clerks office he to have recorded the canceling of Marys mortgage by my father and I to see what my father got for the concrete house sold to Mrs. Murphy ($3,800). Girard has sold a lot over at the toboggan slide to Edgar E. Keaton for $500. We will give him a deed tomorrow. I am very loth to do all this disagreeable business but it has to be done. John McEntee came last evening and he, Calvert and I talked over matters. We have decided not to ask the [[peers?]] for any extension of our powers, and not to do anything about grading Chester St. Calvert went to N.Y. by the 7:45 train after having signed a blank deed for Keaton.

Tuesday 25. Dark and chilly. Today Girard and I went over to Chester St. with Edgar E. Keaton and located his lot. I have made out the deed and he says he will build at once. He takes the lot on which the toboggan slide and house are located. S.S. Westbrook came by appointment and we have agreed to have the sale of the horses, wagons, cows, harness &c on Tuesday next, Nov. 1 at 2 oclock.

Wednesday 26. Sent the deed to Keaton. Busy looking over my fathers papers and have found nothing of much value. There was a half bushel basket of old papers of the time he was Justice of the Peace and old letters going back to 1828. I burned a great quantity but kept anything which might be useful for reference such as deeds &c. A letter from Miss Nesmith yesterday and today one from T.A. Richards informing me I have been put on the hanging committee of the Academy in place of Linton absent in Europe. I wrote it was impossible for me to serve as I was engaged in business connected with the settlement of my fathers estate. From Wilmont wanting some money. Wish I could send him some but would go down soon and want him to make frames for my sale. Annie Norton called. She and Aunt Christina are at Johns on their way to N.Y. tomorrow. Have written Jamie. Mary, Sara Annie Norton and I attended a meeting of the State Charities Aid Society this evening at Supreme Court Chambers in the Court House. Mr. Hodges the Secretary of the Pannel Society who had visited the County House and our Alms House gave us the result of his visit and observations, not too flattering to our new Poor House. Our Society was reorganized and I trust regalvanized by the election of Mr. Lindsley President and an array of Vice Presidents. There was a fair attendance. John McEntee has discouraging letters from Nannie. I saw Aunt Christina who seems very well. 

Thursday 27. Grey but not cold. The leaves pretty much blown from the trees