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431 about the house. Tom has got in the beets 112 bushels and the carrots from below Girard's house. I have been busy putting away my summer clothes and got busy with my winter ones. This afternoon I looked over my letters and burned a good many. I went over my vouchers of my account with my father until it grew dark and I also went over the house and added many things to the inventory of the appraisers which they thought were mine. All these preparations for the change in our life make our hold on this old home seem slight and uncertain. I accept it and will be glad when it is all over. Friday Oct. 28" 1887. Grey and still and not very cold although we keep the Hall fire going and the wood fire in the sitting room. I have been looking up the vouchers of my account against the estate. I also read over some old letters. I have felt rather shaky today. A letter from Lucy to Sara. Saturday 29. A beautiful mild day although there was a dense mist this morning. Tom has got all the roots in, 48 Bush. carrots, 112 Bush beets, 16 Bush of turnips. This morning I set him at cleaning out the carriage house and washing the wagons and sleighs to be ready for the sale on Tuesday. Every day some one comes to see about, the cows, or a wagon or the fodder so I think the sale is pretty well advertised. Sunday 30. Cool with a north wind. Have been in the house all day. Wrote to Lucy. Young Beauwell called this forenoon. Monday 31". Very cold. The mercury marked 16° after the sun had been up some time. Our Nantucket pumpkins are all frozen and our cabbages also I fear. Tom has been washing the harness and putting in the cabbage and getting the apples in the cellar. Old Patrick Barry has been here today. He feels badly that my father left some money to Tom and did not remember him in his will. He has gone over and over how he worked here for six years and never missed a day, which is true. He was a most faithful man. He told me I might buy one of the cows for him and he would pay me gradually. If I could I would gladly give him one of the cows. Two or three people have been here to look about and see what is to be sold. We have been asked by the Toboggan slide people what we would take for a strip 100 ft. wide running from Chester St. along Trenton St to John OReillys line, about 7 lots. I have set the price at $2000 which was John McEntees figure. When I went over to the pasture across the street this morning to show a man the cows I picked a Dandelion which had evidently bloomed this morning although last night ice formed and the mercury stood at 16°. The leaves are all off the trees and the landscape looks like late November. The season is earlier this year. I went down to see John McEntee this evening. He was alone and seemed to me rather thoughtful. He thinks if they offer us $15,00[[strikethrough]]0[[/strikethrough]] for the toboggan place we had better take it. Tuesday November 1" The wind blew a gale from the N. all night and the day is dark and dismal, but not very cold fortunately. We had the auction sale at the barn at 2 o clock. There were only a few people present, the day being very unfavorable. Every thing went at low prices but brought about as much as I expected. Toby sold for $47. Billy for $23. I bought the little black & white cow for $12 and gave her to Patrick Barry who lived here many years and was very faithful and is now old. The other little Alderney brought $14. The 1 horse buggy brought $26, the 2 seated wagon $32. Maurices little cutter sold for $26. There were many things on which there were no bids. The sale amounted to about $300. I was very cold when we got through and I had to be very busy keeping track of the things sold. [[left margin]] Auction sale [[/left margin]] Wednesday 2. A beautiful, quiet day. If we could only have chosen today for an auction. I went down town and deposited $250, paid Jonah Dubois & John Stratton and did many errands after walking half way up to Kingston to see the [[?]] master. Mary has gone home by the 4.35 train to our great regret. This is the anniversary of our Mothers death the 4" one and the 33d one of our marriage. I confess I begin to feel the fast fleeting years.
