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to him about a larger lot say 100 ft. and asked him what we would sell it for over on Chester St. He said we would not take less than 500 pr. lot. The indications are that we will begin to sell very soon. Sara and I in talking over the arrangements for the winter, this evening concluded to keep the house open this winter just as we did last. She said she would rather do that than anything else only she thought we could not afford it, but I do not see that there will be any economy in doing otherwise and I feel relieved to think she would rather do that for it seems as though she would be very lonely here, which she says she is not, but would far rather stay here. I will try to have her come to N.Y. in the latter part of the winter.

Sunday Aug. 26" 1888. Wrote to Eastman and to Lucy and answered a note from a soldier, Robt. Flack, care Wm. F. Bryson, Roanoke Huntington Co Indiana, a member of Co. H 20th N.Y. Volunteers and directed a Lieut. James McEntee in pension business. I know nothing about him nor does Joh. He has probably mistaken the 20th Militia for the 20th Volunteers. In the evening Sara and I went down to Johns. He and Nannie had gone out riding. Julia was there. Aunt Christine is better she and Sara say. When John and Nannie returned she reluctantly came out on the piazza but as it was growing dark I could not see her. I have not seen her since last winter. She was very silent and what little she said was in a low voice.

[[left margin]] Painting sash & barn roof. [[/left margin]]

Monday 27" Went down to see Ned Tomkins about some strawberry plants as I have concluded to set out a new bed, or rather extend the present one. Perhaps we will not reap the fruit of it but if we are here it will be well to have it. He took me through the new house he is building for his son Rob which is very pleasant and nicely located, with five views of the river. We also went through h is garden. I received a letter from Genl. Wilson in reply to mine to him telling me of the damage to Mrs. Andrews house and place by the tornado, the house unroofed out houses destroyed and hundreds of ornamental trees uprooted, but fortunately no one hurt.

Tuesday 28" Beautiful cool day with N. wind. I feel hopeful and energetic. Went down to Deye's and got paint and a brush and began to paint the tin roof of the barn & stable and worked all day after 11 o'clock. Have used up all the paint I got for the whole of it and have done about one third of it. Last evening I went down to see Gulrain Quillian whom I met in the Post Office yesterday. He has come in from Duluth to take care of Victor who has been very ill but who is better. Gulrain has been in Minneapolis to see it grow from a city of 35000 inhabitants to one of 250000 but has not bettered his fortunes.

[[left margin]] Amy [[/left margin]]

Wednesday 29" A boy was born to Julia and Harry Donaldson this morning in my room where several others of the family first saw the light. I have been to work all forenoon painting on the barn roof, but as it looked a little like rain I stopped at noon and went downtown to get some green paint and I have been at work all afternoon repairing the putty and painting the storm windows which needed looking to very much. The weather is fine and like October.

[[left margin]] Set out Strawberry bed. [[/left margin]]

Thursday 30 Painted on the roof all forenoon and on the sash in the afternoon. Warm day but I did not suffer from it.

Friday 31" I finished the sash this forenoon and painted on the roof. As the weather looked a little unsettled I did not paint in the afternoon. Ed Tomkins sent up the strawberry plants last evening and Tom has put them out today. It rained later in the afternoon.

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