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side and a bronze sailor on the other. The soldier is on the picket line and represents the moment of an alarm. The sailor is to be modeled for us and we are to take neither of the figures unless they are satisfactory. There are to be some slight changes in the granite respecting two of the mouldings and the omission of a polished surface. The inscription is to be on bronze tablets. We did not get the figures I preferred but the photograph of the soldier seemed pretty good and is fully up to the taste of the community. The whole is to be set up for $8.000 and he is to furnish us a perspective drawing and a working drawing and minute specifications.

Thursday Aug. 22" 1889. Bonyer came in this morning just before breakfast on his way from the canoe meet at the Thousand islands and went away to N.Y. before dinner. It has been cooler than yesterday and the wind is N.W. Yesterday was the hottest day of this season in N.Y. Calvert came up by the 11 oclock train and got here after dinner. He has troublesome boils and will stay here for a few days. Annie Norton came up with Sara who went down to Johns to see Julia, and staid to dinner. Cantine and Miss Sheffield returned from Kennebunkport today and called to see us this evening. I did not ask him if he had received my letter. After Tom got in the grass cut from the streets on the hill today I set him to work gathering up the remnants of the old fences in the back part of our property which are being carried away and shall get a team to draw them to the house.

Friday 23". A misty but not very warm day. I have set Tom at work at the old fences. I went down town and received a very friendly letter from Booth agreeing to do, as I knew he would, any thing in reason in the matter of the release of the lots. I have acknowledged the receipt of it and will send it tomorrow. Calvert has staid in bed all day. One of his boils has developed into a carbuncle. I have been over in the back part of the property where I discerned some one has been carting away sand from the street. One has to be on the watch constantly against these lawless characters. Gussie Pullman came this evening and we have urged her to stay over Saturday.

Saturday 24" Down town early to send the express up after Agnes's trunk as she went back to N.Y. by the 11.55 train. I went over to Chester St. to see if the sand robber had been there. Tom is tearing down the remnant of the fence on the N. side of Jervis St., and I have told him to cut the weeds in Chester St. I dressed myself and went up to Kingston to see Kenyon about the process for releasing the lots from Booths mortgage but he is away on his vacation and will not return until Monday. This afternoon Calvert, whose carbuncle is very troublesome unwisely came down stairs and insisted on going out on the grounds with me. While we were talking there two ladies came from the direction of my house and asked for me. They proved to be Mrs. Dr. Rusa and Miss Stewart from Kingston and they wanted to see my pictures. I told them I had very little to show except my studies in Mexico which they said they would like to see, so I took them over to my studio and showed them. They wanted to know if I would take pupils and if I would let them go out sketching with me, questions which I evaded as adroitly and politely as I could— Gussie Pullman who staid here last night went down to Mrs. Jansen Andersons this afternoon. The weather has been pretty warm and the atmosphere hazy although the wind has been from N.W. I mailed my letter to Booth this morning. I sometimes have a little of a despondent feeling about our plan of sale, but it is necessary and we are all agreed upon it.

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