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Claude Victor Quilliard Buried From Church of Holy Spirit this Afternoon.
The funeral of the late Claude Victor Quilliard, who died in Duluth, Minn., on Tuesday, was held in the Church of the Holy Spirit this afternoon. There was a large attendance. The Rev. Francis Washburn preached the sermon. He took for his text St. John, xi.:25-26- "I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die." Mr. Washburn gave a sketch of the life-work of the deceased, and paid a tribute to his worth as a man and a Christian. The Interment was in Montrepose Cemetery. The pall-bearers were County Judge W. S. Kenyon, ex-Judge Lawton, Hon. James G, Lindsley, General George H. Sharpe, Dr. George C. Smith, William Winter, Colonel John McEntee and William Johnston. The choral service was in charge of R. W. Anderson. The choir was composed of Mrs. John Weber, Miss N. Stephan, M.R. Wygant and Thomas Finley.
Freeman Sept. 19. 89
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It has grown cold and we had our first fire on the hearth in the parlor today. Miss Sheffield called.

Friday Sept. 20" 1889. Still stormy and gloomy. We have had a fire all day in the parlor and the wind blows and the skies are grey with occasional flurries of rain. I went down town and made some purchases for our woods trip. A letter from Robt. Wilkinson wanting Sara and me to go out to Bisby and he would take Julia. The Maurice Cottage had been placed as his disposal. I wrote him if I had known it a little earlier I would have been glad to do that instead of going to Maine but Johnson and I had decided to go and we had written to our guides to be ready for us. Sara would like to have gone there and I am sorry on her account we could not have done that instead of going to Maine. I came home and filled out the three mortgages as far as I could and this afternoon have been getting my blankets out and airing them and getting things together for our trip. Girard said this morning Dewey told him Schoonmaker and I think Isaac North were going to buy two of the front lots. Sara had a letter from Lucy today enclosing one from Gertrude to her written before her wedding and enclosing samples of her dresses. It was all torn open when it arrived here. She lavishes terms of endearment on Lucy but to us where she lived in her childhood and who have been so closely connected with her life she has not even thought it necessary to tell that she was to be married, to this extent has one troublesome, foolish man been able to alienate his children from us. It is raining steadily and one can but wonder where it all comes from. Reading the Christian Leader this evening I came across the communication on the opposite page. This Charles Buck was Gertrudes Aunt Hannahs husband. It brought to me very sweet and tender memories of our stay with these simple, sincere and hospitable people. Mr. Buck was when I was there a younger man than I am now and I remember him so, consequently I was surprised to see that he died at the age of 92. I wrote to Mr. Sawyer this evening. We sat in the parlor with a nice fire in the Franklin and it was very pleasant with the rain falling outside. Sara has written to invite Janette and Emily to visit her and spend a month, while I am away.

Saturday 21" The wind came out of the N.W. this morning and there have been fine skies all day and rich effects, but we have had a couple of slight showers. It seems like October and heavier clothes and fires are comfortable. I went down town. There was a letter from Eastman saying his sister had come and he had had two satisfactory sittings. I came home and have been busy all day packing things for our trip. I packed what tins and dishes I had and then my blankets, pillow, Shawl Ulster &c. Now I have the tents to pack which I will leave until next week. I have worked pretty hard and am tired. Went down to John McEntees but he was not at home.

Sunday 22. A splendid brilliant day, with a good breeze from N.W. and decidedly autumnal. We have sat in the parlor all day with a nice fire in the Franklin and Girards children have been over here a part of the day. I have been busy getting my things together and putting them in my trunk. I saw by the paper today that Booth and Barrett went to Louisville yesterday. I hope Booth signed the releases before he went as it will seriously interfere with all my plans for the purchasers of lots are to pay up on Thursday and they will not if I do not have the releases. Sara and I are considering the feasibility and wisdom of buying this place. I would like to if I were sure of selling mine. I am in great doubt as to what I ought to do and sometimes I think it will be best to let matters take their natural course and meanwhile make no arrangements or plans which cannot easily be given up At breakfast this morning Sara and I talked of Gertrude and our mother and of how difficult our whole life is without them. How little we imagined a few years ago that we would be left here

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