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he would see him out of it. He told me if his wife would have been willing to live here he would have bought it long ago for here is where he would like to build. I couldnt help a feeling that he regrets not owning it, but I am not certain. I told him I had offered the homestead with a certain plot of ground to Schultz but that he seemed to me a man who was always talking of buying a place but never bought- He told us about his son Tom having secured the Tyndal fellowship in Colombia and that he is to go ahead to Cambridge for a year or two and then to Berlin. He is very proud of him as he has good reason to be. I had a letter from Wood this morning concerning his check for $5 from Jerry the colored carman for my loan to him in Feb. to buy a house and cart. I was greatly pleased with Jerry’s honesty as well as this evidence of his prosperity.
 
Monday May 12” 1890. I made a sketch from the front porch looking down the valley past Hussey Hill directly after breakfast to try to get some of the under color. It was not very successful but I think these sketches, poor as they are help me to something of an insight of the spring color - Tom who is at work on "McEntee Hill-way" today had to cut down the Dominic apple tree as it was directly in the middle of the street. It was filled with blossoms and it gave me a pang to see it fall, partly because it was fulfilling its mission of blossom & fruit but chiefly because my father planted it when he came here, a much younger man than I am now. Sara and I went down and spent the evening at Mr. A. A. Crosbys, with Miss Tuckerman and several others, Col. John and Julia, Cantine and Miss Sheffield, a Mr. Snyder a musician, Miss Dearstein and another teacher who was near. We had music and some games afterward which we all really enjoyed, the prize being that we staid until midnight. We let the fire in hall go out today

Tuesday 13" We have had notice from Dewey to remove the carriage house. We tried to give it to Griffiths if he would remove it but he did not want it. I have put an advertisement in The Freeman this morning. Manterstock looked at it yesterday and said it would cost $150 to take it down. Now I would give it to any one who would take it away. Sara is cleaning her room and fixing up her old carpet. I helped her beat them out. Tom is cleaning out the manure pile which Mr. Crosby has spoken to me about. I went to N.Y. this evening by the 8.25 train. It rained hard as I reached the city.

Wednesday 14". I went over to Marys to breakfast as I wrote her. Saw Marion and Sedgwick and Mary but did not see Calvert. It was a rainy morning. I went up to Ortgris Gallery to see the exhibition of the Society of American Artists. As a whole it was harmonious and there were many clever items but they strike me as pictures which might be made much better by more work and carrying them further - much that was eccentric - We have a new housekeeper a Mrs. Moore who seems an agreeable, tidy woman, but I understand she is discouraged and will probably not stay. I went to the Academy to lunch before the annual meeting which was called at 2. There were 52 members present. All the old officers were elected and two new members of the Council, Eastman Johnson. 

Three academicians were elected. Wm. M. Chase, Will H. Law and Shurtleff, and as associates Tryon & Wiggins. The meeting was very harmonious and good feeling prevailed. I voted for Chase. We had the usual dinner by Pinard, Johnson, Ward, Weir and I had seats together. Lous Lang very generously told some incidents of his strident life. Miller was voluble and no more. He broke up at ten oclock and it was raining hard. I reached my room in good condition with the aid of three lines of cars. It was very warm and close

Thursday 15" Breakfasted at Marys and did a number of errands It has been a showery day. I had a note from Mr. Reed yesterday and he and Fanny came in today about 11 o'clock to see my pictures. This was his 49" birth day. They bought my little picture of Indian Summer for $200. After they left I went to Wilmonts and arranged with them to send for it, clean up the frame and box and ship it to them at Quogue, also to send 

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