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and made an arrangement with him to weave us a carpet out of old ones. We are to pay him 25 cents a yard for weaving and 5 cents a pound for cutting the carpet. We returned with the 10.15 boat and reached home at 1 having had a delightful excursion. The river and the shores were never more beautiful. After dinner we got all the old carpets together, had Tom beat those that had not been beaten and I packed them up in a muslin cover, and directed them and tomorrow send them by express. Tom told me a man had been here and offered $60 for the carriage house and I had a note from Southard this morning offering me $60 for it. I shall wait a while before accepting. The notice of Hills death I cut from todays Tribune. He was a good and honest man for whom my father had great respect as I always had.

Friday May 23" 1890. A dark, cold day and gloomy and depressing. I went down town this morning on errands but the day has dragged. There are so many things I want to do and cannot do. Here I have no heart to do things for someone soon to undo. Now that it is quite decided that we cannot keep this place I would like to get over to my place and be putting it in order. Sara had a letter from Lucy today and one from Mary. Sedgwick is to come up here the day before Decoration day to make his last visit before he and Downing leave for Fort Bridges the first week in June. I sent the carpet to Pokeepsie today by express and wrote to the weaver.

Saturday 24". I met Joe Tubby on my way up from down town this morning. He and his wife came up to attend John Tubbys golden wedding. A most lovely day. Miss Sheffield came up and invited Sara and me to ride this afternoon. We started at 3 o'clock and stopped for Julia Dillon. We drove around by Kingston to the old Wilbur road, up to Eddyville where we crossed the bridge and around by St. Remy and Ulster Park to the nice road and home arriving at 7 o'clock. We loitered along the way gathering flowers and had a most enjoyable afternoon. I was constantly reminded of my father and mother and dear Gertrude for it was a favorite drive with all of us and I think this is the first time I have been there without some of them. These drives through the charming early summer landscape are very enjoyable and add much to a life in the country. I often long to go to some of the familiar places where we went very often when we kept horses, and I often feel my enjoyment of the country curtailed some I cannot walk as I used to.

Sunday 25". Chilly again today. The Van Dusens arrived from California last night and James came to see us this morning looking remarkably well. I went down this morning and invited John and Julia to dine with us at 2 o'clock which they did. After dinner John and I went out to look at the Carriage house which I have been trying to sell and I finally sold it to him for $75. He proposes to take it down and put it on the lower end of his lot here on the hill to store some of his old patterns in. We met Schultz and Cantine coming up to look about the place, as John and I were going down to get his horses for a drive. We went out in the Saugerties road which was very dusty and turned at Saunders old place and drove clear in to the Buckams place, then to Leggs Mills and over to the Flat-bush road home. I wrote to Alice today.

Monday 26". It has rained all day and a fire in the hearth would have been comfortable. I went down town and called on Mr. Lindsley at the office of the Cement Co. to make inquiries about changing our water pipe. He told me about Mr. Tomkins disposition of his property. Joe and Laura (Joes daughter) were there and they were all satisfied with the will and all signed the petition to admit it to probate. He left Joe the same as Walter and Mr. Lindsley. Cornelius' share was somewhat curtailed but all acquiesced, which is quite unexpected to me as it was to Mr. Lindsley. He told me all about his trouble with Joe in account of Girard McAlister. He said Joe opened one of  Girards letters in which he said something quite harmless about Gertrudes intended husband and sent him home to Mr. Lindsley at once.  Joe has a fatal facility for getting rid of his friends. It looks as though Rondout would have few attractions for him hereafter. Mr. Lindsley spoke to Laura about our proposal to buy the homestead and she, he said, made 

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