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[[newspaper clipping]] OBITUARY. 
Herald Aug. 6" 1890

FERDINAND SCHUCHARDT.

Ferdinand Schuchardt, equally well known in the social and artistic words, died in this city on Monday afternoon of heart failure. Mr. Schuchardt, who was born in New York in 1856, was in his thirty-fifth year. He was the son of Ferdinand Schuchardt, of the in former days well known firm of Schuchardt & Gebhardt. Mr. Schuchardt was a pupil of William Morgan, A. N. A., and of J. G. Brown, N.A. He had a studio for several years with the latter in the Tenth street building. He was a painter at times of charmingly poetic inspiration, He exhibited at the National Academy of Design from 1876 to 1887. His first exhibits were "Girl Reading" and "Daisy." Among the others were "The Suppliant" (1877); "Nydia" and "Out in the Cold" (1879); "Signing the Marriage Contract," "Christmas Eve" and "Waiting for the Fishing Boats" (1883); "Dreaming of the Sea" and "Before the Curtain" (1886), and "Drifting", (1887). "Drifting," which was the last canvas the artist painted, has been etched and is deservedly popular. Mr. Schuchardt, who was a man most sympathetic temperament, was a member of the Saint Nicholas Club. His funeral will take place this afternoon at three o'clock from Calvary Church.


REV. ADIN BALLOU.

Rev. Adin Ballou, a venerable Universalist preacher and author, died yesterday at his home in Hopedale, Mass., of paralysis. Mr.Ballou——Father Ballou, as he was everywhere known——was one of the most conspicuous clergymen in New England. He was descended from Huguenot ancestors, who settled in England in 1640, and at the "Gore" (Cumberland), R.I., in 1700, where he was born, April 23, 1803. He was a minister of the orthodox Congregational Church when but eighteen years of age. Soon afterward he joined the Universalists. In addition to his pastoral work he edited the Independent Messenger, a religious weekly, and wrote vigorously and incessantly against slavery and intemperance, being among the first of the anti-slavery agitators. In 1842 he with two others established at Hopedale the "Community," an attempt to practically exemplify Christian communism, literally practising the Ten Commandments. The scheme was abandoned in 1856. Since his seventieth birthday he had principally been engaged with literary work. He was much revered all over New England. [[/newspaper clipping]]

she and Mr. Sawyer would not be able to accept our invitation to visit us as she did not feel able to take the journey. She seems quite feeble. From Mary also a letter. She thinks it is impossible for her to go to the Maine Woods with Sue and me but would like to very much, which is a disappointment to us both. I wrote her to come here when Julia left Woods Hole and stay until she had to go back to town to get ready for Calverts & Marions return as she says she must go back the last week in September to get the house ready for them, so Sara and I will have to go alone. I sent Royals and Halls letters to Eastman and a short note to Booth to tell him I had received his note and would act upon it and report when the business was consummated. While Sara and I were sitting on the front porch this evening there was a most brilliant illumination as of some fireworks, bursting very close to us. It proved to be a brilliant meteor and apparently a very remarkable one.

Thursday Aug. 7" 1890.
Beautiful day. Down town this morning. My three portfolios of designs for houses came from Shoppells today and I have been looking them over with a view of selecting one for Tom. Julia Dillon and Mrs Lamport from Rochester came up this morning. The landscape was as lovely and as sweet as in June and Miss Lamport seemed to be charmed with the place. I had a lovely dream as of meeting dear Gertrude again in her girl-hood and of our loving each other at once and instinctively. Strange that these phantoms can thrill us with a pleasure that is not of the moment alone but seems to last for days to sweeten them and to mark them from all other days. I have thought of this imaginary meeting many times today. Sara went to Kingston to make some purchases for our camping trip. I have written to Tom McEntee from whom I have not heard ina long time. Julia sent their team up for Sara to go for a ride just after ten. A letter from Downing from Fort Bridges.

Friday 8". Grey & cool. A grey day but still and pleasant. I have had Tom at work for several days cutting down weeds, over on Chester St. and all over our property. Today he is clearing away and burning the brush from the trimming of the trees which was put down below Wadsworths. Went over to the Cemetery after dinner. The grass and weeds were choking the flowers on Gertrudes and on my mothers graves and the place looked neglected. I saw Post and told him I thought the cemetery did very little for the $5 a year I paid for the care of our lots. He promised to cut the grass tomorrow. I came home and got some sticks to tie the flowers to, a pair of shears to cut the grass and a trowel to dig out the weeds and I returned and cleared up the two graves which are the only ones on which flowers grow. The Phloxes I put there several years ago do fairly well, better than any thing else I have tried. It seemed strange to me to be so near my dear Gertrude and yet so infinitely far from that animating soul which made her the dearest person on earth to me. It was very quiet there. No one about except the man carting slate to put on the road near there —— Miss Lamport came up this morning and Sara and I went over to my studio with her. There was nothing to see but a lot of rubbish, but she seemed to want to see my studio.—— I wrote to Downing, and sent to N. Y. for a few artists materials. 

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