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8/24/06
The Lees (or Mrs.) in Ithaca, and Gene Andrews. She was very pleasant. The girls boys gave us some music (both play well) I went up to bed about 9:15 - wrote to Mother then. Aug 25 Sat. Up at 5:30. Jno. & Gurdon started for Harrison at 6:15 - Jno. to go home to Saugerties and Gurdon to "get a hair-cut" & come back with the Parkers at noon (They walked over.) There was a lovely mist on the lake. It proved a beautiful day. Got thro' dish - washing &c. early. Alice baked bread & we had callers - Miss Tyson & Miss Carpenter (A prim school - ma-am & a pretty laughing one - devoted friends) Later Alice & I took a long walk - part way up "Rice's Hill" (thro' the village) and then turning to the right over a big hill with a pretty farm house & a beautiful Elm on the top - (Everything seems beautiful near Waterford) Down a long hill. (black berries to eat and where 5 roads meet. We took one - sat under a pine a long time & talked (about Edith's prospects & Con &c.) and then down a pretty way into a road along the lake
and into the village - a lovely walk - wood - fields - mountains - lake - about 4 miles. Had dinner about 1:30. Gurdon just back - told about his trip. &c. After dinner we decided not to go to the ball game (Bolsters Mills & Waterford) and went on the lake. Alice in Gurdon's canoe ("Akela") and Nan & I

8/24/06
The Lees (or Mrs.) in Ithaca, and Gene Andrews. She was very pleasant. The girls boys gave us some music (both play well) I went up to bed about 9:15 - wrote to Mother then. Aug 25 Sat. Up at 5:30. Jno. & Gurdon started for Harrison at 6:15 - Jno. to go home to Saugerties and Gurdon to "get a hair-cut" & come back with the Parkers at noon (They walked over.) There was a lovely mist on the lake. It proved a beautiful day. Got thro' dish - washing &c. early. Alice baked bread & we had callers - Miss Tyson & Miss Carpenter (A prim school - ma-am & a pretty laughing one - devoted friends) Later Alice & I took a long walk - part way up "Rice's Hill" (thro' the village) and then turning to the right over a big hill with a pretty farm house & a beautiful Elm on the top - (Everything seems beautiful near Waterford) Down a long hill. (black berries to eat and where 5 roads meet. We took one - sat under a pine a long time & talked (about Edith's prospects & Con &c.) and then down a pretty way into a road along the lake
and into the village - a lovely walk - wood - fields - mountains - lake - about 4 miles. Had dinner about 1:30. Gurdon just back - told about his trip. &c. After dinner we decided not to go to the ball game (Bolsters Mills & Waterford) and went on the lake. Alice in Gurdon's canoe ("Akela") and Nan & I

8/24/06
The Lees (or Mrs.) in Ithaca, and Gene Andrews. She was very pleasant. The girls boys gave us some music (both play well) I went up to bed about 9:15 - wrote to Mother then. Aug 25 Sat. Up at 5:30. Jno. & Gurdon started for Harrison at 6:15 - Jno. to go home to Saugerties and Gurdon to "get a hair-cut" & come back with the Parkers at noon (They walked over.) There was a lovely mist on the lake. It proved a beautiful day. Got thro' dish - washing &c. early. Alice baked bread & we had callers - Miss Tyson & Miss Carpenter (A prim school - ma-am & a pretty laughing one - devoted friends) Later Alice & I took a long walk - part way up "Rice's Hill" (thro' the village) and then turning to the right over a big hill with a pretty farm house & a beautiful Elm on the top - (Everything seems beautiful near Waterford) Down a long hill. (black berries to eat and where 5 roads meet. We took one - sat under a pine a long time & talked (about Edith's prospects & Con &c.) and then down a pretty way into a road along the lake
and into the village - a lovely walk - wood - fields - mountains - lake - about 4 miles. Had dinner about 1:30. Gurdon just back - told about his trip. &c. After dinner we decided not to go to the ball game (Bolsters Mills & Waterford) and went on the lake. Alice in Gurdon's canoe ("Akela") and Nan & I
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