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black sheep Fanny - June 22, 1873

Hunt has a pretty little black sheep named Fanny he plays with her a great deal. He kept it for a year, and then it died, he gave it to Fred Hrich? and he let a dog kill it.

June 23, 1873

Sheridan got badly cut on top of his head, he and several boys and my coachman Edward Tomlin were all running and leaping at chick pond when Ed ran against Sheridan and threw him against the stable door. He bled profusely. Doctor Gunn came over and dressed the wound and put him to bed with cold applications of water. In ten days he was well again. Every afternoon I rode to the park with my three sons. Sheridan on the large horse, and Shreve on his pony. Only Hunt in the carriage with me. I often took my friends out with me and would go sometimes to Mr Harvey's my son in law and see his children, as he was away. Their old house was named Duretta.

June 24, 1873

My sisters all with me, I am so glad to have them they make the time pass. If they were not here I should be very lonely without my absent daughters. We get letters constantly from them. They have arrived in Europe. Ada my third daughter talks German well and seems to enjoy her travels. Both my other daughters talk French. Their time passes delightfully, travelling from city to city.

July 1873

July has passed with many events but not having put them down at the time I have forgotten them. Mrs Leiter's family have gone to Newport. They stop at Batemans. Our neighborhood is very quiet so man are away. Our 4th was spent at home very quietly, my boys had crackers and torpedoes. After dinner Mr Badger and I went with Sheridan out to see Ellen Scanlan who is ill. Our Ed Tomlin our coachman had a fit this afternoon from drinking with friends, but the next day he was all right he lived with us nine months and 15 days. He left us March 16, 1874. He is new driving Mrs Durand's carriage. My sisters, and their good children, make our house very gay. Our children are all so good with each other, and love their Aunts and Cousins, they don't quarrel.