The Diary

Like yesterday, walk to 4^th Ave & by car to Store. Business again slower, in eve'g drive to L.K. preside at Meeting, am enthusiastically rec^d, Attend Meeting of Com. to buy property for L.K.

Edmund Cluett in town. Snowing, drive to Store Fred. H. Cluetts failure said to be a very bad one, his liabilities footing up $50.000. At home in eve'g

Send by Morris Express to Ranfts Dresden our large pictures viz. wife & self. Lovely weather, walk to Store, at 1 P.M. with wife to Astoria in carriage from 89^th street, drink coffee at Luthers, home at 6 P.M. Flamant calls & is astonished to learn that Phelps has collected $400 on acc. of advertising of us, pronounces it a fraud, wife tired .. . .. .._ . .. ... . ...

wife in bed in forenoon. I drive to factory, order double veneering on our panels again, also working with Scrape varnish again on our Rosewood pianos from Jan 1^st In eveg write long letter to Theodor. In forenoon drove to Geo. H. Andrews about Tax Arrears, rub with Opedeldoc which seems to do feet good & also left knee

Flamant comes in, saying that they will have Phelps arrested. I tell them to wait a while, at home in eve'g with my family, writing, all others at birthday, (29^th) of Louisa A. Cassebeer

Home all day, reading & writing down mem. of N.Y. Med. College & Hosp. for Women" for Cotterill in regard to Arrears of Taxes. R. Ranft jr. dines & spends afternoon & eve'g with us, also C. Schmidt & wife. play 66 with R. Ranft lose 80 Cts