p. 63-75 Trip to New York, Long Branch and Essex. Conn. On September 1, 1887, my son Guinnip and I took the excursion train which left as 12:30 A.M. for Long Branch, N.J. I had offered my youngest son, Fred, the privilege of going, but he preferred totake Guinnip's place to help run the thresher with my eldest son, so I proposed to give him whatever he might earn while we were gone. As Franklin had been to the Centennial at Philadelphia, in 1876, I wished Guinnip (since Fred preferred to stay at home) to accompany me to Long Branch and New York, also to see our kindred in Essex, Conn. (Francis goes on telling about the sights in New York) p. 73 Now I come to our trip from New York to Essex, Conn. At 4 P.M., Monday, September 5, Guinnip and I proceeded on board the elegant steamship "City of Richmond," which sailed at that hour from one of the piers. This trip to Exxex, partly, by daylight and partly by moonlight, was a rare treat to us, so many sights to be seen--Brooklyn Bridge which we passed under, the navy yard, the Fort, Long Island City, and the Islands. The evergreen shore with its beautiful foliage attacted much of our attention until the moon, "Pale empress of the night," and the twinkling stars appeared with more than ordinary beauty. Passisng boats and occasional glimpses of distant lighthouses broke what monotony there might be in the night trip until "Saybrook" was called out, and we then knew we would soon be at Essex. [My father atteded school one winter at Saybrook before coming to Pennsylvania.] On leaving the hotel at Saybrook, after breakfast, on the 6th, we went direct to Mrs. F. J. Tiffany, with whom we spent the day, and there we found her brother, Sylvester A. Comstock, whose residence is Phillipsburgh, N. J. He was on the island, just across the Connecticut River, haying, having a number of hands working for him. After a short chat with Mrs. Tiffany, we were invited to look over the pleasant home and the surroundings of Exxes, including "River Island,"etc. There is a very fine view from this old homestead. Plenty of apples, pears and grapes are in the orchard, andin the farden we found two rows of beans, the planting of which was Mr. F. A. Tiffany's last work on earth. He sowed them on Thursday, July 7, 1887' died on the 9th, in his seventy-first year, and was interred on the 11th. His remains lie in the cemetery in Essex by the graves of Mrs. Tiffany's parents, and on their tombston* is inscribed the following: "Bela Constock, born Dec. 17, 1796; died Sept. 20, 1884; Jame W. Comstock, born Oct. 8, 1797, died May 25, 1884." Among other things we saw about the premises were indications of Mrs. Tiffany's father's handiwork, such as grapevine arbors, gates he hung, etc. While viewing all these objects Mrs. Tiffany's brother came from his work.