Barr Estate Gardens

New Ipswich Historical Society

How nice it would be to have lunch in this garden.

On this day - May 1, 1898

1 MAY 1898

I visited the Luxumburg [sic] gallery which has been recently closed and rehung.  I was pleased to see Tanner's last Salon picture, which I have mentioned before, has been given a splendid place on the line in the room for foreign painters.  It is opposite Sargent's Carmencita and holds its own wonderfully well in the room where so many good works by older and more famous men are represented.  It is a glorious acheivment [sic] for Tanner and he deserves it.  All Tanner's pictures this year will dissapoint [sic] his friends as it falls far short of the conception last season.  In the "Resurrection of Lazarus" he has succeeded in producing a work which will reflect great credit to him in the future, though he may surpass it in execution, which is its cheif [sic] fault, and not produce anything really better.  Among the other new works I did not find many that were striking.  Munier's picture which pleased me at the last Salon failed to impress me at all and I wondered why I ever liked it.

WAR NEWS.  Out of the vast amount of news I can only glean a few new important incidents.  Nothing has been done in the way of fighting.  Troops are being hurried south to be ready to land in Cuba.  The President called for volunteers. The bombardment of Matanzas was of no great consequence

On this day in 1912

We have jumped ahead from 1909 to 1912 with our James Roger diary entries so we can keep in sync with the monthly dates. Wonder what changes have occurred since those three years elapsed.

James Roger diary entry

1st May 1912

Frost on the meadow in the morning; wind variable. David and Daniel at Spoffords’ in forenoon, and David for a load of shingles in the afternoon for Tuttle, which we unloaded at Jenny Fox's. I fixed Hall for dance. A good number there. David at the dance. I drew $35.70.