March 30 Tuesday — Sam described the beginning of a controversy concerning the recently hired servant, Horace Hazen:
On the 30th of March Clara reported to me that Horace Hagen wanted an advance of wages & another afternoon & evening off. I said “satisfy him if you can.”’ He wasn’t much of a butler, but he was improving. He was a country lad, nineteen years old, very slim, & apparently nineteen feet high, but this was an optical delusion, he was only 6 feet 2. He was a good fellow, & of good character, & was the son of a farmer-neighbor [William E. Hazen] whose forbears had occupied the farm since the earliest times. His wage was high enough—$35 a month—but he was learning, & would soon be worth more [MTP: L-A MS]. Note: see Mar. 31, Apr. 1 entries concerning Hazen.