January 27 Tuesday – This from Sam’s Jan. 31 letter to Livy, about visiting Governor Lucius Fairchild and family in Madison, Wisc.:

On the 27th Cable & I walked up from the RR station & happened in on Fairchild & family just as they were ready for dinner. So we dined with them. It is a very nice attractive house, & has a noble view of the beautiful lake, which is very close at hand. Mrs. Fairchild was exceedingly pleasant, & she & Mrs. Conover were full of talk of you & wanted to be remembered to you. Mrs. Conover is Gen. Fairchild’s sister, whom we knew in Paris [MTP].

Sam and Cable gave a reading at the Methodist Church basement, Madison, Wisconsin.

En route from Madison to Milwaukee, Wisc., Sam wrote to Charles Webster, countermanding his previous directive: “Send no copy of the book to ANY newspaper until after the Century or the Atlantic shall have reviewed it.” Sam wanted, as usual, a favorable review to introduce the book before distrubution to the press [MTP].

In Madison, Ozias Pond fell ill, possibly with a heart attack. In spite of this he went with the troupe to Milwaukee, then was forced to bed [Cardwell 52].