July 2, 1896 Thursday

July 2 Thursday – In Kimberley the Clemenses “went over the Kimberley mines” with Mr. and Mrs. Robeson, viewing the No. 2 washout, the concentrators, and the pulsator, a diamond-separating machine. Sam also visited the Kimberley Club [Philippon 23; Parsons, “Traveler in S.A.” 34].

Susy Clemens was visiting Hartford at this time and went to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s funeral at 73 Forest Street, where Joe Twichell gave a short Bible reading and Francis Goodwin read Episcopal prayers. Many came to pay respects, including the estranged Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher and Isabella Beecher Hooker. Also attending: Annie Fields, Sarah Orne Jewett, and James B. Pond, who wrote Sam of the gathering on the following day.