May 24 Wednesday – On entering Philadelphia, Sam and Osgood observed a crowd had formed to gaze at an Italian laborer whose foot had been severed by a train.

“Our tracks ought to be fenced—on the principle that the majority of human beings being fools, the laws ought to be made in the interest of the majority” [MTNJ 2: 481].

Sam and Osgood arrived in New York. Sam arrived home in Hartford [Powers, MT A Life 462; MTNJ 2: 434].

William H. Thompson, publisher, Phila. wrote a postcard to Sam “Why no report or order from you?” He was pushing a new ed. of Pocket Manual & Book Rack [MTP].